Iron Butterfly - 1969 In A Gadda Da Vida

[ladyfuschia]

Putting the solos at the beginning. Interesting.

[ChefLarry57]

I'll be 55 in 3 weeks. Was a 12 when this came out, been warped ever sense...oh yeah, This IS MUSIC!!!!!!!

[Rockkerle]

Hey woodmaker- no reason to be sooooooo frustrated.You`ve got the whole world in your web!

[Rockkerle]

I think this is a song for ever!

[loekie64]

The ultimate classic 15 minute song which I first heard at12 or 13. It still sounds magical some 35 years later.

[woodmaker1able]

Ya I am also 55 .This was music. It rocked so hard and loud.Will never forget.Now a day it all is @#$%^&*

[jamestulk1]

RIP Erik Brann

[oldspam]

I think is the first acid rock band .

[SonOfYoungwood]

The heavy metal of its time!

[Schaleby]

Its Charles Manson playin the drums ! ! ! ! 

[jamestulk1]

@Schaleby No it was Ron Bushy on drums.

[AMANDACARMAN]

I bought this when I was a junior in High School; classic stuff - liked the Ball Album, too.

[AMANDACARMAN]

Reefer, oh yes, what ever happened to that?

[dvacano]

OMG.. this rocks so hard it hurts!!!

[JephyrX]

I first heard this in jr high...and it rocked my world. Years later when I was in LA I met the guy who produced this album and asked him how they came up with the idea to record that long drum solo. He said it was such a terrible song they had to do something. : ) I still think it's a great song and part of rock history. Maybe Jim wasn't getting fair royalties or something. ; )

[kirbygene]

These guys just personify cool. All four of them.

[freudastaire]

I am 33 years old and fuckin' high on this song. amazing video too

[arzachel79]

12.03.2012. live Posen.Poland!

[MrSheeshtc]

something about a tab below reminds me!

[pettibonnotginn]

I lost my virginity to this, stiyll managed to do one more ho, and then one more, before iyt was ovver. Andd sckd my first cck duringg drum solo!

[renojim432]

@pettibonnotginn i also lost my virginity and ate my first pussy to this song

[AngusShanks]

@renojim432 Eat through the whole song ?

[atbglenn]

Great band, great tune! I did my first tab of acid when this came out in 1968. What a trip that was!

[RonSafreed]

The 14 dislikes can't figure out In A Gadda Da Vida!!!!!!

[feltthefluff]

I hear that, there just is nothing to compare to these guys! I just celebrated my 57th too.

[MegaBob77777]

@feltthefluff I was 17 when this came out. This is when music was music, 60s and 70s. Thank God we have something like YT so we can go back and hear this great music again, and it gives the younger gen a chance to see what good music was. Ill be 18 in my mind til the day I die. I just dont know who this old bastard is when I look in the mirror! LOL.

[hunhun23]

@MegaBob77777 I was only 6 years old when this came out but my parents were hippies and listened to this music so my brother and I basically grew up on it and love it! I would not change it for the music today at all!

[hofnerman1]

It's not our fault that some ppl might think that some of us are little crazy, listen to the great music we grew up with. :*))) Peace.

[avlisk]

Sometimes, I think this was the best album ever recorded. Other times, I have to go with Surrealistic Pillow. Maybe I'll just have to go listen to them both again.

[milagromac]

i was so young when this music was created that only now do i really appreciate this.

[mermaidcandy]

Nothing as this loud blasting your ear drums.

[Spook12spook12]

let see those so call Rappers match this ---NOW THIS IS HOW MUSIC SHOULD BE PLAYED !! Not a bunch of people singing a few words !!!!!!!!!

[TheChubbybunny2]

@Spook12spook12,

there is other music that is popular with this generation today, other than rap

[fieldsofflame]

A couple of months ago I started collecting old VHS music vids ,charity shops and the like what a selection of the old rock stuff, picked up a gem today Janis Joplin Big brother and the holding company Now theirs a rock goddess pity she died so young. Saturday Night 2nd of the weekend rock nights .....

