/oss/taxonomy/term/5747/all en /oss/article/history/it-true-beatles-wrote-song-about-lsd <p>"Tangerine trees and marmalade skies" are to be found in the lyrics of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," one of the Beatles' greatest hits. Some have claimed that the first letters of Lucy, Sky and Diamonds supposedly refer to LSD, the famous hallucinogen that the Fab Four undoubtedly had some experience with. LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide, does not occur in nature, but closely related compounds do.  </p> Fri, 15 Oct 2021 20:29:57 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8899 at /oss