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Psychedelic rock didn\u2019t end in one fell swoop. It took years for this hazy trend to drop out of fashion. But by the early \u201970s, rockers had pretty much moved on to the new horizons of soft, prog, and funkified rock. This made the final years of the \u201960s a last gasp for psychedelia. Below, revisit three songs from 1967 that marked psychedelic rock\u2019s final bow.<\/p>\n
[RELATED: 3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1960s That Listeners Love To Hate, but Were Hits for a Reason]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The Beatles\u2019 \u201cStrawberry Fields Forever\u201d is a perfect psychedelic track. What\u2019s the point in trying to follow up perfection? This Beatles hit didn\u2019t end the psychedelic movement, but it was one of the final great songs in this vein.<\/p>\n The unsettling melotron and the nonsensical lyrics were psychedelic gems. Every rocker who claimed to be a part of this movement dreamed of penning a song like this. The Beatles flexed their inventive chops with this 1967 release, sending psychedelic rock out with a bang.<\/p>\n \u201cSee Emily Play\u201d is one of Pink Floyd\u2019s more subdued tracks. There\u2019s an earworm melody chorus that listeners can sing along to, which is more than can be said for many of their more experimental, off-kilter hits. Yet, this song is peak psychedelic rock, perfectly encapsulating the sub-genre\u2019s hallmarks.<\/p>\n This song still has the surrealism that Pink Floyd thrived on, but it\u2019s a little more accessible than many of their calling cards. The band gave psychedelia one of its final major moments with \u201cSee Emily Play.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStrawberry Fields Forever\u201d (The Beatles)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\u201cSee Emily Play\u201d (Pink Floyd)<\/strong><\/h3>\n