References in Media
The Principia Discordia (1965) mentions that there is some debate as to whether the Golden Apple of Discord is made of metallic gold or Acapulco gold.
The New Riders of the Purple Sage song "Henry" from their eponymous first album references Acapulco Gold - the song is about the title character traveling to Acapulco to smuggle "twenty keys of Gold" back to the States .
Although the Led Zeppelin song " Over The Hills And Far Away" does not mention Acapulco Gold in the studio version, singer Robert Plant frequently inserted the phrase into the song during live performances. After the lyric "I live for my dreams and a pocketful of gold" he would muse the phrase "Acapulco Gold" as if an afterthought or clarification. A soundboard bootleg of a 1973 live show entitled "Heritage Strain" features as artwork a pack of Acapulco Gold marijuana cigarettes.
In the 1969 near-future science fiction novel "Bug Jack Barron" by Norman Spinrad, Jack Barron's U.S. national television show is prominently sponsored by "Acapulco Golds", a legal cannabis cigarette brand in the setting of the book.
The 1972 novel "Acapulco Gold" by Edwin Corley imagines how American big business might prepare for legalization and commercialization of cannabis cigarettes.
Led Zeppelin contemporary Roy Harper included a song titled "Acapulco Gold" on his 1974 Harvest release, Valentine. The song is sung in a Lounge music style, accompanied by piano and lyrics referring to "...getting rolled on my Acapulco Gold".
John Lennon and Peter Sellers are seen talking about Acapulco Gold during a promo shoot for the Beatles new company, Apple Corps.
The Rush song "A Passage to Bangkok" mentions "Golden Acapulco Nights".
The Devin The Dude's song "Gotta Be Me" mentions "No stems, no seeds, that you don't need - Acapulco Gold is.. Mad Ass Weed".
Argentinean band Soda Stereo include the phrase “como oro de Acapulco” (like Acapulco Gold) on the song Planta from the 1995 album Sueño Stereo, the writer Gustavo Cerati makes reference to the drug being inside his body like blood to a plant
In his song "My Favourite Ladies", rapper MF Doom refers to the strain: "Fresh and ripe, perplexin' like Acapulco Gold, If I had to guess, just right, not a day old".
Cheech and Chong mention Acapulco Gold in their 1978 film "Up in Smoke". It is mentioned in the film several times. Seeds of Acapulco gold are even shown at one point.
Streetwear clothing company Acapulco Gold is named after the strain.
In Season 1, Episode 14 of "Saturday Night Live," host Desi Arnaz jokes that the cast gifted him Alcapulco Gold cigars.
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