Jefferson Airplane - She Has Funny Cars

Surrealistic Pillow

Studio album by Jefferson Airplane
Released February 1967
Recorded October 31, 1966 -- November 22, 1966
Genre Psychedelic rock, folk rock
Length 33:40
Label RCA Victor
Producer Rick Jarrard

Jefferson Airplane's fusion of folk rock and psychedelia was original at the time, in line with musical developments pioneered by The Byrds, The Mamas & the Papas, and Bob Dylan. Surrealistic Pillow was the first blockbuster psychedelic album by a band from San Francisco, announcing to the world the active bohemian scene that had developed there starting with The Beats during the 1950s, extending and changing through the 1960s into the Haight-Ashbury counterculture. Subsequently, the exposure generated by the Airplane and others wrought great changes to that counterculture, and by 1968 the ensuing national media attention had precipitated a very different San Francisco scene than had existed in 1966. San Francisco photographer, Herb Greene photographed the band for the album's cover art.

Some controversy exists as to the role of Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia in the making of the album. His reputed presence on several tracks is not corroborated by RCA paperwork and is denied by producer Rick Jarrard. But when performing Comin' Back to Me live with Jefferson Starship, Marty Balin almost always introduced the song with a reference to the Surrealistic Pillow sessions, mentioning Garcia as playing the guitar parts on the original studio version.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 146 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Track History: "She Has Funny Cars" is a rock song by 1960s written by Marty Balin and Jorma Kaukonen from the band Jefferson Airplane. The song appeared as the opening track on their influential breakthrough album, Surrealistic Pillow - released in 1967. The song discusses materialism in American society.

Lyrics: Every day I try so hard to know your mind
And find out what's inside you
Time goes on and I don't know just who you are
Or how I'm going to find you

You can do whatever you please
The world's waiting to be seized
You can collect all neglect
Or all the self-respect you need, what you need

And I know... and I know... and I know

Your mind's guaranteed
It's all you'll ever need
So what do you want with me?

We live but once
But good things can be found around
In spite of all the sorrow

If you see black
You can't look back
You can't look front
You cannot face tomorrow

Some have it nice
Fat and round, flash, paradise
They're very wise to their disguise
Trying to revolutionize tomorrow

And I know... and I know... and I know

Your mind's guaranteed
It's all you'll ever need
So what do you want with me

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[mpjgbx]

FLASH......paradise!

[toadabc]

What a pair of voices!

[dhanasit]

Best song Best album From Best band

[69ssrszl1]

Still have this album, love it.

[animascat]

perfect for the times. supernatural?

[pouchfreeman]

I saw the Airplane open with "She Has Funny Cars" on their reunion tour in 89. The energy and joy in both the band and the audience was more than obvious. It was bliss.

[giglio33012]

I always enjoy listening to this song on early spring.....feels awesome somehow...lol...

[probrojeffro]

What does she having cars have to do with anything the lyrics are talking about.? Guess I didn't do the right drugs.

[pbrucpaul]

The BEST JA Album, I think.

[slpplexi1969]

@ScottishJapanese4eva I love Jefferson Airplane too, but The Beatles are more than just ok.

[ryler99]

@ScottishJapanese4eva  this is good but nothing tops the fab four!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NostalgicRainTF2]

@redskinsfreak614 Dido! What's your favourite track?

[mickeymousebiker1]

Drenched in Cali sunshine and acid-washed. Thank you, High Altitude Fred, for your friendship. I hope that you and your lady are doing great in Santa Cruz.

[mickeymousebiker1]

To Stan and Jim from Monterey Pop in 1967 -- thank you for the great memories. Thank you for riding with me.

[mickeymousebiker1]

@maxauburn YES!

[maxauburn]

Fly trans-love airlines, get ya there on time!

[ScottishJapanese4eva]

Surrealistic pillow IS the best album of the 60s. The beatles? sure they ok, but Ill fly airplane anytime

[davejthomson]

ANY TIME YOUR READY MARCIA DIANE ARGUELLES, ANY TIME AT ALL. CALL ME AND I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU. LOVE DAVE.

[VadaMyrtle]

One of my FAVORITE songs of all time! SOOO underrated! <3 Airplane ^.^

[mickeymousebiker1]

The opening percussion has shades of Gene Krupa. I think that classic rock drummers (such as Ginger Baker and Ringo Starr) took their influences from the great Big Band/Jazz drummers of old. The music of the 1960s was a great and interesting amalgam of different styles. It's the cheif reason why that music was so great. The Airplane was (and remains) one of the best bands from the 1960s.

[phreestylesk8r]

i gotta get this album, the first song i heard from them was white rabbit and instantly liked them

[giuseppebarletta89]

Una delle più belle canzoni di uno dei più begli album di uno dei migliori anni della musica rock! SECONDO ME!

[drummel888]

First album I ever owned, still love the songs

[TheWildswan69]

@amberlover678  I dont believe you agree. wow.

[Nickilina2011]

british revivalist's include the brian jonestown massacre,blue angel lounge,and the black fucking angels

[amberlover678]

@CrawlingKingSnakeJM Agreed, on top of that, this is without a doubt one of the best songs of the 60's