Co-wrote with Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant. Strawberry Alarm Clock were just teenagers when they started here in L.A. that got ripped off big time.
Guys, you really should check out Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Absolutely one of the best songs of the era. It's transitions are so smooth you won't believe it was 17 minutes. Great keyboards, distorted dissonant guitar parts, killer drum solo in the middle, serious counterpoint. I'm telling you, you'll be blown away.
We used my moms pots n pans while listening to in the gadda da vida! My friend was deaf, so we cranked it up for her, she would hang on the stereo and dance to the vibrations! Thank you for bringing back that memory!
This band played at my high school. We won a local radio contest, whichever school had the most signatures won. We were a small Catholic school but we totally killed that contest. The band gave away incense and peppermints. I was in the corner of the gym with my incense stick when two teachers approached me and questioned me about what I was smoking. They thought I had a joint going.
Booo!!! It must have been memorable for you. I went to a fairly large Catholic high school, and we had a similar content, but within the school. We had a choice between Blood, Sweat & Tears and The Brooklyn Bridge. My friends and I voted for BS&T, but Brooklyn Bridge got more votes. Come the after-prom party, we ended up with neither. We had some local band called The Magnificent Men instead. Bummer.
Then there's "Crystal Blue Persuasion", and the earlier but super catchy, "I Think We're Alone Now", two big hits for them as well as my two favorites from these guys.
School year is ending for many. Rare Earth's I Just Wanna Celebrate is the song! Brings rock. Brings funk. Brings bongos. Brings some tasty pedal action!
For more psychedelia: "I just walked in to see what condition my condition was in", as featured in the Big Lebowski. The bad was The First Edition, which featured a young Kenny Rogers.
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The whole psychedelic era was a thing! Loved it. Have you listened to Tommy James and the Shondells’ song Crystal Blue Persuasion? My total fave. Another very cool psychedelic tune is the remake of the Supremes’ You Keep Me Hanging On by Vanilla Fudge. Banger!
Just thought of some more: Any Donovan song “Hurdy Gurdy Man” and “Epistle to Dippy” (very strange) also “Green Circles” Small Faces and finally the Electric Prunes “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night”
My brain always links this one and Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells - mostly because of the titles, but I'd enjoy seeing them react to that one too
I'm going to throw "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" by Melanie out there. The message really moves me. Her biggest song is "Brand New Key" which is fun, but Lay Down is meaningful and lets her belt it out.
ALRIGHT!!! 7th grade memories flood back to my mind. Summer of '67...swimming pool, girls in bikinis, stupid kid pranks, and glorious long summer evenings listening to the radio...GREAT TIMES!
Just a tad older here. I was lifeguarding at the local community pool. 15 years old sitting up in the lifeguard chair with this and the other music of the day jamming over the loudspeakers. Naturally, I acted a whole lot cooler than I probably was with all the girls hanging out by the lifeguard chairs. Now THAT was a great summer!
Class of '74 , I always thought the late 60's had an air of excitement that something magical was about to happen , i guess it must've been a combination of the space race the wars both cold and hot and of course that beautiful new music. How could I have known my family as it was was coming to an end , mom would leave, dad would do his best trying to raise 4 children on his own but he had issues well , music was always there for me in those dark nights and the only true magic I've found in this world besides love..
This song reminds me of being a kid. I’m so happy I got to hear this music when it was out! I feel like Ive been blessed with living through the most perfect musical life!! I heard all this music when it was out! I’m happy Alex and Andy are hearing it but I got to live it!! And I’m still listening for new bands 54 years after this gem was released!
I’m old as dirt too and saw almost every major act from late 60’s on, and selfishly think our music was the greatest, but I’m sure every generation thinks their music is. My parents loved the big band sound, Bing Crosby and Harry Belafonte but recall us all sitting down to watch the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, and while I was totally mesmerized by how great they were, they thought it was terrible, so every generation likes their own music
@@HamiltonRb For what it's worth, I was born in 1972, after the 60s was done. My music should have been like 1984-1994, but I think the 60s were the greatest.
They REALLY should do that entire album! One of my all time favorites, which I still play frequently! Masterpiece! I've suggested many times, to no avail!
@@mattperegrine873 When an album opens with "you have the world at your fingertips, no one can make it better than you" runs it's wonderful course, and closes with exactly the same lyric, you know it's special! And it is!!
Ah, okay, so we are back in the summer of love. Thank you. Next time you want a deep cut listen to "White Bird" by It's a Beautiful Day (1969). The band formed in San Francisco 1967 along side Santana, the Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Airplane. Their instrumentation differs - includes violin - but on this track at least they carry all the punch you want. Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the music.
The Psychedelic Furs is actually an 80's semi-alternate rock/pop band. They're really good, you should check them out! Their best songs are Love My Way, Ghost In You & Heartbreak Beat. Probably their biggest hit is Pretty in Pink, which is in the soundtrack of the 80's movie Pretty in Pink.
The grittier early stuff is much better, IMO. Diminishing returns on every record after Forever Now. "Mr. Jones," "All of This and Nothing," "Pulse"...
The first time I ever saw the constellation Orion I was 14 years old looking out my bedroom window about 2 in the morning. This song was playing on the radio. I'm 67 now and to this day whenever I occasionally look up and see Orion, this song automatically goes through my head, particularly the end. It's a wonderful connection to my youth.
Full blown 60's psychedelia -- "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida". 17 minutes of bliss. Yeah, class of 72 is just the right age for music history. So much to choose from! Itchy-Koo Park, Had too much to dream last night, etc. Radio was making the bizarrniz mainstream. And songs made people feel good for 3 minutes.
