Steppenwolf - The Pusher (REACTION)

‪@AirplayBeats‬ reacts to Steppenwolf’s The Pusher
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[@MichaelMiller-fl6kj]

Best Steppenwolf song!!

[@Rob-yp3ln]

The 23 minute live version is fantastic!!!!

[@decadesbandtucson4880]

Great!!

[@davidrauh8118]

Another one of their tunes is, Don't Step On the Grass Sam. Talking about Uncle Sam. And of course Born To Be Wild.

[@richardcampbell2261]

You guys need to hear Monster by Steppenwolf. The live version is AMAZING! I love how you guys get into Steppenwolf. One of my favorite bands of the 60's and 70's.

[@emkwool]

A companion song to this also by Steppenwolf - Don't Step on the Grass Sam.

[@polycarphunter2257]

brings me back to black lite posters with black lites on.

[@thomasripley1548]

The guitar howl is incredible in this........

[@billadkins5150]

This song opens up the Movie “Easy Rider”. 1969.

[@tjmasson1013]

This song went hard af

[@robwhitmer5294]

Hot damn!

[@billhiggins1882]

I was on my 2nd tour in nam when this came out.. we loved this song

[@cuales1955]

Temazo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jessicas.2477]

Welcome to the 1960's. There is much that can be learned from it. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Look around and ask this question, do you see this song playing out around you?

[@bobburroughs6241]

This and Born to be Wild their classics,

[@CPACK1]

Late 60s, huge drug culture and the War, Steppenwolf was the group for that moment in time.

[@theOriginal-SukieJones]

back when we were kid... 16 years old.. this is what it was..

[@gerhardbraatz6305]

This song actually kept me away from the hard stuff growing up. Love this song.

[@maureenwagg5305]

Same with me. I'm a 70's child (born in early 60's). This song kept me from wanting any of it.

[@christopherbailey557]

Me too.

[@olly8]

@@vincentschmitt7597 How you doing now?? Hope you got better, & you realize Strangers care about you. ☮️ &🙏

[@aspenward390]

Me too

[@olly8]

@@christopherbailey557 Hope you're healing! Know Strangers care about you. ☮️ &🙏

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

Everybody loves Born to be Wild and misses out on an even better Steppenwolf song Screaming Night Hog .

[@Dr.Atomic]

The Ostrich..........it's a must..........

[@bizzarrosupermann3153]

He's a immigrant from Germany I believe. His mother escaped and fled here from the tyranny happening in Germany. Am a big fan from the 60's. And Snowblind Friend.....Keep on Rockin'!!

[@carterstanley561]

The live version is awesome as well...

[@johndillon1299]

Hell of a song.

[@pcard10]

Written by Hoyt Axton. He also wrote Never Been To Spain, made popular by Three Dog Night.

[@RuthKing-wm9nw]

My 10th grade self .. we took this song quite seriously

[@AttackChefDennis]

Deep psychedelic rock from the Wolf...Nice! And yes this song influenced me growing in the 70s

[@mataform]

Easy Rider. I sat in a little cinema in my market town in the countryside in the uk as a 17 year old and loved this . Such a different world for a young girl about to experience the cultural revolution of the 60's and London.

[@followthebeat66]

The leadsinger was born in Tilsit/Prussia! That's funny 'cause this country doesn't even exist anymore. The family moved to Canada. Greetings from Germany! Your channel really slows me down (in a good way)

[@bowtiefidenine]

Bad Ass song

[@fishhookism]

he's showing the difference between a dealer and a pusher.

[@biguglyskunk1248]

Great reaction gentlemen!! 🤟

[@gregpusczek4473]

outstanding

[@SolarTiger]

Got their best-of "Steppenwolf Gold" in 7th grade...blew my Archies/Monkees mind...

[@robertprice6830]

I find it increasingly difficult to watch other music reactors. Your appreciation for good music is unparalleled. And most importantly you two GET THE MUSIC of my generation. Intelligent, insightful, there is no one in the same area code with you two. Let alone the same plane. Keep it going.

[@AirplayBeats]

Thank you so much. We appreciate that!!

[@robertprice6830]

@@AirplayBeats 👍

[@stephenmichael8837]

Thanks Robert for sharing that thought. Real appreciation is getting harder to come by.

[@robertprice6830]

@@stephenmichael8837 you got mine.

[@darrenmaxwell1085]

I agree, watching people react to music you love and hearing it for the time is fun! But so many don’t know that much about music or they’ve heard everything and play it off like it’s the first time - fake. They check both boxes, they know music, they’re hearing this genre mostly for the first time, and they’re fun to hang with and they’re pretty damn cool guys ! I haven’t watched another reaction since them. Still unclear of their actual names.

