# Music you listen(ed) to when high? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 25, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517 "2021-08-25T19:20:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/61 "2021-08-27T12:58:19Z")
Actually, anything. Even music I don’t normally listen to. I appreciate music more when high. I hear things I hadn’t heard before, recognize influences, get new meaning from the lyrics, and imagine what a video would look like. AWOL Nation’s _Sail_, for example. I envisioned a pirate ship with all the pirates raising their fists simultaneously every time “Sail” was sung. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/62 "2021-08-27T13:11:37Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Actually, anything. Even music I don’t normally listen to. I appreciate music more when high. I hear things I hadn’t heard before, recognize influences, get new meaning from the lyrics, and imagine what a video would look like. Classical can be good, too. Some Rachmaninoff, or Moonlight Sonata. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > AWOL Nation’s _Sail_ , for example. I envisioned a pirate ship with all the pirates raising their fists simultaneously every time “Sail” was sung. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oUxN3rT-3VI/maxresdefault.jpg "Awolnation - Sail [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUxN3rT-3VI) This was the first time I ever heard that song, so it’s what I always think of when I hear it. Of course, you may hate this, but it often makes me laugh when it comes up in my playlist. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZZ5LpwO-An4/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHeA4AC6AKKAgwIABABGHIgWSgUMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDk1hlrh2xQJODN3nhiz7srfzs1TQ "HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5LpwO-An4) ---
**Author:** ![Happytree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happytree/32/3555_2.png) [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/63 "2021-08-27T20:40:08Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Surprised no one has said Phish or Lotus or stuff like Kraftwerk I’m going to see Lotus play 3 nights in a row next week at a festival. I’ve never heard of this band before, so i checked youtube to see what I’m in for. I can’t find anything to like about it. I generally like any kind of jam band, but they’re stuff just sounds like commercial background music to me. Can you recommend a song? Is it a “you gotta be there, man” kinda deal? I’m hoping i can get into it. I have a feeling Mrs. Trees will at least enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/64 "2021-08-28T16:23:21Z")
I’ll have to ask my friend what he thinks some of the good tracks are. I think he’s going to the same event. I personally don’t know much about music, but I dig them. Maybe their sound is generic, but it’s easy listening for me. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/65 "2021-08-28T17:58:11Z")
Perfect stoner music must be aurally intriguing, emotionally soothing, and mind-expanding. There is only one song that covers all these bases, the only song that should be played over and over again while under the influence of THC. That song is [this masterpiece](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDUNz6ZuWs&t=31s). You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/66 "2021-08-28T18:10:38Z")
You won the thread. Those visuals to go along with the music are amazing… especially the shots of the stuffed dolls singing without their lips moving. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/67 "2021-08-28T18:14:38Z")
It’s right up there with Beethoven’s 9th. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/68 "2021-08-28T18:22:47Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Hmm… I can’t name a song Yes has put out. I’ll look them up. > > Edit… OKAY. Owner of a Lonely Heart is a good song. I’ll check out their others. Try a listen to _The Yes Album_, _Close to the Edge_, and _Tales from Topographical Oceans_, the whole albums. Their few charted songs never came close to those. ---
**Author:** ![tuesdayweld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/69 "2021-08-28T18:41:19Z")
The way I remember it, Pink Floyd was the strong go-to. I also recall enjoying Utopia and Todd Rundgren, Talking Heads, CSNY, Supertramp, and The Clash. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyWest](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnnywest/32/7223_2.png) [@JohnnyWest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyWest)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/70 "2021-08-28T18:46:23Z")
This stuff and pink floyd of course. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/03l0ksPHYG4/maxresdefault.jpg "Full Machinarium OST") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03l0ksPHYG4) ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/71 "2021-08-28T18:55:26Z")
Can not recommend listening to Pink Floyd’s “Careful With That Axe, Eugene” while stoned. “ “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict” is okay ---
**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 28, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/72 "2021-08-28T18:56:18Z")
One more to add. Groove Armada. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_kE0pxRkMtQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Groove Armada - Superstylin' (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kE0pxRkMtQ) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Aou8uY6liIY/maxresdefault.jpg "Groove Armada - Suntoucher (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aou8uY6liIY) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/73 "2021-08-28T19:04:21Z")
I can’t answer as I am always high when I listen to music because I am always high. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/74 "2021-08-29T01:02:51Z")
