FYI, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. L-S-D? Not to mention, one only has to watch the music video to really tell. Also to anyone who has done LSD or any psychedelic for that matter, the lyrics start to make a lot more sense, for example, "the girl with kaleidoscope eyes." Seeing kaleidoscope images, better known as fractals, is a pretty common visual to see on a moderate to high dose of LSD.
Both of the facts are false. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was based on a drawing Julian drew of a girl in his class as a child and Leonard Lipton said himself that Puff the Magic Dragon was not about marijuana, saying that when he was in university when he wrote the song, he was far too square and too terrified of drugs to have done it. (I am paraphrasing a bit of course. This is based off my memory of what was said on QI).
Lucy in the sky with diamonds isn't about LSD. The "Lucy" who inspired this song was Lucy O'Donnell (later Lucy Vodden), who was a classmate of John's son Julian Lennon when he was enrolled at the private Heath House School, in Weybridge, Surrey. It was in a 1975 interview that Lennon said "Julian came in one day with a picture about a school friend of his named Lucy. He had sketched in some stars in the sky and called it Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds."
@puppyluveromg The Beatles were high when they wrote almost all of their songs. John Lennon had no idea that the name "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" could be shortened to the initials LSD. It is also completely unfair that Paul McCartney had the last say about the meaning song because John Lennon wrote the song and he is dead so he can't defend his work.
When I first heard this, I thought "Come on, the humanity can't be that low right now".. But when I heard the ridiculous Kinder egg idea, I clicked on this one and.. guess what?
This is a trick question for me because I happen to be obsessed with the Beatles and I know two theories. One, Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds is about LSD (Which I don't think is true, but, how could we know? I don't know Paul or Ringo) and two (The one i believe) John's son Julian showed him a picture which Julian titled "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and this struck inspiration in John.
Hank...you fail. Despite many rumors that lucy in the sky with diamonds is about LSD, it was actually about Mr. Lenon's son's best freind lucy. One day the son came home from elementary school with a drawing and said, "Daddy look, its lucy in the sky with diamonds." Ergo, you fail.
I'm confused because I've heard both artists say that those songs were not about drugs.. Lucy in the sky was a picture Julian Lennon drew and Puff the Magic Dragon was written by the man before he had ever even experimented with drugs. He says Puff was a good dragon and would never have had anything to do with them... alright so I think I know what option I'll choose now..
i tested this for my science project and i went to state for it. i tested 30 $1 bills i found 22 with cocaine on them. anyway thanks for the idea truth or fail/ vlogbrothers!! DFTBA!!!!!!!!!!!
no, lucy in the sky with diamonds is not about lsd.
John's son Sean drew him a picture when he was young. The picture was explained by Sean as a girl named Lucy flying in the sky with diamonds. The LSD rumor came from a guy who I'm guessing was an OCD guy with no life who noticed that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds spells out LSD, but if you really look at it, it spells out LITSWD.
(i officially want to vlog about this, and I'm gonna!)
YAY!!! (1/1)
T3rm1n4t0r98 4 days ago
FYI, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. L-S-D? Not to mention, one only has to watch the music video to really tell. Also to anyone who has done LSD or any psychedelic for that matter, the lyrics start to make a lot more sense, for example, "the girl with kaleidoscope eyes." Seeing kaleidoscope images, better known as fractals, is a pretty common visual to see on a moderate to high dose of LSD.
The more you know! * ** *** **** !
Shortstuffjo 5 days ago
Thank you, Michael Aranda.
massizme 3 weeks ago 4
Hank Green, you're incorrect! Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was about a drawing that his son, Julian drew. So, I'm sorry.
wellheyitsemily 1 month ago
@wellheyitsemily ya but an interview elton john AND paul mcartney admitted they have a hidden message about LSD in the song
MyFeFe2009 3 weeks ago
Sorry Hank, but I'm a little more concerned with the cocaine on my dollar bill than the nose juices.
AccoSpoot 1 month ago
Bullshit, neither of those is true. Lucy was about his son's drawing, Puff was always a dragon, not a drug.
joethulhuz 2 months ago
Kinder Eggs aren't illegal, I used to buy them all the time. Gotta love childhood
sgtfwoods 2 months ago
Kinder Eggs are illegal in the states because of the small parts inside.
gingerstendtoSNAP 2 months ago
omg seriously D:?? :O
jajrock98 2 months ago
I learned this on NCIS! :D
Thisismyusername1010 4 months ago
the kinder eggs fact scared me because I actually was eating a kinder egg when i saw that
EddieHasscle 4 months ago
Why did Hank say "nose juices"? What does that have to do with anything?
PSspecialist 4 months ago
@PSspecialist Because people snort cocaine.
