Steppenwolf - Magic carpet ride ( Original Footage Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 1969 )

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  • @williams.vincent4235
    @williams.vincent4235 10 месяцев назад +104

    How lucky are people like me to be a teenager in the late 60's and grow up with so much great music?

    • @thompson63
      @thompson63 10 месяцев назад +1

      A lot of great music. I only listen to The Beatles Station on Pandora

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 10 месяцев назад +7

      Yes and being too young to get drafted and sent to Vietnam (I was 14) I remember '68 well and it's great music.

    • @susanmiller9770
      @susanmiller9770 10 месяцев назад +4

      Infinity lucky

    • @kingrayog
      @kingrayog 9 месяцев назад +1

      Me, me, me! Hahahahaha

    • @3fsw3
      @3fsw3 Месяц назад

      Amen! The best music!

  • @moorlock2003
    @moorlock2003 11 месяцев назад +188

    Steppenwolf is so great that they even make a lipsync look cool. Magic Carpet Ride was one of the top hits of 1968.

    • @philokevetch8691
      @philokevetch8691 10 месяцев назад +5

      Moorlock, they put the punkiest punk to shame. You're right!

    • @royjohnson465
      @royjohnson465 10 месяцев назад +9

      The Canadian (Toronto) born keyboard player white bro Goldy McJohn had an Afro hair style “before” the black men did !! They should have called it the Euro hairstyle 🤣😂 !!

    • @joezavacky720
      @joezavacky720 10 месяцев назад

      sushi and the banshees is

    • @rodneydavenport4646
      @rodneydavenport4646 10 месяцев назад +3

      It was my favorite Stepp hit for a long time, long time. It was from their second album.

    • @barrychambers4047
      @barrychambers4047 10 месяцев назад +3

      Couldn't have said it better myself.

  • @calliopivogiatzis2235
    @calliopivogiatzis2235 11 месяцев назад +115

    RIP Tom Smothers!❤🙏

    • @michaellorenzen8200
      @michaellorenzen8200 10 месяцев назад

      no doubt we watched this show A LOT when I was little

  • @richardryan2769
    @richardryan2769 10 месяцев назад +27

    I’m 68. This is the first time I’ve seen what these guys look like.
    The Smothers Brothers used to look very old to me back then.
    Now they look a lot younger than me.
    Time marches.

    • @KC9UDX
      @KC9UDX 6 месяцев назад +2

      These guys don't look like guys

    • @c.s.4066
      @c.s.4066 3 месяца назад +3

      😂😂😂..Hairdo back then😂❤

    • @3fsw3
      @3fsw3 Месяц назад

      @@KC9UDXhaaaaa! Compared to the nutty he/she’s walking around today, you should really put down the pipe

  • @fowlintent
    @fowlintent 9 месяцев назад +11

    I saw Steppenwolf in Charlotte in '69.....I was 14 and this was my first concert. Special time.....

    • @ttlde4594
      @ttlde4594 3 месяца назад

      Damn, u don't have much time left then 😂😂😂

  • @JakeandtheMan
    @JakeandtheMan Год назад +63

    Mr. Kay has a voice often imitated but never duplicated.

    • @plinthley
      @plinthley 10 месяцев назад +3

      I think John was trying to imitate Howlin' Wolf's voice. Captain Beefheart and John Fogerty of Creedence admitted the same. Heck, they all wanted to sound like Wolf.

    • @scottwilliams8334
      @scottwilliams8334 5 месяцев назад +3

      When speaking you could hear a little bit of the German accent.

  • @allworld4414
    @allworld4414 6 месяцев назад +9

    I was a teenager when they used to wear this cut out at the poolhall. I'm 66 years old now and I'm here jammin' Steppenwolf like it ain't gonna be no tomorrow.

  • @scottwilliams8334
    @scottwilliams8334 11 месяцев назад +86

    Saw Steppenwolf a few times. Saw them and Iron Butterfly 🦋 together. Vanilla Fudge was there too.

    • @PaulSmith-pz9eq
      @PaulSmith-pz9eq 10 месяцев назад +6

      That’s a great concert !

