WE'RE NOW HIPPIES AFTER WATCHING THIS!! STEPPENWOLF - MAGIC CARPET RIDE (REACTION)

[@dagmar.6954]

Steppenwolf was a Canadian-American rock band from 1968 to 1972. Their biggest hits were "Born To Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride" & "Rock Me" but other songs are "Straight Shootin’ Woman", "Hey Lawdy Mama", "Who Needs Ya", "Move Over", "Monster" etc. Both of their songs "Born To Be Wild" & "The Pusher" were used prominently in the 1969 cult film "Easy Rider".

[@robertkeown2406]

You forgot Monster!

[@willmorrison1022]

@@robertkeown2406 I was just going to say "But what about MONSTER?". That was one of the most prescient tunes of the generation, and it's even more appropriate now.

[@lesschoenberger3070]

And from 1974 to 1976.

[@awoken1445]

And Snowblind Friend

[@zeppelinfan9360]

Sookie Sookie

[@videocat1366]

"Born to Be Wild" is another banger off the Steppenwolf album.

[@susanelkins3068]

1st time hearing the phrase "Heavy Metal"

[@bodiespizza]

The Psychedelic Rock Era. Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild, The Pusher The Guess Who - American Woman, These Eyes, No Sugar Tonight Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band, The Loco-Motion, I'm your Captain

[@scottjeune154]

Strawberry alarm clock- incense and peppermints Bubble puppy- hot smoke n sassafrass Tommy james- crimson and clover St john green- canyon woman Dave allen and arrows- blue's theme

[@zeppelinfan9360]

All three belong in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame

[@beeseewill2407]

This was my song.I was 14 and ready for a change in my music. This one did it."Magic Carpet Ride." by what Ed Sullivan called the long haired rock and rollers Steppenwolf.John Kay was the coolest cat with those sunglasses. Didn't know at the time he was visually impaired.To me he was just Cool. A little "Crystal Blue Persuasion" and "Magic Carpet Ride" was a musical high.Still to this day.

[@sheilameyers152]

It was different… my friends and I felt like we went on a carpet ride.. never to return!

[@douglasswicegood4420]

Me too!

[@mamb70]

First time I heard this in 68 I knew it would be a huge hit, it sure was. Born to be Wild was their first hit. Really dug this psychedelic sound of the late 60s You keep me Hanging On by Vanilla Fudge is incredible! Really far out! Ahahaha 😀

[@tammyjackson3113]

We had so much fun in the 70s.

[@markliebermann7147]

John Kay and Steppenwolf Awesome!!!

[@ebashford5334]

After the psychedelic intro, this song just grabs you in about 5 seconds, the groove is so good and John Kay's unique voice is amazing. Watching first time listeners, we're like "and they're going to have happy faces in 3 - 2 - 1..."

[@perrymalcolm3802]

GREAT HIPPIE ROCK N ROLL DANCE (pre)Funk FUNK!!! Now do our generation’s anthem BORN TO BE WILD!!!

[@cathyaudette1060]

This is Psychedelic Rock from back in the day when we were all Turning on - Tuning in and Dropping out. LSD was BIG and was everywhere. Personally, I was too afraid to try it because when I got buzzed, I liked the Earth to remain the Earth and didn't want to see what my friends told me that they were seeing. I figured that there was too much lumber in my head that could turn on me and cause a "bad trip". However, the music was great! Try listening to The Chambers Brothers "Time Has Come Today" or The Strawberry Alarm Clock "Incense and Peppermints".

[@FourFish47]

Right??? I didn't have the nerve to do acid either cuz I know I couldn't have handled it. It sounded pretty cool from my brother though when he'd talk about having conversations with little people - like 3" high lol Funny how drugs were so much a part of excellent music

[@MrNormaltoo]

Time has come today is a true classic....my experiences led me to the Moody Blues and i never was able to figure how i could be here and there at the same time...incense and peppermint best with eyes closed.

