Los Lonely Boys

[Duff McCartney]

Hey! Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is NOT about LSD!!

It's not.

[JoeChalupa]

It's not.

It is for true Beatle Fans.

[Duff McCartney]

Actually, I'm a true Beatles fan and even I don't think it was. I read what John and Ringo said about it...so I believe them.

[Jekka]

It's not.

I want to see Julian's drawing before I believe that.

[JoeChalupa]

Actually, I'm a true Beatles fan and even I don't think it was. I read what John and Ringo said about it...so I believe them.

What I mean is that people my age believe it even if it is not actual fact.

And John may have been trippin' when he said what he did.

[Spurminator]

I want to see Julian's drawing before I believe that.

I think this was it...

[Duff McCartney]

I want to see Julian's drawing before I believe that.

http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/lucysky.htm

[Jekka]

http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/lucysky.htm

"Just about everyone was doing drugs in one form or another and we were no different, but the writing was too important for us to mess it up by getting off our heads all the time. It was just easier to write when we were straight and seemly.

"It was only on Pepper that we started to use stuff in the studio. On the earlier albums we'd have been using those drugs socially, so in that sense the drugs informed what we did.

"A song like Got To Get You Into My Life, that's directly about pot, although everyone missed it at the time. Day Tripper, that's one about acid. Lucy In The Sky, that's pretty obvious.

"There's others that make subtle hints about drugs, but, you know, it's easy to overestimate the influence of drugs on the Beatles' music."

-Daily Mirror, 6/2/04
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[T Park]

it's easy to overestimate the influence of drugs on the Beatles' music."

He just named some famous songs that were influenced by drugs.....

[JoeChalupa]

Sometimes I get high with a little help from my friends.

[Duff McCartney]

I knew you were gonna come back with that Paul McCartney bull . He's so full of crap. He says that now...but he also said this.

"I showed up at John's house and he had a drawing that Julian had done at school with the le 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' above it. Then we went up to his music room and wrote the song, swapping psychedelic suggestions as we went. I remember coming up with the 'cellophane flowers' and 'newspaper taxis' and John answered with things like 'kaleidoscope eyes' and 'looking glass ties'. We never noticed the LSD initial until it was pointed out later - by which point people didn't believe us."

This is directly from the Beatles anthology book, where Paul, Ringo, and John also say it was from a drawing and not from LSD. Then Paul tries to add to his ego by saying it really was and he was taking heroin around the time of Sgt Pepper.

I love Paul, but the guy has a massive ego and wants to keep adding to it by distancing himself with bad things. Like Magical Mystery Tour the movie, it stunk according to people, and everybody says it was Paul's idea. But when he's asked he comes out with "I'm not sure.." He's full of ....he just tells people things now to add to his legacy with The Beatles.

When it comes to The Beatles, if it was great, Paul tries to take as much credit as he can, if it stinks, he deflects all the credit to everyone else even though he should be taking most of it.

[Spam]

Who really gives a rat's ass. The song kicks ass and we all know they did drugs.
Big deal. Like Chalupa said many fans like the story whether it is true or not.

[David Bowie]

They get a lot ofplay on the radio, and I must say, I really can't stanfd their music. I can't believe they won a grammy. imo.