1. "Get A Job" - The Silhouettes
2. "Takin' Care of Business" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
3. "I Can't Wait to Get Off Work [And See My Baby On Montgomery Avenue]" - Tom Waits
4. "Car Wash" - Rose Royce
5. "Summertime Blues" - Eddie Cochran
6. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - George Gershwin
7. "Working in the Coal Mine" - DEVO
8. "Working Class Hero" - John Lennon
9. "Career Opportunities" - The Clash
10. "Maggie's Farm" - Bob Dylan
Honorable Mentions:
"9 to 5" - Dolly Parton
"Build & Work" - Noah Georgeson
"Why Don't You Get A Job?" - The Offspring
"Found A Job" - Talking Heads
Bruce Springsteen
Stay Tuned For:
The Top 10 Songs About Summertime...
Friday, March 2, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Everybody's Working for the Weekend (Part 2) - The Top 10 Songs About the Days of the Week & the Top 10 Songs About the Weekend
The Top 10 Songs About the Days of the Week
1. "If It's Monday Morning" - Lee Hazlewood
2. "Monday" - Bodhitrees
3. "Blue Monday" - New Order
4. "Ruby Tuesday" - The Rolling Stones
5. "Tuesday's Gone"* - Lynyrd Skynyrd
6. "Ash Wednesday" - Elvis Perkins
7. "Wednesday Morning 3 A.M." - Simon & Garfunkel
8. "Jersey Thursday" - Donovan
9. "Thursday Afternoon" - Brian Eno
10. "Friday On My Mind" - The Easybeats
The Top 10 Songs About the Weekend
1. "Friday I'm In Love" - The Cure
2. "Friday" - Ice Cube
3. "Saturday in the Park" - Chicago
4. "Saturday Night" - The Bay City Rollers
5. "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" - Elton John
5. "(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night" - Tom Waits
6. "Sunday Morning Coming Down" - Kris Kristofferson
7. "Sunday Morning" - Velvet Underground & Nico
9. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2
10. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - John Lennon
Honorable Mentions:
"Eight Days A Week" - The Beatles
"Peggy Day" - Bob Dylan
*Note - Why do people hate Tuesdays so much that they only want to sing songs about saying goodbye to it? On that note:
Stay Tuned For:
The Top 10 Songs About Saying Goodbye...
Psst, hey. You wanna hear all the songs in a row? Click here.
1. "If It's Monday Morning" - Lee Hazlewood
2. "Monday" - Bodhitrees
3. "Blue Monday" - New Order
4. "Ruby Tuesday" - The Rolling Stones
5. "Tuesday's Gone"* - Lynyrd Skynyrd
6. "Ash Wednesday" - Elvis Perkins
7. "Wednesday Morning 3 A.M." - Simon & Garfunkel
8. "Jersey Thursday" - Donovan
9. "Thursday Afternoon" - Brian Eno
10. "Friday On My Mind" - The Easybeats
The Top 10 Songs About the Weekend
1. "Friday I'm In Love" - The Cure
2. "Friday" - Ice Cube
3. "Saturday in the Park" - Chicago
4. "Saturday Night" - The Bay City Rollers
5. "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" - Elton John
5. "(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night" - Tom Waits
6. "Sunday Morning Coming Down" - Kris Kristofferson
7. "Sunday Morning" - Velvet Underground & Nico
9. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2
10. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - John Lennon
Honorable Mentions:
"Eight Days A Week" - The Beatles
"Peggy Day" - Bob Dylan
*Note - Why do people hate Tuesdays so much that they only want to sing songs about saying goodbye to it? On that note:
Stay Tuned For:
The Top 10 Songs About Saying Goodbye...
Psst, hey. You wanna hear all the songs in a row? Click here.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
It Doesn't Matter If You're Black or White: The Top 10 Songs About Colors
As much as it pains me to have Coldplay on a list, you have to admit, it truly is... one of the Top 10 Songs About Colors.
1. "Colours" - Donovan
2. "Paint it Black" - The Rolling Stones
3. "Somewhere That's Green" - Ellen Green
4. "Silver" - Echo & the Bunnymen
5. "Golden Hours" - Brian Eno
6. "Turquoise" - Donovan
7. "She's A Rainbow" - The Rolling Stones
8. "Blue in Green" - Miles Davis
9. "Yellow" - Coldplay
10. "Tangled up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Honorable Mentions:
"Mellow Yellow" - Donovan
"Black" - Pearl Jam
Rhythm Tracks Vol. IV
Stay Tuned For:
the Top 10 Songs About Words That Rhyme...