[@stevensprunger3422]

Oh yes chambers brothers Time has Come. !!

[@johnness2457]

I took alot of psychedelics in the early 70s

[@michelleschulz4903]

A few of my sisters friends died from LSD.

[@duglycreations3066]

I saw John Kay and Steppenwolf in the late 1990's best voice I have ever heard live what a band

[@wildbill7081]

I saw them in 1999 or it could have been 2000 in Tucson AZ and John Kay could still belt out those songs and I took my teenage son and his friend and they hated them

[@thomasmanning829]

The 60s was Rock Treasures time. So many great sounds from so many great artists!

[@willowb1527]

This is an actual trip. This psychedelic heaven of a song is so great when your eyes are closed and you're just in a dark room. The sound takes you away. Psychedelic music is its own trip. I wish you guys great health and happiness always. Peace to the peaceful ✌️❤️

[@oldeskoolnana7543]

✌🌻🌻

[@willowb1527]

@@oldeskoolnana7543 Shine on. ✌️

[@60sbaby456]

I just love that era❤

[@bjstover9523]

Welcome too the hippie world you two, so happy too have you. ❤

[@Bekka_Noyb]

My fave Steppenwolf song! ♥

[@EdwardVodika]

My buddys' band opened up for these guys. My date didn't like 'em. She was nuts. John kay was jamming right next to us . Hell of a band.

[@dennisharper5425]

Worst concert I've seen in my 68 years.

[@lesschoenberger3070]

@@dennisharper5425 Where and when?

[@bigdog8579]

I couldn't wait for the album to arrive at Woolworth's so I could buy it!

[@womanonthinice1276]

Long hair, afros, bell bottoms, halter tops and SW you know its the 70s!!

[@camelliaroan6341]

This song takes me back to "precious memories!" Wish I could go back to that day & know what I know now!

[@wendyt7958]

Oh man, you guys are really playing some great ones! I used to dance for my Memere (french grandmother) to this song. 1969 I was 4!

[@thomasshreve750]

Steppenwolf was my very first concert at 15 (1975). I still think they are great.

[@laurakali6522]

The Pusher is one to listen to.

[@craigslue]

Truly one of the great bands of all time. Everybody fives lack Sabbath the 1st heavy metal band but personally I think Steppenwolf was the 1st heavy Metal band. Their sound was much harder and heavier than the rest in those days. One of my fav. bands. The singer always wore those sunglasses because he had issues with his eyes. One of the most unique and recognizable voices around.

[@rbffbvs]

The song is about the feeling you got when you heard this song! John Kaye, the lead singer, wrote it about listening to music with amplifiers, and spacing out on the feeling. "On a cloud of sound I drifted tonight" is one of the lyrics.

[@beeseewill2407]

Check out Steppenwolf's" Born to be Wild".

[@GoWestYoungMan]

They're, in my opinion, the best group to ever come out of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. While in LA (1967), they recruited 2 guitarists and changed their name from The Sparrows to Steppenwolf.

[@lesschoenberger3070]

The Sparrow were great too!!!

[@wildbill7081]

@@lesschoenberger3070 yeah but good they changed their name for sure

[@pamelabarrera5074]

Loved your reaction 💕. I'm still a tree huggin hippie. Thx for sharing ♥.

[@pleasantvalleypickerca7681]

One of Steppenwolf's biggest hits! A classic. Thanks for playing the full length album version!

[@ronrr9875]

I saw these guys in the early 70's. Amazing band to hear live. Definitely influenced by psychedelic rock. 😎 Gotts do "Born to Be Wild." Rock On 🤘 Peace ✌

[@thelmaplett5762]

I love Steppenwolf and we danced to this song, we were lucky with the music of the day, I love your reactions, we called it psychedelic.

[@rhshear]

A lot of psychedelics used to listen this back in the day!!!!

