Whenever I listen to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, so do my neighbors.

RIP founder and lead singer Douglas Ingle. Died 5/24/24 at age 78. Wrote this masterpiece of psychedelia. Thanks for the music.

I can still hear my mother screaming up the stairs “TURN THAT SHIT DOWN” and me yelling back down at her “BUT THEY ARE YOUR RECORDS” I was 16 and she was in her early 40s and it was 1979. My mom had an extensive record collection.

My 72 year old body is in my 15 year old bedroom with headphones staring at the ceiling right now. Great time to be alive.

I’m an old black granny. We all partied to this song back in the day! Had this on vinyl, then CD. Now listening on my boom and iPhone. Great rock will never die!

I love being old ..all this fantastic music we got to listen to..been a great musical ride ..

My ex was stationed in Vietnam. He was leaving the bar area when this song came on. He stayed to listen to it. His sleeping barracks were attacked and destroyed. He would not have lived nor would I have my children. Long Live rock and roll and thank you Iron Butterfly ❤

I saw them in SLC when I was 19. It seems like just yesterday I'm 74 now. I feel so fortunate to have lived a life in such amazing times.

I'm 74 and still love this after so many years. Those drums take me back to a place and time I miss.

Just turned 80 today and this song is still knocking them down

A few years ago i was in a bar with a friend. She had an app that let her control the Juke Box. She asked what song she should play. I suggested this song, so she played it. The reactions from the people in the bar was hilarious. Many didn't get it, but others were happy to hear it. Another experience, i stayed with a friend at Myrtle Beach. There was a nearby restaurant that had a good breakfast. She went to play the Juke Box and i told her to play In-A-Gadda- Da- Vida. This time most people got excited and talked about how long it had been since they heard this song. I think this song has a place in the hearts of those of us that are a certain age. I don't feel they got all the attention they deserved for their talent.

I am 79 and I never get tired of this masterpiece. No other band has ever come close too the beauty of this composition. It is a sacred song of Rock history. I hope they play it in the afterlife.

Only Doug Ingle is alive now of this version of the Iron Butterfly line-up. Ron Bushy died Aug 29th 2021, Lee Dorman died December 21, 2012 and Eric Braun was the first to depart us on July 25th, 2003. May God bless them all. Some of the greatest music ever created.

I'm 69 now, but I am 14 again when I hear this music. There is absolutely magic anywhere, anytime you want it. Love you , Boomers, and you younger folks, too.

20 years old, and my water had just broke. Getting ready to go to the hospital and this song came on the radio. "Wait," I said to hubs, and sat back down on the bed. "Gotta hear the drum solo." Lol! I'll have to tell the kid about that. He's 50 now and had to wait to be born!

In 1968 I was doing my AIT after Basic Training in the Army at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. We were in old WW2 barracks. Every night at 9pm the local radio station would play this masterpiece, the long version. We were on the second floor, 24 of us , and this song would rock us to sleep for 8 weeks. For quite some time after that I would need to play it on my 8 track so I could go to sleep. Geez that was a long time ago.

I’m 73 We lived in the time of love party and rock and roll Saw many concerts Wouldn’t change a thing Except it would be nice to be able to revisit this time Those of my age were so lucky to have lived when we did God bless all of us !!!

I saw them in person in San Jose back in 1969. When they ended the concert with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, everyone rushed the stage. I was close to the front for this song. A soul experience I'll never forget. Yeh, I'm old too...76 and I'm glad I was young during the 60's and 70's when some of the best music was going down...Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Moody Blues, et al. As Joe Walsh put it, "I'd rather be 20 in the 70's than 70 in the 20's."

Фигасе, сколько нас, стариков, любящих classic rock. Спасибо, что мы еще живы и слушаем такую музыку.

hello !! ....this was THE Acid-song....it never gets old.... 72y-old-Hippie-and-Yogi from Austria....Love, Peace-&-Happiness ☮~el~🕉~mar~✝

I feel sorry for the youth of today with so few songs worth remembering as they get older.

