Official Score = 3 Devils[/caption]I will be honest and say that despite the fact that I consider myself to be definitely an aficionado of music... And to be honest I would say that I like just about all types of music (except for most forms of country, and opera)... Now that is not to say that I am huge fan of all songs that are out there from the genres that I didn't just mention that I find to be utterly repugnant!
But regardless the one area of music that I have not heard to much of is, 'long songs'...
What I mean by long songs are songs that go longer then I would say about 6 minutes... Now that is not to say that I haven't heard any, as a matter of fact I would go on to say that I have heard more then a few!
With that in mind though there is one song that I found to be really pretty much a kick ass good time, and it was a song that from what I have seen movies and TV shows, seems to be what defined the drug craze of the 60s and the counter-culture movement that was going on in those turbulent times... This song of course I am talking about is, 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' by Iron Butterfly (1968)!
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Iron Butterfly in 1969: from left to right Doug Ingle (organ, vocals), Ron Bushy (drums, percussion), Lee Dorman (bass, vocals), Erik Braunn (guitars, vocals). The legends who made one of the most famous counter-culture drug songs of all times![/caption]Now of course the 60s are dead, and so the song has lost a little bit of its luster as a cultural icon for the dissatisfied masses, but the truth is, is this song is still extremely relevant as not only an Icon representative of that time, that works out great for movies and TV series, but it is also still a truly amazing song... And I will be honest and say that it is one of the longest songs that I have ever heard!
What makes this song so great? Well I want to say that the lyrics were pretty amazing for this song... (They were fun, but not very present), no what made this song so awesome was the instrumental solo that goes on through most of this song! I mean I hate to say it (being as I am not a fan of drugs in any capacity), but I can definitely see how people could enjoy getting high from the Psychedelic tones inherent in this song!
For me personally besides the fact that even after over 40 years, the instrumental solo in this song is still truly amazing, these instrumentals are historically speaking a representation of the music of the 1960s!
In the end this song still kicks ass in a major way, and is absolutely worth the time to listen to it, and if you get a chance, I think you might really enjoy it! I know I did!
http://youtu.be/UIVe-rZBcm4
