Minutemen - King Of The Hill

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Minutemen - King Of The Hill

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Күн бұрын

What is peace / To the people / Who work the land / And die in wars? / It was learned in a game / That was played by us all / Who held the top of the hill / From the rest was called the king / And I can't believe it all / Was good for humankind / Is it peace / To point the guns? / Is it war / To fire the guns? / We would run with all of our might / Push the king off to take the hill / And to learn who was king / And who makes the better serf / I can't believe it all / Was good for humankind / And I have to read the lies / Between the lines / Believe in this / We are part / Of a whole we call the earth / And I have to read the lies / Between the lines

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@HellicarandLewis 9 жыл бұрын

I think this band transcend genre. They are so fucking good.

@101Volts 8 жыл бұрын

+Peter Hellicar Genres, there's a discussion... Of course a person can say, "Yeah - that's the band I'm talking about" or "Yeah, that's that kind of music." but, what a world... the Minutemen are all of their own and their band name too speaks volumes.

@ExUSSailor 7 жыл бұрын

Without question!

@therandomband2007 Жыл бұрын

what you wrote is true!

@TrevorHamberger Жыл бұрын

I'm a hip hop fan kinda and I love them

@brananedgens 7 жыл бұрын

The whole band is amazing but Boon is a criminally underrated guitar player.

@russdean9414 5 жыл бұрын

I missed the Minutemen but saw fIREHOSE about a half dozen times around Los Angeles - Mike & George were the greatest "Punk" rhythm section of all time.

@TheGunnCat 4 жыл бұрын

If the band had enough money, they would have sounded like Rush. But the bare sound of SST 'studios' is iconic. Boon was one of the best guitar players I'd heard, and his compositions are bold, and masterful, cutting edge.

@thestuffmikedoes2309 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@pr9039 4 жыл бұрын

Well it doesn't help that he thought a bass guitar and a guitar were both just guitars that had different strings when he started haha. With that kind of start, there's really no basis to judge someone off of! They're just...their own thing haha

@scottr397 3 жыл бұрын

d boon was number 89 on Rolling Stones greatest guitarists of all time. I'm not sure anyone familiar with The Minutemen and guitar players would say he's underrated. Maybe relatively obscure or not well known. All it takes is listening to a couple of his songs to tell how good he was . Guy was a fucking master. Just saying.

@wpopopolo 11 жыл бұрын

someone who actually DESERVES a signature guitar!

@101Volts Ай бұрын

The one D. Boon was playing for this video is a Gibson Melody Maker that Mike Watt painted with cans of yellow paint, and also added a Strat Pup to in the bridge position, beside the metal pickguard. He didn't use it to record the guitar solo of this song, though, that sounds like a Telecaster Neck Pickup, and he often played Telecasters.

@edhelvey 11 ай бұрын

"I had to read the lines between the lies" is brilliant!

@LPMAN02 2 жыл бұрын

RIP D. Boon (April 1, 1958 - December 22, 1985), aged 27 You will be remembered as a legend

@tmat2024 2 ай бұрын

The 27 Club

@deathmetaldouglas69 10 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday D. Boon who would have been 56 today.

@stevencopley5487 3 ай бұрын

And this year 2024, he would have been 66. Doesn't seem possible. I took flowers to his and his mom's graves. Just felt like it should be done. 🙏

@xntricity6446 Күн бұрын

@@stevencopley5487❤

@SkaMasta097 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. D. Boon, the singer/guitarist. He would have been 61 years old today: born on April 1, 1958.

@stevencopley5487 3 ай бұрын

And now in 2024, 66. 😔

@elmoblatch9787 3 жыл бұрын

And today (Dec. 22, 2020) marks the 35th anniversary of d. Boone’s death at the age of 27 in a traffic accident. The axel fell off of his van while he was resting in the back. For punk rock in Los Angeles, that is the day the music died. Mike Watt did amazing work with fIREHOSE (and other bands) after that, but it definitely broke a part of his heart forever.

@tomread8748 Жыл бұрын

Heard rumours that the van was sabotaged by the authorities. Has anyone else heard similarly? Can't vouch for any views in particular one way or another, but it wouldn't surprise me.

@jose810725 Жыл бұрын

damn i cant even believe its been that long. i was lucky to have seen them at the LA street scene they were amazing.

@captainbillshatner 10 жыл бұрын

LOVE MINUTEMEN! This song made me understand that other people must die for my bbq

@fredericksaturnine4167 5 жыл бұрын

thinking you must be very troubled mind.

