I'm 70 now and still love this song!!!!!

His extra curricular activities are very impressive. He and his wife run a large worldwide charity that focuses on preserving the natural environment and human rights. He organises most current day Steppenwolf concerts to finance the charity. It's great to see someone giving back.

One of the greatest classic rock songs, A lot of good old rock and roll sounds jaded but this song just keeps riding on that magic carpet ride

Steppenwolf should be in the American Music Hall of Fame!!

I hope that someone would still play this masterpiece in April 5, 2063.

The keyboardist was fabulous! They had a very unique sound and it's one of my favorite songs of the 60's!☮🤗🌸

It's so gratifying to see John Kay perform "Magic Carpet Ride". I know we all have to get old but this guy still has that mid to late 1960's energy needed to enhance 'The Ride'.

What a voice after this many years!!

Saw these guys back in '82 at a small bar that cleared a place in the middle of the dance floor so they could use it as a stage area. We were right up close face to face with John and the band. Absolutely the most rocking high energy concert I'd ever experienced. Saved the Pusher (long version) for last and the place just went crazy!

I saw them in 1970 in Corpus Christi, TX. It was my first concert. They are a great and very under rated band. They still sound great. Their first album is a classic.

Play this song in any bar in America and this song will liven up the crowd!

Who listen this in 2021....Amazing...Long live rock'n'roll

I love music, I hear a lot, but this singer is the best, he far from the rest, his warmth, his manly tone, his natural cadence, the color of his beautiful voice. It is admirable how wonderful it is (was)

Born to be Wild and Magic Carpet Ride...ABSOLUTE, TIMELESS ROCK N ROLL PERFECTION

Purchased Steppenwolf Live when it came out. Still one of my favourite albums. Always loved the segue of Hey Lawdy Mama into Magic Carpet Ride. Great band.

Classic stuff right there boy. This my first time seeing this masterpiece performed live by “SteppenWolf”. So much energy, stage presence, singing and musicianship. The first time I heard this song as teen back in the 70’s I really liked it. Peace Out.✌️

Shame that the original band is no longer with him - - - but these guys carry the load with excellence~and I like his vocals - rich and full bodied with vibrato when needed ~!

Best version ever! Hammond is fantastic !!! 👌

John Kay has one of those voices that never changes......love this song

I saw them at a club called The Whipping Post in Augusta, Georgia in the 70's. The club always tried to book premium acts during Masters week. Steppenwolf had long been out of the limelight by then but, my god, they brought it on as if they were playing a stadium. What a show!!

One of the greatest Bands all over the world still go in rocking

The whole Steppenwolf band are just great! They are so lively and cool and modern music just can't replace this kind of music, also long live The Band

Jon sounds as good now as he did in the heyday of Steppenwolf !

So much respect for this man and his Mother! Rock on, John!

John Kay has simply been MAGNIFICIENT in his song writing and performances for a half a Century! Look at the energy that music has given to him and know that he wants to transmit it's goodness for decades to come. BRAVO!

the music of my generation. My teen music. Hard rock. Energy.

THIS is the BEST version of this song they've ever done. WOW!!!!!!!!

My first concert in February 1971 was Steppin 🐺 at Cherry Hill Arena, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. I was 16 then. Now I'm 61 as of now. May 2016. Living in Massachusetts now. Great memory anyway.

Haha its impossible to stay still when listening to this I love it!!!

For real, this is the real music... best I ever heard.... steppenwolf forever.

Excellent. Bravo. How many memories! Steppenwolf 😊

John Kay is SO hot in this one..much sexier than when he was in his 20's! Love this song..& the band..always & 4ever! All of their hits were so great..hands down! Miss those great days gone by..music 2day can't hold a candle..not even close...

Never a fan of rock and roll heavy metal but this was an exception. Absolutely great..

He came with the band too Long Beach Naval Base, before they closed it down. He and the band were signing anything, and selling their newest CD. This was the early 90s. Got a chance to talk to John. He was a very cool, likeable, humble guy.

I grew up on this music I am 65 and still love it

I still play these tracks when in pursuit- awesomely, awesome

Been a long ride since Winnipeg, and Songbird! Still love it and I'm 70 years young.

One of fave bands from back in the day. Still love their music

sings it and performs it better than in 1969. He is alive and well in the Nashville area. I actually saw him in the produce area of the same store, and was compelled just to give him a "Hay, thanks man for being part of my life."