[fieldsofflame]

Hi folks, Im 57 and still listen to this music and many other groups of the same era this is the roots of todays music even if most of it is crap. Uria heep ,sabbeth ,Nazareth, Floyd, I`ll go on and on its my Friday HOPE YOU WILL BE DOING THE SAME at my age . Luv U All

[xpditr]

@fieldsofflame I am also 57 years young. The looks may go, but the memories of those days will last forever. what memories they are! I feel sorry for the kids today. Wow, typing to the drum solo is fun.

[clonalmachina]

@xpditr I wouldn't feel too sorry for the kids today. While they may not have concerts like they used too they do share their art and media, and stay in touch with each other far more than in the past.

[sppisces1964]

@xpditr i will be 65 mar 6th and i am playing this video right now! saw them live at the fillmore in san francisco in the 60's. only thing i didn;t get to do was go to WOODSTOCK cause by then i was a mom of 2. born in 65.

[sppisces1964]

@sppisces1964 the kids were born in 65! twins

[buttafreako5758]

@xpditr  am 54, and your right the kids now days will not know the great bands & music (without all the foul words) that we grew up with!! Peace Brother!!

[2sha65]

@fieldsofflame well said......

[fieldsofflame]

Im 57 years on and still listen to this music joint or no joint this and many other groups like them make music what it is today,,,,, most of it crap

[wanamanapua]

When I saw these guys in concert we had the best seats in the house, sixth row dead center, acid was coming on real nice, my friend fired up a HUGH joint and when the drum solo was at it's peak, dug,dug, duga, du duga du dum, dug, dug, duga ,du, duga du, dum, and the multi-colorered strobs went off, holly molly, I'm having a flash back just thinking about it, good stuff.

[newmusicblows]

@wanamanapua I assume that was a HUGE joint and not a HUGH Grant joint. Either way I'm sure you had a great time.

Classic, brilliant tune. Yes, I have the vinyl.

[jbrow117]

I was 16 when I saw them in Golden Gate Park SF. My 13 year old sister was mesmerized and started wandering toward the sound. I'm sure with such a hugh crowd she's have never made it back to Michigan. As she moved forward I remember my mother grabbing her arm, yelling no and dragging us out of the park. Howerver, then we were able to walk Haight/Ashbury. In 1967 this was a very strange sight.

[StraFieFor]

It is playback. The sound is exactly like the album. The guitars are not plugged in.

The guitarist , Eric Brann, died in 2003. Check Wikipedia for the full story. But the song is a landmark in the history of rock

[jeff1586er]

Mosrite. So's the Bass.

[born2grooveu]

is that a mosrite gtr or univox?

[markdpane]

When do the Lyrics start?

[markdpane]

When do the lryics start?

[WendingWanderer]

@markdpane At 13:25



[heuristico]

Oh my god!!!!!! 05:45 He's being Fucked!!!!!!

[lindycapecod]

wow... havent heard this in ages..... a CLASSIC song!!! thanks for this one!!!!!

[deadheadstolla]

Still the best song of the sixties.

[KaronT100]

The first time I smoked a Doobie this song was playing on my sisters Quadraphonic Stereo. I sat in the middle of the room with the vibes all around me. LOL. Such a great memory. My sister is no longer with us but she will go on the same as this song. God Bless you Bobbi. One more thing Thank You to All the Armed Forces Past and Present.

[54Panchopper]

The most beautiful song ever :{)

[KeeboRally]

I want whatever they smoked...

[KeeboRally]

@KeeboRally I mean.....I wanna smoke whatever the drummer smoked. Damn!

[m3talhead17]

THE ORIGINAL SCOTT STAPP VOICE LOL



[TheRogerblack]

Amazing song

[roya4001]

J'avais 17 ans (l'âge du guitariste) quand j'ai entendu ce morceau pour la première fois et maintenant à 62 ans, je l 'écoute encore avec autant de plaisir...De temsp en temps, il y a un fracophone qui intervient sur youtube, c'est dommage qu'il n'y en ait pas plus...pourtant en Belgique (dont je suis) on est pour le rock américain et alglo-saxon god bless you

[cardcreekdesign]

Holy shit man...! Thanks.

[cardcreekdesign]

This is the first song that ever showed me the value of a quality drum solo...I was 10. Thanks guys

[xfiles6728]

I still have my LP of this....and still play it when I need to.

