Welcome back to Psychobabble's Psychedelic 500, in which I count my personal fave psych songs from 500 all the way down to #1! Today, let's see what's getting hassled by The Man from 300 to 276...
300. The Doors- "Strange Days" (1967), in which The Doors play with some very strange echo effects and make their most legitimately psychedelic song in the proces.
299. The Hollies- "Maker" (1967), in which the band that thought "King Midas in Reverse" was too out-there do this.
298. Black Sabbath- "Planet Caravan" (1970), in which heavy metal is still so new that heavy metal bands do not yet know that they're not allowed to make music like this.
297. The Idle Race- "Imposters of Life's Magazine" (1967), in which no one told Jeff Lynn it's called Life Magazine, not Life's Magazine. Jeez.
296. The Beatles- "Piggies" (1968), in which George Harrison handles the very serious topic of pig cannibalism as some sort of joke.
295. Donovan- "Maria Magenta" (1970), in which Donovan just won't let us forget that he loves colours.
294. Jefferson Airplane- "Two Heads" (1967), in which Grace Slick lets it be known that she thinks your body image issues are bullshit.
293. The Move- "Disturbance" (1966), in which The Move make light of mental illness and make heavy with the beat.
292. Pink Floyd- "The Gnome" (1967), in which Syd Barrett wants to tell you a story about a little man, if he can.
291. The Byrds- "C.T.A.-102" (1967), in which The Byrds continue to express a very healthy attitude toward the possibility of extra-terrestrial life.
290. The Rolling Stones- "Lady Jane" (1966), in which all the elegant dulcimers and harpsichords in the world can't mask Jagger's cynicism.
289. The Beach Boys- "Wind Chimes" (1966), in which Brian Wilson makes a song about air that sounds like air.
288. Pink Floyd- "Summer '68" (1970), in which Rick Wright is basically like, "Look, someone has to put a first-rate piece of music on this stupid cow album, so it might as well be me."
287. The Beatles- "I Want to Tell You" (1966), in which that piano has a way of making one feel very on edge.
286. Love- "Stephanie Knows Who" (1966), in which Stephanie may know who, and Arthur Lee may know who, but the rest of us are pretty much in the dark.
285. King Crimson- "In the Court of the Crimson King" (1969), in which King Crimson goes to court and a mysterious individual with some puppet buddies is presiding. Could it be....Satan?
284. Jefferson Airplane- "Crown of Creation" (1968), in which Jefferson Airplane take a poke at The Man.
283. Sharon Tandy- "Hold On" (1968), in which Les Fleur De Lys lay down the molten acid rock Sharon purrs over.
282. Count Five- "Psychotic Reaction" (1966), in which five guys suffer a serious break from reality and start running around in Dracula capes.
281. Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot- "Bonnie and Clyde" (1968), in which a-doot-DOO-doo-doo.
280. The Velvet Underground- "All Tomorrow's Parties" (1967), in which Nico apparently throws a party one night and a funeral the next morning.
279. The Beatles- "Love You To" (1966), in which, YES! THAT IS GEORGE PLAYING THE SITAR, SO STOP ASKING, DAMMIT!
278. Donovan- "The Swan (Lord of the Reedy River)" (1969), in which Donovan tosses one of his most magical creations onto the outtakes pile, making getting it on vinyl near fucking impossible, so thanks for that, Don! Guess you couldn't spare the space you needed for "I Like My Shirt"!
277. Blossom Toes- "Telegram Tuesday" (1967), in which the telegram becomes the trippiest form of communication.
276. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- "Castles Made of Sand" (1967), in which Hendrix shows how good he is at making thumbnail characters sketches (pretty damn good, FYI).
Trip on to #275-251... (COMING SOON)
...Flashback to #325-301
