So many brilliant minds not getting the joke behind those annoying questions... The interviewer is Kim Gordon.
@lanakorvin5708 жыл бұрын
what a stupid little girl asking him all those stupid questions, when Punk music is the way it is, hardcore and lyrics are not to be fully understood, that is the way it is, its what you understand
@lanakorvin5708 жыл бұрын
no I am not, rolf, thanks for answering, you can fill me in with the news pls, thanks
@lanakorvin5708 жыл бұрын
oh gosh Rofl, SYouth were my fave band when I was 16!! wow, well i deleted my comment, as she knew what she was asking Ian MacKaye, thanks for the update, wow !!
@flopimus7 жыл бұрын
Fuck! I didn't realize
@flopimus7 жыл бұрын
+flopimus that it was Kim Gordon
@MichaelBrown-bf7zr9 жыл бұрын
"I can't change a city, that's for sure" I wonder if today he realizes how many people across the world he's impacted. Awesome guy. I'd love to sit down and talk with him.
@thebobbalo19 жыл бұрын
When he did this interview though, the straightedge movement wasn't as popular/trendy as it is now. He had no idea how big it was gonna become.
@MichaelBrown-bf7zr9 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, definitely. I mean, I wonder if he remembers this interview, or what he said, and thinks like, "wow, I ended up making a way bigger difference than I ever thought I would," haha. It was definitely a different world back then. I've been watching a lot of interviews with him lately, and he seems super down to earth, so I don't even know if he'd give himself that much credit lol.
@whamodyne19219 жыл бұрын
Michael Brown That would be cool. An interview nowadays, done by a fan, or a person with clue about that scene, back in the day. I agree, Ian made a difference, though he would never say so!
@luxvoyager10811 жыл бұрын
oh man, ian's facial expressions during the questions at the beginning are just priceless
@LarsRyeJeppesen2 ай бұрын
00:35
@LarsRyeJeppesen2 ай бұрын
Especially 00:35
@breastmeatonly10 жыл бұрын
"we ride our vehicle as long as we can and, jump off before we sell out." I love it. He said it and did it.
@xisotopex2 жыл бұрын
its a little different today. selling out back then meant changing the music, changing the ideals, changing the lyrics, the look whatever. now its a little more open. you can make some money and not be considered selling out. they and others like them kinda paved the way
@siggylloyd35662 жыл бұрын
@@xisotopex that's because selling out has no meaning anymore, not because somehow people aren't selling out now. Have you seen, literally, any internet content? Dictionary definition of selling out: whoring out your creative contribution to a corporately controlled distribution platform that offers you mere cents on the dollar for your talent, so you sell out by establishing sponsorship relationships (this means they own you, little boy) to keep making enough money.
@xisotopex2 жыл бұрын
@@siggylloyd3566 word salad.
@brianreeds5380 Жыл бұрын
Ian didn't sell out but Brian & Lyle wanted to. They gave a list of demands to Ian: manager, stage risers, they wanted to sound like U2 (Salad Days already does), etc etc & Ian said fuck that band is over.
@lobotomyscam10514 ай бұрын
@@xisotopexNumber soup rules!
@gavinsmith66583 жыл бұрын
That's my dude right there! Complete Discography has been going into my CD player for 25 years and love it so much to this day! Love you buddy!
@LambsToLionsBand10 жыл бұрын
"..and jump off before we sell out." Not many bands like that anymore
@whamodyne19219 жыл бұрын
WORD!
@harageilucid43524 жыл бұрын
Selling out is the whole point, now.
@declancaffrey35562 жыл бұрын
Didnt do to bad being a multimillionaire
@BlackendSheep3 жыл бұрын
"The hippies failed". "Then, they went and started their careers". "The punks will probably do the same thing". Never were truer words spoken. Most punks I grew up with are financially stable, because, we listened to the music that made us think. We listened to the music that showed us the strings that controlled the system. We were not disillusioned.
