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What songs, albums or such like was inspired by or have references to drugs?
I'm a bit of a thicko so if the references are obscure, please spell them out.
Thanks muchly
I'm a bit of a thicko so if the references are obscure, please spell them out.
Thanks muchly
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In reply to The Lemming:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Machines
Needs no spelling out although the drugs may be obscure for your sheltered life.
> What songs, albums or such like was inspired by or have references to drugs?
> I'm a bit of a thicko so if the references are obscure, please spell them out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Machines
Needs no spelling out although the drugs may be obscure for your sheltered life.
In reply to The Lemming:
Lots of songs use "Mary Jane" as a codeword for Marijuana - the first and most obvious example being "On Ilkley Moor baht'at".
Lots of songs use "Mary Jane" as a codeword for Marijuana - the first and most obvious example being "On Ilkley Moor baht'at".
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In reply to The Lemming:
Rush: A Passage to Bangkok.
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rush/apassagetobangkok.html
Rush: A Passage to Bangkok.
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rush/apassagetobangkok.html
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In reply to The Lemming:
Jefferson airplane' s 'white rabbit' is a classic as is The Shamen' s 'Ebeneezer Goode'. And then there's also 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds'.
Jefferson airplane' s 'white rabbit' is a classic as is The Shamen' s 'Ebeneezer Goode'. And then there's also 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds'.
In reply to The lemming:
Just say no by Zammo is probably the most famous song ever written about drugs. Also, it's pretty obscure and tenuous but White Lines (don't do it) by Melle Mel was reputed to have references to cocaine. I still struggle to see it
Just say no by Zammo is probably the most famous song ever written about drugs. Also, it's pretty obscure and tenuous but White Lines (don't do it) by Melle Mel was reputed to have references to cocaine. I still struggle to see it
In reply to The Lemming:
An endless list I suspect. A few more.
Higher than the sun - Primal Scream
Heroin & I'm waiting for my man - Velvet Underground
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
An endless list I suspect. A few more.
Higher than the sun - Primal Scream
Heroin & I'm waiting for my man - Velvet Underground
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
In reply to The Lemming:
"I'm waiting for the man" (Velvet Underground) is about buying heroin.
Heroin (also Velvet Underground) is about, erm, heroin
Golden Brown (Stranglers) is also about heroin.
Ther she goes (The La's) is also about heroin.
"I'm waiting for the man" (Velvet Underground) is about buying heroin.
Heroin (also Velvet Underground) is about, erm, heroin
Golden Brown (Stranglers) is also about heroin.
Ther she goes (The La's) is also about heroin.
In reply to Mike Peacock:
It is quite mesmerising .
Alas I only have the digital version nowadays.
Really must listen to it again soon sometime .
How time fly's
M
> I want that album so badly!
It is quite mesmerising .
Alas I only have the digital version nowadays.
Really must listen to it again soon sometime .
How time fly's
M
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In reply to The Lemming:
Spacemen 3 - Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To
Absolutely loads of hip hop and reggae, eg Peter Tosh - Legalize It, John Holt - Police In Helicopter, Cypress Hill - Hits From The Bong, Biggie - Ten Crack Commandments, Dillinger - Cocaine In My Brain, Wayne Smith - Under Me Sleng Teng
All Velvet Underground tunes that aren't about S&M
Queens of the Stone Age - Feel Good Hit of the Summer
Johnny Thunders - Chinese Rocks
Spacemen 3 - Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To
Absolutely loads of hip hop and reggae, eg Peter Tosh - Legalize It, John Holt - Police In Helicopter, Cypress Hill - Hits From The Bong, Biggie - Ten Crack Commandments, Dillinger - Cocaine In My Brain, Wayne Smith - Under Me Sleng Teng
All Velvet Underground tunes that aren't about S&M
Queens of the Stone Age - Feel Good Hit of the Summer
Johnny Thunders - Chinese Rocks
In reply to tony:
Sure love your heroin don't you ?
> "I'm waiting for the man" (Velvet Underground) is about buying heroin.
> Heroin (also Velvet Underground) is about, erm, heroin
> Golden Brown (Stranglers) is also about heroin.
> Ther she goes (The La's) is also about heroin.
Sure love your heroin don't you ?
