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  • @UltraViolent21
    @UltraViolent21 9 місяців тому +11

    Vernon Reid is a criminally underrated guitarist. His combination of technique, knowledge, and feel are absolutely incredible. 🤘

    • @Laurael626
      @Laurael626 4 місяці тому

      I agree. He is up there with Eddie Van Halen and Slash.

  • @rose-gf5ll
    @rose-gf5ll 8 місяців тому +4

    Have people forgotten about little Richard, chuck berry & jimi hendrix. Im 46 year old English white girl. And this song was massively successful in the uk 🇬🇧 in the early nineties. The same as hes outfit back when i was a teenager consided fashionable. This band regardeless of any colour. Have sheer talent. Music should have no genre or colour. Its just talent. You should check out our English 90s band roachford

    • @MrROTD
      @MrROTD 7 місяців тому

      I don't forget Chuck Berry he was the first electric guitar hero.

  • @genny5309
    @genny5309 Рік тому +41

    The lyrics are outstanding, and applicable today. “I exploit you, still you love me. . . “
    I used this song to teach the concept of the cult of personality in high school world history classes in 1989-1991. Song made the point better than the textbook could. Students were amazed that I owned the album and saw them in concert.

    • @bobbyjohnson6240
      @bobbyjohnson6240 Рік тому +5

      The guitarist was a legend when I was in high school in 1990

    • @roiijamez33
      @roiijamez33 Рік тому +2

      One of the best lines ever!!!💯

    • @racecitypatriot66
      @racecitypatriot66 Рік тому +1

      This song maybe the very reason they where never main stream. I imagine the powers that be were pretty pissed about this song.
      I love it myself.

    • @Thatgirl1973
      @Thatgirl1973 Рік тому +1

      That is freakin' awesome!

    • @HollowGolem
      @HollowGolem 4 місяці тому +2

      I teach high school sociology, and I still use it. The kids don't think I'm AS cool as they would have thirty years ago, but it usually gets a positive response.

  • @stephenkelsey6988
    @stephenkelsey6988 5 місяців тому +6

    I met them at my college when they performed in concert to promote their first album. They were so down to earth. I have been a fan ever since, every album is amazing. They deserve more recognition for what they have contributed to music.

  • @TheDivayenta
    @TheDivayenta Рік тому +29

    That was Malcolm X talking at the top. Singer Corey Glover was wearing “ The Glove” - a surfer’s onesie.

    • @skepchica
      @skepchica 10 місяців тому +4

      Body Glove was a brand back in the day.

    • @91GT347
      @91GT347 9 місяців тому

      That would be more for diving. Surfers wear a spring suit. When the water is not yet warm enough without a suit, but hot with one. There is no way in hell he's wearing one of those. He would have a heat stroke. Lol

    • @EnigmaSolved
      @EnigmaSolved 2 місяці тому +1

      body glove was my shit....still got mine

  • @Shifty_Bravo
    @Shifty_Bravo 8 місяців тому +4

    This came out when I was in high school. I lived in the suburbs. My friends and I were into Metallica and Ozzy at the time. When this song hit MTV, it was a banger and we listened to it all the time. It's still in my playlists. It also encouraged me to read more about leaders in history. More so than my teachers did. Vernon Reid is one of the greatest guitar players imo, and Corey Glover is a powerful singer.

  • @bobcobb3654
    @bobcobb3654 Рік тому +12

    Side note: the singer for Living Colour, Corey Glover, started his show business career trying to be an actor, and got cast in “Platoon•” according to a documentary on the film, he used to sing and play guitar with cast mate Johnny Depp at the hotel the cast stayed at to let everyone blow off steam.

    • @coneyislandboo9048
      @coneyislandboo9048 Рік тому +1

      cool info!

    • @cindydriscoll1796
      @cindydriscoll1796 Рік тому

      Fuck me!!!!! I just looked!!!! I was today years old!!! Thank you!!!!! Was going to suggest love rears it's ugly head and came upon your gem❤

  • @Aries41474
    @Aries41474 Рік тому +39

    Love this song. I saw them live in 1989 when they opened up for the Rolling Stones in Indianapolis on their Steel Wheels tour. My first concert. I'll never forget it!

    • @barndude5562
      @barndude5562 Рік тому +1

      I was at that show too!! The singer fell off the stage!

