Top 10 Psychedelic Bands

[@winter2400]

Some people don't get the difference between Progressive and Psychedelic Rock

[@mralisauskas121]

great notice

[@RedVynil]

Some people think ANYTHING from the `60's is psych no matter how tame it is! A lot of people don't know shit about music genres.

[@williamratcliffe7794]

I agree Nicolas. The MB's were progressive. I am surprised the list didn't include The Cowsills, who had more hits in the psychedelic genre than most of the above mentioned groups combined.

[@RedVynil]

They (Moody Blues) DID at least 3 albums of psych, though, hence the inclusion. I've only found 5 songs by The Cowsills that were psych....and at least 2 of those are dodgy.

[@williamratcliffe7794]

@@RedVynil Moody Blues have been called 'Progressive Rock' from the very beginning. The group only drifted into Psych fleetingly (dodgy as you would call it), but were still called a progressive rock band. Take it from a fan since 1967....

[@drew-dn3lf]

don't worry, syd. we know you changed everything.

[@darthwhiskips8222]

Those bastards..

[@sudiptoaichbhowmik]

Really he was a legend!!

[@humzahj.]

Oh C'mon he was super overrated, as is Pink Floyd

[@darthwhiskips8222]

@@humzahj. He still.. Chamged everything

[@humzahj.]

@@darthwhiskips8222 He absolutely did not, nothing he made was groundbreaking or even very influential at the time, his work gained more of a cult status later on, mostly cos of how big PF got after he wasn't in the group. The best thing Syd ever did for the Floyd was leave, cos if he didn't Gilmour couldn't have stepped in.

[@a.beloucif1348]

if you don't want to waste you time: *10. tame impala* *9. the moody blues* *8. cream* *7. 13th floor elevators* *6. the beatles* *5. the grateful dead* *4. jefferson airplane* *3. the doors* *2.the Jimi Hendrix experience* *1. Pink Floyd* the honorable metions: -the yardbirds -the byrds -animal collective -frank zappa -the flaming lips

[@RealShrigmaMale]

Video is incorrect. Beatles #1

[@johnlemon4450]

This Channel is No Longer Active truuuu

[@a.beloucif1348]

@@RealShrigmaMale I agree with you

[@daymeladpapitin1029]

Beatles wasn’t a psycodelic band

[@jamesfleckenstein6390]

What is wrong with you peeps? Nobody ever mentions Quicksilver Messenger Service???

[@pjokkenroll]

The Doors. the band I will never stop loving. Oh, and John Densmore is a severely underrated drummer.

[@ahmadirfan6218]

Break on through

[@mrmojorisin8527]

Greatest band of all time. I really believe that

[@karlfortuin5794]

Jamming to them getting stoned lite my 🔥🌲🌲

[@blakexavier601]

Love the doors riders on the storm is so good

[@masterred8958]

Your Right

[@strangestranger3253]

Syd Barrett.

[@cragkeeper]

Paid MK Ultra messenger. He couldn't handle it.

[@hotties3v3n]

Mkultra? How so?

[@slap-ft3tp]

He was in Pink floyd dumbass

[@luisfersotelo7242]

@@cragkeeper you can't handle it

[@luisfersotelo7242]

@@slap-ft3tp this idiots didn't even mentioned him

[@lefterisbenis7484]

They put Pink Floyd on the top and without even a reference to Syd Barrett!!! What the hell people!?!?!?!?

[@benbong4577]

Yeah, Pink floyd WERE psychedelic. Now the band is Progressive. Even though the progressive era was the best in my opinion.

[@RATTLEY67]

+Lefteris Benis So true

[@Jamzmahname]

They didn't even take hallucinogens since Barrett left.

[@hippojuice23]

Piper at the Gates of Dawn!

[@h.t.f.farmboy5376]

I know I was waiting to hear syd

[@drsantoshramakrishnan2769]

All the songs played of Pink Floyd here are of the progressive rock Genre: the true Pink Floyd sound. Before these songs they had amazing Psychedelic numbers : See Emily Play, Astronomy Domine, Set the controls, Atom heart Mother, Be careful with the axe, Remember the day.... and the ultimate psychedelia...Interstellar Overdrive!

[@headlyfarquinson5646]

Hawkwind do interstellar overdrive better than Pink Floyd, IMO

[@MrMallorcaboy]

interstellar overdrive is a great song, each live version i hear is so different to the others.

[@orekingcatan8142]

Death grips

[@imtoxic9895]

Thank you, most people calling themselves Pink Floyd fans only know their later catalogue. Their 60s stuff is my opinion alot more interesting and gets way too little appreciation!

[@adamwagenbrenner4706]

**Careful With That Axe, Eugene**

[@pgo301]

No matter how you wanna call it: The era between 1966 - 1976 was the best era in the history of music PERIOD !!!!

[@johnmunk5067]

Sorry, I could only give you 1 like on that. I might add a year or two on each end though.

[@daymeladpapitin1029]

I agree ☝️

[@chuckydombroski]

No fucking doubt. I’m 25 and recognize this. Today’s music really doesn’t compare to those years. You can hear it. Led Zeppelin’s the best though.

[@KodiakTeddy]

chuckydombroski filthy frank has some words for you

[@AudioSloth]

Agreed

[@BA-vv4jy]

*KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD*

[@snaggletooth1500]

This man gets it.

[@TheAcunianGamer]

THERE IS NO [king gizzard in this list].

[@dillonparker6624]

GODLY PSYCH BAND

[@TriggerManX97]

I THINK I SEE AN ALTERED BEAST BY THE TREE!!! OOOOOOOWAH!

[@nate8860]

Babe rainbow tho¿

[@graemestephens5062]

I’m not sure I’d describe pink Floyd as a “group of Londoners”, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett and David Gilmour all grew up in Cambridge

[@df5295]

Close enough 😆

[@nickcliffe6974]

They must look on a map of england and see they only an inch off london they must be londoners there is only one word for those people and that is fuckwits

[@michaelserby7697]

Who ? !

