The late great Doug Hopkins
I’m sorry Mama, but I’ve been drinking again… songs to sing when you wanna sing about drinking. The saying goes, when wine women and song become too much give up song… over hear at Rock NYC we say when wine, women and song becomes too much give up Haiti Telethons…
Theme From “Cheers” – This is my fave song of the year. “if you’ve got something you just can’t live with, save it for another day” and then halfway through it takes a left turn.
Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down – Merle Haggard – I used to say they make write em like this anymore but apparently they do.
Sittin’ And Thinking – Charlie Rich – Jailed and in trouble but Rich repents FOR NOW.
Waking up Drunk – Spider Bags – A masterpiece of alcoholic degeneracy.
The Big Light – Elvis Costello – Johnny Cash covered it.
Drinking My Baby Goodbye – Charlie Daniels – If you’ve never gotten drunk and sangalong this one to do now. Some words just sound good when you die, like the “pour me another one, I’m finished with the other one’ here.
Rivers Of Whisky – The Pogues – You’d think they’d have more,wouldn’t you?
It’s Never That Easy Though Is it? (Song for the Other Kurt) – Los Campesinos – “he’s gonna get drunk and call you at four in the morning.” Been there, done that.
One For My Baby (And one More The Road) – Frank Sinatra – Except remember Mary Tyler Moore’s version on her show? It always makes me laugh now!!
White Lighning – George Jones – drink enough of that shit and you go blind.
Lost Horizons – Gin Blossoms – This is the downside of degenerate and also the plus side. One of the greatest of all drinking songs, completely beautiful, completely heartbreaking, “I’ll drink enough of anything to make this world look new again,” were the words written by the great Doug Hopkins who commited suicide in 1992 at the age of thirty-two. New Miserable Experience is a testament to Hopkins brilliance, “drunk, drunk, drunk in the gardens and the graves”.