# Best bar songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467 "2007-08-05T00:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/1 "2007-08-05T00:02:34Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/2 "2007-08-05T00:16:37Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/3 "2007-08-05T00:21:29Z")
Six Pack by 3 Dead Trolls In A Baggie A Dublin Lullaby by 3 Dead Trolls In A Baggie Two Dollar Whore for a country western type bar. [http://www.deadtroll.com/new/new.html](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. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/4 "2007-08-05T00:22:48Z")
Captain Tractor - Up The Hill, Another Drinking Song and Dublin Lullaby They’re an awesome bar band (which is mostly where they play). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/5 "2007-08-05T00:28:25Z")
Toby Keith - _I Love This Bar_ Jimmy Buffett - _Livingston Saturday Night_ Jimmy Buffett - _Kick It In Second Wind_ ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/6 "2007-08-05T01:49:45Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Toby Keith - _I Love This Bar_ Jimmy Buffett - _Livingston Saturday Night_ Jimmy Buffett - _Kick It In Second Wind_ [/QUOTE] My first thought was “Why Don’t We Get Drunk”, which I just now found out is also sung by Jimmy Buffett. Put that one on the jukebox and I guarantee you’ll have the whole crowd singing along. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/7 "2007-08-05T02:04:40Z")
[http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band\_Id=15406](http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band_Id=15406) It will open to 3 Dead Trolls. Captain Tractor is on the selection underneath. The Arrogant Worms was good, so was Carolyn Mark. I’ll be checking out the others on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/8 "2007-08-05T02:05:55Z")
Mekong - The Refreshments. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/9 "2007-08-05T02:19:28Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard] Put that one on the jukebox and I guarantee you’ll have the whole crowd singing along. [/QUOTE] Where I hang out, the sing-along song is Friends in Low Places. It doesn’t even have to be close to 2 a.m. to get people going with that one. We really need a new song. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/10 "2007-08-05T02:34:35Z")
RE: Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie 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!). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/11 "2007-08-05T03:01:52Z")
I’ll nominate two, with excerpts of the lyrics: 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 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/12 "2007-08-05T03:12:06Z")
Damn, I knew I’d forget a great one! Chris Hillman’s _High Fashion Queen_: 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 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/13 "2007-08-05T04:02:27Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/14 "2007-08-05T07:54:44Z")
The Have Nots - X Closing Time - Leonard Cohen Anything by Patsy Cline or Hank Williams. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/15 "2007-08-05T08:02:29Z")
Thin Lizzy - _The Boys are Back in Town_ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/16 "2007-08-05T09:23:33Z")
My Ding A Ling by Chuck Berry. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/17 "2007-08-05T10:49:18Z")
Puppy Love by Donny Osmond. \*I’ll get my coat now ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/18 "2007-08-05T13:06:12Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Closing Time - Leonard Cohen [/QUOTE] That reminds me - same name, but not the same song: “Closing Time” by Semisonic. Another last call number I’ve heard DJs play at some of the less polite bars I’ve been to is the traditional Irish song “Bugger Off”: > [@](#): > > Well, bugger off, you bastards bugger off! (Fuck You!) > Bugger off, you bastards bugger off! (Fuck You!) > Like a herd of bloody swine who refuse to leave the trough, > You’ll get no more this evening, so you bastards bugger off. > > Well you’ve been a lovely audience, but, my, oh the time does pass. > So don’t you all be lettin’ the door hit you in the ass, > You’ve been a splendid audience, but enough is enough, > We’d take it very kindly if you’d all just bugger off! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/19 "2007-08-05T13:58:03Z")
Closing Time by Fairport Convention Butcher Town by Da Yoopers ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467/20 "2007-08-05T16:22:53Z")
“I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You” by Tom Waits. Beautiful sad song about closing time at a bar. Natalie Merchant did an amazing cover of it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bar-songs/414467.md?page=2)