Five years ago Rolling Stone put together a list of the 20 greatest weed songs. At YourCanna-Club we think this list is still the best. The story about the 20 different songs was put together by Rolling Stone reporters Richard Bienstock, Mosi Reeves, Elisabeth Garber-Paul, and Dan Epstein. For every artist the reporters give us an interesting back story. Here’s what they wrote about Sweet Leaf and Black Sabbath.
Let’s be honest: At one time or another, we’ve all been Tony Iommi at the beginning of “Sweet Leaf,” hacking away in agonized bliss after a particularly large hit. The Sabbath guitarist’s tape-looped cough serves as the perfect segue into the song’s iconic sludgy riff (a riff that, it should be noted, later popped up everywhere from the Beastie Boys’ “Rhymin’ and Stealin’ ” to the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Give It Away”). Reportedly, the song’s title was picked from a brand of Irish cigarettes that touted its product as “the sweet leaf” but it’s Ozzy’s words that best capture the youthful excitement of a new, yet sadly unrequited, love: “I love you sweet leaf,” he sings, “though you can’t hear.”
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