Work or Play Songs

[BeatleloverKT]

Some of us are stuck at home now and would rather be at work. Some of us are at work and would rather be home. There are so many songs out there about work or play, what is your favorite? I will start with one of my favorites:

Bang the drum all day

Todd Rundgren 

Big Shout out to ALL the essential workers out there on the frontline! You're all heroes!!

[BeatleloverKT]

Playing with girls  AC/DC

[DarcyFarrow]

Play Me (Neil Diamond)

[BeatleloverKT]

All night long  Lionel Ritchie

[1968Hoya46]

Rip It Up: Little Richard

RIP. LR

[DarcyFarrow]

High Rollin' Man (Neil Diamond)--the life of a gambler

[1968Hoya46]

Workingman’s Blues: Dylan

[BobH07]

Itchycoo Park:  Small Faces

[BeatleloverKT]

Dirty work  Steely Dan

[BobH07]

Gravedigger:  New York Rock and Roll Ensemble

[DarcyFarrow]

Mrs. Bartolozzi (Kate Bush):  a celebration of housework

"I took my mop and bucket
And I cleaned and I cleaned"

[Raynyky]

Chain Gang-Sam Cooke

[BeatleloverKT]

Tunnel of love  Springsteen

[1968Hoya46]

Workin’ In A Coal Mine: Lee Dorsey (a certain repeat).

[BeatleloverKT]

Brand new key  Melanie 

[Raynyky]

Good Time-Alan Jackson

Work, work all week long
Punchin' that clock from dusk 'till dawn
Countin' the days 'till Friday night
That's when all the conditions are right
For a good time
I need a good time

[BeatleloverKT]

Play me  Neil Diamond

[Raynyky]

Hard Luck Story- Elton John

Sometimes I think I'm going crazy, staring at the same four walls
Waiting for the working day to end
Then I get home so wasted, worn out, I curse at you and tell you
How I've done the work of ten to fifteen men

[BeatleloverKT]

Busy doin’ nothin’  Beach Boys

[BobH07]

Play The Game Tonight:  Kansas

[BeatleloverKT]

Holiday  Madonna

[BobH07]

A Well Respected Man:  Kinks

[BobH07]

Game Of Love:  Mindbenders

[BeatleloverKT]

Kokomo   Beach Boys

[DarcyFarrow]

Toes (Zach Brown):

Gonna lay in the hot sun and roll a big fat one
And grab my guitar and play

[1968Hoya46]

Dance Dance Dance: Beach Boys (After 6 hours of school I’ve had enough for the day; I hit the radio dial and turn it up all the way).

[DarcyFarrow]

Red Hill Mining Town (U2):

"Through hands of steel
And heart of stone
Our labor day
Has come and gone"

[1968Hoya46]

I Like It Like That: Chris Kenner

[DarcyFarrow]

I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (U2)

[1968Hoya46]

The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde: Georgie Fame (legality aside, robbing banks is work).

[BeatleloverKT]

All summer long   Beach Boys