Memphis History - The Sex Pistols Taco Bell

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Join me in celebrating the coolest Taco Bell in America & one of Memphis' most enduring cultural artifacts - The Sex Pistols Taco Bell.....
Please post your go-to Taco Bell order down in the comments, and God Save The Sour Cream!
Check out Chris Herrington's great article on this show here:bit.ly/3UOkChh
& Big thanks to Daphne Morris my cinematographer!

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11 сен 2024

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@TheMostDanceable 4 месяца назад

Ryan, they always forget the fucking cinnamon twist.

@RyansShorts 4 месяца назад

They always forget the fucking cinnamon twist.

@RagonXE 4 месяца назад

Sounds like the chorus to a great new punk anthem about how corporations don't care about the everyman

@ayvogt 4 месяца назад

@@RagonXE @RyansShorts you should write the song buddy

@BaronFeydRautha 3 месяца назад

Pro tip, they never forget the cinnabon delights. No one gets the 4 pack, it's always the 12 pack. Also, WTF? 4 or 12? Why?

@greatestytcommentator 19 дней назад

Probably the real reason why the Pistols broke up.. something somethin' Cinnamon twist... Boollllox!

@Sifeus 4 месяца назад

"First they tear down our history, then they tear down the taco bell they built on top of it" is an incredible quote to get the paper to print

@sadslavboy 3 месяца назад

Was about to comment this exact thing. I want that on my tombstone

@ABSandhu 4 месяца назад

I think Ryan is going to end up as mayor of Memphis in this new career arc

@RyansShorts 4 месяца назад

That'd be a surefire way to make everyone in Memphis immediately hate me, but I appreciate your support!

@warzoneguy6089 4 месяца назад

@@RyansShortsif it’s any consolation, I wouldn’t hate you. But I also don’t live in Memphis.

@TheThenewdiabolic 4 месяца назад

@@RyansShorts I don't live in Memphis but you have my vote.

@mcSizzle0 4 месяца назад

will move into city limits to vote RyCoin, i believe Ryan would genuinely give a damn about the community

@AptIrrelevance 4 месяца назад

Ryan will win in a landslide after promising to open the pyramid waterslide.

@Nelluc 4 месяца назад

I have gone to that Taco Bell multiple times at 2 am and had no idea that it was so rich with history.

@abel_babel 4 месяца назад

the energy there is so serene i almost can't picture a punk rock show happening on that lot

@king_tiger5263 4 месяца назад

Sex Pistols Taco Bell is really fun to say

@RyansShorts 4 месяца назад

RIGHT?!?!?!

@johnnydropkicks 3 месяца назад

It really, really is. 👍 ”Sex Pistols Taco Bell.” It’s even fun to type.

@akayyalcin 4 месяца назад

I wish I lived in a city with such a deep history.

@southernfriedmedia3968 4 месяца назад

its really cheap here, you could absolutely come live here

@GarrettPDGA 4 месяца назад

Or you could wish to create history in your hometown

@RyansShorts 4 месяца назад

deepfried**

@sh4rky70 4 месяца назад

@@southernfriedmedia3968 no

@heybearproductions9473 4 месяца назад

No you don’t. -Memphian

@aaronkaulay202 4 месяца назад

GOD SAVE THE SOUR CREAM 🙌🏽

@MikeOxmal-000 3 месяца назад

GOD SAVE THE CRUNCH SUPREME...

@imadumbslutwithasharpsword 2 месяца назад

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@MegaCalder 4 месяца назад

I've never been to Memphis, but now I have a reason!

@warmredwater 4 месяца назад

As a Memphian, let's not get cared away.

@TexasHxcx1965 4 месяца назад

Reason, Reason, The Taco Bell!!!

@timboslice8559 2 месяца назад

I live in Memphis/Bartlett there’s really nothing special here other than Graceland, Bass Pro at the pyramid, and the FedEx forum where the Grizzlies play. You’d be better off visiting Nashville if you come to TN

@chrisrockett5897 2 месяца назад

That's deadass what I'm saying.

@KILLERONROAD 4 месяца назад

This feels like a random ass MTV or VH1 show from like, 2005. And I'm all for it. SEX PISTOLS TACO BELL!

