Within You Without You /Tomorrow Never Knows
[via FoxyTunes / Tomorrow Never Knows]
John Lennon wrote the song in January 1966, closely adapted from the book The Psychedelic Experience by Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, and Ralph Metzner, which they based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead with the understanding that the "Ego Death" experienced under the influence of LSD and other psychedelic drugs is essentially similar to the dying process and requires similar guidance. At the time of the song's release, it was reputed to have been written to facilitate the "letting go" process of psychedelic voyagers. The book The Love You Make, written by Beatles insider Peter Brown, claims that Lennon's only source of inspiration for the song came from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, which it says he read while tripping on LSD.
On the Beatles remix album Love, the rhythm to "Tomorrow Never Knows" was mashed up with the vocals and melody from Within You Without You, creating a seamless harmonic musical atmosphere between the two songs. This, like all of the sounds on the album, were created and imagined by Beatles producer Sir George Martin with his son Giles. more
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ahhh THE LETTING GO IS SO FUCKING GOOD
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Writing off some bills then it's outside to work in the yard, finally.
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worked 62 hours this week the weedeating calls but i'm sitting on my ass! ALL DAY
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This is why you are tha captain here, in little Rhody. Excellent start to my day! Thanks Bruce.
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Jeff, and a Good Morning to you as well.
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tasty stuffs. merci!
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Thanks for the psychedelic slice!
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yea 42!
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You know Steve, I was hesitating making the LSD posts but what the hey, it's a large part of our music history. (share and be shared), more to follow..
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There's another great version of "within you without you" on Patti Smith's album "Twelve".