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Most known/unknown drugs songs

tonadaxtonadax Posts: 594
edited June 2007 in Other Music
there´s a lot of rock bands who have ever wrote a least one song about their fav drug, or a song related to drugs, let´s see...

The Beatles- A Day in the Life, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Jimi Hendrix- Purple Haze
The Who- Cut My Hair
Pink Floyd- Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast, Arnold Layne,Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Alice in Chains- A Little Bitter, Down in a Hole, Heroine, Killing Yourself, etx... ´almost of of their songs were about drugs´
The Kinks- (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
Pearl Jam- Habit
Stone Temple Pilots- Trippin' in a Hole in a Paper Heart, And So I know (recovering from heroin addiction)
Queens of the Stone Age- Feel Good Hit of the Summer
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Cypress Hill - Hits From the Bong
    NERDS!
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    The La's-There She Goes
    GnR-Mr. Brownstone
    Blur-Beatlebum
    Velvet Underground-Waiting For My Man
    Alice In Chains-Angry Chair
    Nirvana-On A Plain
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • SkooledSkooled Posts: 147
    feel good hit of the summer

    Now what part in ANY of the lyrics makes you think that that song is about drugs :P
  • SkooledSkooled Posts: 147
    oh and the nickleback song "leader of men" is about shrooms
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Skooled wrote:
    oh and the nickleback song "leader of men" is about shrooms

    I think it's about the Mushroom stamp on the lead singer's forehead actually.
    NERDS!
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Also:
    Cypress Hill - I wanna get high
    Pearl Jam - Severed Hand
    Trail of Dead - Another Morning Stoner
    311 - Loco
    Grateful Dead - Casey Jones
    311 - Hydroponic
    Ben Harper - Burn One down
    Beastie Boys - Hold it Now, Hit it
    Blind Melon - Sleepyhouse
    Peter Tosh - Legalize it
    Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay
    Eminem - My Fault
    Everclear - Heroin Girl
    NERDS!
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    tonadax wrote:
    there´s a lot of rock bands who have ever wrote a least one song about their fav drug, or a song related to drugs, let´s see...

    The Beatles- A Day in the Life, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

    wrong and wrong. :)


    but i am open to discussion as to why you think so.




    Brainofdz wrote:
    Blur-Beatlebum


    you think? i'd love to know why?
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    Elliott Smith has looooooads:
    A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free     (drug addiction)
    Needle in the Hay (Drug addiction)
    Big Decision (Trying to overcome a drug addiction)
    A Passing Feeling (When the drugs don't work anymore)
    St. Ide's Heaven (Wandering around the streets at night stoned)
    New Monkey (Bosses telling him to stop taking drugs)
    High Times (Arguing with a friend about his drug addiction)

    Probably plenty more too, half his songs seem to be about drug addiction or have at least some major drug reference
    Paul
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    '09 - London, Manchester, London
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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Half of Cypress Hills collection if not more.:)
    Black Sabbath - Hand Of Doom, Snow Blind, Sweet Leaf, Fairies Wear Boots some of the greatest drug songs ever written right there.:)
    The Verve - The Drugs Dont Work, Slide Away
    Mudhoney - TwentyFour
    Kyuss have wrote one or two.
    The Lemonheads - My Drug Buddy
    Man there is just too many I cant be arsed.:)
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • OneLoveOneLove Posts: 563
    I can't say I listen to "drug songs".... but K's choice -- Not an Addict comes to mind.

    I actually saw K's choice at an HFStival one year.. they sang this song, and next to Pearl Jam, it was one of the best live music experiences of my life. You could tell that the singer/band was floored to see a sea of people singing their song back to them :)
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    White Rabbit, that fucker needs mentioning here as well.:D
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • off_the_recordoff_the_record Posts: 843
    how the hell has heroin by the velvet underground not been mentioned?
    Cheat the odds that made you
    Brave to try to gamble at times
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    off_the_record wrote:
    how the hell has heroin by the velvet underground not been mentioned?

    not to mention cocaine by jj cale.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,121
    catefrances wrote:
    wrong and wrong. :)
    Was Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds about one of John's sons who drew a picture of his friend Lucy and and she was in the sky and there were diamonds around her? That's what I heard anyway.
  • hodgehodge Posts: 519
    When questioned about "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," he noted that Julian's painting had inspired the song, but that it was "pretty obvious" that the song was about an acid trip.[3]
    ..and you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    i like matt.c wrote:
    Was Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds about one of John's sons who drew a picture of his friend Lucy and and she was in the sky and there were diamonds around her? That's what I heard anyway.

    lucy was about one of julian's drawings of a schoolfriend. :)

    there is also those thoughts that lucy pays homage to lewis carroll. and afterall he was an opium smoker so... :)
    but then john said drugs only open what is already in the mind.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    catefrances wrote:
    but then john said drugs only open what is already in the mind.

