Hitting a high note.
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Reefer Man - Heroin - Cokane In My Brain - Sister Morphine - Purple Haze - Don't Bogart Me - The Pusher.
There's plenty more drug songs out there. Links welcomed and encouraged.
There's plenty more drug songs out there. Links welcomed and encouraged.
This song has been blowing my mind lately: I Can Get Off On You.
posted by ND¢ at 5:26 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by ND¢ at 5:26 AM on May 22, 2008
White Rabbit - Mother's Little Helper - Kid Charlemagne.
posted by three blind mice at 5:45 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by three blind mice at 5:45 AM on May 22, 2008
Because I Got High is a more recent favorite....
posted by three blind mice at 5:49 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by three blind mice at 5:49 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer: John Lee Hooker? Maybe not the drug you had in mind. He does describe getting high and stoned off the booze though.
How about Needle and Spoon by Savoy Brown? That's a good heroin tune:
If you get married you can divorce your wife/
but when you're married to H then you're married for life
posted by BinGregory at 5:51 AM on May 22, 2008
How about Needle and Spoon by Savoy Brown? That's a good heroin tune:
If you get married you can divorce your wife/
but when you're married to H then you're married for life
posted by BinGregory at 5:51 AM on May 22, 2008
Maybe not the drug you had in mind.
Yeah, alcohol, once you get into alcohol songs, well, this thread might never end...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:53 AM on May 22, 2008
Yeah, alcohol, once you get into alcohol songs, well, this thread might never end...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:53 AM on May 22, 2008
Cocaine by Eric Clapton, but that's too easy.
posted by BinGregory at 5:54 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by BinGregory at 5:54 AM on May 22, 2008
Ob: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
Black Coffee.
I'm Down to My Last Cigarette.
posted by Slithy_Tove at 5:55 AM on May 22, 2008
Black Coffee.
I'm Down to My Last Cigarette.
posted by Slithy_Tove at 5:55 AM on May 22, 2008
Shel Silverstein - The Great Smoke Off
posted by lordrunningclam at 5:55 AM on May 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by lordrunningclam at 5:55 AM on May 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
Needle and the Damage Done?
I think this would be harder for me if I had to think of songs not about drugs....
posted by three blind mice at 5:56 AM on May 22, 2008
I think this would be harder for me if I had to think of songs not about drugs....
posted by three blind mice at 5:56 AM on May 22, 2008
Having said that, though, I guess I'd include Let's Go Get Stoned, even though Ray only references booze in the lyrics. Still, he says "stoned" and we *know* what he means...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:56 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:56 AM on May 22, 2008
I think this would be harder for me if I had to think of songs not about drugs....
Well, yeah, if love is a drug, then I guess you have a point.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:58 AM on May 22, 2008
Well, yeah, if love is a drug, then I guess you have a point.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:58 AM on May 22, 2008
Wait, no cocaine ?
I never link to Eric Clapton. Never.
But I knew someone would. At least once.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:00 AM on May 22, 2008
I never link to Eric Clapton. Never.
But I knew someone would. At least once.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:00 AM on May 22, 2008
Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:01 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:01 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
I don't suppose you want a Bob Marley discography either, but how about Easy Skanking from Kaya?
Excuse me while I light my spliff/
Oh God I got to take a lift/
posted by BinGregory at 6:02 AM on May 22, 2008
Excuse me while I light my spliff/
Oh God I got to take a lift/
posted by BinGregory at 6:02 AM on May 22, 2008
Your mama's on crack rock!
Thank you PeterMcDermott. That was truely the best of the web.
And of course the classic:
Cab Calloway's Reefer Man!
posted by three blind mice at 6:05 AM on May 22, 2008
Thank you PeterMcDermott. That was truely the best of the web.
And of course the classic:
Cab Calloway's Reefer Man!
posted by three blind mice at 6:05 AM on May 22, 2008
From the recent Acoustic Mainlines tour, the best song about drugs ever:
Spiritualized (pt1) - I Think I'm In Love (pt2).
Accept no substitute, except this one: the excellent Deep Dish version of the excellent Chemical Brother's version of the same track.
posted by vbfg at 6:09 AM on May 22, 2008
Spiritualized (pt1) - I Think I'm In Love (pt2).
Accept no substitute, except this one: the excellent Deep Dish version of the excellent Chemical Brother's version of the same track.
posted by vbfg at 6:09 AM on May 22, 2008
And my absolute all time favourite drug song. Can't find the James Booker original, so a Dr. John cover will have to stand in for the awesomeness: Junco Partner
I want whiskey, whiskey, whiskey when I'm thirsty
I want water when I'm dry
I want my lover when I'm lonely
And a little heroin, just before I die
With a little cocaine, little cocaine, little cocaine on the side
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:10 AM on May 22, 2008
I want whiskey, whiskey, whiskey when I'm thirsty
I want water when I'm dry
I want my lover when I'm lonely
And a little heroin, just before I die
With a little cocaine, little cocaine, little cocaine on the side
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:10 AM on May 22, 2008
Cab Calloway's Reefer Man!
Check FPP, 3bm, check FPP. Or maybe you oughtta start linking to love songs!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:13 AM on May 22, 2008
Check FPP, 3bm, check FPP. Or maybe you oughtta start linking to love songs!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:13 AM on May 22, 2008
Cab Calloway's Reefer Man!
