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Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Donovan? Now I'm as wild about saffron as the next guy, but I don't think Hurdy Gurdy (sp?) Man is really what gets today's hippy chick a'spinnin'. Get yourself some Phish or Widespread (or at least throw on a Dick's Picks) if you want an authentic modern nubile spinning hippy chick experience.
Like the Flower, I dig the nubile spinning hippy chicks with the acid twinkle in their eyes.
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Hurdy Gurdy qualifies as dark acid music. Other tunes in this genre include Zeppelin's "How Many more Times", Janes' "Three Days", most of the Doors' catalog, Traffic's "Low Spark" and "Gimme Shelter" and a lot of early primal Dead (when they still played fast). This is perfect music for riding acid from daylight into evening or evening into early morning. I agree, its not spinning music at all. For spinning you need Allmans, 70s Dead, Widespread, Phish, etal... That said, the best psychedelic memory I have is watching freaks dance in the parking lot behind the fraternity house while "How Many More Times" chugged throught the bose 901s just as the sun was setting. Bands like Phish lack the violent edge that darker shit like Zeppelin or even some old indulgent Doors bootleg gave to the scene. Hell, my favorite acid mix was to throw Anthem of the Sun, Let it Bleed, Brothers and Sisters, The Apocalypse Now Soundtrack and The Velvet Underground Live Vol. 1 into the cd changer. Cliche? Yep, but it always set the scene perfectly. Even now, when I've got a head full of the heavy stuff I need some strong guitar rock to put an edge on things. No metal or grunge, mind you - just some classic heavy rock.
