Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride

[@garymorse7249]

John Kay, the songwriter, had bought his wife a new stereo system and they were both sitting in between the speakers listening, and he wrote this song in 15 minutes. He was referring to his wife as the little girl. She was about 25 years old at the time. That is the problem of judging things in the past by today's standards.

[@yesterdayproductions1019]

Some of today's "standards" are woke idiotic propaganda in order to try and brainwash people.

[@d.owczarzak6888]

Agreed !

[@bradsense7431]

“My Old Lady” and “Little Girl” pretty much covers the range and could both be referring the same person.

[@Lonejustice1]

And, sweet little thing..... society lost something along the way....

[@targetshootr]

Early rock was influenced by the blues so you get phrases like 'little girl' and 'backdoor man' and 'killing floor' and 'my rider'

[@davidellis5141]

Hi Maddy ! Steppenwolf are pretty solid. One of the first " Heavy Metal " bands. Good song with some psychedelia in it & nice keyboards.

[@davidleland8729]

The references to the certain phrases used in the music back in the 60's and 70's is something this new generation will never understand.

[@yesterdayproductions1019]

Most of the young generation today are stupid woke brainwashed assholes who don't know anything.

[@JACKAL98]

Lucky

[@Sammylu-greenbeatsred]

This song is 55 years old now from 1968. With the right sound system it still sounds really good especially the bass, keyboards, and rhythm guitar. The Beatles used "Little Girl" as a lyric in a few of their early 60s songs if I remember correctly. That's probably why it didn't bother my generation too much. I saw Steppenwolf in concert a few years later like 72 and when they tried to introduce their new material the audience demanded they play their earlier hit songs and so the band stopped and started playing those older songs.

[@dggydddy59]

The Beatles had a song on their second album called "Little Child." Little child, won't you dance with me ... baby take a chance with me, etc. A far more innocent era, that's for sure.

[@johno1765]

Don't listen to Bruce Springsteen's I'm On Fire! "Hey little girl is your daddy home?" where daddy is the boyfriend/husband.🙂

[@CoreyWickramasekera]

I always think of the movie EASYRIDER when I hear any songs 🎵 by STEPPENWOLF

[@alancleveland7715]

I was 14 when this was released (1968). loved it then and love it today !

[@JohnLedger-g4i]

Maddie. This was the 60s and this is how we talked back in the day. We “ hippies “ had our own language then

[@L.A55]

Those terms had a while different context back in the day..nobody (notnal) ever thought it was about some kinda perversion..

[@RickStone53]

Thank you for your honesty, Maddy! You are a woman of your time! My generation (60's & 70's) had a differnet mindset. But, we can all enjoy good music...together!

[@MaddyReactions]

So true!

[@scottwontorski1274]

It makes me wanna smoke weed! Course everything makes me wanna smoke weed😂🤣😂 Great song

[@MaddyReactions]

😂

[@remshot1998]

I call my friend little girl. He doesn't like it either

[@MaddyReactions]

😂😂😂

[@duanetelesha]

One of the first bands of the psychedelic era, great music for the time. Would be O.K. with beautiful lady?

[@mikeconway9849]

Great reaction, Maddy! The original bad boys of psychedelic rock. Don't worry about it. As time passes, everyone can find something cringy in things past.

[@11679MRT]

Yeah, it's a great song. It's one that I heard as a kid and made me appreciate my dad's era of music for the first time.

[@jordan0010]

Another one already damn, it really is Christmas all the time here 😂😂❤ also i know this song because of Jay & Silent Bob, thank god for movies 😂😂😂

[@MaddyReactions]

😂✨☺️

[@martyk656]

"Each time a see a little girl of 5 or 6 or 7... Thank heaven for little girls. They grow up in the most delightful ways." Never assumed the worst when hearing Magic Carpet Ride. However, if Maurice Chevalier was in the park singing the above, I'd have run to tell my parents.

[@Gothguy1961]

Back in the day, 'Little Girl' was a term of endearment.

[@ronb1661]

Back in the 60’s people were not so freakin sensitive. It’s only a song. They were not worried about your silly feelings.

