"3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" is a psychedelic rock song by the band Jefferson Airplane. It was written by Marty Balin after he recalled "just looking in the newspaper at the sports section and seeing 'three-fifths of a mile', and somewhere else on the page, 'ten seconds'. And I combined the two in a sudden flash." The song appeared on the album Surrealistic Pillow. The song also contains a reference to marijuana; "Real clean, real fine nicotine. Sometimes the price is 65 dollars, prices like that make a grown man holler; 'specially … read more
"3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" is a psychedelic rock song by the band Jefferson Airplane. It was written by Marty Balin after he recalled "just looking in the newspaper at … read more
Jefferson Airplane, a rock band based in San Francisco, California, was one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to achieve international commercial success. They were headliners at the three most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s—Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969)—and the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968) in England. Their 1967 break-out album Surrealistic Pillow ranks on the short list of the most significant recordings of the "Summer of Love&qu… read more
Jefferson Airplane, a rock band based in San Francisco, California, was one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was th… read more
Jefferson Airplane, a rock band based in San Francisco, California, was one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to achieve internati… read more