Myths that form about songs and bands / band members

[DrDeth]

@HMS_Irruncible

Yeah, you’re the prime example of this. You just glossed right over a list of reasoned arguments

The arguments are that “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” has LSD in the title, but it actually is LITSWD. And that Lennon was lying for no good reasons. And i am not the only one- most posters here agree it is not about drugs.

Wikipedia disagrees.

This cite disagrees-

Music Review: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

as does this

'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' not about LSD, said Lennon

and finally Snopes

Is 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' Code for LSD?

and yes, Lennon and the crew could be coy and joke around, but Lennon was interviewed many times about the song and steadfastly, every single time denied it was about drugs- while cheerfully admitting other songs were.

@JacobSwan

I was a ‘host’ at a Soho jazz club about a dozen years ago to help a friends business. If a punter wanted to buy me a drink they would pay for a double rum and coke, but I’d just get the coke. So it’s an old scam that still has plenty of mileage. (And it’s not just the girls that do it.)

Thank you.