Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Research Paper
Urban legends are secondhand stories told as true and are plausible enough to be believed. These stories circulate in society making people question the truth of the matter. One urban legend that poses real questions and a lot of controversy is about the song “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” by the world famous band The Beatles. The song is believed to represent the psychedelic drug LSD because the initials of the song have the same letters as the spelling of the drug. It is relatively apparent that the Beatles were heavy drug users, and after publicly announcing that they had taken countless doses of LSD, fans began to believe that the song was a hidden message meant to represent LSD, but this pun on words happens to be sheer coincidence. When The Beatles released the album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967, its centerpiece track, “Lucy in the sky with diamonds”, featured John Lennon’s high pitched voice singing drug-inspired lyrics. It was not long before their fans discovered the pun hidden
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In an interview, John Lennon explains the meaning behind the name. He says that one day when his four-year-old son, Julian Lennon, came home from school, he brought a pastel drawing of his classmate Lucy’s face against a backdrop of exploding, multi-colored stars. Lennon was extremely impressed with his son’s handiwork, and when he asked Julian what the drawing was called, he responded, “Lucy in the sky with diamonds.” John Lennon loved his son’s creation and admired his imagination so much that he used the title in his next album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Lennon claimed that he had no idea that the title’s abbreviation spelled LSD until someone pointed it out to him after the release of the
In an interview, John Lennon explains the meaning behind the name. He says that one day when his four-year-old son, Julian Lennon, came home from school, he brought a pastel drawing of his classmate Lucy’s face against a backdrop of exploding, multi-colored stars. Lennon was extremely impressed with his son’s handiwork, and when he asked Julian what the drawing was called, he responded, “Lucy in the sky with diamonds.” John Lennon loved his son’s creation and admired his imagination so much that he used the title in his next album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Lennon claimed that he had no idea that the title’s abbreviation spelled LSD until someone pointed it out to him after the release of the