Rappers React To Living Colour "Cult Of Personality"!!!
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- Опубліковано 24 кві 2020
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You know back in the 80s they were never referred to as the "the black band" they were simply Living Colour
Agreed, I had never thought of them as an all black band, I was maybe 16 when this came out, to me they were Living Colour, and I looooved them lol
I'm sure that many people didn't realize that Living Colour was a black hard rock band until MTV started showing their videos. People probably did a double take when they connected the song with this hard rock band which is black. A similar comparison was many years earlier in the early 1970's. Charley Pride was a black country singer, who amassed a number of hits, but people as a whole were seeing a black country music star at a time when country music was made up of white male country stars. Female country singers were also getting into country music, but Charley Pride was the trailblazer for a black artist to do country music.
@@amb2745 Chuck Berry..... Pioneer of Rock and Roll, Elvis, AC/DC, and many others were inspired by him. Rock has never been about color, it has always been about the unheard masses. There is no Race to it, Jimmy Hendrix is one of our guitar Gods. People are just too dumb to research history.
This was the time of MTV too. I never thought of them as the black band.
I was in my 20s when this came out in 88 in my opinion a lot of people looked at them as a bit odd or at best a novelty act. However this is based on my personal experiences. I thought they were awesome.
This song was a banger in 1989. There was no internet etc. But there was Headbangers Ball on MTV.
I miss Headbangers ball so much
Ah man.... Loved HBB. Rock Palast on WDR too
MTV had video on every day. Awesome. We knew who was in the band. Good music matters
As an old timer you guys are killing me that you don’t know Vernon is one the best guitarists of all time.
hmmmmmm, were gonna have to check him out. send us a link
Facts. Dude is nasty
After I heard this I got WAYYYY into Vernon and holy shit this man SHREDS!
Gotdamn right.
Seriously, I consider him the bridge between Jim Hendrix and Tom Morello, still performing. Support Living Colour, find a show, buy a cd, incredible music hard work, great band.
"You gave me fortune, you gave me fame. You gave me power in your God's name!" I LOVE that line!
I always get lyrics wrong. I thought he said "you gave me power in the old gods name." Thanks for getting me right@
One of the greatest lines Ever the first time I heard it I was captured
god's*
That line is a powerhouse.
Living Colour was in HEAVY rotation on MTV back then. None of us alive for the "Hey Day" of MTV were surprised the band was all black. Hell we all loved em because they rocked. Music see's no skin.
Brent Barnett exactly!! They are amazing!!
I have so many of their songs in my Google play list. I love them.
If you rock then you're good. Despite what the media says the hard rock/metal community is extremely welcoming to minority artists and women.
Sure, there may be some hardcore jerk-offs who don't like it. But they have no voice or influence in the genre.
It's a bit disappointing that when this was released, NO ONE thought twice about them being an all black group. Today, it makes people's jaw drop. To some, this is considered "progress".
What I think is funny about this is that lots of people don't realize, most of the meta kids in the late 80' weren't the weird gang of murderers with leather and chains you see as stereotyped in movies now. We were the AP science kids that liked dungeons and dragons, those leather jacket kids whose parents beat them, the black kids that got ostracized at majorly white schools. It was the misfits table of kids that learned to sew patches on our denim jackets if we could scrounge one up. The skim color of the artists was irrelevant at the time, it feels like we've taken a step backwards to hear young people so shocked about incredible black artists in metal. Why not? Do it now!
We knew who they were. It was on MTV all the time. You know, back when they actually had music on there haha
Lol
Oh before the teen moms and jersey shores?
The guitarist, Vernon Reid, also played guitar on Public Enemy's debut album.
I am not sure which line I like better:
"When a leader speaks, that leader dies" OR "Then a mirror speaks, the reflection lies."
How about just like both equally
Speaking of all black rock bands, y’all need to check out Bad Brains, one of the most important bands from the DC hardcore punk rock scene. Check out “I Against I” from the album of the same name
FACTS!!!!!
Yep, Bad Brains for sure, not enough reaction videos on YT, only a couple as far I know.
I'd throw Fishbone in there too. A great group that never really seem to catch on like they should have.
Early God Forbid and there was a punk band from Derroit, too.
and Fishbone...
Living Colour, Fishbone, Body Count, Bad Brains, Follow For Now, 24-7 Spyz, and I'm sure many others that I'm forgetting; the 80s/90s had some great bands that crossed all stereotypes...
Don't forget Urban Dance Squad
How did I forget body count smh Ice -T fronted it loved mama's gotta die tonight lol
Bad Brains and Body Count all day!!
This song rips. Corey Glover the lead singer was also an actor, he played Francis in Platoon in 1986 two years before this song came out.
Edit: try Incubus “The Warmth”.
Corey Glover is also Danny Glover's son.
Stacey Carter I haven’t found anything to substantiate that claim. Danny is listed as only having a daughter. And while it’s possible is only 18 years senior to Corey. Also Danny was a west coast guy while Corey was born and raised in New York. But it sounds cool.
@@staceycarter2024 I am pretty sure that's just a rumour (check imdb). .
@@MacAnAirchinnighJM if anything he's danny's nephew I could be wrong
@@moodyraboot6548 found no supporting info to that.
It’s funny when you bring up New Day when it was CM Punk’s entrance music, lol.
This might be a stretch but, could you do Jerry was a Racecar Driver by Primus. It’s funky, fun, and a little weird. It’s groovy for Hollywood and hard for Smokey. Thanks guys, keep up the great work
Lol 4 completely different wrestlers
Being wrasslin guys.. I was surprised they didn't mention it.
CM PUNK!! CM PUNK!! CM PUNK!!
Fun fact, they played this live for one of the WWE payperviews for CM Punk before he quit. It was dope hearing this song live. Dude could still sing and the band was on point.
You guys like wrestling This is CM Punks Entrance Music
"IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!"
*was
They said they look like the New Day🤣 I'm surprised they never mentioned Punk
@@hannahstevenson27 still is , he used it in UFC and he uses it at WWE BACKSTAGE
Yes awesome song for CM Punks return. Also liked his entrance song before this one by Killswitch Engage (This Fire Burns)
Loved this band when this this song came out! Like Smokey said, it was a rarity to see a black band in heavy metal and most people found out about them on MTV back then.
This band is incredible, they play across all genres. I saw them as the opening act for The Rolling Stones in 1989. Saw them in Clemson South Carolina, the look of shock on most people's faces was unbelievable to say the least. Needless to say they weren't welcomed very well. Me and my cousin totally rocked out to them, while flipping off the crowd the whole time. I've seen them a few times since and they still perform and sound incredibly the same. Music knows no boundaries. ROCK ON.🤘🤘
Speaking of the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger helped them get started. Or so I read somewhere.
I saw the open for the Stones in Atlanta in 1989. While I was glad to see the Stones, I bought the tickets to see Living Colour.
I was teaching at the time, and used this song to teach the concept of ‘cult of personality’ in world history. My students couldn’t believe I knew the song and owned the album (yes, album). Earned me some cool teacher points - and got the point across much better than the textbook.
You should check out their song “Open Letter To A Landlord” from the same album.
I am older. 52 years on earth. I have seen more live shows than 99% of people. Living Colour at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in Providence Rhode Island was one of, if not, my favorite show EVER!! He didn’t just stage dive, he LITERALLY walked on top of the crowd! Highest energy and highest fun! Incredible!!!!!
I was in High School when this song came out and EVERYONE knew who they were, we loved them for their music, skin color didn't matter, it's just skin! Take it off and you can't tell all of us apart! Learned that growing up and was taught to everyone. Sad to see that philosophy going out the window 😪.
This was one of the first songs to get major exposure with an massively subversive message. It blew my mind. Metal always was subversive, but these lyrics were pure genius and a mirror that showed an ugly reflection. Still relevant 30+ years later. Even more so.
