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EChhhh... He's saying there's a difference between a "pusher"; a guy who doesn't care and just sells anything to anyone for the $$, and a 'dealer' who cares about his friends and customers and wants to give them a 'good high' more than making $$. Right. NO SUCH THING.....
One of my favorite tunes. Not only kick ass but still very relevant today, 50 years later. Pushers suck!!! Still too many people with tombstones in their eyes. Heavy song ☮️
It wasn't God "dam" it was and is "damn", and despite people getting upset about them saying that it was used in the context of "may God DAMN the pusher for what he is doing to people", it isn't the cursing slang like so many people use.
@@Microscopeification I love all their hits, Born to be wild is a fav for sure as well but some of their lesser known stuff like snow blind friend are great as well. India could get a dozen reactions from steppenwolf!
Went with a bunch of friends to see Steppenwolf back in 1969 and I was driving ! was trippin my rear end off !! Bad Acid ! Bad Trip! for got which way to get home LOL
This was on the "Easy Rider" soundtrack album. I remember listening to it in my room as a teen, and how quickly I could leap across the room to turn it down before John Kay yelled out that 1st "God damn". I was afraid my dad would hear it & throw the album away (even though he himself was fond of saying that whenever he was mad or repairing something). Steppenwolf was also one of my 1st big rock concerts, followed shortly by Hendrix and Zeppelin. Good memories!💙
I used to jam the hell out of this song, as a kid. My parents had the Easy Rider soundtrack on vinyl; this, and Born To Be Wild, were on it. That slow, grinding fusion of funk, soul, blues, and rock in this song.... man, I love it. Steppenwolf are legendary 60's counterculture icons. It's interesting; if you listen to their music, many of their songs address the futilities and downsides of the counterculture in that era (and, much is still relevant today). Snowblind Friend, like The Pusher, has a distinctive anti-drug message. There's another song, the title escapes me, that addresses the futility of trying to save the world. They've quite a few songs with deep, thought provoking lyrics. They've also got an awesome library of feel-good, party-time, rock songs. Steppenwolf is one of my favorite rock bands. I've appreciated them, since the very first note, of the very first song, I ever heard from them.
Just went ahead and deleted most of my subscriptions when I realized that I just don't like those people. But, I like you... You're doing a great job just by being yourself!
"Tombstones in their eyes" was rare back then. I saw drugs change friends real quick when drugs first got popular. One reason I avoided falling in love with drugs.
The changes you witnessed depended on what drugs a person chose to partake of.... To be specific, the song is about pushing heroine, which is only one drug...the biggest and nastiest at the time the song was written. And I personally have never heard of a heroine "dealer"... I agree with you, though about "tombstones" being rare...
@@guidosarducci Not at all rare in late 60's early 70s Seattle. Not rare at all. It's always been a hot bed of junkies. Came very close myself. I was lucky, don't really want to expand on that though. And yeah, your "dealer" had grass, maybe a little Hash or LSD. Mostly just selling to partake themselves. The pusher is evil. Talk it up, give you a couple hits for free, then rob your soul, get you to give it up willingly.
@@andyfletcher3561 WOW! The only experience(s) I had with smack took place in Nashville around 1968-69. I never got into it, but I saw plenty who did...what a sad affair that was. I was glad I just knew "weird Harold", the local neighborhood dealer... :) :)
@@guidosarducci Same time frame friend, and likely the same basic issues in both areas at the time. Tacoma is right next door and it wasn't near as prevalent there. Then again, we left Tacoma when I was in 6th grade, and we were in the western outskirts/suburbs then moved to a small town, largely just middle class, between the two until 9th grade. In Seattle, we lived in like a three block buffer zone between folks fairly well off to the North and ghetto to the south, then barely middle class to the south of that. At the same time, Seattle's economy was tanking with Boeing almost going bankrupt with the cancellation of the SST project.
@@andyfletcher3561 Well, in the spring of 1969, I had just got thrown out of college for something I didn't do, and decided to hang around with the people that I had met or "knew"...'cause they were fun...LOL! I have no idea how I survived that absolute ridiculousness...finally I made the trek back to my parents' house in PA in mid 1969...
This song was written by singer/songwriter Hoyt Axton, whose mother wrote Heartbreak Hotel for Elvis Presley. You should check out some of Hoyt's vocals. If you've never heard them, you're missing something.
PLEASE react to these two songs by "Blind Faith"...Can't find My Way Home and In the Presence of the Lord. Both are credited with saving the lives of addicts and others!
This song was written by Hoyt Axton. Look him up if you don't know who he is. Steppenwolf is a great band and still around. Try Don't Step On The Grass Sam. Another great weed song. Steppenwolf did not fuck around with that organ running through a leslie.
Thanks for doing this song. I was graduating from university. Viet Nam War was raging. Kids were dying from war, and from drugs. Lots of ruined lives then. This song shows some of the angst we all felt.
"Pusher" is the name for a "dealer" who specialized in Heroine, Coke, & the harder, or more destructive of drugs - they basically "pushed", or talked those drugs up to young people who didn't realize the highly addictive nature or the damage those drugs could/did do, including the death of many a young person. They relied on the "snag & bag" - the quick addiction, and thus the assurance of "repeat customers" who would (and sometimes did) do anything to get their fix. Check out "Snowblind Friend", also by Steppenwolf .
I was a teenager in the early 70s. Had a circle of 6 close friends. I'm all that is left. The last of them was gone before he reached the age of 50. The others were gone LONG before that. Every death was drug related. God Damn The Pusher Man.
Steppenwolf was an incredible group! One of my favourites from 68 to 72. Saw them live in 1969 and again in 1970. Excellent! Classics like Monster, Rock Me, Magic Carpet Ride, Born To Be Wild, Move Over...the list goes on and on. A great catalogue of incredible music. 😎🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦
I remember growing up as a child two things that were always in the news. Vietnam and the scourge of Heroin killing young people. It was the 60s and now in the 2000s, its the middle East and Opioids.
Back in the 70's when I was a teen we differentiated between dealers and pushers. Pushers would try to get people addicted and do things like hang out near schools doing things like giving 'free' samples to entice the youth to grow their business. In contrast dealers primarily serviced existing users -- and many wouldn't sell to anyone they didn't already know. If you didn't know a dealer and you wanted something, you'd get someone who had a relationship with a dealer to buy for you.
@@rossmacintosh5652 YES!!!!!!! EXACTLY. These "kids" today try and differentiate between pot and the other drugs, but the most popular drug of that era was acid. Just like today, there were 'pushers' who sold anything; poor quality; whatever junk they could get their hands on ( where the term "junk" /"junkie" came from), like you said; tried to get people hooked, and 'dealers' who cared more about a 'good high' and their customers than $$. Well I'm calling BS. There's no good junk and no good high, AND NO GOOD DEALERS. Period.
Thank you for this gem from my past. Steppenwolf was an icon of psychedelic inspired music of the 60s and we would ride around as teenagers listening on 8 track tape players. You've never seen one of them I'm sure! Your reaction is sweet. Most all of our music was ridiculed during that period as we listened to LBJ report the Viet Nam losses each night.
I just viewed your reaction to The Pusher. Awesome song ! I have the original vinyl live performance to The Pusher. Its 21 minutes long, recorded at Matrix in San Francisco, may 14, 1967.
Yep, got that too. Basically it was a whole album side. Pretty much starts as a monster jam/improvisation that seems to go on forever before finally breaking into The Pusher. Amazing stuff!
Pusher was use in the opening of Easy Rider where Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper sold drugs to fiance their trip. Born To Be Wild was then used for the Opening credits. I had the movie sound track on 8 track. Hopper was the director. Supposedly cost only $100,000 and 10 lbs of weed to make it.
I was born in 1961 and I so enjoy this generations take on older music. Definitely gonna subscribe. Value your thoughts and opinions. Back in the day drug dealers where called pushers straight to the point! ❤️🇨🇦
This song …..takes me to a dark long past era Vietnam, Sanfransisco Jippies, Hard drugs, Hard life ……….. but Id give anything to go back to the late 60s
Hahahah... brings back memories, I used to sit in my car in my parents driveway and play this as loud as my 8-track tape player could go. Mom was constantly telling me, "the neighbors can hear that" hahaha
I was 5 years old the first time I hear this. I was in a grocery store with my Mom and it was playing over the store speakers really loud. I asked my Mom what a pusher was and she explained it to me. Later when my Dad got home, I told him about it and he chuckled before taking me for a ride and we listened to the whole 8 track. ( My Dad and his brother would take me riding and jamming often) I've been a fan ever since.
In 1969, I played this song for my 6th grade class. At my early age, this song hit home for me because I saw my brother's struggle with heroin. Fortunately, my teacher didn't send me to the Principal's office.
I am sure you've probably heard either Magic Carpet Ride or Born to be Wild. Correct, drug dealers were called "pushers", I guess I am so used to it I thought it was still a common term, but maybe it's not used so much any more. This song was used effectively in the classic film "Easy Rider" which was a great film with a great soundtrack.
True story LOL my dad, passed a few years ago. When he was in high school, he was a hippie and one of the best blues guitarists around. The high school let his band of plate in the cafeteria. They opened it with this song. They were escorted out of the school and the doors were locked behind them LOL. That was back when guys were way out of line for having long hair LOL
If I recall correctly, that is how the song was defended when it came out... I've heard that it was the first song with "cursing" in it allowed on public airwaves in the US...
Magic Carpet Ride and Sookie Sookie are amazing songs too!! Both my faves! :) the lady in both videos (Jutta (I think it’s pronounced “yoota”) Maue) is the wife of the lead singer Jon Kay
Yes, dealers were "pushers" in my era. This particular pusher is a heroin dealer. Everybody smoked weed, took a few pills, but the heroin users in my high school were known as the "track team" and it was sad, man.
Yep, the pusher was the drug dealer back in the day. I'm not really sure how Steppenwolf felt about dealers 😉😉 Magic Carpet Ride is another great psychedelic hit from the 60's, although their most iconic is Born To Be Wild. As a 60's kid I find it a little weird that so many people relate these classic songs to movies, video games and sporting events. Check out Magic Carpet Ride.
Dealers are/were different from pushers. One was your friendly and trusted neighborhood dealer. The pusher had high prices for low quality product, many times mixing lethal substances. Literally making poison for a sale and not caring if the user survives
You went off the deep end as an intro to Steppenwolf, for this one, LOL! Almost all their other songs fail to have cussing, though. The way this one what structured, musically I mean, always reminded me of a band named Iron Butterfly. Both bands were around at the same general time, though. Keep discovering more Steppenwolf, and maybe give Iron Butterfly a try as well.
John Kay the lead singer was born in Germany, and when he was a teen his stepfather, his mother and John moved to Canada before he settled in Los Angeles, CA. and that's where Seppenwolf started. Only one or two members were from Canada. Nick St. Nicholas the bass guitar player was also from Germany.
