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Howdoulikemenow333 · 07-27-2005, 01:06 AM

Does any body remember Puff The Magic Dragon? By Peter,Paul And Mary. I used to listen to it almost every day when I was a kid,it always made me want to cry.

Then few years later when I learned what the song was really about......

ABlairican Pie · 07-27-2005, 01:28 AM

Noooooooo, "Puff the Magic Dragon" was not about *puffin' the magic draggin' vegetable*.

That was part of the rock and roll folklore back in the 60's where people were so baked that they had to find hidden cryptic meanings in every song...and eventually passed along the misinformation to anti-rock preachers who used it against the performers. The same thing was used on the song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" by the Beatles.

Karen* · 07-27-2005, 11:26 PM

Yeah, I remember reading about the drug thing on the Urban Legends page.

Mikado · 07-27-2005, 11:50 PM

Actually, it was really a song about growing up and losing the innocence and imagination of youth....It's the first song I can remember my mom singing to me when i was little. There was a picture of a dragon in a storybook I had, and for years, I would look at that pic, thinking it was "Puff"

Karen* · 07-27-2005, 11:55 PM

I remember this song because it was on the first karaoke laser disc we ever rented.

TripperFan · 07-28-2005, 12:00 AM

Yeah - that's always just been a rumour and urban legend - like "Along Came Mary" - NOT about the weed at all. And as Greg says, a legend about Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds/LSD.

I LOVED the song - along with One Tin Soldier and The Unicorn. For some reason I always associated those three songs together.

Hollow · 07-28-2005, 01:25 AM

i like that song. it makes me sad though. it conveys how i feel about life.

TripperFan · 07-28-2005, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by safety pin

i like that song. it makes me sad though. it conveys how i feel about life.

I'll bet you like (if you've listened to it), Genesis' Trick of The Tale album. I LOVED it - I could relate so well to that one at the same age.

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Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,892	Actually, it was really a song about growing up and losing the innocence and imagination of youth....It's the first song I can remember my mom singing to me when i was little. There was a picture of a dragon in a storybook I had, and for years, I would look at that pic, thinking it was "Puff"

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Karen* paradox. Forum Superstar Join Date: Jan 08, 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 28,365	I remember this song because it was on the first karaoke laser disc we ever rented.

07-28-2005, 01:25 AM	#7
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	i like that song. it makes me sad though. it conveys how i feel about life.