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White Collar Holler – Stan Rogers
- hprotagonist 5y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wy7gRGgeA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wy7gRGgeA code monkey think maybe manager wanna write goddamn login page himself code monkey not say it / out loud code monkey not crazy / just proud
- a2tech 5y agoThat video is from a better time on the Internet. A simpler, warmer time. Not to say it was a good time..but a better, less terrible internet than todays.
- bjt2n3904 5y agoJoCo's album "Solid State" deals with this topic, it's a great listen.
- NikolaeVarius 5y agoIMO this version better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W_wd9Qf0IE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W_wd9Qf0IE
- handrous 5y agoThat versions so good that I years ago head-canon'd it as the official video. I don't usually care for "AMV" stuff, but that one's perfect.
- hprotagonist 5y agoall hail the one true AMV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziR6oGCUnHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziR6oGCUnHQ downloaded with painfully slow speed, on kazaa, in 2001, overnight.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoAny love for Nerdy Boys? https://youtu.be/QYRpgM5rILc https://youtu.be/QYRpgM5rILc
- smoldesu 5y agoNah, we're all bumping Nrrrd Grrrls instead. https://youtu.be/gzt7jP5XOtM https://youtu.be/gzt7jP5XOtM
- cobertos 5y agoHeh, this is pretty good. Can't help but notice this is 15 years old though
- helpfulmandrill 5y agoOn this particular Friday, I feel this could have been written personally for me...
- a2tech 5y agoA true classic. If you like this, his other music is also great. Sadly he died in 1983 in Ohio of all places in a plane..on the ground, in a fire.
- stinkytaco 5y agoLegend has it he actually escaped the fire, but died running back in to save people. He seems like the kind of figure that lends himself to larger than life tales, however, so I've never bothered to confirm or debunk that story.
- notfbi 5y agoA classic C Shanty.
- a2tech 5y agogolf clap
- leto_ii 5y agoBeing used to hear Stan Rogers' voice sing about privateers, whalers and other such things, at first this song felt odd. After a bit of thought though, I realize there's no reason why that should be the case. Ours is a real life experience that, while not physically demanding or adventurous, isn't less worthy of being captured in song. We have our own experiences of drudgery, adversity, camaraderie that have gone mostly unsung. Thank God we at least had Stan Rogers.
- bjt2n3904 5y agoRight on. A lot of sea shanty music in general (like Leave her Johnny) focuses on the hardships of life and difficulties with higher ups and martial relationships -- and what I love about this song is it takes the soul of a sea shanty and puts it to the "tune" of Office Space.
- 0xbadcafebee 5y agoIt's probably not surprising that there aren't more songs about white collar work. It's such unrewarding, safe, monotonous drivel. Maybe because we're all too embarrassed to try to romanticize it, and too depressed to make art out of it.
- krick 5y agoIf you ask me about "songs about white collar work", first thing that comes to my mind is this[0] (it's a cover, but I like this one better). It isn't about white collar work, of course, but white collar work is all about that song, I feel. And blue collar and whatever else — it's all about that song. The difference is that "blue collar" is about that song and a little bit of something else — like, you know, "being out in the field under all weather conditions". That's where the romanticism comes from. While "white collar" is only about that song. And pretending you didn't hear it, daily. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f3BmvVhtW4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f3BmvVhtW4
- booleandilemma 5y agoI’ve had both white collar jobs and a blue collar job and I experienced more camaraderie while at the blue collar one. I think it was created by an us vs them mentality (where “them” is management). We would be out in the field under all weather conditions while management would call and give us orders over the phone from a comfy, climate-controlled office, and then go back to Skyping other office workers (or whatever app it was at the time). With each of my white collar jobs I’ve had a boss but he sits down the hall from me and we both sit at desks and eat at the same places. There’s less separation, but there’s also less camaraderie among my team.
