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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sweet_kenny wrote:
'rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies' love that line
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emesy1 wrote:
love the harmonies on the chorus!!!
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NigelE8992 wrote:
EL ESS DEEEEEEE
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vis0 wrote:
I think the chorus doesn't really with fit the rest of the song.
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albatross2009 wrote:
si viaggiaaaaaaaa............
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aryanrocksworld wrote:
me too
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BillyShears87 wrote:
i love lucy
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Joodicator wrote:
Little known fact: This song is actually about Cluedo.
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princessansah wrote:
RIP LUCY
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intoXicated0 wrote:
when i listened to this song as a kid i thought it was one of the most annoying things ever. now i appreciate it more and more every time i listen to it
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jordan10la wrote:
I'm surprised to see this song ranked so high among the top beatles songs. Not that it isn't a good song.
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starwarmaster wrote:
excellent video
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mcgreevy14 wrote:
phycadelic baby
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ReallyNoBlondes wrote:
Amazing, really amazing !
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Audiobinge wrote:
Drugs or not this is a nice song.
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Stephaloney wrote:
holy crap, this song sounds amazing in mono!!
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beatlelennon12 wrote:
I am the new lennon
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mdoublej wrote:
such a trippy song
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MeY__ wrote:
LucyintheSkywithDiamonds.
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lolspud wrote:
Epic. Also, It's Not Lupus.
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