[bomp] Re: Steppenwolf

[Sknoof@xxxxxxx]

<< STEPPENWOLF THE SECOND is quite good, IIRC "Magic
Carpet Ride" was the only real hit off that album... >>

I love that album.  That and "Monster" are both big favorites.

Most die-hard Steppenwolf fans don't like "Second," though.  John Kay doesn't 
like it either.  He feels that the long suite on Side Two was a good idea 
that was poorly realized.  I disagree completely.  I still play it all the time.

For one thing: the opening of that suite was the first time I (and most kids 
my age) ever heard anything even approximating unaccompanied acoustic 
slide-guitar blues.  Sure, not exactly "authentic," coming as it did from a Canadian 
German White Guy.  But it was a start.  "Beggars' Banquet" followed this LP by 
a couple of weeks, as I recall.  But we heard "Second" before "Beggars'."  
EVERYONE bought "Second" -- because they heard the long version of "Magic Carpet 
Ride" on FM radio.  Whoooooooaaaa maaaannnnnn.

"28," sung by Jerry Edmonton, is a lost gem in the Steppenwolf canon.  Love 
it.

The only sour note, and it's still a great song, is "Tighten Up Your Wig," 
which is unabashedly stolen lock-stock-and-barrel from "Messin' With The Kid."

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