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- Posted: 02/04/2010 19:31
- Post subject: LSD and Music/Life
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Not only am I intrested in how many here on besteveralbums have tried it (being that it has influenced a lot of the greatest albums that we hold dear to us on this holy site  ,) but also how it has affected your music tastes, perspectives, or anything else.
So does anyone want to share any subject related stories about the two? Any thought?
I know it changed my perspectives on music by creating some kind of ego drop to where I stopped caring about my social image and started being more in touch with what I wanted out of music. Though it could have also been that I was then just exiting high school, but the day after my first trip I felt a lot more connected with music. It also made me a tad bit more open minded than I was.
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Charicature
Age: 50
Location: Vermont 
- #2
- Posted: 02/04/2010 21:51
- Post subject: Re: LSD and Music/Life
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| mikeyskywalker wrote: | Not only am I intrested in how many here on besteveralbums have tried it (being that it has influenced a lot of the greatest albums that we hold dear to us on this holy site ,) but also how it has affected your music tastes, perspectives, or anything else.
So does anyone want to share any subject related stories about the two? Any thought?
I know it changed my perspectives on music by creating some kind of ego drop to where I stopped caring about my social image and started being more in touch with what I wanted out of music. Though it could have also been that I was then just exiting high school, but the day after my first trip I felt a lot more connected with music. It also made me a tad bit more open minded than I was. I personally think that everyone should try it at least once in their life. |
Except it's illegal, has a rather high potential for creating addiction even on your first try, and can do things to you that AREN'T good.
Frankly, I managed all the things you credit the drug with WITHOUT ever trying any drugs. And having hung around with people that were taking drugs, even when they were doing it...well, frankly I don't see the attraction.
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RFNAPLES
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- Posted: 02/04/2010 22:13
- Post subject: Re: LSD and Music/Life
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| Charicature wrote: | Except it's illegal, has a rather high potential for creating addiction even on your first try, and can do things to you that AREN'T good.
Frankly, I managed all the things you credit the drug with WITHOUT ever trying any drugs. And having hung around with people that were taking drugs, even when they were doing it...well, frankly I don't see the attraction. |
Actually after doing it only three times, I felt no need to do it. I don't see how it could be so dangerously addictive if it has no addictive properties besides it existing. I'd say only after prolonged usage could it possibly become addictive.
Well good for you, but I'd try it before you say you've managed all the things it can do for you. Well some people greatly benefit from it, just because your people didn't, doesn't mean it's useless. Not only in music has it proved helpful (The Beatles, The Doors, etc), but also through science, and as a medication. Did you know that the modern DNA model was credited by a man who sited LSD as a main source of inspiration? Also, it is said to cure Alcoholism (addiction) after one time usage. I'd say that's enough info to get me curious.
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RFNAPLES
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- Posted: 02/04/2010 22:33
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It can have a negative effect on certain personality types who may go on to develop schizophrenia or severe paranoia from abusing it, so I wouldn't recommend it 
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RFNAPLES
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- Posted: 02/05/2010 03:49
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That's cool that you had a good time on acid, but recommending everyone to try it at least once in their lives. Get out of here with that pro drug mentality. Most of the greatest music wasn't created with drugs (Bach, Mozart anyone?) and TONS of incredible rock musicians didn't use any psychedelics (Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart). Then there's people like Syd Barrett where LSD use practically destroyed his blossoming career.
No doubt I've heard many uplifting, life-altering stories about LSD; but that doesn't make it some magical thing that will cure everybody. Tons of people have horrrendous experiences on acid, in life-altering ways. As for whether drugs have a positive impact on your life, I'm not really sure. I think it can go either way.
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Freddie55
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- Posted: 02/05/2010 04:12
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Hallucinogens alter all of your sensory perceptions and music does sound different when you are on LSD. I do not advocate or oppose the use of drugs. The illegal use of LSD and other hallucinogens such as magic mushrooms is a personal choice. Drug use is not a problem, drug abuse is. Please don't harm others or yourself.
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badfaith
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Age: 49
Location: Kent 
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- Posted: 02/05/2010 14:37
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There was a period in my teens when I did LSD fairly regularly.
My friends and myself were quite estranged from the popular culture of the time, and instead were into sixties music- Doors, Beatles etc. and we bought into the broader ideas of the culture too, including the drugs.
The first thing we did, the first time we took acid was (after watching Alien- big mistake!), watch Magical Mystery Tour film, and I can honestly say I've never experienced music in the way i did when I am the Walrus came on.
...But one thing I took from those days is that everyone's preconceptions of what the experience will be like is always wrong, and all drugs should not be lumped together- Canabis was weaker at the time, and could be more easily be seen as a leisurely activity- even in my view a more civilised pursuit than drinking. And While many drugs have PHYSICAL effects and dangers, LSD does not, and anything that can go wrong is either as a result of misadventure after the fact, or a PSYCHOLOGICAL dependence.
It is, in essence, a game of russian roulette with the mind. You are banking on the fact that you know the complexities of the function of your own mental state, and that you are stable in this regard. However, many I've thought were the most stable people I'd ever meet had some big problems- I once had to wlak a friend home who had got it into his head he was going to shoot himself, and kept repeating it for the duration of the walk back, it seemed to be based on a poor relataionship with his father, and the acid excavated and amplified this trouble in him... and it scared the shit out of me, having been on a trip myself, and trying to talk him out of iit all the way home, that experience remains with me till this day.
I think it took me two years to recover fully from the acid, with many subtle side effects I'd observed in myself, in personality, attitude, and other ways I'm not sure I can put my finger on.
Would I do it again? Hell No!
Am I Sorry I did? Absolutely not, I feel it left me with a legacy of some of the most valuable experiences and insights in my life, and if the drug itself, I am adamant, did not change me, what I learned about myself from doing it did.
I think Mr Dickens has a line that best describes it: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
Don't expect it to show you the universe or reveal some spiritual secrets, but rather something more relevant and immediate: You. Are you truly ready for that experience?- this is what you must ask yourself before you try it. While other drugs may take a toll to different degrees on your body, and painful and harmfully so, you may well recover, but if you break your mind you're really fucked to hell.
I would not recommend LSD for pleasure or fun.
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