First album I ever bought. Would lay in bed listening with my headphones every night . My room was lit with black lights and walls covered with psychedelic posters .

We were so lucky to grow up with all these great bands. They all played fantastic new music that mesmerized us. The louder the better.

When music was still music ❤️🙏🏽

This song defined what Psychedelic music was all about in the late 60’s absolutely groovy

I turned 113 years young last month, and every time i hear this song it brings back memories of a time when except for one liquor store guy once, I never lied to anybody about how old I was.

I know most here know this, but, for those that don’t know, the name of this song is what it is because the singer was ‘lit’ and couldn’t say the words. “In the Garden of Eden”. The band members thought it was funny so they left it as it is.

16 yr old Eric Brann on lead guitar. Way ahead of the curve. The Origin of Psychedelic Rock.

Love this song ... i thought by now it would be like a classic but seems nobody knows it.. im old. This song represents a period that no one will ever be able to put down with a pencil and paper.

The the late 60's and 70's were a great time to be alive, the music was the best.

A CLASSIC FROM THE 60’S. THE DRUM SOLO , HECK , THE WHOLE SONG IS A ROCK MASTERPIECE.

The year was 1968. I was 15 and 1/2. There I was in a semi-dark room, where we were all sitting or reclining on the floor ---- laying back on huge embroidered and tasseled pillows. The doorway had a beaded curtain. Tapestries hung on the walls. There was incense burning and several lit sand candles, atop low tables. I was smoking pot for my very first time, with the older kids. This song was playing. It doesn't get any cooler than that.

The best and most original drum solo ever!

I'm 72 - back in the day, went with a friend to a dance club, black lights and all - they had a challenge for anyone who could dance through the whole thing. . . . I'd been in ballet training. . . . plus martial arts. Guess who was still going at the end. ;-) (Nowadays I get round with a cane, but it's good to remember.)

I’m a 71 year old great grandpa, I still love this song and the band. Always listening to it!!!!!!! I also still love playing the drum solo on my set of drums…….what great memories 😎🥁🎸😎

My grandson can play this just like them on his drums. I told him when i die he has to play this at my funeral.

I will never part with my album...it is a piece of my soul! God, I love this! Still..at 75.

I'm 65 years old. I'll never forget playing this song in the bar, a guy come up to me in his 30s the song already been playing for about 7 or 8 minutes asking me how much longer this song is going to last. I told him about another 10 minutes he just shook his head and walked away. I don't know why but I thought it was hilarious..

I'm 71 and still think it's the greatest rock song of all time. Just my opinion.

Erik Brann was a child prodigy, and had been studying the Violin throughout his childhood. However, he was into Rock and wanted to explore the possibilities of the electric guitar. Well, that was a success, and he joined Iron Butterfly at 17 years old. This was certainly an exciting time for Erik, but he had a rather serious secret. He had a serious congenital heart condition, dying too young at age 52. A truly gifted person who fell in love with Rock 'N- Roll. Thank you Mr. Brann!!❤

I am playing this for my Fifteen year old Grandson who lives in Hawaii! I wanted him to hear what is 78 year old grandmother played and loved years ago and still do! Love love this!!♥️

76 y/o granny here who in her 30s sat at a drum set and for the heck of it tried to do the drum solo and got some of it right!! I was crying my eyes out just feeling the beat going through me. The only thing better than that to ever happen to me was to have my son play the guitar solos perfectly with his band. No I didn't play the drums that time. How I love this music. ❤❤❤💌

I bought this Vinyl LP Album in 1984 and still have it. It's Sacred. 55 years have passed since Iron Butterfly produced this Masterpiece and still beats all the Crappy Music we have to put up with today. Long Live 60's Psychedelic Music!

This song is the essence of a generation, style, music, fashion, revolution.

My brother knew these guys. I used to listen to them practice in a garage on Gaffey street in San Pedro Ca. They had a black van with yes, an Iron butterfly on it.

