10 rock songs that turn 25 years old in 2019
6. Cracker - Low
This is another one of those songs that got regular rock radio airplay. I never liked it.
I think the only reason anyone liked this song is because of the lyric "Hey, hey, hey, like being stoned". So of course, all the stoner potheads flocked to this song.
However, what happened because of that lyric is nothing short of hilarious.
David Lowery (lead singer) was pretty much ordered by Cracker's label to write a letter to hand out to radio stations that specifically said the lyric "being stoned" was actually "being stone", even though it was obviously stoned. And the only reason that ever happened is because if any overly sensitive listeners called a station and complained about the mention of stoned in the song, the station could just say they had a written letter from the band that said nope, you heard wrong even though you were right.
Yes, this means Lowery was told to write the letter as a cover-your-ass maneuver. Bands had to do that back in the day if there was anything lyrical that had the potential to ruffle the feathers of soccer moms.
Published 2019 Mar 4
