Well, this is the last song of the truck driving week. I have had songs about: bootleggers, psychopath truck drivers, guys wanting not to be on the road/wanting to be with the ones they love, and ghost truckers. I thought it fitting to end the week in space with Deep Purple's "Space Truckin." I love the effect that they created by playing Jon Lord's Hammond organ through a distorted guitar amp; just awesome!
This song is an early metal song from metal pioneers; almost a legendary song. What is odd about this song is that it is very popular and yet has Sci-Fi lyrics, which almost never happens. In the song they talk about trucking and having fun across the galaxy and universe. Although it might be described as an acid trip instead. Anyway, an excellent song to wrap up the truck driving week.
Here is the studio version.
Here is a classic live performance.
There are quite a few more live videos on YouTube as well.
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