@ericlclash7421 3 месяца назад

They should have a pistols tribute band go there and shout "What the f**k is up Taco Bell!? We're the Sex Pistols!" and start playing songs.

@badman3000 4 месяца назад

It's sad that funhaus is gone but the silver lining is that Ryan is now free to be even more Ryan.

@FayAlexGG 2 месяца назад

As a Memphis native I love learning about this

@TheLegPumpkin 3 месяца назад

When Wesley Willis sang Rock and Roll McDonalds I just thought it was nonsense for years. Then one day I found out there was an actual rock and roll McDonalds and it blew my mind. Now there's a Sex pistols taco bell.

@OrangeYTT 3 месяца назад

Where is the Wesley Willis McDonalds?

@michaelomara 4 месяца назад

Im gonna go to the sex pistols taco bell because the one off poplar sucks butt. thanks

@RyansShorts 4 месяца назад

The Sex Pistols Taco Bell is always worth the extra drive

@michaelomara 4 месяца назад

@@RyansShorts ryan I am gonna freakin WALK there. Ps I grabbed the cajun jerk wings you told me to get at Central. Good lord Ive been missing out. Thanks man

@SpectrumIntruder 4 месяца назад

I don't know how I got here, but I'm glad I did

@RyansShorts 4 месяца назад

Welcome! You've come to the right place!

@daviddevoe8810 3 месяца назад

@@RyansShorts hey im in the same boat idk who you are but good shit

@collbym 4 месяца назад

Ryan's stories are so bizarre that I never believe them. Every time I look it up it turns out they're true. The sex pistols absolutely played in Memphis at 1447 Union Ave, where this Taco Bell now is.

@chadross 4 месяца назад

That lady may not enjoy punk rock, but she did seem genuinely interested and told you to have a blessed day!

@kungpaocanine 4 месяца назад

Ryan explaining to the voice-in-the-box what the Sex Pistols were, and the significance of the Sex Pistols Taco Bell is one of the more normal Ryan videos I've come across. A fellow student of history.

@howlingmad7391 4 месяца назад

Ryan is informing us about out things they don't teach us at school. This is our heritage. Don't forget it like they do with our Cinnamon Twists orders 😪 #NeverForgetSexPistolsTacoBell

@frofrozzty 4 месяца назад

The sex pistols are the greatest band to have barely existed, im hitting this taco bell next time i hit up memphis.

@grahamiii 4 месяца назад

Hell yea the knowledge we need!

@greyboar8523 4 месяца назад

Ryan, you are truly a gift to the world that we're woefully unworthy of. Keep being awesome

@elizabethessex7238 3 месяца назад

I have an older friend named Rob that was at this show. He says they were tighter than people made them out to be. He was also at that Pretenders show in Memphis where Chrissie Hynde kicked the back window out of the cop car in front of everybody after she got arrested.

@texasBMXer 3 месяца назад

Bass Pro Shops Pyramid AND the Sex Pistols Taco Bell! Memphis has it all!

@Mascfrogofthepond 2 месяца назад

And a high crime rate

@mcSizzle0 4 месяца назад

i dont believe No Dogs in Space included this in their Sex Pistols series, thank you for informing the masses, RyMan of and for the People!!!! Hurah!

@jonaseriksson3782 4 месяца назад

I want a compilation of Ryan yelling history at people

@brianlane7925 4 месяца назад

I have always sworn that Taco Bell makes so much money off of cinnamon twists that they never actually give you. This video confirms my suspicions about it happening everywhere.

@Bryandan1elson 4 месяца назад

if you keep this up I would love to see you visit Dollywood or perhaps that guy's graceland house if thats still open after his untimely death

@RyansShorts 4 месяца назад

I've thought about doing a Graceland Too video before, I was a lifetime member 4x over there! Tho many videos have been made on it already so I don't know what my angle would be. Dollywood is a good one too. I treasure my memories of the Hoopty Doo Review

@JP-yz2uh 4 месяца назад

Red State Ryan with the Red State fax. That's what I call a red rocket

@ReeseChown 3 месяца назад

Taco Bell, BEER, and sitting around hating Malcolm McLaren all day is likely why John temporarily got FAT in the 2010s

@StarBlazerM31 4 месяца назад

Wow, I lived two blocks away from the Sex Pistols Taco Bell, and I had *no* idea!!!!

