“I
didn’t drop acid before writing the lyrics, as many people later assumed. And the lyrics weren’t about an acid
trip. I may have smoked a joint that
night, but that was it. Since birth,
I’ve had achromatopsia – complete color blindness. If I had dropped acid, I would have been
hallucinating in vivid black-and-white.
I doubt that would have helped me or the song much. (John Kay, regarding “Magic Carpet Ride”)
(from Anatomy of a
Song by Marc Myers)
8½*/10. The complete review is here.
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