SHE WAS SHOOK!..|HER FIRST TIME HEARING Living Colour - Cult Of Personality REACTION

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SHE WAS SHOOK!..|HER FIRST TIME HEARING Living Colour - Cult Of Personality REACTION
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@mikegottschau4224 2 года назад

Still one of the face-meltingest guitar solos of all time. So fire

@RobertMcDaniel-ny8pl 9 месяцев назад

Amen to that

@Capydachi 3 года назад

Vernon Reid is one of the most criminally underrated guitarists.

@rom65536 3 года назад

Vernon Reid is a monster on that guitar. He deserves so much more recognition than he got.

@brianherrington7226 3 года назад

I was just gonna say Vernon was heavily influenced by Eddie Van Halen much like SRV as Jimi in styles.

@Grimlock1975 3 года назад

America's greatest import, sent from The UK with much love :)

@Kim-hc5si 3 года назад

Faaaaaacts. 🔥

@cabowabovhnut 3 года назад

Absolutely true!!!

@midnightblackrose00 3 года назад

"In Living Color" was a variety show back in the early 90s. This is where Jamie Foxx, Jim Carrey, Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier, and Damon Wayans got their start. Jennifer Lopez and Carrie Ann Inaba were part of the dance troupe The Fly Girls. Great show with some hilarious comedy skits.

@denroy3 3 года назад

Don't forget Keenan Ivory Wayans...the creator of the show, writer and producer.

@midnightblackrose00 3 года назад

@@denroy3 I should have stated that ALL the Wayans were involved with the show, Keenan, Damon, Kim, Shawn, Marlon and Dwayne. :) They are all worth mentioning.

@taylortyler1867 3 года назад

Homey the Clown(Damon Wayans), Fire Marshall Bill(Jim Carrey), Wanda(Jamie Foxx), Men on Film(Wayans & Grier), among others. F-ing hilarious show. You'd never get the funny skits they did back then, today, with all the hypersensitive snowflakes out there who'd be offended.

@paulriddle7818 3 года назад

and Rosie Perez was the dance choreographer

@vanhattfield8292 3 года назад

Yeah, "In Living Color" ran from 1990-1994. The Band "Living Color", was formed in 6 years earlier 1984 and is still producing music to this day.

@coreyschmidt734 2 года назад

I absolutely love this band. Corey Glovers voice is incredible. In Living Color was a great show. Jim Carey got his start on that show and J Lo was one of the fly girls.

@melissaturner8062 Год назад

Corey Glover was in the movie Platoon

@bibakroll8999 Год назад

What does a tv show have to do woth this band?

@jamesgilliam5278 Год назад

@@bibakroll8999 nothing. Lol

@Whitebreadonly Год назад

@Biba Kroll nothing really, except the fact that people constantly confuse one for the other.

@ReneChewbaka Год назад

What?

@irishbears2103 3 года назад

Nobody ever labeled Jimi Hendrix as a "black rocker." If they did, I never heard of it.

@dickdublin2273 3 года назад

Jimi tried to avoid race issues, he just cared about the music.

@kellycannon4561 3 года назад

I was a little girl even i knew he was a treasure. Drugs took him from us.

@suprchickn7745 3 года назад

Part of that is he got his start in England and they have less racial strife. Also, Jimi was warmly embraced by the biggest talents in the world at the time. Paul McCartney, Clapton, Mick Jagger among many more!

@ymcpa73 3 года назад

@@suprchickn7745 If the movie Jimi:All is by my side is based on actual events, then there was plenty racism in England, especially since he was dating a white woman. Musicians are different. They tend to see talent above skin color.

@hbg99x 3 года назад

@@dickdublin2273 Correct; it's why he moved to England to be free. And play w/the greats: Beck, Page, Clapton, Harrison.

@SylviusTheMad 3 года назад

"Only you can set you free." More relevant today than ever.

@timpwhit 3 года назад

You mean "I alone can fix it" isn't true?

@vanhattfield8292 3 года назад

@@timpwhit I'm just wondering how you interpret what he said to mean what you posted? Not throwing shade, this is a legit question because I'm not seeing it.

@timpwhit 3 года назад

@@vanhattfield8292 Propaganda begins with the notion that democracy and the "will of the people" can't be trusted, which serves as the predicate for an authoritarian dictator to rise to power to "fix" society's ills. They don't want ordinary citizens to think for themselves (i.e. "set yourself free").

@vanhattfield8292 3 года назад

@@timpwhit Feel free to not respond, I won't take it as anything other than that you have better things to do than share ideas or debate a random stranger in a youtube comments section, lol. 100% understandable. Thanks for your time and responses. Cheers.

@timpwhit 3 года назад

@@vanhattfield8292 I don't respond endlessly to morons who couldn't put together a rational argument to save their lives, but I always have time for folks like yourself who are simply asking me to elucidate and clarify my opinions. Cheers to you as well. I hope I answered your question

@joey22306 3 года назад

Some people just don't realize how badass this song was and how it broke barriers into mainstream hard rock. It was epic 😎

@wandameadows5736 2 года назад

LOL, it didn't break any barriers & people back then didn't see race like todays generation that's been trained to see race. Really sad what the left has done to peoples mentality. Whether your a white or black rock band it doesn't matter, its how good your music is that matters. The amazing thing is all the way back to the beginning of rock there were black & white bands people weren't so Obsessed" with race like people are today. We have devolved into racializing everything & its came with serious consequence's & will continue to create more & more consequences. There's more racial discrimination today then there ever was when I was growing up. Everything today has to have the "ethnic makeup" of the person inserted into it's title. Heck they didn't even use the stupid label "African American" back then. It's really so unfortunate what American Culture has become.

