THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
157-Beatles-Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
1967-Has never been released as a single in the UK.
Best Bit-At 1.49. ‘A great philosopher once wrote,naughty naughty very naughty.’
John Lennon said that his inspiration for the song came when his three year-old son Julian showed him a nursery school drawing that he called ‘Lucy-in the Sky with Diamonds’,depicting his classmate Lucy O’Donnell,Julian later recalled,’I don’t know why I called it that or why it stood out from all my other drawings,but I obviously had an affection for Lucy at that age,Lucy O’Donnell has also confirmed the story.
According to John Lennon(see also best songs 927-599-473-456-319-238-218 and 168) the lyrics were largely derived from the literary style of Lewis Carroll’s novel ‘Alice in Wonderland.’Rumours of the connection between the songs title and the initialism ‘LSD’ began circulating shortly after the release of the ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ Album,Lennon later said he was surprised that people made a connection between the song and drugs,saying that the song wasn’t about drugs at all.
‘Newspaper taxis appear on the shore waiting to take you away.’
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