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

[Challenger]

Originally posted by: dsfunk
I wonder what clapton meant by Cocaine

He talks about the evils of Cocaine

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
:music:When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low.
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know.:music:

Beat me to it!

 

[Squisher]

Cab Calloway ~ Reefer Man

circa 1932

"Man whats the matter with that cat there?"
"must be full of reefer"
"full of reefer?!"
"yea man"
"you mean that cats high?!"
"sailing"
"sailing"
"sailing lightly"
"get away from here
Man is that the reefer man?"
"thats the reefer man"
"I belive hes losing his mind"
"I think hes lost his mind!"

Oh have you ever met that funny reefer man reefer man
have you ever met that funny reefer man reefer man
If he said he swam to china, and he sell you south carolina
then you know your talkn to that reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
If he said he walks the ocean, any time he takes the notion
then you know your talkn to reefer man.

Have you ever met this funny reefer man reefer man
oh baby baby baby reefer man reefer man
If he trades you dimes for nickles
and calls watermellons pickles
then you know your talkn to that reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
If he takes a sudden mania
he'll want to give you pennsylvaina
oh you know your talking to the reefer man

Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
If he said one sweet is funny
because he wont sell me atlantic
then you know your talkin to that reefer man

 

[Blastomyces]

An obvious one:

"Let's get to the point,
Let's roll, another joint...."

Tom Petty

 

[bamacre]

Def Leppard's "Doctor Feelgood"

 

[Lumathix]

:musicearl Necklace - ZZTop:music:

 

[Gurck]

:music: I love you
You love me
We're a happy family :music: - Barney

I think it's pretty obvious...

Oh, and nobody has mentioned Floyd's Comfortably Numb yet? wtf?

 

[MikeMike]

PF: Comfortably Numb

Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, now,
I hear you're feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.

O.K.
Just a little pinprick.
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick.
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good.
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.


and, basically and PF song.

MIKE

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: bamacre
Def Leppard's "Doctor Feelgood"

Dr. Feelgood was a Motley Crue song?

 

[Anubis]

i didnt know that untill i opened this thread :shrug;

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: PatrickBateman
Real Thing - Alice in Chains

Although not that "hidden"

the whole DIRT album is about Heroin

 

[pennylane]

Everybody must get stoned!

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

Ever tried multiplying 12 and 35 together? :Q

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Kanalua
Lucy in the
Sky with
Diamonds...come on....

Woah...so by that logic, the Korn song All Day I Dream About Sex really was about soccer gear?

I knew it!

 

[Blazin Trav]

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?

LSD... Lucy.... Sky... Diamonds... lol.

 

[SandInMyShoes]

Originally posted by: bamacre
I cannot believe no one has mentioned Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man.

Some of the best lyrics ever...

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.

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.

Wow, I've never thought of it that way before. Thanks for the insight

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: bamacre
Def Leppard's "Doctor Feelgood"

Dr. Feelgood was a Motley Crue song?

Yup, you're right.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: bamacre
"Hits from the bong," IMO, refers to people smoking marijuana out of a water pipe. I gathered this opinion from some of the artists' other songs such as the one entitled, "I Want to get High."

Wow, that's amazing, who would have thought?





:roll:

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: fanerman91
Everybody must get stoned!

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

Ever tried multiplying 12 and 35 together? :Q

Whoa

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: bamacre
Def Leppard's "Doctor Feelgood"

Dr. Feelgood was a Motley Crue song?

Yup, you're right.

Also an Aretha Franklin song.

 

[Yax]

Beat it! Just Beat it!

oh wait, that was in reference to the little boys. Never mind.

 

[Electric Amish]

Mr. Brownstone - GnR

DAMN! I should have read the second page.

Spoonman - Soundgarden

 

[SuperSix]

<Beavis>The Beatles SUCK!</Beavis>

 

[KC5AV]

John Lennon always maintained that the song was NOT about LSD. I believe him.

 

[claimsguy]

Steppenwolf
Snowblind Friend

You say it was this morning when you last saw your good friend
Lyin' on the pavement with a misery on his brain
Stoned on some new potion he found upon the wall
Of some unholy bathroom in some ungodly hall
He only had a dollar to live on 'til next Monday
But he spent it on some comfort for his mind
Did you say you think he's blind?

Someone should call his parents, a sister or a brother
And they'll come to take him back home on a bus
But he'll always be a problem to his poor and puzzled mother
Yeah he'll always be another one of us
He said he wanted Heaven but prayin' was too slow
So he bought a one way ticket on an airline made of snow
Did you say you saw your good friend flyin' low?
Flyin' low
Dyin' slow

 

[Mucho]

Billy Idol's White Wedding