Honoring the American Worker
Good morning, kittens & dawgs! It’s Labor Day, I’m saluting every person in this failing economy whose trying to earn a living. You know who you are! It’s scary with all the outsourcing going on and a tight job market. We know how you feel coz DH has been out of work for a while now. But, we’re Americans – red, white, and blue to the core, baby! “When the going gets tough, the tough get going!”
Lend a hand, pat a back, give a high 5, shout out way-to-go, and say a prayer. Today’s music is in honor of the American worker!
These songs were inspired picks found on Top 100 Labor Day and American Worker Songs. I hope you enjoyed my mewsic choices today. You’re invited to vote in last week’s BoTB, The sing-off between The Dandy Warhols and Skye, covering Blondie’s hit song Call Me. And, if you want more mewsic, still then check out my Saturday Songsuasion feature Ships Have Sailed.
Let’s show some love in recognition to hard-working men and women in our country with this tweet-out.
[tweetthis]I applaud the #American worker this #LaborDay! #music #rock #country[/tweetthis]
Thanks for stopping by for the dance and for including me in your day. You’re invited to tag along with me as I dance over to see the ?Monday’s Music Moves Me? crew to join their linky party. Have a tunetastic week and I hope you’ll join in tomorrow for What ever happened to…? series!
You deserve a little break. Enjoy it!
What are you listening to this Labor Day weekend?
26 Comments
Colette S
I enjoyed these Cathy. I love your saluting of the hard worker.
Hope you did have a day to rest up.
Enjoy your weekend!
Cathy Kennedy
Colette, Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed these selections. I share more than I usually do, but I got caught up in it. lol
Rorybore
Still love 9-5 But I definitely don’t miss being in that mad rat race. Respect to all who can do it. I wish there was a song for stay at home moms. I know many don’t consider that as “work”, but still, I think we deserve a theme song too — I can’t think of one at all??
Cathy Kennedy
Les, I agree there needs to be an anthem for mothers. This is the hardest ever and the pay? Well, we know how underpaid mothers are but it’s a job most of us love and wouldn’t have it any other way. Maybe, you can write one. You’re good at poetry and I bet you can come up great lyrics for a song. 🙂
Naila Moon
Now this is a list of songs that I have not heard in awhile. Thanks for honoring the American worker.
Cathy Kennedy
Michell, I’m glad you enjoyed the list of songs I picked out to honor hardworking Americans. They need the boost in these difficult economic times. Have a tunetastic day!
Debbie D.
Some great tunes here, Cathy! I hope you had a lovely Labour Day. 🙂 Yes, it certainly is a struggle in today’s workforce. I’ve been self-employed for about 20 years now (a self-defence move after getting “downsized” from my corporate job) and sort of “semi-retired” at this point. I would love to earn some money with writing as well, but I’m always getting sidetracked by blogging. 😛
Cathy Kennedy
Debbie, you were smart to start your dog sitting service. We often talk about trying to sell DH’s photos to a photo stock agency, but never followed through. However, we hope after he finds work again to get serious with this pursuit. It’s a very painful process of always being on the end of corporate lay-offs. Our hope is that he can find a good job that allows him to work for a minimum of 10-years putting him at his earliest retirement age to receive benefits without penalty and we can evaluate things. Keep working or just retire.
Debbie D.
Great idea about selling your photos! I’ve been researching that option as well but haven’t gotten very far, yet. I did sign up with https://500px.com/. It’s a start, anyway. I don’t envy anyone who has to job search at midlife. Best wishes to your DH!
Cathy Kennedy
Debbie, Unfortunately, we have to do the job search at mid-life. It would be awesome to win the lottery, but we can’t afford to play that now. 🙁 Oh well, after he’s gainfully employed again then we can try our hand at it occasionally. 😉 Good for you on signing up at 500px. This is new-to-me, so I’ll be sure to check into it. Thanks, my friend!
Birgit
I thought of the song”Take this job and shove it” which may not go for today:) some great songs here. Happy Labour day and back to work tomorrow……bleccchhhh:)
Patrick Weseman
Great songs. We do need to honor all workers that make this country great and you have.
XmasDolly
I see you went the Labor day route well, we couldn’t have went to work if we didn’t go to school right? Great tunes here baby girl. Lovin them. Happy Labor Day! Hope you have a fun day and don’t eat too much! Time to make the potato salad!!!
Cathy Kennedy
Marie, did you say potato salad? Yum, I’ll be right over! 😉
stevebethere
Brilliant some very apt ones there Cathy 🙂
Happy Labour Day from London UK 🙂
Cathy Kennedy
Steve, it was hard to narrow the songs down and went a little wild! lol Thanks for popping in for a dance, my friend!
John Holton
Great choices here! I’m kind of restricted because I’m on disability and don’t want to lose it, so I’m calling it retirement and hoping to maybe sell some of my writing…
Cathy Kennedy
John, selling some of your writings on retirement would be a great way to supplement one’s income. That would be awesome! I love to write, but just can’t get myself to think of anything longer than a blog post. Maybe one day, I’ll do more, though. 🙂
John Holton
Oh, the book would be a collection of blog posts. I write a lot of stories from my past that get a lot of positive comments. Aside from the little stretches of the truth in the stories, I’m no good at writing fiction.
Cathy Kennedy
John, I wish I had enough interesting real stories to share with others. If I want people to buy my stories then it’s gonna have to be fiction. lol
Stacy Uncorked
Those are all excellent choices, Cathy! And I concur with your reply to Arlee above – I would love to find a good WAH job to help with the very tight household budget. So hard to find legitimate ones it seems! Hope you have an amazing week! 🙂
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Lori L MacLaughlin
Great list of songs! I’m familiar with all but two of them. Love Blue Collar Man. Styx is my favorite band. I agree it’s a scary economy. I hope your DH finds work soon. In the meantime, I hope you’re enjoying Labor Day!
pilch92
Happy Labor Day! Great song choices.
Cathy Kennedy
Ellen, I hope you and yours have a nice safe Labor Day and thanks for popping in for some tunes!
Arlee Bird
Some really good work songs here. I stopped “singing” my own work song several years ago now, but I’d happily return to the work force if a good offer came my way.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
Cathy Kennedy
Lee, I’d love to find a good WAH opportunity, but I have yet to one. That’s one reason why I’d like to go back to school to where I could better prepare myself to take on computer-related work at home jobs like website coding and design. I think this is something I’d enjoy. Of course, if I found a traditional job that paid enough then maybe I’d consider working outside the home. Thanks for stopping in and here’s hoping you have a lovely Labor Day with your family!