    • @TheMisterGriswold
      @TheMisterGriswold 10 месяцев назад +4

      Damn!

    • @TheGodParticle
      @TheGodParticle 10 месяцев назад +1

      That's cool, bet its a great experience. Cheers

    • @KaiserBlade
      @KaiserBlade 10 месяцев назад +2

      Groovy

    • @jbrobinson2728
      @jbrobinson2728 10 месяцев назад +3

      And you lived through the show ..that's the most astounding thing...

  • @johnshields6852
    @johnshields6852 10 месяцев назад +20

    9 years old with my mother driving listening to this on AM radio, in our 65 Chevy, loved these guys.

  • @yonnawood3081
    @yonnawood3081 Год назад +25

    They look so high! You have to love the late 1960s!

  • @LEWFROST2
    @LEWFROST2 2 года назад +98

    One of the great, underrated keyboardists of the psychedelic age---GOLDY MCJOHN. Along with John's voice, he gave Steppenwolf their signature sound. Aside from his obvious contributions, I will always remember him for the mind-blowing 21-minute live version of "The Pusher," as well as his creativity on the B-side Halloween song entitled "For Madmen Only." Miss you, Mr. McJ! # cheers 😁😝😀

    • @johnnyfreedom3437
      @johnnyfreedom3437 10 месяцев назад

      I would love to hear an extended version of The Pusher! My motto was, "Stick to your Organics and stay away from the chemicals!"

    • @TomokosEnterprize
      @TomokosEnterprize 10 месяцев назад +1

      You were most defiantly there eh. Great times for us all my friend.

    • @TomokosEnterprize
      @TomokosEnterprize 10 месяцев назад +2

      God Damn the pusher man. It was va real trip eh my friend.

  • @mereteb
    @mereteb 2 года назад +97

    This is my all time favorite song! I love Steppenwolf, and I loved this song since I first heard it in the late 60’es. John Kay is the best! ❤️

    • @giles-df9yu
      @giles-df9yu Год назад +7

      John lives in Nashville he and his wife are just common people who did well. Great guy

    • @Whatt787
      @Whatt787 11 месяцев назад +1

      This is the original version

    • @cco10399
      @cco10399 11 месяцев назад +4

      Magic Carpet Ride is a great song but isn't Born to be Wild also a great song? In other words, we think both songs are tied in terms of greatness :-)

    • @bobbrinkerhoff3592
      @bobbrinkerhoff3592 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@giles-df9yu last I had heard , they had moved up to Nova Scotia several years ago .

    • @coolramone
      @coolramone 10 месяцев назад

      Great song! (But lip synch)

  • @jaggedlines2257
    @jaggedlines2257 11 месяцев назад +21

    I still got this song on 45. Great song.

  • @OneLastHitB4IGo
    @OneLastHitB4IGo 10 месяцев назад +26

    Damn! What a flashback! 1969 I was in 10th grade and about to get my drivers license. In 2 weeks(January 27) I'll be 71 y/o. What a ride it's been! "Magic Carpet Ride" back then was on almost every radio. Today I don't even listen to the radio anymore. Nothing but noise coming out of them.🙉

    • @Dancing_Alone_wRentals
      @Dancing_Alone_wRentals 10 месяцев назад +2

      That's not the radio....that is the microwave......Hand me my glasses.

    • @frederickshipp8013
      @frederickshipp8013 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Dancing_Alone_wRentals
      LOL VERY FUNNY

    • @Dancing_Alone_wRentals
      @Dancing_Alone_wRentals 10 месяцев назад

      Have a great weekend @@frederickshipp8013 !
      Stay warm...and well fed

    • @bobwellman9717
      @bobwellman9717 10 месяцев назад +2

      @OneLastHitB4IGo Same here. January 26 I'll be 71👍

    • @Dancing_Alone_wRentals
      @Dancing_Alone_wRentals 10 месяцев назад +3

      Happy Birthday @@bobwellman9717

  • @hartleycwhite
    @hartleycwhite 10 месяцев назад +31

    Steppenwolf always a treat to hear and watch.John Kay(Lead vocals, guitar) and Goldy McJohn(keys) the two best musicians in the group, with the others also good.
    R.I.P. Tom Smothers

    • @jameshowland7393
      @jameshowland7393 10 месяцев назад

      When George Biondo and Larry Byrom joined the band Steppenwolf was elevated to the next level. Those were their best years.

  • @julianstorey2699
    @julianstorey2699 10 месяцев назад +11

    56 years on this is still good.

  • @greatdaneacdc
    @greatdaneacdc 10 месяцев назад +4

    Saw them in Vancouver
    Back in the 70’s ❤👍

  • @TREEHUGGAH1
    @TREEHUGGAH1 10 месяцев назад +39

    10 out of 10.
    wish they made music like this now.

    • @Geekman333
      @Geekman333 10 месяцев назад

      There's tons of GREAT music being played all the time. If you aren't hearing it, you aren't looking for it.

    • @TREEHUGGAH1
      @TREEHUGGAH1 10 месяцев назад

      i said music like this not great music my friend.@@Geekman333

  • @JohnnyNation
    @JohnnyNation 10 месяцев назад +10

    RIP Tommy Smothers/ You and your brother showcased some great music !!!###

  • @jonance93
    @jonance93 Год назад +16

    John Kay was the first MAN this little girl fantasized over.😅❤

  • @travels129
    @travels129 4 месяца назад +2

    Class music 70s deliver . And wat a great name for a band.

  • @lindahandley5267
    @lindahandley5267 10 месяцев назад +6

    One of my favorite songs!

  • @joyceseaver9350
    @joyceseaver9350 10 месяцев назад +6

    Saw them @ the “Comic Strip” Worcester, Mass. 1968 . I was 11 yrs. Old . Played their first album @ music class , song was the PUSHER . Got me grounded for 2 weeks @ home . WORTH IT !

    • @georgetheobold4973
      @georgetheobold4973 10 месяцев назад

      Yes,,lol..I was 12..Our parents teachers...I teyed telling them you don't understand
      ..There against the Pusher..thats why the God damm..the Pusher 😂

  • @KevinTKeith
    @KevinTKeith Год назад +26

    Kudos to Tommy for the Hermann Hesse gag!

    • @1ouncebird
      @1ouncebird 10 месяцев назад

      Hah-hah! That was a good one. The late, great Tommy Smothers.

    • @daleschaffenacker5379
      @daleschaffenacker5379 10 месяцев назад

      Hermann Hesse was the author of the book "Steppenwolf ". He was from Calw, Germany. Home of my ancestors.

  • @blue-fj9ky
    @blue-fj9ky 10 месяцев назад +18

    I remember watching this on TV when it came out! That was a thrilling time for music.

  • @rickycalais3356
    @rickycalais3356 10 месяцев назад +7

    One of the greatest rock songs ever!

  • @TomokosEnterprize
    @TomokosEnterprize 10 месяцев назад +6

    Ahhh, takes me back to when music was real.

  • @jimf6427
    @jimf6427 10 месяцев назад +10

    I'm 68, this was a band that should live forever. But it won't because time marches on. 2024. Hope this makes it to 2124.

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 10 месяцев назад +4

    John Kay who will be 80 this April was the best frontman for this legendary group. Started his life dodging bombs in Germany as an infant.

  • @Huskrrrr
    @Huskrrrr 10 месяцев назад +4

    Saw Steppenwolf in 69. Contrary to what people say, I did remember the sixties.

  • @margaretdivelbiss5283
    @margaretdivelbiss5283 Год назад +18

    Love this song, great memories!!❣❣

  • @bunnyd9334
    @bunnyd9334 10 месяцев назад +2

    After hearing this song as a very young teenager, I knew I would always love rock...❤❤❤

  • @mikeespinoza3152
    @mikeespinoza3152 10 месяцев назад +4

    This greatest band of all unmatched and timeles.
    FOREVER STEPPENWOLF,!

  • @UncompressedWAVmusic
    @UncompressedWAVmusic 10 месяцев назад +4

    Fantastic says it all.

