Living Colour - "American Skin (41 Shots)" Montreux 2001
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2008
- Living Colour performing "American Skin (41 Shots)" (a Bruce Springsteen cover) live at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 20th 2001. Part 6 of 6.
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Extraordinary. Exceptional. I have no doubt Bruce has seen this and, like the rest of us, was exceptionally moved by this gorgeous but painful rendition. The emotion is this performance...man always loved Living Colour but this kicked it up a notch. Stunning!
I hope Bruce has seen this .What a great tribute to his music. This is a great cover of a great and important song.
2020 and this song still gets me. Excellent cover.
Butch Stevenson I’m sorry that it’s as relevant now as when it was written.
Mattias Söderlund me too. 😢
@@butchstevenson7029 it's one Bruce song I hope gets old but this ain't going anywhere, especially these days
We may be born to run away but we must never ever do it.
@@mattiasjp Sad but true.
I don’t know how I’ve never seen this version of, what I think, was Bruce’s most important song. American Skin never fails to get to me, but THIS, my God. The raw emotion and pain in this version was overwhelming.
Jesus. I just got to the point where he breaks down in tears. Powerful stuff.
The drums coming thru as gun shots is heartbreaking.
I know 😭💔
ABSOLUTELY! I actually have counted how many times Will Calhoun hits it. Let me know, everyone, how many?
My god this song is deep....."If a officer stops you, promise me you'll always be polite, and you'll never run away and keep you hands in sight". I don't know if folks ever had this told to them by a parent....14 year old black teenager street 101 lesson. You better learn it fast and learn it well!!
It was written and sang by Bruce Springsteen
Tears.
“You get killed just for living in your American skin…” legit got goosebumps on my arms upon that line…
I have few words... Corey’s heroic baring of his pain as he realized and inhabited this performance is hard to watch without crying and I couldn’t. Heroic vulnerability. Respect and my heart to all involved. Thank you.
Couldn't have said it better. Tears here. Phenomenal performance.
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One of the best cover songs ever, and that is a bit ironic considering that Bruce is always wonderful, and respectful when covering other artists songs. A marvelous song, and a wonderful cover.
UGH. This was even more emotional for me than listening to Bruce sing it. It's agonizing when this is your reality.
Just seen this clip for my first time, I am a huge fan of this song Sung by the boss, but these guys have delivered a fabouls rendition of it.
Bruce just knows how to write a damm good song.
This is such a powerful performance. A lot of it is the song itself, and the subject matter, but you can't deny what living colour brings to this one.
Beautiful song that holds so much meaning. We adopted our son from guatemala and I played Bruce's version to him and asked him to take it to heart and please follow it's meaning. Unfortunately it's 22 years later and not much, if anything, has changed.
This is the first time I have seen this and I've been a fan of both for over 30 years.
Ryen Rapp who is this singing?
You and me both, brilliant performance
@@con1676 Cory Glover
Same here. This is just phenomenally powerful.
The power of RUclips algorithm
Wow! some emotion behind this song. Springsteen may have wrote it but this is by far the best performance I have seen or heard.
This is such an excellent cover. Obvious the Boss is the Boss and his is awesome. But I love them both equally. LC sings it from a perspective that they totally can connect to as black men and Bruce writes it from the perspective as someone who simply understands the twisted logic and reasoning of our country when it comes to skin colour and his lyrics and passion every time he sings this is fire to the soul. Everytime I hear Bruce repeat, "You can get killed just for living in," I crumble.
Those drums at the end get me every time. Can't believe this is our world in 2020. #BLM
Goddamn. How have I missed this all these years?! Unbelievable version of this song. Bravissimo!!
Huge Bruce fan, and have always liked these guys. Man I had to keep watching after the song ended, in my head telling the guys in the band, “Someone please go hug Corey”, thank you, for doing it.
My goodness, that was powerful. Had me bawling by the end of it. That's so good.
This says everything what we dealing with now. God bless you Living Colour and Bruce Springsteen! Pray for each other America
It doesn’t have anything to do with prayers. Stop praying and ban guns. Unless it’s done there will always be awful shootings and unbearable pain.
