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Author: WeAreAllKosh

Nov 10th 2013 at 4:05:26 AM

Drugs Will Blow Your Mind:

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* "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by {{The Beatles}}: Many believe the title to be an anthropomorphism of LSD, as the initials of the key words coincide. And the song describes relaxing, turning on, and taking in some incredible sights.
* {{Sammy Hagar}}'s "(There's Only) One Way to Rock":
--> So many things can get you high
--> I'm gonna try 'em all just once before I die
* {{The Moody Blues}}' "Legend of a Mind" is a tribute to LSD guru TimothyLeary:
--> He'll fly his astral plane
--> Takes you trips around the bay
--> Brings you back the same day
--> Timothy Leary 
* "Heroin" by {{The Velvet Underground}} is more bittersweet: the user who sings its praises knows that, for better or worse, he's hopelessly wed to it ("it's my wife/and it's my life"), and he knows he's one of those people whom others point to as one who won't ever amount to much, but doesn't care ("And thank your God that I'm not aware/and thank God that I just don't care"); but it mostly describes the rapture of a high, with the quickening instrumentation itself suggesting something rushing through the blood.