Music videos
Behold, friends. These videos were featured on the home page of the music site Psychedelic Sight at some point, archived here for eternity — or until the labels complain. Consider these the site’s greatest videos hits.
From Abbey Road Studios, the Beatles sing “All You Need Is Love” on the Our World satellite broadcast. Lennon was working some gum at the time.
Trip the light fantastic with the Grateful Dead’s “Dark Star.” The live recording appears to be from the Olympia Theater in Paris, 1972.
The Beatles were making music videos long before there was an MTV. Here is one of their best, the slightly psychedelic “Paperback Writer.”
Hendrix at the Isle of Wight in 1970, the year of his death. I saw him play that summer in Atlanta. Based on the video evidence here, the Wight show was much better.
The trip started here for Pink Floyd and its generations of fans. Syd Barrett’s solo albums are pretty good, BTW.
Eric Burdon, known for burly rock, cooked up some terrific psychedelic songs midcareer, including this one, in which he name checks the stars of the Monterey pop fest.
Iron Butterfly’s best songs are little-known these days. Dig “Butterfly Bleu” in beautiful video.
OK, so “Their Satanic Majesty’s Request” was ass. A low point in the Stones awesome career. But “2000 Light Years From Home” remains a psychedelic classic. Great video.
Roger McGuinn’s home movie of the Byrds‘ famed trip to London.
Incredibly rare footage of Moby Grape
The Airplane’s famous, but still underrated. Read about this psychedelic song.
Read about the classic Procol Harum albums, remastered in 2009.
R.I.P. Sky Saxon — the missing link between garage rock and psychedelia.
My pal Mark Weitz (keyboards) and his band the Strawberry Alarm Clock, still ticking.