Check FPP, 3bm, check FPP. Or maybe you oughtta start linking to love songs!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:13 AM on May 22, 2008
Check FPP, 3bm, check FPP. Or maybe you oughtta start linking to love songs!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:13 AM on May 22, 2008
Hmm... a comment so nice they posted it twice.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:13 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:13 AM on May 22, 2008
repeat after me
FLAPJAXFILTER!
FLAPJAXFILTER
FLAPJAXFILTER!
the man is too cool for school
posted by timsteil at 6:17 AM on May 22, 2008
FLAPJAXFILTER!
FLAPJAXFILTER
FLAPJAXFILTER!
the man is too cool for school
posted by timsteil at 6:17 AM on May 22, 2008
Check FPP, 3bm, check FPP. Or maybe you oughtta start linking to love songs!
My bad flapjax at midnite. Your good.
And dude, I AM linking to love songs.
Five songs that are obviously all about drugs but the artists insist are about fluffy by bunnies and such like...
posted by three blind mice at 6:18 AM on May 22, 2008
My bad flapjax at midnite. Your good.
And dude, I AM linking to love songs.
Five songs that are obviously all about drugs but the artists insist are about fluffy by bunnies and such like...
posted by three blind mice at 6:18 AM on May 22, 2008
Bongzilla:
Sacred Smoke
Grim Reefer
Smoke Like the Wind
Keefmaster
Amerijuanican
These guys love weed so much they've dedicated every song they've ever written to it. Wait, that's not true. Every now and then they sing about hash.
posted by The Straightener at 6:22 AM on May 22, 2008
Sacred Smoke
Grim Reefer
Smoke Like the Wind
Keefmaster
Amerijuanican
These guys love weed so much they've dedicated every song they've ever written to it. Wait, that's not true. Every now and then they sing about hash.
posted by The Straightener at 6:22 AM on May 22, 2008
Two songs in which addiction is a metaphor for love:
Skull Snaps - My hang up is you
Montclairs - Hung up on your love
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:27 AM on May 22, 2008
Skull Snaps - My hang up is you
Montclairs - Hung up on your love
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:27 AM on May 22, 2008
Al Kooper version of the John Prine song Sam Stone.
John Hartford Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown.
John Lennon - John Sinclair.
Gun Club - She's Like Heroin To Me.
posted by Sailormom at 6:42 AM on May 22, 2008
John Hartford Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown.
John Lennon - John Sinclair.
Gun Club - She's Like Heroin To Me.
posted by Sailormom at 6:42 AM on May 22, 2008
The Monks - Drugs in my Pocket. I loved that song in the 80's and I still love it today. The youtube can't be the video for it though.
thanks flapjack!
posted by ashbury at 6:43 AM on May 22, 2008
thanks flapjack!
posted by ashbury at 6:43 AM on May 22, 2008
The video for Soulwax's E Talking has the whole alphabet.
posted by OutlawedYeomen at 6:46 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by OutlawedYeomen at 6:46 AM on May 22, 2008
Blue Oyster Cult:
Flaming Telepath
I'm after rebellion
I'll settle for lies
posted by generalist at 6:46 AM on May 22, 2008
Flaming Telepath
I'm after rebellion
I'll settle for lies
posted by generalist at 6:46 AM on May 22, 2008
here's an nice series of youtube videos of 30s & 40s reefer jazz (a la the first link that flapjax at midnight posted)
off their second album, there's The Goats "Wake and Bake" - myspace here, fourth song down
includes the immortal line: yeah, reach for the stash, cuz you know what I want? a Supercalifragilistic-stoopid-fat-blunt!
and let us not forget Radio Gnome Trilogy from the mighty Gong
here come the Pothead Pixies in their Flying Teapot!
thank you, flapjax at midnight! great idea for a post
posted by jammy at 6:47 AM on May 22, 2008
off their second album, there's The Goats "Wake and Bake" - myspace here, fourth song down
includes the immortal line: yeah, reach for the stash, cuz you know what I want? a Supercalifragilistic-stoopid-fat-blunt!
and let us not forget Radio Gnome Trilogy from the mighty Gong
here come the Pothead Pixies in their Flying Teapot!
thank you, flapjax at midnight! great idea for a post
posted by jammy at 6:47 AM on May 22, 2008
Here come the nice. He's always there if I need some speed.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 6:53 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by soundofsuburbia at 6:53 AM on May 22, 2008
D12:
Purple Pills
Cool, calm, just like my mom
With a couple of valium inside her palm
posted by generalist at 6:58 AM on May 22, 2008
Purple Pills
Cool, calm, just like my mom
With a couple of valium inside her palm
posted by generalist at 6:58 AM on May 22, 2008
After too many White Lines, it's no use resisting Rehab: prepare yourself for Cold Turkey.
posted by progosk at 7:11 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by progosk at 7:11 AM on May 22, 2008
Thanks Three Blind Mice: I'd never known that the Strangler's Golden Brown was about Heroin...i've just always liked the 'bouncy' harpsichord riff.
I think my favorite is Henry (Originally by the New Riders of the Purple Sage)
posted by schyler523 at 7:11 AM on May 22, 2008
I think my favorite is Henry (Originally by the New Riders of the Purple Sage)
posted by schyler523 at 7:11 AM on May 22, 2008
Bauhaus - Departure. At first, he thought he'd imagined it because it would not have been out of place with the other strange hallucinatory events of that night
The Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk to Fuck. Went to a party/I danced all night/I drank 16 beers/And I started up a fight
Morphine - Honey White. (well, i think it's about drugs, anyway) And when he smiles he knows Honey's coming back - Honey's gonna want some more angel food
posted by the painkiller at 7:12 AM on May 22, 2008
The Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk to Fuck. Went to a party/I danced all night/I drank 16 beers/And I started up a fight
Morphine - Honey White. (well, i think it's about drugs, anyway) And when he smiles he knows Honey's coming back - Honey's gonna want some more angel food
posted by the painkiller at 7:12 AM on May 22, 2008
Third Eye Blind - Semi charmed life
I only found out recently what it was about, and I told my friend and she looked at me like I was retarded.
