The Long drum Solo is what todays music lacks. Everybody uses "solo in a can' for that now. Well I decided as a keyboardist I am avoiding all techno cheats If it ain't the real me or bandmates doing solos you won't see my band. Fuck prima donnas like Bieber who are too good to use original un-precorded musicians. Shove your canned tracks in ur ass!!
Steppenwolf-one of greatest and unrecognised rock bands ever!They have sold more than 25 million albums, have dozens of millions of views but only about 10000 fans on Facebook.Try to correct it atleast by liking them!Here are the names of their pages (type or paste this words into facebook search tool):Steppenwolf, John Kay, John Kay and Steppenwolf, John Kay & Steppenwolf Should Be In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.Thumbs up so everyone can see!Invite your friends too!John would be grateful!
Yeah yah yah...smothers brothers ....... smothers were "too kool for the 1960's".....is that possible???... I think so...the honor goes to a few select fuckers...tommmy smothers was disrespected by cbs network.... he was too " controversial".......the beatles were too kool too...but tommy and dick were certainly too kool for the squares.....steppenwolf on networfk t.v.!!!!!..........dig it
Please like these pages on Facebook if you like Steppenwolf.A shame for such a band to have only 85000 fans on fb.Here, copy and paste this into FB search tool:
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had to do a double take..Nick St. Nicholas on bass kind of looks a little like Kim Fowley (when Fowley was young)! i dunno i used a lot of LSD growing up...haha. so....
I think that its not lip syncing but rather that the filming. Back then, there were lots of movies and videos where the voices heard didnt match the movement of the lips. This was due to bad sync in the movie clips. Even today, if you really closely watch a reporter on a news show or anyone who is speaking, sometimes the words dont match the mouth movements.
@edyoung44 , they always lip synced back in the 60's 70's. you have no fucking idea what you are talking about, so stfu!!!!!! Typical youtube know nothing, Look shit up before you spew your non sense.Almost every performance(If not every) on the Ed sullivan show and Dick Clarks band stand, was lip synced. That is a fact.
@edyoung44 , seriously, make up your mind. You attack me cause you are positive, maybe, I think they started lip syncing in the 80's, umm 90's..um 70, s I mean the words weren't the same as their mouth so..mm I kinda knew but I'm kind a special and mmm dum dee dum my name is ed, yeah, I'm special ed.
@sublimy99 you know what fine they did lipsync in the 60's every single damn band and they arent talented oh but i wouldnt know anything about it cause im too busy being an asshole about something that doesnt need to be expressed and made a big deal of but my name is sublimy99 so whatcha gonna do
@edyoung44 , you know what special ed, you started this. I made a simple, but true comment. So, you, in typical ( i feel the need to reply like an asshole) youtube response. You had to attack me. BTW, this last attack/retort was as weak as they come. Give me something to work with. Your responding at the level of someone in the seventh grade. Please Mommy, make it stop!!!!! This man is ruining what little respect I had for mankind.
@edyoung44, Oh, and another typical youtube blunder, taking things way, way, out of context. I love the bands of the 60's and on. I am a fan of Steppenwolf. I just happen to know they "had" to lip sync. It was required back then. It doesn't say anything about the bands. Everyone knows all those great bands played live and they did well and many of them recorded live albums, but when you went on tv, the standards were different.
@edyoung44 "Sometimes lip-synching performances are forced by television for short guest appearances, as it requires less time for rehearsals and hugely simplifies the process of sound mixing."-wikipedia, that explains everything.and in other cases (live or studio) they didn't use voice modificators or lip syncing.they didn't need cause john had a great voice.and they had a great potential which was well accepted too (they sold over 25 million albums) by the public.sorry but you're insulting.
Steppenwolf-one of greatest and unrecognised rock bands ever!They have sold more than 25 million albums, have dozens of millions of views but only about 100000 fans on Facebook.Try to correct it at least by liking them!Here are the names of their pages (type or paste this words into facebook search tool): Steppenwolf, John Kay, John Kay and Steppenwolf, John Kay & Steppenwolf Should Be In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.Thumbs up so everyone can see!Invite your friends too!John would be grateful!
Vintage rock at its best. After looking at and listening to the Wolf, most bands look and sound like pretenders. Steppenwolf was to hard rock what the Beatles were to pop music. Yeah, imagine, we got this music over AM transistor radio and we didn't have to pay for a satellite feed from some vendor. Man its embarrassing what the music industry has become. There are still some good bands but when you have to concentrate on selling T-shirts to make a living, it takes it toll. Anyone for MP3s.
