But Spring is here in the city as the trees start to show their leaves again. What I love about my neighborhood in Brooklyn is that during the Winter, the streets are exposed, but once Spring and Summer hit, the trees create such a great contrast to the dull buildings.
Well for you recreational drug users out there, have fun today. I know it's a special one. Be careful.Here at SOTD, we make no judgements on life style choices, but the best way I can sum up my feeling on recreational drug use is this;
And with today being what it is, the SOTD is...
"White Rabbit"
Jefferson Airplane
Surrealistic Pillow
written by: Grace Slick
1967
Jefferson Airplane was to pyschedelic rock in the 60s as was NSYNC was to boy bands in the late 90s; the epitome of the era. Look at the album name! Surrealistic Pillow? Get the F outta here.
To their credit, they were the first band from that flower-loving, acid dropping den of free love, San Fransisco, to become successful. Mainly off of today's SOTD and their other hit, "Somebody to Love." But they never trandsended the era, unfortunately, because once that psychedelic rock faded into the mainstream, the schtick didn't play out so well anymore. '
The song is a reference to Lewis Carroll's Alice books. Red Queen, Hookah-Smoking Catapillar on top of a mushroom, Doormouse. I never realized Lewis Carroll was such a stoner. Good job Grace Slick (lead singer) on pointing that out for the rest of us.
But some members did try to stay relevant, but failed, in the form of Jefferson Starship. They charted with singles like "Miracles," "Jane," "We Built this City" (for real) and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (from that wonderful movie, Mannequin). But all of those don't quite measure up to their edigier past.
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and get the song on
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