PLAYLIST: Strange Brew

Was I the only one shocked by Wednesday's news that Miller and Coors, the second and third-largest brewers in America, are blending their U.S. operations to take down No. 1 Anheuser-Busch?

Teaming up? Bitter archenemies playing nice? That goes against everything we believe in as a nation of irrational drunks. Isn't cocksure arrogance and blatant disregard for good sense what drinking beer is all about? I can't believe the "MillerCoors" merger isn't bigger news.

Forget about the business angle for a second. Beer wars define men. For guys who drink Miller Lite, basically the only people they can make fun of are people who drink Coors Light (and vice versa). Men have wasted great chunks of their lives (or at least innnings three through six) debating Miller vs. Coors, from the commercials to the beer girls to the actual ingredients.

But now Miller and Coors are buddies. MillerCoors? That's just weird. That's like Norway and Sweden joining forces and becoming Norweden. No one's afraid of Norweden. MillerCoors sounds like a bad married name. "Hi, I'm Larry Coors, and this is my wife, Gwendolyn Miller-Coors."

Anyway, the combination first has to pass an antitrust review by either the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice. In the meantime, here's "The MillerCoors Playlist":

10) Strange Brew -- Cream
9) There's a Tear in My Beer -- Hank Williams Jr.
8) Keg in the Closet -- Kenny Chesney
7) Suds in the Bucket -- Sara Evans
6) Beer for My Horses -- Toby Keith & Willie Nelson
5) What Made Milwaukee Famous -- Jerry Lee Lewis
4) Rocky Mountain High -- John Denver
3) Have a Drink on Me -- AC/DC
2) 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall -- Atticus
1) Beer Barrel Polka -- Frank Yankovic, America's Polka King

(By the way, if you're looking for the PICTURE DAY playlist that ran in Thursday's paper, go HERE.)

Comments

[Jenn]

Loved your blog this morning!!! It was a great distraction in my 8 a.m. American Government class where my professor (aka Kermit the Frog) was rambling on about the presidential election. I couldn't agree more with you -- the two companies just don't belong together. Bud Light and Bud Select all the way!!!

[dolly]

GO BUD! and love nothing like a good polka, polka polka......

[sparky]

Not only that, I guess the Canucks are screaming. First Molson gets absorbed by Coors and now they team up with Miller. Come on!

What about

Blue Moon of Kentucky

for Coors' Blue Moon Beer of course.

[erin]

I know this is unrelated, so excuse me, but Sean, no love for the new Radiohead??? :( Not even one little blog post?

[Sean Daly]

I haven't heard it yet. One of our writers, a whipcrack young buck named Josh Korr, is going to write it up.

I plead Hannah Montana. I've been mired in a 1A story for this weekend on the harsh realities of the ticket biz.

My apologies to Thom Yorke.

[Shiner Lover]

Isn't this kinda like Aquafina joining forces with Dasani to take down Poland Spring? 'Cept there's more alchohol in Aquafina than in Coors or Lite.

For Miller & Coors, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

[kevo]

who cares! it's PBR all the way brother!

[LockBull]

More Frankie Yankovic -

"In heaven there is no beer,
that's why we drink it here,
and when we're through down here,
all our friends will all be drinking all our beer!"

[Ron]

A Case Of Coors Beer by the Austin Lounge Lizards

Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music - Red Steeger

[Marissa]

Why Don't we Get Drunk (and screw)- Jimmy Buffet.
He does mention ordering up a pitcher, another round o'brew...

[John]

Hey Sean, regarding your comment on the podcast, Jackie Earle Haley is going to be Rorschach in the upcoming Watchmen movie!

Doesn't the girl in that Miller ad look like the department store girl in Christmas Vacation? "Can I take something out for you?"

[scooterbucs]

NOFX-"I Wish You Were A Beer"

Make mine a Guiness...BRILLIANT!

[Ian from Down Under]

It's hard to add songs to this list, when all the good songs about beer and drinking in Australia remain unknown in the U.S. But one I do know is,

Beer for my Horses by Willie and Toby Keith.

I must add the most famous Aussie beer song of all time "The Pub with No Beer" by Slim Dusty. "But the smile on his face, quickly turns to a sneer as the the barman says sadly, the pubs got no beer"

Everybody's worst nightmare.

[Sean Daly]

I think the best news to come out of this blogation is that Jackie Earle Haley is still getting work. Love that guy.

Rorschach is a messed-up character -- Jackie should rock that part.

(Yeah, I'm a comics nerd -- got a problem with that?)

[Brad]

I almost hate to add this one but:

Piss On The Wall - J. Geils Band

[John Hays]

Well, and Watchmen isn't just any comic. It's perhaps the best of the genre. Can't wait for this movie! Zack Snyder, who directed 300, will be at the helm. So basically, you have a guy who directed a Frank Miller piece now directing an Alan Moore piece. Should be interesting!

[John]

Well, and Watchmen isn't just any comic. It's perhaps the best of the genre. Can't wait for this movie! Zack Snyder, who directed 300, will be at the helm. So basically, you have a guy who directed a Frank Miller piece now directing an Alan Moore piece. Should be interesting!

[John]

Well, and Watchmen isn't just any comic. It's perhaps the best of the genre. Can't wait for this movie! Zack Snyder, who directed 300, will be at the helm. So basically, you have a guy who directed a Frank Miller piece now directing an Alan Moore piece. Should be interesting!

[John]

Ouch! Sorry for the multiple posts! Stupid browser!

[Al]

Bud is garbage. Drink some real beer, not some watered down crap.