And does Placebo - Pure Morning ("a friend with weed is better") count?
posted by jacalata at 7:20 AM on May 22, 2008
I only found out recently what it was about, and I told my friend and she looked at me like I was retarded.
And does Placebo - Pure Morning ("a friend with weed is better") count?
posted by jacalata at 7:20 AM on May 22, 2008
Merle Haggard: White Line Fever
The Fall: White Line Fever
Motorhead: White Line Fever
posted by generalist at 7:22 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
The Fall: White Line Fever
Motorhead: White Line Fever
posted by generalist at 7:22 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
No online copies of The Lebron Brothers - Let's Get Stoned, Psychic TV Tune In (Turn on the Acid House) or The Latin Blues Band Featuring Luis Aviles - Take a Trip, so you'll have to take my word for it that they shingaling your boogaloo.
So instead, you get a low quality version of the shamen - phorward (can you pass the acid test?) from 1988 and the stupid, but popular Deadkirks - Your Son is Dead. Higher quality rips of Empirion - Narcotic Influence (giving them drugs taking their lives away) are available for your listening pleasure though.
While we are around the subject, the more positive message of Phuture - We Are Phuture. Doesn't mention drugs, but does mention acid music, which may be considered to be drug influenced, alledgedly.
posted by asok at 7:27 AM on May 22, 2008
So instead, you get a low quality version of the shamen - phorward (can you pass the acid test?) from 1988 and the stupid, but popular Deadkirks - Your Son is Dead. Higher quality rips of Empirion - Narcotic Influence (giving them drugs taking their lives away) are available for your listening pleasure though.
While we are around the subject, the more positive message of Phuture - We Are Phuture. Doesn't mention drugs, but does mention acid music, which may be considered to be drug influenced, alledgedly.
posted by asok at 7:27 AM on May 22, 2008
More Magazine: Cut Out Shapes - for those with an appreciation of fine anti-psychotics.
posted by flabdablet at 7:30 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by flabdablet at 7:30 AM on May 22, 2008
I can't, alas, find any more than a one minute clip from Fats Waller's "Reefer Song." All the YouTube versions are terrible. This one is particularly bad—the guy sings it like he's trying to seduce the joint instead of smoke it.
posted by felix grundy at 7:33 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by felix grundy at 7:33 AM on May 22, 2008
"Puff the Magic Dragon".
"Velouria" by the Pixies.
"There She Goes" by the La's.
Just about everything from Perry Ferrell.
posted by Dizzy at 7:34 AM on May 22, 2008
"Velouria" by the Pixies.
"There She Goes" by the La's.
Just about everything from Perry Ferrell.
posted by Dizzy at 7:34 AM on May 22, 2008
How have we gotten this far without anyone mentioning Rick James - Mary Jane?
Other favs:
Crucial Conflict - Hay
Buckcherry - Lit Up
posted by nooneyouknow at 7:34 AM on May 22, 2008
Other favs:
Crucial Conflict - Hay
Buckcherry - Lit Up
posted by nooneyouknow at 7:34 AM on May 22, 2008
A couple of more songs I thought of that I'm surprised I haven't seen above:
First, I can't find a good version on you tube but "Down To Seeds And Stems Blues" by Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen.
Also Shel Silverstein (again) I Got Stoned And I Missed It.
posted by lordrunningclam at 7:34 AM on May 22, 2008
First, I can't find a good version on you tube but "Down To Seeds And Stems Blues" by Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen.
Also Shel Silverstein (again) I Got Stoned And I Missed It.
posted by lordrunningclam at 7:34 AM on May 22, 2008
Take a Trip
Oh yeah, that reminds me!
Northside: Shall we Take a Trip
Dear lord, when I was a wee lad, I thought that was the best song EVAH. Sing LSD/Sing LSD/Aha/Aha/Aha.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 7:35 AM on May 22, 2008
Oh yeah, that reminds me!
Northside: Shall we Take a Trip
Dear lord, when I was a wee lad, I thought that was the best song EVAH. Sing LSD/Sing LSD/Aha/Aha/Aha.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 7:35 AM on May 22, 2008
For the record, "cocaine" is a jj cale song.
posted by dan g. at 7:36 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by dan g. at 7:36 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Lil Whyte: Oxy Cotton
From the always excellent YouTube comments:
oxycottin is not prescibed regularly you need govement perition to have it
posted by generalist at 7:37 AM on May 22, 2008
From the always excellent YouTube comments:
oxycottin is not prescibed regularly you need govement perition to have it
posted by generalist at 7:37 AM on May 22, 2008
That Fats Waller song is, however, on the whole album of the 30s and 40s Reefer Songs that jammy posted above, if you're downloading.
posted by felix grundy at 7:41 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by felix grundy at 7:41 AM on May 22, 2008
TBD nailed one of my first two thoughts, though I think this is a better version.
