The 15 Song Album collection:

[levistubby]

Looks like I'm up for Court Marshal and then the firing squad in relation to "Armed Forces" theme!

 

[gasboss775]

T01 - A Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffett
02 - The Pusher - Steppenwolf
03 - Moonshiner - Bob Dylan
04 - Blackmail Man - Ian Dury
05 - Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey
06 - I Steal Pets - Rachel Bloom
07 - Killers - Iron Maiden
08 - Угонщица - Ирина Аллегрова - Translation: (Car)thief - Irina Allegrova
09 - Herb Vendor - Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace
10 - Outlaw Man - The Eagles
11 - Willie The Pimp - Frank Zappa
12 - The Thieving Magpie Overture - Gioachino Rossini

I think we should all stop obsessing over the validity of others song choices and get back to enjoying this thread, I for one would hate to see its demise.

Bendyha, there is a song called "Crooked politician," by a guy called David Vest perhaps that would better fit the criteria.

 

[soundbrigade]

Agree!!!

This is just a nice game, but also a way to be presented to new kind of music. I like when youtube-links are attached, so I can listen to new tunes and new artists.

 

[Tubelab_com]

we should all stop obsessing over the validity of others song choices and get back to enjoying this thread,

+1, this started out as a good way to find, or remember music that you have never heard, or have long forgotten.

If I can find a song that fits the theme from my record or CD collection, or on my hard drive, without spending more than a few minutes, I post it.

Last night a quick search of my hard drive turned up 5 possibilities related to fire starting, pyromania, suicide, or thievery. I realized that any of them could be viewed as legal under some circumstances, and I had already waster 15 minutes, so I closed the search window and went back to my soldering iron. Wiring up tubes is more enjoyable......even if the #$%@ circuit doesn't work.

This is just a simple game, not a discussion of audio cables, "purifiers" or magic stones!

 

[Sorento]

01 - A Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffett
02 - The Pusher - Steppenwolf
03 - Moonshiner - Bob Dylan
04 - Blackmail Man - Ian Dury
05 - Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey
06 - I Steal Pets - Rachel Bloom
07 - Killers - Iron Maiden
08 - Угонщица - Ирина Аллегрова - Translation: (Car)thief - Irina Allegrova
09 - Herb Vendor - Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace
10 - Outlaw Man - The Eagles
11 - Willie The Pimp - Frank Zappa
12 - The Thieving Magpie Overture - Gioachino Rossini
13 - Shoplifting - Straw

 

[drewburn]

01 - A Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffett
02 - The Pusher - Steppenwolf
03 - Moonshiner - Bob Dylan
04 - Blackmail Man - Ian Dury
05 - Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey
06 - I Steal Pets - Rachel Bloom
07 - Killers - Iron Maiden
08 - Угонщица - Ирина Аллегрова - Translation: (Car)thief - Irina Allegrova
09 - Herb Vendor - Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace
10 - Outlaw Man - The Eagles
11 - Willie The Pimp - Frank Zappa
12 - The Thieving Magpie Overture - Gioachino Rossini
13 - Shoplifting - Straw
14 - Privateering - Mark Knopfler

 

[soundchaser]

01 - A Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffett
02 - The Pusher - Steppenwolf
03 - Moonshiner - Bob Dylan
04 - Blackmail Man - Ian Dury
05 - Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey
06 - I Steal Pets - Rachel Bloom
07 - Killers - Iron Maiden
08 - Угонщица - Ирина Аллегрова - Translation: (Car)thief - Irina Allegrova
09 - Herb Vendor - Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace
10 - Outlaw Man - The Eagles
11 - Willie The Pimp - Frank Zappa
12 - The Thieving Magpie Overture - Gioachino Rossini
13 - Shoplifting - Straw
14 - Privateering - Mark Knopfler
15 - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon

I don't consider being a mercenary a legal occupation.

Songs about hitting bottom or falling either financially or socially.

01- Down and Out - Genesis

 

[DaveCan]

Songs about hitting bottom or falling either financially or socially.

01- Down and Out - Genesis
02- Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas

 

[HollowState]

01- Down and Out - Genesis
02- Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles

 

[Cal Weldon]

Big difference between "Illegal occupation" and "subsequent activities of." Politician is not illegal. Herb Vendor often is.

