https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 00:13 (two years ago)
asking for a friend, literally
WHO PUT THE BENZEDRINE IN MRS MURPHY'S OVALTINE
― ian, Friday, 15 September 2023 02:24 (two years ago)
Cocaine would be easier, imma have to think.
― ian, Friday, 15 September 2023 02:25 (two years ago)
oh i see benzos does NOT include benzedrine, how complicated
― ian, Friday, 15 September 2023 02:26 (two years ago)
https://genius.com/search?q=Valium
― my brain goes aahhhh (morrisp), Friday, 15 September 2023 02:32 (two years ago)
35k plus bennies
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 September 2023 05:45 (two years ago)
my friend was only able to think of three, help plz
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 15:04 (two years ago)
morrisp sadly none of the songs in that link are country etc, but thank u
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 15:37 (two years ago)
I tried!
― my brain goes aahhhh (morrisp), Friday, 15 September 2023 15:37 (two years ago)
https://www.reddit.com/r/country/comments/cg0cmk/country_songs_with_lyrical_references_to_drugs/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 September 2023 16:04 (two years ago)
ah that has a few, thanks!
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 16:11 (two years ago)
Does "Willin'" count?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 15 September 2023 20:38 (two years ago)
Never mind, that's the opposite of what you're looking for.
it's OK, the question has confused a lot of people so far! yeah tons of songs abt "pills" but valium etc not so much
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 20:50 (two years ago)
Probably a lot more songs about amphetamines and other uppers, e.g., the song that I just mentioned.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 15 September 2023 20:52 (two years ago)
Probably the most famous song I can think on this subject is The Rolling Stones - "Mother's Little Helper" (which yes I know is neither country nor Americana nor folk) but yet...
...the bridge ("Doctor please/Some more of these...") where the song suddenly breaks from its Aeloian/Romani mode into this very Carl Perkins-y rockabilly/western-swing or dare I say "Country" section....
A stretch but that's all I got on a Friday afternoon for ya.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 15 September 2023 21:30 (two years ago)
people don't know what benzos are maybe? aka benzodiazepines aka xanax, valium, klonopin
― budo jeru, Friday, 15 September 2023 22:25 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBrSNq7TXSQ
― budo jeru, Friday, 15 September 2023 22:28 (two years ago)
thank you! see also
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 22:36 (two years ago)
whoops I mean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQeu9-jKdUk
Tbh while I know Mother's Little Helper is a name for valium I always thought the song was more about barbiturates, it's quite hard to OD on valium which the song warns about while quite easy to do on barbiturates which were also v common at the time
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 15 September 2023 23:56 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLbc1ddJqSI
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 16 September 2023 07:50 (two years ago)
Jackie Curtis is on Valium on "Walk on the Wild Side" - but that's not exactly a country song either!
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Saturday, 16 September 2023 08:19 (two years ago)