Post edited at 15:17
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In reply to MGC:
They're just the first ones that came to mind. Also to be mention, The needle and the damage done, by Neil Young. There's a whole Wikipedia category for songs about drugs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_about_drugs
They're just the first ones that came to mind. Also to be mention, The needle and the damage done, by Neil Young. There's a whole Wikipedia category for songs about drugs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_about_drugs
In reply to The Lemming: Caravan's 'I wish I were stoned' is fairly obvious. 'Love is the drug' by Roxy Music is about love being not just a drug but *the* drug. Motorhead, by Motorhead, is about speed.
T.
T.
In reply to prog99:
I thought he always denied Perfect Day was about Heroin... which given he was open about other references seems legit.
A shorter list might be songs which aren't about drugs
> Perfect Day - Lou Reed
I thought he always denied Perfect Day was about Heroin... which given he was open about other references seems legit.
A shorter list might be songs which aren't about drugs
In reply to Bjartur i Sumarhus:
REALLY? never heard of it. And surely - Clapton/Cream/various - 'Cocaine'
and 'Sex & Drugs & Rock and Roll' a
and HUNDREDS of songs are better known that that! I can't imagine you could walk down the street asking random people if they'd heard of Zammo and get many responses, but Led Zepellin, Oasis, G'n'R, etc etc they would!
> Just say no by Zammo is probably the most famous song ever written about drugs. Also, it's pretty obscure and tenuous but White Lines (don't do it) by Melle Mel was reputed to have references to cocaine. I still struggle to see it
REALLY? never heard of it. And surely - Clapton/Cream/various - 'Cocaine'
and 'Sex & Drugs & Rock and Roll' a
and HUNDREDS of songs are better known that that! I can't imagine you could walk down the street asking random people if they'd heard of Zammo and get many responses, but Led Zepellin, Oasis, G'n'R, etc etc they would!
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In reply to The Lemming:
All the good ones (and quite a few bad ones).
As Durbs has said it is probably easier to list the ones that aren't.
All the good ones (and quite a few bad ones).
As Durbs has said it is probably easier to list the ones that aren't.
In reply to Bjartur i Sumarhus:
Really? Maybe you're listening to the wrong track as I would say its blindly obvious!
> Also, it's pretty obscure and tenuous but White Lines (don't do it) by Melle Mel was reputed to have references to cocaine. I still struggle to see it
Really? Maybe you're listening to the wrong track as I would say its blindly obvious!
In reply to Scarab9:
Don't worry, my whole post was a p1ss take
But I do like the idea of asking random people if they have heard of Zammo. As a child of the 70's and 80's Grange Hill was essential viewing...although Zammos era did have Rolaaand (what an actor Ekran Mustafa was), it was not as good as Tucker Jenkins and Trisha Herbert era. Everyone I know of a similar age would know who Zammo was...if they haven't smoked too much weed between then and now
Don't worry, my whole post was a p1ss take
But I do like the idea of asking random people if they have heard of Zammo. As a child of the 70's and 80's Grange Hill was essential viewing...although Zammos era did have Rolaaand (what an actor Ekran Mustafa was), it was not as good as Tucker Jenkins and Trisha Herbert era. Everyone I know of a similar age would know who Zammo was...if they haven't smoked too much weed between then and now
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In reply to The Lemming:
Some get a kick from cocaine
I'm sure that if
I took even one sniff
That would bore me terriff
ically, too
Yet, I get a kick out of you
I get a kick out of you - Cole Porter
Some get a kick from cocaine
I'm sure that if
I took even one sniff
That would bore me terriff
ically, too
Yet, I get a kick out of you
I get a kick out of you - Cole Porter
In reply to Scarab9:
Cocaine was originally a JJ Cale song.
I have heard some people say that The Beatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is code for LSD.
Cocaine was originally a JJ Cale song.
I have heard some people say that The Beatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is code for LSD.
In reply to The Lemming:
Alabama 3 - Exile on Coldharbour Lane. I think every song on the album is about drugs.
Has anyone mentioned The Stranglers Golden Brown yet?
Alabama 3 - Exile on Coldharbour Lane. I think every song on the album is about drugs.
Has anyone mentioned The Stranglers Golden Brown yet?
