Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Mary Jane

From their self titled debut album (released 1967), this song was banned on the radio when the BBC learned the slang's meaning.

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Music

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• mary
• jane
• elmer
• gantry's
• velvet
• opera
• 1967
• psychedelic
• pop

[captainsoul1953]

What did the slang mean?

Jim

[SingingVegetable]

Mary Jane was/is a common term for marijuana. Safe to say they weren't quite refering to a girl here.

[Khultan]

@SingingVegetable Yet, The Small Faces, somehow, managed to get 'Here comes the nice' onto the airwaves.

[SingingVegetable]

@Khultan I thought that song was referring to the band 'The Nice,' or am I mistaken?

[Khultan]

@SingingVegetable Which band are you referring to?

[SingingVegetable]

@Khultan The band is called The Nice and I'd thought I'd read somewhere that The Small Faces were big fans and did that song as a sort of homage to them. I might be wrong about that -- questioning it now at any rate.

But yeah, it did blatantly mention speed, so its amazing it wasn't censored because of that.

[melekota]

movie via marina skateboard - richie jackson

[Khultan]

@SingingVegetable No, it is NOT from the band, The Nice. No. Please, search, Lord Buckley-The Nazz, and this is from whom TSF were directly inspired from, then you'll understand. It's so nice.

[Khultan]

@SingingVegetable The Small Faces's is a pro-drug song and a defiant response by Steve and Ronnie after the banning of their last single.

[MirraSyren]

Would you put "Now She's Gone" up for me?

[marianalynch]

mmmm love it. :3