The way I like it is the way it is
I got mine don’t worry about his

That little song fragment popped into my head last night. Thankfully it only took me a few seconds to place it. The line is from Sex Machine by James Brown but it’s not his version that was in my head. It was the avant-garde cover by The Flying Lizards introduced to me by my favorite cuz’n back in the 80’s. I haven’t listened to it in forever but I was pretty sure I had it in my iTunes library somewhere so I went digging and sure enough found it and guess what, it still rules.

Well I get up at seven, yeah
And I go to work at nine

I’m pretty sure that’s the lyric that spurred my next iTunes search. It’s from a song by Rush called Working Man off their eponymous debut album. Unfortunately, it wasn’t in my library so I had to placate my desire to hear it by listening to one of their excellent albums from the early 80’s, Moving Pictures. Not the same but damn good nonetheless. Rock on!

Four songs that would make a good start for a work related mix tape. Can you think of any others?

Working Man by Rush (obviously)
Matthew and Son by Cat Stevens
A Well Respected Man by The Kinks
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) by Styx

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