It always pleases me to see another human connecting with a piece of music that resonates with me. Thanks.
@latentgamer576211 ай бұрын
You could tell he was grooving like hell on this.
@joannavasquez12207 ай бұрын
I was 8 yrs old when "Magic Carpet Ride" came out. A few minutes later it became my favorite song! 63 yrs old now and it's still my favorite song!!
@gkiferonhs2 жыл бұрын
This is classic psychedelia. The intricacy of sounds, the quick tempo changes, etc. was especially enjoyable when on acid - the 'magic carpet ride'.
@karenmandeville71162 жыл бұрын
a hit of windowpane and let the music take you away for sure!
@carlatruby69562 жыл бұрын
Took me on a few rides.😋
@dano94212 жыл бұрын
Been there done that and definitely lived it
@dano94212 жыл бұрын
@@karenmandeville7116 you must have lived in the time, I know that I did and still do today, some habits never go away
@briankorbelik28732 жыл бұрын
@@karenmandeville7116 I found that a little Orange Sunshine or Purple Haze always went well with the "Wolf.;
@stretchgilbert2 жыл бұрын
The crazy thing is this record was made in '68, I believe, yet the production sounds like it was recorded yesterday.
@billhiggins18822 жыл бұрын
Remastered
@11dsw2 жыл бұрын
Definitely more of a 7os vibe…Dr John-ish…
@davisworth51142 жыл бұрын
Nobody rocks like this today.
@autumnphillips151 Жыл бұрын
@@davisworth5114 What you mean is that you’re ignorant of the bands that are working today.
@perrynelson4254 Жыл бұрын
Richard Podolor produced this track. He also produced 3 Dog Night
@michaelakkerman4072 жыл бұрын
" Close your eyes girl, look inside girl, Let the SOUND take you away" Lyrics say it all...
@bombasticbushkin4985 Жыл бұрын
Groovy, love your reactions. Steppenwolf's front man was German born John Kay who emigrated to Toronto, Canada and was known to play in the hippy Yorkville district. It was in 1967 John and Dennis Edmonton got drummer Jerry Edmonton, keyboardist Goldy McJohn, 17-year-old guitar prodigy Michael Monarch and bassist Rushton Moreve to create Steppenwolf. They cut their first album in 4 days. Great hits like Born to be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride, Rock Me and Pusher Man echoed a generation of "free love and psychedelic drugs" for some. Their songs have been licensed in about 50 motion pictures.
@debbieplato51072 жыл бұрын
This was the first "heavy " rock album I bought when I was 14.
@daveguitarnowski44022 жыл бұрын
My parents gave it to me for christmas when I was 10!
@Code92 жыл бұрын
Solid psychedelic groove. A veritable musical kaleidoscope of sounds, rhythms and textures. Listen to it while stoned. You'll get seriously lost in the tapestry. Great stuff.
@cartercarter6452 жыл бұрын
Truth!! Such a vibe!!!!
@sst3d2 жыл бұрын
Way underrated…
@Quinctili2 жыл бұрын
No drugs were harmed in the making of this music.....
@rossadams14052 жыл бұрын
@@Quinctili 'thank god hahahah
@Quinctili2 жыл бұрын
@@rossadams1405 no drugs have ever been harmed listening to this music...
@user-hi6fx2bz8x2 жыл бұрын
This a much needed close your eyes and let the music take you away song to deeply appreciate it...Awesome song from my past...Thanks Again
@eviekelpie12 жыл бұрын
I'm 59 and I can't believe what great freaking music we had as little kids, and didn't even appreciate it at the time
@marthaz2 жыл бұрын
"Born to be Wild" is a must hear classic from this group. Love you two getting an incredible education in music - "between the sound machines" - could be speakers, could be headphones 🎧. I was in highschool, plenty of trippin' was the thing of the times. 💕 Love you two
@cptrex2 жыл бұрын
Yes! At this point, to me, it's a little cheesey, but only because it's soooo good. If that makes sense. Though I'd dig a little "Don't Step on The Grass, Sam" heheh
@lesschoenberger30702 жыл бұрын
It was speakers, Kay had just bought a new hi-fi system and the line just came to him.
