What else can be said? This is one of the great rock songs of all time. Say what you will for or against his politics and personality, but Ted Nugent has always been one helluva musician!
Shame on rolling stone magazine. Some years ago their list of the 100 greatest guitarists excluded Ted Nugent. Whose ldeology got in whose way? Rolling Stone's not fit to kiss a wart on Nugent's ass!
Certainly nothing like the crap that's out on the radio/iTunes/etc. today. Actual, world-class talent. Ted has his own show on RAV (Real America's Voice) and at 75, he still plays better than 90% of the guitarists out there today.
Late 60s was great for music like this, Im 61 yrs olds and still listen to rock n roll loud. This song was released in May 1968, the month I turned 13 yrs old. Loved then and still love it now.✌
Nicklaus Kindelberger we rescued her from the pound when she was 6 weeks old. She's 7 yrs old now. She's a great dog and has never hurt a flea. Pitts get a bad rap.
& then after a monster solo career he becomes part of a super group known as The Damn Yankees where his guitar skills are yet once again displayed. Come again has such a killer riff & it sounded perfect live. Best concert I've seen. What else could it be though with 3 frontmen & MC on drums. They opened for Bad Company who I love. They should have just stayed back stage & enjoyed the Damn Yankees. Rock n roll high energy from start to finish as the dragged Ted off stage by his feet as he was playing. They had chemistry not to mention 4 outstanding musician/ entertainers.
I was born way after the 60s, and even I know that older music is way better than todays music. Us Millennials, who like good music, have to listen to older music. There sure isn't any new good stuff that means anything. I was talking to my friends last weekend, and I brought that when you listen to 60s,70s,80s music, you can feel that generation. The music carries the generation, and what the mind set was, and what people were feeling and thinking. I asked what music spoke OUR generation. 50 years from now, what music are people going to listen to and feel my generation? NOTHING. Because none of the music has any meaning.
@@Michael-jw6et I love when younger people discover the wonderful music of the 60’s; that music is still good today, and you’re right; it’s the sound of a generation. I appreciate your insightful comments. Rock on!
Disagree....?... What more could anyone ask for.. he is a killer guitar player and is a America freedom loving patriot that loves guns and grilling large pieces of game 👍.. it doesn't get any better then that !!
I can remember picking up the winter AM radio waves in my bedroom in central Pennsylvania when this song played for the first time over CKLW ("The Motor City"). Greg Arama's bass riff was hypnotizing - and then those searing notes from Ted Nugent's guitar. I stayed up every night for months waiting for it to air. Still get chills from it.
I still have this 45. I blasted it out and wore it out. I could actually play a lot of the guitar of this one. I saw them do this in concert in Michigan. What a wonderful time. :D
Steve Farmer was a substitute teacher of mine back during my school days, it wasn't until like, two years after I graduated that I was aware that he was part of this band and WROTE this song. Looking back, it kind of all makes sense because I'm pretty sure he was still on some left over drugs from the 60s when he was subbing.
Back in 1968 ...... I was 14 ...... Heard about this band that was coming to the neighborhood in Queens at the time to our church and all the kids my age were gonna be there ..... It was the Amboy Dukes ...... little did I know that as I got close to the stage that I was looking at a Young Ted Nugent. and they played ..... journey to the center of your mind. All I got to say is that I was glad to have seen it .
I was binge re-watching Six Feet Under. Nathaniel Senior, the dead dad was dancing to this song. I vaguely remembered it, but I just had to look it up and see what it was.
Ted's original heavy buzz lead guitar and his terrific accompanying riffs ironically complement the beautiful echoing vocal harmonies in this classic psychedelic hippy tune which can journey into anybody's far-out mind...✌
Yes it was an amazing time. So many things were being done for the first time. The first time. I don't know how to explain the feeling of freedom, the rush that anything was possible. It was overwhelming. It felt like an entire old word was being broken up, and a new one rushing in. There has been nothing like it since then. Not even close.
I saw him in sioux city Iowa around 1970 when he was still with Amboy dukes. There were about 150 people there and I stood front and center in front of 34 ampeg speakers on a full purple Microdot. It most certainly blew my mind!!!