[yas2733]

This was the year I graduated from high school. Saw them three or four years later in a Champaign Illinois bar. Mostly different personnel but still sounded decent.

[dbrinkm1]

@yas2733 " Chances Are" ...perhaps ? I used to practically live there ! back in my college days. What great memories & Great Bands !!

[yas2733]

@dbrinkm1 I don't remember the bar I saw them at but I did frequent Chances R, The Red Lion and a few others. Great memories indeed.

[cagtwo]

I have it on vinyl!! And NO way to play it anymore!!!!!! Rewarding just having it though to me!

[NETOSOL62]

Esta es la clase de música que en los 70·s que se consideraba loca pero para mi era y es la mejor que la actual, respeto a los patojos de hoy, pero seria bueno que le den una escuchadita a lo mejor les gusta, TIENE MEJOR RITMO QUE LA DE AHORA.

[jsmoore1954]

nothing really ever compares to Iron Butterfly , the sound is still good, as ever even in the 21 st. century still one of the most famous anthems, beside get ready by Rare Earth Oh Yeah You Know It

[jeanjean1331]

ça c'est mon trip des seventies par excellence

[bummed1]

first album I ever bought

[planetjanet2]

Hey I have been waiting 49 years for this

[diishoots]

@planetjanet2

Got me by 5...and I thought I was an old duffer...LOL JK

[lubmybaby1]

Actually the lead singer was having a hard time pronouncing " in the Garden of Eden," the original name of the song. He couldn't do it so they kinda liked the way it sounded and changed the name to fit. And I do have it on vinyl and 8-track, and still have a Craig Power Play with fm and 8-track only!!

[G8GT364CI]

@lubmybaby1 A friend of mine had an Econoline van with their first three albums in 8 track.

[JohnnyCyberspace]

A Mostrite guitar being used?  I haven't seen one of those in ages. I believe those guitars were made famous by The Ventures.

[kpete007]

The best heavy song of its day. I saw them perform in Marquette, Michigan in the 70's but something happened with the sound system. It was a shame because all of the vocals were distorted and actually hurt. But the drum solo made everything alright. The drums were tuned as the drummer played. I've never seen anything like it since.

[handsomecat100]

It was in my days of the future past. Boy does it bring back memories when refer filled the air at concerts. You didn't need an assigned seat. You could just stand there and groove out.

[G8GT364CI]

@handsomecat100 They would turn out the lights right before whatever band you were going to see came on and all you could see was little red light lights.

[impressionable1]

@handsomecat100 you have memories!?

[bkmfusion]

@handsomecat100 I remember those days too. Unfortunately I was too young to get in to a concert.My first show was Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

[wp4866]

title is greek for in the garden of eden

[richo61]

@wp4866 I think you have bought into an urban legend.

The title is a simple mispronunciation of "in the garden of Eden"

Or drunk/ stoned and haven't slept for 30 hours for "in the garden of Eden"

In other words its mumble, not an actual language (other than English). 8-)

[macca5602]

Just don't do drum solos like that anymore these days!! Pity!

[jacktheonemanbandman]

It is most definitely, rock and or roll!

[audiotrax2000]

Does anyone know how the guitar player got that amazing Fuzz sound? I've never heard anyone duplicate it. What pedal was he using??

[delta1661]

the Energy is Heavy.Rock on.

[JimBozeman1956]

I heard one of them joined the FBI

[macca5602]

@JimBozeman1956 Was that after the drug bust? Lol

[TheLetty57]

Being a million years old, I recall the story going around at the time that the song was about a couple at a party - the guy had talked his date into taking drugs (and being wasted and not saying the words correctly) and she was buried alive - the drum solo was her heart beat when she realized what happened and the screechy guitar sound are her finger nails trying to claw her way out of the coffin.

[lancetop]

Someone got V.D. while this was playing in the background.

[picnut56]

MrTamborineMan1960 is absolutely correct. They were buzzed up an "In The Garden of Eden" ended up being "Ina Gadda Vida". Been there myself. LOL Those were the days.

