Magic Carpet Ride Of Sound

The second in 1968.

Magic carpet ride of sound.

The word magic carpet ride relates to what the drug user feels when he or she is on these illegal drugs. Bill copied one of the finished vocal choruses onto a second tape machine and spliced that extra. Tony from connellsville pa the song isnt about sex and carpet isnt referring to pubic hair on a vagina its referring to riding on a floating carpet through. Remembering its release 50 years ago steppenwolf recorded magic carpet ride on the album.

Instrumental i like to dream yes yes right between the sound machine on a cloud of sound i drift in the night any place it goes is right goes far flies. Magic carpet ride lyrics. Flying as high as a kite. Steppenwolf i like to dream yes yes right between the sound machine on a cloud of sound i drift in the night any place it goes is right goes far flies near to the stars away from here well you don t know what we can find why don t you come with me little girl on a magic carpet ride well you don t know what we can see why don t you tell your dreams to me fantasy will set you free.

I like to dream yes yes right between my sound machine on a cloud of sound i drift in the night any place it goes is right goes far flies near to the sta. The song was initially released in 1968 on the album the second it was the lead single from that album peaking at number three in the us and staying in the charts for 16 weeks longer than any other steppenwolf song. Its guitar riff set the tone for hard rock and. Magic carpet ride needed to be a single but we didn t want to hurt the album version.

On a magic carpet ride you don t know what we can see why don t you tell your dreams to me fantasy will set you free close your eyes girl look inside girl let the sound take you away last night i held aladdin s lamp and so i wished that i could stay before the thing could answer me well someone came and took the lamp away. Or more likely a carpet ride while being stoned. Magic carpet ride is a rock song written by john kay and rushton moreve from the canadian american hard rock band steppenwolf.