The Word was my favourite show as a teenager in the 90s. They booked THE best groups and the fact it was live and you didn’t know what kind of chaos was going to happen made it all the better 😅
So glad that those shows have been uploaded. I.grew up in the 90s. The world was a better place especially as the UK still had its own identity. Now everything has been Americanised. Please note the conplete absence of uptalk speech.
On the same week this was aired, BBC Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes got himself in hot water after he accidentally played the full uncensored version of RATM's Killing In The Name at #27 on the BBC Radio 1 Top 40 countdown at 5:00 PM on a Sunday Afternoon!
Would love to see a full archive of The Word. There was one episode where they turned up with cameras at this lad's house who was having a full-on house party whilst his parents were away, hilarious! The show format was great, the bands brilliant, and the guests legendary. Surely someone has them all on an old VHS collection?
There is a channel with lots of episodes, not sure if it has everyone but has a lot. This was filmed in teddington near where I grew up, would have been awesome to be able to go
Thanks for posting one of music's pivotal moments. I'd just got home mashed and put the Word on and here they came. I seem to remember L7 being on around the same time and that got lairy too :)
@@originalwhit Yeah Donita pulled her denims out to flash her thatch off. At one festival, she yanked out her jammy rag and lobbed it into the crowd. Donita Sparks didn't give a f*** mate....
I never understood why there was never a DVD of The Word performances. Many great bands on the show (and there have been Jools Holland, Saturday Night Live DVDs...).
Saw them at the Borderline club in London in 92, a lot of the guys up front at this were guys I used to go to or see at gigs at the time. Im pretty sure Zack has a fabric T Shirt on which was Chris who worked in Slam City Skates band, Chris was up front at this performance. Halcyon days.
Can just imagine if this had gone out at the old 6pm time... I remember Shaun Ryder getting Chris Evans into trouble with Pretty Vacant, which was hilarious.
This song was the first song among their songs when I heard on the radio around 1993. By the way, Zack looks like very angry Kriss Kross here a bit. :)
This version of Zack was intense as fuck during RATM’s first years of 1992-93, not surprised at all since he had all that anger unleashed from his previous band Inside Out which was a hardcore punk band he first sung for.
Stage invasion leads to zack being smothered before he's finished singing the song and 1 of the greatest live performances is cut short, whilst the music still plays. Mark Lamar sees it happen and simplly chuckles, Chris Eubank peruses all the madness that happened every weekend on the oddest live TV show ever. They never had any security- Go figure! Should have been called "Murphy's Law", because if shit could go down, it inevitably would this tv show. Didn't last long!
I remember watching this. I was 18 and it wasn't my style at all: I thought it was shit at the time, but it made an impression. Have never forgotten it.
They chose the invites for juxtaposition and to be as controversial as possible. this show might as well have beeen called Murphy's Law, because if there was a possibility that shit would go wrong, it inevitably did on this show. Did you realise that the singers voice stopped mid sentence in this song because he got smothered by a stage invasion. I saw this live, But literally just now remembered iit therefore googled it. The rules were changed on British TV literally becausse of this show, in terms of what companies would allow live, without close security personnel. Hilarious then, hilarious now!
1992 I think . Unsuprisingly, the Show was Cancelled after a while… I'm surprised It got insurance. Absolute chaos, every week. This Stage invasion wasn't even the craziest thing that happened.
@@Rowlph88885th of February 1993, two weeks before the infamous edition of the BBC RADIO 1 UK Top 40 Countdown where DJ Bruno Brookes accidentally played the full uncensored version of “Killing in the Name” as a new entry at Number 27 at 5:00 PM on the 21st February 1993.
"The Word" was crass, puerile and vulgar. It also had the best live music of the 90s. Why isn't there a DVD of the finest music from the programme? Blur, Oasis, RATM, L7, Honky - it couldn't put a foot wrong. Great stuff.
The 'i'd do anything to be on TV eating a grannies toe nail clippings, licking a fat man's armpits and walking in dog shit laidened flip flops and of course this epic live set from RATM. Makes the 'Masked Singer' looks like Songs of Praise ffs! Bring it back!! Today's TV is total arse!
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The Word was my favourite show as a teenager in the 90s. They booked THE best groups and the fact it was live and you didn’t know what kind of chaos was going to happen made it all the better 😅
I remember watching this. and thinking what the fuck just happend. It was epic.True live t.v in the day.
Sat in parents house in Wales 16 years old this changed me forever
Same. Never missed The Word. 👍😎
Chris Eubank surveying the scene at the end... love it.
absolutely! lol
Hahaha, yeah!
The Word would not work at any other time than then. It was truly epic ! Great bands, guests and memories!
I was 19 when this was aired - amazing scenes :) Along with the L7 performance. Epic.
This just doesn't happen anymore. A perfect performance from a game changing band.
dude,,ive just posted this on fakebook,sayin exactly what uve said!
Oh man, the 90's were beautiful.
Chris Eubank and Race Against the Machine.
Word.
What a time to be young
Who else remember being a teenager or a young adult during this time amazing time for the youth of generation x
I remember this like it was yesterday. Never 4got this performance. The Word was a Gr8 show!
Watched this show first time round. 👌
So glad that those shows have been uploaded. I.grew up in the 90s. The world was a better place especially as the UK still had its own identity. Now everything has been Americanised. Please note the conplete absence of uptalk speech.
This introduced a 14 year old me to my love of Rage against the machine
This is one of the most delightfully 90s clips I've ever laid my eyes on. Spectacular.
Terry christian you are a Legend !!! the word was best show of all time..
lol 90s mayhem..love it
On the same week this was aired, BBC Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes got himself in hot water after he accidentally played the full uncensored version of RATM's Killing In The Name at #27 on the BBC Radio 1 Top 40 countdown at 5:00 PM on a Sunday Afternoon!
REALLY?
I was in the Audience when this was filmed!
like all the people from Cork who were in Sir Henry's when Nirvana played 😂👍🙈
@@120wphwavesperhour4 haha honest I was there! Rolf Harris was also there but no one talks about that
@@Dullbedsitblogger lol The Word...
I believe you, but not all those people in Cork 😂
so glad the MC5 influenced bands like these
Would love to see a full archive of The Word. There was one episode where they turned up with cameras at this lad's house who was having a full-on house party whilst his parents were away, hilarious! The show format was great, the bands brilliant, and the guests legendary. Surely someone has them all on an old VHS collection?
There is a channel with lots of episodes, not sure if it has everyone but has a lot. This was filmed in teddington near where I grew up, would have been awesome to be able to go
Loved The Word, Chris Eubank links to Rage Against The Machine. Yeeeeeeeeesssh!!!!
i saw this when it was live.
Surprised no one mentioned Jo Whiley as the music booker for the Word.
Thanks for posting one of music's pivotal moments.
I'd just got home mashed and put the Word on and here they came.
I seem to remember L7 being on around the same time and that got lairy too :)
Curry_Nation I'm sure someone got their beaver out when L7 were on
@@originalwhit Yeah Donita pulled her denims out to flash her thatch off.
At one festival, she yanked out her jammy rag and lobbed it into the crowd.
Donita Sparks didn't give a f*** mate....
Got hairy
Amazing, stage invasion leaves only the drums playing :)
And the bass.
I never understood why there was never a DVD of The Word performances. Many great bands on the show (and there have been Jools Holland, Saturday Night Live DVDs...).
The second greatest Word performance of all time.........after Oliver Reed's legendary appearance.
Chris was itching to get amongst it... "Mark, hold my monocle".
Nirvana, RATM, Pumpkins... we'd talk about some of those Word performances in school for weeks afterwards
There is no such a great tv shows now. 90's were another level in every occasion.
wtf, the camera angel changes every second, i can't see
BlackField I think when the camera angle is changing during the ending, it sounds like Zack is about to fucking explode.
Yeah.
I was in the studio crowd. Electric!
ardyer Me too! Fountain studios Wembley.
Because The Word was one of the best yoof kulcha shows of its time one has subscribed. Keep em coming the memories are most welcome mate. 😘
Saw them at the Borderline club in London in 92, a lot of the guys up front at this were guys I used to go to or see at gigs at the time. Im pretty sure Zack has a fabric T Shirt on which was Chris who worked in Slam City Skates band, Chris was up front at this performance. Halcyon days.
When I first heard them and oh such understanding
The Word had so many great bands play over the years. I love the look of disgust on Chris Eubanks face at the end Buhahaha
Imagine how Bruno Brookes felt when he accidentally played this song uncensored on BBC Radio 1's top forty countdown two weeks later!