@@ddbe3932 go on with that political BS playboy I'm not the one. My comment is about peace and I come in peace but I'll leave my enemies in pieces. No political statements with me my man. Stay away from me with that.
I was at this show and was blown away by their performance. This cover in particular stuck with me. Had a great, carefree trip. Crazy to think that 9/11 was only 50 days later.
What makes it worse is that people would probably call this "Unamerican" to sing in the wake of Sept. 11th.
Bruce himself had the NYPD threaten that they wouldn't provide security if he performed this at MSG, and they did turn their backs on him and refuse to escort him afterwards.
I'd never seen or heard this cover. It was simply stunning - one of the most moving performances I've ever seen.
The Boss is the Boss, but.... wow. Corey sings this was such great soul. Wish I had this on cd/mp3.
I mean, like, when The Boss sings it, it's emotional and I kinda start grooving ("is it a gun, is it a knife" has a catchy rhythm and the ESB makes everything rock). When Glover sings it I have to find a corner to hide in and cry.
The Boss brought me here. Bravo!!
No one tells Bruce what he can't do! The man's got class and cajones of steel!
I'm an Irishman, living on the west coast of Ireland forever. I've sang with Corey since VIVID. I'm 47 now, and continuously sing with Vernon et al.
The Boss brought me here!
Harrowing and beautiful.
What can I tell you...I absolutely worship both Bruce and LC...don't care 'bout better or worse versions...the important thing for me it's the fact of an african american act performing with such emotion this hymn against race violence written by a legend from Jersey, who happens to be white...
So achingly beautiful and heart-wrenching; and so relevant right this moment...dear God, when will it ever end? RIP Michael Brown
mike brown was thug, stop glorifying this criminal. The song is about
Amadou Diallo. Google him, instead of being ignorant.#BlackLivesMatterWhenIFeelLikeit
You are an ignorant racist shit. How dare you presume to know what I do and don't know? And who are you to call Michael Brown a thug? He was shot in the back multiple times while NOT engaging in any criminal activity. #BlackLivesMatter because they are Human Beings you fuck.
Katie Logan if you are going to comment, get your facts straight. Autopsy showed he was shot in the front, charging the officer. Secondly, have you not seen the video of him stealing and assaulting the shopkeeper minutes before he was sent to hell? If you don't have the facts darlin', shut yer pretty mouth...
+andy mackie Guy, from the front or the back, even if theis guy stole something (and i convince he didn't, but i dont check the story) the answer is the same. You dont fire in your duty on someone without having a good reason. I am sure that because i'm white and i've got a good facial, i would doing the same equal gesture of searching my ID, nobody would shout me. At the end, because i'm white and of good presentation, nobody would dare to stop me and ask something. And nobody cant tell if he was send to the hell or whatever! Do you know that you country is massively rule by political personality, who are cheating massively on every rules writen by yo democracy?
Corey Glover is a Phenomenom 🎼🎵🎶🙏💯
Intense and beautiful.
This springsteen song can't be covered & spread enough. More relevant than ever now.
Wow this is so powerful.
This was a profound Song ... the reality of Us as Black Americans! Thanks for the tears Corey! But America, we are tired tho. Living Colour keep standing for righteousness. B1# *NewFace Magazine LV Team Las Vegas!
Great vocal delivery of a hauntingly awesome song.
saw lc 2 hours ago tonight in hamburg, germany. they performed a very emotional version of tracy chapman´s "talkin´ bout a revolution". keeps me awake that night. take care
As many times I've seen people type the opposite... Corey Actually IS genuinely crying.. and what an incredible performance this is. Thank you for posting this. Brilliant.
God bless you George..... may change come..... PEACE...... April 2021.
It's been a while but thank you for this performance, Living Colour
Beautiful . Bruce will love it. X
Shared for George today 5/31/2020
Thank you for posting this. Haunting, beautiful, and crushing.
Actually, Vernon was having technical issues with the guitar (the signal kept cutting out - I'm guessing a faulty input jack). Vernon was playing it fine, the sound just kept dropping out.
