It’s beer-soaked. It’s shamrocked. It’s the only day of the year when it’s socially acceptable to wear green on green on green. St. Patrick’s Day holds a very special place in the heart of the average university student — the one day of the year where it’s absolutely expected, no excuses, to drink yourself silly into fall-off-your-chair inebriation and act like an absolute animal. From the crucial moments of pre-gaming for the pub-goers, weighed down with Mardi-Gras-inspired plastic jewellery and Dollar Store bauble headbands, having a playlist of drinking anthems on repeat is part of a successful and complete St. Paddy’s Day experience. This mixtape offers – as a homage to losing your balance, hooking up with your childhood neighbour, having severely decreased depth perception, and being unable to enunciate – a slew of hard-hitting drinking songs.
SIDE A: The Pre-Drink
1. Kanye West – “Drunk and Hot Girls” – Graduation
2. Oasis – “Cigarettes and Alcohol” – Definitely Maybe
3. Franz Ferdinand – “Take Me Out” – Franz Ferdinand
4. AC/DC – “Have A Drink On Me” – Back in Black
5. Queen – “Don’t Stop Me Now” – Jazz
6. The Champs – “Tequila” – Train to Nowhere
7. Azealia Banks – “212” – Broke With Expensive Taste
8. Bon Jovi – “It’s My Life” – Crush
9. Beastie Boys – “Fight for your Right” – Licensed to Ill
10. J-Kwon – “Tipsy” – Single
SIDE B: On the Pub Speakers
1. The Gourds – “Gin and Juice” – Shinebox
2. Dead Kennedys – “Too Drunk to Fuck” – Single
3. Flogging Molly – “Irish Pub Song” – Drunken Lullabies
4. Dropkick Murphys – “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” – The Warrior’s Code
5. Kid Rock – “All Summer Long” – Rock n Roll Jesus
6. Chumbawumba – “Tubthumping” – Tubthumper
7. Journey – “Don’t Stop Believing” – Escape
8. The Pogues – “Streams of Whiskey” – Red Roses for Me
9. Gary Portnoy – “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” – Single
10. The Dubliners – “Whiskey in the Jar” – Single