For 10 points: What is the meaning of ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’?
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – Is the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" a rebellious anthem to wild drug-taking or a touching tribute to a child's imagination? The question, which has exercised Beatles fans since the song appeared in the seminal 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", could soon form part of an exam curriculum for British teenagers. Exam board AQA, which sets and marks papers for about half of all GCSE exams taken by British 16-year-old high-school pupils, plans to introduce three songs from Sgt. Pepper into the music curriculum from September 2016. "Pop music began in this country with The Beatles in the swinging sixties, so what better band to look to for the study of contemporary music than the Fab Four," said Seb Ross, head of AQA's music department.
