Songs about things you're not supposed to do (2)

Grace Slick

The Beatles:  “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”

Ok, they were always coy about what inspired this song.  They gave conflicting and often silly explanations in various interviews.  The lyrics leave little doubt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoknj1ebqI

 

 

Jefferson Airplane:  “White Rabbit”

We know the Beatles played with drugs, but still, “Lucy” could have been written by someone without first-hand experience.  Not so “White Rabbit”.  How this got on network television in 1967 is a mystery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0

 

 

Sublime: “I Smoke Two Joints” (cover) (suggested by Russell S.)

First of all, this is not a Bob Marley song.  He was already gone when it was written.  The original is by the American reggae-punk band The Toyes.  This version is a bit more raw and hard-edged. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlpAAHar96E