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Musicbrainz DBI 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 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?
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
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
| sa1157 | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 12:38 I shouldn't rate it so highly, but this song has one of my silliest, glory-days memories associated with it, and it never fails to make me grin like a maniac. |
| gillespp (Portland, OR) | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 12:31 Bill usually does brilliant segues but that one doesn't work for me. |
| NeuroGeek (Just Way Out There) | Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 11:47 jasonv wrote: Man, I don't come to RP to hear something like this when it's a staple of classic rock radio. What you said |
| jasonv | Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 15:24 Man, I don't come to RP to hear something like this when it's a staple of classic rock radio. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 03:55 DigitalJer wrote: Gotta be among the top 10 penultimate classic rock / rock songs out there. Gritty, pointed, mystical, determined, and unapologetic. Love it. Great tune, but is it really the next-to-last classic rock song? |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 09:46 Mars Bonfire |
| xpanurmind (Canada) | Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 20:29 i had one of the releases of this 16 greatest hits on vinyl (i think it would have been the 1980 release), and if my memory is still there the "magic carpet ride" version on my release had at least a minute chopped off making it barely longer than three minutes. obviously the version cut down for the 7" 45. |
| Otomi (La orilla de la civilización) | Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 19:36 apd wrote: You know you're a Star Trek dork when your first association with this song is... No idea, man. |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 19:12 When are organs going to make a re-entry into music? I miss that percussive, slapping keyboard. Let's start a band! |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Aug 29, 2011 - 16:21 Blaggart wrote: It's a description of the Lambda Chi Alpha secret college fraternity initiation. At least, that's what John Kay says - although not publicly. Any article you read will refute this followed by dozens of comments providing support. The video (no longer on You Tube) nails it. Yeah, I remember hearing that from another Lambda Chi. I always figured it for an urban legend, the same way everyone who went to a suburban high school in Ohio in 1988 said their school was the model for the movie "Heathers." We used to say that at my school, too, of course. |
| apd (Toronto, On) | Posted: Aug 29, 2011 - 16:17 You know you're a Star Trek dork when your first association with this song is... |
| fingerpin (oHIo) | Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 06:59 superfido wrote: Those guys do (did) far too many drugs for sure. Especially caveman to the far left. Rogaine. |
| fatcatjb (Sunny Sacramento) | Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 20:56 another shot of Bill Brilliance....I have always loved this song (in 4th grade when it came out)(Born to be Wild was our anthem)(when the Parents were not within earshot, we cranked up The Pusher) |
| tphord (Up 'ere) | Posted: May 27, 2011 - 05:40 Love Steppenwolf... Sherman, set the way-back machine to summer 1968... |
| Blaggart | Posted: Feb 21, 2011 - 15:21 DigitalJer wrote: Gotta be among the top 10 penultimate classic rock / rock songs out there. Gritty, pointed, mystical, determined, and unapologetic. Love it. It's a description of the Lambda Chi Alpha secret college fraternity initiation. At least, that's what John Kay says - although not publicly. Any article you read will refute this followed by dozens of comments providing support. The video (no longer on You Tube) nails it. |
| crnkan (Pleasant Hill, Mo) | Posted: Feb 21, 2011 - 15:20 Have not heard this for awhile. Did not think I would here this on RP. Nice |
| michaelgmitchell (Canada) | Posted: Feb 21, 2011 - 15:19  |
| DigitalJer (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) | Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 09:21 Gotta be among the top 10 penultimate classic rock / rock songs out there. Gritty, pointed, mystical, determined, and unapologetic. Love it. |
| dyharenas (Cerro Apoquindo) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 06:31 There is a scary moment when one can hear the influence the vocalista has had on the Bon Jovi affected growl. Apologies for typing the words Bon and Jovi in this most esteemed of forums |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 14:29 kjf06 wrote: This seems to be sped up vs my AM radio memories Naw...you've just slowed down. |
| repeat108 (Ridgway, CO 81432) | Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 14:29 Nice seguay from Snow Patrol "lifeboats" to this, Bill.....great job, as always, Thanks |
| jckearney (home/work) | Posted: Aug 15, 2010 - 21:24 Peace_tode wrote: I don't know what it is about this song, but it has the support of the masses. I can appreciate almost any song, but this one just makes me wonder. I played it as a musician and it is as simple as it gets. Repetitive and boring. I know it was the S*** in it's day, and I played it not too far removed from then. But I think this one is just lame. Steppenwolf has others more worthy of airplay. This one I can live without. I'm with you, Peace. I'm all for happy music, but after the next few times, this song looses it's appeal. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Jun 13, 2010 - 01:45 Gotta love the wailing Hammond B3. |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 23:15 peter_james_bond wrote:  Beautiful! |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 23:14 That tempo shift from Snow Patrol to Steppenwolf was sublime, Bill!  |
| topcat (Portland, Oregon) | Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 10:58 Same speed. If you remember it from the AM days your metabolism is just a bit slower now. kjf06 wrote: This seems to be sped up vs my AM radio memories |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 00:22 Very nice!! Really great set this morning , Bill!! Thanks!! |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 06:33 According to AMG the compilation "16 Greatest Hits" was issued by MCA in 1973. |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 06:33 Love this song. I saw them live around '72 in Chitcago and the concert was so bad most people walked out on it by halfway through. Must have been the drugs... |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 06:31 From here to there eventually... |
| MJMJ | Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 17:05 Watch out for those magic carpet burns |
| kjf06 | Posted: Jun 30, 2009 - 22:43 This seems to be sped up vs my AM radio memories |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Apr 28, 2009 - 11:10 RadioDoc wrote: Back then we all looked like that... Yep, and that includes the Women. |
| songbirdfemme (syracuse ny) | Posted: Apr 28, 2009 - 11:08 RadioDoc wrote: Back then we all looked like that... apparently i like the well-drugged look! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 28, 2009 - 11:07 love it... |
| phlattop | Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 22:28 von_Hayek wrote: Star Trek: First Contact |
| HBROCK | Posted: Feb 26, 2009 - 23:17 Yea Baby Yea |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 09:59 |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 09:49 superfido wrote: Those guys do (did) far too many drugs for sure. Especially caveman to the far left. Back then we all looked like that... |
| LastChance | Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 09:47 Thanks RP for lifting the mood with a Magic Carpet Ride! |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 09:30  |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 09:20 Never fails to make me stop in my tracks and start the toe tappin' |
| von_Hayek (Fr-Su Duesseldorf, Mo-Th Magdeburg) | Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 09:17 Star Trek: First Contact |
| trekhead (Warped Space) | Posted: Nov 24, 2008 - 04:24 "In a white room, with black curtains..." 7. |
| Peace_tode (Atlanta) | Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 15:33 I don't know what it is about this song, but it has the support of the masses. I can appreciate almost any song, but this one just makes me wonder. I played it as a musician and it is as simple as it gets. Repetitive and boring. I know it was the S*** in it's day, and I played it not too far removed from then. But I think this one is just lame. Steppenwolf has others more worthy of airplay. This one I can live without. |
| superfido (Sweden) | Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 15:25 driver8 wrote:  Those guys do (did) far too many drugs for sure. Especially caveman to the far left. |
| skyguy (CO) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 15:23 I remember dancing around the room to this when I was a wee lad with the AM transistor turned all the way up!    |
| CCinSB (the west coast) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 15:22 We used to do a dance routine to this song doing the Four Corners. |
| n4ku | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 15:22  9 |
| xc_para_puravida | Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 10:55 Step in this!  |
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