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Yesssss! Although I’m soooo much older now but I have sooo much more appreciation and awww and just… you name it❤️. I loved the 70’s music mostly.. I was just a teenager then and I knew I loved the music but had no clue what of what it took to put the song together… im so blown away now and I can’t even sometimes express in words what these songs mean to me now. I relate to so much of the music and I understand now. Artristy, genious, talent, struggles, pain… ❤️💔😔
If you thought that was just some guys jamming you weren’t really listening. That was a carefully planned, carefully crafted rock symphony. Even the drum solo is subtly shaped and has a definite direction that fits perfectly in the total song. I have also been listening to this for over 50 years and I think it ranks with Stairway to Heaven as a master piece of that era.
I heard this song at 11 years old in 1975 coming out of my hand held transistor radio past midnight in Los Angeles, CA. This is the "rock" anthem! "SWtH" is a great song but they got more radio play while this song was way to long to play in prime time radio so most people never heard it! I did, it has been my song for 50 years as well!
Stairway to heaven is totally different song,led Zeppelin has always had the thrown,as the best ,Top of the charts,mabey it could compete with Moby Dick.
I agree. Two years after that song came out I started taking drum lessons. My goal was to master that drum solo. Within 1.5 years at the age of ten I mastered the entire solo. I had a blue pearl Slingerland drum set that didn't quite have the same sound because some of the drums that Iron Butterfly used were over sized drums to give that deep sound they had, especially the tom-toms, but that didn't bother me a bit. That group was way ahead of their time when they came out with that song. My personal favorite classic.
My Mom bought this for my 12th birthday in Austin, Tx in '68. She said she'd never have bought it if she had heard it. I've always loved them. They do have a short version.
In the early 70s I would listen to this song every night over & over going to sleep. If you left the record arm up it was like auto restart. Remember 33&1/3rpm? Raise your hands✋
If you were learning rock in the late seventies, your uncle might play this song on his Bang and Olufsen stereo and you might be attached to it forever.
Back in a kinder, gentler, and less stressful time. Even with Vietnam looming. Of course, I am writing from the perspective of a White Male. I am fully aware now that these times were not as such for everyone, especially those struggling for basic human rights.
I first heard this song when I was 8 years old. My next older sister is 7&1/2 years older than me and I got to listen to all of the really great songs. Shaped my love for music and my life.
As a black woman who's 50 and loving this music since around 7/8. I love watching your videos knowing what's coming and waiting for your mind to be blown 🤭🤭🤘
I remember when I was 11, my parents and sister, she was 13, went to the mall or somewhere early one evening. I sneaked into her room to listen to some albums she had, she had the stereo in her room. I found this album, but instead of using her stereo, since no one was home but me, I went down to the living room where my dad had just gotten this huge magnavox console stereo am/fm receiver 8 ft. long piece of furniture that took up an entire wall. With like 10 speakers in it. I carefully removed Frank Sinatra from the platter and put this album on. Turned up the bass and treble, put the volume at 10 and dropped the needle. I have yet to recover.
Put a an 8track in my little ford falcon and this was my first tape I bought( had the album) it was great! Kinda scare people though play'n on full blast!!! lol 🤣 Awesome time!!! 👍🥰
Yes he was. And Doug Engel who wrote the song was also the keyboard player whose father was a church organist. Another fantastic song is Butterfly Bayou. It's slightly longer. That song is the first I ever heard a talk box and it's absolutely mind-blowing. I have a video of when they played butterfly Bayou on a TV show that went commercial free for the whole song. It's on my RU-vid channel. Just punched the Emoji. In 1968 I seen them at the ASU Activity Center the drummer was going a second time through on his solo when he passed out. LOL There was a lot of smoke in the air and I'm sure there was a lot of lsd going around as well. LOL Week later got to see the doors at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Those were the days.
One article I read said that he had only been playing guitar for a few months, which I find difficult to believe, but regardless, the guitar licks / leads are legendary, I did my best to imitate him in my first band in 1969, had been playing for about 2 years, and thanks to a wah wah pedal and fuzztone.
If nobody else has already explained it, yes this is the original recording of the song. The band was in the studio ready to record it, which was originally much shorter, but the producer was not there. Apparently he was late. So the guys just jammed, rehearsing the song and it turned into this 17-minute jam fest. Everybody loved it so much, they wanted to use it as the album track. So a rehearsal turned jam session became one of the greatest, most epic rock songs in history.
Doug Ingle told my daughter and I that he'd actually named the song "In the Garden of Eden", but after some thought decided they might not get the air play they desired so he changed it. But the night he wrote and recorded it the first time at home, he told me that he'd imbibed and fell asleep on the couch. When Ron Bushy got home late that night (they were roommates), Doug woke and told him about the song and mumbled "In the Garden of Eden" and Ron said he thought Doug said something like "In A Gadda Da Vida". They were so kind to us and talked to my daughter and I for a couple of hours. Nice, nice people. Doug is the only original member left alive now. I can't say enough about how kind they were.
the 70's had the best music and will never be repeated they had a we don't give a f attitude if you liked the song or not they just played and it was amazing
Timeless. I am 67 years old and Iron Butterfly was the first concert I ever say in my life. I was 13 years old then and I have seen over a thousand concerts in my life with the greatest bands in the world. Iron Butterfly remains "with" me.
@nynetynyne The singer was drunk and/or on drugs and they couldn't understand what he was saying. He was trying to say In The Garden of Eden but it sounds like what they went with.
the guitarist, Erik Brann, was 17 when they recorded this. The "special effects" were from the Joshua Light Show at the Fillmore East and West concert halls, where I.B. got their start.
I am 67 years old, this was our senior class song. We missed our 50th-year class reunion because of covid19. hearing this brings back a lot of memories
As class songs go your's rocked. I wish our class of 71' was as cool. We had two meh ones. Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful and the Carpenters We've Only Just Begun
I am 67 myself, remember when my friend came over with this album and he, my brother and I listen to this song, with a black light on and incense burning, and my parents thinking we were all crazy. Ahh those memories.
I'm also 67, and I saw Iron Butterfly in my home town, Edmonton, Alberta, a cold December night when was 17. They did an amazing show and then, all of us on our feet, shouting encore!, they did Inagaddadavida! you could see how tired they were, but they did it for us. the drummer carried it - he must've lost 5 pounds every time they played it. another comment - Pink Floyd played the same venue 2 months earlier and their attitude wasn't very nice, as I remember it: kinda 'we're Pink Floyd' & you're so lucky we came to this dump.' aaand last comment - I just discovered setlist.fm, to get those dates. amazing-looking resource.
oh man, this is a classic. one of my favorite Simpsons jokes was when Bart handed out hymn lyrics at church and pranked everyone into singing "In The Garden of Eden" by I. Ron Butterfly. hahaha. By the end of playing the whole song, the organ player passes out lmao
I was stationed at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, TX when this song made the charts. In the day, a local radio station played the long version every night at 6 PM. Every radio on the base was playing this song and cranked up. The base rocked and it gave me the chills.
Legendary drummer Ron Bushy passed away on August 29th, 2021. Keyboardist and lead vocalist Doug Ingle is now the sole surviving member of this original Iron Butterfly lineup that you hear and see in this video.
Yes, definitely gotta listen to All Along The Watchtower. Try some old Vietnam movies like Good Morning, Vietnam, Deerhunter and Apocalypse Now for the music.
Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” stayed on the charts for 140 weeks, with 81 weeks in the top ten. The album outsold every record in the history of recorded music within the first year of its release and therefore outgrew and outsold the standard of the music industry’s “Gold Album” award. For this achievement, Iron Butterfly was subsequently awarded: The Industry’s Very First “Platinum Album".
Your facts are a bit skewed. The album sold more albums within its first year of release than any other album, but not more than any album in the history of recorded music. Also, the RIAA established the Platinum Record in 1975. The first album that was award this was "The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits" which sold in excess of 25 million copies. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was NOT an industry award but was established in house by the record company to recognize Irony Butterfly's album sales since there was nothing that existed to recognize their sales and more of a marketing ploy.
