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misterwoe
= Cult of Ray =

Greece
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Posted - 02/01/2005 :  00:31:07  Show Profile  Visit misterwoe's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Does anybody else here think that Head On is about doing cocaine?
Reread the lyrics and think about it.
It obviously helps the interuptation if you've done it before.

Edited by - misterwoe on 02/01/2005 00:32:23

Gustav
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Netherlands
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Posted - 02/01/2005 :  03:46:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's possible as a lot of jesus and mary chain songs are about drugs
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1834 Posts

Posted - 02/01/2005 :  05:44:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I clicked expecting a comparison between J&MC and JJ Cale.
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theonecontender
= Cult of Ray =

Canada
565 Posts

Posted - 02/01/2005 :  07:17:55  Show Profile  Visit theonecontender's Homepage  Reply with Quote
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this dope nose!!
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floop
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Mexico
15297 Posts

Posted - 02/01/2005 :  09:15:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
interesting theory


ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
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frank black conspiracy
~ Abstract Brain ~

1126 Posts

Posted - 02/01/2005 :  09:46:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Crack or a line?

The way I feel tonight, I could die and I wouldn't mi...oh, wait, it's just worn off.
Back to the cubicle.

Edited by - frank black conspiracy on 02/01/2005 09:46:56
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floop
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Mexico
15297 Posts

Posted - 02/01/2005 :  09:52:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i like the idea of having a faux love song that's actually about drugs. not that this is one, but maybe it is..


ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
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shmo
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USA
18 Posts

Posted - 02/01/2005 :  17:05:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
takin myself to the dirty part of town where all my troubles can be found

HELL YEAH!!
HIP HIP!!!COCAINE!! HIP HIP!!! COCAINE!!!
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misterwoe
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Greece
675 Posts

Posted - 02/01/2005 :  22:20:37  Show Profile  Visit misterwoe's Homepage  Reply with Quote
What other drug refrences from Pixies/Frank Black music can we find?

There seems to be a lot.

How about some Ether?
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 02/01/2005 :  22:24:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
you think so? i can't think of too many off the top of my head.. (other than Gouge Away)

hmmmmm.

i heard True Blue is about opium.

what else?

[edit] ok.. Pan Am Highway has another pot reference.. and Hang On To Your Ego is another one (not written by him)..

there are probably a lot more. now you've got me curious

i've always thought Whispering Weeds had something to do with smoking and going on a hike.

lots of drinking songs..



ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!

Edited by - floop on 02/01/2005 22:35:59
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <

Spain
2873 Posts

Posted - 02/01/2005 :  23:33:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Where is my mind?

You know, when with your feet on the air and...[...] you usually get an altered state of mind, and your head collapses and stuff.


The violet, the lily and the pink but those I refused all three

Edited by - whoreatthedoor on 02/01/2005 23:34:30
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misterwoe
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Greece
675 Posts

Posted - 02/02/2005 :  07:26:43  Show Profile  Visit misterwoe's Homepage  Reply with Quote
There are two that I know of on Show Me Your Tears.
New House of the Pope (Dope)
A Horrible Day (stash)
So, here he seems to be linking drugs with depression.
--oh, and let us not forget the absinthe refrence on This Old Heart Ache...I think that's the song.

How about some Ether?
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *

1446 Posts

Posted - 02/02/2005 :  16:55:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
"His Kingly Cave" is about taking a tour of Graceland while on hallucinogens. And maybe some pothead might interpret "Smoke Up" as being about weed.

For the most part, Frank doesn't strike me as a real druggy guy, though.
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misterwoe
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Greece
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Posted - 02/02/2005 :  18:00:16  Show Profile  Visit misterwoe's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jason


For the most part, Frank doesn't strike me as a real druggy guy, though.



What to you constitutes a "druggy guy?"

How about some Ether?

Edited by - misterwoe on 02/02/2005 18:00:54
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *

1446 Posts

Posted - 02/02/2005 :  23:59:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by misterwoe

quote:
Originally posted by Jason


For the most part, Frank doesn't strike me as a real druggy guy, though.



What to you constitutes a "druggy guy?"



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frank black conspiracy
~ Abstract Brain ~

1126 Posts

Posted - 02/03/2005 :  04:39:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
black francis enjoyed a spliff or two. plant of the gods.

but if you ever see him wearing what this prat above is wearing, you know he's chasing the dragon.
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Flashing_Eyes
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46 Posts

Posted - 03/03/2005 :  20:22:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
yea but frank didn't write "head on" the jesus and mary chain did. so u should be asking do u think the jamc are big druggies ?
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OldManInaCoffeeCan
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1467 Posts

Posted - 03/03/2005 :  21:34:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I always thought "I Bleed" from DOOLITTLE, was about shooting-up cocaine. You know, they say that when that immediate high hits you hard, it'll shake your teeth out of your head, plus, you've got the reference to the vampires (your cocaine habit) feeding.

As loud as hell
A ringing bell
Behind my smile
It shakes my teeth
And all the while
As vampires feed

I bleed (x3)

Not a very pleasant vision, but it does fit the tone and mood of the song.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 03/04/2005 :  12:13:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is rock 'n' roll people. Lots of songs (most? all?)
are about sex and drugs and booze. And that's one
of the reasons we dig it.


I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1713 Posts

Posted - 03/04/2005 :  14:10:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
cocaine--chief export of panama! (remember noriega?)

"drug running on this panamanian schoon-ah!"
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The Susquatch
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Ireland
95 Posts

Posted - 03/04/2005 :  17:21:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Lets get a few grams between us and listen, it could be

Hang on to your Taco!
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OldManInaCoffeeCan
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1467 Posts

Posted - 03/04/2005 :  21:42:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
"I'm taking myself to the dirty party of town, where all my troubles can't be found,..." I always thought this was a reference to picking up prostitutes, or otherwise going over to the seedy side of town for a little fun and escape from reality.


In "Weird at My School" Black Francis sings in the first verse about some rich kids it Connecticut(sp?) flying their daddy's plane down to Colombia to pick up cocaine and bringing it back to their boarding school to sell. I remember hearing about this one on the news. It is based on a true story, mid-1980's. The irony, or perhaps what you'd expect, is that these rich, white kids got probation while the poor, black kids were getting sent to prison for a couple of jumbo viles of crack. Go figure!
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