"Let us burn one from end to end and pass it over to me, my friend.""Herb: the gift from the Earth, and what's from the Earth is of the greatest worth."
Hmmm.... I'm not quite sure what this song is about. The lyrics don't seem direct enough. Is Ben Harper singing in metaphors? I really don't get it.
Obviously this song is about smoking pot. That's not why I picked it. I've got to give it to an old student of mine for turning me on to the album "Fight For Your Mind" some time ago. Though I never really became an avid Harper fan, I came to respect his prodigious ability and his great old-school style. This guy is a musician. You can hear and see it in everything he does. He channels and clearly respects the styles of the past. It's hard to knock him for that.
"Burn One Down" is just a great chill kind of tune. I do like the lines about "My choice is what I choose to do and if I'm causin' no harm it shouldn't bother you." Though the song is clearly about marijuana, I like the sense of respect that it's promoting too. Harper is singing about illegal drug-use, but you can still take the song from an angle of tolerance. In my book, that's never bad.
"Burn One Down" is from the album "Fight For Your Mind." To hear the song, click on the icon in the widget jukebox along the side of the blog.
Obviously this song is about smoking pot. That's not why I picked it. I've got to give it to an old student of mine for turning me on to the album "Fight For Your Mind" some time ago. Though I never really became an avid Harper fan, I came to respect his prodigious ability and his great old-school style. This guy is a musician. You can hear and see it in everything he does. He channels and clearly respects the styles of the past. It's hard to knock him for that.
"Burn One Down" is just a great chill kind of tune. I do like the lines about "My choice is what I choose to do and if I'm causin' no harm it shouldn't bother you." Though the song is clearly about marijuana, I like the sense of respect that it's promoting too. Harper is singing about illegal drug-use, but you can still take the song from an angle of tolerance. In my book, that's never bad.
"Burn One Down" is from the album "Fight For Your Mind." To hear the song, click on the icon in the widget jukebox along the side of the blog.
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