For me, Piano Man by Billy Joel is a perfect example of a song about the working class without it being communist or anything.
It’s just a song about the regular people at the bar, from all walks of life. A bar is one of the quintessential working class symbols around here in my opinion, and the songs perfectly captures the joys and the loneliness one may find in a bar. The drunks, the people remembering the old days, the party folks, etc. all coming together to have a laugh, a drink and a song. It’s such a cliche song but it always makes me emotional lol.
You guys got any suggestions?
Also shoutout to the Dutch hiphop scene: Fresku, Hef, Adje, Crooks, Feis, Broederliefde, Kevin, Sevn, Josylvio, Kempi, Mocromaniac etc. Music from the streets is music for the people.