He said with all the churches u got, all the schools u got, all the governments u got, u supposed to have a better planet than this....SMH because that is some REAL talk right there! I came here for the Sun Ra Ministry!
@@mpv9866 all man-made institutions., and man has a way of fucking things up . It might not have started out bad, but given time they all become corrupted .
I saw them perform & take me on board for quite a mind blowing trip of a show in the 80's .... I remember some people got up and walked up when they were just warming the engine up before they even took off. I was so glad they were gone so the rest of us could get going with them. Changed my relation to music & art in general. Thanks Mr. Mystery. RIP
32:50 See how white your hands are. The soles of your feet are also white. You always put an accent on the 🙌 🐾 light, almost snow-white parts of the body when posing in videos, photos, ⛄ so that people can see that brown skin color is the effect of melatonin.
I remember when I first experienced Sun ra on a television show, and I used to watch him regularly. It was back when he was still alive in this dimension. Sun ra helped me to understand music as a cosmic phenomena and an expression of the Soul. I had friends that wondered why I listened to this and watched this and they said that the music was just noise but they couldn't hear it, they were unable to understand it.
I am 25 years young, I am into music heavy. Just came across Sun Ra on an instagram post. I would like to say this guy is genius. The first few mins of this docu I almost closed it out, I am 45 mins in! keep watching you people. A lot of good things to take out from this. I am a singer, not trained. I know it is in my DNA, this docu made me realize I can do anything. I believe in myself. -Jackie G
Sun Ra, his personality, his music is an inspiration. His music is unique which brings cosmic energy to jazz music 🎼. So many funk groups in the 70’s were inspired by sun ra, you can tell by their costumes and some of their sounds. Sun Ra Akestra is the greatest jazz band ever and I will always follow his music
their timelines almost cross even though ra is the creator of afrofuturism. George Clinton was more duwop in the50s and the late 60s is when the arkestra really kicked up the style full steam.
"If teenagers are lost, it's because they have been fed upon the word Freedom, instead of the word Discipline" - Sun Ra. At least 'discipline' has something more concrete and self-realising about it, unlike the nebulous 'freedoms' of the last many decades, which seem to go on endlessly and cause more harm than good by a large margin. Mainly because no one ever seems to be 'free' enough. At least these days. Maybe I'm just getting old.
I just remember being young and feeling the same way that's all. I wasn't trying to upset anyone, but recently turning 50 has shown me a few things - that there's sometimes more to life than chasing 'freedoms' . Not all the time, but here in the more 'developed' countries. I think people really need purpose to lead a fulfilled life, which requires discipline of some sort. Sun Ra's philosophy seems really great, I never knew!
@@ohraisins Freedom is nebulous, but so is discipline. For better or worse, both can be applied to anything. Discipline can be self-realizing, but mainly in combination with freedom - specifically, self-realization through discipline presumes the freedom to pursue your own interests rather than someone else's. Something similar to the inverse can be said as well: freedom doesn't count for much if it can't be used, and discipline will help you do that.
@@Anthropomorphic Yes very true! My personal definition of discipline is that it's generally a good thing, but it can be anything you put your mind too, beneficial or nefarious. And then only if you have the freedom to pursue it, like you said. Very educational comments section. :-)
John Gilmore, a beautiful sentiment. I love hearing truth in people's voices and to see someone smiling with their eyes as they speak. Gosh, That's heaven.
This is another dimension of music in another form of sound with a combination of different rhythm emotion and knowledge..very intelligent people ain't no other but the best Master Sun Ra2020 legendary Mystic
Sun Ra DOCUMENTARY 1550pm 30.1.22 as eccentrics present themselves and as pessimistic dudes go "the earth merely produces the dead bodies of human beings..." i'd say yeah.... i can dig this...i think some semblance of an off-shot of sun ra's dimension was playing in time's square this morning UK time/evening new york time... some saxophonist and a dude making a mockery of the penny whistle making me larf, if no one else. as some fella played snow ball golf with himself... that's the kindda thing i wanna see on my live stream or as i walk home from a heavy session form the pub. much appreciated.
Heavy!!! Ha ha ha...this is some mad fucked up music and philosophy, and I like it. I just got my hands on the three CD set of Sun's collected 'singles'. The Definitive 45's Collection 1952 - 1991. Brilliant and bonkers from start to finish. "I Am An Instrument" has to be a contender for oddest single ever. Thanks for the music Sun.
Sun Ra DOCUMENTARY 1556pm 30.1.22 eccentric writ large... well done and then some. space is the place as sung by the arkhestra burd and blur.... in equal measure.