In reply to The Lemming:
Voyage 34 - Porcupine Tree. It's a about an LSD trip (the voyage of the title)
Voyage 34 - Porcupine Tree. It's a about an LSD trip (the voyage of the title)
In reply to Ramblin dave:
In fact pretty much everything by Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized
> Spacemen 3 - Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To
In fact pretty much everything by Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized
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In reply to The Lemming:
The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young.
Loads of Nirvana's stuff: Dumb, Lithium, Aneurism, etc.
The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young.
Loads of Nirvana's stuff: Dumb, Lithium, Aneurism, etc.
In reply to John Stainforth:
about sex according to Jagger.
How about I Take Drugs by the Murderdolls. pretty subliminal lyrics...
[Chorus]
I take drugs
I take drugs
I take drugs and you should too
[repeat]
Every day in every way
I'm looking for a fix to make me feel okay
I need something to give me hope
Like an automatic weapon or an eight ball of coke
[Chorus]
I'm stressin' out I need it now
I need some f*cking pills to bring me down
What's the crime if I snort a line
Toke, choke shoot it up all at the same time
[Chorus]
I need the drugs and they need me
Drug use is the only use for me
Just say no but I'm always sayin' yes
To the D are you G S
[Chorus]
Read more: Murderdolls - I Take Drugs Lyrics | MetroLyrics
> (In reply to MGC)
>
> Brown Sugar by the Stones is surely another one?
>
> Brown Sugar by the Stones is surely another one?
about sex according to Jagger.
How about I Take Drugs by the Murderdolls. pretty subliminal lyrics...
[Chorus]
I take drugs
I take drugs
I take drugs and you should too
[repeat]
Every day in every way
I'm looking for a fix to make me feel okay
I need something to give me hope
Like an automatic weapon or an eight ball of coke
[Chorus]
I'm stressin' out I need it now
I need some f*cking pills to bring me down
What's the crime if I snort a line
Toke, choke shoot it up all at the same time
[Chorus]
I need the drugs and they need me
Drug use is the only use for me
Just say no but I'm always sayin' yes
To the D are you G S
[Chorus]
Read more: Murderdolls - I Take Drugs Lyrics | MetroLyrics
In reply to The Lemming:
The album 'Ray of Light' by Madonna said to be about experiences on ketamine and which she said would sound great on drugs.
'Lets all go to a ketamine Party' by Flannel. (Played by the BBC as part of a fundraiser for Children in Need.)
There's also an artist called: Keta Minh.
There are of course entire genres of music inspired by drugs like psychedelic trance, acid house, acid techno, most modern dance music in fact.
The album 'Ray of Light' by Madonna said to be about experiences on ketamine and which she said would sound great on drugs.
'Lets all go to a ketamine Party' by Flannel. (Played by the BBC as part of a fundraiser for Children in Need.)
There's also an artist called: Keta Minh.
There are of course entire genres of music inspired by drugs like psychedelic trance, acid house, acid techno, most modern dance music in fact.
In reply to The Lemming:
you've missed a whole genre of music, Reggae, an infinite number(could this be proof of middle class?)
Cocaine in my brain -Dillinger ( I once heard an embarrassed Radio 1 DJ describing it as the most powerful antii drug song ever????)
Under mi sensi-Barrington Levy
Legalise it-Peter Tosh
Mr President-Prince Fari
et al
you've missed a whole genre of music, Reggae, an infinite number(could this be proof of middle class?)
Cocaine in my brain -Dillinger ( I once heard an embarrassed Radio 1 DJ describing it as the most powerful antii drug song ever????)
Under mi sensi-Barrington Levy
Legalise it-Peter Tosh
Mr President-Prince Fari
et al
In reply to The Lemming:
You may find a few drug references in songs by Cypress Hill, in fact I don't know if they have any drug free songs. The Chemical Brothers are a bit more subtle
You may find a few drug references in songs by Cypress Hill, in fact I don't know if they have any drug free songs. The Chemical Brothers are a bit more subtle
In reply to The Lemming:
Someone told me that Hotel California is a euphemism for drugs. 'You can check out but you can never leave' seems quite convincing.
Someone told me that Hotel California is a euphemism for drugs. 'You can check out but you can never leave' seems quite convincing.