Vintage rock at its best. After looking at and listening to these guys most bands look and sound like pretenders. Steppenwolf was to hard rock what the Beatles were to pop music. Yeah, imagine, we got this music over AM transistor radio and we didn't have to pay for a satellite feed from some vendor. Man its embarrassing what music industry has become. There are still some good bands but when you have to concentrate on selling T-0shirts to make a living, it takes it toll.
This is mime but who cares??? This is a classic Steppenwolf song which is from the dorm in '69. We drank gallons of beer listening to this and others of their GOOD songs, and we NEVER allowed Born To Be Wild or Magic Carpet Ride to be played. Kids nowadays think that they only recorded those two grossly overplayed songs, and that is a shame!
I was squad leader in Vietnam, UMCS. We had transistor radios,and we could pick upAFARS from Saigon. During a firefight, one marine threw his radio like a grenade and he had it turned it up so loud -BORN TO BE WILD> That they just hauled ass, Instsead of getting ambushed. We broke and spread, covered our flanks, and we we're saved by STEPPENWOLF. It was the rock and roll war.
LOVE <3 great stuff. if only i could find a band like this today. its not easy for an 18 yr old girl to live in a world with shitty music. im just thankful this stuff is on youtube.
Not having Steppenwolf in the R & R Hall of Fame is sort of like, well.....not having Steppenwolf in the HOF !! What the HELL are they thinking of ????????
They were my very first concert ever!..My best friends mom took us when we were only 10 at the Century 21 in Wichita..it was sweet..John Kay and his clear Acrylic guitar!
1969 was a good year for Rock n Roll music songs besides "Rock ME" there also was "Come Together" by The Beatles. "Honky Tonk Women" By The Rolling Stones". "Touch Me" by The Doors". "Fortunate Son" by CCR. The Smoothers Brothers were cool to have rock bands such as Steppenwolf on their TV comedy show. In the late 60's and early 70's in my house were dare not missed any appearance of The Wolf on tv. They took priorty over all other bands we watched...
In the Top 40 that year, 1969, besides "Rock Me", there were songs titled "Let Me" (Paul Revere & The Raiders) and "Touch Me" (the Doors, of course). Just a bit of rock & roll trivia: Rock Me, Let Me, Touch Me.
no kidding. so I was right. He is blind.Poor guy. Well I hope being a rock star made up for it. I read that his mom brought him into Canada from East Germany I was listening to the bass line from Born to be Wild today. Pretty Creative. Most bass parts from that era were very simplistic. I have a friend who was a biker for awhile. he went to a concert and Kay showed up and the older guys went nuts, but he never heard of him. I figured they knew him from the Easy Rider soundtrack. Good music
I've always loved this band. many of their lyrics were quasi spiritual /advice giving . John Kay is definitely cool. Turned a lot of teens on to the blues. I had a running debate with my GF whether Kay was blind, cause he was always wearing shades. Long live Steppenwolf
The Hall of Fame doesn't deserve the dirt off John Kay's shoes. He's got more class in his baby finger than all the corporate jerk wads in the Hall of Fame combined
As far as I'm concerned, the R&R Hall of Fame can kiss RUSH and Steppenwolf's ass. I met John Kay in the 70's and he was the nicest and coolest guy you could ever meet. You also knew he could kick the crap out of you in 2 seconds if you pissed him off.
Love this song. It is featured in the movie "Candy" with Peter Sellers and Yule Brenner. Anyone know where I can find a copy of that? (Made around 1970)
@K3Harn correct.....Communist controlled East Germany........ That is why his lyrics are so political. I consider Monster his finest work and 40 years later it is still relevant, unfortunately, for america.
@K3Harn correct.....Communist controlled East Germany........ That is why his lyrics are so political. I consider Monster his finest work and 40 years later it is still relevant if not more so.
Great song. Had the 45. But then again it reminds me of my girlfriend in the late 60's. Damn, It's been about 40 years since I've seen her and I dont know where the hell she is. Damn, Cathy. I still love you wherever you are.
John Kay was from East Prussia, which in 1969 was bisected by the Soviet Union and Poland. He is ethnically German and you can hear that in his voice if you listen closely. This song followed their first two LPs, released I think in the Summer of 1969. This buffers too much, however.
Don't worry about being in the rock and roll hall of fame. Leon Russell is not there either. It's a meaningless institution. It makes money for the people that run it. that' s about all.
John Kay a visionary? Dam straight. If you liked SteppenWolf'$ recording$, they really deliverd live. John Kay'$ $lide guitar work me$merizing / tran$cendant / other wordly \\\\\\\\\\\\\\
John Kay a visionary? Dam straight. If you liked SteppenWolf'$ recording$, they really deliverd live. John Kay'$ $lide guitar work me$merizing / tran$cendant / other wordly \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
@tedGEGI Yea, tenacious D is a joke. Thats the whole point of them. Their music is jokes, its funny. It's comedy in music form. Just because you dont like them doesnt mean they're garbage.
