Iron Butterfly – In a Gadda Da Vida
An evening pause: Hat tip Mike Nelson, who adds this tidbit of the song’s history:
The lyrics are about Adam and Eve living “In the Garden of Eden” but Doug Ingles, the composer, consumed an entire gallon of wine the night he wrote it, and when he sang it to a bandmate to transcribe the lyrics he slurred words so badly it got transcribed as In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida instead, which in the end stuck.
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Thanks, Robert! That sure brings back memories.
Look up ‘Philip Taylor Kramer.’ (Bass player late 1970’s)
After he got out of the music business he earned a degree in aerospace engineering. He disappeared in 1995, and his body was found in 1999.
Phil Taylor Kramer Missing; Ch 9 News Segment
https://youtu.be/qha2KnkmL5s
2:57
A DJ best friend when you need a bathroom break.
I can never hear that without seeing the image of Tom Noonan being blown to bits from Manhunter.
I wish I had seen them in concert.
FLASHBACK!
1968.
Great soundtrack for bombing communists.
Back when the Simpson’s was still good, they had a bit where Bart snuck in the music of “In a Gadda Da Vida” (composed by I. Ron Butterfly) to the Church Organ Lady and after an overlay of ‘Eighteen Minutes Later’ the congregation is collapsing in sweat.
Guess you had to be there.