Poll: What is your pick for the greatest "long" song of the rock era?

@thetitleisours1

Жыл бұрын

"Closer to Home" is my favorite

@trisspeaker9572

Жыл бұрын

Sister Ray by Velvet Underground

@Code.Name.V

Жыл бұрын

David Bowie - Station To Station King Crimson - Starless Kiss - 100,000 Years Styx - Come Sail Away

@christineml1476

Жыл бұрын

"Voodoo Chile" by Jimi Hendrix

@catherine6653

Жыл бұрын

Free Bird, Lynrd Skynyrd

If a band is destined to only have one hit, this is the kind of hit you want. This one is immortal.

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

For sure!

@Fiona2254

Жыл бұрын

I agree that if this is the one hit then a monster one will do. I did love Iron Butterfly.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Not just lightning in a bottle, but MAGIC lightning in a bottle.

@JW...-oj5iw

Жыл бұрын

Hee Haw Hut!

@ZOSO900

Жыл бұрын

Almost exactly Todd In The Shadows' closing statement on it.

The minute I saw “17-minutes” I knew immediately which song was today’s topic. The drum solo is what made me a drums fan…I love this song. My favorite drummer is John Bonham, but my love for the beat started with In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida. Thanks, Prof!

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Lori! A great song. It's funny how people react to this song. there's always a story!

@robertgrant4501

Жыл бұрын

I knew what song it was about too

@Whisper_292

Жыл бұрын

Same!

@Sherwoody

Жыл бұрын

But…but…Are You Happy was on the flip side.

@geetee2694

Жыл бұрын

I also knew the song because it couldn't be Butterfly Bleu (long version) at only 17 minutes. And it doesn't sound like they're sloshed on that one. lol

Back around 2011/2012 ish, my wife and I were looking to buy a house. We found a house that claimed to have a recording studio in the basement. Being that I had a studio I wanted to move into whatever house we bought... this seemed perfect! We went to check it out, but the owner had already moved up to northern new england. I had spoken to him a couple of times on the phone about the house inquiring about the studio and what the plans were for it since it was ALL still there. There was no other furniture in the house, but there was an original RCA console which was one of the original Sun Studio consoles as well as a ton of other outboard gear, mics, tape machines etc. When i finally got to the house we looked around and saw everything. In one of the closets I found master tapes for a bunch of names I recognized. I got to thinking.... who was this guy that owned this house?! Turns out it was the engineer for In A Gadda Da Vida, Don Casale!

@laurat1129

Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a cool story! From one NEer to another, the house is in Maine?

@meistudiony

Жыл бұрын

@@laurat1129 the house for sale was on Long Island and I believe he moved to NH or ME.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

How great is that?

@RockandRollWoman

Жыл бұрын

Did you buy the house? Did the tapes come with it? Dreaming here...

@meistudiony

Жыл бұрын

@@RockandRollWoman we didnt wind up buying that house. The bank couldnt justify the asking price since they didnt put any value into the studio/equipment. But yes, everything would have been included including the client list.

The Simpsons joke where the church organist plays the entire song, solo included always gives me a great chuckle when she slumps over of exhaustion after finishing it😂

@Polyphemus47

Жыл бұрын

😝

@charlesandrews2360

11 ай бұрын

After Rev. Lovejoy asks the congregation to open their hymnals to, In the Garden of Eden by I. Ron Butterfly

@hootentom

8 ай бұрын

@@charlesandrews2360 "Wait a minute- That sounds like Rock and/or Roll!" PRICELESS

@OptimisticSeaMonster-hc5bd

6 ай бұрын

I still watch that episode and laugh my A$$ off

@RollerCoasterLineProductions

6 ай бұрын

Back when the Simpsons was good

I wish Ron had received writing credit for that drum solo. Most of the time, drummers don't receive credit because they're usually just providing what is rhythmically needed for a pre-composed song. But in this case, the solo was an integral part of the song, and one of the most memorable moments for sure!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Right? He deserves to be in the drummers’ hall of fame.

@larryfisher7056

9 ай бұрын

I still today drum this on the steering wheel while sitting at a light....drives my daughter crazy.

Loved the Simpson's episode where Bart changed the hymn music for Iron Butterfly on the organ.

@ceebeeii6723

Жыл бұрын

"In the Garden of Eden" by I. Ron Butterfly 😂

@ToxicSpork

Жыл бұрын

Wait a minute, this sounds like rock and/or roll!

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Mentioned and show toward the end!

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@vcv6560

Жыл бұрын

Homer: whispers "Hey Marge, remember when we used to make-out to this hymn?" She jiggles.

In November of 1969, Iron Butter Fly opened for the Rolling Stones IN San Diego. Both did live recordings. The Stones were recording "Get Your Ya, Yas Out" and Iron Butter Fly recorded their live album. If you turn the volume all the way up in the short "silence" gap, just before the drum solo, you will faintly hear some one holler "get it on". That was yours truly. That was one of the last concerts I attended in SD, the last being Jethro Tull, 2 weeks later, all now a life long memory. ;-)

@debbieolandese4912

Жыл бұрын

Now that's just too cool 😎!!!

@robertsettle2590

Жыл бұрын

No way!

@KRYTEN451

11 ай бұрын

You should parlay that into some fame & fortune. You just need a brand. 😊

@w.larson34

2 ай бұрын

Nice!

My 8 year old daughter and I are actually trying to learn to play the organ part of this song. My daughter absolutely loves this song. She refers to the organ solo as “The Beautiful Part”. I had a huge grin when she said that and I felt really proud to have introduced her to it and my other favorite songs she digs.

@brucedillinger9448

Жыл бұрын

Good for you. You're keeping great music alive and bonding with your daughter. ✌

@JismIsm-wp6so

Жыл бұрын

D-D-#F-F-E-F-A-#G-G..................

@jcatkins5536

Жыл бұрын

And your daughter will pass it along to her kids. Outstanding work, Dad.

Takes me back? Understatement. And I came to it late... One Friday afternoon in year 9 (junior highschool) a US English teacher on International Exchange with a hangover came into class, gave a three minute lecture on the cultural importance of Iron Butterfly which went over most of my classmates heads as they zoned out and I tuned in as he solemnly played it, rewound it, and played it again as a 40 minute English lesson. We never spoke of it again and there was no homework due.

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha! That's a great story!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Oh my god, your teacher was allowed to teach you guys with a hangover? I’d be terrified if that ever happened to me nowadays. But I’ve got one more year until college, so it’s unlikely.

@marktait2371

Жыл бұрын

yeh funny.our 6th grade teacher same wed play records when she waa burned out from partying night before just out of art school.had stereo tiny classroom stones hit rocks elton yellow brick mott live velvet underground beatles my classmate gal saw recently were laughing imagine tiday hippy teacher catching up on work as we listened to records zero schoolwork but guess was musical education haha

@marktait2371

Жыл бұрын

she let us play whatever revords she had at the time had bunch of them in 6th grade we were laughing ciuld not imagine today our hippy teacher later on was an art instuctor at vcu another record was who tommy soundtrack then ee saw movie like 9th grade classmate was like yeh lucky we haf a young teacher inti music then

Well, a local band used to play at my high school dances around 1969-1971. Their set list always included this song. They started this song together but during each solo, the other band members would go outside for a smoke or grab something from the concession stand. They eventually returned to the stage to play their own solos and finally together, play the song to completion. Good times.

@timevans9529

Жыл бұрын

I think I was in that band. Lol.

@Sherwoody

Жыл бұрын

@@timevans9529 ahhh…we were all in that band 😉

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

That would have made me laugh seeing everyone but the soloist go out to take a break.

@CatalinaThePirate

Жыл бұрын

I was introduced to this song by an art teacher in 7th grade. We had some odd 16mm b&w film of weird subjects like a football game, among other things. We were supposed to alter this film stock with dyes &tc, then we'd watch it to "In A Gadda Da. Vida" haha, wow. I remember one kid took a pin and poked out all the football players heads, then turned the film backwards. Whew, what an experience! Of course I had to buy the album. I listened to the drum solo incessantly, learning it, and beat the crap outta our dining room table with a pair of heavy drumsticks! My parents were NOT amused. (that was fun!) 😄 Cool song...

Basically 17 minutes of drunk hippie acid rock. It's pretty okay still.

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

I love it!

@mowm88

Жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Yeah it's fun.

My dad played me the song Get Ready by Rare Earth on his tell to reel. That song was 21:30 and was released in 1969. You and I were blessed with fathers deep into music and we learned so much from our dads. We must give those stories to our children to keep the stories alive.

@eternallife9786

Жыл бұрын

When did you hear the original temptations version?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

I did not know there was a 20-minute version!

@marktait2371

Жыл бұрын

our friends dad had one we thought was super cool mess around with je probably had rare earth i have the vinly today my late dad only connection to music we both liked tom jones we were watching tony bennett soecial years ago he said antonio benedetto.he was the singing waiter they both worked at flushing golf club dad caddy tony waiter his younger sister was in dads class i met her a few times as a kid many entertainment stars came to the club dad caddied for mr como years later he saw tony at a restaurant at italian restaurant he knew his parents and siblings recalled working at the club as teens so was my ol dads music story

@Terk131

Жыл бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Yup, I actually have it if you want me to make a copy. I have my dads reel to reel still. I have 24 hours of Elvis’s that was recorded from the radio the day he died. I have so much neat stuff an not many to share it with

@Terk131

Жыл бұрын

@@eternallife9786 I heard the Rare Earth version 1st and then went back to the original from the temptations. The 70s were awesome man.

I was a junior in high school when it came out. The drum solo instantly became the standard by which local drummers were measured (surpassing Wipe Out). As an organist myself it was mind-blowing to hear what Doung Ingle did on that track. It was a major influence on me.

Epics like this one, and others such as "Light My Fire" by the Doors and "Suzie Q" by CCR completely captured my imagination, late at night when I was a kid! They were catchy, with a driving beat, but just a little spooky and yet enchanting at the same time.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

The Doors extended version of Light my Fire is THE one you need to listen to. Trust me.

