Amon Duul II - "Archangels Thunderbird"

archangel thunderbird

soap shop rock.

Who is

the emperor of the sky?

When the everywhere-eye
Asks you
Who is the emperor
Of the sky
Take the Archangel's Thunderbird

Go to Edgar Allen
In the tower of sleep
He'll tell you a story
Which makes you to creep
The echo of your cries
Is falling so deep

Rent a destroyer
And sail to Cape Cod

****ALL TIME BEST-LYRIC****
There lives a lion
They call him God
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There is no elevator to Eden
But a hole in the sky

In shock-corridors
People are standing
With their eyes in their hands
But they don't understand
Why their confessional folding-chairs
Go into the narcotic flight of stairs

Baiting soldiers are sleeping
In the melting House of Wax
Why is the audience not taking
The insurrection-axe
Thousands of windows burst open
And the alarm bells are broken

One of the greatest set of psychedelic lyrics for sure. I love that the Breeders covered this

*sets

thank you sleeve!

haha I was just reposting from upthread, I looked it up cuz one of my best/oldest friends was just FREAKIN OUT about how great Yeti was

People are standing
With their eyes in their hands

wait, wasn't this a scene in Pan's Labyrinth?

so of course I was like "oh you think it's great now? wait till you read THIS"

xp to myself

hope they enjoy it!

Sometimes I fantasize that Amon Duul II titles became part of the lingua franca of the hippie set:

"What's with that chick? Is she just a Restless Skylight-Transistor-Child?"

"Hey, man, you're Stumbling Over Melted Moonlight tonight!"

For someone who wasn't a native English speaker, Falk-U Rogner wrote some great psychedelic gobbledygook lyrics - and came up with great song titles.

The riff on this song is better than anything Zeppelin wrote

it's great but

sabbath has many on their first album that go harder than this

still rips

Amon Düül ii

(just testing the phone)

This 10 minute pilot (?) from 1998 for a show called "Archangel Thunderbird" popped up on YouTube. It's kind of rubbish and not old enough to be hauntological but a bit of a curio. Would be hugely improved if it had used the song as a soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRknrhtDbFQ