Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf | The Midnight Special

Steppenwolf performed on February 21, 1975
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[@marcjacobscontinued9411]

Sunglasses, Nails, Leather Outfit, One of the best rock-sound in the background and able to sing it live like he does. C'mon man, doesn't get any better than this for me!

[@barrysmith8920]

I was 11 years old when Steppenwolf hit the scene. I thought John Kay was the coolest badass singer of all time!! 😎😎😎

[@iadorenewyork1]

God, they had excellent cameras on this show! This looks to have happened last week! The sound is great , too. Wonderful, classic song!

[@caryheuchert]

Agreed. Without all the rapid-fire editing of today.

[@cbotten106]

@@caryheuchert Thank the good Lord for that bit of mercy.

[@msgtjim4692]

I'm 71 and I still pull out my original vinyl on occasion and rock it.

[@paulvincer199]

What a treat, we fiinally get to see Steppenwolf still rocking The Midnight Special in 1975. Hopefully we don't have to wait approx. 1.5 years to see the full episode when they hosted and also played "Gang War Blues," "Smokey Factory Blues," "Straight Shootin' Woman" & "Children Of The Night".

[@yuvgotubekidding]

It seems the production company went out of their way to not showcase the guitarist for 97% of this performance. Aside from that great video.

[@Nobody_Important_Yea]

Music might have been recorded. Sucks!

[@Jreb1865]

Don't think this is recorded. Live...

[@Nobody_Important_Yea]

@Jreb1865 I think you are right, terrible camera/editing work.

[@Jreb1865]

@@Nobody_Important_Yea I think so also. Really crappy camera/editing work for such a great version of this song.

[@DoctorEnigma01]

I was about to say the same thing, this happens 99% of the time, just what we want to see during guitar solos, the drummer

[@alexdrummer2175]

Why they didn't make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is beyond my comprehension.

[@JrJVintage1956]

They had 2 massive songs , this and "Magic Carpet Ride" but goodness... groups with a far better history like Bad Company , and Foreigner ... haven't seen the Hall of Shame either... Jann Weiner runs it and sucks.

[@57RickH]

Any ROCK band with major hits (if only two) that have spanned over 5 decades, and continue to get airplay everywhere, in commercials, movies, etc., and on FM after all that time...there's simply no excuse for these guys not to be in the ROCK Hall of Fame. 🤦‍♂️

[@robertoluiz8094]

You're right, why not? On the other hand, no respect for RARHOF since about 20 years ago they inducted the band of Bruce Springsteen (just his band) whereas that has been a long waiting line of real talented singes/bands. No respect at all.

[@Nobody_Important_Yea]

Pusher Man also. Anti drug warning to young people at the time. Rock Me Baby also.

[@peterjaworski7048]

You know what great music is- a snub from some so-called hall of fame doesn't change how fabulous and timeless great songs and groups like this are.

[@Stonewall1861]

One of Greatest groups of all time. One of my favorites. The Midnight Special was a great show too watch after work on Friday’s . ❤

[@barrysmith8920]

To go from singing live on national TV to the required concentration to play a slide solo was incredible to see!!!

[@GreenManalishiUSA]

Awesome performance of one of the most iconic rock songs of all time.

[@warrenallsopp]

The album, Steppenwolf the Second, is one of the top ten rock albums of all time.

[@marcjacobscontinued9411]

Man, that focus that starts around the 3:00 timestamp and goes on for at least a minute. The way he is focused and still. Not so many guitar-players can be that still during a solo. Respect!

[@Jreb1865]

One of the greatest drum and bass lines ever...

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

2:02 woah 🥁

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Jerry Edmonton-drummer is smokin’!!

[@paulespinosa5195]

Just 1of reasons love to play BASS,thxxzzz

[@lewisc215]

you know nothing about the bass.

[@strictlynorton]

That B3 and guitar vibe plus insanely charismatic frontman Kaye made Steppenwolf one of the 70's best rock bands.

[@rsd22123]

Absolutely loved watching this show as a kid. Such a banger of a live song. If I hear it in the car at 64 yrs old, my day is complete. 🤟

[@Barracuda71-ln3jr]

Just an incredible version! Hats off to the Midnight Special for uploading this gem.✌✌

[@matthewclark9652]

Steppenwolf "7" (from late 1970) is my favorite album over their 1968 debut at # 2!! The late 1987 "Hold On (Never Give Up, Never Give In)" was their last big Mainstream Rock song which peaked at # 50 for 1 week on Billboard.

