Tin Foil Blues
A tribute to Tres Warren
Ecuadorian psychedelic fungus
Opened the doors of perception
On a day back in 2012
It paved the way for many more....
Free thinking was the birth
Intoxication was conception
Myself and Dave
Surfing a technicolor wave
Of psilocybin
We were the only one's alive...
The rest of the worlds consciousness
Was either caged or dying
A niche market is psychedelic rock
The Psychic Ills
With their lucid droning lyrics
And their high flying free spirits...
They certainly hit the spot
Tres Warren sadly died
At the age of forty two
In the March of 2020
My world turned glacier blue
Covid then ensued
Death, conspiracies, tin foil hats
Not much else on the news
I'd give my left arm
To go back to 2012...
Before the tinfoil blues
The Psychic Ills
Playing neon psychedelic rock
With an electric Equidorian hue...
Their music helps me travel back
in time
and helps wash away the tin foil blues
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Comments
Hello Syd :)
You give the reader a real sense of submersion here. Really clever writing and then my heart sank when I read about your friend.
what a line Syd. I can relate to that feeling. True sadness expressed beautifully in a simple line. A wonderful tribute to someone clearly special in your life. The amount of times I have wanted a time machine. Your piece reflects that mood perfectly. Ending on that pinnacle line which took me to a film called signs, where they all wear tin foil hats. This past year has been as mad as that indeed
A brilliant write my friend, and sending hugs to you at what must feel a truly difficult time 💗
Hi Gwen, I'm really glad you like my poem which I've since heavily edited...I leave some good typos when I post at 3:00am before I go to bed. I've probably still missed some.
Yes the death of the lead singer from the band really hit me hard although I didn't know him personally. The tin foil hat line was exactly the image I was trying to convey..from the film Signs. A lot has changed in the last 18 months, music has the power to transport you back to better times.
Hope you are keeping well - Syd x
I will have to check the band out Syd I haven’t heard of them before. But I love music and finding new bands is always fun. There are always people who will inspire our own lives. For me it was Audrey Hepburn. More her actual life from childhood up that really blew me away. So when she died I was gutted.
You are as bad as me, it was 4:30am when I finally put my head down last night (or should that be this morning)
A lovely tribute Syd, to a band that gave you so much and probably will always inspire people for years to come. His music will live on x
Yes by all means check them out Gwen, I do listen to weird psychedelic stuff though so it's not many people's cup of tea...but that's one of the reasons why I loved them - still love them. Their music was part of a soundtrack to my life.
Yes I'm certainly a night owl. Mornings are made to be slept through...maybe except in the summer.
Thanks again for reading and commenting.
- Syd x
Wow Syd... I can relate to the death of an artist that hits the soul... bit of a clique for me to say that personally it was Tim Birgling aka Avicii... I never saw him as a legend as others did... pestering him to make more music... I saw him as human, a survivor of the media and a passionate man of common values. Powerful poem Syd, brought up a lot of things for me. Enjoyed
Hi Max, thanks for reading and commenting. I'm glad and sad that you could relate to this write. Yes I remember Avicii, when the details emerged of how he committed suicide I was in shock. I couldn't imagine how anyone could be so inclined to do something like that to themselves. It's a real shame he couldn't be helped. It wasn't really my type of music but still a terrible tragedy nonetheless.
Take care - Syd
Hey SYD!!....this is an AMAZING write brother......there are SO many things I like about it.....firstly, I am a HUGE Dallas Cowboys fan ~ so the fact that he's wearing the hat sold me right there....but then secondly, the mention of the psilocybin experience just the blew the top off of a can of worms......I would have to go into it with you another time because there is so much to tell about my experiences with mushrooms and the Indians in Mexico.....and then thirdly, the mention of the rock band and how it was a part of "The Soundtrack Of Your Life" just gave it the creamy filling any great dessert needs......and this entire poem (for me) is that extra something that life gives you as dessert or topping while traversing the many painful slopes of that this life presents you with along the way!!......FANTASTIC piece of poetic brilliance!!....keep shining man.......you've got mad skills!!......Bravo!!......LOVE & ROCKETS!!......T xo : )
Hi Tony, I wish I could write poems as effortlessly as you leave positive meaningful comments...they truly inspire me and many others to keep writing!
Music and psilocybin go together so well, some moments can change you forever. These experiences are too much to put into words so I can see where you are coming from with regards to your time spent in Mexico...and likewise, you certainly have those mad skills also.
Love and rockets - Syd xo
Thank you SYD....for being cool......and......for the "Love & Rockets!".....very groovy brother!!........peace.......T xo ; )
Thank you SYD!!....for understanding the gist of it.......for being cool....and.......for the "Love & Rockets!".......Peace Bro!!......out.......T xo : )