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Puff, the Magic Dragon

  • 18-12-2011 04:48PM
    #1
    Superbus
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu_rItLPTXc


    What IS the sing about? It's been a favourite of mine since I was a small child. I learned it primary school. My mum used to sing it to me.

    Now, however, I cannot hear it without hearing all the supposed marijuana references. Like, it seems so obvious (Jackie Paper, Autumn Mist, Puff, Magic Dragon...). But if so, Peter, Paul and Mary pulled off one of the greatest trolls of popular music history by getting it to folk-song children's singalong status.


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  • #2
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    it was toke the magic dragon wasnt it?

    or at least it should have been


  • #3
    starbelgrade
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    This thread just a re-hashed sub plot from Meet the Fockers.


  • #4
    orchidsrpretty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭orchidsrpretty


    Its about puffing/sucking a magic/gay Dragon/ I'd imagine. Love the song, def one of my favourites:)


  • #5
    Dudess
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    My poor auld dad said the same thing before Robert de Niro did so in Meet The Parents.
    My dad also insists the lapsed catholic priest Cliff Richard lives with is just his mate. Bless. :o


  • #6
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    People think it's about smoking a joint but it's not, it's about smoking Opium.

    Traditional opium pipes had a dragon embossed on them, hence the Cantonese saying of "chasing the dragon", also a reference to the endless chasing of the "perfect high".


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  • #7
    starbelgrade
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    Logical Fallacy wrote: »
    People think it's about smoking a joint but it's not, it's about smoking Opium.

    Traditional opium pipes had a dragon embossed on them, hence the Cantonese saying of "chasing the dragon", also a reference to the endless chasing of the "perfect high".

    Opium. It's like religion for a minority.


  • #8
    slavetothegrind
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    am i the only one who thought of an AC130 first? :p


  • #9
    TeddyTedson
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    Hippies and their drugs:rolleyes:
    Not even the kids are safe.


  • #10
    later12
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    I used to love Melanie Safka's 'Brand New Key' when I was a kid, it was my sisters and my favourite tune, but apparently the whole thing is about sex and was banned from the radio for its sexual innuendo?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p02DgHeGdyI


  • #11
    Dunny
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeYsTmIzjkw


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
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    My parents used to call me "Puff" because they thought I looked like a puffin when I was a baby. They still do call me that. Sometimes they used to sing that song when I walked into the room.


  • #13
    slavetothegrind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭slavetothegrind


    Lia_lia wrote: »
    My parents used to call me "Puff" because they thought I looked like a puffin when I was a baby. They still do call me that. Sometimes they used to sing that song when I walked into the room.

    good job you are a lady :)


  • #14
    RichieC
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    heroine.


  • #15
    Kylo Ren
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    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    am i the only one who thought of an AC130 first? :p

    Yes.


  • #16
    [Deleted User]
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    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    good job you are a lady :)

    Yeah it's still pretty mortifying though!


  • #17
    Snowc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 613 ✭✭✭Snowc


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    Hippies and their drugs:rolleyes:
    Not even the kids are safe.
    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    I always only ever bought off friends just to be safe

    :confused:


  • #18
    losthorizon
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    Superbus wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu_rItLPTXc


    What IS the sing about? It's been a favourite of mine since I was a small child. I learned it primary school. My mum used to sing it to me.

    Now, however, I cannot hear it without hearing all the supposed marijuana references. Like, it seems so obvious (Jackie Paper, Autumn Mist, Puff, Magic Dragon...). But if so, Peter, Paul and Mary pulled off one of the greatest trolls of popular music history by getting it to folk-song children's singalong status.


    hey they were showing this to kids



    My psychedelic playlist


    http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL81EB2A9CB99BC207&feature=mh_lolz



    All the references you could want!!


  • #19
    Deus Ex Machina
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    Dunny! wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeYsTmIzjkw

    And there it is, the worst song ever made.


  • #20
    WindSock
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    I lerdened this on the tin whistle when I was a wee lass. That very tin whistle I converted into a pipe.


  • #21
    V_Moth
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    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    am i the only one who thought of an AC130 first? :p

    Commencing thread hi-jacking
    Death from above

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73SciCMf9Rw


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBGRhI4WtiA


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  • #22
    V_Moth
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    And one more

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCtZa0qeajA


    :cool:


  • #23
    TeddyTedson
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    Snowc wrote: »
    :confused:
    I'm joking about the hippie comment. But my comment isn't really conflicting anyway. It's a questionable. Why is a kids song filled with drug innuendo? Not that I really care, just asking questions. :)
    For the record, I don't regularly use any illegal drugs, I just don't agree that weed is illegal. In the new year I might give up the booze and start smoking again.


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