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David Blistein's avatar

Whoa...we are getting into deep cuts. Every time I hear Neil Young sing "I know that some of you don’t understand., Milk-blood to keep from running out, I realize I was one of those people who sang along but didn't understand what it meant. And I still don't know how it feels.

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Franz Reichsman's avatar

Getting deeper into the music/drugs/social commentary connections, here’s one from circa 1968 I wish would find a contemporary audience. “This is a song with a message….”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DMzoqpyUbhg

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Franz Reichsman's avatar

The opening verse of that Dylan song could be an ode to substance abuse:

"My love, she speaks like silence,

Without ideals or violence.

She doesn't have to say she's faithful,

Yet she's true, like ice, like fire."

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David Blistein's avatar

I never saw that line in that light. Interesting. I'm still working on a post called "You can check out any time you want, but it's really really hard to ever leave" about addiction and partner violence—both of which I also see in town and often seem intractable...yet there are some inspiring exceptions.

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