Lucy Vodden, Who Inspired a Beatles Song, Dies at 46

[katkat]

Source: the New York Times

Lucy Vodden, who provided the inspiration for the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” has died in London. She was 46.




Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/arts/music/29lucy.html

[provis99]

1. nah, acid inspired Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

No how much Paul McCartney denys it LSD was his drug of choice when he wrote muddled, confusing songs like that.

[Hissyspit]

3. What are you on?

John Lennon wrote that song.

And who says it's a muddled confusing song? It's full of imaginative imagery and is logically constructed. John was under the influence of many other artistic influences and creative approaches at a time when the accepted concepts of art and pop songs were being deliberately broadened and questioned.

[Butch350]

4. The only thing muddled is your remark.

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. "on June 2, 2004, McCartney told BBC that the song is, in fact, about LSD."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_in_the_Sky_with_Diamonds

[LTR]

11. Thing with McCartney is...

...he'll typically give a different answer every time you ask him about The Beatles. I've seen interviews where he claims that "Lucy In The Sky" isn't about LSD.

And he'll be the first to acknowledge that many Beatles historians know more about the band than he does. Plus, he does tend to play rather coy with the media. Not too long ago, he claimed that he and his bandmates were responsible for plotting the elaborate "Paul is dead" hoax.

But considering Lennon was hardcore into acid at the time, I'm assuming that came into play.

[Ghost in the Machine]

8. "McCartney was the first British pop star to openly admit using LSD"

In 1967, on a sailing trip to Greece<151> (with the idea of buying an island for the whole group)<152> McCartney said everybody sat around and took LSD, although McCartney had first taken it with Tara Browne, in 1966.<153><154><155> He took his second "acid trip" with Lennon on 21 March 1967 after a studio session.<156> McCartney was the first British pop star to openly admit using LSD, in an interview in the now-defunct "Queen" magazine.<157> His admission was followed by a TV interview in the UK on Independent Television News on 19 June 1967, when McCartney was asked about his admission of LSD use, he said:

“ I was asked a question by a newspaper, and the decision was whether to tell a lie or tell him the truth. I decided to tell him the truth ... but I really didn't want to say anything, you know, because if I had my way I wouldn't have told anyone. I'm not trying to spread the word about this. But the man from the newspaper is the man from the mass medium. I'll keep it a personal thing if he does too, you know ... if he keeps it quiet. But he wanted to spread it so it's his responsibility, you know, for spreading it, not mine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney#Recreational_drug_use

:hi:

[XOKCowboy]

9. I'm very, very, very happy that he did.

Otherwise the Beatles wouldn't be the icons that they are now.

[karynnj]

10. You are the one who is muddled

John Lennon wrote the song and I am not sure he thought he had to have one drug of choice. Paul McCartney actually did relatively little LSD. His drug of choice was pot. The pictures created with words are extraordinary.

[Chemisse]

2. Interestingly, the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Was what inspired anthropologists to name the 3.2 million year old hominid fossil found in Ethiopia "Lucy".

[BlooInBloo]

5. And to close the circle, Lucy is a descendant of Lucy.

:P

[Thickasabrick]

6. I really thought it was sweet for Julian Lennon to look her up and get in

touch with her again. RIP Lucy.