[@wildcycles1]

Around 1989 or '90 I was fresh out of art school and there was a classic rock station offering tickets to see Steppenwolf to the winner of a fax in contest. I drew a picture of a guy riding a magic carpet and won the contest for a pair of tickets to see them at a small venue. It was a fun show! Great memories.

[@L.A55]

Late 60s Psychedelic rock

[@concernedcitizen-1958]

Good morning Maddy! Own your feelings and express them, you do you! I believe it was Bill Burr that said you have to put things in historical perspective, however. History is filled with many examples of the worst of human behavior and hopefully we will continue to progress and be respectful of others. I personally love your vibe and perspective. Stay safe and be well, and thanks for the content and beautiful smile! ✌️ ☮️ 💕🎸🎼🎶

[@michaelmcgillivray1624]

My very 1st concert. 1968. Rode my bicycle to show. 😂 I was hooked!

[@johnimhof6568]

Great choice, Maddy. They should be in rrhof.

[@FleagleSangria]

The whole “little girl” thing goes much further back than SteppenWolf. It has roots in the blues. Of course it is anyones right to be offended by the usage and I don’t use the phrase because it is now considered offensive to a woman. But really it unfortunately shows how an endearing cute phrase that once was used in an innocent way as admiration for the girl you fancied to something cringey and creepy due to the way society has became more disgusting in its thinking. Any man who surely says “little girl” must be a pervert or a pedophile, right? Rather than a weird pedo sounding phrase, the way folks minds have been conditioned by the continual exposure to media coverage of every demented thing imagined shows more about that mirror of 2024 than any offense the original intent of the phrase ever had. Great song though! Funky psych😎🎸

[@bjw0515]

You have got to remember that this was music from late 60's to early 70's.

[@davidboivin7996]

Saw them at a free show for the troops at an Airmens Club in Denver 82. They put on a great show for us. Check out Born To Be Wild and The Pusher.

[@OhioOwns]

this song was released before feminism existed

[@MaddyReactions]

How is what I’m saying feminism? Lmao it’s weird to call a woman “little girl”, just as it’d be weird to call a man “little boy” 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@rogercaruso9337]

Boy I remember playing this back in the day.☮️☮️☮️☮️

[@kdogusna77]

At breakfast at the diner on the interstate near our home Saturday, my wife laughed when the server called me "sweetie." Jeez...This is great music from a great band of my teen years. Goldy McJohn on the iconic organ.

[@davidkilianek9168]

This was one of my favorite tracks in my sophomore year of highschool, some 5 years after it was released. I would come home and play it on the hi-fi down stairs in the basement, where I could get away with cranking up the volume . Some seem to think this has to do with psychedelics, while others seem to think it's about a motor cycle ride... I don't know about you Maddy, I think it's probably a little of both.

[@NoName-fx9zi]

I guess he could've said, "..come with me, full-grown woman..."? 🤣🤣

[@marcuswood5975]

I grew up in that time junior high high school back in the 60s and 70s that's how you related to girls that shows you what kind of Minds we have these days

[@troyshilanski380]

Well just a story at 14 years old tripping balls and helping my uncle install a whole new flooring at my grandparents house. Asbestos? Whats that? Anyways this was a band and i followed instructions , and it came out great. Acid and music and a good foreman made it so.

[@scottski51]

Still interesting, musically, after 50 years. A great band in it's day!

[@danielbenincasa770]

Saw in concert .....so good they are

[@Ttoc143]

re: "Little Girl" you are right... but that was then...this is now... our girl friends were our "Old Ladies" Peace & Love

[@Canucklehead557]

Vernacular changes over time. "Little girl" isn't referring to anyone under age. It's a colloquialism refering to a young attractive woman of eligible attraction. Men used to refer to their girlfriends as "Babe/Baby". It wasn't a chop, we knew it was someone we wanted to protect and provide for.