[@tonybarnett1158]

You should follow this with, "Snowblind Friend."

[@redevil7081]

Steppenwolf was doing this in concerts in 1969!

[@scootscoot97warlock90]

this song,music to me, signifies the darker times of the 60s.

[@BorealisNights]

My quick and easy definition... A dealer is practically a trusted buddy who you call when you're looking for a little smoke, maybe some shrooms or milder pills. A pusher is out out there trying to sell anything he can, to anyone at all, with no regard for life or damage... especially those that hook you so you have to depend on him to get through your day, even if it kills you.

[@botabob]

"The Pusher" is a rock song written by Hoyt Axton, made popular by the 1969 movie Easy Rider which used Steppenwolf's version

[@Maverick-lk4ck]

Grew up on this track,one my pops fav......love the music fellas.....got get that SRV Little Wing

[@Xcris_crosX]

Back in the day there were two types. One was your friendly neighborhood dealer sharing and selling sweet dream pills and love grass wanting to keep his returning clients happy. The other was the heartless pusher that preyed on people's addiction by selling contaminated hard drugs that slowly killed the soul before killing the person. A pusher is like a parasite that simply lives off another organism and keeping it's host alive long enough to benefit from it before it weakens and dies

[@hpawebster65]

"Hey lawdy Mama" and " Sookie, Sookie" are great as well.

[@nim4464]

sookie sookie is pretty great

[@davexvs]

this was one of many awesome classic backing tracks to the movie EASYRIDER also an awesome classic {:-) PAV UK

[@libertylover4016]

Understand the impact of this song. In a time where television could not show a man and a woman in the same bed. The foulest thing said on TV was, "Darn" Any type of perceived, offensive lyrics was pulled from radios and record shelves. "God Dam the pusher man" broke through. The message so powerful had to be aired. I remember my local AM station playing it and beeping out the GD part. After a while they gave up. And yes, I am old enough to remember a time before FM radio and TV had 3 channels turning off at midnight.

[@ShikataGaNai100]

You brothers got to get down with an all-girl Japanese rock band called BAND-MAID. Start with Freedom (live) and go on from there. You will be pleased.

[@johnconway8334]

I'm enjoying your journey through the music. Please, Please, Please, react to Monster/America by Steppenwolf. It's 8 or 9 minutes long and 50 years old and just as relevant today!

[@baronofgreymatter14]

That was "dope" haha good pun

[@TomGorham]

60s. I sang this with my band in the late 60s.

[@gregheath8106]

This was released in '68. Pusherman by Curtis Mayfield was released in '72. Great reaction guys. I really enjoy your reactions.

[@danclark745]

The Pusher is by Hoyt Axton a great song writer, along with his mother...original is kind of a country song...its deadly...I took this to a high school party and they wouldn't let me play it....God Damn

[@switchflow5405]

Steppenwolf "Don't step on the grass sam"

[@robjohnson5872]

Great review guys ! There's more great Steppenwolf awaiting.

[@suesebree8670]

This one always reminds me of the soundtrack to Easy Rider...

[@benjaminbrowardONEOG]

Playing pool listening to this on the juke box. Smoky game room with foosball tables and Pinball machines.Reeking of both cigarettes and weed. Man, I miss the 70s.

[@hpawebster65]

Please more steppenwolf...sookie, sookie, hey lawdy mama

[@pcraig1383]

Thanks again fellas! great reaction. In those days "grass" was "drugs". Now cannabis is one of the best non-toxic medical interventions on earth (and has been for thousands of years).

[@hollywoodharriet13]

Sounds like a lot of three letter agencies these days. So enjoy your appreciation for this great music.

[@williamsmith7168]

written by Hoyt Axton song writer from Oklahoma following the death of a close friend that lost his live to addiction

[@callfourzero1931]

Everytime I hear this song it takes me back to the weekly update on "Vietnam casuaties". I also think on the leather vest biker gangs cruising the USA, different days. Drugs were hard and they were available.

[@helmedon]

I was lucky my dad was a DJ and just loved music. He was always playing music. Could tell you arrest, song title, album and year of just about any music of his generation. I grew up on Beatles, Allman Brothers, CCR, Steppenwolf, Doors, Cream, Yard Byrds, James Gang (dad is good friends with the drummer Jimmy Fox), Grand Funk Railroad (dad knew them too), Foreigner, April Wine, Journey, REO, Boston....all that good stuff. 60s-70s were maybe the best time for music...the 80s was good too, more my generation. My sister hung out with Ready For the World once after a show at Atwood Stadium, my first real concert. Guy gotta do some KISS, Black Sabbath, some Greta Van Fleet, White Strypes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather...lot of good music coming up right now in Michigan, MOWTOWN, Flint Town....

