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Posted by Barton Lorimor (@bartonlorimor)

* A little while back, I created a post on Facebook about what songs I should include on an iTunes playlist called “Session.” For example, “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” by Cage the Elephant is there. “Life in the Fast Lane” by The Eagles was a must. Dylan’s “Things Have Changed” is on the list.

You get the idea.

Anyway, the original post didn’t really attract much attention (sad story, I know). So with that in mind…

Question: What songs would you include on a music playlist entitled “Session?”

Please don’t everyone suggest every track on Pink Floyd’s “Animals” album. VanillaMan, it’s your time to shine, buddy!

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 11:45 am

Comments

Working for the Man by Roy Orbison

Comment by Norseman Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 11:48 am
For the Love of Money, by the O’Jays

Comment by Norseman Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 11:52 am
Did You Steal My Money? by the Who. Face Dances album. In honor of pension “reform.”

Comment by anon Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 11:54 am
Money For Nothing - appropriately by Dire Straits

Comment by Nuance Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 11:58 am
Money!!!

Off Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon!

Comment by WhoKnew Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 11:58 am
War, by Edwin Star
Why Can’t We be Friends, by War

Comment by Norseman Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 11:59 am
Backstabbers by the O-Jays

Comment by Anon Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 11:59 am
“Another One Bites the Dust”
Queen

Comment by I'm New Here Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:00 pm
^For all those bills that tried so hard, but never quite got anywhere…

Comment by I'm New Here Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:00 pm
Friend of the Devil by Grateful Dead.

Comment by Lobo Y Olla Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:01 pm
The Sausage Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tcGyQVc__8

Comment by Tasty Grouper Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:02 pm
When I worked for house staff back in the early 90s I used to play the short song “minimum wage” by They Might be Giants. It was so appropriate for the long crazy hours we worked - especially the sound of the cracking whip! I think one day someone calculated the #of hours/the average salary and it fell way short of minimum wage!

It went along well with my Dogbert poster that said “the beatings will continue until morale improves”…those were the days!

Comment by The KQ Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:02 pm
“Wild Horses couldn’t pull me away…” from the Rolling Stones for those opposing term limits.

Comment by OVERSIGHT Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:03 pm
Will you still love me tomorrow? The Shirelles

Comment by Anon Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:04 pm
“Change” - John Waite

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:05 pm
Working for The Weekend —
Everybody Wants To Rule the World
Won’t Be Fooled Again

Comment by OneMan Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:06 pm
Ball of Confusion, by the Temptations

Comment by Norseman Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:07 pm
“Shiny Happy People” R.E.M.

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:08 pm
Eminence Front — The Who
So Far Away - Dire Straits
Truckin’
So Much To Say
Just A Job To Do — Genesis

Comment by OneMan Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:08 pm
Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)

Comment by OneMan Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:09 pm
Take me out to the ballgame- Harry Caray

Comment by A guy... Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:10 pm
Whip it- Devo

Comment by A guy... Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:11 pm
They’re Coming to Take Me Away

Lair Liar Pants on Fire

Comment by Anon Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:12 pm
“Finest Worksong” R.E.M.

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:12 pm
KQ

Loved that entire album, Minimum Wage is 47 seconds of brilliance…

https://soundcloud.com/jcotillard/minimum-wage-tmbg

Comment by OneMan Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:15 pm
“Who’s Crying Now” by Journey

Comment by Dude Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:15 pm
“Send in the Clowns” (preferably Sinatra’s excellent version of the Sondheim classic)

Comment by Adam Smith Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:16 pm
“I Still haven’t Found What I am Looking For”
“Running to Stand Still”

- U2

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:16 pm
It Wasn’t Me, by Shaggy

Comment by Norseman Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:18 pm
They’re coming to take me away - Napoleon XIV
Rainbow Connection - Paul Williams
Despicable Me - Pharrell
Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People - Frozen Soundtrack
Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey

Comment by Name Withheld Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:19 pm
Hurt So Bad by Little Anthony & the Imperials

Comment by Anon Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:26 pm
===It Wasn’t Me, by Shaggy===

lol, I had to explain last weekend why it might be inappropriate, given the company where I was. Classic!

“Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” - Meatloaf

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:27 pm
Dylan: “You Ain’t Going Nowhere”

The Brains: “Money Changes Everything” (Cyndi Lauper cover is acceptable)

Fifth Dimension: “Working on a Groovy Thng”

The Silouhettes: “Get a Job”

Comment by lake county democrat Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:29 pm
Freddy Fender - Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
Hank Williams/Cole Porter - Hey, Good Lookin’

Comment by OldSmoky2 Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:29 pm
For the cynic:
“Political Science” by Randy Newman
“Waiting for the New World Order” by Billy Bragg

For the do-gooder:
“There is Power in a Union” by Billy Bragg
“Right On” or anything else off of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On”

For times when you just want to get out of Sprinfield;
“Someday” by Steve Earl

Comment by Quizzical Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:29 pm
Sympathy for the Devil

Comment by In 630 Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:31 pm
Right Place, Wrong Time–Dr. John
Heartbreaker–Led Zeppelin
Trouble-Ray LaMontagne
Dirty Work-Steely Dan
only a Fool Would Say that-Steely Dan
That Smell–Lynyrd Skynyrd

Comment by Mr. Big Trouble Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:32 pm
“You Don’t Get Much” - BoDeans, Live versions only

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:35 pm
Long Dark Road - Hollies
Nightshift - Commodores
I’m a Man - Muddy Waters
You Can All Join In - Traffic
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
Save the Life of My Child - Simon and Garfunkel
Summertime - Shaggy

That’s all for now. Enjoy!

Comment by Keyser Soze Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:38 pm
I am a God by Kanye West

Comment by bottom rung. Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:45 pm
“I Had a Good Day” by Andy Breckman

http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Andy+Breckman+I+Had+A+Good+Day

Comment by Sangamo Sam Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:50 pm
“Free for All” - Ted Nugent
“Stranglehold” - Terrible Ted again
“Slow Ride” - Foghat

Comment by Cornerfield Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:51 pm
“Do You Feel Like We Do” - Peter Frampton
“Magic Carpet Ride” - Steppenwolf

Comment by Cornerfield Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:54 pm
Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd

Comment by Buster Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:57 pm
One Way out-Allman Brothers
Aint wasting time no more–Allman Brothers
Wasted Words-Allman Brothers
Whipping Post–Allman Brothers

Comment by Mr. Big Trouble Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:57 pm
Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads

Comment by Buster Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 12:59 pm
You guys, did you stop listening to new music in 1982?

Avett Brothers: Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise

In the fine print they tell me what’s wrong and what’s right
And it comes in black and it comes in white
And I’m frightened by those that don’t see it
When nothing is owed or deserved or expected
And your life doesn’t change by the man that’s elected

Comment by Rayne of Terror Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:00 pm
“Quaaludes”, Pork and the Havana Ducks

Comment by steve schnorf Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:01 pm
I am huge on Grooveshark, - Sangamo Sam -

Music, still not a strong suit.

“Good Feeling” - V.F.

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:09 pm
No Mercy–Nils Lofgren
Under My Thumb–Stones
You cant always get what you want–Stones
When the Whip Comes Down–Stones

Comment by Mr. Big Trouble Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:11 pm
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” … except in Illinois.

Comment by anon Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:17 pm
“Stuck In The Middle With You” — Stealers Wheel

Comment by Wensicia Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:17 pm
“You Wreck Me” by Tom Petty
“Periodically Double or Triple” by Yo La Tengo
“Dirty Work” by Steely Dan
“This Ain’t Living” by G. Love and the Special Sauce
“You Don’t Understand Me” by The Raconteurs
“Dead, Drunk, & Naked” by the Drive By Truckers
“In the Meantime” by Spacehog
“The Fixer” by Pearl Jam
“Outshined” by Soundgarden
“Insane in the Brain” Cypress Hill
“So Many Roads” the Grateful Dead”

Comment by Democratic Yoda Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:20 pm
Live and let die - Paul Mcartney
The man who would be King - Master of the Moon

Comment by Irish Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:20 pm
In my most cynical moments, I’d say Dylan’s “Slow Train Comin”

“Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted
Can’t help but wonder what’s happenin’ to my companions
Are they lost or are they found
Have they counted the cost it’ll take to bring down
All their earthly principles they’re gonna have to abandon?
There’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend”
http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/slow-train#ixzz2zAVoI3OA

Also a fan of Houndmouth’s “Come On, Illinois”

“Put your vote in a box
A political action committee
Take what you know
Throw it down the goddamn privy”

Comment by Senator Clay Davis Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:23 pm
Mercedes Marxist - Living Things
Elected - Alice Cooper
Take it From the Man - Brian Jonestown Massacre
Riddles - Joan Jett (more of a federal than state focus for the Joan Jett song)

Comment by Just the Facts Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:25 pm
In about another month or so….”We Gotta Get out of This Place” the Animals

Comment by a drop in Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:26 pm
Open up Wide by Chase. If you love the horn, it doesn’t get any better than this one.

Comment by Tommydanger Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:40 pm
Disconnected - Rancid
Dad from the Neck Up - Riverboat Gamblers
Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols
Sick City Sometimes - Buzzcocks

Comment by Just the Facts Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:41 pm
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin

Comment by Just An Ordinary Lawyer Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:44 pm
The In Crowd — Bryan Ferry cover version.

