Corb Lund - Hard On Equipment (Tool for the Job)

"Hard on Equipment (Tool for the Job)" Music Video

[@brucie7350]

Ya'll know why this music is so good? Because it's country taken back to its roots. Its not that overly commercialized country pop garbage sung by some city boy in a cowboy hat. This music is as real as it gets.

[@jpugh3076]

Billy Bob amen preach so tired of all this pop country crap that all sounds the same ... like shit

[@BoHm3r]

Billy Bob seen him solo just a month ago. He is awesome. Keeping country in country music

[@comettamer]

Exactly. Only a handful of artists can pull this off anymore. Jason and the Haymakers were like that.

[@alan4sure]

"Today's country is hip hop for people who are afraid of black people" ---Steve Earle.

[@drbreeden4093]

Brucie Boloney Sandals

[@jockmcphee8018]

As a professional jack of all trades I was reduced to tears of laughter. We (those that know) all know who this song is about. Over the years I have known a few of them and have always asked 'why do you keep sending them to me?' Kinda like Red Green - ya get er or ya don't.PS - If you don't get it then this is about you!

[@MitchJohnson0110]

Same man I was laughing my ass off. Haven't had a song make me laugh so hard in a long time. The "And he's a Goddamn menace with an air nail gun" line had me just about rolling on the floor.

[@chaddesantis4191]

Hell, I totally get it because the song IS about me. Keep your stick on the ice.

[@NikkiTheOtter]

@@chaddesantis4191 Me too. And not entirely willingly. I just never happen to have QUITE the right tool...But I have a welder and I'm stubborn enough to make it.

[@russia1305]

@@NikkiTheOtter as a jewler i feel this need a tool to make texture cause you lost your picard? bend a bur and go to town itll work probably

[@darkdragonsoul99]

oh no I'm well aware that it's about me

[@oilcan2787]

Not many writing songs like Corb Lund. An American original from Canada. His lyrics are just different. Over the top. Makes me want to get a horse and a cow.

[@alabastardmasterson]

Satirically accurate bucolic workingman commentary from a Canadian artist. There's 300 million more people in the US than in Canada, yet Corb is the closest thing to real country in North America.

[@someome2707]

@@alabastardmasterson cause he grew up in an agricultural area, i grew up 45 minutes from where corb came up and I know plenty of guys like he’s describing in the song. Alberta is Canada’s Texas. All Ag, Oil, and trades out here

[@klecan8]

if you cant relate to this song your not trying! some of the stuff ive seen people do to cars myself included would make some people very nervous. keep it up corb and guys every album gets better and better.

[@jacklougheed4561]

Fair warning: you see a forest green jeep coming your way get out of mine. She’s held together with hopes and dreams.

[@Banthisyoutube-zs6sx]

​@@jacklougheed4561lmao that was my pontiac in high school about 20 years ago.

[@JackSkellington991]

The face the bassist makes when he sees the guitar get chopped, PRICELESS!

[@ryanhoard3842]

how are these guys not the biggest thing ever in country music

[@carlsleeper7588]

They will be.....Tell 10 people

[@markhiggs5896]

because Corb Lund isn’t part of the corporate country hip hop crap you hear on the radio today. He’s taken his own path and paying his dues

[@greatdiesels7422]

it's because of politics man... Big record companies and such... Politics. :)

[@oliverklozhoff]

Cuz they don't suck dicks for airtime

[@gefiltepaprika]

I grew up on a farm. Remember, always use the right sized wrench for the right sized nail. Vicegrips will save your life. When in doubt, get a bigger hammer and use the cutting torch. Save all your fasteners when you can. You never have the right wrench. No sheer pin? Find a soft bolt. Angle iron fixes everything.

[@lionelubc]

Yes. yes. yes.

[@jpugh3076]

gefiltepaprika great tips

[@markabbey505]

gefiltepaprika great advice, only you dont use a wrench for a nails lol

[@bebopalloobop]

Mark Abbey every tool is a hammer ha

[@gingersnaphello7572]

Tools to replace u-joints at the Hope Ranch; torch, socket in vicegrips, and a hammer.

[@leehilton9932]

If it doesn't fit, force it. If it breaks it needed to be replaced anyway! Where's that damn 10mm socket?!

[@THEmaggspie]

always the damned 10mm

[@josephm.noviello1996]

Reminds me of a guy I worked with

[@NikkiTheOtter]

I duck-taped my 10mm deep socket to a loop of parachute cord and locked it in the glove box. Now I always have it when the battery INEVITABLY needs the terminals cleaned of corrosion because Chevy...