97Scarygirl 3 months ago
both facts in this video are false
BobofWOGGLE 5 months ago
I knew cause Canada is more paranoid than the US so we wouldn't have kinder suprises either.
relishjam 5 months ago
i did this in my chem lab and tested 5$ bills and got traces of coke on 4/4 bills tested
notagingerkid 6 months ago 3
1/1!
smileyskippy13 6 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Both of the facts are false. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was based on a drawing Julian drew of a girl in his class as a child and Leonard Lipton said himself that Puff the Magic Dragon was not about marijuana, saying that when he was in university when he wrote the song, he was far too square and too terrified of drugs to have done it. (I am paraphrasing a bit of course. This is based off my memory of what was said on QI).
sxw162 6 months ago
Comment removed
sxw162 6 months ago
1/1
kcruz2009 6 months ago
lol neither are real they wrhote lucy in the sky whit daimonds for a retarted girl
jente19943006 7 months ago
1/1
Laroac 8 months ago
Thank God for the Loonie!
lalaland1508 8 months ago
it's a trap! they're both false!
c0nzo12 8 months ago 33
I thought both of these were true!
NextToNothing123 8 months ago
1/1 :)
xAndyHD 8 months ago
1/1
FunnyCoolMonkey264 8 months ago
1/1
FunnyCoolMonkey264 8 months ago
1/1
thesegirlshaveboobs 9 months ago
Lucy in the sky with diamonds isn't about LSD. The "Lucy" who inspired this song was Lucy O'Donnell (later Lucy Vodden), who was a classmate of John's son Julian Lennon when he was enrolled at the private Heath House School, in Weybridge, Surrey. It was in a 1975 interview that Lennon said "Julian came in one day with a picture about a school friend of his named Lucy. He had sketched in some stars in the sky and called it Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds."
letitbelove1 10 months ago
@letitbelove1 but he was so smoking something when he wrote it, even if the idea didn't come from drugs.
puppyluveromg 9 months ago
@puppyluveromg The Beatles were high when they wrote almost all of their songs. John Lennon had no idea that the name "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" could be shortened to the initials LSD. It is also completely unfair that Paul McCartney had the last say about the meaning song because John Lennon wrote the song and he is dead so he can't defend his work.
letitbelove1 9 months ago 3
My friends told me those red markings you see on dollar bills are blood from sniffin cocaine ...
Shaela69 11 months ago
talking about drugs, he talks likes he's on some something! or is that just me.....?
The3loodi 11 months ago
When I first heard this, I thought "Come on, the humanity can't be that low right now".. But when I heard the ridiculous Kinder egg idea, I clicked on this one and.. guess what?
Lightn0x 1 year ago
1/1 although i do like those creme eggs :D
pieman123ish 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
And that's why i always carry cash.
someguitarphreak 1 year ago
Sniffing all my money from this day.
iKaamy 1 year ago
so i knew the kinder was fail cuz i eat them all the time. oh...
JoshableJr 1 year ago
thats why money smells so damn good!
jakegambino 1 year ago
i saw this is in a text book so i got it right LOL
Julzz626 1 year ago
Ummmm Hank, Neither of those songs were written about drugs...
meaghanthalia 1 year ago 4
both fail. neither of them apparently are about drugs. (im betting they are really, but the people who wrote them claim that they are not)
amyjaylou 1 year ago
1/1
IanRobot 1 year ago
1/1
altoawsomness 1 year ago
awesome!
cincinnatibearcat9 1 year ago
Thank you Manswers!
DodecahedronHead 1 year ago 4
Thats what I get for watching Science Channel :D
KINDspotting 1 year ago
1/1
purplebloodtv 1 year ago
no fair they are both true peter paul and mary just covered it up better
jtcf4eva 1 year ago
its time to smoke some one dollar bills
Dubickimus 1 year ago
and unless you're licking your money it shouldn't matter anyway.
SuperBirdii 1 year ago
i've seen way too many stores with kinder eggs..thereofre, not illegal. :3
StitchedMusik 1 year ago
Such a fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine power.
angelk002 1 year ago
It is commonly known. It's like an obvious, Only in America statement^^
UnrealGeeMan 1 year ago
the fuck?
hoiiooiiooiiooiiooii 1 year ago
are there mangas in the background???
some from tokyopop?
KuraikoLee 1 year ago
This is a trick question for me because I happen to be obsessed with the Beatles and I know two theories. One, Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds is about LSD (Which I don't think is true, but, how could we know? I don't know Paul or Ringo) and two (The one i believe) John's son Julian showed him a picture which Julian titled "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and this struck inspiration in John.
jjkat13 1 year ago 2
1/1
IDoNotGiveACrap 1 year ago
i feel like those are both true..
