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.
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.
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.
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.
@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.
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.
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.
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.
“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! 💜💜💜💜
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.
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.
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.
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!🤘🤘
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.
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!
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.
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 🤘
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.
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.
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! 🤘🏻
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.
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 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.
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. 😊💙🙏
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.
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”
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
"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! 👏👍👏👍
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.
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.
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!
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,
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.
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.
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?
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!
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.
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!
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.
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🤟
Looks like you beat me to it. : ) Good work, Keep it up!
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!
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.
@@WonderMommaOG Much appreciated, thank you!
One of you two need to do reactions to Meatloaf's Paradise by the dashboard lights. :-)
Ha! I actually thought i was on Derek's channel. New sub @Momma
"I exploit you, still you love me"
Now THAT'S a bar. Scary how relevant it still is
Old as time
Vernon Reid = most underappreciated guitar god ever
Yes, and we know exactly why that is the case....
Honely, why isn't he better known?The man is AMAZING.
@@libertine40 he was on a cover of a magezine in the mid 80s. Nice try tho
@@libertine40 tbf hendrix is always like the number 1 guitarist of all time on most main stream lists lol
@@legendsbeast4624 Do you even hear yourself? "On the cover of *A* magazine *in the 80s* ..." (emphasis mine). Please...
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.
YES!!!
EXACTLY.
It is still huge. thanks to CM Punk
I agree. Song is timeless and apropos for today's world. Living Colour's lyrics have always been socially conscious.
I have been finding myself feeling the same way about "Free Your Mind" by En Vogue a lot recently.
Not just a black rock band...a kick-ass black rock band!
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.
A kickass band period
@@robynhurley5119 That is back when we HEARD the music and didn't see who was making it. 🤘
@@robynhurley5119 Amen to that!
Was gonna say the same
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.
That’s dope as hell Mr. James
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.
48. Love, love, loved this song from day 1. Awesome to see so many discover and understand this song, now. All time jam!
@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.
Same!!!
Vernon is so underrated it should be a crime. He's up there with Slash!
I would argue he is probably better than Slash. More like a metally version of Jeff Beck.
Slash is fine but this kid was on another level IMO.
I like Slash a lot, but Vernon is on another level.
Doug, too.
Sorry, Vernon outshines Slash
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.
Can only imagine if they listened to Bodycount or Bad Brains? Or Fishbone
More of a hard rock band then metal
Body count people need to hear them
If only they were a black black metal band
I'm guessing a lot of these people weren't around when this came out or something.
MORE PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THIS SONG. It is MUCH more important now than when it was released.
More relevant now than ever before.
@@ReckkEdits It was decades ahead of its time.
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.
Thank you!
Don't forget Bad Brains. One of the best live acts I've ever seen.
24-7 Spyz!
And Vernon Reid is a really cool guy. Met him once, he was very down to earth.
yeah, 'there goes the neighborhood', baby!
Their whole discography is amazing, but that debut album “Vivid” is a masterpiece all the way through.
Open Letter to a Landlord deserves a reaction by everyone in this video.
Fun Fact - Lead singer, Corey Glover played one of the soldiers in the movie "Platoon."
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.
“We gonna get high-ty, high!!”
And Danny Glover's nephew
Yes sir
"BEST IN THE WOOOOOOOOORRRRLLLDD!!!" For all the CM Punk fans like me 😊
10 yearsss man 10 years
35 years!!! Song still strong
“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! 💜💜💜💜
They did a great job delivering that line!! With the imagery as well woooooah. This blew my mind on how accurate it is
Right on brother....same same
It really is nearly impossible to explain how GIGANTIC this song was.
It was... just...
F*cking EPIC!
And nobody gave a shit about race
I remember when it was released. I was also like who are these guys, they are awesome!
The message in this song is extremely relevant to today. Great song loved it when it first came out and still love it.
It isn't that's it's " extremely relevant" now its just that nothing changes!
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.
instant classic from the mid-80s that all us metal heads immediately took to our hearts for obvious reasons
forgot to mention their other epic song - Love Rears its Ugly Head. Love that s***!
That guitar riff dude...
@@stevesmith9617 call me crazy but i love the solo too.
@@cshepard09 it's wild and messy. Wat a great 80a song. The whole decade was wild and messy
@@stevesmith9617 people didn't give 2 craps about race, it was great music was all we cared about
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.
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.
There's a speech he gave comparing blks to animals.. so yeah Jasso you're right.👍
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
🤯🤯🤯 I didn't know that!
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.
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.
