Thank Fachtna it’s Friday.
As the pubs get ready to impose an 8pm shutdown, there can only be one theme this week for our voucher-free music chin-wag.
What’s your favourite song about or referencing drink?
Here’s mine.
Please include video links if possible.
Lines MUST close at Midnight on Sunday!
Nick says: Good luck!
Nick adds: Hic.
Meanwhile…
Eek-A-Mouse – Ganja Smuggling
Last week, I asked you to post your favourite reggae song in honour of the late Robbie Shakespeare. Reader Flawless won my esteem with this entry:
“My favourite Eek-A-Mouse song. The Irish-Jamaican connections go back hundreds of years and I think his songs are a striking example of Irish traditional music permeating through to reggae music. The airs, the metre, the lilting, etc.”
Nick says: Thanks Flawless and to all who entered.
Last week: Win Nick’s Esteem
Pic: Freebird, Dublin
Dr Jimmy, Mr Jim
The Who
https://youtu.be/KqltoZG83BE
Mother’s ruin what more to say.
It is a tenuous link, could 5.15. fit here also out of my brain on the 5.15 – the train home from the 5.00 closing bar?
great winner last week too – congrats flawless
Sham 69, Hurry up Harry https://youtu.be/kbcONYzM7jQ
From the great Randy Newman’s 1974 album, Good Old Boys; Guilty.
There are versions with just Randy’s piano, but here the brass section really works by veering close to being full-on discordant in a few verses – which gives a lovely edge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q6lpcMe11k
The Mighty AC/DC Have a drink on me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_IrXsEHZxM
“So don’t worry about tomorrow
Take it today
Forget about the check
We’ll get hell to pay
Have a drink on me
Have a drink on me
Yeah, have a drink on me
Have a drink on me (on me)
Come on
Dizzy, drunk and fightin’
On tequila white lightnin’
My glass is getting shorter
On whiskey, ice and water
So come on and have a good time
And get blinded out of your mind”
Two and a half minutes of glorious Irish maudlin boozery from the late Bap Kennedy, brother of Brian and lead singer of the old London pubrockers Energy Orchard, with a surprise guest singing the third verse.
Simple but sobering.
https://youtu.be/XyusT-P6Eq4
Cracker’s version of the hilarious Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother…
https://youtu.be/BohTuZPHVMY
I always get a huge laugh from this verse…
And it’s up against the wall Redneck Mother,
Mother, who has raised her son so well.
He’s thirty-four and drinking in a honky tonk.
Just kicking hippies asses and raising hell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhs7jVJCwu4
(no comment)
:)
There can only be one – the saviour of the human race!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x8D4T–0v4
Medicinal compound!
UB40 -Red red wine-
In vino veritas: winos of the world, unite!
(I missed the competition last week, so I thought I could kill 2 birds with one stone this week)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXt56MB-3vc
Savage winner of last week’s competition – love it ! Esteem well deserved …
My choice for this Friday’s drink-centric theme is “Les Savy Fav” and “Raging in Plague Age.”
The song is from the point of view of a medieval King trapped is his castle as a plague scourges the land! Don’t worry, the “monks have tapped the finest cask!” The song is perfectly formulated to encourage maximum losing of one’s shit on the dance floor (or living room floor or on the DART or in the kitchen or wherever you are).
Who couldn’t but love the careless abandon and wild excesses inherent in the hedonism of:
“Draw up the drawbridge, draw down the blinds
Everyone inside is getting high tonight
Waiting for the plague to move on
No one’s getting sober till the liquor’s all gone”
D’oh!
https://youtu.be/Y9BOY9jNYPM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4IjrjMbmC4
(Dr. Feelgood, 1978, hence not for the faint-hearted)
:)
The one and only Christy Moore with “johnny jump up”, This is a health warning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0i_TXx7Z-Y
Are you sure that’s Christy? Doesn’t sound like him.
Mike Got Spiked – Whiskey For Me Tae
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Y5DxxMAWs
Irish band that were around a few years ago – they were more of ‘Faith No More’ style band and this is their only foray into traditional Irish music.
