Rivers of Babylon, Rasputin, and Ma Baker. All Boney M and well better in my opinion

I was sitting in a bar drinking a "Tuskers" beer in Mombasa, Kenya when I heard this song for the first time in 1977. I did not hear it again until 2019. But, I remembered it & sang it to myself throughout my life.

Probably the most ballsy entertainer I’ve ever seen lol. His antics are waaay over the top.

This was their first major hit all over Europe. They went onto have much bigger hits and became "Huge" They were the biggest selling act of 1978 in The UK. Often referred to as the "Black Abba" quite a fitting compliment as they were to Disco was ABBA was to Pop. Rivers Of Babylon was their biggest seller , reached no 33 in The US, No1 everywhere else in the world. Legendary Act.

Boney M were much more appreciated in Europe (they were formed in what was then W.Germany) who got the eccentricity.

Boney m is fantastic. Love. Rivers of Babylon, Brown Girl in the Ring and Ma baker come to mind and Rasputin. my parents used to danced to this

They wrote the chorus and said that's it, doesn't need anything else.

I so love your facial reactions and moments of pure disbelief 🤣

I would like to note that this song was very popular in the USSR and is still popular in Russia on many radio stations and shows. And I do love it in this video From Russia ❤

Boney M are awsome. My fav Christmas song is Boney M's version of Mary's Boy Child. Absolutely love Rasputin!

Love this song , and love your channel cuz you do a variety. 😀👍🏼. Boney M "Rasputin" is a must.

Boney M was a lip sync group produced by the same guy who produced Milli Vanilli. The difference? He never made a secret of the fact that some members sang but many did not (including Bobby Farrell who was hired because he was an exotic dancer). He should never have kept it a secret with Milli Vanilli.

😂😂😂 your reaction was priceless your just like what the f*** that song a bit crazy ma baker a good one from them.

Germany 12 Points. lol You think Germans have no sense of humour, take this.

🤣🤣🤣 your face during the "O" moment had me rolling in the floor laughing 🤣🤣

It's still a party hit in Germany. But no one takes it too seriously. The have also a couple of serious songs like "El Lute"..

Boney M. are from Germany., produced by Frank Farian the mastermind and voice behind the lip-syncing group Milli Vanill

Their best song is the Christmas song, "Mary's Boy Child"

Daddy cool is MRM's alter ego bahahaha

The look on your face at the start priceless 🤣😂😂😂😂🤣

I like watching these...you bring a little sunshine...and... now you know disco!!!!

Bony M. Rivers of Babylon; Ma Baker; Brown girl in the ring; Rasputin

Boney M are legendary

When Americans critique something they can only critique it from their level of consciousness and experience I don't know how to read the time that this was the 70s that black people performing in Europe who came from the Caribbean were phenomenal. Boney M. was big all over Europe and in Russia till this day it's one of Russia's favourite groups. This is why Tina Turner left America she travelled and expanded her mind and that's why she had the notoriety but she had she would've never of got that by staying in America because most Americans don't realise how narrowminded they are.

Bro we love ur channels period..best reaction....bonny m is the greatest ever happen in funk music business.

Woah I am glad I checked to see if you had listened to this one. I was gonna request it .. fun reaction

"audiance was talking about them" That's just black paranoia, Boney M was HUGE in the 70's, we all liked the dancing antics on the man.

You will notice that the german crowds don't get amped up EVER, never dance to the songs or sing along rarely, they were huge in europe, germany specifically because the producer of all the songs was Frank Farian (who also created mini vinilli) and it's Frank's voice that is used as the man in the songs, Bobby was a stripper to he would always do similar moves in performing :D

the reaction of the geman people is always like that go and do your homework the germans loved boney m after this performance sir the band were at number one in the german charts .

Was a nice band and Farrell play the fool. Maybe too much but who cares. Chuck Berry, Angus Young, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis did a lot of stupid things on stage and we all love them

This is legendary in the Netherlands.