@kevinmcgauhey9813

Жыл бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Agreed!

@johnstegmeier3758

Жыл бұрын

Great 3 song list there. They really capture so much the feeling of the times.

@kevinmcgauhey9813

Жыл бұрын

@@johnstegmeier3758 YES but I did forget one, which is the full length version of "Time Has Come Today" by the Chambers Brothers! Just as essential as those three in my book!

@debbieolandese4912

Жыл бұрын

My all time favorite song ❤❤❤!

I'm 77 and was fortunate enough to be a sound roadie on the Butterfly's' first two back to tours (1 1/2 year tour 68' - 70'), the first with Eric Braun on guitar with Blues Image as opening act, then with Mike Pinera (from blues Image} and Larry Rhinehart on guitars with Black Oak Arkansas as the opener. Got my socks rocked off, so much on the edge talent. D-HI Sound----Turtle.

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Ah yes, In The Garden of Eden. The DJ "bathroom break" song. I had DJ friends who put this on to get paperwork done, or go to the bathroom. Great song. Heavy beat....... wonder what this song would have sounded like had a band like Cream done it? Thanks Professor. Missing class tomorrow, so I'll see you Saturday.

@autojohn-pu1vf

Жыл бұрын

Now I know what Ina Gotta Diveta means, I never figured it out🤣

@CasualSpud

Жыл бұрын

Pre-automation, you better play a cart, because nothing sucks more than a record or cd skipping while you're taking a bathroom break. 🚽

@vcv6560

Жыл бұрын

Ohnsure...paperwork. Pulling rolling paper to 'burn one down' no doubt. 🤫

@dangreene3895

Жыл бұрын

I have heard that before , the same with Hey Jude

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

It’d be a great song to put someone on hold with.

I have so many cool stories about this song. Best friggin psych-song ever. In the garden of Eden baby. I was laying in a hospital bed recovering from sepsis and had finally felt well enough to listen to some music. My daughter had brought my mp3 player and I was jamming to this song. It has gotten to the drum solo and I had my eyes closed, drumming on my chest. I suddenly felt movement around my bed and opened my eyes to a room full of Drs & nurses all looking quite sternly at me. I popped the earbuds out and asked, "Yes?" The one aid spoke up kind of angrily, "Was that you?" I'm like, "Huh?", Trying to play dumb now. He said, "You're making your EKG alarm go off and it looks like you're going into A Fib. Was that you drumming on your chest?" Me, " Oh, yeah sorry. Just jamming to Iron Butterfly, man. "

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@vcv6560

Жыл бұрын

That's beautiful, get well soon.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Wild story there!

@johntiggleman4686

Жыл бұрын

And they said "What is an Iron butterfly?"

@ritchhine6255

Жыл бұрын

@@johntiggleman4686 Bwahahahahahahahahah Zactly!!!! "Stop it and don't do it again!!!!" "Right!"

Being an Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Rush fan, epic songs have a special place in my heart.

@eternallife9786

Жыл бұрын

Makes me think of Sir Lord Baltimore you're talking about epic music of this era

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Awesome.

I was waiting for you to mention the what happens during the drum solo-the way the sound travels back and forth. If you’re listening through headphones or listening in a car, the effect is fantastic!

"In A Gadda Da Vida" is a certifiable classic-It's equally as good as "Light My Fire".

@ccrider00

Ай бұрын

100 x times better than stupid " light my fire " !

I'm 47 years old and I remember discovering this record in my parent's record collection when I was about 5. My dad always used to say that when the DJ played this record on the radio, it meant that they had to take an extended bathroom break. 😂 The Simpsons bit had me laughing my ass off when it first aired.

I was introduced to this song by my sister's boyfriend who was a Army Ranger during the Vietnam War. He said they would play this on the helicopters, it was one of few things he would say about his 3 tours in Vietnam. Had to do some searching to find a CD as this in the 90's when I first heard it. Had to play the whole thing for all my friends.

My dad had this classic on vinyl. I can still remember how the knobs felt on the Marantz 2250 as my brother and I cranked it up. Good memories, thanks for the video

Definitely a memorable part of the late 60's early 70's. To break the pattern of the singer songwriters with this shaking of the walls of propriety. Lot's of fond memories. I was compelled to buy the CD so I could recall the pleasure of hearing this in the early 70's as a counterpoint to James Taylor and Cat Stevens and Carole King. Thanks for bringing Iron Butterfly back.

Hi Adam. Just wanted to say thank you for your amazing videos. Music junkie here since I was 7! I was born in 1957. I have 3 older sibs, the oldest 9 yrs my senior. My parents and all 5 of us kids are music fanatics. I was exposed to so many different artists. With that and being 13 in 1970, I have eclectic taste in tunes. Played piano at 8, drums at 12 and my sister took opera lessons. Your interviews and music knowledge make your channel the best. Thank you! 💜🎵🎵

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Awesome Thanks for sharing.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Do you remember the song that made you fall in love with music?

