Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumFriday Night Catnip: The Seeds--Future
Okay folks, this selection might cross from psychedelic into psychotic (particularly the last tune). Anyway, it's Friday night and time to break out the catnip (or other consumables).
The Seeds were an American rock band. The group, whose repertoire spread between garage rock and acid rock, are considered one of the pioneers of punk rock. The album, Future, was released in 1967 and includes some unusual instrumentation ranging from tuba to harp. The lead singer of the group, Sky Saxon, passed away on June 25, 2009.
1. Introduction
2. March of the Flower Children
3. Travel With Your Mind
4. Out of the Question
5. Painted Doll
6. Flower Lady & Her Assistant
7. Now A Man
8. A Thousand Shadows
9. Two Fingers Pointing On You
10. Where Is The Entrance Way To Play?
11. Six Dreams
12. Fallin'
The single: Fallin'
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)[link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushin%27_Too_Hard|Pushin' Too Hard
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The song is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's exhibit showcasing "The 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".
Sky Saxon wrote "Pushin' Too Hard" in 15 minutes while sitting in the front seat of a car waiting for his girlfriend to finish grocery shopping at a supermarket. The lyrics can be interpreted as the protagonist warning his girlfriend against controlling him, or as a rant against society as a whole.
Thanks for the post, TT. Brought back some memories.
TexasTowelie
(112,081 posts)I'm glad that you enjoyed the post and thank you for sharing the other YouTube videos from The Seeds. It's wonderful to find people that listened to some of the great bands from the past. While I know that the 60s were a turbulent time, I often wonder how my life would have been different if I was born around 1950 instead of 1965--I guess that I have an inner hippie inside of me.
As you may have noticed from my other posts in the Music Appreciation group, I'm into the psychedelic music from the 60s. The experimentation with instrumentation along with the talent exhibited by the musicians using techniques such as dissonance and syncopation is something that has eluded the current big names in the musical industry. I am tired of the artists that can't sing and rely on auto-tune to perform.
Please check in occasionally since you never know what I might decide to post in the Friday night catnip section!
TexasTowelie
(112,081 posts)Note how Sky throws the tambourine to the ground in the middle of the song.
I was listening to some of their other work tonight and kind of like this song also:
JeanieJeanie
(18 posts)I'd always loved Pushin Too Hard. Good to know that they're released other great songs too.
TexasTowelie
(112,081 posts)Welcome to DU!
S.A.M
(162 posts)A 1000 shadows sounds like pushing too hard. A tuba? really?
TexasTowelie
(112,081 posts)I think that the tuba actually fits in well for the song and it's rare to hear a tuba play such and active part of music. However, if you don't like tuba then I suggest skipping "Lemon Tree" by Fool's Garden.
If given the opportunity to purchase this album or something by Justin Beiber, then I'll choose the former.
S.A.M
(162 posts)now there is a song Justin Bieber could cover....with dirt.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)at the Savannah Municipal Auditorium in Savannah, Georgia when I was in high school. They were on the same bill with Question Mark And The Mysterians and The Shadows Of Knight. They had no bass player but like The Doors their keyboardist was playing a bass keyboard with one hand and a regular one with the other. And guitar, drums, and singer completed their four-man group. By the way, the keyboardist was ear-shattering, the loudest I'd ever heard an instrument played until I went to see Jimi Hendrix at Atlanta more than a year later. Sky Saxon looked very strange, like a man possessed and half the time he didn't seem to be 'all there', often not even facing the audience when he sang. One would think it was maybe drugs but more probably an image on his part he was trying to create. I also thought he was at times trying to imitate Mick Jagger in some of his poses, but maybe I was just speculating. After they played their last note and he'd made his last strange grimace, you could hear a young girl from the audience yell "GROSS!", and some people laughed.