Day 5(kinda) Hair of the dog

I got to thinking about mixtapes and hangovers...there really isn't a time I don't want to listen to music no matter what state I am in. I like all sorts (though I must admit the general audience "pop" music does not pass my ears real often and I prefer it that way) There are alot of great drinking songs, drunk songs and partyin songs, but songs to listen to whilst hungover is the challenge. So here is what I came up with....if I were to truly put it to disc I would add a few more, but you get the idea :)))

Great funky instrumental by The Martinis

Hungover

Dakota by the Stereophonics xx

The Rolling Stones- Moonlight Mile 

The folk-rock band from North Carolina: The Avett Brothers

When I drink

Atmosphere outta Minneapolis with Free Fallin

The New Pornographers with My Slow descent into Alcoholism  

In closing the legendary Tom Waits

Drunk on the Moon

Day 6 ~ Heroin in song.....

Today a duo.... first off The Rolling Stones with a little song called Dead Flowers, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It first appeared on the 1972 album Sticky Fingers..the lyrics ever so clearly about heroin: "I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and spoon" It has sort of a countryish feel to it, that is not my fave nevertheless it is a powerful dark song.

and a decent cover version  by Guns N Roses...live

and probably my favorite version...by The Cowboy Junkies......

Another important heroin song is by Canadian Neil Young, the song is called The Needle and the Damage done, it first appeared in 1972 on the album Harvest. He states the song was written not about himself, but about musicians he watched go down that painful road, specifically guitarist Danny Whitten..and others. Neil young also tends to be countryish and while that may not be my thing so much..his lyrics are so very powerful..in all his works. He is a true poet and I love his words.

a cover by Pete Doherty...live

and one last cover by Laura Marling...again this last one...probably my favorite version of all.