The Hooters — Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
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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.
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies,
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper 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.
Ah... Ah...
Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Ah... Ah...
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.
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies,
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper 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.
Ah... Ah...
Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Ah... Ah...
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Not their best work, IMO. I think the chorus part was overdone, then it ended...
I caught The Hooters show at Phil's Rock 'n Chair in Avalon, NJ just before they broke big. They were great live, and I had an LP copy of their "Amore" album that had most of their later re-released hits. That was a fun time in the Philly area.
I caught The Hooters show at Phil's Rock 'n Chair in Avalon, NJ just before they broke big. They were great live, and I had an LP copy of their "Amore" album that had most of their later re-released hits. That was a fun time in the Philly area.
Hoho! Wow, what a surprise. I saw The Hooters in 1986 at the Cow Palace. They were opening for Loverboy. We stayed for Hooters and left before Loverboy started. They sang this - it was quite nice. I'll give it a respectable 6. Loved that Hooters album (it really was pretty good, and a nice slice of 80's power pop).
Dramatic .... and not in a good way.
Not feelin it....
hmmmm... at least it is a noble effort... gives me an LSD flashback...
Well, it's not as bad as some covers of this song...
They really did love that mandolin schtick, didn't they?
A thought from James Boswell's "Life of Samuel Johnson" comes to mind. Whether it's relevant, I leave to you:
"I told him I had been that morning at a meeting of the people called Quakers, where I had heard a woman preach. Johnson: "Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all." "
A thought from James Boswell's "Life of Samuel Johnson" comes to mind. Whether it's relevant, I leave to you:
"I told him I had been that morning at a meeting of the people called Quakers, where I had heard a woman preach. Johnson: "Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all." "
Was that an audience of children?
I don't know...it's an interesting version, but I so miss the heavy drums when they kick in and rock my world. 
Resist. Resist. Anyway...nothing can replace the original by the boys from Liverpool.
Sucko Barfo
WonderLizard wrote:
REALLY??!!!!!
Amazing band.
REALLY??!!!!!
Amazing band.
I first heard The Hooters sing this at The Meadowlands in New Jersey, during the concert for Amnesty International in 1986. It was awe-inspiring. This version is from Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania according to the liner notes. It\'s not as good, but that\'s because Tower Theater didn\'t have 50,000+ fans in the audience. :)
Forgive me.