[@566missinglink]

Psychedelic rock. Yeah weeeeee

[@becksullivan4796]

Oh! Steppenwolf!!!! Love these guys. I was still in high school!! Such good music. Enjoy!!

[@loisfreeman1646]

Back in 69 alot of people were high. Woodstock Era. Time of the flower child.

[@marcat51158]

They were the first band I ever saw in concert . 1969 I was 12 years old. One of my favorite memories.

[@awoken1445]

Soooo cool! Thanks for reviving this gem !

[@tennwingman3350]

I saw this group in a small town bar in 1984 in Albany, Ga. Got a front row seat and had a wonderful night. By accident I was even there, I was passing through and saw the name on the bill board and just popped in. Crazy

[@jolu4294]

You said it, this is magic. I love when the musical stars align and something this funky that you physically can't stop boppin your head to.

[@cherylflanagan]

Steppenwolf was awesome they had a way of really surrounding you in their music and taking you to another world

[@juliemanarin4127]

I always liked Steppenwolf! Girls and boys...we had it goin on in the 60s and 70s!!

[@supertal6074]

John Kay, the singer, had the perfect mix of coolness and badness. You did not want to mess with him. He's a great guy doing great things around the world. Much respect to him. Much respect to The Steppenwolf!

[@moonbeam0439]

steppenwolf was the 1st concert I went to, them and alice cooper were playing. fun times. Love seeing younger folks liking it.

[@Encontralogratis]

This song has one of the funkiest bass lines ever. It kicks in on the one!

[@michaelhull63]

I heard this song when I was twelve and it made me realize I was a rock n roller and I never looked back thank you Johnathan Kay you changed my life and what a great time for rock music the 70's was the greatest decade of all time

[@Bogie3855]

Truly a classic album and I still have a copy of it. There was nothing like it. I was a teen in the 60s and experienced a great many new and wonderful things....

[@flutesong5527]

Hippie-dippie! loved it then and love it now

[@willieb3765]

read that Jon Kay was born color blind - in the interview he said acid made no sense cause he couldnt see colors, the song is about how music transports you on a Magic Carpet

[@brianfisher6165]

You don’t need substances to enjoy Steppenwolf and other bands of the day, but if you’re doing the right substances😉 it can take you to a whole new dimension you can’t even imagine or believe!!! 👍I am totally grateful for those experiences and dimensions, without question the greatest memories and time of my life!!! 🎼👍🎶👌🎵✌️😁

[@janabraam7963]

Love my old hippie/psychedelic music! Thanks for taking me back to the happiest days of my life. Fantasy will set you free...right on! ☮

[@bkm2797]

I saw them back in the early 70's, they were the first band before Black Sabbath, and I liked them better, this was in Orlando Florida. Thanks for the memories.

[@kathleenmurphy6220]

I am of this generation. So many awesome songs. It was all about Hope, Unity & Love.

[@kathleenmurphy6220]

If you want to really see what the late ‘60’s were like check out the Woodstock 1969 documentary.

[@thadiusplug7666]

11 years old..playing pinball for hours...i wore the jukebox out playing this song, Suzy Q, and American Woman.

[@helgar791]

I saw these guys twice back in the day at the old Fillmore East here in NYC. Here's to the band that invented the phrase "Heavy Metal".

[@MrNormaltoo]

definitely enhanced by mind expansion of the time....notice the difference in 63, 65, and this.....big changes had and would continue ....such a time.....

[@joelliebler5690]

A huge hit and total rock classic!

[@suzanneprock7286]

My Junior High years, this was fire and played several times a day on FM. It's a magic carpet ride, guys!!

[@martiniddison7127]

Great tune guys. I was a young teen around this time in music history. Keep up the great songs from this Era. Cheers

[@junebug_tx2305]

My first concert. Thank you so much for the memory. Protest music, their Monster and Pusherman songs will make you Hippie, for sure is good.

