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The Banned Beatles Classic John Lennon Says Was Inspired by His Son’s Drawing—and Not Psychedelics
This particular song that the BBC banned was “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” from The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” is one of the Fab Four’s most recognizable songs of their career. It was also one of their most thinly veiled references to the psychedelic drug LSD. The title of the song spells out “LSD”. The lyrics also make poetic connections to the substance, too.
The BBC Ban of “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” by The Beatles Was Understandable at the Time
“Picture yourself in a boat on a river / With tangerine trees and marmalade skies / Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly / A girl with kaleidoscope eyes” are just a few of many obvious references in the song.
Mentioning a psychedelic drug in a song wouldn’t make most people blush nowadays. Still, the BBC was pretty strict about banning such songs in the 1960s. One could listen to the lyrics of “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” and think it’s a simple, innocent song about a girl named Lucy.
