PUT US IN A TRANCE!!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride REACTION

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PUT US IN A TRANCE!!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride REACTION
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@jesseheiman1806 2 года назад

Steppenwolf's music was, for the most of us, our first exposure to a heavier metal sound. You have to remember that this song came out in the era of the Beatles, Beach Boys and the British Invasion bands. We had not heard anything like this. Their song Born to be Wild was in the movie Easy Rider and became the anthem for bikers everywhere. They used sounds and beats that we had never heard before and it changed the musical direction for many of us.

@garykelly5710 2 года назад

Born to be wild is essential

@riteousrighthand6144 2 года назад

@@garykelly5710 So is The Pusher.

@davemcbroom695 2 года назад

@@riteousrighthand6144 I luv the Pusher! BTW, I'm cool on the handshake.😁

@riteousrighthand6144 2 года назад

@@davemcbroom695 I also like Don't Step on the Grass Sam.

@davemcbroom695 2 года назад

@@riteousrighthand6144 That's an obscure one but a rock'n song fer sure!

@neilhamilton7487 Месяц назад

Modern music can NEVER have this effect on people.

@bd0821 2 года назад

Amber was absolutely on that "Magic carpet ride"

@aussiepie4865 7 месяцев назад

Amber has such a hippie soul I love it. She’s my favourite person on RU-vid.

@thomasbertsch7270 5 месяцев назад

AGREE

@janicecopeland817 4 месяца назад

❤❤❤

@davidkleiner3684 3 месяца назад

Absolutely! Amber for President!

@RuthKing-wm9nw 23 дня назад

She absolutely a hippie!!!

@sharikraft1706 2 года назад

I was 12 when this came out. And it was so freaky. Also Iron Butterfly--Ina gadda da vida... That was crazy. Remember we were 12 years old going to our first dances. Oh my God what a time to be alive

@fredkrissman6527 2 года назад

I remember playing, for the first and last time as we quickly moved on to "free love" in SoCal, SPIN THE BOTTLE at a party where I first heard Iron Butterfly's new lp! I'd forgotten till your comment here, so thanx for the memories!!!

@JohnQuetsch 2 года назад

I was 13 and you are spot on! We all knew the music was outstanding and I'm so glad that it will be appreciated far into the future.

@ssshadowwolf6762 2 года назад

Yes it was a great time to be alive and young . We KNEW the music was something truly epic at the time . It was all of our expressions 🔥🔥🔥

@deborahstrickland9845 2 года назад

I was 11 when this song came out, so I'm with you guys. And the ten following this was mind boggling brilliant music too.

@kevinmcconnell9426 2 года назад

Me too!! July 1st 1956! We were blessed to grow up in the most inventive time for music in the history of mankind!! Were it not for Les Paul, and his invention of the electric guitar there would never have been Rock n Roll!

@karengoodenough827 2 года назад

John Kay has said in interviews that he wrote this song about his new HIFI stereo and laying on the floor between the speakers listening to music, so yes Amber, you got perfectly what he intended

@davidlightfoot348 2 года назад

I always though it was some sort of an act done on the carpet.

@dalesanders1260 2 года назад

That's funny. I was 17, high as fk, laying on the floor with two tower speakers, one on each side of my head, listening to Brain Salad Surgery by ELP. I thought I was the only one that had that experince. Hahaha!

@ronpeters9548 2 года назад

@@davidlightfoot348 That would be carpet burns !

@CARNELIANTURQUOISE 2 года назад

@@dalesanders1260...I used to sit between my speakers and listen to the Meddle album by Pink Floyd....it was awesome!!

@bigdawg6308 2 года назад

I thought it was about a drug trip

@jazzmaan707 Год назад

FYI: John Kay, the lead singer and leader of Steppenwolf, did not do drugs, and did not allow any band members to do drugs, or he would kick them out of the band. And that is from his own comments. John always felt that if musicians were tripping on drugs in their performances, that the sound of the band would suffer. Yes, their music did give the impression that they were drug users, such as "The Pusher," but they were great musicians, and John was an excellent songwriter too. Like, "Peace, man."

@billyclifton5710 3 месяца назад

He was born in Germany also - steppenwolf novel by Herman Hesse

@TraciDoering-hw8hu 2 месяца назад

Find your psychedelics , joy and passion, organically -within!

@aonewatchman 2 месяца назад

The drummer over dosed!

@jazzmaan707 2 месяца назад

@@aonewatchman Uh, drummer Jerry Edmonton died in a car wreck, in November 28, 1993. Jerry was the drummer for the Sparrows, with John Kay in 1965, and the only drummer in Steppenwolf. What drummer are you talking about?

@aonewatchman 2 месяца назад

Sorry ... wrong band member ...it was the back up guttar (sp?) player

@rogerduffey1428 2 года назад

Having lived thru the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's, and more they are the perfect representation of the 60's!!! Classic!!!

@elza32358 2 года назад

Amber and Jay's reactions could not be more different...lol. 🌞 She truly has a hippie soul.

@factChecker01 Год назад

She's a flower child at heart. :-)

@tony-qr4ii 10 месяцев назад

Acid Rock.. music to trip by

@alanheindel2629 9 месяцев назад

I LOVE her reactions!!! ❤

@charlesrubio7650 7 месяцев назад

I agree! I seen many reactions by these 2 and Amber has a definite hippie / rock n roll soul

@dannylgriffin 5 месяцев назад

If you think this "reaction" is real, you're wrong.

@derwoodbowen5954 2 года назад

Born to Be Wild, another Steppenwolf song, is in the movie Easy Rider.

@subwaygoddess1 2 года назад

Yes! "Born To Be Wild" next!!

@shawnk7832 2 года назад

A Fave song of my Momma!

@PedroConejo1939 2 года назад

If we're going to explore Easy Rider (and we should), I'd look at The Electric Prunes, not just Kyrie Eleison but 'I had too much to dream last night', or their other early stuff.

@derwoodbowen5954 2 года назад

@@PedroConejo1939 I saw the Electric Prunes. I was a big fan and have some of their vinyl. Too Much to Dream, Get Me to the World on Time, I Happen to Love You, The Great Banana Hoax and I. Real psychedelia.

@mrjules1982 2 года назад

And that entire soundtrack is just such a treasure trove of late 60's music. The story goes that Peter and Dennis made a sort of mix tape of songs that were on the radio while editing the movie and then sent it to Crosby Stills and Nash as inspiration for the real soundtrack they were supposed to write... CSN just sent it back saying: We can't surpass this, it's perfect as it is. And they were right.

@leesmith4055 10 месяцев назад

Fun fact, the lead singer in Steppenwolf said he wrote the song about a brand new Hi -Fi stereo system he had gotten. He would lay on the carpet by the speakers and rock out -A magic carpet ride

@scottdavis3571 Год назад

Total genius! You don't even need to take any drugs at all. You just close your eyes and let the sounds take you away.

@RevCaton 2 года назад

My 2 year old grandson busted out into a dance marathon when he heard this song right before bed time. 7 views later, he's now in the crib wiped out. Enjoy the extra views and we'll enjoy a full night's sleep (hopefully).

@collingallagher6491 2 года назад

I love this! Hope baby sleeps all-night.

@reformedwheat5648 2 года назад

Awww bless! You're doing a great thing by exposing your grand(s) to great music!

@daveyhouston 2 года назад

Pleasant dreams baby!

@loudog2326 2 года назад

And It WORE HIM OUT !!! LOL I'm A Grandfather Too !!! So Much Energy In This Song !!!

@anthonylovavto3228 2 года назад

Still bouncing over 50 years later! I was 18 then now I'm 72... It was dancing under a strobe light!

@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 2 года назад

You nailed it Amber! Steppenwolf just took you on a “head trip”! The magic carpet ride was into yourself. This was considered VERY heavy and psychedelic when it came out. I never saw them in concert, so I don’t know if that instrumental part was extended live, but I bet it was. This song was used in stereo stores where I lived to check out various speakers…..So many sounds coming together, and the best speakers helped you hear them all clearly.

@leebaker2588 2 года назад

they took a generation on a head trip

@awmperry 2 года назад

Yup. And, of course, it was a time when a non-trivial proportion of listeners could be expected to be high, so this would have interacted with that state much like any other psychedelic music at the time.

@ralphgomez6251 2 года назад

Greatest Psychedelic Song of all times

@jamessugg7061 2 года назад

I was lucky enough to see them with The Guess Who opening. Not bad for a first concert experience!

@johnckelly88 2 года назад

Amber caught that ride cold sober. Imagine mushrooms 🍄 and taking that ride 😳

@scloftin8861 Год назад

Watching modern reactions to the music that lit high school for me is so much fun. Glad to see people still grooving to this magical sound.

$@rigafraction1653$

@rigafraction1653 Год назад

Another great Canadian band... clearly Born to be Wild was their biggest hit, but always loved this one as well

@drdr76 9 месяцев назад

Jon Kay was from east Germany. His family escaped to the West and eventually he became the lead singer for Steppenwolf, what a fantastic life!

@PeteAndrews 5 месяцев назад

"Born to be Wild" was were the tape was at when I retrieved it from the tape deck in my totaled '70 Charger R/T 440 when I went thru the wreckage at the junk yard. I was on a long straight away in rolling NE Ohio @ 3am going over 130MPH jamming to this when I wrecked. Wish I could remember before the wreck. I know I was enjoying it... Peace

@timothyirwin8974 5 месяцев назад

Canadian American band.

@pattyestrada6 2 года назад

You have to do “Born To Be Wild” now...I mean with a lyric like “Heavy Metal Thunder ⚡️🎸” you just have to.

@williamaskeland2171 2 года назад

This song was a main stay in karaoke bars.

@toddstevens13 2 года назад

No matter what anyone tries to tell you that Line "Heavy Metal Thunder" , and the entirety of Born To Be Wild, was the birth and creation of Heavy Metal music, period. The rest is all BS.

@V01t2 2 года назад

Air guitar solute

@TXKafir 2 года назад

Another vote for Wild!

@mstewart109 2 года назад

Yes!!!!! Born to be wild next!!!!!!!

@richardmartin9565 2 года назад

Steppenwolf is credited using the term "Heavy Metal" in Born To Be Wild; "Heavy metal thunder".

@snikkerr1949 2 года назад

In reference to a motorcycle....it's what the song is about. They didn't coin the phrase for music. Back then...this was rock music.

@thomasabramovitz6959 Год назад

This song was also used in Star Trek "First Contact" movie and if you watch it you won't forget it. Classic song matched perfectly with the scene it was used in.

@ssvr3dl1n38 9 месяцев назад

Loved this, thanks for a great reaction. I reckon you're spot on Amber!

@mrhalfstep 2 года назад

"Instrumental" is the word you are looking for. You guys need to remember that, going forward, STEREO was relatively new at this time in music history. We take it for granted now, but for a large part of my youth, stuff that played back recordings of music only had ONE speaker because all the sounds of all the instruments just got lumped together. Live music had much more appeal because the music came from all around the stage. With the advent of stereo and headsets that had two speakers, with each speaker carrying it's own portion of the total music, the bands of that time, my time, used that new technology to get an "out of body" sort of sound that transported the listener. You will encounter many bands from this era that have those long psychedelic instrumentals, because it was the new hip thing to experiment with and the budding drug culture gave a large audience for it. Try listening to all of your music through one speaker for 3 months, then listen to music like this with headphones of the quality that is available today and you will get a real appreciation for what was being developed by artists like this.

@jimmcevers9443 2 года назад

Aahhh yes... the dreaded "mono" (monaural). Still have a few "mono" LP's on the shelf. Memories of days gone by!!!

@kenchristie9214 2 года назад

Stereo had been around since 1932 and hi-fi stereo began in 1954. What you mean to say is, modular hi-fi with three-way speakers was relatively new in 1968. Prior to that, the best we could hope for is mum and dad's stereogram. Providing we would be allowed to play our records on it.

@ArthurSB73 2 года назад

You get that instrumental bit at the end of some songs and the band has a chance to play a jam session especially when they have such chemistry and fun when making music.

@peacefulpossum2438 2 года назад

And then there was quadrophonic!

@Pokyhawk 2 года назад

I remember my first trip with headphones on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "Lucky Man". For the time, that was totally 🤯🤯🤯.

@jacklewis5452 2 года назад

And Born to be Wild like everyone says, is an iconic rock anthem.

@jean-paulaudette9246 2 года назад

Explode into space!

@AlergicToSnow Год назад

Good old Canadian band. Love ‘em. 🇨🇦 I grew up with this music. I think it’s really cool that you youngsters appreciate it 50+ years later.

@alanschrauben Год назад

Amber was so far into it ! Just watching her was priceless. Keep up the great work.

@ZacCostilla 2 года назад

That organ is a huge part of the Steppenwolf sound. MUSIC GEEK NOTE: the guitarist sold his Fender Esquire to the guitarist in Heart. This is the very same guitar that played the bright part in “Crazy On You”!

@marksfarmcraft1888 2 года назад

Wurlitzer organs have a fan that gives it that cool sound. Mainstay of 50's and 60's rock and roll.

@terryrogers8304 2 года назад

The other HUGE Steppenwolf song is "Born to be Wild". You may have even heard that one and not realized it!

@elizabeths50 2 года назад

Now this song is the best song of the 60s! I have a friend who plays this song for me on my birthday, every years

@kenlangston3451 2 года назад

Born to be Wild is usually played in movies or TV shows ironically when there is a nerdy character doing something mildly rebellious.

@aonewatchman 2 месяца назад

IMPORTAIN - The group's name Steppenwolf comes FROM John Kay/s (the band's leader) reading of a book by the name "Steppenwolf" written by a German, named Herman Hess ...the song is NOT about drugs, its about John Kay lying down on the floor BETWEEN two speakers! The song was his first big hit. The song was the theme song in "East Rider."

@schlomovandyke7495 4 месяца назад

Steppenwolf is a book by Hermann Hesse. A very wise man from Germany. His book Steppenwolf is one of the most read books in the world! The band has named itself after this book. And I love the band and the book!!!

@billyclifton5710 3 месяца назад

John Kay born in Germany as Joachim Fritz Krauledat in East Prussia in 1944. Glad he made it thru ww 2

@schlomovandyke7495 3 месяца назад

@@billyclifton5710 WOW - Thanks! 😀

@vdoman 2 года назад

Man, during the solo Amber was in a whole other plane of existence

@bro.bsbibleun-boxingreview2149 2 года назад

Yes she was. That is what the song is about. I took a lot of trips back in the late 60’s without the drugs to songs like this and Purple Haze and still do! Music is the ultimate Magic Carpet and time machine!

@LMmccallL57 2 года назад

I like when she gets into the music like that.

@ChuckAlverson 2 года назад

When the bridge ended, Amber looked like she was shocked into reality. Love watching her dive into the music.

@tonycardone990 2 года назад

Iron Butterfly- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is another classic with unforgettable riffs

@ginasarmina4728 2 года назад

Yes!

@kimberlyelder7479 2 года назад

Ron Bushy RIP

@vowilde8250 2 года назад

Gotta be the long version. No good when you cut out that mesmerizing drum solo.

@douglassellers7528 2 года назад

Imagine being 16 and driving when this comes on the radio. What a good time we had.

@wdking8833 Год назад

Yes, this is a psychedelic song. A catch a buzz, sit back, close your eyes and let the music send you on a mind trip song. We heard it and we wanted more. I see that Amber got it. She's got the wave with eyes closed.

@surlechapeau 2 года назад

J&A, You'll love their "Born To Be Wild". Its an iconic song with an iconic guitar riff. Best heard on a highway

@margaretnicol3423 2 года назад

That's a must. :-)

@Shrykespeare 2 года назад

ABSOULTELY!! "Rock Me" is another great one by Steppenwolf.

@hammathguy3995 2 года назад

J&A, You'll love their "Born To Be Wild". Its an iconic song with an iconic guitar riff. Best heard on a highway. LOUD!

@madmanonwheels5150 2 года назад

Definitely It's on my biker playlists. music.ru-vid.com/group/PLlFrRPKzi7HjyGKT_4xUTqC1mfcrcmFVv&feature=share music.ru-vid.com/group/PLlFrRPKzi7HjwhT65MUO9daRnVlMdkFWZ&feature=share

@rwxstudio7173 2 года назад

Another great cruising song is La Grange by ZZ Top. I think they reacted to that song already.

@nyclion13 2 года назад

Heard this song hundreds of times. Always on the playlist. But never enjoyed it more than watching Amber’s appreciation.

@mikeking-lc3vl Месяц назад

This is the Psychedelic Era. I loved every minute of it. And I lived to tell about it.

@RLKmedic0315 2 года назад

One of my best memories (and other than the birth of my daughter, nothing will ever beat it), driving down a rural highway in a 69' Camaro convertible, top down, my uncle driving .... then "Magic Carpet Ride" starts to play. We were going WAY over the speed limit. The early fall of 1988. Lost my uncle a couple years later to cancer, but I will never forget that ride and this song.

@chriso6719 2 года назад

Born to Be Wild is one of their biggest songs. try that next. You looked unsure when it started, but I knew you'd love it when it kicked in.

@donstuard2546 2 года назад

Steppenwolf was the real deal and they are still around today. The front guy and singer is John Kay. My sister has all their albums. The Steppenwolf live album is killer for the 1960's. Born to be Wild and The Pusher are just listens. Born to be Wild is what really made Steppenwolf really big. It was used in the movie Easy Rider with Peter Fonda!

@iplaybass6690 2 года назад

The Pusher is amazing and super fun to play on bass!

@8moody1 2 года назад

@@iplaybass6690 Snowblind Friend and Screaming Night Hog aren't too shabby either

@edprzydatek8398 2 года назад

"Easy Rider" also starred Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. Great movie with some great music in it.

@peacefulpossum2438 2 года назад

Your sister and I could have been besties. I had them all too.

@werewolvesofsanger4649 2 года назад

Your sister sounds very cool. Anyone who has all of Steppenwolf's albums is ok in my book. My favorite Steppenwolf album is Steppenwolf 7. One of my favorite bands growing up.

@amc4061 Год назад

You definitely got it! Amber, let the music take you away

@annemarinelli7303 2 месяца назад

Yes, I love how much she gets into the music!

@beckiru Год назад

Glad you enjoyed this, but it (and many other 60s/70s tracks you react to) will never be the same without the psychedelics we all heard them through back in the day. That was the "Magic Carpet Ride" they're singing about.

@stormy8207 2 года назад

Their song Born to be Wild is one of the most famous and iconic songs ever...and one of the most played. It came out in 1968. Steppenwolf kept performing until fairly recently I believe.

@robjohnson5872 2 года назад

I believe that the term "Heavy Metal" was first used in Born to Be Wild. My apologies if this has already been stated in the 1400 comments ...

@krikorajemian8524 2 года назад

Their song "Born to be Wild" contains the line "heavy metal thunder", which is the origin of the "heavy metal" music genre. Definitely worth a listen.

@bobhughes2290 2 года назад

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Acid rock and heavy metal are not anywhere near the same thing.

@tamarakelley4497 2 года назад

Amber you followed the directions beautifully. You rock sista!!!

@jimmonroe8532 Год назад

She is definitely a child of the 60’s and 70’s, she closed her eyes and found herself on a 2 min acid trip! Awesome to watch!

@darrelljohnson5764 11 месяцев назад

👍👍👍👍

@artiewithers6980 2 года назад

In a bar in the late 60’s with this song blasting and the strobe lights going, and Drinking beers and maybe sneaking a toke outside. Great times. Long, long time ago. I’ll study for the mid term tomorrow. That’s all you need to understand about this song, guys.

@Wordsmyth8 2 года назад

Yes!

@jvcoulter 2 года назад

Amber, the part of the song that wasn’t really used for a solo is called the BRIDGE. It connects the other two major sections, the VERSE and the CHORUS. It’s like a breather in the middle. Sometimes an instrument solo will fill the bridge, but on this one, you just “let the sound take you away” for a few beats before returning to the established sections.

@jackwells8107 2 года назад

Having said this, we now need Amber and Jay to react to Badge by Cream.

@RavenMacy 2 года назад

2 minutes is more than a few beats but your point is correct .

@paulhunter5364 2 года назад

I reckon you're probably a musician of about my age because musically you actually know what you're talking about. A big thumbs up to you.

@aleatharhea 2 года назад

I'd call the "close your eyes girl" part the bridge. But I'd call the 2 minute part Amanda referred to as just an interlude. That's pretty generic, but I just wouldn't call it the bridge.

@leeroyrokkenrohl5507 2 года назад

one of our great Canadian contributions to classic rock! And the best dance scene in Team America World Police!

@edwardmartinez9459 2 года назад

I'm 64 and got to say I remember that on the radio feeling old but lucky to have been around then 8years old and loving that sound!

@Kitch-hu7tm 2 года назад

A true classic. They also released "The Pusher" which also did this band justice.

@richardjakubiszak1139 2 года назад

I see a lot of people walking round 🎵 With tomb stones 🎶 in their eyes.... That was my WOW lyric.

@deemcdonald5152 2 года назад

it wasn't really released .it was banned from radioi. word of mouth made the usher a cult classic

@JANETTE74576 Год назад

FYI, The Pusher was written by an Okie named Hoyt Axton. He was also the Daddy on the movie Gremlins. :)

@Dan-in-the-Wild Год назад

Oh, The Pusher is SO. GOOD!

@kevincaulder9001 2 года назад

The band was called Sparrow before John Kay met Jim Morrison, who suggested the name change. But BORN TO BE WILD must definitely be next. It is iconic. Amber you can have longer trip if you listen to the Doors LIGHT MY FIRE. You can get lost and ride out the sound of a very seductive musical journey.

@dphalanx7465 2 года назад

"Riders on the Storm" or "LA Woman." They need a heavy dose of Doors. It'll knock them for a loop!

@barbarahouston634 2 года назад

Definitely, the Doors cone nexr, but I prefer :Riders on the Storm,"

@kevincaulder9001 2 года назад

@@dphalanx7465 I wish they could listen to THE END or WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER but I don't know if there are restrictions on these two songs. But MOONLIGHT DRIVE could be another song to send Amber on her way..

@jamesredman1263 2 года назад

That is a huge name change! And fortuitous. It fits their music.

@PedroConejo1939 2 года назад

Oh, shedloads of Doors needed here.

@justmecarter1717 2 года назад

I am OLD! But my late husband was 15 years older...and I was shocked when he said this was his fave song, lol. P.S. Y'all are so cute. Please stay focused on what draws you together and your history. I hate that so many couples break up nowadays. (just saying, plus, it REALLY hurts kids.) I love you guys!! Peace.

@michelleboyer9506 Год назад

I was born in 68 and my parents listened to all types of music. I had a diverse upbringing. We moved all over the country and world. Didn’t settle in one place until I was 13. Life of a military brat. Love y’all and your appreciation and attitude towards anything.

@janellemcdonald1673 3 месяца назад

1968 GC Marshall High, Balgat AFB, Ankara, Turkey. This song was a Friday night celebration.

@lohearth3160 2 года назад

"Close your eyes girl, look inside girl, let the sound take you away' describes Amber perfectly. There are a lot of great songs on this album

@bobsblues9944 2 года назад

"Across the street I see , shadows and candlelight , but im here all alone , it just aint right "

@josephscally6270 2 года назад

Fun fact: They keyboard sound that you were admiring was most likely a Hammond B3 Organ with a Leslie unit. A Leslie unit is literally a cabinet with a spinning speaking in it to give the organ that "warbly" sound that people like. I was in a band or two where we had one of these.

@jameshill8498 2 года назад

I saw Steppenwolf a few years back and they absolutely had a funky wooden cabinet with glowing tubes and a spinning unit with what looked like different size trumpet bells. I never knew what it was until today. I always assumed it was something they built specifically to create that sound.

@1charlesallnut 2 года назад

100%. And Goldy McJohn was a brilliant B3 player. Such an integral part of their sound. He died a few years ago.

@scottstevens7639 2 года назад

If you were ever recruited to help carry it, you undoubtedly have back problems today…

@josephscally6270 2 года назад

@@scottstevens7639 I was in a band where we had the B3, a Leslie, an upright Piano, 5 amps and an elaborate sound system with two large columns. We needed a UHaul to go to a gig.

@garyoverman4393 Год назад

Steppenwolf’s “ Never Too Late “ is incredibly moving.

@johnanderson4132 Год назад

That song gives me hope.

@carolkinney1327 8 месяцев назад

EXACTIMUNDO! Amber......NOW, you have gotten a glimpse into the music trip!

@TheBlack-my5yf 2 года назад

To this day, decades later, I remember walking home from junior high school with my transistor radio in hand, and this song came on. It was my first time hearing it, and I was hooked forever. (EDIT): That was the beauty of music back then. You could sit back, close your eyes and listen to MUSIC, created by musicians speaking through their instruments.

@jeffbruner4875 2 года назад

Amber makes your channel GREAT because she closes her eyes and the music actually touches her soul. J you are like most people and jam to the tune . Amber FEELS it in her soul and that's very rare

@shaun374 2 года назад

She's only second to Lex over on Brad and Lex, who is most likely a musical prodigy who just never got into music.

@lynnettehardin2445 4 месяца назад

Amber you are right. I love watching your reaction to alot of these i can see as soon as you get the Vibe. Thank you

@sharonr228 Год назад

I love watching Amber and Jay dancing to the music

@williambaucum3318 2 года назад

Your next Steppenwolf song should be their classic hit "Born To Be Wild". It might be the first true Heavy Metal song from 1968. By the way Amber, Austin Powers isn't cheesy it's fun. 🤣

@valhopeless856 2 года назад

Definitely yes! 'Born to Be Wild' is, in fact, the original source of the phrase 'heavy metal.'

@cflournoy1529 2 года назад

Definitely!!!! I think she would love Austin Powers simply because of the era that it’s set in.

@jasonnelson6624 2 года назад

Austin powers isn't cheesy or fun. It's groovy baby yeah!

@cflournoy1529 2 года назад

@@jasonnelson6624 😂😂😂

@valhopeless856 2 года назад

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Thank you for this! I did some research and learned a little bit so I appreciate the correction.

@richmiddlebrook3103 2 года назад

We weren't there when it happened, but I would have LOVED to had been there when Amber watched this back and realized just how far she travelled on that Magic Carpet Ride. 50+ years later, Steppenwolf is still getting new listeners to their destination right on time.

@kellyjohnson3617 5 месяцев назад

Magic Carpet Ride, Born to Be Wild, Rock Me are their three most famous songs. These three songs have been used in movies and such. The bridge in many psychedelic songs was a place for people to take that trip the music and other accompaniments were designed to inspire.

@butch110251 Год назад

Steppenwolf was a book written in Germany in 1927. John Kay, founder was born in Germany and named the band after the book. I spent the summer of 1969 in California as a guitar player in a rock band. We had the same booking agent (RIP Gayle) as Steppenwolf. Kay had very bad eye sight, was a genuinely nice guy and loved his wife.

@timwood8343 2 года назад

I have to say, y'all are by far my favorite reactionists. You guys are so much fun to watch.

@MustangTerry Год назад

I agree 100%

@dukemom20 Год назад

YES!!!!!! Love, love, love your reactions!

@amandaespurvoa7498 Год назад

My face always hurts from smiling watching these two 🥰

@gaillouise8310 Год назад

I used to feel the same way...no longer.

@notasheeple2926 Год назад

@@gaillouise8310 why is that?😮

@philipem1000 2 года назад

The long instrumental in this is musically called "a bridge" - many numbers have two parts to them, a refrain and a second refrain (literally refrain means repeat in music) and the bridge is what connects them. The bridge is almost always instrumental, no lyrics, commonly about 32 bars; and this is often a place for solos or featured parts. In this case the refrains are the same and that amazing instrumental is the bridge that connects them. .And yes, the music (let the sound take you away) is the magic carpet. The singer invites his girl for a magic carpet ride on his sounds. Oh and hell yes, psychedelic as all hell, it's a trip!

@MatrixSS Год назад

I'm glad you posted this, as a multi instrument person with 30 years playing. I'm very happy someone said something, I know it's not the layperson's fault, because they were not trained as you , I and many are. To finally recognize one of many bridges in music from the 60s into modern times. Thank you

@davidjones6389 Год назад

Where's that confounded bridge....?

@gregedmand9939 Год назад

Step was 2 years ahead of the American pack. That wall of sound evolution largely began with them and vital part of the Easy Rider soundtrack.

@MatrixSS Год назад

@@davidjones6389 the bridge starts around 6:26 mins on the original soundtrack I believe, don't quote me I'm not listening to it at the moment

@Leafsdude 9 месяцев назад

I think "interlude" fits better for that section on this song rather than a bridge (or "middle-eight" as it is also known). A bridge does typically have lyrics over a shift in chord progression that remains in the same key, and is also significantly shorter. The instrumental here is a much more significant shift and comes off as a completely different piece of music, even through it fits the key. Plus, psychedelic rock (which would eventually shift into prog-rock) often took a pretty significant influence from classical music, for which interludes are primarily made for.

@rfdarsie 2 года назад

It's just so much fun seeing your delight in discovering this music that some of us heard when we were young, when it first came out.

@davidmesser5813 Год назад

This band was at the top of the rock world for a couple of years. They were Canadian. They did this song on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1968. The base player had very long frizzy blond hair and was flipping it forward and backwards. I was 14 and digging it. My dad leaned forward and said "good God would you look at that mess!" Then he laughed, but I thought he was the coolest thing ever! Take care. Vaughn

@harristurner6836 11 месяцев назад

late 60's & 70's were the greatest time for music & I'm happy I was there.

@natfoote4967 2 года назад

"Steppenwolf" is German for "wolf of the prairie." It is the title of a 1929 novel by the famous German author Hermann Hesse. It is a novel about the duality of man, the low animal and the high spiritual, so the novel has always been popular with people seeking a spiritual journey. It's your basic hippie novel.

@KenOtwell 2 года назад

Wow - I always that steppes were low mountain foothills, but you triggered me to look it up and you're right - it's dry grasslands like those in Russia and central Europe. All these years I was simply wrong, lol. Thanks (I think!)

@Pete391 Год назад

The lead singer was German and escaped to West Germany after the war....Then moved to Canada.......

@titusho2 Год назад

...and don't forget the motion picture! Movie The Steppenwolf '

@titusho2 Год назад

For 3 years 1968-70 Steppenwolf was the hottest band in U.S.,.. love 🐺

@RideAcrossTheRiver Год назад

@@titusho2 No, that was Creedence Clearwater Revival.

@robynanthony1612 2 года назад

This used to be my ringtone. And one time, in the store, my phone “rang” and some lady walking by, heard it and said “great song”. I told her it was one of my favorites. I’m glad you liked it, now you need to hear “Born to be Wild” and “Snowblind Friend”

@user-gt2uf8cq9y 2 года назад

“Born to be Wild” and “Snowblind Friend” are perfect songs, one fast and one slow.

@MrJupton1 Год назад

One of my all time favs.. I'm 66 now and man this song and this group rocked out in the late 60s and early 70s! Johnny Kay da man! just a FYI about "Magic Carpet Ride" I believe he wrote this song while he was listening to his new stereo system. "Let The Music Take Me Away"

@JR-rz8cu 2 года назад

Steppenwolf was the first concert I went to. I was in high school. I loved them then and still do.

@elishawilliams5407 2 года назад

This was the song my Dad used to introduce me to Steppenwolf. Fun fact: My Dad is a preacher, my mom is the church piano player. They raised my brother and I to appreciate all genres of music. We really learned to listen to the instruments and vocals and it was just an amazing and well rounded upbringing🙂 All that to say, I FREAKING LOVE THIS SONG!

@tmac8892 8 месяцев назад

Steven spielberg on line 2.

@GoWestYoungMan 2 года назад

They were a ground breaking band. The heaviness of their sound was a breath of fresh air. And to me, they're talking about an acid trip. I don't know if I'm right or wrong but that's what I get from it. One of the most famous bands to come out of Canada in the 60s/70s. Originally called the Sparrows (from Oshawa, Ontario) they changed their name to Steppenwolf in Los Angeles.

@cacu3989 2 месяца назад

ABSOLUTELY LOOOOOVE THIS SONG!

@kympeplau1635 Год назад

I love this song. I grew up in the 60’s with high school being in the early 70’s. It was such a wonderful time for music and its transition and evolution. Amber has a hippie soul like me. I never did psychedelic drugs but friends of mine did. People who didn’t know me would try to get me high and I would just tell them I get high on the music. I don’t need to take anything for it. And that part of the song is the type of thing where I would close my eyes and just let it carry me away as Amber does often. And that’s me right there. If I close my eyes, I hear more clearly as well. It’s because you’re cutting off one of your senses I’m told, so the others take over.

@tonyherrera2570 2 года назад

Amber, you hit the nail on the head! Yes, close your eyes girl and let the music take you away… You gotta remember, the genre is psychedelic rock from the 60’s and if you dropped some acid (LSD) while listening to this song, you could literally let the music take you away….

@marilynk30 2 года назад

And go on a magic carpet ride literally! 😉😂

@guaranteedwinnersclub 2 года назад

Yes sir. You will never understand unless you actually do drop acid and listen to all the great songs. It's amazing how they come to you deeper. The Beatles had a lot of them too

@marilynk30 2 года назад

@@guaranteedwinnersclub and Pink Floyd of course! 🔥

@sharonbrady-methvin9722 2 года назад

But please, don't do acid...😜

@alexanderj.mendez3815 2 года назад

Hey!!! I resemble that remark…😳😂

@hays9008 2 года назад

Never gets old....masterpiece in rock. Amber your right...you don't need drugs, just close your eyes and let the music take you away.

@billcox8682 Год назад

I did a 4 day tour with Steppenwolf in 1980...doing lights and roadie work...awwwesome!!!!:)

@gwilli9511 Год назад

I was in high school when this came out. All I can say is we had the best music and best cars of any generation and it was a great time to be alive.

@tfodthogtmfof7644 2 года назад

Steppenwolf has a lot of great tracks and so many that few people listen to. Children of the Night, Tenderness, Smokey Factory Blues, Snowblind Friend, I’m Asking, The Pusher, Don’t Step On The Grass Sam, For Ladies Only. So many great songs.

@curtjarrell9710 2 года назад

I LOVE For Ladies Only. Another good one is Screaming Night Hog.

@ericanderson8886 2 года назад

The Ostrich, Jupiters Child, Hey Lawdy Mama, the list goes on lol

@tfodthogtmfof7644 2 года назад

Rock me, Justice Don’t Be Slow, It’s Never Too Late, Who Needs Ya, Monster, Straight Shooting Woman, Jeraboah, Gang war Blues,…. Oh I almost forgot one of my favorites Shackles and Chains.

@lisarainbow9703 2 года назад

Jupiter's Child!!!!

@ericanderson8886 2 года назад

Draft Resister, Power Play, Tighten up your wig, this group is criminally underrated.

@RFWieder 2 года назад

Steppenwolf, a group who dared to go where others wouldn't, songs like "The Pusher", or " Monster " which is epic!!!

@johnpowers6224 2 года назад

Your reactions are just like the hipppies of the 60’s and 70’s….. SO YES THAT MAKES YOU HIPPIES in the year 2021. Yaaaay they are carrying on the movement!!!

@mrspaulb3889 Год назад

I just KNEW Amber would love this song before I even started the video. That girl has a hippie heart, and it’s great to see! I think she was born late. She would have been right at home at Woodstock. 💯

@george217 2 года назад

"White Room" by Cream? Or "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly? They are both from the late sixties as well...

@yelnek4548 2 года назад

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is a similar vibe to this song, just three times as long.

@walterrutherford8321 2 года назад

Maybe I’m not as old as I thought. I remember all these songs but because my father bought the albums and listened to Steppenwolf, the Beatles, Iron Butterfly, Cream, and other bands who were experimenting with this sound during the late 60s.

@george217 2 года назад

@@walterrutherford8321 If your dad bought them you're not not old. I probably have shoes older than you are...👴

@george217 2 года назад

@@yelnek4548 17 minutes+ 👴

@joiedevivre2005 2 года назад

I loved how Amber's face lit up when the lyrics started. A hippie friend of mine (a real hippie from the 60's) described this song as "an acid trip set to music". Definitely listen to "Born To Be Wild", but I also think you should listen to "Rock Me" & "Who Needs Ya" - the opening guitar riff is incredible

@proudgrannyjoanfleming8860 2 года назад

It was playing the first time I tried acid. Lol.

@stevecrocker6904 Год назад

lead singer Joachim Krauledat - became John K(ay) after he and his mother moved from Germany with no English to Toronto in 1958. So "Steppenwolf" the band name was probably in his mind from reading the German novel by Herman Hesse. His dad had been killed on the eastern front a month before JK was born. They later moved to Buffalo. He sure learned English quickly. Steppenwolf has so many great songs

@charleschristian2063 Год назад

absolutely one of my favorite bands I'm 64 years old grew up listening to the band one of my favorite songs thank you for playing it man and I'm glad a younger generation is enjoying the music cuz I grew up with

@NORGCO 2 года назад

Star Trek First Contact featured this, being played by the man who invented warp drive as the very first warp capable ship lifts of at the top of an old ICBM launcher. The guy's an old rocker from way back who drinks a fair bit... Please tell me you saw it, it's one of the last good Star Trek movies.

@cleekmaker00 2 года назад

"Let's Rock and Roll!"

@robertcurtin6586 2 года назад

Yes.

@Michellejosph 2 года назад

it was the 1970 steppenwolf live album version used in the movie

@Chris4Liberty 2 года назад

Zefram Cochrane, played by James Cromwell.

@amccookwarewithneisha734 2 года назад

That's the movie I remember it from. Jonathan Frakes directed First Contact

@glenngarza1845 2 года назад

Used in the Austin Powers movie, "The Spy Who Shagged Me." Early in the movie if I remember correctly. The Dance/party scene when he first meets Felicity Shagwell. Everyone is dancing to this song and she comes in sliding down a pole.

@Noname-ni1dy Год назад

Hard to believe that voice came out of a 24 year old man! Phenomenal!

@taragreenetarotastro 3 месяца назад

Steppenwolf is from a famous book by Herman Hesse written in 1927, he wrote many other great books too. Steppenwolf started as a Candian Toronto group called the Sparrows and John Kay lead singer.

@kellyclancy8180 2 года назад

Ok I'm dying!!!!! Watching Amber ride on the Magic Carpet is awesome 👌

@robrobertson4619 2 года назад

“Magic Carpet Ride”, is a metaphor for half a dozen different things back in the 60’s 😳😉 I guess it is what you want it to be😁

@gordo0449 Год назад

When John Kay And Steppenwolf was doing the California circuit one of their biggest followers was "Hell's Angels" who absolutely loved this band!

@swf91856 9 месяцев назад

Love what you guys do. Some of the songs you review bring back great memories for me.

@MrHws5mp 2 года назад

Oh yeah, Amber was really getting into that! Born To Be Wild is Steppenwolf's biggest hit, and my introduction to them since it was featured in the biker film Easy Rider and I'm into bikes. However I think my favorite is probably Renegade, since it's so beautifully tied into singer John Kay's early life: if you listen to it, check out the story behind the song too. Since you're so into the psychedelia, another band you might like to check out is Hawkwind. Spirit Of The Age by them is well trippy. Couple of other bands in the same vein are Space Ritual and Ozric Tentacles.