As Huey Lewis so aptly sings,”I’m takin’ what they’re giving ’cause I’m workin’ for a living…”. But as the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown shrank in the rearview mirror, millions of Americans re-evaluated that notion. Here is a Spotify playlist with ninety minutes of job-themed songs from A to Z, “A Hard Day’s Night” to ZZ Top “Just Got Paid”. Punch the clock, log off, hit the road, and crank these songs celebrating how hard you work to make this country work. These songs from Styx, Bruce Springsteen, BTO, James Taylor, R.E.M., John Mellencamp, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Genesis, Pretenders, Loverboy, Elvis Costello, Isley Brothers, and Rush on RedbeardRocks/Spotify playlist will “do the job” this Labor Day weekend! –Redbeard
Tag: Labor Day rock
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Redbeard Rocks! Labor Day Playlist
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Huey Lewis and the News- Working for a Living- Hartford 8-25-84
Just about the finest concert performance and live recording combo went down in late August 1984 when Huey Lewis and the News thrilled an appreciative Hartford CT audience, accompanied by Southern New England favorites the Tower of Power horn section. As the concert was just before Labor Day weekend, Huey and boys were “workin’ it” overtime on this tight performance of “Working for a Living”. Have you heard The News? –Redbeard -
Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band- Factory- Cleveland 8-78
“The workin’, the workin’, It’s just the workin’ life…”- Bruce Springsteen
With the release of the album Darkness on the Edge of Town in 1978, Bruce Springsteen went from the Cinemascope sweep of Born to Run three years earlier to the Rock Generation’s defacto Secretary of Labor. Here is Bruce and his legendary E Street Band line up, including the late Danny Federici on organ and dearly departed Clarence Clemons on saxophone, performing the song “Factory” which Bruce Springsteen dedicated to his father. –Redbeard