My Dad, Uncle And I React To Steppenwolf

My Dad, Uncle And I React To Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride!!!

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@jetagelullaby 3 ай бұрын

Here’s what the song reminds me of - in the mid 80s when I was a teenager, I was out riding around listening to music with an equally music-obsessed friend. We stopped in a rural area at a store and he went inside for a snack. I stayed in the car. He came outside a few minutes later, and he burst out laughing as soon as we made eye contact. He was dying laughing. I immediately started laughing, not yet knowing what was funny. He got in and took his coke, etc. out of the bag, then pulled out a new Steppenwolf cassette still in the wrapper. In that time period, where we lived, you usually had to travel an hour in any direction to find cassettes - and gas stations simply didn’t sell them. So, for him to have bought a cassette of any kind in there was just bizarre! And the fact that it was a group that had songs from the time we were born, and not current music, made it even weirder! It was ancient history to our teenage minds. It was $2.99. I asked him if there was another one in there, and he said yeah. I went in and bought one and I also started laughing when I got outside. I bet the old store owner looked at his wife and was like, “see? I told you that investing in these Steppenwolf cassettes was a good idea! Two teenagers in 2 minutes! We’ll be rich!” Lol. My buddy tragically died a couple years later, and this song always brings back that funny memory of him.

@DJTexan 3 ай бұрын

We didn’t consider it ancient history. Sure the big band stuff was outdated but we listened to all music from start of rock/pop era in 50s up to the 80s. Current music wasn’t as accessible then. We just had the radio and old records that we got cheap which were always older. Sure, everyone had songs they didn’t like but it was never because of how old the songs were. Good music was good music to us. We were more open minded than teens nowadays to older music. I remember top 40 stations in the 80s would mix in 50s, 60s, and 70s music with the current stuff.

@chrisjenkins6120 3 ай бұрын

🎼Steppenwolf recorded this in 1968. I was a sophomore in high school! You’re makin me feel my age, Silas!☮️💟🎼

@hipsville 3 ай бұрын

My high school had a concert with The Coasters as a reward for school fund raising but the coaster thought it was beneath them to play a high school and canceled. They got Steppenwolf as the replacement band just before their first album came out. They blew the doors off the place! 😀

@tommypauly3249 3 ай бұрын

Very first concert I ever went to; damn, I m old!! 👍

@Oldschoolnana 3 ай бұрын

@@tommypauly3249Aren't we all. But how very lucky we were to have all of the greatest artists that ever lived. Wouldn't trade it for anything.✌️🌻🌻

@ericanderson8886 3 ай бұрын

Iconic song from a huge band back in the day. Born to Be Wild should be next, then Pusher and many others from Steppenwolf.

@chrisjenkins6120 3 ай бұрын

They were Canadian/American.

@DanielFrost21 3 ай бұрын

Silas, if you haven't already, check out "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf.

@gabe8390 3 ай бұрын

The lead singer and co-founder John Kay was born Joachim Fritz Krauledat on April 12, 1944, a German. In 2022 he received a monument in Arnstadt/Thuringia (former GDR) where he was also present. In 1945 his mother fled with him to this city from the Russian soldiers. They lived there until 1948. The city is also known for Johann Sebastian Bach, as he took up his first position as organist there. I LOVE THIS SONG.👍

@byrnez2755 3 ай бұрын

Steppenwolf is primarily a Canadian band ;) And your uncle says there are only TWO popular songs by them: Magic Carpet Ride and Born to be wild..... I would say there us a third song that's pretty popular - The Pusher.

@JacobBailey 3 ай бұрын

Oh! I had forgotten about that song. You are right, that’s a good one too

@guyray1504 3 ай бұрын

Great song but the radio wouldn't play it back then.

@paullynn473 3 ай бұрын

Silas needs to see the movie Easy Rider

@dmgiliam 3 ай бұрын

I liked the song “Move Over” when I was a kid. The lyrics are very applicable for today.

