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  • @andyandalex
    @andyandalex  3 года назад +207

    Finally coming back to Steppenwolf! So many of you said we had to hit this track before we continued on with them! Cheers guys where do we go from here?! 🙌🏻🔥

    • @mrgmusicclass
      @mrgmusicclass 3 года назад +51

      The Pusher

    • @viclagina347
      @viclagina347 3 года назад +30

      You guys would love the guess who.... No sugar tonight

    • @susanklasinski1805
      @susanklasinski1805 3 года назад +18

      After the Guess Who, follow up with Bachman-Turner Overdrive

    • @ginaluvsrush6093
      @ginaluvsrush6093 3 года назад +14

      Check out "Don't Step on the Grass Sam"......oh, this Rushgal is still waiting for Working Man Live in Cleveland..and....you're the only guys I support on Patreon. 🙃🤞

    • @bonzodrewski
      @bonzodrewski 3 года назад +19

      The Pusher is the only hit left after that you’re done

  • @Yikes5824
    @Yikes5824 3 года назад +49

    True story: I was in a blues band, playing in a dive bar, and we were dying onstage. All of the sudden a guys comes through the back door on his Harley, pulls up in front of the stage and revs the throttle. The guitarist immediately broke into Born to be Wild, even though we’d never played it before. It all came together perfectly and the place went nuts. Best onstage moment of my life!

    • @EB-wl9st
      @EB-wl9st 4 месяца назад +5

      Honest to God it was probably my husband - he's done exactly that on more than one occasion 😂😂😂😂

  • @markswanson4829
    @markswanson4829 3 года назад +454

    The line "Heavy Metal Thunder" referred to a motorcycle, not a music style but it became the tag for Heavy Metal music later on. This song was the featured track from the 1969 classic movie Easy Rider.

    • @USGrant-rr2by
      @USGrant-rr2by 3 года назад +4

      I missed your comment, I also said the same thing...2hrs. later. Great minds think alike! Cheers

    • @danbeatle1
      @danbeatle1 3 года назад +26

      I met John Kay, the lead singer, about 30 years ago and he told me that, although he didn’t write it, it was written about his first car, a 1965 Ford Falcon. A kid and his first car. I’ve never heard the song the same way again

    • @USGrant-rr2by
      @USGrant-rr2by 3 года назад

      @Manuel EsterI have found that people who constantly use emojis usually don't really have the capacity to intelligently express themselves. Maybe you should think about that before you embarrass yourself? Again "Manny".

    • @RhettAnderson
      @RhettAnderson 3 года назад +11

      @@danbeatle1 Oh wow we had a Ford Falcon. It definitely had a lot of steel. :-) Heavy for sure.

    • @WinF64
      @WinF64 3 года назад +6

      @@danbeatle1 Wow. I learned to drive a standard transmission in a '65 Falcon. Extra challenge due to the column-mounted stick.

  • @jennyc9360
    @jennyc9360 3 года назад +42

    Born to be Wild still rocks and resonates. Steppenwolf is long overdue to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

  • @travis8981
    @travis8981 11 месяцев назад +10

    I love the fact you guys don’t stop the music to react to it, waiting until the song ends is so much better, thanks

  • @bodhisattva3774
    @bodhisattva3774 3 года назад +300

    Heavy Metal Thunder! This song has been in every movie that has a motorcycle anywhere in it. Lol

    • @taun856
      @taun856 3 года назад +9

      Which is a bit ironic, because he wrote the song about how much he loved driving his car (A Ford Falcon I believe)...

    • @theactualbajmahal833
      @theactualbajmahal833 3 года назад +10

      ... and at least one movie featuring a motorhome.

    • @AJfanboy1
      @AJfanboy1 3 года назад +2

      I absolutely LOVE Dana Carvey singing this in the 1990 movie "Opportunity Knocks". Every time I hear the song, it's the first thing that comes to mind, even before I think of Easy Rider. LOL

    • @pandacosu8217
      @pandacosu8217 3 года назад +10

      Also been in any movie or documentary about the war in Viet Nam.

    • @jld593
      @jld593 3 года назад +3

      @@theactualbajmahal833 my first thought! The motorcycle rider flipping off Albert Brooks 😂🤣

  • @no2all
    @no2all 3 года назад +155

    If you were around when this song came out, there is absolutely no way you cannot envision scenes from "Easy Rider" with Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and a very young Jack Nicholson going on inside your head.

    • @theresacarmen9847
      @theresacarmen9847 3 года назад +2

      I remember the song and the movie very clearly. Steppenwolf went grocery shopping with me for years.

    • @marilyndurham738
      @marilyndurham738 2 года назад +1

      Definitely!!!

    • @Dino-god69
      @Dino-god69 2 года назад +3

      Motorcycles in general come to mind

    • @stevensprunger3422
      @stevensprunger3422 2 года назад +1

      I agree because when I heard it I wasn’t even graduate from high school yet I went out and bought the 33 1/3 rpm slept on my term table put on my headphones and listen to it that’s my experience of it no movie anything I heard in its raw form listen to the whole album over and over and over again

    • @olmanrock5381
      @olmanrock5381 Год назад

      Sorry for the comment publicly but Alex (I always confuse your names), watch this video and look at your fingers. They have white bands which could be an early sign of Reynaud’s Syndrome. Hope it’s just a video illusion.

  • @paullegg5064
    @paullegg5064 3 года назад +7

    Whenever I hear this song I always remember my '68 Camaro, and how the State Police knew me by first name.