  • @georgetheobold4973
    @georgetheobold4973 10 месяцев назад +2

    I was 12,,Years old Love thus music 🎶 of the 1960s..Am sure but can't remember I brought so many 45s...lol..yes 58,cents for two songs

  • @Digmen1
    @Digmen1 10 месяцев назад +4

    I loved this song when it came out
    It had such a great heavy feel
    The keyboard was great
    And the bass too

  • @Whatt787
    @Whatt787 11 месяцев назад +10

    This is the original version, released as a single in 1968

  • @enriquepina9829
    @enriquepina9829 10 месяцев назад +2

    Hell Yeah!!!!!!! I still got this Great Music!!!!!! Seen him in Concert!!!!!!!! I'm 70!!! Still Fucken!! Rock n Roll!!!!!!!!! Till ☠️💀☠️!!!!!!!! Takes me back !!! Great Era!!!! LSD!!!!!!

  • @charlieross-BRM
    @charlieross-BRM 10 месяцев назад +1

    When I was in Junior High a bunch of us guys gathered at one house on a Saturday, in the basement, to watch the TV show that had previously announced Steppenwolf would be on the next show. I can't remember the name of the show but it was about the music, not a dance time program. Same deal with Mountain - Mississippi Queen. Good era. Psychedelic into hard Rock. The original guitarist for Iron Butterfly and Vanilla Fudge lives up this way now, plays with friends of mine (all grey hairs!).

  • @joe2299
    @joe2299 10 месяцев назад +2

    Still got the 45….. Remember watching this back then, I was 10.
    I’d buy my 45’s at the Singer Department store in the Cherry Hill Mall. They had a big display in the back and i with the top 25 record chart.

  • @aol767
    @aol767 11 месяцев назад +4

    This is hot footage of the band rock swayen..great experience to hook up.

  • @gregorylapointe4157
    @gregorylapointe4157 10 месяцев назад +15

    Their 16 greatest hits album is a classic. Not a bad track on it.

    • @jameshowland7393
      @jameshowland7393 10 месяцев назад

      Listen to Steppenwolf 7. In my opinion it's the best album they ever produced.

  • @AnthonyWilliams-li5mz
    @AnthonyWilliams-li5mz Год назад +16

    My generation god I feel OLD

  • @barrypowell829
    @barrypowell829 10 месяцев назад +8

    There are bands and then there is this Band. Such unique music that hasn’t been replicated. Peace ☮️

  • @saldelucia1902
    @saldelucia1902 11 месяцев назад +12

    They dont make tunes like this no more....

    • @Welderady
      @Welderady 10 месяцев назад

      Thank god 😂

  • @kurtiswa-k-8346
    @kurtiswa-k-8346 10 месяцев назад +1

    Seen them around buffalo NY 9 time's...
    One of the Very best...$

  • @johnwood551
    @johnwood551 10 месяцев назад +2

    Saw them Live at Appalachian State University in Boone ,NC in 1970, they were so awesome !

  • @Daytripper51
    @Daytripper51 10 месяцев назад +3

    Classic Rock will live forever!

  • @sport07-o2l
    @sport07-o2l 10 месяцев назад +4

    I listened to this in the 8th grade. What a really cool time. Them’s some freaky lookin’ dudes, though. 🤣

  • @TomokosEnterprize
    @TomokosEnterprize 10 месяцев назад +1

    Oh how I miss those times. This never gets' old eh.

  • @russellblumer7389
    @russellblumer7389 5 месяцев назад +2

    I love how high they are

  • @peteraustin370
    @peteraustin370 10 месяцев назад +11

    Fabulous..!!..We were SO lucky to see the 60s and 70s....!!! Does anybody know where the years went...?????

    • @marbleman52
      @marbleman52 10 месяцев назад +2

      @peteraustin370....Yes, I'm 72 and those were such incredible years for great music that is still great today. You asked: "Does anybody know where the years went...?????".....For me it was a few years Navy aviation, then a short marriage, then raising two great kids as a single parent, then work, of course.
      And during all of that, the great music that was always in the background of my life. Whenever I would get worn out physically & mentally, I could put on an album or put in a cassette tape....and later a CD...and get refreshed.

