Psychedelic Rock Bands

"If ev’rybody had an ocean across the U.S.A., Then ev’rybody’d be surfin’ like Californ-I-A. You’d see ‘em wearin’ their baggies. Huarache sandals, too. A bushy bushy blonde hairdo. Surfin’ U.S.A."

"We’ll all be plannin’ out a route we’re gonna take real soon. We’re waxin’ down our surfboards. We can’t wait for June. We’ll all be gone for the summer. We’re on safari to stay. Tell the teacher we’re surfin’. Surfin’ U.S.A."

"There's a world where I can go and tell my secrets to In my room, in my room (in my room) In this world I lock out all my worries and my fears In my room, in my room (in my room)"

"When some loud braggart tries to put me down And says his school is great I tell him right away "Now what's the matter buddy Ain't you heard of my school? It's number one in the state."So be true to your school now Just like you would to your girl or guy Be true to your school now And let your colors fly. Be true to your school."

"Well you knew all along That your dad was gettin' wise to you now. (You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied) And since he took your set of keys, You've been thinking that your fun is all through now. (You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied) But you can come along with me 'Cause we gotta a lot of things to do now. (You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied)And we'll have fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away. (Fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away)"

"Well it's been building up inside of me For oh I don't know how long. I don't know why But I keep thinking Something's bound to go wrong.But she looks in my eyes And makes me realize. And she says "Don't worry baby" Don't worry baby. Don't worry baby, Everything will turn out alright."

"Well, way up north where the air gets cold There's a tale about Christmas that you've all been told And a real famous cat all dressed up in red And he spends the whole year workin' out on his sled.It's the little Saint Nick Ooooo, little Saint Nick It's the little Saint Nick Ooooo, little Saint Nick."

"When I grow up to be a man Will I dig the same things that turn me on as a kid? Will I look back and say that I wish I hadn't done what I did? Will I joke around and still dig those sounds When I grow up to be a man?Will I look for the same things in a woman that I dig in a girl? (fourteen fifteen) Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world? (sixteen seventeen) Now I'm young and free, but how will it be When I grow up to be a man?"

"Well East coast girls are hip I really dig those styles they wear And the Southern girls with the way they talk They knock me out when I'm down there.The Midwest farmer's daughters Really make you feel alright And the Northern girls with the way they kiss They keep their boyfriends warm at night.I wish they all could be California I wish they all could be California I wish they all could be California girls."

"I been all around this great big world And I seen all kinds of girls Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states Back to the cutest girls in the world."

"After six hours of school I've had enough for the day I hit the radio dial and turn it up all the way I gotta dance (dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) right on the spot (Dance dance dance right there on the spot)"

"It's automatic when I Talk with old friends The conversation turns to Girls we knew when their Hair was soft and long and the Beach was the place to go.Suntanned bodies and Waves of sunshine the California girls and a Beautiful coastline Warmed up weather Let's get together and Do it again."

"Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down But I've got the fastest set of wheels in town. When something comes up to me he don't even try, Cause if it had a set of wings man I know she could fly. She's my little deuce coupe, You don't know what I got."

"Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama. Key Largo Montego, baby why don't we go Ooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo, We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow. That's where we wanna go, Way down in Kokomo."

"You've got the ticket, come on slip inside And let my song take you for a ride."

"Whereas the guys in Led Zeppelin dressed like sex-hungry geishas, the members of Pink Floyd favored sweaters, blue jeans and sneakers; they looked like their mothers had dressed them. In Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii DVD, which includes footage from the making of Dark Side of the Moon, the cameras ponderously linger on Pink Floyd eating lunch in the studio canteen during a break from recording sessions. It's entirely possible that this was the most interesting part of making one of the most popular classic-rock albums of all time. It's like Pink Floyd was trying to be as boring as possible while also being insanely popular."

"Well, there it is. I think you can pass your verdict as well as I can. My verdict is that it is a little bit of a regression to childhood, but after all, why not?"

"[Their lifestyle] is interchangeable with the president of just about any bank in England."

"A restless eye across a weary room A glazed look and I was on the road to ruin The music played and played as we whirled without end No hint, no word her honour to defend I will, I will she sighed to my request And then she tossed her mane while my resolve was put to the test."

"Dogs of war and men of hate With no cause, we don't discriminate Discovery is to be disowned Our currency is flesh and bone Hell opened up and put on sale Gather 'round and haggle."

"Don't accept that what's happening Is just a case of others' suffering Or you'll find that you're joining in The turning away."

"Not now John we've got to get on with the film show Hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow Who cares what it is about as long as the kids go."

"Fuck all that we've got to get on with these Gotta compete with the wily Japanese. There's too many home fires burning And not enough trees. So fuck all that We've go to get on with these."

"Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses reeled A fatal attraction is holding me fast, How can I escape this irresistible grasp?Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I."

