With Tax Day fast-approaching we're paying tribute to all things financial. Paying taxes sucks, but on the bright side, they certainly have inspired some awesome tunes.
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SONG OF THE monDAY
Sunny Afternoon is a 1965 song written primarily by Ray Davies for The Kinks's album, Face to Face. Davies wrote the song at his home while he was sick. Sunny Afternoon references the high taxes of the British government.
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SONG OF THE tuesDAY
Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler) was the third and final single to be released from Marvin Gaye's 1971 landmark album, What's Going On. The song talks about the economic struggle of people living in inner city America.
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SONG OF THE wednesDAY
Taxman was written by George Harrison and the opening track on the Beatles' 1966 album, Revolver. It was inspired after the Beatles started making money and the British government taxed them heavily, taking 95% with a supertax.
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SONG OF THE thursDAY
1040 Blues was written and composed by five-time Grammy winner, Robert Cray for his 1993 self-produced album, Shame + A Sin. 1040 Blues is a humorous take on paying taxes delivered in pure blues that's 100% Cray.
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SONG OF THE friDAY
Me and the IRS was released on Johnny Paycheck's 1978 album, Armed and Crazy. The song has a similar feel to Paycheck's Take This Job and Shove It. Paycheck just has got a knack for saying what we're all thinking.
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SONG OF THE saturDAY
Tax Free is from the 1997 posthumous Jimi Hendrix album, South Saturn Delta. Tax Free is a studio recorded song written by the Swedish instrumental duo, Hansson and Carlsson, who occasionally played on stage with Hendrix.
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SONG OF THE sunDAY
After Taxes is from Johnny Cash’s 57th studio album, I Would Like to See You Again (1978). The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler and is a tongue-and-cheek look at what’s left after taxes.
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