redshifter
High Fidelity Gentility• redrum....I mean redshifter• Pee-pee. Hoo-hoo.• I ♥ Garfield
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first off, this post is in no way condoning drug use, especially if you're still in school. even smoking weed can screw up your education and *gasp* screw up your chances with the ladies.
that said, has anyone noticed the number of classic rock songs dedicated to drug use? i was thinking about this this morning listening to the beatles. here are a few of these songs and what i think they are referring to:
with a little help from my friends (beatles):
i would say "friends" are just any drug of choice... helps him get along when he's all alone.
lucy in the sky with diamonds (beatles):
i know john denied this, but it is obviously about taking l.s.d. "that grow so incredibly high"
"fool on the hill" (beatles):
about smoking pot. especially if you see the drawing in the m.m.t. book.
"space oddity (major tom)" (bowie):
i'm pretty sure this one's about heroin, i think bowie was into that at one point.
"heroin" (velvet underground):
pretty obvious.
"mother's little helper" (?) (rolling stones):
i would guess this one is about prescription drugs like quaaludes.
"comfortably numb" (pink floyd):
some kind of i.v. drug, like morphine or heroin.
"one slip (momentary lapse of reason)" (pink floyd):
i've always thought this one was about taking magic mushrooms. especially with the alice in wonderland reference.
"drug of choice" (alice in chains):
another obvious one, and the only one that seems actual to be pro drugs. go figure.
i'm sure there are many others that are missing. do songs like this make you wonder what it would be like to try some of these drugs? do they condone drug use or condemn? do you think the song writer has to have tried the drug or be a regular user before (s)he can write about it?
that said, has anyone noticed the number of classic rock songs dedicated to drug use? i was thinking about this this morning listening to the beatles. here are a few of these songs and what i think they are referring to:
with a little help from my friends (beatles):
i would say "friends" are just any drug of choice... helps him get along when he's all alone.
lucy in the sky with diamonds (beatles):
i know john denied this, but it is obviously about taking l.s.d. "that grow so incredibly high"
"fool on the hill" (beatles):
about smoking pot. especially if you see the drawing in the m.m.t. book.
"space oddity (major tom)" (bowie):
i'm pretty sure this one's about heroin, i think bowie was into that at one point.
"heroin" (velvet underground):
pretty obvious.
"mother's little helper" (?) (rolling stones):
i would guess this one is about prescription drugs like quaaludes.
"comfortably numb" (pink floyd):
some kind of i.v. drug, like morphine or heroin.
"one slip (momentary lapse of reason)" (pink floyd):
i've always thought this one was about taking magic mushrooms. especially with the alice in wonderland reference.
"drug of choice" (alice in chains):
another obvious one, and the only one that seems actual to be pro drugs. go figure.
i'm sure there are many others that are missing. do songs like this make you wonder what it would be like to try some of these drugs? do they condone drug use or condemn? do you think the song writer has to have tried the drug or be a regular user before (s)he can write about it?
