REACTION COMPILATION | Living Colour - Cult of Personality | First Time Mashup | *DESCRIPTION*

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  • @DerekBrooksEdits
    @DerekBrooksEdits 2 роки тому +423

    Looks like you beat me to it. : ) Good work, Keep it up!

    • @WonderMommaOG
      @WonderMommaOG  2 роки тому +47

      Thanks Derek. Appreciate that! Apologies. Perhaps we should coordinate our videos? Lol. The great thing is there is so much good music to choose from!

    • @WonderMommaOG
      @WonderMommaOG  2 роки тому +36

      Also... forgot to say, I think you should still do this one, if you want. Maybe down the road or something? There's bound to be new reactions to it and even if there is not, there are so many reactions that don't get used in these videos...
      I just know I would be one of the first to run to your channel and watch it. lol You are one of the only UA-camrs I've had the notifications turned on for since the day I found your channel. Lots of respect for what you do.

    • @DerekBrooksEdits
      @DerekBrooksEdits 2 роки тому +31

      @@WonderMommaOG Much appreciated, thank you!

    • @DanuteP
      @DanuteP 2 роки тому +12

      One of you two need to do reactions to Meatloaf's Paradise by the dashboard lights. :-)

    • @hugh_jasso
      @hugh_jasso 2 роки тому +8

      Ha! I actually thought i was on Derek's channel. New sub @Momma

  • @traviscummings9178
    @traviscummings9178 Рік тому +152

    "I exploit you, still you love me"
    Now THAT'S a bar. Scary how relevant it still is

    • @JFCrow
      @JFCrow 5 місяців тому +6

      Old as time

  • @dugout4530
    @dugout4530 2 роки тому +630

    Vernon Reid = most underappreciated guitar god ever

    • @libertine40
      @libertine40 2 роки тому +15

      Yes, and we know exactly why that is the case....

    • @OliviaHSanchez
      @OliviaHSanchez 2 роки тому +10

      Honely, why isn't he better known?The man is AMAZING.

    • @legendsbeast4624
      @legendsbeast4624 Рік тому +8

      @@libertine40 he was on a cover of a magezine in the mid 80s. Nice try tho

    • @awesome2311
      @awesome2311 Рік тому +8

      @@libertine40 tbf hendrix is always like the number 1 guitarist of all time on most main stream lists lol

    • @libertine40
      @libertine40 Рік тому +6

      @@legendsbeast4624 Do you even hear yourself? "On the cover of *A* magazine *in the 80s* ..." (emphasis mine). Please...

  • @christopherwhitaker7989
    @christopherwhitaker7989 2 роки тому +603

    We should actually make this song huge again. With today's issues we need to let people hear it, it holds as true now as it ever was.

    • @aimeerisch4059
      @aimeerisch4059 2 роки тому +14

      YES!!!

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb 2 роки тому +11

      EXACTLY.

    • @kennethculler1738
      @kennethculler1738 2 роки тому +18

      It is still huge. thanks to CM Punk

    • @sandwritersguildpublishing644
      @sandwritersguildpublishing644 2 роки тому +14

      I agree. Song is timeless and apropos for today's world. Living Colour's lyrics have always been socially conscious.

    • @trevorbrooks9637
      @trevorbrooks9637 2 роки тому +12

      I have been finding myself feeling the same way about "Free Your Mind" by En Vogue a lot recently.

  • @jake91405
    @jake91405 2 роки тому +278

    Not just a black rock band...a kick-ass black rock band!

    • @patramirez5264
      @patramirez5264 2 роки тому +12

      I never looked at them as a black rock band.i was in my teens when this came out and Everybody loved and appreciated them.nobody underappreciated them at all.we looked at them as much needed rock musicians.it was a good thing just like Jimi Hendrix was a good thing.musicians just need to be appreciated for who they are.

    • @robynhurley5119
      @robynhurley5119 Рік тому +13

      A kickass band period

    • @biguglyskunk1248
      @biguglyskunk1248 Рік тому +1

      @@robynhurley5119 That is back when we HEARD the music and didn't see who was making it. 🤘

    • @1destined
      @1destined 6 місяців тому

      @@robynhurley5119 Amen to that!

    • @MaxDugans
      @MaxDugans 4 місяці тому

      Was gonna say the same

  • @jimz68
    @jimz68 2 роки тому +236

    I'm 67 years old an remember when this came out. Oh my God, The Power !! I'm so happy to see the reactions of these wonderful people, the tears are flowing here.

    • @tobydanger86
      @tobydanger86 Рік тому +3

      That’s dope as hell Mr. James

    • @shack8110
      @shack8110 Рік тому +3

      And nobody gave a rat turd about race back then. Love Rears Its Ugly Head I think is LCs best song, slightly better. I wish there was a montage of people listening to that one. I know most would agree when they hear it.

    • @anthonyreedy611
      @anthonyreedy611 Рік тому +4

      48. Love, love, loved this song from day 1. Awesome to see so many discover and understand this song, now. All time jam!

    • @ingloriousbetch4302
      @ingloriousbetch4302 10 місяців тому +3

      @shack8110 now you're just lying. Racism was a massive issue, and even this very band had given interviews and stated they had an extremely hard time breaking in the genre specifically because of their ethnicity. No one wanted to listen to a band like theirs. Next time, stick to something you actually know, if there is such a thing.

    • @nicolediamond93
      @nicolediamond93 6 місяців тому

      Same!!!

  • @magica1355
    @magica1355 2 роки тому +181

    Vernon is so underrated it should be a crime. He's up there with Slash!

    • @88wildcat
      @88wildcat 2 роки тому +17

      I would argue he is probably better than Slash. More like a metally version of Jeff Beck.

    • @jaythompson5102
      @jaythompson5102 Рік тому +13

      Slash is fine but this kid was on another level IMO.

    • @pooanddoo
      @pooanddoo 5 місяців тому +3

      I like Slash a lot, but Vernon is on another level.

    • @DarkMatterBurrito
      @DarkMatterBurrito Місяць тому

      Doug, too.

    • @gilkaelin8590
      @gilkaelin8590 День тому

      Sorry, Vernon outshines Slash

  • @dionshare7103
    @dionshare7103 2 роки тому +464

    Crazy to see how many people never knew these guys were a black metal band. They were awesome and their songs were interesting. Great compilation again.

    • @stephentot5011
      @stephentot5011 2 роки тому +33

      Can only imagine if they listened to Bodycount or Bad Brains? Or Fishbone

    • @allensaunders449
      @allensaunders449 2 роки тому +15

      More of a hard rock band then metal

    • @allensaunders449
      @allensaunders449 2 роки тому +12

      Body count people need to hear them

    • @rammsteinrulz16
      @rammsteinrulz16 2 роки тому +16

      If only they were a black black metal band

    • @christophertrogdon2308
      @christophertrogdon2308 2 роки тому +8

      I'm guessing a lot of these people weren't around when this came out or something.

  • @ReckkEdits
    @ReckkEdits Рік тому +120

    MORE PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THIS SONG. It is MUCH more important now than when it was released.

    • @davidhutchinson5233
      @davidhutchinson5233 4 місяці тому

      More relevant now than ever before.

    • @MicksMom365
      @MicksMom365 3 місяці тому

      @@ReckkEdits It was decades ahead of its time.

  • @Jesta41
    @Jesta41 2 роки тому +236

    To each of you that reacted to Living Colour, the cat on guitar is Vernon Reid he is the most overlooked Rock guitarist there is. 2nd if you were amazed by that there is a band called Fishbone they are a Ska,funk,punk rock band all brotha’s from L.A. Also, Ice-T has a band called Body Count. Also, a now defunct band called Unlocking the Truth . All these bands are very good.

    • @WonderMommaOG
      @WonderMommaOG  2 роки тому +7

      Thank you!

    • @wreckingKREW1
      @wreckingKREW1 2 роки тому +26

      Don't forget Bad Brains. One of the best live acts I've ever seen.

    • @peacexlove
      @peacexlove 2 роки тому +10

      24-7 Spyz!

    • @michaelwatson5304
      @michaelwatson5304 2 роки тому +10

      And Vernon Reid is a really cool guy. Met him once, he was very down to earth.

    • @mikestand5163
      @mikestand5163 2 роки тому +8

      yeah, 'there goes the neighborhood', baby!