The use of the phrase "meaningless nouns" in this tune reminds me of the pseudo love song "Elenore" by the Turtles in which they sing, "You're my pride and joy, et cetera."
That high-hat hit kills me every time...for the last 54 years. Just enough cowbell! I was a 60's kid. "OK boomer" This is first 45 I ever bought. I went to the record store and they wouldn't let me in the listening booth with only one record (yes, there really were listening booths in record shops) so they made me take two other 45's off the rack. The two other records I picked that day were "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers and "Little Bit o' Soul" by The Music Explosion. I bought all three. My first vinyl. I started small, easy hits. Soon I was buying albums. It snowballed out of control from there. Soon there was a platter spinning in the living room 24/7 and needles everywhere...
Same genre, Same time period(67,68) "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo. Honestly this blows it away (a banger)!. Anyone else agree? Not heavy on the fuzz but heavy on the phaser!
I'd forgotten what an awesome little tune that was. My big sister had this little 45 record that I would steal regularly. She had several 45s I would pile up on my little suitcase record player. I can't remember all of them. One was "The Association - Cherish". Sweet song. The Association had a few good tunes. Oh The Monkees! She had several 45s of The Monkees, that I loved. I was like 7 or 8 yrs old I think. Thnx Gents ~
As I read it, they had no lead singer for this track, and came across a 16 year old who said he'd do it. And he did. I have in my playlist a stereo remix done by a Los Angeles FM DJ a few years ago. I also have the original 45 rpm single my brother got in 1967. One of my favorites.
Old hippie here, I remember this song and indeed it was a psychedelic influenced song at the time. In those days, pot was highly illegal and incense was burned to cover the scent and peppermint candies to mask our breath. You had to live then to really get it.
This was such a transitional piece. You can plainly hear things from the past and also where things were going at that time. Folk influences vocally and putting in the fuzzy guitar of things to come. Even incorporating beachy, Beach Boys kind of vibe at the end.
Chambers Brothers “Time Has Come Today” great psychedelic song…some others: Journey To The Center Of The Mind-Amboy Dukes (features a 16-17 year old Ted Nugent) Hole in My Shoe-Traffic and Paper Sun-Traffic
More great '60s psychedelic pop: "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" (The Electric Prunes), "Journey to the Center of the Mind" (The Amboy Dukes) and "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (The Status Quo).
Ah yes, the summers of 'bubblegum pop'. I remember them well! Teenage kids and younger roaming sunlit streets on their bikes or hanging out on front porches or under trees in the shade trying to stay cool because there was no air conditioning in most houses listening to top forty hits from local AM radio stations on cheap portable 'transistor radios' or gathering in someone's garage with the door open to get some breeze or shooting hoops and listening to some hand me down radio their parent's had replaced long ago. There were any number of light, cheerful, sometimes trippy pop songs like 'Green Tambourine' by the Lemon Pipers, or 'Windy' by The Association, or 'You were on My Mind' by We Five or 'Age of Aquarius' by the Fifth Dimension, or 'California Dreaming' by the Mama's and the Papas mixed in a completely random hodgepodge with dozens of different types of contemporary music like classic Motown hits and holdovers from fifties Rock & Roll and British Invasion groups like the Beatles 'We All Live In A Yellow Submarine' or 'Mrs. Brown You've got A Lovely Daughter' by Herman's Hermits, or the Hollies "Long Cool Woman In a Black Dress" or 'Guitar Man' by Bread. Every week there were new hits and fantastic music would come and go like the soundtrack of our lives.
Two more from the 60's worth considering are Sunshine Superman by Donovan, and Winchester Cathedral by The New Vaudeville Band. Especially Donovan's- it is amazingly good.
Psychedelic folk garage rock are the genres I put this song into. I'm dating myself, but I remember when this song first came out and listening to it on my transistor radio.
Hah...Andy 'singing' along and swiming his hands to the 'sha-la-la' part at the end...looked like Eric Forman on THAT 70's show for a moment... And the "synesthesia", lol, YES! "The colors, man, the colors..."
Match it with Green Tambourine, Journey to Center of Your Mind, Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In, Sunshine Superman, Itchycoo Park, I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night, etc. for a pop/psychedelic mashup.
Alex, I agree with your assessment that this captures the vibe of the late-sixties. In 1957, American culture was turned on its head by the emergence of rock'n'roll, the first music of, by, and for young people. In 1967, the next wave arrived, when young people's minds were being opened up to all kinds of new, cool things -- music, fashion, art, philosophy, civil rights, justice for all.
Strawberry Alarm Clock was a one (as far as I know) hit wonder California pop rock band that featured pre-Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King. Incense and Peppermints was their one hit. Great song!
As soon as I read your comment I distinctly remembered having a second SAC 45, and I'm almost positive it was on UNI records (bright yellow label). A few minutes later I remembered the part that goes "we live in a world of carnivals and clowns" and then the title came to me: "Tomorrow". Don't know if it was a hit or not, but definitely another buried treasure from that era. The part that Andy and Alex can't do is put these songs into the context of what came before and after as an historical matter. I was probably 6 or 7 when Incense and Peppermints came out, and it was as close as many of us young suburban kids ever got to Haight-Ashbury.
@@fredhall6525 I think we're on the same wavelength here. I don't know if I'd recommend that they do any more of this type of song, but if they did, "Judy in Disguise" might be a possibility. Two others might be "Sunshine Superman" by Donovan and "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James & the Shondells.