Knowing this song will go down in history as one of the greatest rock songs , there is not hardly anyone who can not remember this,,,it was great and haunting but beautiful and had a drive to it that would drive you crazy 🥰🙃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

My older brother was a DJ in the local radio station when I was in my teens, (born 1960) he introduced me to all the music from 1960's on. Miss my bro. God blessed him in music and the arts.🎉❤

The epitome of psychedelia, 1968. Vietnam raging, riots, demonstrations, acid-tripping, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison...crazy times.

This song was revolutionary because most songs before it were designed for radio play and were about 3 minutes long. This started a trend for bands to put “epic” songs as the last song on their albums. A perfect example is Grand Funk. All of their albums always had a long song on their albums and became a signature for many bands.

When my brother returned home from Vietnam July 1969 he had this vinyl album with him. It was probably the first time I really listened to Iron Butterfly. In 2023 I still have his album even though he has long departed . Many memories of days gone by listening to this.

In the Garden of Eden.

I was a senior in high school when this song came out. Went to a party where this was playing & danced thru the entire song. Such great times back then. I have their CD and play it every chance I can. So iconic. Miss those days.

Absolute masterpiece, the drum solo is amazing. Seventeen minutes of applause 👍👏👏👏every day since 1968!

I was in the navy when this song came out. My favorite bar in Olongapo,Subic Bay had a band that played this just like the album. Those P.I. Bands would listen to an album and practice til it was down 100%. Loved when they played this. I was born in ‘51 so I saw the rise of great music and the decline of music into the shit they call music today.

Just listened to this today while working on my 1980 corvette. No one else in my family gets it but what do they know.

Only 63 years old..all the older kids had this album..we used to listen to it via older kids bedroom windows..back when a caniving early teen could pull that stunt off...we never really understood what we were listening too..since we were just " AM RADIO" kids..we understood it was important....when you go from the " Archie's " singing " Sugar Sugar" on " AM RADIO" to the Iron Butterfly on " FM RADIO" ..during the " "Marchoni Experiment " in Philadelphia..93.3 Philadelphia..there is no summarization...fill in the blocks..I just happened to be there by accident..I was just a kid

I'm 75 now, but back in the day every party you went to would eventually have this playing on the stereo or someone's record player. I remember in the 90's my 14 year old son and I went into a record store so that he could buy this and another album. An older gentleman was waiting at the counter as well and when he looked down at my son's albums he smiled and told him "good choice".

We just played this at my father's funeral. Seriously.

RIP Doug Ingle - rock legend. Just heard he passed away. They'll all be rocking away together again on the other side. 🙏

Saw them in Tampa and this was the only song they played that I liked. Of course we were quite wasted,everyone was in those days. I still have this song on my phone and play it all the time.

Turned me on at 14 . 66 now and there is no off switch ! ROCK WILL NEVER DIE! Thanks for sharing

The greatest drum solo ever.

I'm 55 and this is one of the all time best songs ever

I haven't heard this in it's entirety in decades! Wow, it was awesome to hear it again. Thanks 👍

As far as I'm concerned, this song is the epitome- the apex of all psychedelic music!! There is no better song, and the drum solo is the very best melodic type of solo. While there may be other drum solos that may have more technical flair, NOBODY ever did a better drum solo! As a 12 year old, beginning drummer in 1967, I worked hard for 3 years to learn it!!I'd liked to have seen Neal Peart of Rush, or John Bonham of Led Zeppelin do the song. I love it!

The best rock drum solo ever! Not the most difficult, just the best.

Awesome song, I blast it whenever I hear it on the radio! Back when bands made real music! I am so grateful that I grew up with this music! I just love the beat of this song!!!!!

Such a great song. In - A- Gadda - Da - Vida , a part of my life ! I listen this song more than 1000 times....now I am 64 and tomorrow I will listen again.....

Loved this song back in the day! This was my wedding song, I danced the whole 17 minutes in my wedding dress with a hoop and long train. Hubby wore his black jeans and tux jacket. That was almost 26 years ago!

Yes this music takes me back to such great places wish we all could go back ❤

I haven't heard this song for a long time nice to hear it again I am 70years old time flies

One of the greatest songs of all time.

