The Wolfe Tones : Botany Bay [ purchase ] Imagine yourself as a bricklayer in 19th Century Ireland, fed up with work and ready to t...

The Battlefield Band:  We work the black seam (purchase) Damn your eyes, Starmaker, I really, honestly, really wanted to move away fr...

The BusBoys : Minimum Wage [ purchase ] It seems that most songs about work portray it as something bad, something demeaning, or simp...

Stevie Wonder: We Can Work It Out [ Purchase link ] This selection is a little off the original train of thought for our new theme...

The Temptations : I Wish it Would Rain [ purchase ] When I attended high school in the 1960s as a “military brat” in Japan, I would...

Jeb Loy Nichols : As The Rain [ purchase ] My last post discussed a memorable concert that I attended with my whole family in 2004,...

                       Jackie Leven :   The History of Rain (purchase link) At last, a reason to post an offering from my h...

Alzo and Udine : Rain ( De Rain)    [purchase] Some "strum and be happy" pop from the NYC combo Alzo And Udine captures t...

  Eric Clapton: Let it Rain [ Purchase mp3 @ Amazon ]   I may not be of the "Clapton is God" school - but I am not f...

The Jayhawks : Save It For A Rainy Day [ purchase ] I never saw The Jayhawks with both Gary Louris and Mark Olson, although about a ye...

                                 Mary Coughlan:  Ancient Rain ( purchase link ) Another post and another strong female singe...

DJResi: Rainy Day [ purchase link ] In my efforts to "stay clean" & stear clear of the music police, I continue to sear...

Paul Westerberg : Trumpet Clip [ purchase ] This was the second song that jumped into my head when I heard the theme. The Joni Mitc...

Jonathan Richman:  She Doesn't Laugh At My Jokes [Purchase] Jonathan Richman's first marriage was nearing that seven year itc...

                             LAUGHTER: RACE WITH THE DEVIL                                                 The Gun:   Race With the De...

Joni Mitchell : Big Yellow Taxi [ purchase ] I’m guessing that if you think of Joni Mitchell, you don’t usually think of fun and laug...

    EDDI READER: JOKE (I'M LAUGHING) [ purchase ] The tragedy of life is rich with pathos masked in a comic garb, the “b...

  Shaun Murphy/Little Feat: It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry [ purchase the 1965 Dylan version ] Forgive m...

Elvis Costello/John Harle : When That I was & A Tiny Little Boy [ purchase (full album on vinyl?) ] Elvis Costello has on more ...

  Natalie Merchant: Ophelia [ purchase ] Struggling to avoid the all too tempting lure of Romeo, and mindful also of a paucity ...