I grew up in an LA beach city and was in HS in the late 60's early 70's and this band was one we hired for one of our freshman dances so I have heard them play this live. And a great time was had by all.....
Similar song Tommy James 'Crimson and Clover' I am 68 and when I was in high school, the bus drivers always put the local Philly top 40 station on loud speaker. Radio was very diverse and played everything; folk and all flavors of R&B and rock.
Not a bad song, but I much preferred any of the other three songs from this poll. I've said it before and I will say it again: @Andy & Alex, check out the Nuggets compilation of garage rock from the late 1960s. This song is on it. So is Psychotic Reactions. So is You're Gonna Miss Me by the 13th Floor Elevators (hit this song!). The Sonics. Early bands with Ted Nugent and John Fogerty. The Monks. All kinds of weird and wonderful bands. Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith's lead guitarist and co-conspirator, assembled the collection while he was a clerk at the Village Oldies record shop in NYC.
Gotta love that psychedelic pop! Other songs of this ilk are Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers, Crimson and Clover by Tommy James, I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night by the Electric Prunes and Ichycoo Park by Small Faces
May I add to that San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) by Scott McKenzie (written by John Phillips) and The Rain, The Park & Other Things by The Cowsills?
This song was first written as an instrumental by Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd fame) and Mark Weitz. A sixteen year old Greg Munford sang the vocals in the studio recording. The band came up with their name because of the Beatles song, "Strawberry Fields Forever". Cool stuff.
Andy has tripped!! I suspected it but there’s your confirmation, Folks!! Love it. Have never regretted my visits to the inner world. Right on, Bro! Expand your mind while you have one - that’s what it’s for! And I’m Diggin your girlfriend too. She takes good care of you with fun music and all things trippy. Love you all. 🍄🤪✌️
surprised you guys didn't mention the vocal harmonies in the bridges and chorus........they are spectacular,.. kind of like the Beach Boys meet Psychedelia ...
Just Dropped in by the first addition is another great psychedelic era song. Believe it or not, the group was fronted by Kenny Rogers way before he switched to country music. Check it out, LOL
Guys, please listen to this L.A. band, Love. They were really popular in Los Angeles in the mid sixties. Considered grandfathers of punk and garage bands 7 and 7 Is Alone Again Little Red Book
I was a kid when this song was a big hit. That lil hi-hat break was considered a major "hook" of the song. Paul McCartney loved this song/recording so much that he eventually bought the rights to it (MPL). The year 1967 had so many of my favorites tunes of the '60s. If you wanna hear another song of this time with a similar feel, try The Grassroots' "Let's Live for Today."
This is one of these songs that, to me, never gets old! And it doesn’t matter where I am, car, store... I always stop & with my fingers, drum that little beat in the middle of the song! Great song! Another song that has that psychedelic vibe is "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo!
Love this oldie! Love 60’s music!! Remember LSD was pretty common 🤣. Many songs didn’t always make sense lyrically but all had a awesome groove!!! ✌🏻✌🏻❤️❤️ Donovan, Hurdy Gurdy Man is a cool one!! Gosh so many to remember. Love the 60’s !! Yes check out the song Itchygoo Park!!
I am NOT recommending drugs to anyone, but it's true that most of us at least tried LSD back then. VERY common. And it was a blast! But don't do it kids!!
Status Quo released a couple of psychedelic songs off their first album, the above mentioned Pictures of MM and Ice Melts in the Sun. They quickly changed direction though and turned themselves into on of the greatest blues rock/ boogie bands of the world during the 70's. Their USA presence was mostly on the FM channels where their long guitar jams from albums Piledriver, Hello, Quo, On the Level, were found. They kept their driving boogie/blues formula but cut them down for the singles market in Great Britain where they eventually had over 60 charted singles. Songs to listen to when you are ready to boogie are Caroline, Roll Over Lay Down, Mystery Song, Down Down, Forty Five Hundred Times, Blue Eyed Lady, Softer Ride.
@@yazmon4515 They have had very little US presence if any. Many of my favorite artists are one's that fell under the radar. Tommy Bolin, Paul Pena to name a few.
do you "Due Diligence" and check out more songs from this era... The Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today" Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes - "Journey to the Center of the Mind" Status Quo - "Pictures of Matchstick Men" Jimi Hendrix - "If 6 Was 9" Beatles - "Tomorrow Never Knows" Rolling Stones - "2000 Light Years From Home" PREPARE MENTALLY
This great song still decades later still always sends a chill up my back as have always loved 'that mood' in minor key. Has that 'Here we go round the Mulberry Bush' film feel to it.
Great song from that era (and so am I)....fun fact; Ed King was the guitarist in this group before he joined Lynyrd Skynyrd and wrote "Sweet Home Alabama", "Working For The MCA" & "Saturday Night Special" among others.
You're Busted I agree with you 100%! Most of the other songs suggested here sound nothing like "Incense and Peppermints." They are either too slow, or the lyrics bear no resemblance. Another song that comes to mind is "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night," which has been recommended in numerous comments.
Another song that really evokes the sixties is The Electric Prunes’ “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night”.
Deep cut
Fabulous song
Then came the dawn and you were gone. Shalom.
Also Pushin Too Hard- the Seeds, We Ain’t Got Nothin Yet- Blue Magoos
I second the excellent suggestion of The Electric Prunes’ “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night”.
One of the guitar players is Ed King, he wrote sweet home Alabama when he was in Skynyrd
Ed wrote the bridge on this song.
Ed was a hippy who ended up enlisting in the Skynyrd guitar army.
