It represented the lysergic euphoria of a generation of young people who turned to drugs to escape from the horrors of Vietnam and Nixon, as the seventies approached and America began to rot from the inside. In reality, ‘White Rabbit’ became the soundtrack to the 1967 Summer Of Love. The ‘one pill makes you larger, one makes you small’ refrain is also an idea rumoured to have influenced the dilemma faced by Neo in the 1999 film ‘The Matrix’. Thompson’s ‘Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas’. Florence often mentioned that the song ‘White Rabbit’ by Jefferson Airplane is one of her favourites and it played a major role in forming her music taste. The propulsive, hypnotic quality of the music climaxes in a terrific crescendo, at which point Dr Gonza demands that Raoul Duke throws the tape deck into the bathtub with him during a nasty acid trip in Hunter S. Jefferson Airplane, active in years 1965-1996, was an American rock band which achieved international recognition. The music itself is has a strong Spanish rhythm that Slick claims to have taken from Ravel’s famous ‘Bolero’, the idea for which came to her after taking LSD and listening to Miles Davis’ album ‘Sketches Of Spain’. The original included an oboe solo played by Slick herself, but it was her haunting, sturdy contralto vocal in ‘White Rabbit’ that was to go some way in establishing the solo female vocal in rock music (most vocalists were male at this time) and influence numerous female vocalists throughout the seventies and beyond, including Stevie Nicks and Patti Smith. It’s because you hear White Rabbit and right away you’re sucked into her world – it is like you’re Alice falling through the looking glass.Slick is rumoured to have written the song in an hour, as a reflection of the drug-addled sixties counterculture and based on ideas in Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice In Wonderland’. It’s always a compliment to see how much the song has been used in films. But that was part of the environment of the time and White Rabbit reflected that. When I did it got a little too weird for me – my bass would turn into a tree log and grow vines and I’d say, “I gotta move on here”. The song explores the simplest form: the idea of taking psychedelic drugs to open you up and make you more receptive.Įverybody took some psychedelics but we rarely played on them, not like the Grateful Dead guys did. It’s difficult to explain how innocent the beginning of discovering drugs was before people got so dependent on them, or their life changed, or they made really poor life decisions. The chord structures that she wrote were really interesting and she allowed me to construct her songs in a different manner. Prior to that I’d only seen guys doing that.
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One of the reasons I wanted to get Grace into Jefferson Airplane is that she walked to the edge of the stage to sing right to the audience and look right at you. We have an official White Rabbit tab made by UG professional guitarists. I moved to San Francisco in 1965 and there were a number of bands in the Bay Area who all knew each other, including The Great Society, which Grace was part of. Now that’s a good song! Jack Casady, bass guitarist I still get to pay my bills off that one song. White Rabbit’s been bringing in royalties for over 50 years. I’ve still got ceramic white rabbits around the house and today people send me white rabbits. I had a fire in my house – about 20 years ago – the only thing saved was a ceramic white rabbit. I was born in the year of the rabbit and all kinds of white rabbit stuff has happened to me. This particular characteristic of hers is best embodied in her 1967 song, 'White Rabbit'. The song is in F sharp, which is difficult for guitar players as it requires some intricate fingering, but Jorma and Jack are very good musicians so they were able to adapt to it and do it very well. Feed your head Grace Slick of the iconic ‘60s psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane is best known for her free-thinking and counter-culture spirit. I said “you betcha!” because I really liked Jack Casady’s playing – the sound of his bass just knocked my socks off. I was performing White Rabbit with The Great Society and Jefferson Airplane asked me to join the band. Lewis Carroll was looking at how things are run and the people who rule us. The Red Queen is shouting “off with her head” and the “White Knight is talking backwards”. It’s not saying everything’s going to be wonderful. I still get to pay my bills off that one song
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Bolero starts off with a couple of instruments and then more are added. We have an official White Rabbit tab made by UG professional guitarists.
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2 contributors total, last edit on Feb 28, 2017. I love Spanish music and I’m inspired by things irrespective of how popular they are. 174,272 views, added to favorites 3,209 times. I heard Ravel’s Bolero on the radio and it surprised the hell out of me.