Top 10 Songs That Poor People Like to Sing Along to in Bars
Oh, don’t look so offended! By “poor people,” I mean everyday working stiffs like you, me, and everyone else besides your boss’s boss’s boss. Over on Poor People Like Pizza, we’ve been discussing the things that your employee (a poor person) likes and dislikes about the daily grind. One thing that poor people love to do is sing along to songs in bars! That’s why we’ve compiled a Top 10 list of the songs that poor people love (especially when they’re in a bar on Saturday night, doing their best to mask the reality that is their weekly 9-5 with alcohol and denial).
10. “Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen
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Ah, a classic. A staple in rugged, blue collar, hard-working Americana. Though this is actually the most bold and unabashed musical expression of Anti-American sentiments ever made (Got in a little hometown jam/So they put a rifle in my hand/Sent me off to a foreign land/To go and kill the yellow man), people still love to embrace this as a flag-wavin’, football lovin’, campaign rockin’ American Bar Song. Expect this to pop on the jukebox relatively early in the night (let’s say, 10:35PM on a Saturday/8:45PM on a weekday). No one knows any lyrics besides the actual line “Born in the U.S.A.,” so it’s not as much of a drunken sing-a-long as you would expect (but still deserves a place on the list). Poor people love Bruce!
Posted: March 10th, 2008 under My Lists.
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