Paying the Cost To Be the Boss: A Playlist for David Letterman

I have always greatly admired David Letterman, and I consider him to be one of the most enduring and defining wits of our times. And no, I won't stop watching a TV show because consenting adults were having sex -- in fact, that's why I watch HBO. That said, David still might want to consider putting a plastic cover on that Late Show couch.

DIRTY WORK - Steely Dan
WHEN THE DEAL GOES DOWN - Bob Dylan
FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O'Jays
WORKIN' DAY AND NIGHT - Michael Jackson
FREE MONEY - Patti Smith
INTO TEMPTATION - Crowded House
FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU - Gin Blossoms
TWO LOVERS - Mary Wells
LET'S WORK TOGETHER - Canned Heat
WORK TO DO - The Isley Brothers
BIG BOSS MAN - Elvis Presley
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT - Sarah Vaughan
PAYING THE COST TO BE THE BOSS - B.B. King

That's my playlist. Now it's your time to play.

 

 

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Comments

[stevefromkelso]

08:03 PM on 10/05/2009

Good lovin gone bad.......­BAD COMPANY
Sharp dressed man....ZZ TOP
What would you do (if I did that to you)?.....­..STEPPENW­OLF
Super sex.......­..MORPHINE
A bad time to be in love......­..GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
Love stinks....­.....J. GEILS BAND
Love hurts.....­....NAZERE­TH
Bad case of loving you.....RO­BERT PALMER

[David Wild]

09:16 PM on 10/05/2009

Very good, very classic rock
Thanks

Apparently­, they don't think it's a "Bad Case."

[aliceco]

07:43 PM on 10/05/2009

How about these...

Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of - U2
Just Good Friends - Michael Jackson
Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith
My Old Man - Joni Mitchell
I Can't Stand It - Eric Clapton

And one final one

Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On - Leonard Cohen

[redsongia]

07:57 PM on 10/05/2009

Sex Machine - GF of Soul.

[David Wild]

09:38 PM on 10/05/2009

The Cohen song is a classic. Produced by Phil Spector I believe. Thanks.

[3fingerbrown]

02:36 PM on 10/05/2009

Tears of a Clown

I'm a Fool to Want You

Me and Mrs. Jones ("We got a thang goin' on...")

[Milash]

03:17 PM on 10/05/2009

Love Me and Mrs. Jones!!

[Milash]

01:50 PM on 10/05/2009

Mine:

88 Lines About 44 Women - The Nails
The Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright
Creep - TLC
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Just A Friend - Biz Markie
The Night That The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
Would I Lie To You - The Eurythmics

[David Wild]

09:38 PM on 10/05/2009

Where are the nails when you need them?

[joelaf]

06:41 PM on 10/06/2009

wasn't 88 lines a Jim Carroll song?

[AlexNYC]

11:58 AM on 10/05/2009

She works hard for the money - Donna Summer

[VicDaring]

11:44 AM on 10/05/2009

I think "Lay Your Hands on Me" by Bon Jovi is still available.

"9 to 5" - the 1980s Dolly Parton one.

[David Wild]

09:40 PM on 10/05/2009

not sure it happened between nine and five, but a great song

[LLisaLL]

11:26 AM on 10/05/2009

Never Too Much - Luther Vandross

Sugar, Sugar - The Archies

You Got Lucky - Tom Petty & the Heartbreak­ers

Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - The Four Tops

My Favorite Mistake - Sheryl Crow

Hanky Panky - Tommy James and The Shondells

[David Wild]

12:27 PM on 10/05/2009

Any chance to hear "Hanky Panky" is welcome by me

[dunedin]

09:33 AM on 10/05/2009

My Affair - Kirsty MacColl
I Don't Want to Talk About It - Crazy Horse
Laid - James
Fool's Gold - The Stone Roses

[David Wild]

09:40 AM on 10/05/2009

Wow, all four are fab, especially the James song -- thanks

[expatstudent]

06:36 AM on 10/05/2009

"Our Lips Are Sealed" - The Go-Go's/Fu­n Boy Three

All the others I thought of are listed by others. Huff Posters have good taste in music.

[David Wild]

09:39 AM on 10/05/2009

Indeed they do -- I like your suggestion too

[RepugsOut08]

04:25 AM on 10/05/2009

TEMPTED - Squeeze
REGRET - New Order
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS - Bachman Turner Overdrive
DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME - The Police

And in honor of the possible reason for the affair's end, and with a slight change in the spelling..­.
HERE COMES THE SON and I'LL FOLLOW THE SON - The Beatles

[David Wild]

09:49 AM on 10/05/2009

"Tempted" -- one of my favorite songs, and the greatest tribute every to fruit.

[auramac]

01:49 AM on 10/05/2009

"If I don't do it, y'know somebody else will" ("Such a Night")- Dr. John

[David Wild]

01:55 AM on 10/05/2009

Such A Song, thanks.

[LMPE]

11:24 PM on 10/04/2009

"In the Mood" - Glenn Miller

[David Wild]

11:28 PM on 10/04/2009

Come to think of it, the show does have a pretty big band.

[joelaf]

08:27 PM on 10/04/2009

REM


Me in Honey

[joelaf]

08:26 PM on 10/04/2009

Ian Gomm


24 hour service

[joelaf]

08:26 PM on 10/04/2009

did anyone call music bingo yet?

[David Wild]

09:31 PM on 10/04/2009

no bingo
keep playing