Jefferson Airplane
White Rabbit
Surrealistic Pillow
(1967)

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Lazarus
May 13, 2013 - 17:44

Everybody in my church loves this song...



gillespp
Apr 18, 2013 - 10:47
rdo wrote:

I have been listening for several years, usually during work, and I know exactly what you mean. The first years the playlist for me always sounded fresh and exotic with a great mix of classic and new songs. Now it has become very repetitive for me. When I listen to XM's Loft I am constantly hearing new songs. I only listen to that in the car though. The selections on The Loft are not that great but at least they are new. They talk way too much on XM and they are really banal. I think your critique is helpful and I hope others make this point. RP needs to pick more cuts off more albums, even albums from the past, it doesn't matter. Just as long as I have not heard it before. I often think we are limited to hearing only what Bill likes. His skill is what makes this a great station but it could be improved by trying out some other songs that he may not like so much and letting us decide via the rating.





I've been listing to RP for, what—12 years?—and I can't disagree more. RP is always fresh. In the car, I'd rather the frequent dropouts on RP from the poor cell coverage in the Portland hills than anything on XM, including The Loft. It's missing something essential that is definitely there in RP—no doubt Bill's magic touch.


wlpendley
Apr 18, 2013 - 10:46
Amazing how well this song holds up decades later...


wlpendley
Apr 18, 2013 - 10:46
Amazing how well this song holds up decades later...


Spiderwoman
Apr 18, 2013 - 10:44
LongGoneDaddy wrote:
"throw the radio in the bathtub when White Rabbit peaks!!"
as your attorney, I'd advise against this.



What a scene


RedTruk
Apr 12, 2013 - 11:50
Awesome, one of those songs that always resonates in my head. And Stairway to Heaven is LedZep, not the Who.


Phlegmaticman
Apr 12, 2013 - 11:46
" 'But what did the Dormouse say?' one of the jury asked."
" 'That I can't remember', said the Hatter."


kurtster
Mar 31, 2013 - 19:55
... when logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead.

It took me all of these past 46 years to finally hear this lyric for what it is.

Yes, indeed ...


Sweet_Virginia
Feb 14, 2013 - 14:45
ambrebalte wrote:

Same blowing effect
As for the other songs, Pink Floyd, the first time I listened to "Wish you were here", The Who's "Stairway to Heaven" , "Say it ain't so" by Murray Head I think, Rolling Stones' Angies, Lou Reed's perfect day...oh I realise this list could be endless. These first times all occured in the seventies. Some of them lasted, others didn't as if time erased their power. Or may be going from teen age to adult hood changes the ears? Repetition is a factor too.

I had the same effect with some classical music too Casta Diva by La Callas, Mozart Concerto for Clarinet & Oboe Adagio (Out of Africa made it famous), Astor Piazzola, Coltrane, ...and so MANY more!

Nice call

Bohemian Rhapsody, Sultans of Swing, lust for life, common people, it's a long way to the top...


ambrebalte
Jan 14, 2013 - 07:10
akaike wrote:
This song blew my mind when I first heard it. I only wish I could recapture that "Holy $Hi!!" moment when the song ended and all I wanted was to listen to it again.

(...)

You?

Same blowing effect
As for the other songs, Pink Floyd, the first time I listened to "Wish you were here", The Who's "Stairway to Heaven" , "Say it ain't so" by Murray Head I think, Rolling Stones' Angies, Lou Reed's perfect day...oh I realise this list could be endless. These first times all occured in the seventies. Some of them lasted, others didn't as if time erased their power. Or may be going from teen age to adult hood changes the ears? Repetition is a factor too.

I had the same effect with some classical music too Casta Diva by La Callas, Mozart Concerto for Clarinet & Oboe Adagio (Out of Africa made it famous), Astor Piazzola, Coltrane, ...and so MANY more!

Nice call


delfincek
Jan 14, 2013 - 06:58
This song is very short and totally magical and can not get tired of it. I guess they made it on some magical thing too :).


akaike
Jan 08, 2013 - 08:05
This song blew my mind when I first heard it. I only wish I could recapture that "Holy $Hi!!" moment when the song ended and all I wanted was to listen to it again.

Other songs that have done that over the years:

I Am A Rock by Simon and Garfunkel
More Than a Feeling by Boston (crazy, I know)...but I was a kid
Black by Pearl Jam

You?


Misterfixit
Jan 08, 2013 - 08:01
Mandible wrote:

A friend told me this is about MK Ultra


KU/MOTHER and AE/RIFLE


RParadise
Dec 02, 2012 - 19:59
johnjconn wrote:


I wonder what she's taking to celebrate?

Funniest post in ages!

Leave it to a Chicagoan to cut to the core with humor. (Yes, I'm a native.)


tkosh
Dec 02, 2012 - 19:37
At their best!


oldsinger
Nov 12, 2012 - 13:14
Wore out the grooves on this album.


SchoepTone
Nov 06, 2012 - 13:42
Dated.

godspeed wrote:
Timeless Classic!





johnjconn
Nov 06, 2012 - 13:41
Sebec wrote:
According to the newspaper Grace Slick turned 73 on two days ago. (October 30th.) Belated Happy Birthday!


I wonder what she's taking to celebrate?


Sebec
Nov 01, 2012 - 11:32
According to the newspaper Grace Slick turned 73 on two days ago. (October 30th.) Belated Happy Birthday!


Highspirits
Nov 01, 2012 - 11:30

Thanks, JJ, this gave me a good laugh on this drizzly day...
JalapenoJoe wrote:

I see your White Rabbit and raise you a Wet Rabbit.




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