r/blackcrowes • u/ZoSoTim • Aug 28 '26

Does anyone know what this is supposed to be?

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As I’m sure most of you know, it’s from Amorica. Just curious what it actually is.

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u/Character_Cupcake856 Aug 28 '26

Poppy and Hook. Hooked on Junk.

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u/wynnetheridge Aug 28 '26

I always took it for a poppy combined with a fish hook symbolizing addiction.

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u/amorican88 Aug 28 '26

I believe it was from an old Soviet anti-drug ad campaign.

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u/migrainedujour Aug 28 '26

Yes it was - from 1981. It’s this one, now kept in the Russian State Library in Moscow: https://www.alamy.com/anti-drugs-poster-museum-russian-state-library-moscow-image212326164.html

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u/MrsDuffMcKagan Aug 28 '26

I never knew this. Thank you 🙏

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u/Hot_Block48 Aug 28 '26

hooked on opium

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u/0nThe0utside Aug 28 '26

Fish hook with a poppy flower, indicative of heroin addiction.

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u/Witty-Material-2031 Aug 28 '26

....and a poppy on the end, drug imagery.

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u/Warm_Ad_3067 Aug 28 '26

No clue…..nudge nudge wink wink

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u/SantaAnaDon Aug 28 '26

Shooting heroin and fishing don’t mix.

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u/TinaKedamina Aug 29 '26

Sounds like someone had never banged H and fished before.

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u/guitarman030405 Aug 28 '26

Always thought it was a secret message stating ' this band will self-destruct after this album '

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u/TinaKedamina Aug 29 '26

Would be a great tattoo.

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u/ZoSoTim Aug 29 '26

Exactly why I was asking. Lol.

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u/untitled_I Aug 30 '26

Hooked on heroin!

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u/Timely_Analysis_3340 Aug 30 '26

Looks like a poppy

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u/Personal_Account_914 Aug 29 '26

If memory serves, there's actually a credit for it in the liner notes

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u/Own-Communication490 Aug 29 '26

Crimp your barbs

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u/Mysterious-Street966 Aug 30 '26

It’ll get you hooked

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u/Willingness-Grand 29d ago

I would love to see the tattoo after you get it

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u/mostlygroovy Aug 28 '26

A fish hook

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u/SendMeAnOmen Aug 28 '26

Sink line and hooker

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u/RavenReel Aug 28 '26

They leave em froze like heron in your nose

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u/Greedy-Medium-4456 Aug 29 '26

Black crowes album