The Tunes of Psychedelia - High on Music

2008-02-21T04:32:00.000-08:00

This section is dedicated to the best drug, the best high, something we should all experience - the power of psychedelic music.
Works of art capable of opening the windows of new perspectives, inducing thrill and joy, blurring reality, being the antidote and so much more . . . . Enjoy the ride.

1) "The Chain" - by Fleetwood Mac

Picture this, you are sleeping, suddenly you sit up straight, the track begins, your eyes open. I woke up with a song playing in a my head. I am not talking about a distant hum, not the mumblings of a vocalist and not some faint guitar solo but loud and clear words backed up by fantastic music. The experience was surreal. I could see and feel the world going about its work at its characteristic frenetic pace, but I was in suspended animation.

This song comes from Fleetwood Mac's worldwide best selling Rock album titled Rumours. The album, released in 1977, got immense commercial success and went 5 times platinum. The quality and success of the album can be gauged from the fact that it won the Grammy Award for 'Album of the Year' (1978). It is regarded as one of the top 15 albums ever made.

The song is unique since it was written collectively by all members of the band. A phrase from the song - "Never Break the Chain" - went on to become a signature for the band.

It is interesting to note that final section of the song, which involves a bass progression, was intented to for an entirely different song. The lyrics of the other song did not fit, but the music worked out just fine. This final portion was used by BBC for their coverage of F 1 races as the opening theme on the show Grand Prix. Verses of this song were used by rap artists Bone Thugs-n-Harmony in the song "Wind Blow" from their album Strength and Loyalty, and the rap version is a popular song on the FM airwaves.

"The Chain" is always associated with the band and features on all compilations of the bands' best songs. I hope you liked it as much as I did . . . .

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Listen to the wind blow
Watch the sun rise

Run in the shadows
Damn your love
Damn your lies

And if
You dont love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain. ( 2 times )

Listen to the wind blow
Down comes the night

Run in the shadows
Damn your love
Damn your lies

Break the silence
Damn the dark
Damn the light

And if you dont love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain. ( 2 times )

Chain...keeps us together (run into the shadows)
Chain...keeps us together (run into the shadows)
Chain...keeps us together (run into the shadows)

2) "Coming Soon"

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1) WIND OF CHANGE - Scorpions

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I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change

An August summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change

The world is closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close, like brothers
The future's in the air can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change

Chorus:
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

Walking down the street Distant memories
Are buried in the past forever
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

The wind of change blows straight
Into the face of time
Like a stormwind that will ring
The freedom bell for peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change.
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2) ELECTRICAL STORM - U2

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The sea it swells like a sore head and the night it is aching
Two lovers lie with no sheets on their bed
And the day it is breaking
On rainy days we go swimming out
On rainy days swimming in the sound
On rainy days we go swimming out

You're in my mind all of the time
I know that's not enough
If the sky can crack there must be someway back
For love and only love

Electrical Storm [x2]
Baby don't cry

Car alarm won't let you back to sleep
You're kept awake dreaming someone else's dream
Coffee is cold but, it'll get you through
Compromise that's nothing new to you.

Let's see colours that have never been seen
Discover places no one else has been
You're in my mind all of the time
I know that's not enough
Well if the sky can crack there must be some way back
To love and only love

Electrical storm [x3]
Baby don't cry

It's hot as hell, honey in this room
Sure hope the weather will break soon
The air is heavy, heavy as a truck
Hope the rain will wash away our bad luck
Heeyyy, hey!

Well if the sky can crack there must be some way back
To love and only love

Electrical storm [x3]
Baby don't cry [x4]
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3) WISH YOU WERE HERE - Pink Floyd

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So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
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4) LAYLA - Derek and the Domino

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What'll you do when you get lonely
And nobody's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.

Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.

I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.

Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain.

Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind. [X2]
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5) THE UNFORGIVEN II - Metallica

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Lay beside me
Tell me what theyve done
Speak the words I wanna hear
To make my demons run
The door is locked now
But its open if youre true
If you can understand the me
Then I can understand the you

Lay beside me
Under wicked sky
The black of day
Dark of night
We share this paralyze
The door cracks open
But theres no sun shining through
Black heart scarring darker still
But theres no sun shining through
No, theres no sun shining through
No, theres no sun shining

What Ive felt
What Ive known
Turn the pages
Turn the stone
Behind the door
Should I open it for you?
Yeah, What Ive felt
What Ive known
Sick and tired
I stand alone
Could you be there cause
I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven too?

Come lay beside me
This wont hurt,
I swear
She loves me not
She loves me still
But she'll never love again
She lay beside me
But she'll be there when I'm gone
Black heart scarring darker still
Yes, she'll be there when I'm gone
Yes, she'll be there when I'm gone
Dead sure she'll be there

What Ive felt
What Ive known
Turn the pages
Turn the stone
Behind the door
Should I open it for you?

Yeah, What Ive felt
What Ive known
Sick and tired
I stand alone
Could you be there
Cause I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven too?

Lay beside me
Tell me what Ive done
The door is closed, so are your eyes
But now I see the sun
Now I see the sun
Yes, now I see it

What I've felt
What I've known
Turn the pages
Turn the stone
Behind the door
Should I open it for you?

Yeah, What Ive felt
What Ive known
So sick and tired
I stand alone
Could you be there
Cause I'm the one who waits
The one who waits for you
Oh, What Ive felt
What Ive known
Turn the pages
Turn the stone
Behind the door
Should I open it for you?

So I dub thee unforgiven
Oh, what I've felt
Oh, what I've known
I take this key
And I bury it in you
Because you're unforgiven too
Never free
Never me
Cause you're unforgiven too
Oh
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6) THE SOUND OF SILENCE - Simon and Garfunkel

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7) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER - Jimi Hendrix

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Lyrics :

There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Theres too much confusion
I cant get no relief
Businessman they drink my wine
Plow men dig my earth
None will level on the line
Nobody of it is worth
Hey hey

No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke but uh
But you and I weve been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hours getting late

Hey Hey

All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Bare-foot servants to, but huh
Outside in the cold distance
A wild cat did growl
Two riders were approachin
And the wind began to howl
Hey Oh

All along the watchtower
Hear you sing around the watchtower
Gotta beware gotta beware
I will Yeah
Ooh baby

All along the watchtower

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