@tonydagostino6158 3 ай бұрын

The guy played some of the most memorable riffs of the era so I've never understood why guitarist Michael Monarch never seemed to get the recognition his playing deserved.

@awoken1445 3 ай бұрын

I think Steppenwolf is also the name of a Hermann Hesse novel.😊

@buffstraw2969 3 ай бұрын

Have you seen the movie? Starring Max von Sydow and Dominique Sanda.

@awoken1445 3 ай бұрын

@@buffstraw2969 Coincidence, I just watched "The Greatest Story Ever Told" starring Max Von S. as Jesus. I will look up the Steppenwolf movie. Peace!

@buffstraw2969 3 ай бұрын

@@awoken1445 It may be hard to find, but it's worth a watch.

@paullynn473 3 ай бұрын

Book was required reading in the 1960s

@jenniferandrews1917 3 ай бұрын

Let’s go!!! I love seeing both Jacob and Matt. This song makes me think of Austin Powers now, lol! May I suggest WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE?!

@Xcris_crosX 3 ай бұрын

It amazes me people are shocked that the term "little girl" is used but think nothing of; Oh baby baby

@SK-lk3iu 3 ай бұрын

Yep, language changes!

@Xcris_crosX 3 ай бұрын

@@SK-lk3iu I find the fairly new term of shorty, shortie or shawty to be more questionable for some reason

@Zebred2001 3 ай бұрын

Another big one for them was The Pusher which is anti-drug.

@3333121 3 ай бұрын

Had all their albums! The pusher was good

@rhudoc3745 3 ай бұрын

In the move "Apollo 13" the scene when Kevin Bacon exits the shower to answer the phone to be informed he's been bumped up to the main crew with Lovell & Hayes, this song is playing in the background. Great touch !!!!

@Friend_Of_The_Muse 3 ай бұрын

"...Let the SOUND take you away!" "on a cloud of SOUND I drift through the night"

@Songfugel 3 ай бұрын

Steppenwolf is soo good, loved to jam to them in the 80s as a little kid before finding them again later as an adult in Japanese Karaoke. Their songs are so much fun in Karaoke when everyone is wasted and no one else can really understand English 😂 ... and not that much singing 😂

@leannmiller7153 3 ай бұрын

Yes! I was 14 when this released! I still have the album. They were Canadian-American❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

@russellmangum4331 3 ай бұрын

I remember (I think in the 80's) the Budwiser tv commercial that used this song.

@VidiotSavante 3 ай бұрын

Steppenwolf was a Canadian-American band. Some more tracks to check out from them are "Born To Be Wild", "Rock Me", "The Pusher", "The Ostrich", "Sookie Sookie", "Jupiter's Child", "Move Over" and "Monster/Suicide/America", which is their anti-Vietnam War song.

@guyray1504 3 ай бұрын

The Pusher was also a anti drug song.

@real_lostinthefogofwar 3 ай бұрын

Should check out their songs Monster, or The Ostrich, they both have something to say.

@garylarue3899 3 ай бұрын

The album version of Monster

@real_lostinthefogofwar 3 ай бұрын

@@garylarue3899 Monster Suicide America 👍

@bkohatl 2 ай бұрын

There was a ride at the Santa Monica Pier called the Magic Carpet Ride. They had a promo painted on the side of a brick building in Santa Monica which advertised the ride, the group saw the ad and that gave them the idea for the song.

@ritagryphon222 3 ай бұрын

I was 13 when I heard this on the radio and it was the BEST I'd heard and made me dance frantically - love it!

@lesblatnyak5947 3 ай бұрын

Yorkville in Toronto

@BrockHagen 3 ай бұрын

Saw them in at a bar in Memphis of all places ... maybe 1981. Really talented and professional.