[@michaelserby7697]

@@MoistGranny-fr5hb haha ha

[@AjayGupta-tr7vz]

@@MoistGranny-fr5hb yall are fools..

[@MemeLord-ww3nv]

10.Tame Impala 9.The Moody Blues 8.Cream 7.The 13th Floor Elevators 6.The Beatles 5.The Grateful Dead 4.Jefferson Airplane 3.The Doors 2.The Jimi Hendrix Experience Honorable Mentions:The Yardbirds,The Byrds,Animal Collective,Frank Zappa & The Flaming Lips 1.Pink Floyd

[@itsyourl3git322]

U came here searching for psychedelic bands but also wanted to see Nirvana on it . I can relate

[@jman090]

thank you.

[@Zenssei]

Ween

[@sadjj]

Cream

[@karmanavarro2249]

Tame Impala Aint even a band tho😂 Kevin Mixes everything

[@patriciasuder1416]

Syd Floyd is definitely the most psychedelic band I have ever heard

[@doscwolny2221]

You need to also listen to a band called Love.

[@pedrokropotkin9045]

I prefer Pink Barrett

[@stigjarlesletta3938]

where is syd barrett? the guy who invented psychedelic rock.

[@1985cactus]

That would be Rocky Erickson.

[@aprendizdebrujo100]

@@1985cactus : aniway that would be The Byrds, with "eight miles high" january 1966...

[@TheAirZeus]

In no way, shape, or form did Syd Barrett invent psych rock.

[@aprendizdebrujo100]

@@TheAirZeus : He didn't invented it, but, brought it far beyond...

[@donovan942]

Stig Jarle Sletta ever heard of Pink Floyd?

[@andrewundecieve]

Tame Impala and Pink Floyd are my favorites

[@mrjonathanvella]

same here, and the doors as well

[@morgasmdickmonalds6149]

Anybody else wayyyyy into tame impalas new album currents???????? Listen to cause I'm a man, then get back to me

[@morgasmdickmonalds6149]

Guess not. Which sux because that's the best music I've heard in my life which is saying A LOT. I guess no body really does care about music the way I do. Disappointed.

[@morgasmdickmonalds6149]

+sportster1988 and yea that's old as hell pink Floyd right there son. Gotta love it. Way to be

[@PlantedbyCherry]

YASSS, also check out Pond.(:

[@fenomozo9108]

So glad that they put Tame Impala on the list. Those guys keep the psychedelic rock alive.

[@kennyg03]

Feno Mozo me too, that band's music is just something else.

[@Vintersemestre00]

Feno Mozo They're great, but definitely not the only band keeping that sound alive.

[@maximtrickett]

+Feno Mozo CRIMINAL THEY'RE NOT HIGHER UP

[@julianferguson9212]

Moses gunn collective is so good too

[@hellohigoodbye-u8i]

Fabián Mozo moses gunn collective is underrated

[@anthonyvann2202]

Not even an honourable mention for King Crimson??

[@BoshBerry]

More prog than psych rock

[@jemxs]

I had my first trip to King Crimson..seemed fairly psychedelic

[@martinlizarraga1717]

King Crimson are one the greatest progressive bands, i dont think they could be in a psychedelic bands lists but i recognize you can have a GREAT trip listening to prog, because psychedelic rock later in '70s kinda transformated into prog, so they're like brother genres

[@dougpotosky4102]

Get rid of Tame Impala!

[@russelljanas564]

Anthony Vann hell yeah Tony I forgot about King Crimson RIP Greg Lake

[@Psychiari]

If you're mentioning Pink Floyd, then at least show Syd Barrett's numbers rather than the progressive ones.

[@ylyzabeth3625]

I agree with you!

[@superdroneuk410]

THIS!

[@8700k3]

yeah

[@evasurc602]

Yeah agree.. Pipers at the gate of dawn would be a perfect example

[@CarlosGonzalez-nf4qm]

Arijit Malakar I was thinking the same, this channel sucks.

[@blindazabat9527]

Pink Floyd weren't a "group of Londoners". They're from Cambridge.

[@anycolouryoulike8567]

Roger, David and Syd are all from Cambridge. Richard and Nick are from London.

[@dcl505]

They suck anyway.

[@betsyanderson3976]

The moody blues

[@pgo301]

@@anycolouryoulike8567 Actually Roger Waters is from Great Bookham south of London about 30 miles. I know because I've been through there.

[@tiktokisthescumoftheearth1530]

That's actually pretty funny.

[@BradLennon]

Why would you not play anything from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn from Pink Floyd, their most psychedelic album?

[@Norgesnerd]

I agree. And I know many people only have heard of Wish You Were Here, but... Why show a clip of *that* on a list of psychedelic bands? :S

[@triso98]

Hell, even A Saucerful of Secrets

[@NuclearStudios2010]

True ^

[@DEthe5150]

BradLennon Don't forget about the "More" & "Obscured by Clouds" albums.

[@alecoram7874]

BradLennon Syd Barrett wasn't even mentioned. He was without a doubt the member who introduced the most psychedelic elements.

[@AuroraHemi]

Great list!! My absolute favorites are The Doors and Pink Floyd!

[@eddieBoxer]

Jimmy Hendrix, The doors, Moody Blues Jefferson Airplane my favorite.

[@philipgior3312]

Pink Floyd's major contribution to this genre is, in my opinion, 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn'. Not only one of the greatest psychedelic albums but also one of the great albums to come out of the 60's period.

[@LSUGAMING]

Pink Floyd is honestly my favorite band ever. They fucking rock

[@kartikmann_]

Afuckingmen!

[@filthypappy3568]

Don't you find them more than a bit depressing?

