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explain this sentence
Timothy Leary once said:
"Turn on, tune in, drop out." It has something to do with taking drugs, but can anyone explain the precise meaning of each proposition (especially the drop out one). Thanks.
Turn On: Turn On, is like switching on a radio
Tune In: Is like finding music you like Drop Out: Is like, enjoying the music, and dropping all the other things that you should be doing. In particular, it refers to dropping out of nomal society, dropping college, etc. A person who 'drops out' is a Drop Out. Unfortunately, 'in the modern world', such a person is likely to be called 'a loser'. (The Jam: This is the Modern World) Flower Power, and Hippies are things of the past. If you are interested in Youth Culture, there was a TV comedy called 'The Young Ones' a few years back, which may or may not appeal.
It actually referred to using psychedelic drugs to effect changes in yourself and, ultimately, society. This Wikipedia article explains it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on,_tune_in,_drop_out
We actually studied this song in English when I was at School. The English Teacher explained that 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' was a reference to 'LSD', and I don't mean, Pounds, Shillings and Pence.
(Lennon/McCartney) Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with kaleidoscope eyes Cellophane flowers of yellow and green Towering over your head Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes And she's gone Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Aaaaahhhhh... Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain Where rocking horse people eat marshmellow pies Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers That grow so incredibly high Newpaper taxis appear on the shore Waiting to take you away Climb in the back with your head in the clouds And you're gone Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Aaaaahhhhh... Picture yourself on a train in a station With plasticine porters with looking glass ties Suddenly someone is there at the turnstyle The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Aaaaahhhhh... Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Aaaaahhhhh... Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds (fade out) |