Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!
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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.
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
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!
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 ❤️
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.
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
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!!
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
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
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.
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!
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..!
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.
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
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.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Iron Butterfly
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.
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.
"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!!
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”
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..
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.
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.
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.
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!!
This WAS what the vibe was in the 60's!
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"
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...
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.
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.
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
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...😏
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
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS "CRIMSON & CLOVER"..A TRUE PSYCHEDELIC ERA CLASSIC..TRUTH!!
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. :)
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.
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..."
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.
Another Great Late 60's song to check out "The Raspberries - Go all the Way" You'll love the music and beginning
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.
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.
If you're going here ( Strawberry Alarm Clock) then try out some Bubble Puppy " Hot Smoke And Sassafras " 60's fuzz guitar.
Crimson and Clover next song with this vibe.
have you guys heard Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells yet? it is a crime if you haven't
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
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?
I haven't heard this one in a long time, was in the 7th grade when this came out, I love it.
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!
Ok, this one goes way back. I was a teenager. You guys are hippies at heart. Thanks for the song.
Trivia time. I see other viewers are suggesting “Hurdy Gurdy Man” by Donovan. Jimmy Page did the guitar work on that song! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
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
Andy: "I was under the influence..." 😆
☮️So was I - PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS ✌️
I quite enjoyed that.....Still need Iron Butterfly though!
Oh my goodness guys.... been waiting anxiously for this. LOVE it! And the cowbell! So groovy!
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 absolutely love that you checked out this song! The drummer is also singing lead vocals.
Guitarist Ed King also played with skynard, guitarist Steve Bartek played with Oingo Boingo.
Yes, this is what the 60's sounded like. The organ, cowbells and groovy word images. Definitely appealing to the senses while seeming pretty silly in retrospect. Ya kinda had to be there.
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!😊
Psychaedelic Furs are an 80s band. Saw them, phenomenal. You will like them even tho you are not both fans of 80s production, they are very different and really great so yeah, definitely go there on your next 80s trip.
Hey gents. The Psychedelic Furs are great. They sound nothing like this and nothing like the 60s, so don't let the name mislead you. Try "The Ghost in You" or "Love My Way."
Yes, please.
We had such great music when I was a kid, I love seeing you guys discover these gems.
And Ed King the guitarist.. joined in 1972 Lynyrd Skynyrd...🎸 This is Austin Powers type music 🌏🌏
Yep, and he was on their 1st 3 albums
This song is actually a time machine. It transported me back to Junior High School.
Another great psychedelic gem is San Francisco Girls by the great band Fever Tree.
ABSOLUTELY 💯
Here are a few suggestions that always bring me back to the 60's, "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells, "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan, and "Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys.
"Hang On Sloopy" is a banger
If they actually EVER reviewed Hang on Sloopy.... I am UNsubscribing. Fair song in it's day... and played 10 MILLION times since. Hard PASS.
@@scottski51 To each his own, I still like it!
HARRY NILSSON (YOU PUT THE LIME IN THE) "COCONUT"..AN ABSOLUTE MUST HEAR CLASSIC..TRUTH!!
Harry Nilsson = such a national treasure (& the Beatles' favorite "band")
It makes lots o sense when one is hearing colors. Happy altered state of music... glad you liked it!
Please hit the full version of In-a-Gadda-da-Vida from Iron Butterfly soon.
The lyrics are sort of like the Blues Traveler "Hook" where he says what he's saying doesn't really matter, but the hook brings you back.
They very much need to do some blues traveler.
I love love that song!
I love that song. It is kind of the Seinfeld of songs. A song about nothing, but so cleverly written it just drawls you in.
Incense and peppermints were used in a vain attempt to cover the scent of certain other things that may or may not have been illegal. I think this song was an equally successful attempt to sound like the Byrds.
JETHRO TULL - Hunting Girl, Hymn 43, Mother Goose
I don't know "Hunting Girl", but both "Hymn 43" and "Mother Goose" are wonderful.
@@AdamMcGahan check it out! Songs from the wood is an excellent album all round.
@@gp8209 I will put the album "Songs from the Wood" on the list. I know the song from its inclusion on "Original Masters", but for full JT albums, I think that I only know "Thick as a Brick" (and yep, I listened to it. This is my favorite song on it: th-cam.com/video/6AMY-VlUVpI/w-d-xo.html), "Aqualung", "Stormwatch", and "Crest of a Knave". Thanks!
