Living Colour - Cult Of Personality (Official Video)
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- Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024
- Official Video for "Cult Of Personality" by Living Colour
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Lyrics:
Look in my eyes, what do you see?
The cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
I've been everything you want to be
I'm the cult of personality
Like Mussolini and Kennedy
I'm the cult of personality
The cult of personality
The cult of personality
Neon lights, Nobel Prize
When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You won't have to follow me
Only you can set me free
#LivingColour #CultOfPersonality #HardRock #FunkMetal #AlternativeMetal
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This song will forever be relevant
Real talk
Especially with all the stupid people who are easily deceived by corrupted businessmen who think they are qualified to be president of the USA.
for real
And only gets more so every day.
And now WE ARE LIVING IT!!
Two things that helped me discovered this gem:
1. Radio X on GTA San Andreas
2. CM Punk's entrances since 2011
Woah, I didn't know that Cult of personality was in GTA San adnreas
i think one of the tony hawks game had it too
bro i miss those days
The meaning of the song is stupidity because no one would want to live under stalin or North Korea!
On god
This song is 35 years old, yet these lyrics still speak loud to this very day.
Yes, absolutely and unfortunately probably always will.
That’s when a song is truly amazing. When the lyrics still stand the test of time.
At least to me lol
Truth!
It applies very much to both Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
@@joelbrooks3198 most world leaders. The Saturnists cult
"You gave me fortune; you gave me fame. You gave me power in YOUR God's name."
That's deep ...
The Fellows Bring it! Hendrix would be Proud!;
@@RaymondCernek-e5lfunny you mentioned that, about 12-13 years ago I went to the "experience Hendrix" tour with a bunch of artists who were doing Hendrix covers. Living Color was one of them, and Vernon (if I remember it was Vernon but it may have been another member) told the story of a kid who played guitar weird and his family put up in their house/apartment, he would always play these licks that (Vernon?) thought were a bit wild, and then a few days later the kid took off. Some time later he heard the same lick on the radio and realized it was Hendrix. Pretty cool!
Used to listen to this song a lot back in the lare 80s early 90s while in the Army. Arabs hate this song.
As a young black kid in 1988 I remember staying up to watch this video on Friday night videos after Johnny Carson and seeing them.. an all black rock band.. it made me smile.. I was 16 years old and it wasn't a lot of black rock bands out at this time
As far as I know there still isnt. I didnt even know this "genre" (black rock or even black metal) band even existed. Especially since rock and metal music is stereotypically "white people music"
That’s so true
I am a 32 two year old black woman watching this now and I've known about the band since 2008...and it still makes me smile seeing a black nonconformist band
me too
Slash, one of the biggest rock guitarists in history is light skin black
That guitar solo is out of this world.
This song fits Trump so much
You're probably not a guitarist, this may sound good but its just some pentatonic mumbling and a whammy bar
@@17-MASYCult of “Personality “ - Cult of Criminality
@@17-MASYyou & other oxygen thieves will be dealt with after our 👑takes office as your president,you will respect & honor him or else sweet baby boy
@@LSLS1 I am a guitarist and the inconspicuous energy is absolutely mind-blowing here. You can describe anything the way you want to describe. Dimebag is just whammy wank on effect pedals. Tony Iommi is just pentatonic mumbling with a ring modulator. Marty Friedman is just classical scale sweep and tapping wank. Tom Morello is just acting like a chimpanzee battering some strings. That's not how music works, bro. Sometimes the simplest stuff is the best - could be because of the way it's arranged, how it complements the song's dynamics and texture as a whole.
One of the most underrated guitar solos of all time.
I think about it often.
One of the most indescribable guitar solos of all time, this is what Kerry king would sound like if he was any good
@@gailpink504 Good analysis
the sound of my unleashed schizophrenia when off my meds... 🎸👹☠💪\m/
It was the solo that invented solos.👍
It's 2024 & this song is still relevant. A timeless classic.
CM punk helps the cause
Man, I do wish there was a way to second that through emoji 😂
♪ Like Diaper Donny, and Russkie Vladdy ♪ I'm the cult of personality ♪
@@jamzam93 As a fellow Chicago resident I can say most of us share the same beliefs as Punk.
Agree 👍 😊
I still can’t believe this song came out in 1987. It was way ahead of its time and still one of my favorite songs to this day.
Remember what was going on in the 80s
I remember when it came out but I always that it was Lenny Krafitz
I'm sixty and jammed this song when it came out, 10 years later while bathing my kids and right now.
Unbelievable
I am pretty sure that Lenny Kravitz is influenced by them.
That guitar solo was so epic
still an active comment section after 9 years
Yes it was
Bruh the 4 mins and 53 seconds is epic.
especially 3:30 - 3:34
@@hanaleisurfcompany9312 hell yeaaaaaaa
this band is about to see a whole new surge in popularity
This song pays well.
Why?
@@juangerenagomez4676 cm punk used this song when he was in WWE and rumours are he’s going to AEW tonigjt
Cm punk! Cm punk!
He's BACK
survivor series 2023;
"electric to say the least"
cult of personilty hits
goosebumbs and emotions hit like a truck.
hell froze over.
"When a leader speaks, that leader dies." Wow!
And in that moment you see King Luther King.
That's why the last Great President was JFK! Even though he may have been a womanizer and Catholic, two things I'm not or ever will be, he was about to expose a lot of the corruption in Washington, District of Criminals, and they had to silence him.
*COUGH* *COUGH* KIM JUNG *COUGH*
@@superdank1621 how do you miss spell jong? I literally rhymes with dong which is what he is.
Abraham Lincoln as well.
This band is criminally underrated
Under rated in the world of worthless and tone deaf snowflake millennials. In the 80s these guys were highly rated.
Absolutely!
Their everything was awesome
been saying that for years. I blame MTV.
It’s illegal for them to be unknown
@@flukyreview9128 True
One of the greatest rock songs of all time. Never get tired of it.
Yeah that's true. Sadly it's not often played here in Germany.
A masterpiece of Rock culture 💪🏽🎸
IKR, especially since my father was once a roadie for the group that performed this
More relevant now than ever
@edwardscott2975 yep, you can thank C.M Punk for that
Yeah, still sounds fresh even after all this time. Forgot how much I liked it. He's got such an amazing voice and presence.
That 3rd verse - is sung so amazingly intense…
- You gave me fortune!
- You gave me fame!
- You gave me power in. your. god’s name!
- I’m very person you need to be!
C'MON AIN'T NOBODY DONE YET
And it's officially become a reality. November 5th, 2024. The Cult of Personality has been given Fortune, Fame, and Power in God's name.
He flashed the Illuminati sign in the video
These guys can still perform this song perfectly. How is that possible
The reemergence of CM Punk to Professional Wrestling that’s how!
@@comoamosto5224 They only rehired Punk, Goldberg, Edge, etc bc their ratings are tanking. WWE has gone down the shitter quality wise as they have no real competition.
@@rionthemagnificent2971 punk went to AEW not WWE
They have what pop stars will never have. Actual talent.
@@jamesco0329 I don't know about that. Most pop stars can actually sing but the real talentless people are the mumble rappers. They have seemed to die out, but 6ix9ine is still somewhat relevant.
This will go down as one of the most iconic songs in history. This song will never die.
agreed
Never!!
These guys are a 1 hit Wonder think about it so you know any other songs by this band besides this one I don't think so nobody does.
Songs that reference recurring/rhyming topics in history. They did a fabulous job. Good on them!
@@jaredhuntley2955 Middle Man, Times Up, those are two others of my favorites. Sure they aren't Metallica, but they have more good songs other than this
This song is more relevant today than ever.
Everyone says that about whatever today they're in.
I would completely agree with this comment. The reason is this. With the amount of media saturation and people being Instagram famous now, everyone gets the bulk of their entertainment from ingesting the personalities of others who are broadcast to them through all these platforms. Some of the lyrics are virtually prophetic, given that the internet was barely a dream when it was written and at that time, you only had the personalities of broadcast TV or MTV at best. The people we adore are being everything we want them to be, quite literally.
Monkey D. Luffy trump is a cult of personity.
I'll say. CM Punk is back!
KN North it’s amplified today because of how they’re putting fear into people with this global “pandemic” ruclips.net/video/A4jtqWJgm5s/видео.html
This song will continue to be relevant now until January 2029...
You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You gave me power in your god's name
It will continue to be true until the end of time. All politicians are cults of personality. That's how they rise to power
Forgot this bit, I apologize. Unless you want to go back to birthright leaders and the dangers they hold, all leaders will be cults of personality.
I hope you understand that Obama was just as much a cult of personality as Trump…. Very bizarre that people only attach this to Trump.
@kkandola9072 Obama wasn't worshipped like a god. There weren't Obama signs everywhere you went. There weren't dudes buying Obama merchandise.
Its apples to fucking oranges. Sit this one out.
@@kkandola9072 I can accept Obama was also a cult of personality. Notice in the song they also quote JFK and Roosevelt. This isn't about party. But, only one of these presidents has publicly stated a desire to be a dictator.
To day is my dad 60TH Birthday. He passed away 4 months ago. This was his favorite song... This is for you dad RIP
Sorry about that
Your Dad had great taste in music. God bless him.
My Mom died at age 55. That was 17 years ago. She loved Elvis. Play Van Halen at my funeral!!
@Jonathan Meyer 5Head
Use Edo Tensei, to bring your dad back:v
35 years later, and this absolute flamethrower of a song still gives me goosebumps
Cm punk is back.............
...
_It gave us all goosebumps last night._
CM PUNK CM PUNK CM PUNK CM PUNK
Always thought the song was a bit more of a pipebomb
they were influenced by Funkadelic, and the torch got passed onto TV On The Radio and Outkast (while they rapped a little) definitely took a page out of their book on how to make music 👌🏻
Im telling you, man. Most people listen this song on the radio and don't realize just how fucking powerful this song is. Great tune
Agree
Said everybody ever about every song they love to death lmao
Its on the radio?
