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The Smoke - “My Friend Jack” (1967)
The Smoke were an English pop and psychedelic rock band that formed in 1965. This is their big hit.
I just heard this song for the first time and it’s quite catchy. Probably why it charted so well even after being banned in the U.K. after a three week run.
It was banned by the BBC because it’s about the benefits of tripping on LSD. The primary refrain is “My Friend Jack eats sugar lumps”. Apparently this was so unacceptable it had to be rewritten before their label would distribute the album.
But it was eventually popular in Europe, reaching No. 2 in the German pop charts.
#pop #psychedelic #music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNisqOcABso
The Smoke were an English pop and psychedelic rock band that formed in 1965. This is their big hit.
I just heard this song for the first time and it’s quite catchy. Probably why it charted so well even after being banned in the U.K. after a three week run.
It was banned by the BBC because it’s about the benefits of tripping on LSD. The primary refrain is “My Friend Jack eats sugar lumps”. Apparently this was so unacceptable it had to be rewritten before their label would distribute the album.
But it was eventually popular in Europe, reaching No. 2 in the German pop charts.
#pop #psychedelic #music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNisqOcABso