🍃Wow ! I'm 65 years old. It's awful getting old. This young fellow is talking about our era ! But the 70s and 80s just feel like yesterday. Yeah, we had it good 😊
The song was based on a real man in Russia. Hence the, hey, hey, hey, hey in the song, which is reminiscent of Russian folk song. Rasputin took a lot to die. Apparently his official cause of death was drowning. It’s a fascinating piece of history.
I love this band! My Canadian uncle introduced me to them. My uncle is gone, but I can still enjoy them. I was 7 or 8 and I'm now 53. Long time ago. Surprises me how much time has gone by. Every time.
I don't remember running into Boney M. outside of "Mary's Boy Child" at Christmas until a few years ago. "Rasputin" gets more play than "Ma Baker" but you might enjoy "Ma Baker" which is also based on a real person (Ma Barker, an outlaw from the 1930s). :)
Love Boney M! My favorite Christmas song is their version of Mary's Boy Child. Boney M is the whole group not just the guy (can't remember his name atm). Rasputin was one of their biggest hits.
No one from then is alive now. This is a song about that time. I think i was a baby wen this song was released. I only know it from history and music greats xx
Yes, I can see what you mean when you're talking about the guys back in those days... We used to live in the moment - no thoughts about the surrounding world or the consequences. This was a kind of freedom and we used to live it.
Rasputin is a prominent figure in Russian history, and a bit of a legend. The song sounds different bc it has Russian folklore elements in the beat & the dance is supposed to resemble the Kazachok (traditional Russian dance). You should've listened to the lyrics bc they told the story. 🙂 Edit: I forgot to add, I've always heard it pronounced like "Bonnie M". I think that's how you're supposed to say it. They were pretty popular back in the day & this song is still catchy today.
That was the first time I ever heard that song I know it is he's got those MC Hammer pants that's the song you should try you can't touch this by MC Hammer
Noone actually played any of the music. It was a whole "studio" band. The woman never sang, Bobby never sang...he died not ever having seen one dollar from all these "hits"
@@dyawr Well of course he got some, but the producers and suits took most. He received 9 cents per song played on the radio. Which made them very rich during their fame but in the end it wasn`t enough to live from anymore when the hits stopped coming. He asked his producer for 100k, which he got but in return they made him sign a paper in which he gave them his image the rights, royalties, basically everything. He went from being super rich, to having to live with his mother with his family and live on welfare. After that it all went downhill with drugs and booze, wrecking his life and marriage. So yeah, he died lonely and poor...
@@JamoZNL Bruh... $100k, 30-40 years ago, would've been equivalent to 1 million today prob. In addition, he had also made *a lot* of money during their period of popularity. They prob didn't want to give him more bc he was essentially a glorified dancer. You could argue they were cutthroat, but it wasn't really their fault he squandered all his wealth & wrecked his life... You were deceptive in how you presented the situation ("not ever having seen one dollar" 🤨) The ladies are still holding concerts (or were up to a few years ago, internationally). So they still have their royalties & still making money...
Just saw them in Canada at Casino Rama and they are still great today but he dont move like he used to and i guarantee you've heard them before this you just dint know it was Liz Mitchel and Boney M they are famous for a Christmas album and its played in ever mall everywhere
my granda lived in same hood where sopot festival took place ( in zagreb ) sopot is also name of hood .. and she saw this live she was here and told me bout it :D so was my dad he was a kid i think :)
Boney M was not mainstream, but they had a following. I've heard a few of their songs and liked them, but never really followed him. As far as jumping around, Boney M just wanted to be entertaining. Most music videos today have dancers in the backround. Most of the biggest music artists in history didn't dance or have dancers. They let their music alone entertain people.
They were mainstream in Europe. In Germany they had 8 number #1 Singles, including 7 in a row. In the UK they had 2 #1 hits and 10 top 10 hits. The band had little success in the US where only 4 songs reached the Billboard Hot 100, with the 'Rivers of Babylon' peaking at #30. Rasputin never charted in America, but it was a number #1 hit in Germany, Austria, Australia and Belgium, as well as #2 in the UK, Argentina, Switzerland, Spain and Finland. It also went back to #11 in the UK a couple of years ago (something to do with Tiktok)
We would go out dancing all night Friday night Saturday night..everyone had a good time you would dress up you could go out on the dance floor alone. And be dancing with everyone around you we had fun.
You are watching Euro Disco from the seventies. There wasn’t a disco club in West Europe where they weren’t playing Boney M hits every night. As for what was inspiring his dance moves…forget abou Irish Jig. Get out of your Anglosaxon comfort zone…go further east. Listen to the lyrics, man!
You should do rage against the machine - “know your enemy”!! Gotta do the lyric video tho! Or Bone Thugs N Harmony and Biggie - “notorious thugs” Great reaction
What's crazy, is your not listening to the lyrics. They're telling you a little bit about to this crazy paranoid Czar of Russia. Dancing around on stage, it's called performing a show. I stopped going to concerts, because of lack of performance. Back in the day, watching Micheal moonwalk or the lean, and such was fun to watch. Bands/artists use to perform, now they just get on stage and just play...boring.
The true face behind that formation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Farian?wprov=sfti1 Boney M was nothing but a casted crew of singers and that „dancer“ - I don‘t think this is really his voice in this song Next you should react to a Milli Vanilli Vid if you liked that guys hopping around - and Frank Farian sound….
wow! skin tone? These are Europeans. Humans from Africa have been in Europe for thousands of years. In the US for a couple of hundred years. Your black people's history began then. That's what you assume and it's understandable. But if you are interested in the spread of Africans, it did not start 200 years ago.
Jumping around? He's doing the Russian dance called Kazachok. They' were from Germany. The dancer later lived in Russia and died there on the same date as Rasputin.
No fake band at all...2 self singing ladies en Bobby sang live ( said himself the some words and did speakings very well)...they still give concerts en "Michael" Farrell was 35 years Boney M.
🍃Wow !
I'm 65 years old. It's awful getting old.
This young fellow is talking about our era ! But the 70s and 80s just feel like yesterday.
Yeah, we had it good 😊
The song was based on a real man in Russia. Hence the, hey, hey, hey, hey in the song, which is reminiscent of Russian folk song. Rasputin took a lot to die. Apparently his official cause of death was drowning. It’s a fascinating piece of history.
I love this band! My Canadian uncle introduced me to them. My uncle is gone, but I can still enjoy them. I was 7 or 8 and I'm now 53. Long time ago. Surprises me how much time has gone by. Every time.
I always loved their Rivers Of Babylon ❤
Boney M was far more popular in Europe than the U.S.
It's disco it was for clubs drinking and dancing you didn't think about it you just had a great time dance floor was packed people having fun
I don't remember running into Boney M. outside of "Mary's Boy Child" at Christmas until a few years ago. "Rasputin" gets more play than "Ma Baker" but you might enjoy "Ma Baker" which is also based on a real person (Ma Barker, an outlaw from the 1930s). :)
I bet you googled Rasputin. Boney M's music was funky story telling.
I love that you love your dad. Gives me the warm fuzzies. I have 2 grown kids myself and they're not doing well. Praypraypray.
Look up Donna summer I feel love.... it was 1977...it really started Disco....
Love Boney M! My favorite Christmas song is their version of Mary's Boy Child. Boney M is the whole group not just the guy (can't remember his name atm). Rasputin was one of their biggest hits.
Bobby Farrell was an "exotic" dancer and I think a dj before joining Boney M.
you need to hear KLF - 3AM Eternal
I bought the album back in 1978 and immediately fell in love with this song.
I thought hammer had energy this guy is on another level
Rasputin was a real Russian guy. You should read about him. It's a very interesting story!
No one from then is alive now. This is a song about that time. I think i was a baby wen this song was released. I only know it from history and music greats xx
I was 7 or 8.
Best dance in the world🤟💋❤️🤟💋❤️🤟💋❤️🤟💋❤️
Yes, I can see what you mean when you're talking about the guys back in those days... We used to live in the moment - no thoughts about the surrounding world or the consequences. This was a kind of freedom and we used to live it.
This song was also featured by The Master in Dr. Who last year.
Girls are lead singers and guy is just a dancer
Have you ever listened to N2deep song called Back to the hotel?
Rasputin is a prominent figure in Russian history, and a bit of a legend. The song sounds different bc it has Russian folklore elements in the beat & the dance is supposed to resemble the Kazachok (traditional Russian dance). You should've listened to the lyrics bc they told the story. 🙂
Edit: I forgot to add, I've always heard it pronounced like "Bonnie M". I think that's how you're supposed to say it. They were pretty popular back in the day & this song is still catchy today.
I want the energy he has!
It's the cocaine. Dude was permanently loaded.
You have to enter the land of cocainum for that
That was the first time I ever heard that song I know it is he's got those MC Hammer pants that's the song you should try you can't touch this by MC Hammer
I grew up loving Boney M, but I only found out in recent years that the lead 'singer' didn't actually sing on any of their hit songs.
Noone actually played any of the music. It was a whole "studio" band. The woman never sang, Bobby never sang...he died not ever having seen one dollar from all these "hits"
@@JamoZNL He had to receive some of it. Otherwise, why be there for free?
@@JamoZNL I think the women def sang. They were still holding concerts up to recently.
@@dyawr
Well of course he got some, but the producers and suits took most.
He received 9 cents per song played on the radio. Which made them very rich during their fame but in the end it wasn`t enough to live from anymore when the hits stopped coming. He asked his producer for 100k, which he got but in return they made him sign a paper in which he gave them his image the rights, royalties, basically everything.
He went from being super rich, to having to live with his mother with his family and live on welfare. After that it all went downhill with drugs and booze, wrecking his life and marriage.
So yeah, he died lonely and poor...
