Music that's about (or mentions) factory or manual labour type work

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  1. Useaname

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    Useaname, May 5, 2020
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  2. Cool hand luke

    Cool hand luke There you go man, keep as cool as you can

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    Does prison work count?

    Nina Simone -Work Song
     
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  3. PADYBU

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    Does this count? :link:
     
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  4. idleracer

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    :kilroy: I'll go right for this low-hanging fruit:



    Elton John / Can I Put You On
     
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  5. wellhamsrus

    wellhamsrus Surrender to the sound

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    Cold Chisel - Shipping Steel



    Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man
     
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  6. Cool hand luke

    Cool hand luke There you go man, keep as cool as you can

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    Wow, no mention yet? This is a thread-closer:

    Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

     
    Cool hand luke, May 5, 2020
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  7. davebush

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    David Sylvian - Small Metal Gods

    Small metal Gods
    From a casting line
    From a factory in Mumbai
    Some manual labourer's bread and butter
    And a single-minded lie
     
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  8. Useaname

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  9. Cool hand luke

    Cool hand luke There you go man, keep as cool as you can

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    The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

     
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  10. Useaname

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  11. Harp Of Glass

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    Streets Of Baltimore

     
    Harp Of Glass, May 5, 2020
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  12. Hall Cat

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    Simon and Garfunkel - "My Little Town"
     
    Hall Cat, May 5, 2020
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  13. JoeOnWheels

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    Take this Job and Shove It/Johnny Paycheck
     
    JoeOnWheels, May 5, 2020
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  14. idleracer

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    :kilroy: Here's a song about no longer being able to find work of that sort:



    Phil Ochs / Automation Song
     
    idleracer, May 5, 2020
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  15. Harp Of Glass

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    Workin' Man Blues
     
    Harp Of Glass, May 5, 2020
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  16. Sneaky Pete

    Sneaky Pete Flat the 5 and That’s No Jive

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    Millworker-James Taylor
     
    Sneaky Pete, May 5, 2020
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  17. idleracer

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    Donovan / Goldwatch Blues

     
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  18. barryalan

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    Bob Marley - Night Shift
     
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  19. Sneaky Pete

    Sneaky Pete Flat the 5 and That’s No Jive

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    Albert King — Cadillac Assembly Line
     
    Sneaky Pete, May 5, 2020
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  20. idleracer

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    :kilroy: Gordon Lightfoot / Boss Man

     
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  21. Cool hand luke

    Cool hand luke There you go man, keep as cool as you can

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    Jimmy Reed's "Big Boss Man". I always dug The Dead's version.

     
    Cool hand luke, May 5, 2020
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  22. Useaname

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  23. Sneaky Pete

    Sneaky Pete Flat the 5 and That’s No Jive

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    Bobby Bare—Detroit City
     
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  24. Sneaky Pete

    Sneaky Pete Flat the 5 and That’s No Jive

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    Merle Haggard — Big City
     
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  25. Cool hand luke

    Cool hand luke There you go man, keep as cool as you can

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    Chris Rea - Working On It

     
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    Cool hand luke, May 5, 2020
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