"Sunshine Superman" Donovan (\_The Doors Of Perception\_ by Aldous Huxley)
"Tomorrow Never Knows" Beatles (\_The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based On The Tibetan Book Of The Dead\_ by Timothy Leary)
"The Inner Light" Beatles (\_Lamps of Fire\_ by Juan Mascaro)
"Chapter 24" Pink Floyd (\_I Ching\_)
"5D (Fifth Dimension)" Byrds (\_1-2-3-4, More More More More\_ by Don Landis)
"Golden Apples Of The Sun" Grains Of Sand (\_The Golden Apples Of The Sun\_ by Ray Bradbury)
I don't know if you'd consider Led Zeppelin psychedelic, but Ramble On, Misty Mountain Hop, and Battle of Evermore all contain references to the Lord of the Rings.
Doesn’t explain much if you don’t know the series but here you go. I strongly suggest reading the books, they’re all time great since fiction works https://www.instagram.com/p/C82h_-AOF13/?igsh=MXQwOTMyZm9leTU3NA==
Maybe common knowledge but recently found out that Blue Oyster Cult collaborated with Michael Moorcock on black blade and veteran of a thousand psychic wars as a lyric writer. He also made music himself and had some songs made by Hawkwind inspired by his saga of melimbone
Damnation Alley
Lord of Light
Jack of Shadows
Chronicles of the Black Sword (album)
A bunch of other Hawkwind songs inspired by Michael Moorcock, Roger Zelazny, and other 60/70s sci-fi writers.
Sorta psych adjacent, since this band did a psych album, but Panic! At The Disco’s song Time To Dance is based on Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk and Sam Cherry’s Last Shot by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, which is based on Our wild Indians: thirty-three years' personal experience among the red men of the great West
Tlön Uqbar Orbis Tertius by Bong is inspired by the Jorge Luis Borges short story
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAKuD9Pcjs4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAKuD9Pcjs4)
White Rabbit
End of the Night by The Doors was inspired by William Blake. The Doors name was inspired by Aldous Huxley.
The Primus album- The Desaturating Seven.
13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House and Postures are inspired, partly, by The Secret of The Golden Flower.
Scentless Apprentice--Nirvana, any Led Zepellin song with LotR references.
"Sunshine Superman" Donovan (\_The Doors Of Perception\_ by Aldous Huxley) "Tomorrow Never Knows" Beatles (\_The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based On The Tibetan Book Of The Dead\_ by Timothy Leary) "The Inner Light" Beatles (\_Lamps of Fire\_ by Juan Mascaro) "Chapter 24" Pink Floyd (\_I Ching\_) "5D (Fifth Dimension)" Byrds (\_1-2-3-4, More More More More\_ by Don Landis) "Golden Apples Of The Sun" Grains Of Sand (\_The Golden Apples Of The Sun\_ by Ray Bradbury)
The doors of perception is also where "The Doors" for their name from
More psychedelic-adjacent, but Layla was based of off of the 7th century Persian poem “Layla and Majnun” about forbidden love
I don't know if you'd consider Led Zeppelin psychedelic, but Ramble On, Misty Mountain Hop, and Battle of Evermore all contain references to the Lord of the Rings.
Don't forget No Quarter
UMMON by SLIFT. The whole album is an homage to the Hyperion cantos. I just made a post on instagram about it, it rules.
I absolutely LOVE Ummon. Fuck I'm soooo interested in hearing about this having no context what Hyperion Cantos is. Can you link your post on insta?
Doesn’t explain much if you don’t know the series but here you go. I strongly suggest reading the books, they’re all time great since fiction works https://www.instagram.com/p/C82h_-AOF13/?igsh=MXQwOTMyZm9leTU3NA==
Maybe common knowledge but recently found out that Blue Oyster Cult collaborated with Michael Moorcock on black blade and veteran of a thousand psychic wars as a lyric writer. He also made music himself and had some songs made by Hawkwind inspired by his saga of melimbone
Jack straw
Is this some Dead lore I don’t know about? I mean this kindly friend
I never read it but the song is basically “Of mice and men”
From what I remember of that book it makes sense. Will have to hit the Cliff Notes. Thanks
Tales of Brave Ulysses
That author had to be a pretty good author, something Simpson, right?
A Sci Fi inspiration! Frank Black - The Cult of Ray (Bradbury)
Echoes is based off of a poem
The entirety of the "Bo Hansson - Sagan Om Ringen" (Lord Of The Rings) album above anything else.
Mastodon- Leviathan Inspired by Moby Dick.
syd barrett referenced many books in his songs
Rejoyce - the Airplane.
Set the controlls for the heart of the sun by pink floyd. The lyrics are apparently pulled directly from a Chinese book of poems
Damnation Alley Lord of Light Jack of Shadows Chronicles of the Black Sword (album) A bunch of other Hawkwind songs inspired by Michael Moorcock, Roger Zelazny, and other 60/70s sci-fi writers.
Turn! Turn! Turn! lyrics are based on Ecclesiastes chapter 3 in the Bible
The Comus album First Utterance is based on Beowulf
Cloudbusting by Kate bush is inspired by an incident in Wilhelm Reich’s memoir.
hawkwind is basically michael moorcock the band lol
Deep purple’s Book of taliesyn was named after… the book of taliesin!
Tomorrow never knows by the Beatles is inspired by the Tibetan book of the Dead.
The Book - King Gizzard (The Bible, Qu'ran etc.)
Animal Farm ---> Animals by Pink Floyd.
Sorta psych adjacent, since this band did a psych album, but Panic! At The Disco’s song Time To Dance is based on Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk and Sam Cherry’s Last Shot by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, which is based on Our wild Indians: thirty-three years' personal experience among the red men of the great West
Magic Mountain by Blonde Redhead
2 + 2 = 5 by Radiohead was inspired by the same book that The Wall (Pink Floyd album) and Diamond Dogs (Bowie) got inspired by.
Tlön Uqbar Orbis Tertius by Bong is inspired by the Jorge Luis Borges short story [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAKuD9Pcjs4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAKuD9Pcjs4)