Piggybacking on Footix' remark in the Depeche Mode thread: My three favorite drug songs have to be New Order's "True Faith," Depeche Mode's "Never Let Me Down," and lost Beach Boys track "Hang Onto Your Ego", although for pure silliness I love Muddy Waters "Champagne and Reefer." I mean, seriously, can anyone listen to the bridge of that song with a straight face when he starts wailing "EVERY TIME I GET HIGH..."?
Mr. Brownstown of course, and my new favorite drug song by the Darkness: My mamma wants to know Where I'm spending all my dough Honey, all she does is nag, nag, nag But I won't apologise I'd inject into my eyes If there was nowhere else to stick my skag All I want is brown And I'm going into town Shooting up as soon as I'm back My friends have got some good shit All I want is some of it Gimme, gimme, gimme that smack Well I've ruined nearly all of my veins Sticking that fukcing shit into my arms Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fukc Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fukc Getting off my face There's a dragon I must chase Honey, I'm the scourge of all mankind And everyone but me Is destined just to be Slaves to the remorseless grind But I found myself an easy way out Sticking that fukcing shit into my arms Into my arms Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fukc Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fukc
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd Cocaine - Eric Clapton Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chilipeppers The Bombudd - DJ Quick Dopeman - NWA
Anytime I hear "My Drug Buddy" by The Lemonheads, the song stays in my head for days. I love the lines: "We have to laugh to look at each other. We have to laugh ’cause we’re not alone." and "I’m too much with myself, I wanna be someone else." The Velvet Underground's "Waiting For My Man" is obviously an easy choice. The uptown NYC imagery and dirty guitars almost make you feel like an addict.
Lemonheads Style Lloyd Cole & The Commotions My Bag D'Angelo Brown Sugar Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five White Lines RHCP Knock Me Down
That and Lou Reed's "Heroin" were the first songs to pop into my mind. I know mentioning a reggae song is bringing coals to Newcastle here, but an oft overlooked album is Rita Marley's "One Draw" with the great song "I Wanna Get High." (sampled by Cypress Hill on their track of the same name). I mean, that song is so damn **happy**. It doesn't sound like that Black Ark, get-so-high-you-burn-down-your-studio kinda high. It's more like a "My what a glorious and beautiful day -- well, hello gorgeous tropical maiden -- why, yes, I'd love to get lifted with you. Smashing idea," kinda high. Know what I'm sayin'? On a different note: Wilco's "Shot in the Arm." That refrain "There's something in my veins/Bloodier than blood" is freakin brilliant and catchy as hell.
"Hateful" by the Clash. Brilliant song. Great line in "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" "I'm the all-night drug prowling wolf, who looks so sick in the sun..." "Carbona Not Glue" by the Ramones Lisa
Spiritualized have made a career out of drug songs. Cop Shoot Cop is a good one. "Hey man there's a hole in my arm where all the money goes Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose Cop shoot cop I believe I believe that I have been reborn Cop shoot cop I haven't got the time no more"
Oldies White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Beatles Flowers of Evil - Mountain
Re: Re: Oldies Did he explain the true meaning of it? He sure made it seem like an acid song by accident, then. Purple Haze is another one from the golden age
Re: Re: Re: Oldies He said Julian brought a drawing home from school when he was kid that had all of the imagery used in the lyrics and that he told him it was "lucy in the sky with diamonds". He said he never realised the LSD part until the record was out and someone pointed it out to him. Who knows if it's true, but it's not like he ever went to great lengths to disguise use before or after, so there's little reason to doubt him.
hmmm.....this gives me another flashback from the '60s, from the spy satire 'Get Smart' An enemy agent is pretending to know nothing, and Maxwell Smart says to her "Don't play dumb with me sister, I'm an expert at that" Julian was born in '62, the album was out in '67 so he was 4 years old or so when he came home from school and inspired the song. Maybe so, who knows?
It seems far-fetched, I agree...but like I said, when has John Lennon ever tried to hide drug use?? And he didn't say this until the early '70s, I believe, which would have been an even safer time to admit it. Anyway, it probably is about acid.
I thought they said that the song and the lyrics where about drugs but that the title was a picture from his kid and that the title had no drug relations or was LSD but a coincidence.
Can't believe I didn't put this one sooner - it's my favorite next to Floyd: Master of Puppets - Metallica End of passion play, crumbling away I’m your source of self-destruction Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear Leading on your deaths construction [chorus:] Taste me you will see More is all you need You’re dedicated to How I’m killing you Come crawling faster Obey your master Your life burns faster Obey your master Master Master of puppets I’m pulling your strings Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing Just call my name, `cause I’ll hear you scream Master Master Just call my name, `cause I’ll hear you scream Master Master [end chorus] Needlework the way, never you betray Life of death becoming clearer Pain monopoly, ritual misery Chop your breakfast on a mirror [chorus] Master, master, where’s the dreams that I’ve been after? Master, master, you promised only lies Laughter, laughter, all I hear and see is laughter Laughter, laughter, laughing at my cries Hell is worth all that, natural habitat Just a rhyme without a reason Neverending maze, drift on numbered days Now your life is out of season [chorus] [fade out with evil laughter].
Some excellent choices before. So as to not repeat: High - Feeder Lit Up - Buck Cherry Not If You Were the Last Junkie On Earth - The Dandy Warhols Clubland - Elvis Costello Champagne Supernova - Oasis Dirt - Alice In Chains Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young Junkhead - Alice In Chains Let's Begin - Bad Ronald Candyman - Spacehog Come Out To Play - UB40 Rock and Roll Star - Oasis
Good points, both! Let me just (sheepishly) add "Sleeping Pills" and "Animal Nitrate" to my list... Also "24 Hour Party People" by the Happy Mondays.