@xp8969 2 жыл бұрын

@@fredericksaturnine4167 ignorance is bliss

@literalwho9017 2 жыл бұрын

I just wanna grill for god's sake

@DouglasRichardson-er4ky 8 ай бұрын

Perfectly grilled meat for The People!!

@nutsackmania 17 күн бұрын

we have the best patients in the world...because of jail

@kingramses6978 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, I’m now converted, love this very underrated band. D.boon is God!

@PhilR720 9 жыл бұрын

SO MUCH awesome imagery in this. Helps you to realize that this ain't no picnic.

@SubaruWRXspdManual 8 жыл бұрын

+Phillip Roberts Yeah, if you listen to the lyrics, it'll make you think it's paranoid time...

@darling_danke_schoen 7 жыл бұрын

Phillip Roberts It makes me wanna Buzz or Howl under the influence of Heat!

@heatherpickett9550 7 жыл бұрын

It's a like, a political song for Michael Jackson to sing.

@g__wizz 7 жыл бұрын

if you read your history youll realize the lyrcs are spot on. mr von sterner...

@cdabcdefg12345 6 жыл бұрын

The ideas remind me of some shit from an old notebook I had a while ago

@tlc6912 7 жыл бұрын

When I first got into punk I never listened to Minutemen. I heard about them but I liked hardcore and crossover more. At the same time I was learning how to play the guitar. When I would play I would subconsciously do that move D Boon does in this video and in other. Once I got sick of the same bands I came back to Minutemen and loved them instantly. RIP D Boon, the greatest front man in all punk.

@MrMetalclay 7 жыл бұрын

I wish I could go back in time and see Minutemen live

@robblakley5805 4 жыл бұрын

30 somethin years ago I first heard this . And it still gets me like it did when I was a teenager . RIP D boon . Long live the Minutemen ...

@paulosicne5803 5 жыл бұрын

D. Boon was taken away from us way too soon.

@chetrok1 8 жыл бұрын

I love how Mike is laying the slab for D boone its so heavy one of the best funk bands glad SST put them out

@BomageMinimart Жыл бұрын

One of the absolute greatest bands ever; Og I love them still.

@silversnail1413 2 жыл бұрын

Such an intelligent band with a great sense of humor. A lot of their contemporaries in the punk scene took themselves way too seriously, and The Minutemen trumped them all in terms of experimentation and musical diversity by incorporating more varied influences and actually being able to lay down a groove.

@bochini1 11 жыл бұрын

Great video by the best band of all bands. The imagery is so powerful and even today helps us to understand the world the Minutemen lived in. Most of their experiences are now foreign to us but this gentlemen were very creative and their work is charged with the power of their ideas. The best part is that they are having fun and their art came straight from the heart even when they were trying to make a hit record.

@didoman2645 7 жыл бұрын

Pride of Pedro!

@DB-mw3sb 3 жыл бұрын

Was in 10th-11th grade when this came out - makes me feel old. Minutemen and X - got me into more than just hardcore. I would take Double Nickles if I were stranded on an island

@keithmcduffie7182 5 жыл бұрын

2019 And I STILL Miss You D. BOON!!! R.I.P.!!!!! 🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎶

@dca9143 7 жыл бұрын

HaHaHa epic D. Boon grass roll @2:48...miss you Minutemen!

@aaa77712 11 жыл бұрын

D.Boon and Mike Watt..the perfect combo!

@roosroost 11 жыл бұрын

love D.Boon rolling down the hill!

@cilleinmcevoy 11 жыл бұрын

His anniversary today :( 27 years gone...but not forgotten. D Boon is the King of the Hill.

@bigbadbillb 4 жыл бұрын

It was 1985. This video was my introduction to this band. Loved this song. I then bought "Project: Mersh" on cassette from my local record shop. Then, just as I was getting to discover and actually dig this band, D. Boon gets killed in that fatal car wreck.

@timepope 3 жыл бұрын

When someone asks me what music I liked in the 80s early 90s, I used to just say punk. But that is so broad. I now point them to this video

@lilikent9262 8 жыл бұрын

d.boon god rest your soul you ruled the guiter brother....OC RICK WESTMINSTER

@SK-le1gm 5 ай бұрын

D rolling down the hills at the end of the vid made my day 🤗 i used to do that when i was a kid

@geoffbalme3930 8 жыл бұрын

Hurley's hair. :) What a great band!

@KookyMiss2 9 жыл бұрын

What a totally awesome song!

@Tigerpuffer 3 жыл бұрын

This stuff is unreal. It's innovative, it's dynamic, it's socially conscious, it's funny, and it rocks. It blew my mind in the best of ways to learn that the theme to "Jackass" is a leftist anti-war anthem in itself. Minutemen were too cool for school, and still are.