So true bro 👍🏽
Every member is killing it. This is the first time after 100s of listens that I payed much attention to the bass. DAMN.
0:10 I love that Guitar!
👽🔥💯
This song released 37 years ago - …. and actually understanding the magnitude of the lyrics decades later (in 2024) is absolutely CHILLING!!! 😳
Spot on!
Scary
Heavy Metal music is only worth listening to when it is political and controversial !
@@Miss_Maggie & pay tribute to The Best In The World CM Punk
This song fits Trump so much
Once upon a few years ago, my oldest son yelled to me to come listen to some "New" music he found. I listened for a minute, then left the room. He was irritated with me. How dare I leave in the middle of a song?
I returned with the album on vinyl.
Baby, your mama was rocking to Living Color long before you were a thought.
🤘🤘
Right on!!!
Sweet 🤘🏼😎💖
Ha!!!
@@Rebelheart1985 that's awesome. You're doing something right.
"Only you can set you free."
Very powerful.
If only more knew that
I think there's a consistency in the chorus: they've always been spoken by the deceiver. "You won't have to follow me, only you can set me free" in the first chorus seems to imply that the deceiver was trying to win people's sympathy by playing an underdog or a victim, but this was only the beginning of a bigger plot, and the deceiver must maximize the profit through the next step: incite the public. "He won't have to follow me, only you can set you free" in the second chorus seems to imply that the death of "a leader" doesn't have to matter, what matters is YOU, every member of the society who falls for "cult of personality" and agrees with the deceiver. Protest, riot, or do whatever you can for a "movement", so the deceiver can expand his/her influence and cash your efforts in.
most can't
Because it's true!
Philosophy for dummies.
I don't think I've ever heard such an awesome song before that literally becomes more relevant as time goes on
"When a leader speaks, that leader dies" What a powerful line that gets overlooked in this song.
Seems fake deep to me.
@@DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthree nope. Just sounds like something a stupid person says to sound smart.
@@DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthree I'm not sure what you mean. In that it sounds like something an idiot would say to sound profound, when in actuality it is just nonsense
@@IoiniEverson that's dumb. George W Bush spoke and he lived.
@@timothygalvin3021 When somebody speaks the real truth they tend to get assassinated. MLK and JFK are perfect examples of this. Do you see what I mean?
These guys were criminally underrated..I was that kid at the end of the video..this song is more relevant now than ever
Wait u were?!?!
That’s pretty cool
You were a little girl?
@@myguy647 derp
The only thing we have to fear is the fear itself. Absurdity is Violence. Voltaire
About a year and a half ago, my oldest son hollered to me as I walked in the door after my shift. "Mom! You have to listen to this band!" I listened for a moment, then walked away. My son called me back, because he wanted to share the music he "discovered". I returned with the vinyl. I put it in his hand. My son had discovered the music of my youth. He was happily stunned, and I was tremendously proud.
indeed. Each generation finds that the music they create or enjoy is built upon a past.
aliyamoon80 always a great parent moment.
Great story!
cool!
Good open minded kid, there is so much great music the youth today are missing out on, its refreshing to see that some of them dig around for it
Corey Glover was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an American actor known for his performance as Francis in Platoon (1986), and for his roles on The Keeper and Reunion. He is also known for being the lead singer and front man for the popular 80s Rock Band, Living Colour.
From the interwebz
10-22-2024
thanks ,what a memory
Its 2020 and this song still kicks ass.
🤘
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
So much azz
Already know 👍
Hell yeah it still do this 💯 day 🎼🎵🎶🎸👍🤘
-I exploit you, yet you still love me
Still relevant to this day that line.
It just amazes how there is gonna be so many people during the upcoming New World Order/7 Year Tribulation who are gonna think the AntiChrist is gonna be this ultimate hero. Little do they know, he is gonna be operated by satan himself.
And, “I tell you 1 & 1 makes 3” and orange cult still believes it!!
Someone needs to do this video to clips of the MSM and Dem party. Wow...VIRAL fosho! Buy this song Trump!
@@NonTypicalRacing Oh the dripping irony of what you just said. Trump's got a cult of personality too don't-ya-know? The trouble isn't _their cult_ or _your cult,_ it's that there *are cults of personality.*
@flazzorb you dont have to keep reposting same comment. TRUMP'24
I think this might be one of the greatest songs in the history of rock and roll.
I think you're absolutely right!
No lie, this song is just so fucking good
Nah, but greatest song on GTA San Andrea's though.
Too bad they were essentially one hit wonders
@@markrago5024 "Type" was the shit. "Love Rears Its Ugly Head" was pretty good too.
Still sounds fresh in 2024. And that f'in riff. And that solo. Chef's kiss
Absolutely!!!!!
this dudes voice is insanely cool sounding
So true love he’s voice
Definitely
Yes indeed!
They should have went a lot further
You are so right
This group made me believe it was ok for me to be a black girl from the hood to jam rock music with no apologies. Thank you
🤘
It is perfectly ok. I’m a white boy from the burbs. You are welcome to be with us rockers.
