Greatest Hippy/Psychedelic song ever?

**Janszoon** · 10-21-2013, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

Don't know if anyone mentioned them or not, but Sunshine Superman and Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan are really up there on my list.

Yes! Especially "Hurdy Gurdy Man". I've also always thought the song was incredibly effectively used in this preview, which forever made me perceive the song as sort of disturbing:

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 10-21-2013, 09:46 PM

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Wow, that works great. Yeah, the song has a dark edge to it, but I never thought of it as that dark.

On a much lighter side, Jefferson Airplane has a load of hippie/psychedelic stuff, but here is one of my favorites (and one of the few songs they did not composed by themselves). It's not psychedelic but has a great feel-good hippie vibe.

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 10-21-2013, 10:07 PM

Might as well throw in the latest and greatest psychedelic band.

EDIT: Both videos are best appreciated in full-screen mode.

Jopatate · 10-21-2013, 10:19 PM

i'm not really into the ''hippie'' thing, but this song is really cool

Country Joe and the fish - I feel like i'm fixin' to die

i'll just give the youtube url for the live version since i prefer it to the studio version(I can't give the full link because i didn't post enough stuff apparently)

galt54 · 12-15-2013, 12:01 AM

My top ten songs from the summer of love (I was alive and kicking then, although I was not a hippy).

1) California Dreaming
2) White Rabbit
3) White Room
4) Tales of Brave Ulysses
5) Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
6) Remember a Day
7) Strawberry Fields
8) Only a Northern Song
9) Here Comes the Sun
10) Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)

GOATPOP · 12-15-2013, 12:53 AM

here kids smoke these

galt54 · 12-22-2013, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by galt54

My top ten songs from the summer of love (I was alive and kicking then, although I was not a hippy).

1) California Dreaming
2) White Rabbit
3) White Room
4) Tales of Brave Ulysses
5) Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
6) Remember a Day
7) Strawberry Fields
8) Only a Northern Song
9) Here Comes the Sun
10) Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)

Remember a Day (by Pink Floyd, of course) is probably an underappreciated psychedelic song. It is also my favorite Pink Floyd song.

Taxman · 12-30-2013, 08:31 AM

Hey Bulldog is pretty cool too.

Zenzic · 01-02-2014, 08:56 AM

Maggot Brain - Funkadelic. Psychedelic enough for me.

Gavin B. · 01-16-2014, 04:44 PM

In the Eighties I did a psychedelic rock show on WMBR (M.I.T. college station) in Boston MA. This is a list of some of my favorites from that show. I only allowed one song per artist or the list would have gone on forever.

Lather- Jefferson Airplane
You Can't Ever Come Down- Joe Byrd & the Field Hippies
Happenings Ten Years Time Ago- Yardbirds
You Set the Scene- Love
Strawberry Fields Forever- The Beatles
Eight Miles High- The Byrds
Saint Stephen- The Grateful Dead
East-West- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Mr. Farmer- The Seeds
The End- The Doors
Tales of Brave Ulysses- Cream
Up From the Skies- Jimi Hendrix Experience
Paint It Black- The Rolling Stones
Get Me To the World on Time- The Electric Prunes
Time Has Come Today- The Chambers Brothers
To Cry You A Song- Jethro Tull
Who Are the Brain Police?- Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention
Sky Pilot- Eric Burdon & the Animals
Main Vein- Aorta
Bluebird- Buffalo Springfield
Suzy Q. - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Autumn's Child- Captain Beefheart
Buddha- The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine- Country Joe & the Fish
Season of the Witch- Donovan
Maya- The Incredible String Band
In A Gadda Da Vida- Iron Butterfly
Shapes of Things- The Jeff Beck Group
The Wheel- Jerry Garcia
Lemon Princess- The Leaves
Ramble On- Led Zeppelin
I Unseen- The Misunderstood
The Best Way To Travel- The Moody Blues
Theme From an Imaginary Western- Mountain
Open My Eyes- The Nazz
Cinnamon Girl- Neil Young
Ballad To An Amber Lady- Pearls Before Swine
See Emily Play- Pink Floyd
Whiter Shade of Pale- Procol Harum
Who Do You Love (long version)- Quicksilver Messenger Service
Omaha- Moby Grape
Don't Look Back- The Remains
My World Fell Down- Sagittarius
My White Bicycle- Tomorrow
Paper Sun- Traffic
I Can See For Miles- The Who
Who Loves the Sun- The Velvet Underground
Time of the Season- The Zombies

If you own all the above songs, you'll have a pretty good start on a decent collection of psychedelic music.

