Today I would like to look at one of the most notorious effects of marijuana. On my last post I looked at drugs in movies; this week I decided to focus on marijuana and another form of entertainment- music. On a web page called Marijuana Uses, Peter Webster writes “One of the more remarkable effects noticed in the state of consciousness brought on by marijuana use is a greatly enhanced appreciation of music. The effect seems to be almost universal, and does not seem to fade with experience in the use of marijuana, as do certain other effects typically noticed by novice users.” Many musicians have embraced this effect of marijuana, and produced music to appeal to marijuana users. Certainly musicians like Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, or even Snoop Dogg stand out as a few of the obvious musicians to associate themselves with drug usage. I believe there are a large number of musicians have specifically targeted marijuana users as their audience. Certainly since the jazz and rock and roll movements drugs have become an influence on musicians worldwide. Legendary Music Festivals, like Woodstock, known for drug usage have been permanently pressed into our cultures history. Locations like Haight-Ashbury became famous for “psychedelic rock” concerts. Since that time drugs have continued to be an influential part of the music scene. Today, I think it’s hard to separate the drug use and music development worldwide.
4 comments:
So what is your stand on legalizing drugs? Which ones do you legalize and which ones stay illegal? We all know that D.A.R.E. and the war on drugs failed, so where do you stand?
We need to have marijuana in order to stop it from spreading. Rock and Rollers have long infected it
KOE, are you suggesting that using marijuana can prevent the spread of rock 'n' roll?
Dearthvader, I wonder what you think about the author's claim that marijuana enhances one appreciation of music. Self-perpetuating myth? Or is there something to it?
And how about them paragraphs?
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