[MrTambourineMan1960]

sounds like THE DOORS

[oscarandbernie]

According to a dude who claimed he was there when they recorded this song, the title was to be "In the Garden of Eden", but they got so loaded it came out 'ina godda da vida.' Maybe he was BSing me, but when you think about it...by the way, I got Chevy Chase's directors chair from Vegas Vacation movie, so I have met people who have been around the biz. If you tell anybody, I won't kill you, now we got those flashy things to make you forget...look over here...

[Xtraplus92]

A part ce titre c'est le vide complet pour ce groupe!!!

[nymuseum]

This was the best tune for just burning,

[renojim432]

i was listening to this song wen i lost my virginaty

[Ginny82ful]

@renojim432 ha.. great!!!

[MoonBernie]

@renojim432 Gratzz..must hav been revealing

[Indyrodney]

psychedelic rock I believe is the correct genre

[DancingSpiderman]

10:15 Organ dude -- yer organ sounds like church muzak... but as 10:50 now the song rox!!

[technocrash09]

@DancingSpiderman His father WAS a church organist. It's where he first learned how to play.................just sayin.

peace

[Quantanthead]

I prefer the 96 minute version much better. You know, the one with the 40 minute drum solo.

[1957charlyheinz]

In meiner Jugendzeit war das der Knaller schlechthin.

[SenorSpode]

The title of this song is a slurred version of "In The Garden of Eden". Thumb this up if you own it on vinyl!

[tech49man]

@SenorSpode On vinyl and imediatly transfered to reel to reel. In it's day I would hear it blasted out the dorm room windows on a warm summer day!  Thanks for the video!!

[technocrash09]

@glutamine001 They probably were, my friend. MOST of us were at that time.

peace

[lifeiznuts]

The "special effects" back then were so primtive, but we thought they were great! The repetitive nature of the tune was perfect for sitting, stoned, and just bobbing your head up and down. Being a hippie was great. Younger people today would never be able to understand that. It was a special time. Music went from do-wop or bebop (sp?) to something more inwardly intense. Less superficial. Bob Dylan and other poets set the tone. It was great.

[technocrash09]

@lifeiznuts I don't think the time could be expressed any better than what you juat said!!

peace

[lifeiznuts]

@technocrash09 Thanks, techno. Peace to you too.

[greasegun49]

And on percussion, C. Manson.

[tophtml1]

8 track tapes (anyone remember them) used to skip tracks right in the middle of the drum solo.

[LifeIncarnate1]

lol. The bad thing was, EVERY band played this, and EVERYONE knew the song. You got on the dance floor, and you got caught by the solos. NO chick danced through the solos, a few guys did, (but they looked "dorky"). So you tried to talk, (shout)... and that failed... You just waited... and waited... for the DUM DUM DEE DAH DAH DUM DUM DUM DUM... And even THAT was false, because there were solos after one of THOSE... Awkward. Good song, but brings back awkward moments on the dance floor, lol.

[turbomustang84]

the first true hard rock album in my opinion (beginning of metal )

[lifeiznuts]

@turbomustang84 I remember it being called "acid rock." For obvious reasons.

[tmgvp]

love this song.my uncles played in their 70s cars

[JONES534]

Original title...In the Garden of Eden, say it drunk (like he did) and it comes out In A Gadda Da Vida...and it stuck

[flekcops45]

The lead guitarists name was Erik Brann. He died of heart failure at 52 years of age.

[PhatElvis7]

I remember when I was about 13 or 14 going to the local drug store where they sold records in my hometown and buying this album for 5 dollars and taking it home and being blown away by the drummer who inspired me to start playing the drums. Got to were I could play along to the record and did a pretty good rendition of the solo too. Impressed the hell out the local chicks for sure.

[realityfrominsanity]

no this is psychedelic rock

[basicaa]

@realityfrominsanity I don't remember ever saying this is psychedelic rock. It was just rock and we did lots of psychedelics while listening to it.

[JudyinAL]

THIS is what Rock and Roll sounds like!! Even if it was supposed to be * In the garden of Eden*

[DeniseMH54]

gotta blow off the dust from the old lp. worth revisiting.

[MrJZchicago]

These cats are hip!

[cmshields1]

awesome drum solo!

