13th Floor Elevators - You Don't Know

[Cerpth]

I imagine making movie, 3 guys robbing a bank, 4th watching outside, fires a cigarette, and in 0:39 he sees a unit of cops driving in a distant stright to him (in slow motion), he runs to the bank doors, and yell to the rest, they all got in a car, and drive, wide view (all in slow motion). :D

[indigocenter]

Was there a member by the name of Danny Thomas? I met him in 1969 and he said he played with them.

[Smersh01]

@indigocenter He played with them for a short time, around the time of their second album, I believe. He also played later for a band named Bessie Mae's Dream.

[67Stu]

NO! Nirvana's Rape Me sounds like this!

[akibubba1]

my favorite elevators tune - perhaps "pfordsq" has been watching too much Leave It To Beaver ? - (that would be a cool obscure line, though...)

[ilipsoussan]

riff sounds like nirvana's rape me

[carreragt90]

@ilipsoussan you mean, nirvana's riff sounds like this. Think about that...

[SesyaaCarlian654]

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[80yr0ldhands]

That jug is killer

[harwicke]

Sorry...Yes Austin! I've been down there. Like the scene and the bats.

[stanleysoldman]

do you know?

[harwicke]

This band from Houston TX was ahead of the psychedelic curve.

[tatunkha]

@harwicke Austin is where they where from not Houston thanks

[SuperRAINONE]

@harwicke This is the band that invented Psychedelic Music. before anyone, and they are from the Great Republic of Texas!

[1966WAX]

@harwicke They are from AUSTIN, not Houston. There is a gargantuan difference. The Elevators are the best band to ever come out of 'The Live Music Capitol of the World' in my humble opinion. Nelson? SRV? Joplin? Sure, but. Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators invented Psychedelic GARAGE ...the most mind expanding genre. You can still hear their influence in our local music scene!

[jdmfonte]

Electric Gorgle and all, THESE GUYS are the progenitors of all that folowed in the genre of Texas Music. Those who Know worship these cats, as the sounds attest to a righteous hit of something outside the realm of pure noise. They made the shitkickers tremble.

[ewanf]

ELEVATORS MAN!

HER LIFE REVOLVES AROUND A THOUSAND PETTY HASSLES

[Niamhdm7871]

Makes me hella proud of my lone star state!

[MrMichaellv]

@Niamhdm7871 no shit!! We were there then and are here now, and man it was the shit !

[Thaxt]

Some of the most sinister, darkworld, early darkpsych goin. Methane Ice side of Pluto. Dark but haunting - beautiful, well done.

[INVALIDGIRLFRIEND]

It would be so neat to see this band live. That is one of the greatest time periods for music with real soul. Now if someone can invent a time machine. The 2010 music is soooo_______-

[Bottlenek6]

@INVALIDGIRLFRIEND its 2010?? damn ive been sitting next to my record player for longer then i thought!

[irishman572]

@INVALIDGIRLFRIEND Shitty, well aside from coldplay, u2, dave matthews band, and with black sabbath coming out with their last album ever this year, 2010 music is just shitty.

[lorenzoinnabenzo]

@irishman572 hey i'm irish too, at least partly. look up Flaming Dragons of middle earth.

[irishman572]

@lorenzoinnabenzo Looked em' up, and that is pretty sad.

[Modetteforlife]

@giantblablabla glad that put me straight then. (O:

[Noonelikesvanilla]

Is this the same song Powell St John performs on his newish album?

I understand he's a longstanding colleague of this band, though not neccessarily an actual member.  Is this correct?

[CornyPoopDude]

Yeah, he wrote this song and 5 others for them.

[pfordsq]

@Noonelikesvanilla I don't know if anyone else replied , but , yes , it's the same song. Powell St. John was more of an "Honorary member" , because he was a close associate of the group , even before their inception , and wrote several fine songs , including this one , that were recorded by The Elevators. I did'nt know St. John had a new album , but he is , or was , working with Bill Miller in a new version of The Aliens , minus Roky.

[Nigelxman]

The Jug player should have been replaced with a Cowbell player. I think this band would have been HUGE if they had that cowbell on every song.

[maneatingorchids]

These fellas are fuckin rad, raw, psychedelic rock and roll.

But, seriously, the shit bag with the jug should take a fucking hike... its only original for a minute, than you're just being inconsiderate.

[fiendwithoutaface66]

@maneatingorchids that "shit bag" playing the jug is Tommy Hall and he wrote many of the songs

[psychedelicbluesdiva]

@fiendwithoutaface66 lol maneatingchords owned. btw Elevators fucking rock, they rule psych rock.