@pullthereins3 жыл бұрын
95% of the “punks” that I knew had actually come from upper middle class suburbia in a small town called Andover, MA. They were active tourists with a stable background. All they had to do was play the game, and fortunately for them ultimately did. I knew some real deal homeless punks in Boston and Los Angeles.
@neckbone39432 жыл бұрын
Great comment. They thought I'd be a waste... hmmmm
@chadbaier97522 жыл бұрын
It's the way the powers that be set it up out here though, the dudes I seen that didn't want to "get with it" and challenged everything just ended up trampled with issues and problems. But that doesn't mean that happens too everyone bc there are few that truly believe in what they are doing and fighting for and stuff and end up making an impression and set their in mark in life. But I just don't feel right being 40 years old acting like a teenager still with a mohawk and playing punk rock it's just not me idk
@BloodyArmourKnight2 жыл бұрын
@@chadbaier9752 I hope to make it to 40 and still play punk rock. Just the music, not the idea or the lifestyle. Maybe an outfit or two. But only that.
@chadbaier97522 жыл бұрын
@@BloodyArmourKnight you got a good point
@rodm19753 жыл бұрын
For someone so young, you can tell that he had a very grounded sense of realism about himself, what he was doing, and what he was, and still is, about. And the mistakes played out. Mistakes that he learmed from until he got it right with Fugazi. And Minor Threat and Embrace were definitely not bands he did wrong.
@JohnnyMac959 жыл бұрын
Disclaimer: he doesn't talk until 2:37
@happyendings599 жыл бұрын
+Johnny Mac Thanks... that would have been a bear.
@RavenousMedicine8 жыл бұрын
+Johnny Mac hahaha, this is true! but man, listening to the stockpile of ridiculous questions before it is hilarious. Who the fuck are these people? but yeah, I really would have liked to have known what he answered to alot of these. that comes later I guess? I'm not sure It's sort of hard to sort out.
@nayru18555 жыл бұрын
RavenousMedicine these people are kim gordon and possibly thurston moore from sonic youth, those questions at the start were a joke
@JBmusicart4 жыл бұрын
He listens to their bullshit first. Then lays it out.
@joshholbrook258910 жыл бұрын
You can tell Ian is like.. what? Really? His expressions say it all..
@RB-nl6qv11 ай бұрын
Sid from Toy Story was actually based on Ian from this interview
@STORMTROOPEROFDEATH713 ай бұрын
Stupid
@artiefufkinspen11 жыл бұрын
He changed ,or at least planted a seed of consciousness into many minds. for the betterment of humanity. Respect to him for that, and some great songs too.
@CaenFilms4 жыл бұрын
“So do you think you’re gonna be further underground?” Lmao
@spacecasejace4 жыл бұрын
so f-ing funny, I know...
@coronasucks76023 жыл бұрын
@@spacecasejace kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z5p8bN2nz7y2nXU.html wait what
@spacecasejace3 жыл бұрын
@@coronasucks7602 that Q by the lame ass interviewer is funny as hell "So do you think you’re gonna be further underground?” all the interview questions are (and Ian's looks/eyerolls, of course...
@JBmusicart4 жыл бұрын
Hearing Hardcore for the first time, It changed my life. For the better.
@monstergod8887 жыл бұрын
Wow,that zoom on Ian's babyface is so cute 1:20
@KKPIHCP3 жыл бұрын
Looks like a “See me Commercial”
@NicoBleackley9 жыл бұрын
I always rediscover this video. I can never wrap my head around the reason for the editing here
@KingCrimson824 жыл бұрын
i saw the last of those guys 93-99. they are always, Always ! annoyed. And their filter of "cool" is so narrow, that it is a trail and error course, a minefield. in the end of the day the reason might have been a hangover from the daily drug abuse.. i know,but it is the only solution i can come up with. so, this editing is a show off of lifestyle, a sort of "how cool is hardcore" pr, and its well done because you as the viewer are in the intimidated side of that relation.
