FIRST LISTEN TO | Ram Jam - Black Betty THIS S#!T SO DOPE MY NEW FAVORITE! (REACTION)

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FIRST LISTEN TO | Ram Jam - Black Betty THIS S#!T SO DOPE MY NEW FAVORITE! (REACTION)

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@maggielong7070 4 жыл бұрын

There's something magical about watching someone fall in love with music you've loved for years

@shondadavis6129 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! This song will always remind me of bonfires, jose Cuervo, and wild turkey. Good times. I still can't listen to it and not dance or sing along. Music is a great unifier😁👌

@tinfoilhatnick9480 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@t.heflin1948 3 жыл бұрын

Well said 🐠!! 🤘

@ondrejjirka6492 3 жыл бұрын

This happens to todays black guys, they love it. Hey Mr.Video is it better than Kanye West? Yeeeeeeeeaaaaa

@SheliaHussie 3 жыл бұрын

Yassss

@TomMonteck 3 жыл бұрын

"Black Betty" was a cadence sung by black confederate soldiers during the civil war. Black Betty was a rifle made in Birmingham, Alabama. The company that made the gun made an "improved model", hence "Black Betty had a child". They hated the new rifle because it didn't shoot straight. Hence, "damned thing gone wild". Ram Jam put music to the 160 year old cadence.

@lesd2885 3 жыл бұрын

tommonteck Thank you. I had no idea. Great history.

@kenzopoe7050 3 жыл бұрын

I Love Ledbellys older version too.

@lynneaiken1647 3 жыл бұрын

Never knew that!! Thank you..

@jeffarp7409 3 жыл бұрын

You can still find the original version of it on yt if you looked for I heard a long time ago. It was sung a lot slower though. It was good to hear it in its original version, and then hear what it turned into. I have never heard the story about it being a rifle though. Kool

@eagledown9116 3 жыл бұрын

You schooled me on this song. 👍

@jackhandy7509 2 жыл бұрын

Just a 63yo white guy who has this album on vinyl digging your reaction. Peace.

@avalerie4467 Жыл бұрын

Still in my discography, too !

@lee-qz7bd Жыл бұрын

Nice! Classic piece of vinyl

@dirtydave1889 Жыл бұрын

Me too...

@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw 8 ай бұрын

Former Lemon Piper Guitarist and Vocalist.

@AGirlHasNoName1.168 Жыл бұрын

Tickles me to death to see you young folks discovering this tune. In the early 70's it was "that" song that got everyone out on the dance floor. I can testify...I was one of them. Much love...

@shinobusmods8682 Жыл бұрын

@rumblebird9888 Жыл бұрын

I knew it thanks to Rayman Legends

@finallythere100 Жыл бұрын

Betty believable black name from South in past Times!

@noro305 Жыл бұрын

Different genres hit Different

@larserik8899 Жыл бұрын

You tore it up back in the day didn’t you?

@solarbeef4496 3 жыл бұрын

There needs to be a genre of just people on weed listening to classic rock for the first time

@sendit7777 3 жыл бұрын

There is. It's called the 60s. Lmao. I feel ya though.

@clipsedrag13 3 жыл бұрын

@@sendit7777 its coming back

@salvadorruiz3692 3 жыл бұрын

😧

@RachelakaRaydon 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao... Indeed

@jmbmiller75 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@jonghun8468 3 жыл бұрын

Weird story but when I was a kid there was a woman on our street named Betty (who is black) and every time he saw her my dad (who is white) would sing this song and every time she saw my dad she would sing play that funky music white boy. Never heard either song until few years ago and I finally got the joke and why they still do that to this day.

@LadyIarConnacht 3 жыл бұрын

The older folks had a better attitude about race if you ask me. I grew up in the 70's and found it very relaxed and nice to be around all kinds of people. Humor is important.

@jonghun8468 3 жыл бұрын

@@LadyIarConnacht yup. Everybody takes everything way too seriously these days.

@crazywhiteindianscuz 3 жыл бұрын

@dean I love that !

@kennymack1427 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonghun8468 we got propagandized by the Soviet Union

@TedMan55 3 жыл бұрын

now that’s a great story

@carlrees3625 2 жыл бұрын

I love the fact I’m now a 50 year old white guy from England and yet I remember reacting exactly the same way first time I heard this tune. Music knows no colour!👍

@michaelmemmelaar4937 Жыл бұрын

This song has an energy that never happened anywhere else. Not saying it's better than anything else or even special somehow, just unique. Nothing lights you up like this tune.

@DeidreGeorgia 4 жыл бұрын

When you see a hip-hop head black man dab to a classic rock 70's song you know the world is gonna change for the better. Lol. Subscribed!! This song is mad dope!!

@tinastaples1084 3 жыл бұрын

I fully believe it,this world is coming full circle,we are all one we are all equal

@AmyMinningButcher 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed & subscribed!!!✌🏼💜🤘🏼💨💨💨

@babysluss68 3 жыл бұрын

i dare any man or woman black or white not to dance to this song, its an impossible task, music brings us all together as it should be

@Rockkerle 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Deidre ,this song is dope the same way the watcher`s head is filled with dope...