Sisters - Mom can we want to start a band.. Mom- Take your brother

I was around when this song first came out in 1976. Great disco song but I never heard the moaning before. And this song is still around where Im from. Bobby died about 8 years ago. He was still performing, he had to.

German group. And on a german show were the audience very rarely clap or dance. Different times mate. This made no 1 in many countries. People were happier than today

Way ahead of their times my brother!!

This is a glimpse of the non-rock scene of the 70's... But this song is more about fun than about music. Rasputin is definitely a much better song. They sold more than 60 million albums! Could you react to Motion Device "Thick Skin"? As a KZfaqr, you will surely connect to the lyrics. Thanks!

They had so many good songs

That's how Europeans react, that's their style.

and my reaction to you sir if you have never heard daddy cool Then what planet have you been living on ??

Boney M. is that group, not a person. "Brown Girl in The Ring" is another popular one from them that I don't see listed by others in here. Bobby was doing his thing even at an advanced age even until 2010 and perhaps a little later than that. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mMuIlK5-y92miIE.html Also don't forget their song "Sunny"

So funny your reaction. But Boney M. may not have that big success in the US but they were so huge in Europe and West Germany and so much loved! They also were big in Russia, behind the iron curtain at that time, they were paid in Oil! Their music still fills dancefloors all over the world! You just need to know that the male voice was not the voice from the performing dancer but from the producer of Boney M., Frank Farian, a white guy by the way. In most Boney. M. songs, Liz Michell the lady in the golden skirt took the Lead, she was the main original voice in Boney M. I love them still... The audience was just a normal German TV audience at the time, always a little taken back and not fully concentrated in the Performance, independent Who tue performer was ...

Rivers of Babylon makes me stand up and dance. See if you can listen to it and remain seated. But then, sometimes I cry while listening to it too. But it's such an uplifting song. Please try it.

70s Euro Disco Pop It’s was all about the music the lyrics obviously were immaterial. Really it’s just an instrumental track

Your the man Renaissance. Love your show

Disco at its finest!,and it was all mime!

THIS song is probably the reason---presuming the moans by the ladies were not inserted after the fact---why the group was named Boney M.

I actually saw them live in the 70s when I was a kid and my parents took me. LOL

Almost every song from Boney M is a catchy hit. "Belfast" one of the best, imho. And less cheesy performance.

“That boy’s good”...”hm, good and terrible”

Can't wait see your reaction to this one, especially if its the live version.. Lol

Thats the facial reaction i excepted...hahaha...you got me rolling.. Lol

Best Song was their Christmas Song Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord

Only one of the woman actually sang on their recordings. They are lip syncing. Studio musicians recorded their songs.The male was hired strictly to dance on stage. Love the music.

They were massive in the UK-they still have two of the biggest selling UK singles ever-Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring & Mary's Boy Child-both from 1978. Now you know who inspired Prince.

Hahaha I forgot how much I loved the clip to this, the guy in all his 70's glory off his face on acid or something lmao!!!!!

Those face impressions are priceless

They also do a wonderful version of By the Rivers of Babylon.

the performance was the half of it. the guy was lip synching. the producer, a white man, was the lead vocalist. and one of the women was not singing on the record. the black guy and that extra girl were only there for the live performance. but they are still one of the top european grops of all time.

There is no such thing as "trying too much" when it was disco in the 70ies.. ofc sneezing it "too much" public attention in 2022 so in comparison expressing urself is a bit different today :D Daddy cool was just that, too cool for pretty much any1 today, that confidence dancing and enjoying themself as if there was no tomorrow, it is unheard of now, so ofc it feels crazy cringy :)

I just was watching your face all the time…hilarious! Try by the rivers of Babylon.😊

He certainly had some moves... I just hope he didn't give himself a hernia.

Could you react to “Hot Child in the City “ by Nick Gilder?

Never saw the original video. Heard this song through a cover by the band Placebo where they played it on guitar

You should react to "Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je t'aime... moi non plus," it was a hit back in 69 in the UK and other places where it hit #1.

Ooooh we can wait to see this too....Don't mess bonny m folks...bonny is the main thing in funk musical bussiness

i love 70s!!