@prestigiouschroniclerofthe21598 жыл бұрын
"Are you an angry person?" *nods head*
@mfpendle Жыл бұрын
Ian's responses in the first 2 1/2 minutes are priceless
@Biboche23 Жыл бұрын
Iconic man and even more iconic interview. We get so few 😂❤
@clodicious3 жыл бұрын
I think Ian said it best when he said:
@3WAYPLANE9 жыл бұрын
thankGod Ian survived after this interview...
@mickeyrube66236 жыл бұрын
Man, for someone who never had a drink in his life, Ian can sure slur his words, haha!
@jacobsheldon988410 жыл бұрын
basically the woman is asking, Ian, Why are you Ian? and when he makes an expression she just names songs
@MrRekarbenots3 жыл бұрын
'that woman'? she's kim. she's ian's friend. she likes him. they have fun.
@Maxinekylie11 жыл бұрын
"What the fuck have you done?!" - Ian MacKaye
@libertyhopeful1811 жыл бұрын
Awww, it's so cute when kids come and insult people with no backup for the bs they're saying. Hmmm. Well, to start, he has fronted two of the most important rock bands in the last 30 years. He started his own record label from scratch just because he wanted to make music. He has spoken at hundreds of seminars at colleges across the country, and has travelled the world doing each of these things. He has inspired thousands of people and is highly intelligent and well-spoken. What have you done?
@awm65984 жыл бұрын
*What the f*ck have you done
@Falkuzrules4 жыл бұрын
*Why the f*ck are you replying to a 6-year-old comment
@awm65984 жыл бұрын
@@Falkuzrules I dont know
@usualdosage72874 жыл бұрын
@@Falkuzrules to say that lyric. Duh
@eamonwright74883 жыл бұрын
@@Falkuzrules "Don't you fucking get it?!"
@mygvmtnamepublicallyavailable10 жыл бұрын
This makes me laugh every time
@brokensilence67906 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@itsMrNoble3 жыл бұрын
You make me laugh every time, mate, if anyone does...
@bobdarnell66193 жыл бұрын
Ha
@tashisls70413 жыл бұрын
I love him...I needed to hear this
@bostont4terrier7 жыл бұрын
"Are you an angry person?"
@absolving3 жыл бұрын
Lmfao
@tigerzskelet0n3 жыл бұрын
He’s an Aries...of course he is lol
@absolving3 жыл бұрын
She should listen to First Two Seven Inches and then she'll get her answers lol
@lobotomyscam10514 ай бұрын
@@absolvingIt's Kim Gordon, she gets it.
@MaximumDong10 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy seeing his facial expressions as she asks questions.
@bigpercy90726 ай бұрын
Such a great artist and he had to of been so young in this interview. Staple of my teens in the 90’s. My kids just laugh now when they hear it. So fast but good
@xkitanax54178 жыл бұрын
his facial expressions made me laugh so hard. so tired of her shit lmao
@mepp75734 жыл бұрын
it's Kim Gordon interviewing him...
@MrRekarbenots3 жыл бұрын
i'm pretty sure that barrage of hilarity at the beginning is a joke they are all in on. even thurston chimes in for a sec. ian fucking rules. so does punk rock
@flopimus7 жыл бұрын
One if the most eloquent people I've ever heard, and he's from my hometown
@shedontanks8 жыл бұрын
He is a very important man. He literally oozes importantness.
@rageddoldann22345 жыл бұрын
Ian is pretty darn cute. If I am not mistaken, I like his choice of beverage!!
@CtrlAltPhreak10 жыл бұрын
Fucking love it! At times, it looks like he's thinking: "is this shit for real, or is there gonna be some asshole that comes in and tells me I just got punk'd?"
@AdolfStalin5 жыл бұрын
that's how I imagined the piano room looked like when they described in American Hardcore when that one guy (I think it was Brian Baker) saw Ian show him the chords to 'Straight Edge'. some weird multiverse shit there.
