So technically it’s no longer Friday, at least out here on the East Coast. In my world, however, the day doesn’t end until I’ve gone to bed and awakened. So, here’s my OSF picks for the week. The theme this week is I Had a Bad Day at Work. These days I’m not sure who isn’t having bad days at work or bad days looking for work. So let’s lighten the mood for a moment and revel in having fun at work.
I give you, Rose Royce’s “Car Wash.” Oh yeah…
Bet you can’t guess what’s now next up on my NetFlix queue.
Being one of those people that worships at the alter of Dylan (when I’m not worshiping at the altar of John Coltrane, of course), I just have to throw a little “Maggie’s Farm” at you. This was also one of the first songs Dylan played with an electric guitar.
Now this is where it gets tough. I’ve still got almost the entire Blues and Country oeuvres to chose from. Then there are all those obvious, yet still classic choices: Billy Bragg, The Boss, Dolly Parton, Lee Dorsey, Johnny Paycheck, Sam Cooke. What to chose?
How about some Superchunk, “Slack Motherfuckers.” I’m workin’, but I’m not workin’ for you!
And last but not least, and even though this isn’t really about work (at least the day to day, pay the rent kind), but just because I have to read every damn day about executives at AIG or some other bunch of greedy asswipes getting rich at folks expense, while at the same time trying to blame those same folks for the messed up state they’ve found themselves in, I just have to drop the P.E., “Fight the Power.”
Happy OSF Y’all! Thanks for playing, and as always, much love to all the other OSF participants.
Electronic Village | Fresh And Fab | Danielle | Kim | Ms Grapevine | Quick| Marcus Langford | Cassandra |iriegal | Mahogany | Hagar’s Daughter | Lisa C | Chocl8t | DP | Dallassouth | John | CC Groovy | Kreative Talk | Marvalus One | Regina | Clnmike | Vivrant Thing | AJ | Sharon | The Creole Pimp | Invisible Woman | Beleiver 1964 | Cooper | SJP | Bria | BklynQueen 86 | Hey Shae | From the Battlefield | Thembi | D Spot | Malcolm | Pop Art Diva | Pjazzypar | MsLadyDeborah | Tha Connoisseur
Slack MFs is hilarious. I need to make this the theme song for this week. LMAO Oh my God too funny.
Anyway, I’m very happy to see Car Wash on OSF. And you can’t go wrong with PE.
Have a great weekend!
Yes, I Love that movie. Every time I hear PE again, or the likes of Del, I long for the old days of Hip Hop. Not that Hip Hop has to have a message to be good, but damn, even the party songs have completely fallen off.
I agree. The party songs, hardcore, underground, etc. all of it has fallen off. Most of the songs are sporting beats from songs we’ve already played the grooves off of so it’s the same ol same. I need to throw me an old school party and get it out of my system.
Oh, goody–one more OSF post to check out! Nice picks and very appropriate sentiments.
It’s funny seeing the Car Wash video. Now as I look back, a couple of jobs I had like that where there was always drama and so many off-beat personalities and that constantly had me cursing my (under)employment are now the jobs that I look back on with the most fondness and best stories…
I know, right? I find myself missing those jobs too (but not the paychecks, that’s for sure).
This list is incredible. Car Wash, just thinking about makes me laugh, so I guess it works. Either that or you can’t forget from whence you came, or where you may therefore return.
Bob Dylan is my soundtrack from getting MSW, (masters in social work)…He’s part of the sound track for life. He keeps me at peace.
Fight the Power, would make me go off on my boss, and through a steel trash can through the office building, Mookie style. No Fight the Power on a bad day because things will get ugly.
LOL!! Great picks! I watched Car Wash over the weekend!