  • @templecreations2351
    @templecreations2351 2 года назад +27

    they all look extremely high 😏

    • @KevinTKeith
      @KevinTKeith Год назад +6

      It looks like a couple of them were so stoned they couldn’t move their lips!

    • @TeddykumaNC
      @TeddykumaNC Год назад +5

      In those days it was hard to find any rock-and-rollers that were not high.

    • @JakeandtheMan
      @JakeandtheMan Год назад +3

      Why do you think they sounded so good. Duh!

    • @WilliamL.PilgerJr.-bq1pb
      @WilliamL.PilgerJr.-bq1pb Год назад +2

      AND NOW A DAYS
      WEED IS LEGAL 😮
      WELL IN MOST AREAS
      Weed Me

  • @DrDave69138
    @DrDave69138 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, how young John Kay and Goldy look there, I had almost forgotten.

  • @WilliamL.PilgerJr.-bq1pb
    @WilliamL.PilgerJr.-bq1pb Год назад +27

    AS STONED AS THEY ARE
    IT'S A SHAME THAT IT IS
    THE STUDIO VERSION OF
    THE SONG... BEEN GREAT
    IF IT WAS RECORDED LIVE
    😗💚🔥😤🍳💥😳💨😁
    Weed Me

    • @JamesFolkers
      @JamesFolkers 10 месяцев назад +3

      Please don’t yell…

    • @WilliamL.PilgerJr.-bq1pb
      @WilliamL.PilgerJr.-bq1pb 10 месяцев назад +1

      Hi@@JamesFolkers
      NOT YELLING BAD
      EYES IS ALL 😳...
      HAVE A GOOD NIGHT
      Weed Me

    • @zacharyspencer8321
      @zacharyspencer8321 10 месяцев назад +4

      PRetty much EVERY band lip-synched their songs on TV. Rare when a band would actually play live.

    • @mrmojorisin8752
      @mrmojorisin8752 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@zacharyspencer8321There are lots of live clips from back in the day, especially Ed Sullivan: Doors, Stones and of course, Beatles. Doors played Touch Me live on the Smothers Brothers.

  • @extraart1
    @extraart1 10 месяцев назад +1

    Saw them at Merriweather Post pavilion in Columbia Md. in 1970. My favorite band to this day (along with Green Day)

  • @paulbutterworthbillericay
    @paulbutterworthbillericay 3 месяца назад

    I saw Steepenwolf in Essex England at a pub called the 'Army Navy', think the name comes from selling old surplus military kit, I had no idea who they were, walked right upto the front if stage was in awe

  • @roygumpel8415
    @roygumpel8415 10 месяцев назад +2

    epic. good tune to have on during heart surgery.

  • @DrGaryGreen
    @DrGaryGreen 10 месяцев назад +8

    Love the sound of those unplugged instruments.

  • @crisrose521
    @crisrose521 5 месяцев назад +1

    Dee Dee Ramone was the singer for Steppenwolf before he was in the Ramone’s ?

  • @cedarwaxwing3509
    @cedarwaxwing3509 10 месяцев назад +9

    This band was very underrated musically. Their protest/political/drug culture image obscured the fact that they really were - for the most part - good musicians. Drummer Jerry Edmonton was an early practitioner of foot pedal/kick drum complexity (a la Bonham) but much of his work was buried in poor production for the first several albums. He really shines on the “Monster” and “Steppenwolf 7” albums. Organist Goldy McJohn developed some pretty unique tones on the B3 and was a master of Leslie rotating speaker sound. What he lacked in technique, he made up for in tone. The band started with “lead” guitarist Michael Monarch, who was really a rhythm player (he’s seen in this video back by the drums). He was replaced by Larry Byrom for the “Monster” album and a few after that. (Monarch later popped up in the early 80s pop/metal band “Detective” with former Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye.) Byrom was a real “lead” guitarist and also brought a lot of songwriting and production experience to the band. The sound improved notably for “Monster” and later albums as a result. Finally, Nick St. Nicholas, the cross-dressing bassist, was much more the showman than musician. His bass work is primarily limited to chord roots and he sounds embarrassingly bad on their double live album (an otherwise good album, but in addition to what sounds like a lot of post-production sweetening also contains several studio recorded songs with added applause to make them sound pseudo-live). He played on “Monster” but was replaced on “7” by George Biondo, a session bassist who was also a songwriter. The lineup of Kay, Edmonton, McJohn, Byrom, and St. Nicholas/Biondo produced their strongest music, although their singles from the later albums didn’t do as well as “BTBW,” “MCR,” “Rock Me,” and the largely underground hit “The Pusher” from the earlier albums. I would highly recommend that any fans who lost track of them after the early hits give a serious listen to the “Monster” and ‘Steppenwolf 7” albums. There is some great music - and first rate playing - in those two albums.