[@sean-k420]

Lmfao I laughed hard at this trying gear up my exhaust full of broken bolts 😂

[@zigzaghyena]

"He's a god damned menace with an air nail gun." Yeah I've met a few people like that.

[@dlc1119]

Got a friend who nailed his kneecap to his leg bone ;-)

[@Rawdiswar]

@@dlc1119 Just reading that hurts.

[@JohnDoe-nf7up]

@@Rawdiswar at least he didn't nail his feet to the floor

[@clintonanderson8391]

Worked with a guy put 3nails to his nuts to a roof

[@patriothaven671]

Clinton Anderson how tf?!? Some people really amaze me with their ability to be stupid

[@loisdelgrande]

Just discovered Corb Lund on a CBC feature a matter of just over an hour ago where he and his band automatically became my new favourite Canadian group, then KZbin consistently fed me three other artists I liked equally though those others were American, how often does that happen, excellent band, good humour, good lyrics, good music, good fun, love it!

[@bendriscoll6631]

I used to work at an agricultural airport loading fertilizer, and EVERY TRUCK they had was different because of all the improvised fixes they'd had over the years. On one truck, pulling the lever down would unload the fertilizer, and on another, it would cram it back into the chute from whence it came.

[@Cardboard_Groundhog]

...and one, for some reason, flooded the siege workshop.

[@saveusall6915]

I’m so glad Zip Ties and Bias Plies showed us these guys! One of my new favorites country groups!

[@user-qz2yz7yw6m]

Still after all these yrs this goes out to my brother Dusty!!

[@comettamer]

This man is more country than most American country artists. Love it.

[@michaelj3414]

I can so relate. I worked for an old guy around Red Deer doing everything from installing metal roofing on quonset huts, to building calving sheds, to cleaning out cattle pens and spreading the shit in the fields. He wasn't so hard on equipment though. Still, this song brings back memories.

[@robertmiller9849]

Alberta is still cattle country. Plus oil. A really frosty Texas.

[@j.t.henderson3497]

Y'all stay warm. Let a Texas brother know how y'all are doing from time to time.

[@jackthomas1448]

texas but tougher and without guns.

[@sub-brotherhood8990]

@@jackthomas1448 I'd assume there's at least a few short pump shotguns

[@riggymsu]

@@jackthomas1448 plenty of guns

[@jackthomas1448]

@@riggymsu sorry, “guns” meaning assault rifle.

[@mapearce1]

Corb,...if you ever read this.....thanks! Good to be Albertan and have someone fly the flag with such brilliant and reflective songs!

[@THEmaggspie]

lol totally yup!!!

[@mapearce1]

@@THEmaggspie Thx Patricia

[@bhero7714]

He's been roundin' off bolts since the age of fourteen Was that a five eighths or a nine sixteenths? He's got a metric socket that don't quite fit Well it'll wiggle just a little but it ain't quite stripped The safety guard's gone from his grinding machine He got a stiff paint brush he only kinda got clean He's the hired man, my neighbor and a cousin in law He's a jerry riggin' fool, he got the tool for the job Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else It just don't seem to make much difference I sure do like him but he's hard on equipment I sure like you son, but you're hard on equipment His corners ain't square and his floor ain't level And he's always had trouble with the old tape measure His doors don't close 'cause the jamb ain't plumb And he's a Goddamn menace with an air nail gun They love to see him comin' at the lumberyard store Fixed the leak in his roof with a two by four Drilled holes in his boards with the wrong kinda bit And when they don't line up he blames the government He got the whole front yard full of fix 'em up cars Three don't run and the rest won't start Everything's fine with his rebuilt motor Except of course for the couple spare parts left over Baler wire tie downs goin' down the road On two bald tires and an oversize load He ain't never read a manual 'cause that's like cheatin' He don't mind a little grease on his hands while he's eatin' He's got busted up knuckles, his thumb got bruised Jesus Christ was a carpenter, too

[@joeciok]

Tried training the new kid at work on skid steer. After about 10 minutes his nickname was tool for the job. He quit shortly after.

[@hyssean12]

Ya we can hear thanks.

[@bhero7714]

@@hyssean12 you are most welcome 🙏

[@randalbuhler9042]

Sounds just like my uncle back in Kansas at 92 still farming, keep up the great work Corb Lund, Semper Fi Oorah Carry On!!!

[@stevenbrown7042]

I worked in a heavy equipment repair yard for a construction company. This was the shop’s unofficial company theme song. Those field crews beat the ever loving god out of the equipment and then we’d put the pieces back together. This became a theme song when a backhoe was getting delivered for repairs and the damn thing was so hammered it couldn’t leave the lowboy for a week. The driver had to back it into the shop and unhook.