Summer of 86, with the release of Manhunter (aka Red Dragon) the use of the song was so strategic there was a rebirth on KRTH-101 (FM 101.1 Los Angeles) for several weeks at 10am the DJ would play the full version saying "Okay folks, its time for your daily dose of iron." Coming out of the extended solo happens as the hero Graham (FBI agent) crashes through the house window to save the next victim of 'Dolorhide'. It was an epic summer, and the film would go onto span the Hannibal Lectar series.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Okay butterflies! Now for your daily dose of iron.

@laurat1129

Жыл бұрын

Yep, it was Manhunter for me, too, and that scene!

I clearly remember the first time I heard it, and it became the standout in my little garage band for a lo-o-o-ong time.We jammed a lo-o-o-ong version, and kept the kids on the dance floor through it all. A cassette of our version won us a place in a local 'battle of the bands". We also did their "Iron Butterfly Theme", and "New Day" from their "Metamorphosis" LP. We were legends in our own minds.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

You jammed for how long, Bill?

@Polyphemus47

Жыл бұрын

​@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Usually between 30-40 minutes.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

@@Polyphemus47 Just having a good time. Awesome.

The song (and album) I first inherited by my late sister, who died in 2019. I was alive and three years old when this came out, but had no absolute awareness of the meaning..until I got it when I was 12 and became the first deep acid rock song I now know and love, even today at age 55. This was the full-length version I am talking about...it's an honest to God masterpiece!

I absolutely LOVED this song when I was in junior high - and still do! I still have the album, and Ball as well. Thank you for telling the story, Prof!

In-a-gadda-da-vida influenced me to start fifty years as a drummer. It was a solo that served me well in a pinch for at least fifteen years. Never goes out of style. Thanks for this time travel back to an amazing time.

Blue Cheer's cover of Summertime Blues mines the boundary between psychedelic and metal. It was released 1 month before Steppenwolf Born to be Wild.

This was my first single group album. I got it in 1969 when I was six. My all time favorite song. I still have the vinyl.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Cool!

@jimgsewell

Жыл бұрын

congrats, I still have the vinyl too

Great memories of you and your Dad. That was the best part of this episode. Thank you for sharing.

I have always enjoyed your content, but the last couple of minutes of this episode, and your impassioned speech about the history of rock and passing it on were extra special, thanks!

A bottle of Ripple and an ounce of weed + In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida= late 60's heaven.

This was my father's favorite song of all time, though he also loved "Ridrs on the Storm." One time when I asked my mom what happened to their marriage before they split in the 70s, she said, "One day, he did acid, and everything changed." This was a guy who graduated U Penn at top of his class and went straight into a job ~1960 working on computers at a nuclear power plant central to our weapons program. My father said it wasn't drugs that changed him, but a colleague who passed him a used copy of Lord of the Rings and getting up front of stage for Ike & Tina Turner ("She didn't wear panties, you know." "Daaaaaaad!")

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Acid rock indeed!

This song is my ring-tone. I get to hear a snippet of the opening lyrics every time I get a call.

My introduction to this song started rather inauspiciously. I was about 4 years old in 1976 when my dad used to play this song on an Akai X-150D reel to reel tape machine that he got from his time in the Army prior to my birth in 1972. Anyway, when it came to this song, he would always turn it up good and loud and usually when I was trying to sleep. The worst part, though, was that middle section right after the drum solo where the scary organ drones and screeching banshee guitar parts came in. My backyard had the world’s ugliest tree that when the moonlight shone, the shadow of the tree on my wall was terrifying by itself but combined with that with the cacophony in the living room, it was a waking nightmare for me. A year later, I got revenge on my dad by taping over the song with my mom’s Barry Manilow II album. Boy, was my dad pissed! Over time, I got over my childhood trauma of the song and learned to enjoy it as a music aficionado. I even made a CD copy of the album for my digital technology challenged dad in the early 2000s. And now that my father has passed on, I now have that same tape machine and stereo in my home studio as a reminder of how I got into music in the first place. And yes, I still have the original tapes.

RIP Ron Bushy, author of that iconic In the Garden of Eden drum solo. Often duplicated, but never replicated.

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Amen! Awesome stuff. Thanks Fred!

@vehicle22

Жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Thanks, Adam! My older sister had that LP, and I used to try that drum solo on my little brother's head. Now he's 6' 8" and 300 pounds--glad I got my bluff in on him early lol

@GringoLoco1

Жыл бұрын

Finally! Lots of us waiting on your unique take on this classic jam -- THANKS! My neighbors in rural north San Diego county hated this song. Maybe because I'd play it at eleven-ty over and over (AND over) again when my parents weren't home? My Costa Rican neighborhood is about to hear it 😉

@Hedwallfxtd

Жыл бұрын

In the garden of Eden organ solo was on an episode of the Simpsons…

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the music Ron. 🙏

This song was used with great effect in Michael Mann's film "Manhunter", which was based on Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon". A classic song that is as surreal as it is impressive.

