Ok now you have to check out their other big hit Rasputin. Featuring the legendary lyric "Ra ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine". The 1970s was very strange . . . . 😂
We HAD to look him up to find out what happened, why they weren't as well known today... bad manager... but found he died in the SAME city as Rasputin on the SAME day of the year. RiP brother Farrell you're Awesome
@@youllis Boney M were massive in Europe, especially countries like Germany, France and Austria where they had endless strings of #1 hits, but they remained practically unknown in the US.
My Grandpa was a fan of Boney M. As kids he'd play their music for us and I still love them today. "Rasputin", "Rivers of Babylon", "Ma Baker" are all great. I requested "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" last year for Christmas, I'm requesting it again this year.
@@CasiodorusRex The women were actually singing. Frank Farian is the male voice computerized on the songs and Bobby Farrell is lip syncing. So yeah I know that but don't care. I LOOOVE their music.
This was one of those records that were basically recorded purely for disco. Lyrics are not really necessary as the only thing that mattered was the beat. Many hits in the 70s were like that, I know I remember them especially when the girls used to get up to dance and put their handbags on the floor and dance around them whilst the guys looked on too scared to get up.
Boney M had one of the biggest hits of all time in UK with a double A side Rivers of Babylon/Brown girl in the ring. Rivers is from Psalm 137 in book of psalms. So quite a contrast to Daddy Cool😀
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight..." Psalm 19:14. So it had two Psalms in it. They also had a Christmas song that was actually about the birth of Christ! And then they did some songs about bondage or something.
Maybe it's fair to mention that they were mostly an engeniered group going so far that that guy Bobby was exclusively cast for his looks and moves - the deep singing voice is always producer Frank Farian himself ;) Made for a purpose, it was the hight of the Disco aera, and that it does really well.
Club songs are often repetitive cause it's better to keep the same beat on the dance floor. I found out not long ago that one of their biggest classic, Rivers Of Babylon, was actually a cover of a Jamaican reggae group, The Melodians. It's such an amazing song, I'd love to see you react to both versions.
wasn't he also the voice? Fabian was a singer but he thought he was to ugly to make a career in showbusiness so he recorded the songs and hired actors to lipsing in the videos and in concerts
This is the beautiful thing about the late 60’s and early 70’s disco music. That was just another beast. Banger after banger. Not just Bonnie M but: ABBA, Beegees, etc. it was just another time back then. Beautiful ❤️❤️
They were big in Europe with lots of hits, other songs would be Rivers Of Babylon, Ma Baker. Mary's Boy Child (with Christmas coming up), Brown Girl In The Ring & possibly their other most famous song Rasputin
I am a german kid of the 70s and I totally remind this song - and how I thought this band was the ultimate beauty of mankind! Fun fact: Donna Summer spend some time in Germany in the 70s and she reminiscened in her autobiography that she conceived her own beauty there for the first time. I can understand that 😊
YES! Glad you are getting to Boney M. When I was a kid in the 70's my parents loved Boney M, played the records all the time. So it's a huge part of the soundtrack of my life. As an old adult myself now, I love Boney M more than my parents did in the 70's.
Yes Rasputin was the first Boney M song I saw. I hope Jamel sees this to know there is great lyrical content with Boney M as well. Not just the best dancing ever
Recently had a remix of that in the U.K. charts, which really wasn’t that different lol so you may have heard it on the radio more frequently the last few months too
I used to jam out to this on the way to work while slamming beers lol, cranking my stereo in my V8.I had Boney M's greatest hit's, and Beatles White Album. Good times. It was like a 20 minute gravel road to get to the mine, so I had a lot of singing to do and I got pretty good at singing.
I remember years ago when I first turned 18. Would git the local clubs and always remember this song coming on and looking around to see 6ft plus outlaw bikers nodding their heads to this whilst displaying physical prowess. Great song.
A german production: Frank Farian, who was also responsible for things like "Milli Vanilli" My father played this song on every party in the begining of the 80ths This song is necessary, as every song to reflect the time
Jamel, I only got to Boney M several months ago. After watching one of your ABBA reviews, Boney M “Rasputin”came up. It is a bigger trip than Daddy Cool, but Daddy Cool, Rasputin and Ma Baker are all in my iTunes library now, thank you brother 😎🆒
Bobby Farrel was an dance ikon in Europe at that time. We loved him mooves, and the all Band. I am Europian middle aged woman, that times wen i was teenager. 🙂 🌺
Great, fun group , not big in the The US except in the clubs, but huge around the world…he’s not singing though… and only one of the backup singers actually sang if I remember correctly.. you should watch Rasputin too.. it’s all about the visuals..
OMG! I have never heard of this group until yesterday when someone posted one of their videos on Facebook. The first person I thought of that needed to react to that video was Jamel and lo and behold, here comes Jamel reacting to this obscure group
Omg Boney M were the best hands down!!!! I bet no one here could sit still to that💃🕺. Was that too much freaky deaky for you J?🤣🤣🤭. Rasputin is another gooden. I'm on the old as dirt spectrum, and still get up to boogie to the beat. Thanks Jamel, love you 💕🙆🏼♀️🇦🇺
You have to place yourself in the time this was produced: It's 1976, a good disco beat, simple lyrics, and simple choreography. When you put it in that context you can't help realize how brilliant this song and act really is.
Rasputin is a good video from Boney M also. They had many very popular songs. As Christmas nears Mary's Boy Child is a very good rendition done by them.