1. "Colours" - Donovan
2. "Paint it Black" - The Rolling Stones
3. "Somewhere That's Green" - Ellen Green
4. "Silver" - Echo & the Bunnymen
5. "Golden Hours" - Brian Eno
6. "Turquoise" - Donovan
7. "She's A Rainbow" - The Rolling Stones
8. "Blue in Green" - Miles Davis
9. "Yellow" - Coldplay
10. "Tangled up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Honorable Mentions:
"Mellow Yellow" - Donovan
"Black" - Pearl Jam
Rhythm Tracks Vol. IV
Stay Tuned For:
the Top 10 Songs About Words That Rhyme...
Friday, February 10, 2012
When Worlds Collide: The Top 10 Songs From Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
The year is 2000. Y2K. The 90's are over and the rap-rock is in full effect. There are literally people making careers for themselves by being Fred Durst. And skateboarding video games are absolutely the best option if your plan is to spend countless hours sitting in one position, completely isolated from any sort of social contact and effectively protecting your mushy teenage brain from any kind of positive development during those critical formative years for knowledge absorption.
[breathe in]
So, whether you are vert or street or mongo, grab your sticks, create your player (don't forget your backwards hat and backpack), customize your deck, and get ready to hip-hop and rock-out to your favorite tracks. Here are mine:
1. "Blood Brothers" - Papa Roach
2. "Pin The Tail On The Donkey" - Naughty By Nature
3. "Bring the Noise" - Anthrax & Public Enemy
4. "When Worlds Collide" - Powerman 5000
5. "B-Boy Document '99" - The High & Mighty
6. "You" - Bad Religion
7. "Guerilla Radio" - Rage Against The Machine
8. "Cyclone" - The Dub Pistols
9. "Out with the Old" - Alley Life
10. "Heavy Metal Winner" - Consumed
Honorable Tracks:
"May 16th" - Lagwagon
"Subculture" - Styles of Beyond
"No Cigar" - Millencolin
"Evil Eye" - Fu Manchu
Stay tuned for:
the Top 10 Songs About Types of Radios...
[breathe in]
So, whether you are vert or street or mongo, grab your sticks, create your player (don't forget your backwards hat and backpack), customize your deck, and get ready to hip-hop and rock-out to your favorite tracks. Here are mine:
1. "Blood Brothers" - Papa Roach
2. "Pin The Tail On The Donkey" - Naughty By Nature
3. "Bring the Noise" - Anthrax & Public Enemy
4. "When Worlds Collide" - Powerman 5000
5. "B-Boy Document '99" - The High & Mighty
6. "You" - Bad Religion
7. "Guerilla Radio" - Rage Against The Machine
8. "Cyclone" - The Dub Pistols
9. "Out with the Old" - Alley Life
10. "Heavy Metal Winner" - Consumed
Honorable Tracks:
"May 16th" - Lagwagon
"Subculture" - Styles of Beyond
"No Cigar" - Millencolin
"Evil Eye" - Fu Manchu
Stay tuned for:
the Top 10 Songs About Types of Radios...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Roll Over Beethoven: Top 10 Songs About Other Musicians
1. "American Pie" - Don McLean
2. "Chelsea Hotel #2" - Leonard Cohen
3. "Too Many People" - Paul & Linda McCartney
4. "How Do You Sleep?" - John Lennon
5. "Killing Me Softly (With His Song)" - Lori Lieberman
6. "Velvet Underground" - Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
7. "(David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six" - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
8. "Song For Bob Dylan" - David Bowie
9. "Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs" - The Minutemen
10. "Song To Woody" - Bob Dylan
Honorable Mentions
"Wah-Wah" - George Harrison
"Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)" - Cowboy Junkies
"Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" - Martha Wainwright
Stay tuned for:
The Top 10 Songs About Hotels...
2. "Chelsea Hotel #2" - Leonard Cohen
3. "Too Many People" - Paul & Linda McCartney
4. "How Do You Sleep?" - John Lennon
5. "Killing Me Softly (With His Song)" - Lori Lieberman
6. "Velvet Underground" - Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
7. "(David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six" - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
8. "Song For Bob Dylan" - David Bowie
9. "Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs" - The Minutemen
10. "Song To Woody" - Bob Dylan
Honorable Mentions
"Wah-Wah" - George Harrison
"Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)" - Cowboy Junkies
"Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" - Martha Wainwright
Stay tuned for:
The Top 10 Songs About Hotels...
Top 10 Funniest Wikipedia Articles of All Time
by Robbie Bruens
A Gilded Planet
10. Baha Men
"The Baha Men are the American singers in a Bahamian band. They play a modernised style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo...
