I'll go back to what I was doing...

After much research and discussion, we obtained the dreaded 'purple haze', three of us, one being a Beatles and Kinks fanatic...My other friend decided to refrain and observe the effects of said substance and be available for any emergencies...My 'Beatle' friends house was the setting.

We were all emerging musicians and writers...We smoked some of the dreaded hashish first which was OK, then took our tabs and waited for the apocalypse.

Well, nothing happened for the first 90 minutes or so, and we pondered whether we had been slipped some ...]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:06:45 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59792 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59792 Great story, thanks for sharing!

I have a tab of lysergic which I'll be trying sometime soon when the situation is right, and I plan on incorporating Sgt. Pepper and/or Abbey Road into the experience.

Christmas break from college, winter of '73-74, I was in my hometown partying with some friends one evening.  A beer, a toke, and a dose of windowpane LSD.  It had been a wet-snow weather day, started to get colder as the night progressed so the snow turned a bit drier, all big flakes a-drifting.  Somewhere around the midnight hour, I started to walk back to my parents' house though this gorgeous winter wonderland (it being just after Xmas, I kept ...]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:57:47 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59418 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59418

Wildcat said
linkjws, I'm impressed that you only found half of my post "gibberish" - I've a bad habit of trying to address more than one subject or comment at a time, which results in nothing being adequately expressed and I know I shouldn't submit it, but my OCD won't allow me to  just delete it and wait until I'm more coherent.

What I didn't get across is that my work is no more complicated or demanding than anyone else's - it's boring, repetitive, and honestly not worthy of the salary I get for it - it's just something I happen to know ...]]> Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:45:46 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59413 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59413 linkjws, I'm impressed that you only found half of my post "gibberish" - I've a bad habit of trying to address more than one subject or comment at a time, which results in nothing being adequately expressed and I know I shouldn't submit it, but my OCD won't allow me to  just delete it and wait until I'm more coherent.

What I didn't get across is that my work is no more complicated or demanding than anyone else's - it's boring, repetitive, and honestly not worthy of the salary I get for it - it's just something I happen to know better than most ...]]> Sat, 20 Oct 2012 06:31:04 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59346 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59346 Wow...I'd LOVE to time-travel back into the studio with three Beatles no matter what they were laying down, whether I was high or not!

Nobody will agree with me, but I still think that performance is a remarkable demonstration of this band's range and willingness to experiment. The idea that the band that recorded "Love Me Do" and "Here There and Everywhere" was also capable of a Stooges/Velvet Underground feedback assault...that's just mindblowing to me.

I continue to dream of a warts-and-all double-album version of "Get Back"/"Let It Be" featuring this performance and crazy things like "Dig It" and "Get Off" ...]]> Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:25:07 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59329 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59329

Wildcat said
What a great thread, first time I've read it tonight. Everyone has been very articulate. But Satan H, between you and linkjws, I think I've found two soulmates.

"the only thing this thread is lacking is a few more honest voices talking about the mental and emotional freedom they've experienced when getting a little buzz and having fun listening to the greatest band there ever was."

I just picked the one line from Satan H's excellent Aug 16 post, so many to choose from, and would love to share some "honesty," but it's late for me, so all I'll share ...]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:08:13 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59307 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59307 What a great thread, first time I've read it tonight. Everyone has been very articulate. But Satan H, between you and linkjws, I think I've found two soulmates.

"the only thing this thread is lacking is a few more honest voices talking about the mental and emotional freedom they've experienced when getting a little buzz and having fun listening to the greatest band there ever was."

I just picked the one line from Satan H's excellent Aug 16 post, so many to choose from, and would love to share some "honesty," but it's late for me, so all I'll share now is that ...]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:29:27 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59267 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59267

meanmistermustard said
Or break the law.

Act responsible folks- or we'll make you listen to the worst hours of the Get Back sessions thru headphones (not sure if that would be every single second of The Long and Winding Road recordings or the Jams but you'll be screaming for leniency and vowing to never repeat your offences).

No, this is what you get for irresponsibility.  

But truthfully, I am glad to see a forum where this can be openly ...]]> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:12:36 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59264 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/the-tricky-thread-about-listening-to-the-beatles-while-altered/page-4/#p59264 Or break the law.

Act responsible folks- or we'll make you listen to the worst hours of the Get Back sessions thru headphones (not sure if that would be every single second of The Long and Winding Road recordings or the Jams but you'll be screaming for leniency and vowing to never repeat your offences).

Von Bontee said
I'd say you can get addicted in the same way as you can to eating chocolate or watching television or texting or playing videogames or doing ANYTHING you find enjoyable enough to want to do it again and again.

Yes, thats probably the best way to put it.  With some things though (drugs), walking a self control tight-rope and falling off is much worse than with something of less consequence (video games).

Von Bontee said
I'd say you can get addicted in the same way as you can to eating chocolate or watching television or texting or playing videogames or doing ANYTHING you find enjoyable enough to want to do it again and again.

I'd certainly agree. Even though I often found LSD a powerful and sometimes disturbing experience, I enjoyed it enough to keep looking forward to doing it again. Listening to Sgt Peppers all the way through as I peaked was further incentive.