@laurat1129

Жыл бұрын

See my comment above... That scene near the end?😱

I love this song. Pranked some friends once at a birthday party. It was very early 2000's, and teenage-me had friends over. We were listening to vinyl records as we ate birthday cake, and the group wanted to go hiking in the woods. (I live in a forest.) I told 'em, "Sure, just let me play one more song." I put on a new record. First few notes played, and one friend started snickering. The rest were clueless. After ten minutes, they started to realize they'd been pranked and insisted I turn off the record player and head outside. Still laugh about it. Turns out I follow in my dad's footsteps for using that song to prank people. When Dad was a teenager, he went to a big multi-day 4-H event at Rock Eagle. There's a chapel there that played a recording of church bells on the hour. Well, Dad snuck out one night and switched the recording of the bells. Midnight struck, and 'In a Gadda Da Vida" started to echo across the complex. Song was nearly over by the time an adult went to the chapel and turned it off.

This is my all-time favorite! Thanks for incredible story.

Saw them open for Humble Pie, Journey opened show and kicked ass. Iron Butterfly came on and put crowd to sleep until they played In-A-godda-De-Vida woke us up. Humble totally rocked and blew roof off the arena.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Journey? What year was this?

@user-mm1se7gy7e

Жыл бұрын

Humble Pie and Foghat , the best show I've ever seen, that and 'Thick as a Brick"

@kevinsantascott3688

11 ай бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 June 1974

Still have this classic album with its cool psychedelic cover. A lot of us spent hours memorizing the drum solo and playing it on our school desks ad nauseum. There are so many musical layers to this tune and it’s a trip, to say the least. Great bass line, heavy fuzz guitar and Eric Brann’s pick scraping was epic, sometimes sounding like an elephant’s call. Interesting story behind Woodstock-they should have been there. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Adam!

@Meditech509

Жыл бұрын

The Robster know his stuff.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

It’s got that groove.

@jamesdenecochea5709

Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY! Went through many pencils replicating Ron Bushy's licks.

I remember being blown away by the drum solo hearing this for the first time when I was 8. We spent that summer trying to get it perfect on my cousins drum set :)

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

So cool. Did you ever get it down?

@toddturner503

Жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Damn straight lol. We hit our peak at 8 lol.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

How close did you get, Todd?

I remember when this song made its way to Southeast Asia back in 68. I was living there courtesy of the US Gov't. The classic Iron Butterfly song featuring Doug Ingels on the keyboards and vocals, Lee Dorman on the bass, Ron Bushy on the drums and that incredible 17 year old talent Erik Brann on the lead guitar. Still blows me away listening to this band.

This channel is such a good time. Thanks professor.

Thanks Adam. The album cover for that song shows a light show in the background. That light show was created by the former keyboard player in my band.

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

What???? That's awesome. How did that come about?

@jstnxprsn

Жыл бұрын

​@@ProfessorofRock Wish I could recall, but that was about a decade ago. He did share the whole story at the time including how he did it, but I'm afraid I don't remember too many details. His name was Richard Young and he had a business doing light show displays at the time. And of course, this was back in the day with strictly old school technology. None of the modern leds or light tech existed back then, so I was impressed. Not a bad keyboard player either (Hammond B3)? but personally he was kinda insecure and a bit of a jerk, so we parted ways.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

What was your band’s name? Were they known for any hit songs in the US?

@jstnxprsn

Жыл бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 No hits. We were a local cover band and only known by the few people who saw us play. (Don't tell anybody, but there's an old original instrumental jam on my channel, featuring myself and my bass player and a drum machine. I don't usually mention it as I play much better these days. But since we're friends...)

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

@@jstnxprsn I will definitely go look for it.

You never mentioned Blue Cheer's cover of Summertime Blues, arguably the first heavy metal single. If there was a moment metal was born, it's when Black Sabbath was formed.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Can’t argue.

@johntiggleman4686

Жыл бұрын

Oh, yeah! Blue Cheer. And of course, Black Sabbath; especially the song "Black Sabbath."

@JismIsm-wp6so

Жыл бұрын

Yea - They were REALLY out there for the time

@ranica47

Жыл бұрын

Sabbath always referred to themselves as "heavy rock" not metal.

@michaelbloomfield9911

Жыл бұрын

​@ranica47 metal wasn't a genre then so they wouldn't have used the term

If you listen carefully to the organ you will hear parts of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" The long version was played by FM radio station KSAN in San Francisco after 11pm every night. I waited up each night to hear it. Those were the days.....oh man the drum solo on headphones!!!!

This is what I love about this channel, it makes me go back and listen to songs I haven't heard in years!

Back in the 80's (maybe) there was a comic named Bruce Baum that used to do the drum solo from In a Gadda Davida by using paper bags and the mic. I think he also used to pull out a black 35mm film case and say, "Did you know you could keep film in this". For those that do not get it, it was a common place to store your weed back in the day.

