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Koko Taylor - Hey Bartender (1980)
www.youtube.com

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 06:26 PM | Reply

A fun tune ...

Austin Lounge Lizards - A Case of Coors Beer (19910
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

Not surprisingly, lyrics do not seem to be available ...


OK, another link with a different take ...

tvtropes.org

... The Austin Lounge Lizards are a satirical folk/country/bluegrass band based out of Austin, Texas. The band consists of founding members Hank Card, Tom Pittman, and Conrad Deisler, along with Darcie Deaville (2008) and Bruce Jones (2010).

The band is best known for highly literate, sharply pointed lyrics that poke fun at politics, love, religion and the culture in general. ...


Yeah, that's a pretty good assessment ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 07:14 PM | Reply

Another from the Austin Lounge Lizards ...

Austin Lounge Lizards - Jesus Loves Me (But He Can't Stand You) (1991)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

madmusic.com

...
I know you smoke, I know you drink that brew,
I just can't abide a sinner like you.
God can't either, that's why I know it's true,
That Jesus loves me but he can't stand you.

I'm going straight to heaven, boys, when I die,
'cause I've crossed every T and I've dotted every I
Why, my preacher tells me I'm god's kind of guy,
That's why Jesus loves me, but you're gonna fry.

God loves all his children, by gum,
That doesn't mean he won't incinerate some,
Can't you feel those hot flames licking you?

I'm raising my kids in a righteous way,
So don't be sending your kids to my house to play,
Yours will grow up stoned, left leaning and gay,
I know - Jesus told me on the phone today.

Jesus loves me, this I know
And he told me where you're gonna go,
There's room for your kind down below
Whoa, whoa, whoa

Jesus loves me, he loves me real good.

I know he does.

He called me up on the phone today and told me how much he loves me.

He said, "Son, I love you."

He speaks English pretty well, considering it's a second language for him.

You can talk to him, too, you know.

I've got a 900- number in Tulsa you can call him at, I do it all the time. He'll be glad to hear from you. I talk to him everyday.

Jesus love me, but he can't stand you.
...




#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 08:27 PM | Reply

Vices, eh? Well, I got one for ya. This is off of an 1982 album called "One Vice at a Time" by obscure AC/DC rip-off band Krokus. If AC/DC actually wrote and performed this absurdly catchy tune, it would've probably been a major hit:

LONG STICK GOES BOOM

#4 | Posted by Pumpkinhead at 2026-08-21 08:50 PM | Reply

Stan Ridgway " Camouflage (1986)
www.youtube.com

Yeah, the Vietnam war was a vice of the US.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 10:08 PM | Reply

That leads me to wonder ...

There have been ample songs about the vice of the Vietnam War.

But ...

When might the songs about Pres Trump's vice, i.e., his War of Choice against Iran start appearing?


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 10:11 PM | Reply

Black Flag - Slip It In (1987)
www.youtube.com

(there's some censoring [possibly an understatement] of the lyrics in the link, but what might be expected of an "official release?")

The album I have does not have that censoring.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 10:33 PM | Reply

Speaking of the vice of the Vietnam War ...

Bruce Cockburn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher (1984)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1]
Here comes the helicopter
Second time today
Everybody scatters
And hopes it goes away
How many kids they've murdered
Only God can say, hey

[Chorus]
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
I'd make somebody pay

[Verse 2]
I don't believe in guarded borders
And I don't believe in hate
I don't believe in generals
Or their stinking torture states
And when I talk with the survivors
Of things too sickening to relate

[Chorus]
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
I would retaliate
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[Verse 3]
On the Rio Lacantn
One hundred thousand wait
To fall down from starvation
Or some less humane fate
Cry for Guatemala
With a corpse in every gate

[Chorus]
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
I would not hesitate

[Verse 4]
I wanna raise every voice
At least I've got to try
Every time I think about it
Water rises to my eyes
Situation desperate
Echoes of the victims cry

[Chorus]
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
Some son of a bitch would die
...


#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 10:41 PM | Reply

Little Feat - Willin'/Don't Bogart That Joint (Official Music Video)

www.youtube.com

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-21 10:50 PM | Reply

And, fwiw ...

I am not happy when it rains ...

Jesus And Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains (1987)
www.youtube.com


I'd much rather post songs about happy things ... :)

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 11:00 PM | Reply

Vices? Well that is what The House Of The Rising Sun is all about: www.youtube.com

Another: "Bottle of Wine" was written and originally recorded by American folk singer-songwriter Tom Paxton in 1965, though Judy Collins first released a recording of it in 1964
www.youtube.com

#11 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-08-21 11:01 PM | Reply

Gene Kelly - Singin' In The Rain (Clockwork Orange Soundtrack version) (1972)
www.youtube.com


;)

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 11:10 PM | Reply

Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (1970)
Beat-Club

www.youtube.com

What happens when you have too many psychedelics before your guitar intro:

www.youtube.com

(fortunately, your singer bails you out big time!)

