The song "Pool Shark" lyrics have another meaning. Bradley James Nowell, former lead guitarist, singer and songwriter for Sublime died way too soon.
Bradley quit and relapsed on herion 11 times and often compared artificial drugs to plastic meaning that they are man-made. Bradley loved Reggae and made it his own. Rastafarians denounce 'plastic' drugs but they believe in the power of natural herb. He's broken, in pain, and lying in a bed of this powerful 'plastic' drug.
One of the most moving songs of all time... Bradley was found alone in a trashed motel room. He was dead on the floor with louie dog (his dalmation) licking his face.
Such a shame and terrible loss! Right after his death and still to this day is when sublime really got popular. He started a whole new genre of music-American Reggae...just ask Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, Rebelution, The Green, Fortunate Youth, Stick Figure, The Movement,The Dirt Heads, Tribal Seeds and many many others! Here's a partial listing of successful bands influence by Bradley-from A-Z:
A
Akae Beka
Arawak Jah
B
Barry and the Penetrators
Batala NYC
Big Mountain (band)
Blue Riddim Band
Born Jamericans
C
Christafari
Common Sense (band)
Cultura Profética
D
De Facto (band)
Dirty Heads
E
Easy Star All-Stars
Echo Movement
Ellwood (band)
The Expendables (American band)
F
Free Radicals (band)
Fugees
G
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Goodbye Elliott
Groundation
H
Heavyweight Dub Champion
The Holdup
I
Iration
Irie Time
J
Jah People
Jah Roots
Jah Works
JFC (reggae band)
John Brown's Body (band)
L
Leon and the Peoples
LeperKhanz
The Lions (band)
Long Beach Shortbus
Loose Caboose
M
Midnite (band)
Monyaka
The Movement (reggae band)
N
Natti Love Joys
Natty Nation
Natural Vibrations
New Kingston (band)
P
Pepper (band)
R
The Rastafarians
Rebelution (band)
Roots Tonic
Ruder Than You
S
The Samples
Shrub (band)
Simplified (band)
SKAndalous All-Stars
Slightly Stoopid
SOJA
Someday Providence
Southtown Generals
State Radio
Stick Figure
Subatomic Sound System
Sublime (band)
Sublime with Rome
The Supervillains
Sussman Lawrence
T
Tomorrows Bad Seeds
The Toyes
Tribal Seeds
W
Worl-A-Girl
Y
Yellow Dubmarine
RIP Brad..IMHO-The Greatest of all Time!
POOL SHARK-Lyrics
Lying in my plastic bed
Thinkin' how things were so cool to me
My baby likes to shoot pool
I like lying naked in my bedroom
Tying on the dinosaur
Tonight it used to be so cool
Now I've got the needle
And I can't bleed, but I can't breathe
Take it away and I want more and more
One day I'm gonna lose the war
Lying in my plastic bed
Thinkin' how things were so cool to me
My baby likes to shoot pool
I like lying naked in my bedroom
Tying on the dinosaur
Tonight it used to be so cool
Now I've got the needle
And I can't shake
But I can't breathe
Take it away and but I want more and more
One day I'm gonna lose the war
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list source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_reggae_musical_groups
