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don't worry, syd.
we know you changed everything.
Those bastards..
Really he was a legend!!
Oh C'mon he was super overrated, as is Pink Floyd
@@humzahj. He still.. Chamged everything
@@darthwhiskips8222 He absolutely did not, nothing he made was groundbreaking or even very influential at the time, his work gained more of a cult status later on, mostly cos of how big PF got after he wasn't in the group. The best thing Syd ever did for the Floyd was leave, cos if he didn't Gilmour couldn't have stepped in.
Some people don't get the difference between Progressive and Psychedelic Rock
great notice
Some people think ANYTHING from the `60's is psych no matter how tame it is! A lot of people don't know shit about music genres.
I agree Nicolas. The MB's were progressive. I am surprised the list didn't include The Cowsills, who had more hits in the psychedelic genre than most of the above mentioned groups combined.
They (Moody Blues) DID at least 3 albums of psych, though, hence the inclusion.
I've only found 5 songs by The Cowsills that were psych....and at least 2 of those are dodgy.
@@RedVynil Moody Blues have been called 'Progressive Rock' from the very beginning. The group only drifted into Psych fleetingly (dodgy as you would call it), but were still called a progressive rock band. Take it from a fan since 1967....
The Doors. the band I will never stop loving. Oh, and John Densmore is a severely underrated drummer.
Break on through
Greatest band of all time. I really believe that
Jamming to them getting stoned lite my 🔥🌲🌲
Love the doors riders on the storm is so good
Your Right
if you don't want to waste you time:
*10. tame impala*
*9. the moody blues*
*8. cream*
*7. 13th floor elevators*
*6. the beatles*
*5. the grateful dead*
*4. jefferson airplane*
*3. the doors*
*2.the Jimi Hendrix experience*
*1. Pink Floyd*
the honorable metions:
-the yardbirds
-the byrds
-animal collective
-frank zappa
-the flaming lips
Video is incorrect. Beatles #1
This Channel is No Longer Active truuuu
@@RealShrigmaMale I agree with you
Beatles wasn’t a psycodelic band
What is wrong with you peeps? Nobody ever mentions Quicksilver Messenger Service???
Syd Barrett.
Paid MK Ultra messenger. He couldn't handle it.
Mkultra? How so?
He was in Pink floyd dumbass
@@cragkeeper you can't handle it
@@slap-ft3tp this idiots didn't even mentioned him
They put Pink Floyd on the top and without even a reference to Syd Barrett!!! What the hell people!?!?!?!?
Yeah, Pink floyd WERE psychedelic. Now the band is Progressive. Even though the progressive era was the best in my opinion.
+Lefteris Benis So true
They didn't even take hallucinogens since Barrett left.
Piper at the Gates of Dawn!
I know I was waiting to hear syd
All the songs played of Pink Floyd here are of the progressive rock Genre: the true Pink Floyd sound. Before these songs they had amazing Psychedelic numbers : See Emily Play, Astronomy Domine, Set the controls, Atom heart Mother, Be careful with the axe, Remember the day.... and the ultimate psychedelia...Interstellar Overdrive!
Hawkwind do interstellar overdrive better than Pink Floyd, IMO
interstellar overdrive is a great song, each live version i hear is so different to the others.
Death grips
Thank you, most people calling themselves Pink Floyd fans only know their later catalogue. Their 60s stuff is my opinion alot more interesting and gets way too little appreciation!
**Careful With That Axe, Eugene**
No matter how you wanna call it: The era between 1966 - 1976 was the best era in the history of music PERIOD !!!!
Sorry, I could only give you 1 like on that. I might add a year or two on each end though.
I agree ☝️
No fucking doubt. I’m 25 and recognize this. Today’s music really doesn’t compare to those years. You can hear it. Led Zeppelin’s the best though.
chuckydombroski filthy frank has some words for you
Agreed
I’m not sure I’d describe pink Floyd as a “group of Londoners”, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett and David Gilmour all grew up in Cambridge
Close enough 😆
They must look on a map of england and see they only an inch off london they must be londoners there is only one word for those people and that is fuckwits
Who ? !
@@MoistGranny-fr5hb haha ha
@@MoistGranny-fr5hb yall are fools..
*KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD*
This man gets it.
THERE IS NO [king gizzard in this list].
GODLY PSYCH BAND
I
THINK I SEE
AN ALTERED BEAST
BY THE TREE!!!
OOOOOOOWAH!
Babe rainbow tho¿
Syd Floyd is definitely the most psychedelic band I have ever heard
You need to also listen to a band called Love.
I prefer Pink Barrett
Not even an honourable mention for King Crimson??
More prog than psych rock
I had my first trip to King Crimson..seemed fairly psychedelic
King Crimson are one the greatest progressive bands, i dont think they could be in a psychedelic bands lists but i recognize you can have a GREAT trip listening to prog, because psychedelic rock later in '70s kinda transformated into prog, so they're like brother genres
Get rid of Tame Impala!
Anthony Vann hell yeah Tony I forgot about King Crimson RIP Greg Lake
where is syd barrett? the guy who invented psychedelic rock.
That would be Rocky Erickson.
