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About This Track
“White Rabbit” was written by Grace Slick, who based the lyrics on Lewis Carroll’s book Alice In Wonderland. Like many young musicians in San Francisco, Slick did a lot of drugs. She saw lots of drug references in Carroll’s book, including the pills, the smoking caterpillar, the mushroom, and lots of other images that are generally trippy. She noticed that lots of childrens stories involve a substance of some kind that alters reality, and felt it was time to write a song about it.
Slick got the idea for this after taking LSD and spending hours listening to the Miles Davis album Sketches Of Spain. The Spanish beat she came up with was also influenced by Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero.”
Slick wrote and performed this when she was in a band called The Great Society. She brought it with her, along with “Somebody To Love,” when she joined Jefferson Airplane in 1966.
This was used as the theme song for a 1973 movie called Go Ask Alice.
The UK version of the album didn’t have this on it.
This was one of the defining songs of the 1967 “Summer Of Love.” As young Americans protested the Vietnam war and took a lot of drugs, this played in the background.
On an original recording by The Great Society, the song is barely recognizable due to Grace’s higher voice before several throat operations that lowered her range after each one.
Slick got the idea for this after taking LSD and spending hours listening to the Miles Davis album Sketches Of Spain. The Spanish beat she came up with was also influenced by Maurice Ravel’s “
Bolero.”Slick wrote and performed this when she was in a band called The Great Society. She brought it with her, along with “
Somebody To Love,” when she joined Jefferson Airplane in 1966.This was used as the theme song for a 1973 movie called Go Ask Alice.
The UK version of the album didn’t have this on it.
This was one of the defining songs of the 1967 “Summer Of Love.” As young Americans protested the Vietnam war and took a lot of drugs, this played in the background.
On an original recording by The Great Society, the song is barely recognizable due to Grace’s higher voice before several throat operations that lowered her range after each one.
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
Feed your head <3<3<3
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appidydafoo wrote:
:::)
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Zero-d-Hero wrote:
Just right music when dreaming on the otherside
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cherokeegrl wrote:
LOL @ oldiesfanjohn
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ScottKing81 wrote:
"You want me to throw the radio into the tub with you when "White Rabbit" peaks?!" Great scene from Fear and Loathing.
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
@kipra..lol dude,I saw and corrected some other thing you had wrong,somewhere..plus you were wrong again recently...there are 2 "Fire On The Mountain" songs,correct..but they are completely different songs,dude!..one by The Dead/other by MTB...Hmm,I need to play the role of the Last.fm Radio Nazi ala Seinfeld."You screwed up,you come back,one year!"
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
Grace was a major hottie back then...lol.just ask all her bandmates who slept with her,like 99% of `em!
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vito-moiz wrote:
one pill make u large, one pill makes u small, nd the ones ur mother gives makes u see grace
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klpra wrote:
I'm too young to know all the lingo! I'm trying! Lol!
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PattySauce wrote:
hooker smoking catterpillar??? Klpra what r u smoking or what pills u taking??? LOL :)
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pharmman52 wrote:
just love grace's voice
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cherokeegrl wrote:
I agree John, if they're gonna play this so often why not put the Hookah to good use for us!!
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
lastfm sure plays this a lot ...lol not complaining but spit me out pills and a j,to go.last.fm
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cherokeegrl wrote:
Preach about it oldiesfanjohn :o) Hookah's not make a nice addition to the decor of a room but they're also practical. Just saves time with all that passin around. I won feeTequila shots one night at the bar because some-one bet me I didn't know the last line of this song. Gotta love shooters when they're won on such a simple fact like, feed your head :o)
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
@kipra..that`s spelled hookah,an all -purpose waterpipe...know thy drug paraphenalia.dude
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gdcman wrote:
Amanita?
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PattySauce wrote:
this song should be about 10 minutes longer!!!!!!!!!!
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PattySauce wrote:
YES YES YES I think I need a smoke break since I don't pop pills!!!! LOL
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Peaceful_Skye wrote:
Go Gracie!
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TheDarkSide73 wrote:
Alice In Wonderland
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