@JohnDoe-xf5jm 3 жыл бұрын

Right?

@TheBlackDeck 4 жыл бұрын

Producer: "Hey what budget do you need for the music video" RJ: "200 bucks" Producer: "How are you gonna make a music video with $200?" RJ: "We're just gonna play the song in Steven's backyard" Producer: "Well.... then what are the 200 bucks for?" RJ: "Weed."

@amybudafulldisaster3646 4 жыл бұрын

🎯🚀🎯 nailed that lol💨🍀💨🚀⛽🚀💨

@zeustweeter 4 жыл бұрын

That’s freakin hilarious!! And probably spot on

@TrackRecord3455 4 жыл бұрын

It is more about the music than the video back in the day

@cccheeks8819 4 жыл бұрын

$20 for the Video FILM, $180 for all the drugs....

@djskdjsk28 4 жыл бұрын

LaughingMute I’m in tears from laughter😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Thank you🙏🏽🙌🏾🙏🏽🙌🏾🙏🏽🙌🏾😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@breeanapeltier7197 Жыл бұрын

2 years later and I still come back to this video to make my whole day

@chimom7112 2 жыл бұрын

Its great watching the next generation getting introduced to music the older generation has loved for 50 yrs.

@MegaCPrimE 3 жыл бұрын

The lead singer looks like if Mountain Dew were a person.

@tw5303 3 жыл бұрын

Too funny... Mountain Dew, the Nectar of the South.

@pandorafox3944 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@dimebagdarrell4949 3 жыл бұрын

@@tw5303 nectar of the south😂 dead

@tw5303 3 жыл бұрын

@@dimebagdarrell4949 just to clarify, most videos don't hold up even if the songs do... this is a really great song despite how goofy the band looks now 100 years later.

@dimebagdarrell4949 3 жыл бұрын

@@tw5303 I think they look great lol I’m digging the style

@DRock-zd8gl 4 жыл бұрын

You know how we can make racism disappear? All white people sit down and listen to black music (Older music... Not this shit today) and all black people sit down and listen to white music. I'm black but I'm an old man and I learned in the 60's that music has no color. It brings all races and creeds together... Which is what we need more of today. I listened to Motown, then turned around and listened to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and then turned around and listened to Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty, and Patsy Cline. I encourage more people to step outside of the box and listen to more types of music besides the music that coincides with your race. Hell, I've even listened to Classical Music (Which I really didn't like) Well except for A Fifth Of Beethoven in '76 during my Disco years 😂😂😂😂😂

@brianl8481 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I care less about the skin color of the performers, and more about the sounds they make. If I like the sound, that's what matters to me. Even if I don't like the sound, if it's a quality sound, well done, I can respect that.

@A_A_J. 4 жыл бұрын

"All white people sit down and listen to old black songs (not this shit today)" Yeah, you lost a lot right there. You need to listen to and analyse songs written today that have meaning, not just indulge in nostalgia.

@haroldhadradi8763 4 жыл бұрын

Well said man, I'm 49 year old white man from the UK. Because when I was a boy, I listened to ska. I have recently (last 4 years) got into 2 styles of music from Jamaica. Namely rocksteady and reggae, I love how rocksteady influenced music in the UK, when it arrived in the 60's. The brits added their touch, and black and white together created ska. Ska reached Jamaica via the USA music scene, and the Jamaican's turned it into reggae. It was a song called the Prince, that led me to a Jamaican artist called Prince Buster who created rocksteady. And wrote songs like Phoenix City and Al capone's guns don't harm you. As well as getting more familiar with Bob Marley, I've discovered Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, chronixx, and protégé. There is some really cool music flying around out there, and it's not often your mainstream pop artists.

@shaunhinton6689 4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. As a white man in my 40's, I like everything from classic rock, classic country, motown, and and even the "original" rock music from the 50's and 60's. Good music is simply good music, it doesn't matter color, never has. More people should be that way. Think of the blues greats, then Jimi Hendrix....then a young white boy from. TEXAS that idolized them all...Mr. Stevie Ray Vaughan....he didn't see color, he saw great musicians and wanted to be like them. All of America needs to follow that lead

@richardkey4289 4 жыл бұрын

Well said , man; before, anything could catch ones ear, now it's greatly genre - fied, compartmentalized, there is a great tendancy to pigeonhole people for what they are listening to, as opposed to trying a bit of everything.just like eating food, steak & lobster is good, but it can't ALWAYS be steak & lobster, right?

@td9933 2 жыл бұрын

This video should be a prescription for any bad mood. Thank you for being you!

@AAA-mb6qk 2 жыл бұрын

Man, you really make me appreciate growing up in the seventies and eighties. I'm sooooo fortunate to grow up in a house that played every genre of music! My Mom had Al Green playing one minute, then Zepplin, Skynard, with a little James Brown & Charlie Pride sprinkled on! Countless tunes always playing! These reaction videos bring back my childhood! Music just touches the heart if the mind is open! LOVE, LOVE you Mr.V! Your reactions are priceless!

