# Music for when you're drunk. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864 "2003-09-16T01:49:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/21 "2003-09-16T16:14:53Z")
**CanvasShoes** , DSOTM was the first thing I though of. Neat. _Tubular Bells_ – the entire album by Mike Oldfield is so fine for these _special occasions_. Hypnotic. Another composer that is mesmerizing is Phillip Glass. _Glassworks_ is one of the best. Mickey Hart if you like percussion. I also liked _Nights in White Satin_ by The Moody Blues. ---
**Author:** ![jormundgondir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@jormundgondir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jormundgondir)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/22 "2003-09-16T16:44:00Z")
Another vote here for the Pogues, the Chieftains, Tom Waits, and Psychic TV. NurseCarmen, we should tie one on together! ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/23 "2003-09-16T17:26:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*As I am drunk it is almost impossible to define what I like to hear when drunk. So I will make it as short as possible. > > No words. > > Futuristic. > > Not so much a ‘beat’ as a ‘flow’ of sound. > > music that could almost be the result of the sounds of a futuristic city (not intentionally ‘music’ but interesting like a dream of the future) \*\* If you were drunk when you wrote that, how come there were no spelling mistakes? ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/24 "2003-09-16T17:46:30Z")
No words. Futuristic. Flow of sound. Sounds like you’ve just described “Last Rites” by Skinny Puppy to a “T”. It’s industrial music, but very laid back industrial. Almost orchestral, in effect, due to the sheer complexity of the sound. I’ve always thought the album sounded like the soundtrack to a movie, in the sense that it has a definite sense of progression and direction. One of my favorite albums of all time, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/25 "2003-09-16T17:51:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by auntie em \* > \*\*Iiiiiiiiiiinteresting. Just what are we talking, **Ludovic**? > > Something upbeat, like _Time Out of Mind_? > > Dark yet danceable, like _Kid Charlemagne_? > > Jazzy, like _Black Cow_? > > I must know. I’ve got some wine in the fridge, and I was thinking it would go well with Curtis Mayfield, but I just may change my M.O. 😉 \*\* Almost any will do, as it has plenty of “angular banjoes”\*, as _aja_ says. Time Out of Mind, and Black Cow, and frankly nearly half the entries on Aja and Gaucho, refer to altered states of consciousness as well. As Captain RibMan would say: Good Luck! 🙂 \*referring to “Jazzy” type stuff in general. SD, as a plus, is rocky enough that you can pay attention to it but slow and jazzy enough to be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Undead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Undead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Undead)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/26 "2003-09-16T18:27:01Z")
Depends on the mood. If its energetic drinking - Flogging Molly: a guinness soaked musical body blow If it’s laid back drinking - Amon Tobin or Kruder and/or Dorfmeister in the background If it is stoopid drinking - Alice Cooper : Hey Stoopid! Also, you can’t go wrong with Andrew W.K.; it’s so bad, it’s good. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/27 "2003-09-16T18:32:58Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Ludovic \* > \*\*Almost any will do, as it has plenty of “angular banjoes”_, as _aja_ says. Time Out of Mind, and Black Cow, and frankly nearly half the entries on Aja and Gaucho, refer to altered states of consciousness as well. > > As Captain RibMan would say: Good Luck! 🙂 > > \*referring to “Jazzy” type stuff in general. SD, as a plus, is rocky enough that you can pay attention to it but slow and jazzy enough to be interesting. \*\* Angular banjoes sound good to me. 😉 And _I Got The News_ always reminds me of a showtune. Interesting, indeed. 🙂 How can you not love Steely Dan (even when you’re sober)? I ask you. ---
**Author:** ![michael\_trevino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@michael\_trevino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/michael_trevino)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/28 "2003-09-16T18:34:59Z")
wow, you guys have a good taste in music for the occasions (it doesn’t really surprise me all that much, you guys same of solid quality, but it’s a complement none-the-less). wednesday is my music appreciation night at home with my new surround sound receiver. it’s me and a bottle of wine listening to ambient, air-y, trip hop. on these nights: Sigur Ross, Lemon Jelly, Massive Attack, Hooverphonic, softer Aphex Twin, FSOL, darker Underworld and Orbital… almost anything with an electronic vibe to it. but I’ve also done some Flaming Lips and the softer rock accoustical numbers. On the other hand, going out and listening to live music is beer and some good funk / jazz, indie rock jams. usually these are groups that I don’t know of but I somehow end up at the bar/place listening to them. but the general rule is: the longer the song, the better the band is (and the more I drink). ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/29 "2003-09-16T21:23:43Z")
I’m glad somebody already said the Chieftans. Another one for me in that same vein would be the Soviet Army Chorus, of all things. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/30 "2003-09-16T22:43:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mascaroni \* > \*\*If you were drunk when you wrote that, how come there were no spelling mistakes? \*\* Because the backspace key is my GOD! (and I tend to be more careful when I am druk) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/31 "2003-09-16T22:45:35Z")
Since you were too drunk to find Cafe Society, let me move this thread for you. -Czarcasm, the Designated Poster ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/32 "2003-09-16T22:46:03Z")
And… Holly shit! I don’t remember posting this! (well i do _now_, but it was a surprise to see it there in MPSMS. Took a good few seconds to recall posting it. That does not normally happen when I drink. I usually remember all too well what I posted) Anyway… Thanks for all the suggestions so far. I will now read the thread having got over the surprise. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/33 "2003-09-16T22:52:25Z")
You call your Dog ‘Backspace Key’? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/34 "2003-09-16T22:56:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > \*\*No words. Futuristic. Flow of sound. > > Sounds like you’ve just described “Last Rites” by Skinny Puppy to a “T”. > > It’s industrial music, but very laid back industrial. Almost orchestral, in effect, due to the sheer complexity of the sound. > > I’ve always thought the album sounded like the soundtrack to a movie, in the sense that it has a definite sense of progression and direction. One of my favorite albums of all time, actually. \*\* Only the last half is instrumental, though. I do have to say that “Riverz End” and the last 5 or so minutes of “Download” are my favorite parts of the album. I say screw the “no words” and throw on **Front Line Assembly** ’s _Hard Wired_. Very futuristic in a really nihilistic sort of way. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/35 "2003-09-16T23:01:33Z")
Art of Noise Kraftwerk Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Prodigy God Lives Underwater all sorts of Dr. Demento stuff. Go for it, dude! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/36 "2003-09-17T07:58:30Z")
Groks…(whoops)…HMV here I come! (thanks again guys) ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864/37 "2003-09-17T09:36:36Z")
Probably not what you’re looking for, but for “futuristic, flowing music”, the electronic band “Gridlock” might be something you’d be interested in. I think there are a few bands under that name - check something out from the CD “Further”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-when-youre-drunk/201864.md?page=1)