@@JamoZNL Bruh... $100k, 30-40 years ago, would've been equivalent to 1 million today prob. In addition, he had also made *a lot* of money during their period of popularity. They prob didn't want to give him more bc he was essentially a glorified dancer. You could argue they were cutthroat, but it wasn't really their fault he squandered all his wealth & wrecked his life... You were deceptive in how you presented the situation ("not ever having seen one dollar" 🤨)
The ladies are still holding concerts (or were up to a few years ago, internationally). So they still have their royalties & still making money...
the voice of the dancer was a german called "Frank Farian".
died last month
Just saw them in Canada at Casino Rama and they are still great today but he dont move like he used to and i guarantee you've heard them before this you just dint know it was Liz Mitchel and Boney M they are famous for a Christmas album and its played in ever mall everywhere
my granda lived in same hood where sopot festival took place ( in zagreb ) sopot is also name of hood .. and she saw this live she was here and told me bout it :D so was my dad he was a kid i think :)
Sopot is a town in Poland. Sopot Festival is still held there and has been since 1961. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Zagreb.
React to step into a world by KRS ONE 🔥🔥🔥
Gotta check out “My Philosophy” by Boogie Down Productions and hear the man’s message.
Just make sure it was him singing. He was managed by the same guy as Milli Vanilli, Frank Farian and he was forced to lip-sync too.
this man was insane
Why?😭
Now you got to watch the cartoon version of this song "Ra Ra RasPutin animation" by timy_g
Boney M was and is one of the greatest band ever in the 70 and 80s. Check out the lists.
I'm hoping the guy will be interested in the story of Resputin told in the song, but the guy only talks about skin color, wtf
Boney M was not mainstream, but they had a following. I've heard a few of their songs and liked them, but never really followed him. As far as jumping around, Boney M just wanted to be entertaining. Most music videos today have dancers in the backround. Most of the biggest music artists in history didn't dance or have dancers. They let their music alone entertain people.
They were mainstream in Europe.
In Germany they had 8 number #1 Singles, including 7 in a row. In the UK they had 2 #1 hits and 10 top 10 hits. The band had little success in the US where only 4 songs reached the Billboard Hot 100, with the 'Rivers of Babylon' peaking at #30. Rasputin never charted in America, but it was a number #1 hit in Germany, Austria, Australia and Belgium, as well as #2 in the UK, Argentina, Switzerland, Spain and Finland. It also went back to #11 in the UK a couple of years ago (something to do with Tiktok)
NOT....and Irish jig....Listen to the lyrics.
We would go out dancing all night Friday night Saturday night..everyone had a good time you would dress up you could go out on the dance floor alone. And be dancing with everyone around you we had fun.
You are watching Euro Disco from the seventies. There wasn’t a disco club in West Europe where they weren’t playing Boney M hits every night.
As for what was inspiring his dance moves…forget abou Irish Jig. Get out of your Anglosaxon comfort zone…go further east. Listen to the lyrics, man!
Man had a whole brillo pad on his chest. #tacomeatchesthair
yoooo😂😂😂😂😂
Okay, to be fair Michael Jackson had vitiligo, which caused his skin to bleach of color in splotches, he used makeup and gloves to cover it up.
so you play world of warships?
Russia banned the song when it was released in 1979
You should do rage against the machine - “know your enemy”!! Gotta do the lyric video tho! Or Bone Thugs N Harmony and Biggie - “notorious thugs” Great reaction
What's crazy, is your not listening to the lyrics. They're telling you a little bit about to this crazy paranoid Czar of Russia. Dancing around on stage, it's called performing a show. I stopped going to concerts, because of lack of performance. Back in the day, watching Micheal moonwalk or the lean, and such was fun to watch. Bands/artists use to perform, now they just get on stage and just play...boring.
Rasputin wasn't the czar, he was a crazy perverted priest.
Su no sabes quien es rasputin te sugiero que de ves en cuando leas la historia, así sabrás lo que escuchas
The true face behind that formation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Farian?wprov=sfti1
Boney M was nothing but a casted crew of singers and that „dancer“ - I don‘t think this is really his voice in this song
Next you should react to a Milli Vanilli Vid if you liked that guys hopping around - and Frank Farian sound….
German Song
He had alcohol and drug problems.
wow! skin tone? These are Europeans. Humans from Africa have been in Europe for thousands of years. In the US for a couple of hundred years. Your black people's history began then. That's what you assume and it's understandable. But if you are interested in the spread of Africans, it did not start 200 years ago.
I cannot tell from your reaction whether you have the slightest idea what this song is about.
cocaine live
Jumping around? He's doing the Russian dance called Kazachok. They' were from Germany. The dancer later lived in Russia and died there on the same date as Rasputin.
They weren't from Germany.
True story . Rasputin . Look it up. The world did not start when you were born.
The Band was fake it was one German Music Producer
It was all fake
No fake band at all...2 self singing ladies en Bobby sang live ( said himself the some words and did speakings very well)...they still give concerts en "Michael" Farrell was 35 years Boney M.
Please please don't keep saying "like" all the time. It's extremely irritating
Are you paying attention kid? It's Russian not Irish.