    And there is so much in most mind's that needs opening.:)
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    reeferchief wrote:
    And there is so much in most mind's that needs opening.:)

    and so much in some people's minds that needs to close. that way you can't hear the screaming. :) :(
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • nepalnepal Posts: 143
    Thin Lizzy - Got to give it up
    Neil Young - Needle and the damage done
    ...the dreams ain't broken down here now,
    they're walking with a limp
  • wavescamecrashingwavescamecrashing Posts: 440
    incubus: a certain shade of green, ?
    Jurassic 5 (only cuz im usually lean when i listen to them)

    Mark Lanegan-Bubblegum, Morning glory wine, Methaphetamine blues, when your number isnt up, resurrection song,etc

    mad season: wake up, river of deceit, long gone day...

    Tool: (there has to be some, cant think of specific ones)

    A Perfect Circle: Weak and powerless, The Noose, Blue, The Nurse who loved me, Gravity.
  • markymark550markymark550 Posts: 5,137
    (obvious) Afroman - Because I Got High

    Surely some Mother Love Bone or Temple of the Dog songs had to be about drugs or addiction?

    After seeing the video for Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun, I'm convinced that song is about a bad acid trip....
  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    i cant believe the most popular on eof all time isnt here!


    she dont dance, she dont dance, she dont dance....cocaine
  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    clairenordon wrote:
    incubus: a certain shade of green, ?
    Jurassic 5 (only cuz im usually lean when i listen to them)

    Mark Lanegan-Bubblegum, Morning glory wine, Methaphetamine blues, when your number isnt up, resurrection song,etc

    mad season: wake up, river of deceit, long gone day...

    Tool: (there has to be some, cant think of specific ones)

    A Perfect Circle: Weak and powerless, The Noose, Blue, The Nurse who loved me, Gravity.

    i dont think the noose is about drugs
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    We might safely say that The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice by Jimi Hendrix is about drugs. STP was Owsley acid, better known today as DOM:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2%2C5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine
  • jezebeloriajezebeloria Posts: 600
    reeferchief wrote:
    White Rabbit, that fucker needs mentioning here as well.:D

    Was gonna post this as well. One of my all time favorite songs.
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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Posts: 4,154
    markymark550 wrote:
    Temple of the Dog songs

    Times of Trouble:

    When the spoon is hot
    And the needles sharp
    And you drift away
    I can hear you say
    That the world in black
    Is upon your back
    And your body shakes
    So you ditch away
    And you close the shades

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • No Fear Of FallingNo Fear Of Falling Posts: 419
    DMB - Rhyme & Reason, Jimi Thing
    Tool - Third Eye, Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned
    2004 - 10/1, 10/11
    2005 - 9/15, 9/16, 9/30, 10/1, 10/3
    2006 - 5/5, 5/12, 5/13, 5/27, 5/28, 5/30, 6/1, 6/3, 6/23, 7/22, 7/23, 12/2
    2007 - 6/27, 8/3
    2008 - 6/14, 6/19, 6/20, 6/22, 6/24, 6/25, 6/27, 6/28, 6/30, 7/1
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,557
    Most of AIC's stuff was..

    but Junkhead is the obvious one
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Drug Buddy - Lemonheads

    Shes coming over,
    Well go out walking,
    Make a call on the way.

    Shes in the phone booth now,
    Im looking in.
    There comes a smile on her face.

    Theres still some of the same stuff we got yesterday.
    Theres still some of the same stuff we got yesterday,
    Yeah.

    Im too much with myself,
    I wanna be someone else.
    Im too much with myself,
    I wanna be someone else.
    Im too much with myself,
    I wanna be someone else.

    So we take off out fionas door,
    Walk until its light outside,
    Like before when we were on the phone.

    We have to laugh to look at each other.
    We have to laugh cause were not alone.

    As the cars fly up king st.
    Its enough to startle us,
    Its enough to startle us

    I love my drug buddy.
    My drug, my drug buddy.
    I love my drug buddy.
    My drug, my drug buddy.
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    tonadax wrote:
    Pink Floyd- Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast, Arnold Layne,Shine On You Crazy Diamond

    I thought Shine on was about Syd Barrett. Although I suppose it's also about his decent because of drugs.

    Anyway, Golden Brown by the Stranglers is apparently about Heroin. Although the lyrics are so fucked up no-one has ever really deciphered the exact meaning.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
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