“If you wonder why us Irishmen are in this terrible fix…
it’s coz the Pope wouldn’t let us wear the condoms on our d**ks!” ;-)
The prize is really well deserved for that choice. Weekly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6-p81SC9_U
…approach with caution…
:)
Ta Nick!
A song for this week.
George Thorogood and the Destroyers – I Drink Alone (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E9ydw_aDMg
It’s the drinking anthem of our times ;)
irie tune and a well-deserved win, f_lawless… top one…!
…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LyvgYDrQ74
woah, Phil… NOT the grape AND the grain, man…!
“Pulque, Mescal y Tequila, Cuba Libre y Cerveza…”
deceptively seductive live version of a 1995 H.F. Thiefaine song
about a harrowing dash to catch a plane out of Mexico City…
whilst far-gone-buckled on the above local delights,
(and haunted by the ghost of Malcolm Lowry…)
“Otro Cuba Libre…!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeThyai_GW0
Summer 1980, the birth of contemporary ‘dream-pop’.
Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, and The Chameleons
were all watching very closely indeed…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2SUs_vxX4o
Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls – “Dream Sequence”
@ f_lawless great choice!
I’ll leave this link, to be found on Spotify, on the history of Reaggaeton should anyone be interested.
https://open.spotify.com/show/6OB6xOp1sWazXMMa2z53CZ?mc_cid=0725a481ec&mc_eid=bb51394975
https://youtu.be/iOesk5yy8EI
Singing larger larger…reminds me of college
Underworld… Born slippy
Oh lovely, nothing but the best of memories associated with that tune and their “Second Toughest in the Infants” album too.
Ahhh!
I FEEL LIKE PABLO
no more parties in la.
Kanye West & Kendrick Lamar.
https://youtu.be/NnMuFqsmYSE
My favourite song mentioning drink is Run to the Hills by Serial Stadium fillers Iron Maiden.
https://youtu.be/ztD-iJaZdWI
Daddy Needs a Drink by Drive-by Truckers –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GdEjMv1Ms
Apologies for the bit of a downer for the day that is in it…
Daddy needs a drink to deal with all the beauty
To deal with all the madness
To keep from blowing up
Daddy needs a drink to calm down his badness
To execute his gladness on the fullness of his cup
Daddy needs a drink to keep the wheels from rubbing
To compensate for nothing or nothing going on
Daddy needs a drink so Mama fix one quick
Pour it nice and strong with your cleaning outfit on
Daddy needs a drink to hem in his demons
To hear through babies screaming or the TV set turned on
There ain’t nothing on the radio like the wave my transmitters on
Put that drinking jacket on and enjoy a little fog
probably my favorite word
Debauchery, always liked these sweet sad gentle lyrics
https://youtu.be/fENirTpH-64
Drunken ferry boat woman
Swayin’ on your sea
If I turn on the gas fire
By the rain rattled window
Won’t you sail over to me
The hail storm tumbles
The rail line rumbles
You move in the porch with me
On an overcast day
The pale winter city
An afternoon’s debauchery
Your blouse your skirt
I’ll undo them so gentle
With beautiful care
I’m a lonely man
With five bottles of wine
I’d like you to share
The hail storm tumbles
The rail line rumbles
You move through the doors with me
On an overcast day
The pale winter city
An afternoon’s debauchery
Orange street light
Afternoon becomes night
You drink your wine from a mug
There’s cats at the backdoor
The snow is two inches
You roll down your tights on the rug
The hail storm tumbles
The rail line rumbles
You lie on the floor with me
Come closer my love
I’m badly in need
Of an afternoon’s debauchery
Gallon Drunk – Bedlam
https://youtu.be/cSCleVELep0
Original post seems to have disappeared into cyberspace. This does describe every night out I’ve ever had. Seriously
Loose enough link but because it’s Christmas I have to go with The Pogues, Fairytale of New York
I think this would qualify….Botanic Endgame by Michael Marra. It’s jaunty and definitely set in a pub so should count!
https://youtu.be/mTZ1RwEkNwM
Streams of Whiskey by The Pogues also a good one !
Elastica – Waking Up (Pioneer Mix)
Make a cup of tea
Put a record on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlOje4ly4hg
@ f_lawless great choice!
