Posts Tagged ‘Strawberry’
Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow by Strawberry Alarm Clock – sixties US psychedelia – new version by STAY
‘Rainy Day, Mushroom Pillow’ by Spanish neo-psych band STAY. Original track by Strawberry Alarm Clock. a new single
Out now on 7″ colour vinyl from Fruits de Mer Records. Strictly limited edition, 300 copies only, find out more and order from us direct at www.myspace.com/fdmer2
Strawberry Alarm Clock is a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, known for their 1967 hit “Incense and Peppermints”. They are often thought of as a “one-hit wonder”, although they charted two Top 40 songs, and five Top 100 songs.The group originally consisted of Ed King (lead guitar), Mark Weitz (keyboards), Lee Freeman (rhythm guitar), Gary Lovetro (bass), and Randy Seol (drums). On their first and most well-known single, “Incense and Peppermints”, none of the band wanted to sing songwriter John Carter’s lyrics, so lead vocals were sung by Greg Munford, a 16-year-ancient friend of the band, although the regular vocalists sang backup. The song reached #1 on the Billboard pop singles chart in late 1967. Mark Weitz and Ed King were denied songwriting credit by the band’s producer because they did not write the melody line or the lyrics, though the song was built on an instrumental by Weitz with a bridge by King originally intended as a B-side to “Birdman of Alkatrash,” which ultimately became the B-side to “Incense and Peppermints.” The single stayed at #1 for two weeks with 16 weeks in total on the chart.[1] A gold disc was awarded for one million sales by the Recording Industry ociation of America (RIAA) on 19 December 1967.
Lyrics:
Rainy day mushroom pillow
Colors green, brown, and yellow,
Wonder if they’ll turn black ever
Comtemplating one together
Poisoned dreams,
Distorted dreams,
Mushroom dreams.
There’s no place that can be better
When you’re up in clouds forever,
Pacify your mind with islands
Colored snow and green-field skies and,
Poisoned dreams,
Distorted dreams,
Mushroom dreams.
Don’t have to tell you it feels better than,
Floating free, walk upon the sand
Got to give you things much better
My mushroom’s green and brown forever.
Poisoned dreams,
Distorted dreams,
Mushroom dreams.
Rainy day mushroom pillow
Rainy day mushroom pillow
Rainy day mushroom pillow
Duration : 0:4:49
Strawberry Alarm Clock-Pretty Song from Psych-Out 1967
A rare cut from the movie Psych-Out. The Strawberry Alarm Clock tried to find success after their first two songs were huge hits. Delight in!
Duration : 0:3:23
Strawberry Alarm Clock Pretty Song
I can see you , you can see me as we stand
We can live forever, God and God is wonderful
And your face I’ve never seen it
Quite like this before
Though the moon is out , the sun still shines
You’re. . .
FM104’s Strawberry Alarm Clock – The Chelsea Wind Up
With the manager position vacant at Chelsea, we thought we should apply… FM104’s Strawberry Alarm Clock’s “Stan” makes a call, and after many attempts, we somehow manage to get through to the actual CEO of Chelsea – Peter Kenyon!
Duration : 0:6:7
Strawberry Alarm Clock – Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow – 1968
Strawberry Alarm Clock – Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow – performing on the psychedelic 1968 head movie ” Psych-Out “
Duration : 0:1:57
