Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

This is a live performance by psychedelia/acid rock band Jefferson Airplane playing their perhaps most known song "White Rabbit" live at the infamous Woodstock Festival in 1969.
The song was originally released in 1967 on the album "Surrealistic Pillow". The song was released as a single and it reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Grace Slick who brought the song to the group when she joined the group in 1966. The song's lyrics are allusive towards the classic tale "Alice in Wonderland", but these allusions are believed to have a second meaning that is the effects of hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD. The song is set to a rising crescendo which gives the song a bit of a Spanish feel. It's a great song, and it was one of the first songs to sneak drug references past censors and it's simply a classic.

Enjoy ; )

Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

This is a live performance from 1999 by the band "Iron Butterfly" playing their classic 1968 song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (a play on the saying "In The Garden of Eden", probably what it sounds like on an acid trip). It was released in 1968, and it is famous for being one of the longest songs ever recorded on a studio album. The album version runs longer than 15 minutes, and most of it is musical breaks. It has been hated for this by many, but it was the 60's, so give them a break. It isn't a bad song, but listening to 15 minutes of playing is a little long. Not saying that I hate long recordings, I mean Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King's version of "Blues at Sunrise" is also about 15 minutes long, and I love that, but a little more is going on during that performance. Any ways, sidetracked.
This live version is 10 minutes, and cuts off a little at the end, probably uploaded when the youtube limit was 10 minutes for non-partners. The list of members this band has had is endless, and I don't feel like getting in to it, but all I can say is that this isn't the original line-up. They do a good job though.

Enjoy ; )
(Click here for a funny little gag from The Simpsons including this song)