Original sentence: Shatner explained his album as an acting performance from the perspective of an LSD user, related to how LSD is a common abbreviation for the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.This piece of music was singled out by both Dave Barry and Mad magazine as being, in Mad'''s words, "truly unfortunate"
Edited sentence: Shatner has defended his "stylings", refusing to acknowledge it as an experiment that went wrong, and insisting instead that it was an acting performance from the perspective of an LSD user; the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds has often been abbreviated to LSD.This piece of music has been singled out by both Dave Barry and Mad magazine as being, in Mad'''s words, "truly unfortunate"