My friend is stunned by the genius' display! JERRY LEE LEWIS

My friend is stunned by the genius' display! JERRY LEE LEWIS - Whole lotta shakin goin on REACTION

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JERRY LEE LEWIS - Whole lotta shakin goin on REACTION
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@Lakeshore14 Жыл бұрын

Jerry Lee was the consummate entertainer. He was pretty wild and was always dealing with negative press due to his personal life. He was a great piano player. He is still living although no longer performs due to his health issues. One thing you can say about him, you never knew what he would do on stage. Unpredictable.

@The55nomad 11 ай бұрын

Yyees. He can sing. He can perform. And he can rock n roll. Yes, "The Killer," indeed can.

@kathybwell Жыл бұрын

Yes he lit his piano on fire! He was performing with Chuck Berry and was jealous that Chuck was closing the show. So Jerry put some gasoline in a bottle and took it with him on stage. While he was performing 'Great Balls of Fire' he lit his piano on fire - and finished the song! The stunt closed the show and Chuck, well he didn't get to perform that night.

@oldermusiclover Жыл бұрын

setting any musical instrument on fire is Criminal(as someone who used to play piano)

@slicksnewonenow Жыл бұрын

@@oldermusiclover hiya Ginny - I'm sure that a piano wasn't the only thing that JLL set on fire... He really was a Wild Man. The reason (his reason) for doing it, was that he and Chuck Berry were on the same bill. Berry was at the top of the charts, Lewis was just below. The show promotor decided that Berry should close the show (an idea that JLL didn't like too much)... So Lewis agreed. But he sent one of his guys down the street from the theater to the drugstore, to buy a big can of lighter fluid. He went on second to last, as agreed upon. But near the end of Great Balls of Fire (his current hit), he opened the lighter fluid and dumped it into the piano and lit it... And finished out the song. Of course the crowd went absolutely wild... And apparently on his way off stage, he said to Berry, "follow THAT". Anyhow... I'm sure that a pint of lighter fluid didn't cause a grand piano TOO MUCH damage, it burns off awful quick. But it's said that he's absolutely destroyed pianos and piano benches before... Essentially making firewood out of them. But I agree with you... I hate seeing a beautiful instrument abused, too. I've played guitar for over forty years... And I always cringed when I'd see Pete Townshend or Garth Brooks smash a guitar....

@jennifursun3303 Жыл бұрын

@@slicksnewonenow thanks me too

@vernongrant3596 Жыл бұрын

As he walked off stage, he said to Chuck Berry "Follow that Killer!"

@757optim Жыл бұрын

The Killer was something else. I think the fire incident was over who would close the show. The way I heard it, Jerry wanted to close and wasn't allowed to, so he set the piano on fire and said, "Follow that", as he left the stage. Sounds about right.

@johnst.baptiste3664 Жыл бұрын

As a pianist myself, The Killer was an outright monster. Definitely in my top dozen of all (recording) time.

@theseeker6355 Жыл бұрын

You guys are good i agree with everything you said about Jerry Lee...

@marybaillie8907 Жыл бұрын

Jerry Lee Lewis had been singing this for a while before he recorded this. He added a propulsion boogie piano, the drummer apt up his performance and they used a muted guitar for the recording. He was considered fairly outrageous for this time. I believe his biggest hit was "Great Balls of Fire". You two are so funny. Great Reaction Harri and Tevian. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

@alanjay981 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mary, I am both a Film & music historian which leads me to ask have U seen a rarely shown film High School Confidential 1958.If not key in High School Confidential opening credits There's a good opening scene with JLL on the back of a truck singing the song as it drives into the High School.Also there are some very good tracks from Sun records that he recorded without singing that have now gone under the radar.Try when U can DIXIE, IN THE MOOD & YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE.Maybe you've come across them maybe U haven't. All the best.

@denicesanders4586 Жыл бұрын

They used to run High School Confidential on AMC in the old days of programming. I saw it several times in the 1990's.

@marybaillie8907 Жыл бұрын

@@alanjay981 Thanks so much. I shall check into those songs. I'm sure I've seen clips of JLL playing in this movie. High School Confidential was also a great song for Canadian Band, Rough Trade in the 80's. Thanks again. 👍✌️🇨🇦

@reneechalfant3473 Жыл бұрын

This was fun to listen to the two of you .

@jonicurry5406 Жыл бұрын

He was early rock pay homage y’all it was born here. His career didn’t end w his marriage. Love your channel

@giuliogrifi7739 Жыл бұрын

Remember the live rendition by TEN YEARS AFTER's Alvin Lee on guitar...at Woodstock '69...in the middle of "GOIN' HOME" ?.....this is the man who first made a hit of it !