@billiejl6237 4 жыл бұрын

Smokin a blunt while listening to this old jam is perfect

@johnnyo1821 4 жыл бұрын

Thats how you're supposed to do it

@wesone7429 4 жыл бұрын

Smoking a blunt is perfect

@spezkay81 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a pinner not a blunt. Rookie

@MrRaErickson 4 жыл бұрын

I was vaping while watching. Sent my buddy the link. This is hilarious

@azo0ownz 4 жыл бұрын

no smokin a joint while watching this dude smokin a joint while listening to this jam is perfect

@roseheart7227 3 жыл бұрын

Can't figure out WHY anyone keeps trying to separate black and white,we ARE the same people but yal just wanna see color! Soul=Soul!!!!!!!!

@Raoulelcuervo 3 жыл бұрын

Best comment ever

@niasonani4893 3 жыл бұрын

Jen Horne True true, we are all one as simple as that, me too can't understand why the whole world hasn't figure it out yet

@brilicusgaming6922 3 жыл бұрын

Jen Horne you need and deserve more likes then just 45.

@pidogarcia6356 3 жыл бұрын

Pero yo tengo soul tambien

@1987vosje 3 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@carolinagirl7596 2 жыл бұрын

I revisit this reaction video periodically because it’s the best music reaction video on KZfaq. Mr. Video is a whole vibe.

@hatsforbats1390 Жыл бұрын

Gotta love Shaq's reaction to freebird.Thats one I can always rewatch.

@chrishicks7946 Жыл бұрын

If this song doesnt show that we are all equal and music is the key, its behond me, still slams and sends the same message today. Cant we all just get along n enjoy the song

@a.mnmemories4289 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite thing about this dude and his reactions are the fact they really are genuine. He seems to truly love a lot if these jams, appreciates the talent involved and just loves jamming out with the music. It's awesome!!! This dude is just a happy dude in life and lovesc music of all kinds. His head lines aren't "Rap fan, listen's to rock music" nah, he's just a music lover. Much respect bro. You probably my favorite of all reactors.

@CorePathway 2 жыл бұрын

This one sucker-punched him loopy 🤣

@km4844 2 жыл бұрын

He’s a gem 🥰

@jonasl8830 2 жыл бұрын

Thats automatically happends when you dont judge.

@sarahgarcia8954 2 жыл бұрын

He is my favorite!!

@Miller_Time 2 жыл бұрын

He's from my city!

@kieranward4525 3 жыл бұрын

Who needs antidepressants when you have this guy. Love seeing this, almost too genuine of a reaction!

@cici7333 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I'm literally clinically depressed, yet I get so hyped watching. ☮️💜☮️

@katefisher8606 3 жыл бұрын

Made me laugh so hard!

@loki6253 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. He is joy without a prescription

@jennimoore2452 3 жыл бұрын

Right he's soooo FUNNY.... Him and his BROTHER

@terrijacoby791 3 жыл бұрын

Dude this 66 yr ole white lady had to come and watch you. You make me smile. I needed this.

@joshp2542 Жыл бұрын

I love this song. I have a single version of it on record. When my dad was a teenager he worked for a moving company and was given tons of records from a radio station they were hired by. This is one of them.

@KnucklesActual Жыл бұрын

There's a lot of different takes on it, but most people agree that the black blues legend Lead Belly wrote this song or at least adapted an earlier version of it. Tom Jones even took a swing at it and then Ram Jam made it what everyone knows now, with a lot of popularity nowadays gained from the film "Blow". There's contention about whether "Black Betty" is an actual woman, pills or booze, but I think the important thing to recognize is that this song is straight up blues and its glory is owed to the masters of the craft, many of whom never get the recognition they deserve.

@LiberalLoudMouth 11 ай бұрын

This should clear up any "different takes": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eM2ml6Risq2niaM.html Regardless of the racist connotations, the song is a banger.

@dove109 10 ай бұрын

Johnny Depp walking through the airport scene 🔥

@Cornholio- 10 ай бұрын

Black Betty is the personification of the whip used in slave days. This was a work song sung by slaves long before it was recorded.

@maryellenazack4466 9 ай бұрын

The movie BLOW that would be amazing to see on your channel.

@tinalouise1764 7 ай бұрын

@@Cornholio-wasn't Black Betty a rifle made in Alabama?

@gasoven3759 4 жыл бұрын

One day I was playing Black Betty and my neighbors called the cops on me. Cops showed up at my door and gave me a ticket ----- They told me I wasn't playing it loud enough...

@vondefeo8586 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant ha ha ha

@Oldclimber1 4 жыл бұрын

I like it !!!

@gddjr24 4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@jaewok5G 4 жыл бұрын

brilliant

@ulikendo 4 жыл бұрын

ha ha

@justbreathe_ 3 жыл бұрын

The face you made when you were just starting to realize that you liked the song was precious

@Northanteus 2 жыл бұрын

2:06 _"WhaaAAAT!?!"_ My favorite part! I broke out laughing at that point! :D

@GiantKiller1 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, probably because he was high!

@denisemay6807 2 жыл бұрын

Isn’t he adorable?

@Phelper99 2 жыл бұрын

@@Northanteus That part was magical!