They're doing the same for a coloured boy from South Africa 🖤(look up South African Coloured people before you decide to get offended)
Rock on young lady!
same here!
Over 30 years old. The most relevant song in the world today.
This and Michael Jackson's "They don't really care about us"
agreed
Also Refuse/Resist by Sepultura as well
and "Torero" from Chayanne.
Killing in the name of by rage against the machine as well
Living Colour and Rage Against The Maschine were ahead of their time. This is more present than ever today.
Countless punk and hardcore bands were doing this stuff years before ILC and RATM.
Rage is and has been overrated
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CM punk 👉⌚⚡✊❌
Too real
These brilliant black gentlemen wrote one of the best rock songs of all time and cemented their place in rock history. It hits as hard as it did back then and the musicianship is still top-notch!
agreed 100%
Do people not realize that black Americans invented rock n roll?
@@brayden141 why does it gotta be “black gentleman” who wrote it? They’re “gentlemen” who wrote this song.
😂 sounds like the old whites in a all white neighborhood
@@brayden141 It doesn't matter what skin colour invented what. It's not a competition of skin shade. That just dumb. Let's just enjoy the fact that we as humans, created some amazing highpoints in our lifetime throughout history. No matter what shade of skin did what cos that doesn't matter one bit.
This song today still has all the energy it had when it was released back in 1988. What a classic!
I had no idea this song came out in 1988. I always thought this amazing song was from the very early 90s.
Gratefull for the enlightenment
@@dannewfield6734 had no idea it was 1988 as im from 1985
Dang this song was released in 1988 and it is still good and I thought this was in the early 2000s
Takes me straight back
Well said Roman!
I am beyond excited for tonights return. WHY IS IT NOT RAMPAGE YET!
Cult of personality hits....MJF walks out. No punk. Major heat!
@@brandonrogers5290 omg I swear if that happens
CM Punk is All Elite!
I'm literally half deaf now. Just watched the opening of AEW Rampage
@@brandonrogers5290 guess that's from another universe that happens
Crazy how this song is probably more relevant now than it was before
Agreed! As well as Empire… One Bird - two wings.
@@TodAtkinson It's not the song, its the people and we are always relevant 24/7.
@@kashuxola6170 That's an insightful perspective, one that the general population is incapable of even conceptualizing(can understand but not feel the weight). I hope your intelligence is being well used
The sign of true talent is music is timless. Speaks for all generations.
♪ Like Diaper Donny, and Russkie Vladdy ♪ I'm the cult of personality ♪
This song should be playing on the radio.
Now, like right now.
Its played all the time on 105.7 the point here in the STL and they where the best band at wayback pointfest last year, I was front and center they hooked my nephew and his best friend up with the play lists. I love these guys.
I think it was played in Italy, don't remember when, on a radio called Virgin Radio
@@rick.05 I love bands that have a hard solid real meaning Living Colour, Rage, Rise Against, Soad etc
Played on 99.5 The Bus all the time!
Radio X
This song is Epic and CM Punk introduced it to several other generations. It is truly timeless.
And GTA San Andreas too, but largely CM Punk
@@JadenArchibald radio X
B. L
ngl, it was Guitar Hero 3 for me
I am old I was listening to this when I was stationed overseas in the Philippines 1985-89. No CM punk, whoever the hell that is, and no GTA San Andres either.
Probably one of the most underrated bands/songs of the time.
Underrated? I'm afraid not they were very big back then do you're research my friend
I was alive back then snotnose...they were underrated.
Snotnose.. lul
@Rich Johnson you kidding , White people loved living colour,they are legends vivid ,one of my favourite albums,
@Rich Johnson true brudda they are legends,,all good,
Even in September 2024...the true fans are here for this masterpiece 🙌 💯
Yo estoy aquí por el The Best In The Wordl CM punk 👉⌚❌⚡✊
Yo este grupo lo he oído muy poco pero lo poco que he oído es muy bueno , un saludo desde Málaga 😊😊😊
One of the best songs ever. Still relevant 35 years later.
En todo sentido ❤.
Especially after Cm punk back to wwe
In 100 years this Song will still be relevant
More than ever
@@miamidee5495this tik tok fakeness with the influencing 😳
Only you can set you free. This shit has stuck with me for 20 years.
Wow...it gave you some real self-awakening, didn't it? But I think you missed the point of the line. Yeah, only you can set you free, but if you don't know exactly what you're freeing yourself from, especially if there are a lot of options into what you need to free yourself from, you're not going to do much more then stand around confused. Yeah, you're woke to the fact that you're a slave to the system, so good for you on that. But now what?
Go ahead, cast those shackles off. It doesn't really matter if you lose your chains when you're in a never-ending desert with nothing but predators combing the landscape looking for little snacks like yourself.
So you're now free of your chains in your eternal prison. Congratulations.
Now get back to work.
@@daviddunford8265 Thanks for the comment. I guess.
@@daviddunford8265 Imagine being able to find the deeper meaning to a line of a song, but not a random ass RUclips comment, where the deeper meaning is handed to you.