- 1-more 5y agoVDT Blues by Tom Juravich[0]. "It's a hell to earn a livin' on a [video display terminal]." This album made me the way I am, I think. More so "One Day More" by Elaine Purkey[1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1HnsbW3WVg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1HnsbW3WVg [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohBUT8FKh3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohBUT8FKh3g
- TrispusAttucks 5y agoytcracker - the link (*bit nerdcore zelda dubstep) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhebl9oD5Lc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhebl9oD5Lc ytcracker - meganerd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6zuFDDvjVk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6zuFDDvjVk YTcracker - #Antisec (With Lyrics) | cc0de https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDyBIpqZcNI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDyBIpqZcNI ytcracker - Bitcoin Baron [Support Internet Freedom] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZfg1Gtcg08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZfg1Gtcg08 YTCRACKER - IMPRISONED BY THE SYNDICATE + WELCOME TO SAN SECUESTRO (FULL COLOR) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ot2FFc_Qq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ot2FFc_Qq4 Epic Rap Battle: Nerd vs. Geek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tvy_Pbe5NA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tvy_Pbe5NA Full Stack D - My CV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn4ZlbZZiUM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn4ZlbZZiUM
- curiousgal 5y agoIf you're into rap/hip-hop: https://youtube.com/watch?v=psw9G9Lp7ac https://youtube.com/watch?v=psw9G9Lp7ac The entire channel is a gold mine https://youtube.com/c/stdout/videos https://youtube.com/c/stdout/videos
- 52-6F-62 5y agoCrazy to see Stan Rogers on here. I know he had a large sphere of influence, but still wild. I moved down to his old stomping grounds in Dundas, Ontario at the start of the year and if anyone ever visits you’ll quickly understand how the area could be a great inspiration for folk (and other) artists. If you’re in Ontario and you enjoy hiking, it’s a worthy stop. (Maybe off topic, But while I’m here… a couple of other Dundas musical staples: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T1tVvQUAcf4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T1tVvQUAcf4 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Snaith https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Snaith )
- 52-6F-62 5y agoThought I should add that his son is also a performer. I think he may still live in the area, but I’m not sure. Never met him. Also of Dundas as of late is John Ellison (Some Kind of Wonderful)
- raldi 5y agoLyrics: https://genius.com/Stan-rogers-white-collar-holler-lyrics https://genius.com/Stan-rogers-white-collar-holler-lyrics
- nsedlet 5y agoBarrett's Privateers is fantastic if you haven't heard it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwzRkjn86w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwzRkjn86w I've always thought of it as a good metaphor for joining a doomed startup
- slavik81 5y agoI was just debating with a friend whether that or the Northwest Passage was his more popular song. https://youtu.be/TVY8LoM47xI https://youtu.be/TVY8LoM47xI We also learned there was a recent power metal cover by Unleash The Archers, which rather surprised me. https://youtu.be/XRD3vrSLPaw https://youtu.be/XRD3vrSLPaw
- seniorsassycat 5y agoStan Rogers has a knack for writing songs that sound older than himself, this song shows he doesn't need nautical themes to do it. Some other programming and math songs Kill -9 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0rG74rG_ubs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0rG74rG_ubs Find the longest path https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ww0gwEszo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ww0gwEszo
- cf100clunk 5y ago"had" and "didn't". Poor guy died in an airliner taxiway fire in the 1980s. Anyways, Stan Rogers on HN? Who knew?
- rtkaratekid 5y agoWhat a good holler!
- ugh123 5y agoSong is surprisingly relevant. Lyrics left in a comment: Well, I rise up every morning at a quarter to eight Some woman who's my wife tells me not to be late I kiss the kids goodbye, I can't remember their names And week after week, it's always the same And it's Ho, boys, can't you code it, and program it right Nothing ever happens in the life of mine I'm hauling up the data on the Xerox line Then it's code in the data, give the keyboard a punch Then cross-correlate and break for some lunch Correlate, tabulate, process and screen Program, printout, regress to the mean Then it's home again, eat again, watch some TV Make love to my woman at ten-fifty-three I dream the same dream when I'm sleeping at night I'm soaring over hills like an eagle in flight Someday I'm gonna give up all the buttons and things I'll punch that time clock till it can't ring Burn up my necktie and set myself free Cause no'one's gonna fold, bend or mutilate me
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- bufordtwain 5y agoNice song. I went down a bit of a rabbit hole on this and in case anyone else is interested, here is the NTSB report on the airplane fire "of undetermined origin" that killed Stan Rogers at the age of 33: https://web.archive.org/web/20060322014736/http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR86-02.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20060322014736/http://www.airdis....
- bloat 5y agoSome nice Unix synthy indie-pop: Barcelona - I Have The Password To Your Shell Account https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWVGdMPuwVo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWVGdMPuwVo From the album "Zero, One, Infinity".
- Guidii 5y agoThis is on my "SW Dev songlist" ever since my CS professors (Robin Dawes and James Cordy) ran a singalong event in CISC 200/210. Others include "Under the wings of a transistor"[1] and "The Privacy Song"[2]. Also "The System Administrator Song"[3] Also codemonkey, but others have mentioned that one already. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfpYgts-18o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfpYgts-18o [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eIUOUfhoJ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eIUOUfhoJ8 [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaIhKBYjTXA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaIhKBYjTXA
- Igelau 5y agoI love Stan Rogers, but it's worth pointing out this particular song was actually written by Nigel Russell. (Source: liner notes from Between the Breaks... Live!)
- whynotkeithberg 5y agoI've never listened to Stan Rogers... Thank you for sharing this. Enjoyed it much and gave me a new rabbit hole to explore.
- _Adam 5y agoIf you also felt sad after listening to this, I recommend "Dear Old Stan" by The Dreadnoughts. It's a nice homage.