| Author | Message | ||
     Jon |
Steppenwolf. Anybody know what that famous line started out as? Post you answers! Don't let me catch you cheating...I didn't say don't cheat, I just said don't let me catch you cheating. | ||
| Wardog3187 |
In the Garden of Eden | ||
| Paulinoz |
Iron Butterfly released the monumental LP, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, featuring the 17:05 minute side-long track. Is this of what you speak. | ||
| Eeeeek |
Like Paul said, it was Iron Butterfly, although Slayer did a tasty remake of it. Vik | ||
| Loki |
Okay the IB question has been answered correctly. So... Steppenwolf was formed from which band? Where does John Kay originally hail from? and.... Why is Alice Cooper so cool to see live? | ||
| Cochise |
Why is Alice Cooper so cool to see live? Because I don't think he'd look good dead | ||
| Tramp |
vincent damon fournier. james newell osterberg is whom, again? | ||
| Tramp |
incidentally, the whole 'in the garden of eden' thing is really theoretical, as well, but it IS likely the true story. of course, at the time of the timneless iron butterfly hit, buddhism and hinduism were all the rage, so the fact that the song sounded like 'bhaghavad gita' didn't hurt one bit. there are versions of the hit where they say 'means the garden of life', in latin, but that dog simply don't hunt. i got 6 good years of latin and gada and/or gotta mean nothing at all. | ||
| Buelluk |
Osterberg is Iggy Pop | ||
| Bandm |
Vince is Alice | ||
| Loki |
as the story goes, The original lyrics were "in the garden of eden". During the first recording or live performance of the song. The singer was to drunk/stoned to get it out and slurred it. Thus it remains as it is now. -Robert Zimmerman = Bob Dylan | ||
| Djkaplan |
John Kay is German | ||
| Bandm |
Steppenwolf = The Sparrows Joachim Fritz Krauledat is from East Prussia, Germany | ||
| Tramp |
nice work, fellers! and anyone know which 60's music icon served an honourable with the 101 abn prior to his stardom? | ||
| Djkaplan |
Jimi | ||
| Tramp |
yahtzee! hence his inspiration for "machine gun" anyone know who William Broad is? he lived on Long Island for awhile in his teens.... how about stuart goddard? | ||
| Bandm |
William Broad = Billy Idol Stuart Goddard = Adam Ant | ||
| Tramp |
this bandm kid can knock anything i throw, right outta de park..... here's a really, really, really, really tough one, however: andrew morrison (yep- also a son of the admiral, brother to the more famous lizard king).... anyone? | ||
| Loki |
Which band recorded the song "Motorhead" originally? Off the top of your heads and no cheating! | ||
| Jackbequick |
Okay, maybe I can stump him. What was the on air name of the Los Angeles DJ L.A. that got a lot of national airplay with his cover of "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots". Jack | ||
| Rocketman |
The best version of Born To be Wild is Slade's on their 1972 Slade Alive LP - though I did see recently for the first time in my life live Steppenwolf footage and it was without doubt awesome. As for Jimi, his path to fame was paved by his British manager. The same manager did likewise for Ambrose Slade after Jimi's passing. Name the manager, the band he played in before he put his managerial hat on, and their 1963 worldwide hit and US number 1. Rocket | ||
| Djkaplan |
"Name the manager, the band he played in before he put his managerial hat on, and their 1963 worldwide hit and US number 1." Totally off the top of my head (honest!), that was Chas Chandler from the Animals. Not sure what their number 1 was, but I'd guess it was "House of the Rising Sun". I'm going to Google it now! | ||
| Jon |
Oh, yeah what was I thinking?! Doh! Well Yes, Iron Butterfly. But Wardog 3187 got it. After hearing that song for years (I'm 44) I finally learned what the words were derived from only recently. Interesting. They morphed it during practise sessions. | ||
| Buell_less |
The first time I heard the full album-side version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was at an office Christmas party and I thought it was the sludgiest piece of dross in history. When our host played it four hours later, with most of us in a drunken haze, it was transformed into brilliance. Funny how that works... Djkaplan: I Googled "House Of The Rising Sun covers" because I've wondered for years who the group was that covered it and did it better than The Animals. Found a list of 250 covers, started scrolling... Aha! Frijid Pink, 1969. That version has balls. Gotta get that mp3! (Message edited by buell_less on September 15, 2005) | ||
| Rocketman |
Totally off the top of my head (honest!), Too easy that one Dan!!! Rocket | ||
| Rocketman |
Right then let's see who can tell me what the connection is between 'House Of The Rising Son' and Robert Zimmerman - and vice versa? Rocket | ||
| Tramp |
er..Robert allan Zimmerman (Hibbing, MN.)'s connection'd be...Joan Baez' cover, which preceded that of The Animals' | ||
| Tramp |
nobody's got a clue re: andrew morrison, eh? | ||
| Tramp |
what band began with the name 'warsaw', prior to their second two transformations? and Peter Murphy's first band? anyone? here's an easy one...who actually penned 'I know you rider"? (it wasn't a hunter/garcia number, originally) | ||
| Sportyeric |
Iron Butterfly was the first concert I went to. And I heard the song on the way to work last week. What a great way to start the day. So when I got home I Kazaa'd it and listened to it again REALLY LOUD. Wow. Only missing the acid. And the first time I heard about downloading music, my challenge to my computer literate friend, to find the most obscure song I could think of that I'd always wanted to hear again, was Frijid Pink. Now I listen to it REALLY LOUD almost every day. That is the bestest song in the world and I don't know why more people never heard it. |
