Grateful dead who is casey jones

As evidence, look at the infamous cartoon where a guy says to his dog, "Play dead" and the dog whips out a guitar and starts singing this song Google it man. BUT what he sings is "Riding that train Love the sniff in the beginning. Kind of an anti drug song from a long time user. Lady in red, better off dead, I believe this is Hunter at his best, is this line about a lady, or the Lady in the syringe, in red from the pull before the boot, or a hooker, better off dead, either way Switchman sleeping, sometimes you nod from a bit too much, on the wrong tracks and headed for you, sometimes you do really stupid stuff when you're too high.

Driving that train, well, we all know how that feels, especially after a snoot full. Watch your speed, maybe you had too much too fast, kinda the same story there.

Trouble ahead, trouble behind, the life of a drug user. And u know that notion just crossed my mind The second verse, this old engine, the user's body and soul or the train engine. Hits river junction at seventeen to at a quarter till ten you know it's driving again, that's a fast turn around, you better be fast for that one.

Trouble with you Come around the bend you know it's the end, sounds like coming down hard and seeing the lady there, beckoning you, screaming at you, and there's your rail, gleaming in the candle light.

Yes, antidrug song, from someone who can't put it down. Richard Pryor once said: "Cocaine addictive? Two Good Eyes A friend of mine from school always took the "two good eyes but we still don't see" line to be a reference to the psychedelic side of things, not cocaine; "You gotta open up that Third Eye, man. Definitely a hard song to sing when you're walking around town trying to seem like a trustworthy guy who likes the Dead.

I've tried substituting other lines, but nothing rolls off the tongue as naturally as "drivin' that train, hiiiigh on cocaine! JJ Cale and cocaine What are the anti-drug lyrics of cocaine? I think I know all the words I can't find any negative connotation in there. I don't know I'd like to get down on the ground with a nice pile of cocaine. Who wouldn't? I look at Cale's "Cocaine" as a pro-drug song. Even with that great line, "Forget about the check, there'll be hell to pay".

She don't like.. He has called the song "quite cleverly anti-cocaine", noting: It's no good to write a deliberate anti-drug song and hope that it will catch. Because the general thing is that people will be upset by that. It would disturb them to have someone else shoving something down their throat. So the best thing to do is offer something that seems ambiguous—that on study or on reflection actually can be seen to be "anti"—which the song "Cocaine" is actually an anti-cocaine song.

If you study it or look at it with a little bit of thought But actually, it is quite cleverly anti-cocaine. Casey Jones and other averted radio hits due to the lyrics I for one am glad that the lyrics were never changed.

It may have cost the band top Billboard ratings but they have shown,over time, by sticking to what they felt the song should sound has sold and continues to sell far greater volumes of recordings than Billboard could ever count. I'm Rick James, bitch! I've always loved the lines Don't think it's really about railroads Hunter doesn't write in code, where each image stands for one specific thing - his symbolism has layers of meaning you can't simply translate like a word-substitution cypher.

Anytime you say "this stands for that" you're limiting your understanding of the full depth of meaning in Hunter's or any poetic writing. Having said that, trains are a traditional metaphor for sex. There was a time recently where My girlfriend, her 6 year old daughter, and myself were riding in the car and she was kind of staring out the window singing along to this song and I was wondering what she was gonna do when it got to the "high on cocaine" part Cocaine is a helluva drug!

Workingman's Dead was the group's most successful album to that point. It was the Dead's first top 30 album, peaking at Number 27 on the Billboard , and its first million-seller. Alice Cooper's Vintage Vault! No feed items available at this time. I believe this is why, High on cocaine, Casey Jones is "ready" and "speeding". The trouble ahead, trouble behind may refer to simultaneous front and rear encounters, or it may just reinforce the "train" of band members.

The driving fireman is "coming" around the bend you know its the end. The fireman screams and the "engine" just gleams. I think you get the picture. I should stay above the fray but I don't think these activities were unique to Hippies.

Regardless of the interpretation, its still a catchy tune! All the best. My Opinion it shocks me that people come on here to spew hatred about music and people of an era that was all about peace and love. Who cares if there is such a thing as modern day hippies or you hate hippies, why the fuck does it matter?

This music is beautiful and is all about getting along, not hating on each other. General Comment Well I seem to find myself unable to read through all the posts, so my idea about the the meaning is probably just a repeat of someone else I feel like this is about being blasted on coc and the way it just makes you do shit you normally wouldn't.

General Comment Hunter seems to be using Cocaine and the legend of Casey Jones to warn us of the dangers of pushing ourselves too hard. When one is caught up in the moment, high on coke, or obsessed with work or career, we are tunnel visioned. Nothing else matters and all other concerns fall by the wayside and it is often far too late when we awake to see that disaster in immanent.

The song is a warning to avoid extremes and to either seek balance or accept that your decisions will end with destruction.

FeyCheshir on November 03, Link. General Comment What the hell is your problem?! Why are you being an ass, no one even said anyhting to you in the 1st place. Seems like to me, you NEED a fuckin joint! Christi on May 21, Link. General Comment Hey Sierp, why don't you try thinking for yourself rather than regurgitating all the bullshit your parents and teachers have told you your whole life because even though they had good intent, what they were teaching you was really just what the government uses to brainwash the masses.

See the hate and anger it has caused in you? You are attacking a group of people on a message board of all places who have done nothing to you.

The government teaches you to hate hippies, and they do this because they know that hippies are really just non-conforming free thinkers. They're afraid of people like that because if everybody would think for themselves then they couldn't oppress anybody longer. So "Sierp" you can either go on being a tool or you can break the cycle and free your mind. Also read as many books as possible. By the way, smoking a joint never hurt anybody, and it will reveal a lot to you about yourself.

MrMojoRisin on May 28, Link. General Comment i don't know who's a better poster child for conservatives; mojo or sierp.