Whisky Forum - Whisky Songs (Best Scotch Songs)

Quaich1 · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:11 pm Post subject: Whisky Songs (Best Scotch Songs)

Here's a neat discussion of songs pertaining to Scotch and Whisky. Do you know any others? Any favorites?

http://www.whiskytrail.com/2010/10/07/best-scotch-songs/
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Woodwynd · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:37 pm Post subject:

Campbelltown loch was a party piece of a friend from Edinburgh , which I first heard in the blue mountains near Sydney Australia. The chorus line , campelltown loch I wish you were Whisky for I would drink you dry !

Nice thought ! I wonder what kind of Whisky it would be ! Top Malt

Cheers alan. Wink

bifter · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:43 pm Post subject:

Grant M · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:07 pm Post subject:

There are a few Irish songs which mention whiskey, everyone will know Whiskey in the Jar which has been covered in various versions by many artists, some famous versions are by Thin Lizzy, The Dubliners and The Pogues. Here is the Thin Lizzy version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TehFZ38kt6o

Sally MacLennane by the Pogues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUeeZK_FDsw

Streams of Whiskey by the Pogues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaHMG_SvUkw

Quaich1 · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:56 pm Post subject:

John · Moderator Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 876 Location: UK

For me Campbeltown Loch is the classic Scotch whisky song.

Here is Andy Stewart singing it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m14Fdg2SQU0

Not a whisky song but i found this while looking for Andy Stewart singing Campbeltown Loch. Think of it as a warning against drinking too much Laughing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY8YeLErbEg&feature=fvwrel

Quaich1 · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:41 pm Post subject:

Kenny M · Master Of Malts Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 860

Here is another classic Irish folk song about whiskey,

Whiskey, you`re the devil
Hey, whiskey you're the devil You're leading me astray
O'er hills and mountains into Amerikay
Your sweetness from the bleachner You're spunkier than tea,
Ah, whiskey you're me darlin', drunk or so-ber

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yPIC-o1O3k

Quaich1 · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:25 am Post subject:

bifter · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:52 pm Post subject:

Before this thread becomes toooooo stale, I was just listening to a bit of Steely Dan and caught a good whisky (specifically Scotch) reference. It's also where the band Deacon Blue got their name incidentally:

I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

Steely Dan - Deacon Blues
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Quaich1 · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:54 pm Post subject:

bifter · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:58 pm Post subject:

I'm on a roll, another one just occurred to me!

And then I sit there, drinkin', gettin' high, mellow, knocked out, feelin' good
About that time I looked on the wall, at the old clock on the wall
About that time it was ten-thirty then, I looked down the bar at the bartender, he said
"What do you want down there?", one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer...

John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
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[George Bernard Shaw]

Quaich1 · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:10 pm Post subject:

albo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 1888

Being as this has been dragged up.

The Proclaimers - Whisky train

The Who - Whisky Man

bifter · Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 12:19 pm Post subject:

A couple of classics to add to the list:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWE5I8wYCVY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz41W4tjezY
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"Whisky is liquid sunshine."
[George Bernard Shaw]