The band:
- Harsher in Hindsight: The following lyrics from "The Pusher." This was only a few years before the Richard Nixon press conference that led to the popularization of the term "War On Drugs":Well now if I were the president of this land
You know I'd declare total war on the pusher man - Song Association:
- If you've watched a movie or seen a commercial since 1968, chances are you've heard "Born To Be Wild" at least once.
- Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe likely recognize "Hey Lawdy Mama" as the song that plays when Stan Lee makes his final cameo in Avengers: Endgame.
- Star Trek fans tend to associate "Magic Carpet Ride" with Zefrem Cochrane's historic warp flight in Star Trek: First Contact, which, in-universe, set the stage for First Contact with an alien species, the Vulcans, and the Federation's founding. (It's actually associated in-universe too, as Star Trek: Lower Decks showed us when the lead characters went on a re-enactment flight at a historical theme park.)
- Values Resonance: "Rock Me" is surprisingly progressive for a classic rock song, since it's about a young woman who wants to help others and improve the world, but becomes disillusioned after getting sexually objectified and learning that there aren't easy answers in life. And the drums-and-chanting middle section sounds like an early attempt to use World Music in a rock setting.
