M Simon,
I definitely was a fan of the Fish in those spacey days. The song ” Who am I?” was a poignant existential plea.” I’ll survive” on the same album was a sweet little love song. Joe Mcdonald was a red diaper baby but I think the acid added a touch of humor to the grim Marxism he could have represented. A similar band ,though lots more edgy was the MC5 out of Detroit. Those boys could start a mini riot any time they played. Ah the loopy 60′s and early 70′s.
“I feel like I’m fixin’ to die” was immensely popular among the grunts in Viet Nam, at least the ones who were dabbling in the youth culture. I guess they would be the Sgt. Elias faction in “Platoon” . “We gotta get out of this place” by the Animals was another big hit as well as Mary Hopkin’s “Those were the days”