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earlyprog 
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 Topic: White Rabbit/White Ship/White BirdPosted: July 23 2008 at 17:10 |
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Jefferson Airplane had their "White Rabbit", H.P. Lovecraft their "White Ship" and It's A Beautiful Day their "White Bird".
All American proto-prog but what is it with that "white" thing? What's the common denominator if there is any? |
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jammun
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Posted: July 23 2008 at 22:15 |
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White Album...
Common denominator: LSD.
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cobb2
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Posted: July 23 2008 at 22:32 |
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simple- purity, innocence, virgin How many blacks are there in metal- good vs evil Don't forget A Whiter Shade of Pale and Knights in White Satin Edited by cobb2 - July 23 2008 at 22:38 |
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keiser willhelm
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Posted: July 23 2008 at 22:46 |
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i dont think that has anything to do with white rabbit. thats simply an alice in wonderland reference.
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cobb2
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Posted: July 23 2008 at 23:55 |
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Could have been a brown rabbit... What happened after the White rabbit enticed Alice down the rabbit hole- caterpillars smoking hash, queen's chopping off heads, deceipt in the form of a cat, walruses murdering oysters. The white rabbit represented Alice's loss of innocence, which is why she couldn't catch it. But then again it could be just a good story. Edited by cobb2 - July 23 2008 at 23:58 |
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earlyprog
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Posted: July 24 2008 at 09:00 |
The White Album. Haven't thought of that one. I heard the sleeve ended up all white as a contrast to the colorful Sgt. Pepper sleeve which was being imitated immensely by others. Of course Lennon had his white period too at this time But I think heroin had replaced LSD.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: July 25 2008 at 11:32 |
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POI: Great Society (with Grace Slick) did the definitive White Rabbit - by the time Grace Slick moved to JA, she appears to have become bored to death doing the song.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: August 08 2008 at 08:43 |
You should've made a poll out of this.....
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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jammun
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Posted: August 08 2008 at 21:52 |
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Thought of a couple more from the era:
Cream's White Room
Animals' White Houses
Of course it eventually turned to black:
Led Zep's Black Dog
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earlyprog
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Posted: August 10 2008 at 10:48 |
The Velvet Underground's White Light/ White Heat
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earlyprog
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Posted: August 10 2008 at 11:03 |
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Wikipedia on "White Rabbit": "...the music combined with the song's lyrics strongly suggest the sensory distortions experienced with hallucinogens and the song was later utilized in pop culture to imply or accompany just such a state."
Hmmm. Makes sense considering those artists who used "white" in their song titles.
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A B Negative
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 07:45 |
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I don't know White Bird but the other two are literary references.
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"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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earlyprog
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Posted: September 18 2008 at 14:52 |
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Jimmy Page wrote and recorded "White Summer" with The Yardbirds in 1967. Later performed live with Led Zeppelin.
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