Friday Night Catnip: The Seeds--Future

[TexasTowelie]

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]

1. I didn't know Sky had died. He must have been ...

[link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushin%27_Too_Hard|Pushin' Too Hard
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"Pushin' Too Hard", originally titled &quot You're) Pushin' Too Hard", is a song by American rock group The Seeds, written by vocalist Sky Saxon and produced by Saxon with Marcus Tybalt. It was released as a single in 1965, re-issued the following year, and peaked at number 36 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1967.

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]

2. Hello DreamGypsy

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]

3. I didn't realize it, but I had heard "Pushin Too Hard" about six months ago when I ran across this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=EhPvkzFJhnk&feature=endscreen

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]

4. Wow

I'd always loved Pushin Too Hard. Good to know that they're released other great songs too.

[TexasTowelie]

5. Glad to find out that you enjoyed the posted videos.

Welcome to DU!

[S.A.M]

6. The worst album ever made!

A 1000 shadows sounds like pushing too hard. A tuba? really?

[TexasTowelie]

7. To each their own.

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]

8. Yeah! Painted Doll

now there is a song Justin Bieber could cover....with dirt.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. I saw The Seeds live in about late 1966

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.