MUSI 3320  - Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)

 


"Surrealistic Pillow" from 1967 moved the Jefferson Airplane into the limelight and made their lead singer, Gracie Slick, the first truly big name, female rock star. In 1967 the album rose to #3 on the Rock Album charts, and by the end of that year the album had produced their only two hit singles, "Somebody to Love" and "white Rabbit".


"Somebody to Love" -Rose to #5 (about disillusionment)



"When the truth is found to be lies

And all the joy within you dies"



"White Rabbit" - Rose to #8 (drugs and literary reference)



"One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small

And the ones that Mother gives you don't do anything at all"



"Go ask Alice...when she's ten feet tall

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