I love Puff the Magic Dragon, which I thought was a bittersweet tale about growing up and losing one’s sense of wonder. Then someone informed me it’s an ode to getting stoned. Potheads aren’t seeking magical realms; they huff and they puff and they blow them down.
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Ooooo, glad to see you playing too, you adorable, naive, magical-realm-seeking blogger!
Don't worry, Helen, I don't think it was meant to be a drug song even though it's easy to see why one might think so. Everybody thought EVERY song was a drug song back then, including Yellow Submarine which Paul McC. simply wrote as a children's singalong.
Helen,
Your Blog title Rocks.
I wrote about Puff too. You can see P.P.M. sing it on youtube where the swear it's not about pot but I ask why can't it be about both?
WHAT???? "Yellow Submarine" is a CHILDREN'S SONG????
And didn't Ringo write it?
No, but he sang it.
Glad to see you're still blogging
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