There was a reason this sold as many records as it did. It's a great piece of music.

You know your living in a special time period, when you can come up with something this amazing outright.

When they were hot, PE was a requirement in college. The teacher would play Iron Butterfly LOUD in the Gym while we exercised. I lost weight. We loved it. Every time I hear them, I need to move.

There was a boy in the Air Force. He explained Iron Butterfly 🦋 to me. I had his child. Beautiful! Love of my life!

I wanted to add that this was the BEST drum solo I ever heard to this day !!!!

Best enjoyed with lights down low, no video, just loud late in the evening. Pure heaven. The nuances are amazing.

All these years and I can still listen to this one hit wonder. But what a masterpiece n 17:00 + of it. This wasn't your pop Beatles n Elvis Presely music. This was psychedelic n hard Rock n roll. A new era n direction in music.

68 was an insane time to be alive the war the draft the riots Bobby Kennedy killed Martin Luther king also killed. I was just graduated from high school and my loser friends and I volunteered for the draft. Buddy system! We were not the sharpest tools in the shed! But always loved this song ICONIC!!

My dad had this album. We wore it out. Absolutely classic. Won't be another like it.

A gigantic song still worth hearing after 55 years. , Unfortunately there is no such thing anymore

My dad was a WW2 vet and a pretty staunch conservative. Back in my hippie days I came in and here he is in the living with the stereo cranked up and listening to my Iron Butterfly Album.....he loved this song and the drum solo.....

My brother had this album, one entire side was this song. He was 12 years my senior so this music is like going home again for me. Vicki

I’m a sixties musician ! I’ve been playing for over fifty years! This is my favorite kind of music 🎶 Morris Lee Wilson

I STILL have my original Vinyl copy in it’s original liner . Bought it when I was 8 years old ( Well actually convinced my Mother to buy it for me 😉)

The day METAL was born...and noone ever seem to recognize it...DAMN!! I LOVE that piece of music (and have an original Vinyl pressed record in my stack)...one MASTERPIECE of modern Music!!!

Recorded in 1968 , still listening 2024

The birth of the drum solo! Many have tried but no one has topped it!

Iron butterfly was just before my generation. Well my brother is 71 I’m 65. This was his stuff. When I was a young teen it was bto Chicago bread. America and others but not long after was classic rock. More in my mid teens. I love the old stuff. My brother listened to Beatles. It’s a wonderful day Jethro Tull, Joe Walsh he introduced me to all of the older stuff, whereas I was listening to stuff about six or seven years later at his age, and it changed a lot. I remember listening to Rolling Stones even in the early 70s at my friends house and I thought it was fantastic. Her brother had all these records.

Charleston,SC 1968 speaker in each ear, over and over. still awesome right now. my 77th birthday today.the solo starts now !!!!

That VOICE. Nothing like it. Chills. Thank you🙏🤘🏼👩🏼‍🎤

57 here and loved this for many years!

My friends and i would hitch hike down the mountain to the Swing Auditorium to see these guys ( with the rest of the incredible bands) back in the day. At least 8 times. Why i became a Drummer! 🌲🌲 🌲🌲 🎼🎼

No one had done anything like this before and no one did afterwards. Supernatural, just like an alien had come to Earth to give this tune to these guys. It's all bass and drums, with some keyboards, guitar is of minimal relvance, really uncommon in classic rock music. Half a century inside my brain and never tired of listening to it.

Absolutely love that Hammond organ sound, and that guitar work sounds like a prehistoric monster calling. The transition from one instrument to another is magical.

Now this is what you call good music i grew up listening to this awesome music soooooooo Cooooool😎💜✌️☮️🌠🌈🌹💜

I'm 72 in 2024. When I was a freshman and DJ at my college radio station (WIIT Chicago), I played this tune for my 'bathroom breaks'! [P.S. it's a travesty tha YT throws ads into these songs - waaaaaaaah!]

The song that defined a generation and changed rock 'n' roll for-ev-er. #Epic

I remember this song playing on my car stereo and when the drum solo played it went around the speakers. Love this. Oh my, those were some fun times.