John Larroquette was a DJ in New Orleans near the beginning of his career in entertainment and i loved his story about this song. I think it was on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson sometime in the mid 1980s. I failed to find the video when searching. In short, he wanted a bathroom break during his late night shift and put on this record. This radio station studio was in a building with common bathrooms in the hall. When exiting the studio, he forgot his key and had to call the owner to get back into the studio. About an hour later he got back inside he hears the main guitar line...skip ... guitar skip... so he bumped the needle over and let it finish playing out. Afterwards he got a call from a late night listener who said something like "Wow man! That is the best version of Inna Godda da Vida ever!"

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

I remember reading about this DJ.

Greatest musical journey ever. Wish it was 17 minutes longer.

For me, it was about thirteen years ago. Me and my very young girlfriend at the time were in a local New Jersey diner with a table side jukebox. One credit was available. I wanted to choose the longest song I knew. A brief search, and to my surprise, there it was. When this song started to play, she looked at me and asked “what is this”. After about five minutes, she couldn’t believe it was still on and said “why isn’t this song over yet”? After about ten minutes, she was so furious with this song, she found the button to turn it off. Her anger over spilled at me because I couldn’t stop laughing at her reaction to it all. I still enjoy telling this story, thank you.

I LOVED this song! I was 13 - the perfect age for this. I never worried much about what it meant but would get totally, totally absorbed in it while listening to it in my room, with my black light on and all my black light posters glowing! And the drum solo is The Best for those of us who don't know much about drums. It seems to be more melodic? It builds and tells the story of the song rather than just impress you with the technical prowess? I don't know what I'm talking about but that's how it felt to me. I lost the album along the way somehow and I'm so glad it's available on line! Now if I can just get another black light and posters! Glad you did this. I was hoping from the title of the episode that this would be what you were talking about. Had no idea it sold so much.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

The drum fills in the song are pure bliss.

The album version was played at every party thrown at my house growing up, loud enough to bee heard for the few blocks my tiny hamlet of a hometown consisted of...my Pops loved that one...that guitar was hot as lava on that track...fun times...

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha. So cool. My pop loved it too. What'd you think of the album cover?

@stinkypinkeee5085

Жыл бұрын

​@@ProfessorofRockThought it was neat, and didn't know for years if the background was superimposed or part of their stage (I have that vinyl to this day)...as far as "The Metal Argument", Pops held firm that Blue Cheer's cover of "Summertime Blues" was the first Metal song...I dunno about all that hahahaaaa...

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

You turned it up loud for your neighbors to hear!

@stinkypinkeee5085

Жыл бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 My neighbors Grandchildren were usually at said parties, and they were near stone deaf... they never complained...

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

@@stinkypinkeee5085 Right? They might have just decided to dance along…😆

This is an episode I have been waiting for, I've always loved this song. And back in the 70s, there were so many rumors about it that it was legendary even with people who didn't know it. I rarely heard it on the radio in its entirety, but one Philly radio station played it 17 minutes before midnight on New Years Eve one year and I recorded it. Later got he tape, then one of the first CDs when it came out. Once again thank you! I seem to recall that the guitarist was only playing guitar for like a few months before recording it but was already a master of other instruments.

During college, some buddies and I saw Iron Butterfly live at the University of Toledo. I remember nothing about the concert, except for them playing this fantastic song, the song we wanted to hear and see. I’ll never forget it!

I have to mention the really great stereo mixing of this song. The majestic reverbed sound of the guitar solo which sounds like a pterodactyl screaming in a giant cavern, and the constant panning, phasing and swelling of the drum sound in the middle section, which makes it sound like it is swirling in a circle: approaching, panning to the side while retreating, then fading more to the middle, then swelling while panning to the other side, then panning back and swelling to the foreground. Truly a masterpiece of mixing, IMHO.

@ritchhine6255

10 ай бұрын

Do you realize that this is one of the few really true mixes of "flange"? We have the flange effect today and it's popular for that "jet" sound on some of Van Halen's guitar solos. But, true flange involves mixing a mono signal from 2 separate reels of tape and varying the speed so slightly that it's almost indistinguishable until you mix them together in stereo. Then you get an effect unlike any other. It will sound like it's going through your head if you have headphones on. It will give you that sonic jet sound that it's most famous for. But, it got it's name because engineers would vary the speed before there were speed controls by pressing on the flanges of the reels to slow the tape down. Sorry so long but, I think flanging is a cool effect and what we have today is not a true flange effect as there is no way to vary the output speeds of the signals like they used to.

@flamencoprof

10 ай бұрын

@@ritchhine6255 Thanks for your comprehensive reply. I am well aware of all you say, I am over 70yo with training in telecommunications, audio & electronic. I learned about flanging in the Seventies :-) However, if this effect was achieved by flanging, I am both surprised and impressed. Do you know this from any particular source? I would be grateful to know more.

I was introduced to this song in 1984 by my grade 11 English teacher when we were discussing that grade's novel, "Brave New World". He played the entire song in class one day to give an idea of what the Feelies movie theatre experience was like in the book. While I didn't get the connection the teacher was trying to make, I was mesmerized by that song and quickly went to the local record store to pick up the only copy they had in stock! Funny, but I only ever played the A side once, as none of those songs enchanted me like In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

in 1969 I was a 14 yr old Air Force brat, living in Hawaii---me and my buddy Kenny called the radio station to find out the name of that song and the DJ walked us thru how to say it! I will never forget those days...Great react, I actually guessed correctly the song and band you were talking about, lol

Thank you. Great show. When you played the organ intro I got chills..... Keep up the great work.