[@allenjohnstone9945]

I was born the year this came out. Some great bands and songs came out in the 60's and 70's. LSD created some amazing music thanks to the Vietnam war. Listen to Hand of Doom by Black Sabbath. They wrote this song after playing a concert for American Soldiers recovering in Germany and listening to their experiences.

[@Anonymousones1]

It was the 70s there was no consent age apparently 😂

[@Aeroswine1776]

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[@MaddyReactions]

Yes!! I have Ren reactions ☺️

[@Aeroswine1776]

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[@michaelangileo2760]

Actually, "little girl" was a term of endearment, not disrespect. Thanks! :)

[@coreybangs]

Hello Maddy, I think communication of feelings evolves over time and ideas expressed thru words change as they are interpreted with contemporary understanding and usage. In order to understand the intent of the author I try to ask myself “Do I think they would choose the same words if they rewrote the line?” Today I believe they would avoid using “little girl” because of the reasons you mentioned; I don’t think it fits the intent of the song. Cheers!

[@jaylevy2108]

I recommend you check out The Pusher or Snowblind Friend next. Born To Be Wild is their biggest hit, but they had many cool tunes such as Monster, It's Never to Late, and Rock N' Roll War to name a few. Also, John Kay the lead singer is a philanthropist these days ad a great supporter and advocate for human rights and actively raises funds to support wildlife. He also wrote a great song entitled: For the Women in My Life dedicated to his mother, daughter, and wife . He says, "I believe I am a better man for the Women in my life."

[@rafehr1378]

Saw them twice, always a great performance. The last time I saw them John Kay was dressed as a Motorcycle cop when he came on stage. The sky filled with bottles flying at him on stage, and he turned and ran off the stage, taking his cop uniform off. Great show. Rock Festival "West Palm Beach Festival" 3 days of great music, Rolling Stones closed the festival.

[@zeroceiling]

Everything needs to be judged within the context of the time it was created. A colloquialism used in the 60’s has a completely different meaning than it might today. For this..there is absolutely no reasonable way to blame the artist of that time….for using it.

[@jimmyostiguy338]

Back in the day they were little sad to say. Rockstar 25 girlfriend 14😮

[@gazoontight]

Lovely Maddy. The band is named after a Herman Hesse novel!

[@petes5041]

Finally you closed your eyes for a second!

[@elmoomle4565]

Judging the past through the lens of today's 'sensibilities' is simply incongruent and brings needless and unmerited 'controversy' to one's emotional state. Best to refrain from that form of judgement, clearly. Steppenwolf is still awesome today, even though this song is some 5+ decades old.

[@nicholasthomas3635]

For guys like from that time frame (6' 3") most girls are little! But onward, I saw them Mar 20 1981 & they were tight! Keep going into their list & you find gems like 'Snow Blind Friend' & the heavy-yet slow 'The Pusher'.

[@alpetrocelli4465]

In this case, it sounds like it was used to keep the cadence of his rhyme. No offense meant, just an observation. They were a favorite early jam band that had many hits, tho my favorite by them in Monster, a great song about America at the time. Love your reactions.✌️❤️🎶

[@g0019c]

I heard this song in the 70's when I was under 13 years old...

[@michaelhillmann3460]

People today react to words when really it’s the delivery of the words that matter

[@bdheine2300]

Hi Maddy, I have a couple requests. These are odd songs that actually got quite a bit of air play. Warning: don't go into this thinking you're going to hear great music, with a sense of humor you might actually get some giggles. First is "Tiptoe through the Tulips"by Tiny Tim. Second is "They're Coming to Take Me Away" by Napoleon XIV. Enjoy!

[@DavidPicton-King]

Look for live versions of this song- so much better than the studio version...

[@andyh4224]

Yeah little girl was not a bad term back then so do t let it ruin the song a different time when people weren't so weak and weren't looking for things to be pissed about!!!!!!!!

[@MaddyReactions]

lol it’s weird 🤷🏽‍♀️😂

[@andyh4224]

@@MaddyReactions I get your perspective, it's not the right thing to say in this day and age but back then noone cared. It was just something you said noone thought anything of it

[@scottwatschke4192]

In the 1960s and 70s. the slang term magic carpet ride. Magic carpet ride. meant sex on the floor floor.

