I don't think bradley is saying anything except "music is great"... more or less. Bradley Nowell was a depressed individual and music was the only natural thing that made him feel happy, aside from his family and dog.
Of course, heroin also made him happy. While I don't THINK Brad was saying anything about heroin, and he definitely wasn't using "music" as a metaphor for heroin (one of his M.O.'s was to compare the happiness music gave him to the artificial happiness of drugs), one possible hidden meaning:
Music requires absolutely no pain to lift you up. it's always willing to lend a hand, all you have to do is listen and feel it in your soul.
For heroin to bring you pleasure, you have to stab a needle into your arm and endure a terrible comedown. you can feel shitty for DAYS afterwards.
therefore... music is a better drug... cuz it imparts no pain.
ehh... prolly not, but it might've been passing through his head.
I don't think bradley is saying anything except "music is great"... more or less. Bradley Nowell was a depressed individual and music was the only natural thing that made him feel happy, aside from his family and dog.
Of course, heroin also made him happy. While I don't THINK Brad was saying anything about heroin, and he definitely wasn't using "music" as a metaphor for heroin (one of his M.O.'s was to compare the happiness music gave him to the artificial happiness of drugs), one possible hidden meaning:
Music requires absolutely no pain to lift you up. it's always willing to lend a hand, all you have to do is listen and feel it in your soul.
For heroin to bring you pleasure, you have to stab a needle into your arm and endure a terrible comedown. you can feel shitty for DAYS afterwards.
therefore... music is a better drug... cuz it imparts no pain.
ehh... prolly not, but it might've been passing through his head.