All Nicotine Weekend has a variety of traditions. One of the those traditions is music. (Ed. Note: Also see ‘Stump Vin’ section of ‘Games of ANW’)
For years there has been the on-going discussion of what constitutes ‘good’ music that will enhance the atmosphere of ANW. To say that these discussions have been heated would be a good description. For instance some members like Metal (Metallica, Iron Maiden, etc). Some brothers have an appreciation for Country (We’ve got both…Country AND Western). There are also intense dislikes for certain genres. A good quote from back in the day: “If you put that CD in I’m going to throw it in the fire”.
With the advent of the iPod we were able to expand the collection of music.
We did manage, finally, several years ago to create a list of the Top 5 songs of ANW as well was what we call the ANW ‘Red’ and ‘Black’ music selections.
We hope you enjoy our selections as much as we do.
| ANW Black | ||
| Name | Artist | |
| Hells Bells | AC/DC | |
| Cry | Godley & Creme | |
| Dizz Knee Land | Dada | |
| I Wanna See You Bellydance | Red Elvises | |
| Send Me On My Way | Rusted Root | |
| I Wanna Be Adored | The Stone Roses | |
| TV Theme – Sanford and Son | Quincy Jones | |
| Ring Of Fire | Johnny Cash | |
| Everybody Wants Some!! | Van Halen | |
| More Than A Feeling | Boston | |
| Baby Come Back | Player | |
| Brothers In Arms | Dire Straits | |
| The Boys Are Back in Town | Thin Lizzy | |
| I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) | The Proclaimers | |
| Danny Boy | Gerry Vindischman | |
| Lips Like Sugar (Album Version) | Echo & The Bunnymen | |
| My Ever Changing Moods | The Style Council | |
| I Ran (So Far Away) | A Flock Of Seagulls | |
| She Sells Sanctuary | The Cult | |
| Heaven Or Las Vegas | Cocteau Twins | |
| Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) (Single Version) |
The Icicle Works | |
| Take A Picture | Filter | |
| Under The Milky Way | The Church | |
| Earwig | The Dead Milkmen | |
| Between Something and Nothing (LP Version) |
The Ocean Blue | |
| Too Rolling Stoned (2007 Digital Remaster) |
Robin Trower | |
| The Promise | When In Rome | |
| Weekend Warriors (Album Version) | Ted Nugent | |
| Kundalini Express | Love And Rockets | |
| Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others | The Smiths | |
| Ride On | AC/DC | |
| Cooky Puss | The Beastie Boys | |
| She’s In Parties | Bauhaus | |
| E=MC2 | Big Audio Dynamite | |
| Look Away | Big Country | |
| I Touch Roses (Album Version) | Book Of Love | |
| I Just Died In Your Arms | Cutting Crew | |
| Mongoloid (Album Version) | Devo | |
| Come On Eileen | Dexy’s Midnight Runners | |
| No Stars (Album Version) | Figures On A Beach | |
| Secret Separation | The Fixx | |
| Chelsea Dagger | The Fratellis | |
| I Know There’s Something | Frida | |
| Desire (Come and Get It) | Gene Loves Jezebel | |
| One In A Million | Guns N’ Roses | |
| Over The Hills And Far Away | Gary Moore | |
| Highwayman | Highwaymen | |
| 99 Red Balloons | Neva | |
| Red Barchetta | Rush | |
| Panama | Van Halen | |
| Iron Man | Black Sabbath | |
| Lookin’ Out My Back Door | Creedence Clearwater Revival | |
| The Muppetshow Theme | The Muppets | |
| Friends In Low Places | Garth Brooks | |
| Don’t Stop Believin’ | Journey | |
| Bad Company | Bad Company | |
| Melissa | The Allman Brothers Band | |
| Fat Bottomed Girls | Queen | |
| Takin Care of Business | Bachman-Turner Overdrive | |
| Kung Fu Fighting | Carl Douglas | |
| Whip It | Devo | |
| Gimme Three Steps | Lynyrd Skynyrd | |
| Dead Man’s Party | Oingo Boingo | |
| Family Tradition | Hank Williams Jr. | |
| It’s a Wonderful World | Frank Sinatra | |
| Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35 | Bob Dylan | |
| Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow (Single Version) |
Frank Zappa | |
| Sunday Bloody Sunday | U2 | |
| Run Around | Blues Traveler | |
| Follow Me (Explicit LP Version) | Uncle Kracker | |
| In The Ghetto | Elvis Presley | |
| When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney/Uncle Kracker | |
| Like A Rock | Bob Seger | |
| Sympathy For The Devil | The Rolling Stones | |
| Beer For My Horses | Toby Keith and Willie Nelson | |
| Ironic | Alanis Morissette | |
| If Heaven Ain’t a Lot Like Dixie | Hank Williams Jr. | |
| Up On Cripple Creek | The Band | |
| Turn To Stone | electric light orchestra | |
| Evil Woman | electric light orchestra | |
| Radio Free Europe | R.E.M. | |
| I Am Superman | R.E.M. | |
| It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I |
R.E.M. | |
| Burning Down the House | Talking Heads | |
| King of the Road | Roger Miller | |
| Red Red Wine | UB40 | |
| I Shot the Sheriff | Bob Marley & the Wailers | |
| Rock Me Gently | Andy Kim | |
| Purple Rain | Prince | |
| Used To Love Her | Guns N’ Roses | |
| The Final Countdown | Europe | |
| Mother | Pink Floyd | |
| Live And Let Die | Guns and Roses | |
| Heat Of The Moment | Asia | |
| Piss On The Wall (2005 Digital Remaster) | J. Geils Band | |
| Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderf | Israel Kamakawiwo’ole | |
| Fantasy (Album Version) | Aldo Nova | |
| Children Of The Sun | Billy Thorpe | |
| We Didn’t Start The Fire | Billy Joel | |
| Let’s Go Crazy | Prince And The Revolution | |
| MMM MMM MMM MMM | Crash Test Dummies | |
| Come Sail Away | Eric Cartman | |
| Come Sail Away | Styx | |
| Blister In The Sun | Violent Femmes | |
| Suicide Blonde | INXS | |
| London Calling | The Clash | |
| Crash Into Me | Dave Matthews Band | |
| I Want You To Want Me | Cheap Trick | |
| Pepper (Explicit) | Butthole Surfers | |
| Baby Got Back | Sir Mix-a-Lot | |
| Walk This Way | Joe Perry/Run-D.M.C./Steven Tyler | |
| My Way | Frank Sinatra | |
| Addicted To Love | Robert Palmer | |
| If I Had a Million Dollars | Bare Naked Ladies | |
| Pretty In Pink | The Psychedelic Furs | |
| The Logical Song | Supertramp | |
| Watching The Detectives | Elvis Costello | |
| The Streak (1974 #1Pop; #3Country Billboard Ch |
Ray Stevens | |
| Da, Da, Da | Trio | |
| Ballroom Blitz | The Sweet | |
| Superman’s Song | Crash Test Dummies | |
| Personal Jesus | Depeche Mode | |
| Yellow Submarine | The Beatles | |
| The Stroke | Squier, Billy | |
| Space Oddity | David Bowie | |
| Never Tear Us Apart | INXS | |
| Hungry Like the Wolf | Duran Duran | |
| Alabama Song | The Doors | |
| Under Pressure | David Bowie | |
| Bangkok/One Night In Bangkok | Murray Head | |
| Down Under | Men At Work | |
| Men Without Hats | The Safety Dance | |
| Tubthumping | Chumbawamba | |
| Rock Lobster | The B-52’s | |
| Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard | Paul Simon | |
| It’s My Life (1997 Digital Remaster) | Talk Talk | |
| Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) | Pet Shop Boys | |
| Father’s Footsteps | Rhythm Corps | |
| Shine | Collective Soul | |
| Rockin’ In the Freeworld | The Alarm | |
| Friday I’m In Love | The Cure | |
| Listen Like Thieves | INXS | |
| Common Ground | Rhythm Corps | |
| Linger | The Cranberries | |
| These Are Days | 10,000 Maniacs | |
| Take On Me | AHA | |
| Shout | Tears For Fears | |
| Life in a Northern Town | The Dream Academy | |
| TRUE | Spandau Ballet | |
| Once In A Lifetime | Talking Heads | |
| Because I Got High | Afroman | |
| Earache My Eye ( LP Version ) | Cheech And Chong with Alice Bowie | |
| One Week | Barenaked Ladies | |
| I’ll Tumble For Ya | Boy George and Culture Club | |
| I’m On My Way | The Proclaimers | |
| It’s Saturday Night | The Proclaimers | |
| I Will Always | The Cranberries | |
| What I Am | Edie Brickell and New Bohemians | |
| The Walls Came Down | Call | |
| Something So Strong | Crowded House | |
| Ah Lean | Donnie Iris | |
