Fans of that overwrought genre (and The Simpsons) can thank their lucky stars (and drugs, obviously) for the bit of serendipity that put the hidden meaning in Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida." Had the band members not been spaced out on who-knows-what, we wouldn't get cracked up by Homer reminding Marge, "Remember when we used to make out to this hymn?" And that old hippie you work with would have to insert a different band name when he pulls out the classic, "That time I saw..." when disparaging younger generations about not understanding music because they don't listen to it on big, scratchy, unwieldy pieces of vinyl.
According to Schaefer, "What you're hearing, in fact, wasn't supposed to be recorded — this was a soundcheck. The producer hadn't arrived and the band was just kind of vamping in the studio, but the engineer was rolling tape." In the end, the band liked the messed up line and kept it in the recording they sent off to radio stations.
Speculation as to the true meaning of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" raged for decades, but now the debate can be put to rest. But other mysteries abound: Iron Butterfly's hit isn't music history's only case of strange lyrics that don't mean what you think they mean.
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