I can still 'air drum' the Inna-gadda-da-vida solo.

[KG]

[yonder]

3. You made me laugh - the things we learn and don't forget.

I can only come up with the first part.

How about "Wipeout"?

[frazzled]

4. That's funny, because

when we used to visit my mother-in-law when she was in a nursing home for several years, we would take her every Sunday afternoon downstairs to a concert or similar event they would hold for the residents. Inevitably, the guest singer or group would lead them through old standards from the 30s, 40s, and even 50s, and they would (mostly) all hum or sing along. It was really cute.

But after a while, I started envisioning what these nursing homes would be like when my generation became the residents. It was sobering. And I said to my husband, "Geez, we're going to be sitting here one day, in diapers and slobbering in our wheelchairs, singing "Inna-gadda-da-vida, baby. It's going to be UGLY!"

[Ohiogal]

7. Oh, you made me laugh, frazzled!

I’ve thought about this, before, too!

Let’s all do the Fish cheer! Gimme an F ....

[mr_lebowski]

5. Bet I could still do a great 'air show', playing guitar and drums ... to 'Overture' from 2112 ...

Helps that I can also actually play most of it on guitar, but ...

That's gotta be the best song for 'air' playing ...

For air-drumming alone, I gotta go with the intro to Time by Pink Floyd ...

[Ohiogal]

9. Time by Floyd

OMG it’s timeless! ( no pun intended)

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. Anyone here aware of this closely-held secret for creating hit records?

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

(snip)

Background

Though it was not recorded until their second album, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was written during Iron Butterfly's early days. According to drummer Ron Bushy, organist-vocalist Doug Ingle wrote the song one evening while drinking an entire gallon of Red Mountain wine. When the inebriated Ingle then played the song for Bushy, who wrote down the lyrics for him, he was slurring his words so badly that what was supposed to be "in the Garden of Eden" was interpreted by Bushy as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"

....

[ProudLib72]

10. I'd heard that. It just adds to the song's mystique

[Ohiogal]

8. I can play it back in my head.

( the drum solo, that is)

[brewens]

11. I used to do it with pencils on my desk in grade school. It's funny that I met Mike Pinera one

night after a Classic Rock All Stars show. So one of his bands was Iron Butterfly and he sang lead on Inna-gadda-da-vida. He did a perfect job of it, but it was not him that sang it on the album because he wasn't in the band yet.