12 Hangover Songs to Kick Off 2012
on 01/01/12 at 5:57 pm
Booze NewsThey say that the way you spend your New Year’s Eve is a sign of how you’ll spend the rest of the year. We can only hope the same doesn’t hold true for New Year’s Day, when you’re forced to face not only the consequences of the previous night’s escapades but the yawning expanse of January drudgery. But they also say that misery loves company, so we’ve rounded up some songs to help you get through the morning after. (Extra perk: All the Sunday-morning-themed songs—and there are four of them—are accurate this year.)
Johnny Bond, “Sick, Sober, and Sorry”: Crooning cowboy Johnny Bond says he’s full of regret after a night of drinking too much, but he sure doesn’t sound it in this cheery 1951 country tune that pretty much sums up the hangover experience: “Well now, I’m sick, sober and sorry/Broke, disgusted and sad/Sick, sober and sorry/But look at the fun I had.”