  • @markharris5107
    @markharris5107 3 года назад +35

    What you can't experience is hearing this music back when it came out, before all the heavy metal that came afterward. This was so unique in its time.

    • @KristenClower-uo1op
      @KristenClower-uo1op Год назад +4

      There are still bands from the 60’s and 70’s with a sound I can’t compare to anything else. Yes, for example.

  • @stillstanding8286
    @stillstanding8286 3 года назад +289

    Two Steppenwolf songs, this one and “The Pusher” were both in the movie “Easy Rider” (1969).
    This song was originally released in June of 1968, I was 13 years old that summer and it was all over the radio back then.
    Thanks for the tunes and the memories!

    • @deantait8326
      @deantait8326 3 года назад +7

      In spring 1970, with this song popular, a friend and I left LA towing a drag race car to Rockingham NC. We had kinda shaggy hair and didn't get served in MS & AL cafes. Also had to haul a$$ out of a gas station in AL. "They didn't take kindly to our type, round there". Guys in a pick-up, guns in the rack, calling from a payphone for reinforcements. We Got Gone...

    • @jgsrhythm100
      @jgsrhythm100 3 года назад +6

      Dual reaction.
      Pusher - Steppenwolf circa 69 Soundtrack " Easy Rider"
      Pusherman - "Curtis Mayfield" circa 72
      Soundtrack. " Superfly"
      Both Epic

    • @invisibledooley
      @invisibledooley 3 года назад +4

      @@jgsrhythm100 I was also thinking of Curtis Mayfield, what a great singer and guitarist!

    • @lantose
      @lantose 3 года назад +4

      I was 13 in June of 1968 listening to this at church camp!

    • @jgsrhythm100
      @jgsrhythm100 3 года назад +2

      @@invisibledooley Absolutley. Was trying to differentiate to A&A the difference between Mowtiwn and the likes of Curtis Mayfield and Sly Stone(at least the tracks I'm suggesting). Motown is great but designed to reach a mainatream audience(waters down).
      Curtis Mayfield Pusherman is a greasy funk masterpiece!

  • @mantroid
    @mantroid 3 года назад +111

    This wasn't just a song of the sixties, it was THE song!

    • @davidgeorge1294
      @davidgeorge1294 3 года назад +2

      Still is!

    • @jr-xs9tf
      @jr-xs9tf 3 года назад +1

      Us teens had that song as our unofficial anthem.

    • @smokin714
      @smokin714 3 года назад

      Everytime I hop on my motorcycle I start hearing this song in my head

  • @allanpolk2681
    @allanpolk2681 3 года назад +71

    I really can’t get my head around your statement “I’ve never heard this song”.
    This is one of the most iconic rock songs of all time, and has been in more movies
    and advertisements than just about any other song.
    I was a freshman in college when this
    song hit the airwaves.

    • @joeterp5615
      @joeterp5615 3 года назад +4

      Yeah, this is one of the most culturally pervasive songs of all time. I’m beyond shocked that Alex hadn’t heard this before. too.

    • @fitless
      @fitless 3 года назад +4

      They surely have heard most of the songs they deal with - as most reaction video makers do. You have to live with absolutely no music around in the jungle not to hear this (and 90% of the numbers)

    • @itsmebedazzle
      @itsmebedazzle 3 года назад +2

      I agree, one of the most commercially played song.

    • @spyretto
      @spyretto 2 года назад +1

      Surely they must have heard it in one of the countless movies it has been featured?

    • @frankieboy8414
      @frankieboy8414 2 года назад

      They're saying they've never heard the entire song.

  • @phillsmith9255
    @phillsmith9255 3 года назад +27

    If any song was ever made for a road trip, its this one, I think it's on every 'driving rock' compilation album ever made.

  • @sood9876
    @sood9876 3 года назад +113

    Can you imagine this being part of your early teenage years? It was mine, and thousands, if not millions like me!

    • @HamiltonRb
      @HamiltonRb 3 года назад +7

      Guilty as charged, music of our youth

    • @reesezpeecez08
      @reesezpeecez08 3 года назад +3

      high school for me, a great time for music.

    • @kjmorley
      @kjmorley 3 года назад +3

      @soo d Every 14-year-old had this poster on their bedroom wall in 1969: images.app.goo.gl/xt83DQ5e9NcDnoxk6

    • @HamiltonRb
      @HamiltonRb 3 года назад +6

      @@kjmorley I was 17 at the time, didn’t have that poster, but had Jim Morrison, Hendrix, Janis and Farrah Fawcett

    • @medicalnegligence
      @medicalnegligence 3 года назад +6

      How fortunate are we to have lived through that musical era.

  • @heygringo7
    @heygringo7 3 года назад +69

    Without a doubt, Born to be Wild is one of the best rock'n'roll songs ever made....."Like a true nature child, we were born to be wild'

  • @IZZY_EDIBLE
    @IZZY_EDIBLE 3 года назад +64

    "Heavy metal" was a term first used by a journalist to describe Blue Cheer's sound on SUMMERTIME BLUES.
    Steppenwolf was the 1st to immortalize it in song, shortly thereafter.

    • @chrisvickers7928
      @chrisvickers7928 2 года назад +2

      I think Blue Cheer's Summertime Blues was released 1 month before Born to be wild.

