Incense for the room in wich it is smoked and peppermints for your breath. Brian from Boston, MaI always thought that Incense and peppermints were ways to get rid of the smell of pot.I realize the Beatles had organ in some of their music at that time but to me the organ complimented the song it did not overpower it. The organ makes it sound like a novelty song.It's as if some executive at the time put out what he thought a psychadelic song should sound like. I think instead of the organ as the prodominant instument it needs a good rythm guitar. Brian from Boston, MaI never thought this was a great song but it had some potential.You can approximate the Hammond sound with today's synthesizers, but not quite duplicate it. Ekristheh from Halath, United StatesBrian in Boston - The use of the Hammond organ in various subgenres of rock and roll is well documented.Every group has their own way of looking at things and there's no use in fighting over who is right. Beatnics and Politicians each have their own point of view. The fact that incense and peppermints are "meaningless nouns" may means that these words are strung together and aren't intended to mean anything in particular. It is used in the second verse to tell the listener to take a look at him/herself. "Tune on, tune in, drop out" is a phrase Timothy Leary used to promote the use of LSD. "Who cares what games we choose, little to win and nothing to lose" means that it doesn't matter what types of drugs a person uses - only that you don't gain much by doing or not doing the drugs. In the first phrase, we are told innocense and good sense are nice, but they can disable you. Peppermints are used to mask the smoke on a person's breath. Incense is often burned to mask the smell of marijuana. The psychedelic was in full swing when Incense and Peppermint became popular. Guest2491 from Pen Argyl, PaAbout the song and its meaning: : 1.Esskayess from Dallas, TxI like to think that the Beatles had incense and peppermints on the Yellow Submarine.One day later on September 24th, 1967 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #88 and on November 19th, 1967 it peaked at #1 and on that same week "Tomorrow" was at #50. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 23rd 1967, the Strawberry Alarm Clock performed "Incense and Peppermints" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'.I can't find any reference to this on the internet. Gt from Peoria, IlI'm certain that I heard (on an oldies radio show many years ago) that the lyrics to this song were penned in about 10 minutes on a layover at Stapleton Airport in Denver.Which was why Adrian Cronauer was so memorable - he got away with bucking the system. It had to be military-approved to get air time. Other than this program, most of their music was pretty "middle of the road" - Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Mitch Miller, etc. Dan from SeattleFirst time I ever heard this song was on the AFVN station in Saigon.Īdrian Cronauer had finished his tour, but other DJs kept his "Good Morning Viet Nam" program going.
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