@@1985cactus : aniway that would be The Byrds, with "eight miles high" january 1966...
In no way, shape, or form did Syd Barrett invent psych rock.
@@TheAirZeus : He didn't invented it, but, brought it far beyond...
Stig Jarle Sletta ever heard of Pink Floyd?
Pink Floyd weren't a "group of Londoners". They're from Cambridge.
Roger, David and Syd are all from Cambridge. Richard and Nick are from London.
They suck anyway.
The moody blues
@@anycolouryoulike8567 Actually Roger Waters is from Great Bookham south of London about 30 miles. I know because I've been through there.
That's actually pretty funny.
I never really knew how much influence the 13th floor elevators really had, I only really heard stories of how my great uncle had been a guitar player in the band and kind of brushed it off as a local phenomenon, come to find out they were actually pretty widespread
Great list!! My absolute favorites are The Doors and Pink Floyd!
Jimmy Hendrix, The doors, Moody Blues Jefferson Airplane my favorite.
Why would you not play anything from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn from Pink Floyd, their most psychedelic album?
I agree. And I know many people only have heard of Wish You Were Here, but... Why show a clip of *that* on a list of psychedelic bands? :S
Hell, even A Saucerful of Secrets
True ^
BradLennon Don't forget about the "More" & "Obscured by Clouds" albums.
BradLennon Syd Barrett wasn't even mentioned. He was without a doubt the member who introduced the most psychedelic elements.
>"Pink Floyd"
>plays none of their actual paychedelic songs
cause fuck syd, right?
+ChristianTheChicken yeah fair enough, mind you i listened to every single album up to the wall on my first trip i dont remember much but Echoes distinctively stood out and hit me hard words cant really describe it,
In all fairness, Echoes is pretty damn psychedelic. Not Syd, but psychedelic all the same. This channel tends to mostly show what is most popular and what most people will be familiar with, i.e. they also chose She Don't Use Jelly to exemplify the psychedelia of The Flaming Lips, so... there ya have it lol
Exactly my point!
>"ChristianTheChicken"
>spells comments like an actual three year old
because screw him, right?
Jackilly Stuff
>thinks correcting grammar or spelling is an actual argument when it has nothing to do with the topic at hand
>is so analcrusaded by this one minute comment that he feels the need to reply in such a manner
cause fuck life, right?
Hate to be “that guy”
but Tame Impala is not “a band”
what is so
Saiconautas what is so? Do you mean, “what is it then?”
Kevin Parker is Tame Impala. He plays, records, produces and masters all his albums with help from no one. Obviously one person can not play everything during a live setting so he brings his friends to play. But again, Tame Impala is not a band. It’s a person and a project
@@blksheepramirez good point, i think that the list miss united states of america homonym album. and maybe a little of beach boys
@@blksheepramirez Kevin Porter is tame impala. He records everything himself but he has his band learn the music and perform at concerts
Turkey Blaster who’s Kevin Porter? I already stated that sir
CREAM IS ON 8?!
In the end Disraeli Gears was the only psych album
@@giovannigobbi4832 no
@@marcofearg9956 Then tell me other psych songs from Cream
@@giovannigobbi4832 i feel free
@@marcofearg9956 Bomp Bomp Bomp I Feel Free? That's not psych at all, even if it was, that's a Blues Rocl album
Pink Floyd without a Song of Syd Barrett???
Well, he was a genius, thought they kept on goin' they had goods without him too
Blankenborn lucifer sam
Well syd was gud but ...pink Floyd lead their journey after him on their own...and in this vid they showeed Wish u were here which was a tribute to syd barret...
Tame Impala and Pink Floyd are my favorites
same here, and the doors as well
Anybody else wayyyyy into tame impalas new album currents???????? Listen to cause I'm a man, then get back to me
Guess not. Which sux because that's the best music I've heard in my life which is saying A LOT. I guess no body really does care about music the way I do. Disappointed.
+sportster1988 and yea that's old as hell pink Floyd right there son. Gotta love it. Way to be
YASSS, also check out Pond.(:
Pink Floyds A saucer full of secrets !! Thats Psychedelic
It's not that of a great album
WHY ARENT KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD ON THIS LIST
They were barely known when this was made
yea same thiaught
Because they are pedestrian schlock Neo Psych on the same level with Tampon Impala
because it's top 10
So glad that they put Tame Impala on the list. Those guys keep the psychedelic rock alive.
Feno Mozo me too, that band's music is just something else.
Feno Mozo They're great, but definitely not the only band keeping that sound alive.
+Feno Mozo CRIMINAL THEY'RE NOT HIGHER UP
Moses gunn collective is so good too
Fabián Mozo moses gunn collective is underrated
Pink Floyd is honestly my favorite band ever. They fucking rock
Afuckingmen!
Don't you find them more than a bit depressing?
Astronaut of Bohemia that's what makes the music so beautiful, you won't find a band with more emotion within each and every one of their songs
I loved them in the '60's - See Emily Play" was the first song of theirs I heard on underground radio. I was disappointed when it wasn't on "Piper" lp
LSU GAMING Hey I agree with you about Floyd who also heavily influenced Radiohead (who also not on the list) But a band that actually gained Floyd's nod was a band called Soft Machine! Don't believe me, check out 1968 concert in France by Soft Machine!! Quite sure you'll agree! But Floyd definitely takes the cake, especially the Syd Barrett days!
