dave clarkson
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Re: most Psychedelic record?
Jan 24, 2010, 22:11
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'Journey through a body' accompanying 'Fantastic Voyage' film!
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Dog 3000
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Edited Jan 24, 2010, 22:31
Re: most Psychedelic record?
Jan 24, 2010, 22:16
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zphage wrote: The Sea Cat wrote: A psychedelic masterpiece for sure. I love the differences between English and American psych. Both quite separate but equally wonderful. They do seem to converge in White Rabbit though.
In a general sense, "Alice In Wonderland" framed UK psych, "Wizard Of Oz" framed US psych, with exceptions, and additional tales.
Interesting theory, except I don't really see much "Oz" in American psych -- got any specific examples of that? (Alice turns up in US psych too, most obviously that "White Rabbit" song.)
I think the US psych was more influenced by the mythology of "cowboys & indians" and "sci fi comics", which is probably what 60's heads were into as children in the 50's. And both have "pioneering" elements which is classic American mythology that fits well with psychedelic notions (pioneering new plains of consciousness.)
UK psych does have much more "literary" pretensions -- perhaps because the notion of "middle class" means something different in the two countries (of course psychedelia was not music from/of the poorer classes.) Not sure where I'm really going with this, but the "TV dinner by the pool" vision of middleclassdom (to quote Zappa) seems particularly American (and puts little value on "literature".)
UPDATE: further brainfarting on the idea of "old west" stuff in US psych -- maybe the argument could be made that the UK and USA both looked to "Indians" for inspiration, but it was two different kinds (North American vs. South Asian!) I've always found it weirdly ironic that same word gets used for those two groups . . .
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Jim Tones
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Edited Jan 24, 2010, 22:21
Re: most Psychedelic record?
Jan 24, 2010, 22:19
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dave clarkson wrote: 'Journey through a body' accompanying 'Fantastic Voyage' film!
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....yeah!...and remember when we synched "Still Walking" with that 'girl in the lab' scene in 'Tower Of Evil'?
Not to mention 'Heathen Earth' run with Kenneth Angers' "Inauguration Of The Pleasuredome" wooooah!
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Stevo
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Re: most Psychedelic record?
Jan 24, 2010, 22:33
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Dog 3000 wrote: I thought ya meant albums but most people seem to be thinking songs . . .
depended really, I guess. Not sure how many records sustain ALL the way through. Doesn't even Brainticket drag on one track?
Dog 3000 wrote:
Jeffersion Airplane -- "After Bathing At Baxters", tho I bet it doesn't sound that good if you're actually in a "psychedelic state." ;-)
used to like it quite a lot in that state. plus especially Savage republic Jamahiriya and Einsturzende Neubauten Zeichnungen Der Patienten O.T.
Dog 3000 wrote:
Country Joe & The Fish -- "Electric Music for Mind & Body" already got a mention, that's an underrated san fran trippy classic (just got it on vinyl the other week!)
current walkman has about 1/2 of it on. great great stuff.
Dog 3000 wrote:
NEU! -- first album is easy to get lost in no matter your state of mind!
yeah one track, is it Weissensee? is very synaesthetic. really need to dig that cd back out. finally bought 2 for £5 in FOPP.
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Several Can albums come to mind as well . . . and some early Amon Duul II classics . . . PINK FLOYD of course, "Meddle" is probably my favorite for just chilling out to.
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yeah, can see Can, can't think about Meddle. have it but can't think what's on it.
Stevo
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dave clarkson
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Edited Jan 24, 2010, 22:35
Re: most Psychedelic record?
Jan 24, 2010, 22:34
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ha! .... the Cabs 'Photophobia' works well with some of the twilight zones too.
Just ordered 'Island of Terror' (or Night of the Silicates') from amazon..Niall MacGinnis is in it
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060548/
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Stevo
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Edited Jan 24, 2010, 22:37
Re: most Psychedelic record?
Jan 24, 2010, 22:37
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was thinking about that earlier. around '88 Genesis P started appearing in portrait of the artist etc in uk music rags and talk about his longstanding love of music from the time.
I don't think Forever Changes had quite the classic status it does now and that was one of the ones he listed. That and bits of brit acid folk & 1st wave psych.
Stevo
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Dog 3000
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Re: most Psychedelic record?
Jan 24, 2010, 22:45
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Stevo wrote:
can't think about Meddle. have it but can't think what's on it.
Stevo
Echoes! And "Fearless" and the "howling dog blues" . . .
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Jim Tones
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Re: most Psychedelic record?
Jan 24, 2010, 22:46
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Stevo wrote: was thinking about that earlier. around '88 Genesis P started appearing in portrait of the artist etc in uk music rags and talk about his longstanding love of music from the time.
I don't think Forever Changes had quite the classic status it does now and that was one of the ones he listed. That and bits of brit acid folk & 1st wave psych.
Stevo
Yeah he seems to be well into all the acid folk stuff- I read a whie back that he really loves that Fresh Maggots LP
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Jim Tones
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Re: most Psychedelic record?
Jan 24, 2010, 22:54
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dave clarkson wrote: ha! .... the Cabs 'Photophobia' works well with some of the twilight zones too.
Just ordered 'Island of Terror' (or Night of the Silicates') from amazon..Niall MacGinnis is in it
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060548/
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Yer can't go wrong with Mr.MacGuiness! ;-)
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PMM
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Edited Jan 25, 2010, 00:51
Re: most Psychedelic record?
Jan 25, 2010, 00:00
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If we're talking about an album, Ithink I'd have to say "You" by Gong. Individual songwise, it has to be Sister Europe, by the Psychedelic Furs.
Reason being the time I spent in Dave's house, tripping my eyeballs out, with this playing on the stereo. Some pretty heavy phase going on in the chorus, and it sent me to another place.
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