Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” Adjusted for Late-Stage Capitalism
March 10, 2023 3:46 PM Subscribe
Updated lyrics for 2023, enjoy! Via McSweeney's Original lyrics from 1980:
They let you dream just to watch 'em shatter
You're just a step on the boss man's ladder
But you've got dreams he'll never take away
In the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in
And the tide's gonna turn an' it's all gonna roll your way
New version on McSweeney's, 43 years later:
Zillow lets you dream just to watch them shatter
When the housing bubble bursts it won’t even matter
’Cause you got loans they won’t cancel anyway
In the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waiting for the day you can use that MFA
Wish those unpaid internships would’ve had some sway
That's............. a little too spot on.
posted by sauril at 7:12 PM on March 10, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by sauril at 7:12 PM on March 10, 2023 [1 favorite]
No youtube link? Somebody needs to perform this one, it's just too good.
posted by DreamerFi at 1:08 AM on March 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by DreamerFi at 1:08 AM on March 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
My wife and I have now sung it through twice. There are some stanzas that don't match the original and it definitely gets muddy through a few parts, but there is some absolute brilliance in the verse that lines up closest at this point:
Working 8 to 6, get replaced by automation Barely gettin’ by, shouldn’t wages match inflation? Piss in a bottle while your boss buys a rocket Vote to make a change, and they turn around and block itposted by Nanukthedog at 1:28 PM on March 11, 2023 [4 favorites]
That's............. a little too spot on.
No youtube link? Somebody needs to perform this one, it's just too good.
No. It. is. not. Not at all. It sucks. It sucks past black hole suckiness into somebody throw a bathrobe over that naked singularity .
posted by y2karl at 9:59 AM on March 12, 2023
No youtube link? Somebody needs to perform this one, it's just too good.
No. It. is. not. Not at all. It sucks. It sucks past black hole suckiness into somebody throw a bathrobe over that naked singularity .
posted by y2karl at 9:59 AM on March 12, 2023
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Love these lyrics.
posted by jenfullmoon at 4:49 PM on March 10, 2023 [1 favorite]