[@chandlertucker7843]

Astronaut of Bohemia that's what makes the music so beautiful, you won't find a band with more emotion within each and every one of their songs

[@cyn37211]

I loved them in the '60's - See Emily Play" was the first song of theirs I heard on underground radio. I was disappointed when it wasn't on "Piper" lp

[@mikedrennan8303]

LSU GAMING Hey I agree with you about Floyd who also heavily influenced Radiohead (who also not on the list) But a band that actually gained Floyd's nod was a band called Soft Machine! Don't believe me, check out 1968 concert in France by Soft Machine!! Quite sure you'll agree! But Floyd definitely takes the cake, especially the Syd Barrett days!

[@blksheepramirez]

Hate to be “that guy” but Tame Impala is not “a band”

[@saiconautas7336]

what is so

[@blksheepramirez]

Saiconautas what is so? Do you mean, “what is it then?” Kevin Parker is Tame Impala. He plays, records, produces and masters all his albums with help from no one. Obviously one person can not play everything during a live setting so he brings his friends to play. But again, Tame Impala is not a band. It’s a person and a project

[@saiconautas7336]

@@blksheepramirez good point, i think that the list miss united states of america homonym album. and maybe a little of beach boys

[@andrewmalone4198]

@@blksheepramirez Kevin Porter is tame impala. He records everything himself but he has his band learn the music and perform at concerts

[@blksheepramirez]

Turkey Blaster who’s Kevin Porter? I already stated that sir

[@Blankenborn]

Pink Floyd without a Song of Syd Barrett???

[@darthwhiskips8222]

Well, he was a genius, thought they kept on goin' they had goods without him too

[@walt666r]

Blankenborn lucifer sam

[@harshsaraswat6254]

Well syd was gud but ...pink Floyd lead their journey after him on their own...and in this vid they showeed Wish u were here which was a tribute to syd barret...

[@crackeduptv8815]

My fav psychedelic bands 1: Pink Floyd 2: The Beatles 3: The Doors 4: Jefferson Airplane 5: Tame Impala

[@DarioCaprice]

CrackedUpTv AND CREAM???

[@jessechalif2428]

Wretch took the words right out of my mouth

[@viestursla]

There are some first albums of Pink Floyd, with psychedelic elements. Pink Floyd is the band who created space rock! The Beatles had a small psychedelic period, between 1966 and 1968.

[@rgiesbrandt]

You must not know what psychedelic means!! Jefferson Airplane has to be number one!! And I lived through it!!

[@Pink_Chanel_Princess]

My list Jefferson airplane The doors Amboy dukes Pink Floyd The Beatles The Youngbloods Stawberry alarm clock Electric prunes Cream The byrds Jimi Hendrix

[@calebsawyer4037]

PF is my favorite rock band.

[@anycolouryoulike8567]

@helloitzmeYT nice, you should add Obscured By Clouds, More and Ummagumma to your list.

[@nickj7335]

5.) The Grateful Dead 4.) The Jimi Hendrix Experience 3.) The Beatles 2.) Pink Floyd 1.) The doors. But honestly #2 #1 are really really close

[@johnwango2488]

Without a doubt Pink Floyd is the premiere Psychedelic band.

[@ianwilkinson4602]

If you omit the word psychedelic from your statement would be closer to the truth,they were only a psych band when Syd was there and for a short time after

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@ianwilkinson4602 Thats what they say but they had all been changed. I stopped taking Acid in the late 80's but its effects on me never went away. Take one hit of weed and I am SAILIN in my unconscious mind and tranced out in away it never was before I dropped UC Berkekey produced LSD of the highest quality. I use that trance to create my own acid Rock music in my studio. Glad I tried it even more happy I stopped early on. Don't need it any more and the same is true for PF. No other band had as many stoned fans than the Floyd and they, the Beatles, the Doors, The Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane who were the worlds premier Acid Bands and with Hendrix my favorite music. Other personal favorites inc Bach , Mozart, Parliament Funkadelic, Cab Calloway, Bowie, Sparks, Talking Heads, kd Lang, Led Zeppelin, Nas, Beastie Boys, and 3rd to 5th LP Slayer for my hard rock fix! Music rules!

[@sashoradoulov3504]

1. Pink Floyd 2. Pink Floyd 3. Pink Floyd 4. Pink Floyd 5. Pink Floyd

[@electricroach5169]

Sasho 3500 the doors is better than pink floyd

[@sashoradoulov3504]

Electric Roach to be fair, I would've said the same thing a year ago. Opinions are opinions.

[@rayrose4961]

Plus the Beatles should be way way closer to number one than they are on this list

[@lukasmarciano]

I like the first albums, they are reeeally underrated

[@adrithgor7551]

0. The Doors

[@loptiiksu1562]

Tame Impala

[@mcjug1350]

loptiiks :u mainstream shit is annoying

[@Alfremeraz]

come on, put mainstream aside, have you heard "why won´t you make up your mind?"?

[@umpygoodness2369]

check out the crazy-fun "stoner-prog" bands in the New England underground. from JERUSALEM WITCH to DICK FLACCID & THE VIAGRA-NAUTS, to THE SCHIZOPHRENIC HUM to NOPE (yes parody band!) to KC & THE 21st CENTURY SUNSHINE BAND (all-disco king crimson covers!!?)... rock is so boring these days, the stoner-prog bands are a ray of hope...

[@franciscorodriguez6967]

New person same old mistakes is my fav

[@mcjug1350]

Alfre Mz anything from tame impala is mainstream

[@drumermasterx7]

I never really knew how much influence the 13th floor elevators really had, I only really heard stories of how my great uncle had been a guitar player in the band and kind of brushed it off as a local phenomenon, come to find out they were actually pretty widespread

[@BARBRAPEACE]

SYD BARRETT SWEETIE I'M SO SORRY...

[@divyenduraina]

Don't think he would care

[@Chavez_Soria]

*cough* *cough* pink floyd

[@giannag4225]

😔

[@ItzLight]

he's not a band...