I saw these guys in the early 90s, and seriously, one of the best concerts I've ever been to. Vernon Reid (that awesome guitarist) jumped in the crowd, crowd surfed over to the balcony in the venue, he climbed up and ran through the crowd where I was. The crowd went absolutely crazy, I honestly don't think any other band had ever done something like that in my tiny country. My friend got to touch Vernon too.
I remember my mind exploding when this video premiered. We saw them open for The Stones soon after, but my favorite Living Color show was several years later at the Avalon in Boston in support of the album "Stain". Vernon has one of the most original artists in generations. Corey's voice is one of a kind and despite their success and popularity they are still a very under appreciated band.
Saw them on the same tour at First Ave. Bad Brains opened for them. LOVED it!
"When a leader speaks that leader dies", but the other side of the coin came earlier in the lyrics, "When a leader speaks the refection lies" They were talking about both good & evil leaders...Mussolini & Joseph Stalin = Evil... Kennedy & Gandhi = Good...Cults of personality come in all shapes & sizes...
ZeeStranjelz ‘When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies’
@@hannahstevenson27 I learned that soon after making this comment, lol...It's hard to sing it differently after all these years though...plus, I liked the duality concept of what I thought the lyrics said...Live & learn, aye...
Ya'll need check out Sevendust is you like this. Such an underrated band! Angel's Son, Waffle, so many great songs.
For sure! LJ is a massive vocalist
Sevendust alllllll day
Sevendust is epic
This is one of those musical gems that shall continue to be absolute FIRE throughout the ages; I've never NOT loved this song.
I remember watching MTV in 1986 (back when they played actual music videos) & seeing Aerosmith team up with Run DMC for their rap cover of "Walk This Way'. It was the first time that we saw rock & rap come together to form this fusion of music genres. Many folks didn't know what to think, some loved it (including me) while others absolutely hated it. But no one could deny that it had changed the scene & opened doors for new forms of music to be created. Then a short while after that in 1988, we were introduced to Living Colour - the first Black American hard rock-metal band to make it into mainstream media... And they're still rocking out to this day. :-)
* fun fact - lead singer Corey Glover (no relation to actor Danny Glover) played a US Army soldier (Francis) in Oliver Stone's Vietnam war movie, "Platoon"
This is a good era to be an aging metalhead. Back in 1988, we got to experience this band for the first time, and now we get to experience them again for the "first time" (vicariously) through other people. All of us white metal dudes back in the day loved bands like this (& Fishbone and 24/7 Spyz and other funkified rock bands, or King's X) because they went so hard, just like metal bands. We considered this "metal," whether or not anyone else did. And anything that broadened our favorite genre of music, we liked. We felt like we wanted to tell people, "see? this is how metal can be; it's not limited to what you think it is." So anyway, yeah, it's fun, seeing so many people appreciating something from a genre that was sometimes regarded as the bottom of the musical bin, back in the day.
Their bass player played for Madonna and Mick Jagger ;) He's a huge legend.
I was in the Army when this song came out. It seriously helped open my eyes to the world. Thanks for your review.
"Only You Can Set You Free" Cory Glover.. Living Colour
Did my first stagedive at one of their concerts (in Amsterdam). Still love the band. Their singer did shows recently with musicians that played with David Bowie. Still a great voice.
"When a leader speaks, that leader dies" Wow that hit me in the feels really hard. 😭
1988. I read an article that had Mick Jagger raving about a band of hard rocking black dudes he saw playing at CBGB's in NYC.
I ordered the album before it hit the record stores and had it the first day it came in. It was even better than I expected.
One of my favorite bands and even had Corey Glover (the singer) land on his head right in front of me after doing a back-dive off the stage. We were watching Vernon Reid jamming out and didn't see Corey jump. It was during an encore and that was the end of a great performance. Corey was hauled back onto the stage and made it off on his own two feet. All was good.
Still over thirty years later, one of my favorite hard rock bands, album and song of all time.
Another great quote from that song was "When the leader speaks, the reflection lies"
Its actually "when mirror speaks,the reflection lies
@@gokulvarma627 and "when a leader speaks, that leader dies"
@@ladyravn yaaaa
I grew up listening to Living Color in high school during the late 80's; them being an "all black band" was of no consequence, they're just an awesome rock band.
You guys should do "primus-them damn blue collared tweakers" at woodstock one of the best crowds I have seen u wont regret it
There was a time when music had a message. We need to get back to that.
Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. The band currently consists of guitarist Vernon Reid, lead vocalist Corey Glover, drummer Will Calhoun and bassist Doug Wimbish (who replaced Muzz Skillings in 1992). Stylistically, their music is a creative fusion influenced by heavy metal, funk, jazz, hip hop, punk, and alternative rock. The band's lyrics range from the personal to the political, including social commentary on racism in the United States. Living Colour has released six studio albums so far. The band rose to fame with their debut album Vivid in 1988. Although they scored a number of hits, Living Colour is best known for their signature anthem "Cult of Personality", which won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990. They were also named Best New Artist at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards and won their second Grammy Award for their follow-up album Time's Up (1990). Their third album, Stain (1993), was also well received by music critics. After disbanding in 1995, Living Colour reunited in late 2000, and has released three more studio albums since then: Collideøscope (2003), The Chair in the Doorway (2009) and Shade (2017). The band has been in the process of working on new material for the follow-up to Shade.
The lead singer is Corey Glover. He was in the movie Platoon. Vernon Reid is the guitarist, Will Calhoun is the drummer, and Muz Skilling was the original bassist in this video (who was replaced by Doug Wimbish). They are still touring. They need to be inducted into the ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME!✊🏿✊🏿
This band were amazing! Great musicians and fantastic lyrics. Probably more relevant now than ever!
Vernon Ried on guitar and Corey Glover on vocals. What a frigging combo
Living Color came it in 1988. One of my favorite bands of all time. Vernon Reid is one of the top guitar players.
I was an intern in development for a studio but my parents were pretty connected with record people at the time I saw these guys in a club circa 1986.
I called everyone. I frigging stalked them.
They were so interesting & intelligent besides being obviously talented and had that it factor.
They had already signed a record deal by the time I approached them that became this. But I will always appreciate that they showed up for me.
I had inherited a gay bar because it was LA in 1986 & yeah, it trickled down to the college aged neice.
They showed up in 87 and 88 - when they were big and on the radio- to do benefits I had. That was f*cking huge for any artist at the time much less black men. Ripped, gorgeous young black men.
They risked a lot by that.
I am forever grateful.
And I miss that crazy time.
This is one of the greatest rock songs, ever. PERIOD!
CM PUNK!! Wearing the neo Body Glove wetsuit!!! SO UNDERRATED!!!!!🤘🤘 That ish is so dope!!!
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There is so many bands and songs I would love for y'all to watch listen and react to them
saw them in concert in 1987 in New Jersey, at Montclair State University, on their first MTV Tour, double bill with the Godfathers.... the 80's rocked...
"I swear this was sung by another group." I think he's associating the song with CM Punk, and that leads him to have a different picture of who performed it, because he saw Punk and the song together so often.
Living Colour was part of the Black Rock Coalition which also included Fishbone, 24/7 Spyz, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Victor Johnson of the Busboys, Total Eclipse and Sammy Hagar.
Living Colour had the backing of Mick Jagger, who produced a few tunes on their first album Vivid. Certainly couldn't hurt in getting record companies to open their minds. You forget that MTV was EVERYWHERE in 1988 (and actually showing videos nearly 24-7), and most kids probably saw this video before seeing hearing this song on the radio, so that shock wasn't as big as you think back in the day.
Great reaction as always, Iove this Living Colour song, a classic!!, can wait for the next Tool song... how about Parabol/Parabola
Lucky enough to see Living Colour live a few years back, they are still amazing.
Tons of truly prophetic lines. You really have to listen to this song bc you will pull out something new out each time.
Another good reaction guys. It absolutely shocked me when MTV back in the day what's playing decent kit I come across these guys and discover that is all a bunch of brothers. That was the trip. But, we all bleed red
You guys just blew my mind... I was huge fans of both Living Color and Beastie Boys in the 80s but I've never made the connection to Rage Against The Machine. You are absolutely correct... if they colab'd you'd totally have RATM. Lol... wow
Exactly!
