Bar, Saloon, Pub...

...Honky-tonk, Lounge...


38 comments:

Deborah in IL said...

In a bar in Toledo
Across from the depot
On a barstool she took off her ring

Lucille
Kenny Rogers

Cap'n Franko said...

So one day Rocky went to town
And booked himself a room at the local saloon

Rocky Raccoon - Beatles

Deborah in IL said...

And a happy couple enters the bar
Dangerously close to one another

All I Wanna Do
Sheryl Crow

Cap'n Franko said...

He said, "I'm going to the barroom,
Just to pay that debt I owe."

Stagger Lee - various artists but I love Professor Longhair's rendition

E.J. Anonymus said...

And stardom will drive you crazy
Yeah you might win a free drink at the bar
But it could be hazy

Stardom - Ryan Cassata

Deborah in IL said...

He's 34 and drinking in a honky tonk

Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother
Ray Wiley Hubbard
(sung in my head by Jerry Jeff Walker)

Anonymous said...

I met a gin soaked barroom queen in Memphis
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride

Honky Tonk Woman
The Rolling Stones

Shan Jeniah Burton said...

Then I learned to play some mean guitar
I was underage in this funky bar
I stepped outside and smoked myself a J.

When I come back to the room
Everybody just seemed to move
And I turned my amp up loud and I began to play -
And it was late in the evening,
And I blew that room away!

Late in the Evening
Paul Simon

Anonymous said...

Barmaid bring a pitcher
Another round of brew

(8 words)
Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw
Jimmy Buffet

Bob Collier said...

There's nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer.

Pub With No Beer, Slim Dusty

Sandra Dodd said...

Out of the barroom he staggered
And fell down by the door
The very last words that he uttered
"I'll never love brown eyes no more."

"Beautiful, beautiful Blue Eyes"
a traditional old-timey song from the early 20's century, I think

Deanne said...

Look down the bar, here come the bartender....

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers

Colleen P (NH) said...

We went to have ourselves a drink or two
But couldn't find an open bar

Same Old Lang Syne
Dan Fogelberg

Deanne said...

I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar.
That much is true,
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place, either with or without you.

Don't You Want Me? - Human League

Colleen P (NH) said...

Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out

Glory Days
Bruce Springsteen

Sandra Dodd said...

She's the Queen of the Silver Dollar
She rules a smoky kingdom
Her scepter is a wineglass
And a barstool is her throne

Shel Silverstein's best song *ever* (I think)

Colleen P (NH) said...

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free

Piano Man
Billy Joel

Deanne said...

Here in the bar, the piano man's found another nail for my heart.

Another Nail in My Heart - Squeeze

Deborah in IL said...

He said "I dance now at every chance in honky tonks
For drinks and tips
But most the time I spend behind these county bars
Cause I drinks a bit"

Mr Bojangles
Jerry Jeff Walker

Deanne said...

But Rico went a bit too far, and Tony sailed across the bar...

Copacabana - Barry Manilow

NLWooton said...

But I made a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man who gave me that awful name.

A Boy Named Sue
Johnny Cash

Sandra Dodd said...

Three jolly coachmen sat in an English tavern
And they decided... to have another flagon

NLWooton said...

You can drink your fancy ales,
You can drink them by the flagon,
But the only brew for the brave and true,
Comes from the Green Dragon!!

Golden Hall Drinking Song
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Merry and Pippin

Colleen P (NH) said...

In a noisy bar in Avalon
I tried to call you.
But on a midnight watch I realized
Why twice you ran away

Southern Cross
Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Sylvia said...

well, the police said we can't drink in the bar,
what a shame

What's Your Name?
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Deborah in IL said...

Amy worked in a bar in Exeter
I went back to her house and I slept beside her

I Am Disappeared
Frank Turner

Sandra Dodd said...

Frankie went down to the corner
Just for a bucket of beer
She said Mr. Bartender,
Has my lovin' Johnny been here?

Anonymous said...

You go out at night and eat up bars
Where the people meet

Rapture
Blondie

Sandra Dodd said...

Constant in the darkness? Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar

Joni MItchell, "A Case of You"

Anonymous said...

Shuffle on down to the bar
Where the juke box is blastin'

Nautical Wheelers
Jimmy Buffet

Deanne said...

To change the mood a little, I've been posing down the pub.


Cool for Cats - Squeeze

Sylvia said...

At a bar called O'Malley's
where we'll plan our escape

Escape (the Pina Colada Song)
Rupert Holmes

Deborah in IL said...

The Gatlin boys just laughed at him
When he walked into the barroom

Coward of the County
Kenny Rogers

Deanne said...

The devil came and took me from bar to street to bookie.

Up the Junction - Squeeze

Sandra Dodd said...

I didn't know God made honkytonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife

(there was a "response" too, that went
"It wasn't God who made honkytonk angels...")
"Wild Side of Life" by Hank Thompson in the 1960's

Deborah in IL said...

Sometimes I feel like an awful fool
Spending my life on an old barstool
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you

John Prine

Deanne said...

I met her in a club down in old Soho,
where they drink champagne
and it tastes just like cherry cola, C-O-L-A cola.

Lola - The Kinks

Bob Collier said...

Duncan, Duncan was tending the bar, in walked Brady with a shining star ...

It's a Leadbelly song, don't remember what it's called.