Cocaine Habit Blues?

Bed Spring Blues?

44-20 Blues?

Frankie & Johnny?

Stagger Lee?

I don't know if links are still active, but I did a 'Black roots music' post last month that had a fair amount of fun stuff that was about nothing more than getting high and getting laid, with occasional pepperings of misogyny, domestic violence, self-loathing, marital infidelity, and homicide.

Sure, people can make the argument that it's party music that is uplifting precisely because it is about relieving the stress of the day to day existence. But to me, that's like saying 'Gin And Juice' is about striving for social equality and promoting a healthy diet.

A lot of blues stuff is pretty much the opposite side of the coin from songs like Parchman Farm Blues, or even ballads like John Henry, which ARE about personal upliftment and fulfillment.

*shrug*