Music I'm listening to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida on the music channel

**Rain Man** · 12-03-2009, 11:54 PM

I had no idea it was that long, and that it makes so many creative divergences. The part on now sounds like a bunch of pterodactyls screeching in the distance.

Hammock Parties · 12-03-2009, 11:58 PM

Would have been a better song if it was shorter.

**Bugeater** · 12-03-2009, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Would have been a better song if it was shorter.

This, it's too damn long, I'm not sure if I've ever listened to it in its entirety.

**Nzoner** · 12-04-2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

This, it's too damn long, I'm not sure if I've ever listened to it in its entirety.

No,your attention span is too damn short.

Psyko Tek · 12-04-2009, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Would have been a better song if it was shorter.

if it was shorter,
would it be famous?

**Slainte** · 12-04-2009, 02:26 AM

A commonly related story says that the song's title was originally "In The Garden Of Eden" but at one point in the course of rehearsing and recording, singer Doug Ingle became intoxicated and slurred the words, creating the mondegreen that stuck as the title. However, the liner notes on 'the best of' CD compilation state that drummer Ron Bushy was listening to the track through headphones, and couldn't clearly distinguish what Doug Ingle answered when Ron asked him for the title of the song (which was originally "In-The-Garden-Of-Eden"). An alternate explanation, as given in the liner notes of the 1995 re-release of the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album, is that Ingle was drunk and/or high when he first told Bushy the title, and Bushy wrote it down. Bushy then showed Ingle what he had written, and the slurred title stuck.

The song features a memorable, "endless, droning minor-key riff,"[3] a guitar and bass ostinato, which is repeated throughout nearly the entire length of the song. It is also used as the basis for extended organ and guitar solos, which are interrupted in the middle by an extended drum solo, one of the first such solos on a rock record and one of the most famous in rock. What made this particular drum solo unique was its surreal tribal sound. Bushy removed the bottom heads from his tom-toms to give them less of a resonant tone, and during the recording process, the drum tracks were subjected to a process known as flanging, producing a slow, swirling sound. It's then followed by Doug Ingle's ethereal polyphonic organ solo (which resembles variations on "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen") to the accompaniment of drums (beginning around 9:20 into the piece). There are then interludes in cut time and a reprise of the original theme and vocals.

Live version

A live version reaching over 19 minutes long was released as part of their 1969 live album. This version, however, has evidence of heavy editing from the actual live recording. The guitar solo, for example, seems to have been recorded in a studio or somewhere else where there was no audience in attendance. The live version also lengthens the drums solo by roughly four minutes and the organ solo by about one minute. The version also omits the bass and drum solo jam (heard from 13:04–15:19 on the studio recording). The version that was edited and released as a single omits the instrumental solos and leaves roughly three minutes of music.

I love this little nugget:

In later years, band members claimed that the track was produced by legendary Long Island producer George "Shadow" Morton, who earlier had supervised the recordings of the band Vanilla Fudge. Morton subsequently stated in several interviews that he had agreed to do so at the behest of Atlantic Records chief Ahmet Ertegun, but he also allowed that he was drinking heavily at the time and that his actual oversight of the recording was minimal.[citation needed] Neither Casale nor Morton receives credit on the album.

RippedmyFlesh · 12-04-2009, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Would have been a better song if it was shorter.

You had to be doing a lot of drugs at the time it came out to sit through the whole thing.

sparkky · 12-04-2009, 08:56 AM

I think I'm guilty of massacreing many a gaggle of brain cells to that tune.
I can't remember for sure tho.

RippedmyFlesh · 12-04-2009, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by sparkky

I think I'm guilty of massacreing many a gaggle of brain cells to that tune.
I can't remember for sure tho.

Millions of us did.

ClevelandBronco · 12-04-2009, 12:05 AM

It's a good "D.J. has to take a crap" track.

"Bob" Dobbs · 12-04-2009, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

It's a good "D.J. has to take a crap" track.

Back in the day, the ULTIMATE "take a crap" song was Pink Floyd - Echoes. All 22:30 (or so) of it.

**Slainte** · 12-04-2009, 01:38 AM

I've enjoyed some extended-length rock tracks, like the above-mentioned Echoes. Close To The Edge by Yes comes to mind as well. But In-A-Gadda is a bit too much for me. Is the the studio cut or a live version I believe I once heard that has a drum solo in the middle? I always thought drum solos suck anyway and that one in particular literally defines the word interminable...

**Bugeater** · 12-04-2009, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Town'NCountryChief

I've enjoyed some extended-length rock tracks, like the above-mentioned Echoes. Close To The Edge by Yes comes to mind as well. But In-A-Gadda is a bit too much for me. Is the the studio cut or a live version I believe I once heard that has a drum solo in the middle? I always thought drum solos suck anyway and that one in particular literally defines the word interminable...

I don't recall there being two different versions of In-a-Gadda, but I do know the live version of Space Truckin' by Deep Purple (20:02) has a brutally long drum solo in it, are you sure you're not thinking of that?

**Slainte** · 12-04-2009, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

I don't recall there being two different versions of In-a-Gadda, but I do know the live version of Space Truckin' by Deep Purple (20:02) has a brutally long drum solo in it, are you sure you're not thinking of that?

No, I don't think I've ever heard that Deep Puple song. More I think about it, I'm sure it was a live version of In-A-Gadda I once heard on the radio, maybe on on of those King Buscuit Flower Hour type shows. I clearly remember that solo and thinking this must be a test of the limits of my endurance...

MOhillbilly · 12-04-2009, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

It's a good "D.J. has to take a crap" track.

FREEEEEEEE-----BIIIIRRRDDD!!!!!!!

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12-03-2009, 11:58 PM	#2
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Slainte Please speak your mind Join Date: Feb 2006 Casino cash: $10010402	From the Wiki Page... A commonly related story says that the song's title was originally "In The Garden Of Eden" but at one point in the course of rehearsing and recording, singer Doug Ingle became intoxicated and slurred the words, creating the mondegreen that stuck as the title. However, the liner notes on 'the best of' CD compilation state that drummer Ron Bushy was listening to the track through headphones, and couldn't clearly distinguish what Doug Ingle answered when Ron asked him for the title of the song (which was originally "In-The-Garden-Of-Eden"). An alternate explanation, as given in the liner notes of the 1995 re-release of the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album, is that Ingle was drunk and/or high when he first told Bushy the title, and Bushy wrote it down. Bushy then showed Ingle what he had written, and the slurred title stuck. The song features a memorable, "endless, droning minor-key riff,"[3] a guitar and bass ostinato, which is repeated throughout nearly the entire length of the song. It is also used as the basis for extended organ and guitar solos, which are interrupted in the middle by an extended drum solo, one of the first such solos on a rock record and one of the most famous in rock. What made this particular drum solo unique was its surreal tribal sound. Bushy removed the bottom heads from his tom-toms to give them less of a resonant tone, and during the recording process, the drum tracks were subjected to a process known as flanging, producing a slow, swirling sound. It's then followed by Doug Ingle's ethereal polyphonic organ solo (which resembles variations on "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen") to the accompaniment of drums (beginning around 9:20 into the piece). There are then interludes in cut time and a reprise of the original theme and vocals. Live version A live version reaching over 19 minutes long was released as part of their 1969 live album. This version, however, has evidence of heavy editing from the actual live recording. The guitar solo, for example, seems to have been recorded in a studio or somewhere else where there was no audience in attendance. The live version also lengthens the drums solo by roughly four minutes and the organ solo by about one minute. The version also omits the bass and drum solo jam (heard from 13:04–15:19 on the studio recording). The version that was edited and released as a single omits the instrumental solos and leaves roughly three minutes of music. I love this little nugget: In later years, band members claimed that the track was produced by legendary Long Island producer George "Shadow" Morton, who earlier had supervised the recordings of the band Vanilla Fudge. Morton subsequently stated in several interviews that he had agreed to do so at the behest of Atlantic Records chief Ahmet Ertegun, but he also allowed that he was drinking heavily at the time and that his actual oversight of the recording was minimal.[citation needed] Neither Casale nor Morton receives credit on the album. __________________ And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations Revelation 22:2
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ClevelandBronco I'm with the banned. Join Date: Sep 2006 Casino cash: $5658955	It's a good "D.J. has to take a crap" track. __________________ "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth ..." – Pope Saint John Paul II
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12-04-2009, 01:38 AM	#12
Slainte Please speak your mind Join Date: Feb 2006 Casino cash: $10010402	I've enjoyed some extended-length rock tracks, like the above-mentioned Echoes. Close To The Edge by Yes comes to mind as well. But In-A-Gadda is a bit too much for me. Is the the studio cut or a live version I believe I once heard that has a drum solo in the middle? I always thought drum solos suck anyway and that one in particular literally defines the word interminable... __________________ And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations Revelation 22:2
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