Like bruh
@@cherrypepsi2815 imagine a place, where ideas were freely exchanged, debated, added to and edited... from around the globe, as a joined effort to actually see what more we can make from such an effort, as opposed to romantically spilling our guts in the hopes we only find people that agree.
Beautiful, isn't it?
@@daviddunford8265 hit and miss fella but the right idea is there. There is inherent danger in becoming woke, akin to the nail that sticks out gets hammered. Absolutely. To clear it up, the memery for woke lvl 1 etc. is actually useful. If you are lvl 1 woke, you are one of the most vulnerable category of people around. majority to yourself. You know not to blindly trust anything. Useful when applied, dangerous when only known. If you're gonna get woke, like the song, trust there's possibly a GOOD reason it came to be this way in the first place, and know that since it IS this way, you only have two real working options. Do your part to help fix it from the inside as a sporting player of the game that exists, or, operate outside entirely to infect and attack it, replacing it with whatever you see fit that day. Any other notion in your head about it will only cause you to hate things we need, and spend more time looking at things you won't ever use.
"You gave me power in your god's name". Man, this song isn't just amazing musically, the lyrics are so relevant, even today.
“When a leader speaks. That leader dies.”
Isn't that so depressing? Here we are again with another leader who thinks they're god and can do what they like without repercussions.
@@mikegreen777We voted that one out in 2020.
@@meansnowflakeand voted another one right back in.
@@chrystalgrove6898 What is Biden doing without repercussions? Not something you think, but something that actually happened.
BRO I JUST LISTENED TO THIS FOR MY FIRST TIME?! Why didn't y'all tell me about this! What a song!
We tried Baby! Enjoy it AGAIN!
!
Yo la primera vez que la escuché es cuando CM punk empezó a usarla y hoy en día le sigue usando
Late to the party!
@@pedrodepacas2092simplemente el tema de entrada del The Best In The Wordl CM punk 👉⌚
The bass carries this song so hard. Absolutely underrated work here
Solid band all around. 66 yrs old white man .
It really does…
Under rated.... I think not
@@ThomasSimmons-j9l 56 and still love this tune. Sad so many cant look at the word underrated, decipher its meaning they just post it cause someone else did lol
These dudes did not mess around when it came to lyrics and sound.
Hell yeah
RIGHT??
Body Count too!💯
This song is so epic, and just when you thought it was over it hits you with another mind blowing riff. An underrated cult classic.
Julian de la Peña very well said my good friend of music!!! Rock on my brother!
El Stink It is .
An underrated "cult" classic. I see what you did there.
Julian de la Peña cm punk bumped it up
Love this hit. These guys can rock!
0:52 It's clobbering time
❌👉⌚
Bring it.
This song is even more meaningful today than when it was released almost 30 years ago.
+omfug Just as much, really. The shit is real deep. Look up the "black hand". Now that you've done that, take a good long look at a magnified view of the great seal on the back of the 1 dollar bill. Also just look at what the bill says. "In God we trust one dollar."
+Krekentaur Isapseudonym lmao. Look up bodyglove wetsuits. That's what he's wearing. It's the logo. Cool colours for the 80s.
+omfug YEP YOU ARE ABSOUTLEY RIGHT..THIS IS STILL ONE OF THE GREAT ROCK SONGS..TO ME
neongreenrules
I guess bodyglove wetsuits had a hand in printing federal reserve notes, considering their logo is on the $1 bill. It's a hand with a gash in just the place you would cut your hand if you were to make a blood oath. Funny how there's a faint sword in the "grass" in front of the pyramid pointing toward the part of the hand with the gash. The only thing missing is a reflective ink blot on the upper part of the middle finger, and it would be pixel-for-pixel. Pure coincidence. It's not like someone who starts a clothing line worn by media elites/the bourgeoisie has to be rich already, and they totally have no ties to the mafia. Even if they use the same symbols as the mafia, they have no ties to it. Forget the fact that the symbol in question has been tattooed to Mafia hitmen. That's unimportant. It's just some cool looking hand thing.
While you're at it, forget about how symbols of hands relate to Gnosticism and enlightenment philosophy.
Listening to this while I'm confined during the Coronavirus. This is a good time
It's happy time
Man u should also listen to Gorillaz
@Hannah Dyson wow hell no, I meant, I was just just chilling home listening to this
@@Anthony-eo7xb love them long time 👌
@Traktaz kinda yea
Vernon's guitar solo is just from another universe! Absolute FIRE!
Lightning in a bottle (blues doc) Vernon an Buddy Guy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I would love to see the guitar tab from that solo , it would look like the incoherent scribbles of a madman I,m sure
Everyone in this group was top notch.
Too bad his live versions sound barely like this , not he remembers note for note
@@vandervan22 would be hard to replicate if it was just one random take that was recorded . But yeah I would be pissed if he didn't play it note for note at a show
Incredibly relevant, incredibly badass, incredibly underrated.
