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 following the White Rabbit from 125 to 101...
124. The Turtles- "You Showed Me" (1968), in which The Turtles take an old folk-rock tune The Byrds couldn't be bothered to release and turn it into something sinister and majestic.
123. The Rolling Stones- "Sad Day" (1966), in which the Stones do weird stuff with an electric piano to a pretty straight-forward rocker.
122. The Beatles- "Across the Universe" (1968), in which we're definitely talking about the original World Wildlife Fund version with the birds and not the one Phil Spector slowed down and smothered with strings and choirs and crap.
121. The Who- "Armenia City in the Sky" (1967), in which the title actually should be "I'm an Ear Sitting in the Sky", which possibly makes less sense than the familiar one.
120. The Beatles- "It's All Too Much" (1968), in which The Beatles sweep a feedback flamethrower across Pepperland.
119. Donovan- "Jennifer Juniper" (1968), in which Don throws a bone to his French fans.
118. The Beatles- "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" (1965), in which George Harrison plucks his sitar and every musician on the planet lines up behind him for a couple of years.
117. Pink Floyd- "Flaming" (1967), in which... Yipee! You can't see me, but I... can... you.
116. The Rolling Stones- "I Am Waiting" (1966), in which Jagger sits around waiting for death, which still has not arrived some sixty years later.
115. The Beatles- "Doctor Robert" (1966), in which John Lennon serenades his drug dealer.
114. Paul Revere and the Raiders- "Cinderella Sunshine" (1969), in which the Raiders once again vastly improve on a mediocre pop single (see #158), this time by raiding the Rolling Stones' spare instrument closet.
113. The Left Banke- "My Friend Today" (1968), in which The Left Banke get all paranoid about who they should and shouldn't invite to their birthday party.
112. The Who- "Silas Stingy" (1967), in which John Entwistle freaks out...Edwardian style!
111. Love- "Seven & Seven Is" (1966), in which... errr... fourteen!
110. Pink Floyd- "Remember a Day" (1968), in which Rick Wright earns my vote for second best Floydian after Syd.
109. Fire- "Father's Name Was Dad" (1968 ), in which Fire express the belief that having parents with stupid names is an adequate pretext for not taking responsibility for oneself.
108. The Beatles- "She Said She Said" (1966), in which Peter Fonda keeps giving John Lennon shit when all Lennon wants to do is trip his tits off.
107. The Pretty Things- "Bracelets of Fingers" (1968), in which The Pretty Things make it clear that they do not get enough praise for their harmonies.
106. The Creation- "Nightmares" (1967), in which The Creation use severe feedback to give you bad dreams.
105. Pink Floyd- "See-Saw" (1968), in which Rick Wright continues to prove his worth and gets no goddamn credit for it!
104. Traffic- "Dealer" (1967), in which it's not clear whether or not the dealer in question is a drug dealer, but... come on!
103. Tintern Abbey- "Beeside" (1967), in which there's some sort of connection between bees and virgins, and I'm not sure I want to know what it is.
102. The End- "Cardboard Watch" (1969), in which The End cannot grasp the basics of constructing a functional timepiece.
101. The Rolling Stones- "My Obsession" (1967), in which Brian Wilson conveniently attends the recording session for his favorite Rolling Stones song, which sounds suspiciously like a Brian Wilson recording.
Trip on to #100-76... (COMING SOON)