[welcome2myhell]

@fiendwithoutaface66 he wrote great stuff wish he dropped the jug though it always annoyed me, wish I could mix it out

[kingpleasure]

Yeah it does sound like "A thousand Eddie Haskels" which if you think about it would really have been a bad trip!! LOL

[undercranked]

Love these guys!! And they didn't know... how young they were.

[Modetteforlife]

Love the raw sound.

[pfordsq]

I have to admit , I originally thought the line was "Her daily life revolves around a thousand Eddie Haskels".

[SugarSigur]

@pfordsq that's a pretty good line, if you think about it...ha! I know plenty of girls like that, myself. lol.

[pfordsq]

@SugarSigur Yeah , if Eddie Haskel were a real person , living today , he'd probably be a hot commodity.

But , even tho' it's true what they say about nice guys , not everyone's turned on by false , shallow , artificial people , which is a theme The Eleveators addressed in a lot of their songs , from "You're Gonna Miss Me" on down. Something about not being right with "The Quest".

[ajp55a]

early 60's synt, i love it This cant be bottled!!!!!!!

[voidforpurpose]

Only the first "The Deviants" English album is as good as these guys!

Space twang!

[azmo13]

Ptoof! is fine, but its crap compared to the elevators. I'm not saying it isn't good (I have one of the only 500 original copies in existence) but it's mostly Bo Diddley knock offs with some strange sounds incorporated into it. Nothing Man is a fairly original song, but nothing on that album or Mick Farrens's entire career approaches Roky or Tommy's songwriting skills, and I'm pretty sure he'd agree.

[losgrindos]

The Deviants were more important for their Underground political manouevres than for their music. Ptoof! is a laugh - an important 60's DIY document, but yes, nowhere near the divinity of the Elevators music. Songwriting is as natural as having a shit for Roky, whereas The Deviantsreally had to work hard at it. That's the difference.

[posthumanhero]

actually the deviants were just as good.......elevators aint much better, in my opinion........but then, i never liked judgement values...........the 2nd and 3rd devaints lps are more musically sound...........as the seond elevator is......it's all in the spirit of evolution man.

[irishman572]

@posthumanhero Elevators rule the deviants

[posthumanhero]

@irishman572  ok, if me must get into judehment value mode, both are fake crabmeat next to mad river...so there!.....lol.

[azmo13]

@posthumanhero I stand by my original statement, but yeah.... I can accept that. Even though I think the Elevators are technically better, I listen to the Deviants more often. I also just found out yesterday that Mick Farren had a hand in the early formation of Motorhead and co-wrote a song on their Overkill album. That was unexpected.

[posthumanhero]

@azmo13 check out pink fairies...........th first and third lp are really good...........so is the 60s

[tomonsterboy]

Exquisite!!!

[elwalsho]

i thought the lyrics were:''if i knew what was right for you then you would not be without it...''at that point.oh,well...

[bwanna23]

These guys did this in Texas?

[Deepthroat1990]

indeed

[welcome2myhell]

@bwanna23 hell yeah

[manluvsthe60s]

love this song.... love the 60s sound and even with my wide range of collections I havent heard this before... Love it!!! as good as Your gonna miss me!!!

[gethepicture]

one of my favourite 'vator intros1!!

[DBChirot]

one of the greatest psyche songs ever

there's a little part of just few guitar notes i always think is the pure sound of lsd--

[RobertoGaspar69]

The best band of all times, nothing compares to them, amazing way ahead of their time, true psychedelia with great lyrics...they rocks..  so much crap playing around...man how I wish to enter in a time machine to see those guys playing live. Peace...5 stars!

[chizknocka]

man this music is the best ever, my dad brought me in to it when i was abt 7, its amazing how sound and scent can so vividly take u back in the years; cops, drugs, government institutions and alcohol destroyed the 13th floors but only by blowing up the planet are they going to erase the memory of this great band.

[stankler]

e muca grande sincero toppo shelfo

[AmericanPunkGarage]

Their soft side ballad.

[ricardoorsv]

Ya me está empezando a gustar este grupo...

seguiré escuchando otras canciones....

[CelticHippie1]

nice. I've not heard of this either. Put i don't have any of their cds.

Peace & Love

[xxayoxxyayoxx]

This is good tuneage.

[spacepope69]

Hey, a 13th Floor Elevators tune I haven't heard. The sound quality is not up to todays standards, and it is certainly not a video. But it is worth listening to.

[67lbpunk]

no offence but this aint a video

[Deepthroat1990]

if u find one tell me

[TheDrLighthouse]

@Deepthroat1990 That's the prob there are no videos of this band.

[indiana1fats]

@TheDrLighthouse - True statement. However, Roky Erickson did a comeback set on Austin City Limits. His backup guitarist then was Billy Gibbons. It's worth a watch.

[cavs608]

@67lbpunk what is the new invention that i just observed then?