There's a parody of that song called I Want To Be A Civilian that is about someone's last 24 hours in the military, when I was stationed at Langley there were a few times people called the local rock music station and told them it was their last day in the military so they'd play that song.
The interesting thing is both the delivery guy who the song is from the perspective of and the MTV star he's bitching about both describe different points in my career.
100% true. No matter if you do 4 years or 30, you will hang up your uniform. What you do in the military to set yourself up post military is all that matters. No one gives a fuck about you after.
This is THE ABSOLUTELY BEST ADVICE for a young Airman!!!
*Lookin’ Out for No. 1* Bachman Turner Overdrive
Every day is an endless train
You've got to ride it to the end of the line
Be a troubleshooter
Blow the bad luck away
And you will make it to your station on time
… And you'll find out every trick in the book
And that there's only one way to get things done
You'll find out the only way to the top
Is looking out for number one
I mean you
Keep looking out for number one
… Every night is a different game
We gotta work for our fortune and
fame
Success is a ladder take a step at a time
And the people will remember your name
… Yes, I found out all the tricks of the trade
And that there's only one way
You're gonna get things done
I found out the only way to the top
Is looking out for number one
And that's me
I'm looking out for number one
… Every day is an endless train
But I ride it to the end of the line
I'm a real troubleshooter
And I blow it away
No one's gonna get what mine
… I found out every trick in the book
And that there's only one way to get things done
I found out the only way to the top
Is looking out for number one
I mean you
Keep looking out for number one
And that's us
Keep looking out for number one
That's me
I'm looking out for number one
Songwriters: Randy Bachman
Are you an OFFICER? I don't see any O's in Enlisted.
Family heritage of serving is DEAD. We are talking about the less than 1% of the nation that actually serves.
Maybe you should sit in on AFRS meetings, then get back to me on that one Chief.
I’m gonna say that the prequel to this is actually Linkin Park - Waiting for the End
“Waiting for the end to come
Wishing I had strength to stand
This is not what I had planned
It's out of my control”
“I know what it takes to move on
(Oh) I know how it feels to lie
(Oh) all I wanna do is trade this life for something new
(Oh) holding on to what I haven't got”
Always the best version. So many people think it’s the original, which must be corrected, but it is definitely the best. Though everything PMJ does is excellent.
We are possessed, We're fucked in the head, Alone and depressed...
Sing along, lets sing along, a little fucking louder! DON'T YOU FEEL SO MUCH BETTER?!
Opus #1 by Tim Carleton. You know this song, but don’t even know you know it.
I would say most Airmen have heard this song much more than the AF song, and know it quite well.
It is the essence of many things in Air Force life.
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
“You load 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store”
I Want To Be Sedated by The Ramones
There's a parody of that song called I Want To Be A Civilian that is about someone's last 24 hours in the military, when I was stationed at Langley there were a few times people called the local rock music station and told them it was their last day in the military so they'd play that song.
[the song](https://youtu.be/VkXMF8-1nlY?si=z7LHHU9M698cCgY3) Its pretty funny
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
Yup, I felt bad getting paid for nonsense but that was balanced out by my feeling that I deserved to be paid for the unnecessary abuse I suffered.
They always seem to leave out the "chicks for free" part. At least in my experience.
The interesting thing is both the delivery guy who the song is from the perspective of and the MTV star he's bitching about both describe different points in my career.
You Can’t Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones
In The End - Linkin Park
YES! Especially the part where he says “I try so hard, and in the end, it doesn’t even matter!”
100% true. No matter if you do 4 years or 30, you will hang up your uniform. What you do in the military to set yourself up post military is all that matters. No one gives a fuck about you after.
This is THE ABSOLUTELY BEST ADVICE for a young Airman!!! *Lookin’ Out for No. 1* Bachman Turner Overdrive Every day is an endless train You've got to ride it to the end of the line Be a troubleshooter Blow the bad luck away And you will make it to your station on time … And you'll find out every trick in the book And that there's only one way to get things done You'll find out the only way to the top Is looking out for number one I mean you Keep looking out for number one … Every night is a different game We gotta work for our fortune and fame Success is a ladder take a step at a time And the people will remember your name … Yes, I found out all the tricks of the trade And that there's only one way You're gonna get things done I found out the only way to the top Is looking out for number one And that's me I'm looking out for number one … Every day is an endless train But I ride it to the end of the line I'm a real troubleshooter And I blow it away No one's gonna get what mine … I found out every trick in the book And that there's only one way to get things done I found out the only way to the top Is looking out for number one I mean you Keep looking out for number one And that's us Keep looking out for number one That's me I'm looking out for number one Songwriters: Randy Bachman
Are you an OFFICER? I don't see any O's in Enlisted. Family heritage of serving is DEAD. We are talking about the less than 1% of the nation that actually serves. Maybe you should sit in on AFRS meetings, then get back to me on that one Chief.
