The main reason to why psychedelic style of rock became popular was because of its characteristic features such as modal melodies, esoteric lyrics, description of dreams, visions or hallucinations, and longer songs with lengthy instrumental solos. Some of the main features of this particular style of rock consists of the use of “trippy” effects, such as distortion, reverb and reversed, delayed, or shifting phased sounds. Another common distinction from traditional dance music of the time was beat variance, either through an unusual encompassing beat or by disrupting the 4/4 timing with interludes. The song “The Sunshine of Your Love” included, echo and reverberation. It also featured the use of long-delay and multiple-repeat echo effects. The