    • @mahkuntizitchy2083
      @mahkuntizitchy2083 10 месяцев назад +1

      Wow! Thank you soo much for your info!👍✌

    • @jameshowland7393
      @jameshowland7393 10 месяцев назад +1

      When Byrom and Biondo joined the band Steppenwolf was elevated to another level. In my opinion Steppenwolf 7 was their best album ever with Monster very close behind.

    • @jbrobinson2728
      @jbrobinson2728 10 месяцев назад +3

      Awesome in-depth reporting! I remember I played this album at a friend's house and his mom didn't mind until Kay screamed you know what during The Pusher. Still listen to them today.

    • @williamdew5555
      @williamdew5555 10 месяцев назад +1

      O

    • @cedarwaxwing3509
      @cedarwaxwing3509 10 месяцев назад +1

      I actually “discovered” Steppenwolf when “Monster” came out. I knew about their earlier hits, but somehow didn’t really pay a lot attention until then. I concur that “Monster” and “7” were their two best albums, and I pretty much gave up on them after that. I think that Byrom was the writer who was responsible for the excellent music on those two albums; he left after “7” and the next one, “For Ladies Only” was a lame effort. I should also note that St. Nicholas wasn’t their first bass player. I can’t recall the guy’s name but it was something like “Rushton Moreve” or something like that. He co-wrote “Magic Carpet Ride.” And the whole group originated from an early sixties Canadian band called “John London and Sparrow” or just “Sparrow,” which had a somewhat revolving lineup which included at one time a young Rick James. Drummer Jerry Edmonton’s brother Dennis was in Sparrow as well. Dennis changed his performing name to “Mars Bonfire” and wrote “Born to be Wild.” I think he played guitar some on the first two Steppenwolf albums.

  • @flashflame4952
    @flashflame4952 10 месяцев назад +2

    Still a freaking great song!!!

  • @user-Dr.
    @user-Dr. 10 месяцев назад +3

    I bought this album about the day it hit the shelf.

  • @northernlight2598
    @northernlight2598 10 месяцев назад +1

    Used to see them around Toronto when they were The Sparrow.

  • @laurensaul24
    @laurensaul24 10 месяцев назад +2

    Oh gosh my older brother and this song I just got transported 😉

  • @windmillcancersurvivor2568
    @windmillcancersurvivor2568 10 месяцев назад +1

    Our high school rock band mangled this great song but it was one of those in the playlist. We did the best we could do.

  • @kevinflaherty7592
    @kevinflaherty7592 10 месяцев назад +2

    I was 7 at the time and this song would be played before our little league baseball games

  • @anitadunn1491
    @anitadunn1491 10 месяцев назад +2

    I saw them 3 times in Minneapolis. They sounded just like their records. 🍀🥀🍀

  • @sainteyegor
    @sainteyegor 10 месяцев назад +166

    They’re so talented, they don’t even need cables for their instruments.

    • @jameshowland7393
      @jameshowland7393 10 месяцев назад +19

      Neither did any other band who appeared on a multitude of variety shows. It was rare to see a band perform live on TV. Get over it.

    • @28704joe
      @28704joe 10 месяцев назад

      I didn't take it as a criticism but an observation were not all so high strung as you are.@@jameshowland7393

    • @scapegoat762
      @scapegoat762 10 месяцев назад +1

      Or mics.