Shimmer n Out Umbilical Moon Rise Anti Gravity Are a mix of my friend’s favorite. He said the live shows are filled with energy. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/75 "2021-08-29T02:51:21Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I can’t answer as I am always high when I listen to music because I am always high. That’s like my answer, which is: since I’m high pretty much all the time, pretty much all music. But since I’m always high, I can just mention a song I like. 😃 This one works very well. The song develops a glitch and turns itself inside out at around the 13:50 mark. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lYatqE7OA1Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Tortoise - Djed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYatqE7OA1Q) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/76 "2021-08-29T03:25:19Z")
And really, even thought that’s a perfect album side, that’s what I listened to regularly when I was high about 20 years or so ago. A few things I ran into while really high on YT/Bandcamp recently that I dearly love now, and will have a nice hork of them these days when I’m cool and froody: Clown Core _Van_. The hardest metal/jazz/EDM mashup since John Zorn’s _Naked City_. Not every song is as confrontational as the first song on this record, but most of it is. If you find it a lot to deal with at any point, I advise skipping ahead to “Infinite Realm of Incomprehensible Suffering” for a little palate cleanser for a few seconds, and then returning to where you were once you feel refreshed. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kdA0mW-9jRs/maxresdefault.jpg "Clown Core - Van (Visual Album)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdA0mW-9jRs) A record that really should need no introduction, the Chipmunks at 16 speed. I’m sort of embarrassed at how much I like this version of this record, but it’s pretty great. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU-MYe0SL9Q) But if you decide you’ve had enough harshness with a side of complete sludge, I’ve also got sugary guitar pop! And hey, this one’s just a single! Wet Leg - “Chaise Longue”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zd9jeJk2UHQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Wet Leg - Chaise Longue (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd9jeJk2UHQ) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/77 "2021-08-29T03:32:23Z")
I don’t stone, but if I did, yeah, it would be Pink Floyd all the way. Just listening to his music while sober gets me stoned. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/78 "2021-08-29T04:37:41Z")
Heheh, and I’ll probably stop for awhile after this one, because yeah, almost any music I’ve heard since I was 15 qualifies as an answer to this one. But one that I particularly remember enjoying when I was higher than a cat’s back when I was 18 or so was Les Paul and Mary Ford. I swear that those recordings were made for people in altered states. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gTU9RCIK-lA/hqdefault.jpg "Les Paul and Mary Ford - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTU9RCIK-lA) And, of course: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1p8Wzy327E4/maxresdefault.jpg "1951 HITS ARCHIVE: How High The Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford (a #1 record)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p8Wzy327E4) I’m pretty sure I was tripping balls the first time I heard this, but it’s still mighty pleasant when on effective marijuana: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NwPjv_DZx40/hqdefault.jpg "1948 HITS ARCHIVE: Lover - Les Paul") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwPjv_DZx40) Go ahead and insert the entire catalog of Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck while we’re at it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/79 "2021-08-29T16:18:46Z")
I see that some have already touched on this but let’s be clear: not all stoner music is hippy-dippy mellow (tripping music isn’t all like that either, but that’s a whole 'nother thread). In fact, the best stoner music is generally not very mellow at all, IMO. There’s a bunch of genres and bands that are explicitly by and for stoners that defy that convention. For instance: Stoner doom is a type of metal that came about because of people who liked to get high, listen to and play music like Black Sabbath. Stoner doom songs tend to be long; here’s some examples: Orchid: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XmEgHB7SDaA/hqdefault.jpg "Orchid - Down Into The Earth") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmEgHB7SDaA) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UvtAMFhbuRA/maxresdefault.jpg "ORCHID - Mouths Of Madness (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvtAMFhbuRA) Acrimony only released one album: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3JqdmAY1Kcs/maxresdefault.jpg "Motherslug (The Mother of All Slugs)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JqdmAY1Kcs) And YOB is somehow a drone-groove-doom band that is regular, soothing, lulling, driving, wild and chaotic all at the same time: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9FL1g9v2Ygs/maxresdefault.jpg "Prepare the Ground") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FL1g9v2Ygs) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d_vsBMdGdeE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Great Cessation") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_vsBMdGdeE) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517/80 "2021-08-29T16:25:26Z")
Way back when I did those kinds of things, I liked listening to The Residents when high, but I don’t feel like I can actually recommend that. Great stuff though. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wugbwN_Oj6Q/hqdefault.jpg "The Residents - Sinister Exaggerator") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugbwN_Oj6Q) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517.md?page=5)