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Surrealistic Pillow

Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
edited April 2009 in Other Music
This album is brilliant.
Haven't listened to it for a while and got an urge to put it on again.
Anyone else like this album?
Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    it's my favourite Airplane album. The problem with the band after this release was often that everyone, including Gracie, wanted to go full out and solo at once without really listening to each other. However, Surrealistic Pillow is well performed and produced, and the material's very tight without the excess that would later disrupt the music. It's the sound of the band excited by the addition of Slick and Dryden and really grooving. I think it came out just around the time of that big Be-In on Golden Gate Park, and in our popular consciousness it captures that, er, zeitgeist of early 1967.
  • Gonzo1977Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    Excellent Album.
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I think it came out just around the time of that big Be-In on Golden Gate Park, and in our popular consciousness it captures that, er, zeitgeist of early 1967.

    Yes, they even lived in a big old Victorian between Haight St. and the panhandle of the Park. (I remember it was purple.) :geek:
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  • Prince Of DorknessPrince Of Dorkness Posts: 3,763
    Beautifully crafted pop songs. A photograph of the time.. it's a great record.
    I can't drive without Pearl Jam
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    yup, i dig it too. i found a mint first canadian pressing of it for cheap too. I also just got crown of creation, which is different but decent. pillow just so defines the 60's sound.
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    You must hear the mono version if you're a fan. It has less echo and a more up-front, "in your face" sound to it. It's a lot more "rock".
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    The cd version I own has some mono bonus tracks.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Whilst on the topic, I was in a taxi with my friends on Friday night on our way to a pub and the driver had the radio going, and there was some DJ dance remix of 'Somebody to Love'.
    I thought it was awful and ruined a classic.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
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