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Janice
08-01-2004, 12:12 AM
Some have hidden messages. I've heard that 'Puff The Magic Dragon' is about marijuana.

Ditto for 'Along Comes Mary' (MaryJane) by the Association.

Neil Young's, 'The Needle and the Damage Done', is about the devastation of heroin addiction.

Mr. Stefani
08-01-2004, 12:23 AM
"New" by No Doubt. It's about e.

Dr. Jazz
08-01-2004, 12:23 AM
That Smell by Lynyrd Skynyrd
and of course Cocaine by Eric Clapton comes to mind. Not to be too political here, but after seeing Fahrenheit 9/11, every time I hear "Cocaine" on the radio I can't keep from laughin'. Those of you who've seen it know what I'm talking about.

sara
08-01-2004, 12:49 AM
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane

Hollow
08-01-2004, 12:55 AM
THE BONG SONG. YAY! :dance:

Also Metallica's "Master of puppets".

Jrnygrl
08-01-2004, 01:33 AM
Because I Got High by Afroman.

ABlairican Pie
08-01-2004, 02:01 AM
Hand of Doom (heroin)
Sweet Leaf (marijuana)
Snowblind (cocaine)
by Black Sabbath

Suicide Solution (alcohol)
Demon Alcohol
by Ozzy Osbourne

A Passage to Bangkok (marijuana, hashish)
by Rush

Good Friends And a Bottle of Pills
by Pantera

Mother's Little Helper (tranquilizers)
Sister Morphine
by the Rolling Stones

Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
by the Ramones

Aphrodisiac
by Bow Wow Wow

Running to Stand Still (heroin addiction)
by U2

Addicted to Chaos
by Megadeth
(A song written by Dave Mustaine in response to his drug counsellor who was treating him for addiction eventually OD'ing o the very same drugs Mustaine had given up--the ultimate irony.)

SBTB Geek
08-01-2004, 03:07 AM
I don't why I can't remember the name of this song... but I'm thinking about the one that has the line... "I am high, high as a kite..."

Mossopp
08-01-2004, 07:43 AM
'Mr. Brownstone' - Guns N Roses (heroin)
'Godsmack' - Alice In Chains (heroin)
'Only When I'm Drunk' - Crazy Town (alcohol)
'Drunk Is Better Than Dead' - The Pushstars (alcohol)
'Givin' Up' - The Darkness (heroin)
'Sink Into The Underground' - CKY (addiction in general)
'Feel Good Hit Of The Summer' - Queens Of The Stone Age (nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol ;) )

TJL
08-01-2004, 07:49 AM
"I Wanna New Drug" by Huey Lewis And The News is a song about...

Actually I have no idea what drug they're talking about.

;)

Kay Scarpetta
08-01-2004, 04:06 PM
Originally posted by Mossopp

'Feel Good Hit Of The Summer' - Queens Of The Stone Age (nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol ;) )

You forgot cocaine ;)

ABlairican Pie
08-01-2004, 04:15 PM
Magic Carpet Ride
The Pusher
Don't Step On the Grass, Sam
Snowblind Friend
by Steppenwolf.

Steppenwolf the Second was one of my favorite albums when I was in 7th grade--when everyone was listening to BTO and disco.

Lit Up
by Buckcherry

Coca Cola
by the Clash

ABlairican Pie
08-01-2004, 04:18 PM
White Punks on Dope
by The Tubes

Journey to the Center of Your Mind
by The Amboy Dukes with Ted Nugent

Too Rolling Stoned
by Robin Trower

Hollow
08-01-2004, 04:23 PM
Originally posted by SBTB Geek
I don't why I can't remember the name of this song... but I'm thinking about the one that has the line... "I am high, high as a kite..."
kite, kite, been chokin' all night, night, night

That's the bong song, you fool.

Penny Lane
08-01-2004, 04:27 PM
Itchycoo Park- Small Faces

Journey To The Center Of You Mind- Amboy Dukes

AKA
08-01-2004, 04:28 PM
"Cold Turkey" by John Lennon is about quitting heroin.