@@1223jamez Thank you very much! I didn't get the album until the early seventies, it was a simple mistake, and I was only 11 in 1968 I didn't even know who they were yet! But I thank you for telling me when it actually came out. It's much appreciated!
I was in the Air Force stationed in Hawaii. It was 68 or 69 and Iron Butterfly played this at the Waikiki Shell. The drummer played a 30 to 40 minute drum solo. Amazing and so awesome!
The most amazing thing is its 1968 and most of the sounds were new as musicians experimented further and further with the new electronic instruments they had at the time. An era when post WW2 conservetism was blown away...thank god. I was 12 and listening to this on a mono transister radio still blew my mind.
Lana...you are a charmer....nothing wrong with your emotions after60 odd years of honing them. ...The host does not quit understand, the listener is supposed to be totaled on acid...maybe MDA; but definitely not being a critic...IB is creating (by auditory means) a novel visual landscape).... love you and take care from BC Canada
Back in the day of the 3 minute song, Iron Butterfly turns this 17 minute jam loose... DJ's at the radio stations famously would play this so they could get a bathroom break.😆
I was 13 and a drummer in our small dirt road town. Our band jumped on this. 6 months later I could reproduce beat for beat, inflection for inflection, and was forced to prove it numerous times. I love the cadence of the creatures of Eden as they run amuck!
The light show would normally be projected on a screen behind the band during a performance. For this clip someone just overlayed it on the tape. This is what it would look like in color. Pulsing in time with the music. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tfwH_0ytLtw.html
the blob is food coloring and oil in water in a clear dish on an overhead projector. that's all we had in those days for special effects (besides the pharmaceuticals, I mean)
This song was composed by one of the band members when he was 16 or 17 years old! Excellent, they borrowed from it in a Simpsons episode where Bart slipped the sheet music to the pianist at church!
"What's going on?!" asked Jamel. LOL. What you're seeing there Jamel is liquid light projections. In the late '60's they had a huge screen behind the bands that would project those slithering, psychedelic colors. Behind the screen would be the light show company, be it Jerry Abrams' Head Lights for the west coast or The Joshua Light Show for the east coast with all their equipment. They would also show psychedelic films over the projections to enhance the "trip."
This isn't just a song. This is a mental escape and a mental adventure. Where the audio and visuals mix and blend and you lose focus on what's going on around you. That's psychedelic rock done perfectly.
The story goes that the title of this song was supposed to be "In the Garden of Eden". They were asked what the title of the next song was and they were so drunk/high they couldn't speak correctly and said "In a Gadda Da Vida" The drum solo is my all time favorite. It is a pure drum solo, very little cymbals.
The syndicated rebooted History of Rock and Roll radio series covered this last week. The recording engineer asked the band what the name of the song was. He could not understand that they were telling him "In The Garden of Eden". He wrote down phonetically what he heard them say on the tape container.
actually, from the guitar players own mouth, Doug (the keyboard player) had been up all night working on the song, was tired and hung over and said "I've been working on this new song, it's called..." and he slurred out "In the garden of eden" so poorly that they heard "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida" and said "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, great, let's go!" And a legend was born. 😆 When Eric Clapton was with Cream and wrote a song, he scribbled "bridge" over a part of the song, near the top. It was so badly written Ginger thought it said "Badge" and "It's a strange name for a song but, okay..." Some of the coolest things were just accidents. 😀
To anyone finding this song "boooring" and "too long", have you no imagination? This was way before music videos would show you what the suits wanted you to see in the music, and you had to use your own imagination to figure out what the song was about. Also, there was little to no product placement, and the artists got credit, not the producers or "the guy that came up with the beat".
@@gradypatterson1948 Were you watching a different video? The album version is 17.05, true "live" version was almost 19 minutes, so this live version is the album version. It didn't lose much.
This song was used in a episode of "Home Improvement" Halloween scene. The truly first "metal song", just didn't know it at the time. The blobs on the background were created by mixing oil and water on a glass with light underneath and projecting the results onto screen behind, or on, the band.
