hippiesongs:

Country Joe & the Fish - Section 43

”Section 43” is one of the high points of early psychedelic music, one of the great ’60s San Francisco psychedelic rock tracks, and one of the finest 1960s rock instrumentals in general;

”The melody than expands into a middle eastern-Indian-Asiatic motif, minor-keyed but hypnotic, played by rhythm guitar, sinister organ, searing wobbling electric guitar, and maracas. The atmosphere created is that of a dark room with incense burning, simultaneously threatening and exhilarating in its whiff of forbidden fruit. It’s also a reasonably accurate simulation of the sensations of an LSD trip, which becomes particularly prevalent when a sustained organ note dissolves into a lovely drumless cascade of guitars and drones, as if a portal to an alternate state of blissful consciousness has just been opened. Then it’s back to the motif of the main verse, the organ taking the lead briefly before an eerie harmonica takes over, tribal drums rumbling softly in the background. The tempo speeds up and back down again before the cut veers into an unexpected, almost circus-like atonal passage. A screeching organ brings the musicians back into the main body of the song, a stuttering acid-rock guitar adding to the frenzy. When that’s over with, it’s back into the drumless blissed-out psychedelic section, the harmonica adding particularly seductive, trance-like tones before the performance softly glides to its finish. […]”

mpdrolet:

Country Joe—Eastern Jam

stayingunderground:

Country Joe & The Fish // Flying High

This track is the beginning of the trip that is Electric Music for the Mind and Body. I only discovered this album a month ago but it is already one of my all time favourites.

“I’m stuck on the L.A. freeway,
Got rain water in my boots,
My thumbs done froze, can’t feel my toes,
I feel a little destitute..”

- Country Joe McDonald

groovyman:

!!!

chuchonacho:

Country Joe

theswinginsixties:

The Beatles — Within You Without You - 1967

Roger Waters’s fashion sense: 1967 edition

Airplane! is the best movie I’ve ever seen. Oh my god.

the60sbazaar:

The Byrds