@AnnE-mn8ny Жыл бұрын

The unique emergence of Jerry Lee Lewis was every parent's nightmare.

@ragulper Жыл бұрын

Haha, your friend were sitting there, looking so grim and concentrated that I started to wonder. Then he turned: "He's crazy!" That's when I knew he got it. 🤪

@steveclapper5424 Жыл бұрын

I saw him when he was an old man still getting it.

@johnbruin5547 Жыл бұрын

The "Killer"!

@debrabeck9630 Жыл бұрын

Jerry Lee was amazing! When he, Elvis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash had a sort of impromptu meeting at Sun Studios one day, the sound engineer fortunately recorded it. No one wanted to follow Jerry Lee!

@dichter331 Жыл бұрын

This... Wallpaper is great.

@susanengland3919 Жыл бұрын

This is a VERY young Jerry Lee.

@robbansa Жыл бұрын

You 2 guys are my favoritepair old time music reactionists.

@webbtrekker534 Жыл бұрын

Jerry Lee was known as the "Wild Man". I saw him in concert back in the early 1970's. Great show!

@emilyflotilla931 Жыл бұрын

Jerry gave that edge to the early days of Rock and Roll!

@stevechilders2624 Жыл бұрын

Great balls of fire is a good autobiography film I thought. Dennis Quaid did a great job of conveying the totally out there performances…

@flutesong5527 Жыл бұрын

yu didn't mention the host of the show he was on. Steve Allen was an amazing human being!

@marvinfeinstein7541 Жыл бұрын

Saw The Killer , when I was a kid , at the Alan Fried rock and roll show , at the Brooklyn Paramount theater . He set his piano on fire , they had to call the fire department . Great show .

@paulwhite5840 Жыл бұрын

The original Tonight Show with Steve Allen. Classic!

@SheenaRea Жыл бұрын

I didn't realize JLLewis was so crazy!! When his hair started bobbing up and down, I lost it!! 😂

@wombatwilly1002 Жыл бұрын

Original rocknroll baby!

@vernongrant3596 Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Killer. Pure genius!

@edithdavis2848 Жыл бұрын

His Chantilly Lace is a great song. The fuss was not only his cousin but she was only 14.

@michaellynch5254 Жыл бұрын

You should definitely show him some more Lewis live.

@mr.marcus3123 Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g6qmf7l-nK-adYk.html /with Dave Edmonds! 'Nuf said!

@827dusty Жыл бұрын

Jerry Lee Lewis, AKA "The Killer", was a Wildman. This good old Boy from the southern United States was a Rock and Roller in the mid 1950s, when Elvis, and Little Richard were stars. Jerry Lee was just as big for a while.

@SnarkyLady Жыл бұрын

I saw him LIVE at the rock hall of fame concert. He did a duet with bruce springsteen. It was the best concert ever!! Lots of singers pairing with people you would never see ordinarily. Check it out. Think it was 2000 or so?

@debbiechang5781 Жыл бұрын

Jerry Lee Lewis could be the poster boy for “too much caffeine”(or possibly something stronger😂). In any case, he’s always fun to watch 🌺✌️

@edithmaxim2041 Жыл бұрын

He's never changed. You need to see live video from 70's. He went on to record great country songs. "Middle Age Crazy" etc.

@kevinsmith4429 Жыл бұрын

Think about THIS show: Elvis,Jerry Lee Lewis,Johnny Cash. That was his first tour .He'd always go on first,do all this crazy shit then walk off past the other two saying Beat That! Crazy man, married his like 2'nd cousin(think she was 14.) BIG STUFF for the late 50's.

@cherylwilkinson3228 Жыл бұрын

After Jerry's Rock and Roll years, he became popular as a country singer and was just inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this year.

@patriciacope6533 Жыл бұрын

HIS cousins were Jimmy Swaggart and Mickey Gilley

@karlmay1949 Жыл бұрын

Last man standing still, god bless Jerry Lee

@killerb6792 2 ай бұрын

He was the first headbanger

@renewilliams7600 Жыл бұрын

Jerry is still alive. He just recorded a Gospel Album with his cousin Jimmy Swaggart. Their other cousin Mickey Gilly was supposed to be on the record too but he passed away before they recorded it.

@davidpitt9528 Жыл бұрын

He set a piano on fire one night and kept playing it

@RocknRollPiano Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you did this video, it was great to see. I know Jerry Lee Lewis personally and have for many years, he's a very nice man, and has a wickedly sharp, fast and dry humor that you have to be very quick to catch a lot of times lols. He's of course an elderly man now, very frail but still mentally sharp as a tack. He spends most of his days in "his chair" at home in Nesbit, MS.