  • @__RYN__
    @__RYN__ 3 года назад +16

    steppenwolf, deep purple, CCR. Loved that sound back then so raw, heavy and unique

  • @gunnerysgthartman9263
    @gunnerysgthartman9263 3 года назад +274

    If this song isn't on your road trip playlist, do you really have a road trip playlist??

    • @balderdashery1
      @balderdashery1 3 года назад

      Definitely on mine.

    • @stocksgoupward5922
      @stocksgoupward5922 3 года назад +5

      @@balderdashery1 best part is when alex admits because he had to that he has heard the song before from movies because he has and its been in an 100 movies. and Andy acts surprised because he goes off script of how they are to pretend they have never heard of MOST of these songs. Born to Be Wild is in a ton of movies and commercials and TV shows and still on the radio constantly. I suppose someone could sing happy birthday to these guys and they would pretend not to know it.

    • @rubicon-oh9km
      @rubicon-oh9km 3 года назад

      Definitely not on mine because it's been played to DEATH over the last 50 years and I just can't get through the entire song anymore before hitting the forward button.

    • @controlZchannel
      @controlZchannel 3 года назад

      This song is worse than 2020

    • @ZacCostilla
      @ZacCostilla 3 года назад +3

      If it doesn’t include this AFTER STARTING WITH RADAR LOVE, is it even a road trip playlist?

  • @rickhamlin5733
    @rickhamlin5733 3 года назад +57

    THE anthem of the 60’s

  • @azcactus2008
    @azcactus2008 3 года назад +3

    I don’t know how it’s possible to live in this country and never have heard this song. It’s basically in the fabric of our society.

  • @ericredlefsen5554
    @ericredlefsen5554 3 года назад +42

    "Monster" is their epic masterpiece. Very relevant lyrics that still hold up well in our current climate.

  • @aFiliandsomejoe
    @aFiliandsomejoe 3 года назад +160

    Classic, of course. Could consider doing "The Pusher", a slightly deeper cut, but still a known song by us old heads.

    • @NortheastRacing
      @NortheastRacing 3 года назад

      Exactly!!!

    • @aFiliandsomejoe
      @aFiliandsomejoe 3 года назад

      @@arts2437 lol, I ran into the same thing in the early '80s calling in to request AC/DC's Big Balls! The DJ had me on speaker phone at first and picked up the handset to tell me she couldn't play it.🤣

    • @jgsrhythm100
      @jgsrhythm100 3 года назад +2

      Dual reaction.
      Pusher - Steppenwolf (circa 69)
      Soundtrack " Easy Rider"
      Pusherman - "Curtis Mayfield" (circa 72)
      Soundtrack. " Superfly"
      Both Epic

    • @paulcochran1721
      @paulcochran1721 3 года назад

      Yes, "The Pusher" - Written by Hoyt Axton, Would be interesting to hear more of his songs on here.

    • @notajp
      @notajp 3 года назад +1

      The Live @ The Matrix version was the best version of The Pusher......

  • @flubblert
    @flubblert 3 года назад +88

    There may be two, possibly three songs that could legitimately be considered the official theme song of the Baby Boom Generation. This would be one of them. ☮

    • @stevious7278
      @stevious7278 3 года назад +8

      And one of the others would be "Won't Get Fooled Again"...Hang on. Wait a minute; we did...DOH!!
      Or "My Generation"...Hang on. Wait a minute, we're old...DOH (again)!!

    • @flubblert
      @flubblert 3 года назад +2

      @@stevious7278 "My Generation" would definitely be one Wonko! Still thinking about number three.

    • @flubblert
      @flubblert 3 года назад +3

      @Red Death I'm thinking maybe something by Dylan... "Like a Rolling Stone" perhaps? 'White Rabbit' definitely deserves an honorable mention.

    • @flubblert
      @flubblert 3 года назад

      @Kelly Johnson hmmm, not sure if that counts, Kelly. maybe some 80s Springsteen? 😎

    • @flubblert
      @flubblert 3 года назад +1

      ​@Kelly Johnson The good news Kelly is that you're not barred from enjoying this classic till your your little Gen. X heart's content. We just can't let you have it as your anthem. Hey, I don't make the rules. 😏😎

  • @cristyrawks6325
    @cristyrawks6325 3 года назад +7

    Harley Davidson's are the heavy metal thunder. I rode for over 20 years and this song never got old with us bikers and biker chicks!

  • @Bogie3855
    @Bogie3855 Год назад +6

    I remember when I first heard this on the radio at home. BLEW me away and I still have a copy this day. I was driving a motorcycle at the time and when it came on the radio me and all my friends would hop on our bikes and blast off. It ALWAYS did that and still does. One of my top fave songs to this day.

  • @allisonreed7682
    @allisonreed7682 3 года назад +134

    When I was in high school I saw Steppenwolf and The Guess Who together in concert. It was amazing! You haven’t reacted to anything by The Guess Who yet. That would be a good direction to head into - American Woman / Undun / No Time / These Eyes / Laughing / No Sugar Tonight-NewMother Nature / Share the Land...there are so many to choose from. 🎧

    • @USGrant-rr2by
      @USGrant-rr2by 3 года назад +1

      I see you love dogs, I could not exist W/O my Pitt mix 'Abbey"! cheers.