[@deafeningecho9696]

I'm just happy Tame Impala is here.

[@LouiseAttaque888]

I know right!

[@devlinr.c7990]

Yes

[@JackKnight762]

fuck them

[@CertifiedSlacker]

Deafening Echo you know Kevin Parker is badass when he can be put in the same top 10 as the beatles, hendrix, cream or pink floyd...

[@kyjo72682]

they shouldn't even be on the list..

[@KevIndigo0]

I discovered Tame Impala from a friend during an LSD trip, it sounded so beautiful

[@prodigalsun1678]

AstraL Prod. It sounds beautiful even without acid

[@suckmydingledong]

AstraL Prod. On my last trip I started out listening to Maggot Brain and ended up blasting Gojira for some reason. I remember the video for The Cell was kinda cool.

[@davidschopp9134]

Pink Floyd deservedly number 1. There was no other choice. Greatest band of all time. Was also surprised and glad to see Tame Impala and Animal Collective (even though the latter was just an honorable mention) make the list. 2 of my favorite bands around today.

[@BaldJean]

Where are Iron Butterfly? "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida" is one of the most iconic songs of psychedelic rock. "Butterfly Bleu" is another psychedelic classic.

[@innercores1266]

That's what i said

[@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead]

THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS, TIME HAS COME TODAY. THE LONG EXTENDED VERSION OF THEM PERFORMING IN BLACK AND WHITE AT THE FILMORE IN 1969 AND THAT CLOCK RACING BACKWORDS AT A MILLION MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER WACKED OUT NOISES WAS A REAL MIND BLOWER.

[@alexandriaisokay964]

Dude yeah wtf

[@HiddenSoulsMusic]

Classic 17 min anthem!

[@gilbertloui9773]

Iron butterfly, Steve miller band, The animals, Count five, The seeds, Electric prunes, i think all of these bands should put in honorable mention

[@MeepFaceJohn]

I love how you use Wish you were here when its not a psychedelic rock song in any way. Good list, agree strongly.

[@MeepFaceJohn]

Also, thanks for including Grateful Dead. You forgot MGMT

[@tomasb96]

scrub naks I thought the same thing

[@nihilanthropus]

Lie Nad what are you talking about? Echoes is their first and IMO best progressive rock song.

[@williamandres1042]

scrub naks I though "why 'Wish you were here'"?

[@michaelpage2245]

They should've shown Piper at the Gates of Dawn since Syd was the most drug orientated member of the band

[@varunbhattacharyya9356]

I swear they mention Pink Floyd as the best psychedelic band but they play wish you were here. Like they missed their most psychedelic songs like Breathe or Any Colour you like.

[@cyn37211]

Varun Bhattacharyya The song (entire album) was a tribute to Syd Barrett

[@varunbhattacharyya9356]

Cynthia Merritt Yh ik that. That's not what I'm saying. Wish you were here was more prog rock. The Dark side of the moon was more psychedelic. So watchmojo should have focused on that instead.

[@cyn37211]

Varun Bhattacharyya Ah, sorry. I agree with you there

[@varunbhattacharyya9356]

Cynthia Merritt Haha no worries

[@varunbhattacharyya9356]

LpmedVH No but songs like Breathe and Any Colour you like (from TDSOTM) are probably some of the best psychedelic songs of all time. So they should have included them.

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

My list (don't take it too seriously folks): 1 - Jimi Hendrix Experience 2 - The Beatles 3 - The Doors 4 - Jefferson Airplane 5 - Cream 6 - The Moody Blues 7 - Pink Floyd (arguably stopped being psychedelic after '69) 8 - Grateful Dead (don't really know much about them) 9 - 13th Floor Elevators 10 - Tame Impala Seriously, it's a watchmojo video, what did you expect?

[@axemenace6637]

1. Tame Impala 2. Pink Floyd 3. Cream 4. Doors 5. Jimi Hendrix Don't know about the others To me, tame Impala stands out as an artist keeping the psychedelic genre alive. We have more and more tools available to create the best psychedelic music, and Tame Impala uses that to their advantage. I must say, though, that only Innerspeaker and Lonerism were psychedelic albums (which is, to say , that they havent made true psychedelic music since 2012).

[@legbakukulan4845]

You’re out of your mind if you think tame impala is better than any of those bands.

[@theirishfox612]

The Beatles were only Psychedelic for about 3 years tho

[@legbakukulan4845]

@@theirishfox612 they were psychedelic for 5 years, the entire second half of their career. And all their most well known material is rubber soul onward, I don’t see how you can deny they were a psychedelic band.

[@ChristianTheChicken]

>"Pink Floyd" >plays none of their actual paychedelic songs cause fuck syd, right?

[@friendlessharold330]

+ChristianTheChicken yeah fair enough, mind you i listened to every single album up to the wall on my first trip i dont remember much but Echoes distinctively stood out and hit me hard words cant really describe it,

[@MothsInALampshade]

In all fairness, Echoes is pretty damn psychedelic. Not Syd, but psychedelic all the same. This channel tends to mostly show what is most popular and what most people will be familiar with, i.e. they also chose She Don't Use Jelly to exemplify the psychedelia of The Flaming Lips, so... there ya have it lol

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Exactly my point!

[@jp-iu6tn]

>"ChristianTheChicken" >spells comments like an actual three year old because screw him, right?

[@ChristianTheChicken]

Jackilly Stuff >thinks correcting grammar or spelling is an actual argument when it has nothing to do with the topic at hand >is so analcrusaded by this one minute comment that he feels the need to reply in such a manner cause fuck life, right?

[@fuckyou66692]

Best Psychedelic songs in my opinion: 1. Embryo 2. Julia Dream 3. If not this time 4. White Rabbit 5. Echoes 6. Interstellar Overdrive 7. Dazed and Confused(live version) 8. No Quarter 9. See Emily Play 10. Tubural Bells - live, not really psychedelic but mind blowing

[@doscwolny2221]

Nice playlist

[@justtalk5970]

I think The End by The Doors would make a nice edition to that list

[@donovan6676]

Lazar Ristic Pat's song by Country joe and the fish.