    • @jeffmazzoli9910
      @jeffmazzoli9910 Рік тому +2

      Saw them both on same tour but in Orlando

    • @ivansavoie3190
      @ivansavoie3190 Рік тому +1

      Saw them same year in Toronto Ontario, left half way through the stones as they appeared to be lip syncing

    • @genny5309
      @genny5309 Рік тому +1

      I saw them in Atlanta that year. Amazing!!

    • @suesmith7968
      @suesmith7968 Рік тому

      Wow!!! They set the bar HIGH!!!! ☮️❤️

  • @angryasianjim
    @angryasianjim Рік тому +25

    This band has one of the best guitar solos of all time. Severely underrated! I feel like they opened the door for people like Howard Jones (Killswitch Engage/Light The Torch/Sion), Lajon Witherspoon (Sevendust), and Kadeem France (Loathe). Fucking amazing band.

    • @Mrdestiny17
      @Mrdestiny17 Рік тому

      When the drums kick back in and the rest of the band joins in it feels almost oppressive, absolutely dig it. Like a wall of sound, almost as if it was the masses rallying around the cult of personality. Plus the lyrics that come with it; "You gave me fortune, you gave me fame, you gave me power in your God's name!" Like the first half of the speaker is warning the listener, but after the solo the cult has taken over

    • @racecitypatriot66
      @racecitypatriot66 Рік тому

      For sure that solo has to be top 10 at the very least. Vernon Reid is one bad dude.

    • @dominicpawlowski7946
      @dominicpawlowski7946 Рік тому

      You a CM Punk fan?

  • @williamjamesayers7719
    @williamjamesayers7719 9 місяців тому +5

    Corey Glover is such a great rock vocalist. And Vernon Reid? An underrated shredder. Living Colour and the Cult were two criminally underrated bands of the 80's.

  • @NS1.
    @NS1. Рік тому +12

    Vernon Reid is an amazing guitar player. I remember reading an interview with him in one of my guitar magazines like 25 or 30 years ago. I then bought his solo album "Mistaken Identity". This was in the very early days of the internet when we still bought CD's. Not a bad album. It definitely shows off his talent. There's some kickass jazz fusion playing on it. 😎

  • @HerbSparks
    @HerbSparks 9 місяців тому +3

    I’m a 50 year white man and this is one of my favorite all time rock bands. I’ve seen them live three times. Vivid is an album that is in the pantheon of great albums. They spoke an amazing message even to a white boy who lived suburbs when this hit the music scene. They should not be forgotten in rock history.

  • @bradjacksa4696
    @bradjacksa4696 Рік тому +19

    This is a banger. Love every time I hear this

  • @michaelbell8745
    @michaelbell8745 Рік тому +2

    The "tights" are Bodyglove. The were hot at the time.

  • @_nauticaldisaster_
    @_nauticaldisaster_ Рік тому +14

    The world is catching up! Probably one of the more relevant songs in society today. The lead singer Corey Glover killed it in the movie Platoon as well.

  • @AIGeneratedUser
    @AIGeneratedUser Рік тому +12

    Living color is amazing! I remember in high school our history teacher played us this song and told us to listen to the lyrics. Only time I paid attention 😂

  • @nancymjohnson
    @nancymjohnson 5 місяців тому +2

    Saw them couple months ago. Sound better than ever

  • @johnstoner2
    @johnstoner2 11 місяців тому +1

    In college, when I had my last final in 1989, I came back to my apartment and rocked out to this (and other songs, but definitely this). Let Vernon Reid rip your face off. And those lyrics... this song just hits on all cylinders.

  • @FrankBishop
    @FrankBishop Рік тому +5

    They STILL play and rock this song to this day.

  • @memyself4ever1
    @memyself4ever1 Рік тому +1

    Living Colour, Fishbone, and Xavion were the few black rock groups in the 80s

  • @SuburbanSavage
    @SuburbanSavage Рік тому +3

    I was in love with Corey Taylor, the singer. OMG! I still love him.
    He's also an actor, his most famous role was in "Platoon."

  • @megdelaney3677
    @megdelaney3677 Рік тому +10

    LOVE this song! Says a lot & still relevant as ever! You can tell it's 80's from the video, but the music is timeless! Vernon Reid shreds that guitar!

  • @MrROTD
    @MrROTD 7 місяців тому +2

    I had some of their records, I loved it, Vernon Ried the guitarist is unreal.

  • @GeronFletcher
    @GeronFletcher Рік тому +1

    Black people invented rock and roll

  • @sangorilla1
    @sangorilla1 8 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for checking out this fantastic band and their amazing line-up.

