For starters, any ballad by Tom Waits.
For example:
On The Nickel
The Fall Of Troy
Diamond In Your Mind
Ruby’s Arms
Time
Tom Traubert’s Blues
Georgia Lee
Also lots and lots of Irish songs.
For example:
The Dubliners - Preab San Ol
The Dubliners - The Mero
The Dubliners - Monto
What are your best/favourite drunken songs?
Ahem.
Louie, Louie! Ohhh, no, me got to go!
Ay ay ay ay ay ay
Louie, Louie! Ohhno, me something else!
Ayay ay ay aya y
Louie, Louie! Ohhh hold on…
throws back a shot
Oooh! Good topic.
I am very fond of Great Big Sea ’s The Night Pat Murphy Died .
I hate the musical Brigadoon , but the song My Mother’s Wedding Day is great fun.
Heather Alexander’s Branigan’s Special Ale is also grand fun.
I know I have more of this sort of song, but I’m not home at the moment and I can’t seem to bring them to mind, now.
Come On Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners. Get yourself drunk and give it a try; I guarantee you’ll be whirling like a dervish or marching up and down your living room in no time.
You never called me by my name - David Allen Coe (mistakenly referred to as “you don’t have to call me Darlin”
OtakuLoki:
Oooh! Good topic.
I am very fond of Great Big Sea ’s The Night Pat Murphy Died .
I hate the musical Brigadoon , but the song My Mother’s Wedding Day is great fun.
Heather Alexander’s Branigan’s Special Ale is also grand fun.
I know I have more of this sort of song, but I’m not home at the moment and I can’t seem to bring them to mind, now.
I love Great Big Sea’s versions of Newfoundland folk songs. In fact they’re going on my playlist now!
Tangent
September 5, 2008, 1:17am
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Family Tradition by Hank Williams, Jr.
Merry Christmas From The Family by Robert Earl Keen
Lost Weekend – The Beat Farmers
FREE BIRD!!!
Actually that’s just fun to yell when you’re drunk.
Show me the Way to go Home
Made famous in the movie Jaws .
st.opus
September 5, 2008, 2:39am
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The Scotsman is a classic. And The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs is definately on my add-to-iTunes-someday list.
Spirit of the West - Home for a Rest
Canadian University Party Anthem!
Tyr’s cover of The Wild Rover is pretty fantastic.
Ponch8
September 5, 2008, 3:19am
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I just hope nobody mentions “Sweet Caroline.” There’s nothing worse than hearing a bunch of drunks trying to imitate that “BUM Bum bum” line.
Cisco Kid.
At the chorus everyone is supposed to join in drunken shouting…
“Ride…Ride…Ride”