Comment by Toure's Latte Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:47 pm
Since I Don’t Have You- The Skyliners
Because-Dave Clark Five

Comment by Tommydanger Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:48 pm
Life During Wartime, Talking Heads

“This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around. No time for dancing, or lovey dovey, I ain’t got time for that now.”

Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:50 pm
End of the World - Cold
Enough - Gravity Kills
High - Jimmie’s Chicken Shack
Better Days - Citizen King

Comment by Roamin' Numeral Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:50 pm
“Welcome to the Machine”, Pink Floyd

Comment by Boone's is Back Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:51 pm
Anything by Loose Gravel.

Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 1:53 pm
Throwing Stones by The Grateful Dead

Comment by Throwing Stones Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 2:00 pm
All Apologies — See Rayne of Terror that is post 82
Now to go back in time

Time Stand Still - Rush
The Big Money — Rush
One Little Victory — Rush also post 82
Demolition Man — The Police
Wrapped Around Your Finger — The Police
Misunderstanding — Genesis
Please Don’t Ask - Genesis

Comment by OneMan Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 2:16 pm
“Beer is good” by Psychostick.

For those moments when the only way to make sense of everything is a cold one after work.

Comment by McDouble Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 2:17 pm
“Glory Days” - The Boss

Comment by Persnickety Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 2:58 pm
I’m surprised no one has suggested “Tax Man” by the Beatles.

Comment by Anon-MCMLVII Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 2:59 pm
Kudos to Democratic Yoda for including Drive-By Truckers…

my top cut: The Ecstasy of Gold–Ennio Morricone

Comment by Buzz Fugazi Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 3:05 pm
bonus track:

Leaders of Men–Joy Division

Comment by Buzz Fugazi Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 3:11 pm
“Downbound Train” by Springsteen
“Ain’t Too Pretty at All” by Warren Zevon
“Your Surrender” by Neon Trees
“Out of Touch” by Hall & Oates
“I Don’t Know How to Love [Quinn]” (I Don’t Know How to Love Him from the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack)

Comment by Steve Downstate Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 3:13 pm
Dare You to Move - Switchfoot
Lied - Midge Ure
You Must Not Be Drinking Enough - Don Henley

Comment by God's Country Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 3:21 pm
“That’s Just the Way It Is” - Bruce Hornsby.

Comment by Darienite Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 3:25 pm
“Only a Fool Would Say That ” - Steely Dan

Comment by Democrat Grrl Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 3:33 pm
Smiling Faces by artist unknown

Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 3:39 pm
when the levey breaks by Led Zepplin

Comment by Throwing Stones Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 3:41 pm
Big boss man by bruce rauner, uh i mean Jimmy Reed.

Comment by Throwing Stones Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 3:43 pm
“Time After Time” by Cindi Lauper

Comment by Schock girl Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 4:01 pm
“Damn This Town” by John Hiatt

Comment by Smoggie Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 4:17 pm
“Smash n’ Grab” - AC/DC
“Master of Puppets” - Metallica
“For Whom the Bell Tolls” - Metallica
“The Show Must Go On” - Pink Floyd
“Living After Midnight” - Judas Priest, for when lawmakers are still arguing past 11:59 p.m. on May 31.

Comment by The Heavy Metal Murrows Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 4:27 pm
Junior Wells: Keep You Hands Out of My Pockets

Comment by No Name Nick Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 4:36 pm
“Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake

Comment by connor Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 4:40 pm
“Lawyers, guns and money.”

Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 5:19 pm
Who’s Crying Now - Journey
Give it Away RHCP

Comment by Desert Dweller Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 5:21 pm
Dare to be Stupid. Weird Al Yankovic.

Comment by RFR Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 5:22 pm
Something’s Wrong, by Billy D and the Hoodoos

Comment by College in the 70s Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 5:32 pm
All songs by The Who

Comment by Jacob S Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 6:07 pm
“Crazy”

Comment by One of the 35 Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 8:56 pm
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
Damn Right I Got the Blues - Buddy Guy
Mike the Headless Chicken - Timothy P & the Rural Route 3

Comment by zatoichi Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 9:55 pm
“Final Countdown” by Europe and “Carmina Burana” by Carl Orff.

Comment by Stephanie Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 9:55 pm
Talking Loud and Saying Nothing - James Brown
Fleece - Bottomless Pit
Irony Fails Me - Karl Hendricks
Divide and Conquer - Husker Du
Play to Win - Tar
Careering - Public Image Ltd.

Silkworm - The Operative/His Mark Replies

Comment by Redlining Thursday, Apr 17, 14 @ 10:40 pm