Country songs about working hard often deal with issues like class, poverty, and justice. Having a strong work ethic is an admirable trait, but what if employers don’t care or do right by the workers? Songs about being under appreciated or mistreated on the job are plentiful. Johnny Payche...
There are also several modern-day classic country songs about working hard, including Kenny Chesney’s anthem “Shiftwork” and “Blowin’ Smoke” by Kacey Musgraves. When it comes to country songs about hard work, these tunes reflect the values of hard work, the struggles of living paycheck...
With its stark, affecting melody, it's probably the most celebrated 'industrial ballad'. This genre documented the struggles of people working hard in increasingly obsolete jobs. The very bestAmerican folk songs 7. The Water is Wide (O Waly, Waly) ...
about the most extreme revenge imaginable against a boyfriend who’s moved on. Her hard-boiled extravagance and acute psychological attunement might just kill the ex living in your head. Yet it’s her drolly disarming boasts—“I got me a therapist,”“I did all of this sober”—that sugges...
“It's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout a rock and roll” – is there more than one rock and roll to tell the stranger about, or does the enormity of the task of telling someone about rock and roll for the first time elicit a pause (“about, uh, rock and roll”)? –Do ...
s original, which ranks as one of R&B’s greatempowerment anthems. The guy’s just a hound dog because he disrespects her, is too lazy to catch any rabbits, and just wants to crash at her place. (Our local hound dogs would like us to point out that they’re hardworking hunting ...
Yes, it is refreshing to imagine the song as a story of infatuation between two men. But the entire point of “My My My!” seems to be about pop’s thrilling, almost old-fashioned power to appeal to anyone and everyone. –Alex Frank Listen: Troye Sivan, “My My My!” 16. Lonnie ...
This song is about how difficult homosexuality is to a person who does not want to acknowledge where he stands sexually. Multiple partners, and multiple feelings...trying to make it real. Explaining the life (dancing/lovemaking)to themself. It is hard to not live up to parent's normal sta...
“Around the World in a Day” is a socially conscious LP, and this is the song that best gets across Prince’s concern for the day-to-day struggle of the working class. It’s about despair, bad luck and, ultimately, drug addiction. Although Prince hadn’t hurt for money since maybe ...