"In honor of Labor Day 2011, here’s a stab at the impossible task of naming the best songs ever written about working people. I know it’s a travesty to not include ‘Which Side Are You On’, but I just couldn’t bear to knock out any of the eventual finalists. I also feel terrible about not including anything by The Clash orJohn Mellencamp and thought Johnny Paycheck’s classic ‘Take This Job and Shove It’ deserved mention."
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Posted September 12 2011 - 04:36 PM
"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."
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"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
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Swami Vivekananda
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
The Buddha
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Posted September 12 2011 - 05:18 PM
can't forget 'union town' by Tom Morello 
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Posted September 12 2011 - 05:22 PM
don't get me started
bruuuuuce and tommy
bruuuuuce and tommy
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Posted September 12 2011 - 06:32 PM
Not specifically a "Labor Day" song but one of the most poignant expressions of labors struggles against the "system" is Yip Harburg's "Brother can you spare a dime". Tom Waits does a moving rendition of this available on YouTube. Yeah I know, Waits sounds like he gargles with crushed beer bottles. Lately it feels like labor is walking barefoot on those bottles so I guess it fits.
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Posted September 12 2011 - 07:09 PM
tom waits covers 'brother can you spare a time' Awesome. Hell yes. Classic.
You know he was real good in that movie 'down by law'
"I screama, you screama, we all screama for ice creama'
You know he was real good in that movie 'down by law'
"I screama, you screama, we all screama for ice creama'
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Posted September 12 2011 - 07:37 PM
"I'm proud to be a union man" By Neil Young...
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Posted September 12 2011 - 07:56 PM
Neil Young is a great songwriter.
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Posted September 12 2011 - 08:11 PM
Yes he is...Too bad those were the "good old days" for the IBT
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Posted September 12 2011 - 09:54 PM
OK, I had an idea for a forum and this thread sealed the deal!
New "TOP 5" forum under "General Interest".
~Phil
New "TOP 5" forum under "General Interest".
~Phil