TheOtherAmandas 1 year ago
1/1
MrLiljoman 1 year ago
I got the dollar bill thing right because of NCIS. THANK YOU ABBY!!!
stomyn 1 year ago
@stomyn ME TOO!!
RockinMOC2727 1 year ago
1/1
FaStFoRwArD191 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
saw it on manswers
codydh3 1 year ago
1/1
genome02 1 year ago
Thank God for credit cards!
dravreh 1 year ago 177
I still believe neither of those songs is about drugs.
rabbitwho 1 year ago
Yeah, I know.
SuperHoboPirateNinja 1 year ago
woo :D
CrazyHedgehogsClive 1 year ago
Not to mention hooker buttcrack juice
LovelessxXo 1 year ago
1/1 Booyah.
nickibaby64 1 year ago
well they also have coke on them because people snort it with bills.
shinobikid14 1 year ago
1/1
toxicgum57 1 year ago
nice 1/1
fdizzle2569 1 year ago
1/1
i loved those kindler eggs, i knew this one right away
XxxJackTheSlayerxxX 1 year ago
1/1
Michelleisamazingful 1 year ago
1/1
virtualsnickers 1 year ago
this is a tough one
TonyOnlyandFriends 1 year ago
yes! 1/1
iamkelc 1 year ago
I can't remember where I learned this from... NCIS?
fallmyway 1 year ago
@fallmyway That's where I learned it.
brokenpageprotector 1 year ago
@fallmyway yep
booshnogh 1 year ago
got it
Twilight1317 1 year ago
1/1
Iglitchlife 1 year ago
that's crazy
marshmellowpoof 1 year ago
1/1
SognoBello 1 year ago
woot
lola92393 1 year ago
OMG! Is that why I like to smell $1 ...
MapleStoryShowsLive 1 year ago
Somehow I remember hearing about this on the news when I was like 5.
BackwardsT 1 year ago
*goes to sniff dollar bills*
Natturs 1 year ago
1/1
b1232r 1 year ago
Man i tried to do this, but you annoyed me off of the vid.
Shit, ease off of the cartoony style man.
geostillo78 1 year ago
Manswers gave me the answer =D
makeme522 1 year ago
@makeme522 LOL me too
Wasabi8535 1 year ago
america are pot heads.. 1/1!!!
Finelite05 1 year ago 174
@Finelite05 Pot = Marijuana
soravsgoku123 11 months ago
@Finelite05 *americans your're the pothead, i hope you don't miss 4:20
kortezlolno 11 months ago
@Finelite05 cocaine isnt pot...
N1553191 10 months ago 3
1/1 so easy
nexusmaxis 1 year ago
1/1 so easy
nexusmaxis 1 year ago
Pretty sure that study found that 4/5 20 dollar bills had traces of coke on them. Coke dealers wouldn't have any business with singles.
Fail!
Tacoinmysoup 1 year ago
LOL
levimoviemaker 1 year ago
1/1
mahir100 1 year ago
1/5 woot*
reginax10 1 year ago
Hank...you fail. Despite many rumors that lucy in the sky with diamonds is about LSD, it was actually about Mr. Lenon's son's best freind lucy. One day the son came home from elementary school with a drawing and said, "Daddy look, its lucy in the sky with diamonds." Ergo, you fail.
bibliophile232 1 year ago
Yay for 4/5 crack dollars *scoff and sigh*
amjlpphww 1 year ago
1 out of 5 so far
E290 1 year ago
Kinder eggs were banned because they have that aluminum thing and its toxic
NAWRARESNAW 1 year ago
yay i question that i didnt have to guess on...what that say about me?
ninjabreadman04 1 year ago
I knew this one!! :DD
heyummrandommuch 1 year ago
neither is true watch q.i. and you know why
richmeister4eva 1 year ago
1/1
shockingproductions1 1 year ago
1/1
emmarosemc 1 year ago
1/1
emmarosemc 1 year ago
1/1
collegepoet 1 year ago
1/1
rikki51715 1 year ago
1/1
midoriuchiha1 1 year ago
So far 1/1!!!
KunkoFilms2 1 year ago
1/1
evangelism2 1 year ago
Please leave the Beatles alone...
greendayfan4ever28 1 year ago
I knew this one because I heard it on CSI or NCIS or something like that...
DarkRw1995 1 year ago
1/1! Had to do it ... :D
MissKennedy58 1 year ago
LOL, I knew the Kinder Eggs one was false 'cause I used to eat them all the time when I was little.
