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Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:01 amPost count: 2789“Roadhouse Blues”
Morrison Hotel,
The Doors, 1970Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:01 amPost count: 2789Captain’s Jim’s Drunken Dream
Bartender’s Blues
Junkie’s LamentThree of many by James Taylor.
Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:01 amPost count: 8One of my favorites….
Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart…
Visions of You…on “Rising above Bedlam”
“I’m not numbed out anymore
No longer filled with hate and pain
No longer drenched in shame
I’m not numbed out anymore….The kingdom of heaven lies inside…”
Mike
Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:01 amPost count: 1the best song about addiction/ etc That I have ever heard was by a punk band called Jawbreaker. The song is called “kissed the bottle”…..check it out.
Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:01 amPost count: 17Canned Heat, Amphtamine Annie
Cream, Strange Brew
Donovan, Mellow Yellow
Gratefull Dead, Casey Jones, Truckin
Clapton, Cocaine
Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:01 amPost count: 40My all time favorite is by~~~~
KENNY CHESNEY
> “That’s Why I’m Here”and……………….
METALLICA
> “Sad But True”Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:01 amPost count: 156First concert I went to was Nazareth and Deep Purple. Thanks for bump starting a couple memories for me.
Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:01 amPost count: 108“whiskey drinking woman” -I think that’s what the song is called on that old Nazareth album.
Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:01 amPost count: 1080ECLIPSE
PINK FLOYDALL THAT YOU TOUCH
ALL THAT YOU SEE
ALL THAT YOU TASTE
ALL YOU FEEL
ALL THAT YOU LOVE
ALL THAT YOU HATE
ALL YOU DISTRUST
ALL YOU SAVE
ALL THAT YOU GIVE
ALL THAT YOU DEAL
ALL THAT YOU BUY
BEG, BORROW OR STEAL
ALL YOU CREATE
ALL YOU DESTROY
ALL THAT YOU DO
ALL THAT YOU SAY
ALL THAT YOU EAT
EVERYONE YOU MEET
ALL THAT YOU SLIGHT
EVERYONE YOU FIGHT
ALL THAT IS NOW
ALL THAT IS GONE
ALL THAT’S TO COME
AND EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN IS IN TUNE
BUT THE SUN IS ECLIPSED BY THE MOONSTAY STRONG ted :supercool
“rock on ” DOT :band
Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:01 amPost count: 1Thought of a couple more:
“Black Balloon” – Goo Goo Dolls
“Master of Puppets” – Metallica(btw, I’m new here. Husband is an alcoholic/addict (doc cocaine)
Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:01 amPost count: 592DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO (HEARTBREAKER)
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)The po-lice in New York City
They chased a boy right through the park
In a case of mistaken identity
They put a bullet through his heartHeart breakers with your forty four
I wanna tear your world apart
You heart breaker with your forty four
I wanna tear your world a partA ten year old girl on a street corner
Sticking needles in her arm
She died in the dirt of an alleyway
Her mother said she had no chance, no chance!
Heart breaker, heart breaker
She stuck the pins right in her heart
Heart breaker, a pain maker
Stole the love right out of you heartOh yeah (doo, doo doo doo doo)
Oh yeah (doo doo doo, doo doo)
I wanna tear that word apartOh yeah (doo, doo doo doo doo)
Oh yeah (doo doo doo doo doo)
I wanna tear that word apartHeart breaker, heart breaker
You stole the love right out of my heart
Heart breaker, heart breaker
I wanna tear your world apartHeart breaker, heart breaker
Stole the love right out, stole the love right outDoo, doo doo doo doo doo
Ah yeah, you shot the kid, he had no chance
Doo doo, doo doo do
Ah yeah, Ah yeah, you stuck pins right in her heart
Doo doo, doo doo do
You heart breaker, I wanna tear your world apart
Doo doo, doo doo do……..GOATS HEAD SOUP
Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:02 amPost count: 821TUBTHUMPING
ChumbawambaWe’ll be singing
When we’re winning
We’ll be singingI get knocked down
But I get up again
You’re never going to keep me downPissing the night away
He drinks a whisky drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times:“Oh Danny Boy, Danny boy…”
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You’re never going to keep me downPissing the night away
He drinks a whisky drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times:“Don’t cry for me next door neighbor…”
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You’re nevre going to keep me downWe’ll be singing
When we’re winning
We’ll be singingWhen I first heard this song it brought back a memory… 1/4 mile from home. 5-6 beers in me that used me as the middle man long enough. Needed to walk down the main street to get home. About 5 PM so everyone was out and on the way home. No trees to run behind on the main street *LOL* 1/4 mile to go. Thought I was dieing. When I tried to hurry my pace, I would hurt all the more. Finally I am at the door. Struggle to fit the key in the door. Ohh no I am on the 3rd floor was my thought. Every step was pain. I made it and thus comes the words found in that song… pissin the night away…pissin the night away
Not sure if the energy drain from being the middle man for a 6 pack or the walk home with the need to stop being the middle man… Next I remember was waking up after 12 noon the next day. Such lessons don’t sink in till years later. No more playing the middle man for me. Open a bottle today and I would bypass me…dump it straight in the flusher No More Middle Man for me *LOL* :celebrate :bandAnonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:02 amPost count: 8Jane’s Addiction — I’m not an Addict (the active addict’s theme song)
Fiona Apple’s album “When the Pawn” is a good example of the inner workings of an addictive personality, and in addition, many of the songs are about addictions (love addictions, dark obssessions and ghosts of the past, anorexia (which IS an addiction), drugs)
Courtney Love — Sunset Strip (also another theme song of the active addict)
Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:02 amPost count: 1337AC-DC “Have a drink on me” :band :headbang:
Anonymous
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 10:02 amPost count: 24The problem with some of those songs though ….. those are the ones I used to listen to in college when the drug use was way fun…. LOVE Pink Floyd. But smoked a lot of pot while listening.
Don’t some of those songs bring good memories? I find it dangerous to have good memories about using. Makes me think I can go back…
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