What a blessing these small moments are for those who cherish bill as much as me. It's so unbelievable that this specific moment was captured on film. Bill was a walking living breathing form of pure love and knowledge.
I can't believe this was 22 years ago man... *sigh* Thanks for posting this though Kevin, much appreciated on the 20th anniversary of his passing mate - "Vernon was a false prophet", long live Bill (and respectfully, rest in peace). Sacred Cow Productions changed more lives (mine more than most perhaps) than you could ever imagine by releasing Bill's work (both anti and post-humously), and of course your own wonderful work with the documentary "American Drug War: The Last White Hope". You have my deepest respect, admiration and gratitude. Safe journeys to thee and thine sir, Dream
It BLOWS my mind that a man could be brilliant in comedy, but also a brilliant musician as well. Long live Hicks. Who knows what his legacy would have been today? Unfathomable.
Starting at 3:00 Bill plays an electric. I transcribed the first 4 seconds but after that the timing goes off so I stopped there. The first attempt is a video on my account titled "Sniffy Woo".
I found the music in a comedy album, and/or in Arizona Bay specifically, quite enjoyful, soothing, really creates a peaceful atmosphere, kind of allows time to contemplate the joke, what it implies, also to contemplate Bill's life experience, the importance of his late work, of his late message. If nothing else, puts me at peace, in a world that is quite irrational and kind of just crazy.
Wow. I remember getting into Hicks back in high school, some 12-13 years ago, and being blown away upon learning that he did all the guitar stuff on Arizona Bay and Rant in E-Minor. Had no idea there was any video of him playing guitar until today
4:30 omg died laughing. sad its taken being a huge fan for all these years to realize he actually could not just play guitar, but kinda kill it too. the end is friggin hilarious. i wish hicks was alive. gotta spend my life doing something decent since this man is dead. same love, similar cause.
Nothing Bill ever said was that novel or transformative. He never compelled me to reconsider a position I already held. Bill wasn't the funniest comedian either, he re-used a lot of material and went on to many anti-female/american rants throughout his stand-up shows. Lenny Bruce and George Carlin were far more insightful, talented, and original than Bill Hicks.
@@aleclaskaris6271 explain his popularity here and in the UK then.is it something he said that got your goat ? Carlin mention golf many times in his act ,I never took it personally, I love the game ,he and Bill spoke real shit that affects us all.CHEERS.😎
@@happyfreeliferc Bill Hicks was an overrated, immoral stand-up comedian who pushed for mandated recreational drug use. Hicks was never particularly popular in the United States, but he was unquestionably more popular in the United Kingdom. Because he had a lot to say about America, and it was never positive.
@@aleclaskaris6271 If there's one thing you can't say, it's that those guys were specifically more original than Bill. While I agree with you that he doesn't often make novel points, this is moot when you consider what his mission was: to bring important cultural insights to people whom he was right to believe were complacently missing them. But as far as my argument for his greater originality, Bill's strategy was to employ very surreal tactics in order to "break the spell," as it were, WHILE he is giving you these insights. His on-stage freakouts and apparent psychotic breaks forced you to REALLY be there in his anger, and in the tense awkwardness that followed the only thing remaining for the audience to hold onto was his point. Whereas one can easily watch Carlin and think, "yeah! You're so right man!! This is so fucking true!" all while remaining in the Kafkaesque hypocrisy of consumer Capitalism that those with sufficient knowledge live every day.
What a lot of people don't seem to understand is that stand-up comedy is generally not the place to turn to for terribly original thought, or even coherent, intellectual thought. For that, you have to go to literature, philosophy etc. Which is not to say that Bill Hicks and George Carlin weren't extremely talented at what they did, and weren't intelligent people, because they certainly were. There's just only so much that can come out of the artform, would be my point. And Carlin and Hicks were exceptions to the rule also (there are too many superficial, dull comics to count)... Most people are simply too lazy/impatient/dumb/consumed by their own lives, to really sit down and challenge themselves with say, difficult, mind-blowing texts, or sophisticated art film, or whatever else, so instead they'll turn to stand-up, or Marvel movies, or jackasses on Twitter, or a Netflix series, or the latest Assassin's Creed, etc, and think that what they're consuming are grand artistic achievements because all their friends, the TV commercials, and critics on Rotten Tomatoes or RU-vid endlessly praise and hype up this kitsch, drivel, mediocre-at-best crap... Most people don't have a clue, and/or don't want to have a clue. It just is what it is. Still, Hicks and Carlin were great, but it's not like they're comparable to high culture intellectuals and academics. It isn't the same thing, not even close.
Nice Chappelle Show catch, but from what I gather, bill may have been into coke, but he was way more of a drinker and chimney stack cig smoker, which are more deadly than cocaine in any regard. Horrible diet too.
Kev!!! This was such a legendary recording session. Resulted in so much great creativity. And that studio is so beautifully crude and analog. Love!!! I've always loved Hicks, but I never shared his sentiment towards drum machines and electronic music in general. I love live, analog playing AND electronic weirdness and beats as well. But I understood his sentiment towards pop and candy music in general. It's a fine line.
Joe rogan, Bill Hicks , Alex jones all worked with this dude.. I forone would like to thank Mr. Booth for helping in my opinion such important figures in America 🇺🇸
