Pronunciation: 'tri-pE
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or suggestive of a trip on psychedelic drugs or the culture associated with such drugs

Looks like we're all here!

i'm sure i can think of more than this but i haven't had my morning coffee yet:


frank zappa & the mothers of invention - freak out!

the residents - meet the residents, duck stab, eskimo, the commercial album (anything recorded in the '70s, really)

There are many but the one that comes immediately to mind (I listened to it this morning) is Moody Blues' Nights in White Satin.

RipHer2Shreds said:

this is one of my favorite songs ever. I was just listening to it!

minneapolisgenius said:

Yeah, I don't know what the fuck it's about, but I love it. That, and Tuesday Afternoon are probably my favorites from them.

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles

Swlabr (She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow) - Cream

Spill the Wine- Eric Burdon & War

Dazed and Confused and In the Light - Led Zeppelin

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

a ton of Funkadelic songs


There are lots more, but these came to mind first. Some aren't necessarily about drugs or tripping, (or maybe they are ) but they have a certain psychedelic sound.

All kinds of Pink Floyd.

Dare I say "Starfish & Coffee" by our lil' man? Not the music, but the context(at least thats what I got from it).

Harlepolis said:

There is a lot of trippy Prince stuff (Crystal Ball, entire 1999 album etc) along with Floyd (especially Dark Side of the Moon).

I would recommend Tristeza. Their music has amazing atmosphere.

Cars by Gary Numan is a good song. That synth riff is hypnotic.


Later
[Edited 6/18/07 9:28am]

Strange Exotic Pleasures can be found with Tipsy. Tres psychedelique!





Amazon.com description for Uh-Oh
Anyone who's ever prepared a bubbly drink for a patio party while listening to Esquivel (or one of the endless series of Ultra Lounge comps from the mid-'90s) will know precisely where Tipsy's coming from. This playful modern group uses all the sonic cues of classic lounge and exotica music--popping-popcorn rhythms, string arrangements set on "tickle," tiki-surf guitars, and interjections of "Zow!" that sound as if they were sung by people in well-tailored suits. But Tipsy are keenly aware that this music's kitsch factor went out of hipster fashion about five years ago--the same time that their great debut, "Trip Tease," got lost in the ironic-lounge avalanche. So here they move beyond the (squeeze) cheese factor and craft infectiously upbeat songs that stand just fine on their own, from the sunnily propulsive "Papaya Highway" to the spy-themed "Swallowtail." And in a nod to today's electronica mayhem makers and yesterday's psychedelic popsters, they insert disorienting sound effects at every other turn. (See the blender-collaged "Hey!") Forget the retro-revival factor; Uh-Oh is a perkily distracting good time in any era. --Lisa Gidley

Space Rock Jam Band Ozric Tentacles





Amazon.com description

Although Ozric Tentacles is the bridge between 1970s space rock and 1990s techno, they've never quite crossed that bridge themselves. They remain suspended in an approach that sounds like it could've come straight out of the recording sessions for Gong's You and Steve Hillage's Fish Rising albums from the mid 1970s, a decade before they were formed. With Ozric, you strap yourself in and hold tight as the band careens through sequencer patterns spinning like rotor blades, slicing up the real fusion drum grooves that remain the engine of their sound. As kinetic as techno, but full of syncopated rhythms that shift through complicated time signatures, Ozric layer synthesizer swirls, deep-throb bass lines, and serrated guitar forays from founding and only original member Ed Wynne. Much of Ozric's music is about morphing forms, as stuttering voices evolve into a gurgling lead synth line that's chased by a guitar that morphs into an explosion. --John Diliberto

Electronic Music from another world...that world is Shpongleland...





From Wikipedia...
Shpongle is considered to be one of the most important and influential psychedelic downtempo or Psybient music projects of recent years. The members are Simon Posford (aka Hallucinogen) and Raja Ram (one third of The Infinity Project). Their sound is a mix mainly consisting of sampled eastern ethnic instruments and western contemporary synthesizer-based psychedelic music. Posford is responsible for the synth and studio work while Raja Ram contributes with flute arrangements. They are both responsible for the visionary input. According to one interview, they commonly visualize the music together before they create it, and during the creation process.

