highonlife Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Does anyone have any songs that has to do with drugs from the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000+. I am trying to compile a CD with songs about Drugs for a Drug Abuse class that I teach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 White Rabbit-Jefferson Airplane Mother's Little Helper-The Rolling Stones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 #1. You teach a "Drug Abuse" class? Or do you teach a "Prevention of Drug Abuse" class? Because I've never been to the former, but it sounds like fun. #2. You can make an entire LIBRARY of CD's about "drug songs" in rock n' roll. I believe there's already another thread on the subject around here somewhere, but I'm too stoned to go looking for it right now. Maybe one of the other regulars can find it. And #3. Welcome to Songfacts, Highonlife. NOW, GIMME YOUR DAMN LUNCH MONEY, NEWBIE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highonlife Posted March 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 (edited) Its actually a substance abuse class that I teach at a college... I would appreciate if anyone else could name me some songs or find me the link to the topic that was already made. Thank you Edited March 6, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 here you can find a couple of songs about drugs but I can almost guarantee you that you could get a nice long list of songs here in this thread too and welcome to Songfacts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Here's an old thread Best Drug Songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evenslimmersladey Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/143910/ Hope this helps. The drugs dont work - the Verve. Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll - Ian Dury. White Lines - Grandmaster Flash. White line fever - Motorhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 The drugs dont work - the Verve. This one isn't really about drugs as in drug abuse (I think). It's more about medication not having an effect on someone who's terminally ill (I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Pa Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 How bout an anti drug song from the 60's---- Steppinwolf's "The Pusher" J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Some would say that Badfinger's "Come and Get It" is about a drug pusher... Also, there's a song on Stevie Nicks' CD Street Angel called "Kick It" that's about her kicking the drug habit. and lest we forget... "Gold Dust Woman" off Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 (edited) If we're talking about that terrible scourge, "legal drugs," how about: "Cigarettes, Whisky, and Wild Wild Women" by Jim Croce? or "The Old Black Rum" by Great Big Sea? Back to illicit drugs: "Speedball Tucker" has a reference to "West Coast Turnarounds," aka Speed. Locally, "Cane Fire" by The Peter Moon Band describes the panic attending an impending National Guard Green Harvest raid on a hidden Marijuana patch. Paul Simon's "Late In The Evening" has a hero who "stepped outside to smoke a J." Edited March 7, 2008 by Guest "The Candy Man"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D. Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 I Like Marijuana - David Peel Mr. Bake-O - Adam Sandler I Got Stoned And I Missed It - Dr. Hook Shanty - Jonathan Edwards Wildwood Weed - Jim Stafford Light My Fire - Doors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 The Needle And The Damage Done ~ Mr. Neil Young Sister Morphine ~ Stones Mother's Little Helper ~ Stones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Take the whole "Sticky Fingers" album (Stones). Almost every song mentions drugs. "Brown Sugar" (it´s a sort of heroin that was very popular in the seventies) "Sway" : It's just that demon life has got me in its sway "Wild Horses" "Can´t you hear me knocking" : Y'all got cocaine eyes, yeah you got speed-freak jive "Bitch" : Yeah, you got to mix it child ,You got to fix it, must be love, It's a bitch "Dead Flowers": I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon "Sister Morphine" "Moonlight Mile": When the wind blows and the rain feels cold with a head full of snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Baloni Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 "Dead Flowers": I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon Nice. As soon as I saw this thread, that's the first thing that came to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Steve Earle's 'Copperhead Road' manages to be historical, political and a great song to boot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc86_Weoye0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 There are a number of songs called Cocaine (all different) by JJ Cale (and Eric Clapton), The Grateful Dead, Jackson Browne and many other artists. All would be appropriate for your class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Here are a few songs I love and fit what you are looking for.... Angel ~ Sarah McLachlan (I didn't know this was about drugs when I first heard it when it came out then I bought the album and realized it was, great song) She Talks To Angels ~ Black Crowes (beautiful song about drug addiction) All Night Train ~ The Allman Brothers ( Gregg wrote this about his struggles with drugs) Journey To The Center of The Mind ~ Amboy Dukes (song about mind altering drugs, great classic rock tune) Fall To Pieces ~ Velvet Revolver ( I don't listen to many newer artists but this song is a good tune) Street Hassle ~ Lou Reed (being a Lou Reed fan I had to make sure this was included, he sings about seeing a friend die in front of him from heroin) The Needle and the Spoon ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd (Ronnie wrote this one about how terrible drugs are) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 "The No No Song" ~ Ringo Starr "That Smell" ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd (about one of the band members driving drunk and crashing into an oak tree.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 more about medical drugs: Novocaine for the Soul ~ Eels Life is hard and so am I you better give me something so I don't die Lithium ~ Nirvana I'm so happy cause today I found my friends - they're in my head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 "Pretty Paracetamol" - Squeeze ...but you can´t get high on paracetamol... "Waiting for the man" - Lou Reed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 This one isn't really about drugs as in drug abuse (I think). It's more about medication not having an effect on someone who's terminally ill (I think). You're absolutely right: not a "song about drugs" at all, but a song about the death of Richard Ashcroft's father from cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 "Pretty Paracetamol" - Squeeze ...but you can´t get high on paracetamol... Squeeze did a song of that title? I have a similarly-named track by Fischer Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Some songs that focus entirely on the negative effects of drug abuse (rather than its glamourisation / glorification, and written from the point of view of someone who knows: In A Rut- The Ruts H-Eyes - The Ruts Love In Vain - The Ruts Ruts vocalist Malcolm Owen was a heroin-user who never sought any "street-credibility" from his drug use, (unlike some), but tried to warn other young people of the dangers. He sadly died from a heroin OD after trying to get himself clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 (edited) Squeeze did a song of that title? I have a similarly-named track by Fischer Z. 'Pretty Paracetamol you ease my aching brain....' Definitely Fischer Z. They were far bigger in Europe than in the UK, so maybe that's where the confusion lies. As far as I know Squeeze's only drug record was 'Black Coffee in Bed' Edited March 7, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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