Wait a minute, this is rock and/or roll.
Some radio stations used to play the full version.
My brother blared that song at high volume over and over and over (when our parents were gone). I grew to hate it.
R.I.P. Doug Ingle
That In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida song took up the whole side of an album.
RIP
I remember sitting in my buddy’s basement listening to that track many times.
We also used to have multi-day Monopoly tournaments.
But we were never bored back then.
Life was lived at a much slower pace back then. Sigh.
I was fortunate to see the classic lineup of that band in 1969. Unique sound. Doug was a great organist. RIP Doug.
In the Garden of Eden by I Ron Butterfly.š¤£
I jest...
RIP. Apparently that Ina Gadda album sold so many copies that it outsold every album ever made up to that point. When sales and charts meant something. Now no one cares. The kids have a choice today...blow your mind with the old music or torture yourself with the new garbage.
That song nearly got me thrown out of my apartment. I hated it, but roomie #2 would play it over and over at high volume when I was in class. I kept the apt by throwing out roomie #2.
What an iconic song. Iron Butterfly has some really impressive arrangements and many great songs.
RIP
what a song for its time...Everybody recognized it, whether they liked it or not.
In my home room in Junior High grade 7 and 8 there was a record player and this album. Before classes began at 9am those of us who got there early put this song on and played it countless times during those years. It is a part of my youth and growing up.
I remember reading in the ‘70s that Erik Brann the guitarist was only 17 when they recorded In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
The Doors - The End, was almost 12 minutes long, there were a lot of long songs back then when the music was king.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgRlUwFc5wg
I read that Doug Ingle was the last surviving member of the original lineup of the band. Now the originals are all gone the touring groups under the name Iron Butterfly are all fill ins.
A few years ago, I was undergoing a CAT scan. The technician asked me if I would like to listen to music during the test. She also asked what type of music Iād like to hear. I think I said classic rock. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida came up and basically took me through the entire test. š