Coming up, it’s a song that can only be described as ‘epic.’ In a Gadda Davida by Iron Butterfly, originally radio-friendly in length,later grew to monster proportions, swallowing up an entire side of an album. All thanks to a prolonged jam session that wouldn’t stop. The engineer liked what he heard and kept the tape rolling… and when it was done, Iron Butterfly had made history. Plus its gibberish title In a Gadda Da Vida had listeners wondering what in the world the song was about. Turns out, the singer was so sloshed when he first sang it, his bandmates thought he was singing something else entirely. But they liked it, so they kept it. Later on they would also have a chance to perform this legendary track at Woodstock… but after they pissed off the Performance Coordinator they found themselves stranded at the airport. Could they get there in time? An epic tale NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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It’s time for another edition of our series Bottled Lightning where we celebrate a song or album that was king for a day. As many of you know here we honor artists and bands and that rocketed up the charts… but for reasons unknown weren’t able to sustain that success. Called by some ‘one hit wonders’, we celebrate them as lightening in a bottle. On previous episodes we have covered Incense and Peppermint by Strawberry Alarm Clock, DOA by Bloodrock, and Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum.
Today we’re giving you a song that is actually longer than all of those others combined… It’s a 17 minute plus masterclass jam session that confused listeners back in the day who were trying to figure out what the heck the singer was saying and what the song meant. I’m talking about: Iron Butterfly with their epic-length classic track In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida… from their 1968 album of the same name. My parents had this on vinyl and 8 track and my dad told me the story…
So just for a little context here, by the end of the 1960s there was a significant swell of bands playing a heavier rock sound than ever before… with doomsday riffs and fuzz, distorted guitars. Looking back on those days with the benefit of hindsight, these heavy rockers are often referred to as ‘proto-metal’ acts… the pioneers of heavy metal.
Even though many will argue different points… there really is no clear, set in stone moment when heavy metal burst into existence. It wasn’t like a big bang moment. It was gradual process. And complicating matters is the fact that the definition of what heavy metal is has changed over time. Plus, tracking the development of any musical genre is an inexact process. Styles blend with each other. It’s never a consistent, linear evolution.
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