Co-wrote with Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant. Strawberry Alarm Clock were just teenagers when they started here in L.A. that got ripped off big time.
Well. There's a real mixed claim to fame - Sweet Home Alabama.
Ed also toured with The Beach Boys
Chambers Brothers, "Time Has Come Today" for more psychedelic era rock.
As long as it's the extended version
@@ericvanswoll4611 Yes great choice !
Please do.
Yeah. coo-coo.
Love that one too. They should definitely do that one.
Guys, you really should check out Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Absolutely one of the best songs of the era. It's transitions are so smooth you won't believe it was 17 minutes. Great keyboards, distorted dissonant guitar parts, killer drum solo in the middle, serious counterpoint. I'm telling you, you'll be blown away.
Do the 17 minute version.
This is right up their alley.
My friend and I had a party in the early 70's and we "made" everyone dance to it for the full 17 minutes. lol..so much fun!
100%
We used my moms pots n pans while listening to in the gadda da vida! My friend was deaf, so we cranked it up for her, she would hang on the stereo and dance to the vibrations! Thank you for bringing back that memory!
“Journey to the Center of Your Mind” - Amboy Dukes will fit right in here.
That is a banger with Uncle Ted on guitar!!!!!!!
✓Right on the money there...hm 🤙
I was going to recommend that, too....unexpected psychedelia with Uncle Ted on lead guitar.
Great song too, but I still think "Along Comes Mary" is a must listen for these youngsters (I say in my best Ed Sullivan imitation).
The only song that Ted Nugent did that I like, no LOVE ❤️
This band played at my high school. We won a local radio contest, whichever school had the most signatures won. We were a small Catholic school but we totally killed that contest. The band gave away incense and peppermints. I was in the corner of the gym with my incense stick when two teachers approached me and questioned me about what I was smoking. They thought I had a joint going.
Booo!!! It must have been memorable for you. I went to a fairly large Catholic high school, and we had a similar content, but within the school. We had a choice between Blood, Sweat & Tears and The Brooklyn Bridge. My friends and I voted for BS&T, but Brooklyn Bridge got more votes. Come the after-prom party, we ended up with neither. We had some local band called The Magnificent Men instead. Bummer.
@MikeHolmes That was a cool story!
Maybe they wanted a hit off a spliff?
Typical... the teachers didn't know the difference between the smell of the weed and the smell of the incense used to cover it up...
Very cool!
The long version of "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and The Shondells is a 60's banger!
Yes!
They should react to ”Crystal Blue Persuasion,” as well!
Absolutely!!!! One of my favorites.
1968 was a very cool time!
Add Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man, Season of the Witch and Atlantis to the list
Yes!!
B A R A B A J A G A L
Yessssssss
All spot on !
So true!!
You want quintessential 60's? Tommy James' "Crimson & Clover" is your jam.
Or Mony Mony - one my favorite Tommy James songs
Then there's "Crystal Blue Persuasion", and the earlier but super catchy, "I Think We're Alone Now", two big hits for them as well as my two favorites from these guys.
School year is ending for many. Rare Earth's I Just Wanna Celebrate is the song! Brings rock. Brings funk. Brings bongos. Brings some tasty pedal action!
YES! Rare Earth - I Just Wanna Celebrate is a Banger! for sure
@@hmbTubey YESSSS! !!
They won't regret it. Then they can do Get Ready, the 21 and a half minute version.
Definitely need to hit Rare Earth! 🤙
@@extracaliber432 yes
For more psychedelia: "I just walked in to see what condition my condition was in", as featured in the Big Lebowski. The bad was The First Edition, which featured a young Kenny Rogers.
His most honest contribution to Music, imho. Just sayin'....
Love it! I had that 45 rpm
In this same vein, check out "Itchycoo Park" by the Small Faces. Great pick (again) guys, keep on mining these R&R classics!
Love Itchygoo Park
Absolutely, "It's All Too Beautiful" Small Faces = geniuses
Ever heard John Sykes version of "it's All Too Beautiful" aka "Itchycoo Park" (Guitar and lyricist for Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake and more) ✓ 🤙👉 th-cam.com/video/xFvL3ixDO6U/w-d-xo.html
Good call
Can't go wrong with Spirit. Either "Nature's Way" or "I Got a Line on You"
I 2nd I got a line you by spirit it’s crying out to be next!
✓Oh yeah, good one!
For Deep Cuts I was suggesting Prelude/Nothing to Hide.
Love I got a line in you!!
"Mr. Skin" has to be on this list.
You guys should try Donovan - Season of the Witch. Very trippy. Or Mellow Yellow. Great psychedelic songs.
Hurdy Gurdy Man is my favorite!
Season of the Witch is my favorite, but Atlantis was also great. It uses pretty much the same chord progression as House of the Rising Sun.
Kooper/Stills cover of Season from Super Session..!
The whole psychedelic era was a thing! Loved it. Have you listened to Tommy James and the Shondells’ song Crystal Blue Persuasion? My total fave. Another very cool psychedelic tune is the remake of the Supremes’ You Keep Me Hanging On by Vanilla Fudge. Banger!
I second this.
If A&A do You Keep Me Hangin' On, they really need to do both the Supremes' original hit, then the Fudge cover. In the same vid,
Yassss!!
Yes... had the Vanilla Fudge album and also the Supremes. Both wonderful!
Just thought of some more:
Any Donovan song “Hurdy Gurdy Man” and “Epistle to Dippy” (very strange) also “Green Circles” Small Faces and finally the Electric Prunes “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night”
The electric guitar on "Hurdy Hurdy Man" was played by Jimmy Page, so of course our lads have to check it out..