Underrated? It has 70 million views
@@HELLO_KOROThey're kind of underrated as most people haven't heard of them unlike other big groups
@@HELLO_KORO People that post that misused word werent even there to see how big this band was
@@sl4983 Everyone I know that likes rock or pop has heard of this band. They were a huge hit from day 1
Song still kicks ass in 2019 👍
30 YEARS OLD!!! And it's just as good as the first time I was blown away by it.
Will still kick ass in 2089
Sure does.saw them Tues in norwich.totally rocked.
i want to know why we dont have more bands like living color, no black guys want to make a rock band anymore all want to be rapers.
@@tatesmith9085 rappers.. rapers is very different
This song was, and always will be, an absolute masterpiece.
So true. Every moment of it is awe-inspiring. Just a perfect rock song.
Its about aliens.
@@BPulkrabekk I'm the smilin' face on your TV.
@@papigringo5692 Exactly. I LOVED this song as a kid. Now I'm a grown woman, and I truly UNDERSTAND what the song is about. The more things change, the more they really don't. And, we all have to live under the suppression of whatever/whoever is pushing all the buttons. Freedom is but a mere illusion, and many people have lost their lives for it.
Its a classic.
"When the leader speaks, the reflection lies!" ...... AMAZING lyrics!!!!
Followed be "When a leader speaks, that leader dies", implying that leaders that do speak the truth are assassinated.
He says
" when a mirror speaks, the reflection lies" then in verse 2 he says.
"when a leader speaks , that leader dies "
Is more amazing “when THAT LAEDER SPEAKS That LEADER DIES”
they were beyond their time!!!
Word
I had to argue with other DJs , about the artistry and resonance of this band that Mick Jagger promoted, sadly to no avail. Now I get goosebumps by simply listening to it again. Amazing lyrics, workmanship and tailored sound by this original band.
Damn right I'm listening now in 2020. This is TIMELESS.
yessirrr
Me too.
Me too! This song will always be FIERCE!
Thank u my g
Damn right I'm listening now in 2024. This song is STILL timeless!
"I exploit you still you follow me. I'll tell you 1 and 1 makes 3" So true how many people will blindly follow a false prophet unconditionally without knowing the truth
Exactly like QANON who spews toxic lies yet people believe it to be the ultimate truth and wont except reality
Now we have a potato in the Whitehouse and people saw through it but votes were fake. Protect your family for what they have coming. My Venezuelan buddy warned me of everything that happened and he was spot on.
@@kyleshiflet9952 Watching a election get stolen when your an American is hard to compute to reality. It's not supposed to happen.
@@kyleshiflet9952 And I've never looked into Quanon, but I'm pretty sure there was nothing toxic about it. Just some truths and some misinformation. Even your CNN Msnbc, ABC lied and was wrong more than Quanon was.
The prophet from arab
this song carries a universal message that i believe many folks can rally behind regardless of age, race, religion, gender etc. timeless song
Truth.
it´s very specific to a generation
And CM Punk
Unfortunately the current situation is this times 10. People need to disconnect and reboot.
The MAGA cult rambles on about sleepy joe’s dementia and then suddenly expects us to believe that Biden has some kind of charismatic personality when this song comes on. How many ways can people be not brilliant? 😂
I just turned 58,The best song EVER! Growing up in my neighborhood? ........This song rightfully needed, in sooooo many ways. The lyrics, oh the lyrics! ❤
👍🎸🎸
It’s actually scary how relevant this song is today 😳
More now than when it was written, IMO
@bcrock8655 it's so relevant now it makes me feel like they saw a glimpse of the future and went damnnnnnnnnnn.
Why dcary
Truth 💣💥
@@xdwwxd cause western society is on a fast track to authoritarianism. Seems like nobody learned from history.
Is this one of the best rock songs ever written? Why, yes - yes it is.
I'm pretty sure this is funk metal
Absolutely. And very fitting for recent times.
Absolutely.
@@michaelchavez8913 Yeah! it's almost too jazzy with syncopation & breaks to be called "rock". I mean - it does ROCK. But it's got no flow like a rock n' roll tune.
No
I was just a teenager when this came out and let me tell you ..seeing brown skin people rock this hard was huge for all of us who liked to rock out but didn't look like Judas Priest/ACDC and the like. That guitar solo is an iconic masterpiece of outer space lightning captured in a bottle
This 🫡
"we're all equal! Race doesn't matter!"
"Also, race totally matters, we need ppl that look like us!!!"
I hope you forgive us for feeling the same way as you do..
Preach brother, representation is important
You missed out on Mother's Finest, Death, Pure Hell, Bad Brains and Fishbone then.
AWESOME SONG, TO SAY THE LEAST!!!! The leads a little sloppy in parts, but overall, ASS-KICKIN
This song is now more relevant than ever. (Nov 2024)
Sure is
These guys deserved to be bigger than what they are. Excellent musicianship and very relateable songs that hold up well.
Perhaps. But not many people have 66 million views! That isn't exactly small!