In reply to The Lemming:
The White Hotel - a climb by Pat Littlejohn is a drug reference - its called chalk!
The White Hotel - a climb by Pat Littlejohn is a drug reference - its called chalk!
In reply to The Lemming:
The two that spring to my mind are Snowblind by Black Sabbath and the entire album The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett.
The two that spring to my mind are Snowblind by Black Sabbath and the entire album The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett.
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In reply to The Lemming:
No-one so far has mentioned a much earlier example of drugs and music - The "Coffee Cantata" by J S Bach - the text is about the older generation disapproving of this dodgy new drug that youngsters are becoming addicted to.
And I vaguely recollect there is an even earlier song (Purcell, I think) entitled something like "Tobacco's but an Indian weed".
No-one so far has mentioned a much earlier example of drugs and music - The "Coffee Cantata" by J S Bach - the text is about the older generation disapproving of this dodgy new drug that youngsters are becoming addicted to.
And I vaguely recollect there is an even earlier song (Purcell, I think) entitled something like "Tobacco's but an Indian weed".
In reply to The Lemming:
About drugs:
Metallica - Master of Puppets
References to drugs:
Placebo - Post Blue
Placebo - Special K
About drugs:
Metallica - Master of Puppets
References to drugs:
Placebo - Post Blue
Placebo - Special K
In reply to tehmarks:
Cocaine - Eric Clapton
White Lines
Waiting for my Man
Energy Flash - Joey Beltram
Cocaine - Eric Clapton
White Lines
Waiting for my Man
Energy Flash - Joey Beltram
In reply to prog99:
Not sure his Skag bag "drinks sangria in the park"??
> An endless list I suspect. A few more.
> Higher than the sun - Primal Scream
> Heroin & I'm waiting for my man - Velvet Underground
> Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Not sure his Skag bag "drinks sangria in the park"??
In reply to The Lemming:
"One grain of pure white snow
Dissolved in blood goes quickly to the brain...."
"One grain of pure white snow
Dissolved in blood goes quickly to the brain...."
In reply to The Lemming:
Shang-A-Lang - Bay City Rollers
Sugar baby love - Rubettes
Waterloo - Abba
Traffic in my mind - The Osmands
......
Shang-A-Lang - Bay City Rollers
Sugar baby love - Rubettes
Waterloo - Abba
Traffic in my mind - The Osmands
......
In reply to The Lemming:
Blinded by the lights by The Streets. Pretty obvious from the lyrics.
Get the party started by Pink is about dealing.
Cause I got high by Afroman
Alfie by Lily Allen is about her brother wasting his life smoking weed.
Blinded by the lights by The Streets. Pretty obvious from the lyrics.
Get the party started by Pink is about dealing.
Cause I got high by Afroman
Alfie by Lily Allen is about her brother wasting his life smoking weed.
In reply to The Lemming:
some of Steppenwolf's songs- magic carpet ride, the pusher, dont step on the grass.
some of Steppenwolf's songs- magic carpet ride, the pusher, dont step on the grass.
In reply to tony:
>There's a whole Wikipedia category for songs about drugs.
rather sparse- must be loads more about heroin. eg 'I want you (she's so heavy)' ?
>There's a whole Wikipedia category for songs about drugs.
rather sparse- must be loads more about heroin. eg 'I want you (she's so heavy)' ?
Post edited at 17:56
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In reply to Andy Morley:
Which brings us on to the 13th Floor Elevators.
And 'Mi Spliff' by UB40- You can't de'pon mi spliff mi have the hash-ish leb and sensi
Which brings us on to the 13th Floor Elevators.
And 'Mi Spliff' by UB40- You can't de'pon mi spliff mi have the hash-ish leb and sensi
In reply to Siward:
too obvious. i wonder if obama knows what this is about?
youtube.com/watch?v=_uA4sh9lcZE&
too obvious. i wonder if obama knows what this is about?
youtube.com/watch?v=_uA4sh9lcZE&
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In reply to The Lemming:
I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Sir Edward Elgar's masterful work:
youtube.com/watch?v=PGEZ-kxQ0Z0&
I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Sir Edward Elgar's masterful work:
youtube.com/watch?v=PGEZ-kxQ0Z0&
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