I’ll leave this link, to be found on Spotify, on the history of Reaggaeton should anyone be interested.
https://open.spotify.com/show/6OB6xOp1sWazXMMa2z53CZ?mc_cid=0725a481ec&mc_eid=bb51394975
Congrats f_lawless… Cheers to you.
Wes Montgomery • Tequila
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KSoZDKIRclI
Manic Street Preachers – A Design for Life
https://youtu.be/TfEoVxy7VDQ
Post- Richey Manics distil their reading into a majestic pop song
The Pogues & The Dubliners – The Irish Rover
a great drinking song about the drink
and a great tale…I wanted it to be a true story lol….and it’s my party trick when I’m out on the jar, take it away:
On the fourth of July, 1806
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
For the Grand City Hall in New York
‘Twas a wonderful craft
She was rigged fore and aft
And oh, how the wild wind drove her
She stood several blasts
She had twenty-seven masts
And they called her The Irish Rover
We had one million bags of the best Sligo Rags
We had two million barrels of stone
We had three million sides of old blind horses hides
We had four million barrels of bones
We had five million hogs
Six million dogs
Seven million barrels of porter
We had eight million bails of old nanny goats’ tails
In the hold of The Irish Rover
There was ol’ Mickey Coote
Who played hard on his flute
When the ladies lined up for a set
He was tootin’ with skill
For each sparkling quadrille
Though the dancers were fluther’d and bet
With his smart witty talk
He was cock of the walk
And he rolled the dames under and over
They all knew at a glance
When he took up his stance
That he sailed in The Irish Rover
There was Barney McGee
From the banks of the Lee
There was Hogan from County Tyrone
There was Johnny McGurk
Who was scared stiff of work
And a man from Westmeath called Malone
There was Slugger O’Toole
Who was drunk as a rule
And fighting Bill Treacy from Dover
And your man, Mick MacCann
From the banks of the Bann
Was the skipper on The Irish Rover
For the sailor it’s always a bother in life
It’s so lonesome by night and by day
That he longs for the shore
And a charming young whore
Who will melt all his troubles away
Oh, the noise and the rout
Swillin’ poitin and stout
For him soon the torment’s over
Of the love of a maid, he is never afraid
That old salt from The Irish Rover
We had sailed seven years
When the measles broke out
And the ship lost its way in the fog
And that whale of a crew
Was reduced down to two
Just myself and the Captain’s old dog
Then the ship struck a rock
Oh Lord, what a shock
The bulkhead was turned right over
Turned nine times around
And the poor old dog was drowned
And the last of The Irish Rover
The brilliant Tom Waits, The Piano Has Been Drinking.
Amazing from the start till the end, absolutely loved this tune from the first time I heard it!!
https://youtu.be/BPPtrqvHGEg
Enjoy!
Happy Friday!
Congrats f_lawless… Cheers to you.
Wes Montgomery • Tequila
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KSoZDKIRclI
Can Shayna suggest, “The Drinking Song” from La Traviata.
I hope no one has put this up already…it’s about tea.
The Bainne Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RouzkbjNBUM
Blah blah blah-blah-blah blah blah
An iarraidh cupan tae, ca bhfuil an bainne?
Na habair liom go bhfuil se imithe.
