Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (3:28)
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“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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MeY__ wrote:
LucyintheSkywithDiamonds.
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lolspud wrote:
Epic. Also, It's Not Lupus.
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xCarnageV2 wrote:
This song is about LSD, I don't care what Lennon ever said.
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Ackibear wrote:
Marshmallow pie.
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RevengeLobster wrote:
Such a unique voice.
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LNB613 wrote:
RIP Lucy
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Aldhisslan wrote:
LSD lives on.
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szuldzik wrote:
Lucy? hahaha. LSD not dead
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mishuska wrote:
RIP Lucy
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BarelyBe wrote:
Aww, R.I.P Lucy [7] Peace + Love
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DJ_boxxy wrote:
Gute Reise, Lucy
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elysia05 wrote:
Goodnight Lucy!
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PhamilyJules wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/29/beatles.lucy.in.the.sky.with.diamonds/index.html R.I.P. Lucy [6]
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DementedElitist wrote:
For you! Lucy!
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WiJoCo wrote:
"Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone. R.I.P. Lucy "in the sky" O'Donnell
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Insinityz wrote:
R.I.P. Lucy.
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VR515 wrote:
El Es De, maaaaan
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dinizedd wrote:
R.I.P. Lucy =(
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jaigurudevaom_ wrote:
RIP Lucy
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settlehead wrote:
Lucy O'Donnel is dead :( R.I.P
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