  • @ethanadamrose580
    @ethanadamrose580 Рік тому +78

    Their whole discography is amazing, but that debut album “Vivid” is a masterpiece all the way through.

    • @LiberalsArePoop
      @LiberalsArePoop Рік тому +5

      Open Letter to a Landlord deserves a reaction by everyone in this video.

  • @mpireone
    @mpireone 2 роки тому +113

    Fun Fact - Lead singer, Corey Glover played one of the soldiers in the movie "Platoon."

    • @mattjennings6812
      @mattjennings6812 2 роки тому +13

      oh wow your right..."lets didi Taylor,lets go!" didnt he stab himself in the leg?ive seen this music video a thousand times an watch platoon over an over an Never knew that was the lead singer!Wow you really do learn smething new everyday. right on ,thanks.

    • @jt1929
      @jt1929 2 роки тому +10

      “We gonna get high-ty, high!!”

    • @kimberlyfoust2815
      @kimberlyfoust2815 2 роки тому +6

      And Danny Glover's nephew

    • @nachomansandyravage2346
      @nachomansandyravage2346 2 роки тому +3

      Yes sir

  • @amonbrown6727
    @amonbrown6727 11 місяців тому +12

    "BEST IN THE WOOOOOOOOORRRRLLLDD!!!" For all the CM Punk fans like me 😊

    • @BarryAllenBG
      @BarryAllenBG 11 місяців тому +2

      10 yearsss man 10 years

  • @robynhurley5119
    @robynhurley5119 Рік тому +24

    35 years!!! Song still strong

  • @kennethharn2893
    @kennethharn2893 2 роки тому +90

    “When a leader speaks, that leader dies”. MLK on screen during that line. Powerful song. Love these guys from day one. Lol. I’m 53 so y’all are listening to the music that raised me! 💜💜💜💜

    • @tobydanger86
      @tobydanger86 Рік тому

      They did a great job delivering that line!! With the imagery as well woooooah. This blew my mind on how accurate it is

    • @davidmc1489
      @davidmc1489 Рік тому

      Right on brother....same same

  • @williamherman9065
    @williamherman9065 2 роки тому +88

    It really is nearly impossible to explain how GIGANTIC this song was.
    It was... just...
    F*cking EPIC!

    • @shack8110
      @shack8110 Рік тому +1

      And nobody gave a shit about race

    • @jam4355
      @jam4355 Рік тому

      I remember when it was released. I was also like who are these guys, they are awesome!

  • @natalieburnham3300
    @natalieburnham3300 Рік тому +53

    The message in this song is extremely relevant to today. Great song loved it when it first came out and still love it.

    • @andysalter7192
      @andysalter7192 10 місяців тому +2

      It isn't that's it's " extremely relevant" now its just that nothing changes!

    • @bradprice8040
      @bradprice8040 3 дні тому

      After Obama removed the act that prevented the use of propaganda on the American people everything ramped up so fiercely. It has really messed things up for us. So many people just take what the TV says as gospel truth even when there is concrete evidence showing it is a lie. They still repeat the lie they were fed.

  • @shack8110
    @shack8110 2 роки тому +118

    instant classic from the mid-80s that all us metal heads immediately took to our hearts for obvious reasons

    • @shack8110
      @shack8110 2 роки тому +7

      forgot to mention their other epic song - Love Rears its Ugly Head. Love that s***!

    • @stevesmith9617
      @stevesmith9617 2 роки тому +3

      That guitar riff dude...

    • @cshepard09
      @cshepard09 2 роки тому +3

      @@stevesmith9617 call me crazy but i love the solo too.

    • @stevesmith9617
      @stevesmith9617 2 роки тому +3

      @@cshepard09 it's wild and messy. Wat a great 80a song. The whole decade was wild and messy

    • @shack8110
      @shack8110 2 роки тому +3

      @@stevesmith9617 people didn't give 2 craps about race, it was great music was all we cared about

  • @hugh_jasso
    @hugh_jasso 2 роки тому +98

    Ghandi is the epitome of this songs meaning. He wasn't a good person, he was only portrayed that way. Liberated a nation, BUT he hated black people and slept with kids. True story.