You're right, they are a very distinctive-looking group. I like the trippy camera-work on this video, also the strange crystal objects and chandeliers. I think the late sixties to late seventies was a kind of last flourishing of popular culture as art. Today we are in a time of despairing decadence in the inevitable lead up to worldwide currency collapse and the final implosion of civilization.
john kay walk right in front of me as they were entering to play in a bar in Va. Beach,I said,"Cnanda,yeah" he didn't reply and kept on to the stage where they rocked
This was my first psychedelic rock concert in Fort Worth. I wore a miniskirt ensemble with a hat and a long scarf around it and on my hips. I had long dark hair and I thought I looked really hip. This was a tripping experience for me but it was tame to what was about to hit the scene!
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another thing i dont understand is why they never say anything about a grat bass player rushdin murray i dont know i is the rigth spelling,they only mention the daisy bass p;ayer
bcak in this same time i was in a rock band doing cover of steppenwolf,cream jimmy hendrix,ccr and others our job was sound just like the record and key should be the same as the one in the record and we did a great job, we use to play m ot the songs of sreppenwolfs the second. the only particular thing was we were down in rio de janeiro brazil, and the name of the band was os siderais
It really is a crime they're not in the RRHOF. Think of all the crap bands/performers that are in yet they keep Steppenwolf out!!! What a fuc###g joke!
Great Rock band with strong blues hints... John Kay was not into drugs or the drug culture, maybe they hold that against him... he didn't toke and snort with the right crowd?
Another reason the RRHF is a joke. These guys influenced a generation. They will probably wait till they are all dead. Remember how long it took them to recognize Paul McCartney?
My head, it won't stop boppin' and rockin', this song just kicks some majoy arse.
Peace to all the world, listen to the good rock and roll, listen to each other, listen to yourselves. You'll find what you are looking for, no matter how deep you look, no matter where, no matter why.
Lost souls will find what they can. It matters not whether they are male or female. In this case it is a woman looking for herself and finding all the problems with the world. In the sixties and seventies we all looked and found. What we found mostly was "each other", "ourselves", and a F@cked up world. Today is No different, except that what we find is "closed doors", "closed minds" and a F@cked up world...
@Howage1 World is world and independant of our wishes. What's F@cked up s the virtual realites we call societies. All based on imaginary origins and imaginary endings with supposedly that we act in accordance to deities intent. .
I don't know where we come from
Don't know where we're goin' to
But if all this should have a reason
We would be the last to know
just told me I had to face the reality that human knowledge of the world we're in is still in it's infancy.
Great point RTT...WHY R THEY NOT IN THE HALL but yet they put in a pop group by the name of ABBA!!! They're not rock!! abba doesn't hold a candle to the likes of Steppenwolf... and others that r not yet there..
The Long drum Solo is what todays music lacks. Everybody uses "solo in a can' for that now. Well I decided as a keyboardist I am avoiding all techno cheats If it ain't the real me or bandmates doing solos you won't see my band. Fuck prima donnas like Bieber who are too good to use original un-precorded musicians. Shove your canned tracks in ur ass!!
despotzapper 3 days ago
@jkeene58 yes absolutely a little bit of digital delay
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rockization22 3 weeks ago
Yeah yah yah...smothers brothers ....... smothers were "too kool for the 1960's".....is that possible???... I think so...the honor goes to a few select fuckers...tommmy smothers was disrespected by cbs network.... he was too " controversial".......the beatles were too kool too...but tommy and dick were certainly too kool for the squares.....steppenwolf on networfk t.v.!!!!!..........dig it
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rockization22 1 month ago
had to do a double take..Nick St. Nicholas on bass kind of looks a little like Kim Fowley (when Fowley was young)! i dunno i used a lot of LSD growing up...haha. so....
crain332 1 month ago
I think that its not lip syncing but rather that the filming. Back then, there were lots of movies and videos where the voices heard didnt match the movement of the lips. This was due to bad sync in the movie clips. Even today, if you really closely watch a reporter on a news show or anyone who is speaking, sometimes the words dont match the mouth movements.