@xx92578xx 2 жыл бұрын

Don't like this comment! Keep it 420!!!!

@JC-nl9yq Жыл бұрын

I love watching people discover the music I grew up on and just geeking tf out. It brings me joy in a sorrowful world.

@phoebebeach1194 5 ай бұрын

It’s so fun watching you react to these classics we “oldies” grew up on. We had a blast back then!

@RedRuffinsore 3 жыл бұрын

Dare you to listen to this while driving a car. You'll look down and you'll be doing 100+...guaranteed.

@ArtChannel80 3 жыл бұрын

Fact checked: accurate

@patriciawilder5286 3 жыл бұрын

@@ArtChannel80 Double fact checked - 100% accurate 🤣

@cyrussheets4450 3 жыл бұрын

Been pulled over at 85+ in a 35, cop asked why I was going so fast so I clicked resume on my phone..he dropped it down to 45 in a 35 and told me to finish the song before I took off again.

@adamarens3520 3 жыл бұрын

Facts!

@jamesmiller7088 3 жыл бұрын

I work nightshift and I was on my home from work half asleep and black Betty comes on it’s I’m wide awake beating the hell outta my steering wheel and going at least 15-20 over the speed limit. It’s like it breathes a new life into ya

@dougkaplan1449 3 жыл бұрын

The lead singer actually lived in the small town where I went to college. He’d play the bars, etc. it was awesome being able to see such a humble legend when most people didn’t even know who he was.

@robertkeesecker5693 3 жыл бұрын

Yup. So you also went to Miami U in Oxford. Bill Bartlett. Lemon Pipers, then Beachwood Farm, then Star Struck, then Ram Jam. Everybody then went to the Purity in Oxford. I have a mono recording of Beachwood Farm playing in the Purity in 1969. Sat in a booth with my cheesy RCA auto-leveling mono cassette player/recorder, drank a couple pitchers with my then girlfriend/now wife. I digitized the entire recording, about a dozen tracks. Still listen to it today. You can imagine the sound quality. Not good, but Bill's solos come through great. About twenty years later sent it to a college friend and he flipped out. We both know this is a special recording.

@williamscoggin1509 Жыл бұрын

When I was in high school in the 1970s radio was fun then.

@dekomadorea9885 5 ай бұрын

Lol I'm 67 years old and I'm really enjoying seeing the younger generation enjoying the music from my time. We had it sweetheart and so many more to enjoy ❤❤

@scarboroughstudio 3 жыл бұрын

God I hope you review literally anything by Creedence Clearwater Revival. This is the best reaction video I've ever seen.

@lauralaine8678 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree

@vlatter9537 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@slayerofmankind 3 жыл бұрын

He should do down on the corner

@randallslatton8284 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kyle sourdough

@aniquinstark4347 2 жыл бұрын

There's a special energy about music from the 70s-80s. Everything was pure passion, people were creating future trends instead of following current ones.

@Silverstreak7878 Жыл бұрын

And the 60s!

@km4844 10 ай бұрын

People were creating future trends! So true 🎶🤘

@DeNeils420 10 ай бұрын

In the late 80s and 90s A&R people wanted groups that sounded like known artists. Unsigned indie artists couldn’t catch a break. More and more clubs became pay-to-play and tribute bands became a thing (that I never understood). In the 2000s people wanted music for free (sharing/download). Many fabulous artists and their music remain unknown, not because they or the material wasn’t great, but they had to get a 9-5 in order to survive and support their family. The 60s-80s is where the creativity and originality in music exploded… Hopefully the unknown artists submitted their material to US Copyright Office, so at least their music didn’t or won’t die with them.

@janinedempsey8259 2 жыл бұрын

I've known this song since my teens, I don't know how many times I've watched your reaction, it's so entertaining to watch others discover. Rock on man.

@shirleytamburano6256 2 жыл бұрын

You know how this song is so short? There is a longer, studio version - it's amazing!

@jaydale9097 4 жыл бұрын

57 here, remember this song well, smoking some weed and cruising, listening on " 8 track", man I'm old.

@ramonaestrada601 4 жыл бұрын

jay dale dude I’m 74 and still diggin it.. granny knows! 😂

@aprilmason1616 4 жыл бұрын

I'm doing that in my back yard 😅 glad Is found this song again, man I lost it for 9 years!

@causticchameleon7861 4 жыл бұрын

Hush you’re mouth! I’m 57 too. 🤣🤣🤣

@morebsnstuf 4 жыл бұрын

57 here too! This was old when I WAS YOUNG. 😂😂😂😂😂🤘🏾🖤🤘🏻

@SheynaVVV 4 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@starlessskylark 3 жыл бұрын

This man made me love the internet again.

@cjturner2008 3 жыл бұрын

He's awesome

@mattguyette9657 3 жыл бұрын

I laugh all the time, maybe cause I'm high also haha

@jacobgraybeal39 3 жыл бұрын

There is hope out there! 😁

@crixy.. 3 жыл бұрын

@@mattguyette9657 makes it even better!! haha

@theodoreritola9758 3 жыл бұрын

LOL THATS SO FUNNY LOL

@pwrismine 4 ай бұрын

Everytime I watch this, it makes me want to bring a bunch of tunes, make a fire dinner for everyone, and smoke. Reminds me of the good times.