@CBALLEN Жыл бұрын
I wonder how many movies and commercials, BORN TO BE WILD was used in.
@MrMoon19532 жыл бұрын
That would be Goldie McJohn on keyboard with his trademark Leslie speakers. RIP Godie.
@beeseewill24072 жыл бұрын
You two are showcasing one of my favorites."Magic Carpet Ride". Check out" Born to be Wild", and "Screaming Night Hog."Steppenwolf knows how to take you to different places.That organ player had a 15 pound afro back in the 60s and made that organ smoke.But Don't forget the drummer.
@rogerkelly79882 жыл бұрын
This was one of the first big Rock bands of the 60s and had a string of hit song's and they were one of the first bands that toured heavy in the late 60s but we also had CCR, Grand Funk Railroad and Lynrd Skynyrd
@jenniferfoster16922 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most iconic 60s songs...we were even rocking to this in college in the late 80s!!!
@hays90082 жыл бұрын
Writer John Kay said the song was about a new top-quality hi-fi system and he started writing lyrics "about how great our new stereo system sounded takes you away" He said the only drug in the room during recording was pot, he went on to say there is no reference to LSD and it's what music does to you
@theNOVEMBERman11162 жыл бұрын
Y'all on a psychedelic rock trip today keep bringing the dope reactions
@sharonpate54812 жыл бұрын
The best Steppenwolf ever was “The Pusher” “Snowblind Friend “ and “Born To Be Wild” 😁☮️💙😎👍🏻
@andreaschmall55602 жыл бұрын
"Rock Me" is one that has been lost in the shuffle.
@billhiggins18822 жыл бұрын
Pusher is my pick
@BobSoltis12 жыл бұрын
The Pusher and Snowblind Friend were both anti hard-drug songs by Hoyt Axton who also wrote Joy To The World that Three Dog Night had huge success with. Hoyt's mom co-wrote Heartbreak Hotel for Elvis.
@greenbeatsred2 жыл бұрын
Keyboards, rhythm guitar, bass, and drums were going crazy and then the vocals of John Kay to top it off. This song never gets old and I heard it when it first came out.
@armadillotoe2 жыл бұрын
There is nothing like the sound of a Hammond B3 played through Leslies by somebody who knows how to play them. Close your eyes girl. Look inside girl. Let the sound take you away!
@vivianphillips85192 жыл бұрын
"I like to dream...right between the sound machine." This is how we listened.. eyes closed with our head between the speakers and let the music take us away. I was kind of sad to hear this song in a commercial yesterday but maybe it's a good way to introduce today's young people to good rock.
@autumnphillips151 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know... I cringed pretty hard recently when I found out that someone had first heard a Black Pumas song in a commercial and _completely_ misunderstood the lyrics and never bothered to seek out the song. I’m afraid that songs featuring in commercials could cause people to have associations that degrade those songs. But, then again, sometimes I’m just glad to hear songs I love, in any context.
@Meyzen762 жыл бұрын
“Transportation situation...” Had me dying!!!🤣
@zoegartham3122 жыл бұрын
One of the things I love so much about this song is how it goes from incredibly wild and psychedelic music to back to the melody in one beat. That transition is one of my all-time favorite transitions to listen to in music.
@stanleymyrick40682 жыл бұрын
I like to dream / Right between the sound machine On a cloud of sound I drift in the night / Any place it goes is right Goes far, flies near, to the stars away from here
@rodhotrod4743 Жыл бұрын
I thought I heard that they were the first heavy metal band of the 60s. But it's really nice to see Asia and BJ grooving to the music of my era not to mention you other listeners out there! 😺
@timothymyers68272 жыл бұрын
Psychedelic time of my teenage years!!!!!!! This was a time when we got high closed our eyes and just grooved to it!