LovelessSeime 1 year ago
I'm confused because I've heard both artists say that those songs were not about drugs.. Lucy in the sky was a picture Julian Lennon drew and Puff the Magic Dragon was written by the man before he had ever even experimented with drugs. He says Puff was a good dragon and would never have had anything to do with them... alright so I think I know what option I'll choose now..
rabbitwho 1 year ago
@rabbitwho remember that there are 4 members of the Beatles. One of then did deny it, but another admitted it
Name0Tavo 1 year ago
1/1
thepostman95 1 year ago
1/1
thebassman10101 1 year ago
1/1
JustVonnB 1 year ago
i tested this for my science project and i went to state for it. i tested 30 $1 bills i found 22 with cocaine on them. anyway thanks for the idea truth or fail/ vlogbrothers!! DFTBA!!!!!!!!!!!
christianchick742 1 year ago
nred at the start to 3 seconds!
simboyc100 1 year ago
Comment removed
simboyc100 1 year ago
the Beatles are weird.
glacier2win 1 year ago
lol i new dis 1 cuz i liv in US and i LOVE those kinder eggs! (also i read the dollor bill thing but thats not my point)
empireking14 1 year ago
Yes! 1/1
JMKats89 1 year ago
cool dat nummer kent mijn broer XD ik ben ook zo grapig hahahahahahahahahahahah is niet grapig bedoelt xd
mssnoepjes 1 year ago
thank u discovery
thijsXP 1 year ago
1/1!
dawningsun 1 year ago
thank you Discovery Channel
PRODVDi 2 years ago 2
Lusy in the sky ISNT ABOUT LSD YOU FUCKING NOOB NERD
naberbuur 2 years ago
@naberbuur
And Lucy isn't spelled "lusy" you... well pretty much what you said.
lolocaustism 1 year ago
@naberbuur Uh, yeah it is, loser.
TheFaerieDust 1 year ago
1/1
prettypistolx 2 years ago
Time to smoke some $1 bills
WootWoW6 2 years ago 221
haha!
johncenadog123 2 years ago
@WootWoW6 you snort it idiot
25zeppelins 1 year ago
@WootWoW6 You don't smoke cocaine dude.
KraftyTheHatter 1 year ago
@KraftyTheHatter You smoke crack...which is cocaine.
WootWoW6 1 year ago
@WootWoW6 You smoke crack cocaine, not cocaine.
KraftyTheHatter 1 year ago
@WootWoW6 haha
Gabriel210652 1 year ago
@WootWoW6 you dont smoke cocaine
ThirdOfOne 1 year ago
@ThirdOfOne But the comment wouldnt make sense if I said "Time to snort some $1 bills" :/
WootWoW6 1 year ago
@WootWoW6 you dont smoke coke you inhale it
HardyXme 1 year ago
@WootWoW6 your stupid you cant smoke that
mikeandmike22 1 year ago
we are such a drug addict civilization
EzeBaka 2 years ago 98
@EzeBaka correction, we are a addict WORLD... drugs are like the currency of the world if you think about
kenizzyny 1 year ago
1/1
giggityalwight 2 years ago
1/1 i knew that, and he's right it's a powder, powders can stick to anything
frenchfrey65 2 years ago
1/1
I got it from Manswers
Flareon8877 2 years ago
1/1
heeyilalalaloveyouu 2 years ago
1/1
olafurkw 2 years ago
learned it from manswers :P
Zyncler 2 years ago
fo syhizzle
wisconsinskater09 2 years ago
1/1 :) haha
sweetnsour11 2 years ago
1/1
kleenswab25 2 years ago
I've seen the kinder toys at the mall haha.
SpaceDude3600 2 years ago
no, lucy in the sky with diamonds is not about lsd.
John's son Sean drew him a picture when he was young. The picture was explained by Sean as a girl named Lucy flying in the sky with diamonds. The LSD rumor came from a guy who I'm guessing was an OCD guy with no life who noticed that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds spells out LSD, but if you really look at it, it spells out LITSWD.
(i officially want to vlog about this, and I'm gonna!)
HellomynameisToriM 2 years ago
WHAT! Haha, i wasnt sure either of these were true but i guesssed!
ceeheartsu 2 years ago
1/1
TheSplodeZone 2 years ago
guess 1/1
framk20 2 years ago
1/1
k1ngjark 2 years ago
woot 1/1
LovelessxXo 2 years ago
neither is true. Puff was just a continuation of some typewriter junk, and Lucy in the Sky was inspired by a picture John's son made
johannmaximus1 2 years ago
Lucy in sky was admitted to as being about lsd
framedforlife829 2 years ago
Some of the imagrey in the song, was almost certainly inspired by acid trips, but the song itself was not about LSD.
johannmaximus1 2 years ago
1/1
epictennis97 2 years ago