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I have to disagree with you. The Beatles themselves were very open to experimentation with LSD and Cannabis, hence LUCY in the SKY with DIAMONDS(obvious acronym: LSD). I wouldn't know about Hendrix, as I have never been an extremely big fan, but I know enough about marijuana genetics to know that the strain "purple haze" never existed in this sense. Yes, some strains of haze may be purple, but any strain of bud can be turned purple/blue (cold weather), so I don't think that this quality alone is enough to justify saying that "purple haze" ever existed in any sense other than that it was mentioned in a Hendrix song, and people assumed he was talking about pot. So no, purple haze has never existed as a strain of cannabis, unless it was literally.
It also occured to me mid-argument that no-one will probably ever know exactly what was meant by any of these songs, so this argument was pointless from the beginning, hah
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You want the real story?
John Lennon's son Julian gave him a picture that he had drawn, and basically said "Look Daddy, it's Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds!".
Don't believe me?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_in..._with_Diamonds
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According to the Beatles, one day in 1966 Lennon's son Julian came home from nursery school with a drawing he said was of his classmate, a girl named Lucy. Showing the artwork to his father, young Julian described the picture as "Lucy - in the sky with diamonds."
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The lyrics of the song feature image-laden verses which present an overtly psychedelic travelogue describing a boat trip through a fantastical land of "cellophane flowers", "newspaper taxis" and "marshmallow pies" alternating with chorus sections which simply repeat the song's title. This, as well as the initials of the title (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) and the dreamlike-quality of the melody, has led many to speculate that the song was written in reference to LSD, a drug which Lennon in particular had been using heavily at the time. The Beatles have repeatedly denied that this is the case, however.
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People, when I say something about music trivia... listen to me. Believe me, I know. I fucking
hate it when everyone contributes every famous song from the 70's and 60's to some drug. Never the less mate, it's no problem, just a pet peeve of mine.