If you can't get past the fact that the guitar isn't technically perfect and you can't hear and feel the emotion pouring out of this performance, I can't help you. Maybe when you grow up a little you will understand.
this song is a sad truth in America, my hat is off to all minorities that suffer from racism
Brings me to tears every time , so does the Bruce , soooo sad soooooooo beautiful
Living Colour ... I love you
Wonderful music... Great Bruce!
Honestly, who cares what the guitar sounds like? Or even who's version is better? I do personally like Bruce's version better, as far as musically. But this is probably the best, most poignant performance I've ever seen of this song, based on emotion alone.
It's a great song. Both versions are great. Living Colour might have reached a different audience w it. That's all that matters.
@newf93 yes! Who cares about the guitar sound when it is just so brilliantly done? I'm totally with you, dude.
@@kingfishblues59 beautifully said. People complain about the guitar sound? For those people who complain, it's called "Playing with Emotion and backing off when it should be", or, for those have never heard of it, DYNAMICS. that alone is enough. Incredible musicians, beautiful rendition and it is HONEST.
Yeah man, I agree. Both are done in their own ways and equal.
If i could take Corey's vocal with big man's horn, now THAT would be divine
You can bottle up the pain for so long . Total Respect .
The Boss brought me here but it is the most beautiful version i ever heard
Great to see a front man emote like that.
The emotion captured by Living colour is amazing, it really hit a nerve. Great song and outstanding performance
a very relevant song by bruce springsteen
So good, you guys. Thank you for laying bare your soul. God bless you in 2021. Much love.
Right up next to the original version , Living Colour doesn’t just cover it , but takes a huge chunk of it for their own, The lyrics, the emotion, the empathy in one of their best performances…thanks for the upload.
Powerful stuff.
I don't think this song will EVER be performed better then it was rigt here. By Bruce or anyone else.
Seen this very emotionally charged version in Koln 2001 - amazing band !
Touch my soul ! Great Cover by Bruce Springsteen !!
2021 and nothing has changed
My blood runs cold
But this moment makes my ears eyes and heart bleed and sing at the same time
Thank you, friend. You're right, no one can tell the boss what to do and what he can't do.
You are amazing.
Utterly beautiful and tragic... the guitar along with the rest of the instrumentation is truly haunting.
Great song!
excellent...
so nice to hear that from a true Boss fan!
An amazing version of a powerful and poignant song. This is very moving and powerful. It helped me understand the issues behind the song in a much more visceral way. I think that's what great art can do....and LC and Bruce are both great artists.
Definitely my song for tonight.
thats great...thank you
Stunning
Thank you.x
Wow! That was powerful.
This is one of the finest things I've ever seen on video.
I love it ❤️
can it finally be time...please?
Beautiful cover.
American Skin (41 Shots) a protest song concerning an incident between the New York Police Department and an immigrant, Amadou Diallo, in 1999. The alternate title of Springsteens song is 41 shots, a refrain that rings throughout, representing the forty-one bullets fired by four police offers that killed Diallo.
Beautiful
Es muy dificil que un persona de color norteamericana no tenga casos parecidos muy cercanos.
Es extraordinario verle embargado por la emoción e intentando cantar mientras se escucha el traqueteo de la batería.
grandissimi senza parole
Stupenda!!!
Me and some cats were trying to remember who was the band on living color, it was Veron Reid. It's worth more than I can say. Very precious stuff.
Henry Gamblesunship you talking to cats? you crazy
The African Drum brings it home for me.
Damn. What an amazing version of this song.
Wounderful!
This is a very nice song.
It's almost as if the boss wrote it FOR them.
Kind of reminds me of Johnny Cash covering NIN's "Hurt."
Took 9 years to get in my algorithm RUclips??? Shane on you!!!!
to me the song is simply "WOW"!!!
Most meaningful song and performance. Cory must have known of something that connected to the words. No taking that!
Great singer and killer band!
Corey actually had an unnerving experience with the police over 30 years ago. Two police cars came screaming down the road and came to a dead stop right in front of him. If one of the officers hadn't recognized him, the situation could have become life-threatening very quickly.
his riff at 5:15 ... amazing
Real Talk. So sad but true!!!
awesome
Respect.
Ya, I love Living Colour but Bruce's version is beyond epic!
You just have to tear up