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Anonymous 03.06.2004 02:53

I have heard something about Proud Mary being a drug song. Supposedly Proud Mary is, you guessed it, marijuana, and that's what keeps on burning as they roll down the river. I think it's only a drug song if you make it one and i would like to know more about this and what others think.

Anonymous 05.06.2004 03:09

Don't be ridiculous. It's about a riverboat. I've always thought of the "burning" as the smoke coming off the smokestacks. I used to be a member of the "drug culture" when they came out, and no one I know has Ever thought that. If fact, reading this, is the first I've ever even heard of it.

Anonymous 05.06.2004 03:34

Thank you, i didn't believe it at all; I posted because it came up in my English class as part of someones project for "songs of protest."

Anonymous 12.09.2005 23:31

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anyone from the 60's 70's knows its about marijuana.
Its completely obvious.

If you come down to the river
I bet you gonna find some people who live
You don’t have to worry if you got no money
People on the river are happy to give

freebird 20.07.2008 23:39

I don't think that proud mary talks about drugs, it's a big error, surely some song talks about drugs and things related.. but Proud Mary? no, It's a love song I guess.

CreedenceGal 05.08.2010 10:47

John Fogerty said that he wrote the song the day he got discharged from the military for his service. He was so ecstatic that he ran upstairs and stummed out the introduction right there. He later said it was about the hardships one faces to make it in life.

"Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, pumped a lotta pain down in New Orleans"

The intro to the song, plus lyrics such as the ones above demonstrate a heavy emphasis on working for a living and the difficulties that come with it.

He also said he had tried marijuana a few times but never stuck with it because he liked being in control of his body. The sensation of being "high" was not in his better interests.

Tony Trout 14.04.2021 19:38

It's NOT about drugs! Why in the world does [I]every freakin' song in the 70s[/I] have to be about drugs???

[B][I]The song is about a riverboat! Simple as that![/I][/B]


[QUOTE=CreedenceGal;3674]

"Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, pumped a lotta pain down in New Orleans"

[/QUOTE]


The second part of those lyrics is [I]always[/I] incorrect. It should be: "Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, [B]pumped a lot of 'tane (octane) down in New Orleans"[/B]

irishaus 11.12.2022 06:14

I really doubt that PROUD MARY is a song about drugs or drug usage.

Tony Trout 20.12.2022 20:56

[QUOTE=irishaus;6981]I really doubt that PROUD MARY is a song about drugs or drug usage.[/QUOTE]

It's about a [B][I]RIVERBOAT[/I][/B] that has a paddlewheel hence the line, [B][I]"Big wheel keep on turnin', "Proud Mary" keep on burnin'"![/I][/B]


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