My other would be the lesser known Crack City on David Bowie's underappreciated first Tin Machine album, one of the best psychedelic albums nobody knows. It's also one of the nastiest anti-drug songs ever written, IMHO.
I can't do better than this LastFM snippet, sorry.
posted by rokusan at 7:45 AM on May 22, 2008
My other would be the lesser known Crack City on David Bowie's underappreciated first Tin Machine album, one of the best psychedelic albums nobody knows. It's also one of the nastiest anti-drug songs ever written, IMHO.
I can't do better than this LastFM snippet, sorry.
posted by rokusan at 7:45 AM on May 22, 2008
How have we gotten this far without anyone mentioning Rick James - Mary Jane?
I did (sort of....) only shortly before you though. :)
posted by stifford at 7:46 AM on May 22, 2008
I did (sort of....) only shortly before you though. :)
posted by stifford at 7:46 AM on May 22, 2008
Steely Dan: Dr. Wu
Don't seem right
I've been strung out here all night
I've been waiting for the taste
You said you'd bring to me
Hey Nineteen
The Cuervo Gold
The fine Colombian
Make tonight a wonderful thing
Time Out of Mind
Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water will change to cherry wine
Aw fuck it. EVERY STEELY DAN SONG EVER.
posted by generalist at 7:50 AM on May 22, 2008
Don't seem right
I've been strung out here all night
I've been waiting for the taste
You said you'd bring to me
Hey Nineteen
The Cuervo Gold
The fine Colombian
Make tonight a wonderful thing
Time Out of Mind
Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water will change to cherry wine
Aw fuck it. EVERY STEELY DAN SONG EVER.
posted by generalist at 7:50 AM on May 22, 2008
The Lebron Brothers - Let's Get Stoned
Great fucking song!
Kilo by Ghostface
A Kilo is a thousand grams, it's easy to remember!
posted by Divine_Wino at 7:56 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Great fucking song!
Kilo by Ghostface
A Kilo is a thousand grams, it's easy to remember!
posted by Divine_Wino at 7:56 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Of Montreal - Lysergic Bliss (this version just Kevin and BP)
posted by stifford at 7:57 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by stifford at 7:57 AM on May 22, 2008
Lennon's Cold Turkey
Marianne Faithful's awesome cover of the Stone's Sister Morphine
Traffic's Hole in the Shoe.
And now it's boozing time.
posted by three blind mice at 7:59 AM on May 22, 2008
Marianne Faithful's awesome cover of the Stone's Sister Morphine
Traffic's Hole in the Shoe.
And now it's boozing time.
posted by three blind mice at 7:59 AM on May 22, 2008
I was going to post Golden Brown by the Strangler's also but I see that I was beaten to the punch, twice. Great song. I listened to that tune for over 20 years before I found out it was about heroin!
posted by cazoo at 8:00 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by cazoo at 8:00 AM on May 22, 2008
MC Chris "The Tussin"
(the video isn't official, someone cut Trigun clips to the song).
posted by stifford at 8:01 AM on May 22, 2008
(the video isn't official, someone cut Trigun clips to the song).
posted by stifford at 8:01 AM on May 22, 2008
And was it Folkjokeopus or Flat Baroque and Berserk on which Roy Harper credited his valued collaborator, one H. Ash?
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:05 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:05 AM on May 22, 2008
Descendents: Bikeage
sitting there with your mouth fucked up
your eyes are glazed your face is red
who's gonna pick you up and use you for tonight
Not Me
posted by generalist at 8:07 AM on May 22, 2008
sitting there with your mouth fucked up
your eyes are glazed your face is red
who's gonna pick you up and use you for tonight
Not Me
posted by generalist at 8:07 AM on May 22, 2008
No Curtis yet? Superfly, Pusherman, Freddy's Dead.
Best Blaxploitation Soundtrack Evar!
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:28 AM on May 22, 2008
Best Blaxploitation Soundtrack Evar!
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:28 AM on May 22, 2008
Queens of the Stone Age - The Feel Good Hit of the Summer mentions seven drugs.
posted by euphorb at 8:29 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by euphorb at 8:29 AM on May 22, 2008
Oops. My Freddie's Dead link was borked. Lets try again:
So you wanna be a junkie? Why?
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:31 AM on May 22, 2008
So you wanna be a junkie? Why?
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:31 AM on May 22, 2008
And a little Steve Marriott
Itchycoo Park, Thirty Days in the Hole.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:35 AM on May 22, 2008
Itchycoo Park, Thirty Days in the Hole.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:35 AM on May 22, 2008
And clearly, lots of you people are addicted to bad music. Fortunately, there is a cure for this condition. You just need to sign up to the Reverend Larry Love's Recovery Programme.
Alabama 3, Hypo full of Love
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:48 AM on May 22, 2008
Alabama 3, Hypo full of Love
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:48 AM on May 22, 2008
Alabama 3's other great drug song: Cocaine Killed My Community
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:51 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:51 AM on May 22, 2008
Lou Reed, I 'm Waiting for the Man
Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Needle and the Spoon
posted by kirkaracha at 8:56 AM on May 22, 2008
Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Needle and the Spoon
posted by kirkaracha at 8:56 AM on May 22, 2008
"Cocaine by Eric Clapton"
Written and recorded by JJ Cale, ruined by Eric Clapton.
posted by 2sheets at 8:58 AM on May 22, 2008
Written and recorded by JJ Cale, ruined by Eric Clapton.
posted by 2sheets at 8:58 AM on May 22, 2008
How about
Home is where the hatred is - Esther Philips
by Gil Scott Heron and by the same man
Angel Dust.