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-21 11:30 PM | Reply

Gordon Lightfoot - Rainy Day People (1975)
www.youtube.com


Lyrics excerpt ...

www.azlyrics.com

...
Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell 'ya they've been down like you
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two

If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above
Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind
Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind

Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down there too
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two.

Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue
High stepping strutters who land in the gutters sometimes need one too
Take it or leave it, or try to believe it
If you've been down too long

Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on
...


#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 11:38 PM | Reply

Betsy Legg "In The Early Morning Rain" 1971 US Private female Psych Folk

www.youtube.com

"According to the liner notes it was recorded at KINTEL Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.

The "band" was pretty minimal, with Betsy performing acoustic guitar and singing alongside Pam Rose (lead guitar), and Laymon Jackson (bass).

The songs were written by Tim Hardin, Bob Dylan (two songs), Leonard Cohen (two songs), John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, Kris Kristofferson, Judy Collins and Ian Tyson."

this appears to be the full album:

www.youtube.com

#15 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-22 12:06 AM | Reply

Tom Waits - "Warm Beer And Cold Women"
www.youtube.com

Taj Mahal ~ ain't nobody's business
www.youtube.com

MUDDY WATERS -- BIG LEGGED WOMAN.
www.youtube.com

Champagne & Reefer
www.youtube.com

Patrick Sky
Child Molesting Blues
www.youtube.com

#16 | Posted by morris at 2026-08-22 12:07 AM | Reply

Snatch and the ---------
Two Time Slim
www.youtube.com

#17 | Posted by morris at 2026-08-22 12:15 AM | Reply

BTW, #17 is Johnny and Shuggie Otis, too. 1969.

#18 | Posted by morris at 2026-08-22 12:18 AM | Reply

The Boots: Baby please don't go

www.youtube.com

dance floor vice

#19 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-22 12:41 AM | Reply

From out in left field (but, what do you expect from King Missile?)...

King Missile - Jesus Was Way Cool (1990)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
Jesus was way cool
Everybody liked Jesus
Everybody wanted to hang out with him
Anything he wanted to do, he did

He turned water into wine
And if he wanted to
He could have turned wheat into marijuana
Or sugar into cocaine
Or vitamin pills into amphetamines

He walked on the water
And swam on the land
He would tell these stories
And people would listen
He was really cool

If you were blind or lame
You just went to Jesus
And he would put his hands on you
And you would be healed
That's so cool

He could've played guitar better than Hendrix
He could've told the future
He could've baked the most delicious cake in the world
He could've scored more goals than Wayne Gretzky
He could've danced better than Baryshnikov

Jesus could have been funnier than any comedian you can think of
Jesus was way cool

He told people to eat his body and drink his blood
That's so cool

Jesus was so cool

But then some people got jealous of how cool he was

So they killed him

But then he rose from the dead
He rose from the dead, danced around
Then went up to heaven
I mean, that's so cool
Jesus was way cool

No wonder there are so many Christians
...



#20 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-22 12:57 AM | Reply

Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel "Hoochie ------- Man" 08/20/26 San Juan Capistrano, CA (Muddy Waters)

1 hour ago

www.youtube.com

#21 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-22 01:02 AM | Reply

Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel "Jessica" (Allman Brothers Cover) 08/20/26 San Juan Capistrano, CA 4K

just dropped

www.youtube.com

#22 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-22 01:07 AM | Reply

@#16

Wow, Taj Mahal.

I've not heard that group's name in years.

Digging into my music library, I find ...

Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band - She Caught The Katy (1997)

From the album ... Tibetan Freedom Concert 1997

Lemme see if I can find an online version ...

OK, found this ...

Taj Mahal - She Caught The Katy (Live)
www.youtube.com

Good tune.



#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-22 02:39 AM | Reply


Ugly Americans - Boom Boom Baby (1998)
www.youtube.com

This seems to be the uncensored NSFW version. So I will defer the posting of lyrics.

#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-22 03:03 AM | Reply

Help Me Scrape the Mucus Off My Brain

#25 | Posted by qcp at 2026-08-22 09:33 AM | Reply

An appropriate cover from a king of vices.

Keith Richards, "Waiting for My Man":

www.youtube.com

#26 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-08-22 10:13 AM | Reply

17. A friend of mine once referred to Snatch and the P00nt@ngs, but I thought he'd made it up.

And I had no idea of the Shuggie Otis connection. Thanks.

#27 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-08-22 10:23 AM | Reply

Bobby Darin
Me And Mr. Hohner
www.youtube.com

#28 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-22 10:45 AM | Reply

Fred Neil. "They say it'll kill ya, they just don't say when."

"Sweet Cocaine"

www.youtube.com

#29 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-08-22 11:17 AM | Reply

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