Psychedelic Music Notes
What is psychedelia mean?
Explaining a new way to experience the world
Which drug(s) played an important role in the psychedelia age? What did the drug(s) do?
LSD and marijuana. Provided basis for new worldview many young people were seeking
What does LSD stand for?
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
What were the two psychedelic approaches to music?
Music is secondary to the drugs; music itself is the trip
What was considered essential for both approaches to psychedelic music?
The quest for higher conscience
What was LSD used for?
Was used as a truth serum by CIA
How were hallucinogenics viewed during the times of psychedelic rock?
Hallucinogenics were viewed as essential to unlocking the "doors of perception"
Why was Bob Dylan important?
He was the bridge between Rock and Beatnik music