| November 11th, 2004 04:55 PM |
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| Cant Catch Me |
Hey people, what are your favorite drug-related songs, Stones or otherwise? Including songs completely and obviously about drugs (or drinkin'), plus songs that include drugs or liquor as a major element or refer to either of them in a relevant way.
I'd go with:
"Dead Flowers" by the Stones,
"Moonlight Mile" (Stones),
(and it's hard to leave out "Sister Morphine," of course), plus
"White Rabbit" by the Jefferson Airplane, and
"Just One More" by George Jones,
"If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" by George Jones, and
"Swinging Doors" by Merle Haggard.
There are a hell of a lot of others too, but it'd be hard for me to list ALL my favorites. Hell, half of George Jones's songs are about drinkin', one way or another.
(Important note: No drugs or alcohol were consumed or harmed in any way during the production of this post, and this post is in no way intended to promote or condone the consumption of illegal drugs or intoxicants of any kind. Hell, the only thing I use on a regular basis anymore is Monkey-Stix, even though they're relatively hard to get these days.) |
| November 11th, 2004 04:57 PM |
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| gypsy |
Can't You Hear Me Knockin'
Moonlight Mile |
| November 11th, 2004 05:04 PM |
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| stonedinaustralia |
hey there CCM
"I'm Waiting for My Man"
"Legalize It"
"Drinkin' Rum & Coca Cola"
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| November 11th, 2004 05:08 PM |
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| Riffhard |
Moonlight Mile-Stones
Dead Flowers-Stones
Coming Down Again-Stones
Sister Morphine-Stones
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds-Beatles
Heroin-Velvet Underground
Riffhard
[Edited by Riffhard] |
| November 11th, 2004 05:13 PM |
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| Cant Catch Me |
Damn, SIA, good ones! I can't believe I forgot all about the Velvet Underground/Lou Reed thing ("Heroin" is a great one, plus your choice "Waitin' On My Man,") as well as the ENTIRE category of reggae.
So, my choices for reggae are:
"Sinsemilla" by Black Uhuru, and
"One Draw" by Rita Marley. ("I want to get high, high, high, So HiGH!!") |
| November 11th, 2004 05:37 PM |
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| Back Street Girl |
quote:
Riffhard wrote:
Heroin-Velvet Underground
Riffhard
All the rest are second best. |
| November 11th, 2004 05:44 PM |
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| stonedinaustralia |
quote:
mac_daddy wrote:
"40 oz. to freedom" - sublime
haven't heard that one macdaddy but i sure can relate to the title |
| November 11th, 2004 05:46 PM |
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| Riffhard |
Can't forget Seconall(sp?)Blues-Johnny Winter
Riffhard |
| November 11th, 2004 07:41 PM |
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| sirmoonie |
Roadhouse Blues - Doors
Yeah, its obvious, but who hasn't got out of bed, grabbed a beer, and had that tune float into focus? |
| November 11th, 2004 08:33 PM |
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| M.O.W.A.T. |
Gin & Juice - Snoop Dogg
Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
The Dope Show - Marilyn Manson |
| November 11th, 2004 08:39 PM |
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| Bloozehound |
JJ Cale ~ Cocaine
John Lee Hooker ~ One Borbon One Scotch One Beer
SRV ~ Life by the Drop (i think it counts as one)
Dale Watson Honkey Tonkers Don't Cry (my latest fav country drinkin song)
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| November 11th, 2004 09:05 PM |
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| Gazza |
in no particular order:
Mr tambourine man - Dylan (if it IS indeed a "drug song", that is..
Just like tom thumbs blues - Dylan
CCKMP (Cocaine cannot kill my pain) - Steve Earle
Heroin - Lou reed (prefer the live solo version to the Velvets)
Waiting for the man - Velvets
Champagne and a reefer - Muddy waters
Moonlight Mile, Dead Flowers, Torn & Frayed, YCAGWYW, Sister Morphine, CYHMK - Stones
A day In the life, Tomorrow never knows - beatles
Cocaine - JJ cale / Eric Clapton
Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash
Cocaine - Rev Gary davis (covered by Dylan, jackson browne et al)
5.15 - The Who
all of Neil Young's "Tonights the Night" album! |
| November 11th, 2004 09:49 PM |
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| moy |
dancing barefoot - patti smith |
| November 11th, 2004 09:52 PM |
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| Mr Hess |
quote:
moy wrote:
dancing barefoot - patti smith
Is this the same song U2 did about 10 years ago? |
| November 11th, 2004 10:06 PM |
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| gypsy |
Thanks Gazza. Now I'm really craving some coke. Guess I'll just have to go drink another Red Bull. |
| November 11th, 2004 10:09 PM |
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| voodoopug |
well other that the stones tunes mentioned:
Family Tradition by Hank Williams Jr.
but alas, i dont use drugs, so i may not be the best one to form an opinion! |
| November 11th, 2004 10:17 PM |
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| Bloozehound |
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!(That Cigarette) ~ Tex Williams
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| November 11th, 2004 10:26 PM |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
1-2-5, The Haunted
Tonight's The Night....good call Gazza!
I gotta say the entire Revolver album is pretty fuckin' great.
Nick Cave's version of Stagger Lee.
Bowie does a good job with Waiting On The Man...but not as sleazy as Lou does it. VU wins. |
| November 11th, 2004 11:19 PM |
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| Cant Catch Me |
Ya' know, Gazza, I think Tambourine Man IS a drug song, even if Dylan didn't intend it to be one. So many people have taken it as a drug song that it might as well be.
And, I'm wondering if any songs by the Stooges (not Iggy solo) are about drugs or even mention drugs. Or are all Stooges songs just so drenched in druggie ambiance that they're all about drugs.