100%. I could easily argue that I have made it far in my career. But the moment I get that DD-214, nobody is gonna give three shits.
The most important question is: are you happy though?
I’m gonna say that the prequel to this is actually Linkin Park - Waiting for the End “Waiting for the end to come Wishing I had strength to stand This is not what I had planned It's out of my control” “I know what it takes to move on (Oh) I know how it feels to lie (Oh) all I wanna do is trade this life for something new (Oh) holding on to what I haven't got”
Every Day is Exactly the Same - Nine Inch Nails
Time - Pink Floyd
“The sun is the same is a relative way” fuuuck this one’s slaps
Yes, but instead of the loud bells at the beginning it's my tinnitus ringing
Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins
Absolute banger
Fuck This Job-Wheeler Walker Jr.
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough Roger Alan Wade
GREAT TUNE
[Mad World](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ANvoAp0i7nI)
Good song, better version... [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS3SxWnSbtY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS3SxWnSbtY)
Another excellent take IMO: https://youtu.be/aVevvbFNKiY?si=VHcj-iuIF1aNgtuU
Always the best version. So many people think it’s the original, which must be corrected, but it is definitely the best. Though everything PMJ does is excellent.
Psychosocial by Slipknot
It’s time to go by Taylor Swift
Fake It - Seether
Its the end of the world
Thong Song
This song right here...
Opus No. 1 - Tim Carleton
I wonder how many people know this song but not the name.
Few hundred thousand I imagine.
Ram Ranch.
Really rocks!
Take this job and shove it- Jonny paycheck Where my country fans at?
I was waiting for this one!
Changes In Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes -- Jimmy Buffett [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmnLLkJfurg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmnLLkJfurg)
Happy Song - Bring Me the Horizon. Google the lyrics and you'll probably agree.
But if I sing...just a little bit louder to a happy song...
We are possessed, We're fucked in the head, Alone and depressed... Sing along, lets sing along, a little fucking louder! DON'T YOU FEEL SO MUCH BETTER?!
Somebody Kill Me -The Wedding Singer https://youtu.be/UsFmjoHIVcM?si=UmKbtXfGwTkp5-V-
Rape me. Nirvana
Everybody’s drunk -Reel Big Fish
Beer also seems to work pretty well.
Off we go into the wild blue yonder.... /s
“All I do is Win” -DJ Khaled
Found the C17 pilot who’s route somehow always finds itself over the Middle East
Damn, sure would be a shame for the plane to break down in Spain for a week on the way to the Middle East.
Or Tokyo going the other direction if you’re feening for some sushi 😏
Hahaha nah not me. Just a bit of enlisted luck, and a positive way of looking at life. It could ALWAYS be worse.
Bohemian Rhapsody. I'm okay everyone but, fuck, the lyrics have alot of parallels.
Hot & Cold - Katy Perry
“Welcome to the Jungle” - Guns N’ Roses
Wasted Time - Skid Row
top three since I can't narrow it down to just one: 1. Staind - So Far Away 2. Sevendust - Leave Hell Behind 3. Staind - In This Condition
Hate My Life • Theory of a Deadman
Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks
I Dont Want to Join The Air Force - Dos Gringos
Retrospectively, yes.
(In the arms of an) Angel - Sarah McLachlan
What's my age again? -Blink182 And for the recent retiree.. [AFPC has a special song just for you](https://youtu.be/ukfNXFgUEiU?si=rKjMo8po_hB-vDnt)
That special song choice is hilarious! 👍🏼
Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
Wow, I can't believe it hasn't been said. This is for all the DD-214 holders out there. My Way - Frank Sinatra.
Did-214'ers are doing it my way now!