The lead solo on this psychedelic sounding track was so out there back then. The tone, the feedback, the notes... Never did drugs myself, but it was almost like a trip hearing this when I was a little kid. :-)
Never knew till today that this was Nugent plus.. I owned this album as a kid in 75. Only looked it up because Stephen King mentioned the word in the preamble to Salems Lot which I am just now reading.
Made it through the Years of 1957 to present 2023! With FAITH and that Holy BIBLE! Through the Fires of Earthly humankind and up to Recent Times, they Say the End Times! Rock on mentally Clean of all the CRAP!
Love Evil Dead... knew I would love the series when it opened on Space Trucking... then it ended on mid-air chainsaw decapitation and this blasting and it sealed the deal
This song is a classic in every sense of the word. If memory serves me, Ted Nugent was the guitarist who put this song on the map of great classic rock. In any every sense, this song is Rock and Roll Hall of fame music. The instrumental break still makes the hair on my neck stand up
I used to play this song at work on Fridays on a Bose Acoustic Wave Radio. I would save 10% of the volume for the guitar bridge/break at 2:00 and crank it all of the way up for 37 seconds or so. Pure magic.
You feel and remember the Summer of 1968 when you listen to this song and if you lived back then. I was 12 then but got hooked on this song quick. Memories...
Hi Denise, we don't know each other, but couldn't help but notice your last name. I once owned a car that was previously owned by a gentleman named Pfaff. Very rare last name! Now, let's get back to the music :)
John L Wow, John!!! Crazy!! I once owned a car that was owned by someone who knew my neighbors Sister-in-Law’s Brother’s Girlfriend’s Uncle Billy Bob! Small world huh?
WOW and WOWSER ! 1968 sandwiched in between 1967's "Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" and"Magical Mystery Tour" and "On her Majesty's Satanic Request" all in 1967 Ruled IN Prog-art ROCK..! Followed by '69 WOODSTOCK....HARD ROCK "the WHO" and "Ten Years After" WOW..!!
I used to take musshhhrrroooms and listen to this song in the early 80s kisw Seattle s best rock Steve slatons electric lunch Psycadelic music from the late 60s and70$ cheers God speed
Will miss you Steve Farmer.. R.I.P. 🙏 He was the best neighbor, use to let us watch his band practice in his basement, when we were kids, great memories♥️
The bassist is my grandmas brother
That's nice...
The Rythm Guitar - Steve Farmer, was my next door neighbor!♥️
Sadly he passed April 7 2020🙏 R.I.P Steve
They kick ass!
Then he'd be your great uncle
@@renee8545 every year we are losing some of the greatest rockers to ever walk this Earth. Most recently, David Crosby
Wow
"Good to see you Jefe."
"It's good to be back."
"How does it feel?"
"Groovy."
*Smash cut to title*
And the way the title changes colour to the beat of the song. It's like even the editor is having fun.
There’s so many songs from ash vs evil dead that I love.
It's a shame they cancel the show, we hope to get a Evil dead 4
@@augustohernando8446 yeah like mad max badassery
YEP... that's how I found it too...
The Stooges, MC5, Amboy Dukes, Bob Seger, SRC, Mitch Ryder, Alice Cooper, & Frost. That Detroit scene was spoiled with incredible talent.
Funkadelic
Let's not forget Kid Rock
@@davidjutovsky-rc3ey lol
@@dirtlevel Ndoy!
Add all of the Motown talent to this Detroit list. Also add Frigid Pink.
i wasnt alive in the 60s, im gen z but not letting this groovy music die out :)
That's great to hear Julia!♥️
Good for you. Who the hell is Julia?
@@bruceparker8033 im trans so my name used to be Julia. It’s Theo now, I changed it :))
55 years ago today, one of the best songs of all time was released. Still sounds fresh today.
Also, 62yr old. This blows away this modern crap
One of the greatest moments of recorded history accompanied by a young Ted Nugent's awesome guitar solo.
That's spot on MAN! Here is where Ted Nugent got started!
Solos 🤩 there are three, that I count, plus several rips in the body of the melody 🙌
🎯
The bass work on this song is spectacular.
Yes AND ALL of the musicians on this recording "Laid IT Down"......!!
I agree, but wow is it down in the mix. No way to pull that out now.