For most of my life, mentioning In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was a rock-and-roll joke. I didn't hear the whole version until a few years ago, when I realized it's really a cool piece of jamming and improvisation. And I'm surprised you didn't mention the Christmas song hidden in the organ solo starting at 11:22. (God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen). It was an actual LOL moment for me when I heard it. :)

@theoldscout3478

6 ай бұрын

Doug Ingle played organ when he was young at his Father's (a minister) church.

@rft2001

4 ай бұрын

For most of my life, it was a hymn and never a joke. We were major 1980's psychedelic hippies growing up and having a lot of fun.

Iron Butterfly is stuck in my mind as one of two bands whose signature song was constantly being goofed around with during my junior year of high school in music theory class; the other was Deep Purple. As I comment 25 years later, I can't think of "In a Gadda Davida" or hear any of it without thinking of those classmates or associating it with "Smoke on the Water".

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@purplelove392

Жыл бұрын

"Smoke On The Water" was the go to dance song at the Teen Clubs in Taiwan in the 70's.🇹🇼🎶🎵🎼🎸

@ericbgordon1575

Жыл бұрын

Today, I actually can say that it is awesome. In 1998, I found it annoying.

@Sherwoody

Жыл бұрын

@@purplelove392 one of the Deep Purple songs that could be an honourable mention is Child in Time. It never got much in the way of airplay, but was a great song for headphones.

@purplelove392

Жыл бұрын

@@Sherwoody Thanks, I'll check it out.

I just saw this video. That cover and those music clips bring back lots of memories. I played that album many, many times back when it came out, and completely bought into the super-spooky imaginary story constructed around it. What amuses me, though, is that when you played tracks from the other side, I could not remember a single one of them. I'm pretty sure I never, not even once, played the flip side of the album!

Another touching reminiscing with you and your dad sharing your love of music.💜🎶🎵🎼🎸💜

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

He was the best! Great memories. Thanks for watching!

Their Woodstock story was like a Spinal Tap moment, it's legendary among music promotion circles. John Morris became somewhat of a legend for that lovely telegram.

A legendary song just for the length itself. I would definitely say it's a predecessor towards prog and other more complicated songs of its caliber. Cheers as always

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

For sure! Thanks RC32. Always a pleasure sir!

@RC32Smiths01

Жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Why thank you! Thank you for the loaded content!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure it inspired Yes. Cheers 🍻

I learn so much from you and your videos Professor Of Rock!! You’re the best!! You Rock!!

Thanks for all you do Professor! So enjoy your channel! ✌

As soon as I read 17 minutes I knew what song! I loved this song bought it on vinyl, cassette, and cd over the years "Shine on you crazy diamond" and "Lazy" are also 2 other songs I loved as epic creations. Not as long but just as LOVED! 🏆🧡

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Epic! Thanks for sharing.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

How can you go wrong with Pink Floyd?

@jenx5870

Жыл бұрын

As soon as it said drunken, I knew what it would be, lol.

@davidhoman3807

Жыл бұрын

As soon as I heard “ swallowing an entire side of an album” I was pretty sure what the song was, and knew for sure when, like Hutzjohn, he said 17. In 1968 I was in the ninth grade and learning how to play drums since 1965. It was an unwritten rule that every drummer was supposed to know how to play this drum solo. On one of the later Beatles songs, Ringo had a short solo that was similar to this.

Effing awesome. My story about this song. My best friend had the album, or her sister did, and I was over at her house a lot. We had both memorized that epic drum solo and we loved it to the point where we went to a music store and each bought a set of drumsticks. When the drum solo started, we played along with it. Kind of lame but we loved it.

Love and honor for you Adam and love what your all about and keeping the music alive and sharing the love thank you so much for sharing with us! ❤️🤘🏼

I wore this song out having played it so many times, also like the rest of the album. Back in the day we were at my cousins place and we played as an Air Band to this song. We each took an instrument. Great Fun that I have never forgotten.

@davidf4914

Жыл бұрын

Flower and Beads was a great song from the album too.

"Wait a minute. This sounds like rock &/or roll." - Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, The Simpsons S7, E4: Bart Sells His Soul

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Haha

Great to see a video on Iron Butterfly. They had some awesome music and some,, well some other music I listened to sometimes. I wondered if they had a different producer if it would have helped them. Some of their music needed a little tweak like some cover bands have done and made the music sound better.

My favorite song. Would clean house playing this full blast. My kids thought I was wierd.

I was listening to the Beginning of this vid, not looking at the vid or reading the description, and I KNEW the song! This was one of my most favs as a kid! My son listened to my albums like this and other hard rock music that was between 1966-77 and I would tell him, this is the ORIGINAL Heavy Metal! He has his dad's and I's albums and is 33yrs old! HE listens to all type of music as we do but I am glad I could share the music my father shared with me as well!

