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- The Beatles, “Got to Get You Into My Life” (1966) This sunny, soulful track from 1966’s Revolver LP is generally thought of as one of the Fab Four’s many upbeat love songs – but according to Paul McCartney, the love object in this particular instance is a weed, not a woman.
- Bob Dylan, “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” (1966) “I never have and never will write a drug song,” Bob Dylan famously announced during his legendary performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall in May 1966, but that hasn’t stopped several generations of dope smokers from adopting the lead track from Blonde on Blonde (which also hit Number Two on the Billboard singles chart in the spring of ’66) as an anthem.
- Brewer & Shipley, “One Toke Over the Line” (1970) L.A.- based folkies Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley scored a surprise Top 10 hit in the spring of 1971 with this catchy little ditty – often introduced in concert as “our cannabis spiritual” – about waiting for a train while being more than slightly baked.
- Black Sabbath, “Sweet Leaf” (1971) Let’s be honest: At one time or another, we’ve all been Tony Iommi at the beginning of “Sweet Leaf,” hacking away in agonized bliss after a particularly large hit.
Aug 28, 2015 · The mid-to-late '60s saw the Beatles morphing from mop-topped pop stars into Nehru jacket-wearing mystics – a transformation that may have started on Aug. 28, 1964, when Bob Dylan introduced the...
Aug 5, 2015 · When Dylan offered to get them buzzed, he was surprised to learn the Beatles members hadn’t smoked pot yet, as he thought they were singing “I get high” in the chorus of “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” Lennon explained to him that the misheard lyric was actually, “I can’t hide.”
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Aug 28, 2014 · August 28, 2014. Total. 0. Shares. Fifty years ago today, the band that would turn the world on to marijuana got turned on to marijuana. Perhaps the mostly influential sesh in history happened on...
Jan 24, 2011 · 12Next. On 28 August 1964 the future of rock ‘n’ roll changed forever, when Bob Dylan introduced The Beatles to cannabis. The Beatles were staying at the Delmonico Hotel on Park Avenue, near Manhattan’s Central Park. According to Derek Taylor, 200,000 incoming calls were received by the hotel switchboard during their two-day stay.
Jan 28, 2020 · Who donned make-up in the '70s and disappeared into a haze of substance abuse. Who emerged to find Jesus. Who was written off as a has-been by the end of the '80s and who suddenly shifted gears, releasing some of the strongest music of his career beginning in the late '90s. Ladies and gentlemen — Columbia recording artist Bob Dylan!
Theme Time Radio Hour, with your host Bob Dylan — Smoking. nightly moth. 17.2K subscribers. 232. 7.1K views 3 months ago Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour. It's night time in the big city...
