Juneau singer-songwriter Marian Call has gone internet-famous again, this time with the Twitter hashtag #FirstSevenJobs.
On Monday, Call explained where the idea came from on Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal.
RYSSDAL: You get this idea about first seven jobs. Tell me how you got there.
CALL: I’m writing a song about work. It might sound funny, but I don’t like to write songs about love and romance so much, I feel that’s been done. So I write about other things like spaceships and avocados and our relationship to work is what interests me right now. I always ask Twitter when I need songwriting ideas, so I just volunteered my first few jobs and asked other people what theirs were. And apparently, I struck a nerve.
RYSSDAL: Yeah, you totally did.
Thousands have shared their first seven jobs on Twitter, including celebrities from Buzz Aldrin to Ellen DeGeneres to Monica Lewinski.
Whoa — holy cow, my first trending topic! I asked because I’m writing a song about work. #first7jobs https://t.co/AzTcLLa74G
— Marian Call (@mariancall) August 6, 2016
While Buzz Aldrin said he went from dishwasher to astronaut by his fourth job, Call’s path to become a professional singer-songwriter was more circuitous. On her list, it’s number 22 — with a question mark.
Marian Call hosts “Tideline” from 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays on KRNN, a KTOO sister station.