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It's too bad they were forced to lip sync their songs back then. Still, it's a great song!
sublimy99 1 month ago
@sublimy99 wtf you mean lip sync they didnt start lipsyncing till the 80's or at least i think it was 80's
edyoung44 1 month ago
@edyoung44 , they always lip synced back in the 60's 70's. you have no fucking idea what you are talking about, so stfu!!!!!! Typical youtube know nothing, Look shit up before you spew your non sense.Almost every performance(If not every) on the Ed sullivan show and Dick Clarks band stand, was lip synced. That is a fact.
sublimy99 1 month ago
@sublimy99 you STFU!!! and second of all i kinda figure cause they ddidnt always seem to mmouth the same wordss
edyoung44 1 month ago
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sublimy99 1 month ago
@edyoung44 , seriously, make up your mind. You attack me cause you are positive, maybe, I think they started lip syncing in the 80's, umm 90's..um 70, s I mean the words weren't the same as their mouth so..mm I kinda knew but I'm kind a special and mmm dum dee dum my name is ed, yeah, I'm special ed.
sublimy99 1 month ago
@sublimy99 you know what fine they did lipsync in the 60's every single damn band and they arent talented oh but i wouldnt know anything about it cause im too busy being an asshole about something that doesnt need to be expressed and made a big deal of but my name is sublimy99 so whatcha gonna do
edyoung44 1 month ago
@edyoung44 , you know what special ed, you started this. I made a simple, but true comment. So, you, in typical ( i feel the need to reply like an asshole) youtube response. You had to attack me. BTW, this last attack/retort was as weak as they come. Give me something to work with. Your responding at the level of someone in the seventh grade. Please Mommy, make it stop!!!!! This man is ruining what little respect I had for mankind.
sublimy99 1 month ago
@edyoung44, Oh, and another typical youtube blunder, taking things way, way, out of context. I love the bands of the 60's and on. I am a fan of Steppenwolf. I just happen to know they "had" to lip sync. It was required back then. It doesn't say anything about the bands. Everyone knows all those great bands played live and they did well and many of them recorded live albums, but when you went on tv, the standards were different.
sublimy99 1 month ago
@sublimy99 lets jsut stop arguing and enjoy the video alright every band kicks ass lets let bygons be bygons
edyoung44 1 month ago
@edyoung44 fine! Agreed!
sublimy99 1 month ago
@edyoung44 "Sometimes lip-synching performances are forced by television for short guest appearances, as it requires less time for rehearsals and hugely simplifies the process of sound mixing."-wikipedia, that explains everything.and in other cases (live or studio) they didn't use voice modificators or lip syncing.they didn't need cause john had a great voice.and they had a great potential which was well accepted too (they sold over 25 million albums) by the public.sorry but you're insulting.
rockization22 1 month ago
Too cool!! Miss them!! Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"
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rockization22 1 month ago
Is he saying justin bieber or just a baby at 0:20?
dylancollver 2 months ago
@dylancollver LMAO i heard that too, i think he predicted the future but it took a turn for the worst
edyoung44 1 month ago
Nice Rickenbacker AX. Wish I had one like that....
JOHNOBUB 4 months ago
acid rock rules
silverexplosion 4 months ago
I do believe they belong in the "ROCK &ROLL HALL OF FAME" I absolutely love their music.
RogerDeanSmart 4 months ago 3
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RogerDeanSmart 4 months ago
damn, I need one of them fringed jackets!
parrotheadzz 4 months ago
An excellent song. Great music !!!
G.C.P
GeorgeKopelas 5 months ago
Bards; for shizzle !!! Love them.
taffywindsor1 5 months ago
Rock Me Baby Rock Me Baby All Night Long! What's left to say?
waynedanberry 5 months ago
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Invaderus64 6 months ago
Vintage rock at its best. After looking at and listening to the Wolf, most bands look and sound like pretenders. Steppenwolf was to hard rock what the Beatles were to pop music. Yeah, imagine, we got this music over AM transistor radio and we didn't have to pay for a satellite feed from some vendor. Man its embarrassing what the music industry has become. There are still some good bands but when you have to concentrate on selling T-shirts to make a living, it takes it toll. Anyone for MP3s.
joemysteryguitar 6 months ago
Vintage rock at its best. After looking at and listening to these guys most bands look and sound like pretenders. Steppenwolf was to hard rock what the Beatles were to pop music. Yeah, imagine, we got this music over AM transistor radio and we didn't have to pay for a satellite feed from some vendor. Man its embarrassing what music industry has become. There are still some good bands but when you have to concentrate on selling T-0shirts to make a living, it takes it toll.
joemysteryguitar 6 months ago 2
John Kay looks like my friend Mary
lisalmitchell 6 months ago
Awesome +10
DaytonaGary 6 months ago
This was hard and heavy before there was hard and heavy.
nholt 7 months ago 12
@nholt you're wrong... ;) there are a lot of good bands... listen to plastic thunder - bitter creek
frogzZzify 1 month ago
love it but like to hear The pUSHER Man. haha
dlc440 7 months ago in playlist Oldies
YESSS!!!!!!!