@neilpatrickhairless2 жыл бұрын
Steppenwolf is a killer band with a deep little gang of tunes. I feel like they are pretty underrated when it comes to their slower, less hard rock stuff.
@rickmcintosh57872 жыл бұрын
When Steppenwolf broke up in the middle to late 70's, each band member stepped out to preform Steppenwolf music. In 1978, I booked the lead singer and his group to play one night at the Anchor Club in Cocoa Beach, Florida. We reduced the dress code to come to the club in jeans and what ever. We held 452 cases of beer alone and by 8:00 pm, we were sold out and Wolf hasn't even been on stage. I remember giving my staff money to go to all the ABC liquor stores and they returned with another more 400 cases beer, not to mention we had a full stocked bar as well. After the concert, Bill Proctor of "Proctor & Gamble" convinced them to come party at his house at Sabastian Inlet, after that night I never saw that group again, and I think that's a good thing.
@singluna888 Жыл бұрын
I have to straight out say they headlined the best concert I've ever been to. Guess Who was the opening act.
@AndrewA09272 жыл бұрын
I use to rock to this song in my dads cassette player in his blazer when I was a little kid. Never really understood that this song was about drugs when I was 5. My dad use to laugh so hard when I would rock out to it haha good memories
@alexdrummer21752 жыл бұрын
These guys have influenced so many bands. One of the first to really use the Hammond B3 with rock. Blows my mind that they're not in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame.
@danielstorm89312 жыл бұрын
1960's heavy psychedelic rock. Ended the 60's with this kind of stuff and it brought in the 70's... This song is basically a psychedelic rock song about the effects of the drugs . The word "Magic carpet Ride" relates to what the drug user feels when he or she is on these illegal drugs : flying as high as a kite ; or more likely , a carpet ride while being stoned .
@1234uz2 жыл бұрын
Another tune our Band played every time we did a GIG back in the 1960's along with Born to be Wild by him
@Catbytes2 жыл бұрын
Since you got hold of Steppenwolf, yall may as well do "Born To Be Wild!!"
@ronaldmorgan76322 жыл бұрын
Of course. How could they not?
@craighayes2263 Жыл бұрын
I had this song on a 45 rpm record and I played the crap out of it, Love Steppenwolf and of coarse Magic Carpet Ride.
@davidmcdonald112 жыл бұрын
You have just dipped your toe into Steppenwolf! This song will never get old or go out of style! I appreciate you bringing back the classics.
@debbiejarvis57642 жыл бұрын
Born To Be Wild ((( was one of their most famous songs.. need to watch the live version.
@vicprovost25612 жыл бұрын
Thanks guys for trying this pioneering band who really Rocked in the late 60s & early 70s. Try Born To Be Wild, The Pusher and Monster and see how great a band they were. I was very lucky to see them front row in the early 70s in Waterbury CT, I was just to the left of lead singer / guitarist John Kay, I will never forget his snarl. Rock On. 🎸
@slimpickins91242 жыл бұрын
This was used in the Star Trek film "First Contact' when Earthlings first achieved warp speed space flight. The inventor & pilot played this on takeoff.
@jimpatterson32862 жыл бұрын
The man is John Kay. The band is Steppenwolf. Check out more of both.
@robertherring92772 жыл бұрын
"Don't Step on the Grass, Sam" is prolly one of my favorites from them!
@mitchellberhoveren76382 жыл бұрын
Seen these guys in the late 70's. During the distortion in the beginning of this song, which was already loud and strong enough that you could feel it, a speaker fell off the top of a stack of speakers. I remember the sound thumped my chest! Just a memory from the past!
@alonzocoyethea61482 жыл бұрын
I've only owned 1 keyboard that had that "Steppenwolf" sound, but it was too heavy, took 2 guys 2 move it, so I downsized to a yamaha 88 in "2002., but I still miss that thing, and haven't found another one since with that psychedelic sound.
@davisworth51142 жыл бұрын
"Born to be Wild" is one to do next, all-time classic rock song.
@sourisvoleur48542 жыл бұрын
and source of the phrase "heavy metal."
