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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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I can't believe no one's mentioned

Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds...

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I think that's a Sublime song. On one of the greatest soundtracks of '95...
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PopTodd Wrote:
Jimi Hendrix - Up From the Skies


???


ok, a Hendrix song about drugs: "Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice"

another: Beatles--"Got to Get You Into My Life"
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I can't believe no one's mentioned

Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds...


actually a drawing from Julian.
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aerodynamics Wrote:
epa Wrote:
I can't believe no one's mentioned

Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds...


actually a drawing from Julian.



yeah, i know the story. I call bullshit on that one, because those are some trippy ass lyrics, period.
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epa Wrote:
aerodynamics Wrote:
epa Wrote:
I can't believe no one's mentioned

Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds...


actually a drawing from Julian.



yeah, i know the story. I call bullshit on that one, because those are some trippy ass lyrics, period.


I was sure you did. the problem is that about half of rock lyrics can be interpreted as trippy if you like.

aside from the fact that Lennon, Martin (especially) and the rest of the band denies it. why the hell else would they? I mean, it was the Beatles for crying out loud..
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What about these lyrics isn't trippy?

I mean for chrissakes it's on Sgt. Peppers along with A Day in the Life which was banned from play by the BBC for the lyric "I'd love to turn you on", because of it's double meaning sexually and in the drug culture.

Why would they say, oh yeah, this song is about LSD, please ban this song too?

They were laughing about it the whole time, and they're still laughing about it now.

For your pleasure:

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
and she's gone

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
that grow so incredibly high

Newspaper taxies appear on the shores
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds
and you're gone

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah

Picture yourself on a train in a station
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah
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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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To further complicate things, what about...

Eight Miles High?

Drug song or just the Byrds writing about their first trip to Great Britain?
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DunwoodyDude Wrote:
To further complicate things, what about...

Eight Miles High?

Drug song or just the Byrds writing about their first trip to Great Britain?


or both?
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The freaks figured Fogerty had finally given in and had a toke. He's always maintained it's just a goofy song for his kid.
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"The idea that 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' stands for LSD is rubbish. John wasn't like that and people credit him with too much subtlety. He liked to shock people, and if he'd really wanted to write about drugs he would have done it straight out." --George Martin

whatever. this is old.
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(or did anyone mention this one yet?)

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aerodynamics Wrote:
konstantinl Wrote:
Jimi Hendrix - Third Stone From The Sun


how is that a drug song


It just sounds druggy.

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(or did anyone mention this one yet?)



Also, 19th Nervous Breakdown. With lyrics like "On our first trip I tried so hard to rearrange your mind"

Also, Brown Sugar, which is a double entedre between the original title "Black Pussy" and a euphamism for Big H.

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Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf


You forgot two of their other big drug songs...

"Snowblind Friend" and "Don't Step on the Grass, Sam"

Man, I loves me some Steppenwolf!!!

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I also forgot to mention "Legend of a Mind," which is not only about drugs, it's about THE drug guru: Timothy Leary.

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Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
Black Sabbath - Snowblind
Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots
Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom
Black Sabbath - Rock and Roll Doctor
...gettin' the idea yet? After maybe Spiritualized, Sabbath is probably the single most frequent use of drugs as subject matter for their songs.

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Andy Prieboy: Send In The Drugs
Bongos, Bass, & Bob: The Thorazine Shuffle
Full Time Men: High On Drugs
The Pretty Things: LSD
The Pretty Things: Trippin'
The Cramps: Drug Train
The Cramps: New Kind Of Kick
The Tiger Lillies: Heroin and Cocaine
The Mad Daddys: Stoned For The Rest Of My Life
The Clash: Drug Stabbing Time
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