[@titanium2295]

echoes from flyte?

[@RickZackExploreOffroad]

I would assume "Echoes" from Pink Floyds album Meddle. The album prior to Dark Side of the Moon and the first one produced by Alan Parsons

[@renblais1274]

Surprised nobody here is mentioning the Zombies: Odyssey and Oracle is easily one of the greatest psychedelic albums ever made.

[@gotsmurb72]

Agreed. Fantastic album.

[@crocodellie]

ABSOLUTELY! Them and no one is mentioning Donovan either-- Donovan's Mellow Yellow in 1967 is an INCREDIBLY iconic psychedelic album--

[@craigozancin]

Brilliant album

[@lizkrinsky8658]

Exactly

[@sdriza]

​@@gotsmurb72Zombies and The Electric Prunes

[@kabilsubedi]

After 50 years, I'll come back and watch this video again. Watching David Gilmour play the WYWH intro will make me cry. 🥺 PINK FLOYD FOREVER!

[@Guitarmaster7272]

I went through the Pink Floyd Discography. It's like one big acid trip. They started off as like a Beatley sounding band with a lot of weirdness mixed in, this is the beginning of the trip. 2nd and 3rd album get a bit weirder, most parts of the 3rd album seem kinda empty, yet so unique that they made less look like "More". 4th album is like the peak of the trip where the best thing they could come up with is random piano notes, loud organ strikes, animal noises, and a flute introduction to a fucked up drumming ceremony thing. After that is where they have AHM and Meddle, heavily psychedelic yet very acoustic and pleasing. There's a great precursor to the greatest album of all time, Obscured by Clouds, Then once it hits Dark Side, they just explode into a heavily immersive and long trip out where you're having the time of your life and the music is the best it's ever been; The middle of the trip. This trip lasts until The Wall, and after The Wall, it kinda starts to wear off and fizzle out, where their music is very much so still beautiful, but it seems more organized and not as intense. Toward the end they still have that unique touch of Floyd psychedelia, but it's like the trip is over, and the music sounds sober, yet with intense knowledge of a trip, and still remains beautiful. But it's like a gentler beauty that doesn't seem nearly as good as the Dark Side era.

[@doscwolny2221]

Your comment deserves more thumbs up. The big trip.

[@vac2771]

Guitarmaster7272 wow great comment definitely needs more thumbs up

[@UnvulturedSwine]

You talk about psychedelic Pink Floyd songs and don't even mention Syd Barrett or Comfortably Numb? Shame.

[@Os-op4lj]

If they showed all their good songs it would be an hour long lol.

[@KarmicOmen]

Unvultured Swine Pink Floyd's song Comfortably Numb was on The Wall album, which came out in 1979, years after the Psychedelic era had ended. The Psychedelic Movement was in the late 60's and early 70's. The Syd Barrett days were definitely part of the Psychedelic Movement.

[@UnvulturedSwine]

Angel Deville Yeah, but Comfortably Numb still fits the genre. Hell, the song is about the album's protagonist getting drugged out of his mind.

[@KarmicOmen]

Unvultured Swine Despite the drug reference, the song is about building a wall, isolation, unheard cries for help, and a downward spiral into mental illness.

[@UnvulturedSwine]

Angel Deville And the drugs forced upon him in Comfortably Numb play a large role in Pink's transformation into a fascist dictator that makes up the majority of side 4 of the album.

[@shaelilly8019]

Love Jefferson Airplane

Pink Floyds A saucer full of secrets !! Thats Psychedelic

[@marcofearg9956]

It's not that of a great album

[@pjtvonline]

Glaring omissions: Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe & the Fish, Bonzo Dog Band and Everpresent Fullness. Oh yeah - and Syd Barrett...

[@sdriza]

The Electric Prunes

[@nmperdue4637]

WHAT ABOUT SYD BARRETT

[@jasonspinney3051]

Man. Before I watch the video here's my personal top 10 ranked on trippiness. Coming from a psychonaut and psych-rock junkie. 10. Jefferson Airplane 9. Buffalo Springfield 8. Crosby, Stills, Nash AND Young 7. Country Joe & The Fish 6. The Beatles 5. Led Zeppelin 4. The Doors 3. Jimi Hendrix 2. Grateful Dead 1. Pink Floyd

[@jasonspinney3051]

HM: Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, Strawberry Alarm Clock

[@jasonspinney3051]

*And Yardbirds

[@jasonspinney3051]

They left out fucking Led Zeppelin... Obviously these guys ain't tripped to Led Zeppelin... I like my list more :)

[@ianrafaelgiuseppin7591]

man led zeppelin should be on wm list

[@kaislater9114]

Jason Spinney What are the best Zeppelin songs to trip to?

[@robert.m4676]

1. Syd Barrett 2. The Doors 3. Cream 4. Jefferson Airplane 5. ME 6. Stg. Peppers/ other Beatles songs 7. Jimi Hendrix 8. Iron Butterfly 9. Byrd’s 10. The Yardbirds 11. Little Timmy and the big dookie he took!

[@FightCollective]

Syd Barrett??? Overrated and nonsensical... Roger Waters would be way more accurate!!!

[@dougpotosky4102]

Good List! I saw over 5 of them live! I think I was lucky! Cream, Hendrix light his guitar on Fire! Doors at their best!, Pink Floyd in 1972, Airplane All shows Amazing! A lot of folks forget about the Dead! Dark Star!

[@ntrlymnam8480]

Could have given honorable mention to Iron Butterfly, King Crimson, or Spirit even, altho i do agree Pink Floyd is #1. They make me trip even without the acid.

[@brucetucker4847]

I wouldn't consider King Crimson psychedelic, more prog.