...The Baha Men were one of the many artists to record a song on the album DisneyMania and two of its four sequels. On the first DisneyMania, they recorded 'Hakuna Matata' from The Lion King. On DisneyMania 2, they recorded the famous song 'It's a Small World' from the Disney park attraction of the same name. They were absent from DisneyMania 3, though they returned for DisneyMania 4, recording their take on the song 'Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride' from Lilo and Stitch entitled 'Bahaman Roller Coaster Ride.'"
9. Zoot Suit Riots
"Zoot Suit Riot" redirects here. For the album by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, see Zoot Suit Riot (album). For that album's title song, see Zoot Suit Riot (song).
"The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots in 1943 during World War II that erupted in Los Angeles, California between white sailors and Marines stationed throughout the city and Latino youths, who were recognizable by the zoot suits they favored...
...many white servicemen resented seeing so many Latinos socializing in clothing many considered unpatriotic and extravagant in wartime."
8. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer
"The critical reception of Friedberg and Seltzer's movies has been consistently very negative Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans were rated the two worst films of 2008 by The Times newspaper. Additionally, every film they have directed has made it into Rotten Tomatoes' 'Worst of the Worst' for the 2000s, only scoring one spot outside of the bottom 25. The duo received a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Screenplay for Epic Movie at the 2007 Razzies and were nominated for Worst Picture, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay for both Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie at the 2008 Razzies, as well as nominated for 'Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel at the 2011 Razzies for Vampires Suck. The pair appears on noted British film magazine Empire's fan voted top 50 worst movies of all time more often than any other person. Almost all of their movies appear with a rank, and all are mentioned in the full review text.
...Critic Josh Levin of Slate commented that 'Friedberg and Seltzer.. are not filmmakers. They are evildoers, charlatans, symbols of Western civilization's decline...' Josh Rosenblatt of the Austin Chronicle said that 'Writer/directors Friedberg and Seltzer are a scourge. They’re a plague on our cinematic landscape, a national shame, a danger to our culture, a typhoon-sized natural disaster disguised as a filmmaking team, a Hollywood monster wreaking havoc on the minds of America’s youth and setting civilization back thousands of years.'"
7. Complexity
Wikipedia's article on complexity includes this ludicrous graphical chart:
6. Asian Brown Cloud
"The Asian brown cloud is a layer of air pollution that covers parts of South Asia, namely the northern Indian Ocean, India, and Pakistan. Viewed from satellite photos, the cloud appears as a giant brown stain hanging in the air over much of South Asia and the Indian Ocean every year between January and March, possibly also during earlier and later months."
5. I Love Money
"I Love Money is an American reality television series airing on VH1, and is a spin-off of Flavor of Love, Charm School, I Love New York, Rock of Love, Real Chance of Love, For the Love of Ray J, Daisy of Love and Megan Wants a Millionaire."
4. Liver-Eating Johnson
"John "Liver-Eating" Johnston (c.1824 – January 21, 1900) was a mountain man of the American Old West.
...One tale ascribed to [Liver-Eating] Johnson (while other sources ascribe it to Boone Helm) was of being ambushed by a group of Blackfoot warriors in the dead of winter on a foray to visit his Flathead kin, a trip that would have been over five hundred miles. The Blackfoot planned to sell him to the Crow, his mortal enemies, for a handsome price. He was stripped to the waist, tied with leather thongs and put in a teepee with an inexperienced guard outside. Johnson managed to chew through the straps, then knocked out his young guard with a punch to the face, took his knife and scalped him, then quickly cut off one of his legs. [dubious – discuss] He made his escape into the woods, surviving by eating the Blackfoot's leg, until he reached the cabin of Del Que, his trapping partner, a journey of about two hundred miles."
3. BDSM
2. The Great Stink
"The Great Stink, or the Big Stink, was a time in the summer of 1858 during which the smell of untreated human waste was very strong in central London."
1. Gangsta Rap
"Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop music that evolved from hardcore hip hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner-city youths...
...The subject matter inherent in gangsta rap has caused a great deal of controversy. Criticism has come from both left wing and right wing commentators, and religious leaders, who have accused the genre of promoting crime, violence, profanity, sex, homophobia, racism,promiscuity, misogyny, rape, street gangs, drive-by shootings, vandalism, thievery, drug dealing, alcohol abuse, substance abuse and materialism."
Honorable Mentions:
Intelligent Design, Tentacle Erotica, Oh Sit!