Top of head:
Tomorrow Never Knows/Revolution 9/Wild Honey Pie - The Beatles
"One Love" - Stone Roses
"Slip Inside This House" - 13th Floor elevators
anything by My Bloody Valentine
"Dark Side of the Moon"/"Atom Heart Mother" - Floyd
"Get Sick on the Beach" 70 Gwen Party
"Renaissance Fair" - The Byrds
"No Quarter" - Led Zeppelin
Just about anthing by Mogwai
Anything by The Orb

We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale

She said, 'There is no reason
and the truth is plain to see.'
But I wandered through my playing cards
and would not let her be
one of sixteen vestal virgins
who were leaving for the coast
and although my eyes were open
they might have just as well've been closed

She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,'
though in truth we were at sea
so I took her by the looking glass
and forced her to agree
saying, 'You must be the mermaid
who took Neptune for a ride.'
But she smiled at me so sadly
that my anger straightway died

If music be the food of love
then laughter is its queen
and likewise if behind is in front
then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
and attacked the ocean bed

And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale

Listen to Lenny Kravitz's fairly straightforward "Fields Of Joy" from Mama Said. Then listen to the wacked-out "Fields Of Joy" (Reprise) from the same album. Some serious drugs must have been done during that recording. It works better in the context of hearing the original version first I think, but whenever I think of drug-inspired recordings, that's always the first one that comes to mind.

LittleSmedley said:

Jefferson Airplane's "After Bathing at Baxter's" (one of my favorite albums ever)
Big Brother & the Holding Company's "Cheap Thrills"
Anything Mothers of Invention
Parliament-Funkadelic
13th Floor Elevators
Love
early Santana

sorry if some of these have already been mentioned

Heck, this POST is trippy!!!!
[Edited 6/18/07 15:24pm]

Stereolab Dots and Loops

Any of these are brilliant. He could just as easily be called Trippy.

"I Want You" - E. Badu
"Free Your Mind..." - Funkadelic
"Daydreaming" - Aretha <--those fender rhodes in the
beggining/ending always have me floating away
"X-Tasy" - Miss E. (w/ Tweet)
"Drunk" - Tweet
any of that Rotary Connection stuff
the Sgt. Pepper's album
"Humble Mumble" - Outkast (w/ Badu) <--that ending
"Young Fresh & New" - Kelis <--the music is hypnotizing
Bjork's latest album
the mesh in between "Chameleon"/"Gypsy Moths" by Labelle
"Don't Worry (If There's Hell Below)..." - Curtis Mayfield
"Spinning & Spinning" - Syreeta <--the ending
"Reasons" - Minnie Riperton <--bird call @ the end
that interlude that precedes "Lord Of The Rings"
from that Pieces Of Eight album of STYX's
"The Jungle Line" - Joni Mitchell <--everytime I play this one
my mama is like "oh that's that ACID music" ROTFL
"Bubbles" - Wah Wah Watson
"Yummy" - Gwen Stefani <--those damn Atari sounds LOL

these are songs I love to hear
when I'm under the influence
they may not all be classified as "trippy"
but they all contain at least a section
that I would consider to be "trippy"
[Edited 6/18/07 19:31pm]

minneapolisgenius said:

You know what Minnie? I feel that exact way about it. One of my faves, EVER. Absolutely amazing.

GangstaFam said:

Um, YEAH!. Harly, if you ever need your mind expanded, pick up one of these fuckers. Brilliance

Harlepolis said:

Ya learn something new everyday. I had no idea you liked any Zeppelin.

GangstaFam said:

"My Sweet Prince"-Placebo
"Meds"-Placebo

Not trippy in a druggy Jefferson Airplane way, but you can definately let your imagination take u somewhere cool (without the use of pot-how about that!)

2000 Light Years from Home - Rolling Stones
Eight Miles High - The Byrds
The End - The Doors
Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream
Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic