retirement party playlist? goodbye song?

[badatmath]

Looking for ideas suitable for work . . . Any suggestions? A lot of goodbye songs are sad, can't have that!

 

[OUTLAW]

Bat outta hell by Meatloaf.

 

[FrankiesGirl]

^I like this particularly because of Red Dwarf (played for the funeral in the first episode).

^lots of versions of this but I remember Bananarama's take

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M

 

[DrRoy]

Eagles - Already Gone

 

[RunningBum]

 

[Nemo2]

 

[jwkde]

The Animals - "we've got to get out of this place"


https://video.search.yahoo.com/sear...1e7f1a97a4a92783365ca90ea0c86a35&action=click

 

[CaptTom]

Great suggestions! Wish you guys were around for my going away party!

In my company, Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" would be appropriate...

 

[FiveDriver]

Give them a little Steely Dan......

Tip of the Hat to Walter Becker.

 

[jollystomper]

A classic.

 

[jimbee]

I think this is very suitable for work, but management may not agree.

 

[MichaelB]

Cream: "I'm So Glad" and "I Feel Free"

 

[Amethyst]

For some reason, I associate this song with retirement: I think it's the sense of liberation. "I was feeling part of the scenery/Walked right out of the machinery"

 

[badatmath]

Great ideas! I just realized though that I had thought of making a CD so retiree could take it afterwards but who even plays CDs now? Geesh. I'm old.

 

[Another Reader]

How about Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed

"People are crazy and times are strange.
I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range.
I used to care, but things have changed."

 

[Which Roger]

Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel. The perfect ER song, because it's about Peter's "ER" from Genesis. Lots of applicable lyrics. If you're "too young" to retire and nobody gets it:

To keep in silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut

And for anyone who has worked for MegaCorp:

I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery

(Edit) and I now see that Amethyst beat me to it!

 

[frankbrenowitz]

Best goodbye song ever is "We've Only Just Begun" by the Caroenters. I know it's more traditionally a wedding song, but the lyrics are superb for a retirement send off.

We've only just begun to live
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way
(We've only begun)

Before the risin' sun, we fly
So many roads to choose
We'll start out walkin' and learn to run
(And yes, we've just begun)

Sharing horizons that are new to us
Watching the signs along the way
Talkin' it over, just the two of us
Workin' together day to day
Together

And when the evening comes, we smile
So much of life ahead
We'll find a place where there's room to grow
(And yes, we've just begun)

 

[David1961]

John Lennon , Watching the Wheels.

 

[Alvin Tostig]

FREEBIRD - Lynyrd Skynyrd
GOODBYE TO YOU - Patti Smythe
I'M FREE - The Who

 

[Sunset]

Here is one, but some folks may associate it with a tv series, but it's really upbeat

https://youtu.be/cCuR-GUlJzM

I don't know how to make the player thing show up..

 

[badatmath]

By work appropriate I mostly mean not sappy. . .

 

[bjorn2bwild]

Perhaps a little word jazz -

 

[CitizenK]

https://youtu.be/x-t6SoAGRE0

 

[ronin]

https://youtu.be/pWFk9Dj3LsE

Classic Stones.

 

[Nemo2]

https://youtu.be/pWFk9Dj3LsE

Classic Stones.

+1 (And Jagger is still running around 5-8 miles a day apparently.)