Vernon Reid is extremely underrated. He is an absolute monster on the guitar.
These fellows are Rockers. Every band member of whatever band loves this masterpiece. Respect fellows
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.
Little known fact...lead singer corey glover had a role in the movie... platoon
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!🤘🤘
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.
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.
Every long haired metal head, knew of Living Color and rocked that shit🤟🤟🤟
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!
*Still get chills, all these years later, when Vernon hits that solo!* 🎸 🔥
*I LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!!*
*THANK YOU!!!*
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Man, I was waiting for the the CM Punk reference. Love this song. Amazing!
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.
Wow, thanks!
Vernon Reid #Legendary
I read somewhere that he was playing 1/64 notes.
The 9 screen reaction shot was a genius idea. It was pure joy watching Vernon melt everyone’s faces!
Mick Jagger lead singer of The Rolling Stones discovered them at CBGBs in NYC
CBGB should be presented as a historic landmark. They birthed so many great bands.
@ that is where Mick Jagger found Living Color
Vernon Reed's guitar mastery is epic....never played the solo the same way twice....this video version is one of his best....
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!
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 🤘
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.
Vernon Reid is one of the best guitarists I have ever heard live. Loved the album, all my friends had it.
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.
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.
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! 🤘🏻
This was my youth
I loved this
They are great. So glad that they are being enjoyed today❤❤
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.
Well said!
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.
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!
@@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.
High school music was off the chain in the 80's. I love these guys. And all of you here. ❤
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
Love this band! Flashbacks to teen years watching them a lot on MTV. The message in this song is still so relevant today. Timeless 🤘🏻
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. 😊💙🙏
Many thanks!
@@WonderMommaOG my pleasure.
Guitarist here is very skilled and always hoped to hear alot more from him
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.
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”
This song never stops being relevant. It might actually be getting even more relatable over time!
CM PUNK... CM PUNK... CM PUNK... CM PUNK... CM PUNK... CM PUNK!!!
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.
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!
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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.
See "In Living Color in there"? Message fits now even more than then. lol TY for the reactions.
Truly the Magnum Opus of Living Colour. I'm glad this song is having an impact on all these folks!
Metal knows know color. Rock is rock, baby
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.
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
I remember UCOB. Girbaud jeans... and Cross Colours. 😅
@@WonderMommaOGmy BF wore Gibaud. He modeled for them and got free clothes 😊
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.
First saw them play this on Showtime at The Apollo. Blew. My. Mind.
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.
WHEN THIS CAME OUT ON MTV. I WAS BLOWN AWAY AND LOVED IT. STILL DO TODAY.
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.
Loved these Guys.. every time this Video played on MTV....I would stop what I was doing, and Turn up the Volume...
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.
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.
"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! 👏👍👏👍
"Letter to a landlord" also by this very band is incredible also!
check it out here!!! ua-cam.com/video/6V5VkMqM07s/v-deo.html
One of all time favorite song by them! ✌🏾
Vernon Reid is, was and ALWAYS will be the greatest guitarist in the game. He's a genius.
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!
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.
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.
Lead singer Corey Glover was also in the movie Platoon as Charlie Sheens's buddy Francis.
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!
Caught these guys in 86 in Daytona Beach at a little club called the American Room, blew the roof of the joint!!
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,
Every one in this band was killing it but that shredding on that guitar
What a great choice!!! I listened to this so much as a kid and it was all over MTV.
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.
In '89, my band covered half of this wonderful album, our fave. Listen to the rest, it's literally all good.
One of the best rock / message songs of all time
80's Rock! I still have the cassette and CD.
Sevendust, non point, the old Killswitch Engage. Thats just some majors metal bands with black volcalists which are badass bands. Go check them out.
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.
One of my all time favorites! Not only do they rock out the verses say so much LOVE LOVE LIvING COLOUR
Can't believe so many folks hadn't heard of these guys. They played "Cult of Personality" on Saturday Night Live!
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?
I love this group. I wore out 3 cassette tapes of their album back in the day.
Great compilation WM.
Just a little side note. The lead singer Cory had a small part in the movie Platoon.
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!
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.
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!
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.
Love these guys. Just saw them live weeks ago and they still rock as hard as they did in the 80s
...and, the singer was in 'Platoon', Francis, self inflicted wound after last battle, flys home at the end
Saw these guys live at the LA Coliseum back in ‘89, opening for G&R and The Rolling Stones - their set was amazing
Saw these guys at lollopalooza back in the day. Vernon Reid can shred with the best of ‘em.
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.
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🤟