For solo Iggy I'll go with "Lust for Life," even if it got overexposed from Trainspotting and the TV commercials (Nissan, was it? Or Caribbean Cruise Lines?)
And, gee, what about "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is drug-related, huh?
[Edited by Cant Catch Me] |
| November 11th, 2004 11:40 PM |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
quote:
Sir Stonesalot wrote:
I gotta say the entire Revolver album is pretty fuckin' great.
That was the first "intelligent" album by the Beatles. A portion of the lyrics of "Tomorrow Never Knows" was written by Timothy Leary, word-by-word:
Whenever in doubt, “turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream |
| November 12th, 2004 12:51 AM |
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| Egbert |
Stooges "Dirt"
Stones "CYHMK"
NY Dolls "Pills"
VU "White Light White Heat"
Pink Floyd "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
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| November 12th, 2004 05:06 AM |
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| UGot2Rollme |
about drugs, not positively:
Bad - U2
The Drugs Don't Work -Verve |
| November 12th, 2004 05:12 AM |
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| Gazza |
quote:
VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
That was the first "intelligent" album by the Beatles. A portion of the lyrics of "Tomorrow Never Knows" was written by Timothy Leary, word-by-word:
Whenever in doubt, “turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream
wasnt the "I know what its like to be dead" line from "She said she said" taken from a story Peter Fonda told Lennon about a bad acid trip? |
| November 12th, 2004 05:16 AM |
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| Gazza |
quote:
Mr Hess wrote:
Is this the same song U2 did about 10 years ago?
yes. Their version was good, but Patti's is unsurpassable. |
| November 12th, 2004 05:19 AM |
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| Gazza |
quote:
Cant Catch Me wrote:
Ya' know, Gazza, I think Tambourine Man IS a drug song, even if Dylan didn't intend it to be one. So many people have taken it as a drug song that it might as well be.
fair enough. You could say the same about "Rainy Day Women" then I guess which has labelled as a drug song because of the jokey "everybody must get stoned" metaphor in one line, even though the rest of the lyrics arent about anything to do with drugs at all. |
| November 12th, 2004 05:22 AM |
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| Zeeta |
The obvious choice is>>>>>>>>>>>
The Shamen - Ebeneezer Good
Not my favourite musically but comedy wise brilliant! |
| November 12th, 2004 05:22 AM |
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| FotiniD |
Definitely Dead Flowers of course... The original and a certain cover I like  And certainly "Sister Morphine" and "Moonlight Mile". Wow, the Stones sure have a couple of great tunes on drugs, don't they Wonder why 
Under the Bridge, by the Peppers. And another related - I think - line from the Peppers that says: "John says to live above hell, and my will is well" from "This velvet glove".
A very great greek rock song named "H" (for "Heroin") writen and performed by Pavlos Sidiropoulos, the definite Greek rock singer who unfortunately died from it back in '90.
Let me just try a very rough translation (it's pretty strong and straight honest in Greek, difficult to show all that in another language, but here goes):
There are days I'm doing well
And there are days I feel like dying
Don't know if it was before, now or after
But just in twenty minutes time
I felt you hating me
I felt you loving me, and now I'm waiting
My friends' voices sound cheap
Just left at your own judgment
And in the background there's an ever lying threat
Just devoted to you
We're all alone, just you and me
And between us lies a desparate voice
In everything I hate, in everything I love
It's me, but you're hidden just behind me
All the boundaries of my existence
Were crashed inside some black vein
In a dead-end of agony, truth and lies
Darkness and light have the same face
It's lurking in the shadows, with one heart and one banner
I'm talking about heroin pal, and you may be carried away
You say you can control it
You say you know what you're after and why
She needs gold and a certain obedience
Love and treating her as she likes
She's dangerous and needs caution
Her bodyguard is an angel of death
But she is sweet, so very sweet
Just that her limits are closed and narrow
And she's the one, the only one
And no-one, I say no-one can get enough of her
A fix takes nothing but a moment
And yet can take up a whole life
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That was Pavlos and that was the song... Pavlos was referred as "the prince of greek rock" and indeed he did more for it than any other musician or singer. He was a major fan of the Stones (I have two unofficial covers he did on Brown Sugar and Street Fighting Man and they rock) and he always said that Mick Jagger was the reason he started playing music and singing. And very often he had a strong resemblance to Mick on stage...
There's a great site about him, only that it's in Greek, but either way: http://cgi.di.uoa.gr/~bitsikas/Pavlos.html |
| November 12th, 2004 05:28 AM |
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| Gazza |
wow...deep stuff indeed
I forgot "Under the bridge". Silly me. One of the greatest songs about drugs ever written.
Martha MD showed me the bridge thats referred to in that song when she was driving me around LA a couple of years ago when I was there for the Stones shows. Its strange seeing locations like that as real places when you've innocently sang along with a song like that on the radio for years without even thinking about it. |
| November 12th, 2004 05:29 AM |
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| Navin |
Don't eat the Yellow Snow - Frank Zappa
Rip this Joint - Stones
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| November 12th, 2004 05:33 AM |
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| FotiniD |
quote:
Gazza wrote:
Martha MD showed me the bridge thats referred to in that song when she was driving me around LA a couple of years ago when I was there for the Stones shows. Its strange seeing locations like that as real places when you've innocently sang along with a song like that on the radio for years without even thinking about it.
Indeed! When I first read the story of the song, I was so shocked. You know how it is, each song means a different thing to everyone and when you suddenly hear what it was REALLY writen about, it's very strange... It can be completely different than what you had imagined.
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