Excellent! Those were the years great music was created by great bands!! This is a favorite!

my love of my life first sang this song to me on the night we met...he did indeed took me on me a magic carpet ride,,,til the day he died 5 years later...but he sang this to me the and it means so much. He truly did take me on a magic carpet ride...i shall never ever forget..

It's been decades and decades, and his voice is still pretty good

still better than most singers today! brilliant!

John Kay's seen chewing gum right after he sings "I like to dream, mmmmm hmmmm yes, yes, Right between the sound machine..." I would venture to say that this 67 year old falls somewhere in the bad ass category.

I saw these guys open for Cream in 1967 at the Santa Monica Civic, they sound just as good as they did then :D

Great song. Reminds me on the choices one makes in their youth. You always wonder about the 'road not taken'.

I love his voice, is divine!! he is the best singer.

Saw them at a small venue, The Golden Bear in 1981 in Huntington Beach,CA. Great show!

This music was lightyears ahead of its time!

My all-time favorite song!

Certainly one of the top five best Rock bands ever. This was my cruising music back in the day.

I can remember this song as it was yesterday. I was only 11 yrs. old when I first heard it on a live daytime TV show. It caught me by surprize. It was before Zep or any of the hard groups of that period. I was mezmerized watching it with JK and his sunglasses. All I could do was watch with amazement. I also remember my older sister asking me after if I she liked them but kinda wondering if she really did. My answer to her was without any hesitation. I replied YES. Then I asked her and her reply and was yes. I went out and bought the 45 soon after. 1968 as a small kid not really knowing hard rock as they called it back then. But there was something there that drawed me to them. I was an AM pop music listener then. But first time! There was no question about it. Also back then it was kinda taboo to listen to that type of music. Then soon after to me, came the following songs The Pusher and Born to be wild. I always liked them. I think I was the only 11 year old to maybe and surely liked them. Still to this day will always like em. Maybe some were the same age and even younger. I don't know. I was a Beatles fan when I first heard them even before the Ed S. show in 64. The reason I knew it was before was remembering "I wanna hold your hand in 64." and "I feel fine" in 65. I was only in 2nd grade before ES. I don't remember what show it was on but remembering my dad hitting the fan. He broke my first 45 because he hated them. I remember how that broke me up. I think mom (who bought it for me) gave him some S about it. I also would see The Doors, JA, Strawberry AC, The Who etc. later when the music was starting to change. Dad hated the Beatles at first when he broke my 45 but I think he came to like them when I saw Hey Jude live on TV and he kept hanging around and watching as my sisters were too. I was expecting him to leave the room but didn't. After he broke my record in 64, I remember sitting around the living room watching these groups and it was no problem with mom and dad even when the music was changing. I didn't know when I watched The Doors play Light my Fire on ES nor anyone else knew that Morrison was supposed to change the words until I saw the Doors movie! Man I must have heard the song 100 times before that and no one had any problem with the words but ES. They got a bad rap on that by not being able to appear on the show again. But that was ok. The Smothers Brothers aways had good groups at that time that aired.

Steppenwolf was the first band too use the term"heavy metal"thunder.

That organ is fantastic wow. Fun performance to watch. I just love how they time the verse coming back from the solo

i love the sound of the leslies spinning the B3 sound. this makes the song for me!

He is DNA as far as I can remember, we had so much great music gotta love the 60’s

OMG!! This song!!!! Soul!Rock!Hard core psychedelia! I 👏will 👏never👏 forget 👏Steppenwolf👏 for 👏turning 👏me👏 out👏

This is the song which makes me remember my first girlfriend in 1968-1969 in HS. We would listen to it going to the beaches in LA. Great memories until we broke up....:)

Somethings never get old!

Saw these guy live at Kutztown State PA late 60s. Right next to stage. Mind blowing.

I kinda love Magic Carpet Ride!! it is so vibrant ,lively and fun!!

Damn I love this song and this group...."...

I saw Steppenwolf in San Jose, Ca in 1977 as a Junior in high school. These guys rock.

For their time they were all Fantastic, My Favorite is that kick Ass Keyboard Player !!!!

Fecking awesome !!, my favourite Wolf song !!!

i went into labor 13 years ago at their concert

Saw them this past December (2017) out my way in Cerritos, Ca. Still rockin’ it even after all these years !!

I finally got to see Steppenwolf in concert for First time but I have always loved their music First time Oklahoma City with Lynard Skynard it was Awesome Great and I will never forget and I am 58 this year 2017 and John Kay voice was Awesome .......

