turn off your mind, relax and float downstream The song was written by Lennon in January 1966, after reading The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based On The Tibetan Book Of The Dead by Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert and Ralph Metzner, and consuming LSD. The title for the song never appeared in the songs lyrics, but came from a malapropism spoken by Ringo Starr in an interview. An original working title for the song was The Void, mentioned in the lyrics. Lennon said, Thats me in my Tibetan Book Of The Dead period, and the expression Tomorrow Never Knows was another of [Ringos malapropisms] which was like A Hard Days Night, and take the edge off of the heavy philosophical lyrics. As one of the first pieces of psychedelic rock, the song uses various experimental tape loops, as well as reversed cymbals, processed drums and vocals, and sitar and a tamboura drone, similar to Georges later composition, Within You Without You. Tape loops were made by McCartney at home, after experimenting with tape recorders. These tape loops contained a seagull effect (which was actually Pauls laughter), an orchestral chord in B flat, a rapid sitar-sounding scale, the guitar solo from Taxman (transposed down two), and a few other sounds.
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