I'm 66 yo and still dig this song. When I was in 8th grade our math teacher, Mrs. Marks at Scotts Valley Jr. High played this song during study time. She was way ahead of her time. Thank you Mrs. Marks for turning on my generation to Iron Butterfly.
I am constantly in awe of these 15-17 year old types that were musical geniuses at such a young age. Steve Winwood had his first hit when he was 15, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel too. Eric Clapton, John Denver at 17, and the list goes on...
d ragland I heard Stevie Wonder got a record deal when he was 8 yrs old I believe.. and he released his first record at that age too .. I think 🤔 that’s crazy to think of .. at the age that most of us are playing games and hide and seek .. sports... he was creating music .. he had already started his legacy.. 🤯 mind blowing man
I was 17 at the time in 68. And went to see Iron Butterfly in California. Psychedelics. I think Doug Ingels was singer and organist. Memories. Thanks for playing
Because supposedly you needed to be high to enjoy it (or, alternatively, really "understand" it). I was never high (on anything other than ethanol, and even those highs were nothing compared to actual drunks). And I love the shit out of prog/psychedelic.
When I was just 15 years old in 1969 I saw “Iron Butterfly” and “Steppenwolf” together in a place called “The Caverns” night club in Hollywood. I was stoned and 12 feet away from the bands for this song (all their songs) and “The Pusher”…. “Born To Be Wild” (all) It was a life changing event for me.
Iron Butterfly was one of the original rock one hit wonders but they had a big influence on later rock albums, which incorporated more drum solos and album length songs; the genre of Acid Rock which was a precursor to Heavy Metal. There were two versions of the song, the album version was the entire A side of 17 minutes and a shorter 3 minute version made for radio play. The psychedelic effect was called a liquid projector that was used in 60s nightclubs, along with other psychedelic accoutrement such as the tie dye and lava lamps.
I thought it was that the lyricist orally told the lyrics to his bandmate while he was drunk, and when he read them back after he asked why he wrote "in a gadda da vida" was because he was so incoherent that was the best he could make out, and then they ended up just keeping it because it was the 60s and it sounded trippy.
@@kesleycottrell1416 I looked at up and both my story and M May's are correct. "According to drummer Ron Bushy, organist-vocalist Doug Ingle wrote the song one evening while drinking an entire gallon of Red Mountain wine. When the inebriated Ingle then played the song for Bushy, who wrote down the lyrics for him, he was slurring his words so badly that what was supposed to be "in the Garden of Eden" was interpreted by Bushy as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".[9][10]"
Yes I've told that story a million times if you look up the live version from like 62or3 he sings it right Edit: he's saying in the garden of Eden people are just dumb
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (derived from "In the Garden of Eden") is a song recorded by Iron Butterfly, written by band member Doug Ingle and released on their 1968 album of the same name. At slightly over 17 minutes, it occupies the entire second side of the album. The lyrics, a love song from the biblical Adam to his mate Eve, are simple and are heard only at the beginning and the end. The middle of the song features a two-and-a-half-minute Ron Bushy drum solo. Those were Psychedelic Images ???
I'm 72 years old and this is my favorite song of all times, this came in my time, it was psychedelic drug and free love and crazy crazy times ,3 things I appreciated, number one you didn't interrupt the song , number two you played the entire thing + 3 I really enjoyed your reaction and when the drum solo comes on I crank it up as loud as I can get it and this song and many others like it or the reason for my hearing loss and it's well worth it
Had the opportunity to see them in 68 at the ASU Activity Center. And yes the whole Auditorium was full of pot smoke and I think the LSD was free as well. Their other great song just as long is Butterfly Bayou. They use a talkbox and it puts Peter Frampton to shame.
they came to my little Methodist college when they were Vanilla Fudge, after Iron butterfly, I think they became Cream. man that was 50 years ago! so glad your getting to hear this
This is what "In the Garden of Eden" sounds like when you're tripping on acid. The original, at least from my father's collection, was about 23 minutes long.
