# Recession-themed Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975 "2009-04-04T15:15:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/21 "2009-04-05T00:05:46Z")
_The Way it Is_ – by Bruce Hornsby and the Range ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/22 "2009-04-05T00:17:03Z")
Mighty Mighty - Maisonette ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/23 "2009-04-05T00:38:38Z")
_If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets_ - Joe Diffie This one would be fun to dance to at your cookout. ---
**Author:** ![counsel\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@counsel\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/counsel_wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/24 "2009-04-05T00:50:58Z")
The spitting image version of ‘Our House’ by Madness [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNYppia6W-I) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/25 "2009-04-05T07:00:10Z")
_Busted_ - Ray Charles _Telegraph Road_ - Dire Straits _[Money Honey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fanFHTpHcwk)_ - Elvis Presley ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/26 "2009-04-05T10:43:00Z")
Arlo Guthrie’s [I’m Changing My Name to Chrysler](http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/chrysler.shtml) has seemed quite appropriate recently. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/27 "2009-04-05T11:03:11Z")
Putting on the Ritz- the Taco version Money Too Tight Too Mention- Simply Red Happy Days Are Here Again Industrial Disease- Dire Straits? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/28 "2009-04-05T11:37:16Z")
**Black Friday** , by Steely Dan ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/29 "2009-04-05T14:02:16Z")
_Takin’ Care of Business_–check the lyrics, he’s doin nothin’ all day. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/30 "2009-04-05T18:17:09Z")
> [@MissMossie](#): > > Arlo Guthrie’s [I’m Changing My Name to Chrysler](http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/chrysler.shtml) has seemed quite appropriate recently. Tom Paxton (who wrote the song originally) has [updated it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etUq7IY_7Mc) for today’s economics. ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/31 "2009-04-05T22:02:26Z")
The Wall Street Shuffle by 10cc ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/32 "2009-04-06T08:39:53Z")
_Cheer Up! Smile! Nertz!_ as sung by Eddie Cantor in the movie [Cinderella Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352248/). ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975/33 "2009-04-06T09:31:17Z")
**King of the Road** “Trailers for sale or rent Rooms to let…fifty cents. No phone, no pool, no pets I ain’t got no cigarettes Ah, but…two hours of pushin’ broom Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room I’m a man of means by no means King of the road.” I think this is the situation for an increasing class of people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recession-themed-music/491975.md?page=1)