[@georgewashington3393]

Yup. A.holes break it, we fix it.

[@georgewashington3393]

Heavy equipment repair yard? Never heard of her. We got nam vets called wiggle wire and they know what they're doing 🍻

[@jonathanwillard1776]

Wow that's funny not sure i know wiggle wire but I know that "zips in the wire is not a good thing unless they ain't a wigglin"

[@darrelholmgren7731]

Pride of Canada the new age stompin Tom conners if I didn't know better I'd swear this song was written about my nephew Blair Holmgren who we lost back in2014 gone but not forgotten long live corn Lund you're one of the greatest country singers of today & tomorrow

[@johnvedder7941]

13 yeats late, but glad I am here. This is genuine genius!

[@johnvedder7941]

*years

[@jean.xaviermartin6471]

So nice!!!! Just Very Great, Jean X MARTIN From France

[@shirleyfrederickson4794]

Takes me back to the 5 dollar bill album! Love it!

[@morganrice9754]

thats amazing, really wsh we could take it all back for real .

[@paolof.6899]

As a welder I have been this man when starting out, I've also met more than i should have lol

[@jmshaw357]

In Australia he's huge! That's where I first heard of Corb--he sorta grows on ya.

[@erniegutierrez1942]

Love hearing this song!!! We all know people like this and it's sometimes us!!! Make do with what you got....

[@kymberlythompson983]

This is the second song i heard you sing. I laughed and fell in love with your accent, Your something special Corb.

[@MrPartegas]

Vice grips are the ultimate plier! Corb's protagonist is a everyman.

[@jacktrout5807]

great song. this is real western music.

[@codyprice1987]

I think this song speaks for all of us Western Canadians.

[@jeffgaumond4250]

Some great country music talent has come from Canada, including Ian Tyson, the Alberta Cowboy.

[@pointingdog7235]

Ian Tyson, Hank Snow, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray and many many others.

[@patholme4831]

I like to think that the old man in this video is really the handiest handy man that corb knew and was able to talk into doing a video

[@DDejon]

Liked it as soon as I heard it. Real music for real people.

[@jodibabyn4021]

My in-laws are farmers. You perfectly describe my husband at times...but particularly his Uncles Bill and Nick...the maiden Uncles! Vehicles never work, Nick described building his ladder that broke on the first rung "Cause I only used one nail on the one side ya know." D'oh! I'm shocked those two are still alive,lol This tune is a favorite of mine and Hubby enjoys it too, but cringes because of how true it is😊

[@denniswilcox3970]

when I lonley and confused I listen to him

[@lupischuckle]

I think we've all worked with this guy at one time or another.

[@brentfisher902]

I couldn't stop laughing, virtually everyone who had taken things apart went through a stage like this. When all you have is a hammer, you should treat everything as if it was a nail.

[@robertmcaree7016]

Not a big country music fan but Corb Lund is the greatest!

[@stivosaurus]

"Inside of every tool is a hammer." Great song. I think I used to work with that guy.

[@ericparrish1515]

You know who?

[@robhartley9676]

....this is way too funny ! summarizes my weekend around the house.....

[@dwcoop5390]

Good shit Corb.. I'm in Calgary.. yup typical Alberta song very much so.. I love all your music👍🤠🇨🇦

[@codymoncrief8478]

I have listened to this song about 50 times now. I just realized he said "Metric socket."

[@SEANMCAD]

the key to great song story writing is always, details and common stuff

[@reede2712]

I like this song. I appreciate that the singer acknowledges the guy is a bit of a dumpling, but he's still a good pal. That's real.

[@garyshaw3112]

Just love this stuff I feel bad I have not heard of this man

[@buckthrusthorn8123]

Corb Lund Speaks the truth I met him one hell of a guy!

[@The_Apple_Fritter]

I don't listen to this song enough. I forget about it to be honest, but it's brilliant. This whole record was.

[@88clintw]

I grew up on a farm and I LOVE THIS! Gotta make do with what you have.

[@charissamiller123]

Corb is so clever!!! love this !

[@adamszayden8330]

Hello odor

[@davesstillhere]

I'd love to crack a joke here, but....... That's totally me.

[@deedeesmith1743]

Thats why I hate to loan my tools! Great song!

[@ItsmeEricG]

Love this song!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ripleylivesay3051]

Vise grips, the glorious nut rounders.

[@Thatsmisteroldguytou]

Somehow I got here from Canadian prepper!! Glad I did!

