I mean what schoolboy didn't have a mad crush on Joy?
Posted on 01/07/2025 11:28:03 AM PST by Morgana
Peter Yarrow who was part of the legendary 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul, And Mary who are best known for iconic song Puff The Magic Dragon is dead at 86.
The controversial musician passed away after battling bladder cancer for four years his publicist confirmed.
He was the lead vocalist of the hit track Puff The Magic Dragon - which was released in 1960 - as he denied that the song was about drugs for years which is what many had believed.
Yarrow staunchly denied that it was about drug taking and has maintained that the actual meaning of the song is about the hardships of growing up.
The musician has previously said that the song 'never had any meaning other than the obvious one' and is about the 'loss of innocence in children.'
Yarrow had also been embroiled in controversy as he was sentenced to three months in jail over a 1969 incident in which the 14-year-old and her 17-year-old sister went to his hotel seeking an autograph and he answered the door naked.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“Greg Focker: Some people think that to “puff the magic dragon” means to- They’re really, uh - to smoke - to smoke - a marijuana cigarette. Jack Byrnes: Puff’s just the name of the boy’s magical dragon. Greg Focker: Right. Jack Byrnes: Are you a pothead, Focker?”
I hope you enjoyed “Barack the Magic Negro.” Only Rush...
Did he renounce his support for Castro and Ortega?
“ and White Rabbit was about making stew.”
I believe Grace Slick states that was about drugs
If the guy says it wasn’t about drugs it wasn’t. What’s the problem
No problem here, I actually believe him, especially give it was adapted from a poem an acquaintance wrote 3 years prior.
Loved Harry Chapin. Phenomenal composer and humanitarian.
And don’t even ask about H.R.Puffinstuff.
Ha!
Captain Kangaroo- Janet Yellen look-alike.
I mean what schoolboy didn't have a mad crush on Joy?
Heck, it was played on Captain Kangaroo!............
The offense noted in the story you linked.
Yes, another who passed way too soon
I’ll probably have nightmares about that now. Oh well!
UF beat UT tonight!
It is a song about growing up and a boy growing out of Imaginary friends of his childhood and moving on in life. It was written in the late 1950's. Very little evidence points to it being anymore than what it's author claims it is.
Now for those wanting scandal go look up the origional lyrics to Take me home Country Roads written by Bill and Taffy Danoff and John Denver LOL Look for the lost verse Denver never recorded but Danoff did LOL.
He would have been 31 or so when pedophilia incident occurred.
Most likely not the first time he “pulled” that act.
But it would be very lonely on the road and he probably did did similar stuff to fans over the age of consent. No excuse however.
I will see your Puff the Magic Dragon and raise you Muskrat Love.
Or Disco Duck. Either one will do.
Sorry, not really aimed at you. For anyone who just read the excerpt, it wasn’t an innocent mistake like it might seem.
When I was in second grade (1962), I begged my parents to get me PTMD to play on my little record player. They never got around to it, kept "forgetting" to buy it. Eventually I forgot about it.
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