Under The Covers: Other Artists Covering Beatles Songs:’ The Word”- 13th Floor Elevators. From Rubber Soul- a Lennon/McCartney song- sung by John Lennon which was mainly written by John. Not a great number of covers on this one- by the 13th Floor Elevators- Roky Erickson’s band was an interesting take. It was recorded in 1966.
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def has the psychedelic vibe going on. sounds like a cross between the stones, the doors, and the animals
Interesting. I don’t recall ever hearing this version.