I don't care what Chimpy says, as far as I'm concerned the recession has already started. So sell your remaining stake in Bear Stearns and (provided you had at least five shares) download from itunes ten of the finest rock songs about being down and out ever recorded:
1). "30 Year Low" - The Mendoza Line. Just released in 2007, this song's seamless lyrics sound like they were ripped right from the pages of the Wall Street Journal.
2). "Can't Make it Here" - James McMurtry. Angry Texas songwriter McMurtry (son of Lonesome Dove author Larry McMurtry) evokes images of a ruined economy and the Iraq War in this epic number.
3). "Allentown" - Billy Joel. Sure, Joel's a cheeseball, but this tale of rust belt America from the Reagan years seemed genuinely heartfelt.
4). "Rain on the Scarecrow" - John Mellencamp. Describes the other people who got screwed under Reagan...the farmers.
5). "Down Here (With the Rest of Us)" - Social Distortion. LA punk rockers serve up a vision of where the Bear Stearns traders will be tomorrow.
6). "Low Budget" - The Kinks. Who would have thought you could find humor in being poor?
7). "Broke" - Todd Snider. Another humorous ditty, this one about an unrepentant armed robber.
8). "If I Were You" - Chris Knight. Chilling first person account of a mugging from the mugger's perspective.
9). "Too Much Time on My Hands" - Styx. The champions of overwrought bombast reign in their excesses and show an actual spark of passion on this unemployment anthem.
10). "No Depression" - Uncle Tupleo. Cover of a Carter Family song from which both UT's debut album and No Depression magazine took their names.
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