Working Class Blues

[mcroft]

So, in a friend's locked post, she was discussing corporate memos, specifically the kind encouraging attendance at Mandatory Fun Events™, which are not so great.

Someone suggested that we set the memo to folk music. I think we could put many, many corporate memos to folk music. After all, folk music should be about what people know, which for many of us is cubical life. Cubicantatas...

I am now imagining an entire CD of intracompany memos set to different musical styles. A song about "Open Benefits Enrollment" set to a Clash tune, "New hours for the employee cafeteria" as a christmas carol, "Rick's going away luncheon" as a madrigal, "Annual Performance Reviews will be delayed until Next Quarter" could be a waltz.

The entire back catalog of f'edcompany.com would work, really.

Comments

[libskrat]

A year ago Christmas I took part in a semi-impromptu (one rehearsal!) carol choir with very cleverly rewritten lyrics. I miss my coworker Jamie... she was awesome.

[bjacques.livejournal.com]

"Hawaiian Shirt Day " would pretty much write itself.

[bjacques.livejournal.com]

"Personal Improvement Plan" would of course be "Personal Development Plan" with slightly different lyrics and in a minor key (or even the Devil's Fourth).

[sirvalence.livejournal.com]

Sounds fun. I'd love to hear it.

[djinnthespazz.livejournal.com]

So the earworm that popped up from this post is "...the passengers will please refrain..."

Make of that what you will...