Day 8: A Song About Drugs or Alcohol
Here we are at day 8 of the month long song challenge (that will be taking me at least 2 months.... 😂). Today’s song is meant to be about drugs or alcohol. This is kind of funny to me because I actually have a whole WEED playlist.
BUT I DON’T EVEN DO WEED! 😄
It all started back in the 80’s. US President Ronald Regan started his War on Drugs. His wife Nancy complimented this war with her own initiative - Dare to Say No to Drugs. This campaign was launched in schools across the United States to keep kids drug free. D.A.R.E. stood for drug abuse resistance education and as a kiddo I very much took this to heart. I got the highest score in my class on the drug unit and to this day have only had two puffs on a joint at some bar in Amsterdam in 1998.
This is the entirety of my experimentation with any drugs.
Yet somehow I have a weed playlist... 🤷🏻♀️
Maybe it’s because I have spent a lot of time in Southern California, but the beach music scene is very pot friendly. People smoke it (🤢 the smell). Bands sing about it, and their tunes are ever so catchy. With that here is one of my most favorite songs about drugs:
Rest of My Life
Kottonmouth Kings
The Kottonmouth Kings are a hip hop group from Placentia, California and the weediest of weed bands. At least 90% of their songs are about doing pot. At concerts fake marijuana plants lined the stage and green lights would shine down on the band. They even had a GIANT blunt that took center stage at their shows. I don’t know what business I have liking this band. 😇
For good measure let’s throw in a song about alcohol.
Beer
Reel Big Fish
🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 🍺
Reel Big Fish, from Orange County, California, put on a hugely fun live show. I last saw them perform in April at Back to the Beach in Huntington Beach, California. I will see them again at Scallywag! in September. The band is all ska punk with an amazing horn section. Beer is my favorite of their songs.
Reel Big Fish - Vans Warped Tour 2017 White River Amphitheater.
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