    • @arthurshingler2025
      @arthurshingler2025 10 месяцев назад +1

      OR mics...!

    • @annunacky4463
      @annunacky4463 10 месяцев назад +5

      They used telepathy and telekinesis to good effect.

  • @c.s.4066
    @c.s.4066 3 месяца назад +1

    Classic Rock🎸🎹 🎵🥰👍🤙

  • @kevmac1230
    @kevmac1230 10 месяцев назад +1

    Baby face John. A man with a very interesting bio.

  • @hugh-iu7vo
    @hugh-iu7vo 10 месяцев назад +2

    Love the band love the song Love the video

  • @NealSaget-zr2el
    @NealSaget-zr2el 10 месяцев назад +2

    On of my favorite 😅

  • @blainelytle341
    @blainelytle341 10 месяцев назад +3

    One of my favorite bands from my teen years on ! , Still think their best album was Early Steppenwolf... Just an awesome rock band . !
    They need to play their song America in it's full length version on the radio agin , it's so needed now !

    • @lesschoenberger3070
      @lesschoenberger3070 4 месяца назад

      That song should be blasted over loudspeakers in every major city in this country....

  • @luigisavoia2401
    @luigisavoia2401 10 месяцев назад +1

    Well done. Sounds just like the record.

  • @johndef5075
    @johndef5075 10 месяцев назад +1

    This is in my top 10 all time.

  • @markthompson4905
    @markthompson4905 10 месяцев назад

    Listened to this song repeatedly the first time I got drunk on homemade wine. Then I threw up repeatedly as the song was still playing. In 1972. Memories

  • @7colliemac
    @7colliemac 10 месяцев назад +2

    Nick St Nicholas great bass player.. if your listening on headphones.

  • @The-Contractor
    @The-Contractor 10 месяцев назад +6

    John Kay is one of the most underappreciated vocalists ever. My generation had the greatest music. Today's youth have future elevator music ... and Taylor Swift.

    • @KaiserBlade
      @KaiserBlade 10 месяцев назад

      Who underappreciated him? This song was a hit. And many others.

    • @The-Contractor
      @The-Contractor 10 месяцев назад

      @@KaiserBlade Taylor Swift has sold over 200 million records when there is very little reason to buy an album when you can get the music from multiple sources for far less than album price or free. Steppenwolf sold around 25 million records during a time when buying an album was the only way to get the music save for rare bootlegs with crappy sound quality.

    • @KaiserBlade
      @KaiserBlade 10 месяцев назад

      @@The-Contractor So according to you Taylor Swift is an underrated vocalist.

    • @The-Contractor
      @The-Contractor 10 месяцев назад

      @@KaiserBlade Your reading comprehension is abhorrently poor.

    • @KaiserBlade
      @KaiserBlade 10 месяцев назад

      @@The-Contractor Clearly you under appreciate my reading comprehension. Abhorrent is an weird adjective to misuse.

  • @vosborne945
    @vosborne945 Год назад +10

    Don't Step on the Grass, Sam

    • @doughill3396
      @doughill3396 11 месяцев назад +1

      Snow Blind Friend!

    • @rogerebmeier7335
      @rogerebmeier7335 10 месяцев назад +2

      Hey lawdy mama

    • @Blues.Fusion
      @Blues.Fusion 10 месяцев назад +1

      Evil wicked mean and nasty.

    • @bgarrison67
      @bgarrison67 10 месяцев назад +1

      " You're so full of bull Sam....all will pay who disagrees with me". Listened to this, Bloodrock DOA and Paranoid the first time I got stoned.

  • @albinresman6726
    @albinresman6726 11 месяцев назад +3

    Poslušal sem jih v Londonu l.1970 pravi amerikanci brez ene besede na koncertu😅

  • @sttarch5150
    @sttarch5150 10 месяцев назад +2

    They had two of the most important songs of the late 60s early 70s.

    • @barefoot191
      @barefoot191 10 месяцев назад

      I have to guess that they were Born to be Wild and Monster?

    • @sttarch5150
      @sttarch5150 10 месяцев назад

      @@barefoot191 MCRide

    • @barefoot191
      @barefoot191 10 месяцев назад

      @@sttarch5150 What? What does a rapper have to do with Steppenwolf?

