A friend of mine who is a Little Records listener texted me last night (and I’m paraphrasing) — “I’m exhausted from all this shit. I’m getting drunk!” — and gave me the idea for a podcast featuring some of the many songs from this era that feature alcohol as a possible solution. I skipped one of the most popular, The Housemartins’ “Happy Hour”, because it’s mostly about bitching about having to be out with your boss after work. I’m after some downright LET’S GET SHITFACED—THE WORLD SUCKS! vibes, so The Pogues are the best place to start. We’ll hear a couple from them, plus tunes from Giant Sand, The Replacements, Young Fresh Fellows, Nikki Sudden, The Damned, Mudhoney, Palace Brothers, Fear, Scud Mountain Boys, The Jayhawks, Black Flag, Mojo Nixon, X, The Creepers, and many others.
Playlist
- The Pogues — Sally Maclennane
- Green On Red — Hair Of The Dog
- The Damned — Drinking About My Baby
- Gang Green — Alcohol
- The Suburbs — Drinking
- Mick Farren — Half Price Drinks
- X — Drunk In My Past
- The Jayhawks — The Liquor Store Came First
- Giant Sand — Mad Dog A Man
- Fear — More Beer (live in LA, 1985)
- The Junk Monkeys — One More Drink
- Big Black — Stinking Drunk
- Husker Du — First Of The Last Calls
- Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites — When I Cross the Line
- Codeine — Broken-Hearted Wine
- The Jazz Butcher — Soul Happy Hour
- Squeeze — Slightly Drunk
- Spent — Excuse Me While I Drink Myself To Death
- Great Plains — Drunkard’s Blues
- Freakwater — Drunk Friend
- Palace Brothers — (I Was Drunk At The) Pulpit
- Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper — Gin Guzzlin’ Frenzy
- The Creepers — Sweet Retreat
- Shop Assistants — What A Way To Die
- Mudhoney — Twenty Four
- Scientists — This Is My Happy Hour
- Black Flag — Six Pack
- Artless — Beer
- Classic Ruins — Labatt’s
- Young Fresh Fellows — Beer Money
- Surf Punks — Beer Can Beach
- Kaos — Alcoholiday
- Dead Kennedys — Too Drunk To Fuck
- Oasis — Cigarettes & Alcohol
- American Music Club — Bad Liquor
- Uncle Tupelo — Moonshiner
- Scud Mountain Boys — Liquor Store
- The Replacements — Here Comes A Regular
- Treat Her Right — King Of Beers
- The Pogues — Boat Train