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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: Ebbie Date: 27 Nov 05 - 12:01 AM Poetic, Peace. I almost understand it. You might say though that the dragon was Jackie's lifelong friend- but not t'other way 'round. |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: Cluin Date: 27 Nov 05 - 12:20 AM Come on! Puff the Magic Dragon is not about pot! I'm sick of hearing this. It's not true. It's obviously about hash. |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: Peace Date: 27 Nov 05 - 12:27 AM "Puff the Magic Dragon" is about THIS? |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: Dave Hanson Date: 27 Nov 05 - 04:03 AM As one of the worlds leading cynics, I know this song is about a little boy and a dragon, growin up lost, childhood no more. eric |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: leftydee Date: 27 Nov 05 - 12:31 PM Anyone with a date for this tune? I seem to remember it earlier than Guest PTMD. I think of it as a tune from my teenage years and by '67 I was a white punk on drugs listening to a different genre. Hard to say, after all, the late '60s are a mystery to me. Lefty |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: Don Firth Date: 27 Nov 05 - 12:40 PM (GAWD! Not THIS again!!) Reminds me of "He whistles dirty songs!" You hear what you expect to hear. Sez more about the listener than it does about the song. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: GUEST,puff the magic dragon Date: 27 Nov 05 - 02:55 PM my bad it was '63 not '67 |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: GUEST,Art Thieme Date: 27 Nov 05 - 09:22 PM Jim Dewan in Chicago has a song that just may be a great take off on "Puff The Magic Dragon" I thought it was a really dumb song until I thought about it's title---and then I laughed out loud. The song is called "CRACK THE GENTLE JACKALOPE". I've got to go and listen to that one again and see if it is as funny as I remember! If it isn't, at least Jim's got a unique title there! Art Thieme |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: GUEST,puff the magic dragon Date: 28 Nov 05 - 04:57 PM god the 70's were great |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: Puff The Magic Dragon Date: 28 Nov 05 - 05:00 PM I am no longer GUEST,puff the magic dragon just Puff The Magic Dragon |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: Big Mick Date: 28 Nov 05 - 06:04 PM Take a minute and read the snopes article on the song. The song is based on a poem written in the late fifties by a classmate of Yarrow's. It is a kids song, nothing more. But it sure makes for a great discussion. Mick |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: Pauline L Date: 29 Nov 05 - 01:36 AM I remember Puff from my years in high school, which were 1962-1965. Even if the song was not written about marihuana, it could have picked up that association later, like passive inhalation. |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: M.Ted Date: 29 Nov 05 - 05:06 PM The melody is almost exactly the same as that of "It's Almost Tomorrow" recorded by the Dreamweavers in the early 50's--Both songs share the the same chord progression as Al Jolson's famous and now extremely politically incorrect lament, "My Mammy"-- For those who like to try such things, a truly disturbing affect can be achieved by segueing from "Puff" into "Mammy"-- |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: Tootler Date: 30 Nov 05 - 04:00 AM This thread provides some wonderful examples of how people will believe what they want to believe and no amount of evidence to the contrary will persuade them otherwise <vbg> |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: M.Ted Date: 30 Nov 05 - 01:10 PM Of course, one cannot discount the possibility that the "Pot" myth has helped to reinforce and sustain the song's popularity-- |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: Puff The Magic Dragon Date: 30 Nov 05 - 06:40 PM yes I agree, if it had not been for the pot myth, do you really think that this song would still be popular in a sense (ex: why i have this song on a cd in my van) |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: GUEST Date: 03 Dec 05 - 01:08 PM you drive a van? you are a stoner |
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Subject: RE: Puff the Dragon on Pot? From: Puff The Magic Dragon Date: 11 Dec 05 - 08:05 PM yeah, what's your point? |
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