And wasn't Lou Reed's Perfect Day about a junkie maybe having a day off?
posted by dprs75 at 9:14 AM on May 22, 2008
Home is where the hatred is - Esther Philips
by Gil Scott Heron and by the same man
Angel Dust.
And wasn't Lou Reed's Perfect Day about a junkie maybe having a day off?
posted by dprs75 at 9:14 AM on May 22, 2008
There is also Eminem's Drug Ballad
I never meant to give you Mushrooms, girl....
(Eminem "My Fault")
posted by stifford at 9:25 AM on May 22, 2008
I never meant to give you Mushrooms, girl....
(Eminem "My Fault")
posted by stifford at 9:25 AM on May 22, 2008
Did anybody say "Let's Go Smoke Some Pot" by Pennywise? Sung to the tune of 'Let's Go To The Hop' if that helps.
posted by fixedgear at 9:27 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by fixedgear at 9:27 AM on May 22, 2008
Bales of Cocaine - Reverend Horton Heat.
Non-Addictive Marijuana - SUPERSUCKERS!
posted by peep at 9:37 AM on May 22, 2008
Non-Addictive Marijuana - SUPERSUCKERS!
posted by peep at 9:37 AM on May 22, 2008
I can't believe this one's not linked yet, maybe y'all have seen it too many times to be moved by this amazing song that sounds like it was recorded with the muppet orchestra-
Sniff Swig Puff featuring Bea Arthur and Rock Hudson.
posted by cometwendy at 9:50 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
One of my favorites is a song poem called "Junkies and Monkeys," (sorry for the self link, but it doesn't appear too many places on the net since the SP Archives took down the mp3s).
It's a song in favor of smoking weed over doing heroin and taking LSD. I think.
It's sung by Kay Weaver, a mainstay on the song poem circuit and a feminist filmmaker.
posted by sleepy pete at 9:50 AM on May 22, 2008
It's a song in favor of smoking weed over doing heroin and taking LSD. I think.
It's sung by Kay Weaver, a mainstay on the song poem circuit and a feminist filmmaker.
posted by sleepy pete at 9:50 AM on May 22, 2008
Warren Zevon: Carmelita
Linda Ronstadt: Carmelita
GG Allin: Carmelita
He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
At the Pioneer Chicken stand
The man's still there, as far as I know.
posted by generalist at 9:57 AM on May 22, 2008
Linda Ronstadt: Carmelita
GG Allin: Carmelita
He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
At the Pioneer Chicken stand
The man's still there, as far as I know.
posted by generalist at 9:57 AM on May 22, 2008
not that there's a pioneer chicken on alvarado or anything.
posted by generalist at 10:10 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by generalist at 10:10 AM on May 22, 2008
Super Furry Animals: Something for the Weekend.
First time, I did it for the hell of it
Stuck it on the back of my tongue
And then swallowed it.
Pretty much everything else Gruff Rhys has recorded also qualifies, I suppose.
posted by ceiriog at 10:10 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
First time, I did it for the hell of it
Stuck it on the back of my tongue
And then swallowed it.
Pretty much everything else Gruff Rhys has recorded also qualifies, I suppose.
posted by ceiriog at 10:10 AM on May 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Drugs have been a continuous theme for the Stones. Sticky Fingers and Let it Bleed are their twin masterpieces of opioid degeneracy with almost every track being somehow junk related, but there's a lot of good stuff in their earlier work as well.
For example, straight people always though Lets Spend the Night Together was about sex. Mods, on the other hand, knew he was singing about something very different.
I'm off my head and my mouth's getting dry.
I'm high, But I try, try, try (Oh my)
Let's spend the night together
We could have fun just moving around,
And around, and around...
Or their ode to respectable drug use, Mother's Little Helper
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though shes not really ill
Theres a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of a mothers little helper
posted by PeterMcDermott at 10:14 AM on May 22, 2008
For example, straight people always though Lets Spend the Night Together was about sex. Mods, on the other hand, knew he was singing about something very different.
I'm off my head and my mouth's getting dry.
I'm high, But I try, try, try (Oh my)
Let's spend the night together
We could have fun just moving around,
And around, and around...
Or their ode to respectable drug use, Mother's Little Helper
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though shes not really ill
Theres a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of a mothers little helper
posted by PeterMcDermott at 10:14 AM on May 22, 2008
Also, for anyone with more than a passing interest in the subject, I'd commend the work of my old friend Harry Shapiro. All his books are good, but his, 'Waiting for the Man' is the definitive treatment of this subject.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 10:17 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by PeterMcDermott at 10:17 AM on May 22, 2008
"The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane" - Jeffrey Lewis
Horrible video really. Sorry.
posted by paddysat at 10:36 AM on May 22, 2008
Horrible video really. Sorry.
posted by paddysat at 10:36 AM on May 22, 2008
Germs: Not All Right
living in a fury
life's kinda blurry...
all the scribes are working
posted by generalist at 11:00 AM on May 22, 2008
living in a fury
life's kinda blurry...
all the scribes are working
posted by generalist at 11:00 AM on May 22, 2008
I'd been kinda morose today, and this thread cheered me up. I started thinking, "Maybe partying will help. Or perhaps I should turn to Jesus and tequila."
posted by BitterOldPunk at 11:01 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by BitterOldPunk at 11:01 AM on May 22, 2008
Jeez, can't believe noone put this in already Snowblind Friend
posted by lumpenprole at 11:08 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by lumpenprole at 11:08 AM on May 22, 2008
All this way and no Asylum Street Spankers? Spanker Madness is full of lovely songs, including Beer, Winning the War on Drugs, Wake and Bake, and High as You Can Be.
posted by gingerbeer at 11:33 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by gingerbeer at 11:33 AM on May 22, 2008
There's also Dealer, by Traffic, off their first album. No video, but here are the lyrics.
