Entertainment For Lively Minds
Bands In Gainful Employment
Posted by David Wright on 9 November 2011 - 10:22am.
Manic Street Preachers
Men At Work
The Police
Any others you can think of, not on the old rock n' roll?
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Work
Song titles, mentioning different work types, okay as well.
The Quarrymen
Editors
Interpol
Reverend & the Makers
The Rockin' Vicars
Judas Priest
The Popes
The Count Bishops
The Choirboys
The Church
and, er,
John Deacon
F-off McClure
It did cross my mind
;-)
Another One Bites the Dust
Umm.......Roger Taylor?!?
Pet Shop Boys
cornershop
.
Professor Griff
Now looking for work after being ejected from Public Enemy for anti Semitic comments, so he may not count.
Other rap operatives :
Dr Dre
Professor Green
Terminator X
Grand Master Flash
Queen Latifah
Griff's back in the PE fold
The Weather Prophets.
No..
..way? Not really my thing isn't rap, but they're one of the best live acts I've ever seen, (anti Semitic comments notwithstanding).
Is Terminator a job now?
What are the hours?
Rude Vicar
John Deacon- brilliant!
The Carpenters
Stripper Vicar - Mansun
Men At Work
as above
The Skids..
..Worked for the Yankee Dollar for a bit.
Crash
Test Dummies
The Smiths
The Au Pairs
I'd suggest Athlete too but aren't they supposed to be amateur?
Titles
King Crimson
Queen Latifah
Prince Buster
God Speed You Black Emperor
Kaiser Chiefs
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
Sultans Of Ping
The Regents (original version of Barbara Ann 1961)
Dukes Of Stratosphear
The Godz
The Gods
The Dictators
Lady Gaga
Lord Buckley
Presidents Of The United States Of America
Struggling here....
Mike and the Mechanics
Dr Feelgood
Presidents of The United States of America
Electric Light Orchestra
Dr Who
Dr & The Medics
The
Godfathers (and their song Birth, School, Work Death)
The Weather Girls
MGMT
(It was shortened from "The Management").
Auteurs
The Boss?
Ok
You can have The Boss!
The Fireman
The Fireman
The Spin Doctors
The Spin Doctors
The Boy Scouts...not a real job but
Scouting For Girls
Small Faeces
the erm, plumbers.
Can
They were very versatile you know.
Yes
...were willing.
Many jobs...
The Village People? 100% employment, right there.
hmm...
although I suppose the Native American is more a race than an occupation.
Not for
the guy in Village People!
*Groucho Marx face and voice*
Some C86 era ones
The Boy Haidressers
The Shop Assistants
The Servants
slightly earlier -
Television Personalities
A few more
The Pop Group
The Motorcycle Boy
The Fireman
Drugstore
Every reason to believe
Midnight Oil worked quite hard
Professional Athletes On The Night Shift
Dexy's Midight Runners
Love
on a Farmboy's wages XTC
The Lumberjack Song Monty Python
Working in a Coalmine Lee Dorsey
Dollar - currently planning a big European tour
The Big Dish - very popular with Alan Gordon Partridge.
Nurse With Wound - restricted to admin duties.
On the other hand....
UB40