2:28 keyboard guy is very happy. I love when musicians really enjoy what they doing

Unglaublich, vierzig Jahre auf der Bühne ohne Qualität einzubüßen! Da können leider nur die wenigsten klassischen Band der frühen Hardrock Ära mithalten. Weiter so Jungs! Mag die Musik seit meiner frühen Jugend, war zwar erst in den frühen achtzigern, ist aber auch schon eine Zeit her. Danke für das hochladen, super video, super Sound, einfach super Musiker!

The 90's was still a great era for music!

An absolutely stunning opening.........

Very cool performance thanks soooo much this is my favorite song

Love this oldie but goodie

They were cutting edge. One of the great dance/ rock out songs.

This song is sooooo great!!! reminds me of my dad , he is a musician, left handed g player

John Kay still has his voice. fucking awesome singer

GREAT SONG! I LOVE IT!

This song always reminds me of my late cousin Joe Serrano. Great song.

I was in the warmup band for them at the Music Factory in Greenville, N.C. in May of 1971, after the "Monster" album came out. They were actually very, very cool, it was still the original band. Goldie McJohn, the original organist, let our organist use his Hammond B-3 and Leslie speaker, which sounded amazing, and he has not forgotten that yet! I played on 2 shows in 1980 at the Agora Ballroom in Tampa, Fl., with "John Kay and Steppenwolf", I think there was probably some legal stuff going on about the use of the word "Steppenwolf" as the sole title of the band at that time, but, just like here, the band was excellent, and again, everyone was very nice. So cool to get to play with your idols.

still exciting, ...and it's been a long time. Thank you, Mr Kay!

I'm taking the 60s MAGIC CARPET RIDE through the psychedelic rock era ! FANTASY WILL SET YOU FREE!

Used to sit on a hand made Persian carpet smoke some listening to steppenwolf I flew the 1970 where great there was new wind I am 71 and still love the carpet more than any airline

Yes, Mr. John Kay is of German descent, born Joachim Fritz Krauledat in the town of Tilsit in former German East Prussia. In 1958 his family together with youngster Joachim migrated to Canada. In 1969, if I remember correctly, I had the great pleasure of hearing him and STEPPENWOLF live in Frankfurt, Germany. He still speaks German fluently and has never severed his ties to this country. Given, that he named his band after the title (character) of DER STEPPENWOLF, beside Siddharta one the most successful novels of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse (more than 100 million copies of his books sold worldwide, only surpassed by those of the Brothers Grimm) , John Kay did not hesitate in the summer of 2002 to come over to the town of Calw, Hesse's place of birth, to celebrate the latter's 125th birthday. I found some very rare footage, in German, though, of the national TV-Station ARD of that event on August 4th, 2002 on Facebook I don't know who uploaded this on Facebook, and naturally I don't have any rights in it. And, yes, MAGIC CARPET RIDE has always been and will remain one of my absolute favorites ever since I first heard the song on AFN, the American Forces Radio, Frankfurt.

Great song, loved playing it in 1969. Our singer later became manager for a major car company. Weird!

they sound good for a band being that old, wow he sounds just like he did 44 yrs ago !

This is RICH CLASSIC VINTAGE ROCK N ROLL...Does not get better than folks!! ....This band is hot smoking and tighter n hell...Goldie on Keys...Wow!! Steppin Wolf is ALIVE WELL AND STRONG!! John key is a well refined showman!!

Their show kicks ass! Mom and I saw 'em at the Kern County Fairgrounds Arena! Great Show! We boogied like mad! Mad! hahaha!

2021 still jammin to this

it's great to see young players digging these songs .. hopefull

Living now and the music is till here for you and all. I was born 1970. But,still sample and enjoy must music here and far.You can be 100 and still not have a good ear like you have.Relax,enjoy......it's your music too.

Want to like this 100 million times.

Love this and John Kay does sound great...

Greatest fu*king rock-n-roll song everrrrrr!

The Steppenwolf was simply fantastic! My favorite is Monster!!

Kick ass SPEPPENWOLF! STILL Rocking love it!

#WoW Impressed even doing it live 40 years later. #RockOn

I was in high school when this came out. I think the original band as a whole was underrated. They were very good, very tight and this was a killer song. I'm more of a jazz and blues guy now but love to crank this up every once in a while. Only down side of this John Kay playing the solo. Their guitarist back then was actually very good.

RIP...Goldy McJohn, your keyboard work was magical indeed!

ICONIC tunage of all time. Glad to see ya...