    • @jonathanlindsey790
      @jonathanlindsey790 2 роки тому

      Same for all the people named. Stalin was a hero for pulling Russia through WW2, then went on to exterminated millions of his own countrymen. MLK and JFK were both prolific adulterers. FDR was notorious for backroom deals and corruption.
      Goes to show that people can do some awful things and still accomplish great things.

    • @samuelgates5935
      @samuelgates5935 2 роки тому +11

      There's a speech he gave comparing blks to animals.. so yeah Jasso you're right.👍

    • @steffan61784
      @steffan61784 2 роки тому

      He also created the forced evacuation and re-settlment of Indians and Pakistanis...over 1millipn died...the path to Hell is paved with good intentions

    • @chrisgomez860
      @chrisgomez860 2 роки тому +4

      🤯🤯🤯 I didn't know that!

    • @yeahwellthatsjustlikeyouro7466
      @yeahwellthatsjustlikeyouro7466 2 роки тому

      His racism was very obvious sind he was an avid supporter of the caste system but I didn't know he was a pedo. Wth.

  • @danhightower2650
    @danhightower2650 2 роки тому +66

    Guitarist name is Vernon Reid and he's worth looking into, much more where that came from. The man is top tier all the way.

  • @UltraViolent21
    @UltraViolent21 Рік тому +26

    Vernon Reid is extremely underrated. He is an absolute monster on the guitar.

  • @rorygrime1202
    @rorygrime1202 Рік тому +17

    These fellows are Rockers. Every band member of whatever band loves this masterpiece. Respect fellows

  • @PEPPERJET7
    @PEPPERJET7 Рік тому +14

    The song and band were way ahead of their time. I graduated in 1988 and i remember when this album came out. It shook the music industry.

  • @TheDarinw40
    @TheDarinw40 6 місяців тому +5

    Little known fact...lead singer corey glover had a role in the movie... platoon

  • @ronp1903
    @ronp1903 2 роки тому +48

    LIVING COLOUR, Corey Glover, Vernon Reid, Muzz Skillings & Will Calhoun, is one helluva ROCK band!! I loved them from the get go! Their album "VIVID" is still one of my favorites! Every song on VIVID is awesome!🤘🤘

  • @craigjones2415
    @craigjones2415 8 місяців тому +14

    My favorite part is the beginning when everyone is like "THESE DUDES ARE BLACK?" Yeah man, the guitarist is like world famous. These dudes have been here for a minute.

  • @josephriley3911
    @josephriley3911 2 роки тому +19

    Its so awesome to see how open minded people can appreciate great music regardless of skin color. We didnt have this problem back in the 80's.

  • @shane-bl4jk
    @shane-bl4jk 9 місяців тому +24

    Every long haired metal head, knew of Living Color and rocked that shit🤟🤟🤟

  • @SlyMcC
    @SlyMcC Рік тому +14

    I love that people are "discovering" this song again. It is as relevant today as it was back then. I love the reactions as if on cue: Whoa, they're black, whoa they jam... whoa, the lyrics!! And Vernon Reid is one of the greatest guitarists in rock!

  • @k_spats
    @k_spats 2 роки тому +15

    *Still get chills, all these years later, when Vernon hits that solo!* 🎸 🔥
    *I LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!!*
    *THANK YOU!!!*
    💜💫✌🏼🎵

  • @TheMaddTitan_
    @TheMaddTitan_ 4 місяці тому +5

    Man, I was waiting for the the CM Punk reference. Love this song. Amazing!

  • @ransom8554
    @ransom8554 Рік тому +17

    Incredible job going to full on 9 screens while Vernon Reid absolutely DESTROYED that guitar solo. This was such an enjoyable experience. Thanks for the hard work putting it together.

    • @WonderMommaOG
      @WonderMommaOG  Рік тому +4

      Wow, thanks!

    • @beeepizzle
      @beeepizzle Рік тому +4

      Vernon Reid #Legendary

    • @vanvanoy
      @vanvanoy 11 місяців тому +3

      I read somewhere that he was playing 1/64 notes.

    • @harrygore
      @harrygore 10 місяців тому +2

      The 9 screen reaction shot was a genius idea. It was pure joy watching Vernon melt everyone’s faces!

  • @Topjunkie-r4s
    @Topjunkie-r4s 7 місяців тому +13

    Mick Jagger lead singer of The Rolling Stones discovered them at CBGBs in NYC

    • @bradprice8040
      @bradprice8040 3 дні тому

      CBGB should be presented as a historic landmark. They birthed so many great bands.

