# So i'm high. Now I need a "stoned" playlist. What songs do you recommend? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281 "2003-05-10T05:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/41 "2003-05-10T18:39:10Z")
Perhaps in Amsterdam you might also listen to _Security_ by Peter Gabriel. (All those sounds were new in 1983. Digital was like alien technology.) ---
**Author:** ![ILENSER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/977dab/32.png) [@ILENSER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILENSER)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/42 "2003-05-10T18:39:50Z")
Dark side of the moon…While watching Wizard of Oz with the soung off… ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/43 "2003-05-10T18:46:14Z")
> [@](#): > > (planetariums everywhere bow in reverence) No, really. Ah, maybe planetarium accountants. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/44 "2003-05-10T19:56:01Z")
Here’s 13 that might cut through the fog… **Sublime** - Smoke Two Joints **Pink Floyd** - See Emily Play **The Byrds** - Born To Follow **Jim White** - A Perfect Day To Chase Tornados **The Count Five** - Psychotic Reaction **Camper Van Beethoven** - Wasted **Ennio Morricone** - Ecstasy of Gold **The Fugs** - Nothing **Laurie Anderson** - Sharkey’s Day **The Pretty Things** - LSD **War** - Low Rider **The Cramps** - Voodoo Idol **XTC** - Senses Working Overtime ---
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/45 "2003-05-10T20:35:57Z")
Butthole Surfers- _Electric Larryland_ ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/46 "2003-05-10T20:46:05Z")
Bob Dylan- Everybody must get Stoned Aerosmith- Sweet Emotion, Under My Skin, Dream On Vestibules- Bulbous Bouffant ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/47 "2003-05-10T20:51:18Z")
Judging by their playsists, I’ve just fallen in love with **essvee and zenham** (What would life be without peppy show tunes) with major crushes pending on **Lucki charms, rtfirefly and MarieMarie**. **Maureen** was in the running til she threw in Rush and my heart just sank…(sorry **coldfire** ):eek: ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/48 "2003-05-10T20:52:23Z")
or even by their playLists…And I did preview ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/49 "2003-05-11T00:13:48Z")
Aw shucks mam! (blushes furiously, kicks dirt) ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/50 "2003-05-11T00:30:31Z")
Hooray for Hollywood - Doris Day My way - Frank Sinatra Having my baby - Paul Anka The Rain in Spain - Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison McArthur Park - Richard Harris Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash Puff the Magic Dragon – Peter, Paul, and Mary and for when you’re really high Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – William Shatner ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/51 "2003-05-11T00:33:12Z")
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun – Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/52 "2003-05-11T00:35:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Salem \* > \*\*Judging by their playsists, I’ve just fallen in love with **essvee and zenham** … \*\* Well, by that reckoning, I’ve just fallen in love with **Beagle**. What good news for him/her! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/53 "2003-05-11T01:51:55Z")
**SPOOFE** , I’ve not heard much of Yello’s stuff, so I’d enjoy any other recommendations you’ve got. One other suggestion for listening to whilst stoned Danielle Dax’s cover of _Tomorrow Never Knows_. This song, along with the original Beatles tune should be _required_ listening for anyone thinking about doing a cover tune of the Beatles or any other of the “supergroups.” If you can’t do it as well as Danielle Dax does, don’t even bother! ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/54 "2003-05-11T02:32:42Z")
Not sure if this is good for a weed high, but **The Who’s** _Baba O’Riley_ is great to put on repeat while laying on a floor and staring at a ceiling fan. So I’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/55 "2003-05-11T04:30:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*Not that the Straight Dope would ever, _ever_ condone the use of illegal drugs, but… > > Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield \*\* Hey, that was the first one I thought of when I saw the OP. Otherwise, **Oxygene** by Jean Michel Jarre, or Bolero (Ravel), or depending on just _how_ stoned you are, something by Schoenberg. 😃 He’ll keep you entertained for ages. Maybe some of the Gregorian chants, or what about those greenie things…you know, birdsong or whale noises with instrumental music…the Muzak of the new millenium. Some of them are pretty decent. Failing all of the above, I’d check out **FranticMad’s** list. There’s some seriously cool songs in there!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MajorTom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@MajorTom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MajorTom)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/56 "2003-05-11T05:07:49Z")
Bowie ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/57 "2003-05-11T05:38:25Z")
The first song I listened to high was Pink Floyd’s “Breathe In the Air,” and it’s still a favorite for that purpose. You just kind of float on the notes. Quite something. But yeah, lots of Floyd and Beatles stuff should get you on your way. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/58 "2003-05-11T05:40:43Z")
Creedence Clearwater Revival’s \*\* Bayou Country \*\* album, particularly “Graveyard Train.” All 8:37 of it. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/59 "2003-05-11T07:01:33Z")
I’m absolutely APPALLED that no one has recommended ANY Sublime song! :eek: And then there’s the famous Dash Rip Rock song, Let’s Go Smoke Some Pot. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281/60 "2003-05-11T12:18:09Z")
“Because I Got High” I think the deal on “Champagne Supernova” isn’t just the “where were you when we were getting high” line. It’s also the pace and delivery of the song. The airplay version’s got that no-hurry, kind-of-out-of-it delivery that sure makes it sound like it’s being sung by a stoner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-high-now-i-need-a-stoned-playlist-what-songs-do-you-recommend/174281.md?page=4)