@michaelburnette5701 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes, I think we all aren't that much different. No matter the skin color. I love it when things bring us all togeather.

@smitty3347 3 жыл бұрын

The pure joy in his face is exactly why I follow this page

@TheRscorp 4 жыл бұрын

I'm loving all these black people on KZfaq discovering "white people" music lol. I think it's been us absorbing all your music for so long now it's like super cool to see you guys hearing like Led Zeppelin, The Who, etc for the first time. It's fun.

@jeanettemcfarland4485 4 жыл бұрын

Robert S....i'm a 62 year old black female. I have been listening to rock music since my early years of high school. Have numerous CD's of various artists. Some people really don't know what they're missing. I love it!!

@bobina05 4 жыл бұрын

@@baht_and_paid They appreciated those artists. British musicians adapted the blues for a younger generation. I wouldn't say they stole anything. Maybe it's more an homage.

@redshift912 4 жыл бұрын

Some of its bullshit .

@pamelabourque3714 4 жыл бұрын

I’d rather think they did them old blues guys justice by putting their thunder on them & revitalizing them for many more generations to come. Lack of credit & Royalties, however, are a whole nother topic.

@mikeromeo8905 4 жыл бұрын

It really is, and some of these dudes are funny as hell, like this guy. Not laughing at him per se, but the reaction is great, because it sort of echoes how we feel about the songs, y'all are just very animated, and have a very unique way with words...

@gemmarichardson2020 2 жыл бұрын

5:32 to 5:36 i love how your hat starts levitating as your eyes get wider and wider from the sheer awe that you're in

@lindahamilton3569 Жыл бұрын

This was my deceased brothers favorite song everytime I hear it I think of him. May he R. I. P....

@bocrillz2488 3 жыл бұрын

This mans reaction was how every white man must have been feeling after listening to Chuck Berry and Jimmy Hendrix!

@0iceman092 3 жыл бұрын

hendrix is ass Chuck Berry was alright

@fanaticmonki2489 3 жыл бұрын

@@0iceman092 thems fightin words

@justagirlandhercat 3 жыл бұрын

Truth!

@justagirlandhercat 3 жыл бұрын

🤯 Whoa, whoa, whoa now!!!! Say whaaaaa??? Hendrix is what?!?!? That's pure blasphemy right there!!!! Holy crap....I can't believe I just saw "Hendrix" "is" and "ass" in the same sentence, in that order. Must be a country fan...🤔

@0iceman092 3 жыл бұрын

@@justagirlandhercat hell nah i can't stand country music

@sergeantfury785 4 жыл бұрын

Back when this song was recorded blacks and whites (everybody really) got along better than they do now! Makes me think that almost no one of the 330 MILLION people in America are actually racists, the government just WANTS or NEEDS us to be divided along some "lines" so they can play their politics to "this or that" group of people. DRock6904, you are 100% correct! Music that is great can mend two peoples when they each decide to gather around it.

@morebsnstuf 4 жыл бұрын

F yes. 🤬

@audreymasseyrush3020 4 жыл бұрын

Bradley Young. I, so, agree with you. I was raised in the 60's as well and listened to every genre. Love this young man's reactions..

@telmolicious 4 жыл бұрын

Maaan u musta forgot the civil rights struggle, the police brutality, the killings of those who spoke up etc back then. Keep living in ur fantasy world

@livalittle13 4 жыл бұрын

Oh please 🙄

@aceb4634 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao no they didn't get along better then. But I can't only blame this commenter, folks have been spoon fed that revisionist version of history for years.

@brownfoxx76 2 жыл бұрын

LMAO!! I first heard this song a few years ago at my old job! They sometimes played a 70s & 80s rock station in the office and my coworker used to always sing along when it came on and we'd all be cracking up! I looked up the video on youtube and was blown away by these country as all hell white dudes turned rock stars having a lit jam session on somebodys front lawn 😭🤣🤣🤣

@anoriolkoyt 2 жыл бұрын

Same, im the one singing it all day at work annoying my colleagues =)

@anthonymitchell6831 2 жыл бұрын

From a time when real music was made by people who could play a real instrument.

@doesntmatter2744 4 жыл бұрын

I turn into a pro race car driver when this song comes on in my car

@jcgjcg3844 4 жыл бұрын

I used to listen to this while riding my motorcycle. Damn song got me a ticket 98 in a 70 mile zone. Luckily I got a lawyer to get me out of it I learned my lesson not to listen to this song while riding. And I don't normally speed

@beckierich9815 4 жыл бұрын

Me too! This song comes on and all of a sudden Im a damn Nascar driver @ Taladega lol

@williamromero4445 4 жыл бұрын

For real tho it’s crazy man 👍

@GiskardRevenlov 4 жыл бұрын

My buddy drifted his 4runner for the first time when this song was blasting

@williamromero4445 4 жыл бұрын

T O' that’s what I’m talking about 👍

@MilkHound 4 жыл бұрын

There actually was a black man behind it. His name was Leadbelly. One of the original blues artists from the beginning of recorded music. House of the Rising Sun, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Goodnight Irene. He was the first to record many slave working songs like Pick a Bale of C**ton, and Midnight Special. George Harrison once said "No Leadbelly, no Beatles."

