| Jack Johnson – Fortunate Fool Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This song reminds me of a girl I once knew who told me that she wanted to be a "starving artist" which i thought was just ridiculous, because it was obvious that she cared less for art and more for the image of being an artist; futhermore, i'm fairly certain that no one, not even artists, would prefer to starve. This girl, of course, was into foreign films as well. | |
| Bob Dylan – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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And furthermore, whoever it was who said that it wasn't about pot because singing about weed was "taboo" needs to take a real look at the times, because that is totally off base- especially when considering Bob Dylan, who was if above all things an iconoclast. Besides, marijuana songs had been recorded much earlier than the sixties. Bob Dylan WAS a stoner, in fact it was Bob Dylan who introduced the Beatles to weed. Furthermore, nobody, here or anywhere else, can claim to know the orgins of 420, when it was first used, why, or where. It's a total mystery. |
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| Harry Nilsson – Coconut Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| The song is quite clearly about the coconut bong Harry constructed. It starts off with her brother buying one, she has the lime (the green (the weed)), and they "drank" a bowl. Furthermore, weed is quite nice for bellyaches. | |
| Bob Dylan – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It is foremost about getting high. Secondly, there is the "biblical" sense in which you get stoned. But most importantly, the pun demonstrates the essential reason why stoners (or, a certain type of stoner, we shall say) do get stoned. The world, first of all, doesn't make much sense, people are judgemental, and it can be a difficult task to do one's own thing- all this being said, it would be better if we everybody got stoned. Which, by the way, is something that just about everyone whose ever smoked pot has said. |
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| The Beatles – Across the Universe Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I'm not sure if anyone has already said this, but I'm pretty certain that this song is about tripping. It's hard to imagine if you haven't done it, but this song captures the feeling to a T. Waves of emotion, images of broken light, etc. etc. No one can deny the influence of psychedelics on the Beatles (Thank you Bob Dylan), but this actually is a song about tripping, whose subject IS tripping. |
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| The Beatles – Honey Pie Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is one of several on the White Album that are essentially throwbacks. Several on the album displayed elements of rag time, show tunes, and almost vaudvillian feelings. I love honey pie, and if you hardcore John and George partisans don't enjoy it, thats probably for the same reason you don't enjoy most of Paul's stuff: it's too whimsical for you. To each his own though, for me, this song is immortal. |
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