JJ Cale Cocaine
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Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
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Cold Chisel - Cheap Wine
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Captain Matchbox - That Cat Is High
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Janis Joplin - Cry Baby
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As we know, drugs have been the staple diet of many 'musos' - and as such, drugs have taken their toll on many musicians - let’s name a few. |
Sex Pistols - My Way
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The Beatles - Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds
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Donovan - Mellow Yellow
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Timothy Leary
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Both the Dead and Harvard Uni Professor, Timothy Leary were great advocates for the use of LSD (or Lysergic Acid Diethylamide). (The story of the Grateful Dead is one that combines the anti-commercial tendencies of disaffected white middle class youth with the mind altering properties of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) - made famous by Harvard uni professor - Timothy Leary.) |
Small Faces - My Mind's Eye
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Traffic - Hole In My Shoe
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Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
But of course not all Pop has been about illegal drugs as such - some legal drugs are just as deadly. Hear the Rolling Stones sing: 'Mother's Little Helper' |
James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind
Rolling Stones - Mother's Little Helper
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