| Lucy's Diamonds | |
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Origin |
The Beatles |
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Type |
Diamonds |
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Effects |
Fantastical visions that manifest into short-term alterations |
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Downsides |
Robs dreams and imagination until inert |
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Activation |
Children stories |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
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Section |
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Aisle |
904899-2916 |
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Shelf |
846249-1943-294 |
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Date of Collection |
November 30, 2017 |
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Origin[]
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written primarily by John Lennon with assistance from Paul McCartney. Lennon's son Julian inspired the song with a nursery school drawing that he called "Lucy – in the sky with diamonds". Shortly before the album's release, speculation arose that the first letter of each of the nouns in the title intentionally spelled the hallucinogenic drug "LSD". Lennon repeatedly denied that he had intended it as a drug song, and attributed the song's fantastical imagery to his reading of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books.
The Beatles recorded "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" in March 1967. Adding to the song's ethereal qualities, the musical arrangement includes a Lowrey organ part heavily treated with studio effects, and a drone provided by an Indian tambura. The song has been recognised as a key work in the psychedelic genre. Among its many cover versions, a 1974 recording by Elton John – with a guest appearance by Lennon – was a number 1 hit in the US and Canada.
A 3.2-million-year-old, 40% complete fossil skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis specimen, discovered in 1974 by Donald Johanson, Yves Coppens, Maurice Taieb and Tom Gray, was named "Lucy" because the Beatles song was being played loudly and repeatedly on a tape recorder in the camp. The phrase "Lucy in the sky" became "Lucy in disguise" to the anthropologists, because they initially did not understand the impact of their discovery The NASA mission Lucy has, in turn, been named after the fossil. It is due to arrive at its first target, asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson, in April 2025.
Effects[]
Creates psychedelic visions in the presence of children stories, either written, drawn or spoken. They appear to be linked to the stories told and resemble bizzare alterations of what was already imagined, with little sense of connectivity between events. Apparitions will appear sometimes become real for 3 minutes and 28 seconds then twinkle back out of reality. Continual usage drains their comfort with creative mental images until they cease completely. Dreams, imagination and eventually memory formation cease as they jaunt through wonders.