Master Ryker
04-25-08, 08:52 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eEggVnuPcfY
"Ebeneezer Goode" is a song by British electronic music group The Shamen, which became their biggest hit when released as a single in September 1992.
he song is best known for its chorus, "'Eezer Goode, 'Eezer Goode/He's Ebeneezer Goode", which has been construed as a drug reference: "E's are good, E's are good".[1] The lyrics present the advantages of Ecstasy use with a warning about the drugs abuse thrown in: "But go easy on old 'Eezer, he's the love you could lose. Extraordinary fellow, like Mister Punchinello, he's the kind of geezer who must never be abused".
The song also contains references to rolling a spliff with the lines "Has anybody got any Veras?", a reference to 'Vera Lynns', the rhyming slang for skins or rolling papers and "Got any salmon?", which is a reference to 'salmon and trout' the rhyming slang for 'snout', a prison word for tobacco.
Band member Mr C got his inspiration for "Ebeneezer Goode" from the Ecstasy scene in the major London nightclubs he frequented.
"Ebeneezer Goode" is a song by British electronic music group The Shamen, which became their biggest hit when released as a single in September 1992.
he song is best known for its chorus, "'Eezer Goode, 'Eezer Goode/He's Ebeneezer Goode", which has been construed as a drug reference: "E's are good, E's are good".[1] The lyrics present the advantages of Ecstasy use with a warning about the drugs abuse thrown in: "But go easy on old 'Eezer, he's the love you could lose. Extraordinary fellow, like Mister Punchinello, he's the kind of geezer who must never be abused".
The song also contains references to rolling a spliff with the lines "Has anybody got any Veras?", a reference to 'Vera Lynns', the rhyming slang for skins or rolling papers and "Got any salmon?", which is a reference to 'salmon and trout' the rhyming slang for 'snout', a prison word for tobacco.
Band member Mr C got his inspiration for "Ebeneezer Goode" from the Ecstasy scene in the major London nightclubs he frequented.