Awesome psychedelic songs by (generally) non-psych bands

the latter is a wholly subjective category that no one will agree on, rendering the usage of the term pointless. Using the term that way doesn't tell you anything about how the music sounds, who made it when/where, how it was performed/composed/produced. All it tells anyone is that you, as a listener, associate this particular piece of music with taking psychedelic drugs. And how is that useful for anyone.

like let's say both the Bee Gees "Red Chair Fadeaway" and Can's "Mother Sky" are considered "psychedelic". These two pieces of music have nothing in common. They don't sound similar, they weren't composed or produced in a similar style, they don't share lyrical associations, they don't share instrumentation, they were made in different times in different countries by very different sets of people - one is an abstract fairytale pop song with a mellotron and harmony vocals and the other is a ten minute long mostly instrumental chugging metallic groove with polyrhythms and a stinging electric guitar lead - why on earth would you want to group these songs together or imply that they share any musical DNA?

and yet, somehow, the term is used and ppl generally understand what is meant... expand yr mind & see the connections, man

ppl generally understand what is meant

they obviously don't, as this clusterfuck of a thread proved within the first 10 posts.

just to say that the first track by the loud family is a phantastic jam i didn't know before. not quite sure if i'd call it psychedelic though. it is quite heavy though. what about this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3r54Rrigr4

^nah

I thought Gish was pretty psychedelic when I heard it around the time. Couldn't really take the voice that much though.
THink I far preferred Mercury Rev around the time.

how about Schooly D "PSK", the sound of PCP

or Ken Nordine's "Sound Museum"

see I can list random songs too!

ok u win the psych award jfc

the PCPGees

they were made in different times in different countries by very different sets of people

I don’t really get what this has to do with anything tbh. There have psych bands all over the world for like the last 50 years. And lots of them would even say that they were influenced by Can

they were made in different times in different countries by very different sets of people

I don’t really get what this has to do with anything tbh. There have psych bands all over the world for like the last 50 years. And lots of them would even say that they were influenced by Can

woah check out the echo in here

Gish was written & recorded under the influence of vast amounts of LSD, so surely it literally qualifies as psychedelic music

Another possibly contentious suggestion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qXRjEQ7eEo

I like both "Rhinoceros" and that SY song a lot, but neither seem either "psychedelic" or "Psych" to me (tho I'm no arbiter of psych, self-proclaimed or otherwise)

gish was psychedelic that's right but the smashing weren't later on. so they belong in this thread, no?

What makes Gish psychedelic? The guitar pedals? It's a pretty straight-up hard rock record.

if this isn't psychedelic - just look at the cacti - i don't know what is. later on howe mainly travelled the american desert rock roads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3YwOYjrqbQ

under the influence of vast amounts of LSD, so surely it literally qualifies as psychedelic music

oh cool, didn't know "Wu-Tang Forever" was a psych record too!

What makes Gish psychedelic? The guitar pedals? It's a pretty straight-up hard rock record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-JdFM41RUg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtiMdE23L2o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfi7MTaI9d4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51PP8TwXrxE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvKjpGP6P5Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftSUchAdVTE

it is the sound effects, lots of stereo effects between the two channels. besides the silent loud dynamics and the general fucked-upness or weirdness of the sound the first time you listen to it.

Do you consider, say, Nothing's Shocking to be psychedelic?

xp. concerning the pogues:

so his teeth were sore from the beginning on...

quite standard rock.

the psychedelic share is below 10% i'd say.

Like the 60s, this thread began with a lot of good music but ended in disillusion and confusion

the psychedelic share is below 10% i'd say.

but Shane was taking a lot of acid at the time so it must be psychedelic music QED plus they used funny 60s visual effects in the video

Do you consider, say, Nothing's Shocking to be psychedelic?

Possibly less contentious suggestion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiloWOFuY08

later on the jane addiction album delves more into the boring heart of hard rock, it seems.

Phil Ochs - The Crucifixion

xp It has all that stuff you mention... if anything, I think it's more "psychedelic" than Gish!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQEvq2WDh9Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mnx8jnsYfc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4pNOBIAaLI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlJ27Dcv4fc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK-1axSGkXc

Phew, some people were almost having fun talking about music there for a minute, good thing you stepped in, wouldn’t want this thread to get out of hand

everything I posted was psychedelic according to at least one metric posted on this thread so far

a) about psychedelics
b) made by someone on psychedelics
c) sounds "psychedelic" according to random person who has taken psychedelics
d) features "weird" sounds like stereo panning or has "dynamics" or similar

xp

but Shane was taking a lot of acid at the time

i would consider om as free jazz not as psychedelic but what do i know.

Shakey is having a bad trip

I'd argue a lot of Dan Deacon's stuff is pretty psychedelic, at least in the sense that say Animal Collection is

I have achieved the higher stages of enlightenment, realizing that everything is psychedelic maaaaaaaaaan

I'm so sorry my mild generalisation about psych music offended you to your very soul dude, I shall remedy this by trying to avoid engaging tedious genre pedants in discussion in the future.

I don’t really get what this has to do with anything tbh. There have psych bands all over the world for like the last 50 years. And lots of them would even say that they were influenced by Can

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yeah would agree with you there. THought it bizarre that that band were supposed to be not worthy of the epithet or however whoever wants to put it. Would think that any influence picked up from them would translate to sounding pretty psychedelic.
Would also think that most people who listen to music would have some shared idea of what did denote the term.
Certainly been a big part of what I've listened to for the last few decades. Music from the time the term was first being used through to other things influenced by that and other related influences since then.
Love the melange of influences playing off each other.