  • @victorramsey5575
    @victorramsey5575 Рік тому +3

    Yeah man! These dudes f**king rock! Im a hard core metal head. And I play guitar. I'll tell you something, when I was a kid me and all my friends tried to learn the opening guitar riff. That is some complex shit!! Vernon Reid (in the white coat / red draws) is an absolute animal on that ESP guitar! Bravo Vernon!

  • @grannymenopause1149
    @grannymenopause1149 7 місяців тому +1

    I saw them when they toured with the Stones back in the late 80s. Epic show! Subscribed! You are hilarious!

  • @youtubebannedme4207
    @youtubebannedme4207 10 місяців тому +1

    That mans was playing tha guitar like his freedom depended on it.

  • @michaelspencer8050
    @michaelspencer8050 11 місяців тому +1

    You really should try IceT’s group Bodycount. They are a black metal group and they are awesome.

  • @Thatgirl1973
    @Thatgirl1973 Рік тому +2

    I've always thought they deserved more than they got. They were a truly solid band. I loved this song (and many others) the first time I heard it. But if you want to go waaayy back...check out "A Band Called Death"

    • @terrymills810
      @terrymills810 11 місяців тому

      that is a great documentary. Death (punk band) rocked too bad they were so ahead of their time.

  • @justjen3216
    @justjen3216 11 місяців тому +1

    One of my fav songs of all time

  • @HaggiyoPilipinas
    @HaggiyoPilipinas 11 місяців тому +1

    CM PUNK IS BACK IN THE WWE!!!!!!! THIS THEME SONG OF HIS IS SUPER AWESOME!

  • @poeslanding
    @poeslanding Рік тому +2

    This song is perfect for today and the way the world is behaving.

  • @memyself4ever1
    @memyself4ever1 11 місяців тому

    Their debut album VIVID came out in 1988 and got a lot of airplay on BET and MTV. I was barely out of high school. 2023 is the 35th anniversary of this album and song. The band: Corey Glover - lead vocals, Vernon Reid - guitar, Muz Skillings - bass, and Will Calhoun - drums.

  • @davidbaker6200
    @davidbaker6200 Рік тому +2

    Band Bad Brains Album Black Dots :)

  • @johnwesch5926
    @johnwesch5926 Рік тому

    For serials , you didnt know this. How many people fit under one rock.

  • @oreally8605
    @oreally8605 6 місяців тому +1

    Back in 1988, they got pegged as a "Black Rock Band" and people moved on. I wish people treated gangster rap like they did Living Color back then, they'd be alot less teen blk shootings. Yes im black too.

  • @Jazna1
    @Jazna1 7 місяців тому

    I love watching the face of someone hearing Living Colour for the first time.

  • @michelleblackwell5122
    @michelleblackwell5122 Рік тому +1

    This song is definitely still applicable.

  • @stevebrown9955
    @stevebrown9955 10 місяців тому

    they were and still are on my play list

  • @buckeyeforlife
    @buckeyeforlife 10 місяців тому +2

    Instead of caring about clothes CARE ABOUT THE MESSAGE just saying 🙄

  • @Deam7666
    @Deam7666 3 місяці тому

    An excellent example of how we are ALL cursed w being human-the color of skin, religion, who you choose to love if you’re fortunate enough to find it, if you blindly follow a political ‘leader’…Talent is talent-just appreciate it. Not to mention but the message of this song hits hard and sadly is still relevant to this day.

  • @ryanwilson9709
    @ryanwilson9709 2 місяці тому

    This is why I watch yes people like you. You're my age and cleawe grew up differently. Yet I embraced the ghetto life

  • @michaelbuttner4262
    @michaelbuttner4262 Рік тому +1

    Heavy Metal need no Colours to listen or play it , check up next = Body Count

  • @simontemplar3359
    @simontemplar3359 5 місяців тому

    These guys are amazing! If you want to see some crazy but fantastic ish, check out Zamrock. In the late 60s and 70s there was a scene in Zambia that was producing music that was a fusion of traditional African music and hard rock, psychedelic, blues funk, and garage rock. There's some absolute bangers in that mix! Cheers for digging this tune. Vernon Reid is a criminally overlooked guitar player. He's sick with it.

  • @Why.does.it.Matter
    @Why.does.it.Matter Рік тому +1

    Hadn’t seen the original video but this song is on my playlist and has been for a while now. The words have a lot of deep meaning.