01- Down and Out - Genesis
02- Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles
04 - I Used To Have Money One Time - Jimmy Buffett

 

[RKH]

01- Down and Out - Genesis
02- Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles
04 - I Used To Have Money One Time - Jimmy Buffett
05 - Rock Bottom, Pop 1. - Robbie Fulks

 

[robotc]

01 - Down and Out - Genesis
02 - Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles
04 - I Used To Have Money One Time - Jimmy Buffett
05 - Rock Bottom, Pop 1. - Robbie Fulks
06 - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Eric Clapton

 

[jazbo8]

01 - Down and Out - Genesis
02 - Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles
04 - I Used To Have Money One Time - Jimmy Buffett
05 - Rock Bottom, Pop 1. - Robbie Fulks
06 - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Eric Clapton
07 - Homeless - J.J. Cale

 

[bendyha]

Songs about hitting bottom....................

01 - Down and Out - Genesis
02 - Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles
04 - I Used To Have Money One Time - Jimmy Buffett
05 - Rock Bottom, Pop 1. - Robbie Fulks
06 - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Eric Clapton
07 - Homeless - J.J. Cale
08 - Spank Me With A Rose - Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers

 

[Flied Egg]

01 - Down and Out - Genesis
02 - Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles
04 - I Used To Have Money One Time - Jimmy Buffett
05 - Rock Bottom, Pop 1. - Robbie Fulks
06 - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Eric Clapton
07 - Homeless - J.J. Cale
08 - Spank Me With A Rose - Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers
09 - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - Kenny Rogers

 

[soundbrigade]

01 - Down and Out - Genesis
02 - Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles
04 - I Used To Have Money One Time - Jimmy Buffett
05 - Rock Bottom, Pop 1. - Robbie Fulks
06 - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Eric Clapton
07 - Homeless - J.J. Cale
08 - Spank Me With A Rose - Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers
09 - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - Kenny Rogers
10 - Cold Is Being (Lonely) - Renaissance (Adagio by Albinoni, actually) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKb2VlcrRn8

 

[kec]

01 - Down and Out - Genesis
02 - Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles
04 - I Used To Have Money One Time - Jimmy Buffett
05 - Rock Bottom, Pop 1. - Robbie Fulks
06 - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Eric Clapton
07 - Homeless - J.J. Cale
08 - Spank Me With A Rose - Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers
09 - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - Kenny Rogers
10 - Cold Is Being (Lonely) - Renaissance (Adagio by Albinoni, actually) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKb2VlcrRn8
11 - Homeless - Paul Simon

 

[drewburn]

01 - Down and Out - Genesis
02 - Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles
04 - I Used To Have Money One Time - Jimmy Buffett
05 - Rock Bottom, Pop 1. - Robbie Fulks
06 - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Eric Clapton
07 - Homeless - J.J. Cale
08 - Spank Me With A Rose - Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers
09 - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - Kenny Rogers
10 - Cold Is Being (Lonely) - Renaissance (Adagio by Albinoni, actually) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKb2VlcrRn8
11 - Homeless - Paul Simon
12 - The Way To Make a Broken Heart - John Hiatt

 

[Charles Darwin]

01 - Down and Out - Genesis
02 - Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles
04 - I Used To Have Money One Time - Jimmy Buffett
05 - Rock Bottom, Pop 1. - Robbie Fulks
06 - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Eric Clapton
07 - Homeless - J.J. Cale
08 - Spank Me With A Rose - Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers
09 - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - Kenny Rogers
10 - Cold Is Being (Lonely) - Renaissance (Adagio by Albinoni, actually) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKb2VlcrRn8
11 - Homeless - Paul Simon
12 - The Way To Make a Broken Heart - John Hiatt
13 - Hobo Low - Seasick Steve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a33sB3ck28A

 

[Soonerorlater]

01 - Down and Out - Genesis
02 - Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas
03 - I'm Busted - Ray Charles
04 - I Used To Have Money One Time - Jimmy Buffett
05 - Rock Bottom, Pop 1. - Robbie Fulks
06 - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Eric Clapton
07 - Homeless - J.J. Cale
08 - Spank Me With A Rose - Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers
09 - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - Kenny Rogers
10 - Cold Is Being (Lonely) - Renaissance (Adagio by Albinoni, actually) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKb2VlcrRn8
11 - Homeless - Paul Simon
12 - The Way To Make a Broken Heart - John Hiatt
13 - Hobo Low - Seasick Steve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a33sB3ck28A
14 - Rock Bottom Riser - Bill Callahan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J-WpgOzW9A&list=PLhWMh5OzQAt4mibJf21s7QRcChe3nswl6&index=12