@RandallMorelli 3 ай бұрын

My mom went to buy my 14 year old bother an 8-Track and the counter girl recommended the new release Easy Rider. Said he would love it. My brother plugged it in and the first song was Steppenwolf's The Pusher. The first line was 'God Damm, God Damm the pusher man. My mom freaked and continued to freak out with each song. She was very anti drugs, unlike my brother even at 14. My brother loved that album. He later became friends with their keyboardist; Goldy Johns

@guyray1504 3 ай бұрын

Odd thing is " The Pusher" was a anti-drug song. They were telling how bad the pusher was. Back then the pusher was the one that sold the Hard Drugs.

@JacobBailey 3 ай бұрын

Even though this music is not of my generation, I remember riding around town listening to it in the early 90’s.

@tycorbson9651 3 ай бұрын

The oldest of Gen X (54-76) was 14 when this came out. So technically it was our generation but the band were Boomers.

@stevedahlberg8680 3 ай бұрын

Hilarious. I first heard this as a little kid I never really thought much about the lyrics at all. It just seemed to kind of take off and have a lot of energy.

@JoeThornhill 3 ай бұрын

I don't know of many Disney movies but most are probably adapted from older stories. So this is basically Aladdin. It's not always about drugs, as you say.

@dt1064 3 ай бұрын

They have a bunch of good stuff. Check out one of their "best of" albums.

@Poetience Ай бұрын

Star Trek had this song in one ST movie! First Contact when the inventor of warp drive took off the first time he blasted this tune!! Lol great movie to btw. Nice reaaction.

@user-hj1sw1xb7i 3 ай бұрын

Great reaction guys, if you like this you should really listen to "Dear Mr. Fantasy" by the group Traffic, pure greatness.

@richardstewart1989 3 ай бұрын

This is another rabbit hole for you to go down in. Steppenwolf has a lot of great songs, not just 2. Try listening to: The Pusher, Monster, Sookie Sookie, Hey Lawdy Mama, Rock n Me, Jupiter's Child. Great band

@mapegatkinson92 Ай бұрын

Great memories for a 74 year old hippy, that I am.

@user-hb3uh2vv9k 3 ай бұрын

I like Sookie Sookie, For ladies only. John Kaye is great

@bowtiefidenine 3 ай бұрын

MORE Zeppelin Please

@JacobBailey 3 ай бұрын

Yesssss!!

@kellahella5286 3 ай бұрын

God bless the Hammond organ. 🤘

@jenniferbabros1985 3 ай бұрын

Check out THE PUSHER MAN

@mattbailey9396 3 ай бұрын

🤪

@davidwolf4677 3 ай бұрын

Why isn’t Steppenwolf in the Rock & Roll HOF?

@paullynn473 3 ай бұрын

Unbelievable 🎸

@mm-yt8sf 3 ай бұрын

i was just hearing this...of all places on the daily mission in star trek online. i'm not sure why it's part of the mission...maybe there's a scene in a movie or something that has it...?

@davidchapman2213 3 ай бұрын

Excellent song. I don’t know if you care for remixes or dance music, but… if you get a chance, listen to the 1997 remix by Fatboy Slim. Also, Hot Blooded was Foreigner not Journey, Unc! Lol

@wayneparsons2569 3 ай бұрын

Hope you check Joy Division one day..... Transmission and Decades for a taste of them....Love to you and your family.

@timmccoy4875 3 ай бұрын

You gotta react to jefferson airplane - white rabbit - most likely a song about drugs.

@rogerdekeyzer5474 3 ай бұрын

Uncle is such an exciting guy. Caffeine please! Maybe a sing along with Songs From Mr. Rogers Neighborhood will get him going. Just saying.

@Oldschoolnana 3 ай бұрын

Don't ever say Boomers aren't cool. We have the best music in the history of music. ✌️🌻🌻

@jellyrollnorton 3 ай бұрын

I like to dream.

@randyhodges8782 3 ай бұрын

Your Dad and your uncle seem young (immature ? ) to me. I think you get it more than they do. Not throwing shade. They seem very nice. A supportive family means a lot.✌ Psychedelic rock is always better with a mind altering substance. Like almost everything else.