Why Did The Beatles Drug Use?
The Beatles never really were the squeaky-clean boy band many Americans embraced 50 years ago on their debut tour of the United States, but their continued sampling and open use of drugs throughout the 1960s led many to think they tarnished their decent boys-next-door image.Only the most iconoclast of cultural critics will blame the band for single-handedly making drug use cool. Even prominent members of today's socially conservative movement say that they are lifelong fans who view the Beatles' drug use in a historical context, though some critics contend that it had a lingering impact. As early as 1961, the Beatles' drug odyssey was underway with habitual use of Preludin, a stimulant, during performances at clubs in Hamburg, Germany. There
they used marijuana, too, but it was only after trying it with Bob Dylan in New York City in 1964 that they got particularly high.Many Beatles songs have apparent references to drugs. "I need a fix 'cause I'm going down" they sang in their 1968 hit "Happiness Is a Warm Gun." The psychedelic 1967 anthem "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" is said to be about LSD. they usually have song lyrics involving drugs.That denial was undermined by McCartney, who told Uncut more than two decades later that the song was a "pretty obvious" reference to acid. "A song like 'Got to Get You Into My Life.
they used marijuana, too, but it was only after trying it with Bob Dylan in New York City in 1964 that they got particularly high.Many Beatles songs have apparent references to drugs. "I need a fix 'cause I'm going down" they sang in their 1968 hit "Happiness Is a Warm Gun." The psychedelic 1967 anthem "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" is said to be about LSD. they usually have song lyrics involving drugs.That denial was undermined by McCartney, who told Uncut more than two decades later that the song was a "pretty obvious" reference to acid. "A song like 'Got to Get You Into My Life.