7bigmacattack 7 months ago
This is mime but who cares??? This is a classic Steppenwolf song which is from the dorm in '69. We drank gallons of beer listening to this and others of their GOOD songs, and we NEVER allowed Born To Be Wild or Magic Carpet Ride to be played. Kids nowadays think that they only recorded those two grossly overplayed songs, and that is a shame!
67rml 7 months ago
on 0:21 he sais ''no justin bieber''
osscar99 7 months ago
@osscar99 :o
ShipmentReviews 6 months ago
brings me back to my 16 year old day...makes me feel like sparking up a dube!
divacdiva1 7 months ago
I was squad leader in Vietnam, UMCS. We had transistor radios,and we could pick upAFARS from Saigon. During a firefight, one marine threw his radio like a grenade and he had it turned it up so loud -BORN TO BE WILD> That they just hauled ass, Instsead of getting ambushed. We broke and spread, covered our flanks, and we we're saved by STEPPENWOLF. It was the rock and roll war.
balanb312 7 months ago 5
@balanb312 Wow, that's a heavy story. Thanks for telling us about it...
schizzie345 7 months ago
0:20 "no Justin Bieber"
TheAvtobus 8 months ago 89
@TheAvtobus hahahaa
stevegerard88 5 months ago
@TheAvtobus Though just a baby" :D
yellowpwns97 1 month ago
LOVE <3 great stuff. if only i could find a band like this today. its not easy for an 18 yr old girl to live in a world with shitty music. im just thankful this stuff is on youtube.
foolintherain66 8 months ago
Not having Steppenwolf in the R & R Hall of Fame is sort of like, well.....not having Steppenwolf in the HOF !! What the HELL are they thinking of ????????
jdeweyhs 8 months ago
Steppenwolf were an Anti-drugs band right?
ThePaintersPX 8 months ago
@ThePaintersPX words say yes but we were into the music more than the words at the time, so no worries ;)
blspruce95 8 months ago
@ThePaintersPX not at all
deadphish69 8 months ago
0.21 ''no justin bieber''
fruttekut 8 months ago 4
@fruttekut Holy shit, they were psychic, haha.
iloveartimus 8 months ago 2
they threw down @ 2:05- 3:15 heelllll yeah!!! they kick so much ass! bruce lee would be jealous!
mrsmaryr1983 8 months ago
one second while im off buying a leather jacket and a rickenbacker
OleNieling 8 months ago
I'm glad they had the foresight to invest in some really good chandeliers.
clemdane 9 months ago in playlist More older music
did he have a facial PIMPLE-ECTOMY,the singer????long live punk n oi n ska
bohsgerry 9 months ago
hahahaha 0:20 justin bieber
vittinlokaun 9 months ago
Do you remember that?
Sex Drugs and Rock N Roll
TheRobhardy 9 months ago
They were my favorite band back in the 60's!,....by the way i want the the bass players on!!!! :)
jmartra 9 months ago
Steppenwolf = the best stoned music ever.
JosesDonkey2112 9 months ago
@64katydid maybe it's just a<n image and he isn't really high
kidmahenry 9 months ago
0:22 HE SAYS JUSTIN BIEBER
aggerskrtel 9 months ago 3
They were my very first concert ever!..My best friends mom took us when we were only 10 at the Century 21 in Wichita..it was sweet..John Kay and his clear Acrylic guitar!
youngmark61 9 months ago
How did blondie get thru this He is so high in evey video I have seen lol
64katydid 10 months ago
The main reason Kay wore the shades was because his eyes were extremely light sensitive although yes he was also color and legally blind as well.
mrbag60 10 months ago
1969 was a good year for Rock n Roll music songs besides "Rock ME" there also was "Come Together" by The Beatles. "Honky Tonk Women" By The Rolling Stones". "Touch Me" by The Doors". "Fortunate Son" by CCR. The Smoothers Brothers were cool to have rock bands such as Steppenwolf on their TV comedy show. In the late 60's and early 70's in my house were dare not missed any appearance of The Wolf on tv. They took priorty over all other bands we watched...
Maxoman427 10 months ago
this is one of my most favorite few hundred steppenwolf songs out there
brandonhornsby 10 months ago
I met John Kay 30 years ago, he was the nicest guy you could ever meet but also seemed tough as nails at the same time.
terryorr 10 months ago
In the Top 40 that year, 1969, besides "Rock Me", there were songs titled "Let Me" (Paul Revere & The Raiders) and "Touch Me" (the Doors, of course). Just a bit of rock & roll trivia: Rock Me, Let Me, Touch Me.
57highland 10 months ago
no kidding. so I was right. He is blind.Poor guy. Well I hope being a rock star made up for it. I read that his mom brought him into Canada from East Germany I was listening to the bass line from Born to be Wild today. Pretty Creative. Most bass parts from that era were very simplistic. I have a friend who was a biker for awhile. he went to a concert and Kay showed up and the older guys went nuts, but he never heard of him. I figured they knew him from the Easy Rider soundtrack. Good music
tomwise1us 10 months ago
not only was he legally blind,but i do believe he was from east germany
theneedforrock 11 months ago
@baldur1377 Thanks. Now the search begins!
rjpancerniCAUSA 11 months ago
I've always loved this band. many of their lyrics were quasi spiritual /advice giving . John Kay is definitely cool. Turned a lot of teens on to the blues. I had a running debate with my GF whether Kay was blind, cause he was always wearing shades. Long live Steppenwolf
tomwise1us 11 months ago
@tomwise1us kay is considered legally blind because he is totally color blind.
1mealer 10 months ago
I've always loved this band. most of their lyrics were quasi spiritual advice giving
tomwise1us 11 months ago
0:19 he says " no justin bieber"
frampie64 11 months ago 5
@frampie64 Wow. That's pretty fucked up hahahahahahahaha. It's like Jon Kay could tell the future of shitty music!
chris101ward 11 months ago
Was this on the 'flip side' of the Magic Carpet Ride single?
rjpancerniCAUSA 11 months ago
must be a fuck load of stoners listening to this... missing the like button 20 times so far and all...
brandonhornsby 1 year ago 4
@brandonhornsby this is stoner rock lol
TyleX2010 11 months ago
@TyleX2010 glad to see ya got the inside joke :D
brandonhornsby 11 months ago
The Hall of Fame doesn't deserve the dirt off John Kay's shoes. He's got more class in his baby finger than all the corporate jerk wads in the Hall of Fame combined
terryorr 1 year ago 2
John Kay had problems with his eyes. That's why he wore the sunglasses.
He didn't have to try to be cool. Why try to be something you already have going on?
chasinglight2 1 year ago
He was also the first to use the term 'heavey metal' in a song or should I say Rock anthem
roxydog2004 1 year ago 3
This is so freakin' cool......
nsminc 1 year ago 2
VERY KEWL....
Hercules1ization 1 year ago
As far as I'm concerned, the R&R Hall of Fame can kiss RUSH and Steppenwolf's ass. I met John Kay in the 70's and he was the nicest and coolest guy you could ever meet. You also knew he could kick the crap out of you in 2 seconds if you pissed him off.
terryorr 1 year ago 2
My very first concert - awesome!
Budice53 1 year ago
Chrystal Palace Is This The Future!
RegencyRoyale 1 year ago
foxyroxstar..Fox! Rock's Czar!..Conquer You!
RegencyRoyale 1 year ago
Love this song. It is featured in the movie "Candy" with Peter Sellers and Yule Brenner. Anyone know where I can find a copy of that? (Made around 1970)
rockwinkle51 1 year ago
19 people wish that they would have bought dental floss
USMC2nd 1 year ago
@USMC2nd Make that MENTAL floss!!!!
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VicksMyFriend 1 year ago
tO be honest those sunglasses look just ridiculous
excabilus 1 year ago
@excabilus Those sunglasses happen to be very much in fashion right now.
maryquant1967 1 year ago
john kay and company made the late 60s alot of fun!!
jbeng1953 1 year ago
Back in the day when lipsink was typical.
wendrummer 1 year ago
Is this a dutch band? Cuz steppenwolf is a dutch word :)
rhettcoolgek 1 year ago
@rhettcoolgek John Kay was from Edmonton, the rest are American.
mckessa17 1 year ago
@mckessa17 John is from Germany
K3Harn 1 year ago
@K3Harn correct.....Communist controlled East Germany........ That is why his lyrics are so political. I consider Monster his finest work and 40 years later it is still relevant, unfortunately, for america.
rockwinkle51 1 year ago
@K3Harn correct.....Communist controlled East Germany........ That is why his lyrics are so political. I consider Monster his finest work and 40 years later it is still relevant if not more so.
rockwinkle51 1 year ago
Great song. Had the 45. But then again it reminds me of my girlfriend in the late 60's. Damn, It's been about 40 years since I've seen her and I dont know where the hell she is. Damn, Cathy. I still love you wherever you are.
Kenoman29 1 year ago
I know its kinda gross, but I would do all those guys right now. Kay's voice makes me want to cum all over his face.
1RedHeadedStepChild1 1 year ago
I wonder if Toni Tenille was copying Kay's hair do.
maryquant1967 1 year ago
@maryquant1967 I knew there was a line there somewhere, and you said it for me.
Thanks!
noclouds111 1 year ago
Nick looks higher than a kite here! :-D
jetskidrummer 1 year ago
NOBODY can sing like John Kay! His voice is in a league of its own!
AdamsApple1963 1 year ago 61
@AdamsApple1963
You got that right. Soul-filled and strong.
coolmamac 1 year ago
@AdamsApple1963 Except for maybe Robert Plant :)
Peace and Love
DistortedBMinor 1 year ago
the pusher the best!!!!!!!!!!
IvanUranga16 1 year ago 3
I would have liked to see the whole show.
jrohrback 1 year ago
John Kay was from East Prussia, which in 1969 was bisected by the Soviet Union and Poland. He is ethnically German and you can hear that in his voice if you listen closely. This song followed their first two LPs, released I think in the Summer of 1969. This buffers too much, however.
67rml 1 year ago
This is one of the greatest over looked gems in rock history. Peace.
makingsense53 1 year ago 2
I LOVED THAT MUSIC,I HAVE SO MANY MISSING DAINOVAÇÃO MUSICALLLLLL!!!!!
anitaforgeth 1 year ago
Don't worry about being in the rock and roll hall of fame. Leon Russell is not there either. It's a meaningless institution. It makes money for the people that run it. that' s about all.
radarman818 1 year ago
This is Dylan lyrics with Rolling Stones doing the three chord drive. It's about as perfect as you can do in the genre of rock. Nothing better!!!
sangell3 1 year ago
Actually Steppenwolf was born to be Canadian. The original band was called The Sparrows and was based in Toronto
DoinThupidThings 1 year ago
Loved this song.
Never got to see Steppenwolf live, as they never came to my little corner of the world.
Thank God for YouTube and archival film like this!
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spearsg 1 year ago
a great tune to listen to while getting chemo
johnhenryism 1 year ago
First time I've seen John Kay w/a guitar - cool. Love this song, classic!
Belit01 1 year ago
yeah steppenwolf are sound, apart from born to be wild, ugh
ChrisCantHaveItAll 1 year ago
One of the best and most memorable jams to come out of the sixties!
Better living through chemistry 0:40
gyrene1966 1 year ago 2
this and red hot chili peppers are my favorite bands besides tenacious d of course
ieffinglovethisband 1 year ago
@ieffinglovethisband well,2 out 3 ain't bad how can anyone like tenacious d garbage-----that duo is a joke
tedGEGI 1 year ago
@tedGEGI Yea, tenacious D is a joke. Thats the whole point of them. Their music is jokes, its funny. It's comedy in music form. Just because you dont like them doesnt mean they're garbage.
chris101ward 1 year ago
OMG!!!
Willy Wonka is blind!!!!
Where's the Oompa-Loompas??
XD
hooperga 1 year ago
that's Ann Wilson, if you didn't know! :D
ChArLiEtheuniiicorn 1 year ago
look up
Heart magic man, 5th video down!
ChArLiEtheuniiicorn 1 year ago
What if.......
1960's John Kay did a duet with 1970's Ann Wilson?
ChArLiEtheuniiicorn 1 year ago
You're right, they are a very distinctive-looking group. I like the trippy camera-work on this video, also the strange crystal objects and chandeliers. I think the late sixties to late seventies was a kind of last flourishing of popular culture as art. Today we are in a time of despairing decadence in the inevitable lead up to worldwide currency collapse and the final implosion of civilization.
gianni737 1 year ago
Very sexy song!
VValkyrie 1 year ago
also saw edgar winter in same bar different time
Syzygy60 1 year ago
john kay walk right in front of me as they were entering to play in a bar in Va. Beach,I said,"Cnanda,yeah" he didn't reply and kept on to the stage where they rocked
Syzygy60 1 year ago
Hours and hours spent listening to this band and trying to pick up bass lines off vinyl- the bass player was very underrated
MrBassplayer3 1 year ago
This was my first psychedelic rock concert in Fort Worth. I wore a miniskirt ensemble with a hat and a long scarf around it and on my hips. I had long dark hair and I thought I looked really hip. This was a tripping experience for me but it was tame to what was about to hit the scene!
jupiterose7 1 year ago 2
@rtt8001 i know why its not in rock n' roll hall of fame its because its Bullshit and its not even rock n roll thats why = )
bobbob53629 1 year ago
@bobbob53629
what the hell is wrong with you!
1m2a3t4t5 1 year ago
@bobbob53629 You're a moron
BigNuthin 1 year ago
@bobbob53629 fuck you and your rap
robertavatar 1 year ago
@robertavatar but my dear! i dont like rap i like real Rock N Roll not like this bullshit
bobbob53629 1 year ago
Great lip synching, I dont recall this being recorded with the drummer using brushes----oh well graet song anyway
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90000z0z 1 year ago
cow bell deluxe baby!!!!!!
mow1717 1 year ago
LOVE THIS TUNE!!
DGWpg 1 year ago
John is a true rocker who, like , Richard Manuel, has been missed by rockers, who should care a hell of a lot more!
shirpet44 1 year ago
@shirpet44 Can I get an AMEN?!
jeffhickman10 1 year ago
another thing i dont understand is why they never say anything about a grat bass player rushdin murray i dont know i is the rigth spelling,they only mention the daisy bass p;ayer
largest85 1 year ago
bcak in this same time i was in a rock band doing cover of steppenwolf,cream jimmy hendrix,ccr and others our job was sound just like the record and key should be the same as the one in the record and we did a great job, we use to play m ot the songs of sreppenwolfs the second. the only particular thing was we were down in rio de janeiro brazil, and the name of the band was os siderais
largest85 1 year ago
Oh my, one of my favourite bands. Those were the days my friend, those were the days.
tropicparasit 1 year ago
It really is a crime they're not in the RRHOF. Think of all the crap bands/performers that are in yet they keep Steppenwolf out!!! What a fuc###g joke!
jdeweyhs 1 year ago
@jdeweyhs I so agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MsWS6 1 year ago
Great Rock band with strong blues hints... John Kay was not into drugs or the drug culture, maybe they hold that against him... he didn't toke and snort with the right crowd?
kkdtoro 1 year ago
thats so good
regsamboli 1 year ago
Another reason the RRHF is a joke. These guys influenced a generation. They will probably wait till they are all dead. Remember how long it took them to recognize Paul McCartney?
hillbillyvol 1 year ago 3
My head, it won't stop boppin' and rockin', this song just kicks some majoy arse.
Peace to all the world, listen to the good rock and roll, listen to each other, listen to yourselves. You'll find what you are looking for, no matter how deep you look, no matter where, no matter why.
I Love Steppenwolf!!!
Ohkwa:ri'
Howage1 1 year ago 3
@Howage1 what ablast from the past!!! love it. thanks for sharing this. peace!!:-))) hah! could dance to this all day!!!
lillith886 1 year ago 2
@Howage1
Wow, you are rocking ☺ thank you.
LadyQuaintly 1 year ago
@LadyQuaintly,
When I watch good old rock n' roll I can't help but rock out. Nice to see you around LadyQuaintly.
Ohkwa:ri'
Howage1 1 year ago
I CAN'T TURN THIS UP ENOUGH!
Ohkwa"ri'
Howage1 1 year ago
Lost souls will find what they can. It matters not whether they are male or female. In this case it is a woman looking for herself and finding all the problems with the world. In the sixties and seventies we all looked and found. What we found mostly was "each other", "ourselves", and a F@cked up world. Today is No different, except that what we find is "closed doors", "closed minds" and a F@cked up world...
Ohkwa:ri' - your brother Bear
Howage1 1 year ago 2
@Howage1 World is world and independant of our wishes. What's F@cked up s the virtual realites we call societies. All based on imaginary origins and imaginary endings with supposedly that we act in accordance to deities intent. .
I don't know where we come from
Don't know where we're goin' to
But if all this should have a reason
We would be the last to know
just told me I had to face the reality that human knowledge of the world we're in is still in it's infancy.
TheT0G 1 year ago 2
great,,,,,,')
songinwind 1 year ago
@songinwind
Ohhhh yeahhhh, Love the oldies, this song just gets me going.
Love ya Sandra.
Ohkwa:ri'
Howage1 1 year ago
one of my old favorites. it may have been better without all of those overdubs, though.
haciendavil 1 year ago
Happy Birthday John!!! 4-12-2010
cicastle 1 year ago
perhaps they were too unique and escaped classification
jkat2000 1 year ago
Ok. I'm an old foggie. Who is the guy wearing the table cloth?
SweetSue4 1 year ago
Love this song! Great music, great vocals. Thanx for posting!
ziglet53 1 year ago
Great point RTT...WHY R THEY NOT IN THE HALL but yet they put in a pop group by the name of ABBA!!! They're not rock!! abba doesn't hold a candle to the likes of Steppenwolf... and others that r not yet there..
trukinhard77 1 year ago