This song is about drugs. Black rock is a slang name for crack cocaine. Bowie did a lot of cocaine. By using the term "black country rock" and "up here" Bowie conjures images of a mountain. He's equating
getting high on cocaine with taking a trip to black country rock. The lyrics "you never know, you might find it here" refer to the mind opening experience of getting high and the experience you have while being high. The line "if it's much too hazy" refers to the clouded state of mind that drugs cause. The last two lines refer to those who simply aren't into drugs and don't like them, to whom Bowie's advice is to leave him and his high friend alone to experience it themselves if you aren't up for such an experience.
it maybe (in fact probably is) about drugs, but seriously juffman this song came out in like 1972 or something...i dont think crack cocaine has anything to do with this song at all.
it maybe (in fact probably is) about drugs, but seriously juffman this song came out in like 1972 or something...i dont think crack cocaine has anything to do with this song at all.
This song is about drugs. Black rock is a slang name for crack cocaine. Bowie did a lot of cocaine. By using the term "black country rock" and "up here" Bowie conjures images of a mountain. He's equating getting high on cocaine with taking a trip to black country rock. The lyrics "you never know, you might find it here" refer to the mind opening experience of getting high and the experience you have while being high. The line "if it's much too hazy" refers to the clouded state of mind that drugs cause. The last two lines refer to those who simply aren't into drugs and don't like them, to whom Bowie's advice is to leave him and his high friend alone to experience it themselves if you aren't up for such an experience.
it maybe (in fact probably is) about drugs, but seriously juffman this song came out in like 1972 or something...i dont think crack cocaine has anything to do with this song at all.
it maybe (in fact probably is) about drugs, but seriously juffman this song came out in like 1972 or something...i dont think crack cocaine has anything to do with this song at all.