[@richardkilgore8922]

We had a record player in Band Class! When I was in High school in 1967! I played this song! While the teacher was out of the room, but he had a inter com in his office! He heard it came storming out with a panic look on his face! That was priceless !😲😳😱!..3 day suspension! for that one Took my drums away!🙄! Not so much about the drug content! But the words God Damm! Yep class clown! Shows now in my SSI payments!!😅🥰

[@SnuSlavin]

Ya know, at 60, and hearing this for the last 45 years.....I dont think I have never heard "tombstones in their eyes" used......mind blown. I was young but my uncle left his shit layin around...

[@chrisester2910]

I was born in '67 and I had an uncle who was around 8 years older than I. I remember when I was in elementary school and he was in high school/early 20s he had a lot of friends die due to overdosing or accidents when they were high. Heartbreaking...

[@ronhuycke]

Hoyt axton wrote this. John Kay did this as well as Snow blind friend. Also Hoyt Axton composition. Both hits for Stepping wolf

[@mikewarker4445]

Love the deep cuts you play, this reminds me of my senior yr in HS. A few more songs if you could : Player Baby come back, Emma, Hot chocholate, Fooled around and fell n love, Elvin Bishop, Black Betty, Ram jam

[@musicdunc]

Back in 1993-1995 I used to play drums for a band located in Annapolis MD and I’d make an hour drive at least once a week or so to rehearse. I must have played this in my cassette player driving down at least a dozen times, usually at sunset which made for a surreal drive down. Their best of CD/tape etc. is really good.

[@longfootbuddy]

tombstones used to appear in the eyes of old cartoon charactors

[@pattilapeche]

Pusher came out in 1968. Mayfield's Pusherman 1972

[@bluesrock1]

At it's core this is a 12 bar blues song. John Kay made a powerful statement about the impact of drugs on society which wasn't really the subject of many songs in 1968 other than Curtis Mayfield in 1972.

[@wildmouse5888]

Another great Steppenwolf song about the price of drugs is "Snowblind Friend".

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

Also by Hoyt Axton .

[@lesschoenberger3070]

@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Written about a guitar player in his band who died from drugs.

[@saundraweber4395]

I owned this in the 70s. Eight track

[@carolynschmidt5467]

I'm impressed that you figured this out.

[@michaelbeloff3505]

I was 9 years old when I first heard this song in 1968. I heard it from my neighbor's older brother album. Never heard anything like it before. I grew up in a small town in the mid-west, where everyone knew each other. The music I listened to was on the AM radio band and mostly pop. However, there was "acid rock". I bought 45 rpm records like Illusion - Did you see her eyes and later, Alive N Kichin - Tighter and Tighter written by Tommy James (of the Shondells fame). Both are great tunes. I still have both 45s! Thanks for the blast from the past...

[@anthonyblavos8713]

You guys get it

[@AliasMark69]

Great choice and reaction. You guys are good. 1968.... I'm 14 years old, manage to get into the Cavern Club in Hollywood to see "Iron Butterfly" and "Steppenwolf" live together, We smoked some of mother natures finest and I was only 20 feet away for this song live and many others like "In-A-Gadda-Da-Veda" 50 minute version. Never forget that experience

[@daviddragavon7555]

At about the same time, I was in very rural NW Washington State near the Canadian Border. No where a club. I am jealous! Steppenwolf were Canadian metal progenitors. I had to find a cool FM Radio station off Vancouver Island with my one speaker click radio.

[@suesebree8670]

WOW...that would have been awesome!!!

[@neilfox4626]

For a good laugh check out the car on the inside cover of "For Ladies Only". It's a real hot rod.

[@CherylSmith-fn7xd]

When I was an in seventh grade, my choirs teacher would let us bring our Albums on Friday and let us play them. He would nap during the class. I played the Pusher Man and the teacher almost fell out of his chair 😂😂

[@waynemoon5359]

Give their tune "Monster" a shot. It's about the history of this country.

[@mgman6000]

Reminds me of smoke filled clubs with black light psychedelic posters on the walls

[@jillw4983]

YES!

[@f.murphy8340]

Actually a cover of a Hoyt Axton song. That guitar tone...

[@terrieb13]

Written by the great Hoyt Axton. 💖😎

[@maureenwagg5305]

The intro alone is chilling but then John Kay starts singing.

[@soulpatchjackson3076]

You guys are making my day!

[@tomlehr861]

That psychedic guitar was prevalent back then

[@rexkimberley9537]

Really enjoyed this. I was so happy the way you found the distinction of a difference between a dealer and the pusher. Most young people don't get it. Just an old biker here so I have listened to Steppenwolf my whole life. One of my top bands. Thank you so much.

[@jaymesjmathias9390]

If ever your in for a dirt road on the back of the backside neat ol' ride try Louden Wainwright the lll - Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road. Thiz an artist all his own unique, good, real.

[@AttackChefDennis]

This song was a warning from 1968 Curtis Mayfield did his at 1972

[@GGLee315]

RIP my cousin Darrell. Both dealer and junkie. 35 short years…

[@AirplayBeats]

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@535mash]

Check out their Snowblind friend song dealing with drug addiction, a beautiful haunting song.

[@FourFish47]

Wow, I forgot about this song. This is a lying on the bed with headphones, eyes closed song. Like other songs of the era, it flows through your blood. Usually when Steppenwolf comes up, I always think of Magic Carpet Ride. It was GREAT to hear this again! Thank you!

[@sheppardgee3361]

Yes ! Way before

[@randallcox6573]

I came home from Nam to find my younger sister strung out. Sent her to a friend's house outside of Belton Tx. to get clean. The guy that sold the junk to her disappeared and nobody ever heard from him again.

[@Kangaroored9050]

They sound like the howling wolf

[@unclemeat7310]

I say God damn that's hard!

[@olly8]

I have a couple more songs to suggest.. 1) SNOW BLIND FRIEND--LIVE in Louisville KY, if allowed. Steppenwolf music has much to tell. 2) CANT GET NEXT TO YOU( Live+Kickin' album) or ALL I CAN DO IS CRY by Savoy Brown. Or HELL BOUND TRAIN. Never saw ANYBODY React to Savoy Brown. But their from way back!! They are bluesy, acid rockers, IMO WORTHY of New ears. Would love to hear YOUR Reaction. Glad I found your channel 😁🎧🎶🎵🎶✨️👏

[@mikeschumacher9715]

The song was written in 1967, by Hoyt Axton (surprise there), and released in 1968. It was made popular by the movie Easy Rider. The lyrics of the song distinguish between a dealer in drugs such as marijuana-who "will sell you lots of sweet dreams"-and a pusher of hard drugs such as heroin-a "monster" who doesn't care "if you live or if you die".

[@alhaskell242]

This was the second album that I ever bought ,I loved it at 16 .My father was not impressed with all of the God Damns ringing out from my room,had to do a little explaining and he as ok.

[@1bigrowdy]

Hoyt Axton also wrote Joy to the World a number 1_hit for 3 Dog Night .While his mother penned Heartbreak Hotel .This made them the only mother and son combo that wrote #1 hits

[@randybaker6042]

Hoyt Axton wrote Snowblind Friend also. One of the great American songwriters. It could be argued him writing Joy To The World was the surprise.

[@DSanto-bk6oq]

I met Hoyt Axton in the early 80's at a taping of "Nashville Now" while visiting Nashville. He was one of the friendliest celebrities I've ever had the pleasure of meeting.

[@tonydelapa1911]

@@alhaskell242 I was born in ‘59 and had to explain to my Dad when I was about 15 there is quite a difference between hearing ‘someone is f’n crazy’ and ‘someone f@(ks like a beast’ and leave it at that. 😅

[@T-ShirtMagic]

New Subscriber Here - love your honest reactions so far. Steppenwolf is just one of so many great early Canadian Rock groups many Americans never experienced back in the day. Other Great Canadian Bands: April Wine - *Rocker* (classic three guitars, bass and drums) Red Rider - *Lunatic Fringe* (anti-racism rock song) The Tragically Hip - *New Orleans Is Sinking* (classic canadian rock) Long John Baldry - *Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King of Rock & Roll* (long version) Valdy - *Rock and Roll Song* (canadian folk) Sass Jordan - *Make You a Believer* (under rated female rocker) Colin James - *Voodoo Thing* (rock, blues and big band styles) Triumph - *Lay It On The Line* (killer vocals) Downchild - *When I Say Jump* (one of many northern blues bands) Chilliwack - *Fly At Night* (canada's bob seger) The Pursuit Of Happiness - *I'm An Adult Now* (live at whistler mountain 1993) Alannah Myles - *Still Got This Thing For You* (female hard rocker) Robbie Robertson - *Go Back To Your Woods* (canadian crooner) Alanis Morissette - *You Oughta Know* (Official 4K Music Video) *71M Views* *Just the tip of the Canadian Iceberg of Great Northern Bands*

[@debraschiro6234]

Going Through the Looking-Glass was Steppenwolf you really need to hear monster watch the video if you can find it

[@mikecreger9702]

B side of "Born to be Wild" single.

[@keithaguirre4927]

Liked and subbed....oh yeah!

[@chadheckman2693]

"Born to be Wild" from the movie, Easy Rider, should be next on your list. I'm pretty sure you have heard it.