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CHAPTER 7 1966–1969, Psychedelia
1966–1969, Psychedelia | 91
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CHAPTER 7: Psychedelia
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. “Turn on, tune in, and drop out” was the slogan of which proponent of LSD?
a. Timothy Leary c. Aldous Huxley
b. Brian Wilson d. Paul Kantner
2. Which book by Timothy Leary served as a guide to the experimental use of acid?
a. The Tibetan Book of the Dead c. The Psychedelic Experience
b. Astral Weeks d. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
3. What was an important feature of music in its role as a drug trip and in achieving a higher state
of consciousness?
a. Songs became shorter to allow for a constant change in mood.
b. Musicians simplified their use of instruments on recordings.
c. Studio musicians used more drugs to achieve a specific sound.
d. Songs became longer and musical sounds more ambitious.
4. Both the Beach Boys and the Beatles were on which U.S. record label?
a. EMI c. Apple
b. Capitol d. AOR
5. All of the following musical features are found in “Good Vibrations” EXCEPT
a. a splicing together of different musical sections.
b. the use of tack piano and a Jew’s harp.
c. employing avant-garde, aleatoric techniques from classical music.
d. a harmonized chorus for a fade-out at the end.
6. Which two Beatles songs were released as a double A–sided single prior to Sgt. Pepper?
a. “Penny Lane” and “Strawberry Fields Forever”
b. “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “A Day in the Life”
c. “Tomorrow Never Knows” and “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite”
d. “Penny Lane” and “A Day in the Life”
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12. Which Byrds song from 1966 signaled to the public that drug use was becoming a central part of rock
music and youth culture?
13. What was the event held in Golden Gate Park in January 1967 known as a “gathering of the tribes”?
14. What was the Red Dog Saloon?
15. List three bands that were central to the London underground psychedelic scene.
MATCHING
Match the item to the description below.
a. started a free-form FM radio show in San Francisco
b. hired as security at Altamont
c. Victorian neighborhood that was the center for the San Francisco psychedelic scene
d. debut album by Pink Floyd
e. influenced by blues singers like Bessie Smith and Big Mama Thornton
f. the alter ego of Jim Morrison
g. considered rock’s first concept album
h. large festival in the United Kingdom
i. original name for the Grateful Dead
j.
Hendrix album that demonstrates his musical experimentations
1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Haight-Ashbury
3. Tom Donahue
4. the Warlocks
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5. Janis Joplin
6. Pipers at the Gates of Dawn
7. Axis: Bold as Love
8. the Lizard King
9. the Hells Angels
10. Isle of Wight
ESSAY
1. Discuss the important geographical centers for the psychedelic movement and for the musicians and
bands associated with them. Provide examples of specific bands and songs to help demonstrate the
connections between the music and the scene.
ANS:
answers vary
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult
2. Discuss the careers of the Beach Boys and the Beatles during the psychedelic movement. What types
of musical experimentation were the bands undertaking during this time? What was the relationship
between both bands, and how were the bands connected to the psychedelic movement?
ANS:
answers vary
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult
