![]() If I was foolish enough to indulge impossible things on the bucket list of my life, it would include getting drunk and stoned with a wizard. ![]() Me and my magic man, kinda feeling fine.”īasically the song is about getting drunk and stoned with a hippie, who happens to be a sorcerer, which is amazing. The wizard in question comes off like some kindly old hippie which directly ties into the second primary cultural inspiration.Īnd I chanced to meet him one night wandering. “He had a cloak of gold and eyes of fire, ![]() The first instinct most people is to assume anything about a kindly old wizard is based off of Gandalf or possibly Merlin, I do not feel Uriah Heep is singing about any such specific individual in “The Wizard.” As described in the second verse The music video is soooooo nineteen seventies: This ties in directly to what I would consider the two culture primary points of a song like “The Wizard.” There is the obvious fantasy theme, which I love and there is also the overlap of the seventies hippie moment present throughout. In fact “The Wizard” is one of the few songs I learned to play adequately well, and I am but a dabbler. There are few things more relaxing and easy going then mellow hippie music, and some of Uriah Heep’s early tracks fit that moniker well, perhaps most notably “The Wizard.” Like many early Uriah Heep songs “The Wizard” is very simple, all you need to play it is the C, D, and G on a string guitar. While largely forgotten in time, Uriah Heep did enjoy a splash of success in the early days of their career and part of it probably had something to do with just how well they fit in with the peace and love movement. Also Uriah Heep is a prime example of what the seventies were. They are a fun band that frequently visited themes of fantasy and science fiction. They are an endearing band that has existed for over forty years, thank you Mic Box for keeping the dream alive. They are a largely forgotten progressive rock band from the greatest era of music ever (the sixties and seventies).
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