10 Beatles Tracks That Were Ahead Of Their Time
4. John Lennon: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (1967)
Throughout the '60s much of the media frenzy around the Beatles centred on their drug consumption. Particularly, if drug use was an inspiration for the music, but more importantly, if they were espousing drug use in their music - a concept that signalled the end times in the eyes of rigid conservative types.
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds drew most of this attention. Lennon famously addressed these claims on The Dick Cavett Show, attributing his inspiration to a drawing his son had shown him. Regardless of Lennon's claims, it was well known the group had been experimenting both with marijuana and acid during this period. When the acronym for a song this trippy is LSD, it's a stretch to call it a coincidence...
One of the remarkable aspects to the group's writing was their ability to move through a collection of musical realms within such a short period of time. In just a few years, the care free romp of tracks like I Want to Hold Hand, was replaced with lyrics about other realms. Make no mistake this was the work of mind altering drugs...