From 1973, please enjoy unjustly overlooked Brit folk-rockers The Strawbs with their actually-a-hit-record ode to blue collar solidarity and heinous fashions, the infectious "Part of the Union."
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Okay, I'll break the ice:
Songs mentioning states?
songs about democracy or demonstrations
songs about people like SARAH PALIN -- LOL
No, no, and no.
Although I'd love to do a Sarah Palin category.
Which reminds me -- there's a quote from her over at Box Office
http://boxoffice.com/blogs/steve/2009/07/lets-get-nuts.php
that you literally won't believe anybody was stupid enough to actually say.
But it's actually verbatim from her farewell speech on Sunday.
Songs about the Civil War? :-)
Anti-capitalist songs?
Organizing songs?
Bands named after edibles?
Trey
SONGS aBOUT YEARS .. or numbers
Tmink is vaguely in the ballpark with his first guess.
Vaguely....
:-)
bands whose lead singers dress like bananas?
Seriously -- is that the worst suit you ever saw?
Not to mention the worst hair cut. And glasses.
I will admit that I had a pair like those back in the day, but the suit?
NEVER!!!!
company spies!!!!
like narcs in the classrooms in college... your best bud is your worst enemy...
Songs about work(ers)?
I was in England when this song became a hit -- brings back wonderful memories.
My first guess would be songs about being a blue collar worker... but Dave got to it first.
Y'know, listening to it again, I'm not exactly sure exactly how pro-union it actually is. It could easily be presented as a Randy Newman-style parody.
In the States this song is called "There was a union maid"
Songs associated with Woody Guthrie?
Dave said...
Songs about work(ers)?
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