Yello – The Evening’s Young [Rmx]
Irrationals – Boozebottle
Pete & The Pirates – Come To The Bar
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – A Bottle of Buckie
Six By Seven – American Beer
Why? – Me On Beer
David Bazan – Cold Beer and Cigarettes
Kimya Dawson – The Beer
Carissa’s Wierd – Drunk With the Only Saints I Know
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Drunken Poet’s Dream
Opal – Empty Bottles
James Yorkston – Blue Bleezin’ Blind Drunk
Broken Family Band – The Booze and The Drugs
Titus Andronicus – Theme From “Cheers”
Lucero – Drink ‘Till We’re Gone
Fab stuff. Irrationals and Lucero going on dond list, but so many good ones. Top four are:
Irrationals – Boozebottle
Kimya Dawson – The Beer
Opal – Empty Bottles
Lucero – Drink ‘Till We’re Gone
Give me a bottle of Buckie, an American beer, some cold beer and cigarettes and I’ll be drunk with the only Saints I know. Oh, and don’t forget The Beer! A great brew you have here, cheers!
Interesting that you mostly picked different tunes. Hadn’t noticed before, but 3 of these folks are better known for work with other bands (4 if you count Kimya’s brief stint as a Moldy Peach). Cheers, for listening (hic).
Wish you’d put a few of those up in time for JD to listen to. It was a lovely surprise to see The Irrationals on there. Wish I’d thought of Opal. A fine list to listen to with a good beer (Koff Porter) and a good book. Cheers
Am pretty sure the Irrationals were on your Christmas list of Finnish artists to check out – so thank you.
One of those weeks when didn’t have time to revisit the theme until after deadline. The easiest way to get a JD pick is probably to pick a tune he already knows – but where’s the fun in that? Otherwise it’s probably going to need a pretty compelling justification – not really my forte. Not sure what influence linky’s & Spotify have in selection success? Nice to get a pick now & again, but the competitive aspect of RR has become a bit of a bore.
Hmmm. The Christmas playlist. Hope you’re not still waiting for the full list. Here’s one that’ll be on this year’s Xmas playlist. Antero Lindgren: “Cigarette Stump”. Beer and cigarettes.
BTW. I was talking to someone about The Irrationals today and they looked at me as if I was crazy. It was then that I realised I might be on the fringes of the fringe.
Thanks for these, I just listened to the first half whilst on laundry-folding duty. Not very fitting for such boozy material, but can’t be helped. Yello was best for me, but they were all new and certainly on my fringes !
Probably should come with a parental advisory too.
Ace list as ever – this feels like the ‘less fun’ aspect of drinking don’t you think?
(says the man who has: ‘love is a dog from hell’ drunkenly tattooed on his arm – long story – not for the faint hearted – no regrets)
Kimya’s song was feeling too close to the bone. But loved it all. I like the dark side.
Thought you’d been cheating – but on close listen the mention of beer was frothing forth – I’m going to be interested in how obvious this RR is.
Good work fella – pour yourself a cold one – (and I’ve resisted telling my Kim Deal beer story anywhere)
Buckie is possibly a cheat, AKA ‘Spill tangenital (who knows what that cheap Scottish concoction is made from) & no idea what Carissa are drinking.
Has to be pretty dark if the Pogues get thrown out for being too jaunty to fit.
Still playing catch up & will get to yours. Still can’t believe we missed WH, but we’ll have some fun with Fuel’s hard-on on the results thread & beyond, I’m sure.
I’m pretty sure that JD will have nothing to fo with my Hard On. I mean the Withered Hand Hard On. I mean … I … I …. How can I say this: We’ll be left in heaving our guts up in the gutter and suffering from brewers’ droop, wishing we hadn’t done it and saying we won’t do it again, ever.
JD, is capable of surprises (admittedly, he’s proven more adept at boring to tears. It is what it is).
Whatever the result, it was a great nom in a so so RR week. Not quite as dull & bourgeois as wine week; not our finest hour either. No problem with the theme – no way of knowing until it’s out there.
I actually had a look at the amount of A-listers I have. Under JD it’s really high. Maybe I get the token post-year-2000 song on the list. BTW. I don’t think he ever chooses a truly bad song and I like that he chooses what he likes but sometimes I think “missed opportunity” and wish he’d leave his comfort zone. Then again, I bet we all do. I still can’t get my head round the call and response list, though.