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About This Track
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney that was recorded by The Beatles for their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Many people thought this was about drugs, since the letters “LSD” are prominent in the title, and John Lennon, who wrote it, was known to drop acid. In 1971 Lennon told Rolling Stone that he swore that he had no idea that the song’s initials spelled L.S.D. He added: “I didn’t even see it on the label. I didn’t look at the initials. I don’t look— I mean I never play things backwards. I listened to it as I made it. It’s like there will be things on this one, if you fiddle about with it. I don’t know what they are. Every time after that though I would look at the titles to see what it said, and usually they never said anything.”
Paul McCartney recounted trading lyric ideas with Lennon in an interview, saying, “We never noticed the LSD initial until it was pointed out later, by which point people didn’t believe us.” This is confirmed by a 1971 interview of Lennon, where he described searching for acronyms in other song titles only to find “they didn’t spell out anything.” George Martin also denied the song was about LSD in the book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn.However, Lewisohn goes on to say “there can be little doubt that this was the very substance that provoked such colourful word imagery to flow out of Lennon’s head and onto paper.
Many people thought this was about drugs, since the letters “LSD” are prominent in the title, and John Lennon, who wrote it, was known to drop acid. In 1971 Lennon told Rolling Stone that he swore that he had no idea that the song’s initials spelled L.S.D. He added: “I didn’t even see it on the label. I didn’t look at the initials. I don’t look— I mean I never play things backwards. I listened to it as I made it. It’s like there will be things on this one, if you fiddle about with it. I don’t know what they are. Every time after that though I would look at the titles to see what it said, and usually they never said anything.”
Paul McCartney recounted trading lyric ideas with Lennon in an interview, saying, “We never noticed the LSD initial until it was pointed out later, by which point people didn’t believe us.” This is confirmed by a 1971 interview of Lennon, where he described searching for acronyms in other song titles only to find “they didn’t spell out anything.” George Martin also denied the song was about LSD in the book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn.However, Lewisohn goes on to say “there can be little doubt that this was the very substance that provoked such colourful word imagery to flow out of Lennon’s head and onto paper.
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Shouts
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ViniciusStilt wrote:
long live lsd [6]
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laurenisacat wrote:
long live lsd [5]
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rec420g wrote:
long live lsd [4]
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Lajon_ wrote:
I named my cat Lucy 'cause of this song...
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husarzX wrote:
500 mg DXM
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toehairmonkey wrote:
Reminds me of an episode of the Nanny and Fran thought the lyrics were "The girl with COLITIS goes by" LMAO.
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legendOFrock97 wrote:
very psychedelic
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Exzart wrote:
I want some Lucy
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power2themusic wrote:
Right on!
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naynay1129 wrote:
love watching the video while tripped out
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FeatgaryTD wrote:
long live lsd [3]
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Eleny96 wrote:
long live lsd [2]
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
long live lsd
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dluuu wrote:
THIS IS ONE OF THEIR CLASSIC TUNES !!! LONG LIVE BEATLES MUSIC !!!!!!!
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BlueOclock wrote:
Damn, I just about fell off my chair, they actually played a real Beatles song.....by the Beatles! <:-)
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kanajedi wrote:
Is this the real one on Last.FM for once? :O Oh meh gawd.
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Kershlaus91 wrote:
AMAZING, one my favourite ! loved it in the Yellow Submarine film!
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echo725 wrote:
The song was definitely influenced by LSD usage but I don't think it is about LSD.
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Talyta_rocks wrote:
So good, so magical [2]
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crawlpalmetto wrote:
OwenxJenkins wrote "these guys must have been tripping unbelievable amounts of balls, like insane amounts, I mean "I will head down to a bridge by a fountain where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies" really? holy fuck." hahaha!
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