{"id":2329,"date":"2009-09-17T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-09-17T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T15:59:07","slug":"gateway-drug-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/gateway-drug-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateway Drug Songs (and a Special, Bonus Last Man Standing)"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wik2uc69WbU?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>In honor of Peter, Paul, and Mary&#8217;s <strong>Mary Travers<\/strong>, who died last night, what&#8217;s the first &#8220;drug song&#8221; you were aware of as a child? By &#8220;aware,&#8221; man, I mean, like, cognizant of the fact that adults around you were mumbling about the song&#8217;s true meaning. As a young boy, I was aware that &#8220;Puff the Magic Dragon&#8221; has something to do with smoking&#8230;something. A couple of years later, I started hearing about the &#8220;true&#8221; meaning of &#8220;Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Considering the demographic of our regular participants, it wouldn&#8217;t surprise me if these two songs end up being the first two <strong>gateway drug songs<\/strong> for the majority of us. However, rumor has it that some of you may not have been shaving until 1980 or later. What would younger folks&#8217; first gateway drug songs have been in the second half of the &#8217;70s, the &#8217;80s, or &#8211; if our youngest Townspeople care to participate &#8211; the &#8217;90s?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d also like to take this into <strong>Last Man Standing<\/strong> territory&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<div><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/rocktownhall.com\/lastmanstanding400x275.swf\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/rocktownhall.com\/lastmanstanding400x275.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p><big><em><strong>Last Man Standing: Songs We Know Are Really About Drugs Despite Constant Denials by Their Songwriters!<\/strong><\/em><\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Peter, Paul, and Mary&#8217;s Mary Travers, who died last night, what&#8217;s the first &#8220;drug song&#8221; you were aware of as a child? By &#8220;aware,&#8221; man, I mean, like, cognizant of the fact that adults around you were mumbling about the song&#8217;s true meaning. As a young boy, I was aware that &#8220;Puff <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/gateway-drug-songs\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[170,38,55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}