Every Thursday during Landen’s Retro Lunchbox we aim to fill an entire hour with songs that fit a particular theme. This week we brainstormed songs that included either a workplace or job title in the name of the artist or title of the track. Here are the songs we were able to play:
DOCTOR & THE MEDICS – Spirit in the Sky
Tragically Hip – GIFT SHOP
Tina Turner – PRIVATE DANCER
Wide Mouth MASON – Why
Village People – YMCA
38 Special – TEACHER TEACHER
Rose Royce – CAR WASH
Beatles – PAPERBACK WRITER
CARPENTERS – Top of the World
POLICE – Don’t Stand So Close to Me
Mike and the MECHANICS – All I Need is a Miracle
Thompson Twins – DOCTOR DOCTOR
Eagles – HOTEL California
Faber Drive – CANDY STORE
Honourable mentions that didn’t make it to air:
Dusty Springfield – Son of a PREACHER Man
Soul ATTORNEYS
Chipmunks – WITCH DOCTOR
DOCTOR Hook
Elton John – Tiny DANCER
Ian Thomas – PILOT
Billy Joel – PIANO MAN
Weird Al – Like a SURGEON
Mills Brothers – CAB DRIVER