Damn, I do like Traffic.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 11:43 AM on May 22, 2008
Damn, I do like Traffic.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 11:43 AM on May 22, 2008
And how can we forget: Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll by Ian Dury and the Blockheads.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 11:46 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 11:46 AM on May 22, 2008
The Tubes - White Punks On Dope
AA Bondy - Vice Rag
Tom Petty - Girl on LSD
New York Dolls - Pills
And of course Sweet Leaf
posted by Sailormom at 11:48 AM on May 22, 2008
AA Bondy - Vice Rag
Tom Petty - Girl on LSD
New York Dolls - Pills
And of course Sweet Leaf
posted by Sailormom at 11:48 AM on May 22, 2008
C is for Cookie
Let's think of other things that starts with "C"!
Uh. . .Uh. . . Who cares about da other things?!
Yeah, he's totally high.
posted by spec80 at 11:56 AM on May 22, 2008
Let's think of other things that starts with "C"!
Uh. . .Uh. . . Who cares about da other things?!
Yeah, he's totally high.
posted by spec80 at 11:56 AM on May 22, 2008
Why is the screen STILL changing colors?
I must be getting a contact buzz.
posted by not_on_display at 12:26 PM on May 22, 2008
I must be getting a contact buzz.
posted by not_on_display at 12:26 PM on May 22, 2008
Folks at Gawker are adding to the list via their comments.
"Metafilter is trying to compile a list of all the great drug-themed songs. A fool's errand. The Peter Tosh catalogue alone is too great to fathom."posted by ericb at 12:42 PM on May 22, 2008
How 'bout Minor Threat's "Straight Edge"? Just to be perverse.
posted by bardic at 12:46 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by bardic at 12:46 PM on May 22, 2008
Smoke Two Joints by Sublime (words and music by Bob Marley).
posted by doctor_negative at 1:59 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by doctor_negative at 1:59 PM on May 22, 2008
The Streets: Blinded By The Lights
That's proper rank; that tastes like hairspray...
posted by everichon at 2:10 PM on May 22, 2008
That's proper rank; that tastes like hairspray...
posted by everichon at 2:10 PM on May 22, 2008
Or on preview, what joseph_e said
posted by doctor_negative at 2:29 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by doctor_negative at 2:29 PM on May 22, 2008
Summer Of Drugs by Victoria Williams.
Here is Soul Asylum doing a cover version.
posted by elmono at 2:50 PM on May 22, 2008
Here is Soul Asylum doing a cover version.
posted by elmono at 2:50 PM on May 22, 2008
There really are too many to mention. But here are some more in the same vein (ahem). Ezee posse - Everything Starts with an E (as seen previously). More recently, a jolly remix of a classic; Marshall Jefferson - Mushrooms. Enjoy the wicked visuals!
How about food as a theme for your next themed mlytp, Mr Jack?
posted by asok at 3:37 PM on May 22, 2008
How about food as a theme for your next themed mlytp, Mr Jack?
posted by asok at 3:37 PM on May 22, 2008
stretching the def a bit for a bitchin song:
Dead Moon: D.O.A
posted by generalist at 3:46 PM on May 22, 2008
Dead Moon: D.O.A
posted by generalist at 3:46 PM on May 22, 2008
How about "Ebenezer Goode" by The Shamen? (I don't like the song but there's not much subtlety going on in the lyrics - E's good! E's good! How blatant!)
posted by h00py at 5:53 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by h00py at 5:53 PM on May 22, 2008
Wow -- can't believe White Horse by Laid Back hasn't already been mentioned.
Don't ride the white horse... ride the white pony
One of the many things that outraged my father back in the day.
posted by bpm140 at 5:53 PM on May 22, 2008
Don't ride the white horse... ride the white pony
One of the many things that outraged my father back in the day.
posted by bpm140 at 5:53 PM on May 22, 2008
"Puffy Clouds" by Ween (Spoken Word Version by a different group)
"Got To Get You Into My Life" was McCartney's love song to marijuana.
"What's The New Mary Jane" by The Beatles
"Old Red Eyes Is Back" by The Beautiful South
Stew (by himself and with The Negro Problem) has some great drug use songs, the best of which is probably "Rehab," though “The Drug Suite (I Must’ve Been High/I’m Not On A Drug/Arlington Hill)” is also pretty amazing
"Red Red Wine" as made popular by UB40
"Cracklin' Rosie" by Neil Diamond
"Bad" by U2 is about heroin
and who can forget the greatest song about attempted drunken date rape ever:
"Funky Cold Medina" by Tone Loc
posted by Joey Michaels at 6:32 PM on May 22, 2008
"Got To Get You Into My Life" was McCartney's love song to marijuana.