    • @allisonreed7682
      @allisonreed7682 3 года назад +3

      @@USGrant-rr2by sounds like Abbey has a great life! I absolutely love dogs, especially my 11-1/2 year old chihuahua-beagle mix! He is my child. No two ways about it. 🧡🐕

    • @beverlyoyarzun3326
      @beverlyoyarzun3326 3 года назад +6

      They need to kick off with No Sugar Tonight! A really real groovy vibe✌🏻

    • @USGrant-rr2by
      @USGrant-rr2by 3 года назад +2

      @@allisonreed7682 Eleven and a half years! Wow. And I've never heard of a Beagle-Chihauhua mix before. Interesting. "Abbey" is approx.4? She's a rescue, was judged to be about 4 months old when I got her. The day I got her( Dec.24, 2016, she was the "last puppy" at the pound and skin and bones) she was scheduled to be euthanized! Once I looked into those big brown eyes my heart melted and She IS my daughter!! Some people just don't get it?

    • @allisonreed7682
      @allisonreed7682 3 года назад +2

      @@beverlyoyarzun3326 I agree...No Sugar Tonight would be a perfect intro to The Guess Who!

  • @johnpbh
    @johnpbh 3 года назад +89

    Film - Easy Rider - This song was the second on the soundtrack. The song that kicked that film off was another Steppenwolf song - "The Pusher".... sleazy, sleazy, sleazy and a must to do next from them.

    • @allisonreed7682
      @allisonreed7682 3 года назад

      It was also in the 1985 film “Fandango.”

    • @trillgotdrip1012
      @trillgotdrip1012 3 года назад +2

      This flick is HELLA GOOD!!!

    • @AJfanboy1
      @AJfanboy1 3 года назад +1

      I loved Dana Carvey doing this in the 1990 movie "Opportunity Knocks".

    • @allisonreed7682
      @allisonreed7682 3 года назад +1

      @@AJfanboy1 that scene was hilarious! Funny movie!

    • @jgsrhythm100
      @jgsrhythm100 3 года назад

      Dual reaction.
      Pusher - Steppenwolf (circa 69)
      Soundtrack " Easy Rider"
      Pusherman - "Curtis Mayfield" (circa 72)
      Soundtrack. " Superfly"
      Both Epic

  • @uffdabike9503
    @uffdabike9503 3 года назад +7

    One of the most influential bands of the 60's and yet, not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Says a lot more about the Hall of Fame that it does about the band..

  • @amberpatterson5442
    @amberpatterson5442 3 года назад +20

    Here's a tip - instead of adding melting ice to your drinks which dilutes the taste of your chosen libation - freeze your alcohol - which really doesn't freeze at all - to keep your drink smooth, cold, and unwatered down during your episodes. Enjoy your drinks neat. A game changer.

    • @builder309
      @builder309 2 года назад +4

      Next time you are out on a hike or near a nice stream, pick up a couple quarter-sized smooth, river rocks. Wash them and keep them in the freezer. Add them to your drinks before consuming. Cools the beverage, they are re-useable, and that is the REAL origin of the term, "on the rocks."

  • @ethanwalmark5621
    @ethanwalmark5621 3 года назад +37

    51 Years Later.... Andy and Alex reacting to this song!! Can't you believe that it's been 51 years since it's release?

    • @Largeagegaplove
      @Largeagegaplove 3 года назад +4

      Man that makes me feel old....

    • @stevious7278
      @stevious7278 3 года назад +1

      "Hope I die before I get old"...DOH!!! :)

    • @samson9535
      @samson9535 3 года назад

      @@Largeagegaplove I'm with ya on the old thing. Can't believe a half century has passed!

    • @oldeskoolnana7543
      @oldeskoolnana7543 3 года назад

      What??? Now I feel really old. I was 12 when this came out. Loved Steppenwolf ever since.😘😘

    • @gaylasmith5279
      @gaylasmith5279 3 года назад

      I don't mind aging. I'm going to do it defiantly.

  • @armadillotoe
    @armadillotoe 3 года назад +54

    I always love the sound of a Hammond B3 played through Leslies.
    "Snowblind Friend," was written by Hoyt Axton, but Steppenwolf did a great cover of it.

    • @kona883
      @kona883 3 года назад +3

      Hoyt Axton also wrote the Steppenwolf classic The Pusher!

    • @GorillaMansoon
      @GorillaMansoon 3 года назад

      Snow blind friend is a great song! Been there, done that.

    • @linnymaemullins3319
      @linnymaemullins3319 3 года назад

      😍

  • @brianevenson9655
    @brianevenson9655 3 года назад +16

    "Hey Lawdy Mama" or "Rock Me" both pretty Steppin-wolfish.

  • @peck404
    @peck404 3 года назад +8

    This particular song's been in so many movies and commercials I feel like everybody's heard bits 🎵🎶🎸🎤

  • @michaelkeefe8494
    @michaelkeefe8494 3 года назад +63

    More? The pusher; sookie sookie, snowblind friend, monster, it's never too late.. lots of good ones.

    • @cshude
      @cshude 3 года назад +4

      "Sookie Sookie" for sure. I also like "Don't Step on the Grass, Sam"

    • @skroy8671
      @skroy8671 3 года назад +2

      Good recommendations! And after they're done with those they could check out a couple of later Steppenwolf cuts from "Slow Flux."

    • @michaelkeefe8494
      @michaelkeefe8494 3 года назад

      @@cshude yeah... I think that's a metaphor 😉

    • @neilforehand1121
      @neilforehand1121 3 года назад

      I don’t think they are old enough to listen to “The Pusher”.