[@57RickH]

That's a favorite of mine as well 👍🏻 particularly "Earschplittenloudenboomer".

[@Jimmcgurn]

and how it segues into Hippo Stomp. Brilliant

[@trumpingtonfanhurst694]

Great rendition! 55 years we been rockin' this song and it STILL rocks!

[@RickyRicardo-jd8ed]

Yep

[@StephanieJeanne]

Yes!! Another banger for a Friday! I love Steppenwolf! They are awesome live! I got to see them much later in '89, but they were still amazing! John Kay has a great, cool presence! Thanks so much for this! 😀💜

[@gmansard641]

I saw them in Norfolk VA in 1988.

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@gmansard641 Awesome!😎

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Jerry Edmonton and that fantastic rolling, drum roll, crash!!! 💥💥💥

[@nathueil1]

Its pretty wild.

[@drumscholar42]

Not fond of the way the cameras didn't focus on the guitar solo. Typical of, in those days, seemingly musically ignorant camera directors. Was a common problem (I submit Woodstock as an example of some pretty frustrating camera shots). Camera directors are better about that now days. Yeah, let's put a closeup on the singer posing while next to him, and not seen, a raging guitar solo. Oh well, glad there's any footage at all. Still one of the very best rock bands of that time (or maybe ever)! Doing it LIVE: no BS.

[@spawn4582]

An all-time hit! Wow! Great! Thanks to The Midnight Special!

[@waynegram8907]

I hope they upload the whole steppenwolf live at midnight special 1975 performance

[@Sawlon]

love it live and not lip-sync! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@knuckleheadcollections]

This is true musical genius. I've never seen such talent. There will never be another band like this. The best song I've ever heard. Wow!!! I would give you 10 stars if I could. You sir are the best ever.

[@raycummings8754]

Such a banger of a song! Great to see it played live. They were all on top of their game - wow!

[@paulespinosa5195]

I Tell U ,THIS IS THE BEST VERSION OF BORN2BWILD ,EVER,seen thx so fkn.Best 1 !!! I was just turned 19yrs.young forever Wolffie🐾🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

[@paulespinosa5195]

come forward folks, what was the science experiment of the 70s about, history created lived is our point of perspective, denied at the time as so today,I think our generation brought about all disfunction, illusion permeating our#CHE.*😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@paulespinosa5195]

B A Change in our world you need to see,be it be here now,Mohandas Gandhi-&-yogananda 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🏵

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Heavy Metal Thunder!! Love Steppenwolf 🏍️🏍️🏍️

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

2:02 woah 🥁

[@KittyGrizGriz]

⁠@@bradford_shaun_murrayGreat drumming! By Jerry Edmonton! Love when he wears his floppy brown suede leather hat (in earlier vids of band). Makes that hat look 😎

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

love it lol@@KittyGrizGriz

[@CaptainRon956]

Black leather, long hair, sparkling sunglasses. Body posture. This guy is just sweating out cool.

[@theartistone5860]

I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DIDN'T SHOW MORE GOLDY MAN....

[@lesschoenberger3070]

And you can't hear his organ at all!!

[@theartistone5860]

@@lesschoenberger3070 I miss Goldy he was a HOOT.

[@redbarchetta8782]

Saw John do his thing way back in 1978 myself. Brings back memories.

[@Callipygous1975]

Getting my cassette and going for a ride!

[@toekid7179]

John Kay is playing an Ampeg lucite guitar that is clear! Very cool!

[@ikefork2606]

Yep....the Dan Armstrong model that all the California hip bands were playing beginning with its introduction in 1969. I saw Randy California of SPIRIT playing one in1969 when they came to my high school.

[@mathill6869]

Really good performance one of the USA top ten bands from the sixties.

[@LPSS247]

Except they’re Canadian

[@jedsmith4988]

THIS is what live rock and roll is about. I was in my first year of college when this version aired. Great period for R&R.

[@rideon1956]

Thats called Rock N Roll, American style. Great clip as always MS

[@sihathaway6264]

Oh to be able to look like that, sound like and probably act like that these days!?! An amazing talent and a seriously impressive act. One of those tracks that comes on the radio and you wish the volume level would go up to 11 or more!!!!

[@IgorsDeepPurpleUniverse]

Fantastic !!!

[@crumplezone1]

How cool were the 70s

[@lucalone]

What a banger live performance ! Must be the definitive version of this song !

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

2:27 💥🚀

[@KevyNova]

I always dedicate this song to my mom because she taught me the lyrics when I was a kid. 😂

[@DutchStar443]

It doesn’t get much more classic than that.

