♫ Can you write a paragraph using lots of Beatle SONG TITLES and have it make sense?
...Just a quick HELLO/GOODBYE from a GIRL who just wants to GET BACK to YESTERDAY and all the wonderful memories IN MY LIFE when Beatlemania was HERE, THERE AND EVERYHERE. . so PLEASE, PLEASE ME and DON'T BOTHER ME with all this awful rap garbage cos' I remember what r e a l ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC is all about, and time waits FOR NO ONE..... =)
Considering the images in the song Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, can one assume that it's about psychedelic drugs even though John denied it?
Well in fact both Paul and John denied that the song was about acid or that it was inspired directly by LSD.John said “it’s not an acid song”.The title came from a drawing by John’s son Julian, of a girl called Lucy in his nursery school class. Julian showed his father the drawing and described it using the words of the title, and that is what inspired John to write the first draft of a song with the title. So it was Julian Lennon who actually named the song. Ringo was there with John at the time and he confirms that this event actually happened.Paul later contributed some of the lyrics, and both Lennon and McCartney said that they had been trying for a dreamlike feeling, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s tales about Alice.So even though both Paul and John did use acid, I think this is about as authoritative a denial and counter argument as you can find. They didn’t intend the initials in the title to be some sort of a secret code.It was just a combination of the surreal feeling of the lyrics and the coincidence of some initials in the title with the letters LSD, and the widespread discussion of LSD that was already taking place when Sgt. Pepper’s came out, that led to the spread of a rumor that the song was about LSD.So I don’t think you can assume that the song was meant to be about psychedelics at all, no.People made it into that themselves, and no one can stop them from seeing the song that way, or any way they like, of course.But both Paul and John denied it, and they tell a very believable story.
What is most fascinating about diamonds?
Diamonds are a girl’s best friends and diamonds are forever, but did you know that, despite the fact we are told that diamonds are the hardest natural substance on earth, if you hit a diamond hard enough with a hammer, it will shatter into tiny pieces? Diamonds were formed deep beneath the earths crust billions of years ago and they are brought to the surface by volcanoes. They are made of pure carbon with just a few impurities that give some diamonds their colour. They are rare, they are beautiful, and they have been sought after and revered for thousands of years. Here are ten more fascinating facts about diamonds that you may not have known.The largest diamond ever found weighed 1.33 poundsDiamonds are found all around the worldDiamonds are rare, but not as a rare as you thinkDiamonds come in lots of different coloursMost diamonds that are mined are used in industryThere is a diamond starDiamonds are not the hardest substance on the planet”Diamond engagement rings are nothing more than a marketing ployDiamonds are no good as investmentsReference: beautyandtips
How does a tree gain a survival advantage by forming buds in the fall instead of the spring?
Buds are tightly bundled baby leaves, usually protected by scales, a waxy layer, or some other form of protection from the elements. By starting these buds in the autumn, the tree has a "head start" in the spring. When the weather gets warmer and the sap starts flowing, the leaves are already partially formed, and can begin taking advantage of the abundant sunlight immediately. Having functional leaves sooner in the spring helps the tree to compete for sunlight, which is especially important in a dense forest, and allows it to accelerate its woody growth sooner, too. The risk is that if the winter is too harsh, it might actually kill the young leaves through the protective layer. If that happens, to put it bluntly... the tree is pretty much screwed.
Does anyone know of any Australian online stores specifically like Lucy in the sky, and Princess Polly?
my sister usually has a list of online clothing sites she uses but unable to get them from her at the moment, sorry.. anyways heres a few onine clothing stores i found for you: http://www.mycatwalk.com.au/ http://www.clothingstoreonline.com.au/ http://www.mintshop.com.au/ http://endlesswardrobe.com.au/ you could also try stores like 'american apparel' or 'ironfirst' or perhaps 'danger field'. sorry i cant really think of other websites or stores at the moment, but i really hope you find that emerald skirt, sorry i couldn't help with that one.. if you find some material in this colour, you could always perahaps (if you don't sew) ask someone like a realative (mum, nanna or an aunt) or dress maker and see if they could make you up something, similar to this skirt, that way it it will also make it unique. hope that helped a bit Xx
Did the use of drugs hamper The Beatles?