Pink Floyd is definitely number one but you totally forgot King Crimson. BTW, I was a Floydian ever since I saw them live in 1968. Never missed a tour since then.
Pink Floyd deservedly number 1. There was no other choice. Greatest band of all time.
Was also surprised and glad to see Tame Impala and Animal Collective (even though the latter was just an honorable mention) make the list. 2 of my favorite bands around today.
Pink Floyd's major contribution to this genre is, in my opinion, 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn'. Not only one of the greatest psychedelic albums but also one of the great albums to come out of the 60's period.
If you're mentioning Pink Floyd, then at least show Syd Barrett's numbers rather than the progressive ones.
I agree with you!
THIS!
yeah
Yeah agree.. Pipers at the gate of dawn would be a perfect example
Arijit Malakar I was thinking the same, this channel sucks.
If you’re going to have the Moody Blues, at least play their best psychedelic song, Legend of a Mind (aka Timothy Leary’s Dead)
Agreed, and also true for most of these examples. Some sound like pop songs instead. .
Agree
Absolutely agree!,,,
5.) The Grateful Dead 4.) The Jimi Hendrix Experience 3.) The Beatles 2.) Pink Floyd 1.) The doors. But honestly #2 #1 are really really close
If The Doors aren't on here, I'm gonna be PISSED. ABSOLUTELY.
Omg
That profile pic
J. Jaime They should be #1 in my opinion.
@@kylebarefield2560 I highly agree 😊
@@JJaime-tc4wb Fuck yeah you do. Jim Morrison and The Doors were speaking about darkness, death, rebellion, and breaking through to another state of consciousness while most if not all other bands were speaking of peace, love, and flower power during that era.
Bro all of jim's lyrics are based on trips
PF is my favorite rock band.
@helloitzmeYT nice, you should add Obscured By Clouds, More and Ummagumma to your list.
Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company is #1. Listen to their Cheap Thrills album. Best psychedelic rock ever!
I used to listen to that over and over when i was eight and read the comics on the whole album for hours.
I do like what you have stirred up here. Got me really thinking about some great bands. Thanx for that.
I discovered Tame Impala from a friend during an LSD trip, it sounded so beautiful
AstraL Prod. It sounds beautiful even without acid
AstraL Prod. On my last trip I started out listening to Maggot Brain and ended up blasting Gojira for some reason. I remember the video for The Cell was kinda cool.
10.Tame Impala
9.The Moody Blues
8.Cream
7.The 13th Floor Elevators
6.The Beatles
5.The Grateful Dead
4.Jefferson Airplane
3.The Doors
2.The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Honorable Mentions:The Yardbirds,The Byrds,Animal Collective,Frank Zappa & The Flaming Lips
1.Pink Floyd
U came here searching for psychedelic bands but also wanted to see Nirvana on it . I can relate
thank you.
Ween
Cream
Tame Impala Aint even a band tho😂 Kevin Mixes everything
After 50 years, I'll come back and watch this video again. Watching David Gilmour play the WYWH intro will make me cry. 🥺
PINK FLOYD FOREVER!
Some of tame impalas early stuff from 10 years ago sounds like cream, later beatles and santana. Its really worth checking out. Try 'late night moonlight' and 'feelings in the core'
I love how you use Wish you were here when its not a psychedelic rock song in any way. Good list, agree strongly.
Also, thanks for including Grateful Dead. You forgot MGMT
scrub naks I thought the same thing
Lie Nad what are you talking about? Echoes is their first and IMO best progressive rock song.
scrub naks I though "why 'Wish you were here'"?
They should've shown Piper at the Gates of Dawn since Syd was the most drug orientated member of the band
I swear they mention Pink Floyd as the best psychedelic band but they play wish you were here. Like they missed their most psychedelic songs like Breathe or Any Colour you like.
Varun Bhattacharyya The song (entire album) was a tribute to Syd Barrett
Cynthia Merritt Yh ik that. That's not what I'm saying. Wish you were here was more prog rock. The Dark side of the moon was more psychedelic. So watchmojo should have focused on that instead.
Varun Bhattacharyya Ah, sorry. I agree with you there
Cynthia Merritt Haha no worries
LpmedVH No but songs like Breathe and Any Colour you like (from TDSOTM) are probably some of the best psychedelic songs of all time. So they should have included them.
My list (don't take it too seriously folks):
1 - Jimi Hendrix Experience
2 - The Beatles
3 - The Doors
4 - Jefferson Airplane
5 - Cream
6 - The Moody Blues
7 - Pink Floyd (arguably stopped being psychedelic after '69)
8 - Grateful Dead (don't really know much about them)
9 - 13th Floor Elevators
10 - Tame Impala
Seriously, it's a watchmojo video, what did you expect?
1. Tame Impala
2. Pink Floyd
3. Cream
4. Doors
5. Jimi Hendrix
Don't know about the others
To me, tame Impala stands out as an artist keeping the psychedelic genre alive. We have more and more tools available to create the best psychedelic music, and Tame Impala uses that to their advantage. I must say, though, that only Innerspeaker and Lonerism were psychedelic albums (which is, to say , that they havent made true psychedelic music since 2012).
