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But in 1968 when the song/album was released it was the heaviest sound many of us heard. And Doug Ingle's baritone vocals the heaviest. Today I can say that the bass is repetitive, but that is irrelevant.
Bands were just starting to get into experimenting in the studio...but this CD sounds like the band was essentially running through the songs live. Yet it still sounds ultra trippy and psychedelic. With the discovery of a first generation master tape...
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Steppenwolf was not called heavy metal either, and that phrase in BTBW refers to loud motorcycles, not music. The fact about first heavy metal hit is incorrect. Blue Cheer has that distinction, hitting with their version of Summertime Blues earlier in 1968. I kind of hate this song because it's so boring and repetitious.
We got in a lot of trouble for going ...! But then again ...I did for going to Woodstock also lol. Seems kinda weird that the story goes that the dude couldn't understand the title, or that the singer was drunk or high or so on, when the rest of the song's lyrics are completely clear. I think the mispronunciation was entirely intentional - maybe because of an inside joke or some other meaning, but the longest standing rumor don't actually make any sense. This entire story is impossibly ridiculous.
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Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz on where the term "new wave" originated, the story of "Naive Melody," and why they never recorded another cover song after "Take Me To The River." This song was used in an episode of "The Simpsons" where Bart said there was no such thing as a soul, and to prove it, he sold his soul to Milhouse. Afterwards, strange things began to happen.
The drums of the solo strikes at the heart of the primitive human in all of us. Actually Iron Butterfly was not "stuck at the airport" and didn't make Woodstock. They were at a hotel waiting to be picked up to go to the venue,and were not told that they had been dropped from the lineup. The promoters had decided at the last moment that their heavy metal sound was not going to coincide with what they wanted, and simply didn't send a car to pick them up.
David Van Tieghem In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Wide Angle Records Sealed 12" Record 331/3 RPM
I always prefer to listen to the full LP in one sitting. Most bands would kill to have just one of these, let's face it. I told an old bud from Southern Cal, now in Fla, both in bands for years, about this rediscovery. When I first arrived in CA in late 1968 at age 19, I meet a couple of young women in a laundromat in LA. During our conversation they mentioned their boyfriends were giving a concert that evening and did I want to come along.
We were surprised to find they were still alive. They jammed and dragged that piece out for half an hour and it was awesome. There are only 30 different words in this song, even though it is over 17 minutes long.
All was fine until someone realized "they're with the band" and began yelling questions while trying to touch us. Backstage security quickly got us away and we sat back in the waiting room listening. The story of HOW and WHERE he came to write In a Gadda Da Vida. It was simple but fascinating and I've never heard it being told since. In 1996, Iron Butterfly opened for Jethro Tull at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage.
I find it annoying that so many people are bringing up the Simpson's. This band was around way before they were. Sadly, two members of the band have passed away; guitarist Erik Keith Brann and bassist Lee Dorman ... The San Diego-based quartet had three other records make the Top 100; "Soul Experience" , "In the Time of Our Lives" , and "Easy Rider" ... On October 5th 1968, Iron Butterfly lip-synced to the edited version of “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'... We entered through a side door and went directly backstage into a large dressing/waiting area.
After the rehearsal was completed they agreed that the performance - filled with mistakes but also with raw energy - was of sufficient quality that another take wasn't needed. For those who look down on Iron Butterfly or "In A Gadda Da Vida", remember that this band was a chain link in whatever you enjoy in hard rock, heavy metal or quite simply metal. Iron Butterfly brought heaviness to the "scene" at a time when there wasn't any. The song was used in The Simpsons episode "Bart Sells His Soul," where Bart switches a hymn out for this song and convinces the Reverend Lovejoy it is penned by I. The whole 17-minute version is played by the First Church of Springfield's exhausted church organist.
Iron Butterfly with "In A Gadda Da Vida" broke new ground. And they wern't just volume or amplifiers, they represented a break-through sound . Iron Butterfly released a live album in 1970, which featured another side long epic version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" This version was recorded sometime in 1969.
This was written by Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly's vocalist and keyboard player. His father was a church organist, which influenced the drawn-out organ riffs in this song. Small parts and riffs of the song were adapted in the soundtrack for the 2004 film Ocean's Twelve. They were not included in the official release of the movie's soundtrack album. From handmade pieces to vintage treasures ready to be loved again, Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods.
They said at the time that Ron Bushy was only 18, which doubly blew me away. Learned later he was a bit older, maybe early 20s. To this day one of the most amazing rock songs ever. Casale, though, kept tape rolling, and the band got in a groove.
On the original CD, there was a lot of crackling sounds in the high end. And the lows were considerably thinner than on the original LP version. However, this version ...is a massive improvement! Many bands of this ilk, in the 60s, made singles...and would then piece together an album with those singles and some lackluster filler material, usually covers. But Iron Butterfly made a strong album from beginning to end. The songs are all good, the playing is good, and the mix is good.
The middle of the song features a two-and-a-half-minute Ron Bushy drum solo. Butterfly never played the blues, the original building block of metal; nor did they use Gibson guitars and Marshall amps, the timeless technology of metal. One of the most poorly played songs in history, especially in light of the fact that I thought the guitar sounded awful, then I read that the guy who played it had only been playing for three months. I get a kick out of some of the comments.
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