Based on the title, one might think this song was an ode to marijuana’s pungent aroma. But “That Smell” is a morbid anti-drug track. Around the time it was written, many members of Lynyrd Skynyrd were using drugs ranging from weed to heroin. Things got so bad that Gary Rossington ...
For a while Louanne partnered with Ronnie in the marijuana distribution enterprise, but her main occupation was managing the bar owned by the Raney family. However, after few years, even getting married to Ronnie, she got tired of Ronnie’s habit of becoming violent when he’d had too much...
That's a Jamaican slang word for a pot that's typically used to hold weed. The band sings, "Pass the dutchie on the left hand side." One would pass a joint, so even though the boys changed the words, the song is still a reference to marijuana. ...
opening chords. The chorus is just the icing on the cake. Luniz was giving us West Coast rap with an incredible R&B twist. The fact that it was about marijuana didn’t stop “I Got 5 On It” from going mainstream. It probably helped...
,"she was quick to explain the origin of her rap name. In an interview withDazedat the time, she simply stated that "Doja" and "Cat" were derived from two of her favorite things: marijuana and felines, which she loves "in every aspect."...
,"she was quick to explain the origin of her rap name. In an interview withDazedat the time, she simply stated that "Doja" and "Cat" were derived from two of her favorite things: marijuana and felines, which she loves "in every aspect."...
Willie Nelson –It’s All Goin’ To Pot In recent years, Willie Nelson has become a sort of token representative for marijuana use. He’s basically the Snoop Dogg of country music. His history is too often overlooked, but he qualifies as one of the best and most successful songwriters of...
“Lots of [marijuana] smoke. It was too funny. I tried to get down to business.” 7 “Positive Vibration” —‘Rastaman Vibration’ (1976) Ian Dickson/Shutterstock 1976’s “Rastaman Vibration” was Marley’s first commercial smash in America — the album that got him onto Billboard’s ...
You could substitute any two-syllable colloquialism for weed—my first thought was “ganja” because I am a 36-year-old dad who lives in rural Indiana—and the prosody comes out the same. The song isn’t “about” Zootiez in any meaningful way, Future isn’t breaking press releases down...
Sleep: “Marijuanaut’s Theme” (2018) Doom metal trio Sleep became legends by doing a few simple things very well. They played slow. They played loud. They made smoking pot sound like an epic journey on par with Lord of the Rings. So when the band returned with their first new album...