Are any Beatles songs about drugs?

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.

Which Beatles song is most psychedelic?

Top 10 Beatles Psychedelic Songs

• ‘Within You Without You’
• ‘I’m Only Sleeping’
• ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’
• ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’
• ‘Only A Northern Song’
• ‘I Am The Walrus’ From: ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ (1967)
• ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ From: ‘Revolver’ (1966)
• BONUS. Think You Know The Beatles?

What did the Beatles think of Yellow Submarine?

I felt it lacked the ingenuity and the warmth and overall magic you associate with Disney. The end result was that the Yellow Submarine just didn’t draw me into it. Basically, I thought it was a lot of very clever sequences but nothing more.” George Harrison recalled, “I liked the film.

What does Yellow Submarine mean in the Beatles song?

The submarine represents the plumbing in old houses. In the old days plumbing made a lot of noise, making sounds like being in a submarine. It is yellow because it is a metaphor for there being a sunny side to everything.

Is I get by with a little help from my friends about drugs?

John Lennon claimed this was not about drugs, but many people didn’t believe him, including US vice president Spiro Agnew, who once told a crowd that this song was a “Tribute to the power of illegal drugs.” He said the lines, “I get by with a little help from my friends, I get high with a little help from my friends,” …

Who got the Beatles on drugs?

They were introduced to the drug by the beat poet Royston Ellis, whom The Beatles backed in Liverpool’s Jacaranda coffee bar one night for a poetry reading.

When was Yellow Submarine by the Beatles released?

Yellow Submarine premiere, 17 July 1968. Picture: HARRY MYERS./REX/Shutterstock The genesis of Yellow Submarine as a song came in early 1966 as the band were preparing songs for their seventh album Revolver.

Did Ringo Starr sing Yellow Submarine?

Yellow Submarine is a song from the album Revolver. It also appeared on the Beatles movie with the same name. It was written by Paul McCartney and sung by Ringo Starr (who, it would seem, sang most of the “whimsical” songs written by the Beatles).

What is the meaning behind the song Yellow Submarine?

He explained shortly after it was released in 1966: “‘Yellow Submarine’ is very simple but very different. It’s a fun song, a children’s song. Originally we intended it to be ‘Sparky’ a children’s record. But now it’s the idea of a yellow submarine where all the kids went to have fun.

Are “yellow submarines” actually Nembutals?

Or were “yellow submarines” actually Nembutals otherwise known as pentobarbitone, a well-known tranquiliser that came in a pleasingly submarine-shaped yellow pill?Sadly not – as McCartney said at the time: “It’s a fun song, a children’s song.”