@markjones7109 2 года назад

@@wandameadows5736 Well said.

@TheBengineerTV Год назад

@@wandameadows5736 I’ve never seen someone type so much but say so little

@paintedhorse6880 Год назад

@@wandameadows5736Literally completely wrong.

@johnsuttoniiijs Год назад

These guys blew my mind. These guys were the highest caliber of musicians, they dumped metal on its head. This video was number one on Headbangers Ball on MTV for like 3 months. This album was a revelation. The groove. omg.

@rocjackson5975 Год назад

This song turns me into a metal headbanger!! You can’t help but bang to this song 🎵!

@karlsmith2570 3 года назад

Actually, Amber, the correct title of the show was "In Living Color" The band "Living Colour" (note the difference in spelling) is something totally different Btw: "In Living Color" was the show that introduced the world to Jim Carey and the Wayans Family

@dannybrazil3986 3 года назад

I have 6 jobs man "How many jobs do you have man"

@andreadeamon6419 3 года назад

And jlo

@AscendedXSaiyan 3 года назад

LET ME SHOW YAH SOMETHIN'

@james3282 3 года назад

Colour is actually the Canadian way of spelling it 😎🇨🇦🙏

@AscendedXSaiyan 3 года назад

@@james3282 The British way...that we then adopted. The *CORRECT* way 😏

@joeybee1914 3 года назад

"Only you, can set you free." One of the best lyrics I've ever heard, never gets old, and it will always be relevant.

@lkwuieyrfcnqiuweyrcn 3 года назад

But you can only "set you free" by shedding of the Cult Of Personality that is the government.

@kdrapertrucker 3 года назад

And a basic truth many do not understand.

@rikkilleen3169 3 года назад

They're not black rockers. They're rockers. They're rocking. Because they rock.

@pauldowlan3285 3 года назад

Truth

@reeferman42078 3 года назад

F*ck Yes ! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

@briancarr4607 3 года назад

WELL SAID

@maxpeck7382 3 года назад

You know as well as I do what they mean though, because Rock became a White artist dominated music genre. Black Americans like Chuck Berry gave it to us, but then White America adopted it and ran with it making it their own. Black Americans moved on to pioneering Rap music which for the most part White people appropriated to a much lesser extent and so is still seen as a more Black artist dominated art form.

@billdecat855 3 года назад

@@maxpeck7382 I said a similar thing in the comments. Instead of reclaiming rock & roll the culture chose to embrace the gansta instead of the delinquent.

@claygirlcan 2 года назад

Living Colour and bands like them who explore sociopolitical subjects are rare. Definitely talented in more ways than one 👍👍👍

@Grimlock1975 3 года назад

Back when this came out the only thing we thought was these boys rock, race was never an issue. If only people were more like us music fans :)

@O_Towne_Bear 3 года назад

People were saying "black rockers" like it was new. My heroes included Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Willie Dixon, Jimi Hendrix and so many others.

@mortimerbrewster3671 3 года назад

@@O_Towne_Bear I get what you're saying but the difference between those you listed and the "rockers" being referenced is the head banging. I'm not a metal expert but other than this band I don't know any other black "rockers" like these guys.

@Verlopil 3 года назад

Exactly. I went to see them when this album came out at a smallish club and the place was packed with people of all races that night. I remember my husband went with me and he had only seen their picture and expected something like Prince who he didn't really like, but once they started playing he was yelling louder than I was for them. The whole crowd was lit for it.

@hunterhitch2858 3 года назад

@@mortimerbrewster3671 then check out the band “Bad Brains” and the singer from “Sevendust”.👍😃

@mortimerbrewster3671 3 года назад

@@hunterhitch2858 Okay, wow. I checked out a 1982 live version video of Bad Brains and they put on a wild show. They would have been awesome to go see when I was younger. I have not heard of Sevendust before, either, but that voice is something else. I'm definitely going to be checking out more of their music.

@blaiseprisciotta553 3 года назад

A perfect all female all black group for Female Friday would be En Vogue-- Free Your Mind. It’s rocking!

@bothellkenmore 3 года назад

Jada Pinkett -Smith has a rock band

@lawrencejoy2256 3 года назад

When I was young, I had such a crush on them. Love strong women, and the fact they were/are beautiful is just a bonus

@AnnieAnnieBuckwheatCakes 3 года назад

Shela E is also a great soloist.

@grumpyunicorn3069 3 года назад

A billion times yes!

@neshobanakni 2 года назад

This song is as deep as can be. As relevant today as ever. Nobody rocks that hard!

@csmith1173 Год назад

Hell Yes!!!

@TheDylls Год назад

Truly an anthem for the ages

@Dragonsinger71 2 года назад

It's definitely a deep meaning they wish to put across, and it's really timely today. The term cult of personality kind of refers of how we can get sold leaders, social and political, that we take on perception. What we think we know about them, actually based on what they chose to show us, causes us to adopt them as worthy of our admiration and following them.

@mikeroberts7755 Год назад

Kinda like a certain orange president.

@jesses5463 Год назад

@@mikeroberts7755 Yep and a certain privileged white president that passed himself off as an authentic black man even though he was born to a white woman, raised by white grandparents, and lived a very privileged white upbringing. At least the current doofus in chief isn't a cult of personality.

@artemusprine Год назад

At first people think the leader is one of them, the one who can save them and/or win their fight. But in a short time the people will begin following him anywhere until the leader is no longer just a fighter for the cause and loyalty to him becomes the cause itself.

@yvonneclaes5208 11 месяцев назад

@@mikeroberts7755 Yep, same as the senile one in office right now.

@NooneTymeCollections 11 месяцев назад

Senile is putting it lightly Agent orange 2024

@artsilva 3 года назад

Look up the definition of "Cult of Personality" Then read the lyrics... it'll make total sense if you have a general knowledge of US and World political history. You will then notice that this song is even MORE relevant in today's political environment.

@JB-bh9bl 3 года назад

Preach!!

@JB-bh9bl 3 года назад

The sad part is that this song has a deep and powerful message and this goes wayyyyy over people's head.

@artsilva 3 года назад

@@JB-bh9bl agreed!

@secolerice 3 года назад

Wow, I just looked up the lyrics. I have never heard this song. It is very relevant today! Thank you for the heads up!

@the_vile_one. 3 года назад

True true true👌

@ffjsb 3 года назад

The lead singer Corey was also in the movie "Platoon" with Willem Dafoe, Tom Beringer, and Charlie Sheen.

@stevemchale9775 3 года назад

I was just about to type that. Thought i better see if someone else knew that.

@ericfoster5267 3 года назад

Whoa, interesting!

@confucius12012 3 года назад

Yep, "we gonna get high-de-high.." Or something like that.

@gymeni 3 года назад

I also saw him in a stage version of Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas Iscariot. He played alongside the actor who originally played Jesus, Ted Neely. It was fabulous!

@michaelconnor1542 3 года назад

I did not know that.

@kerry7713 3 года назад

JLO was one of the Fly Girls. That’s where she got her break. Jim Carey got his. Real there too. Wayans we’re the ones willing to take a chance with him.

@tanthaliskanan 3 года назад

.. and Jamie Foxx

@Herbert04 3 года назад

Never was a fan of Carey. I did like the rest though.

@kerry7713 3 года назад

Interesting Jim Carey fact. He wrote back and forth letters with Tupac while PAC was incarcerated. Tupac said the letters made him laugh.

@707Berto 3 года назад

Fire Marshall Bill Burns!!!

@neomonk5668 3 года назад

@@707Berto let me tell ya something!

@jamesgreenhow108 2 года назад

The very first voice you hear is a iconic speech of MALCOLM X

@millerbeer01 3 года назад

"Open Letter to a Landlord" is my favorite Living Color song. Reminds me of growing up in the Bronx in the 70's. These men are all world class musicians and coreys voice is still as good to this day.

@Kos4Evr 3 года назад

1 thumbs up is not enough for this comment. I wish i could give more thumbs up for this.

@kestrelhill 3 года назад

"You've got to fight for your neighbor" at the end still sends chills down my spine.

@Emelefpi 2 года назад

When they come out of the solo and Corey Glover roars in with "we've lived here for so may yeeaars!" - friggin awesome

@stephenmartin8331 2 года назад

I was always surprised that Pearl Jam didn't point to Open Letter when they played Ledbetter. Direct comparison

@millerbeer01 2 года назад

@@Kos4Evr 🤗

@klasseact6663 3 года назад

Damn I was just exiting being a teenager when this came out, I'm 51 now and I still listen to them, great music never dies! The musicianship here is as good as ANYBODY🔥🔥🔥

@mickeyrob7532 3 года назад

Same, I'm 52 and love these guys

@thedarcbird 2 года назад

50 year old Brit here, and I remember listening to them when I was a teen. I'm so glad they are still active!

@michaelgruppetta257 2 года назад

Got to see them live. Just wow!

@johngeiger3770 2 года назад

And the lyrics tell us all that we need to know about our world today.

@BPrice1A 3 года назад

If you’ve only reacted to one of their songs, you have to react to “Open Letter (To A Landlord)”, “Middle Man”, “Pride”, “Type”, “Someone Like You”, “Nothingness” and “Postman”.

@loadedorygun 3 года назад

Also Memories Can’t Wait!

@F4C30FSP4D3S 10 месяцев назад

I was raised from my mom and dad on 70s 80s and 90s rock and heavy metal and I love this song. So good and they surge it had in the 2010s due to WWE and CM Punk brought a whole new audience to it.

@kevinunderwood4104 3 года назад

"When a leader speaks, that leader dies". One of my most favorite and one of the truest lyrics ever uttered.

@Sportsref13 3 года назад

"When the Mirror speaks, the Reflection Lies" is another great line from the song

@jacerea8683 3 года назад

Refrence to jfk if im not mistaken?

@lynnevetter 3 года назад

Reminds me of Bullworth the movie. Have you seen that?

@kevinunderwood4104 3 года назад

@@jacerea8683 Also, MLK.

@kevinunderwood4104 3 года назад

@@lynnevetter It's been years. But yes, that's a good example of something like that.

@MarkFowlerthefunkee1 3 года назад

They’re spelled differently. The Band is Living Colour, and the show was “In Living Color”!

@lynnhamps7052 3 года назад

That's because Reid, who formed the band was English, so spelt it the non-American way.. :)

@kartaan 3 года назад

To me, this name confusion is part of the reason Living Colour is criminally unknown... the other part of the reason is Cult of Personality coming out around the time the band "The Cult" was also starting to get played on MTV.