| Saved By Zero | The Fixx | |
| Relax | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | |
| Love Plus One | Haircut 100 | |
| Information Society – What’s On Your Mind (Pure |
Various Artists | |
| Head On | The Jesus & Mary Chain | |
| Love Will Tear Us Apart | Joy Division | |
| Switchin’ To Glide (LP Version) | The Kings | |
| Mrs Robinson | The Lemonheads | |
| Something About You | Level 42 | |
| So Alive | Love And Rockets | |
| No Myth | Michael Penn | |
| Only The Lonely (2001 Digital Remaster) | The Motels | |
| If You Leave | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | |
| So You Ran | Orion the Hunter | |
| Say It Isn’t So | The Outfield | |
| What Have I Done to Deserve This | Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield | |
| Peter Murphy / Cuts You Up | Peter Murphy | |
| All That Money Wants (Album Version) | The Psychedelic Furs | |
| This Is Not a Love Song | Public Image Ltd. | |
| I Wanna Be Sedated | Ramones | |
| Catch Me I’m Falling | Real Life | |
| A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) (Album |
Romeo Void | |
| I’ll Be You | Replacements | |
| On The Loose | Saga | |
| Perfect Way (Album Version) | Scritti Politti | |
| No No Song | Ringo Starr | |
| Suffragette City | David Bowie | |
| Panic in Detroit (2013 Remastered Version) |
David Bowie | |
| ANW Red | ||
| Name | Artist | |
| Opening Dialogue | Johnny Cash | |
| Cry | Godley & Creme | |
| Dizz Knee Land | Dada | |
| I Wanna See You Bellydance | Red Elvises | |
| Send Me On My Way | Rusted Root | |
| I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) | The Proclaimers | |
| Danny Boy | Gerry Vindischman | |
| Lips Like Sugar (Album Version) | Echo & The Bunnymen | |
| My Ever Changing Moods | The Style Council | |
| I Ran (So Far Away) | A Flock Of Seagulls | |
| She Sells Sanctuary | The Cult | |
| Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) (Single Versi |
The Icicle Works | |
| Take A Picture | Filter | |
| Under The Milky Way | The Church | |
| Earwig | The Dead Milkmen | |
| The Promise | When In Rome | |
| Look Away | Big Country | |
| I Touch Roses (Album Version) | Book Of Love | |
| I Just Died In Your Arms | Cutting Crew | |
| Secret Separation | The Fixx | |
| I Know There’s Something | Frida | |
| Desire (Come and Get It) | Gene Loves Jezebel | |
| 99 Red Balloons | Neva | |
| Ironic | Alanis Morissette | |
| Rock Me Gently | Andy Kim | |
| Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wond | Israel Kamakawiwo’ole | |
| MMM MMM MMM MMM | Crash Test Dummies | |
| Crash Into Me | Dave Matthews Band | |
| If I Had a Million Dollars | Bare Naked Ladies | |
| Pretty In Pink | The Psychedelic Furs | |
| Watching The Detectives | Elvis Costello | |
| Personal Jesus | Depeche Mode | |
| Never Tear Us Apart | INXS | |
| Tubthumping | Chumbawamba | |
| Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) | Pet Shop Boys | |
| Friday I’m In Love | The Cure | |
| Linger | The Cranberries | |
| These Are Days | 10,000 Maniacs | |
| Shout | Tears For Fears | |
| Life in a Northern Town | The Dream Academy | |
| TRUE | Spandau Ballet | |
| I’m On My Way | The Proclaimers | |
| Ah Lean | Donnie Iris | |
| Saved By Zero | The Fixx | |
| Relax | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | |
| Something About You | Level 42 | |
| So Alive | Love And Rockets | |
| If You Leave | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | |
| Say It Isn’t So | The Outfield | |
| What Have I Done to Deserve This | Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield | |
| All That Money Wants (Album Version) | The Psychedelic Furs | |
| Perfect Way (Album Version) | Scritti Politti | |
| Policy of Truth | Depeche Mode | |
| Africa | Toto | |
| December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) – The 4 |
The Four Seasons | |