I've heard this song a ton of times but I happened to be an event they were playing at live and damn did they put on a good show, this song was just a tiny part of it. Any time they happen to be playing near me I'll see them
Yes , but didn’t sell their souls. So, no go
They fell apart because the lead guitarist and singer really disliked eachother. They were a band for a very short amount of time.
they had 1 hit
This band were criminally underrated.
So F'ing True!!
Agree. Auslander was the best
Underrated for their skin colour rather than their great music!
Chief Judge Fish saw them open for the stones in Toronto on their steel wheels tour in the 80' s, they were fucking awesome
r/SCJerk
Well, this song has suddenly become a lot more relevant again.
With everything with the world and the return of cm punk
Thumbs up #300
Best in the World
*became
@@zucchinidude1695 no, it’s become
Saw Living Colour in a tiny venue in Manchester in 1990. I was 2 feet in front of Vernon Reid the whole night and was completely hypnotised by his guitar playing. The man is a genius.
I already loved this song around when it first came out. Despite how some people feel about him, I thank CM Punk every day for bringing this gem to a bigger audience so more people can hear it
Dont forget about SA too. Radio X 💥
I thank GTA SA for introducing this to me
The Walking Dead as well
And don't forget about Guitar Hero 3
This song deserves better than to be tarnished with the name of CM Suck.
Talk about a band that was ahead of their time. Literally every member of Living Colour was on top of their game.
What's also insane. I saw them live 2 or 3 years ago and they were still unbelievably great. I don't know if I have ever seen a better live band. Especially the drummer and the guitarists stood out to me but literally everyone of them is so great on their instrument and they play so good as a band and the lyrics are maybe today more relevant then ever. Fuckin legends.
@@maxpeter4171 Living Color was my first live concert.
That was a good life choice. Maybe the only one?
The lyrics are a direct reflection of that time. It says everything about us as a society- not them as a band- that their lyrics mean more today.
Like, literally?
It is an insult to call them a great black rock band. They are a great band period! This song kicks it regardless of color.
Damn right!
I'll say what everyone else already thought : or "colour", for that matter
For sure. If you rock, you rock. This transcends skin color. These guys freaking rocked this!
@@ShadowBanned904 Absolutely - AND bring a message!
Ricky Jeffrey yesssssss rocker through and through
Man this is one of the baddest songs ever made 🔥🔥🔥
Right??
This song is one of the most brilliant written, and it's message is true.
And that guitar solo is spine tingling
Agreed.
please tell me what the meaning is?
I listen to it even though for me it represents the decadent ultra individualism of Ocodente
This and Epic by Faith No More have to be the 2 most iconic songs of the day
The song is mindblowing. One of the best guitar solos ever.
Just told my friend that if is the only solo he ever does, he's still one of the greats.
It never gets old that’s for sure. 👍😎😉
It's has the perfect blend of freedom with composure. Messy but organized. Wild yet tame in the hands of a master. Definitely one of my favorite solos of all time.
He went CRAZY on that guitar. Amazing!
Vernon Reid does not get the credit he deserves! Totally agree,
I still can't believe we get to hear this nearly every week on Dynamite
And rampage. And 4 Saturday’s/Sundays a year 😏
-_-
Don't get me wrong. I like this fire Burns by Killswitch engage, but this is the better theme out of the two of the theme songs that he had in wwe.
Nearly? I have a feeling twice a week
AEW is now the number one show
I’m 58 years old and still rocking the grooves out of this track .
Forgot how epic this song is. Easily top tier guitar solos.
Same here. The main riff is amazing too!
Top bass line as well from 3:25 onwards.
32 years later, this song is more relevant than ever.
Thank you for realising the relevance of this song and lyrics in this day and age 🙌🙌
Could have done with out knowing how long ago it came out. Man I’m old. But yes this song still hits. My kids think I’m nuts when I crank it and rock out.
Damn right and it’s because of cm punk ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
@@milo0839 and D Trump.
Note the line in the song, the leader speaks, the leader lies. Sound exactly like Trump. He does have a large group of followers, especially the Christian right, who are so ignorant that they actually believe that this man is actually this country's saviour.
"I exploit you, still you love me
I'll tell you 1&1 makes 3"
This is the most precise statement regarding politics for the last few years. Painfully spot on
This line is a masterpiece
Simple, yet incredible
Last few years? It's always been that way.
in binary computer language... using ones 1 and 0s only, you have 00, 01 which is 1, 10 being 2, and 11 which equals 3
Explains Communist Cuba, Germany and North Korea, they get exploided as citizens, yet they still love their dictators and they are forced to believe what their dear leader tells them to believe even if its not true
@@elysiumdevice OK Brainiac we aren't doing Machine language programming when it comes to politics and current everyday stuff.
Also when people(not computers) speak, saying 1 AND 1, is the equivalent to 1+(PLUS)1=2(TWO, or TO/TOO for the illiterate LOL).
Beware of 0110 0110 0110 😈
Why does nobody talk about this song more. I saw it when it first debuted on MTV, and it's still relevant to this day.
