What is the most psychedelic prog?

YES JAMES,I AGREE!!

DID YOU ALSO NOTICE TINY TIMS USE OF THE TULIP AS A METAPHOR FOR MANS DESIRE TO BREAK OUT OF THE DRABNESS OF HIS PRESENT STATE OF BEING AND TO ENTER, TIP TOING CAUTIOUSLY INTO THE GREATER AND MORE COLOURFUL WORLD OF INTELLECTUAL LIBERTY.

WE ALL DESIRE THIS CLARITY..,THIS GRASPING AT THE INFINATE AND TINY TIM IN HIS MINIMALIST BUT STILL PROGRESSIVE WAY,ENCAPULATES THIS YEARNING IN A DECEPTIVLY SIMPLE YET PHILISOPHICLY DEEP SONG.

GENIUS,SHEER GENIUS!!! THE MAN IS A PROG LEGEND!!!

HAWKWIND

MAN

 

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Lunar 

Oooh Just got back from a weekend away in Prague and its great to see the suggestions still coming.

 

Harry’s Toenail -  thanks for all those recommendations you appear to be the Master of  the Psychedelic or should I say Psychodelic ….. I’ve not a clue about most of those bands except the obvious ones. Amon Duul II’s Tanz Der lemminge is perhaps my all time favourite of those. Tangerine Dream’s Electronic Meditation is one of TD album’s I never warmed to maybe its just too experimental for my tastes. Talking of experimental I see you suggest the Boredoms, a band I saw at All Tomorrows Parties this year but were a real disappointment.   Anyway I shall be investigating some of those other bands (if only I had time to check them all out)!

 

Zappa 123 – I adore Tangerine Dream and will be checking out Vanilla Fudge

 

James Lee- Stereolab isn’t a band I’d describe as psychedelic personally but excellent to chill out to though. Oh I will have to play Margerine Eclipse right now!

 

Hmmm ..were does just pure electronic or rock experimental start and psychedelic end? ..Bah it’s all too confusing for me! I just want something warm and fuzzy but with an aggressive bite, if that makes sense.. (which I doubt it does)  

HERES ONE!! how about Iron Butterflies Ina Gadda Da Vida!

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Zappa123 - I didn't mean to offend you like this! I think I must have gotten carried away trying to show my point and you took it personally, which I didn't intend. I wasn't trying to say you were narrow-minded as a person, but that I thought the idea of saying that the 70's stuff I had listed wasn't really psychedelic seemed to imply that for you the term was restricted to use for bands from the 60's psychedelic era. I was having a rant against the limiting definitions some people try to put on what is and what isn't psychedelic music, based more on era and particular styles than on the total psychedelic effect. Personally I try to take a very broad view rather than creating boundaries, contrary to what [I think] you think I was trying to say. I don't usually use the psych/psychedelic distinction myself. I had thought that perhaps the stuff you were saying was psychedelic rather than the stuff I'd suggested fitted more in the realm of what many other people prefer to refer to as 'psych'. I don't think much of the distinction but lots of people use it to distinguish 60's psychedelic music from the later more progressive stuff that is psychedelic; I just brought it into the conversation because I thought it might have made things clearer. Personally, I usually lump them all together because there is no real cut-off point between it all. 

Oh well, lots of misinterpretations of each other's posts - but please Zappa123, don't get too upset about anything I say, I mean no harm! I just do tend to get passionate once I start up about something but I don't intentionally snipe at people.

I should add that i only ever talk in terms of music genres at all in order to make some sense when trying to communicate with other people. As much as I hate pigeon-holing things it seems necessary sometimes, to avoid lengthy and boring descriptions and just get a general idea across. Of course everyone has their own idea of what 'genre names' signify so even this is not foolproof, as Zappa123 astutely pointed out. Just a little while ago I was having a heated debate with my wife about the difference between rap and hip-hop [and if there was any real difference], and after an hour or so we'd still failed to reach any real agreement

Re: Butthole Surfers - yeah, I've always thought of them as a psychedelic band too! Until the last decade or so, that is... back in my acid-crazed days of youth they were certainly a tripping fave with me, especially 'Hairway to Steven'. I was so happy to discover them, as I started out getting into lots of psychedelic and early heavy rock and the Buttholes were the first 'modern' psychedelic band I'd found who I thought were really psychedelic - and of course early Monster Magnet!

Re: Stereolab, they've definitely done some pretty tripped-out tracks here and there, scattered across their albums.

Re: Boredoms - I hear live these days they're largely a percussive group. The album I listed is not like that, so you might still like it. I've never seen them live but friends who saw them back in their more anarchic heyday have said they were the best live band they ever saw. However they're constantly changing - and I'm not sure if they're still together now or if they're all doing their own things.

Re: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, on Julian Cope's Head Heritage site someone did a review of this album suggesting you play the title track at 45rpm for a more enjoyable version. Of course it's arguable whether it's better that way but it does sound pretty good! [also, of course, the drum solo doesn't go for as long!]

Peter Rideout - not sure what you mean there! Regarding the avatar though, I just picked it from the list of avatars when I registered, because I play bass. Didn't realise each image was for exclusive use!

Italy had only one psychedelic band but was  surely the best in the world:

 

                                     LE STELLE DI MARIO SCHIFANO

what about Phalis dei (i dont think i spelled that right sry) from amonduul 2 , serously, thats some messed up shat

Don't understand a word of this-but it's lovely to see a bit of passion about the forum again!

Zappa123 & Harry's Toenail (2 great names for psyka, psycho, erm hippy- trippy bands) why are you so worried about upsetting each other-just go with what you believe