@@TheMrZifYour father is correct as I also remember it, Legend has it that the lead singer showed up to the recording studio stoned out of his mind and just screwed up the words to "In the Garden of Eden", so bad, that the changed the title, and released it anyway!
Nothing sounds like that beautiful Hammond B 3 organ. This one of the epic songs ever written. This one, Smoke On the Water, Dream On, 46 and 2 and Stairway to Heaven.
@@dalekidd420 I worked in one of those clubs. Ted Nugent's Stranglehold was another one every dancer hated getting stuck with. Extended version was almost 18 minutes.
In a Gadda Da Vida - So many memories... first and foremost, RIP Doug Ingle. Your keyboard and vocals brought this song to life. I was 13 in 1968. My brother was in the navy. He bought a Roberts 7-and-a-half inch reel-to-reel and brought it home and left it. He had been accumulating tapes from his Columbia Record Club membership. This was one of my favorites. In 1968 records were still coming out in mono. Most cars had AM stations on the radio and transistor radios were gaining in popularity. Widespread stereo was in its infancy, as was FM radio. No MTV, just sound. A huge new listening experience was being born. I remember listening to this song with those nice headsets and listening to the tones amble their way across my head from ear to ear and back again and meeting back into the middle. I was experiencing music in some sort of rebirth. This song set the stage for a lot of experimentation, new sounds, and a new type of rock and roll. This psychedelic era was the home of Cream (I Feel Free), Jefferson Airplane (White Rabbit), Pink Floyd (Dark Side of The Moon), and many others experimenting with an explosion of sound. God! I'm thankful for experiencing that time in my life. Thanks Jamal for keeping the music alive.
Two things that I've always caught my mind on: the little bit of "We Three Kings of Orient Are" he riffs on in the organ solo, and that the drummer, no matter what he's doing in his solo, his right foot is practically a click track: "tump-tump-tump..."
A prime example of the flowering genius of that era. Brilliance seemingly lost to time, but fortunately saved for us and future generations here. My brother gifted me this album for Christmas. Stands as the greatest gift I ever received. Also back in the day the great KSAN San Francisco played this version late at night while I was 10 yrs old, in bed lights out, listening on my little transistor radio. Thank you Jamel. So wise of you to play this and respond the way you do. As I did 53 years ago.
best way to listen, vinyl and headphone. the drum solo is on a whole different level on the vinyl due to cross talk and natural phase shifting between the stereo sides.
Ah, back in the day. Weed and acid was as new as Iron Butterfly, Jethro Tull and so many more. 65 now and have great and ongoing memories. Check out "It's A Beautiful Day"!
White Bird Hot Summer Day!!! Circling like a river Over brightly colored stones Breaking up my soul And taking part of me home Leaving the other half To tumble all alone Love, love, where did you go
Saw Its A Beautiful Day in Jacksonville Fl. The cops were trying to stop us from standing up. Then the lead singer said, " If you all want to stand up, stand up." The whole Florida Theater stood up together, the cops shook their heads and left the auditorium. Wasn't until I got out side that I realized I was peaking on the acid I took. Best trip ever, is flying so high you don't realize it.
@@nac.mac.feegle yeah, a soldier was awarded a lot of money under the Carter administration for the Army dosing his food and fluids. They were testing it on him as a truth serum. Really screwed his head up. Couldn't hold down a job due to the levels they gave him messing up his brain.. Levels that were way higher than what was normally taken.
The Drum solo, made this Song, it was my favorite and remains there today ....... Thanks for Knocking off some dust, It really brought back some great memories
They were incredible musicians to begin with,and on top of that they held it together despite being blistered on psychedelics most of the time. You should check out "Iron Butterfly Theme". I heard that song when I was 4 years old,and (for better or worse) formed a lot of my thought processes. (I think )
The rift from this is right up there with "Smoke on the water" as recognizable tunes. Pretty soon you're going to have black light and a lava lamp rockin the set.
1968, in Chicago, at the Rainbow (it was a roller skating rink) I saw Iron Butterfly live...it was great! IMVHO this has the greatest rock drum solo of all time. I'm really short, small and I couldn't see, so one of the guys I was with lifted me up on his shoulders...I only weighed about 95#...the whole place rocked. Ah, the good old days...😉
Erik Keith Brann (born Rick Davis[citation needed]; August 11, 1950 - July 25, 2003), also known as Erik Braunn, was an American guitarist with the 1960s acid rock band Iron Butterfly. He was featured on the band's greatest hit, the 17-minute In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), recorded when he was 17.
For me it was my two older brothers...I had the best music playing in the background between these two from '61 when I was born right through my teenage years. I couldn't help to follow suit and just keep going with rock and roll :)
The “pulsating “ image is related to psychedelic images: being hallucinogenic drugs, LSD, mushrooms 🍄 , etc. and yes, that is what tye-dyed shirts are meant to resemble. The story is that the title was said while a band member was either drunk or on some type of drug and they were trying to say “In the Garden of Eden”, but their speech was slurred.🤪 One of the later band members, and newer bass player, Philip Taylor Kramer, later became a computer engineering executive and inventor. He worked on the MX missile guidance system for a contractor of the US Department of Defense and later in the computer industry He had a near genius IQ.. He disappeared in February 1995 and was found dead in May 1999, his death ruled a probable suicide.
I heard this classic 60's jam was originally based on the name "In the Garden Of Eden"... makes perfect sense. Watching Jamal get into the music is part of the fun watching and listening. My kids say I am too stuck in the late 60s and 70s music. When they make new music half as good as this, call me.
If you take a cardboard box and cut small symbols out in it and then put Christmas tree lights in it the sea nine kind especially the twinkle bulbs and put it in a dark room-
Back in the early 70's when FM was in its infancy regarding rock stations. The first stations were called "underground" stations and would play the entire song...
Late 60s early 70s In Arizona we had Kris radio on AM, and they always played the entire song. They would also Play Butterfly Bayou which is just as long and they use a talk box in that song, puts Peter Frampton the shame.
That is the original length of the song. It took up the entire B side of the album. The visual effects were a product of the times as the big three TV networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) had all gone (finally) to full time COLOR broadcast -it was very exciting! Many shows used interesting visuals and color palettes to take advantage of the new innovation.
This is my go to song when I need to light the candles and eat miles on a road trip. Great when you’re going 100 plus mph. Many years ago I was driving a 86 Porsche 930 from Houston to Los Angeles. Well I was jammin’ out to this song with my right foot glued to the floor. It was about 1 AM and I was in Arizona somewhere, I hadn’t seen a single cop since leaving Houston then BAM!! State trooper lit me up! I hammered on the breaks, it felt like forever to get stopped and even longer for the trooper to catch up lol. He was not happy , said when the radar first picked me up I was at 156 mph and he hit his lights and by then I’d already got it down to 100 mph where he got a lock on me. He asked why I was going so fast? I asked if I could turn my radio on to explain it to him? When this song came on he nodded in understanding handed me my paperwork and told me to try to keep it under 100 mph and let me go!
Lol. "Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end. We'd sing and dance forever and a day. We lived the life we choose, we fight and never lose. Those were the days, oh yes those were the days!" Song: "Those Were The Days" by: Mary Hopkin
That is the original song in its original length from 1966. The showing of a moving “paisley” display pattern was a 1960’s attempt at creating a psychedelic overlay to the film of the band. I remember seeing their album in a store, and I couldn’t believe the length of the song. It was the entire side of the album. I bought it, having never heard it. But a couple months later it was playing on the radio.
I was born 10 years after this came out, So a kid in the 80s. This song, playing in all four channels somehow in my mom's black 1965 Ford Fairlane while riding around with her to pay bills and errands, is probably what pre-wired my brain to love heavy metal. I wouldn't even discover metal until I heard Metallica Master of Puppets blasting out of my brothers room in about 1988. He then showed me the Justice album. I was suddenly not the pest little brother anymore haha. You have to experience that drum solo in a four channel surround setting. It rolls around the room. It almost does it with headphones, but it's just not the same.