Love Their music .... should give a listen to "Rasputin" dancing like he's high on something... Never even seen those dance moves before 😂

The guy doing the crazy dancing was Bobby Farrell, he actualy did not sing, but the producer of this group was Frank Farian , the same producer as Milli Vanilli.

It's disco time!

Nice reaction hahaha.

Gotta love 70s pop! :D

It grows on u.

1:20 You when you're home alone. 😊

Just wow... Your facial expressions said it all. LOL!!

Bro your reaction made my F say 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I know right! That looked as if he was possessed!

Bass line you never forget.One of the first bands to employ mime in live performance.Disco baby! Huge!,Can't wait a string of Disco dance,Silver Convention,Disco Duck,Ain't Gonna Dance with No Fat Woman,BeeGees,CarWash! Barry White,ohhhhh so tempting and delicious!Whatever you do don't go there or you'll never come back.!

This went to number one all over Europe. And they had many other big hits including the crazy Rasputin. You really have to see that! , Ma Baker, Mary’s boy child, etc.

damn you already got the Bony M it's too bad you didn't check out the other Daddy Cool live performance from Moscow it's 100% better. but at least this is a good introduction to them. you got to check out Ma Baker it's also from the Moscow Festival! the dude's got some moves! I'm so glad somebody else told you about this dude they got all kinds of good songs!

This is around 70s,try their el lute,no woman no cry beflast,river of babylon

hahaha awesome reaction, its all in the eyes hehehe

Boney M have one of the best EVER Christmas albums.

Bony M. "No more chain gang" and "Baby, do you want a bump"! I appreciate that you do a broad spectrum! The mans voice is not on stage, it´s west-german producer Frank Farian.

Loved Bobby .What an entertainer .

3:42 Probably one of sexiest part inside a song ever made in my opinion:)

For rock and metal music, you headbang front and back. For Boney M, you headbang side to side.

You should watch their original video of Ma Baker from mid 1970's

This might have been one I recommended awhile back. Now I get to see MRM react to Bobby fighting invisible ninjas fueled by massive amounts of cocaine!

Your face, priceless 🤣

Ha ha. Your face when she was moaning. Oh man, this is weird but this band always channels my childhood. I used to play with my toys while my mom was playing this on the cassette player and making dinner. ha ha.

This reaction is just as funny the second time around. It reminds me of the times when I would be watching something on TV that I shouldn't have been watching and my mom would walk through the room.

Listen to Lea- the cats a tribute from the band to one of there first fans who died in an accident

This was a good disco song. But they always did a clean version. Never saw this but on this channel a few months ago and I am from the 70s. Anyway, I think Mary's Boy Child or Rivers of Babylon will be more of Ty's cup of tea.

Same guy that made this group, was behind the group Milli Vanilli

Daddy cool was there first single all the other big hits were so much better ... but saying that daddy cool is a disco classic .

I love this video

he gots moves

Please do 'Rasputin' by Boney M, these guys were my dads favourite group, I grew up listening to this stuff lol

Hella lot cocaine there. Also, "Take the Heat off Me".

DID YOU KNOW: the real reason the crowd wasnt reacting to the song... the singers were actually lip syncing the whole time. the producer who got them together also put together milli vanilli, so it shouldnt be a surprise to any one.. the people you see on stage are there just to 'front' for the actual band that sang the songs from backstage "the very concept of a real Boney M is inherently bogus. This band was gloriously fake right from the start: a funky Frankenstein's monster stitched together by German record producer Frank Farian after his 1976 single Baby, Do You Wanna Bump? hit the charts in Holland and Belgium. No oil painting himself, Farian needed more photogenic youngsters to lip-synch his music in public, so he hired session singers Marcia Barrett and Liz Mitchell from Jamaica, model Maizie Williams from Monserrat and the late Bobby Farrell, a dancer from Aruba. [www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/73054216/will-the-real-boney-m-please-stand-up#:~:text=And%20of%20course%2C%20the%20very,charts%20in%20Holland%20and%20Belgium.]