And Season of the Witch!!
@@nicolecolson182 Of course. 🤙
Sunshine Superman is great.
I really like it because the line "Superman and Green Lantern aint got nothing on me."
You know he just released a new song a couple of weeks ago." I am shaman" I believe is the spelling. Looks and sounds like he's still... very unique.
My brain always links this one and Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells - mostly because of the titles, but I'd enjoy seeing them react to that one too
Even better, "I Am a Tangerine. "
True. Trippy psychedelic
I'm going to throw "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" by Melanie out there. The message really moves me. Her biggest song is "Brand New Key" which is fun, but Lay Down is meaningful and lets her belt it out.
Great back up by the Edwin Hawkins singers, too.
That is a powerful song in my opinion
Look What They've Done to my Song, Ma was another big one for her. My favorite though, was Peace Will Come.
Loved her voice and passion !
Her singing style in this song reminds me of Alanis Morrisette.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Iron Butterfly
Have you guys done: ? and the Mysterians - "96 Tears" or any Iron Butterfly?
Yes! Iron Butterfly I wonder if they did in a Gadda da Vida yet??
My Mirage!
ALRIGHT!!! 7th grade memories flood back to my mind. Summer of '67...swimming pool, girls in bikinis, stupid kid pranks, and glorious long summer evenings listening to the radio...GREAT TIMES!
Dude, we're the same age! Lol. Great year.
Same here! Loved this as a 13 year old & still do. Brings back fun memories.
Just a tad older here. I was lifeguarding at the local community pool. 15 years old sitting up in the lifeguard chair with this and the other music of the day jamming over the loudspeakers. Naturally, I acted a whole lot cooler than I probably was with all the girls hanging out by the lifeguard chairs. Now THAT was a great summer!
Yep, class of ‘72
Class of '74 , I always thought the late 60's had an air of excitement that something magical was about to happen , i guess it must've been a combination of the space race the wars both cold and hot and of course that beautiful new music. How could I have known my family as it was was coming to an end , mom would leave, dad would do his best trying to raise 4 children on his own but he had issues well , music was always there for me in those dark nights and the only true magic I've found in this world besides love..
This song reminds me of being a kid. I’m so happy I got to hear this music when it was out! I feel like Ive been blessed with living through the most perfect musical life!! I heard all this music when it was out! I’m happy Alex and Andy are hearing it but I got to live it!! And I’m still listening for new bands 54 years after this gem was released!
I remember dancing to this in seventh grade. Asking girls to dance nerve wracking.
Being old now is a fair price to pay for being young then.
I’m old as dirt too and saw almost every major act from late 60’s on, and selfishly think our music was the greatest, but I’m sure every generation thinks their music is. My parents loved the big band sound, Bing Crosby and Harry Belafonte but recall us all sitting down to watch the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, and while I was totally mesmerized by how great they were, they thought it was terrible, so every generation likes their own music
Yeah saw these guys in college.. liked it then like it now.
@@HamiltonRb For what it's worth, I was born in 1972, after the 60s was done. My music should have been like 1984-1994, but I think the 60s were the greatest.
"The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" album by Spirit sort of encapsulates this era of psych rock to me.
Ron is on the money here!
Must be heard! 🤙
They REALLY should do that entire album! One of my all time favorites, which I still play frequently! Masterpiece! I've suggested many times, to no avail!
The Whole album is a wild ride.
@@mattperegrine873 When an album opens with "you have the world at your fingertips, no one can make it better than you" runs it's wonderful course, and closes with exactly the same lyric, you know it's special! And it is!!
We were very fortunate to have grown up in the 1960s, magic was in the air and the level of creativity was so high
Amen.
Ah, okay, so we are back in the summer of love. Thank you. Next time you want a deep cut listen to "White Bird" by It's a Beautiful Day (1969). The band formed in San Francisco 1967 along side Santana, the Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Airplane. Their instrumentation differs - includes violin - but on this track at least they carry all the punch you want. Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the music.
Love them!!! They should listen to Bombay Calling and see if they spot anything suspicious there ;)
Love It's a Beautiful Day. Missing Quicksilver Messenger Service from your list.
Fantastic song.
San Francisco Girls by ..... Help me ....
Good song, but not a deep cut. Heard it every day on the radio.
The Psychedelic Furs is actually an 80's semi-alternate rock/pop band. They're really good, you should check them out! Their best songs are Love My Way, Ghost In You & Heartbreak Beat. Probably their biggest hit is Pretty in Pink, which is in the soundtrack of the 80's movie Pretty in Pink.
Alex might have an issue with the 80s production sound, but maybe not. Good or bad, the Furs would make a great reaction!
Their best song is "Into You Like A Train."
The grittier early stuff is much better, IMO. Diminishing returns on every record after Forever Now. "Mr. Jones," "All of This and Nothing," "Pulse"...
Mirror Moves still holds some value although weakest of the first four and the reason why I gave up on the band after that.
I also like “India” and “We Love You”
The first time I ever saw the constellation Orion I was 14 years old looking out my bedroom window about 2 in the morning. This song was playing on the radio. I'm 67 now and to this day whenever I occasionally look up and see Orion, this song automatically goes through my head, particularly the end. It's a wonderful connection to my youth.
Full blown 60's psychedelia -- "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida". 17 minutes of bliss. Yeah, class of 72 is just the right age for music history. So much to choose from!
