It’s hard out there for working men and women. And that holds for the white collar variety, too; this year’s Labor Day blowout goes out to our brothers and sisters in the cubicles.
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Intro: Postal workers canceling stamps at the University Of Ghana post office (1975 field recording)
Gang of Four — To Hell With Poverty from Another Day Another Dollar EP (1982)
The Owls — Welcome to Monday from Daughters and Suns (2007)
Dan Reeder — Work Song from Dan Reeder (2003)
Tom Waits — Get Behind the Mule from Mule Variations (1999)
Patti Smith — Piss Factory from Hey Joe 7″ single (1974)
Elvis Presley — Big Boss Man from Clambake (1967)
Rajaton — Mita Kaikatat, Kivonen (Wherefore Grumblest Thou, O Grindstone)? from Nova (2000)
REM — Finest Worksong from Document (1987)
Klark Kent — Office Girls from Kollected Works (1995)
Papercuts — Dear Employee from Can’t Go Back (2007)
Rilo Kiley — Moneymaker from Under The Blacklight (2007)
The Members — Working Girl from Uprhythm Downbeat (1982)
Julian Cope — Five O’Clock World from My Nation Underground (1988)
Procol Harum — Bringing Home the Bacon from Grand Hotel (1973)
Joe Jackson — Friday from I’m the Man (1979)
The Flying Lizards — Money (That’s What I Want) from The Flying Lizards (1979)
The Skids — Working for the Yankee Dollar [single version] original version on Days in Europa (1979)
Hole — Credit In The Straight World from Live Through This (1994)
XTC — Earn Enough for Us from Skylarking (1986)
Marshall Crenshaw — Monday Morning Rock from Field Day (1983)
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