i feel that the tang poem “drinking alone with the moon” written by Li Bai can be related to the song “here comes a regular” by The Replacement. the reason i picked this song is because it reminded me a little of the tang poem ; the man drinking under the moon appears to be a loner a person who prefers to be alone in the poem it says
Among the blossoms waits a jug of wine.
I pour myself a drink, no loved one near.
Raising my cup, I invite the bright moon
and turn to my shadow.
this shows the loner characteristic in this individual and how he doesn’t want to drink with a loved one or anyone for that fact because he instead invites the moon and his shadow to come drink with him. in the song “here comes a regular” he mentions that he didn’t want to be around other individuals that where other loudmouths and perhaps wanting to drink alone.
And sometimes I just ain’t in the mood
to take my place in back with the loudmouths.
this tells us that he doesn’t want to drink with others and probably prefers to drink alone instead of drink with other people who are probably embarrassing or straight out rude. both the sections of the poem and the song show me that the relationship that they share is that they both are loners and both are regular drinkers . i believe the only difference between the two is that one is artistic person who drinks for fun and creativity while the other is an alcoholic who is being irresponsible.
