Just Say Maybe: Rick James
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'Mary Jane'
--Rick James (1978)
The defense: She's not the kind of girl "you can just tie down," he sang, disguising the subject as an ode to an unfaithful girlfriend.
The verdict: Guilty. Coolio's 'Half Baked' sample is confirmation from on high.
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reinventex101at 10-19-2008
WHO?
tulosba14at 10-19-2008
was there ever a question about this?
arroslngrat 10-19-2008
Who gives a sh--?
RONRACEME1at 10-19-2008
Are you SERIOUS??? You are just getting this message 27 years later. It's always been about that.
nomis2779at 10-19-2008
I thought everyone knew that this song was a reference to smoking weed,pot or whatever you want to call it.
HELLO, FRANKat 10-19-2008
Hello Frank has first post!! YAY!!! Oh, Yeah, Who cares about him or me!?!?
Susan Williamsat 10-19-2008
Hello!!! You have really got to be a complete idiot if you think that this song was about a woman! GEEZ, eveytime I hear this song it brings back memories of when I was in college and when we would just "CHILL" Great song = great memories
jazzii_biih!at 10-19-2008
Ok, let's be honest here. Who is surprised that 'Mary Jane' was marijuana? I'm not! Everybody knew what he was talking about! If you didn't then you must be one dumb ass person. I was a little kid when I heard that song and I still love it to this day. It doesn't matter that it was about marijuana. You writers are just running out of things to write about so you write articles about things that we've been knowing for years! Give it up!
rogerssparksat 10-19-2008
DUH, YOU FINALLY FIGURED THIS OUT
doerogersat 10-19-2008
Wow, lol, I did not smoke it at that time, but we all knew what it was. Great song. But why talk about it now? Kind of weird.
rozetiaat 10-19-2008
WOW!! What kind of brains are we dealing with? After all these years do they actually think their informing the public of something new? Hahaha Rick James was barred from ever performing at Notre Dame In Indiana for not only singing that song, but for lighting one up on stage.
BILLat 10-25-2008
who do you think caused all of these problems with kids today? never had any of these problems in the usa before them.
bionicwomanat 10-25-2008
ok now who is the braindead one who wrote this crap..i am thinkin they must have got hold of some good shit..or been residing on the freakin moon...how bout printing something we don't know
Steve Pam Philat 10-25-2008
Funny thing here, though, (and I quote George Carlin here) is: "NOBODY EVER SAID IT, MAN!" Nobody ever asked if you had any MaryJane, and if anybody ever did, they were probably a narc.
chuklbarryat 10-26-2008
If there is a beatles song that should be on the list, it should be "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds".