Magic Carpet Ride! Steppenwolf

@debjorgo

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Magic Carpet Ride and maybe Sookie Sookie. It's little bit lower tier after that. Good stuff, just not killer.

@michaelbryan5560

3 жыл бұрын

Lambda Chi Alpha.

@kylebakke594

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely “Magic Carpet Ride”

@jdsteppenzyde

3 жыл бұрын

One of my top 10 favorite all time songs.

@larrybarrjr.6720

3 жыл бұрын

Great call!

Steppenwolf is the band. The singer's name is John Kay. Other excellent options are Monster, The Pusher, Magic Carpet Ride, Sookie Sookie, Rock Me, or Hey Lawdy Mama.

@patriciaburroughs

3 жыл бұрын

OMG I forgot about The Pusher. LOL

Hell, just watch the movie..it's worth it.

@cjjenson8212

3 жыл бұрын

Not to be cynical, but I've never met a millennial that gets the movie. It's sad that exploring the world isn't a priority anymore 😢

This song is an Anthem for motorcycle lovers.

Watch the movie "Easy Rider". It's a classic.

@John_Locke_108

3 жыл бұрын

I we gonna say the same thing. Great movie.

@Richard_Ashton

3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day, real actor rode real bikes without stunt doubles and the bike joined to the back of a camera truck. Watch the film. When my son saw it he just didn't understand my explanation of why what happened at the end. Spoiler I said it was due to their long hair.

@richarddixon7276

3 жыл бұрын

"They'll talk to ya & talk to ya about individual Freedoms" !

@laurablalock8850

3 жыл бұрын

@@richarddixon7276 My favorite was when they walked into the diner, everybody stared, and the girl said, "Are you a freak?"

@laurablalock8850

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone at the time was supposed to look a certain way. Now nobody cares if a man has long hair, or how anyone dresses or looks. It's a lot better.

Steppenwolf had loads of really fantastic tracks from 1969/70’s. Real progressive group. Don’t step on the grass, The Pusher, Magic Carpet Ride, Corina Corina. etc.

The name comes from Herman Hesse's book "Steppenwolf"

It's been in tons of movies, tv shows, and commercials, including Easy Rider where this clip came from.

The line "heavy metal thunder", now you know where the term Heavy Metal came from for heavy metal music. In the song, John Kay is referring to motorcycles.

@lesschoenberger3070

3 жыл бұрын

It was written by Mars Bonfire and it was actually written about him buying a Ford Falcon and the freedom that he experienced from it, it just morphed into the biker thing as time went on. There is a video on KZread about it, plug in interview with Mars Bonfire and it should come up, he explains the whole story.

Definitely Magic Carpet Ride!!

Steppenwolf -"Magic Carpet Ride" or "Monster"

I think you're memory is on target about the Super bowl Bud ad. "Magic Carpet Ride" "The Pusher"

I've noticed a flaw that keeps repeating itself. When you start playing a song & you click the "full screen" button, (from the viewers end) the video & audio cut off and take several seconds to resynchronize. I don't know if this doesn't happen on your end, which may be why this hasn't been fixed. It happened AGAIN on this song & I was pissed because this song starts off right away. So by the time it resynchronized, we (the viewers) missed the opening lines of the song. We ALL would appreciate that SOMETHING be done to fix this problem ASAP.

@sukie584

3 жыл бұрын

I thought maybe he does that as a way to avoid it being blocked because though 99% of the song is played, there's this one part that isn't.. but I could be wrong.

@fourtails1192

3 жыл бұрын

Ok..so it's not just me then

One of my favourite tracks from my favourite bands and my favourite film from 1969. This gives you the feel of the time and what we lost !!!

@susanfigueroa872

3 жыл бұрын

Seen them live in Chicago in 1973 or 74! Great concert! And I agree, "we" had some great music and times!

Steppenwolf is a word that means 'Wolf of the Steppes,' and a German guy named Hermann Hesse wrote a novel called Steppenwolf.

Check out Steely Dan: "Reelin' in the years."

@lesliesylvan

3 жыл бұрын

Steely Dan. A class act group~

Still recommending Chicago- 25 or 6 to 4 (amazing guitar solo) Yes - Roundabout (your head will explode) Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (a mix of styles and instruments unlike anything you've heard so far)

@OffRampTourist

3 жыл бұрын

Saying again: all great picks!

The greatest song of all time

Rock Band! Magic carpet ride next. Steppen Wolf yeah!

sure you have heard it. its been used as backround music for about 90% of scenes involving people riding motorcycles for the last 50 years or so lol

@richarddixon7276

3 жыл бұрын

Another Bikers anthem , I love it !

The movie you're seeing is Easy Rider, a 1969 film starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, one of the greatest biker/counterculture films of its generation. And yeah, you probably have heard the song before, it's been an advertising staple for YEARS, helping to sell everything from Motorcycles to Diapers

@snakelite61

3 жыл бұрын

The best part of the movie is a very young Jack Nicholson. I think it was his first larger movie role and he's hilarious.

Steppenwolf is an amazing band. The scenes are from the movie Easyrider with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. Had the honor to see. Steppenwolf live. Music legends live.

This is like... the most used song (in commercials) ever. It's impossible to don't know at least its chorus.

Steppenwolf "Move over" and "Who Needs Ya" and lots of other great tunes from the late sixties.

This was the last song of the last set a band I was in would play every gig. Everyone loved it and were energized hearing and dancing to it.

When I was 13 in 1968 I heard this group Steppenwolf and John Kay who moves like a snake in his tight leather pants in concert. And I fell in love with Steppenwolf. Magic Carpet Ride is my favorite song from them. In concert, they played 15 minutes on that song alone. A 4 hour concert btw. Definitely Steppenwolf are one of gods of Rock n' Roll. Also listen to "The Pusher."

Easy Rider is an iconic counter-culture film from 1969. The Pusher by Steppenwolf is also on the soundtrack.

There is nothing as exhilerating as driving down the road, windows down, and listening to this song!

One of my favorite songs!! Ever! A moment in time!!

Blast from the past. Great music never gets old just better.

Steppenwolf is a very underrated band. Their album "Steppenwolf the Second" is awesome. I highly recommend listening to what is called the b-side medley of that album. Others of theirs you should check out are "Move Over", "Draft Resister", "Earschplittenloudenboomer", "Tighten Up Your Wig", "Rock Me", "Round and Down", and of course the very famous "Magic Carpet Ride".

Yes, Steppenwolf has more songs worth checking out for sure. But the images are from the movie 'Easy Rider', and while I would strongly recommend you watch that sometime and experience for yourself whatever it means to you, the soundtrack is definitely one of the greatest collections of music from that era (late 60's). Every song on it is a classic!

@dagnabbit6187

3 жыл бұрын

@DonZ I was a young teen during that era . Movie is still relevant and Soundtrack was perfect but I have to say if you live in a legal marijuana state either/and/or medical recreational --.” Don’t Bogart That Joint My Friend ! “

@mrjules1982

3 жыл бұрын

@@dagnabbit6187I must admit I'm kinda jealous :) I grew up in the 80s with this soundtrack being one of my favorite records in my parents' collection. Psychedelic songs like 'If you want to be a bird' really sparkled my young mind... They were so utterly weird, and so much fun to listen to! 'Play that bird song again, dad! Pleeeeease?' I must have been about 16 when I first saw the movie (with my dad). By the time I reached my twenties (Early 00's), it really started to hit home with me. Things seemed awfully off, but the pop culture of my own time did not seem to reflect this... (or maybe I failed to find the part of it that did). Rock, metal, even hiphop (which had been great protest music in the early 90's).... They seemed pretty happy with how things were going. Not me, though. So I dove deep into the 60s counterculture as it reflected so much of what was happening in my mind as a young adult. Easy Rider became sort of a gospel for me. Every time I watched it, I discovered a new scene or line that felt so true. It was so much more relevant to me than any movie that I could watch in the cinema. And all my friends have watched it at least once. 'Cause I made them (you might say I was a bit of a pusher...). Quite a lot felt the same as I did. That it was relevant to our experience, while also being so much a snapshot of its time. I believe that this movie is timeless in its message and philosophy and will remain so. (ps, It has become a bit of a rule between my friends here in the Netherlands that when you're sharing a joint, the only way to hint someone is hanging on to it too long: reference 'don't Bogart that joint'. Hum it, sing it or whistle the melody... Straight out asking is rude and will get you nowhere. Same if you want someone to 'roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooll another one')

@dagnabbit6187

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrjules1982 Well thanks for replying . Culture is tied in with the March of time for better or for worse . In early 70s there were two breakthrough films about Law Enforcement . They were The French Connection starring Gene Hackman and Serpico starring Al Pacino . Masterpieces . A decade later we got Beverly Hills Cop starring Eddie Murphy . Oh Well . The cliche . It is what it is . Still I urge you to see French Connection and Serpico if you haven’t.

@mrjules1982

3 жыл бұрын

@@dagnabbit6187 Thank you. I haven't watched those, but I will take this recommendation to heart.

Steppenwolf Hard Rock Band Back In 60s & 70s Great Songs 😀👍🏼

Please listen to One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer Song by George Thorogood & The Destroyers

@darastarscream

3 жыл бұрын

"Look man, come down here."

The nerd in me loved how the Star Trek franchise used "Magic Carpet Ride" to play when they made their first warp speed flight and attracted the notice of aliens :-).

From Steppenwolf's wiki page, Born To Be Wild is sometimes described as the first heavy metal song, and the second verse lyric "heavy metal thunder" marks the first use of this term in rock music (although not as a description of a musical style but rather a motorcycle). But that morphed into a description of hard rock music that has been with us ever since.

The short version of part of this song's history is that "Heavy Metal Thunder" was coined as a phrase in this song and when applied to certain early bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin "Heavy Metal" was born as a genre.

Your reaction to Neil Pearts" solo was priceless

My brother and I would be doing homework at the dining room table with albums playing. As soon as we'd hear this song, we'd look at each other, jump up and hop in his car to cruise for a little while. It was this song that brought the phrase "heavy metal" into common use.

There is always magic when a Hammond B3 is played through Leslie speakers.

@martinsmusic1724

3 жыл бұрын

Leslies rule.

This song was written by the brother of the drummer (Jerry Edmonton) and has been used in more commercials and movies than any other song I believe. Don't quote me on that but it's been used massively. Mostly Canadian band - used to have the Hells Angels as free security for their concerts because of this song. The Pusher that Steppenwolf made famous is a song by Hoyt Axton and was also covered by the amazing Nina Simone. Slow Flux was a very underrated album by them and John released an album after the OG band broke up called Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heros - it has a fantastic version of Walkin Blues on it.

When Steppenwolf was playing the bars in San Francisco you could guarantee Hell's Angels would be there, this was their band!

James, this act, Steppenwolf, was the first concert I ever attended. I think I was a freshman in high school that would’ve made it 1979 or 1980. They hadn’t had a hit in a really long time so they had trouble filling 1000 seat hall. Still the concert rocked. Great show, a lot of fun.

Glad you liked "Born to be Wild." Try "God.... the Pusher Man" and "Desperation" also from that first album. Steppenwolf was a band - lead singer John Kay. I personally like "A Girl I Knew," but the cd sounds nothing like the record. After the pandemic I have to get a stereo again.

These guys were so symbolic of the hippie days, and drugs, and great music! They epitomized that free spirit of the times, and this movie was an appropriate backdrop for them. See this classic film, (Easy Rider), and you'll be blown away! I won't give it away, but you'll trip on it!

Their greatest hits album was a staple growing up. Listen to it in its entirety.

Congrats, on the 41,000 Subs, you got this...Fun Fact: With the line "heavy metal thunder," this became the first popular song to use the phrase "heavy metal," which became a term for hard rock. Explaining how he came up with the song, Bonfire said: "I was walking down Hollywood Boulevard one day and saw a poster in a window saying 'Born to Ride' with a picture of a motorcycle erupting out of the earth like a volcano with all this fire around it. Its what I called southern rock, beer drinking, biking music. Love it, Thanx James

Classic Band.... Classic Movie!!! Actors ACTUALLY riding their bikes..Not setting on a trailer or filming in a studio!!! Thanks for expanding your musical horizons!! Please, Check out their song Magic Carpet Ride, or Sookie Sookie...THEN when you THINK you are ready try ""THE PUSHER" by them...then after you do, try to get your head around the fact that the guy that wrote that song was the guy that starred in the movie "The Gremlins"!!!

This song had been in a lot of movies/commercials. Golden oldie.

This song has been used a few movies, tv shows and commercials. Another song from the movie "Easy Rider" is "The Weight" from The Band. I'm glad you used the movie version. Other songs that I think are great with the movie are. "Rain Drops Keep Fallin' on My Head" - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and "I got a name" Django unchained.

Steppenwolf The Pusher and Snow Blind Friend

This is truly an oldie but goodie.🔥🔥🔥🍻.

Commercials, TV shows, and movies have all sampled this song

Check out "God is a Bullet" by Concrete Blonde. Steppenwolf was one of the most influencial bands of the late 60's/early 70's. They have done many great songs. The fact that they are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is proof that the Hall of Fame is bogus bullshit.

You have heard it on TV, radio and any other medium. The song has been played billions of times world over for 50 ish years. Cheers!

Classic Canadian rock!!!! My fav is Magic Carpet Ride

Very famous song. I believe it was most recently in a car commercial. Many well known Steppenwolf songs.

Fun fact: because the percussion featured an unusualy heavy amount of cymbal use for the time, this was the first song in History to be described as heavy metal.

IT' IS ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!

"The weight" by: the band

Magic Carpet Ride is my favorite, and the Pusher.

Born To Be Wild's been licensed all over the place-- I think Geico might've used it for one of their ad campaigns.

@reneebush2399

3 жыл бұрын

I would bet that he knows it from the Geico commercials. Geico tends to use it for awhile, but stops using it before people get sick of it. Just to start using it once again a few years later Then it’s just rinse and repeat.

Seeing this video is like seeing myself in real life...riding since 1996. Ride to live, live to ride ;D

They created the term Heavy Metal.😎

It is a group, they are very good.

the song was used in a few commercials. recently, baby diapers. not sure which one, pampers or huggies or something

Bit of trivia, the handlebars on Peter Fonda’s ride are called Ape Hangers

Great movie, a real picture of what hippies went through...

Easy Rider is a spectacular movie!! Worth watching!!! You've heard it in movies, commercials, etc.

This is the intro to the movie Easy Rider. It's also been in other movies, TV shows and has been recorded and played live by many other bands.

Listen to the B-52s, Love Shack, Dance this Mess Around, Rock Lobster, etc.

I live less than a mile from that paul bunion statue filmed in the opening scene. It still sits there to this day on stone Ave in tucson az

Steppenwolf, 'Magic Carpet Ride'.

The Guess Who, 'No Time'.

The Association, 'Along Comes Mary'.

Great opinion its a ten. Here is another ten: Magic Carpet Ride. And The Pusher, a 9 in my book. And one day, check out the band WAR and - Why Can't We be Friends? War reminds me of Steppenwolf a little. WAR has other hits like Low Rider, Spill The Wine, Cisco Kid, and Slippin' Into Darkness. And a great one hit wonder is Dr John and Right Place Wrong Time

try, "The pusher", and "Magic Carpet Ride", both excellent tunes from Steppenwolf :)

If any song then was, this was a defining anthem on what the 60s were! And of course u hv heard it before!! Try their Magic Carpet Ride

Ah, this brings back such wonderful memories of my college days! ~~ Thanks for the reaction!

It was in a Geico Commercial recently.

Greater biking / driving song if you like this then try RADAR LOVE by Golden Earing...

70's road trip song. Awesome song, Awesome group ❤

Its been used in a ton of commercials, tv shows and movies.

One of the great anthems of psychedelic rock from the late sixties and the theme from the movie the video was taken from, a movie that changed moviemaking, "Easy Rider," the film that made Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, and Peter Fonda into stars. "Born to Be Wild" was part of a style of music from bands that included Steppenwolf, the Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and somebody who was more correctly beyond category, Jimi Hendrix. The style also strongly influenced the Beatles and the Stones, both of which bands began doing music much within the style for a time, at least. Unfortunately, the taste for the overwhelmingly loud lead guitar at the head of stadium-performance power bands gave way to what I dismiss as dimwit music -- the later Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rush, AC/DC, and on and on, and the innovative styles of the early psychedelic turned into standard hooks and cliches of drug-addled three chord noise rock. Oh, well. Things change, and life goes on.

The term "heavy metal" was first used in these lyrics ("heavy metal thunder"). You should watch the movie "Easy Rider."

Classic Canadian Rockers.

If it has not been mentioned yet, singer John Kay is legal blind and totally monochromatic color blind. He is an interesting fella, talked for a few hours one night in Little Rock

I truly admire your wide range of interest James. To put you to the test, please react to This Mortal Coil's 'Song To The Siren', originally written and performed by Tim Buckley.

Steppenwolf is the name of a novel by Hermann Hesse, a German who also wrote Siddartha, a fascinating story about a buddha. In the story, he gets to meet THE Buddha, but the actual name of THE Buddha was Gautama Siddartha, although, of course, this isnt mentioned in the story. Steppenwolf is about a guy with two kinds of personalities (like we all), similar to a werewolf, who turns from a man into an evil beast. From Steppe Wolf . You may like them very much. Try Siddartha first.

Magic Carpet Ride!

"Yes-Starship Trooper 1973"

It's probably been "sampled" a lot. It's a biker's anthem. I should know I met my sons dad in an MC.

This video was from Easy Rider, a movie!

suggestions for magic carpet ride are good ones. These guys had more hits in their day than anyone. Also try "the pusher", "snowblind Friend", and Jupiter's child"

god bless ya.

My dating years! 😊 💕

Not a guy, but the name of the Band. "Born to be wild" was the outlaw Biker's anthem. Hell's Angles and all of the other Biker groups. Every Biker bar in America played this song. This clip is from the movie "Easy Rider." It was used as a sound track in the movie. Google "Easy Rider."

You might of heard the song in the 90s movie Wild America it was pretty popular back in the day.

I consider this one of the 2 greatest songs in rock and roll history. Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf and House Of The Rising Sun by Eric Burdon and the Animals.

@kentclark6420

3 жыл бұрын

That's funny. I was just thinking about the similarities of those two bands, and came across this.

From the movie EASY RIDER