  • @reverendbStaard
    @reverendbStaard 3 года назад +78

    We did a parody of this song for my sister called, "Born To Be With Child." (She's always pregnant)

    • @independenceltd.
      @independenceltd. 3 года назад +1

      Are you in Alabama?

    • @AJfanboy1
      @AJfanboy1 3 года назад +1

      Is she Catholic? LOL

    • @shyshift
      @shyshift 3 года назад +6

      My band in the 80’s did a soft version of this in a nursing home and sang Born To Be Mild changing the chords and melody to E major scale. It was a paying gig.

    • @MagravatorMag
      @MagravatorMag 3 года назад

      That's a cute idea! Any chance it's on video?

    • @shyshift
      @shyshift 3 года назад +1

      @@MagravatorMag thanks but nope.

  • @-Ricky_Spanish-
    @-Ricky_Spanish- 3 года назад +11

    Alex's bit about the angry cooks in a Midwestern diner is one of the best analogies I've ever heard. Hats off to you brother!

  • @dennisweifenbach2647
    @dennisweifenbach2647 3 года назад +2

    Sounded great on my car radio late at night. Great times.

  • @shadynasty8729
    @shadynasty8729 3 года назад +18

    OMG what took so long? This one is such a beloved classic. Love the organ love the voice love the everything about it.

  • @seekingwisdom8
    @seekingwisdom8 3 года назад +20

    The drummer drives this song so hard. Great powerful breaks from him

    • @thomasmueller1418
      @thomasmueller1418 3 года назад

      Very much so - Steppenwolf was huge on rhythm...... eighth note syncopations also! 🥁🎸☮️🙏

  • @Amythehealer
    @Amythehealer 3 года назад +5

    Such a truly famous and epic song. It was amazing hearing it live.

  • @78twood
    @78twood 2 года назад +3

    Oh my goodness!!! I can sing every lyric of this song 50 years later 😆😆 They played this song ALL THE TIME on the radio 💜

  • @gregseibel3310
    @gregseibel3310 3 года назад +52

    Lead singer John Kay was born in Germany. Maybe a little hint with accent?. Love you guys to check out there song. Screaming night hog, and hey ladi mama. As well as the pusher. Rock on !!!

    • @HamiltonRb
      @HamiltonRb 3 года назад +6

      @boltdenimon Seen Steppenwolf a couple times with one being the second Beggars Banquet outdoor festival in Toronto in 71 I believe, with Alice Cooper, Beach Boys and Chilliwack. They did this song of course and the crowd was electric

    • @Northerngirl15
      @Northerngirl15 3 года назад +1

      @@HamiltonRb that's awesome ! I saw them @ 1987 at Budweiser stage (molson amphitheatre) back then

    • @heatherk1200
      @heatherk1200 3 года назад +3

      You can still hear a bit of his German accent on some vowel pronunciations

    • @TJ-id6ee
      @TJ-id6ee 3 года назад

      @@HamiltonRb Wow that sounds amazing! I was 8 and remember this on the radio. I was a young hippy girl I guess. I took a 45 of the Doors 'Light my fire" for show and tell in the first grade. haha....peace from Olympia, WA.

    • @truthdweller3454
      @truthdweller3454 3 года назад

      @@HamiltonRb Chilliwack, now there’s a name you don’t hear too often! I remember seeing them on Solid Gold as kid, “The Gone Gone Song”

  • @stevemd6488
    @stevemd6488 3 года назад +14

    One of the most kick ass guitar sounds ever.

  • @bigbow62
    @bigbow62 3 года назад +2

    John Kay... decades of amazing music and his hard hitting vocals... the original Rock God !
    😎🎙

  • @jefffournier9986
    @jefffournier9986 3 года назад +3

    One of Greatest songs ever written it has inspired generations.

  • @Wtfumean4511
    @Wtfumean4511 3 года назад +12

    Great tune by Steppenwolf..Hey Lawdy Mama

  • @detomaso_6235
    @detomaso_6235 3 года назад +24

    Gentlemen, you need this in your life >>> studio version of Deep Purple - Space Truckin' . Big hit for them. Also Woman From Tokyo , another hit.

  • @AndrewOrtizAO
    @AndrewOrtizAO 3 года назад +26

    You haven’t heard this song before? Am I old? I must be old now. Wow, guys. Thanks for pointing out I’m past my prime. The joy is now gone. Well done.

    • @oldermusiclover
      @oldermusiclover 3 года назад +2

      i'm old too

    • @MrJJandJim
      @MrJJandJim 3 года назад +2

      I'm only in my mid-20s, and I can't believe they haven't heard this song!

  • @PuggyBank
    @PuggyBank 3 года назад +13

    Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild" is the definition of an "S' rating. An anthem of the generation.

  • @loosilu
    @loosilu 3 года назад +47

    Damn, I never noticed an accent. I had to look it up. Steppenwolf is a Canadian band, but the singer, John Kay, was born in Germany. Great ear.

    • @HemlockRidge
      @HemlockRidge 3 года назад

      German, good. I mean, Born to be wild, eh.... just don't do it.

    • @valalbrecht6596
      @valalbrecht6596 3 года назад +1

      I believe that he actually escaped from Communist East Germany.

    • @loosilu
      @loosilu 3 года назад

      @@valalbrecht6596 I had no idea!

    • @bossfan49
      @bossfan49 3 года назад +1

      He and his mother arrived in Toronto when he was 13. I'm listening and I still don't hear an accent.

