The Green Manalishi is not within my favorite songs but it’s a song I find interesting, and I enjoy to listen to from time to time. When I read Peter wrote the song after experiencing a drug-induced dream, and the green dog represented money, Peter was dead in the dream, etc. I remember I thought: Oh, LSD... Now I understand why the first minute sounded to me like an old Pink Floyd song.
No doubt those LSD trips could have inspired artists to write great songs. But when I remember Peter Green, Brian Wilson or Syd Barrett who ended up with schizophrenia, I must say the price was too high. It wasn’t worth it.