Help me find all the country songs (or Americana, folk, etc) that mention benzos in any way!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 00:13 (one year ago)

asking for a friend, literally

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 00:13 (one year ago)

WHO PUT THE BENZEDRINE IN MRS MURPHY'S OVALTINE

ian, Friday, 15 September 2023 02:24 (one year ago)

Cocaine would be easier, imma have to think.

ian, Friday, 15 September 2023 02:25 (one year ago)

oh i see benzos does NOT include benzedrine, how complicated

ian, Friday, 15 September 2023 02:26 (one year ago)

https://genius.com/search?q=Valium

my brain goes aahhhh (morrisp), Friday, 15 September 2023 02:32 (one year ago)

35k plus bennies

assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 September 2023 05:45 (one year ago)

my friend was only able to think of three, help plz

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 15:04 (one year 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 (one year ago)

I tried!

my brain goes aahhhh (morrisp), Friday, 15 September 2023 15:37 (one year ago)

https://www.reddit.com/r/country/comments/cg0cmk/country_songs_with_lyrical_references_to_drugs/

curmudgeon, Friday, 15 September 2023 16:04 (one year ago)

ah that has a few, thanks!

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 16:11 (one year ago)

Does "Willin'" count?

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 15 September 2023 20:38 (one year ago)

Never mind, that's the opposite of what you're looking for.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 15 September 2023 20:38 (one year ago)

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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago)

people don't know what benzos are maybe? aka benzodiazepines aka xanax, valium, klonopin

budo jeru, Friday, 15 September 2023 22:25 (one year ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBrSNq7TXSQ

budo jeru, Friday, 15 September 2023 22:28 (one year ago)

thank you! see also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBrSNq7TXSQ

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 22:36 (one year ago)

whoops I mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQeu9-jKdUk

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 15 September 2023 22:36 (one year ago)

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 (one year ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLbc1ddJqSI

Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 16 September 2023 07:50 (one year 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 (one year ago)


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