Always Good Advice

January 18, 2014 3:39 AM

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Surgeon General's report on smoking with music by: Peggy Lee
Patti Smith
k.d. lang
Carly Simon
Janet Sidel
Julie London
and
Nina Simone
posted by Pudhoho (14 comments total)

Tex Williams
Otis Redding
Patsy Cline
Jerry Reed
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:30 AM on January 18, 2014

By the way, it's worth noting that Peggy Lee wrote the lyrics to Don't Smoke In Bed. She penned a lot of tunes, in fact, which was not so usual for vocalists in her day. Yay Peggy Lee!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:48 AM on January 18, 2014 [2 favorites]

Oh god I love k.d. lang's performance of this song so much. Drag is a criminally underrated album.
posted by this is a thing at 7:12 AM on January 18, 2014

Dave Van Ronk
posted by Banky_Edwards at 8:10 AM on January 18, 2014

Brownsville Station

:-)
posted by humboldt32 at 8:15 AM on January 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

Tony Babinski
posted by Sys Rq at 9:06 AM on January 18, 2014

The Pursuit of Happiness
Thrush Hermit
posted by Sys Rq at 9:14 AM on January 18, 2014

Peter Sellers (& the Muppets).
posted by mazola at 9:18 AM on January 18, 2014

Potential meanings:

you smoke after sex, that's how I know about the affair

you fall asleep after sex while smoking, you're gonna die that way

platitude for home safety
posted by idiopath at 9:57 AM on January 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

100 Cigarettes
posted by usonian at 10:00 AM on January 18, 2014

drag is just so smart and so sexy
posted by PinkMoose at 11:41 AM on January 18, 2014

Tiny Tim
The 6ths
posted by hydrophonic at 12:32 PM on January 18, 2014

K's Choice
posted by the latin mouse at 4:30 AM on January 19, 2014

Seen on Benny Hill: "Don't smoke in bed. The ashes on the floor may be your own!"
posted by Daddy-O at 1:21 PM on January 19, 2014