Universe delivered Sun Ra to me via the public library... that was 20 years ago. I understand why the masses aren't familiar, but it still baffles me that he and the arkestra aren't more widely known 🎉 so brilliant and uplifting!!! 🌌🌠🌌Space IS the Place 💓
I don't think anyone could ever figure whether Ra was utterly serious or being a complete put-on, or a combination of those two things. It doesn't matter though, does it? I remember seeing his band on about three occasions, and it really was a blast being both music and theater.
I think thats what he tried to convey. Everytime I think I've figured out a part of him, I come across a counter intuitive point from him. And I remember him saying that people cant keep up with him because he moves in different directions, which has its meaning musically but I take it as him existing as a conundrum, or a contradiction. Because thats the only continuity I can find in the way he did things, and I think there are lots of things in life that exist that way too.
projekt dystopia you have earned yourself a place on saturn for taking the risk putting this up on YT and for the quality of the 🎥 material you deserve a private space ship 🚀
saw a very short clip of this out of context about 5 years ago and have been trying to find the full version since . even just the few words spoken in that clip informed my worldview hugely despite not even knowing who Sun Ra was . such a genius
Samples of this were used and the NAME SUN RA was dropped in a song WAY AHEAD OF IT'S TIME CALLED "Shadows of tomorrow"- ALBUM MADVILLANY 2004 MF DOOM KWASIMOTO MADLIB I WOULDN'T BE HERE COMMMETING IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT DEEP DIVE INTO A HIPHOP SONG PAYING HOMAGE TO SUN RA. THE LIGHT OF THE FUTURE CASTING SHADOWS OF TOMORROW...
Real freedom and meaningful discipline are the same thing, IMHO, for freedom that subtracts from self or others destroys more freedom than it gives. And, yes, cultures that focus on stories do have superior discipline. The Inuit don't raise their voice or their hand against a child, they tell them stories. And it works. So, do they have more freedom? In general, yes. Not always, but in general. So Sun Ra does touch on some core ideas that psychology is now exploring. He wasn't an alien, he was probably schizophrenic, but so was John Nash. I would argue that, like Nash, he observed something that was fundamentally correct. Incomplete, perhaps, but I doubt any reputable social scientist or anthropologist would dispute the underlying ideas.
32:50 See how white your hands are. The soles of your feet are also white. You always put an accent on the 🙌 🐾 light, almost snow-white parts of the body when posing in videos, photos, ⛄ so that people can see that brown skin color is the effect of melatonin.
God is the Sun, it does not hide from people's eyes, thunder is the voice of God. God melts the ice, hearing the earth and all living creatures, plants, opens their aromas. Without the Sun, masculine darkness and frost
Malachi York same level & see what happen to him still today……keep AFRO HUEMAN OBLIVIOUS TO TRUTH IS THE GOAL. But the SUN nor the TRUTH can be hidden forever. Be Still & know
God is the Sun, it does not hide from people's eyes, thunder is the voice of God. God melts the ice, hearing the earth and all living creatures, plants, opens their aromas. Without the Sun, masculine darkness and frost
Sun Ra DOCUMENTARY 1558pm 30.1.22 the house of god. there's a dhss dance remix which seems to suggest they used a sun ra sample... of him, sun ra, speaking - akin to some televisual preacher.. it might not have been him.... i think.. it could have been him.... and if you had beefheart and sun ra on the same bill you'd be sure to have a weird time if not an eventful one... p.s well if he's the sun rise and sun set then i'm a big storm coming to blast the cobwebs out the dusty ceiling... and maybe the roof off!!!!!!!
@@DP-oi9nd Sun Ra DOCUMENTARY 1656pm 30.1.22 indeed... it was pure metaphor. though akin to your love of myth that could be construed as literal aggression.. but nope. my cobwebs are still in order so i surmise yours will be...
Every time that I saw Sun Ra and the Arkestra, (rather than 'his' Arkestra, just as it should be Captain Beefheart and THE Magic Band) John Gilmour's solos were always the highlight. And I only got to see him relatively late on in his career; I can only imagine what he was like in the 1960s and 70s.
What I ultimately love about the Arkestra is that none of 'em give a hoot about being 'cool' or potentially looking 'uncool' A Joyful Noise just about sums it up.
i would like to re-master this video in a 720p or higher format , because the honorable i will call him Dr Sun Ra and his band were the 7th wonder of the jazz world i strongly feel we have lost one of the true masters of his craft to soon 👈👺👀👀👍