I seriously doubt it.Until '65, Beatles weren't introduced to marijuana. During their invasion of the US, Bob Dylan introduced them to the drug.A few controversies( aka the more popular than Jesus controversy) and the fact that they couldn't hear themselves singing die to the noise produced by the crowd, they stopped touring altogether and hence, all of their attention was given to the task of producing good music.The next 3 albums were: Revolver, Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper's, which are considered to be the some of the best albums of all time.Incidentally or not, all of them have a psychedelic feeling to it, esp Sgt. Pepper's which was when their drug use of at its peak.Consider the songs A day in the life, With a little help from my Friends and LSD( Lucy in the Sky...); these songs are direct references to drugs which even the Beatles' have accepted. All of them are from Sgt. Pepper's aka drugs influence is observable.Also, these albums have a sort of seriousness that all of their previous albums didn't have. The Beatles' were now producing music that was not about childish love... They had become serious and the first song to that was Eleanor Rigby which was about death, a subject untouched by all of their previous albums. This shook the music world and made everyone take the Beatles seriously. In a sense, they had matured and were now ready to cement themselves as the greatest musical force on the history which is what they did in the next 4-5 years. Thus, drugs were a major influence and w/o them I don't know if things would have panned put the same way.PS: In no way am I advocating drug use and musical genius shouldn't be confused with being high(Miley Cyrus is a good example). And for the record, I don't do any part of drugs myself.
Im doing a speech on john lennon i need a good attention grabber any ideas?
Why don't you start out by reciting a few lines from one of his poems or some crazy lyrics from one of his songs. If you haven't read his poetry, it's very surreal and twisted. You could quote "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" or "I Am the Walrus". The bizarre nature but powerful imagery of the words could help you lead into the fact that he was a visionary artist. If you start with something heavy from "Give Peace a Chance" or "Imagine", you stand the risk of coming across as too preachy or heavy handed. There is plenty of time in the speech to get to his anti-war activism. Audiences want to be entertained. If they get bored with you in the first 15 seconds, you have lost them for the rest of the speech. Challenge them early with something that makes them sit up and listen.
Would you ingest a psychedelic drug if it were legal?
WOULD YOU TAKE A PSYCHEDELIC DRUG IF IT WAS LEGAL?This reminds me of around 60 years ago, when I was buddies & travelled in the same circles as a guy named Stanley Owlsley . He invented & put together a little blue flake he called Owlsley Acid Diamonds.It was a legal Psychedelic then.The Beatles had just written a song about it called Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. (LSD-get it?)I had heard that it was dangerous & could cause permanent damage to the brain, so I decided to stay away from LSD, until . . .Stanley and a pharmacist mutual friend said it wud be OK & safe for me if they were my trip-sitters. So I tried the stuff and “dropped acid” along with another friend of that Hippy Era, the Zen Philosopher, Alan Watts. It was pretty interesting. …I could “see” & understand music, painting ...Even Rodin's sculptures spoke to me. The movies Yellow Submarine & 2001 were, well, PSYCHEDELIC! Wow.Better than a costly year at a psychiatrist for discovering hidden fears, phobias, suppressed desires, etc. Anyway, no permanent brain damage --- aside from 60 years later, creating my irrational desire to get a QUORA Patagonian Zipper/hoodie jacket.Bottom line being, I will try anything once, if it is or could be pleasurable or educational— but only if I am pretty sure it won’t cause permanent damage. That belief system worked for me. Probably good rule for my QUORA readers too.Note: Stanley O. became a multi-millionaire selling LSD ...But after it was criminalized, he (in my opinion) stupidly kept making & selling the stuff and he served a short prison term for it. Believing along with his buddy Timothy Leary -- that the world needed more, not less LSD.Upon his release he went straight & he turned to Hi-Fi design …He created “The Wall of Sound” for the Grateful Dead and sound systems for other rock bands of the era. Nice guy! Died recently.Alan Watts went on to write best selling books like Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, also becoming rich & famous — —-like most of our gang of the bad old days did.Me? I just write of all my experiences for QUORA. The famous or notorious people of my era are mostly forgotten.Peter Taradash….