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Just Say Maybe: Jefferson Airplane

'White Rabbit'
--Jefferson Airplane (1967)

The accusation: Pills that make you larger or smaller; hookah-smoking caterpillars literally on mushrooms.

The defense: It's just 'Alice in Wonderland.'

The verdict: Guilty. It was the theme song of teen-drug-abuse cautionary TV movie 'Go Ask Alice'; Grace Slick admitted to conceiving the song while on LSD.

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Darkwolf41

I really believe that the reviewers that AOL employs to come up with these carefully crafted, intensively researched & inane topics are of the sort who spent their childhoods locked in wicker baskets & who grow up to be muggers, rapists, dog thieves, senators, congressmen & insurance salesmen......or when those lofty vocations don't pan out, they go to work for Spinner....

February 25 2010 at 2:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kaleymuffin

"go ask alice" is an famous and influential book, not a made for tv movie.

June 10 2009 at 8:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stardawna

"Alice In Wonderland" was written by a Math Professor as he floated down a river with one of his students with a girl named Alice and her older sister, who was the same age as the student. Both men were interested in the older sister. This story was made up while floating down a river in a row boat as the older passengers smoked a bong. Not only is the song about drugs, so is the story. Ever read "Through the Looking Glass"? When I did as a teen, I thought it seemed like a bad dream!

October 25 2008 at 10:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
BRENDA

You would have to be a complete moron if you didn't realize "White Rabbit" was about drugs. DUH! And seriously who the hell gives a shit! It's a SONG!

October 25 2008 at 10:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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schreijer

and how true to this day are the lyrics to the rolling stones mothers little helper....Doctor please, some more of these.....Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old....circa 1966

May 06 2010 at 6:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bionicwoman

well no shit who in the hell didnt know that white rabbit wasnt about drugs...where u been ..on the moon or doin the shit yourself

October 25 2008 at 9:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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SLM in SC

Grace Slick herself said White Rabbit is about drugs. She also said she wrote the song after realizing the majority of childrens tales reference drug use in one form or another.

June 09 2009 at 3:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Laun

Ok, you have to take the times of these songs into consideration. Not every remark is a direct link to negative habits. Especially to day giving out candy to kids during Halloween doesn't mean that the "candy man" will be handing out doobies and candy drops to the little ones of this generation.

Yes, it is a personal choice to veto or disregard music, lyrics if they are offensive and negative.

Yes, the public need to be aware of bad guys, but most decent folks are not a menice in the neighborhood. Don't prejudge people by their appearance, style, or culture.

October 25 2008 at 8:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply