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file. help. " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds " is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written primarily by John Lennon with assistance from Paul McCartney, and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. [ 2 ] Lennon's son Julian inspired the song with a ...
The song features strings, brass, a sitar, piano, bass, guitar, drums, breathing sounds, and dissonant string sounds. Its title is a play on, and a mondegreen of, the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" which Fred had initially believed were "Lucy in disguise with diamonds" upon first hearing the song.) [3] [4]
"Let There Be More Light" includes cryptic references to science fiction stories, the 11th century rebel Hereward the Wake, The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and one of Pink Floyd's early light show operators. While the oblique lyrics contrast with the more direct style that Waters would later adopt, the historical and popular ...
For example, William Shatner sings (or, more precisely, does a dramatic reading of the lyrics to) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," [1] Leonard Nimoy sings "If I Had a Hammer," and Muhammad Ali sings "Stand by Me."
Written, according to lyricist Bernie Taupin, in chronological order, Captain Fantastic is a concept album that gives an autobiographical glimpse at the struggles John (Captain Fantastic) and Taupin (the Brown Dirt Cowboy) had in the early years of their musical careers in London (from 1967 to 1969), leading up to John's eventual breakthrough in 1970.
Todd Meagher. Julian Lennon singles chronology. " Lucy ". (2009) " Lucy " is a song written and performed by Julian Lennon, James Scott Cook and Todd Meagher. The song is a quasi-follow-up to The Beatles ' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", originally inspired by a drawing by a then four-year-old Lennon given to his father.
I Am Sam is the soundtrack to the 2001 film I Am Sam. [1] It was released on January 8, 2002 by V2 Records (see 2002 in music). The album contents are made up entirely of cover versions of songs by the Beatles, although it was originally intended to consist of the group's original recordings. When producers were unable to obtain the rights to ...
Martin cites "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" as having the most variations of tape speed on Sgt. Pepper. During the recording of Lennon's vocals, the tape speed was reduced from 50 cycles per second to 45, which produced a higher and thinner-sounding track when played back at the normal speed. [121]