I just got fired, what should I listen to?

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Yagh.

― It's Rodney, chocolate-covered, freaky, and habit-forming! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link

"Earn Enough for Us," XTC

― save the robot (save the robot), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:17 (seventeen years ago) link

A Flaming Lips song comes to mind.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link

(And of course, sorry to hear about that -- any word it was going to happen?)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't know anything about the Flaming Lips, so what song might that be?

And yeah, I kinda knew it was coming, but was hoping for the best.

― It's Rodney, chocolate-covered, freaky, and habit-forming! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

"bang on the drum all day"

― celebrity mole: hawaii (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't know anything about the Flaming Lips, so what song might that be?

"Bad Days," m'friend. Thus:

You're sorta stuck where you are
But in your dreams you
can buy expensive cars
Or live on Mars
And have it
your way

And you hate your boss at your job
Well, in your dreams you can blow his head off
In your
dreams
Show no mercy

And all your bad days will
end
And all your bad days will end
You have to sleep
late when you can
And all your bad days will end

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:25 (seventeen years ago) link

daniel powter, "bad day"

― celebrity mole: hawaii (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link

the tinkling of ice cubes in yr glass and some blue note jazz

― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Not thematic, but when I got fired last year the only thing that made me feel better was Pet Shops Boys "Very"

― totph (Totph), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Black Flag "I'm not a Machine"

― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link

NWA's "Straight Outta Compton." Played it after all three times I;ve been laid off ... good to get that aintiauthoritarian rage out of your system upfront. Better not to let it linger.

― O'Connor (OConnorScribe), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:35 (seventeen years ago) link

And be sure to blast that old Johnny Paycheck song before you leave the office for good.

― O'Connor (OConnorScribe), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link

"oh well" - fleetwood mac/ rockets

― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Ned, Awesome. Celebrity Mole, considerably less awesome (but no hard feelings).

― It's Rodney, chocolate-covered, freaky, and habit-forming! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:37 (seventeen years ago) link

NWA sounds good right now.

― It's Rodney, chocolate-covered, freaky, and habit-forming! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link

The Minutemen - "This Ain't No Picnic"
Beastie Boys - "Funky Boss"
Butthole Surfers - "I Hate My Job"

― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Johnny Paycheck - Take this Job and Shove it

― Rev. PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie 2), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Wow, I just got laid off too. :>(

Lee Dorsey had a few good ones: "Holy Cow" "Gotta Find A Job" "Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further?"

― (Ex-)Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Lets commiserate!

― It's Rodney, chocolate-covered, freaky, and habit-forming! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Snoop Jobby Job?

― chadbeck (squirrel boy), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Replacements: "Goddamn Job"

― Jim M (jmcgaw), Thursday, 13 July 2006 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link

The Silhouettes - Get a Job (Sha Na Na)

― Rev. PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie 2), Thursday, 13 July 2006 18:00 (seventeen years ago) link

VU, "Head Held High"
Talking Heads, "Pulled Up"
-- both rousing, self-affirming, about forging ahead and doing your own thing, etc.

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Thursday, 13 July 2006 18:01 (seventeen years ago) link

methinks it's about time the plebians all stormed the White House. Working for a living -- or the attempt to, anyway -- has gotten to be completely fucking insane.

Play Neil Young's "Let's Impeach the President," too.

― O'Connor (OConnorScribe), Thursday, 13 July 2006 18:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Whatever hick said "Get a haircut and get a real job."

― christopherscottknudsen (christopherscottknudsen), Thursday, 13 July 2006 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Sounds cool. The kicker is that I MAY get my job back (I work at a community college) in the fall, but with reduced hours & pay. Just peachy.

(x-post)

that was George Thorogood.

― (Ex-)Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 13 July 2006 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Soul Position "Fuck a Job"

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Thursday, 13 July 2006 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link

The Silhouettes - Get a Job (Sha Na Na)

my father tortured me with that one during a long stint of unemployment

methinks it's about time the plebians all stormed the White House. Working for a living -- or the attempt to, anyway -- has gotten to be completely fucking insane.

there's always Quit Your Job Day, if you have a job to quit first

― cate flamingo (cate flamingo), Thursday, 13 July 2006 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Dionne Warwick "Promises Promises"

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 July 2006 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Dandy Warhols-Everyday Should Be A Holiday
Minus Five-Dear Employer

― (Ex-)Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 13 July 2006 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I wholeheartedly recommend O-Type's "This Stinking Job":

"This stinking job/Makes me sick!/This stinking job/Can suck my dick!"

...and plan for your NEXT job to be better! Good luck.

― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Thursday, 13 July 2006 19:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Also by Talking Heads "Found A Job".
Others: Ween "Pumping 4 The Man", Beck "Soul Suckin' Jerk"

― choinklate (nickalicious), Thursday, 13 July 2006 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Check out Moto's "I Hate My Fucking Job"... It's great!
Thankfully, they have it on their myspace page which I will now direct you to:
http://www.myspace.com/moto

― Bobby Ganush (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 13 July 2006 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link

More minutemen: "Jesus & Tequila".

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 13 July 2006 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link

"Lost My Job," Alex Chilton: "Three thirty-five a hour/Hundred dollars a week/I'll go get me another job/Down the street."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 13 July 2006 20:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Johnny Cash's "Oney," where he kicks the boss' ass before leaving the plant.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 13 July 2006 20:23 (seventeen years ago) link

"Vacation" by the Go-gos

― richard wood johnson (rwj), Thursday, 13 July 2006 20:26 (seventeen years ago) link

"Workin' Man Blues," Merle Haggard

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 13 July 2006 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link

getting fired is not always bad
it might be the sign of good things coming for you

what's that song called... where the words go from monday trought the week and then they shout out loud 'I! DON'T! NEED! THIS! SHIT!'?

if anyone knows the artist/title...
this one will hopefully cheer you up a bit.

― nique (nique), Thursday, 13 July 2006 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link

the la's "doledrum"
the chills "doledrums"
st valentine's day massacre "brother can you spare a dime"

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Thursday, 13 July 2006 23:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Cypress Hill - How I could just kill a man

― Looking through pattern skies (papa november), Thursday, 13 July 2006 23:42 (seventeen years ago) link

bangles - going down to liverpool

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Thursday, 13 July 2006 23:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Heaven knows I'm miserable now by the smiths

― badg (badg), Thursday, 13 July 2006 23:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I always took consolation from the Beatles' "You Never Give Me Your Money" in such situations:

Out of college, money spent
See no future, pay no rent
All the money's gone, nowhere to go
Any jobber got the sack
Monday morning, turning back
Yellow lorry slow, nowhere to go

But oh, that magic feeling: Nowhere to go.

Alternately, Steely Dan's "Any Major Dude" makes for good company if thematically unrelated.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 14 July 2006 01:08 (seventeen years ago) link

the jam - "smithers-jones"

― drone/a/sore (drone/a/sore), Friday, 14 July 2006 04:43 (seventeen years ago) link

nick nicely - hilly fields (1892)

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 14 July 2006 04:52 (seventeen years ago) link

certainly, murderdolls: i dont care m*********er... and think of ur boss at the same time. IT WORKS!!!

― bam psycho (bam_psycho), Friday, 14 July 2006 05:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Stay Positive - The Streets. Worked for me when I got fired.

― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Friday, 14 July 2006 08:12 (seventeen years ago) link

To comfort you in the knowledge that work and jobs are rubbish

'I Hate Work' Millions of Dead Cops
'I hate My Job' Butthole surfers

― Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Dog (Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountai), Friday, 14 July 2006 11:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, any number of kiss-off songs like Teddy Pendergrass's "I Don't Love You Anymore" should make this Friday feel a whole lot better.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:37 (seventeen years ago) link

modest mouse, "float on"

― sibsi (sibsi), Friday, 14 July 2006 15:09 (seventeen years ago) link

queen, "death on two legs"
geto boys, "fuck 'em" or "still" (to satisfy those office space urges)

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 14 July 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

to wit -- "death on two legs" covers all the bases in telling an ex-boss to go fuck himself:

You suck my blood like a leech
You break the law and you preach
Screw my brain till it hurts
You’ve taken all my money
And you want more
Misguided old mule with your pig headed rules
With your narrow minded cronies
Who are fools of the first division
Death on two legs
You’re tearing me apart
Death on two legs
You’ve never had a heart of your own
Kill joy bad guy big talking small fry
You’re just an old barrow boy
Have you found a new toy to replace me?
Can you face me?
But now you can kiss my ass goodbye
Feel good are you satisfied?
Do you feel like suicide?
(I think you should)
Is your conscience all right
Does it plague you at night?
Do you feel good feel good?

You talk like a big business tycoon
You’re just a hot air balloon
So no one gives you a damn
You’re just an overgrown schoolboy
Let me tan your hide
A dog with disease
You’re the king of the ’sleaze’
Put your money where your mouth is
Mister know-all
Was the fin on your back
Part of the deal? (shark)
Death on two legs
You’re tearing me apart
Death on two legs
You’ve never had a heart (you never did) of your own
(right from the start)
Insane you should be put inside
You’re a sewer rat decaying in a cesspool of pride
Should be made unemployed
Then make yourself null and void
Make me feel good I feel good

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 14 July 2006 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Seriously, "Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 15 July 2006 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

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