Escrita por
Grace Slick, foi gravada pelo Jeferson Airplane em 3 de novembro de
1966 e lançada num compacto que tinha Plastic fantastic love como
Lado B, em 24 de junho de 1967. Chegou ao numero 8 dos charts pop
americanos. É a número 478 do ranking das 500 maiores canções de
todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stones. E é uma das 500 canções
que deram forma ao rock and roll.
Foi escrita
enquanto Grace ainda tava no The Great Society. A banda acabou e ela
foi convidada pra ir pro Jefferson Airplane e levou essa canção com
ela. Usa o imaginário de Alice no País das Maravilhas, o coelho
branco.
Foi
regravada por George Benson, com um solo de piano de Herbie Hancock,
entre outros artistas.
A letra:
One pill makes
you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice
When she was just small
When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head
Feed your head
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice
When she was just small
When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head
Feed your head
A versão do
Jefferson Airplane:
A versão de
Ladyhawk:
A versão de
Echo Train:
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