Great classic stuff! It starts out and with the guitar that reminds me of Jefferson Airplane ✈️ Never noticed that before but I've only heard it a thousand times. That's what makes music timeless. 💫
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!
Glad you’re going back to the 1960s. So much more to mine here!
The best thing about this pop pseudo-psychedelic song was that it gave the band an opportunity to tour and Ed King was able to discover Lynyrd Skynyrd in Florida. Ed King was the west coast outsider who provided a lot of LSs best guitar licks including the iconic Sweet Home Alabama riff. Ed was an amazing guitarist who eventually left LS at their height as act of self preservation. So he became a Survivor of LS.
This is such a fun song and is still worth a listen to today. For some psychedelic vibes give an LP listen to Jefferson Airplane's After Bathing at Baxters LP.
Don't forget to give a listen to Crown of Creation by Jefferson Airplane.
Carry On!!
White Rabbit is my favorite by Airplane. 😉
You're right. This is one of the songs that defined the 60's!
Ooh, Psychedelic Furs are real cool. One of the best vocalists in new wave. “Love My Way” is the first track that comes to mind (aside from the weaker hits).
Was wondering when A & A would get around to playing this song. It's one of my favorite tunes from that era!! Thanks!!
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!
Guys, probably the best song that encapsulates the end of the sixties is What's Going On by Marvin Gaye. The lyrics lay it out accurately, and the music and his voice capture the painful emotions and yearning for peaceful resolution.
Even though the Velvet Underground is 10000x more influential than the totally forgotten other bands in this poll, it's good they didn't win because nobody would prep the hosts that Lou Reed is giving a giant middle finger to Dylan, the Beatles, the Stones, the Beach Boys, etc. BUT the 1st album is the best album cover, the Andy Warhol banana that you have to peel back to read the text.
Peter, you sound bitter. At least you got them to do Mahavishnu.
@@lousmith1050 Lord knows I’ve been politely demanding for a year now for WHISKEY TRAIN , studio. It’s like in the Seinfeld sketch where he was somberly waiting in line- but then -was so excited to realize he was now Next. 🪤
@@waynecox3958 I've been lobbying for Crack The Sky for months now...
I've been begging for walk on the wild side forever!
@@waynecox3958 How is politeness working out for you?
This got to #1 on November 25, 1967...spent 16 weeks on the Billboard chart...and sold over 1,000,000 copies!
GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!!!!
☮️♥️♾️
Goooood morning!!
Good Morning John!
Psychedelic pop from the Sixties: Some Velvet Morning - N Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood
This was 60’s pop am radio music.
At the time wasn’t considered “cool”.
Now later in life love this song and listen to lots of 60’s pop now.
Try “I had to much to dream” by The Electric Prunes for a similar vibe.
Groovy music... peace ✌️
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 ~
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.
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.
Really delighted to see you guys react to a stone cold classic from the psychedelic vaults. If you like your Pop - Rock with paisley and polka dots, try She's a Rainbow by The Stones or Heroes and Villains (full length SMiLE sessions mix) by The Beach Boys. It's Baroque Pop sloshed in multicoloured fun drops and I think you'll dig it the most!
Guys great review as always! Alex pegged all the little innuendos and you both see the 60’s vision objectively, and hopefully fondly as we who went through it do. Peace! 🙏🏼
Wow, I forgot about that song. Haven't heard in a decade or longer. Looking forward to the reaction.
This is by far my favorite psychedelic song. The lead singer on this song was actually not a band member. It was a 16 year old Greg Munford who was a guest in the studio. To expand on what Lou Smith said below. The group's guitarist, who co-wrote this song, was Ed King. In 1970, an unknown band called Lynyrd Skynyrd opened some shows for The Strawberry Alarm Clock, and King got to know them. In 1973, King joined Skynyrd on guitar. Now for my little known fact (yes you knew there had to be one. LOL) The guys wanted to sound British so they used fake accents. They didn't do very good accents (actually they were so bad you couldn't tell that is what they were even trying to do.) but they thought it made the song sound "trippy" so they kept it that way. They were actually from Glendale California. As always guys. Fantastic review. The psychedelic furs were at the end of the 70's so they were considered New wave in the UK
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 🍄🤪
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.