We did too
Quite a few songs true then and true still this one hits home harder today then during the late eighties
one of the best riffs in hardrock/metal
No doubt
I'm from South Africa, I saw your profile picture lol
whats ups SA I love it too Im from there and the USA they were ballas to the wall carry on my brother !!
@@chadgreen7184 wassup bro!
yes this shit was so fucking strong
One of the most underrated bands of all tyme... they are great, the drummer is a fucking beast
Well then that would make them...NOT underrated
"When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies..."
It's not just the music that makes this song so kickass and epic; it's the lyrics, as well.
Is it mirror or a leader ?
So when a leader (read J-F-Kennedy, for example) speaks, the reflection lies !!
It's two different lines "when a mirror speaks, the reflection lies" and "when a leader speaks, that leader dies"
@@ohmaigod2 I'm Indian and he's damn right about Gandhi. Ain't nobody got freedom with non-violence.
Freedom is always got the hard way. Blood, Sweat and tears. That's why people looked up to the USA for the longest time. Showed the middle finger to the brit colonialists.
I wonder of this song would fly today, or would it deemed hate speech?
Me and my better half saw them in 89 at the Palladium in Hollywood. One of those magical concerts where the energy and vibe were one! Vernon Reid is a guitar god!
Tons of talent!! Music, club scene for rock was so much dam fun back then!
We got out and did stuff, not sit at home on a pc
Vernon Reid is an absolute monster! If their was ever a underrated guitarist it is him.
I agree with ur Vernon Reid assessment very underrated. Great producer also.
Truth!
He is between 50 top guitarrist of all the tile by rolling stones magazine.
That says so much about is talent.
In the 80’s,there was two guitarists that was severely overlooked:Vito Bratta of White Lion and Vernon Reid!
Umm I would HAVE TO ARGUE THE 1 ARMED DRUMMED FROM DEF LEPPARD HE DRUMS WITH HIS 1 ARM AND USES HIS FEET NOW THAT'S SOME TALENT RIGHT THERE 😯🤨..!!
One of the most underrated rock bands in history
Nah, not really. This is the only album they had any success with. Sure, they had a big hit with this one song, but they had no longevity. They also had the historical misfortune of carving out a fanbase at the worst possible time in rock history by being sandwiched between two era-defining juggernauts-- first Guns N Roses, and later, Nirvana.
Plus, the slow burn of Metallica which had been a very organic, grass roots campaign up to that point was reaching it's crescendo around this time too. Unless you could hang with those three bands, you were toast back in those days.
Rage against the machine
@@Britton_Thompson No Cult of Longevity?
Not4You2Know The most underrated rock band quite possibly ever. If you only heard him on the radio and never saw them in person or even a video, they probably would've sold over 20 million albums
Ok again,I say ONE of the most underrated rock bands, there are dozens more,Especially overseas that many people in the U.S.have never heard of ,yet are some of the best in the world at what they do.And they do not need some fake wrestler, or a lame video game to make them , nor does living Colour because they are musicians
"Only You can set You free". That sums it up.
This song is perfect for December 2024...Cult of Tonald Dump...amazingly descriptive
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. We'll have 4 more years with that jackass in charge.
Lyrics:
Look in my eyes, what do you see?
The cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
I've been everything you want to be
I'm the cult of personality
Like Mussolini and Kennedy
I'm the cult of personality
The cult of personality
The cult of personality
Neon lights, Nobel Prize
When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You won't have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
I'm the smiling face on your TV
I'm the cult of personality
I exploit you, still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three
I'm the cult of personality
Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi
I'm the cult of personality
The cult of personality
The cult of personality
Neon lights, Nobel Prize
When a leader speaks, that leader dies
You won't have to follow me
Only you can set you free
You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You gave me power in your god's name
I'm every person you need to be
Oh, I'm the cult of personality
I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of,
I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of, I'm the cult of personality
Thank you :)
Where's the guitar solo??
:0
Ths Right and The Left👉🏼 😡 👈🏼
It's today!
Lyrics was in the description but ok
Hello future person, yes we are still listening to this in [insert year here]. You have great taste in music too. Have a lovely day!
2024
You as well.🎉😊
I'm here from 2074 on a time travel visa and this song still kicks ass 50 years later !
@@Getmento150kwithnovideo Did cena win 17 time world championship and any world title for cm punk
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Never thought I would see a real all black metal band. This song grabbed my attention the first time I heard it. Vernon Reid was a hell of a guitar player with a unique style. The vocals were off the chain too. I was an instant fan of Living Coulor. Awesome song from an awesome band. Rock on my metal brother's !!!!!!!
We need more bands like this
this song and that dope drumbreak from SEAL's Crazy inspired me to learn the drums as a youngster.
joe mamama
Check out hero the band saw them recently and they where awesome live
Oh, there were some around back in the day. (going back a few I remember 'Sound Barrier' from San Gabriel Valley CA) But this particular band nailed it. As you say, MONSTER chops and smart music. Metal Brothers All! Appreciation.
The lyrics in this song are brilliant but it's the music that gets me even now. The rhythm is so precise, the vocals are so powerful, and I love that guitar solo.