"Her love rains down on me easy as the breeze I listen to her breathing it sounds like the waves on the sea I was thinking all about her, burning with rage and desire We were spinning into darkness; the earth was on fire."

"A place to stay Enough to eat Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street Where you can speak out loud About your doubts and fears And what's more no-one ever disappears You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door. You can relax on both sides of the tracks And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control And everyone has recourse to the law And no one kills the children anymore."

"Tell me true tell me why was Jesus crucified? Is it for this that Daddy died? Was it for you? Was it me? Did i watch too much t.v.? Is that a hint of accusation in your eyes?"

"Button your lip And don't let the shield slip. Take a fresh grip on your bulletproof mask. And if they try to break down your disguise with their questions You can hide, hide, hide Behind paranoid eyes. You put on your brave face and slip over the road for a jar Fixing your grin as you casually lean on the bar Laughing too loud at the rest of the world With the boys in the crowd You can hide, hide, hide {"I'll tell you what, mate, I'll give you three blacks, and play you for five, alright?"} Behind petrified eyes You believed in their stories of fame, fortune and glory Now you're lost in a haze of alcohol-soft middle age The pie in the sky turned out to be miles too high And you hide, hide, hide Behind brown and mild eyes."

"THE EVIDENCE! BEFORE THE COURT IS! INCONTROVERTIBLE! There's no need for the jury to RETIRE! In all my years of judging, I have never heard before! Of someone more deserving of the full penalty of law! THE WAY youmade them SUFFER, your exquisite wife and mother Fills me with the URGE to DEFECATE! (Go on, Judge, shit on him!) SINCE! my friend! you have revealed your deepest fear, I sentence you to be EXPOSED BEFORE YOUR PEERS! TEAR DOWN THE WAAAAALLL!!!!"

"Good morning, Worm your honor. The crown will plainly show The prisoner who now stands before you Was caught red-handed showing feelings Showing feelings of an almost human nature; This will not do."

"All alone, or in twos, The ones who really love you Walk up and down, outside the wall. Some hand in hand, And some gathered together in bands, The bleeding hearts and the artists make their stand. And when they've given you their all, Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall."

"Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere And build them a home, a little place of their own. The Fletcher Memorial Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings."

"Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young In a world of magnets and miracles Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary The ringing of the division bell had begun."

"Hey you, out there on your own Sitting naked by the phone Would you touch me? Hey you, with you ear against the wall Waiting for someone to call out Would you touch me? Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone? Open your heart, I'm coming home."

"Day after day, love turns grey Like the skin of a dying man. Night after night, we pretend its all right But I have grown older and You have grown colder and Nothing is very much fun any more. And I can feel one of my turns coming on. I feel cold as a razor blade, Tight as a tourniquet, Dry as a funeral drum."

"But it was only fantasy. The wall was too high, As you can see. No matter how he tried, He could not break free. And the worms ate into his brain."

"What shall we use To fill the empty spaces Where we used to talk?"

"Did-did-did-did you see the frightened ones? Did-did-did-did you hear the falling bombs? Did-did-did-did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?"

"I am just a new boy, Stranger in this town. Where are all the good times? Who's gonna show this stranger around? Ooooh, I need a dirty woman. Ooooh, I need a dirty girl."

"There is no pain you are receding A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying. When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons. Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain you would not understand This is not how I am. I have become comfortably numb."

"When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children in any way they could By pouring their derision Upon anything we did And exposing every weakness However carefully hidden by the kids."

"If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a million tear-stained eyes Don't be surprised when a crack in the ice Appears under your feet."

"We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. All in all you're just another brick in the wall."

"So ya, thought ya, might like to go to the show? To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow"

"What do you get for pretending the danger's not real. Meek and obedient you follow the leader Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel. What a surprise! A look of terminal shock in your eyes. Now things are really what they seem. No, this is no bad dream."

"If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise."

"Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry. Mother's gonna make all your nightmares come true. Mother's gonna put all of her fears into you. Mother's gonna keep you right here under her wing. She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing. Mama will keep baby cozy and warm. Ooooh baby ooooh baby oooooh baby, Of course mama's gonna help build the wall."

"So ya! thought ya! Might like to! Go to the show! To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow. I've got some bad news for you sunshine: Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel And they sent us along as a surrogate band. We're gonna find out where you fans really STAND OUT! Are there any queers, in the theater tonight? Get'em off against the wall. (gainst! The! Wall!) Now there's one in the SPOTLIGHT, he don't look right to me. Get him up against the wall. ('gainst! the!) And that one looks Jewish and that one's a COON! Who let all this riffraff into the room?! There's one smokin' a joint! And ANOTHER ONE WITH SPOTS! If I had my way, I'd have all of you SHOT!"

"The influence that Floyd has had on bands that have come after is truly incredible. Whether psychedelic rock, progressive rock, alternative rock, and even some aspects of metal, Pink Floyd has been able to leave its mark with bands like Queensryche, Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters, and Pearl Jam."

"Oh by the way, which one's Pink?"