@quicksilver40 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing this up because I was about to say it myself I think it's important to know our history.

@spezkay81 4 жыл бұрын

The first to record, but that song is old AF. Prisoners used to sing it on the chain gang. Early early 1900’s

@cryswhipple8587 4 жыл бұрын

@Fletch it was a workline song. railroads, fields, etc. men working side by side, call and answer tune to work better in tandem

@jeffparker8636 4 жыл бұрын

You censored the word cotton?

@cryswhipple8587 4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffparker8636 I didn't censor. Cotton is/ was not the only crop ever grown or picked on a mass scale. This genre of songs was also sung by Prison chain gangs.

@mystuff1953 Жыл бұрын

Aww. Bra I've been listening to this song my whole life, and I'm 59 lmao your reaction omg ya made me cry❤

@j.roberts6601 2 жыл бұрын

I’m happy to see you enjoying such a great song and band. I remember when it came out it was freaking crazy fantastic

@mycomment474 Жыл бұрын

You must be really old if you remember when it was first released in 1939 by LeadBelly.

@sonyagriffy 3 жыл бұрын

The problem with people is that they have forgotten that we are all connected. And I aint met a white boy yet that didnt like him some black Betty. Bam malam!♡

@robertreid8740 3 жыл бұрын

Touche'

@jamescarlin569 3 жыл бұрын

White man

@taniele84 3 жыл бұрын

Truth! Ever male in my family dates only black women. It is what it is. They love them some beautiful black women. And amen to that.

@mcpainkiller5231 3 жыл бұрын

White MAN!!! And it's Bambalam.

@taniele84 3 жыл бұрын

@@mcpainkiller5231 Yeah. You’re definitely someone that would call themselves “The Don”. Definitely.

@emPtysp4ce 4 жыл бұрын

This song's commonly attributed to Leadbelly but recordings before him exist. It's either about a weapon, a whiskey, or a woman. I prefer it's all three

@lealea8055 3 жыл бұрын

OR about the whip that was used against the prisoners of that time.

@madsnoop7 3 жыл бұрын

Then Spiderbait ,about a car !

@edwardcook2973 3 жыл бұрын

The first verse is about a musket popularly called Black Betty. It was very accurate when fired, and bam-ba-lam refers to the sound it made when fired. Someone made an "improved" version that failed because it couldn't be zeroed in for accuracy; in other words the damn thing gone blind. The second verse refers to a type of whiskey served in black bottles. It was at least 90 proof; in other words, very powerful stuff and "really gets me high". The third verse refers to a woman, any woman, living in Birmingham, Alabama. Probably a prostitute or a dance-hall girl who could "shake that thang".

@beachbunny7256 Жыл бұрын

Do you how magical it is to watch your excitement to us old folks who used to dance the nights away every weekend!! Damn we had fun!!

@zenadavis6069 Жыл бұрын

1) I did hear your knee crack when you leapt off the sofa at the opening verse, and 2) You have a rather nice singing voice. Enjoyed your reaction 😊

@toddchicka7039 4 жыл бұрын

If you journey back to the early 70s there are many many white bands that have a lot of funk and soul in the music. People sometimes forget that rock music back then was extremely soulfull whether you were a white band or not.

@benellison3611 4 жыл бұрын

Here I am, smoking a joint, watching someone smoke a joint, both jamming out to Black Betty, i love it!

@billramsey6000 Жыл бұрын

Go ahead and watch it again! I've watched it hundreds of times and I still can't get enough.

@deborahray4568 Жыл бұрын

That is hilarious! This song reminds me of my dad. He was a white guy who drove a station wagon and he would always crank this one up when it came on the radio, in the early 70s.

@justagirlandhercat 3 жыл бұрын

"She like to cook in the kitchen bam a lam, and tonight I'm gonna hit it bam a lam" omg dude I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣 you made me choke on my smoke!! Can I please come chill with you bro, I'll bring the bag!!!

@terrijacoby791 3 жыл бұрын

And I got a bag of edibles to share. 😋

@andreas956 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, it was the first thing that came to his mind. He's my soulmate

@GORF_EMPIRE 3 жыл бұрын

Best add lib line ever!

@Ruth78620 3 жыл бұрын

Aha hahaha can I come?

@boston_nsca 3 жыл бұрын

Yooo hit me up I'll bring that gas 🤣🤣

@richardcarpenter24 4 жыл бұрын

I have seen many music reactions and not one yet can top this dude's reaction.

@mikedowney5371 2 жыл бұрын

I'll never forget the first time I heard this song. I was blown away!

@MelodyT78 Жыл бұрын

When someone says "reaction video" this very one is the one that comes to mind. It is my favorite of all reaction videos out there.

@Sharonnecs 3 жыл бұрын

When that song played on the radio I always turned up the volume...it is a true battery charger! Was one of my favorites along with "Radar Love" "All Right Now" and Spirit in the Sky. There are to many favorites to mention.