"What's The New Mary Jane" by The Beatles
"Old Red Eyes Is Back" by The Beautiful South
Stew (by himself and with The Negro Problem) has some great drug use songs, the best of which is probably "Rehab," though “The Drug Suite (I Must’ve Been High/I’m Not On A Drug/Arlington Hill)” is also pretty amazing
"Red Red Wine" as made popular by UB40
"Cracklin' Rosie" by Neil Diamond
"Bad" by U2 is about heroin
and who can forget the greatest song about attempted drunken date rape ever:
"Funky Cold Medina" by Tone Loc
posted by Joey Michaels at 6:32 PM on May 22, 2008
Jack White interview from Australia's Big Day Out festival. From my personal experience and seeing people who were on coke, I'd say Jack's probably (actually, obviously) partaken of the stuff just prior to being interviewed. And the White Stripes are supposed to be named after the candy of the same name, but some people think they're named after nose candy, and after seeing this interview, I'd have to agree.
Pato Banton -- Legalize It
Pato Banton -- I do Not Sniff the Coke I couldn't find the single or album version, and all the YouTube clips are live and of poor quality. This one had the best audio of the lot, but it's still not great. Here are the lyrics (which I always found amusing):
Now this one is dedicated to the people all over
Remember the words of your crucial entertainer
When I say I do not sniff the coke I only smoke the sensimilla
I do not sniff the coke i only smoke. sensimilla!
Without a doubt I am the boss, in my class I am the teacher
If music is the fruit of life then I will be a reaper.
If M.C. business was a school then iI would be head master
If a car I'd be the driver, if a bike I'd be the rider.
If M.C. business was a church Pato would be the vicar
Then instead of calling me M.C. you all would call me preacher
But fun and joke aside I want to get serious in this matter
And dedicate this style to each and every cocaine dealer
In February 1985 Pato became a winner
Because I did that tune called Hello Tosh Gotta Toshiba!
It shooted up the charts and nearly gave my mom heart failure
She looked at me and said:
"Son me glad me grow you proper
A son like you would be the pride and joy of any mother
No make the fame get to your head just think about your future."
Those words of encouragement just made me push on further
To break down any walls and also break through any barrier
I got a lot of guidance from G.T. who is my manager
Assistance from Don Christie fashion helped me cross the border
I also got a lot of aid from good good sensimilla
That's why I do not snort the coke I only burn the ganja!
One day I had to catch a train from Birmingham to London
Half way on my journey was approached by this white ruffian
With greasy hair and scruffy jeans he looked just like a villain
He sat down opposite me with a Tennants (lager) in his right hand
But I don't judge appearance i just check the way you galong
So I introduced myself to him as Mr. Pato Banton
"Nice to meet ya, my name's Roadie and I work with P.A. hire
I've heard your name some place before but I just can't remember
But anyway I'm very very very glad to meet ya
And I've got some dope it's first class coke you can have this for a fiver."
I looked down on the table and saw a piece of silver paper
Inside this silver paper was some powder looked like flour
Me asked: What it do for you? It give you strength and power?
Now everyone I want you to hear the way that Roadie answered:
"Well Mr. Pato Banton the sensation is fine
It makes me see green men and then I go to cloud nine
All my worries and problems are left miles behind
So no matter where I am I have a brilliant time
If you don't believe me hold on and I'll fix you a line
Just take one sniff of this and you'll be out of your mind."
But I took the coke and threw it right outside the carriage window
Before he could say a word I quickly built up a five-sheeter
Into my pocket for my sensi and my lighter
I lit it with a flash and then to Roadie passed it over
I could see that he was loving it because of his expression
Me tell him: This is sensi the healing of the nation
In some places doctors use it for herbal medication
Ronald Reagan smoke it just before him go on television
After Margaret Thatcher visit him she bring some back to England
Then distributes it equally throughout the House of Commons
But fun and joke aside it gives me deep deep meditation
It fills my heart with niceness and I get nuff inspiration
You could be any colour any creed or any nation
After smoking sensimilla I know you'll find the reason
Why I do not sniff coke i only smoke sensimilla!
posted by Devils Slide at 7:04 PM on May 22, 2008
Pato Banton -- Legalize It
Pato Banton -- I do Not Sniff the Coke I couldn't find the single or album version, and all the YouTube clips are live and of poor quality. This one had the best audio of the lot, but it's still not great. Here are the lyrics (which I always found amusing):
Now this one is dedicated to the people all over
Remember the words of your crucial entertainer
When I say I do not sniff the coke I only smoke the sensimilla
I do not sniff the coke i only smoke. sensimilla!
Without a doubt I am the boss, in my class I am the teacher
If music is the fruit of life then I will be a reaper.
If M.C. business was a school then iI would be head master
If a car I'd be the driver, if a bike I'd be the rider.
If M.C. business was a church Pato would be the vicar
Then instead of calling me M.C. you all would call me preacher
But fun and joke aside I want to get serious in this matter
And dedicate this style to each and every cocaine dealer
In February 1985 Pato became a winner
Because I did that tune called Hello Tosh Gotta Toshiba!
It shooted up the charts and nearly gave my mom heart failure
She looked at me and said:
"Son me glad me grow you proper
A son like you would be the pride and joy of any mother
No make the fame get to your head just think about your future."
Those words of encouragement just made me push on further
To break down any walls and also break through any barrier
I got a lot of guidance from G.T. who is my manager
Assistance from Don Christie fashion helped me cross the border
I also got a lot of aid from good good sensimilla
That's why I do not snort the coke I only burn the ganja!