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 Жыл бұрын

" Splish Splash I was Taking a Bath "

@davidpitt9528 Жыл бұрын

He passed a few weeks ago RIP Jerry Lee

@qanugvabonecollector3945 Жыл бұрын

❤

@beegee1960 Жыл бұрын

You should do Mickey Gilly’s THE GIRLS ALL GET PRETTIER AT CLOSING TIME. He was Jerry’s cousin, grew up in the same small southern town and had the same piano teacher. Their styles were similar. Another cousin who grew up along side them was Reverend Jimmy Swaggert. Jimmy, just like Jerry and Mickey could sing and play a mean piano.

@janefones5505 Жыл бұрын

That song makes you shake..great piano playing.Hello to Tavian,from Jane in yale ,Michigan USA

@oldermusiclover Жыл бұрын

you need to do the video of Jerry Lee, Ray Charles and Fats Domino together it is great. Jerry Lee , Jimmy Swaggart and Micky Gilley were cousins and took lessons from the same lady

@davelegget1000 Жыл бұрын

you have to listen to Jerry do Sweet Georgia Brown or Mona Lisa to Appreciate his apptitude on the n piano.

@Matt421975 Жыл бұрын

The only thing your buddy knew about Jerry Lee Lewis was the whole to-do with his cousin. I admit it, I laughed.

@chuckmoseley3771 Жыл бұрын

Wild Jerry Lee, he grew up about 20 miles from Elvis. Introduce your friend to another great Jeff Healey. Mesmerizing

@lindaartz3297 9 ай бұрын

Kid Rock and Jerry Lee did songs together and there are videos on KZfaq of them in the recording studio

@bryanforis1839 Жыл бұрын

That’s way he was first to a lot rock roll

@adamrichards3174 Жыл бұрын

Jerry Lee Lewis is the last man standing from the early days of rock n roll. 86 years old, and semi-retired, but still here.

@thedocofrock1890 Жыл бұрын

if you guys have a chance you would love the movie 'great balls of fire' from 1989 starring dennis quaid as jerry lee. quaid intently studied the moves and stlyle of piano insanity that jerry lee brought to his performances. although lewis himself did not like the movie quaid really nails his mannerisms and crazy personality. great movie

@jaymichaels5187 Жыл бұрын

The bass player is J W Brown who was Jerry's uncle and father-in-law ! J W along with Jerry might still be alive .

@sallyshipwreck4315 Жыл бұрын

Jerry Lee is still with us! Now you must listen to Great Balls of Fire!

@paulfuller8985 Жыл бұрын

I heard an interview with Eric Burdon who said that in the early days of The Animals they were on tour in Britain with Lewis and Berry and they hated each other's guts . Eric said there were fights on the bus and a lot of racist remarks . The Animals hid at the back of the bus trying to stay out of it . The first time I saw Jerry Lee Lewis was on the Johny Cash Show on TV about 1970 . He was great , although a little clich`ed because he was getting old by that time .

@lewisclabough8305 Жыл бұрын

You need to see him at his Live Rock and Roll Revival Concerts! He ends his show with This Song...as it ends band still plays and as the crowd yells for more he co ed back to the piano and Totally Rocks out! I've seen Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Stones and No One Leaves the crowd in a Pysched up Frenzy like Jerry Lee Lewis.

@thor8580 Жыл бұрын

You really check him out on The Ed Sullivan Show.

@micheled6111 Жыл бұрын

He married his 13-year old cousin before his divorce was final. Just a little zinger to add…

@edithmaxim2041 Жыл бұрын

He does my favorite version of "Somehwere Over the Rainbow".

@michaeldavidfigures9842 Жыл бұрын

You guys need to see some of the clips where Jerry plays the piano with his feet.

@glendoraolaf3999 Жыл бұрын

In the late 50's some called Jerry Lee Lewis "The Greatest Live Show on Earth"...

@cmc8375 Жыл бұрын

He once set fire to the piano! Although I don't really approve of people destroying instruments. Think it was while performing Great Balls of Fire.

@danawelch5593 Жыл бұрын

Rockabilly

@michaelteret4763 Жыл бұрын

You two should have a talk show together.

@dougieyou Жыл бұрын

They don't call him "Killer" for nothing...He's all killer and no filler Baby !!!!

@danger5272 Жыл бұрын

So we all know that the guitar is far and away the primary rock and roll instrument. Did you know that 3 of the first 5 rock stars admitted to the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were piano players? Along with JLL there was Fats Domino and Little Richard. I saw them all perform live. 3 incredible talents.