  • @carolinewolf565
    @carolinewolf565 2 месяца назад

    Loviin it! Thanks❤🎶

  • @MrMarkar1959
    @MrMarkar1959 10 месяцев назад +2

    I listen to John Kay & Steppenwolf All the time. i'm against the Monster still✌🏼

  • @larryrobinson08
    @larryrobinson08 10 месяцев назад

    Sunset Rollarama, Tucson AZ 1969, John Kay was twelve feet tall, and best orange wedge ever!

  • @markmarkofkane8167
    @markmarkofkane8167 10 месяцев назад +1

    John Kay has such a unique voice.

  • @glenmiller4246
    @glenmiller4246 Месяц назад

    i saw them live in 1971 hampton beach, new hampshire.

  • @scottjohnson8801
    @scottjohnson8801 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wow I just had a flashback 😮

  • @connie7128
    @connie7128 Год назад +7

    OMG - Had I been alive then and old enough, I would have hit the ground looking at just his lips. LOL
    Damn. He's hot. The music is hot. I was born too late.

    • @brucemacmillan9581
      @brucemacmillan9581 Год назад +2

      His father was a German officer killed on the eastern front during WW2. Lol. His mom later had to escape from the Russian occupied part of Germany with baby John. They ended up migrating to Toronto Canada, which is where John Kay eventually got his start as a musician.

    • @charlesking5328
      @charlesking5328 11 месяцев назад +1

      I did not know that , thanks sharing it.

    • @cedarwaxwing3509
      @cedarwaxwing3509 10 месяцев назад

      @@charlesking5328 There is a song on their later album ‘Steppenwolf 7” called “Renegade”that is all about their escape from East Germany after the war. I would highly recommend Steppenwolf 7 to any fan. I don’t think there were any single hits from it, but it has some brilliant music on it. By the time they recorded it, they had replaced original guitarist Michael Monarch with a true lead player named Larry Byrom, who actually wrote much of the music - John Kay by that time just supplying lyrics. The cross dressing bassist (Nick St. Nicholas) had left by then and was replaced by George Biondo. The new members kicked up the band’s musical chops quite a bit. Original drummer Jerry Edmonton really shines on the album, too. The only slight disappointment is Goldy McJohn’s performance, which isn’t as front and center as it had been on previous albums.

  • @josephk4310
    @josephk4310 8 месяцев назад +1

    Drivin' that train, high on Cocaine...

  • @KingOFuh
    @KingOFuh 10 месяцев назад +1

    After leaving Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Goldie McHawn joined Steppenwolf as keys player.

  • @pejmankooklanfar2674
    @pejmankooklanfar2674 10 месяцев назад +1

    ❤1968❤🇺🇸👍🎶🎙️🎵🎼

  • @irafowlerjr.7492
    @irafowlerjr.7492 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wonderful ❤

  • @joey_bonin
    @joey_bonin 10 месяцев назад +1

    John Kay, who coined the term heavy metal (Born to be wild).

  • @williamfinamore4623
    @williamfinamore4623 10 месяцев назад +2

    I didn't know Prince Valient sang for Steppinwolf.

  • @rabokarabekian409
    @rabokarabekian409 10 месяцев назад

    Aint' it grate to re-live when musick wuz authentick?
    So real, mikes or cords were NOT even needed!!!!!!!!!!

  • @robertthompson5908
    @robertthompson5908 10 месяцев назад

    Herman Hesse plays drums. Tommy was hysterical!

  • @artdimino1626
    @artdimino1626 10 месяцев назад

    These guys are great. They sound exactly like the record.

    • @jimmytaylor9854
      @jimmytaylor9854 10 месяцев назад

      Lol sure do. They could have at least plugged in a few cables to make it look somewhat believable.

  • @scotteaster1141
    @scotteaster1141 10 месяцев назад

    Can you believe one of the fundamental rock and roll bands of all time is not in the rock and roll hall of fame

  • @augopen
    @augopen Год назад +4

    I wonder if he still has those leather pants