I woke up today with Cocaine Country Dancing in my head

It's worth noting at the beginning that I am neither an advocate for cocaine nor country dancing. You do what you want, but I steer clear of the white stuff because I have an addictive personality and also because I don't want to get some shit laced with fentanyl or something and die from it. I'm not afraid to die, but I'm not looking to either.

Another thing worth mentioning is that I really didn't like the song the first time I heard it. It is not the sort of thing I've listened to much in my life. However, my musical journey has ventured into some more country-leaning stuff lately. It's usually the more traditional, outlaw, or folky kinds of country music, though. Not the more modern, almost pop sounding stuff. This song, I would say, definitely sounds more like the latter. This was suggested to me by YouTube music based on some of the other stuff I've been listening to lately.

This song is catchy AF, though. I've come around to it. I've been listening to the album Room 41 by Paul Cauthen a lot lately. It's resonated with me somehow. The video shows a humorous side of Paul Cauthen that I wouldn't have had suspected existed based on his musical persona.

As much as I've been enjoying the album Room 41, I have to say I'd love to hear some stripped down versions of the songs. It's a bit over-produced for my tastes. As an example, he's got a song on the album called "Prayed for Rain" that starts off a little closer to what I'd like to hear. Just an acoustic guitar and a Cashesque baritone croon. I think he channeled Johnny Cash when he sang the words "cold, dark, and pale" but the rain. This song also opens up into a much bigger arrangement. At that point, it sounds more like modern indie rock than country music to me.

Okay, that's probably enough about the second song, since that's not even the one I woke up with in my head today. I just like to provide some context for the music since many people reading it probably have no idea who some of the artists are.

What draws me most to Paul Cauthen's music is almost certainly his voice. He's earned himself the nickname "Big Velvet" because, well, he's a larger dude with a smooth-as-silk baritone voice.

This post is part of an ongoing series in which I document the songs which are in my head immediately upon waking. I've been making them for a long time now.

Do you wake up with songs in your head regularly? What song was in your head this morning? Comment below, I'd love to hear from you!

The list so far

#	Artist	Song
1	Auli'i Cravalho	How Far I'll Go
2	Huey Lewis and the News	The Power of Love
3	Metallica	Sad But True
4	Metallica	Nothing Else Matters
5	Metallica	Wherever I May Roam
6	the pAper chAse	I Did a Terrible Thing
7	Metallica	Sad But True (Repeat)
8	Limbeck	Honk + Wave
9	AC/DC	Back in Black
10	Patsy Cline	Back in Baby's Arms
11	The Heligoats	Florida Panther
12	Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight
13	Lord Huron	Until the Night Turns
14	Richard Edwards	Gene
15	Built to Spill	You Were Right
16	Richard Edwards	Olive Oyl
17	Frank Ocean	Sierra Leon
18	The Thermals	Back to Gray
19	Pedro The Lion	When They Really Get to Know You, They Will Run
20	Limbeck	Trouble
21	All Them Witches	Internet
22	Pedro The Lion	Keep Swinging
22	Father John Misty	Please Don't Die
23	Black Sabbath	Fairies Wear Boots
24	Father John Misty	Total Entertainment Forever
25	Cardi B	Best Life
26	All Them Witches	Call Me Star
27	Black Sabbath	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
28	The Doors	Light My Fire
29	Al Green	Can't Get Next To You
30	Guns n' Roses	Civil War
31	Atlanta Rhythm Section	Spooky
32	Against Me!	Sink Florida Sink
33	Paula Abdul	Straight Up
34	Seals and Croft	Get Closer
35	Black Mountain	Mothers of the Sun
36	Hum	The Scientists
37	The Black Angels	Currency
38	Spiritualized	Here It Comes (The Road) Let's Go
39	Guns n' Roses	November Rain
40	Chris Staples	Times Square
41	The Get Up Kids	Ten Minutes
42	Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats	Death's Door
43	The Roots featuring Erykah Badu	You Got Me
44	Daryl Hall & John Oates	Rich Girl
45	The Lemonheads	It's All True
46	The Snake The Cross The Crown	The Great American Smokeout
47	Every Time I Die	Map Change
48	Iron Maiden	The Number of the Beast
49	Kevin DeVine	Heaven Bound and Glory Be
50	Wilco	Random Name Generator
51	Kanye West	All of the Lights
52	Terrence and Phillip (South Park)	Uncle Fucker
53	Alice in Chains	Angry Chair
54	Sturgill Simpson	Keep It Between The Lines
55	The War on Drugs	Holding On
56	Nine Inch Nails	Head Like a Hole
57	Jawbox	Empire of One
58	Alice in Chains	Rain When I Die
59	The Snake The Cross The Crown	Cotton Teeth
60	Crumb	Locket
61	Chad VanGaalen	Monster
62	Pedro The Lion	Clean up
63	The Mars Volta	The Widow
64	Magnolia Electric Company	Montgomery
65	The National	Runaway
66	Mac Miller	Circles
67	Bright Eyes	Make War
68	Mac Miller	Good News
69	Ryan Adams	Chains of Love
70	Oasis	Don't Look Back in Anger
71	R. Kelly	Ignition (Remix)
72	Ryan Adams	Rocks
73	Mount Eerie	Real Death
74	Better Living Community Center	Service Road
75	Lucy Dacus	Strange Torpedo
76	Wilco	Wishful Thinking
77	Limbeck	Making the Rounds
78	The Get Up Kids	Second Place
79	Shiner	Spinning
80	Shiner	Glass Jaw Test
81	Bright Eyes	Hot Knives
82	Satan (South Park)	I Want to Live Up There
83	R.E.M.	It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
84	Owen	I'm Not Going Anywhere Tonight
85	The Posies	Solar Sister
86	The Gloria Record	Good Morning, Providence
87	Pulp	Pencil Skirt
88	Phoebe Bridgers	Kyoto
89	Baroness	Kerosene
90	Okkervil River	No Key, No Plan
91	Johnny Cash	Give My Love to Rose
92	Sierra Ferrell	In Dreams
93	Clem Snide	Exercise
94	Townes Van Zandt	Tecumseh Valley
95	The Flying Burrito Brothers	Sin City
96	Colter Wall	Caroline
97	Paul Cauthen	Cocaine Country Dancing

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