“You Took Me By Surprise”

"Beautiful Stars"

song by Sky Sunlight And Thee New Seeds featuring Rainbow (1976)

A rare garage rock song from the mid-1970s, "Beautiful Stars" is a Sky Saxon classic that is, like many of his best, simultaneously raunchy and blissed out.

"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"

song by Sky Sunlight Saxon (2008)

The cute foursome may have been a pre-fab teen-TV group but The Monkees hit undeniable gold with the great garage-rock thrust of "(I'm Not

"Painted Doll"

song by The Seeds (1967)

Sky Saxon seems to return to his pre-Seeds "teen idol" persona on "Painted Doll", a gentle ballad on the varied and adventurous album Future

"World Of Dreams"

song by Fast Planet (1994)

"World Of Dreams" is the only song on Fast Planet's 1994 CD Down The Nile that doesn't list Sky Saxon as a writer. It was penned exclusively

"Just Like John Lennon Said"

song by Sky Sunlight Saxon (2007)

"Just Like John Lennon Said" is a Sky Saxon song that appeared on a MySpace page around 2007, and a slightly different mix was incorporated

"Universal Stars"

song by Universe Sun (1975)

A more psychedelic version of "Diamonds In The Rough" replete with wah-wah guitar, weird echoes, and Sky Saxon taking a trip around the countries of Earth.