Monday, March 27, 2006

This day in music history.

March 27, 1971, New York radio station WNBC banned the song "One Toke Over the Line" by Brewer & Shipley because of its alleged drug references. Other stations around the country follow suit. Tom Shipley, responds, "In this electronic age, pulling a record because of its lyrics is like the burning of books in the Thirties".
DLAK note: I've always thought this song was an anti drug song.
One Toke Over The Line by Brewer & Shipley
One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station, one toke over the line
Waitin' for the train that goes home, sweet Mary
Hoping that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station, one toke over the line
Who do you love, I hope it's me
I've been changing, as you can plainly see
I felt the joy and I learned about the pain that my mama said
If I should choose to make it part of me
Would surely strike me dead, and now I'm
Now I'm one toke over the line sweet Jesus...
I sail away, a country mile
And now I'm returning, and showing off my smile
I met all the girls and I loved myself a few, and to my surprise
Like everything else that I've been through
They opened up my eyes, and now I'm
One toke over the line...