Constructing songs
Songs that reference construction in one way or another.
Thick as a Brick. Jethro Tull
Well, kind of. Can we include chain gang songs ??
If so, Po' Lazarus, the opening track of O Brother, Where art Though?
Thick as a Brick has nothing at all to do with construction.
Depeche Mode has an album called 'Construction Time Again'.....
"Build Me Up, Buttercup" from AM radio, decades ago.
Stopped laughing yet?
Another brick on the wall?
Working on the highway (Bruce Springsteen).
Our house (Madness).
Talking Heads - "More Songs About Buildings and Food"
Indigo Girls - "Hammer and a Nail"
OP missed that....
Construction Time Again is a great disc. I listen to it frequently.
Building the Perfect Beast
Worst song ever: We Built this City.
16 Tons
On a positive note...
DeKay
My favorite is that old Loretta Lynn classic, "Finish the Basement, or We're Finished."
But I like deconstruction songs even better.
"Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads or "Burning House of Love" by X.
Grampa was a carpender by John Prine
Thick as a brick is an english term for not being very smart
Don't ask me how l know
Destruction and construction...
Pretenders - OHIO
Regards,
barts
Lots of options on Johnny Cash albums.
"What's He Building In There?" by Tom Waits.
"Fixing a Hole," Beatles
No Pink Floyd?
If I Was a Carpenter - Tim Hardin (although I prefer Bob Seger's cover version)
Its not so much the lyric its the presentation-Here is an example
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