@MrJiminDallas2 жыл бұрын
and Pusherman
@mcbeezee21202 жыл бұрын
I vividly remember listening to this again and again on AM radio in 1968. I was only 11, but it always got me moving even then.
@jonlenihan47982 жыл бұрын
"Steppenwolf" by Herman Hesse, a novel published in 1927. Hesse was popular in the 1960s.
@chuckmoseley37712 жыл бұрын
53 years and still kickin. Drug's did play apart in music 🎵 during these years
@titusho2 Жыл бұрын
The mighty Steppenwolf 🐺! They Rapping in 68' .. Love them.
@deannacrownover32 жыл бұрын
You can actually see each sound in color on acid lol. This song was made for trips. That's what a Magic Carpet Ride was, lol.
@paulamoya79562 жыл бұрын
Yep. This was def about acid trips in the 60’s . This music was created while on it and written about it .
@deannacrownover32 жыл бұрын
@@paulamoya7956 I know, right? Mr Natural, microdot, window pane and sugar cubes... (dang, I've gotten old in there somewhere!)
@corinnepmorrison18542 жыл бұрын
Never did drugs but loved this music...❤️
@douglassellers75282 жыл бұрын
16 yrs. old when this came out. Darn near 70 and still love it.
@zeppelinmexicano Жыл бұрын
One of the great examples of the psychedelic era. Stoners in Vietnam loved this song. It would definitely put you OUT.
@thomasvest71112 жыл бұрын
You two are so much fun! Great reaction to a classic sixties psychedelia rock genre song.
@stevesmodelbuilds54734 ай бұрын
"I like to be dreamin' right between my sound machine." With some of the profits from their first album, John Kay bought a massive stereo system -- his Sound Machine... The change-ups of this band are unrivalled... 'Goldy' McJohn was the keyboardist, and the band was discovered by Peter Fonda in a Vancouver bar...
@fairydust-weepthewildwinds2 жыл бұрын
Saw this band live with BOSTON, STYX, REO SPEEDWAGON, and AIR SUPPLY. My love at the time, yelled out to the crowd, I LOVE THIS WOMAN…. GOOD TIMES
@oldmanghost2192 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites from back in the day. It is a live version video that I have in my library that starts with the keyboard doing a little jam.
@lisar.66702 жыл бұрын
Lordy .. this brings back memories. A few friends and I had just taken some shrooms and someone slapped SWolfs Greatest Hits onto the turntable .. I had to take a walk .. 😂 .. Ya have to check our their hit "The Pusher Man" next ..
@djjonosborn15312 жыл бұрын
Asia & BJ - In the 60's, groups like Steppenwolf wanted listeners to get lost in the music. That is how you know if a band is good then and now actually. This is a GREAT band. Magic Carpet Ride definitely has a funk element to it. Sly Stone comes to mind.
@ginakirby44342 жыл бұрын
My aunt introduced me to this music when I was 7 years old lol. I loved it. Try out Tommy James and the Shondells.
@royholley83252 жыл бұрын
One of the first albums I bought was Stepinwolf Live, the best live album ever, drove my parents crazy playing it in my room
@lesschoenberger30702 жыл бұрын
The song is over 50 years old and will be played for another 150 years as well as "Born to be wild". Goldy McJohn was the guy "killin" the keys", he was fantastic as was the rest of this original lineup. But it was Mars Bonfire (Dennis Edmonton) playing that rhythm guitar perfectly, he happened to be in the studio when they were recording and asked him to play on this song. He never sped up or slowed down, his timing was always perfect. For a real trip check out "The Sparrow", the band that they were right before becoming Steppenwolf, they really rocked but were more raw and bluesy!
@steveferocious51842 жыл бұрын
Ive loved this song for many years. My older brother had the single record they used to call them 45s. Was absolute joy to watch u 2 discover it and enjoy it the way I do.
@rubbersole792 жыл бұрын
"Screaming Night Hog" by this band is really a must.
