Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

Man!! I use to dig this track when it first came out in 68..... I still have it in my collection of classic rock on my laptop...it reminds me of when I started rebelling against authority with long hair and sympathetic with the hippie movement....ya man those days were out of sight.

Everyone do yourself a favor and buy a record player and get a nice copy of "Steppenwolf The Second." Killer side one. Killer side two. "Magic Carpet Ride" is the second track on side two. After this song comes the "medley" that lasts the rest of the record. It took me years to understand the musical transitions in the medley (starting with "Disappointment Number (Unknown)") but then I realized that it's supposed to be show how the blues progressed over the decades. From acoustic to rock.

what is Acid? Is it good for you?

It's a drug.

and no

wow do you think they are on enough acid in the video? haha very good song.

.. SOLID!

looks like they took acid every time before the song, awesome song

I first heard this song when I was in seventh grade - 1968. To us 12 year-olds it represented the ne plus ultra of drug music. (Except we didn't go around using phrases like ne plus ultra.) Everyone knew that you needed pills to take that magic carpet ride. Many did.

To me it sounded daring... like I'd get into trouble with my parents if they ever heard me listening to it. Which, of course, is what made it so COOL.

well written song,is it about a rug ass burned groupie...or a spacey high between 'the sound machine.'?I guess its proves if you're hammered you write better stuff,eh..?