# What is the best drug song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633 "2005-02-24T02:46:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/121 "2005-02-26T14:37:13Z")
Most of my favorites have been mentioned so I’ll add: Pato Banton - Don’t Sniff Coke Curtis Mayfield - I’m your Pusher Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Are You Drinkin’ with me, Jesus? Rolling Stones - Mother’s Little Helper Ray Stevens - Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green and Purple Pills Ram Jam - Black Betty Tone Loc - Cheebe Cheeba Would a taco from Satan be considered a drug? _Drug songs I don’t think are “best” but deserve a mention:_ James Brown - King Heroin Rolf Harris - Nick Teen and Al K. Hall Dead Milkmen - Smokin’ Banana Peels Mighty Diamonds - Pass the Dutchie Laid Back - White Horse Ween - Zoloft Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/122 "2005-02-26T17:55:28Z")
Sleep’s _Jerusalem_ pretty much has to be the ultimate drug song. From the AMG review: > [@](#): > > Jerusalem is the ultimate celebration of smoke-filled nights spent zoning out to Black Sabbath. The album is a lyrically sparse 52-minute song that details the journey of “the weedian” to the “riff-filled land.” The slow lumbering riffs in this land do the Obsessed, Blue Cheer, and the Sabs proud. Jerusalem is pure unpretentious heavy pleasure — a smile and a nod to all who joyously kneel before the altar of Iommi with “bong in hand” in spirit and in actuality. ---
**Author:** ![IUchem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@IUchem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IUchem)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/123 "2005-02-27T06:43:57Z")
> [@Hugh Jass](#): > > This comment pisses me off a little bit. I tried to think of a snarky reply but couldn’t come up with enough vitriol. I’ll just leave it at this: Your comment showed a great deal of ignorance about the music of both of these bands. This post started with this question: What is the best drug song? * * * Someting by Cheech and Chong? Don’t bogart that joint? I pick Down to seeds and Stems again by Commander Cody. Your choice? Perhaps I should write an essay the next time, so as not to confuse you. Or perhaps I should use 😉 --so you know there is the potential for multi-level thinking and/or sarcasm. That said, I regret my brief comment “pisses” you “off a little bit;” although, your reading of my comment shows a very one-sided interpretation. If anything, I am not ignorant about the music of either the Dead or Phish. In fact, I am quite the aficianado of both bands; although, I am considerably more mature than I was when I was enjoying these bands under the influence of one substance or another in the past. If you will note from the beginning post, this post does not say: “What is the best song with lyrics about drugs?” Rather, this post starts with “What is the best drug song?” In my humble opinion, both Phish and the Dead have songs with either music or lyics which tend to “drag you along with the music.” Especially if one is enjoying some less than (or quasi-) legal substance. The Dead, in a very generalized view, tend to tell vague stories within their songs, which one can overlay and compare to their own experiences. Phish does the same thing; however, in general, Phish’s music will tend to “drag you along” by virtue of just the music - - lyrics aside. Rather than write an essay - I would like to encourage everyone to enjoy the music! Peace all- -IUchem ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/124 "2005-02-27T18:03:16Z")
**Needle and the Damage Done** is my favorite. It is so beautiful and haunting with such a resonating sadness to it. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/125 "2005-02-27T21:27:21Z")
Hank Williams Jr. - OD’d in Denver. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/126 "2005-02-27T21:42:44Z")
**Some New kind of Kick** ~The Cramps **Drug Train** ~The Cramps ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/127 "2005-02-27T21:44:21Z")
All these songs and no one’s mentioned “One Toke Over the Line” by Brewer & Shipley? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/128 "2005-02-27T22:10:30Z")
See posts 63 and 75. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/129 "2005-02-27T22:42:09Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > See posts 63 and 75. :smack::smack::smack: I swear I used the search function and didn’t find it. And I don’t even use drugs! ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/130 "2005-02-27T23:58:04Z")
The saddest song about drugs, illicit or otherwise, is the Verve’s “The Drugs Don’t Work.” ---
**Author:** ![Scarface\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Scarface\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarface_Z)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/131 "2005-02-28T00:29:18Z")
**Hotel California** ~The Eagles Thought someone would have beat me to that… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/132 "2005-02-28T02:50:38Z")
Wow, I usually have nothing new to contibute to these kinds of threads. It’s not really a drug song, but I love it anyway. I Burn, by The Toadies. I can’t believe no one’s mentioned Too High For The Supermarket by The Uninvited. Heh. Fanastic stuff. And I second Not An Addict by K’s Choice. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/133 "2005-02-28T05:00:18Z")
“Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes” by Kevin Ayers. I second the mention of Bob Marley’s “Kaya.” How about Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/134 "2005-02-28T07:44:26Z")
I’m your captain - Grand funk Railroad Major Tom - David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/135 "2005-02-28T10:23:56Z")
Pretty sure no one mentioned **Golden Brown** by the Stranglers. Cant believe after three pages that one isn’t here. **She’s like Heroin to me** by Gun Club. Both great songs. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/136 "2005-03-02T05:16:07Z")
Also Bob Marley’s song “Easy Skankin’” _Excuse me while I light my spliff O God I got to take a whiff_ ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/137 "2005-03-07T22:34:14Z")
_Rock ‘n’ Roll Junky_ Michael Franks ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/138 "2005-03-07T23:47:12Z")
White Light/White Heat & Sister Ray-Velvet Underground Deny, Koka Kola & Junco Partner-The Clash Good Feeling-Violent Femmes No More Junky Business-Johnny Thunders ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/139 "2005-03-08T02:35:50Z")
In a less serious vein, I’ll throw out Tom Leher’s “Old Dope Peddler” When the shades of night are falling Comes a fellow everyone knows It’s the old Dope Peddler Spreading joy wherever he goes. And my favorite moment from the song: He gives the kids free samples, Because he knows full well That today’s young innocent faces, Will be tomorrow’s clientele. On a more serious note: Needle and the Damage Done and White Rabbit are among my favorite songs. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633/140 "2005-03-08T02:46:56Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > **Some New kind of Kick** ~The Cramps > > **Drug Train** ~The Cramps Ahhhh, yes. The Cramps. But I would have _Chosen Green Fuzz_ and _Psychedelic Jungle_. “Spiders in my eyelids and ghosts in the cheese Vampire Lesbos are after me and I can’t get back to… REaaaality reality… reaaaaaallllllliiiiiitttttyyyyyyyyy.” Sorry, I finally had one of those flashbacks they promised me. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-drug-song/291633.md?page=8)