What was your favorite psychedelic song ?

[lwien]

Ok, I know we got a bunch of old farts here, so this could be kinda interesting.

If you could only name ONE song, which one would it be? The one that really sticks in your head. The one where you can actually remember where you were when you first heard it.

For me:

You Keep Me Hangin' On------Vanilla Fudge


I know. I could name quite a few that were great, but keep it to one.

 

[Hennessy1414]

Ship of Fool- Grateful Dead I don't care if I'm not an old timer...that song has had its place in some pychedelic moments in my time



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[TeddyJackEddy]

Psychedelic song, eh?

That's a tough one.

Okay,....... When I Touch You by Spirit. It's on their Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus album.

If you've never heard it, give it a try. Definitely psychedelic.





edit: typo

 

[lwien]

Psychedelic song, eh?

That's a tough one.

Okay,....... When I Touch You by Spirit. It's on their Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus albumn.

If you've never heard it, give it a try. Definitely psychedelic.

I love that album. Randy California and the boys, and dad. Nature's Way was my favorite song off that album.

Saw them in concert. They opened for the Moody Blues.

 

[gak hater]

i like many of them , its hard to choose just one for me
but you only want one, so its echoes by pink floyd.

i also like iwein's choice, vannila fudge..it jarred my memory bank
i saw them play a tv taping for vh1 in ac about 4 years ago warming up for the doors with ian astbury of the cult
after the show i ran into them in the casino and talked to them for
a few hours,they are some of the nicest people you would ever want to meet.

 

[Frickr]

im having trouble understanding what you mean by psychedelic song, do you mean songs like techno? or more contemperary about psychedelics? or songs with a trippy beat?

based on what others have said i think this song fits the bill quite well. morcheeba - trigger hippy.

 

[max]

"Psychedelic rock evolved in the 60s as an offshoot of the rock and roll movement combining elements of rock, electronic music, eastern influences, and other diverse elements. Inspired by the use of mind altering drugs like cannabis, mescaline, psilocybin, and especially LSD, psychedelic rock broke with traditional rock and laid the roots for krautrock and experimental rock genres of the eighties and nineties. In 1965-1967, The Beatles also were recording psychedelic rock with tracks like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" to name a few, but were not strictly classified as psychedelic rock. Cream and Pink Floyd (with original founder Syd Barrett) embraced psychedelic music fully becoming two of the first truly psychedelic bands."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_music

Don't know if it's my all time fav, but my first was the Hendrix version of Dylan's All Along the Watchtower.

Anybody remember Kenny Rogers' attempt at Psychedelic music?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ8k6fVe25k

 

[lwien]

LOL ! I just can't bring myself to click that link.

 

[SpiralArchitect]

White Rabbit!!!!!

 

[Ben]

from an old fart across the ocean :


"Riders on the storm".... of course ( song of my 1st time high )

The thunder noise in the middle of the song made a lightning in the middle my head

 

[lwien]

Good times. Very, very good times !!!

 

[UncleHerb]

Great question! There have been so many that it's hard to limit it to just one. Sunshine of Your Love by Cream comes to mind. And they were great in concert too!

 

[lwien]

Great question! There have been so many that it's hard to limit it to just one. Sunshine of Your Love by Cream comes to mind. And they were great in concert too!

Crossroads !! Jack Bruce. First time I ever heard anyone play lead on an electric bass. Traded leads back and forth with Clapton. Great in concert. Amazing jams.

 

[Purple-Days]

Are you refering to 'what condition my condition is in?", max? First Edition? Edit: oh, you gave it away... That;s always seemed a wierd one to me.

Yeah, (yeah, oh yeah). I don't know what qualifies. Quite a range.

Maybe as the first strains of '21st Century Schizoid Man" hit, before the first chords, you so start to trip a little. I do.

 

[UncleHerb]

That was a great one lwien. Man, a lot of great psychedelic music came out of your state back in the mid to late 60's. Having a thing for Grace Slick, I flew with the Airplane pretty often. The Dead, the Doors, Janis, the Heat, the list is a long one. Man, that was a good decade for music!

 

[lwien]

That was a great one lwien. Man, a lot of great psychedelic music came out of your state back in the mid to late 60's. Having a thing for Grace Slick, I flew with the Airplane pretty often. The Dead, the Doors, Janis, the Heat, the list is a long one. Man, that was a good decade for music!

Yeah. LOVED the Airplane. Remember an album called, "After Bathing at Baxters" and "And Crown of Creation"? Some great experimental stuff going on back then.

And Janis singing Summertime still gives me goose bumps.

 

[UncleHerb]

Oh yeah, and Bless It's Pointed Little Head. Listened to it last night. Jorma and Jack made some great sounds together. I think it was in '72 that I went to the Greatful Dead picnic at Ken Kesey's ranch in southern Oregon. The Airplane were there too and the bands exchanged players with each other all day and night. Quite the experience!

