Marijuana

Marijuana appears in MusicTales as a cultural motif rather than a musical form. Songs use it to signal pleasure, rebellion, ritual, humour, law, counterculture, or altered perception, depending on period and genre. The tag connects lyrical imagery across blues, reggae, rock, and popular song, especially where music reflects social habits as openly as musical technique.

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5 articles related to Marijuana:

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  SONGWRITER

  Wildwood Weed: the cheeky ganja farmers song that got banned

  Wildwood Weed is a parody song written by country music artist Don Bowman and first recorded by singer and...
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  SONGWRITER

  I Shot the Sheriff: Burnin' spliff nearly destroyed Bob Marley's original recording

  I Shot The Sheriff is one of Bob Marley's best-known songs first released on the 1973 album Burnin' and popularized a... 1 comment
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  SONGWRITER

  Misty Mountain Hop: Led Zeppelin's contribution to pot legalization

  Misty Mountain Hop is an iconic 1971 Led Zeppelin song the title of which is associated with the mountains described by...
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  FILM

  Dum Maro Dum: psychedelic Hindi lyrics in Western arrangement that influenced generations

  Dum Maro Dum is a popular Hindi song written by Anand Bakshi and composed by Rahul Dev Burman for the 1971 Bollywood...
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  SONGWRITER

  Easy Skanking: meaning and themes in the famous Bob Marley album opener

  Easy Skanking is the opening song on Bob Marley’s tenth studio album Kaya released in 1978 and preceding the historic...