Corey is wearing a Body Glove short "wetsuit". Back in the day it was quite popular with some folks to wear body glove items or other tight "biker shorts" type of clothing. It sort of went in line with those that dressed in surfer mode or just general "beach vibe" apparel. The bright neon colors fit in perfectly with 80's fashion, which is popular once again. Everything always comes back into style eventually. :-)
I seen them open for The Rolling Stones in 1989. This is one of the few bands that I went in early to see. They were awesome!!! Take care and stay safe 😷
The lead singer, Corey Glover, was also an actor with a large part in Platoon . This video was in heavy rotation on MTV. EVERYBODY thought they were the shit.
Vernon Reid is a great guitarist. Check out that whole album (to use an antiquated term) because it is packed with great songs. This song is just the tip of the iceberg because all the songs are impactful. The original lineup of Corey Glover vocals, Vernon Reid guitar, Muzz Skillings bass and Will Calhoun drums gave us one of the all time great debut albums.
"I exploit you, still you love me, I tell you one and one makes three"
Holy shit, that's a bar. Who am I kidding? This whole song just resonates even now
Always looking for new react videos, been binging on ya'll and some alky, Seriously look into the cult of personality by definition, it gets deeper. \m/
I'm from Australia and my friends and I loved this band, we weren't shocked that they were an all "black" band, we embraced it. We listened to a lot of Thrash Metal in those days and a band like this introduced us to a wider variety of music. A lot of bands back in the late 80's and early 90's often tried to incorporate some crossing over. I found the bands and their fans of heavier music back then always encouraged open mindedness, to think for yourself and were critical of political hypocrisy and injustice etc. Living Color was such an exciting band back then, and I'm so glad I got to see them in concert, cause those days flew by so fast.
That is so funny. Hollywood, what you said at the end reminds me of that scene from Blazing Saddles when the governor meets the sheriff.
I was a senior in high school 88/89. I loved this song!! It was relevant to me then, but even more so now. Corey Glover has an amazing voice and the rest of the band is equally talented!! Wish I could see them now. I’m guessing they’re slightly older than I am, but probably still musicians and influencers in their own right (just as they were innovators back then). Remembering though, R&B was the birth of rock. Many white musicians morphed with black music (Elvis, anyone?). It’s natural that black musicians would reclaim it, modernize it, AND make relevant political statements that still resonate today. I’m just a simple Texas girl (yeah, Texas) and I love this band and this song, particularly for its message. Keep on, keeping on! 💕
Classic song fam. Keep doing your thing.
This song definitely stands the test of time...
And for the record I think this is probably the most chaotic and magnificent guitar solo that has ever crossed mainstream radio Airwaves. I think it belongs in a Slayer song and it's just cool that he managed to get all this craziness in here
Loving the reactions fellas! What’s your guys intro song?? Pretty catchy. I’d also recommend Flying Whales by Gojira!
its a song by Smokey ft. Hollywood called Lyrical Assassination
@@Hollywood6IX bro you don't mean Hollywood from Clayton County?
@@Godspeed1756 maybe....hollywood is the mixed guy in the video
1988 my friends! Awesome band! Still get goosebumps listening to it!
I was lucky enough to see them when the first came to the UK in 1988 touring the Vivid album, at the legendary Marquee Club in Wardour Street, London. Superb live band
Singer is Corey Glover who was an actor in Platoon. Vernon Reid is the guitar player. He's badass.
I was fortunate enough to see them at the Marquee (a very small venue in London ) back in the day. They ROCKED!
Vernon Reid the guitarist is a highly respected and legendary influence to a lot of guitarist. This is a classic song from a classic album.
Song hit the radio a couple months before the video dropped on MTV. Everyone did think they were white, until the video dropped. The guitarist Vernon Reid was fire, probably the most underrated guitarist of that era. Oh, and that was a neon body glove wet suit the lead singer was wearing with his tuxedo jacket.
We should hang out and quarantine...drink smoke and rock out🤘
Sounds like a plan
I was 17 when ILC came out. They balled. Us kids didn't give a damn about color. It was just good music. THAT you cannot deny. I learned the song on bass within a week of hearing it. EPIC to this day.
The lead singer is wearing a wetsuit by Bodyglove. His name is Corey Glover and Vernon the lead guitarist still kills it today. These guys are so underrated it’s criminal. Circa 1988
I always love this song I was a kid when this song came out.
"Living Colour", One of The GREATEST HARD ROCK BANDS EVER!!!
That fucking song has been playing on the radio at least 2 times per day for the last 20 years in my city. I liked it back then, but now it's like wtf.
3:43 Hollywood wasn't ready 🤣🤯
You must react to the following songs which came out in the 80s or early 90s:
Ratt-" Round and Round"
Guns n roses-"November Rain", "Paradise City", "Knocking on heavens door", "Civil war", "Sweet child o mine"
Warrant- "Heaven"
Van Halen- "Unchained", "Panama", "Hot for teacher", "Jump"
Beastie Boys- "No sleep 'til Brooklyn"
Aerosmith/Run-DMC- "Walk this way"
Public Enemy/Anthrax-"Bring the noise"
Cinderalla (This was a band in the 80s)- "Shelter Me", "Shake me", "You don't know what you got til it's gone"
Respect for dropping s Stuck Mojo reference.
Vernon Reid on guitar is fucking legendary. The level of talent in the band in general is amazing, but he is just beyond.
I was watching this on Mtv while at work in college...🤘
Living Color and Rage against the Machine were the two bands I showed my mixed-race niece when she told me she wanted to play rock guitar but that “black people don’t really do that, though.” Had to show her Vernon Reid and Tom Morello. changed her life.
The guitarist was voted # 66 on Spin Mag's Top 100 greatest guitarists of all time! The lead singer was in a movie, too! BTW, I thought I was the ONLY one who noticed all the symbolism!
LOVE this song, AND this band! They truly WERE "Living Colour"! Thanks for your reaction.
I'll be 52 Dec 22nd and graduated HS in 87' we knew from MTV(They played this video) that these guys were black. Yes, a little shock value when you'd go see them and 90% of the audience is young long haired white guys with Motley Crue, Ozzy, Van Halen shirts on etc rocking it out to these guys. We didn't care the color of their skin we just enjoyed that they put on a great show back here in Houston 1989. The whole 80s was just a party. All genres of music was good and pretty much everyone liked at least some songs from each types of music. Think that what separates at least to me the 80s being the best decade of music.
I wasn’t even born when this song came out but thanks to GH3 I found a gem. Plus it’s one of the songs that pushed me to step out of my comfort zone as an artist.
when I graduated from college in 89, I brought a bottle of tequila to my last final, and sat outside the building with a friend from class and took hits from the bottle. Went home, cranked this album all the way up, and just rocked out. \m/ \m/
Vernon is even crazier than the way he dresses. Found that out hanging with him at Sam Ash in Clearwater one day.
I saw the lead singer, Corey Glover, in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar, playing Judas - he was incredible and his voice was amazing!
In fact one of the producers said about this band: "The best thing that happened in the nineties is Living Colour." The album 'Vivid' was produced by The Glimmer Twins. And we know this guys also as Mick Jagger and Keith Richards... Just FYI.
One of the band members, Corey Glover, was also a VJ on VH1 for a while.
I remember when this came out. I was a senior in high school. No one cared what color they were. They just rocked. Vernon could/can play the shit out of a guitar.
In the 80s and 90s Black and white folk were playing together, making music for everyone, sharing interests, playing their own instruments, getting involved in a variety of genres and subgenres. We're largely segregated and homogenized within a handful of silos now, gone backward half a century of our own accord.
As I’m sure some other “old guys” like me had posted, this was on MTV many times per day. I was 17 in junior year, and we saw it and were like “oh shit, back dudes. They rock!” and moved on.
“This is mind blowing!” Then JFK is shown immediately after.