30 Day Summer Song Challenge Day 8
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
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
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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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Oh snap, did not know you liked reel big fish
They are SUPER fun @gdwcoins.
Do you like ska/punk?
When we saw RBF in April it was a surprise. They came out at the end of the Goldfinger set at this two day festival called Back to the Beach. They had been unable to join the Fest because of contractual obligations with warped tour. When RBF came out the audience lost their minds! It was probably the BEST concert moment I have ever been lucky enough to experience.
Seeing them again in September with Less Than Jake, Interrupters, I think Rancid.... I forget who else is playing.
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are you in australia? 😮
No, I lived there for almost 5 years and still have permanent residence. My husband is Australian. 😉
Ohhh - what a great challenge! And so made for you, you music lover! :D Awesome. I had to think of 'Golden Brown' which is gossiped to be either about a lovely woman or a nice working drug... ;-)
Maybe the woman is the “working drug”? 😄
awww how nice!! im
from
SF originally. :)
youre in all the lady groups 🤯😮😂🤯
@dfinney I just came across this #song-challenge and your post and these are great songs for Day 8. I have no clue what I'm going to use for mine yet, but I'm sure I will think of something! Great artists you chose!
☺️ Thanks @ilsaione! Good luck with your tune choices. It is pretty fun.
It looks like a fun challenge and being new to Steemit, it helps me break the ice a little! :)