| Friday, May 19, 2006 |
09:31 - Try the wine
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Okay, here's something I've been wondering for literally years. What the hell is it with psychedelic classic rock songs always talking about drinking wine? Was wine some ubiquitous hippie elixir? Was "wine" a euphemism for drugs?
Every time I hear another song with "wine" in it, I want to compile a list of all the hippie songs that talk about wine. So here we go:
Beatles: Norwegian Wood
UB40: Red Red Wine
Eric Burdon: Spill the Wine
Three Dog Night: Joy to the World
Rolling Stones: Honky Tonk Woman (oh wait, that's "drink you off my mind", not "drink you all my wine" or whatever)
Okay, I knew there were more than these, but of course now I'm blanking now that I try to put the list together. Any others?
UPDATE from Damien Del Russo:
Eagles: Hotel California
UPDATE from Keith H:
Jimi Hendrix: All Along the Watchtower
Jethro Tull: Budapest
Uriah Heep: The Wizard
UPDATE from John S:
Canned Heat: Goin' Up the Country
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Brian Tiemann