  • @NOxSPLOOSHxPLANE
    @NOxSPLOOSHxPLANE 4 місяці тому

    This song is so relevant to this day this song's message was very clear and a lot of people still don't get it 😅

  • @sheafan1971
    @sheafan1971 10 місяців тому

    A Great Song

  • @ruserious9577
    @ruserious9577 Рік тому +3

    Pro tip: The band's name is always BEFORE the song name, unless the word "by" is used.

  • @timbaker6540
    @timbaker6540 Рік тому

    Great Band
    They are actually touring again

  • @NoneYaBidness762
    @NoneYaBidness762 Рік тому

    Underrated band. They were awesome.

  • @lrads1
    @lrads1 11 місяців тому

    Seeing them in Chicago in Feb!!!

  • @TroubleActual
    @TroubleActual Рік тому +1

    I was only 14 when i started listening to these guys.

  • @ZacCostilla
    @ZacCostilla 11 місяців тому

    Wait ‘til you hear “Love Rears Its Ugly Head”!!! You’ll be shook!

  • @BigSleepyOx
    @BigSleepyOx 11 місяців тому

    Another "black rock band" you might want to check out is Jimi Hendrix "Band of Gypsies" band, which had Jimi on guitar, Buddy Miles on drums, and Billy Cox on bass.

  • @johngardner4096
    @johngardner4096 Рік тому

    Living Color was spot on in their lyrics:
    ...You gave me power
    You gave me fame
    You gave me power in your God's name...
    This is an ongoing phenomenon that can be seen today as well as the 80's...

  • @dettwork
    @dettwork Рік тому

    that guitar solo tho .. damn

  • @TroubleActual
    @TroubleActual Рік тому

    @boshidobrownreacts i say yo name Bo-she-doe, it's a bro name, nickname, i like it. Brother from another mother, cousin, etc. You real in yo vids. Remind me of friend from hi school, Dana. Yeah, we was in 80s, 90s. Dana and me were in a band together. And yep, he wore the bike pants under his jeans all the time. He was doing the jery curl at the time, but he was cool to hang with.

  • @TroubleActual
    @TroubleActual Рік тому +1

    Living colour the band. Boshido, do you play instruments?? Wat up chief

  • @memyself4ever1
    @memyself4ever1 11 місяців тому

    1988-89 biker shorts was the shit! I had some bruh! LMFAO! Too fat now! LMFAO!🤣🤣

  • @justmejoy124
    @justmejoy124 Рік тому +1

    Yo ain't heard this in a bit loved it...still do

  • @justmejoy124
    @justmejoy124 Рік тому +2

    Yo idk if you like some real great soulful singing but i got one for ya whether you wanna react or just check out in your own time it Terrence Trent Darby London live 1995 singing Holding on to You... dude i revisited and been playing a couple weeks now. Had forgot the phenomenal voice that man has just saying

    • @TheDivayenta
      @TheDivayenta Рік тому +1

      And his Wishing Well video!

    • @justmejoy124
      @justmejoy124 Рік тому +1

      @@TheDivayenta yes I knew of wishing well and loved that song but this one is really so soulful I never saw him display in the one or 2 songs I knew he had that was popular at the time that he could sing this great it's really good

  • @ivansavoie3190
    @ivansavoie3190 Рік тому

    Saw them in Toronto Ontario in 89, open for the Stones, they were great,

  • @EddyMullet
    @EddyMullet 3 місяці тому

    Check out Living Colour's "Elvis is Dead" & "Open Letter to a Landlord" as well.

  • @pennyj777
    @pennyj777 Рік тому

    Omg. Love you did this one. Love these guys. ❤️❤️❤️😎

  • @selfrealeyes
    @selfrealeyes Рік тому

    Yeah, I only know of 2 all "black" rock bands off the top of my head. These guys & Fishbone. Sevendust's lead singer Lajon Witherspoon is black, & plenty of group's have black members of course, but for all members to be, seems to be a rarity. Although I'm sure there are more I'm just unaware of.😊

  • @Laurael626
    @Laurael626 4 місяці тому

    One of the best rock bands from the 80s. Another great rock band that you need to check out is Sevendust. They are more current.

  • @BudMcClure-k5t
    @BudMcClure-k5t 9 місяців тому

    Check out the song Sign of the Storm by The Eric Gales Band. It’s from 1991 but it still rocks today. I think that song will surprise you too

  • @dannylawson5992
    @dannylawson5992 Рік тому

    I lost it with the uncle gerald pause 😂😂😂

  • @BrandiModrak
    @BrandiModrak Рік тому

    Body Count, vocalist Ice T. I believe is a all black band I'm 95 percent sure.

  • @starlawilson9011
    @starlawilson9011 7 місяців тому

    This song was about thinking for yourself and NOT falling for a Cult of Personality, (MAGA)

  • @marystockton5730
    @marystockton5730 8 місяців тому

    Check out Glamour Boys and Open Letter to a Landlord by this band. I love the band Thin Lizzy too , Phil is awesome

  • @TheLdrnova
    @TheLdrnova Рік тому

    I hope this takes you down a rabbit hole of their music. Open Letter is a great second step ✌️

  • @D-Tenebros
    @D-Tenebros 10 місяців тому

    Hell yeah man... good vid

  • @marcskeist9869
    @marcskeist9869 5 місяців тому

    Vern Reid, Corey Glover, f’ing amazing band!

  • @Jimidings
    @Jimidings 4 місяці тому

    I can't believe you've never heard of Mother's Finest

  • @johnbello6946
    @johnbello6946 11 місяців тому

    Need to review the band Bad Brains. Major influence on living Colour

  • @starlawilson9011
    @starlawilson9011 7 місяців тому

    It was the 80s. We dressed differently

  • @BigDawgBeav
    @BigDawgBeav 11 місяців тому

    Corey Glover loved his Body Glove wetsuit

  • @dasboot2761
    @dasboot2761 Рік тому

    No No No, you need to hear a band called the "BAD BRAINS" Ras Tafarians from D.C. who are the only band that I know of to mix Reggae / Punk/Metal together this brilliantly.... May I suggest "I against I"
    Nothing wrong with LC's song, but I am convinced that you will enjoy my suggestion.... JA!

  • @NOxSPLOOSHxPLANE
    @NOxSPLOOSHxPLANE 4 місяці тому

    He's giving everybody clear tips in this song and people don't listen

  • @marlenepettiford3731
    @marlenepettiford3731 9 місяців тому

    Corey Glover was excellent in Platoon

  • @polllarej
    @polllarej 4 місяці тому

    Here for the reaction - subscribed for the taco meat.

  • @starlawilson9011
    @starlawilson9011 7 місяців тому

    Vernon Reid was awesome on guitar and Corey Glover can SANG!!

  • @maninblack9191
    @maninblack9191 Рік тому

    One of the best ever! But you need to listen to Ice T's metal band called Body Count! There goes the neighborhood is a good place to start.

  • @hitmixhyepock9405
    @hitmixhyepock9405 11 місяців тому

    Those are surfing wetsuits.

  • @ssgpeterson11b
    @ssgpeterson11b 9 місяців тому

    It's clobberin time!!!!

  • @xenoscoot
    @xenoscoot 8 місяців тому

    Check out Fishbone. All black punk band.

  • @ROCKSTARR338
    @ROCKSTARR338 3 місяці тому

    It is not racist. There are too many white rock bands. I am white saying that. These guys are so amazing and so talented. Also, when it comes to great music like this, it doesn't matter what you look like.

  • @s.f.morris7331
    @s.f.morris7331 11 місяців тому

    check out the band FISHBONE!

  • @jimglasco
    @jimglasco Рік тому

    Vernon Reid.....Nothing else can be said

  • @jamescrane2156
    @jamescrane2156 Рік тому +1

    1988

  • @jeffprator8171
    @jeffprator8171 Рік тому

    ICE-T has BodyCount, it is more metal...

  • @JesusCastro-sg8sv
    @JesusCastro-sg8sv 11 місяців тому

    cm punk cm punk cm punk

  • @jackiestow4294
    @jackiestow4294 Рік тому

    I don't believe it's the eighties I believe it's the early 90s

  • @Eisenheim1191
    @Eisenheim1191 Рік тому

    CM PUNK! CM PUNK! CM PUNK!

  • @antfbi
    @antfbi 11 місяців тому

    This guy has never seen rock bands from the 50’s and 60’s. They where full of black bands

  • @marym.5025
    @marym.5025 Рік тому

    Black dawgs can metal rip. Play the message

  • @jasonstagg9238
    @jasonstagg9238 Рік тому +1

    Corey Glover is one of my favorite guitarist, he dosent get enough credit for his skill.

  • @joelhoye1
    @joelhoye1 4 місяці тому

    Fishbone