The Golden Age of Psychedelia

charles21o7 · #1 10-04-2004, 06:00 PM

Alright, ive been getting into the psychedelic classics alot lately. So here is a list of from what ive read , were the most famous color rock bands out there. I , personally love each and every one of these albums, marvelous material. So i did not vote, i couldnt make a choice. So vote for your fave, and if you dont mind, tell why.

**Adam Barkley** · #2 10-04-2004, 07:14 PM

I voted Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow . Definitely one of my favorite albums ever. Some runners-up were Sgt. Pepper's and Mr. Fantasy.

It is really hard to choose as I could waste a day listening to all of those albums.

brianrost · #3 10-05-2004, 09:45 AM

I never considered Cream psychedelic and outside of Pet Sounds and Odyssey and Oracle all those bands did some OTHER album which I would consider to be better, at least if psychedelia is the gauge.

charles21o7 · #4 10-05-2004, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by brianrost

I never considered Cream psychedelic and outside of Pet Sounds and Odyssey and Oracle all those bands did some OTHER album which I would consider to be better, at least if psychedelia is the gauge.

Cream, overall was not a psychedelic band, but Gears was an extrememly psychedelic album, heavy fuzz tones and the indian type guitars . And i know better albums by all of those bands, but if you noticed i put " golden age" which was the late sixties, and these were the top selling psychedelic albums out there.

Also, i dont think the stones ever did another psychedelic album other than TSMR, if so please tell me.

fulcrum · #5 10-05-2004, 06:46 PM

I gotta go with Other, specifically Are You Experienced.

Some of the stuff Jimi was playing thirty-seven (!!) years ago still melts my mind today. His rhythm section (Redding and Mitchell) were no slouches either.

lbanks · #6 10-05-2004, 08:32 PM

Where's Hendrix? Led Zeppelin? Funkadelic?

7flat5 · #7 10-05-2004, 09:01 PM

When I think psychedelic, I think the ones who did the Koolaid thing in San Francisco, and none of those but Airplane are listed. The best music (or at least my favorite) of this type, though, were by people who never did the chemicals... well, at least one of them. It took non-drug-addled musicians to make late 60's Zappa and Beefheart. In the less obscure, pop area, though, which is where most of the poll choices come from, my favorite by far is "Over Under Sideways Down" by the Yardbirds. One of those little masterpieces.

Benjamin Strange · #8 10-05-2004, 10:04 PM

Piper at the Gates of Dawn, without a doubt. Syd Barrett was a cracked genius.

pc · #9 10-05-2004, 10:20 PM

Guru-Guru

deepbob · #10 10-05-2004, 10:43 PM

led zep I
beatles revolver
jimi hendrix exp axis: bold as love
her satanic majesty's request
lots of live dead

Muzique Fann · #11 10-06-2004, 04:24 AM

Yeah, I don't see the poll here - only melting colors
(Floyd, Floyd, Floyd)

bass87 · #12 10-06-2004, 01:09 PM

Surrealistic Pillow is good but I'd have to say my favourite Airplane album and psychedelic classic is After Bathing at Baxters, imo anyway. And where are the Dead on your list

Quicksilver Messenger Service also deserve a mention, their first two albums are damn cool

Scot · #13 10-06-2004, 02:17 PM

Surrealistic Pillow all the way. Not that it's the best music of the time but "White Rabbit" practically epitomizes that genre/era.

-Scot

charles21o7 · #14 10-06-2004, 05:11 PM

I apalogize for not including some of those artists on my list. While I was at work that day, i came up with a huge list in my head to include on the poll, but when it came to making it, my mind went blank and i forgot half of them.

JimK · #15 10-06-2004, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by lbanks

Where's Hendrix? Led Zeppelin? Funkadelic?

Yes...and where's Headquarters?!?

JimK · #16 10-06-2004, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by charles21o7

I... i came up with a huge list in my head to include on the poll, but when it came to making it, my mind went blank and i forgot half of them.

...and how 'bout Head as a movie/DVD nominee?

Muzique Fann · #17 10-07-2004, 02:45 AM

[quote=JimK]...and how 'bout Head as a movie/DVD nominee?

Hehehe - funny s**t. I've seen shirts with only Frankenstien's face and it just says HEAD above it

JimK · #18 10-07-2004, 04:03 AM

[quote=Muzique Fann]

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...and how 'bout Head as a movie/DVD nominee?

Hehehe - funny s**t. I've seen shirts with only Frankenstien's face and it just says HEAD above it

Maybe I wasn't joking...any movie with Frank Zappa & talking cow is "OK" by me.

The Golden Boy · #19 10-07-2004, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JimK

...and how 'bout Head as a movie/DVD nominee?

I've seen Head in a few different states, but it does nothing for me. I mean it's cool as "this is what we got going on right now" but it's like expecting Magical Mystery Tour to make sense.

I look at Psychedelia as that period of time from early to late 67. (not that anything outside of that time range is not psychedelia...) But I think of Sgt. Pepper's coming out at just the right time, June of 67, to catch the giddy, innocent, heady days of a new relationship. When young people were realizing there was change going on, drugs were fun and harmless, but before the bad side of the drugs showed up. When Turn On, Tune In were really cool, but Drop Out hadn't quite reached a literal sense.

Everything about Sgt. Pepper is so lush, and it still sounds lush today. Pepper is a fantasy world that you're taking a trip through. (no pun intended) That's why it gets my vote.

JimK · #20 10-07-2004, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by The Golden Boy

I've seen Head in a few different states, but it does nothing for me. I mean it's cool as "this is what we got going on right now" but it's like expecting Magical Mystery Tour to make sense.

Yes, it is about stream of consciousness...& yes, I don't expect stuff like this & MMT to make sense. Make sense?