Eagles – Life in the Fast Lane

Biisi kertoo pariskunnasta, joka elää kuin viimeistä päivää.

”Eager for action and hot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took
all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up
in the race”

Johnny Cash – Cocaine Blues

Laulussa päähenkilö ampuu naisensa kokaiini- ja viskipäissään, pakenee, jää kiinni ja tuomitaan 99 vuodeksi vankilaan.

”Early one morning while makin’ the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my baby down
I shot her down then I went to bed
I stuck that lovin’ forty-four beneath my head

Woke up next morning and I grabbed that gun
I took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made a good run but I run too slow
The overtook me down in Juarez Mexico”

David Bowie – Space Oddity

Yksi näkemys tästä biisistä on, että kaveri nappaa yliannostuksen. Liftoffin jälkeen ei ole tässä biisissä paluuta…

”Ground control to Major Tom
Ground control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Ground control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God’s love be with you

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five
Four, three, two, one, liftoff”

Bauhaus – Dark Entries

Tämä biisi taitaa enemmänkin kertoa prostituutiosta…

”Caressing bent up to the jug again
With sheaths and pills
Invading all those stills
In a hovel of a bed
I will scream in vain
Oh please, miss lane
Leave me with some pain”

Dead Kennedys – Drug Me

Tässä biisissä ei taida töistä eikä muustakaan elämästä selvitä selvinpäin.

”DRUG ME DRUG ME DRUG ME
Drug me- with natural vitamin C
Drug me- with pharmaceutical speed
Drug me- with your sleeping pills
Drug me- with your crossword puzzles
Drug me- with your magazines
Drug me- with your fuck machines
With a fountain of fads
More rock and roll ads…
DRUG ME DRUG ME DRUG ME ME ME”