@73dustpan 6 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this video when I was 12 back in the late 80’s on the USA ch when they would show videos late at night.

@raelockletree3858 4 жыл бұрын

These guys brought messages, D boon greatest front man of all time

@tjk355 3 жыл бұрын

I've been listening to Minutemen for over a decade and I've never heard this song!

@HermanWaldorf 2 жыл бұрын

one of the most innovative bands in punk-hc. Their path was followed by bands like Victims' Famliy and No Means No.

@SyThco13 7 жыл бұрын

The Minutemen are badass!!

@ndkpak 11 жыл бұрын

God they rocked! a lot of people will never have the chance to see them and thats a shame! saw them in 1986 opening for REM it was one show i will never forget!

@idolthreatpodcast2138 3 жыл бұрын

you forgot boon died in 85 so no way you saw them in 86.

@TheGunnCat 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when this video came out. I thought, The Minutemen would change MTV, and then MTV would change the world. And it did. It invented reality television.

@jhowitt88 4 ай бұрын

Thank god these guys met. R.I.P D.Boon

@jacobprice8048 4 жыл бұрын

Boon feeding his face, what a crazy concept. Just playing R.I.P. to the King Of The Hill

@ndkpak 11 жыл бұрын

i did catch the mike watt tour fo rhis tugboat album with Vedder, Grohl and the guitarist from foo fighters now! that was an awesome show, they all played each instrument as they rotated from song to song!

@FablesJonny 11 жыл бұрын

Probably the best alternative video ever!!

@berkeley4342 7 жыл бұрын

GOOD VIDEO POLITICS, HUMOR ,ORDER,MUSIC!

@101Volts 11 жыл бұрын

That might have been the very last show they ever played, In December 1985.

@ST-xg3gy 7 ай бұрын

The microphone loved his voice. True.

@mikebrosky7836 4 жыл бұрын

Purely amazing.

@blackcowboymusic 9 жыл бұрын

this video must have been fun as hell to shoot

@wigner 5 жыл бұрын

b1ack c0wboy this and every ween video

@FirstnameLastname-mb2ek 3 жыл бұрын

@@wigner Boognish

@kelechi_77 8 ай бұрын

@@wigner stay brown

@fuzzcous 6 жыл бұрын

This is a PIC-NIC

@evanabbott2737 8 жыл бұрын

NICE! It's just crazy that like a year later D. Boone was dead....

@ndkpak 11 жыл бұрын

to be honest cant remember, i just remember i was ushering at the FOX theater where they opened with Jason and the Scorchers for REM, i know it was one of the last tours because as i discovered them and D Boone, a chubby jamming dude jumping around the stage, i was hooked and bought double nickel which only got me even more hooked and then news came he had passed away, so i spend most of my time watching "we jam econo" to make up for it, so which ever year they opened for REM!

@JacquesTreehorn 8 жыл бұрын

They have a popularity greater than the velvet underground. not as much recorded history, maybe more will surface with time.

@ryanh9262 8 жыл бұрын

YOU are VERY WRONG about EVERYTHING

@noelbreitenbach8673 4 ай бұрын

This is fresh as ever

@wlsnpndrvs8593 2 жыл бұрын

It takes talent to roll down the hill street I'll tell you that. And this man had talent

@justinkline1294 3 жыл бұрын

Dude the fucking Mr. T mask gets me every time. So good.

@chipdalby5925 3 ай бұрын

greatest guitar solo ever?

@TheIkaraCult Жыл бұрын

Mission of Burma and the Minutemen - greartest three pieces of all time

@benpotaka5893 8 ай бұрын

So underrated D Boon tragically gone too soon RIP

@iscream2232 2 жыл бұрын

Fucking love this band

@SamFTheCriticKid 12 жыл бұрын

finally a mildly clear video of it

@pbrickley6247 9 жыл бұрын

Will the last American to leave San Pedro please grab the flag?

@auralepiphanies4055 8 ай бұрын

Wow never knew this existed. So cool. D boon for milessss

@ernestosaldivar1229 9 жыл бұрын

Hella Dope!

@wlsnpndrvs8593 2 жыл бұрын

I was stationed at Sunnyvale Air Force station with Boons brother. We hung out took wizwaz and went to Peter Gabriel concert. Wonder whatever happened to him I lost contact after I got out of the Air Force.

@seandevine451 11 жыл бұрын

its funy id play that game when i was a kid in illinois in the snow

@ERNESTDEADLY 11 ай бұрын

BRILL XX

@illreputed95 4 жыл бұрын

D. Boon’s words are not in vain

@VioletDeliriums 11 жыл бұрын

The only signature guitar I play is the one with my name on it, no hero worship!!! That's the biggest hype thingamabob ever, next to "vintage."