You’re out of your mind if you think tame impala is better than any of those bands.
The Beatles were only Psychedelic for about 3 years tho
@@theirishfox612 they were psychedelic for 5 years, the entire second half of their career. And all their most well known material is rubber soul onward, I don’t see how you can deny they were a psychedelic band.
i wouldnt consider about half of the bands on this list a psychedelic band
and what not even a mention of King Crimson or Yes
I think they were on the Progressive Rock List.
I said that about Crimson
And Yes
I think they just did this quite hastily
no king gizzard & the lizard wizard either
Where are Iron Butterfly? "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida" is one of the most iconic songs of psychedelic rock. "Butterfly Bleu" is another psychedelic classic.
That's what i said
THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS, TIME HAS COME TODAY. THE LONG EXTENDED VERSION OF THEM PERFORMING IN BLACK AND WHITE AT THE FILMORE IN 1969 AND THAT CLOCK RACING BACKWORDS AT A MILLION MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER WACKED OUT NOISES WAS A REAL MIND BLOWER.
Dude yeah wtf
Classic 17 min anthem!
Iron butterfly, Steve miller band, The animals, Count five, The seeds, Electric prunes, i think all of these bands should put in honorable mention
Surprised nobody here is mentioning the Zombies: Odyssey and Oracle is easily one of the greatest psychedelic albums ever made.
Agreed. Fantastic album.
ABSOLUTELY! Them and no one is mentioning Donovan either-- Donovan's Mellow Yellow in 1967 is an INCREDIBLY iconic psychedelic album--
Brilliant album
Exactly
@@gotsmurb72Zombies and The Electric Prunes
Great presentation. I actually flashed back to seeing, Iron Butterfly, The Doors, 3 times, Jefferson Airplane, and above all, 13th Floor Elevators in San Francisco....... Definitely better days. Thanks.
Alvin Lee Ten Years After - Religion, Alvin Lee Ten Years Later - Devils Screamin, Zombies - Time of the Season
Honestly, i feel like pink floyd turned prog later on. If you're talking early floyd, then it is a deserved number 1.
robbafett Yep, after Syd left, from Dark Side onward, they became way more prog rock.
Miss ya syd.
Agree, but shouldn't have been #1. Around #5
They're pretty much psychedelic till "obscured by clouds"
robbafett Prog Psychedelic? I mean Echoes the song is prog, but its def. psych too.
SYD BARRETT SWEETIE I'M SO SORRY...
Don't think he would care
*cough* *cough* pink floyd
😔
he's not a band...
Dark star should have been the background song for the Grateful Dead’s piece, anyone agree?
PINK FLOYD is from another planet, at 11:37 my soul exit from the body and flyyyyyy
I'm just happy Tame Impala is here.
I know right!
Yes
fuck them
Deafening Echo you know Kevin Parker is badass when he can be put in the same top 10 as the beatles, hendrix, cream or pink floyd...
they shouldn't even be on the list..
The list was made too early to include serious reference to King Gizzard
My top 10 greatest pyschdelic rock bands of all time.
10. The 13th floor elevators 🇺🇸
9. The byrds 🇺🇸
8. The grateful dead 🇺🇸
7. Jefferson airplane 🇺🇸
6. Pink floyd 🇬🇧
5. Cream 🇬🇧
4. The Beach boys 🇬🇧
3. The Doors 🇺🇸
2. The Jimi hendrix experience 🇬🇧🇺🇸
1. The Beatles 🇬🇧
What? No Iron Butterfly?! Wuzup wid dat?
In a gadda da vida is the psychedelic rock anthem imho!
Agree! Iron Butterfly was a great band.
But Pretty much a one hit wonder
My fav psychedelic bands
1: Pink Floyd
2: The Beatles
3: The Doors
4: Jefferson Airplane
5: Tame Impala
CrackedUpTv AND CREAM???
Wretch took the words right out of my mouth
There are some first albums of Pink Floyd, with psychedelic elements. Pink Floyd is the band who created space rock! The Beatles had a small psychedelic period, between 1966 and 1968.
You must not know what psychedelic means!! Jefferson Airplane has to be number one!! And I lived through it!!
My list
Jefferson airplane
The doors
Amboy dukes
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
The Youngbloods
Stawberry alarm clock
Electric prunes
Cream
The byrds
Jimi Hendrix
You talk about psychedelic Pink Floyd songs and don't even mention Syd Barrett or Comfortably Numb? Shame.
If they showed all their good songs it would be an hour long lol.
Unvultured Swine Pink Floyd's song Comfortably Numb was on The Wall album, which came out in 1979, years after the Psychedelic era had ended. The Psychedelic Movement was in the late 60's and early 70's. The Syd Barrett days were definitely part of the Psychedelic Movement.
Angel Deville Yeah, but Comfortably Numb still fits the genre. Hell, the song is about the album's protagonist getting drugged out of his mind.
Unvultured Swine Despite the drug reference, the song is about building a wall, isolation, unheard cries for help, and a downward spiral into mental illness.
