Ever have one of those days that you simply feel unmotivated? Maybe wanting to escape the everyday rat race of being on the go all the time? Wanting to sleep in , turn off the constant noise and interruptions of everyday life (such as work, school, TV, radio, the internet, the spouse or significant other, the kids, the parents, the family pet – you get what I mean). Or maybe you’re just a slacker or downright lazy? Go Ahead – Admit it – we all get to feeling that way occasionally… some people actually more than others! 😛 And it’s OK and even healthy as well as therapeutic to be that way once in awhile, as long as it’s not an everyday lifestyle. It can help you relax, relieve stress and even rejuvenate.
Well, if this is the mood you just happen to be in at the moment, you’ve come to the right place to find some tunes to help give credibility to your thought process 😛 Sometimes it can be fun to channel an apathetic or lethargic mood into ‘something productive’, so to speak. You can even create your own personal soundtrack or mp3 playlist to this LAZY theme. The following list gives a whole array of ‘being lazy’, ‘doing nothing’, ‘slacking off‘ and ‘wasting time’ songs to choose from. With some of these songs you may have to put blinders on and totally ignore what the song is actually about – After all, listening does require some motivation 😛 – deciding to include the song based on it’s title alone.
Feel free to add your own favorite lethargic lyrics, tired tunes, melodies of malaise and sleepy song choices in the comments at the bottom of this post.
Turn off the lights, pull down the shades and enjoy……….
Songs About Being Lazy, Feeling Lazy or Wasting Time
- Bang The Drum All Day – Todd Rundgren
- Busy Doin’ Nothin’ – The Beach Boys
- Busy Doing Nothing – Bing Crosby (from the 1949 film ”A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”)
- Busy Doing Nothing – Peter & The Test Tube Babies
- Down By The Lazy River – The Osmond Brothers
- Drunken Lazy Bastard – The Pogues
- Fabulously Lazy – Franz Ferdinand
- Feeling Lazy – Lightning Seeds
- Get Out of Your Lazy Bed – Matt Bianco
- I’m A Lazy Sod – Sex Pistols
- I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles
- Killin’ Time – Clint Black
- Lazy – Marilyn Monroe (from the 1954 movie “There’s No Business Like Show Business”)
- Lazy – Deep Purple
- Lazy – Suede
- Lazy – Tony Joe White
- Lazy – Low
- Lazy – X-Press 2 featuring David Byrne
- Lazy Bird – John Coltrane
- Lazy Bones – Ted Lewis, The Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby, Jonathan King, Leon Redbone
- Lazy Countryside – Margaret Whiting
- Lazy Day – Bing Crosby
- Lazy Day – Spanky & Our Gang
- Lazy Day – Left Banke
- Lazy Day – The Moody Blues
- Lazy Day Afternoon – Plain White T’s
- Lazy Days – Enya
- Lazy Days – Robbie Williams
- Lazy Elsie Molly – Chubby Checker
- Lazy Guy – Slobberbone
- Lazy Louisiana Moon – Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra
- Lazy Mary – Lou Monte
- Lazy Music – Captain Beefheart
- Lazy Old Sun – The Kinks
- Lazy River – Bobby Darin
- Lazy Summer Night – Four Preps
- Lazy Sunday Afternoon – Small Faces
- Lazy Girls – Jill Cunniff
- Lazy Weather – California Ramblers
- Pinch Me – Barenaked Ladies
- Sassafras Roots – Green Day
- Sittin’ On The Dock of The Bay – Otis Redding
- Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks
- That Lucky Old Sun – Louis Armstrong
- The Importance of Being Idle – Oasis
- The Laziest Gal In Town – Nina Simone
- The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars
- The Lazy Sunbathers – Morrissey
- Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer – Nat King Cole
- Up The Lazy River – A jazz and pop standard recorded by many – here are some of the better ones over the years… Hoagy Carmichael, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Woody Herman & His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, The Mills Brothers, Nat King Cole Trio, Rosemary Clooney, The Ames Brothers, Sammy Davis Jr., Harry Connick Jr., Michael Buble
- Wasted Time – The Eagles
- White & Lazy – The Replacements
- Who May Be Lazy – M. Ward
►►► You may also want to check out a previous post I did back in late 2009 titled “Songs About Dreams” that include, among others, daydreaming type songs which could easily translate to laziness, boredom or wasting time – The link is HERE
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How about John Sebastian’s “What a Day for a Daydream” and Brad Paisley’s “Time Well Wasted”? I also remember a song I heard Arthur Godfrey sing on TV when I was a little kid, “Slow Poke”.
Thanks – I appreciate your recommendations and will extend the list soon – but I’ll leave your suggestions here for others to see. You may also want to check out the post I did over a year ago on “Songs About Dreams” (over 160 listed with additional suggestions by readers) and I’m sure a few may overlap this list as well – Here’s the link…..
https://coolrain44.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/songs-about-dreams/
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