Itchy-Koo Park, Had too much to dream last night, etc. Radio was making the bizarrniz mainstream. And songs made people feel good for 3 minutes.
Oh my goodness guys.... been waiting anxiously for this. LOVE it! And the cowbell! So groovy!
The use of the phrase "meaningless nouns" in this tune reminds me of the pseudo love song "Elenore" by the Turtles in which they sing, "You're my pride and joy, et cetera."
Howard Kaylan said "Eleanor" was written as a joke, just to see if a song with such lame lyrics could get played, and it did.
Sandra B -
And it charted !😄👍
I just looked it up. Made it to #6 on Billboard! Not bad for a joke song. Lol
The best 60's pop song NOT written by the Beatles.
That high-hat hit kills me every time...for the last 54 years. Just enough cowbell!
I was a 60's kid. "OK boomer" This is first 45 I ever bought. I went to the record store and they wouldn't let me in the listening booth with only one record (yes, there really were listening booths in record shops) so they made me take two other 45's off the rack. The two other records I picked that day were "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers and "Little Bit o' Soul" by The Music Explosion.
I bought all three. My first vinyl.
I started small, easy hits. Soon I was buying albums.
It snowballed out of control from there. Soon there was a platter spinning in the living room 24/7 and needles everywhere...
This WAS what the vibe was in the 60's!
Same genre, Same time period(67,68) "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo. Honestly this blows it away (a banger)!. Anyone else agree? Not heavy on the fuzz but heavy on the phaser!
Yes!!
I'd forgotten what an awesome little tune that was. My big sister had this little 45 record that I would steal regularly. She had several 45s I would pile up on my little suitcase record player. I can't remember all of them. One was "The Association - Cherish". Sweet song. The Association had a few good tunes. Oh The Monkees! She had several 45s of The Monkees, that I loved. I was like 7 or 8 yrs old I think. Thnx Gents ~
Andy: If you say the lyrics to this make sense you're full of shit
Everyone else: If you say the lyrics to this make sense you're full of acid.
That is what I was thinking. "Turn on, tune in"
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS "CRIMSON & CLOVER"..A TRUE PSYCHEDELIC ERA CLASSIC..TRUTH!!
As I read it, they had no lead singer for this track, and came across a 16 year old who said he'd do it. And he did. I have in my playlist a stereo remix done by a Los Angeles FM DJ a few years ago. I also have the original 45 rpm single my brother got in 1967. One of my favorites.
AWESOME that you still have the 45! Double awesome if it's still playable! !😀😉👍
That story is about "The Letter" by the Box Tops, not this song.
@@badkitty4922 it is
@@newodkin That's wrong. Google it.
@@newodkin No, Alex Chilton was always the singer for The Box Tops. He was sixteen at that the time they recorded 'The Letter' though.
Old hippie here, I remember this song and indeed it was a psychedelic influenced song at the time. In those days, pot was highly illegal and incense was burned to cover the scent and peppermint candies to mask our breath. You had to live then to really get it.
This was such a transitional piece. You can plainly hear things from the past and also where things were going at that time. Folk influences vocally and putting in the fuzzy guitar of things to come. Even incorporating beachy, Beach Boys kind of vibe at the end.
And the cowbell. The sounds of things to come.
Remember this well from my childhood..the lava lamps, black light posters, albums all over the room...being born in the 70's was great!
Chambers Brothers “Time Has Come Today” great psychedelic song…some others:
Journey To The Center Of The Mind-Amboy Dukes (features a 16-17 year old Ted Nugent)
Hole in My Shoe-Traffic and Paper Sun-Traffic
This got to #1 on November 25, 1967...spent 16 weeks on the Billboard chart...and sold over 1,000,000 copies!
More great '60s psychedelic pop: "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" (The Electric Prunes), "Journey to the Center of the Mind" (The Amboy Dukes) and "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (The Status Quo).
Camper Van Beethoven covered PIctures of Matchstick Men and it was sooooo killer to hear live and rocked out. What a great song.
@@kcronin7211 So did Ozzy Osbourne with Type O Negative.
Yes
❤ Pictures of Matchstick Men! Cool song.
@@marysweeney7370 I have a box set of all of their albums.
Ah yes, the summers of 'bubblegum pop'. I remember them well! Teenage kids and younger roaming sunlit streets on their bikes or hanging out on front porches or under trees in the shade trying to stay cool because there was no air conditioning in most houses listening to top forty hits from local AM radio stations on cheap portable 'transistor radios' or gathering in someone's garage with the door open to get some breeze or shooting hoops and listening to some hand me down radio their parent's had replaced long ago. There were any number of light, cheerful, sometimes trippy pop songs like 'Green Tambourine' by the Lemon Pipers, or 'Windy' by The Association, or 'You were on My Mind' by We Five or 'Age of Aquarius' by the Fifth Dimension, or 'California Dreaming' by the Mama's and the Papas mixed in a completely random hodgepodge with dozens of different types of contemporary music like classic Motown hits and holdovers from fifties Rock & Roll and British Invasion groups like the Beatles 'We All Live In A Yellow Submarine' or 'Mrs. Brown You've got A Lovely Daughter' by Herman's Hermits, or the Hollies "Long Cool Woman In a Black Dress" or 'Guitar Man' by Bread. Every week there were new hits and fantastic music would come and go like the soundtrack of our lives.
Thank you for the very accurate memories (except did do hoops!), I was there, too...
Two more from the 60's worth considering are Sunshine Superman by Donovan, and Winchester Cathedral by The New Vaudeville Band. Especially Donovan's- it is amazingly good.