@lynnhamps7052 3 года назад

@@kartaan You may well be right lovey :)

@ZacCostilla 3 года назад

The show “In Living Color” was produced by *Keenan Ivory Wayans, and his family all starred in it. Jim Carrey was also a star there. FIRE MARSHALL BILL AMD HANDYMAN FTW! *corrected info

@a.champagne6238 3 года назад

It was originally "In Living Colour" until the band sued the Fox Network.

@javiermaldonado5035 4 месяца назад

Of my generation. One of the best songs ever.

@jae8766 3 года назад

Amazing how relevant the lyrics are even today.

@jameswoodward6312 3 года назад

No better song or lyrics that could describe society and how they view leaders when all they have to do is look inside themselves

@iegirlie 3 года назад

💯

@savage75_ 3 года назад

"In Living Color" was a comedy skit show like SNL. "Living Colour" was a bad ass hard rock band

@dgmaffi 3 года назад

Fun Fact: The lead singer, Corey Glover is also an actor. He was in one of the great movies of all time, Platoon.

@cherylbohlender7341 3 года назад

Damn..i did not know that ...thanx!

@josephgaude 3 года назад

@@cherylbohlender7341 Corey is Danny Glover's son.... :-)

@davidderitis9068 3 года назад

What???? OMG THAT'S WHERE I SAW HIM....small world!

@jamesmiller4906 3 года назад

He's a nephew to Danny Glover, who did the lethal weapon movies with Mel Gibson

@MsAppassionata 3 года назад

@@jamesmiller4906 I don’t believe they are related.

@wojtek1274 Год назад

Found you guys by random chance, lol. This song, when it comes on the radio, we stop everything and sing along. We can't NOT. It's so good. Takes me back to my much younger days. Great reaction. As for the deeper meaning of the song...A cult of personality is when people get drawn into the ideation of a central figure. Just like all the famous and infamous leaders named in the lyrics, they had a following of millions all hanging on their every word. Some for better, and some for worse. It's a warning against losing your own identity within the shadow of an influential figure, and a call to think for yourself.

@lukefortune1976 11 месяцев назад

"We can't NOT" I love that! Everyone does I think, almost like its a law, you have too.

@carlchrispin378 3 года назад

Living Colour is a band with lyrics that are relevant and timeless. "Open letter to a landlord", "This is the life", "Pride", "Bi", "Nothingness", "Wall" are only some of their great songs

@caboluna2927 3 года назад

Forgot about "Open letter..."

@Blackmjc 3 года назад

90s is where rap groups and rockers crossed paths like RunDMC and Aerosmith did Walk This Way and Anthrax did a song as well with Public Enemy. Music is music and even metalheads and rock stars have always appreciated all forms of music.

@vanhattfield8292 3 года назад

Hard to believe but the RunDMC and Aerosmith jooint venture happened way back in 1986, lol. Anthrax's song with Onyx, "Slam", was even more popular and well known than "Bring the Noise" is from their joint venture with Public enemy. "Bring the Noise" didn't start as a collaboration, Anthrax originally was just sampling Public Enemy in their version that they first played on stage in 1989. About 2 years passed before Public Enemy actually joined in and became part of the performance. Pearl Jam collaborated in the mid 90's with Cypress Hill for the song "Real Thing" while Del tha Funkee Homosapien (Gorrilaz) teamed up with Dinosaur Jr. for "Missing Link" in the same time frame. You even had R.E.M. teaming up with KRS-One for "Radio Song" that was on their LP "Out of Time" that came out in 1991. Lot's of cross genre collaborations back then and they continue up to this day. Jay-Z has had more than one.... Good stuff!!!

@leeswain 3 года назад

Check out an album called Judgement Night movie soundtrack it's got every track a rap group teamed up with a rock band totally awesome

@ROArecords2 3 года назад

Sadly Living Colour had to deal with a lot of racism since their rock audience was mainly white. Whenever they played with other bands, a percentage of the audience would become abusive and throw things.

@brianhardy612 2 года назад

Living Colour was an 80"s band This song came out in 88

@IceManTX69 2 года назад

Anthrax also did LETHAL with rap group UTFO and it was awesome.

@bigdarryld 3 года назад

Another great song by them is "An Open Letter To A Landlord."

@genehasenbuhler2594 3 года назад

Most definitely!

@chrisreyes8135 3 года назад

I also told them that, 1 of my favorites.

@markfellows74 Год назад

Saw them live a few nights ago in Sydney Australia. Still rocking hard as ever and of course they closed the show with Cult of Personality. Epic.

@randomlibra 3 года назад

"IN Living Color" is the show. "Living Color" is the band.

@LuisDHern 3 года назад

*Living Colour is the band

@jasonallen1968 3 года назад

A “Cult of personality” is a descriptor of the phenomenon of the leaching of a figurehead’s character traits into a subculture, or society at large. It may refer to religious and or political ideologies. It is not necessarily positive or negative. The expression simply refers to the human propensity to follow BIG personalities. This is one of the reasons the song references historical figures that we view as both good and evil. I was a teenager when this song was released and always the interpreted it’s meaning as “Great people are not always good people. Watch closely for the difference and don’t follow just anyone “. Love you guys! What a genuine and refreshing young couple. Have a wonder filled birth and keep on keeping us old farts entertained!

@texashookem22 3 года назад

Check out Thin Lizzy - “The Boys are Back in Town”, Phil Lynott is the bassist and lead vocalist and is considered by many to be one of the best black rock frontmen ever…and the tune is a banger.

@alfredhernandez9799 3 года назад

Forget him being black. He was just a GREAT rocker!

