Music & Cannabis

lateralus

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"You see, I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight. Take all your albums, all your tapes and all your CDs and burn them. 'Cause you know what, the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years — rrreal fucking high on drugs. The Beatles were so fucking high they let Ringo sing a few tunes." Bill Hicks, RIP


"I think psychedelics play a major part in what we do, but having said that, I feel that if somebody's going to experiment with those things they really need to educate themselves about them. People just taking the chemicals and diving in without having any kind of preparation about what they're about to experience tend to have no frame of reference, so they're missing everything flying by and all these new perspectives. It's just a waste. They reach a little bit of spiritual enlightenment, but they end up going, 'Well, now I need that drug to get back there again.' The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without the drug." MJK on Tool's drug stance

Just throwin out some quotes from some respectable people...

- RIU's new noob stoner, avid guitarist/drummer, and soon-to-be-Aerogarden-grower
 

~MoE~

Well-Known Member
well welcome to RIU is there any reason u made 2 threads but under a different name ?
but yea weed has made the music we have today etc bob marley everyone knows him as a stoner and he made good music
 

lateralus

Active Member
well welcome to RIU is there any reason u made 2 threads but under a different name ?
but yea weed has made the music we have today etc bob marley everyone knows him as a stoner and he made good music

I did that by accident

I wouldn't say that weed made the music we have today (most of it on the radio is shit), but I definately think it played a huge role.

Weed or no weed, musicians are often creative geniuses. When I play guitar, I make colorful music. When I play guitar stoned, I make interesting colorful music. I get into the rhythm a lot more, and I play things I might not normally play sober.

It's alcohol that impairs the creative instinct by ruining motor skills and thought processes. Although, it certainly makes for a good live performance. Tool's singer drinks red wine on stage...
 
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