@@dag681 turn up "bass"
Electric bass phenom Greg Arama was 16 or 17 when this song was recorded; average age in band was about 18.
I had a 64 Falcon with a 289 and a Hurst 4 speed and a 8 track that tried to give the pipes a run for the money This was one song that did.
I drove a '61 Ford Falcon. It always broke down. By June of '68 I was driving a new '68 blue Chevy Nova. A much better car.
What else can be said? This is one of the great rock songs of all time. Say what you will for or against his politics and personality, but Ted Nugent has always been one helluva musician!
I can't stand Ted or his politics... but credit where it's due: he's a fantastic musician. Always was.
It is what it is. This song is one of the best, way up there, and Ted's guitar is phenomenal
Shame on rolling stone magazine. Some years ago their list of the 100 greatest guitarists excluded Ted Nugent. Whose ldeology got in whose way? Rolling Stone's not fit to kiss a wart on Nugent's ass!
And a great American patriot
And survived the era
RIP John Drake. Died yesterday at the age of 74.
Ash: It's Good to be back.
Pablo: How does it feel?
Ash. GROOVY.
BEST SERIE. EVER
FAR OUT MAN!
Gotta dig it 🖤
Love that fuzz bass
2:23 HAS GOT TO BE THE HEAVIEST RIFF FROM THAT TIME ALONG WITH THE BASS AND DRUMS KICKING IN AMAZING !
This is sum sweet music
Turn off that fucking caps lock!!!
@@BigAndTall666 I bet u have a pet rabbit
the Sabbath sound before there was a Sabbath
The riff was actually stolen from this tune, recorded a couple years earlier:
m.czcams.com/video/XSluwC6p_J4/video.html
Certainly nothing like the crap that's out on the radio/iTunes/etc. today. Actual, world-class talent. Ted has his own show on RAV (Real America's Voice) and at 75, he still plays better than 90% of the guitarists out there today.
Ya he plays a bit sometimes, pretty cool. Love the hollow body sound.
Late 60s was great for music like this, Im 61 yrs olds and still listen to rock n roll loud. This song was released in May 1968, the month I turned 13 yrs old. Loved then and still love it now.✌
My Gentle Pitt Bull Then you're awesome dude! I love your dog by the way.
Nicklaus Kindelberger we rescued her from the pound when she was 6 weeks old. She's 7 yrs old now. She's a great dog and has never hurt a flea. Pitts get a bad rap.
My Gentle Pitt Bull Of course she is. She's adorable as well.
My Gentle Pitt Bull dude, when I’m your age I’ll be rocking to this loud lol. This was a golden age for music.
Right behind you, brother. I am 57 and grew up with much music. Loud and clear is a good thing.
This song is pretty groovy
Nice sound restoration.
Still sounds good after fifty years.
What a talent Ted Nugent was! He was only 19 when this song was released, and he plays the guitar like that!
What a talent Ted Nugent IS. Stop throwing dirt on him.
@@bruceparker8033 'eh?
@@whiteninja9481 Ted is still around and playing these days. He has a website and does a video blog. 08/30/22
& then after a monster solo career he becomes part of a super group known as The Damn Yankees where his guitar skills are yet once again displayed. Come again has such a killer riff & it sounded perfect live. Best concert I've seen. What else could it be though with 3 frontmen & MC on drums. They opened for Bad Company who I love. They should have just stayed back stage & enjoyed the Damn Yankees. Rock n roll high energy from start to finish as the dragged Ted off stage by his feet as he was playing. They had chemistry not to mention 4 outstanding musician/ entertainers.
IS IS IS IS!!!! TED AINT DEAD DUDE!!!! DIG IT!!!😂
Groovy.
I luv that catch fraise
Gear
@@knightguerra fraise=strawberry
Far out~~
Hail to the king baby!
First year of college (67 - 68) - this was awesome!
I’ll be 64 in a few days, and a good tune comes on in the car, and I still “crank it up!” I have freeway volume (very loud), and street volume (loud!)
kittyglitter Right there with you...
I am 63 going on 16.
I was born way after the 60s, and even I know that older music is way better than todays music. Us Millennials, who like good music, have to listen to older music. There sure isn't any new good stuff that means anything. I was talking to my friends last weekend, and I brought that when you listen to 60s,70s,80s music, you can feel that generation. The music carries the generation, and what the mind set was, and what people were feeling and thinking. I asked what music spoke OUR generation. 50 years from now, what music are people going to listen to and feel my generation? NOTHING. Because none of the music has any meaning.
@@Michael-jw6et I love when younger people discover the wonderful music of the 60’s; that music is still good today, and you’re right; it’s the sound of a generation. I appreciate your insightful comments. Rock on!
keep rockin
I came here all by myself.
Me too. Well, my dad may have played a part.
Classic!
LoL
So did Eric Carmen
Well, what have you learned dorothy?
Haha hehehe....
Being born in 1956 brought me here.
Dad was born same year he's gone now I miss him bad,but I only listen to classic rock n roll, and the stones are my favorite lol
Steve Farmer- Rythm Guitar- sadly passed April 7,2020💔
Grew up next to him, as neighbors in Redford, great memories..R.I.P. Steve 🙏
Had to go to Spencer's at the mall to get my blacklight posters and crank this up.....!!! Groovy
The.Nuge really shines on this. I don't agree with Ted on everything, but the man is definitely the stuff on guitar!
Disagree....?...
What more could anyone ask for.. he is a killer guitar player and is a America freedom loving patriot that loves guns and grilling large pieces of game 👍.. it doesn't get any better then that !!
@@dmithsmith5880 how embarrassing
@@lukess.s What is ?
I’d love to see the Nuge go against Peter Frampton
@@lukess.s I'm with you and OP, Luke. Nuge is an amazing picker, but his ideology is flawed to say the least.
I was a young teen when these songs were on the air. Listening to them now so brings me back . Wow it's mind blowing.
It's been 1 hell of a ride life in the fast lane pedal 2 the metal faster faster yippee !!!!!
Also wore this song out but not on the jukebox.....Phyllis Ortiz
I was only 17 ! Great 👍
Yeah I understand how it feels!! Hope you’re doing just fine?
I was 10 when this song came out but I listened for this every time I had my radio on. Only one AM Station would carry these types of songs.
Awesome song! 1968 was really a transitional year for rock music!
The Big 8 CKLW played this song hourly the Summer it was released....straight across Lake Huron straight to cottage land.....
I can remember picking up the winter AM radio waves in my bedroom in central Pennsylvania when this song played for the first time over CKLW ("The Motor City"). Greg Arama's bass riff was hypnotizing - and then those searing notes from Ted Nugent's guitar. I stayed up every night for months waiting for it to air. Still get chills from it.
Thanks for reminding me of CKLW! Remember hearing it here in Cleveland
CKLW was a Canadian Radio Station in Windsor, Ontario ...I'm from Pontiac, Michigan ... they were the best station!@@tdvcleve
One of the greatest rock songs to come out of the 60's.
I'd put this very near the top in terms of this being one of best songs from the 1960s. From beginning to end, this song rocks!!!
I still have this 45. I blasted it out and wore it out. I could actually play a lot of the guitar of this one. I saw them do this in concert in Michigan. What a wonderful time. :D
Groovy
One of the best rock guitar leads ever...
This song still gives me the greatest feeling one of the best songs of all time
I remember that Ted Nugent was a member of that band. Anyone know if that's him on lead in this song ?
Hail to the king baby.
I love 60's music it actually makes me feel good
Steve Farmer was a substitute teacher of mine back during my school days, it wasn't until like, two years after I graduated that I was aware that he was part of this band and WROTE this song. Looking back, it kind of all makes sense because I'm pretty sure he was still on some left over drugs from the 60s when he was subbing.
awesome
Great story!
I bet u have a pet rabbit
Was he a math teacher?
@@jttcotm318 No, he was just a substitute teacher. He mostly just sat at the desk and babysat classrooms.
Back in 1968 ...... I was 14 ...... Heard about this band that was coming to the neighborhood in Queens at the time to our church and all the kids my age were gonna be there ..... It was the Amboy Dukes ...... little did I know that as I got close to the stage that I was looking at a Young Ted Nugent. and they played ..... journey to the center of your mind. All I got to say is that I was glad to have seen it .
Ash vs The Evil Dead used this in first episode ... I was hooked
Every time I hear this song I still get chills. Advanced for its time no doubt!
I'm 68 and listened to the greatest era of music ever and i have taken several journeys to the center and all parts of my mind
The Motor City Madman,Uncle Ted on guitar.You can't go wrong!!!
I was binge re-watching Six Feet Under. Nathaniel Senior, the dead dad was dancing to this song. I vaguely remembered it, but I just had to look it up and see what it was.
That's what got me here too!
@@chellymarie03 Same!
Hello sherry
Ted's original heavy buzz lead guitar and his terrific accompanying riffs ironically complement the beautiful echoing vocal harmonies in this classic psychedelic hippy tune which can journey into anybody's far-out mind...✌
He still has that same guitar and plays it
Ash Vs Evil Dead fans 2:23
You’re welcome!
Absolute legend
Hey grannie
I don't understand the reference but for me that's that one of the first metal riffs.
Still got this Classic old vinyl album!
Do you have music in your solar system?
@@hotdogwater7037 he rocked around the Milky Way and danced around the borealis, he was space truckin every day.
@@jamesdinnan4726 im glad somebody got that!
me too. I'm 68
.......yeah yeah Space Truckin'...!!.
Ted did this song when he was 18 years old ... genius!
I'm envious of anyone who got to live through this time. Such an epic era for music. 🙌🎶
I was there. Watched Amboy Dukes in 70. It was great. Hard to explain the times. Was good.
Yes it was an amazing time. So many things were being done for the first time. The first time. I don't know how to explain the feeling of freedom, the rush that anything was possible. It was overwhelming. It felt like an entire old word was being broken up, and a new one rushing in. There has been nothing like it since then. Not even close.
Yeah, you missed out. We were there. We were part of something incredible. Music today is so feeble in comparison.
@lornahuddleston1453 I grew up in the 90s. I feel biased about my time. I enjoyed the music then. Not so much today though.
I am 14 and I love psychedelic rock
Straighten up and fly right!
ROCKIN TONIGHT
THE BASS ON THIS
ANYONE ELSE ?
👩🏼
GROOVY!!!!!!!
I saw him in sioux city Iowa around 1970 when he was still with Amboy dukes. There were about 150 people there and I stood front and center in front of 34 ampeg speakers on a full purple Microdot. It most certainly blew my mind!!!
Love this song. Great galloping beat.
The lead solo on this psychedelic sounding track was so out there back then. The tone, the feedback, the notes... Never did drugs myself, but it was almost like a trip hearing this when I was a little kid. :-)
I love Ted Nugent!!!
Never knew till today that this was Nugent plus.. I owned this album as a kid in 75. Only looked it up because Stephen King mentioned the word in the preamble to Salems Lot which I am just now reading.
Wow!!! Had no idea this was from Uncle Ted. But I definitely remember this song from years ago.
A sonic psychedelic revelation of early heavy metal music...
This never seems to loose a little "fantasy is fact" - hence dancing to it forever. Hurray Farmer
Made it through the Years of 1957 to present 2023! With FAITH and that Holy BIBLE! Through the Fires of Earthly humankind and up to Recent Times, they Say the End Times! Rock on mentally Clean of all the CRAP!
This song is one of the reasons why we say Rap is Crap.
This is the first piece of music I ever bought in my life I must have been 13 years old.
One of my very favorite songs, after all these years it still SOARS.
this one song alters musical history
Steve Farmer - rhythm guitar, vocals
John (J.B.) Drake - vocals
Ted Nugent - lead guitar
Greg Arama - bass
Dave Palmer - drums
Andy Solomon - organ, piano, vocals
Rock..on
Cool 😎
Great 😘 Luv it
Thanks paisan
I REMEMBER WHEN TED CAME OUT WITH CAT SCRATCH FEVER I HAD FRIENDS WHO WERE LIKE WOW WHERE HÁS HE BEEN AND I WAS LIKE THE AMBOY DUKES DUMB ASS
Love Evil Dead... knew I would love the series when it opened on Space Trucking... then it ended on mid-air chainsaw decapitation and this blasting and it sealed the deal
+CostanzaKramer1 i had a little faith in people again when i heard that
That moment he said "groovy" my stomach exploded.
Yeah!!!
I nearly pissed myself laughing during every episode. The show is just as cheesy as the movies in all the best ways.
Wore this jukebox record out on the boardwalk in Wildwood, NJ. 1969
Me too only it was Seaside Heights
Did they have the boardwalk train back then?
Watch Out For The Tram Car - Watch Out For The Tram Car
Also wore this song out but not on the jukebox!!!!!!...... Phyllis Ortiz
til then,no one heard a guitar played this way
My brother is my grandma's bassist.
This song is a classic in every sense of the word. If memory serves me, Ted Nugent was the guitarist who put this song on the map of great classic rock. In any every sense, this song is Rock and Roll Hall of fame music. The instrumental break still makes the hair on my neck stand up
Me my brothers use to stand around the radio and wait for this song to come on wow memories!!!!
Great share!!
I was drawn here like a magnet. Born in '55 but still geared like I'm 35! Hand-feeding this stuff to my grandsons!
Doing the same with my Grandson. And my Son can play drums and is excellent too. :D
I also was born in '55! Great year. :D
Hail to the King Baaby!
Never knew the name of this song until today; gives me a Moody Blues vibe.
Better. Much better
Huh?
I used to play this song at work on Fridays on a Bose Acoustic Wave Radio. I would save 10% of the volume for the guitar bridge/break at 2:00 and crank it all of the way up for 37 seconds or so. Pure magic.
I do the same with my 901's
I was 18 when this was released on the radio 😎
I miss you Chris.
Saw The Amboy Dukes along with King Crimson at the Palm Beach County Speedyway in 1971. What a great concert!
Yeah a nice concert, how’s it going Carey?
Saw Ted at Cobo for his stranglehold tour. Motor city mad house
Journey to the center of the mind. That's a sixties phrase if I ever heard one. Take me back to flowers in their hair and love everywhere.
LSD
You feel and remember the Summer of 1968 when you listen to this song and if you lived back then. I was 12 then but got hooked on this song quick. Memories...
It's out of this world.
G.)))
Summer of 1968 was the best of my childhood. ROCK AND ROLLLLL!!!!!
Hi Denise, we don't know each other, but couldn't help but notice your last name. I once owned a car that was previously owned by a gentleman named Pfaff. Very rare last name! Now, let's get back to the music :)
John L Wow, John!!! Crazy!! I once owned a car that was owned by someone who knew my neighbors Sister-in-Law’s Brother’s Girlfriend’s Uncle Billy Bob! Small world huh?
WOW and WOWSER ! 1968 sandwiched in between 1967's "Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" and"Magical Mystery Tour" and "On her Majesty's Satanic Request" all in 1967 Ruled IN Prog-art ROCK..! Followed by '69 WOODSTOCK....HARD ROCK "the WHO" and "Ten Years After" WOW..!!
Journey to the center of your mind; primo Nugent. I remember playing this on my turntable in 1969. Summer of Love!
Wow, there's a good memory. 🎶
Being old enough to have heard this song on the radio brought me here ... oh well ... ;)
I as well
This song is seriously badass and I’m the farthest from what you’d call a rock head 🤙🏼
still unbelievable music from my youth
Love those Dukes! They had a cool car too! "The General Lee!"
I used to take musshhhrrroooms and listen to this song in the early 80s kisw Seattle s best rock Steve slatons electric lunch Psycadelic music from the late 60s and70$ cheers God speed
One of the very best songs from the "way back when days!" Still love it ! 💥💫🎶
GOD BLESS UNCLE TED!!!!
Ok, I'm a father of both sons, and daughters!...there is nothing more important than love and affection!
Kids...
If you want to learn what it means to play the guitar, try this out...
ASPIRE TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE
This song is very…
Groovy! 2:23
RIP Steve Farmer
Will miss you Steve Farmer..
R.I.P. 🙏 He was the best neighbor, use to let us watch his band practice in his basement, when we were kids, great memories♥️
Uncle Ted is playing York Fair this year!!! Hopefully he plays this.
I really liked this when I was young, later saw ted in Denver, I left!
A rock classic!