@johndarcangelo6893 3 года назад

Whiskey in the Jar, Jailbreak, Dancing in the Moonlight, The Emerald, Cowboy Song are all great songs

@dickdublin2273 3 года назад

Problem is his mother is white, makes him half black half white, go figure.

@antonytheolddog8626 3 года назад

That song is about .right here in Manchester. And about the quality street gang, members of the 60s gangsters. They used to look out for Phil in moss side area of Manny. Born in Ireland but a song made about Manchester..😂 Rip Phil... legitimate legend and barrier breakers...

@jolandadonovan9605 3 года назад

I LOVE Thin Lizzy!

@bigoz1977 3 года назад

Vernon Reid is a highly underrated guitarist. Don’t know a lot of Living Color but I do know enough to love this band. The RAWK \m/

@pdog547 3 года назад

They are all top notch musicians. I wish it didn't matter so much that they're black - they are musicians to me.

@bigoz1977 3 года назад

@@pdog547 totally mate all great. Was taking away from the rest of the band, I’m a guitarist too so I have a slight bias lol but yeah great band. 👏

@RonRezendes 3 года назад

A phenomenal collection of great musicians!

@fredtello 3 года назад

his guitar playing is sloppy he's not that good

@pdog547 3 года назад

@@bigoz1977 Didn't mean to imply you ignoring the rest, just wanted to give them props! I was about 17 when this came out, and we all rocked out to this one!

@melaniejordan1199 3 года назад

1988 this came out. And we still have the cults of personality now. It's political. They jammed the heck outta this. Brings me back.

@lynnhettrick7588 2 года назад

Was it? I would’ve guess ‘85 or ‘86. I thought I was younger.

@matthewmccauley2907 2 года назад

1988

@r2d2-gj3jo 2 года назад

88 i just came back from the army and I saw in on MTV 😂

@mikemartin8747 3 года назад

They're talking about people following who they see on the TV and media, like a cult. Great song and great reaction.

@danlabok7117 3 года назад

We have a lot of cults going on in the world today, sadly

@jimyates4937 2 года назад

Vernon Reed is so good. And Corey can sing. The whole band was just great.

@karlsmith2570 3 года назад

Actually, Jay The color palette of Vernon Reed's guitar was from the late 80's, these guys kicked off their act in 1987

@trejam8120 3 года назад

The singer Corey, went on to do musical theater. He toured with Jesus Christ Superstar. Great performer.

@marcribe6483 3 года назад

Actually he was an actor way before starting Living Colour. The main film I've seen him in was Oliver Stone's "Platoon" (1986). He plays a soldier in the platoon named Francis.

@joehunter6106 3 года назад

Thank you. Jc superstar is a favorite of my wife and I. I’m going to try find a video of his performance.

@trejam8120 3 года назад

That's true. I forgot about Platoon. He's definitely put in the work.

@suprchickn7745 3 года назад

Still sounds amazing too!

@kurtschulten5369 3 года назад

Corey Glover was also an actor and appeared in the Oliver Stone classic 'Platoon' with Charlie Sheen.

@pharazul295 3 года назад

So the band is "Living Colour" and they rocked everyone's faces off. The show was "In Living Color" It was a Wayans Brothers show where J-Lo & Jim Carey got their start as well as the younger Wayans brothers Damon & Marlon. It was a hysterical show.

@GeorgeBratcherIII Год назад

Welcome to 1988, I was 20 years old when this song came out that you are just hearing now 35 years later! Sounds just as brand new today as it did 35 years ago. I first saw them on Arsenio Hall, and I was blown away that there was a Black Heavy Metal Band out and they were this good! I never tire of hearing this song or watching this video! Song is probably more relevant today than it was 35 years ago, unfortunately! People are slow to listen and slower to change!

@Dangorusjackson 3 года назад

"I exploit you, still you love me. I tell you one and one makes three" I love that line

@lynnhettrick7588 2 года назад

Same!

@hayleycomet8029 2 года назад

trump

@marcovacca9144 Год назад

@@hayleycomet8029 . And Obama/the Democratic party

@anthonysilva7213 Год назад

@@marcovacca9144 Exactly! He/they lie cheat and steal but the media says it's good so the brain dead followers of these cult of personalities nod their brain dead heads and believe every lie!

@jamesconnor4807 Год назад

Every politicians, movement leaders, life gurus and coaches and influencers, once they devolved into cult of personality it's time for you to take a step back with a bag of salt and reclaim your individuality. This song is choke full of wisdom and a cautionary tale. "only you can set you free".

@MonicaDBrini 3 года назад

If you want more black rockers, try the group Bad Brains. The song is called “Rise”. I would love to see a reaction to that!

@RodrigoMeschiatti 3 года назад

Well remembered

@rockytheramone5604 3 года назад

@@RodrigoMeschiatti Rise is after the Bad Brains jumped the shark. The "I Against I" video is the best track for a first time listen

@insaned4666 3 года назад

@@rockytheramone5604 Bad Brains’ “Rise” was Nu-metal before Nu-Metal was much of a thing.

@lantzkeefer6 3 года назад

Yes Bad Brain's, I was thinking about them myself,D.C. band 👍

@Metal_Archaeologist 3 года назад

I And I.... Death, the punk band.... Fishbone?

@kevinmassey1164 3 года назад

Bad Brains. Played huge part in defining an entire genre….and kicked so much ass

@joiedevivre2005 3 года назад

YES!!!

@wreckingKREW1 3 года назад

They were straight up one of the very best punk bands of all-time. And so much more.

@LearnToRefine 3 года назад

They were a huge influence on Vernon Reid and all of Living Colour.

@cpm7414 3 года назад

Top 5 fav bands of all time!!!

@oldgoat9227 3 года назад

Kings X

@richnimchuk3672 5 месяцев назад

I saw these guys when they first came out and was totally blown away by them! An absolute rocking band who know how to rock and jam!!!

@wompa70 3 года назад

People follow the personality of the person rather than the quality of the message.

@jamespeterson9620 3 года назад

Sounds all too familiar… and recent.

@futurereflections4097 3 года назад

Not always a bad thing. He puts Stalin and Gandhi/ Mussolini and Kennedy in the same comparison. One side is a heroic and one is corrupt and evil, but they have the cult of personality in common.

@jasongood903 3 года назад

@@futurereflections4097 but who is heroic who is corrupt is a matter of perspective

@mariahanover9335 3 года назад

@@futurereflections4097 Shows you know sht about history if you think the names in the song are on opposite sides. Gandhi was a racist and a wife beater, Kennedy escalated the vietnam war and created the circumstances for Saddam's rise to power in Iraq.

@vanhattfield8292 3 года назад

They won 3 MTV Music awards and a Grammy for this song, and three additional Grammy's, one each for "Glamour Boy's", "Time's Up" and "Leave it Alone". They are still producing music and working on a new album right now. They are legends...

@EndrzGame 3 года назад

If you dug Living Color check out a band called Fishbone. I'd start with their song 'Sunless Saturday'.

@williammccullough2466 3 года назад

Fishbone is one of my favorite bands...so criminally underrated...

@greatestscott6599 3 года назад

_There's_ the mention of Fishbone I was hoping for.

@johnstoner2 3 года назад

Oh hell yes. OMG all the hell yes.

@wamconsultant 3 года назад

@@williammccullough2466 Had to reply since we have the same name. Fishbone is Familyhood!

@wamconsultant 3 года назад

@Rob Squad Reactions Check out Bonin' in the Boneyard by Fishbone

@ShadowNinja05 5 месяцев назад

I seen Living Colour for the first time back in January of this year. They opened for Extreme (also my first time seeing) and watching Vernon Reid play this solo live blew me away.

@lizwallace4523 2 месяца назад

at Foxwoods? I was there - I got to see them (and Extreme) in August 2023 too - amazing show both times - Corey did "nothing compares to you" in August as a Sinead O'Connor tribute - blew everyone there away!! I've seen Extreme a few more times through the years as I'm from Boston so I'm spoiled LOL but the two bands on one bill was a dream come true!!! AMAZING!!!

@trapperjakk 3 года назад

As a 47 year old white canadian guitar player.....Vernon Reid changed my life with his guitar playing when i heard him in highschool......I didnt know what he was doing was allowed!!! Pure Genius.

@hunterg6697 3 года назад

I saw them several times in NYC in the late 80s ... They blow the roof off everytime!!! Vernon Reid hung with us after a show once. He is also one of the coolest dudes in the industry. Brings energy to the performance and the crowd. They still play. You gotta see them live ... much better live than in a studio.

@Jarhead63 2 года назад

Vernon Reid used to bring his film to the 1hr photo place i worked at in NYC

@brianvilhauer4136 3 года назад

Listening to this again brought back some memories! Does anyone remember when Ice T had a rock band called Body Count! That was awesome!

@robduguay7252 3 года назад

Love body count still listen to them now

@pjameson1981 3 года назад

Body count are still around, and yes Ice T is fucking awesome

@rmtrasta 2 года назад

One of my other favorite bands, and they're STILL bringin' the realness and the brutality! Ernie-C. is another underated guitarist.

@Ezoangelofdeath 2 года назад

He still does, they just put out a new album

@helenscott41 2 года назад

@@robduguay7252 me too

@chuck196811 2 года назад

"Only You Can Set You Free".

@wtimmins 3 года назад

I love how meaningful their songs are while rocking hard. 'Open Letter to a Landlord' is another intense one.

@beachbunnie5413 3 года назад

What a hilarious show , "In Living Color" . Jamie Fox and his character " Wanda" . Loved it. The meaning of the song is .... all these names he dropped were all Leaders that people believe every word that person spoke . There were only 3 names( JFK , MLK and Ghandi)that were in the song that wasn't a dictator and murderer.....

@jeremyraymer 3 года назад

Not sure FDR should be in the list of dictators and murderers, but I liked the line of "only you can set yourself free". People of all stripes take other people's word for it and rarely have an original thought for themselves or do their own research before coming to an opinion on something. Maybe if people did more thinking before they act or vote things would take a turn for the better. Otherwise, we may as well all be sheep in the "Cult of Personality". Loved the reaction, guys!

@madnessing2774 3 года назад

Well I heard some disturbing stories about Ghandi. I'm not sure if there true,but if they are,it's not good

@markyoung8163 3 года назад

Heeeeeyyyyyy......

@MichaelKerr71 3 года назад

@@jeremyraymer It's 50/50 with FDR. He did great things. He also created those Japanese concentration camps here in America.

@jeremyraymer 3 года назад

@@MichaelKerr71 Ah, you are very correct on that one. Thanks!

@MrSuperHappyPants 2 года назад

One of the most important records of all time. To this day, it remains strikingly relevant. Thank you for the video.

@chenzocosimo3250 11 месяцев назад

Possibly my favorite song of all time.

@caretaker158 3 года назад

This song is TRUTH... more so now than ever before... with the way the media influences, or tries to, every aspect of our society. That's what this song is saying... very well.

@Timshot100 3 года назад

I exploit you you exploit me

@showmesomethingnew2678 3 года назад

As for the “i am” statements, he’s speaking from the perspective of the manipulative leaders. It’s a poetic device that I’m sure you’ve identified and loved in other kinds of art, that’s what he’s applying here.

@kirkwells7537 3 года назад

Love this song especially when CM Punk used it as his entrance theme music

@kristinlange3494 3 года назад

Love your videos! You should check out the band Fishbone! Party at Ground Zero or Freddie's Dead are songs that you will enjoy!

@deniobettencourt 3 года назад

CM Punk still uses this song he went to AEW now.

@djaveryjr4155 3 года назад

Well he’s back in pro wrestling and he’s All Elite Baby

@georgewatson6622 3 года назад

It,s Adam Cole bay bay !!!! Lol

@JA-vp8hw 2 месяца назад

Remember guys… this band came out 30-35 years ago. They crushed it and had a lot of great songs. This was one of those songs when you had to collect yourself and exhale after you heard it. They rocked everyone

@bretwright8497 3 года назад

"Open letter to a Landlord" is a great thought provoking song by Living Color.

@zinzoome 2 года назад

Vernon Reid is an amazing guitarist and one of the most underrated guitarist of the era...saw them live in San Diego back in the 80's. Absolutely rocked!

@alfredhernandez9799 3 года назад

"In the past, as long as you were playing good music people liked you." EXACTLY!!! It used to be that your race didn't matter. If you were good, you were good! So sad our country as gone backwards.

@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv 2 месяца назад

MOTHERS FINEST has been around forever, they opened for ACDC around 1980, they still tour.

@JennRighter 3 года назад

My mom saw them several times when I was a preteen/teen. At one show she met one of their moms and used to write back and forth with her (this was before anyone had computers). Love this band.

@beoxsgaming9388 3 года назад

Lyrics: Look in my eyes, what do you see? The cult of personality I know your anger, I know your dreams I've been everything you wanna be I'm the cult of personality Like Mussolini and Kennedy I'm the cult of personality The cult of personality The cult of personality Neon lights, Nobel Prize When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies You won't have to follow me Only you can set me free I sell the things you need to be I'm the smiling face on your TV I'm the cult of personality I exploit you, still you love me I tell you one and one makes three I'm the cult of personality Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi I'm the cult of personality The cult of personality The cult of personality Neon lights, Nobel Prize When a leader speaks, that leader dies You won't have to follow me Only you can set you free You gave me fortune You gave me fame You gave me power in your God's name I'm every person you need to be I'm the cult of personality I'm the cult of I'm the cult of I'm the cult of I'm the cult of I'm the cult of I'm the cult of I'm the cult of I'm the cult of personality

@beeepizzle 3 года назад

As I recall from back in the day there was a brief moment that there was a “color barrier” being broken…though only concocted by media, because…Chuck Berry, Jimmy Hendrix, Kings X, etc…which only lasted one minute, because we all knew that these dudes ROCKED!!! Music has no color! Keep going with these great reactions!!!🤘😎🤘

@calseeor Год назад

These guys have so many good songs, and like others have said, Vernon Reid is an outstanding guitarist and Corey Glovers vocals are powerful, clean, and unique. I've been a fan since they first hit the scene.

@dumdumadam8960 3 года назад

Whether leaders are good or evil, they say and do the same things to gain the hearts and minds of the people - who then become mindless drones for or against them. Its as if they were in a cult. The singer isn't saying he is the cult of personality, the song is sang from the first-person perspective of this concept of fame turning someone into a cult leader.

@vickiroman189 3 года назад

The Wayans brothers, I think, got their start on the show "In Living Color." I thought it was hilarious - and all that and a bag of chips! This singer, Corey Glover, played Judas in "Jesus Christ, Superstar" on Broadway and was in the movie "Platoon." I remember the first day this blasted out over the radio - loved it since Day 1!

@bash8387 3 года назад

It was the older two brothers and their sister in the show I Believe

@jamespeterson9620 3 года назад

They waynes were the show runners.

@jamespeterson9620 3 года назад

Oh and JLo was an original fly girl.

@sylviafarese8837 3 года назад

“Homie don’t play that”

@queenjenna2696 3 года назад

@@sylviafarese8837 and I don't think so 😂🤣

@Duh6666666 3 года назад

When Time's Up came out, my world changed forever, still is on my A playlist.

@Jay-br9ee 2 года назад

When the mirror talks the reflection LIES!! Thought you would of said something about the words. This is huge meaning to this song! Back in the 80s if you were a good band people liked it. I bought the cassette when this came out and still have it!

@lepoetress Год назад

I have the cassette too.

@JesusGarcia-cs9wl 3 года назад

Trivia: The singer was also an actor. He was in the movie Platoon with Charlie Sheen.

@ericogden4589 3 года назад

Danny Glover's nephew.

@lynnhettrick7588 2 года назад

I never knew that!

@loup5044 3 года назад

This song is from their debut album 'Vivid' which was produced by Mick Jaggar 'Open letter to a landlord' - 'funny Vibe' Official video - 'Desperate People' - 'love rears its ugly head' - 'This is Your Life' enjoy . Peace & Love.

@drinnenber 2 года назад

Dude, this band flat out rocks. I saw them open for the Stones right after this came out and they totally owned that stadium man.

@alexsalazar1116 5 месяцев назад

As a life long metal fan. Living color always has a place in my heart. They jam!!

@giarogers 3 года назад

In living color - original fly girl - Jennifer Lopez !! This was a great show !! This is a great tune ! ❤🎵

@isadormoti6977 3 года назад

I still do a mean Firemarshall Bill Burns impression!

@gregharker1600 3 года назад

Homie D. Clown. A guy on prison work release that would hit kids that annoyed him with a sock full of pennies was my fav in Living color character. I could relate to him.

@wilm2484 3 года назад

Homey the clown rocked.... best catch phrase...... HOMEY DON’T PLAY DAT.... and men on ....... Damon and David Alan rocked that skit

@dickdublin2273 3 года назад

Yes sometimes she sings for the band

@OneThousandHomoDJs 3 года назад

It's really hard to NOT get up and do a full-body headbang when the drums kick in.

@lorneknapp6712 3 года назад

I dunno... North of 50 years old makes the dizzy spells increase haha

@Mark-xx3gh 3 года назад

The drummer did an 8 minute solo tribute to the legendary Art Blakey on the second Bluesiana album, titled “A Tribute To Art”. Can’t find the full track on RU-vid, this one cuts off halfway, just as it’s starting to get good. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wyKxnW0jgl4.html

@mccoymrm 3 месяца назад

I've never understood why there aren't more black metal/rock/grunge bands. It just works....so awesome!!!

@lrivas4869 Год назад

As a teenager back in the 80’s this was a breakthrough and everyone loved it didn’t matter what race you were, it seems like we have move backwards in relation to racism and the worst thing is that politicians are involved

@Nkipker Год назад

If it ROCKS! it ROCKS!... It does have a meaning.

@gregordavis Год назад

This is an amazing tune vocally, musically, atmospherically perfect.

@michaelthornburg5060 3 года назад

This song still holds up 30+ Years later! Still top 5 guitar solos in my opinion.

@ArdennesEindhoven 2 года назад

These guys melted faces back in the d a y. So good. Vernon Reid is such an awesome guitarist.

@Rocket1377 3 года назад

Excellent timing, since professional wrestler CM Punk (who is friends with the band, and used this song as his entrance theme) is rumoured to be coming out of retirement after 7 years.

@bridgethanna3046 5 месяцев назад

STILL ROCKS!! I have loved this song forever!! Thanks for your reaction!!

@lucindagoodwin3139 3 года назад

If you liked Living Colour, you'll love The Bad Brains. "Rise" would be a good start.

@U2hansolo 3 года назад

Fishbone would be a good band to check out too. "Sunless Saturday" for one.

@fuzzym30 3 года назад

I'll second this, one of my favorite punk bands.

@collettedobrocke5585 3 года назад

I haven't heard of these rockers

@laotzu00 3 года назад

Check out their song “Ignorance Is Bliss” live on David Letterman. It’s a banger.

@bothellkenmore 3 года назад

OMG thank you!

@laotzu00 3 года назад

@@bothellkenmore Cult of Personality on Arsenio Hall is also fantastic, but the sound quality could be better.

@daddynitro199 3 года назад

The bass on that performance is extra crunchy.

@lisaray9944 3 года назад

In the 60’s -80’s music was music it didn’t matter what genre or the color of skin Good Music was just Good Music ….

@giarogers 3 года назад

yes ! yes ! yes !

@bethshadid2087 3 года назад

Amen

@tracyramirez3984 3 года назад

Amen!

@ginahouston9352 2 месяца назад

i keep seeing comments like this.... did everybody forget that MTV had to basically be blackmailed to play Michael Jackson? ... let's not paint the times with rose-coloured glasses

@Defmusicman1 Год назад

That guitar solo! It peels paint off the walls.

@Voltor07 3 года назад

A cult of personality is basically when a single person has a huge pull of influence, for better or worse. FDR, Malcom X, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and most recently Donald Trump all had or have cult-like followings. "I tell you one and one makes three, and you believe it because I said it" type of followings.

@Mr05Chuck 3 года назад

Of course Obama had no cult like followers. “Yes we can” (say it over and over)

@michaelconnor1542 3 года назад

I would agree about Trump... To a point. Most of his supporters, have a very grounded reason for following him. We know when he is bullshitting and why. If Trump said that line, we know he would be playing the media or his political opponents. Not that the answer is three.

@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman 3 года назад

Yes, Agolf Tweetler has become the cult of personality of many feeble minded orange fool-aid drinking simpletons

@melissas4874 3 года назад

People who also fall into a cult can't help but take any comment about their cult personal and have to defend themselves.

@shawn.m.schmidt 3 года назад

Trump raised 75 million dollars from his followers for "stop the steal" and spent none of it on it. lmao

@dmoneyakaseven 2 года назад

I been a big fan of this band for a LONG time. This song is DEEP. I come to watch people reaction to this if they have never seen or heard this band. There's a big difference in the name of the band and the show 😅 the show was called "In living color" and the band is "Living colour". The reaction to this was great to see if you all haven't already I'd love see you all do a reaction to Sevendust denial. Giving you all a 👍you have a new subscriber now as well. 🤘

@HyperactiveNeuron Год назад

I remember watching this on MTV when it premiered and rushing out the the store to buy the album. Vernon Reid is a legend. This one song cemented that. His solos melted my brain. I didn't know one could do that with a guitar. Oh and Corey Glover is a great singer. The whole band is awesome.