@danielseelye6005 3 жыл бұрын

My biggest ones are "Highway Star" or pretty much anything by AC/DC. If I'm driving when those come on (and/or "Black Betty) my ass is getting pulled over for at least 20 over.

@dastiffmeisterman 3 жыл бұрын

This record just hits the spot. Imagine being around when it first came out.

@conniepine8642 2 жыл бұрын

Yup. 1970s

@finallythere100 Жыл бұрын

Vintage! There!

@billholder1330 Жыл бұрын

I remember first hearing that on the radio - grabbed me right be the balls and took me! hehe Helluva riff!

@johnanduha9057 2 жыл бұрын

“ and my knees just cracked” 😂😂😂😂

@janaf4565 Жыл бұрын

Your reaction was AMAZING! Just found your channel and subscribed. I remember when this song came out in 1977 I was 16 and had the same reaction. LOVE, LOVE your reaction.

@shadynasty8729 3 жыл бұрын

"Where we goin' with this title Ram Jam?" And when you went 'What!?" during the first verse, I became your latest biggest fan. I love this song and your reaction is brilliant. I've had to watch it over and over too. It's like those guitars are weaponized and they're destroying all the uncool in the neighborhood. Hit it again ! Bam A Lam !

@usmcchrisg 4 жыл бұрын

This song is originally by blues legend Lead Belly.

@frankiek2269 4 жыл бұрын

Thx. I didn’t know that. I’m going to check it out now if there is a vid on here.

@frankiek2269 4 жыл бұрын

Chris. I just checked it out. Loved it. Big fan of old Blues/BlueGrass music. But then again I like musical acts from the likes of KRS-One and GWAR all the way to Rachmaninov and Liszt. My musical appreciation far and deep. Thx for the heads-up again. I missed that one somehow.

@bigjay123 4 жыл бұрын

And that's just part of it.

@borje7047 4 жыл бұрын

Isn’t this an old song that prisoners used to sing back in the 30s or sum

@jass9261 4 жыл бұрын

He also did house of the rising son amd where did you sleep last night.

@dannjp75 6 ай бұрын

Legend has it the producer gave Ram Jam $500 to make a video, so they spent $450 on weed and beer and filmed the video in their back yard.

@tinaanderson6185 Жыл бұрын

During the Revolutionary War, The musket would have been a flint-lock musket with a black painted stock. The prison guards or soldiers were 'hugging Black Betty'. And when a updated model of the gun came out, known as 'Brown Bess', with an unpainted wooden stock, it was seen as the 'child' of the flint-lock musket

@xara505 4 жыл бұрын

Music really, *truly* brings people together. I swear everybody likes Black Betty!

@chrisblair5937 3 жыл бұрын

This song is credited to a Bluesman known as "Lead Belly" and is from the 1930's

@camposvazquez 2 жыл бұрын

Yep .. he was considered a sellout.... I enjoy him though

@bollock1213 2 жыл бұрын

@@camposvazquez guy was a real G

@camposvazquez 2 жыл бұрын

@@bollock1213 far from a G... He was the MC Hammer or nickleback of his time

@azrael4771 2 жыл бұрын

@@camposvazquez but mc hammer was definitely a gangster lmao

@camposvazquez 2 жыл бұрын

@@azrael4771 lololol

@GTLyons Жыл бұрын

If you were a season ticket holder at Raider games back in the 80's 90's up until they left Oakland... you would have heard this song over and over... great reaction thumbs up!

@KristiLEvans1 2 жыл бұрын

I was sick of this song 15 years ago. I’m flat ashamed of myself. It is f**king dope. I needed new eyes. These reaction vids are great.

@michaelw6206 3 жыл бұрын

This song is not originally by ram jam. And they didn't get paid much on this song. But they ram jammed it.

@fourmoments3034 3 жыл бұрын

“Damn my knee just cracked” 😂😂😂

@PanicSurvivor 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@robertworkman1419 3 жыл бұрын

😅😅 I heard it!

@fbksfrank4 3 жыл бұрын

Funny how that goes, you are good, then POP!

@km4844 3 жыл бұрын

“DUDE!” 😂😂

@Donald-un7jg Жыл бұрын

I can tell that you're really diggin this song. Me too, so much so that I saved it to my playlist I call 60s and 70s music and other songs.

@michelecalla928 2 жыл бұрын

It makes me so happy to see your authentic reaction to music you enjoy that you've never heard before! It truly puts a smile on my face and warms my heart. And Lord knows we need all the joy we can find these days. You're making an old Canadian woman so happy right now! Thank you very much!

@dgator3599 4 жыл бұрын

Black Betty is a nickname for an old time musket. Bam ba lam is the noise the gun makes.

@MrPennsu78 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing your face when his soul poured out of his body 😆. There's a lot of good songs like this one classic southern rock. Lots of soul. Same reason I listen to Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Aretha Franklin. Songs that are saying the soul has so much for meaning.

@ckjamn Жыл бұрын

A couple of football players turned me on to this jam when I was 15. JV Football. TX. '75. They were black. I liked parliament, the commodore's, aerosmith, van halen, ac/dc.....

@stacieadams1403 2 жыл бұрын

Music has that special love ,brings people together....you got into this so much I joined the party. Made me smile with all that happiness

@artbell1 3 жыл бұрын

I am a 64 year old white Vietnam era veteran and it's a good thing seeing you enjoy this great music. There is so much of it going back decades! There are some works of true musical genius. I'm listening to Carlos Santana right now!!! Love him and his spiritual connection. I can feel it when he plays!!!

@1974sfa 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve loved this song for years. Watching you have that much fun with it made my day. Thanks, man.

@mamad2609 2 жыл бұрын

FOR sure 💯

@FaisalQuadri22 Жыл бұрын

I saw a clip of this on Twitter and immediately went to KZfaq to search black dude listening to black Betty. Figured I’d find the whole video, and I’m glad I did😂 love your channel brother. Keep it up

@strattuner Жыл бұрын

RAM JAM IS PURE TALENT, that gibson player,the guitar was invented for him and a few others,this is backyard rock and roll,used to go these parties,cops even grooved with us,but this band stands alone for reactions,and they were just fooling around,TIMELESS

@qwerty123494210 3 жыл бұрын

This is a reaction video in the truest sense of the phrase. I've seen all these other ones where they spend most of the time giving you their intellectual thoughts. This is an actual reaction. I have just subscribed to this channel. Carry on, sir! You bring the world joy!

@susanwearn7042 3 жыл бұрын

This is why we love him👍😂❤️

@cici7333 3 жыл бұрын

True! It's lovely. ☮️💜☮️

@dr.westwood 3 жыл бұрын

Your voice really suits this song. You should consider doing a cover.

@esztervarga7641 3 жыл бұрын

Yessss! I agree! Totally!

@daftoptmst 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I bet he's got a great voice. You can tell

@richardaylesworth1460 2 жыл бұрын

$$$$.

@OzMan9989 6 ай бұрын

Best first reaction ever. I’ve love Ram Jam forever. It’s a pleasure seeing your love.

@taylorkatemc 2 жыл бұрын

not me blowing up leos channels still in 2022, but this reaction is a gift from god 🤷🏼‍♀

@dillon2469 3 жыл бұрын

When the levee breaks Led Zeppelin you'll love it.

@dillon2469 3 жыл бұрын

@Fancy Boy definately my favorite, it was that or Black Dog... the lyrics might make him go crazy on that one! Lol

@johnwhite5897 3 жыл бұрын

He won't need to smoke any thing listening to levee breaking

@pilargonzalez8442 3 жыл бұрын

It's actually really wonderful to listen to it while smoking... it just exemplifies out all the noise... I get the same rush when listening to Kashmir Lounge live with the Egyptian Orchestra... it's just cosmic.

@marshallmatters69 3 жыл бұрын

THE BEST. I always imagine a scene (that should be in a movie) where a group of young bank robbers are driving on an open road just after their most successful heist.

@captross07 4 жыл бұрын

A black man wrote this song. Leadbelly. Look him up - he wrote a lot of good shit.

@wickeddominata8025 4 жыл бұрын

Well he didn't write this..

@barbarapavia5170 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a 66 year old white woman and I know the Rolling stones get their inspiration from lead belly muddy Waters there's even a video of them jamming, look for it it's brilliant,young black men don't know their own history

@padraig5335 3 жыл бұрын

It's actually an old slave spiritual they'd sing

@xAYOx315 3 жыл бұрын

You're all wrong. The British used black betty as a cadence while going to battle. Black betty was the name of their artillery.

@Hurricaneintheroom 3 жыл бұрын

He did a cover of it. There are many versions of it. It's from the Revolutionary War. Song is about a British musket.

@robinfrady5257 2 жыл бұрын

Y'all locking yourself out by staying in only one music genre! There is tons of good ol' music out there😁

@StephanieDavis-vs3mc 2 жыл бұрын

Music is music. No matter the genre, no matter the sound, no matter the origin, music speaks when we can’t. There’s a song for everything at every time. Do the damn thing!

@aprilmason1616 4 жыл бұрын

I need to say something. Especially when I was younger I felt insecure for liking so much music made my white people. I remember jamming with myself on this song in 2010 and I all forgot about this song. And now I see more people of my colour listening to these kinds of music, it's amazing!:D

@RuckusRalph 3 жыл бұрын

This is the greatest god damn thing I've ever seen!! You got a follower for life bro!

@goteamgocrestwoodreddevils1482 3 жыл бұрын

Can you believe 401 dislikes my God I'm a 51yr old white woman and love this music and love Mr Video!!

@brimstonewinpete9306 11 ай бұрын

I am a 45 yr old from 🇨🇦 love seeing ppl fall in love with music I have been around for decades check out the tragically hip some time or the tea party most especially my favorite the grand bizarre

@Smackattackk 2 жыл бұрын

this is literally one of my favourite videos EVER on youtube and I put that on my momma! just cause he just falls in love with it and is legit reacting to music I grew up listening too cause of my mom and dad. I'm 29 now and just love when someone else gives something a chance.