[@jimarmstrong5820]

Glad you guys love this song. It is a 50 year favourite of mine. It still kicks ass!

[@williamburch6792]

Nice to see you kids appreciating our music from back in the day.

[@soniasurija8880]

I was just a teenager in the late 60’s & really loved this type of music, best ever

[@bencolquitt7828]

love Steppenwolf!! my brother had the 45 M.C.R listen two it over and over I was 6 years old side two was Sookie, Sookie. thank you for that

[@videoluvr2]

Love you two - keep up the great reactions!

[@seiraeiramasil2302]

Now this is a rabbit hole you definitely want to go down! Steppenwolf is like the definition of classic 60's hard rock. There's so much to explore, "Ride With Me", "Sookie, Sookie", "Jupiter's Child", "It's Never Too Late", "Snowblind Friend" and "For Ladies Only", to name just a few. You won't regret getting into this group. This was really cool, thanks!

[@knuteboy3778]

Don't forget Rock Me, I love that tune. Screaming Night Hog is also awesome. They were a great band.

[@vickilee7494]

Love hippies freedom baby, from a grandmother teaching her grandsons real music. Thanks guys

[@flamemaster24schlagal59]

This Came Out When I Was 15 Man this takes me back to my Bedroom. My Blacklights my posters and smoking a doob lol I'm now 67 and still loves this. Thanks

[@royhowell386]

MORE YOU GO BACK IN TIME (ROCK-N-ROLL) THE MORE TALENT YOU FIND. KEEP ROLLIN YOU WONT BE DISAPOINTED.

[@mikecaetano]

Steppenwolf took their name from a 1927 novel by Hermann Hesse in which a middle aged man stuck in an existential crisis goes on several mind bending adventures with two young women he met by happenstance who attempt to help him get his groove back so to speak. When you're ready for more late sixties psychedelic rock of this sort, check out some of these classics -- Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", The Chambers Brothers "Time Has Come Today", Harry Nilsson "Jump into the Fire", Blue Cheer "Peace Of Mind", Strawberry Alarm Clock "Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow", Fever Tree "San Francisco Girls", Jefferson Airplane "Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon", Fairport Convention "Who Knows Where The Time Goes?", Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac "The Green Manalishi", The Turtles "You Showed Me", Donovan "Wear Your Love Like Heaven", Susan Christie "Paint A Lady", and Spirit "I Got A Line On You" along with many others.

[@Prozak63]

I remember when they first released this and have always loved it. In the early 90's a bunch of us guys from the AFB hit a club in Destin, FL named Night Town looking for the ladies as usual and I was floored when Steppenwolf came on stage and opened with this this. We had no idea they would even be there.. It was usually newer up and coming groups.Sounded as good as 1967.

[@davisworth5114]

This is an all-time classic band, react to "Born to be Wild", "Sookie Sookie", leader John Kay was a refugee from Eastern Europe.

[@billdomitilli8125]

Before they were Steppenwolf, they were The Sparrow. I saw them at the Avalon Ballroom in SF, doing "The Pusher". Powerful!

[@user-lc4qh7er8x]

Me too!

[@lilmissness]

That was the year I graduated, life was so good then!

[@Steve52344]

"Let the sound take you awaaaay." YES!!!

[@bobszejk9620]

Code indeed 😉. Check out some of their less "feel good" stuff. "The Pusher" "Monster" "It's Never Too Late"

[@maryanngarrimone1153]

Another great group of the 60's. They had so many hits!!! Your hippie music!! Our tie dyed shirts and hip plugger pants! We would play this song over and over to get high off the sounds of the music.

[@waygone6657]

Lay down on a carpet with your favorite person and let love take over and you are on a magic carpet ride.

[@daviddixon6408]

The bass player looked like he was blasted. Always loved these guys.

[@jeffcossaboon5012]

I so love watching you discovering the songs of my youth. It was a very special time. Blessings.