[zappa099]

Mann ist das lange her.... ABER IMMER NOCH VOLL GUUUUTTTT

[niwrad68]

YEAH,This is music:}thanks 4 sharing:}

[ReconOhioTeam]

Iron Butterfly WAS the hard rock band back then. Unfortunately, Led Zepplin came around and knocked them out of place. Still the greatest group. If you have an old album collection, the one everybody has is this one!

[topdjcom]

Charles Mansion Plays drums?

[woodsman702]

LSD was a treatment for SHELL SHOCK in the early '60s ! *(war-veterans-clandestine labs)* ??

[Tremolux59]

That old Moserite guitar would sound hella better without the old fuzz box. God those things sound harsh by today's standards. He should have just used a Marshall amp.

[alternaterealities7]

I was there in Detroit in 1967 or 8 when Iron Butterfly was playing at the Grandee Ballroom

They were upset because some new group got top billing on the Marque called Lead Zeppelin LOL the rest they say is history. Sometimes it is fun to to go back to the 60's Thanks for posting the real version and not the bubble gum version.

[elntito]

those ten who doens't like this song don't know s..... about good music

[scott42156]

Im sittin here groovin to this lookin at the vids on right side of screen and appropriately theres Zepp and Cream, V.Fudge and Uriah Heep, Steppenwolf and Humble Pie and WTF? The B-52's??? How in The HELL did they get on there???

[TheMaczek91191]

Tu Polacy, przejmujemy film!!!

[RedDawnWolverines]

This is only half of the original. This is the interlude and the finish; the first part of the song is gone.

[55505559ful]

muy buen largo metraje de iron buterflay

[samtana2]

had the original vinyl. poof!! it was gone! bastards!!

[1sababoy]

God, what would have happened to the '60's without a Hammond B3??

[Lantzxx]

@1sababoy I agree not only the 60s but the entire music industry, but this looks like a Vox Continental or "Connie" as a lot of the musicians used to call it. sounds very similar just not as dirty as the Hammond a little brighter. Nothing beats a B3 in my opinion.

[scaramoucheX]

Needs more cowbell.

[guyNbluejeans]

Cool.

[INAGODAVIDA]

When a Jam Session was a Real JAM SESSION !!!!!

[tandlaguilera420]

I want that bass.

[tandlaguilera420]

Omg! This song gives me shivers EVERY time!

[Hem3fiction]

wait a minute, this sounds like rock and or roll

[lolaparossa]

Epic drums solo:)

[jagode69]

one of the best song ever...legend drum solo...superb!

[ELobodeplata]

I hear guys trying to cover this to no avail... Heck i don't think Ron Bushy could cover it the next day :) I'm sure glad they recorded it!!! :) GREAT and amazing tune

[technocrash09]

@ELobodeplata I saw them several times back in the day and you are somewhat correct.....he never really covered it exactly. But he always did it better than the time before. They were absolutely amazing in concert!!!

peace

[eyeque195]

That's Ron Bushy on drums. Bushy was constantly modifying his drum kit and was one of the first to laminate his skins with mylar. The kick-ass guitarist is Erik Brann, who was 17 at the time! Killer song. I still think it's one of the best ever made.

[Taximan551]

@eyeque195 As Great as this song is This was not a live Recording watch Erik and Ron Bushy many mistakes

[NLFilms]

that drummer is outta sight. great tune

[thunderball633]

It sounded great then,it sounds great now & I'm 55yrs old.

[houseofburn]

Does anyone know what kind of drum kit that is?

[FAX335]

@houseofburn I think it's custom made by the Bushy, the drummer.

[elyaurelio51]

fantastyk. muzica anilor 70.

[chuckbyf1]

This should have been our National Anthem during the war protest years.

[cherielynnae]

@chuckbyf1 you mean it wasnt? *lol* still is over here!

[HearTheHeartBeatVid]

used to be a disc jokey.. played this twice in my career JUST for that reason... never was it ever scheduled

[GIORDIFAST]

by the way ... does somebody have a joint there?=???

:)

[RRMF77]

@GIORDIFAST Sorry : ) Just roaches !!!!!!!!!

[GIORDIFAST]

fuck man !! really good.... drunk, listening to this and trying to wake all the chinese in this place!!!