In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
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Topic: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Posted By: earlyprog
Subject: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 14:44
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Great song, great album by Iron Butterfly. But what does the title mean?
And while we're at them. Any anecdotes about them you want to share with us?
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 15:22
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they call it
"in the garden of eden"
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 15:39
| Correct, it was supposed to be what "In the garden of Eden" sounded like after too much of whatever it was they took too much of. |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 16:44
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I'm not surprised there's a connection to certain substances.
Isn't the bass line of the song criminally close to that of Cream's "Sunshine of your Love"?
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Posted By: A'swepe
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 22:05
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Supposedly Doug Ingle wrote the song while consuming copious amounts of wine & In The Garden of Eden came out as In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 21:19
Take a listen sometime to "The Residents Present the Third Reich 'n' Roll". At one point the main riffs of both songs are played simultaneously.
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earlyprog wrote:Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 21:20
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Very annoying song, probably one of the worst things to come out the sixties. -------------  
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 22:18
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Lots of alcohol + Bad mics = In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
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Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 03:33
Cream could have found inspiration to "Sunshine of yor love" while they were touring The US west coast in - I believe - '67 ? Maybe they heard "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" live ?
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: June 18 2006 at 04:14
hurrah!
 i agree - what a load of overrrated nonsense!!!!-------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: June 18 2006 at 08:11
Without the Iron Butterfly, there would be no Captain Beyond. 
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 03:15
Without Elvis there would be no Rock and roll - and hence no Prog  ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 10:08
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To be honest I find Iron Butterfly to be a fair bit less innovative than the band they are often compared to, Vanilla Fudge. Some of Iron Butterfly's stuff is horribly dated now- 'Flowers and Beads' is laughable schlock psychedelia that is exactly the kind of psych that gets lampooned on a regular basis. Other tracks on 'In A Gadda Da Vida' stand up better though- I particularly like 'Are You Happy', 'My Mirage' and 'Most Anything You Want'. However, as for the title track I find the opening few minutes and the last bits to be great but the rest of it to be padded noodling. Great in bits, though. Their other albums like 'Ball' and 'Heavy' are quite decent too. Captain Beyond I've yet to succumb to- I find it a bit over-elaborate and wordy considering the band's pedigree, to be honest, with little that ever stays in my memory after I've played it. |