Top 10: Songs About Smoking
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Early Monday morning, around 3:00AM, I finished what was to be my last ever cigarette. For the last 11-years of my life I spent a huge portion of it inhaling a Marlboro Light, and for the last two days I have been driven mad with the desire to smoke one. I don't know how far I'm going to make it right now. My will is wavering and I am really fiending a smoke, but I must try to make it. Sigh. Here's the best songs about smoking I could find.
10. Ben Lee - "Smoking Cigarettes Will Kill You"; I don't entirely agree with the title of this one, and the song barely has anything to do with smoking at all, so we'll stick it at #10 with the hope that someone came come up with something a bit better about smoking.
9. Arctic Monkeys - "Cigarette Smoke"; Solid song, use of the cigarette smoke as metaphor. Not too bad, but not quite an ode for cigarettes.
8. Hefner - "The Hymn for Cigarettes"; I thought this would be the one. The title says, "hey, I am THE smoking song of all-time", but alas it's a little bit off.
7. Oasis - "Cigarettes & Alcohol"; Yeah, drinking booze and smoking pretty much went hand in hand. Until Mayor Bloomberg ruined that.
6. David Bazan - "Cold Beer and Cigarettes"; Ah, nice twist David Bazan!
5. Patsy Cline - "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray"; This is more about relationships. But it's damn good.
4. Otis Redding - "Cigarettes and Coffee"; Also about relationships, but Otis just has a way with words.
3. The Fiery Furnaces - "Smelling Cigarettes"; There is actual smoking in this song! Amongst car crashes and bad weather and cats.
2. Brownsville Station - "Smoking In the Boys Room"; This is where it all started for me. Smoking in the boys room at Brooklyn Tech 11-years ago. Thinking I wouldn't get addicted with just a few puffs. Yeah, don't fool yourselves kids.
1. The Replacements - "More Cigarettes"; The Replacements rule!!!!
10. Ben Lee - "Smoking Cigarettes Will Kill You"; I don't entirely agree with the title of this one, and the song barely has anything to do with smoking at all, so we'll stick it at #10 with the hope that someone came come up with something a bit better about smoking.
9. Arctic Monkeys - "Cigarette Smoke"; Solid song, use of the cigarette smoke as metaphor. Not too bad, but not quite an ode for cigarettes.
8. Hefner - "The Hymn for Cigarettes"; I thought this would be the one. The title says, "hey, I am THE smoking song of all-time", but alas it's a little bit off.
7. Oasis - "Cigarettes & Alcohol"; Yeah, drinking booze and smoking pretty much went hand in hand. Until Mayor Bloomberg ruined that.
6. David Bazan - "Cold Beer and Cigarettes"; Ah, nice twist David Bazan!
5. Patsy Cline - "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray"; This is more about relationships. But it's damn good.
4. Otis Redding - "Cigarettes and Coffee"; Also about relationships, but Otis just has a way with words.
3. The Fiery Furnaces - "Smelling Cigarettes"; There is actual smoking in this song! Amongst car crashes and bad weather and cats.
2. Brownsville Station - "Smoking In the Boys Room"; This is where it all started for me. Smoking in the boys room at Brooklyn Tech 11-years ago. Thinking I wouldn't get addicted with just a few puffs. Yeah, don't fool yourselves kids.
1. The Replacements - "More Cigarettes"; The Replacements rule!!!!
Comments (1)
don't forget Boston's Smokin'