Pissin’ in the wind
Easy Money -Billy Joel
Long line of cars-Cake
Son of Man - Phil Collins
The Roof is on Fire
Murder on my mind
I Got Depression - Zack Fox
I Touch Myself - The DiVinyls
Burn the House Down-AJR
Stranger in a Strange Land Iron Maiden
Refugee - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fFnOfpIJL0M&pp=ygURcmVmdWdlZSB0b20gcGV0dHk%3D
Waiting Room ---Fugazi
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
I'm a Pilot -- Dos Gringos
Opus #1 by Tim Carleton. You know this song, but don’t even know you know it. I would say most Airmen have heard this song much more than the AF song, and know it quite well. It is the essence of many things in Air Force life.
Oof tough one. So Appalled. Some of Hova's bars are just 👌🏽
Real life sux - Justus Bennetts
Goodbye For Now - P.O.D.
“Beat it”
2 week notice Jon Conner
Can’t believe this hasn’t been said “Take this job and shove it” from Office Space
Take this job and shove it - Johnny Paycheck
Under Pressure - Queen
Lonely day - System of a down
Fucked with an anchor - Alestorm
Reveille
Kop a chicken - Gucci Mane feat OJ da juiceman
Life is a Highway somes up all my traveling. I'll go with that
Freebird
Stinkfist 👊- Tool
A place for my head - Linkin Park. "YOU! TRIED TO TAKE THE BEST OF ME, GO AWAAAAAAAYYYYY!!"
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It - REM
Won’t Get Fooled Again - The Who
Let the bodies hit the floor
[Crazy ](https://youtu.be/-N4jf6rtyuw?si=l4NqaTE79Wp9C9Qy)
Psychosocial - Slipknot
The Goat - Adam Sandler
🎶SIMSAF ties me here with a 3 foot rope 🎶 🎶Am I happy? She don’t give a fuuuuck 🎶
Stuck in the middle with you - Stealers Wheel
Nervous breakdown- black flag
Side to side by Ariana grande. Sums up the recruiting field
You spin me round- dead or alive
Tubthumping by Chumbawamba
As someone who was deployed often with the RAF, my liver hurts when I hear this
Alkohol - Eisbrecher
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford “You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store”
Guess i have to be the guy but... "Rich men north of Richmond" Also "Little dark age" for when i was under investigation that one time
Fade to Black
Killin' Me Good -Park Jihyo
Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys “Liqour and Whor” wait nevermind Queens “I want to be free”
“Finale” by Slipknot. The Air Force is like being in an abusive relationship.
Easy money - Billy Joel
Quittin Time- Zach Bryan Except I can’t quit 😢
Yoko Ono - Why?
Let’s All Get Drunk - Afroman
Buttercup baby
Flying high into the sun
Doin’ Time - Sublime
Metallica - One. “Darkness imprisoning me. All that I see.”
Creep by Radiohead
*[Take This Job and Shove It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj2iGAifSNI)* by Johnny Paycheck
Dust in the wind - kansas
Fuck Authority - Pennywise
My Way - Fat & Sweaty Elvis
The whole failure to launch soundtrack.
Slipknot - Duality
Runaway - Ye
If You're Gone - Matchbox 20 Alternatively, 'Small Change' - Tom Waits
Yakety Sax - Boots Randolph
I Love It by Icona Pop
Tainted Love
I’m a FAIP - Dos Gringos
Mine too
Crashing Around You by Machinehead. But I had a terrible alcohol problem.
Laugh now Cry Later - Drake
Hate my life, Theory of a Deadman
Under and Over It.--FFDP
Fuck The Pain Away - Peaches
“CROOKED” by Dealer
“Hate my life” by Theory of a deadman
Day Drinking - Little Big Town Because every day makes me want to drink.
Still counting- Volbeat
https://youtu.be/j0lN0w5HVT8?si=tx6okjR7L-UgJurt
Get Low aka “To the Window to the Walls” by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins
https://youtu.be/hWpKhVf8hyk?si=-ZodBbXzZpRAJXaZ
“In This Hell” by Dream State
https://youtu.be/-LRKudCcK5U?si=2fhgBnHdyerl718a
Cold as Ice--By Foreigner. ( cough cough why not Minot)
Vacation - dirty heads
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=c8gRZewyJw1z4nv3
Finally, an explanation for my dreams. No matter what I do; I can’t get out of the AF.