@huerosantos75637 ай бұрын
Hearing that groove, was supposed to be that magic carpet ride. That's how I listened to it when I was a kid. That song came out in 68, I was 7 back then. 63 now and still Rocking to that song. 😎✌🏽
@paulamoya79562 жыл бұрын
This should be assigned listening in school . The year I was born 68’ .. this is a Masterpiece I grew up hearing from the time I was born⭐️
@stevethompson67722 жыл бұрын
The album 'Steppenwolf 7' is an excellent album to hear several different styles of the great music made by this band.
@paulkersey10072 жыл бұрын
Steppenwolf was one of the first names to pioneer what many people call heavy metal. They are legends. I don't take drugs but man, I can imagine what kind of high you'll get when you hear this.
@claimguy2 жыл бұрын
A truly underappreciated bass line in this one. Listen to it once focusing on the bass . Trippy!
@davidevans45352 жыл бұрын
From the era when Lsd or more commonly known as Acid tabs were taken like sweeties trippy times indeed
@AliasMark692 жыл бұрын
I saw Steppenwolf and Iron Butterfly together in 1969. I was 15 and smoking a pipe packed with some great stuff, This song, Born To Be Wild, Rock Me Baby and The Pusher, then IRON BUTTERFLY.... Extended long.....In-A-Gada-Da-Vida for 45 minutes.......AWESOME
@fayelawson53612 жыл бұрын
If you are getting into the classics, try Traffic and song call dear mr fantasy. My favorite and an 18 year old Stevie winwood
@marc2397 Жыл бұрын
I remember when this song came out..huge!! Les’ go!! I was 13 in 1968.
@aricsanders9382 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs. Thanks for reacting to it. And btw, Asia you have a gorgeous smile! Good Lawd!
@s.rry-guld29612 жыл бұрын
This is Hands down My Fave Song by them. its been in a lot of movies from Vietnam War movies to modern day movies. My all time fave Movie use is in Star Trek First Contact where Zefram Chohrane Launched the Phoenix into space for the first time lol
@vespoint2 жыл бұрын
I liked it in Go when the car chase starts out of the parking garage.
@marthayoung23082 жыл бұрын
Love this band and song! Check out the live version where you can see the band. Think you might like it as well.
@shawn1432 Жыл бұрын
This is DNA I’m 70 and this song still rocks, and many happy memories !
@ablesandoval4904 Жыл бұрын
Wow! The Dark tunnel, The dark Highway...Exactly what I though of way back in 1970s listening to this song.
@willowb15272 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most psychedelics songs from that generation. It's best to close your eyes during the musical part. Because it's just a mindscape that's all I can call it it is taking a giant step inside your mind it's like you're traveling through your mind. I can't explain it. ♥️❤️♥️❤️
@sillililli012 жыл бұрын
"Inagadddavida", from Iron Butterfly, did that for me, listen to it with headphones.
@willowb15272 жыл бұрын
@@sillililli01 oh yes. ♥️♥️♥️♥️👍
@kevinmarsh89222 жыл бұрын
Try Edgar Winter "Give It Everything You've Got", fantastic.
@chriseggert73623 ай бұрын
you both make the BEST videos for reacting to music in the whole UNIVERSE. PEACE and LOVE from the Yay--Area
@DebieTaylor Жыл бұрын
I use to dance to this song!!!!!! I am 69 years old. Thank yall for playing this!
@Mymloch2 жыл бұрын
This was a necessity for every weekend I had between the ages of 15 and 20.... very special!!!
@dantean2 жыл бұрын
They're credited with introducing the expression "Heavy Metal" into the vocabulary of rock music in the song "Born to Be Wild" but THIS song is a lesson in FUNK ROCK!
@pffp62462 жыл бұрын
Yes 🙌 This song is one of our family party songs , everyone singing, dancing having a good time oh heck all the old school music …. Love your reactions & your both enjoying the groove
@ballsyrocker2 жыл бұрын
I loved singing this in my '70s group, Tyne Kyte , and the crowds loved dancing to it. Peace.
