Saturday Dec 12, 2020
I sure do like all the drugs. Give those drugs to me and I will do them. Let's roll a doobie joint. Yes, I WOULD like that heroin you are offering me. What's the worst that can happen?
United States Of America - You Can Never Come Down (Demo) (1968) This song was officially released on Joe Byrd's next, slightly inferior band's (Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies) first and only album, American Metaphysical Circus. But this version isn't much better.
Marijuana (Anti-drug propaganda film with Sonny Bono) (Part 1 of 4) (1968) Marijuana is a 34-minute 1968 anti-drug documentary film by Max Miller and distributed by Avanti Films. It is narrated by Sonny Bono. It was described as "the first major film effort to center upon the use and possible risks of marijuana", in which "arguments for and against its use are presented and the accumulation of arguments against is allowed to speak for itself". Music for the documentary was composed by The Byrds' Gene Clark, a "bizarre" choice in his musical career, resulting in "meandering blues and pseudo-psychedelic instrumental jams". Boy, I don't like Sonny Bono.
Ambrose Slade - Journey To The Centre Of Your Mind (1969)
Curious Alice (1971) Written by David Dixon, who co-wrote "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" for Peter, Paul, and Mary.
Gabor Szabo and the California Dreamers - White Rabbit (1967) Carol Kaye on bass. There's lots of Gabor Szabo's crazy music in the ol' DSOO canon. Some day I will feature it all.
Index - Eight Miles High (1968)
Kings Road - Casey Jones (1973) Pickwick Records cover band with unknown singers and performers under the marketing moniker = "Played And Sung Like The Original Hits". Really terrible. It sounds like I sound when I'm making fun of something. This version makes it seem even LONGER than the original. I love the fake crowd noise and the band actually THANKING that fake crowd. Who would do that? Heh...
Surprise Sisters - Got To Get You Into My Life (1976) If artists are oblivious to a song's drug context, does that mean it's not a drug song? The Suprise Sisters release 2 singles in Australia as the Cliffmores before relocating to the UK and changing their name. One-album English - Australian soul-pop - rhythm 'n' blues quartet of sisters. David Bowie [Ed: that solves the drug context conundrum.] saw them performing at the Marquee Club in London and introduced them to Tony Visconti who produced their sole album. As disco goes, pretty tepid regardless.
The Great Society - White Rabbit (Live) (1966) Grace Slick's band before Jefferson Airplane. She was a model before becoming a singer. You can tell at this point she is a singer, but lacking in some confidence. Perhaps having sex with Paul Kantner gave her that shot in the arm.
The Mops - White Rabbit (1967) From Japan. You should read about The Mops.
The Soft Boys - Cold Turkey (1979) Vocalist Robyn Hitchcock went on to considerable solo success.
The Stranglers - Golden Brown (1981)Their big achievement. They went from style to style, but there is something about them when they pull it back. Who the fuck cares what I think? Here we have two distinctly different takes on heroin. I'll stick with pontificating ignorantly about pot, thank you.
Johnny Price - Marijuana, The Devil Flower (1971)
The Terrible Truth (1951) From IMDB: A Juvenile Court judge is at a loss to understand why so many of America's youths are marijuana addicts, so he decides to investigate on his own. He visits Phyllis, a high school senior and former heroin junkie, who tells him about the horrible effects heroin has had on her. She managed to overcome her addiction to marijuana and heroin, but in the process ruined her hair. This leads the judge to the logical conclusion that the drug problem in the U.S. was introduced by the godless Soviet Communists in an effort to "undermine morale" and that the way to stop the drug epidemic was to "use common sense" (an earlier version, apparently, of the Reagan-era "Just Say No!" campaign, and which had pretty much the same effect--i.e., none).
Gene Marshall - Smoke It, The Pot (197?)
United States of America - The Garden Of Earthly Delights (1968)
Neil Diamond - The Pot Smoker's Song (1968) From Dangerous Minds: Neil Diamond’s visits to an NYC rehab called Phoenix House inspired him to start an anti-drug group called Musicians Against Drugs (MAD). The organization soon changed its name to Performers Against Drugs (PAD)... During the verses, actual junkies from Phoenix House talk about how grass made drug fiends of them and ruined their lives, accompanied by merry instrumentation and backing vocals.
Janko Nilovic - Drug Song (1975)
Pepper/Tanner - The Druggist (196?) Pepper Sound Studios, then Pepper-Tanner, still later as The William B. Tanner Company, and for a few years after 1984, Media General. Its jingles ran the gamut from silly to spectacular, depending on the era, the composers, and whether the jingles were recorded in Memphis or Dallas.
A radio station in a small or medium market would agree to air hundreds of commercials for D-Con or one of Pepper’s other advertising clients over the course of a year, in exchange for which the station would receive a customized jingle package. Some of Pepper’s production libraries were also distributed in this manner. You can write your own voice-over script for your favorite druggist and make your own commercial! DO IT. You fucking want to.
Talking Heads - Drugs (1979)
The Mighty Diamonds - Pass The Kouchie (1982) How do you feel when you got no herb?
Harlem Underground Band - Smokin Cheeba Cheeba (1976) Featuring George Benson, whose first album came out in 1964, and went on to record "Let Me Love You One More Time".
Lawrence Welk - One Toke Over The Line (1971)
Simon & Garfunkel - Patterns (1966)
The Tokens - Green Plant (1967) Same band that released "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".
Ultimate Spinach - Mind Flowers (1968)
Neil Young - Roll Another Number (For the Road) (1975)
Jeannie C. Riley - One Toke Over The Line (1972) Sweet fucking god, did no one in 1972 know what a "toke" was? Another album that was never released on CD. I love them.
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