[@friscocoonsliscano]

Really dig this group 👌 riding Harleys music 🎶 raised on this stuff back in the 70s

[@rowdyryder3806]

And militant fem-theory raises its ugly head once again. It was the late 60s, after all. ❤ PEACE

[@MaddyReactions]

Militant fem-theory? 😂 Hollyweird has continuously normalized s******ing little girls, from the beginning. Look into the abuse of Shirley Temple…Brooke Shields…Millie Bobbi Brown. 🤦🏽‍♀️ It is programming, friend. Our world has shifted not from an extreme earthquake or volcanic eruption all at once but from tectonic plates slowly inching towards a perverted goal. The band may have not meant anything by the expression personally, but the words are used to normalize something sinister to the general public. Songs, melodies and instruments are one of the few things dementia patients can remember even after their mind has gone. Consider the capability of subconscious programming music must have on the human psyche if all that a diminished mind has left is a melody or song that can be sung word for word. You don’t have to agree with me, I just hope you will think about this deeper.

[@SaverioP]

I think more and more men today are beginning to appreciate and desire "old fashioned."

[@johnp9298]

You are entitled to your feelings. I have 2 daughters 25 and 27 and I call them "Little girl" now and then with great affection which they like. It's hard to use today's language meaning and understand what was meant then. Hell, "gay" use to mean Happy and "queer" meant just different not in a negative way. "Fag" was a cigarette in British English and had absolutely nothing to do with sexuality. It was used in a way that has no resemblance today.

[@ThistleAndSea]

Good one, Maddy! Hey, you gotta be you. 😉

[@justpassnthru]

That whole album is fire! This is the intro/top ten/throw away song. There are way better songs on this album.

[@ewetoobblowzdogg8410]

Sweetie Pie? Honey bunch? Cutie Patootie?

[@gerrydantone6834]

A lot of guys do get sensitive about it but the "little girl" thing DOES sound juvenile in retrospect. The 60's and 70's were very sexist even though the sexual revolution had begin with the advent of birth control. I was an extra in the movie "Hair," and when I watch in nowadays, it is unbelievable how women were treated by men. Hippies were not as enlightened as they think they were. The Beatles, Paul Simon and others began writing more maturely about women in the lates 60's but there is a way to go even today.

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@dennisflury6942]

IT WAS 60'S ROCK ABOUT A DRUG TRIP!

[@joelwaldron66]

I think I’m in love, I love all her mannerisms 😫

[@MaddyReactions]

☺️

[@joelwaldron66]

@@MaddyReactions ♥️

[@joes6527]

Little Girl comment to me is like when a girl calls a guy, "daddy". Ugg. Positively creepy. No thanks!

[@ingridgabelo2934]

Steppenwolf es una de las bandas icónicas!! Desafortunadamente olvidada😢 Lo mismo que Uriah Hipp, grandísimos. Tal vez porque eres muy joven y no tuviste oportunidad de conocerlos. Es obvio que te cuesta entenderlos!! Mil gracias por escucharlos. Hay canciones que son mucho más fáciles de oír y que te pueden atrapar 😊 Saludos desde Chile (al fin del mundo) 🤗

[@ShawnLangford]

I get your criticism because when people hear little girl they think child but this was released in 1968 not in today's woke environment.

[@edtekk]

Lighten up. Great song.

[@RobertDavisAdman]

"little woman" just wouldn't have worked with the tempo. lol. It isn't a demeaning term but an endearing one. :)

[@MaddyReactions]

😂 true

[@shanialover]

Maddy, back then we were always called girls or baby or sweetheart or any PET name they came up with. And during the marriage ceremony, the man had to vow to cherish us but we had to vow to OBEY them! What was really bad was at the end of the ceremony when the couple was pronouned Man and wife. Like the husband was a MAN but we were nothing more than his wife as opposed to still being a woman! We were even given the term HOUSEWIFE like we were married to the house and were responsible for taking care of the house as well as him as our JOB!

[@MaddyReactions]

🤧🩷

[@kerryfisher5264]

Hi Maddy who doesn’t like the 60s rock band stepenwolf

[@ORagnar]

They were probably looking for a word that worked with the music. It had to fit the melody line and have the right meaning. "Madam" wouldn't do the trick. Way too formal for the song's intent. Maybe "pretty girl" would have worked. Or "lovely lady." I don't know. It's tricky writing a song. :-) o

[@mrod7692]

Nothing wrong with old fashion.

[@rainertrebbin-vf7nt]

🐺

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

I get what you're saying about "little girl." It comes across as creepy. We're more sensitive to certain things today that we used to be, and often that's a good thing. In this case, the song is about drugs and sex. I don't think it's being oversensitive to object to the phrase "little girl" in this context. There are a lot of skeevy song lyrics from that era. You'll run into more of them as you continue your journey. Just give your honest opinion. There's not much point in doing music reactions unless you say what you think.

[@MaddyReactions]

Thank you 🩷☺️

[@buckmeredith1720]

This song is not about sex and drugs. He wrote this while he and his wife were sitting between the speakers listening to music.

[@romysan1]

yep...the sixties. very Iteresting time. when people were not afraid to standup for what they believed. maybe too much drugs.

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@vicprovost2561]

Great, psychedelic, classic! The girl thing was the times, you find that in a number of classic tunes, you just have to understand but just not like it and move on. Great song and band in any event, these guys were more about rock with a psychedelic streak than much to do with sex. You will find their music rocking but diverse and interesting, some apply to this very day. Do Born To Be Wild for another huge hit from them. Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎹🎶

[@kerryfisher5264]

Steppenwolf lol my bad at spelling

[@joealvarez8733]

You're a Goddess, Queen 👑😇👑

[@troyshilanski380]

They steal babies

[@domestic6332]

wait, icks me out, omg ick!

[@johnharrid5729]

The very first 45 I purchased.

[@johnharrid5729]

Little girl was a term of endearment if I recall correctly.

[@BenHatira]

Honestly i'am a Millenial and i like the song and the Fatboy Slim cover but i always cringe at the "little girl" part myself ... idk still a great song tho ....

[@Letterman0412]

What about “big girl”? “Normal sized girl”?

[@MaddyReactions]

😂

[@BillO964]

Rethink your feelings about "little girl". My wife is 71 and we have been married for 50 years. She is still my little girl. Can this woke nonsense please. 😂

[@MaddyReactions]

SMH…it’s not woke nonsense, Hollywood has been notorious for promoting perverted ideas. We are literally just programmed to find these expressions acceptable.

[@jackempson3044]

it's just a song...

[@jefferyditlefsen8177]

I think the songwriter just needed the extra syllables for the flow when he says little girl, girl would be too short and beautiful girl should have been too long.

[@daneblack2593]

Yes Austin Powers

[@joealvarez8733]

Check out Pusherman by Steppenwolf also

[@jarrodbinthenc6810]

❤❤❤

[@DerrickCharles5750]

Imminence with song Continuum

[@memorylane7068]

Not old fashioned to use respect and to require it from others.

[@joecrone9862]

Excellent reaction lil girl. Just kidding..

[@MaddyReactions]

🤦🏽‍♀️😂

[@shanenolan5625]

Girl is old fashioned, as boy , madam is for married women, young lady ( madmaselle) English, French, miss , mrs , young miss, all the languages have a version, there is an a word for an older married woman, mother, grandmother, ( matron ) in the 60s bady girl was commmon for adults or young adult women, ( from a boyfriend) honey, or my sweet, goes back to ancient rome , darling, darlin ( one you is dear to me) which historically was for both sexes , my darlin boy , or hes a darlin man , the British have an long list terms of endearment for the opposite sex , some are the same word , an older woman who would call old girl , i have seen woman in thier 70s called girls , ( which brings an amused smile) my old man , my old lady , ( husband/ wife , or long term boyfriend/ girlfriend) oh bird ( female) I wouldn't associate it with an minor , or a n actual baby* but you know that