@abel_babel 4 месяца назад

i live down the street from this taco bell and the parking lot is perfect for sitting in and pondering. and sometimes they remember the cinnamon twists!

@colintucker8836 4 месяца назад

Look at that, amazing Ryan! Making the video only 4.20 seconds, true legend.

@brianmclendon1647 2 дня назад

I’m from Memphis, thank you for doing this video…..I had no idea this happened here

@junkheadINC 3 месяца назад

Man, after moving from Memphis I miss seeing it. Thank you.

@CharlieSmith-yr8ox 4 месяца назад

that queue to the sex pistols taco bell was pretty... ... ... ... PRETTYYYYY VACAAANT

@BradyT-gg5 2 месяца назад

I have no idea why you’re in my recommendations and have never heard of the band sex pistols, but thank you for informing me of such an incredible history with this oddly specific Taco Bell. I will visit it whenever I go to Memphis, Tennessee. (and will visit the equally odd McDonald’s as well)

@ToliG123 4 месяца назад

Sex Pistols Taco Bell is such a good name, someone should use it as a band name.

@rjstine1247 3 месяца назад

I did not know the illustrious history of this establishment as I grabbed tacos and burritos after spending 4 hours waiting in for a bed in the old Methodist ER

@johnsmith-ep5dv 3 месяца назад

She seemed very confused but admires your enthusiasm! And as a punk loving brit I’m also loving this

@littlegreen9274 4 месяца назад

From rags to riches. From bargain bin to Taco Bell. Brings me to tears of joy to see red state Ryan rise, disheveled as ever :’)

@BMoney8600 3 месяца назад

I’m driving to New Orleans with my dads this summer and we’re staying in Memphis on the way there. I’ll make sure to stop here!

@RebelInTheF.D.G 2 месяца назад

"First, we tear down our history, and then we tear down the Taco Bell we build on top of it." Put that on a shirt. One of the most American punk quotes of all time. 🫡

@Rattlor 3 месяца назад

Man, I thought they literally played at Taco Bell. That would have been Hardshell!

@BOTCHED 4 месяца назад

Going back to taco bell to get your cinnamon twists that you payed for and were denied is the most punk rock thing i've ever seen.

@dead_display3323 4 месяца назад

This is the one I got too often. Its right next to my work.

@RyansShorts 4 месяца назад

Before & after work, you've been eating history

@dead_display3323 4 месяца назад

@@RyansShorts thanks to you, I now know! Making Memphis better by the day.

@willdoexyy 4 месяца назад

I'm gonna have to go there the next time I'm in Memphis. Thanks Ryan for the awesome and interesting information.

@purplehavarti 3 месяца назад

Really awesome video! Very punk rock of them to forget the cinnamon twist.

@BeagleEyeVisions 3 месяца назад

"God save the sour cream!" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@SiljCBcnr 4 месяца назад

Thanks for another informative video. Hope you're doing well, man!

@andyn2003super 4 месяца назад

mint.... video is pure mint

@zacplayshockey1 3 месяца назад

I love how a video about Taco Bell is 4:20 long

@Sonic-gy7kq 3 месяца назад

This dude reminds me of my friend who likes punk rock... "Did they not give me my cinnamon twist?! NOOOOOO"

@ameliabrittain3689 Месяц назад

As a Memphian, how have I not heard of this before?!!

@STATE.38 3 месяца назад

Its so nice when you have a hard contrast object to camera track

@GiantAmoeba 4 месяца назад

Live mas, my man

@krombabulusmichael 4 месяца назад

always great to see another ryans short come up in the feed! also 4:20 nice man

@MrTooner101 4 месяца назад

I come to this channel for music history and Ryan delivered 👏

@lithium444 3 месяца назад

This reminds me of the Denny's Grand Slam video of a band performing at a Denny's in the middle of the night with a tiny mosh pit and everything

@MaskedSausage 4 месяца назад

Ryan is the boy I wanna be when I grow up

@Hillbillypunk 3 месяца назад

There's a Denny's around here that we've always called "Punk Rock Denny's" and I don't even remember why.

@damianpimpinella977 3 месяца назад

This is one of the better videos I’ve seen on RU-vid, please cover the Cybill Shepherd McDonalds in detail

@m1ke176 Месяц назад

Used to go there when I lived in midtown. Never knew the Sex Pistols played there. Granted it was the year after I was born.

@mikeydamatofriends7102 3 месяца назад

Man, I can't wait to visit this place when I go to TN and get those same items for only $6!

@drucifer0609 4 месяца назад

LMFAO, I live here too! I've been to the Sex Pistols Taco Bell! A guy I met was the sound guy at The Antenna Club, and right before GG Allin played there, he handed off the sound board to an apprentice who had been begging to take the board 😂 Let's hang out sometime, your videos are fucking hilarious!! 🤣

@faadiellatief1508 4 месяца назад

Ryan - you should definitely try linking up with the Pretty Much It guys and do a movie commentary with 'em!

@martman689 4 месяца назад

I am definitely going to stop there the next time I’m in Memphis. After I visit Paul the Pyramid of course.

@bisket2003 3 месяца назад

Just found this channel! It fuks. Keep em coming hoss!

@ShearDouchbaggery 4 месяца назад

Your cover of Anarchy in The Taco Bell is deserving of a full version!

@Stompervi 10 дней назад

"God save the sour cream" nuff said

@JorbyTinky 4 месяца назад

Ryan, your comedic timing and editing are top-tier. Here in Murfreesboro, all we have is the Luke Bryan Chik-fil-A so I'm pretty jealous

@nuggdimmadome2192 4 месяца назад

You've been out of LA for like a week and you're already saying yo kwee-roh. Memphis has missed its greatest son.

@resology 4 месяца назад

I know Ryan's Shorts has been the channel name since forever, but "Red State Ryan" as a channel name has such a cool vibe to it

@taylor-gq4rg 2 месяца назад

36 and I've lived in Memphis my whole life, so I recognize it instantly but I can't quite place what street that's on. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled, and I'll try to remember to point it out next time I see it 😂

@user-og7no7jl7v 4 месяца назад

I come to this cannel for the screaming and never get disappointed

@tha_starkiller 4 месяца назад

This is on par with News Channel 5 reporting & journalism. Thank You Ryan for documenting History👍

@coconuthead8484 4 месяца назад

Yes

@turakamu 2 месяца назад

Lived here for a while. I had no idea we had the Sex Pistols Taco Bell!

@callanfox9870 3 месяца назад

This feels like something cactus malpractice would make

@beauwhitlock5034 3 месяца назад

I immediately knew it was the one on Union near Cleveland. I had a many late night in that drive through 😁

@kirkadurka7152 3 месяца назад

What a surprise even this taco bell forgets items.

@JWD1992 3 месяца назад

I got a little nervous when you said "Sex Pistols Taco Bell" to the drive-thru woman, as I was thinking, "I really hope she knows that is a band and not some kind of sexual harassment/gun threat," haha. They need to acknowledge their heritage. They can use the "ransom note" font from the album cover for the menu boards.

@Staplegun 4 месяца назад

That same order would be $10.47 at my Taco Bell. 😫

@Tmonkey18 4 месяца назад

No skips, all bangers

@MauiWowieOwie 4 месяца назад

Ryan you never fail to make me smile you crazy bastard.

@ryanvaros8827 4 месяца назад

So I have to go back to memphis, now? Ugh. 😎

@RyansShorts 4 месяца назад

Yes you do!

@JusticeMildenberg 4 месяца назад

I hope the city of Memphis hires Ryan for an official tourism video. But only if he has complete creative freedom

@andrewkassouf4754 4 месяца назад

This one's from our new album, sex pistols taco bell, it's called god save the sour cream.

@669ELGUAPO 4 месяца назад

Punk rock will live on through you Ryan!

@SpiderMax95 4 месяца назад

I see Ryan is using his new found free time efficiently.

@seanbean3826 3 месяца назад

Ive been to that location, my mom said grandma would not let her go to that show.

@telaplay5313 4 месяца назад

Now lets go to the sex pistols taco bell Goes through drive through Lol

@TexasHxcx1965 4 месяца назад

The Great Combo Meal Swindle!! 😮

@futuristic.handgun 3 месяца назад

Man, this was rad asf. 🤘 I absolutely love Memphis, it's my favorite city that I've ever visited. I live on the literal opposite side of the state, and it's rather lame. We don't have anything like the Sex Pistols Taco Bell. 😕