Post-Patty Hangover

Ugh. March 18, international hangover day.

Music can be therapeutic in these instances, but it has to be the right music. Slow, easy tunes. No metal, no hip-hop, nothing danceable. Country and anything that could fall under the singer-songwriter genre do the trick, but you're not limited to easy listening per se to get you through. It always helps if the song is a sad one, even better if it mentions or alludes to alcohol, and it's ideal if the lyrics are about hangovers. Here's a list if you're making a disc or playlist of Hangover Cure Music.

The Ideal:
Johnny Cash, "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
Jimmy Buffett, "My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don't Love Jesus" and "Trying to Reason with the Hurricane Season"
Old 97's, "Jagged"
The Replacements, "Here Comes a Regular"

The Rest:
Allman Brothers Band, "Whipping Post"
The Band, "The Shape I'm In"
Barenaked Ladies, "Brian Wilson"
Beatles, "Golden Slumbers" and "I'm So Tired"
Ben Folds Five, "Smoke"
Beth Orton, "Stolen Car"
Big Head Todd & the Monsters, "Please Don't Tell Her"
Bill Withers, "Ain't No Sunshine"
Billy Bragg & Wilco, "California Stars"
Blind Faith, "Can't Find My Way Home"
Bob Dylan, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Bob Marley & the Wailers, "Natural Mystic"
Bruce Springsteen, "Jungleland," "Point Blank," "If I Should Fall Behind," the Nebraska album
Cake, "Friend Is a Four Letter Word"
Camper van Beethoven, "Come On Darkness"
Cat Stevens, "Wild World"
Chris Isaak, "Wicked Game"
Coldplay, "In My Place"
Commodores, "Easy"
Connells, "'74-'75"
Cowboy Junkies, "Sweet Jane"
CCR, "Long As I Can See the Light"
CSNY, "Helplessly Hoping"
The Cult, "Black Angel"
Dave Pellicane, "Crazy"
David Gray, "Please Forgive Me"
Dire Straits, "Water of Love"
Eagles, "Peaceful Easy Feeling"
Elvis Costello & the Attractions, "Beyond Belief"
Elvis Presley, "In the Ghetto"
Eric Clapton, "Promises"
Fountains of Wayne, "Hackensack"
Grateful Dead, "Fire on the Mountain"
Hall & Oates, "She's Gone"
Harry Chapin, "Cat's in the Cradle"
Jayhawks, "Blue"
Jim Croce, "Time in a Bottle"
John Anderson, "Seminole Wind"
Keane, "Somewhere Only We Knew"
Kinks, "Waterloo Sunset"
Little Feat, "Trouble"
Lou Reed, "Perfect Day"
Lyle Lovett, "If I Had a Boat"
Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Tuesday's Gone" and "Simple Man"
Moby, "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"
Morphine, "Candy"
Morrissey, "Every Day Is Like Sunday"
Neil Young, "The Needle and the Damage Done," "Helpless," "Out on the Weekend," most of his catalogue
Nirvana, "Something In the Way"
Old 97's, "Stoned"
Peter Gabriel, "Mercy Street"
Portishead, "Sour Times"
R.E.M., "So. Central Rain" and "Country Feedback"
Radiohead, "Street Spirit (Fade Out)"
Ramones, "She Talks to Rainbows"
Random Idiots, "House of the Martha Wood"
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "I Could Have Lied"
Rolling Stones, "Salt of the Earth," "Dead Flowers," "Time Waits for No One," and Mad Fly's fave "Loving Cup"
Ryan Adams, "Harder Now That It's Over"
Seven Mary Three, "Lucky"
Smashing Pumpkins, "Never Let Me Down Again" and "Disarm"
The Smiths, "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"
Son Volt, "Windfall"
Spoon, "Everything Hits at Once"
Starsailor, "Alcoholic"
Talking Heads, "Heaven"
Travis, "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?"
U2, "Bad"
Van Morrison, "And It Stoned Me"
Violent Femmes, "Good Feeling"
Ween, "It's Gonna Be (Alright)" and "Baby Bitch"
Wilco, "How to Fight Loneliness" and "Red-Eyed and Blue"