The BEST Psychedelic Rock songs: name some

[Marlowe01]

I love psychedelic rock, prog-rock, rock with sitar in it...anything like that. (in addition to David Lee Roth's solo stuff and the early Van Halen) Just asking anyone to name their favorite songs of the type. If you need to pick songs from an era post-late 1960s/early 70's, please do, but I'm generally looking for great hippie-ish songs in general. I don't even care what you like about the songs, whether it sounds cool, it's hypnotic, the lyrics are interesting, or whatever...post it in here and let me know!

[Golden AWe]

something genius from britain...

"Happy and I’m smiling,
Walk a mile to drink your water.
You know I’d love to love you,
And above you there’s no other.
We’ll go walking out
While others shout of war’s disaster.
Oh, we won’t give in,
Let’s go living in the past.

Once I used to join in
Every boy and girl was my friend.
Now there’s revolution, but they don’t know
What they’re fighting.
Let us close out eyes;
Outside their lives go on much faster.
Oh, we won’t give in,
We’ll keep living in the past."

(jethro tull: living in the past)

[Golden AWe]

most pink floyd-album with waters have their own psychedelic elements as well...

[pete]

Syd barrett was a genius

An Effervescing Elephant
with tiny eyes and great big trunk
once whispered to the tiny ear
the ear of one inferior
that by next June he'd die, oh yeah!
because the tiger would roam.
The little one said: "Oh my goodness I must stay at home!
and every time I hear a growl
I'll know the tiger's on the prowl
and I'll be really safe, you know
the elephant he told me so."
Everyone was nervy, oh yeah!
and the message was spread
to zebra, mongoose, and the dirty hippopotamus
who wallowed in the mud and chewed
his spicy hippo-plankton food
and tended to ignore the word
preferring to survey a herd
of stupid water bison, oh yeah!
And all the jungle took fright,
and ran around for all the day and the night
but all in vain, because, you see,
the tiger came and said: "Who me?!
You know, I wouldn't hurt not one of you.
I'd much prefer something to chew
and you're all to scant." oh yeah!
He ate the Elephant

[pete]

Grooving around in a trench coat
with the satin entrail
Seems to be all around in tin and lead pail, we pale
Jiving on down to the beach
to see the blue and the gray
seems to be all and it's rosy-it's a beautiful day!

Will you please keep on the track
'cause I almost want you back
'cause I know what you are
you are a gigolo aunt, you're a gigolo aunt!
Yes I know what you are
you are a gigolo aunt, you're a gigolo aunt!

Heading down with the light, the dust in your way
she was angrier than, than her watershell male
life to this love to me - heading me down to me
thunderbird shale
seems to be all and it's rosy - it's a beautiful day!
will you please keep on the track
'cause I almost want you back
'cause I know what you are
you are a gigolo aunt

[pete]

Oh where are you now
pussy willow that smiled on this leaf?
When I was alone you promised the stone from your heart
my head kissed the ground
I was half the way down, treading the sand
please, please, lift a hand
I'm only a person whose armbands beat
on his hands, hang tall
won't you miss me?
Wouldn't you miss me at all?

The poppy birds way
swing twigs coffee brands around
brandish her wand with a feathery tongue
my head kissed the ground
I was half the way down, treading the sand
please, please, please lift the hand
I'm only a person with Eskimo chain
I tattooed my brain all the way...
Won't you miss me?
Wouldn't you miss me at all?

[pete]

She took a long cold look at me
and smiled and gazed all over my arm
she loves to see me get down to ground
she hasn't time just to be with me
her face between all she means to be
to be extreme, just to be extreme
a broken pier on the wavy sea
she wonders why for all she wants to see...
But I got up and I stomped around
and hid the piece where the trees touch the ground...

The end of truth that lay out the time
spent lazing here on a painting dream
a mile or more in a foreign clime
to see farther inside of me.

And looking high up into the sky
I breathe as the water streams over me...

[pete]

Honey love you, honey little,
honey funny sunny morning
love you more funny love in the skyline baby
ice-cream 'scuse me,
I've seen you looking good the other evening

Oh, you dig it, had to smile just an hour or so
(are) we in love like I think we be?
It Ain't a long rhyme.
It took ages to think
I think I'll hurl it in the water, baby...

Honey love you, honey little,
honey funny sunny morning
love you more funny love in the skyline baby
ice-cream 'scuse me,
I've seen you looking good the other evening

Flaking you are an nice little one
to put it all around, its just good
I like it, hey hey hey
S'pose some time that day
whoopee! swinging along over across to me

Honey love you, honey little,
honey funny sunny morning
love you more funny love in the skyline baby
ice-cream 'scuse me,
I've seen you looking good the other evening

Goodtime rocker woman we'll stray our pieces
little creepy we shine so sleepy,
so whoopee!
That's how you look...

Honey love you, honey little,
honey funny sunny morning
love you more funny love in the skyline baby
ice-cream 'scuse me,
I've seen you looking good the other evening

[pete]

Barrett's really compelling to hear.

You can hear him falling apart - but there's a beauty to it.

[pete]

On a distant shore, miles from land
stands the ebony totem in ebony sand
a dream in a mist of gray...
on a far distant shore...

The pebble that stood alone
and driftwood lies half buried
warm shallow waters sweep shells
so the cockles shine...

A bare winding carcass, stark
shimmers as flies scoop up meat, an empty way...
dry tears...
crisp flax squeaks tall reeds
make a circle of gray in a summer way, around man
stood on ground...

I'm trying
I'm trying to find you!
To find you
I'm living, I'm giving,
To find you, To find you,
I'm living, I'm living,
I'm trying, I'm giving

[Coyote]

Beatles - "I am the walrus" & "Strawberry fields"

[Mr Badguy]

13th floor elevators.

Rocky Erikkson actually believed he was from a different planet.

And they had an electric jug player.

Classic psychedelia!

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by Mr Badguy
13th floor elevators.

Rocky Erikkson actually believed he was from a different planet.

And they had an electric jug player.

Classic psychedelia!

He pled not guilty to a reefer charge by reason of insanity and got shock therapy for his efforts.

He started lookin' for some atmospherium after that.

13th floor elevators? Classic psychedelia!

[Panamark]

Ok, I just read this thread like five times, and nobody
mentioned:

"Lucy in the Sky wth Diamonds"

Fookin hell ?? Doesnt that song define psychedelia??

psychedelia ?? Is that even a word ?? ok... its no secret
I did a tour of duty in shroom land.. (So grant me some
self indulgence in new word creation) But Panamark, it
is a word.. SHUTUP.. fookin carpet, gets argumentative sometimes..

I vote LSD !!

Then strawberry fields, I am the walrus and across the universe..

For tripping value, Dark side of the moon, has to get honorary mentions....

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by Panamark
Ok, I just read this thread like five times, and nobody
mentioned:

"Lucy in the Sky wth Diamonds"

Fookin hell ?? Doesnt that song define psychedelia??

psychedelia ?? Is that even a word ?? ok... its no secret
I did a tour of duty in shroom land.. (So grant me some
self indulgence in new word creation) But Panamark, it
is a word.. SHUTUP.. fookin carpet, gets argumentative sometimes..

I vote LSD !!

Then strawberry fields, I am the walrus and across the universe..

For tripping value, Dark side of the moon, has to get honorary mentions....

LMFAO!

White Rabbit too!