The Jefferson Airplane album Surrealistic Pillow was huge. In 1967. people today recognize the singles ("somebody to love," and "white rabbit"), but few know about the rest of the tracks, which weren't sung by grace slick, but by marty balin, the other vocalist, original founder, and lead songwriter of Jefferson Airplane. These other tracks are soooo good; they revolve around so many different themes and emotions, it's incredible. There are songs about love, about falling out of love, about society, and technology too.
But an element of the album that is worth focusing on is the very melodic bass performances by Jack Casady. According to casady, he was stifled as an artist in the other bands that he had been in, but the airplane was so spontaneous and experimental, his bandmates encouraged him to delevop a more melodic style. also, the band setup allowed him to step away from the rhythm section (jefferson airplane had both a lead and a rhythm guitarist).
listen to "d.c.b.a. -25," "my best friend," and "she has funny cars." you'll find them thought-provoking, i'm sure.
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