Angel Deville And the drugs forced upon him in Comfortably Numb play a large role in Pink's transformation into a fascist dictator that makes up the majority of side 4 of the album.
When you ask real expert persons , who definitely know what psychedelia was about, what *the two most important and most influencial psychedelic albums* (beside "Sgt. Pepper") of all times were exactly, they usually name these two legendary recordings:
1. *The Piper at the Gates of Dawn* by
*Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd (GB)*
(Here David Bowie once said, that to the rock musicians of this era the "Piper"-album was absolutly equivalent in it's significance as "psychedelic key-album" to "Sgt.Pepper" of the Beatles!)
2. *The United States of America* by *The United States of America (USA,)*
(Sadly few non-experts do know this album today - but it was spectacular in many points and went much further in its musical experiments and revolutunary expression then f.e. "The Jefferson Airplane" or the "Grateful Dead" ever did - it also was the *beginning of electronic rock*, as later was evolved mainly by german Krautrock-bands as "Tangerine Dream", "Can" , "Amon Düül 2", "Popol Vuh" and "Cluster"! -)
- both recorded and released 1966/67.
Why this two albums and what do we learn from the above video? -
Well, if you'd like to really know something about surgery you should talk to a surgeon, not to a butcher (even though both know how to cut into flesh!)
- When it comes to the makers of this video, it seems to me, as if it is even like askng the milk-man!!
*"Garage sound" and "catchy melodies"* have *absolutely nothing to do with psychedelia*. Even pop crooners use such musical style-elements!*
And what's about the above presented selection of "psychedelic bands"?-
*Cream, The Doors and Jimi Hendrix* were primarily *blues oriented* rock interprets and *The Moody Blues* were early *prog rockers* - much more interested in classical/orchestral then psychedelic sounds .
You have to consider, that according to the "Zeitgeist" of the late 60ties, nearly every rock musician then experimemted with psychoactive drugs, surrealistic lyrics and strange sounds, but *only a few bands declared "psychedelic" as explicite basis of their self-image!*
*You'll have to differentiate between "psychedelic bands" and bands which made "psychedelic songs or a psychedelic album"*
Psychedelic elements of mid-1960- records of the *Beatles* as f.e. "Tomorrow never knows" or "Norwegian wood" were *early trials, but not totally style-defining* for them in this Times! - If you want to mention every title of early psychedelia, you also have to regard f.e. the *"Pet sounds"-album of the *Beach Boys* in the U.S (with *"Good vibrations"* as a real significant example!!) or "Their satanic majesties request" by the Rolling Stones - but these bands *didn't see themselfes as "psychedelic" 'per se'-* after a short phase they usually returned to their actual musical styles!
And the *"The Wall"- time of Pink Floyd* *was long, long (more then 10 years!) after their psychedelic era* and after Syd Barrett, their master-mind during this musical era, was gone!!
The point (or question) is, were the sound and (on'stage) Media Band ligjtshow-experiments and surrealistic lyrics *style-defining, revolutionary and essential for the musician/the band?*-
I think, the makers of this video *do not really know* *the difference between psychedelia and early prog rock* and they also don't understand *the difference between being real avantgarde or only commercial successful!* - "Earning a "Grammy" for example says much about the commercial success of a band....it says nothing about their originality, artistic quality, peculiarity, significance or uniqueness!
Regarding the evolution of rock music the role of psychedelia was very essential, not because some weird freaks did consume psychodrugs and produce a lot of funny noise, but because psychedelia was *the germ cell of the emergence of the later evolving Heavy Metal Rock* and so perhaps *one of the most significant styles of todays rock music!!*
The classical band on the treshold between 60ties/early 70ties psychedelia and the upcoming metal rock was *"Hawkwind"* (with
- significantly! - later "Motörhead"- frontman Lemmy Kilmister!).
I cannot understand, why Hawkwind weren't mentioned in this "Top 10" - they were as "the missling link"/ so relevant for both genres!
Hawkwind definitely were part of the transition of psyche to Prog. I think this argument is stupid as Prog grew out of Psyche. Anyone who was playing it would say so ( Ok someone will log on to say the opposite but seriously...)Trippy garage bands ( 13th Floor Elevators) count as well as early prog and electronic. I think whether music is psychedelic in practice ( sounds great while tripping) is separate from 'psychedelic' as a music style but there is much crossover always was.
@@doitnowvideosyeah5841 Excuse me, but your chain of arguments isn' t really clear to me...Prog rock - as nearly any rock style - grew out of a multitude of musical styles, What do you think is the actually "stupid" argument and why do you think it is "stupid"?-
Greetings,
Andy
@ I guess stupid is too harsh. At the time Prog and Psyche did not seem like totally different styles so trying to split the difference seems 'stupid' to me but arguments like this are what CZcams is for. Early Prog was just psyche bands that learned their instruments really well. Floyd is a perfect example. No one has mentioned Genesis but their early stuff was pretty trip oriented. Psyche expanded the boundaries of rock music so opened the door for experimentation and sounds beyond the basic rock and roll and folk rock that prevailed before 65. Sure, the origins of music styles have many roots but tI think ( and other rock writers agree) the connection between Psyche and Prog are very close and prog directly grew out of psyche rock as far as the progression musicians undertook at the time. Hows that?
@@doitnowvideosyeah5841 Hi! My problem with your comment is not, that you have you own opinion regarding the origin of prog rock or the connections between prog and psychedelia. I was irritated of the using of the word "stupid", because in my eyes no one, who seriously rethinks the development of musical styles and supports his ideas with concrete arguments does something "stupid" . Well rethought arguments may be wrong, partial or as a whole, but they are not "stupid"! Stupidity is generally the result of a lack of thinking!
I think, the difference of both styles lies in a different main emphasis: The main emphasis of psychedelia is using the psychedelic effect, that can be received by the using of mind expanding practices, f.e. by taking drugs ( but can also be meditation, etc.) to transcendend common limmits of perception and cognition which finally leads to new musical ideas and structures.
The concern of prog rock is similar, but has its main emphasis primarly not in the use of drugs but rather in expanding the narrow musical limmits of common popular music styles like Rock'n roll, Blues, Folk, Pop, etc. by experimenting with other, in some ways often more sophisticated and advanced styles of music, and integrating other forms of art (like literature, poetry, theater, etc) for concerts and live appearances. Or, more simply said, psychedelia is based on the substance or practice (and what it does to the musicians mind), prog rock is to push out the maximum of the artificial competence, a musician or band has - more in a sense of "practicing music" . So - in its development - prog rock is influeced by psychedelia, but not something like an "automatical result" of it ( in some ways, metal rock music is much more something like a "child of the psychedelic rock" then prog...but to explain this, it would take too much time and space here!).
In this way, for me, prog is much more then only a logical development of psychedelic rock, because it's an integration of so many elements, of which the music of the psychedelia era is only one element of many.
My thoughts come also not only from a purely theoretical point of view. I am an active musician since more then 40 years, played in many bands and had contacts to a lot of rock musicians, among them some significant people. But i had also always a big interest in the historical and theoretical aspects of the development of rock through the times, did a lot of research and wrote my thesis in social psychology about this stuff.
I hope, i could explain my point of view. Thanx a lot for your answers and critical annotations!!
Stay healthy and keep on rockin' !🤘🎸 - All the best!
Andy
@ Good points! I am very interested in the historical development of music. I just got irritated at the argument cause it really seemed a steady evolution at the time. Even fusion, though that killed psychedelia till Cocteau Twins, Cure and others revived a different formula for intense mind melting music
I love all the bands mentioned. For me one of the most Psychedelic bands is actually a " cover " Band. They took songs , added some acid , maybe .. and made songs their own. Vanilla Fudge.
WHAT ABOUT SYD BARRETT
Needed more moden bands mixed in like mgmt or flaming lips glad tame impala made it
Animal collective was there
somecrippled619 I do really like Unknown Mortal Orchestra ,MGMT, Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Black Angels, Jacco Gardner, Malachai, Jackie-O Mother******,& a lot of the more modern stuff as well but the first bands pioneered this genre and no one else has quite done it as well IMHO - though some come very close.
Opaque Visions Kind of hard to lump them together really because they are just different sounding eras. What Mojo should have done is 2 videos: Classic Psych. Bands & Modern Psych Bands. There we go... problem solved.
somecrippled619 Tool most def.
None of the bands they make today are psychedelic in a way. They're just stupid sappy love songs.
All the music that came from 60s and the 70s are legendary that only comes once in a lifetime .
The "Odyssey and Oracle" album by the Zombies is a long-overlooked gem.
Music critics consider it great most people haven't heard it unfortunately as the zombies weren't as big as other bands
I went through the Pink Floyd Discography. It's like one big acid trip. They started off as like a Beatley sounding band with a lot of weirdness mixed in, this is the beginning of the trip. 2nd and 3rd album get a bit weirder, most parts of the 3rd album seem kinda empty, yet so unique that they made less look like "More". 4th album is like the peak of the trip where the best thing they could come up with is random piano notes, loud organ strikes, animal noises, and a flute introduction to a fucked up drumming ceremony thing. After that is where they have AHM and Meddle, heavily psychedelic yet very acoustic and pleasing. There's a great precursor to the greatest album of all time, Obscured by Clouds, Then once it hits Dark Side, they just explode into a heavily immersive and long trip out where you're having the time of your life and the music is the best it's ever been; The middle of the trip. This trip lasts until The Wall, and after The Wall, it kinda starts to wear off and fizzle out, where their music is very much so still beautiful, but it seems more organized and not as intense. Toward the end they still have that unique touch of Floyd psychedelia, but it's like the trip is over, and the music sounds sober, yet with intense knowledge of a trip, and still remains beautiful. But it's like a gentler beauty that doesn't seem nearly as good as the Dark Side era.
Your comment deserves more thumbs up. The big trip.
Guitarmaster7272 wow great comment definitely needs more thumbs up
Cream should have been WAYYYY higher.
True words, my friend.
+Coda 20097 I don't know if they can top Pink Floyd, but they are better than bands like The Doors without a doubt.
