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18 Nov 02 - 02:00 AM (#828793) Subject: Lyr Req: magic carpet ride (i'd be impressed) From: GUEST,Leroy Carter Ashley I am requesting—but would be thoroughly impressed by a correct response—the original lyrics of the poem that Steppenwolf's Magic Carpet Ride was derived from. I appreciate any and all responses. |
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18 Nov 02 - 04:08 AM (#828819) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: magic carpet ride (i'd be impressed) From: GUEST http://www.steppenwolf.com/lyr/magcca.html |
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18 Nov 02 - 04:10 AM (#828822) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: magic carpet ride (i'd be impressed) From: GUEST http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/7/messages/522.html |
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18 Nov 02 - 04:11 AM (#828824) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: magic carpet ride (i'd be impressed) From: Bullfrog Jones Song lyrics here ---- no reference to a poem, though. BJ |
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19 Nov 22 - 06:54 PM (#4158132) Subject: Lyr Add: MAGIC CARPET RIDE (Steppenwolf) From: Jim Dixon MAGIC CARPET RIDE Written by John Kay & Rushton Moreve As recorded by Steppenwolf on “The Second,” 1968. 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 Close your eyes, girl Look inside, girl Let the sound take you away Last night I hold 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 I looked around, a lousy candle's all I found 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 Close your eyes, girl Look inside, girl Let the sound take you away 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 - - - The Wikipedia article about Magic Carpet Ride doesn’t mention any poem that preceded the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGkGNCUQtWY |
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22 Nov 22 - 05:22 PM (#4158427) Subject: RE: ADD: Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf) From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch 3x404 on the older links. Fantasy & fable, studio work, no poetry. Magic Carpet Ride: The Autobiography of John Kay and Steppenwolf has a chapter on the song, the gist of which can be found here: With royalties from Steppenwolf's first album, lead singer John Kay bought one of these sweet sound systems. When they were working on their second album, bass player Rushton Moreve came up with a groove for a new song and inserted the line "I like my job, I like my baby" as a placeholder. Kay took the demo home to work on the lyrics. In a Songfacts interview with Kay, he explained what happened next: “I popped the cassette into the player, and out of these rather large speakers came this track. And what popped into my head was, 'I like to dream... right between the sound machine.' The 'sound machine' being that stereo system. I wrote the lyrics and melody in 20 minutes, went and overdubbed the vocal, and then we did some more work on the track with instrument overdubs and the like, and 'Magic Carpet Ride' evolved from that.” As the book & blog go on to explain, magic carpets and lamps are taken from that Western pop culture fantasy staple Arabian Nights. |