@TheFarmerfitz Жыл бұрын

Yes, he really did set the piano on fire once... Yrs later in an interview he talks about how stupid it was... Of course, there is absolutely no video of it... The closest you'll get to the actual event is the scene in the movie "Great Balls of fire" where he sets piano on fire... As per the movie, Jerry Lee was prrforming at a venue with Chuck Berry... Jerry Lee always perferred to close the show, and because JLL''s record was ahead of Berrys at the time He thought he should clise the show... However, Berrys manager smuggly pointed out that it was in Berry's contract to clise the show... So, JLL concedes, somehow aquires some lighter fluid, goes out and puts on about the wildest show in his carreer, during ladt instrumental part of Great Balls of fire, pours it around in the piano and sets a match to it... Continues to play the ending of the song... I do not know how Berry's segment went afterwards...

@barrycohen311 Жыл бұрын

It was during Jerry's tour of England that the 13 y.o. cousin story broke! The British Press ate him alive. He had brought her over there for the tour. He came back to America kind of in disgrace since the news broke here as well.

@jimelliott2805 Жыл бұрын

you need to here Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy play and sing

@dagmar.6954 Жыл бұрын

Jerry Lee Lewis is a singer, songwriter & pianist. He was nicknamed "The Killer" & was known as "rock & roll's" first great wild man as seen in live shows. He had some great hits in the 50's such as "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Great Balls Of Fire", "Breathless", "High School Confidential". His rock & roll career faltered in the 60's because of the scandal of his marriage to his 13-year-old cousin. His career picked up again in the late 60's-70's.

@kevinsmith4429 Жыл бұрын

There is actually film of him going on stage in London & being attacked & run off the stage because of it.

@joanwills8563 Жыл бұрын

THE KILLER

@richardkelley9224 Жыл бұрын

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@christinelegate8137 Жыл бұрын

Harri, you need the watch his performance on the Ed Sullivan show where he did a medley of 3 songs.. Great Balls of Fire, What I say? And Whole Lot Of Shaking Going On. It’s even better than this video.

@user-iq6io2wh1o Ай бұрын

Do great balls of fire

@kianpa1 Жыл бұрын

How’d he get away with that? /know this song

@decdavey6470 Жыл бұрын

You have to see the one made in Germany in 1964. It's way crazier than this!

@Hartlor_Tayley Жыл бұрын

Speed was a factor imho

@craigplatel813 Жыл бұрын

There's another live performance out there that has the kids around the piano. It makes this one pale in comparison.

@nedpiper64 11 ай бұрын

You're missing the whole point by watching these filmed for television versions.

@danwilliams9299 Жыл бұрын

There is just really not much to say. You just watched him. Nuff said rite? The killer- dan 8/22/22.

@trishafaulk2067 Жыл бұрын

It's too bad his personal life crashed his career, could you imagine what other music he might have put out if he hadn't married his teenage cousin. Although he did have her parents permission and it was legal in that state at the time, weird as it all was.

@bigchief5023 Жыл бұрын

Richard wished he had the talent of Elvis and Jerry, he took the victim road instead . Chuck Berry will always be the King of Rock -n-Roll.

@bloppysloppy2283 Жыл бұрын

Little Richard wrote quite a few Rock and Roll classics. JLL wasn't a songwriter. Both are/were great pianists, singers and showmen.

@bigchief5023 Жыл бұрын

@@bloppysloppy2283 Richard was a hater, and you know what they say about that.

@bloppysloppy2283 Жыл бұрын

@@bigchief5023 He was still talented. He had everything voice, chops, songwriting, charisma and performance.

@movieman1556 Жыл бұрын

This is not a good version to watch. Best to hear the studio version.

@DelEast740 Жыл бұрын

His cousin's daughter....13 year old cousin 🤢🤮. That's what messed up the royals back in the day.

@renegilbertson9737 Жыл бұрын

Better than Elton John¿??

@jamestaylor2920 Жыл бұрын

Good question, but have you ever seen Jerry Lee Lewis perform his show ... playing piano and singing ... in a duck costume? I do not remember Sir Elton ever lighting his piano on fire. Both are consummate entertainers that give everything they have to the audience. Elton John is far and away the better musician. However would the world even know Elton's name without Jerry Lee Lewis and his ilk (Carl Perkins, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ray Charles) leading the way? We all stand on the shoulders of giants and build upon those that came before. Elton has certainly influenced many musicians and entertainers throughout his many decades of performing. Thankfully the world has had the chance to experience them both in their own environment and throughout the many decades of their careers.

@renegilbertson9737 Жыл бұрын

@@jamestaylor2920 yes sir I did

@jamestaylor2920 Жыл бұрын

@@renegilbertson9737 You saw Jerry Lee "The Killer" Lewis give a performance in a duck costume? I would welcome any information that you can provide to help in tracking down this performance. This I've got to see if I am correctly interpreting your "yes sir I did" answer. Respectfully!