    • @loosilu
      @loosilu 3 года назад

      @@bossfan49 I listened too and didn't hear an accent, but Alex did, and he was CORRECT. he has better ears than us!

  • @-R.Gray-
    @-R.Gray- 3 года назад +30

    It was used in the 1969 movie "Easy Rider" as the protagonists ( Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and a very young Jack Nicholson) were going down the highway on their Harleys. The "heavy metal thunder" line in the song referring to the sound of motorcycles.

    • @anmana7
      @anmana7 3 года назад +2

      yes, Alex got it right ...a motorcycle!

  • @MAGA-kv1nj
    @MAGA-kv1nj 3 года назад +5

    "It's Never Too Late" is a deep cut classic, lyrics and all... also "Hey Lawdy Mama", "Rock Me" and "The Pusher".

  • @karenj3611
    @karenj3611 3 года назад +2

    This was a really cool song back in 68. I was a preteen at the time, but with 2 older siblings got into th ed good music at an early age.

  • @RevDrKillJoy
    @RevDrKillJoy 3 года назад +32

    Steppenwolf "The Pusher" add it to the "Easy Rider" montage. Lol

    • @jgsrhythm100
      @jgsrhythm100 3 года назад +1

      Dual reaction.
      Pusher - Steppenwolf (circa 69)
      Soundtrack " Easy Rider"
      Pusherman - "Curtis Mayfield" (circa 72)
      Soundtrack. " Superfly"
      Both Epic

  • @lylewicks4112
    @lylewicks4112 3 года назад +24

    "The pusher" has to be next as you enter a very deep Steppenwolf rabbit hole.

  • @dianaallison6110
    @dianaallison6110 3 года назад +2

    Such a great classic rock tune, dudes! This one..& their: Magic Carpet Ride..& The Pusher..R forever pt of the soundtrack of the 60's..& still hold up 2day. Thx 4 this one guys!

  • @O_Towne_Bear
    @O_Towne_Bear 3 года назад +4

    Steppenwolf is the reason my friends and I all had a "Big Muff" as our first guitar pedal. One of my all time fave bands with many deep cuts. Canadian gold.
    Also: Alex's analogies are amazing.

  • @jwreagan
    @jwreagan 3 года назад +43

    Two instruments we don't hear enough in "rock" music anymore : organs and harmonicas. I said it.

    • @kenjohnston1257
      @kenjohnston1257 3 года назад +1

      And drums are all synthesized drum machine which should be a capitol crime

    • @tangoindiamike9189
      @tangoindiamike9189 3 года назад +2

      Because parents no longer yell, "go to your room and play with your organ!"

    • @peacefulpossum2438
      @peacefulpossum2438 3 года назад +2

      I agree! Hammond organs are incredible heavy so difficult to tour with and tubes aren’t so easy to come by these days. There aren’t so many players anymore. Back in the day, kids were made to take piano lessons and most churches had organs. The culture just doesn’t encourage playing the way it once did.

    • @erikstrohl286
      @erikstrohl286 3 года назад +2

      Need more cowbell also

    • @dennypayne
      @dennypayne 3 года назад +1

      I'd go ahead and throw saxophone in there too.

  • @robertheckman8013
    @robertheckman8013 3 года назад +25

    "The Pusher" would be a great deep cut follow-up.

    • @ericzeller9730
      @ericzeller9730 3 года назад

      I agree but I wouldn't call it a deep cut. Definitely not as big as the other two though.

    • @robertheckman8013
      @robertheckman8013 3 года назад +1

      @@ericzeller9730 not a deep cut to you and me but definitely a deep cut to a casual rock fan.

  • @NigelIncubatorJones
    @NigelIncubatorJones 3 года назад +1

    "His voice sounds like an argument between the cooks in a midwestern diner" -- damn, that's awesome and hilarious! Spot on.

  • @keithdubose2150
    @keithdubose2150 3 года назад +5

    Responsible for more speeding tickets than any other song !

  • @MitziAA
    @MitziAA 3 года назад +15

    "Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
    Take the world in a love embrace
    Fire all of your guns at once
    And explode into space" Cool Lyrics 1968

  • @rcwallyman
    @rcwallyman 3 года назад +11

    John Kay is a German-born Canadian rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf

  • @quack165
    @quack165 3 года назад +13

    'Who Needs Ya' is a must listen. Follow up with 'Jupiter's Child'.

    • @adrianstevens2146
      @adrianstevens2146 3 года назад +1

      I think "Who Needs Ya" is on Steppenwolf 7. I love that song, about a nightmare of a roommate. Actually, every song on that album is great! Check out "Snowblind Friend". It moves me to tears.

  • @brea4331
    @brea4331 2 года назад

    My sister and I Loved this song! We made a huge mural for our bedroom that said Born to be Wild! Such a great time to be young with such great music!

  • @AaronHunter
    @AaronHunter 3 года назад +27

    Great reaction, guys!
    "Heavy Metal" was a term used a lot by Beat writer William S. Burroughs in the early-mid '60s - in some instances he used it to describe certain characters, but in others he also used it to describe whacked-out, hardcore drug addiction. It's not clear if Steppenwolf knew that, but the Beat writers were incredibly popular/influential with the '60s rockers, so not impossible.
    After Steppenwolf used the term in this song, supposedly, film critic Lester Bangs was the first to use the term to describe a particular type of music, and he compared Sabbath's music to Burroughs's writing (there are other arguments that different writers for Cream Magazine came up with it first - but either way, you guys should totally track down some old Lester Bangs reviews, one of the great rock critics of all time).
    Anyway, the term seems to have been born out of a mix of ideas and musical styles in the late '60s/early '70s, when the metal was a lot different than it is today!