A Gilded Planet
10. Baha Men
"The Baha Men are the American singers in a Bahamian band. They play a modernised style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo...
...The Baha Men were one of the many artists to record a song on the album DisneyMania and two of its four sequels. On the first DisneyMania, they recorded 'Hakuna Matata' from The Lion King. On DisneyMania 2, they recorded the famous song 'It's a Small World' from the Disney park attraction of the same name. They were absent from DisneyMania 3, though they returned for DisneyMania 4, recording their take on the song 'Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride' from Lilo and Stitch entitled 'Bahaman Roller Coaster Ride.'"
9. Zoot Suit Riots
"Zoot Suit Riot" redirects here. For the album by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, see Zoot Suit Riot (album). For that album's title song, see Zoot Suit Riot (song).
"The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots in 1943 during World War II that erupted in Los Angeles, California between white sailors and Marines stationed throughout the city and Latino youths, who were recognizable by the zoot suits they favored...
...many white servicemen resented seeing so many Latinos socializing in clothing many considered unpatriotic and extravagant in wartime."
8. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer
"The critical reception of Friedberg and Seltzer's movies has been consistently very negative Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans were rated the two worst films of 2008 by The Times newspaper. Additionally, every film they have directed has made it into Rotten Tomatoes' 'Worst of the Worst' for the 2000s, only scoring one spot outside of the bottom 25. The duo received a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Screenplay for Epic Movie at the 2007 Razzies and were nominated for Worst Picture, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay for both Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie at the 2008 Razzies, as well as nominated for 'Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel at the 2011 Razzies for Vampires Suck. The pair appears on noted British film magazine Empire's fan voted top 50 worst movies of all time more often than any other person. Almost all of their movies appear with a rank, and all are mentioned in the full review text.
...Critic Josh Levin of Slate commented that 'Friedberg and Seltzer.. are not filmmakers. They are evildoers, charlatans, symbols of Western civilization's decline...' Josh Rosenblatt of the Austin Chronicle said that 'Writer/directors Friedberg and Seltzer are a scourge. They’re a plague on our cinematic landscape, a national shame, a danger to our culture, a typhoon-sized natural disaster disguised as a filmmaking team, a Hollywood monster wreaking havoc on the minds of America’s youth and setting civilization back thousands of years.'"
7. Complexity
Wikipedia's article on complexity includes this ludicrous graphical chart:
6. Asian Brown Cloud
"The Asian brown cloud is a layer of air pollution that covers parts of South Asia, namely the northern Indian Ocean, India, and Pakistan. Viewed from satellite photos, the cloud appears as a giant brown stain hanging in the air over much of South Asia and the Indian Ocean every year between January and March, possibly also during earlier and later months."
5. I Love Money
"I Love Money is an American reality television series airing on VH1, and is a spin-off of Flavor of Love, Charm School, I Love New York, Rock of Love, Real Chance of Love, For the Love of Ray J, Daisy of Love and Megan Wants a Millionaire."
4. Liver-Eating Johnson
"John "Liver-Eating" Johnston (c.1824 – January 21, 1900) was a mountain man of the American Old West.
...One tale ascribed to [Liver-Eating] Johnson (while other sources ascribe it to Boone Helm) was of being ambushed by a group of Blackfoot warriors in the dead of winter on a foray to visit his Flathead kin, a trip that would have been over five hundred miles. The Blackfoot planned to sell him to the Crow, his mortal enemies, for a handsome price. He was stripped to the waist, tied with leather thongs and put in a teepee with an inexperienced guard outside. Johnson managed to chew through the straps, then knocked out his young guard with a punch to the face, took his knife and scalped him, then quickly cut off one of his legs. [dubious – discuss] He made his escape into the woods, surviving by eating the Blackfoot's leg, until he reached the cabin of Del Que, his trapping partner, a journey of about two hundred miles."
3. BDSM
2. The Great Stink
"The Great Stink, or the Big Stink, was a time in the summer of 1858 during which the smell of untreated human waste was very strong in central London."
1. Gangsta Rap
"Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop music that evolved from hardcore hip hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner-city youths...
...The subject matter inherent in gangsta rap has caused a great deal of controversy. Criticism has come from both left wing and right wing commentators, and religious leaders, who have accused the genre of promoting crime, violence, profanity, sex, homophobia, racism,promiscuity, misogyny, rape, street gangs, drive-by shootings, vandalism, thievery, drug dealing, alcohol abuse, substance abuse and materialism."
Honorable Mentions:
Intelligent Design, Tentacle Erotica, Oh Sit!
Monday, January 23, 2012
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