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.
“Iron Butterfly Theme”: A sci-fi nightmare. Heavy, indeed.
Donovan probably wasn’t thinking goth horror, but this fan was …
Black Sabbath does “Paranoid”: Back in the day, these were some heavy vibes.
Fraser & DeBolt’s acid folk cover of “Don’t Let Me Down.” RIP, Daisy. Hat tip to reader Lou C.
Eyvind Kang finds joy in repetition with “10:10 the Beloved One.” Hat tip to reader Nick Abel.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees War perform “Spill That Wine” on European TV.
Electric Prunes do “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night),” European TV. Hat tip to reader Jill S.
The Pretty Things in “Defecting Grey.” Pretty trippy. Hat tip to reader Graham S.
Brainticket serves up “Brainticket” (1): Hat tip to reader Robbie C.
Moody Blues in the “Nights in White Satin” record-release video from 1967.
“Sparks” fly. The Who’s “Tommy” wasn’t considered a psychedelic album, but it had its moments.
The Electric Flag — a blues band that liked to get its freak on now and then. Weird.
Blues Magoos — not among the greats, but not bad, either.
Randy California and Spirit, on a German TV show. Way underappreciated these days.
Suzy? Suzy Creamcheese? … A short film created by Frank Zappa and Ed Seeman
The United States of America. Weird for the sake of being weird, or surrealism oozing into audio? Let’s hear it for this fan video.
The Dead alive in 1972. I saw them in Boulder, a transcendent day full of sun and weed.
John Lennon’s “Real Love,” with the surviving Fabs playing and singing along to Lennon’s demo. A taste of what might have been, and it’s sweet.
Miles in his black magic voodoo period. “Bitches Brew” blew some major-league minds and its influence is heard everywhere these days.
Donovan, up for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. To younger generations, he may seem like a minor artist, but he was a pioneer in soft psychedelic rock, and one of the first to bring jazz to rock.
“Spanish Caravan,” complete with Lizard King poetry.
A great psychedelic single, inspired by a socialist bike-sharing scheme.
View more psychedelic music videos on page 2.
