Talk:I Shot the Sheriff

message: Marley's cute comment notwithstanding, most of the theories I've read on this song connect it with heroin use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesTheNumberless (talk • contribs) 15:59, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That is possibly the most bizarre stretch of the imagination I have ever seen.  Does that mean Buffalo Soldier is about tripping on mushrooms?--Koncorde 16:41, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

text: This is so far-fetched that it no longer makes any sense. It's one thing to claim the song is about drug use (I can buy that), but another to claim there is such a literal interpretation of the lyrics. For example, it's absurd to claim the "deputy" is an inferior substance. The songs literally talks about killing people (the sheriff, the deputy). "Shooting down" is not drug use jargon. The song may be a metaphor or oblique allusion to drug use, but it's ridiculous to make specific claims such as the deputy being an inferior substance or a cure. 200.127.158.54 (talk) 21:16, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theme/Meaning 

message: This entry does not list Bob Marley's live version, released on 'Songs of Freedom' Cd 2.
There may be other recorded versions by Marley. I don't know.
To give Eric Clapton's cover version more coverage than that of Marley is off-balance.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vonuan (talk • contribs) 11:30, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should begin with a listing of Bob Marley's recorded versions 

message: Hey, this article misses this recording: . I have no further information about this, only that this is Michael Jackson at his best performing I Shot the Sheriff. Does anyone know more about this video?--Svebert (talk) 10:20, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Jackson 5]]/[[Michael Jackson]] Recording 

message: I think the Warren G version is a cover version, not a new song. It uses elements and the main theme of the Marley song and the Clapton cover, even though it has other new lyrics. Thoughts? Binksternet (talk) 18:57, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warren G version: same song or different? 

message: OK, I know, Screamin' Jay Hawkins was never as popular as the Beatles. Nevertheless his interpretation of the song is unique and special. He also added some very political lyrics. If anyone can shed light on this, I'd be glad.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.21.243.203 (talk) 21:06, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Screamin Jay's version omitted 

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