Psychedelic folk garage rock are the genres I put this song into. I'm dating myself, but I remember when this song first came out and listening to it on my transistor radio.
Hah...Andy 'singing' along and swiming his hands to the 'sha-la-la' part at the end...looked like Eric Forman on THAT 70's show for a moment...
And the "synesthesia", lol, YES! "The colors, man, the colors..."
I liked this song in 1967 when I was 9 years old...lol. I thought it was so cool. My Dad bought the 45 for me. What a great Dad. ♥️
Crimson and Clover next song with this vibe.
Match it with Green Tambourine, Journey to Center of Your Mind, Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In, Sunshine Superman, Itchycoo Park, I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night, etc. for a pop/psychedelic mashup.
Alex, I agree with your assessment that this captures the vibe of the late-sixties. In 1957, American culture was turned on its head by the emergence of rock'n'roll, the first music of, by, and for young people. In 1967, the next wave arrived, when young people's minds were being opened up to all kinds of new, cool things -- music, fashion, art, philosophy, civil rights, justice for all.
I think London in the 60's was the Golden Age of Rock. Then they invaded the US!
I have loved this song since the very first time I heard it
If you're going here ( Strawberry Alarm Clock) then try out some Bubble Puppy " Hot Smoke And Sassafras " 60's fuzz guitar.
You're right. This is one of the songs that defined the 60's!
Ok, this one goes way back. I was a teenager. You guys are hippies at heart. Thanks for the song.
Now that's a blast from the past!
Strawberry Alarm Clock was a one (as far as I know) hit wonder California pop rock band that featured pre-Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King. Incense and Peppermints was their one hit. Great song!
As soon as I read your comment I distinctly remembered having a second SAC 45, and I'm almost positive it was on UNI records (bright yellow label). A few minutes later I remembered the part that goes "we live in a world of carnivals and clowns" and then the title came to me: "Tomorrow". Don't know if it was a hit or not, but definitely another buried treasure from that era.
The part that Andy and Alex can't do is put these songs into the context of what came before and after as an historical matter. I was probably 6 or 7 when Incense and Peppermints came out, and it was as close as many of us young suburban kids ever got to Haight-Ashbury.
@@michaelanderson2881 "Tomorrow" was their second hit, followed by "Barefoot in Baltimore". Neither was as big as I&P. I have all three 45's.
@@histubeness Was I right about Uni records? And thank you for knowing what a 45 is.
@@michaelanderson2881 As I recall, they were on Uni. I'd have to go through my old stacks of 45's to verify that. --Eventually. Stay tuned.
Vanilla Fudge cover of ‘you keep me hanging’ is pretty trippy!
I don't know about 60's psychedelic pop. "Judy In Disguise" would probably be a follow up.
With glasses?
Noooooooooooooo
@@jameswalls4172 They may not want to stay down this rabbit hole.
@@fredhall6525 I think we're on the same wavelength here. I don't know if I'd recommend that they do any more of this type of song, but if they did, "Judy in Disguise" might be a possibility. Two others might be "Sunshine Superman" by Donovan and "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James & the Shondells.
@@jameswalls4172 It's no good, I'm gonna have to play it now and yes, bloody yes, with glasses. :)
I grew up in an LA beach city and was in HS in the late 60's early 70's and this band was one we hired for one of our freshman dances so I have heard them play this live. And a great time was had by all.....
I "think" I remember being told that incense and peppermint were both things used to cover up what drugs were being used at the time...😏
Similar song Tommy James 'Crimson and Clover' I am 68 and when I was in high school, the bus drivers always put the local Philly top 40 station on loud speaker. Radio was very diverse and played everything; folk and all flavors of R&B and rock.
Another Great Late 60's song to check out "The Raspberries - Go all the Way" You'll love the music and beginning
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit. Also, has Grace Slick lead singer. One of the few women rocker.
Almost forgot- the most iconic psychedelic song of the 60s has to be- Kenny Rogers and The First Edition- Just Dropped In To See What Condition.
You're bringing it all back...so cooool
Not a bad song, but I much preferred any of the other three songs from this poll. I've said it before and I will say it again: @Andy & Alex, check out the Nuggets compilation of garage rock from the late 1960s. This song is on it. So is Psychotic Reactions. So is You're Gonna Miss Me by the 13th Floor Elevators (hit this song!). The Sonics. Early bands with Ted Nugent and John Fogerty. The Monks. All kinds of weird and wonderful bands. Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith's lead guitarist and co-conspirator, assembled the collection while he was a clerk at the Village Oldies record shop in NYC.
1967
@EricBlodgett What A&A usually do is react to the other songs in the poll at another time.
It makes lots o sense when one is hearing colors. Happy altered state of music... glad you liked it!
Guitarist Ed King also played with skynard, guitarist Steve Bartek played with Oingo Boingo.
I absolutely love that you checked out this song! The drummer is also singing lead vocals.
Gotta love that psychedelic pop! Other songs of this ilk are Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers, Crimson and Clover by Tommy James, I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night by the Electric Prunes and Ichycoo Park by Small Faces
May I add to that San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) by Scott McKenzie (written by John Phillips) and The Rain, The Park & Other Things by The Cowsills?
Heard this on an album entitled Heavy Hits!
I was 9.😊Lovely🌻
This song was first written as an instrumental by Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd fame) and Mark Weitz. A sixteen year old Greg Munford sang the vocals in the studio recording. The band came up with their name because of the Beatles song, "Strawberry Fields Forever". Cool stuff.