Piosa beag fagtha? Tar anseo, gimme gimme
“Sup up your beer and collect your fags, there’s a row going on down near Slough…”
The Jam – Eton Rifles
https://youtu.be/C7kUDkK70qQ
“There’s some take delight in the carriages a rolling
and others take delight in the hurling and the bowling
but I take delight in the juice of the barley
and courting pretty fair maids in the morning bright and early…”
The Dubliners – Whiskey in the Jar
https://youtu.be/41GtRF4aPAE
Can Shayna suggest, “The Drinking Song” from La Traviata. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZvgmpiQCcI
Cheers, I’ll be swirling around to this as I drink champagne from my tumbler
“He became drinker and she became mother
She knew that one day she’d be one or the other
He ate himself older, drunk himself dizzy
Proud of her features, she kept herself pretty…”
Squeeze – Labelled With Love
https://youtu.be/hgtfehKvzSk
“Alcohol on my hands
I got plans
To ditch myself and get outside…”
Beck – Beercan
https://youtu.be/zVay-RfNGv8
“Drink up baby, stay up all night
With the things you could do
You won’t but you might…”
Elliott Smith – Between the Bars
https://youtu.be/p4cJv6s_Yjw
For the love of Jesus
https://youtu.be/qn3aPweeZVQ
“She said Andy, you’re better than your past, winked at me and drained her glass, cross-legged on a barstool, like nobody sits anymore…”
Jason Isbell – Elephant
https://youtu.be/ClugMhMbrRg
“I ain’t about to go straight
It’s too late
I found myself face-down in a ditch
Booze on my hair, blood on my lips
A picture of you, holding a picture of me
In the pocket of my blue jeans…”
Ray La Montagne – Jolene
https://youtu.be/PMQkszQVJo4
Puttin’ on the Ritz, Gene Wilder variant.
Black and white in sympathy with ritz being sold only in the olden days.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ab7NyKw0VYQ
Thin Lizzy: I’ve got to give it up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG7lPyQI1fY
I’ve got to give it up
I’ve got to give it up that stuff
I’ve got to give it up
I’ve got to give it up that stuff
Tell my mama and tell my pa
That their fine young son didn’t get far
He made it to the end of a bottle
Sitting in a sleazy bar
He tried hard but his spirit broke
He tried until he nearly choked
In the end he lost his bottle
Drinking alcohol
Got to give it up
I got to give it up that stuff
Got to give it up
I got to give it up that stuff
Tell my brother, I tried to write and
Put pen to paper but I was frightened
I couldn’t seem to get the words out right
Right, quite right
Tell my sister, I’m sinking slow
Now and then I powder my nose
In the end I lost my bottle
It smashed in a casbah
Got to give it up
I got to give it up that stuff
Got to give it up
I got to give it up that stuff
Got to give it up
I got to give it up that stuff
Got to give it up
I got to give it up that stuff
I’ve been messing with the heavy stuff
For a time I couldn’t get enough
But I’m waking up and it’s wearing off
Junk don’t get you far
Tell my mama I’m coming home
In my youth I’m getting older
And I think it’s lost control
Mama, I’m coming home
Got to give it up
Give it up
Got to give it up that stuff
Got to give it up
You know what I am talking about
Got to give it up that stuff
Got to give it up
Got to give it up that stuff
Got to give it up
Give it up
Got to give it up that stuff
Enjoyed reading that, and put the track on too :) ta Gearoid!
Bitter sweet “enjoyed” it :)
No shortage of drink related songs from the Pogues…
Sally MacLennane
https://youtu.be/dj6nWhVLSLw
John Lee Hooker
One bourbon one scotch one beer
https://youtu.be/z4A6o-yf-ao
brother to brother
the bottle
https://youtu.be/T6_hZ1HtV84
I love Gil’s version but this version has a different quality that I really enjoy too.
Floating Flutes Batman!
Gang Green – Alcohol
https://youtu.be/H1oHgM2ZNNI
Proper punk rockin’ fun this is :) Saw these guys in Dublin one Paddy’s night with only about a hundred people there… Great craic divin’ and slammin’ :)
“I’d rather drink than f—,
No doubt about it,
I can’t* live without it,
Alcohol!”
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*It took a while before I found I can :) Still love the song though!
This one was my party piece at one stage: Delaney’s Gone Back on the Wine, sung by Mary Coughlan, a woman who knew the terrain.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii3e4P-RVGg
If any song evokes in me memories of drinking and hanging out in late night dives, it’s the song
Closing Time – Leonard Cohen
“Well we’re drinking and we’re dancing and the band is really happening
and the Johnnie Walker wisdom’s running high…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-0lV5qs1Qw
“some people want to fill the world with silly love-songs…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GJHrs1HRkk
une derniere..?
pourquoi pas..!
one for everyone (else) who ever went waltzing
toe-to-toe, and eye-to-eye
with “La Fee Verte”…
and lived to tell the tale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOGubBl9rS0