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Alright, school’s out for summer, which got me thinking about the best songs to tell the world to F off to.
Besides Alice Cooper’s classic here’s what I’d put money in the jukebox for:
1. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen “It’s a town for losers, I’m pulling outta here to win!”
(When the Boss was still cool…)
2. I Fought the Law, Bobby Fuller Four “Robbin’ people with a six gun…”
3. I’ve Always Been Crazy, Waylon Jennings “So far I ain’t found a rhyme or reason to change…”
4. Take This Job and Shove It, Johnny Paycheck “He’s gotta brand new flattop haircut, lord he thinks he’s cool.”
5. The Authority Song, John Cougar “Grow up is growing on the dream of dying and dying to me don’t sound like all that much fun…”
6. The Week of Living Dangerously, Steve Earle and the Dukes “I guess I took a left where I generally hang a right…”
7. I Don’t Want to Work, Todd Rundgren “I just wanna bang on this drum all day”
8. Too Much Monkey Business, Chuck Berry “Working at the fillin’ station too many tasks…”
9. Hang Fire, The Rolling Stones, “I don’t need the aggravation I’m a lazy slob…”
10. We’re Not Gonna Take It, Twisted Sister “You don’t know us, you don’t belong.”
You gotta buck–what are you gonna play?
Excellent set of songs. I wish I could think of some others.
all right I came up with a few other Boss songs-I think they were from when the Boss was still cool.
Badlands
“Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
I want control right now”
Out in the Street
“And Monday when the foreman calls time
I’ve already got Friday on my mind”
or
“We ain’t gonna take what they’re handing out”
The Promised Land
“Pretty soon little girl I’m gonna take charge”
I thought of using Badlands instead…gotta admit I didn’ think of OOTS or PL…though i did think of Chuck’s promised Land (song by Elvis)
I think that will go in the best driving jukebox…
How ’bout “Summer of ’69” by Bryan Adams? “We were young and restless, we needed to unwind!”
Oh, and I love “The Authority Song”, but… “Growin’ up leads to growin’ old, and then to dyin'”
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“Ready to Run” – The Dixie Chicks
“My Give a Damn’s Broken” – Jo Dee Messina
There is just far too much testosterone at this blog.
I’m getting older and my testosterone is probably fading…in another 10 years I’ll be listening to more of your stuff…
Yeah! I’ll remember that statement, sir!
I thought about this for a bit and here’s my offerings:
Anarchy in the UK
My Generation
How about “I’m a good ole Rebel” ?
Excellent SP! It’s Friday afternoon and I can almost hear them as I’m coning down the south quad…
A very old one called, “The old unreconstructed” sung by Waylon J
“I rode with old Jeb Stuart
and his band of Southern horse
There never were no Yankess who could beat us force to force
Though they never did defeat us
we never could evade, the dirty foreign politics and cowardly blockade.”
Many other good verses about battles, taking US flags to wipe thier horses down with etc., and ends with the words
“I won’t be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn! “
I’m speechless…
I love that you’ve got Waylon Jennings on the list! Awesome!
I’d add:
“That’s Life” Frank Sinatra
“When God Fearin’ Women Get The Blues” Martina McBride
“Rehab” Amy Winehouse
“Cocaine Blues” Johnny Cash
“Hit me with your Best Shot” Pat Benetar
“Fight for You’r Right” The Beastie Boys
“Think” Aretha Franklin
Re: Waylon Jennings, how about ‘Ladies Love Outlaws” or “Lonesome, Onry, and Mean’
Cocaine Blues is a classic also.
Another ‘Ol Waylon fan, huh?
Great adds!
I’m going with Billy Joel “My Life” – worked for me when I was 24 but still had to be home by 11.30pm!
Allison–isn’t that the beauty of it!
Waylon always told it like it was…
I like Montgomery Gentry’s “What do ya think about that?” It’s especially a good F off song about new neighbors.
Saying I was here first, this is my piece of dirt
And your rambling don’t rattle me.
Sayin’, blah, blah, blah, just a jacking their jaws
Got a let it roll off of my back
I don’t give a dern what other people think
What do ya think about that?
Say I don’t give a damn what other people think
What do ya think about that?
Johnny Cash – Oney
I dedicate this song to the workin’ man
For ever’ man that puts in a hard
Eight or ten hours a day of work and toil and sweat
Always got somebody lookin’ down his neck
Tryin’ to get more out of ‘im
Than he really ought to have to put in.
After twenty-nine long years of workin’
In this shop with Oney standin’ over me …
Today when that old whistle blows
I’ll check in all my gear and I’ll retire …
The superintendent just dropped by and said
They’d planned my little get together …
Then he said I’d never a made it
If old Oney hadn’t held me to the fire.
I’ve seen him in my dreams at night
And woke up in the mornin’ feelin’ tired …
And old Oney don’t remember, when I came here
How he tried to get me fired …
With his folded hands behind him
Every mornin’ Oney waited at the gate …
Where he’d rant and rave like I committed murder
Clockin’ in five minutes late.
But today they’ll gather ’round me
Like I’ve seen ’em do when any man retires
Then old Oney’s gonna tell me
From now on I’m free to do what I desire …
He’ll present me with that little old gold watch
They give a man at times like this …
But there’s one thing he’s not countin’ on
Today’s the day I give old Oney his.
I’ve been workin’, buildin’ muscles
Oney’s just been standin’ ’round a gettin’ soft
And today about four-thirty
I’ll make up for every good night’s sleep I’ve lost …
When I’m gone I’ll be remembered
As the workin’ man who put his point across
With a right hand full of knuckles
‘Cause today I show old Oney who’s the boss.
Hmmmm! What time is it? Four thirty!
Hey, Oney!
Oney! Ha ha ha ha!
Joan Jett – Bad Reputation
hmmm…not so sure that sucks enough…