Songs about getting fired

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Got fired from my shitty temp job today. No great loss, as I should be starting college in a couple of weeks, but I'm pretty pissed off anyway. So any songs about getting the sack? Angry punk ones especially. Grrr.

― Ben Dot (1977), Friday, 3 September 2004 14:22 (twenty years ago)

"Letter Bomb" by the Circle Jerks
"One By One" by Gutterball
"Got No Soul" by Cop $hoot Cop

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 3 September 2004 14:25 (twenty years ago)

Actually, "Letter Bomb" is more about killing your boss, but I'm sure it'll do nicely.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 3 September 2004 14:26 (twenty years ago)

Modest Mouse's "Float On" should work nicely.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 3 September 2004 14:29 (twenty years ago)

I'm sure Mojo Nixon has a song or two about your predicament.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 3 September 2004 14:31 (twenty years ago)

Somebody recorded a response to "Take This Job and Shove It": "Take This Pink Slip (And Beat It)."

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 3 September 2004 14:33 (twenty years ago)

Didn't Avril Lavigne have one about getting fired from her fast food job?

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 3 September 2004 14:34 (twenty years ago)

we've definitely done this before, not too long ago, but i guess as long as people keep losing their jobs we're going to have keep starting threads about it.

alex chilton, "lost my job"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 3 September 2004 15:09 (twenty years ago)

I did a search for "fired" and "sacked" but couldn't find anything. Several threads for songs about hating your job and wanting to quit it, though.

― Ben Dot (1977), Friday, 3 September 2004 15:35 (twenty years ago)

Beck's "Soul Suckin' Jerk" is U & K.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 3 September 2004 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Does Mr. Lif's "Live From the Plantation" count? It's angry! And it's about how much 9-5 jobs suck!

― ng, Friday, 3 September 2004 16:06 (twenty years ago)

It definitely counts! There's that daydream about killing his boss! I love that song.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 3 September 2004 16:19 (twenty years ago)

Ben Folds - "Fred Jones Part 2"

― Jonathan (Jonathan), Friday, 3 September 2004 16:48 (twenty years ago)

The Go Betweens - 'Draining The Pool For You'

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 3 September 2004 16:56 (twenty years ago)

the jam, "smithers-jones" (but it's not an angry punk one. more of a melodramatic liberal one.)

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 3 September 2004 17:07 (twenty years ago)

in Goodie MOB's, "Soul Food", Khujo bitches about some condescending temp agency lady.

― tremendoid, Friday, 3 September 2004 17:18 (twenty years ago)

Ben Folds - "Fired"

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Friday, 3 September 2004 19:27 (twenty years ago)

Does 'Doldrums' by The Chills count? Not especially about being fired, per se, but

"In the doldrums,
On the dole"

must ring true? No?

― emily kawasaki (emil.y), Friday, 3 September 2004 19:34 (twenty years ago)

butthole surfers "i hate my job"

― BbetaA, Friday, 3 September 2004 23:11 (twenty years ago)

Yay, Alba!

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 3 September 2004 23:16 (twenty years ago)

MAN - Fired

― Jimmy J, Saturday, 4 September 2004 17:14 (twenty years ago)

Wesley Willis - Fuck You

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Sunday, 5 September 2004 14:47 (twenty years ago)

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