@roy_for_real26744 жыл бұрын
'6 months ago it was different' lol, that's how fast it all went.
@themagnanimous124612 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA his face while she asks him stupid questions! I love it!
@hypnolobster11 жыл бұрын
You're watching an interview of Ian MacKaye and you don't know who Kim Gordon is? How did you end up here?
@waynesomething73794 жыл бұрын
Because Minor Threat is good music and Sonic Youth is not. In my opinion.
@waynesomething73794 жыл бұрын
Also before you or anyone else uses the tired old line about how much time has passed since your comment; I don't care. Just because your post is old doesn't mean it's somehow invulnerable to criticism or discussion. I also would like to take this time to bring up hero worship which is a huge problem not just here in the us but pretty much everywhere in the world. Music kind of takes on a life of its' own and becomes something removed from the individual or individuals that created it. Initially an extension, it then evolves. You don't need to know who wrote or composed a song to listen to it. So in short . . . who gives a fuck who kim gordon is. You can honor her without even knowing her name just by enjoying what she produced or was part of producing.
@windyhollow78693 жыл бұрын
Wayne Something bro u can't just make an incredibly bold and objective claim and then follow it up with "in my opinion" like your intentions were respectful
@sophiacristina3 жыл бұрын
I discovered Ian before Kim in fact...
@zippycampbell51553 жыл бұрын
Fuck sonic Youth
@bcast99783 жыл бұрын
When "Repeater" came out most of the hardcore scene writers turned on Ian. I was too young to understand that even Punks have an hierarchy.
@dakotaperkins747011 жыл бұрын
You need to listen to this song, and memorize the lyrics RIGHT now: In My Eyes- Minor Threat
@MrRekarbenots3 жыл бұрын
nah. stepping stone. i heard they were really really high when they wrote that one. classic.
@lou47653 жыл бұрын
@@MrRekarbenots Steppin Stone is not even a Minor Threat song. It was a Monkees song covered by the Sex Pistols before, which inspired them to make their own.
@billydeewilliams91043 ай бұрын
@@MrRekarbenots LMAO!
@MrRekarbenots2 ай бұрын
@@lou4765golly gosh gee whiz mister! i thought minor threat wrote every cool song. 'the monkeys', you say? (nice spelling, btw) who'da thunk such abstractions? geniuses like you are needed for teaching folks things and stuff. and, also, btw, 'the monkees' didn't write their own tunes. well, maybe a couple, but a ripping classic like stepping stone? nah. that's bobby hart and tommy boyce, a couple of tin pan alley heavy hitters. and i think fifteen bands had at it before the pistols did. theirs ripped it up, though, indeed. like sid's eddie cochrane covers, way too cool for just about any school. be cool yourself, professor!😃😀🙂😐😶🟡🍄🧨📢
@rosema7909 Жыл бұрын
Greatest interview ever
@teetoys7623 күн бұрын
The looks on his face after the questions …. 😂
@thesputnik64238 жыл бұрын
Great end quote analogy. I love this man.
@johnblough7811 жыл бұрын
Your music changed me Ian. Thanks.
@RegularDude003 жыл бұрын
The fucking close up of his face is killing me this is hilarious.
@DeadlyCreatures11 жыл бұрын
I love how this video is put together with the intro. First words: I'll know.
@combattaskforce6 жыл бұрын
Ian MacKaye. His Jewish father wrote for the Washington Post. He was a white house reporter like Helen Thomas was. He turned to religion where he worked as a religion specialist. Ian's grandmother from his father's side was Dorothy Cameron Disney MacKaye. A Jewish lady that worked together with well known "Bowman Popenoe" on marriage culumns. Mr. Popenoe a Jewish eugenicist (1888 to 1979) advocated compulsory sterization of the mentally ill. After ww2 that became a problem and he became the father of marriage counseling. This Ian MacKayes grandmother worked with this former eugenicist on marriage columns together. Dorothy Cameron Disney MacKaye was a member of the "Cosmopolitan Club". This was a private social club for woman only (nearly all were Jewish woman and writers). Located in Manhattan New York on 122 E 66 street. Famous member were: the writers Wills Carter, Ellen Glasgow, Jean Stafford, Margaret Mead the anthropologist writer and lesbian and Eleanor Roosevelt.