@leslie87432 жыл бұрын
In the movie Easy Rider in 1968. It was the generations free love and drugs and rock and roll. My older sisters played it over and over! "Don't Bogart that joint my friend," was another song. lol
@RaySawhill Жыл бұрын
That long instrumental bit *was* the magic carpet ride. Trippin’!
@danhartman85822 жыл бұрын
Got to see them in the 70s , fantastic band , check out The Pusher another one of their hits .
@chalieblairjr84527 ай бұрын
You guys are a great combo together and the music you can listen to is awesome I'm 63 years old and it takes me back to when I was 20 God bless you guys
@profanepersonality2 жыл бұрын
This was the song, that created the term "heavy metal", after a journalist used it to describe the intro.
@daveguitarnowski44022 жыл бұрын
Well, it was actually a line in "Born To Be Wild". That doesn't rule out your explanation though.
@profanepersonality2 жыл бұрын
@@daveguitarnowski4402, no it was because the journalist (R.I.P.), thought the intro of this song sounded like "heavy metals crashing into one another."; but thanks for playing.
@daveguitarnowski44022 жыл бұрын
@@profanepersonality Gosh, thanks. Hope I get a prize. Of course, I'm sure you're aware that Born To Be Wild predates Magic Carpet Ride by an album.
@danlalonde27512 жыл бұрын
All my teen years took place during the 60's era. This was one of the best songs that represented the era. They say this song started heavy metal.
@autumnphillips151 Жыл бұрын
I think it’s actually “Born to Be Wild” that’s credited with introducing the term “heavy metal” to the music world, because of the lyric “heavy metal thunder”.
@dang22262 ай бұрын
Glad to see you youngens reacting to music i listened too...and i was born in 74😂😂😂 and i loved listening to this as a kid❤❤❤
@cindyv1401 Жыл бұрын
Holy Crap Very first concert I saw ‼️ I was only 16.....WOW
@Mark-iv7np Жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this fantastic song in 68 I knew it would be a huge hit and it was the short version for radio. This is so much better. John Kay is a very good singer hats off to all the band members. Rock Me is very good also.
@chuckwilliams80152 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Canada 🇨🇦 rocks. I saw them in 96 at a fair in Missouri, with Marshal Tucker band.
@tennwingman33502 жыл бұрын
I was lucky to see this band perform in a small town bar in 1984 in Albany, Ga. I was not even planning to stop when I saw their name on the marque. I went and got a hotel room and was back for the show to start. Awesome group and John Kay, the leader is over the top.
@kevincaulder90012 жыл бұрын
You do realize that the organ solo is the Magic Carpet Ride. The only thing left for you to do is get your motor running to the heavy metal stomp of BORN TO BE WILD !! Go ahead you two. We've been rocking to it for 6o years. Now it's your turn.
@beeseewill24072 жыл бұрын
John Kay lead singer of Steppenwolf said in an interview that he got some of his earlier music influence from church musicals and listening to black music on the radio.
@marc2397 Жыл бұрын
I remember going to a club in Nashville, The Hullabaloo, it was 1970. It was typical 1970 phychedelic type atmosphere. Wow!
@williamscoggin15096 ай бұрын
Back in high school we used to blow this record up on the City Cafe jukebox while we were shooting pool in the back room.
@colinpate30592 жыл бұрын
My buddies and I hung out at this old pool hall when we were in Jr High. Smoked cigarettes, played pool, would drink Dr. Pepper and eat frozen candy bars. This place had a killer old Wurlitzer juke box that had bass that would kick you in the chest. This song on that juke box was amazing. To this day over fifty years later this song reminds me of that old pool hall and hanging out with my pals.
@jamesgibbens60982 жыл бұрын
You really picked out a great band here. You'll will like alot of there great songs they out out. Enjoy the ride every music they put out was some good music. Rock on and keep on playing some more great music!!!Real Talk Frfr. Have an apartment here soon and can't wait to hear some more!!! Can't go wrong with that day and age. Peace out and have a great time and night. Love you both 💞@lways