[@mikereiss4216]

Yeah King Crimson were more pure prog. May as well list Yes, Genesis or ELP.

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

Strawberry alarm clock , 13th floor elevators and love

[@calebmastronardi915]

The list was made too early to include serious reference to King Gizzard

[@williambeckham4656]

Pink Floyd is definitely number one but you totally forgot King Crimson. BTW, I was a Floydian ever since I saw them live in 1968. Never missed a tour since then.

[@1ZazaTree]

The Doors are the best band. They opened up a lot of doors (no pun intended) for artists today

[@rubentongiani6198]

True

[@kylebarefield2560]

Indeed they are the best band my friend.

[@laynescooby9784]

Floyd beats them any day

[@rubentongiani6198]

@@laynescooby9784 nopee not true :D

[@georgelowe9361]

R u dumb of course u intended the pun if u typed that after

[@BillPhurnell]

Cream should have been WAYYYY higher.

[@yangana4099]

True words, my friend.

[@BillPhurnell]

+Coda 20097 I don't know if they can top Pink Floyd, but they are better than bands like The Doors without a doubt.

[@filthypappy3568]

I like em a lot more than Floyd. Floyd's just too depressing man. For ex., I'll take "SWLABR", "World of Pain", or "Dance the Night Away", "Strange Brew", "I Feel Free", "NSU", over all that "Vera" type stuff any day.

[@cyn37211]

Astronaut of Bohemia You should listen to their first album! Look up the "Arnold Layne" video on YT. Also, the song "See Emily Play", as well as "Bike". They only got depressing after Barrett left the band.

[@maxviviani9042]

Cynthia Merritt bike is from my point of view the silliest song by Pink Floyd. That song is not "depressing", it's awful (btw I don't get why Pink Floyd should be a depressing band)

[@pirx2]

Strawberry Alarm Clock, Electric Prunes, Small Faces, Crabby Appleton, Arthur Brown, Hawkwind,

[@Pink_Chanel_Princess]

Jefferson airplane The doors Amboy dukes Pink Floyd The Beatles The Youngbloods Stawberry alarm clock Electric prunes Cream The byrds

[@brubeck1]

Steve miller band.

[@jdmvogel]

YES THE ELECTRIC PRUNES A girl showed them to me, I was older than her by a good bit and I’d never met anyone who could show me something I didn’t know from the sixties. She was 19 years old and she showed me the Electric Prunes. I’ll never forget it, my goodness.

[@ParzivalTheThird]

10. Tame Impala 9. The Moody Blues 8. Cream 7. 13th Floor Elevators 6. The Beatles 5. The Grateful Dead 4. Jefferson Airplane 3. The Doors 2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Honorable Mentions: The Yardbirds The Byrds Animal Collective Frank Zappa The Flaming Lips 1. Pink Floyd

[@joeeridon4924]

Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company is #1. Listen to their Cheap Thrills album. Best psychedelic rock ever!

[@innercores1266]

I used to listen to that over and over when i was eight and read the comics on the whole album for hours.

[@mysticrain6078]

The Doors are the best.

[@IntelligentHorseworldofrandom]

Great opinion!

[@chronocross2430]

shut the doors

[@justtalk5970]

Mystic Rain absolutely agree

[@chronocross2430]

Nothing it s just an expression i heard in "bad teacher" and that makes me laugh, =D

[@brennenmoore9656]

Pink Floyds the best but The Doors for sure second

[@rockgod6180]

My top 5 5. Steppenwolf 4. Strawberry Alarm Clock 3. The Beatles 2. The Doors 1. Pink Floyd

[@sattlermusic2402]

Rock God The Beatles are not Psychedelic

[@willcarr9177]

Rock God tbh The Beatles were really a Physcodelic band as well as mysterious

[@taktoja7258]

CREAM IS ON 8?!

[@giovannigobbi4832]

In the end Disraeli Gears was the only psych album

[@marcofearg9956]

@@giovannigobbi4832 no

[@giovannigobbi4832]

@@marcofearg9956 Then tell me other psych songs from Cream

[@marcofearg9956]

@@giovannigobbi4832 i feel free

[@giovannigobbi4832]

@@marcofearg9956 Bomp Bomp Bomp I Feel Free? That's not psych at all, even if it was, that's a Blues Rocl album

[@rakawa7093]

Honestly, i feel like pink floyd turned prog later on. If you're talking early floyd, then it is a deserved number 1.

[@Justin-rm6su]

robbafett Yep, after Syd left, from Dark Side onward, they became way more prog rock.

[@rakawa7093]

Miss ya syd.

[@samhynninen]

Agree, but shouldn't have been #1. Around #5

[@gabrielrangel956]

They're pretty much psychedelic till "obscured by clouds"

[@dementedavenger2784]

robbafett Prog Psychedelic? I mean Echoes the song is prog, but its def. psych too.

[@markallred582]

How can you talk about psychedelic music without Iron Butterfly. I am an old hippy from the day, and there was few bands that could stand up to them. Where is Blue Cheer, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grand Funk Railroad, Vanilla Fudge, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Electric Prunes, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Moby Grape in their list? I was there!

[@AlanAntimatter]

What about the British ones you haven't mentioned?The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, Hawkwind, Soft Machine, Donovan, The Status Quo, The Hollies, The Move etc

[@TheStarzzguitar]

Good list there

[@grasscarpets]

Even the Beatles at No6,they started it

[@homerdoggoneit598]

I agree with you, and not the Mojo list. How about King Crimson? I would not include Cream - I think of them as a rock-blues band like LZ.

[@j12112-e]

Mark Allred blue cheer and iron butterfly are the two best imo!

