I guess these would go hand-in-hand with drinking songs, but they have more of a bar (where nobody is dancing) feel to them than regular drinking songs.
My contributions:
Dropkick Murphys - Barroom Heroes
Replacements - Here Comes a Regular
Okay, I’ve never actually heard that second one in a bar, but it certainly would be cool if I did. Next time I go to a bar with an Internet Jukebox, I’ll have to look it up.
Whoops. The title of the DKM song is actually “Barroom Hero.” Singular. I don’t know why I always screw that up. Perhaps it’s because I’m usually drinking in a bar when I hear it.
http://www.deadtroll.com/new/new.html
They have free mp3 to sample. I got these two a couple years ago, so I don’t know exactly what they have to offer now.
They have a ton of great stuff like What Joe Saw On the Internet, My Friends Mom, and Keep Your Parents Off The Internet.
I’d always loved their humorous songs from years ago, but on listening to several of their songs now, they do actually seem to have some musical talent! “It’s All Your Fault,” while humorous, is actually a good song.
Or maybe it’s because I’m drunk. I’ll decide in the morning.
They kind of remind me of They Might be Giants (that’s high praise from me!).
1)Waylon Jennings’s Honky Tonk Heroes:
Piano roll blues, danced holes in my shoes
There weren’t another other way to be
For loveable losers, no account boozers
And honky tonk heroes like me
and
2)Emmylou Harris’s I’ll be Your San Antone Rose
If they’ll play another love song
And if that Miller Highlife light stays dim
And if you’ll keep my glass full of whiskey
I’ll whisper words I wish I’d said to him
Just ask me to dance all the slow ones
Hold me close and take me 'cross the floor
I’ll gently lay my head on your shoulder
And pretend this never happened before
I don’t want to hear a sad story
We both already know how it goes
So if you’ll be my tall dark stranger
I’ll be your San Antone Rose
In a dark room filled with music, wine and laughter
Your eyes keep searching for her constantly
Is it that one in the corner with her eyes filled with tears
Or is she the one who’s having fun drinking too much beer
Every night it’s the same sad old procedure
The doorman winks at you on your way out
Cause deep inside he knows just what your after
And he’s got something you can’t live without
On Thursday I went drinking with some friends at our local bar. Someone put on Gin Blossoms’ “Hey Jealousy” and pretty soon everyone was singing along. Before that people were singing to “Sweet Child o’ Mine.”