[@jessicakirsh]

Yesssss! A Canadian friend sent me a link to this! You all are brilliant! Subscribed!

[@morganrice9754]

hello jessi, how are you ?

[@rorybarber1891]

Thanks guys awesome apearance

[@pissedoffmother1]

this guy is brilliant!

[@MrChamberlaindavidd]

Never heard a more fitting song. I'm a farm mechanic on a farm owned by dudes.

[@m1t2a1]

Loved seeing you in Meaford a few years ago.

[@Zeyev]

That would be me - if they would let me have tools. Great song, great video!

[@besticanaffordantiques2565]

Sharing your video on my crap antiques channel today.

[@seanacameron8940]

A do it yourself type. Scary LOL Excellent

[@ih1206]

completely describes my brother. Talk about somebody who is hard on equipment!

[@MartysDamnRelaxingSounds]

LMFAO this song makes me so happy lol Never thought Id find a song about me lol

[@bootht99]

"vise-grips for pliers, pliers for a wrench, wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else" Thats my brother right there. haha, Don't go near him when he has a hammer in his hand...

[@rattam1]

i'm in australia and it's like he has been watching me this song describes me perfectly ....i would love to recreate 'The truck got stuck'....lol

[@user-cr5zk8jl1k]

Excellent 👌

[@trentwilliams1176]

Chainsaw through the plaster killed me😂😂😂😂

[@mjohlinir]

This is my bloody theme man

[@snipeefox]

Because people refuse to accept this legend exists

[@redneck5148]

you have the best songs ever

[@Nathan36rams]

great song

[@FarmallDoctor]

I love it , love it!!

[@hickboy360]

well i work out in the oil patch and i do my intire job with a hammer a cresent wrench niddle nose piler and a pipe wrench and i have fixed desiel generators using those tools mostly cuz im doing the fixing in 50 below

[@josephwalters1983]

Well done

[@daveodo4315]

This song reminds me of myself when I was younger. lol

[@sbcinema]

finally, someone made a song about me ;-)

[@brucenenke-vk5nk]

Old Country is the New Punk.

[@shanegiggie]

so cool

[@Galiuros]

This song was featured on KXCI 91.3 in Tucson

[@Snorider49]

this is my dad. love him, but it went from me breaking things when I was young and him fixing it, to him having a hayday breaking stuff and now I get to fix it. lol

[@joetorti4942]

Perfect song, fitting of so many of my friends at times lol myself included.

[@richardwoodward3949]

LOve you Corb!

[@mads855]

My husband walked in and went "is that song about my Dad?"

[@paulelliott3220]

Heh, this is how we like to do it Good old Corb nails it every time Manuals definitely cheating 😄

[@crashzeus9849]

I bet Corb uses a hammer instead of a wrench.

[@stephenlarson9422]

i resemble that remark, tyvm

[@brianjones7521]

that was a good one

[@ThreeLittleBirds111]

Cutting holes in Jip rock with a husky ....ha ha ...Awesome dude .....

[@chadreese9501]

It’s somewhat odd too hear both this and songs like Student Visas. You’re really good at entertaining, thank you for sharing your craft.

[@waffel7664]

I used to say i hate country, but now that ive found some modern artists that make actual country i cant really say that no more

[@AWoodworkersLife]

Nice work guys!

[@stevenbatke2447]

“When they don’t line up he blames the government....”. Miss you Gramps ❤️❤️

[@ericparrish1515]

It'll fix itself. Real life motto gloves

[@kmech3rd]

My old man, bless his heart, backed over my trailer tongue twice and blew the rear window out of his truck dropping a stump in with the loader. Sure do love 'm, but he's hard on equipment FR.

[@CurzonB]

How is this not the theme song for Canada's Worst Handyman yet?

[@FarmallDoctor]

I like that too! Thanks!

[@roadking0073]

My wife'd tell ya you wrote that song about me but I have no idea what she'd be talking about. Matter of fact I think the fella in the song knows his way around a tool box!

[@snipeefox]

Framin' with a chainsaw? This man's gotta be a quebeccer.

[@valselzer6522]

snipeefox might be a yooper Ya know

[@cody_d3628]

Hahaha probably🤣

[@cody_d3628]

Wow that's Thats an old coment from 2013

[@lachlanneville7138]

I think Corb Lund is more likely Chineese than a Quebeccer

[@crashcoursemtb5003]

Quebeccers are wimps. Alberta all the way!!

[@davidlund3420]

That Boy has been a farmer!

[@bakfxr]

I resemble this! ( I got turned onto Corb by Ned LeDoux. Really like him.)