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[Kaladin]

You got the sad, lost love drinking songs:

George Jones - If The Drinkin' Don't Kill Me

you've got the rowdy bar room drinking songs:

Hank Williams III - Thrown Out Of The Bar

you've got songs about specific drinks:

David Allan Coe - Jack Daniels If You Please

Songs about too many drinks:

Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down

and hell, even songs about underage drinking:

Roger Miller - Chug-A-Lug

What say you Gaf? Is there any genre better than country for drinking songs?

 

[Anoregon]

the pogues

 

[Bobby Roberts]

the pogues

wrap it up.

The Irish may not have invented drinking, but they damn sure perfected it.

 

[Herr K]

Please

 

[bean breath]

Ramon Ayala?

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

Country makes the hangover headaches worse. Proven science.

 

[CaptainGyro]

I don't think that drinking is actually more fun when listening to songs about drinking

 

[The Albatross]

Irish folk music. American blues. But, yeah, Country probably has them both out done. Seems like every pop country album has at least one happy drinking song and one sad drinking song on it.

 

[TwEE-N-Toast]

Um yeah, sea shanties, you landlubber you.

 

[dekline]

I don't think that drinking is actually more fun when listening to songs about drinking

Listening to Irish drinking songs while drinking makes drinking more fun to drink.

 

[Syf]

Country was what my friends and I listened to the most at our parties in high school (I grew up in a small town). My parents would always blast the country music at their get-togethers too. That was when artists like Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson and Shania Twain were big. Always good times. So yeah, I'd say country is amazing to drink to.

 

[Omegasquash]

the pogues

Mmmmhm.

I'd also vote for some proper Blues. Elmore James is pretty fun to drink to, as is Buddy Guy. Do yourself a favor and pick up Otis Rush's "Live at the Wise Fools Pub." Tailor made for drinking and good times.

 

[Blearth]

Nothing beats Banda for drinking.

You don't even have to understand Spanish.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Finntroll
Korpiklaani

much better

 

[Purkake4]

Scrum

 

[glow]

German Beer Drinking Music is pure drinking music but it will annoy the fuck out of you.

 

[teruterubozu]

Country was what my friends and I listened to the most at our parties in high school (I grew up in a small town). My parents would always blast the country music at their get-togethers too. That was when artists like Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson and Shania Twain were big. Always good times. So yeah, I'd say country is amazing to drink to.

Yikes. That horrid 90s adult contemporary "crossover" country.

 

[Kaladin]

I love this one:

Dale Watson - I Lie When I Drink

 

[Syf]

Yikes. That horrid 90s adult contemporary "crossover" country.

lol, knew someone would respond like this. I don't care; I love 'em.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Listening to Irish drinking songs while drinking makes drinking more fun to drink.

being tipsy at a Flogging Molly concert was one of my favorite experiences in a long while.

wish i had been more drunk but eh wasn't paying a ton for more beer.

 

[CaptainGyro]

Listening to Irish drinking songs while drinking makes drinking more fun to drink.

Not really. Drinking while listening to songs that I can also enjoy without drinking is way better

 

[block tower]

Rolling 4 Deep by DJ Screw is one of the best drunk songs ever done. has a such a good sound when you had a couple or are leaning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb3WOx2yHZk

 

[AkuMifune]

Not really. Drinking while listening to songs that I can also enjoy without drinking is way better

Generally, yeah. Which is why I'll stick with classic rock and blues

And is also why country music makes me feel like:

 

[ComputerMKII]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh6CEvgh1DM

 

[Orbis Tabula]

SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS!

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT

 

[Blearth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03j7wTQm7KQ

Seriously, you can't beat Banda. It's made for drinking.

 

[CaptainGyro]

since we're posting songs about drinking might as well post this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7v0V58V3Uw

 

[Vyroxis]

SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS!

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT

This is a thread about good drinking songs, not overplayed trash that should get DJs drawn and quartered.

 

[AbortedWalrusFetus]

Um yeah, sea shanties, you landlubber you.

You ain't lying. I love these.

 

[teruterubozu]

You ain't lying. I love these.

That's a lie, that's a lie. That's a lie, a lie, a lie ...
This ram and I got drunk, sir, as drunk as drunk could be, And when we sobered up, sir, we were far away out on the sea. (from Assassin's Creed Black Flag)

 

[desertdroog]

All Folk songs are great for drinking.
Country, Blues, Irish, Gypsy, etc..

Punk rock as well

Have a Beer with FEAR - FEAR

More Beer - FEAR

Six Pack - Black Flag

 

[Laieon]

lol, knew someone would respond like this. I don't care; I love 'em.

They're great.

 

[Kaladin]

Ever tried to order a six pack to go?

Hank Thompson - Six Pack To Go

 

[ThatGuyAgain]

AC/DC songs done with a bagpipe.

EDIT - or take it to the next level with a flaming bagpipe: http://youtu.be/K-Op1Mng4oY

 

[teruterubozu]

AC/DC songs done with a bagpipe.

So one song.

 

[AbortedWalrusFetus]

That's a lie, that's a lie. That's a lie, a lie, a lie ...
This ram and I got drunk, sir, as drunk as drunk could be, And when we sobered up, sir, we were far away out on the sea. (from Assassin's Creed Black Flag)

Derby Ram

This is an amazing shanty though: Barrett's Privateers

 

[teruterubozu]

Derby Ram

This is an amazing shanty though: Barret's Privateers

Oh cool, audio file! LOVE that shanty.

I also like Drunken Sailor

Stan Rogers is also a great shanty singer:

Rolling Down to Old Maui

 

[ThatGuyAgain]

So one song.

I've been pretty drunk at a Scottish festival listening to Thunderstruck and A Long Way to the Top on bagpipes. Sounds good when drunk.

 

[richardhawk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD6AfcoG4o8

If you've ever gotten drunk and yelled out the chorus to this song you ain't livin.

 

[biggersmaller]

Drinking is all about a good mix of genres and nostalgia. You just want to keep people saying, "that's a good fucking song."

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT

This song kinda sucks for me, but this video is fucking hilarious. Thanks for the share.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

Country is the best for drinking songs for sure.

Three of my more recent favorites:

Pretty Good at Drinking Beer - Billy Currington
Alcohol - Brad Paisley
One More Drinking Song - Jerrod Niemann

And not sure how you forgot one of the best...ever, OP:
Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks

EDIT: Jack Daniels by Eric Church is a good one too.