Tuesday, September 15, 2015

The Rebel Black Dot Labor Song of the Day

"Weird Al" Yankovic, "Callin' in Sick" from Bad Hair Day (Mike Papa Whiskey)

Commentary: To my ears, 2014's "First World Problems" is a thematic companion to 1996's "Callin' in Sick." To wit, we've got it pretty good, we know we do, & yet we whine anyway. From this critique, I am most definitely not exempting myself.
"Hit my snooze alarm for the twenty-seventh time,
Just don't feel like goin' to work…

"When I'm sick of taking abuse,
I just make up some lame excuse,
Freedom's just seven digits away…"

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