I like em a lot more than Floyd. Floyd's just too depressing man. For ex., I'll take "SWLABR", "World of Pain", or "Dance the Night Away", "Strange Brew", "I Feel Free", "NSU", over all that "Vera" type stuff any day.
Astronaut of Bohemia You should listen to their first album! Look up the "Arnold Layne" video on YT. Also, the song "See Emily Play", as well as "Bike". They only got depressing after Barrett left the band.
Cynthia Merritt bike is from my point of view the silliest song by Pink Floyd. That song is not "depressing", it's awful (btw I don't get why Pink Floyd should be a depressing band)
Honorable mentions:Earthless, Blue cheer, Hawkwind, King crimson, YES, The Myrrors, Tool, Weird Owl, Echo and the bunny men, Deep purple, Blue oyster cult. Not all these bands are pure physc rock but all contain some pretty trippy cool offerings.
Earthless sounds fkn' good.
@@holdencaulfield4416 Earthless is like the musical love child of Hendrix, cream and black sabbath, such an under ratted band. Lost in the cold sun is my jam
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I'm not sure about some of these, but you really got it right on number 1. Pink Floyd is Awesome!!
1. Pink Floyd
2. Pink Floyd
3. Pink Floyd
4. Pink Floyd
5. Pink Floyd
Sasho 3500 the doors is better than pink floyd
Electric Roach to be fair, I would've said the same thing a year ago. Opinions are opinions.
Plus the Beatles should be way way closer to number one than they are on this list
I like the first albums, they are reeeally underrated
0. The Doors
Without a doubt Pink Floyd is the premiere Psychedelic band.
If you omit the word psychedelic from your statement would be closer to the truth,they were only a psych band when Syd was there and for a short time after
@@ianwilkinson4602 Thats what they say but they had all been changed. I stopped taking Acid in the late 80's but its effects on me never went away. Take one hit of weed and I am SAILIN in my unconscious mind and tranced out in away it never was before I dropped UC Berkekey produced LSD of the highest quality. I use that trance to create my own acid Rock music in my studio. Glad I tried it even more happy I stopped early on. Don't need it any more and the same is true for PF. No other band had as many stoned fans than the Floyd and they, the Beatles, the Doors, The Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane who were the worlds premier Acid Bands and with Hendrix my favorite music. Other personal favorites inc Bach , Mozart, Parliament Funkadelic, Cab Calloway, Bowie, Sparks, Talking Heads, kd Lang, Led Zeppelin, Nas, Beastie Boys, and 3rd to 5th LP Slayer for my hard rock fix! Music rules!
i'm here just because of Jim Morrison ,, my Lizard king
When talking about Psychedelic Bands The Rolling Stones one off album Their Satanic Majesties Request is always worth mention. very trippy.
Tame Impala
loptiiks :u mainstream shit is annoying
come on, put mainstream aside, have you heard "why won´t you make up your mind?"?
check out the crazy-fun "stoner-prog" bands in the New England underground. from JERUSALEM WITCH to DICK FLACCID & THE VIAGRA-NAUTS, to THE SCHIZOPHRENIC HUM to NOPE (yes parody band!) to KC & THE 21st CENTURY SUNSHINE BAND (all-disco king crimson covers!!?)... rock is so boring these days, the stoner-prog bands are a ray of hope...
New person same old mistakes is my fav
Alfre Mz anything from tame impala is mainstream
Glaring omissions: Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe & the Fish, Bonzo Dog Band and Everpresent Fullness. Oh yeah - and Syd Barrett...
The Electric Prunes
10. Tame Impala
9. The Moody Blues
8. Cream
7. 13th Floor Elevators
6. The Beatles
5. The Grateful Dead
4. Jefferson Airplane
3. The Doors
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Honorable Mentions:
The Yardbirds
The Byrds
Animal Collective
Frank Zappa
The Flaming Lips
1. Pink Floyd
magic carpet ride - steppenwolf. travelled to that song so many times
How can you talk about psychedelic music without Iron Butterfly. I am an old hippy from the day, and there was few bands that could stand up to them. Where is Blue Cheer, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grand Funk Railroad, Vanilla Fudge, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Electric Prunes, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Moby Grape in their list? I was there!
What about the British ones you haven't mentioned?The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, Hawkwind, Soft Machine, Donovan, The Status Quo, The Hollies, The Move etc
Good list there
Even the Beatles at No6,they started it
I agree with you, and not the Mojo list. How about King Crimson? I would not include Cream - I think of them as a rock-blues band like LZ.
Mark Allred blue cheer and iron butterfly are the two best imo!
Strawberry Alarm Clock, Electric Prunes, Small Faces, Crabby Appleton, Arthur Brown, Hawkwind,
Jefferson airplane
The doors
Amboy dukes
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
The Youngbloods
Stawberry alarm clock
Electric prunes
Cream
The byrds
Steve miller band.
After reading most comments i can only say that the "top" bands all get mentioned but there were hundreds of others who also had their moments!!
Favorites of mine include Quicksilver Messenger Service and Procol Harum. Fortunately I got to see both of them in concert. And what about Big Brother and the Holding Company?
Strawberry alarm clock , 13th floor elevators and love
The Doors are the best.