Penny Lane
08-01-2004, 04:30 PM
Undone- The Guess Who

Kicks- Paul Revere And The Raiders

Penny Lane
08-01-2004, 04:35 PM
There was a rumor that "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes" by Edison Lighthouse was about marijuana. :confused:

david&maddie4ever
08-01-2004, 05:23 PM
Not that any of you care about anything country, but Faith Hill's "If You're Gonna Fly Away," written by Pink, is about drugs. Of course, this is country, so the song's just about someone else (a friend or boyfriend, I assume) thinking about using drugs...nothing terrible. :p

The Modfather
08-01-2004, 06:14 PM
To Be Young (Is to be Sad, Is to Be High)- Ryan Adams

Steve M.
08-01-2004, 10:55 PM
All of these songs are from Family:

"Second Generation Woman" ("Smokes like a man, getting higher than I can. . . .)
"How-Hi-the-Li"
"Face In the Cloud"

All of them were written by original Family bassist Rick Grech, who got so stoned so often, it led to the liver and kidney complications that killed him at 43 years of age in 1990 - long after he quit both drugs and the music business! :(

MaydayMalonesGirl
08-01-2004, 11:23 PM
Light My Fire- The Doors
Powder- Yellowcard

consentida
08-02-2004, 12:37 AM
Poem To A Horse- Shakira

jekouptown
08-02-2004, 03:43 PM
I GET HIGH......STYLES P

Mossopp
08-02-2004, 04:13 PM
Originally posted by Kaffeine Kay
You forgot cocaine ;)

You mean "c-c-c-c-c-cocaaaaaaaaaaaine"! :lol: ;)

Steve M.
08-02-2004, 08:53 PM
"Lit Up" by Buckcherry - It revolves around the line "I love that co-caine, I love that co-caine!" ;)

David
08-02-2004, 10:11 PM
Originally posted by consentida
Poem To A Horse- Shakira Really? What drug is that about?

consentida
08-02-2004, 11:07 PM
Originally posted by David
Really? What drug is that about?

"You keep on aiming for the top
And quit before you sweat a drop
Feed your empty brain
With your hydroponic pot"


:)

Janice
08-03-2004, 02:51 AM
Don't Bogart That Joint (my friend)

The No No Song ~ Ringo Starr

Hollow
08-03-2004, 02:57 AM
STOP SMOKIN DRUGZ PPLZ CUZ DRUGZ R ALL BAD N STUFFIEZ:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

ABlairican Pie
08-03-2004, 08:00 AM
"Rainy Day Women #12 and #35" by Bob Dylan is considered a drug song because it contains lines about "Everybody must get stoned"--but in actuality the "stoned" he's talking about is stoning as a way of putting someone to death. "But I would not feel so all alone....Everybody must get stoned!"

Maybe he's commenting on his role as a social critic and how people didn't like it...and wanted to punish him?

The Modfather
08-03-2004, 02:57 PM
Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
"Rainy Day Women #12 and #35" by Bob Dylan is considered a drug song because it contains lines about "Everybody must get stoned"--but in actuality the "stoned" he's talking about is stoning as a way of putting someone to death. "But I would not feel so all alone....Everybody must get stoned!"

Maybe he's commenting on his role as a social critic and how people didn't like it...and wanted to punish him?

How couldn't I remember that? *smacks self in head*

Penny Lane
08-03-2004, 03:08 PM
Originally posted by Rainbow Rooster
How couldn't I remember that? *smacks self in head*

:bonk:

Steve M.
08-03-2004, 10:25 PM
Let's all get one thing straight, before someone else suggests otherwise - in spite of Paul McCartney's recent comments, "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" was not about LSD - it was about four-year-old Julian Lennon's nursery school drawing, and the other lyrics were inspired by Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass!

Brian
08-04-2004, 12:27 AM
Originally posted by Steve M.
Let's all get one thing straight, before someone else suggests otherwise - in spite of Paul McCartney's recent comments, "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" was not about LSD - it was about four-year-old Julian Lennon's nursery school drawing, and the other lyrics were inspired by Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass!


:nod: I remember hearing about that on a local radio station.

Brian
08-04-2004, 12:33 AM
Acid Queen - by The Who. It's from their rock opera, Tommy.

Penny Lane
08-08-2004, 07:36 PM
Valley Of The Dolls- Dionne Warwick

cablejockey
08-08-2004, 09:21 PM
How about, Little Green Bag--George Baker Selection, Drugs in My Pocket--The Monks, and Special K--Placebo, added to the list.