[@blahblah606]

Funkadelic definitely deserves a mention here. Their first three albums are psychedelic masterpieces. 👽🚀🛰🎶

[@metalone2055]

Alvin Lee Ten Years After - Religion, Alvin Lee Ten Years Later - Devils Screamin, Zombies - Time of the Season

[@marinooliveira4204]

My 3 favourite psychedelic bands are jimi hendrix experience, led zeppelin and pink floyd

[@BloodborneGuy]

Same

[@bingo4519]

mine is the Beatles,jimi Hendrix and the doors, and pink floyd

[@BloodborneGuy]

nice

[@BillPhurnell]

Mine are Cream, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin

[@marinooliveira4204]

+Christoffer Lundén these couple are enought

[@williamridge7856]

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was Billboards top 100 albums for 24 years. A record that will never be broken.

[@christian661199]

Needed more moden bands mixed in like mgmt or flaming lips glad tame impala made it

[@jonsalt1245]

Animal collective was there

[@OpaqueVisions47]

somecrippled619 I do really like Unknown Mortal Orchestra ,MGMT, Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Black Angels, Jacco Gardner, Malachai, Jackie-O Mother******,& a lot of the more modern stuff as well but the first bands pioneered this genre and no one else has quite done it as well IMHO - though some come very close.

[@OpaqueVisions47]

Opaque Visions Kind of hard to lump them together really because they are just different sounding eras. What Mojo should have done is 2 videos: Classic Psych. Bands & Modern Psych Bands. There we go... problem solved.

[@SuperSparrow45]

somecrippled619 Tool most def.

[@treyorasaurus1248]

None of the bands they make today are psychedelic in a way. They're just stupid sappy love songs.

[@emredogan3042]

1. Pink Floyd 2. Early Floyd 3. Pink Floyd Trio 4. David Gilmour 5. Roger Waters 6. Syd Barrett 7. Nick Mason 8. Rick Wright 9. Nicks Asos 10. Pink Floyd Forever

[@bettinabedicksdeconto3060]

Emre Doğan syd in 3rd

[@aliciar.6449]

In my opinion, The Doors is a very underrated band nowadays. I mean, I know they're still famous and all, but compared to other bands like Queen for example, I feel like they're more in the background

[@dark_star888]

agreed

[@sadusattack2628]

Agreed. Most people get side tracked and just talk about Jim Morrison and forget to mention the great music!

[@carlneoh5843]

Cuz Freddie died of AIDS and they had a movie

[@Dizzydawne]

They are not underrated, they aren’t overrated either, everyone who lives around me, no matter where I go, has heard the doors, people of ALMOST every age, I think they have been appreciated plenty

[@stevedom1]

Queen are really over-rated !that's why!

[@getdusty1]

The Electric Prunes (Too Much To Dream) were very short-lived but had a very unique sound ... all their own. The Iron Butterfly was a band I was sure would be on the list, but wasn't even in the honorable mentions.

[@Pink_Chanel_Princess]

Ikr What about Amboy dukes journey to the centre of the mind or Stawberry alarm clock Inscense and peppermints? Or youngbloods get together?

[@DJEllJay]

Pink Floyd 💙

[@ralphk.j7809]

Some of tame impalas early stuff from 10 years ago sounds like cream, later beatles and santana. Its really worth checking out. Try 'late night moonlight' and 'feelings in the core'

[@fabriziobianchi6940]

iron butterfly

[@jackmillen7785]

Putting the Prog rock phase of Floyd as top of the list on a psych list??? Lol you’re funny watchmojo 🤣🤣🤣

[@diatonicshooter8316]

*Your a jock*

[@R-R.D.77]

In my opinion they don't have a clue what psychadelic rock is - they just put 60'rock and were lucky to hit a few psychaelic songs...but there are some wrong in the list and some are missing

[@frantiseksimek9070]

I know they're maybe too young but Tame Imapala should be at least fifth

[@JackKnight762]

naaahhh... buncha transmen...

[@bryansmith5879]

in my opinion this is a best psychedelic rock band video, not just a best psychedelic band. though you did need the psychedelic rock to get to where we are at now

[@L117music]

When talking about Psychedelic Bands The Rolling Stones one off album Their Satanic Majesties Request is always worth mention. very trippy.

[@kennymacdaddy]

David Gilmour and 'Comfortably Numb" is probably one of the best lead guitar solo's ever played.

[@verntoews6937]

Yes also Gilmore's searing solo in time really butters your brain as it takes you over the top

[@Ronnylama]

LOVE.....Forever Changes

[@Ronnylama]

and where is Procol Harem?

[@Ronnylama]

OK...I can agree with Floyd......Still WHERE IS THE BAND "LOVE"

[@OpaqueVisions47]

Absolutely love Forever Changes (one of my favorite albums) but their other albums are not so psychedelic & that's why they're not on list.

[@skelterschooly4385]

RonnyLama Richardson

[@amazingsomehow3951]

MGMT is a really good Psychedelic band!

[@Gibaloop]

Amazing Somehow fr have u heard their newer song little dark age? So good! 80's vibes!!

[@warpman345]

yeah agree, maybe it would have been a good idea to divide between 60´s psychedelic and new.. Foxygen, Demarco, amen dunes of course, splash, and all of that rock`n`roll is not dead stuff like beach fossils, also dope things

[@jonahhendrickson9502]

Amazing Somehow yes papi

[@umpygoodness2369]

check out the crazy-fun "stoner-prog" bands in the New England underground. from JERUSALEM WITCH to DICK FLACCID & THE VIAGRA-NAUTS, to THE SCHIZOPHRENIC HUM to NOPE (yes parody band!) to KC & THE 21st CENTURY SUNSHINE BAND (all-disco king crimson covers!!?)... rock is so boring these days, the stoner-prog bands are a ray of hope...

[@astralplainchannelclosed9286]

Yeeeeeeesssss!!!!!

[@Ameuric99]

I'm not sure about some of these, but you really got it right on number 1. Pink Floyd is Awesome!!

[@jameskriner5210]

Iron Butterfly has to be in there. They had the first platinum selling album ever. Still one of the biggest selling records of not just the 60's but all time.