    • @Topjunkie-r4s
      @Topjunkie-r4s 3 дні тому

      @ that is where Mick Jagger found Living Color

  • @ianking9425
    @ianking9425 2 роки тому +31

    Vernon Reed's guitar mastery is epic....never played the solo the same way twice....this video version is one of his best....

  • @felixmesa3970
    @felixmesa3970 Рік тому +9

    MASSIVE RESPECT for the structure, tone and mastery created by Vernon Reid. When I first heard these guys in 1988 (!!) I was so blown away!

  • @jofi4580
    @jofi4580 2 роки тому +30

    I snuck downstairs after bedtime to watch them perform on the Arsenio Hall show. Got in trouble because I kept turning up the volume on the TV.
    TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!!
    GREAT BAND 🤘

    • @mattjennings6812
      @mattjennings6812 2 роки тому +6

      thats so funny you said tht i remember my lil nephew an niece asking me to let them watch this in 89 the night before i shipped off to marine bootcamp. I forgot abt tht memory, WOW it was all ahead of us back then!!thanks for the rewind, hope this comment finds you doing well.

  • @scarosone14
    @scarosone14 2 роки тому +26

    Vernon Reid is one of the best guitarists I have ever heard live. Loved the album, all my friends had it.

  • @TRUCKRIDER3000
    @TRUCKRIDER3000 2 роки тому +9

    I was 16 years old in high school (1989) when this song came out on the radio. I loved it the first time I hear it and has been with me since then, as Rock lover, I'm from México, I wasn't so surprised when first I see the video, not so much because I have seen videos of Jimi Hendrix playing guitar, but It was refreshing to hear a band like Living Colour.

  • @glendirienzo1365
    @glendirienzo1365 Рік тому +7

    When this song came out, I was 22. It was off the chain!! It was all over rock radio, and they opened up for the Rolling Stones.

  • @Vickynorssken
    @Vickynorssken 9 місяців тому +4

    Seriously, rock n roll and metal is for everyone and anyone, forget about the ethnicity, background or origins. Living Colour is the proof of that and they gave out a deep and strong message.
    As a white metalhead gal I say ROCK ON EVERYONE! 🤘🏻

  • @dixieland1641
    @dixieland1641 6 місяців тому +3

    This was my youth
    I loved this
    They are great. So glad that they are being enjoyed today❤❤

  • @BarzOnTheWindow1
    @BarzOnTheWindow1 2 роки тому +13

    I was there when this came out. A Filipino Metalhead, I am to this day. When this came out, it didn’t hit me as anything other than. a great song. Back then, to just about everyone, Race was an issue of the PAST. White rappers, black rockers were the on the rise, as completely natural progression. I miss those times greatly. I WISH we could go back to when RACE, wasn’t the focus. And being decent, was.

  • @_PL_
    @_PL_ 2 роки тому +16

    Another great reaction montage. It's fun to see all these reactors having a lightbulb moment in realizing the band is black. I wonder how they'd react to the band Death, who were three brothers (in both senses of the word) from Detroit who formed a punk band in the early 1970s. So, they were pioneers on two fronts: one of the first (if not _the_ first) all-black recording rock bands, and one of the first (if not _the_ first) punk bands anywhere. There's even a documentary about them ("A Band Called Death").
    EDIT: An additional note of appreciation for your informative descriptions under the videos, which add some nice background and context for the videos themselves.

    • @WonderMommaOG
      @WonderMommaOG  2 роки тому +2

      Thank you so much. I completely spaced that part of the description. lol I have now gone in and fixed it. Thank you for your comments!

    • @_PL_
      @_PL_ 2 роки тому +1

      @@WonderMommaOG It happens, lol. You're doing great. I'm always tweaking the descriptions of my own vids, and yet am still constantly surprised that even a year or two later I still find mistakes there.

