Cripes, did Steppenwolf ever suck!

[Archae]

We all know (and most of us like) their song, "Magic Carpet Ride."

But I'm recording their album "For Ladies Only," and they stink on ice!

[onehandle]

1. 'Born To Be Wild' is the song that people know them for. nt

[Archae]

2. Oh yeah.

That one too.

[A Simple Game]

26. If I remember right "Magic Carpet Ride" was the #2 side of "Born To Be Wild" on the single.

I played it so much I could hear both sides no matter which side I was playing.

In answer to the question, no they never sucked, well not in the '60s.

[wtmusic]

3. If you ever go to see them live

you have to sit through that crap for an hour before they get to MCR or "Born to be Wild".

[Archae]

4. Just found the date on the record, 1971.

I guess they were a classic 60's burnout.

[wtmusic]

5. I just bought a bunch of Cream tracks from the 60s

Sure "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room" are classics, but anyone who thinks they were beyond reproach will be cured by a quick listen to "Wrapping Paper", "Anyone for Tennis", or "We're Going Wrong".

[Archae]

6. Well, recording Cat Stevens' "Buddha And The Chocolate Box" now.

Great record there.

[wtmusic]

7. Transferring vinyl/digital? nt

[Archae]

8. Yes, for my sister and her husband.

They are giving me the records after.

Found one confirmed collector's item, so far.
Van Halen, "Women and Children First," 1980.
The first million pressings got a big poster of David Lee Roth, I have that one.

[mikeytherat]

9. I've got a first pressing of GnR's "Appetite for Destruction," with the "robot rapist" cover.

Any value in it?

mikey_the_rat

[OriginalGeek]

11. I dunno if there still is value

but I have one too - still in the shrinkwrap.


I think Axhole has eaten up all the potential value in any G&R records though.


I also have an unopened copy of Ice-T's Body Count with Cop Killer on it.

And I think a Poison album with a banned cover too - back in the 80s they were ridiculous with that goofy banning shit.

[mikeytherat]

13. I also have the Scorpions' Lovedrive and Virgin Killers albums with banned covers.

And after seeing GnR in the late '80s, if I had to guess who would have emerged the sane and sober one, I wouldn't have picked Slash, but there ya go.

mikey_the_rat

[OriginalGeek]

25. lol, good point

Ida thunk Slash would still be high...


My roommate and I wore out at least 2 copies of Blackout...but we never had the banned covers albums - well, I know we had Lovedrive but not with the banned cover...

[harmonicon]

27. Yes, that's worth good money.

I wouldn't venture to say how much though. The market has gone sort of crazy. It used to be that some rare things were way more expensive than they are now, because they were hard to come by - there was no ebay. Conversely, some things that would fetch money now I could buy for fifty cents, simply because they were too obscure to be priced high at a record shop - t would just be wasted space for years until the right person were to maybe happen along.

[Jetboy]

32. Fifty bucks in really nice shape.

The really valuable one is their debut ep 'Live Like a Suicide' on their own Uzi Suicide Label.

That record was in my hands back at Tower Records in 1987 just before Appetite came out. But I put it down and decided to pick up a double lp called All Those Wasted Years by Hanoi Rocks. Financially it was the wrong choice but I discovered a great band that was never really heard from again while everybody would know GnR shortly. So I figure it was still the right choice.

For my money, Hanoi Rocks was the best band of the 1980s with GnR ranking second.

[Doc_Technical]

30. Cream did other good songs. check out "Dance the Night Away"

"Pressed Rat and Warthog"
"Those were the Days"

[lastlib]

10. But ya gotta admit "The Pusher" was a trip!!

[hobbit709]

12. You obviously have a seriously lacking musical appreciation range.

[Archae]

15. Three good Supertramp records are next.

"Crisis? What Crisis?"

"Even In The Quietest Moments..."

"Crime Of The Century"

[hobbit709]

18. Like I said.

You:
A: Don't like Steppenwolf and Little Feat
and
B: Like Van Halen and Supertramp.

[Archae]

22. Well, I do prefer Supertramp over Justin Bieber...

[IBEWVET]

14. They had some good political songs on the "Monster" album

And "The Pusher " and "Don't step on the grass sam"

[HopeHoops]

16. What about "Born to be Wild"?

[blue neen]

17. Sorry to disagree...

My brother and I loved Steppenwolf when we were teenagers; still do!

The lyrics of this song are apropos, and the drum solo rocks:

[Phentex]

19. Your threads are cracking me up!

I hope you will post about each album as you transfer them.

[Archae]

23. Well, after the three Supertramp albums is James Taylor's Greatest Hits.

Now that one I'm going to enjoy a lot.

[ohiosmith]

20. "Ever suck"? They always sucked?

[Archae]

21. They were good doing "Magic Carpet Ride" and "Born To Be Wild"

But by 1971, when "For Ladies Only" came out, they had burned themselves out.

From Wikipedia:

"The band broke up in 1972 following the release of another political concept album, For Ladies Only, and Kay went on to an inconsistent solo career, scoring a minor solo hit in 1972 with "I'm Movin' On" from his album Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes.[3]"

[Joe Shlabotnik]

24. They were basically a pop band.

A couple of hits and no substance and not even remotely comparable to the great super groups of the time. Now they just play dive casino's and open for free puppet shows in the park.

[becca da bakkah]

28. I Liked "Sookie Sookie", By Steppenwolf

But that was when I was about 17. I thought they were well read and intellectual, being named after a Herman Hesse novel. Little did I know!

[Turbineguy]

29. There was a story

that while they were as yet "unknown" they booked a gig at a High School dance. Then they became famous. They still honored their commitment.

[Doc_Technical]

31. Some music doesn't "wear well"

They belong, for the most part, to a particular time and place,
hence the old cliche "You have to have been there"