and Screw, as the chorus goes, was released off the cleverly titled White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean. Why Don’t We Get Drunk (Marvin Gardens) Jimmy Buffet (1973) Why Don‘t We Get Drunk. Drunk Drivers Against Mad Mothers (Jeff Hanneman) Slayer (1996) Core-punk oddity from this thrash metal band written in the early years when guitarist and songwriter Jeff Hanneman planned on using the song for a side project. Reed’s career and life is sometimes hard to define. The Power of Positive Drinking (Michael Fonfara, Lou Reed) Lou Reed (1980) Amusing neo-reggae shuffle and personal confession in Reed’s trademark detached, monotone voice, released a year before he went on the wagon. The Solution in the title refers to a liquid and not an answer to a problem, and apparently includes a hidden message to get the gun and try it. Suicide Solution (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake) Ozzie Osbourne (1986) Heavy metal rocker supposedly anti-alcohol (He’s back on the sauce-Ed.). Tubthumping (Chumbawamba) Chumbawamba (1997) Brit-pop hit condemned by England’s agency for alcohol misuse for celebrating the joys of drinking and pissin’ the night away. What the 50’s vocal group The Coasters would be today: Let’s get drunk-and throw up in the car. Let’s Get Drunk (E-40 aka Earl Stevens) The Click (1995) Vintage West Coast G-funk hip-hop straight with no chaser from California. Early on critics accused The Damned of speeding up their studio tapes, because that was the only way a band could play so fast and furious. Drinking About My Baby (The Damned) The Damned (1980) Revved up garage-punk favorite. Barroom Hero (Ken Casey) The Dropkick Murphys (1997) “This one goes out to the Boston punks and skins, a rowdy bunch indeed.” A bagpipe intro precedes a house blend of hard core and traditional Irish jams by this Oi! band. Thanks goes out to the people from the Drunk Think Tank for their many suggestions. Ranking is based on longevity, popularity, originality and controversy. This list was selected from over 5,000 songs about alcohol.
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