Another trippy one to check out is from the 60's SkyPilot by Eric Burdon and The Animals the long version! Also known as sides A,and B ! I can't listen to it to this day. As I was in a roll over car accident while it was playing in the 70s . Night time DJ's would play it on weekends at night. However in the 60s most people only heard side A get airplay. ✌️

The lyrics are just as poetic gibberish as Bruce Springsteen’s song Blinded By The Light - iconic song !

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Good comp! And Springsteen covered it!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

Awesome!Remember that summer when it came out,riding around with song playing so loud!Crazy days!

Awesome awesome, love that song and story , thx Professor good job 😊

"Wait a minute: This sounds like rock and/or roll."

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Ha!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

That Simpsons episode is gold.

keep up the good work. Love the stories!!!

I loved the drum solo. Surprised no one ever talks about it anymore. Thank you for bring it back to the masses!

Hats off to 17 year old Erik Braunn who invented the "elephant guitar" that Adrian Belew would later use in King Crimson. He left us too soon at 53.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

That is correct.

"My Mirage" is one of my all-time favourites from the heavy/psychedelic area

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Good call. Thanks John!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Great record.

Was shopping in a store with this playing, playing, and playing on the musac. I was laughing at the poor little clerk who couldn't figure out what was going on and why it wouldn't stop!

From your first words of intro, I knew immediately what was coming. It was an awesome feat of song and musicianship.

The great songs mixed in with new songs of equal quality can be streamed (or via phone app) from the local KZHP-LP station (replicating KZAP of the 60s and 70s). Once you spend some time listening to this channel - especially weekends/nights - you'll be hooked.

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

How do we do this?

@mutantryeff

Жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Every time I put in the URL the comment gets deleted. Search for KZHP and KZAP

It's a great song that you have to listen to the extended version to enjoy the tune in all its glory! It is considered a sort of proto-heavy metal song, to be sure, infusing psychedelic into heavy riffs. And I still have my 1977 Topps Reggie Jackson and "Goose" Gossage cards (and a few others)...somewhere...

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

awesome. Goose ruled! So did Reggie The Straw that stirs the drink.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Did you find an ancient stick of gum in those cards?

@gregwasserman2635

Жыл бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980, yes, and sometimes it was so dried out, it almost cracked your teeth when you started chewing it.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

@@gregwasserman2635 Right? If I were around back then I’d have thought someone chewed it and dried it out, molded it back to its original shape.

One of the things I most enjoy about watching your videos is hearing you talk about spending time with your dad. I am 69 and when my boys were young they listened to all my music and got quizzed a lot. Both have a real appreciation for music. Very special times I spent with them. I remember listening to music with my dad as well one of his favorite songs was "Peace in the Valley " he was born in 1913. Thanks for your channel. I always like to try and guess the band you are going feature after seeing seeing the thumbnail. Not always right but definitely got this one and a good percentage of the others.

My mom grew up in a small farming community outside of Safford, AZ. One morning she had been assigned the devotional before the start of seminary. She played all 17 minutes of In a Gadda Da Vida.

I have a friend from high school that was/is a top notch drummer. He played in some great local bands in the Detroit area. Took lessons from Steve Gadd. In 1970 is was almost a requirement for a drummer to do the Inagodadavida drum solo. Another must do song was Gloria by Them with Van Morrison. This was the first song I ever learned on guitar.

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Steve Gadd, one of the best drummers out there.

@RockandRollWoman

Жыл бұрын

​@XxLilly_playsXx Kiz Gadd is on tour with James Taylor right now. Saw him last week. Also saw the Steve Gadd Band in April, and oh! So good!

Ha…l knew it was going to be THIS song! Totally epic, this is truly a landmark tune and a highlight in a time when the music charts were filled with iconic songs. Too bad they missed Woodstock…imagine living with that all your life? It’s really never the same when a band turns over their lineup. My favourite Iron Butterfly reference ever was on Beavis & Butthead. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada 🍁

@ProfessorofRock

Жыл бұрын

Very cool! Thanks Gio!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

I just imagine what could have been…if they actually did play at Woodstock. Cheers 🍻

You're enthusiasm for Rock and Roll music is legendary. I grew up with this song, my father loved it. It was also in Freddy's dead! I inherited my father's car after he passed and I found a cd in his car this last weekend that has the 17 minute version! Another great story telling from you. I consider music my religion! LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL!! HAIL HAIL ROCK AND ROLL!!

My sister is 10 years older than me, and she would play it multiple times a day for over a year. Bought the album for myself in the late 70's. Listened to it on acid and expected a revelation, alas, it never came. Fun song.

Friend and I literally found this album in a pile of junk out in the woods one day around 1984 - along with other albums (The Band, Fleetwood Mac among others). I never heard of them before, but he kind of knew about them from his older brothers. We would eventually play it and smoke pot to it with our girlfriends.... 🤣🤣 Good times!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Жыл бұрын

Good old days.