Hi lisa
@@toots19 Hey!😊
Psychotic reaction- the count five
Sunshine superman- Donovan
Hands of the clock- Heather McCrae, written by Craig Smith .
I haven't heard this one in a long time, was in the 7th grade when this came out, I love it.
Takes me back to high school dances ✌️😎🎵👏
Andy has tripped!! I suspected it but there’s your confirmation, Folks!! Love it. Have never regretted my visits to the inner world. Right on, Bro! Expand your mind while you have one - that’s what it’s for! And I’m Diggin your girlfriend too. She takes good care of you with fun music and all things trippy. Love you all. 🍄🤪✌️
His favorite Band is Pink Floyd so...FACTS!
@@mattperegrine873 1st clue, right?!! Lol 😝 It should be a requirement for listening to (or talking about) Floyd. Lol 🍄🤪
surprised you guys didn't mention the vocal harmonies in the bridges and chorus........they are spectacular,.. kind of like the Beach Boys meet Psychedelia ...
Just Dropped in by the first addition is another great psychedelic era song. Believe it or not, the group was fronted by Kenny Rogers way before he switched to country music. Check it out, LOL
Zappa pastiched this sound so perfectly on "we're only in it for the money"
Guys, please listen to this L.A. band, Love. They were really popular in Los Angeles in the mid sixties. Considered grandfathers of punk and garage bands
7 and 7 Is
Alone Again
Little Red Book
Came to say they need to hit Love anything off Forever Changes would do
The Psychedelic Furs are 80s British new wave. Their singer might be described as a cross between Bowie and Johnny Rotten.
Ok you guys are now ready for "Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls" - one of the best cult movies and this band is in the movie... I say let's watch it!
I was a kid when this song was a big hit. That lil hi-hat break was considered a major "hook" of the song. Paul McCartney loved this song/recording so much that he eventually bought the rights to it (MPL). The year 1967 had so many of my favorites tunes of the '60s. If you wanna hear another song of this time with a similar feel, try The Grassroots' "Let's Live for Today."
This is one of these songs that, to me, never gets old! And it doesn’t matter where I am, car, store... I always stop & with my fingers, drum that little beat in the middle of the song! Great song! Another song that has that psychedelic vibe is "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo!
I bought the 45 record when this came out and it reflects the time our country was at , reflecting the Vietnam war and our government
Another great psychedelic gem is San Francisco Girls by the great band Fever Tree.
ABSOLUTELY 💯
Love this oldie! Love 60’s music!! Remember LSD was pretty common 🤣. Many songs didn’t always make sense lyrically but all had a awesome groove!!! ✌🏻✌🏻❤️❤️
Donovan, Hurdy Gurdy Man is a cool one!! Gosh so many to remember. Love the 60’s !!
Yes check out the song Itchygoo Park!!
I am NOT recommending drugs to anyone, but it's true that most of us at least tried LSD back then. VERY common. And it was a blast! But don't do it kids!!
You boys should give a listen to Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo. Same vibe very trippy
Exactly!!!!
Status Quo released a couple of psychedelic songs off their first album, the above mentioned Pictures of MM and Ice Melts in the Sun. They quickly changed direction though and turned themselves into on of the greatest blues rock/ boogie bands of the world during the 70's. Their USA presence was mostly on the FM channels where their long guitar jams from albums Piledriver, Hello, Quo, On the Level, were found. They kept their driving boogie/blues formula but cut them down for the singles market in Great Britain where they eventually had over 60 charted singles. Songs to listen to when you are ready to boogie are Caroline, Roll Over Lay Down, Mystery Song, Down Down, Forty Five Hundred Times, Blue Eyed Lady, Softer Ride.
@@yazmon4515 They have had very little US presence if any. Many of my favorite artists are one's that fell under the radar.
Tommy Bolin, Paul Pena to name a few.
We had such great music when I was a kid, I love seeing you guys discover these gems.
do you "Due Diligence" and check out more songs from this era...
The Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today"
Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes - "Journey to the Center of the Mind"
Status Quo - "Pictures of Matchstick Men"
Jimi Hendrix - "If 6 Was 9"
Beatles - "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Rolling Stones - "2000 Light Years From Home"
PREPARE MENTALLY
This great song still decades later still always sends a chill up my back as have always loved 'that mood' in minor key. Has that 'Here we go round the Mulberry Bush' film feel to it.
Trivia time. I see other viewers are suggesting “Hurdy Gurdy Man” by Donovan. Jimmy Page did the guitar work on that song! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
I saw them play live in Brockton MA, in 1968. And they were very good as a live band too with a surprising amount of musical sophistication.
If you like this one check out The Electric Prunes , "I Had Too Much to Drink Last Night" , same vibe.
I think it's "Dream last night"
@@lousmith1050 Oh yeah, my bad , holiday weekend , I guess i got drinking on my mind LOL
Great song from that era (and so am I)....fun fact; Ed King was the guitarist in this group before he joined Lynyrd Skynyrd and wrote "Sweet Home Alabama", "Working For The MCA" & "Saturday Night Special" among others.
I quite enjoyed that.....Still need Iron Butterfly though!
Another song with that rhythm is "Along Comes Mary" (My personal favorite oldie) by The Association.
You're Busted I agree with you 100%! Most of the other songs suggested here sound nothing like "Incense and Peppermints." They are either too slow, or the lyrics bear no resemblance. Another song that comes to mind is "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night," which has been recommended in numerous comments.
Please hit the full version of In-a-Gadda-da-Vida from Iron Butterfly soon.
This song is actually a time machine. It transported me back to Junior High School.