Drugs, Poets, and Musicians

Happy Friday! 


The purpose of this post is simply for pleasure and to take a break from the heavy analysis of the previous blogs below. Let's begin the discussion with exploring the true reason for the abstract nature of Lewis Carroll's poems and stories. Then we shall fast forward a few decades and talk about psychedelic music. 

The abstract nature of Alice in Wonderland and "The Jabberwocky" is the result of Lewis Carroll's experimentation of Magic Mushrooms, a hallucinogenic drug. Disney adapted to the trippy nature of the story by incorporating mushrooms throughout many scenes of the movie. 

The Beatles

The musicians of the 1960s were heavily influenced by mushrooms. The lyrics of the popular Beatles' song, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" basically is an acronym for LSD. An interesting connection to the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland is that the movie was released in the 1950s, about the same time The Beatles and many other bands became popular. 

Jimi Hendrix

Several other musicians including Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd used drugs. Their psychedelic tunes is a result of their minds on drugs. 

Pink Floyd

Jimi Hendrix- Purple Haze

 

The Beatles- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Pink Floyd- Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Citations

Mushrooms: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzWViBhFerBbDCnOZX0bXNZMs3ublUuDRobqpDcVih5-qNYV4kVD75PRoNEaoNPqRLYtZxew6L_Grv9I5J9Q1ib6V4E_nh1wqpfJxU0wIL_XQXcHg0rj5g5mP7zDxxCMsApE_HiZIqw/s400/Amanita_muscaria_magic-mushrooms.jpg

The Beatles: http://www.mtv.co.uk/files/imagecache/300x225/files/2009/06/05/the_beatles.jpg

Jimi Hendrix: http://www.100xr.com/100_XR/Artists/J/Jimi_Hendrix/Jimi.Hendrix-1967.jpg

Pink Floyd: http://www.morethings.com/music/pink_floyd/pink-floyd-108.jpg
Jimi Hendrix- Purple Haze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lVU2NRCIQk
The Beatles- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7F2X3rSSCU
Pink Floyd- Piper at the Gates of Dawn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G3TS-nqhyk