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I never knew Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds meant...

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Originally posted by: BroeBo
"See, I think drugs have done some *good* things for us, I really do.
And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a
favor: Go home tonight and take all your albums, all your tapes, and all
your cd's and burn em'. Cause you know what? The musicians who've made
all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years...
RRRRRRRRRRRRReal fvckin high on drugs."

--Bill Hicks "another dead hero"--

"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy
condensed into a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness
[experiencing itself subjectively], there is no such thing death, life is
only a dream, and we are just an imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with
the weather

It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom, that's what it is,
ok? Keep that in mind at all times."


-TOOL: Intro to Third Eye
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The seond quote is also from Bill Hicks, just sampled into the song.
 
Originally posted by: Mwilding
:music😛uff the magic dragon...:music:
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I remember this also being debunked.

Amazingly enough!

Also, "Don't bogart that joint" apparently refers to a guy who tried to rent Rick's Cafe Americain for a exclusive private party. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Encryptic
Originally posted by: Quixfire
In the Beatles song where they sing Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds I never knew that they were referring to the drug LSD. Now my co-worker thinks I'm strange. 😕

What other obscure song lyrics refer to drugs or other illegal activities that are worded a special way?
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"Are you a pothead, Focker?"

😛

The Eagles - Hotel California

The Grateful Dead - Casey Jones

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
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Hotel California isn't just about drugs. About excess and unbridled hedonism is ALL things.
 
:music:"... I'm gonna burn one down..." :music:


It's about a threat of arson. He's gonna burn a building down.
 
:music:I smoke two joints in the morning.
I smoke two joints at night.
I smoke two joints in the afternoon, it makes me feel alright
I smoke two joints in time of peace, and two in time of war
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints,
And then I smoke two more:music:
 
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Here's the link to what Snopes has to say about it.
Status: False.
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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: mpitts
Info
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Thanks, now I don't have to do it. That's a very popular urban legend that has survived the decades.
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Originally posted by: MacBaine
Originally posted by: Kanalua
Lucy in the
Sky with
Diamonds...come on....
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you = owned
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From:

Originally posted by: mpitts
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Update: June, 2004

In a new interview in Uncut Magazine, Paul detailed his drug use for the first time with the Beatles, which centered mostly around cocaine and that he had tried heroin once. In that interview, although Paul acknowledged that Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds had indeed been named for the drawing by Julian, he also said "it's pretty obvious" that the song is about an acid trip.
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So the Urban legend turned out to be true, in part 😉
 
Originally posted by: PatrickBateman
Real Thing - Alice in Chains

Although not that "hidden"
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ha, how about 50% of AIC songs. They're one of my favorite bands. Just to name a few:

Would?
Dam That River
Angry Chair
Sickman
Junkhead
Down in a Hole
Hate to Feel
Sea of Sorrow

Just to name a few....
 
Originally posted by: jjones
:music:I smoke two joints in the morning.
I smoke two joints at night.
I smoke two joints in the afternoon, it makes me feel alright
I smoke two joints in time of peace, and two in time of war
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints,
And then I smoke two more:music:
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That song is about IcyHot. He's got bad arthritis.
 
I own the Cheech and Chong Big Bambu LP that still has the 12in. rolling paper intact 😀 I'm told it's worth a couple bucks these days...
 
Originally posted by: Hankerton
Originally posted by: PatrickBateman
Real Thing - Alice in Chains

Although not that "hidden"
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ha, how about 50% of AIC songs. They're one of my favorite bands. Just to name a few:

Would?
Dam That River
Angry Chair
Sickman
Junkhead
Down in a Hole
Hate to Feel
Sea of Sorrow

Just to name a few....
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I thought about that after posting....I saw AIC open for Slayer/Anthrax/Megadeth back in the day....I think only me and about 10 other people at the show liked them. He sang "Won't you come and suck me mother-fockers" during man in the box because 98% of the people were flipping them off and booing them.

AIC was a great band
 
Originally posted by: AStar617
I own the Cheech and Chong Big Bambu LP that still has the 12in. rolling paper intact 😀 I'm told it's worth a couple bucks these days...
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Wow, I've heard about those. Would have came in handy a time or two in my day 😉

 
I cannot believe no one has mentioned Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man.

Some of the best lyrics ever...

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wandering.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escaping on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facing.
And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seeing that he's chasing.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Then take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wandering.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escaping on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facing.
And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seeing that he's chasing.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Then take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.
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I love that song. Take THAT Shakespeare !! :|


😛

I saw Bob do a show with Willie Nelson about 4 months ago. Dylan played a horrible set. Willie actually rocked. However I did see Dylan at a Memphis In May Music Festival about 5 years ago, and it was great.

 
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