[@molli_gothitelle]

The Lizard King is my one and only. This was my top 10 favorite. Thank WatchMojo

[@blackflagsnroses6013]

"This is the end, my beautiful friend!".

[@molli_gothitelle]

Ruben Avalos "my only friend...the end"

[@JohnDanielTorrance]

"Mother, I want to..." Yeah, let's forget about that one.

[@molli_gothitelle]

JohnDanielTorrance hahahhaa oh Jim.

[@NorthWolfe]

JohnDanielTorrance Let's not... Most of our sick society's problems can be summed up by those words... Then again, The Lizard King can do anything ;)

[@stefanblue660]

Softmachine in the 60ies were nearly equal to Pink Floyd , often played together at UFO etc . Listen to Softmachine Vol.1+2!!

[@nickfairhead2355]

Captain Beefheart (Safe as Milk), Country Joe and the Fish ( Electric Music For the Mind and Body), The Incredible String Band, The United States of America, Traffic, - all these bands have the one thing that defines psychedelic music - they're great to trip to.

[@jack-1955]

I'd also add "Yes". Was tripping during one of their concerts in 1973. Enjoyed it immensely.

[@robertcraane7910]

Arthur Lee & LOVE!!!!!!!

[@dougpotosky4102]

Forever Changes was just voted top album of the sixties!

[@IvorPresents]

you set the scene

[@MrBrodan2000]

Personal favourites: Pretty things (s f sorrow), 13th floor elevators, Love, Electric prunes, Traffic, Kaleidoscope, Bonzo Dog band, Captain Beefheart, Jefferson airplane, zombies (odessey and oracle)

[@blkd25]

Velvet Underground

[@Frijolero18]

V Raja Strongly disagree my friend.

[@zachvalencia8982]

+V Raja not a horrible band decent band with 2 or 3 good songs

[@zachvalencia8982]

+V Raja but either way they are very psychedelic

[@filipe8673]

+Zach Valencia if you think TVU has only 2 or 3 good songs, you dont have appreciation in music.

[@zachvalencia8982]

+Sheperd Egg56 I ignorantly made a comment about the velvet underground I listened to more of their stuff and it's good

[@zaq55]

If you’re going to have the Moody Blues, at least play their best psychedelic song, Legend of a Mind (aka Timothy Leary’s Dead)

[@carrieberry8846]

Agreed, and also true for most of these examples. Some sound like pop songs instead. .

[@markrancourt5430]

Agree

[@hogslanding.d5325]

Absolutely agree!,,,

[@michaeldrennan9932]

Yes I Agree with the Syd Barrett Fans, BUT To Add to This, Where Is Bands Like SOFT MACHINE (that were also heavily involved in Syd Barrett's solo albums), HAWKWIND (with songs like PSYCHEDELIC WARLORDS), and Newer Bands like Radiohead and Dream Theater WOW!! Those Great Psychedelic Bands didn't even get Honorable Mention!!

[@hmtraouf607]

pink floyd best rock prog pinkfloyd best rock psy pink floyd best rock classic pink floyd best band rock pink floyd best music experimental

[@grasscarpets]

Sounds like you didn’t grow up in that era

[@armannkaramiann]

Forever and ever 💫

[@jazooon628]

HMT Raouf THE BEATLES IS BETTER!!

[@TheDrummerman1951]

Not by a long shot. The beatles sucked.

[@screamingtrees9619]

Jason Edwin Beatles are trash

[@Bodys101]

If you've never taken a psychedelic drug, you will never truly understand what it means for music to be psychedelic.

[@zachvalencia8982]

Not true at all psychedelic rock is a music genre you can tell who's part of that genre

[@lenini056]

Go tell that to Frank Zappa since he hated drugs and got an "honorable mention"

[@dancorcoran7883]

+Zach Valencia it has a distinct effect on you though the music, the vibes it creates an energy in you that is different from any other experience

[@zachvalencia8982]

+Dan Corcoran oh definitely it does that's why they called psychedelic rock but you don't have to take psychedelic drugs to understand the Music that was a silly comment

[@dancorcoran7883]

Zach Valencia how you taken them? I mean, you can understand the music. But you can only really feel that same feeling and the vibe by taking the drugs lol It's something you wouldn't know unless you experience it I think

[@juliohermann]

PINK FLOYD is from another planet, at 11:37 my soul exit from the body and flyyyyyy

[@danpalmer1202]

Gizzard. Gizzard. And I can't forget KING GIZZARD

[@MrTerrymiff]

I don't know how The Moody Blues got on this list. The big ones missing are ......Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Davida.....Eric Burdon and War - Spill the Wine.....Donovan - Mellow Yellow etc.

[@edwarddyssel8063]

King Gizzard should've at least been mentioned

[@arthurdent6828]

King Gizzrd shits all over Lame Alpaca.. This list is raw sewerage..Where the fuck is Ween?

[@julienweems6166]

For real man. I just watched mojo to piss myself off anyways lol

[@a_sock_puppet__vods7969]

I was just about to say where the fuck is king gizz?

[@juan-miguel.basquiat]

This video is from 2015 tho

[@a_sock_puppet__vods7969]

Pepperoni Playboy they’ve been putting shit out since 2010

[@michaelsopchak3341]

Did you consider this repertoire? Season of the Witch Hurdy Gurdy Man Atlantis Mellow Yellow Sunshine Superman Catch the Wind Wear your Love like Heaven Epistle to Dippy Jennifer Juniper Lalena There is a Mountain Colours I thought not.

[@tarrianawright8437]

Jim Morrison is literally one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL people I've ever laid eyes on. The Doors are my absolute favorite band !

[@BARBRAPEACE]

him and syd barrett.... damn!

[@kurteitnier5480]

O

[@haintedhouse3052]

I had a schoolboy crush on Grace Slick. She later had a chapter in her auto-biography about her night in the sack with Jim Morrison. Those wacky 60's.