Talk:Smoke Two Joints

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Bob Marley page says he did a version of it[edit]

so did he or didn't he? actually it says "his" raggae songs which kind of implies he wrote it. you kids get together and figure this out will you? 71.59.195.91 15:24, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He did, I have it, It's awesome, Case closed. --Xinjinbei 15:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bob Marley is the original author artist of the song "Smoke 2 Joints". It was written and performed years before the Toyes remake. It's a song by the legend himself. Who the hell gave the Toyes credit for it...

Bob Marley died in 1981, It says somewhere on this page that this song was recorded by The Toyes in 1983 or 1996, whatever. Case Open. It's either that:

Bob Marley made the song before The Toyes
The Toyes made it before Bob Marley, and before his death (before 1981)
Bob Marley never recorded the song (Which means that I'm not listening to Bob Marley right now, but to some other dude. GOD DAMNIT! WHY?!?!?! WHY?!!??!!)

--Xinjinbei 16:04, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Toyes themselves claim that they wrote the song 1983:

http://www.thetoyes.com/lyrics/lyrsmoke2.html

LaHaine (talk) 10:16, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is someone smoking something?[edit]

Currently, this page claims that the song was "originally released by reggae group The Toyes on their 1996 self titled album," and later claims that "the Toyes released this on a 7" vinyl single in 1983." Which was it? (I think I remember the song from the early '80s, so I'm betting that "originally ... 1996" is wrong somehow.) Tom Duff 21:55, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I SMOKE TWO JOINTS[edit]

Must not have been good shit...--Donnie from the mean streets of Boston, KY

Removed lyrics[edit]

I removed the lyrics to the song, as they're presumably violate WP:C.

While you're at it, the formatting could use some work so it doesn't appear as all one big paragraph.

JBazuzi 21:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Urban legend[edit]

A recent edit changed the urban legend text to claim that the original version of the song was by Bob Marley, not The Toyes. There are were no citations in the original article, nor in the revision, to back up either claim. However, the external links to The Toyes' web site could be considered as evidence that The Toyes recorded the original song. With that in mind, I have reverted the edit.

If you believe that the edit was correct, please be sure to cite your references.

— JBazuzi (talk • contribs) 05:17, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Radio Play"[edit]

To be frank, who cares if some radio station in SF plays it? Tons do. Should we list them all? I'm removing it, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. --Viper007Bond 05:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Toyes v. Sublime[edit]

Shouldn't the Toyes album be in the box instead of Sublime. Nothing against Sublime, but the Toyes version has been around a lot longer as is just as famous. It is all I ever hear -- then again, the radio stations I listen to play rock and some reggae, but none play punk. Swlenz (talk) 00:45, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I only hear the Norman Nardini version of the song. He's blues-tinged-rock based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He credits "M. Kay, C. Kay" as the authors on his 1992 "This Ole Train" record. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.199.16.162 (talk) 15:45, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I know that youtube.com doesn't have every song in existence (from experience searching for rare songs), having said that if you look this song up under the artist Bob Marley (188+ results) and listen to a few there are two different versions. However, any Bob Marley and Sublime fan can tell that one of the two versions is Sublime, and the other is clearly NOT Bob Marley, as his and Nowell's voices are distinctive. The other is also listed under the artist The Toyes. After listening to some of their other songs, the band's sound matches up. So if they wrote it before Bob Marley died, and if he did a version, it is not on any on the records listed in the catalogue section of bobmarley.com and it's pretty rare, but it doesn't seem promising. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.119.89.29 (talk) 12:31, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]