One day I had to catch a train from Birmingham to London
Half way on my journey was approached by this white ruffian
With greasy hair and scruffy jeans he looked just like a villain
He sat down opposite me with a Tennants (lager) in his right hand
But I don't judge appearance i just check the way you galong
So I introduced myself to him as Mr. Pato Banton
"Nice to meet ya, my name's Roadie and I work with P.A. hire
I've heard your name some place before but I just can't remember
But anyway I'm very very very glad to meet ya
And I've got some dope it's first class coke you can have this for a fiver."
I looked down on the table and saw a piece of silver paper
Inside this silver paper was some powder looked like flour
Me asked: What it do for you? It give you strength and power?
Now everyone I want you to hear the way that Roadie answered:
"Well Mr. Pato Banton the sensation is fine
It makes me see green men and then I go to cloud nine
All my worries and problems are left miles behind
So no matter where I am I have a brilliant time
If you don't believe me hold on and I'll fix you a line
Just take one sniff of this and you'll be out of your mind."
But I took the coke and threw it right outside the carriage window
Before he could say a word I quickly built up a five-sheeter
Into my pocket for my sensi and my lighter
I lit it with a flash and then to Roadie passed it over
I could see that he was loving it because of his expression
Me tell him: This is sensi the healing of the nation
In some places doctors use it for herbal medication
Ronald Reagan smoke it just before him go on television
After Margaret Thatcher visit him she bring some back to England
Then distributes it equally throughout the House of Commons
But fun and joke aside it gives me deep deep meditation
It fills my heart with niceness and I get nuff inspiration
You could be any colour any creed or any nation
After smoking sensimilla I know you'll find the reason
Why I do not sniff coke i only smoke sensimilla!
posted by Devils Slide at 7:04 PM on May 22, 2008
And if you give me weed, whites and wine,
And if you show me a sign,
I'll be willin'
posted by PeterMcDermott at 7:22 PM on May 22, 2008
And if you show me a sign,
I'll be willin'
posted by PeterMcDermott at 7:22 PM on May 22, 2008
Renegade SoundWave - Cocaine Sex (fast version. slower one is better, IMO)
Scratch Acid - Mary Had A Little Drug Problem (live. bad sound.)
posted by Zack_Replica at 7:31 PM on May 22, 2008
Scratch Acid - Mary Had A Little Drug Problem (live. bad sound.)
posted by Zack_Replica at 7:31 PM on May 22, 2008
Ooh and here's a bit of lovely, cringy Australian nostalgia: "Marijuana Australiana" by The Bushwackers.
posted by h00py at 7:34 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by h00py at 7:34 PM on May 22, 2008
How about The Cramps - New Kind of Kick and Drug Train.
Urge Overkill - What is Artane?
I'm so tired of bleeding
It's like some fallen angel
On sixty third at cottage grove
Don't you know that I'm on Artane?
posted by Sailormom at 8:07 PM on May 22, 2008
Urge Overkill - What is Artane?
I'm so tired of bleeding
It's like some fallen angel
On sixty third at cottage grove
Don't you know that I'm on Artane?
posted by Sailormom at 8:07 PM on May 22, 2008
High As Hell by Nashville Pussy
High As F#%k by Jon LaJoie
posted by BartonFink at 8:08 PM on May 22, 2008
High As F#%k by Jon LaJoie
posted by BartonFink at 8:08 PM on May 22, 2008
Urge Overkill - What is Artane?
I don't think the anti-psychotics have any place in this celebration of recreational drug use. ;-)
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:15 PM on May 22, 2008
I don't think the anti-psychotics have any place in this celebration of recreational drug use. ;-)
posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:15 PM on May 22, 2008
Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs Murphy's Ovaltine (but not alas by Harry The Hipster, qv)
posted by motty at 8:34 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by motty at 8:34 PM on May 22, 2008
Sorry for the Wikipedia link, but I thought Herman Brood should be in this thread.
posted by kozad at 10:20 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by kozad at 10:20 PM on May 22, 2008
Got a couple classics from the Velvet Underground catalog missing, don't we?
White Light/White Heat
Heroin
posted by hippugeek at 10:24 PM on May 22, 2008
White Light/White Heat
Heroin
posted by hippugeek at 10:24 PM on May 22, 2008
GWAR:
Jagermonster
Krak Down
Nitro Burning Funny Bong
... and a great deal of between-song banter.
posted by eccnineten at 7:36 AM on May 23, 2008 [1 favorite]
Jagermonster
Krak Down
Nitro Burning Funny Bong
... and a great deal of between-song banter.
posted by eccnineten at 7:36 AM on May 23, 2008 [1 favorite]
Got a couple classics from the Velvet Underground catalog missing, don't we?
Sister Ray is the Velvets best drug song. It's got everything: intravenous drug use, shoplifters, rent boys, oral sex, transvestites, sailors, guns a fantastic farfisa and a beat that never lets up.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:55 AM on May 23, 2008
Sister Ray is the Velvets best drug song. It's got everything: intravenous drug use, shoplifters, rent boys, oral sex, transvestites, sailors, guns a fantastic farfisa and a beat that never lets up.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:55 AM on May 23, 2008
The Beatles - Doctor Robert
The Temptations - Cloud Nine
Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris
posted by TrialByMedia at 4:55 PM on May 23, 2008
The Temptations - Cloud Nine
Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris
posted by TrialByMedia at 4:55 PM on May 23, 2008
The Warlocks have Shake the Dope Out and another called The Dope Feels Good--but the YouTube video of that one is terrible.
posted by bink at 5:14 PM on May 23, 2008
posted by bink at 5:14 PM on May 23, 2008
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