50 Best Rock Songs About Laziness
Best Rock Tracks for Lazy Days
There’s a strange comfort in doing nothing and pretending it’s productive. The kind of day where the to-do list glares from across the room, but you’re lying flat, half-watching the ceiling fan move. Somewhere in the haze of half-effort, the right track hits—something slow, maybe scruffy, maybe pretending it tried. These songs catch that drag in the air when you know you could get up but don’t. It’s not boredom, not peace either. Just that heavy pause in the middle of the afternoon that stretches too long but feels weirdly good.
Some of these tracks sound like they’re lounging on a couch in a crumpled T-shirt. Others have too much fuzz on the guitar, like someone forgot to tune it and hit record anyway. They fit the energy of skipped plans and late mornings that bleed into evening. Not every one of these tunes talks directly about slacking off, but they live in that space—the shrug, the sigh, the low hum of time passing without much happening. There’s something strangely alive in that stillness, something that makes you nod along instead of getting up.
This is the sound of effort gone missing, of guitars yawning through the speakers and vocals that feel half-awake. It’s for the days when the world expects you to move faster, and you decide to move slower instead. Some of these might lean toward pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, but they all hum with the same sleepy pulse. Here are the best rock songs for lazy days.
Top 10 Lazy Rock Songs
1. 'Lazy' by Deep Purple
2. 'Five Day Week Strawpeople' by The Kinks
3. 'A Man Could Get Used to This' by Status Quo
4. 'No Fun' by The Stooges
5. 'I Just Want to Make Love to You' by Foghat
6. 'The Laziest Gal in Town' by Nina Simone
7. 'Lazin' Around' by The Kinks
8. 'Waiting Around for a Kiss' by Arctic Monkeys
9. 'Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon' by Queen
10. 'Sunday Morning' by The Velvet Underground
Rock Music About Inactivity #11 to 20
11. 'Sleepwalk' by Santo & Johnny
12. 'Homebound' by Caravan
13. 'Rock and Roll Is Dead' by Lenny Kravitz
14. 'Take It Easy' by Eagles
15. 'Tired of Waiting for You' by The Kinks
16. 'The Bed's Too Big Without You' by The Police
17. 'Waiting for the Bus' by ZZ Top
18. 'Nothing to Do' by The Fray
19. 'Tired of Being Nice' by The Cars
20. 'Do Nothin'' by The Specials
The Best Relaxed Lifestyle Rock Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Summer Time Blues' by Eddie Cochran
22. 'Sitting on the Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding
23. 'Slow Down' by Larry Williams
24. 'Goin' Nowhere' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
25. 'Just Another Day' by Oingo Boingo
26. 'Workin' Man Blues' by Merle Haggard
27. 'I Don't Care Anymore' by Phil Collins
28. 'Everybody's Happy Nowadays' by Buzzcocks
29. 'I'm a Lazy Sod' by The Smiths
30. 'The Passenger' by Iggy Pop
Rock Songs for Doing Nothing #31 to 40
31. 'Tomorrow Never Knows' by The Beatles
32. 'Easy Street' by The Doors
33. 'Where Is My Mind?' by Pixies
34. 'The Man Who Sold the World' by David Bowie
35. 'All I Want Is You' by U2
36. 'One of These Days' by Pink Floyd
37. 'Waiting on a Friend' by The Rolling Stones
38. 'I Don't Want to Work' by Todd Rundgren
39. 'Lazy Day' by The Byrds
40. 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere' by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Compilation of Rock Songs About Being Idle #41 to 50
41. 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen
42. 'Do Nothing' by The Black Crowes
43. 'Daydream Believer' by The Monkees
44. 'Come Monday' by Jimmy Buffett
45. 'The End' by The Doors
46. 'Sleeping on the Sidewalk' by Queen
47. 'Gimme Shelter' by The Rolling Stones
48. 'Just Like Heaven' by The Cure
49. 'The Only Thing I Ever Really Wanted Was Everything' by The Smiths
50. 'Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Was In' by Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
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