  • @kookookatchoo8208
    @kookookatchoo8208 10 місяців тому +4

    High school music was off the chain in the 80's. I love these guys. And all of you here. ❤

  • @Johnsmith-pd3uk
    @Johnsmith-pd3uk Рік тому +5

    The bass line in this song is insane. And they could play anything. They have an amazing blues song caked love rears up is ugly head. Incredible

  • @firealchemykatphoenix
    @firealchemykatphoenix 2 роки тому +9

    Love this band! Flashbacks to teen years watching them a lot on MTV. The message in this song is still so relevant today. Timeless 🤘🏻

  • @williamsummerson1204
    @williamsummerson1204 2 роки тому +47

    Corey and the boys influenced alot of future hard rock and metal bands. They were speaking straight facts in that song. Another amazing video. Keep up the great work. 😊💙🙏

  • @jasonpatterson3593
    @jasonpatterson3593 Рік тому +8

    Guitarist here is very skilled and always hoped to hear alot more from him

  • @victorramsey5575
    @victorramsey5575 2 роки тому +11

    Such a good song, that is even more true today than back then! Vernon Reid is a monster on that guitar. When I was a kid we all tried learning this on guitar. The problem is trying to recreate Vernon's fluid-like wizardry. Its impossible.

  • @qeenhelene
    @qeenhelene Рік тому +8

    Kick ass song, old but still relevant today amazes me how many of us don’t know Living Colour 😮 I saw the video on MTV back when they played videos 😅 My son shared this reaction video with me. He was digging it and I referenced it to explain the draw of our 45th President. He embodies the dark side of the Cult of Personality. “I exploit you, still you love me” “I tell you 1 and 1 makes 3”

  • @TryMyMartini
    @TryMyMartini Рік тому +8

    This song never stops being relevant. It might actually be getting even more relatable over time!

  • @mightybalzaq6686
    @mightybalzaq6686 2 роки тому +25

    CM PUNK... CM PUNK... CM PUNK... CM PUNK... CM PUNK... CM PUNK!!!

  • @sinchill5424
    @sinchill5424 2 роки тому +8

    Cult of Personality, an amazing gem of a song from an amazing gem of a band! Been a fan of that song since I was a kid. Sad that none of these people had heard of the song before, and it’s sad but funny how many were shocked they were all black.

  • @cainealexander-mccord2805
    @cainealexander-mccord2805 Рік тому +2

    I got all excited when I saw WonderMomma at the top of my feed. Turns out, it was this one-and why not watch it again? Gotta do something until Comet Momma comes round again! Miss you!

  • @FunkyKiwi7
    @FunkyKiwi7 Рік тому +8

    I was 18 when this came out.
    When I first heard it I blasted it as well as U2's bullet the blue sky. I couldn't get enough of them. I'm glad that others have discovered them.

  • @Organicme1
    @Organicme1 2 роки тому +1

    See "In Living Color in there"? Message fits now even more than then. lol TY for the reactions.

  • @donreid6399
    @donreid6399 2 роки тому +11

    Truly the Magnum Opus of Living Colour. I'm glad this song is having an impact on all these folks!

  • @infinitygirlak
    @infinitygirlak 10 місяців тому +5

    Metal knows know color. Rock is rock, baby

  • @indianaguy6941
    @indianaguy6941 Рік тому +6

    I just wanted to recommend their first album to Anyone who hasn’t heard it. I was a teen in the 80s, this is still one of the best rock albums from that era.

  • @amberthomas4839
    @amberthomas4839 8 місяців тому +6

    Living Colour was the bomb. I remember when they came out. I was modeling for United Colors of Benetton and we did a runway show to this song. They wore a lot of UCOB colors as did everyone. If you weren’t brighter than the sun you weren’t hip. NEON WAS KING

    • @WonderMommaOG
      @WonderMommaOG  8 місяців тому +3

      I remember UCOB. Girbaud jeans... and Cross Colours. 😅

    • @amberthomas4839
      @amberthomas4839 5 місяців тому +2

      @@WonderMommaOGmy BF wore Gibaud. He modeled for them and got free clothes 😊

  • @dwass394
    @dwass394 5 місяців тому +3

    I LOVED THIS SONG WHEN IT CAME OUT!!! The substance of the lyrics are unbelievable and completely true. Great rock and roll doesn’t see color. We just love the music. Living Color was a GREAT band.

  • @tictocbang7443
    @tictocbang7443 Рік тому +3

    First saw them play this on Showtime at The Apollo. Blew. My. Mind.

  • @taddburroughs6814
    @taddburroughs6814 2 роки тому +5

    I've loved Living Colour since I was a kid. Got everything they've ever done. Amazing band and Vernon Ried is one of my favorite guitar players.

  • @marqantonioalvarado5894
    @marqantonioalvarado5894 Рік тому +3

    WHEN THIS CAME OUT ON MTV. I WAS BLOWN AWAY AND LOVED IT. STILL DO TODAY.

  • @Lolaitsallchaos
    @Lolaitsallchaos 5 місяців тому +4

    I was in Florida on vacation the first time I heard this in 1988. Everyone in the store stopped to rock out to this. It is still one of my favorite songs. They were so far ahead of their time laying this truth out. We allow the people that our community chooses to put on pedestals to lie in our faces and still stand up for them. 36 years later and its only gotten worse.

  • @ann40069
    @ann40069 2 роки тому +1

    Loved these Guys.. every time this Video played on MTV....I would stop what I was doing, and Turn up the Volume...

  • @stinky60096
    @stinky60096 Рік тому +4

    I remember when they came out it was AMAZING. His voice is on fire and the song has an eternal message. I don't know how they faded away.

  • @BigBass-xf5yi
    @BigBass-xf5yi 6 місяців тому +3

    Great compilation.
    Coreys voice is so potent and Vernons solo is literally superb. The energy emulating from this gem is next level. This song came out of the gate as an F5. Still is in 2024.

  • @Katclem77
    @Katclem77 2 роки тому +7

    "They're black?" 😅🤣😂 You guys had me cracking up. I love this song. From the late 80s, but I always pump it up when it comes on the radio. They're pretty awesome. Thanks everyone for the entertainment - I really enjoyed this reaction video! 👏👍👏👍

  • @kevinburnes3216
    @kevinburnes3216 2 роки тому +11

    "Letter to a landlord" also by this very band is incredible also!

    • @kevinburnes3216
      @kevinburnes3216 2 роки тому

      check it out here!!! ua-cam.com/video/6V5VkMqM07s/v-deo.html

    • @emtpet
      @emtpet Рік тому +1

      One of all time favorite song by them! ✌🏾

  • @hankbug
    @hankbug 2 роки тому +7

    Vernon Reid is, was and ALWAYS will be the greatest guitarist in the game. He's a genius.

  • @samanthabrammer1494
    @samanthabrammer1494 6 місяців тому +2

    I remember watching this on MTV when they actually played muaic on music television. Love that people are still watching this video and digging it!

  • @djs3484
    @djs3484 Рік тому +10

    These guys were incredible, Cory (the singer) was into doing movies at that time and IMO, if they were able to keep it together the sky was the limit, they had other songs from their album that will blow you away as well. To this day I listen to this and... It puts me in a better frame of mind, the guitar solos, especially the 2nd one is absolutely insane.

  • @lorinwold6473
    @lorinwold6473 Рік тому +3

    From Malcolm X to FDR what a ride! Vernon Reid is a guitarist of epic proportions that is not always talked about but all you have to do is listen nothing more nothing less. The power that Corey Glover uses to deliver those lyrics is amazing and perfect for this song.

  • @brentbeardsley655
    @brentbeardsley655 10 місяців тому +2

    Lead singer Corey Glover was also in the movie Platoon as Charlie Sheens's buddy Francis.

  • @jaimiewarren8687
    @jaimiewarren8687 Рік тому +6

    When these guys came around people went nuts! Personally I loved everything about them and I wish they were still making music. It didn’t matter what color you were when they made music everyone loved them. They were one of the best things that ever happened to music!

  • @ronwilliamson8446
    @ronwilliamson8446 2 роки тому +6

    Caught these guys in 86 in Daytona Beach at a little club called the American Room, blew the roof of the joint!!

  • @daliesweeney6305
    @daliesweeney6305 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you SO much for showing these guys! I first heard them when I was in my 30’s! I was actually trying to remember their name! Haven’t heard them for at least 20 years! THANK YOU,

  • @frankmiranda6274
    @frankmiranda6274 2 роки тому +7

    Every one in this band was killing it but that shredding on that guitar

  • @Joe-zk7ps
    @Joe-zk7ps 2 роки тому +5

    What a great choice!!! I listened to this so much as a kid and it was all over MTV.

  • @reginaldmassey3272
    @reginaldmassey3272 Рік тому +3

    While I was waiting to get a haircut in park slope Brooklyn the lead guitarist was getting his hair done and also the drummers mom worked at my job, she was so proud of him.

  • @davidwilson7042
    @davidwilson7042 Рік тому +3

    In '89, my band covered half of this wonderful album, our fave. Listen to the rest, it's literally all good.

  • @wadedupree9299
    @wadedupree9299 5 місяців тому +3

    One of the best rock / message songs of all time

  • @ivanichiro7894
    @ivanichiro7894 Рік тому +2

    80's Rock! I still have the cassette and CD.

  • @chrisbocook2910
    @chrisbocook2910 2 роки тому +7

    Sevendust, non point, the old Killswitch Engage. Thats just some majors metal bands with black volcalists which are badass bands. Go check them out.

  • @mabutoo
    @mabutoo Рік тому +3

    The words ring more true today than when the song was written. Arguably, we’ve had two cults of personality as presidents of this country. For better or worse.

  • @frankmiranda6274
    @frankmiranda6274 2 роки тому +4

    One of my all time favorites! Not only do they rock out the verses say so much LOVE LOVE LIvING COLOUR

  • @billsheehy3490
    @billsheehy3490 2 роки тому +17

    Can't believe so many folks hadn't heard of these guys. They played "Cult of Personality" on Saturday Night Live!

  • @danielcampana4561
    @danielcampana4561 Рік тому +5

    This is easily one of the Greatest Rock Songs of all Time!
    Knowledge is power, but music is Passion.
    Living Colour, take your place among the greatest of all time!
    Can a brother, get some guitar lessons, Vern?

  • @tompilkington8708
    @tompilkington8708 2 роки тому +3

    I love this group. I wore out 3 cassette tapes of their album back in the day.
    Great compilation WM.

  • @KINGDUDE74
    @KINGDUDE74 8 місяців тому +2

    Just a little side note. The lead singer Cory had a small part in the movie Platoon.

  • @f.antoneaccuardi7376
    @f.antoneaccuardi7376 2 роки тому +7

    The whole album, Vivid, is epic. One of the best ever in my white boy opinion! Saw them once, also epic, open for The Rolling Stones in Vancouver, BC. Five hour drive was worth every second!

  • @timinglismusic6707
    @timinglismusic6707 2 місяці тому +2

    Muzz Skillings doesn't get enough props for that killer bass. I saw them live in 1995, after Doug Wimbish replaced Muzz. They were so tight live, it was actually frightening.

  • @davidblanton5258
    @davidblanton5258 2 роки тому +4

    As a drummer growing up in the 70s and 80’s I knew these guys could rock. I saw the open for The Rolling Stones in the late 90s . These dudes can rock!

  • @elarsh24
    @elarsh24 8 місяців тому +2

    When these guys came out on video, some people were surprised.., I was excited. I really hoped Living Colour would inspire more black rock bands so we can hear their stories or their messages that isn’t known in this genre. Sadly, they might just be an exception.

  • @zanzibar3939
    @zanzibar3939 2 роки тому +4

    Love these guys. Just saw them live weeks ago and they still rock as hard as they did in the 80s

  • @mikestand5163
    @mikestand5163 2 роки тому +2

    ...and, the singer was in 'Platoon', Francis, self inflicted wound after last battle, flys home at the end

  • @rhettwarriner8569
    @rhettwarriner8569 2 роки тому +5

    Saw these guys live at the LA Coliseum back in ‘89, opening for G&R and The Rolling Stones - their set was amazing

  • @Jabberwok28
    @Jabberwok28 2 роки тому +19

    Saw these guys at lollopalooza back in the day. Vernon Reid can shred with the best of ‘em.

  • @dmCurator
    @dmCurator 2 роки тому +6

    I'd love to hang out at a party with every single one of the reviewers in this montage. That'd be one hell of a room.

    • @mattjennings6812
      @mattjennings6812 2 роки тому +2

      that would be a trip! a bunch of GEN X'ers,millinials,an a couple of gen Z'ers? Id pay the cover charge to see that...now tht i think about it........maybe not!lol🤟