That was a great one lwien. Man, a lot of great psychedelic music came out of your state back in the mid to late 60's. Having a thing for Grace Slick, I flew with the Airplane pretty often. The Dead, the Doors, Janis, the Heat, the list is a long one. Man, that was a good decade for music!

Yeah. LOVED the Airplane. Remember an album called, "After Bathing at Baxters" and "And Crown of Creation"? Some great experimental stuff going on back then.

And Janis singing Summertime still gives me goose bumps.

 

[lwien]

Oh yeah, and Bless It's Pointed Little Head. Listened to it last night. Jorma and Jack made some great sounds together. I think it was in '72 that I went to the Greatful Dead picnic at Ken Kesey's ranch in southern Oregon. The Airplane were there too and the bands exchanged players with each other all day and night. Quite the experience!

Great stuff. I was goin' to concerts every weekend back then. Must have been hundreds, but I think the one that I hold dearest to my heart was when I saw Hendrix with the Band of Gypsy's at the Forum. I'm soooo glad that I was able to see him perform before he passed. I cried a tear the day he died for we will have never known where he could have taken his art in the next 10, 20 or 30 years.

And he played all of his music on a right handed guitar being played upside down.

My favorite tune of his was Redhouse played on an acoustic (Voodoo Chlle, slight return was my second).
Here's a video I dug up of him playing this little diddie, but it's on an electric. Not quite the same, but still............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjOQ9r35uiU

 

[macbill]

I am a huge Jorma Koukonen fan. I took a Winter guitar workshop from him near Palm Springs this year. I don't know why it amazes me when I find that famous people are just plain folk, too. I guess I expect them to be tainted by their fame.

He and his wife are just everyday nice folks. He has a camp in Ohio called Fur Peace Ranch, and it also is (I understand) a wonderful concert venue. For those into acoustic blues, there are links on his site for taped radio concerts of various artists that are lo maximo. http://www.furpeaceranch.com

 

[lwien]

I am a huge Jorma Koukonen fan. I took a Winter guitar workshop from him near Palm Springs this year. I don't know why it amazes me when I find that famous people are just plain folk, too. I guess I expect them to be tainted by their fame.

He and his wife are just everyday nice folks. He has a camp in Ohio called Fur Peace Ranch, and it also is (I understand) a wonderful concert venue. For those into acoustic blues, there are links on his site for taped radio concerts of various artists that are lo maximo. http://www.furpeaceranch.com

Hot Tuna !!

Wow, you took a guitar workshop from him? NICE...........

Talk about taking guitar teaching to a whole other level.

What's really nice is seeing a musician being able to make a nice living off of his/her talent without having to rely on making recordings and touring. What a great alternative and what a great environment they created.

 

[macbill]

I can't say I've met an incredible amount of professional musicians: those that make a 100% living from their music. But all the ones I have met generally are into sharing their music, because that is the way they learned: from others. Jorma Koukonen is no exception. One of his favorite musicians was a blind, African American preacher who was self-taught. The preacher, the Rev. Gary Davis, used his music as a means to proselytize, but his style was unique. Jorma covers a lot of Rev. Gary Davis music, and teaches it, as well.

 

[Progress]

I don't know if the Grateful Dead quite count as psychedelic rock (hehehe...just kidding). Anyhow, picking one band (let alone one song) is tough, however there have been shows that have begun with the beginning of this song and ended with the end of it. My choice is in...DARK STAR!

Thirty odd minutes of music iced at the end with these lyrics:
"Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes. Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis. Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion. Shall we go? You and I while we can...through the transitive nightfall of diamonds. Mirror shatters in formless reflections of matter. Glass hand dissolving to ice petal flowers revolving. Lady in velvet recedes in the nights of good-bye. Shall we go, you and I while we can...through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZwcQdTPi1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx-iwodDdyM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxmtau5tnf8&feature=related

Even the Kool Aid was psychedelic!

 

[lwien]

Do you guys remember The Deads spinoff band, New Riders of the Purple Sage ? Great stuff.

 

[macbill]

I grew up in the Bay Area, and I remember one time seeing the Dead at Winterland, and New Riders were on the band list, too. I was standing very close to the stage where Jerry Garcia was seated at a pedal steel guitar. Guys were handing him a doobie the size of a gerkin pickle, and he took a big hit off it. I'm not exactly sure, but I think Garcia helped Riders only in the beginning of the band.

Garcia liked bluegrass and country. Grisman and Garcia made that album up in the Santa Cruz Hills: "Old & In the Way", plus some other killer albums.

The question is: Do you remember Stoneground? They played with the Dead a lot, it seems to me.

 

[slip]

hard to pick just one, but this one that does it for me every time. take the time to check out the lyrics if you don't already love it.

wot's, uh, the deal