@kangtheconqueror938 6 жыл бұрын

Love these guys. Alongside Minor Threat and Void.

@darrinsiberia 4 жыл бұрын

It's like Devo had a nephew who was more punk than his uncle and said I'm gunna do it my way!

@skilstuckpliutsxiv9319 3 жыл бұрын

why dont we hear more about george hurley?

@KennyGarland 7 жыл бұрын

This one's for you D.

@idunno114 6 ай бұрын

best video ever

@leftybass5860 9 жыл бұрын

Say WATT ?

@Some.Canadian 7 жыл бұрын

P=IR = P equals current times resistance

@Some.Canadian 7 жыл бұрын

can't deny the times

@chaddeez8446 6 жыл бұрын

Don't drop the MIKE!

@ciaranconner4770 5 жыл бұрын

Rip Mike Watt i went through 3 of him on Mordheim City of the Damned

@jimtuna1354 4 жыл бұрын

@@ciaranconner4770 mike watt is still alive

@stpaulimdog 10 жыл бұрын

I used to have that exact crown!

@SoftDrinksOfChoice 3 жыл бұрын

The should've been the King of the Hill show's theme.

@patricklink8527 2 жыл бұрын

That's a horrible idea. This song stands against everything the clown on that show stands for. I was not a huge fan. But I think using the refreshments a fun Texas band if nothing else, was probably the best idea.

@lunasrojas_ 3 жыл бұрын

There must exist some copy of this video in better quality somewhere out there, I really hope someone find it someday

@hahasimp 3 жыл бұрын

The video gives off a very devo vibe

@benjamoskardi 11 жыл бұрын

Damn they rule!

@orlandoinan 11 жыл бұрын

Rip d. Boon.

@tmat2024 11 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@adamsmith9473 Жыл бұрын

This is the humans death anthem. Loved since I was like 20

@MichaelHansenFUN 5 жыл бұрын

damn d boon is a decent singer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@therandomband2007 Жыл бұрын

❤

@iprey4surf 7 ай бұрын

If you don't know the minutemen, you don't know real punk. Even better if you have seen them in their fucked up glory.

@lopakavolmer6723 7 ай бұрын

I remember the day D died, we partied. With marijuana. With a clenched fist. At our age... history of our world.

@fleakova 11 жыл бұрын

mike watt adamdır kraldır

@rdeery3688 5 жыл бұрын

I never really listened to The Minutemen, just knew of them and Mike Watt. But everywhere I read they label them under hardcore punk/punk. This may be a lot more experimental punk, but it's definitely a lot different than the sounds of the time. Not bad, just different, I don't know that i'd lump it in with hardcore punk.

@KravMagoo 4 жыл бұрын

The were never hardcore. Of course, all of those labels have malleable and amorphous meanings, since British punks, NY punks, and Cali punks were all totally different. Mike and D. always called themselves punk, but their understanding of the word is basically that any person who isn't "part of the professional music scene" can still "do music" without having to pass some corporate acceptability test. To them, punk just means doing your own thing. They did it with other Cali punks who were more "standard" Cali punk, like Black Flag, but they were true to themselves and actually enjoyed musicianship much more than the scene and the pose.

@J3ampyx 2 жыл бұрын

Legendarios

@berrygremlin8094 2 жыл бұрын

I miss D. Boon

@gravm Жыл бұрын

Guitarist reminds me of Hugh Cornwall. Move away from distortion.

@VioletDeliriums 11 жыл бұрын

i pressed like for fun

@friendlywalrus6971 11 жыл бұрын

...and that was the last we saw of D. Boon

@matt4122 7 жыл бұрын

Doe anyone else think the Trumpeter resembles Coop from Wet Hot American Summer?

@chunkyass69 7 жыл бұрын

I think he looks like john lithgow

@sssnacksss 3 күн бұрын

2:02 where are you now? out yourself in these comments

@infowazz 10 жыл бұрын

the hill looks familiar------Blind Melon?

@101Volts 10 жыл бұрын

Are those burp noises only in the music video? I think so.

@Lumiclan 7 жыл бұрын

I thought it'd be the actual song from King Of the HIll with Hank HIll, Peggy hill, and Bobby Hill. but whatever, still awesome.

@patricklink8527 2 жыл бұрын

You're not that bright are you. First of all you miss the Minuteman . Secondly The Refreshments have been around a very long time and they are Texas band which makes perfect sense as to why they play the band play this theme song for that dumb show.