@setg68245 жыл бұрын
rubert delaware ian mackaye is not jewish hes is very obviously irish
@lascrud12 жыл бұрын
No wonder he was angry... Although, all these years later, it's cool to see this footage. Ian being so young and all. Cool, close up footage of a legend.
@alexandrae.18115 жыл бұрын
Best punk rock shows I ever got to see. xoxo
@nicolaemadalinboboc490210 жыл бұрын
Ian sounds really intelligent.
@josephrivas476210 жыл бұрын
He's a smart guy, that Ian mackeye.
@xcalibrx16536 жыл бұрын
His mind isn’t clouded by foreign substances so he can think clearly.
@MegaShiney996 жыл бұрын
What does that even mean LMAO
@joehete38886 жыл бұрын
Yeh , it also doesn’t hurt his father was in the molding of culture business. Aka CIA
@unbridledenthusiasm12 жыл бұрын
love this, thanks for posting the full thing
@supermassiveblackj12 жыл бұрын
I swear that this is Sonic Youth interviewing him... if so then this is even more awesome.
@jasonlortie12503 жыл бұрын
I smoke..drink beer.. smoke a little weed and eat meat. I totally respect Ian mackaye's philosophy. And I do like poison ideas music also
@greyhoundish4 жыл бұрын
His annoyed facial expressions, too fucking good.
@triplethraet5 ай бұрын
wow RATKING sampled this
@owenwexler7214 Жыл бұрын
The look on his face during the questions, like "I really have to answer these dumb questions don't I?"
@MrVarsityphysics8 жыл бұрын
Now imagine a young angry Jim Halpert
@jackofspades97423 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@misterno-ice-guy80822 жыл бұрын
3 minutes in, and not a word from Ian. Someone get this man a tiger hand held game
@MaverickV41342 жыл бұрын
I relate so much with Ian MacKaye lol
@cloudsugar2726 жыл бұрын
I almost thought this was an actual interview, then noticed a couple people said the interviewer was Kim Gordon....that totally makes sense now. Of course that's her voice...and her kind of humor.
@BananaPringle2 ай бұрын
Even outside of punk one of the greatest minds going around and you can see why he was such a great leader and inspiration to a young Henry Rollins. The other smartest guy in the room is Krist Noveselic, he's off the charts smart.
@christopherpesce10768 жыл бұрын
this is timeless.
@KurtMcGowan12 жыл бұрын
I never thought Ian was threatening until I saw him in this. He looks like he could punch someone x
@CommandoClover9 жыл бұрын
Just realised that the beginning of this interview is sampled at the beginning of the song 100 by RATKING. What ya don't know now ya know!
@owencfarrow12 жыл бұрын
That gave me a good laugh, thank you sir.
@emmettnh12 жыл бұрын
ian mackaye is a hero!
@megamotive215110 жыл бұрын
LOL the expressions are priceless!
@thejesman11 жыл бұрын
Well, both movements have had their upsides and their downsides. The punks haven't exactly changed the world either, but it all gets us a step closer to where we wanna go. What bugs me is that we really haven't had much of a movement like that since punk. I mean, it's obviously not the 60's anymore, but it ain't the 80's either. I don't wanna just bury myself with nostalgia, I wanna do my own thing, ya know.
@MurphysJif9 жыл бұрын
Damn good point! 8:00
@DEFENDPOPPUNK112 жыл бұрын
ian mackaye is a badass.henry rollins is a close second
@franklottar12 жыл бұрын
You know you struck hard when the voices start confusingly trying to question you.
