1/3/2023 0 Comments Dick dale lawrence welk![]() Related: What were some other surprising hits of the ’70s? Too much of anything will probably kill you.”īrewer told the Associated Press, cryptically, “It’s what anybody wants it to be.” I considered marijuana a sort of a sacrament…If you listen to the lyrics of that song, ‘one toke’’ was just a metaphor. In an interview whose origin seems to have been lost to time, Shipley said, “When we wrote ‘One Toke Over the Line,’ I think we were one toke over the line. Vice President Spiro Agnew, who never missed a chance to denigrate the counterculture, reportedly called the song “blatant drug-culture propaganda” that “threatens to sap our national strength.” His boss, President Nixon, is said to have included the singers on his famous enemies list.īrewer and Shipley have never denied that they were, indeed, ripped when they wrote the song, but have stopped short of saying the song was about weed itself. Many stations, especially on the more commercial AM band, wouldn’t play it because of the drug content. ![]() ![]() 1967: The Year in 50 Classic Rock Albums.How Jimmy Page Got His Legendary Guitar Case Back.Eurythmics’ ‘Dreams’ Well-Timed For MTV Success.Remembering 2x Rock Hall Member Curtis Mayfield.John Sebastian in Conversation: Recapturing the Lovin’ Spoonful ‘Magic’.Top Selling Albums of 1971: What a Year!.10 Top Second Albums From Classic Rockers.Foreigner’s Debut Album: The Inside Story.McCartney, Queen, The Who Headline 1979 London Benefit Concerts.Top Selling Albums of 1973: Come to the Dark Side.Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Postpones 2022 Tour of North America.The Band’s ‘Rock of Ages’: Was This LP Their Live Pinnacle?.Queen’s Homage to Space Exploration: ’39’.Marianne Faithfull Interview: As Years Go By.Moody Blues’ Ray Thomas: His Final Interview.The Band’s ‘Cahoots’ Deluxe Edition: Review. ![]() Classic Rock Acts You’ve Seen in Concert: Poll. ![]()
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