THE TRIP (The Fire Escape)
“The Trip” is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Kim Fowley. It first appeared on the A-side of Fowley’s debut single as a solo artist, which was released in early 1965 on Corby Records. Anticipating the surreal essence of psychedelia, and his early work with the Mothers of Invention, “The Trip” remains one of Fowley’s most experimental compositions of his recording career. Lyrically, the song is regarded as one of the earliest recordings to explicitly make references to LSD. (More from Wikipedia)
A cover of “The Trip” by a band called the Fire Escape is included on Kim Fowley’s 1980 album Hollywood Confidential that also features songs by the Runaways, Venus and the Razorblades, and the Seeds.
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