[@oldeskoolnana7543]

Welcome to our world . Heard thas at 11 years old in 1969. Fan forever. ✌🌻🌻

[@hammer8809]

Thanks for playing this Shawn & Mel, thought you might like it :)

[@Toni-pl4zz]

It was ANOTHER WORLD! But we flew away on that Magic Carpet Ride.....💃💃💃

[@toots19]

Next white room by Cream

[@JKM395]

Steppenwolf was a gateway drug to psychedelic rock for many people. I love these guys.

[@mikebailey3723]

would you do "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf. a great song from my youth.from the movie Easy Rider.

[@brianriccardo261]

My man said " it's very potent" I literally laughed out loud !!

[@suzie4417]

Know you know why Hippies were happy & far out 🤗 You’re hippies now!!

[@bobmessier5215]

The drumbeat and guitar work makes one feel they are on a psychedelic train trip journey to paradise.

[@vernonrutherford458]

That's what it was ALL about back in day. . gitting high. And feeling free🔥🔥🔥

[@SamMineo-yp8in]

Im 70 and the late sixty snd 70s decade was the most fun in my life ya dope wad the highlife just the freedom like pink floyd time ten yrs has past every breath closer to death but but livin every day like its my last have fun thats why life was givin you enjoy

[@kdavis1492]

My 1st rock concert. Announcer introducing the band, (SHOUTING) "Arrested last night , in Phoenix, for singing "The Pusher." (NOW SCREAMING) "IT'S STEPPENWOLF!!!!!!)

[@rapson672]

Back in the 80s it hit me what I think this song is about ? Getting it on , on the living room carpet ???

[@karenpatterson8574]

I love that you guys are loving music from my generation

[@pattimurphyrocks]

For me, it is so enjoyable to see you discovering music like this. The best music ever written comes from this era. The 60's and 70's produced artists that were so creative and so much of the music is really sophisticated. There is nothing like this today. The radio literally exploded with an insane amount of quality, original and completely stunning music with so many genres. You guys are young and I am old...so trust me on this. Just go for it. I suggest you listen to The Doors, The Young Rascals, Cream, Traffic, David Bowie, The Kinks, The Guess Who, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Smokey Robinson, Simon and Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane. I could go on and on. music is

[@alkronlage5236]

"Let the Sound Take You Away!"

[@amandanoffz871]

It's a metaphor for 2 people getting high..spot on Mel!

[@stevedotwood]

That BASS! - Bring the vibes back and the 60s 70s too

[@damonhines8187]

Saw them in Toronto in Mid-70s...great as ever. ;>D

[@raphaelm6149]

You guys are way cool.. I rejected these reaction vids for so long but you make it fun! Right on man ...!!!!

[@brucemacmillan7128]

I think John Kay has a voice similar to blues legend Howlin' Wolf. And that's definitely a good thing. What's remarkable is that he was a German refugee kid. His dad was in the German army in WW2 and was killed fighting the Russians in the latter years of the war. As the Russians battled towards Berlin, his mom escaped with young John towards the west and eventually they ended up in Toronto Canada, where they had some relatives. John Kay had eyesight problems growing up and attended a school for the blind. That's one reason you often see him wearing shades btw. As he got a bit older, he picked up some music skills, and kicked around doing solo gigs in the Toronto-Yorkville coffee house scene in the mid sixties. I guess he made something of a name for himself and was asked to join a local Toronto band called The Sparrow, who were in need of a vocalist. After playing local clubs for a while, they eventually made their way to California and changed their name to Steppenwolf, undergoing some band member changes in the process. One of the guys who left the band called himself Mars Bonfire. He wrote the anthemic Steppenwolf hit, Born To Be Wild. I've heard his original demo of the song. The Steppenwolf version is definitely better. Lol

[@ellenvalovcin2935]

Most of 60’s music like Elvis, The Beatles, etc...was great. Never did like much of the “psychedelic “ music myself, but then, I always was an “old soul”