10-21-2013, 09:46 PM	#62 (permalink)
DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,174	^ Wow, that works great. Yeah, the song has a dark edge to it, but I never thought of it as that dark. On a much lighter side, Jefferson Airplane has a load of hippie/psychedelic stuff, but here is one of my favorites (and one of the few songs they did not composed by themselves). It's not psychedelic but has a great feel-good hippie vibe. __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here

10-21-2013, 10:07 PM	#63 (permalink)
DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,174	Might as well throw in the latest and greatest psychedelic band. EDIT: Both videos are best appreciated in full-screen mode. __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here Last edited by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea; 10-21-2013 at 10:28 PM.

12-15-2013, 12:01 AM	#65 (permalink)
galt54 Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: A suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Posts: 191	My top ten songs from the summer of love (I was alive and kicking then, although I was not a hippy). 1) California Dreaming 2) White Rabbit 3) White Room 4) Tales of Brave Ulysses 5) Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds 6) Remember a Day 7) Strawberry Fields 8) Only a Northern Song 9) Here Comes the Sun 10) Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise) Last edited by galt54; 12-22-2013 at 06:59 PM.

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Taxman watching the wheels Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Finland Posts: 470	Hey Bulldog is pretty cool too. __________________ ...

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Jopatate Groupie Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 7	i'm not really into the ''hippie'' thing, but this song is really cool Country Joe and the fish - I feel like i'm fixin' to die i'll just give the youtube url for the live version since i prefer it to the studio version(I can't give the full link because i didn't post enough stuff apparently)

01-02-2014, 08:56 AM	#69 (permalink)
Zenzic Groupie Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 18	Maggot Brain - Funkadelic. Psychedelic enough for me.

01-16-2014, 04:44 PM	#70 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	In the Eighties I did a psychedelic rock show on WMBR (M.I.T. college station) in Boston MA. This is a list of some of my favorites from that show. I only allowed one song per artist or the list would have gone on forever. Lather- Jefferson Airplane You Can't Ever Come Down- Joe Byrd & the Field Hippies Happenings Ten Years Time Ago- Yardbirds You Set the Scene- Love Strawberry Fields Forever- The Beatles Eight Miles High- The Byrds Saint Stephen- The Grateful Dead East-West- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Mr. Farmer- The Seeds The End- The Doors Tales of Brave Ulysses- Cream Up From the Skies- Jimi Hendrix Experience Paint It Black- The Rolling Stones Get Me To the World on Time- The Electric Prunes Time Has Come Today- The Chambers Brothers To Cry You A Song- Jethro Tull Who Are the Brain Police?- Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention Sky Pilot- Eric Burdon & the Animals Main Vein- Aorta Bluebird- Buffalo Springfield Suzy Q. - Creedence Clearwater Revival Autumn's Child- Captain Beefheart Buddha- The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine- Country Joe & the Fish Season of the Witch- Donovan Maya- The Incredible String Band In A Gadda Da Vida- Iron Butterfly Shapes of Things- The Jeff Beck Group The Wheel- Jerry Garcia Lemon Princess- The Leaves Ramble On- Led Zeppelin I Unseen- The Misunderstood The Best Way To Travel- The Moody Blues Theme From an Imaginary Western- Mountain Open My Eyes- The Nazz Cinnamon Girl- Neil Young Ballad To An Amber Lady- Pearls Before Swine See Emily Play- Pink Floyd Whiter Shade of Pale- Procol Harum Who Do You Love (long version)- Quicksilver Messenger Service Omaha- Moby Grape Don't Look Back- The Remains My World Fell Down- Sagittarius My White Bicycle- Tomorrow Paper Sun- Traffic I Can See For Miles- The Who Who Loves the Sun- The Velvet Underground Time of the Season- The Zombies If you own all the above songs, you'll have a pretty good start on a decent collection of psychedelic music. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt