The Pusher by DONAL2228

DONAL2228 - The Pusher

DONAL2228

Jul 30, 2024 12:00am

STEPPENWOLF........................THE PUSHER................1969..................TURN IT UP!!!USE EARPHONES FOR BEST SOUND & STEREO SEPARATION! This song was written by Hoyt Axton, after his dear friend died of a drug overdose! It exposed the evils of hard drugslike heroin and cocaine! It is a strong anti-drug song, using the phrase "God... Damn the Pusher"....Axton is known for songs he has written, like: "I've never been to Spain; and the huge Three Dog Night hit "Joy to the World".Axton recalled how he discovered, many years after "The Pusher" had been a hit, that the song had never been published. He asked his mother, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Boren_Axton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mae Boren Axton</a>, (who wrote the Elvis Presley hit, Heartbreak Hotel"), and who ran his publishing company, how it had been missed. His mother told him she had refused to publish it because of the "swearing" in the song. Hoyt told his mother, "Mom, it's a biblical curse! God... Damn the pusher man!" She said, "Oh, now I get it!" and published the song. "The Pusher" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">rock</a> song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoyt_Axton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hoyt Axton</a>, made popular by the 1969 movie <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Rider" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Easy Rider</a> which used <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Steppenwolf</a>'s version to accompany the opening scenes showing drug trafficking. This is Psychedelic Rock from 1969.