[@lukequigley121]

So many great tunes , Pusher , BTBW , Magic carpet , America, on and on GREAT BAND

[@louiebee6745]

Hey Lawdy Mama, Sookie Sookie, Ride With Me, Move Over, Rock Me, Monster, and of course the immortal Jupiter's Child. Damn what a F'N GREAT BAND!

[@dfend451]

This is fantastic!!! Thank you Midnight Special!!!!

[@ludogayko2512]

Found out Kay was on the road , like my dad..refuges from East Prussia, getting away from the Russians in 44..he was a baby I believe...great artist and band..

[@lesschoenberger3070]

His mother snuck him out when he was 5 years old.

[@Julio4870]

The best live version of this song

[@TheMrturn1]

John looks like if he looks away from that slide guitar for one second he'll lose the plot.😂 Another great share by Sugarman etc Al!

[@lesschoenberger3070]

He never really jumped around a lot on stage but he sure had the cool, subtle moves!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@lesschoenberger3070One Kool Kat 🐈‍⬛

[@that70sgirl90]

Get your motor running head out on the highway looking for adventure... t's Friday! We would hit the dance floor to this song many times! 💃 Those were the days... Good Times... Great Music! Happy Friday 🥳 Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@StephanieJeanne]

Heck yeah!! One of the few classic rock bands I got to see live! Fantastic group!✌️

[@that70sgirl90]

@StephanieJeanne That's Awesome! I wonder if all the band members are still living? If they are, wouldn't they be phenomenal if they would get back together and toured? A lot of bands from back in the day are doing it! Why not? Let your passion be known. 🎼🎤 Thank you for sharing! Have a wonderful and peaceful weekend! 🕊💖

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@that70sgirl90I don't know if they all are still around or not, but it's a nice fantasy, eh? 🎶✨You have a great weekend, too!💜

[@lesschoenberger3070]

@@that70sgirl90 Original drummer, bass player and keyboardist are dead, as well as Andy Chapin who was their second keyboardist.

[@that70sgirl90]

@lesschoenberger3070 I didn't get to look it up at the time. I did look it up later but forgot about it. Thank you so much for posting that information. 💖

[@doctorrobert1339]

Finally a live version!

[@ardiris2715]

My first record ever. A 45. It played a huge role in who I became. (:

[@toekid7179]

Nice

[@johnryan3913]

The debut lp was one of the first I bought aside from The Monkees..Loved Steppenwolf until they broke up in 1972.

[@gutterdandy9173]

How is the Wolf not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

[@friotaiocht101]

Excellent live version of this song.... you can't talk about classic rock bands of that time & not mention Steppenwolf you just can't.....

[@glenn8327]

WOW, what an iconic song which even burns through this far into the future (universe) Every member of this band is dialed in and kicking serious ass,! I've read that some think it's recorded performance.. I would direct your attention to 1:33 when only one time you actually see 3 musicians playing for a few seconds. Everything is spot on, and that's just not possible without the band rehearsing the hell out of a version of the song they obviously are masters of. I think that few seconds seals the deal about whether it's an actual performance.

[@thescarletandgrey2505]

Wow, the cameraman got 3 whole seconds of the guitar player, as usual. Nice job.

[@ikefork2606]

Yeah I know man....how can you not capture the great guitar playing of Bobby Cochran is beyond me!

[@rebeccawagner4167]

What a legendary group to be on the Midnight Special ❤❤

[@frankny4947]

Anytime. Any year, John Kay and Steppenwolf play it's a gas

[@DoctorEnigma01]

I got my first steppenwolf record when I was 8 from the Columbia house record club, for you kids that when you taped a penny to postcard and got ten records for a penny, but you agreed to buy 4 more at record club prices which were insanely overpriced, thankfully I was 8 and my mother paid for them 😂😂😂

[@louiebee6745]

I did the same when I was 8 back in '75. BTO, Grand Funk, Three Dog Night, ABBA, Jim Croce and Ohio Players too.

[@marcjacobscontinued9411]

Quite an emotional performance for me to be honest. Great stuff!

[@johnfoster4244]

Bobby Cochran....Eddie's nephew...is the long blond guitarist playing the Les Paul

[@lesschoenberger3070]

His hair is actually red.

[@AlteredImages]

Brings me back to high school! Great tune! Those were the days.

[@lesschoenberger3070]

Finally a video of this where the beginning isn't cut off!!! Goldy was playing like crazy on here but you couldn't hear his keyboards! It wasn't long after this that he was fired from the band for "bad playing and bad behaviour", supposedly threatened to kill John and Jerry. He was replaced by Andy Chapin, a fine keyboardist who sadly died in the Ricky Nelson plane crash.

[@johnryan3913]

People were fired from Steppe wolf for strange reasons. Goldy had been there for a decade and he goes psychotic? And what happened to the great Michael Monarch who played Lead guitar on the first three albums...

[@lesschoenberger3070]

@@johnryan3913 Monarch was very young and would do things like walk off stage, hand his guitar to the roadie to play while he smoked dope with his friends, argued with Kay about things, and alledgedly pretended to blow his nose on the American flag in the lobby of WLS in Chicago, which was seen by THE radio bigshot who got mad and pulled the plug on AM stations playing the band which cost them millions, stuff like that.Of course the drugs he was taking at the time affected his mindset.

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

This classic rocks!

[@singluna888]

I got to see them live in 1980. They put on a great show.

[@ronnieparker4311]

Heavy metal thunder!!!! Steppenwolf 🤘🤘🤘 space ace ron ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@Oklahoma-Dreaming]

When I first heard of the name of the band “Steppenwolf” I said, “Step on Wolf? Why would I do that? I like wolves! As a matter of fact I like all animals! Don’t do that!” That’s just plain mean.

[@toekid7179]

Lol

[@p.bateman7033]

My God! Real musicians and real music 🫡

[@davidneidel436]

Wolfram Jack takes me back to being a kid listening to him on the radio and growing up in LA. Such a personality on the radio every Friday and Saturday night, crushing the Sunset Strip.

[@davidtabizel7727]

Wonderful, just wonderful

[@TuckerSP2011]

Outstanding!!! Very cool version and his guitar was so beautiful.

[@wolfman3295]

The song that started it all and was the main sound track for the movie Easy Rider which did set the tone. I was just a little kid back then though

[@robertbehan6348]

That was awesome!! What a great way to start Friday morning off!

[@Um_Pe_em_Tudo]

Enter KZbin in the morning work on Friday and listen to it !!!!!!!!! Cheered me a lot !!!!!!!

[@tinahogg20]

Magic! Thank you for uploading this one!

[@cedricdufour1408]

Fantastic version !

[@robertduggan6367]

Fun Live Video of the Group!!! Much love, Robert Duggan 🌄 ❤️

[@Jose-ih3ot]

Fan-tas-tic!!!!!!!

[@THE_WOAT]

So Groovy!

[@garyanthony4854]

Thank you.

[@daniellaubach7544]

Classic Performance on the Midnight Special.

[@Motodave82]

This music beats hip hop and rap any day of the week

[@madmac4185]

Simply one [1] to be cherished. There are only a few great one's & they rank well amongst `em they do ;- )

[@brianbrino4310]

Simply awesome I loved this group!❤

[@abubakryasin3997]

those shades..........compliments to the sound.......

[@RodeWerk-Rw]

Awesome song.

[@SteveKraus]

An iconic performance of 70 rock

[@TFTO1973]

Man, I miss the 70's!

[@LindaKabat]

Wow. One of my fav songs. MAKES ME FLY

[@Improveng1]

Superb

[@massapower]

WOW!!!! A witless microphone in 1975 😳

[@ChristiandeMesones]

Listen to that Bass!!!!!

[@kevinmuzerMetalMind64]

So Cool 😎 🆒️

[@RolandElliottFirstG]

awesome live

[@SkaterChick1972]

Perfect song!!! LOVE THIS VIDEO😁😁🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@OphidianBreeze]

They invented the term Heavy Metal. For that alone they should be in the Hall

[@daisywrabbit]

I like smokin lightnin ⚡️ ⚡️ heavy metal thunder 🤘⚡️

[@lesschoenberger3070]

It's actually smoke and lightning.

[@daisywrabbit]

@@lesschoenberger3070 I know. I was just writing it phonetically.

[@tendanfer8466]

Classic!!!!!!

[@sayonaraalencar2553]

Passando pelo seu canal.. Cara!! Que maravilha! Já me inscrevi ✌️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@jonkanny4651]

The rock and roll hall of fame is a complete joke....these guys rock with the best

[@stevenholquin2127]

Michael Monarch The Original Guitarist Had Left Steppenwolf And Detective Was in Their Early Days in 1975 With Jon Hyde and Michael Monarch They Just Left Hocus Pocus Not To Be Confused With The Band Focus

[@gregor6922]

They were great at The Miami Pop Festival in 1969