  • @redswetter
    @redswetter 3 года назад +5

    Another one from the late 60's Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man. It's different !

  • @markcourson3151
    @markcourson3151 6 месяцев назад +1

    Watching Easy Rider in the theater in '69 and they get ready to hit the highway and this song kicks in....instant rush!!!!

  • @glendahl4364
    @glendahl4364 Год назад

    First on tape, then cd, now digital. This was always the number one on my playlist. I start every car trip with this pounding on my ears!

  • @garykelly7422
    @garykelly7422 3 года назад +4

    One of the most iconic rock and roll songs ever ☮️

  • @ORagnar
    @ORagnar 3 года назад +35

    I recommend George Thorogood, "Bad To The Bone."

    • @stevebinning977
      @stevebinning977 3 года назад +1

      That song reminds me of the opening scene in Terminator 2 Judgement Day.

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan 3 года назад +1

      And before that the first film it was in was the opening scenes to Christine.
      Also in Talk Radio iirc.

  • @davidschecter4462
    @davidschecter4462 3 года назад +9

    "Monster" is one of Stepp's most progressive songs. I recommend it highly.

  • @thannaske5371
    @thannaske5371 3 года назад +3

    "Monster" is a great Steppenwolf deep cut!

  • @billmann6278
    @billmann6278 3 года назад +9

    Their drummer's brother wrote it after seeing a poster in the window of a motorcycle shop that said "Born to Ride". Singer, John Kay before Steppenwolf worked as a solo folk/blues act in a small Toronto club where he also helped in the kitchen and with cleanup. So, pretty close guesses on that. Rushton Moreve's bass on that song is incredible. Only guitarists, John Kay and Michael Monarch are still with us, sadly.

  • @jodip699
    @jodip699 2 года назад +1

    Genre HARD ROCK! I love them..John Kay's voice is totally unbelievable

  • @carlosmartins9015
    @carlosmartins9015 3 года назад +5

    Steppenwolf were a great band who should be in the rock n roll hall of fame. At the time, their music was classified as acid rock, a precursor to what eventually became heavy metal. Their music, like Cream was heavy for the times. Other songs to check out: Monster (a 9 minute opus) and shorter singles like, Move Over, Who Needs Ya, Spookie Sookie, Lawdy Mamma, etc.

    • @garyny4073
      @garyny4073 Год назад +1

      Carlos 😅😅, it's sookie , sookie ,😅😅😊👍🥃✊

  • @Shadowrider1872
    @Shadowrider1872 3 года назад +24

    GOOOD MORNING FAMILY!!!!

    • @mikeymckinnon5778
      @mikeymckinnon5778 3 года назад +1

      How’s you J?

    • @Shadowrider1872
      @Shadowrider1872 3 года назад +1

      I'm good. Happy belated birthday to your beautiful wife too again. Looking forward to things cooling down with DEATH BUG 19 so traveling can happen. After the last 2-3 years, a nice relaxing trip abroad is a heavenly thing to think about.

    • @maryklacik5358
      @maryklacik5358 3 года назад

      Hi John 👋

    • @mikeymckinnon5778
      @mikeymckinnon5778 3 года назад

      @@Shadowrider1872 I know mate. Be good to get away and taste a different culture. She had the best birthday ever... she was with me. 🤣😂🤣😂

  • @perrymalcolm3802
    @perrymalcolm3802 3 года назад +11

    DUDES!!!! Finallllly!!!

  • @craigslue
    @craigslue 2 года назад +3

    This song has been in a million movies. Its the Bikers anthem. I've always considered these guys the first heavy metal band. He's from Germany. Need to do the Pusher, Jupiter's Child, Screaming Night Hog. Truly one of the best bands ever.

  • @michaelfrazia4569
    @michaelfrazia4569 3 года назад +2

    It is amazing that you guys have reached college age without hearing many of the songs you review. Classic rock stations have played the songs over and over since they were released in the 60s and 70s.

  • @odemusvonkilhausen
    @odemusvonkilhausen 3 года назад +16

    Do Sookie Sookie next. Steppenwolf always makes me think of the desert. Maybe it's because of Easy Rider.

  • @nebbindog6126
    @nebbindog6126 3 года назад +10

    This song reminds me of the days when teenage guys would hitchhike around the country, a sight seldom seen these days.

    • @alexjbennett1017
      @alexjbennett1017 3 года назад

      Been there done that :)

    • @susanfontaine5214
      @susanfontaine5214 3 года назад

      We hitchhiked ALL THE TIME, as teenage girls. Crazy to think about that now!😳🥺Things were different then. Yes there were psychos, killers, etc. we just didn’t worry or think about it. CRAZY!

    • @CRAllen083A
      @CRAllen083A 3 года назад

      Yup, remember those days. Covered 38 States, Canada and Mexico that way (68-74)

  • @ntrnetmom
    @ntrnetmom 3 года назад

    I adored John Kay when I was a kid. Steppenwolf was my first rock and roll band crush. I'm 68 and still love to hear this music.

  • @stuartalexander2657
    @stuartalexander2657 3 года назад +1

    John Kay, lead singer, was born and generally raised in Germany. Good catch on the accent. He is legally blind (hence the ever-present shades) but not totally blind. Amazing songwriter and singer; killer voice. I have loved Steppenwolf for over 50 years; keep in mind this song was from the '60's. SOOOOO many good songs from them......but here's one: from their 7th album, aptly named "Steppenwolf 7", "Who Needs Ya". It just so totally kicks arse from beginning to end, has a sense of humor, and an all around fun song that will rock you to the bone.

  • @rodger7029
    @rodger7029 3 года назад +7

    My life’s Steppenwolf mission will be fulfilled if you react to their best song, Rock Me. Killer percussion solo and banging bass.
    Also, a crime against humanity that they are not in the RRHOF

  • @photographerjonathan
    @photographerjonathan 3 года назад +7

    Its hard to get more classic than Born To Be Wild. I have heard the song a zillion times throughout my life. I can remember being a kid when this song first came out, and it sounded so fresh and cool back then, and even today it has something special. I'm surprised Andy didn't say how he could listen to it on a road trip. just don't do it in a Prius lol.

  • @oldermusiclover
    @oldermusiclover 3 года назад +1

    always loved the bass and drums on this song

  • @ballsyrocker
    @ballsyrocker 2 года назад +1

    I was lead singer in one rock group in early 70s ( Tyne Kyte ) and got to sing this and Magic Carpet Ride! Dudes! I was living the Life of Roxury! lol Dig it! I was 21. : )

  • @jacksonhstudios4421
    @jacksonhstudios4421 3 года назад +5

    This song feels like your climbing a mountain and you hit the top right before you drop back down for the chorus.

  • @mikeowens6389
    @mikeowens6389 3 года назад +25

    Time of the Season by the Zombies.
    Make it snappy.

  • @Bigdave1369
    @Bigdave1369 3 года назад +3

    "Monster/Suicide/America" are absolutely the next song(s) to review, followed by "The Pusher"...great stuff!

  • @robertreichle1
    @robertreichle1 3 года назад +2

    If you had to get across to someone what classic rock was with just one song, this is the song I would choose.

  • @Shadowrider1872
    @Shadowrider1872 3 года назад +7

    Awesome song to start the week on.

  • @sns2112
    @sns2112 3 года назад +21

    Morning gents. Great choice, this is the quintessential Steppenwolf song. I'd love to see you listen to Zomby Woof by Zappa.

    • @maceomaceo11
      @maceomaceo11 3 года назад +3

      'Zomby Woof' may be my favorite guitar solo of all time. The most filthy guitar tone I've ever heard, it's like a zomby woof is after me.

    • @piscator57
      @piscator57 3 года назад +1

      Here I'm is....

    • @kenjohnston1257
      @kenjohnston1257 3 года назад +2

      When they get around to Zappa Zombie Woof would be a great cut. Montana from the same album is another great showcase for Zappa's freaktastic musical vision

    • @sns2112
      @sns2112 3 года назад +1

      @@kenjohnston1257 Absolutely. Montana is one of my favorite Zappa songs.

    • @Phil_Kawana
      @Phil_Kawana 3 года назад +2

      @@kenjohnston1257 yes yes yes!

  • @cindya9572
    @cindya9572 3 года назад

    Steppenwolf's music made me fall in love with the Hammond B3 and Leslie speaker combination.

  • @walterfechter8080
    @walterfechter8080 3 года назад

    Dennis Hopper was driving around LA when he first heard "Born To Be Wild." He flashed on the idea for that tune to be used as the opening theme to his little motorcycle movie.

  • @kevingillis5560
    @kevingillis5560 3 года назад +3

    The anthem of a generation ! Song comes from the movie Easy Rider. Just watch the first 15 minutes, you will see/hear one of the best placed songs in any movie from any time !

  • @privatename123
    @privatename123 3 года назад +22

    Intro/Sweet Jane by Lou Reed from his early '70's Rock n Roll Animal classic live album. Or the whole album, for that matter. Those guitars, man, you'll be in the sauce the whole time. Or more Rolling Stones---you guys haven't really done much of their gigantic catalogue. Resume w/ Brown Sugar, I'm thinking. Or Honky Tonk Woman. Or It's Only Rock n Roll. Have u guys done T Rex at all? One of the best voices ever, and a great sound overall. Try 20th Century Boy, Bang a Gong, Jeepster. Love that early glam.

    • @carlbrucefroehlich3986
      @carlbrucefroehlich3986 3 года назад +1

      I second Sweet Jane!

    • @ericoh123
      @ericoh123 3 года назад

      Sweet Jane, and their song "Rock and Roll". His earlier band, the Velvet Underground, was great along with John Cale and Nico.

    • @davidfisher8821
      @davidfisher8821 3 года назад

      Oh Hellz yeah, Sweet Jane from Rock n Roll Animal!

    • @johnness2457
      @johnness2457 3 года назад

      The rolling stones till the next time we say goodbye, the offical video version

  • @827dusty
    @827dusty 3 года назад

    Every Biker Bar in America in 1968 was playing this on the juke Box . Hell's Angles theme song. "Get your motor runnin, head out on the Highway, Lookin for adventure...and whatever comes our way."
    Find the lyrics and read them. Great old song.

  • @MrMoggyman
    @MrMoggyman 2 года назад +1

    That was the first reference to heavy metal in a song. Not a song, but an anthem of my generation. The anthem of my life.