Great opinion!
shut the doors
Mystic Rain absolutely agree
Nothing it s just an expression i heard in "bad teacher" and that makes me laugh, =D
Pink Floyds the best but The Doors for sure second
Pink floyd started as a psych band during the Syd Barrett era and ended up as a prog rock band
Captain Beefheart (Safe as Milk), Country Joe and the Fish ( Electric Music For the Mind and Body), The Incredible String Band, The United States of America, Traffic, - all these bands have the one thing that defines psychedelic music - they're great to trip to.
I'd also add "Yes". Was tripping during one of their concerts in 1973. Enjoyed it immensely.
Could have given honorable mention to Iron Butterfly, King Crimson, or Spirit even, altho i do agree Pink Floyd is #1. They make me trip even without the acid.
I wouldn't consider King Crimson psychedelic, more prog.
Yeah King Crimson were more pure prog. May as well list Yes, Genesis or ELP.
You totally missed velvet underground they merit at least a mention
Ni Pega I always saw The Velvet Underground as kind of an anti-psychedelic/hippie band.
Ni Pega I know the Underground in and out, chord to chord. They don't belong on this list.
To me a psychedelic band was what you played after dropping a tab. Velvet Underground after "sticking a spike into your arm" A whole different scene.
Not sure how the LA band Love could be excluded, particularly since their masterpiece LP Forever Changes routinely tops the lists of best psychedelic albums of all time.
Whole album Wish you were here is absolutely not a psychedelia. Psychedelic era of Pink Floyd has ended with Meddle album, or even earlier.
The Electric Prunes (Too Much To Dream) were very short-lived but had a very unique sound ... all their own. The Iron Butterfly was a band I was sure would be on the list, but wasn't even in the honorable mentions.
Ikr
What about Amboy dukes journey to the centre of the mind or Stawberry alarm clock Inscense and peppermints? Or youngbloods get together?
Man. Before I watch the video here's my personal top 10 ranked on trippiness. Coming from a psychonaut and psych-rock junkie.
10. Jefferson Airplane
9. Buffalo Springfield
8. Crosby, Stills, Nash AND Young
7. Country Joe & The Fish
6. The Beatles
5. Led Zeppelin
4. The Doors
3. Jimi Hendrix
2. Grateful Dead
1. Pink Floyd
HM: Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, Strawberry Alarm Clock
*And Yardbirds
They left out fucking Led Zeppelin... Obviously these guys ain't tripped to Led Zeppelin... I like my list more :)
man led zeppelin should be on wm list
Jason Spinney What are the best Zeppelin songs to trip to?
Did you consider this repertoire?
Season of the Witch
Hurdy Gurdy Man
Atlantis
Mellow Yellow
Sunshine Superman
Catch the Wind
Wear your Love like Heaven
Epistle to Dippy
Jennifer Juniper
Lalena
There is a Mountain
Colours
I thought not.
My favorite kind of rock. Doors, Hendrix and Floyd the holy trinity
LOVE.....Forever Changes
and where is Procol Harem?
OK...I can agree with Floyd......Still WHERE IS THE BAND "LOVE"
Absolutely love Forever Changes (one of my favorite albums) but their other albums are not so psychedelic & that's why they're not on list.
RonnyLama Richardson
In my opinion, The Doors is a very underrated band nowadays. I mean, I know they're still famous and all, but compared to other bands like Queen for example, I feel like they're more in the background
agreed
Agreed. Most people get side tracked and just talk about Jim Morrison and forget to mention the great music!
Cuz Freddie died of AIDS and they had a movie
They are not underrated, they aren’t overrated either, everyone who lives around me, no matter where I go, has heard the doors, people of ALMOST every age, I think they have been appreciated plenty
Queen are really over-rated !that's why!
Nothing on It's A Beautiful Day with their signature hit *White Bird*? Or the Zombies with *Time Of The Season*? That my friends is straight on a true psychedelic masterpiece!
1. Syd Barrett
2. The Doors
3. Cream
4. Jefferson Airplane
5. ME
6. Stg. Peppers/ other Beatles songs
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. Iron Butterfly
9. Byrd’s
10. The Yardbirds
11. Little Timmy and the big dookie he took!
Syd Barrett??? Overrated and nonsensical... Roger Waters would be way more accurate!!!
Good List! I saw over 5 of them live! I think I was lucky! Cream, Hendrix light his guitar on Fire! Doors at their best!, Pink Floyd in 1972, Airplane All shows Amazing! A lot of folks forget about the Dead! Dark Star!
Love Jefferson Airplane
Velvet Underground
blkd25 Horrible band my friend.
V Raja Strongly disagree my friend.
+V Raja not a horrible band decent band with 2 or 3 good songs
+V Raja but either way they are very psychedelic
+Zach Valencia if you think TVU has only 2 or 3 good songs, you dont have appreciation in music.
So anyway, the best music that expressed the actual psychedelic experience were (to me) Hendrix "Moon Turn The Tides" , Pink Floyd's "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" , And Led Zepplin "Whole Lotta Love" (very similar breakdown to Moon Turn The Tides) and the Beatles , "A Day In The Life." of course there are many more....
Jimi Hendrix. Man. Only 27 at his death. My God and look what he accomplished.