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I found it interesting how psychedelics in general "created" a new type of sound in the industry. It was also interesting how psychedelics did expose new sounds, it still incorporated different subgenres.

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Hearing about these musicians effect on not only the drug culture but this entire movement of defiance really puts into perspective the amount of power that was in their hands at the time they were shaping an entire generation I find this both terrifying and extremally interesting.

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I love how this Substack dives deep into the intersection of music and culture. The story telling of psychedelic rock makes it interesting to read.

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It was interesting about how music changed so much when drugs were introduced. I really like the White Rabbit song, the sound is really cool.

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it was cool that the dramatic note would go on longer. the amount that drugs impacted music is insane.

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It was shocking seeing that the drug problem started this early. This was an amazing article and very informative.

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I was so interested by the sound and effect of this culture. The way the generation was incorporated into the drug genre.

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I think it’s really cool how, “the doors” made push towards psychedelic rock. I also thinks it’s cool how a fan base was called dead heads and how that name came to be.

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I think it's crazy how much impact drugs really had on the music of this time. Also, that if most people were to look back on the music of this time they would think it crazy because they don't understand what was going on.

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Really interesting how drugs played a role in effecting the rock music industry. Learning how psychedelic music had many similarities when it came to instrument usage and the unique qualities of it. I found it weird and cool how the Beatles used a laughing track sped up for seagull sounds.

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In this podcast we ended up learning about the drone and also an echo that are in two massive/ well known songs that I have heard of and the evolution of surrounding sound and its surrealist sounds

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I found the drone notes interesting how the notes would go on for a while. I also, found the LA sphere fascinating how it was huge, it makes me want to visit someday. And how the laughing sounded like seagulls.

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I found it interesting how when drugs came in to play the music started to slow down and become more dramatic. also I never knew that the Beatles used laughing for the seagull sounds.

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I found interesting about how the Beatles used a laughing track sped up for seagull sounds. Also how a lot of music changed once drugs hit the market and how the sound seemed the same for a lot of things.

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I think it’s really interesting how the bands incorporated lyrics all about using drugs and their hallucinations in their songs such as the “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane. I also found it intriguing how the physchedlics bands like the Grateful Dead created such a culture at their concerts, and that doing drugs at them was very status quo.

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What I found interesting was how drugs effected the rock music industry. Also, how it effected it to the point many of the songs during this time was wrote base on it if you look at the lyrics.

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