Yeah I remember poor Bruno! And then playing it again next time and saying ‘the EDITED version of killing in the name’, lol
Great song
Can just imagine if this had gone out at the old 6pm time... I remember Shaun Ryder getting Chris Evans into trouble with Pretty Vacant, which was hilarious.
ha ha, me and all my mates thought this was just the best thing ever when it was first on!
Fuckin' STORMING performance! xx
The most perfect killing in the name of performance of all time!!!
This looks like a really awesome TV show should bring it back
Just brilliant. Remember it well!
haha terry christian! great upload
EPIC
This song was the first song among their songs when I heard on the radio around 1993. By the way, Zack looks like very angry Kriss Kross here a bit. :)
This version of Zack was intense as fuck during RATM’s first years of 1992-93, not surprised at all since he had all that anger unleashed from his previous band Inside Out which was a hardcore punk band he first sung for.
who needed acid when you had the word
I was on the word, I say on, I was in the revengers, High Wycombe, railing through the gut prank. Terry got to talk to Kathy Lloyd, lucky bugger.
Woooooooooooohhhhh yeah
Bring back the word
Rage for the Machine
Boom.. have that world ✊🏻
wasnt this 92? I remember watching this while living at my parents house and I move out a year later.
Brilliant song, good crowd pumper!
And the rest is history.......
Couldn't ask for a trashier sound.brilliant
Just fucking excellent mayhem
Stage invasion leads to zack being smothered before he's finished singing the song and 1 of the greatest live performances is cut short, whilst the music still plays. Mark Lamar sees it happen and simplly chuckles, Chris Eubank peruses all the madness that happened every weekend on the oddest live TV show ever. They never had any security- Go figure! Should have been called "Murphy's Law", because if shit could go down, it inevitably would this tv show. Didn't last long!
#needtheword
I'm pretty sure this video exists to give me epilepsy
Remember watching this at the time
I went mental, jumping up and down at home
lying ratbag
I remember watching this. I was 18 and it wasn't my style at all: I thought it was shit at the time, but it made an impression. Have never forgotten it.
They chose the invites for juxtaposition and to be as controversial as possible. this show might as well have beeen called Murphy's Law, because if there was a possibility that shit would go wrong, it inevitably did on this show.
Did you realise that the singers voice stopped mid sentence in this song because he got smothered by a stage invasion. I saw this live, But literally just now remembered iit therefore googled it. The rules were changed on British TV literally becausse of this show, in terms of what companies would allow live, without close security personnel. Hilarious then, hilarious now!
2:57 Tom's guitar stops working...
Did they shoot this on 12fps
Would have been Friday 12th February 1993.
I saw them the following Tuesday 16th at Edwards no.8 in Brum
archive303 IMDb says this was from 5th February 1993
Joey Roller well then I stand corrected. I am sure it was still the 16th that we saw them at Edward's though.
if that's Chris Eubank then this must be the same episode with Primal Scream.
Anyone know what date this aired?
1992 I think . Unsuprisingly, the Show was Cancelled after a while… I'm surprised It got insurance. Absolute chaos, every week. This Stage invasion wasn't even the craziest thing that happened.
@@Rowlph8888 yeah I remember L7 getting their pubes out! Great show
@@Rowlph88885th of February 1993, two weeks before the infamous edition of the BBC RADIO 1 UK Top 40 Countdown where DJ Bruno Brookes accidentally played the full uncensored version of “Killing in the Name” as a new entry at Number 27 at 5:00 PM on the 21st February 1993.
"The Word" was crass, puerile and vulgar.
It also had the best live music of the 90s. Why isn't there a DVD of the finest
music from the programme?
Blur, Oasis, RATM, L7, Honky - it couldn't put a foot wrong.
Great stuff.
The Beat was brilliant too...staying up late on a thursday to watch brilliant bands play live
Nirvanas first ever tv performance
The 'i'd do anything to be on TV eating a grannies toe nail clippings, licking a fat man's armpits and walking in dog shit laidened flip flops and of course this epic live set from RATM. Makes the 'Masked Singer' looks like Songs of Praise ffs! Bring it back!! Today's TV is total arse!
min 3.35 Viva España XD
Seemed a lot more edgy and exciting back then than it does watching it again now :-/
Back in the '90s when "liability first" wasn't the meaning of life. This was crazy. A bit epileptic editing, but OK.
they are much too cool for an english crowdthey dont get it