Songs of debauchery and excess


Ive seen some humorous confessions on these boards lately I wont name names Im sure none of the members are currently using drugs or abusing alcohol anyway, but these admissions of events that took place in our wild youth got me thinking that Ive always loved a good song about this subject and I wondering if there were any other fans? Im gonna go with a classic but there are just so many good ones . Commander Codys “ Lost in the Ozone again”. Seems like a decent Sunday afternoon topic?

bikeboy52

Many years ago I remember my parents playing a Mitch Miller (of all people) song called drunk last night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In my youth, very many of the songs were really about sex. 'The preferred accessory for 'dancing' was not a dance floor, but a bed.

Any coronary issues encountered are not the responsibility of yours unruly....

Restraint is your perogative and is left in your hands, Hans....;)

Steely Dan

Time out of Mind - heroin

Parkers Band - heroin

Kid Charlemagne - acid

Without question, the song that says it all:

Ian Dury and The Blockheads- Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

@toddsyr Thats one reason I like these threads about music. I saw Ian Dury open for Lou Reed at the Roxy in LA in the 80,s I would have never even remembered that song or band if you would have not mentioned it. Thanks!

@bikeboy52 You’re welcome. That’s one of the many joys of music. It brings up old memories. I never saw Ian Dury and The Blockheads live but that song played a lot on the FM dial back in the day. Being in high school at the time, we adopted it as our anthem. Our anthem now is Work & Sleep & Pay Those Bills.

There's WAP from the brilliant minds of Cardi B & 'Megan Thee Stallion'...

 

Billy Idol - White Wedding

This one is my all-time favorite, it just kills me:

Red Peters - I Laughed...I Cried...I Fudged My Pants

Nearly the entire album.

Regards,

barts

 

Because it's really a single unit, a dark cautionary tale / Monkey's Paw reflection on the perils of debauchery and excess... Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson.

Most of their catalogue is mediocre or less, but this work is an intense journey through a nightmare fever dream that just happens to have great production values as well.

Ian Dury & the Blockheads: "Mischief," "This is What We Find" and "Plaistow Patricia"

The Jack Rubies: "Tijuana Bible"

Kinks: "Sunny Afternoon," "Dandy," "House in the Country" and "Second-Hand Car Spiv"

Dandy Warhols: "Horse Size Pills" and "Get Off"

Iggy Pop: "Lust for Life"

David Bowie: "Cracked Actor" and "Hang on to Yourself"

 

 

Sly & the Family Stone "I Wanna' Take You Higher"

Robert Johnson "Stop Breaking Down"

Parliament "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)"

"Mama Told Me Not To Come"

Three Dog Night

"Detox Mansion"

Warren Zevon

"Black Rose"

Waylon Jennings

"Jeannie Needs A Shooter"

Warren Zevon