@Yagmilner11 жыл бұрын
The first 3 minutes of this video were awesome.
@sydniem6 жыл бұрын
And them not selling out is what made them such a big impact on people's lives. Don't damage the goods.
@fosterch118 жыл бұрын
Cracks me up the way this is edited.
@firebason10 жыл бұрын
2:27 ''Are you an angry person?'' *nods*
@1990sDialUpWeb2 ай бұрын
I would love to actually see this video - I’m not sure why everyone who uploads this over and over cuts out his answers.
@friendlywalrus697111 жыл бұрын
Sonic Youth isnt exactly synonymous with hardcore punk. But they are an awesome band.
@gagedanielson11 жыл бұрын
I feel like if they made a Minor Threat movie, Shia LaBeouf would make a good Ian.
@rosema790911 ай бұрын
La douce?
@Beenyad12 жыл бұрын
He looks so much like the Scout. He could say bonk any second and I would be surprised
@mrstuperstefan12 жыл бұрын
God I love this! Not one question is even good.
@llllllllll2709 жыл бұрын
I thought this was intented to show his reaction to the questions.. :')
@sadandalonearemysafewords27407 ай бұрын
I love all the faces he makes💀
@adonisllamawut82107 жыл бұрын
Whoever edited that intro is a god
@JohnNada8012 жыл бұрын
I love his expression when she asks him if he's an 'angry person'... 02.26
@wakeuppunxdead66612 жыл бұрын
"We weren't going in a circle, that kinda bugs me."
@michaelpaciello76699 жыл бұрын
she asks a question about "i don't wanna hear it" at 0:34 and then the tape cuts, and she's asking another question. You don't even hear his answer to that question until the tape awkwardly cuts again at 6:32 and he's politely answering the question. Are you people too stupid to notice crappy editing or would you just rather assume that he "hates the interviewer"... he answers all her questions. Engaged, polite and in pleasant conversation...
@rattfinkster9 жыл бұрын
Apparently. Haha! Questions first than the answers.
@badxrequest9 жыл бұрын
+Michael Paciello Yeah but it seemed funny as if he was answering only with his facial expression :D
@willmartins1686 жыл бұрын
Thats sonic youth interviewing him
@user-sw4qd2up2s2 жыл бұрын
His looks say it all...lol
@hellzeven10 жыл бұрын
the way I feel most of the time with "the others";-))))
@JAWS_1643 ай бұрын
Ian’s Expressions says it all he didn’t want to be there at all I’m wrong but it’s funny
@keironhiggspoet5 ай бұрын
a solid diplomat. the great punk frontman.
@monicaiscool12 жыл бұрын
LOL his fucking face at her question's.
@YariBeatsMedia3 жыл бұрын
Massive respect.
@leoh16746 ай бұрын
Minor Threat makes people proud to be from Northern VA/DC. These guys made their mark, never sold themselves to people, and never sold out themselves. The embodiment of DIY
@TheSpedds11 жыл бұрын
I think Henry Rollins in many ways is kind of a fascist punk(no disrespect to him though). Many things he says are more along the lines of punk preaching in a way, but I think in many ways, he has this "this is right; you're wrong" kind of attitude which to me, sin't as punk as if he were to say "think for yourself" or at least point out the fact that his statements are opinionated. I think it's mostly attitude difference.
@re18403 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing you call everyone a fascist. Just throwing that word around arent you.
@josephstalin73892 жыл бұрын
Put Henry and a fascist in a room and guess which one is going be running out first.
@youknowme31232 жыл бұрын
2:35 he starts talking
@MultiFirebrand Жыл бұрын
Man I wish i was this intelligent and articulate when I was his age.
@cheothegeo274211 жыл бұрын
I luv how the interviewers are just *talking to themselves*. imagine how that would go.
@DharmaMidget8 жыл бұрын
Turn off the sound and just loop the first 2:30 ten or fifty times. Fucking hilarious.