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 got the munchies from 50 to 26...
50. Nazz- "Forget All About It" (1969), in which if you haven't got time to rest then take the record off now... NOW!!
49. Jefferson Airplane- "Rejoyce" (1967), in which Grace Slick writes a song too sophisticated for pop music.
48. The Who- "Rael" (1967), in which Pete Townshend condenses a full-length rock opera down to five-and-a-half minutes and it makes the expected amount of sense.
47. The Beatles- "Penny Lane" (1967), in which it turns out that Liverpool isn't so cloudy and grey after all.
46. The Rolling Stones- "Mother's Little Helper" (1966), in which everyone should stop saying there's a sitar on this song, because there isn't.
45. The Beatles- "Rain" (1966), in which weather's, like, an illusion, man, so just dig that groovy precipitation (noitatipicerp yvoorg taht gid tsuj os, nam, noisulli na, ekil, s'rehtaew).
44. The Who- "Odorono" (1967), in which you think I'm insane for placing a fake deodorant commercial in the top fifty.
43. The Monkees- "Circle Sky" (1968), in which The Monkees play their own instruments, but the studio version with the session musicians is better.
42. The Who- "I'm a Boy" (1966), in which you tell me to go screw myself because you think the single version of "I'm a Boy" is better than the more psychedelic remake, which is the version I put on Psychobabble's Psychedelic 500!
41. George Harrison- "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)" (1970), in which you tell me to go screw myself because you don't think this song is psychedelic enough, even though it totally is.
40. The Kinks- "Lazy Old Sun" (1967), in which The Kinks make a piece of program music so vivid that it can actually raise the temperature to an uncomfortable level.
39. The Who- "Dogs" (1968), in which you say, "This song is stupid! And it's not even properly psychedelic!" and I'm like "No it's not and yes it is!" The bizarre stitching together of disparate sections! The fixation on a weird topic! The dreamy, tripped-out harmonies that end the song! The lovely buttocks!
38. The Creation- "I Am the Walker" (1968), in which the dog thankfully does not get drowned.
37. Tomorrow- "My White Bicycle" (1967), in which London's complimentary bike-sharing system inspires a deranged slab of psychedelic insanity.
36. P.P. Arnold- "(If You Think You're) Groovy" (1967), in which Pat Arnold lays a stunning vocal over a spacey/blistering backing track worthy of Small Faces because the backing track is by Small Faces.
35. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- "Are You Experienced?" (1967), in which Hendrix wonders "What if 'Tomorrow Never Knows' had been made by a guy who did a really massive amount of acid?"
34. The Beach Boys- "Good Vibrations" (1966), in which Brian Wilson is gonna use all the time and money he needs to make his record the right way, you got that?
33. Donovan- "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (1968), in which John Paul Jones is the only Led Zeppelin guy on the session, so enough with the myth-making already... you got that, Donovan?
32. The Beatles- "I Am the Walrus" (1967), in which Lennon mocks Dylan for his crazy lyrics, as if he's one to talk.
31. Nazz- "Open My Eyes" (1968), in which the psychedelic era isn't even over yet and Nazz is already paying referential homage to it.
30. The Beatles- "A Day in the Life" (1967), in which you tell me to go screw myself because I placed "A Day in the Life" way down at #30.
29. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" (1967), in which a song that isn't even "Purple Haze" or "All Along the Watchtower" is my favorite Hendrix song.
28. The Beatles- "Dear Prudence" (1968), in which you're like, "Aren't you kind of starting to overdo it with The Beatles already?" And I'm like,"Just you wait! Just you wait!"
27. The Rolling Stones- "Dandelion" (1967), in which maybe the Stones should have stuck to writing songs for little kids, because they're really good at it!
26. The Beatles- "Tomorrow Never Knows" (1966), in which you're like, "Fair enough. Great song."
Trip on to #25-1... (COMING SOON)