Boney M were the Kings of Disco back in the day all their songs had you up dancing , still today i like nothing better when on a Sunday while cleaning the house have Boney M's Greatest Hits blasting in the background . Songs like " Sunny " , " Painter Man " , " No Woman No Cry " , " Ma Baker " ,
Omg I LOVE Boney M I just discovered them this year thanks to RUclips putting them in a playlist with my band Foxzen 🦊 I love him I can't WAIT FOR your reactions do Rasputin and Ma Baker (Lady Gagas Bad Romance precursor?)
He was the first prince. This guy was such an original. He had so much energy. He was an excellent guest. Always very respectful and polite to the hosts.
Your reaction has me doubled over in stitches !!!! Early Disco....yep that's about it -- all about the rhythm & the beat. As noted by others in the comments, Bobby Farrell not really doing any vocals, he's a bit rough around the edges but people loved him for his energy. Do check out videos of Rasputin being performed in Russia, Bobby even tuckers himself out with his high-energy moves. Rivers of Babylon is one of my all-time faves from this early disco-era group.
I am happy for the air play for Boney M. I heard this for the first & only time in 1977 at a bar in Mombasa, Kenya drinking a "Tuskers" beer with an elephant on the label. Loved the song then which I took as a disco song. I have sung this to myself since from that super special memory my whole life until now. Mombasa is also where Van Owen got his from "Roland the headless Thompson gunner" by Warren Zevon.
They also did slower songs, but the faster songs are what made them so popular, especially Rasputin, but also Ma Baker. I still have an LP of theirs somewhere.
Boney M. was a Band formed in Germany by Producer Frank Farian (you can hear him singing, was also the producer from Milli Vanilli). It´s not the dancer Bobby Farrel singing. He is just dancing and have fun on the stage. Check out "Rivers of Babylon", "Rasputin" or "Ma Baker". 70´s Disco at his best.
The producer was Frank Farian and that is HIS voice being lip-synced by dancing front man Bobby Farrell, who was a DJ spotted in a club by Farian. Farian is also the producer behind Milli Vanilli. Knowing the history of Boney M, it always blew my mind that people were shocked that Milli Vanilli didn't sing any of their hits.
My favorite band when I was a little white German boy of 10 years old. I loved Liz ❤️. I was so mesmerized by her skin color. Fun fact: I've been married to a dark-skinned woman for 25 years 😂
Roberto Alfonso (Bobby) Farrell was a singer, dancer and DJ from San Nicholaas, Aruba! My home island! San Nicholaas is an oil town and had the largest oil refinery in the world during WW II! At age 15, Bobby became a seaman on one of the ships that called San Nicholaas port and ended up in the Netherlands first before moving to Germany and becoming part of the group Boney M together with Marcia Barrett and Maizie Williams. This reaction hits it close to home for me. Thank you whoever got you to watch this.
I was a product of the 70's , if the doors to the disco were open, I was usually there to dance! However, I never heard of Boney M till about 2 or 3 years ago when it was a suggestion on RUclips since I reminisce occasionally there. Found an article online that said they were well known in Europe, but not in the US.
Ok now you have to check out their other big hit Rasputin. Featuring the legendary lyric "Ra ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine". The 1970s was very strange . . . . 😂
We HAD to look him up to find out what happened, why they weren't as well known today... bad manager... but found he died in the SAME city as Rasputin on the SAME day of the year. RiP brother Farrell you're Awesome
Oh and pleas, Ma Baker
@@youllis Boney M were massive in Europe, especially countries like Germany, France and Austria where they had endless strings of #1 hits, but they remained practically unknown in the US.
@@gotham61 somehow it made it to Australia, or my dad found it during his travels, because he put on Nightflight to Venus on LP back in the day.
LOL "what y'all got me watching" LOL. I can't stop laughing.
😆Same here!🤣🤣🤣👍
Ditto.🤣🤣
Never heard of them.
Lmao
This song would pack the dance floor many many years ago when I was a disc jockey.
Good times ✌
Peace everyone
My Grandpa was a fan of Boney M. As kids he'd play their music for us and I still love them today. "Rasputin", "Rivers of Babylon", "Ma Baker" are all great. I requested "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" last year for Christmas, I'm requesting it again this year.
You know Boney M never sang anything. They were lip syncing. The same guy, Frank Farian created them and Milli Vanilli.
@@CasiodorusRex The women were actually singing. Frank Farian is the male voice computerized on the songs and Bobby Farrell is lip syncing. So yeah I know that but don't care. I LOOOVE their music.
Don´t miss out on "Night Flight to Venus/Rasputin-Mix" !!!^^
What you said about the car dealers thing had me dead 😂😂😂😂
Boney M and Daddy Cool is a part of my childhood. 🤩
Them wild crazy 70"s! It's the beat. Who pays attention to the lyrics!
I think Boney M would agree with Rick James in saying cocaine is a hell of a drug.
😆Ha ha ha ohhh yes!🤣🤣🤣👍
Bobby Farrell*
Boney M real male voice is the producer Frank Farian, also Milli Vanilli's voice.
I think you’re absolutely right. 😅😊😅
His dancing can make ANYONE smile but he makes Jamel smile the BEST 💙🎅🏿
All that 70s cocaine! 😆
This was one of those records that were basically recorded purely for disco. Lyrics are not really necessary as the only thing that mattered was the beat. Many hits in the 70s were like that, I know I remember them especially when the girls used to get up to dance and put their handbags on the floor and dance around them whilst the guys looked on too scared to get up.
Boney M had one of the biggest hits of all time in UK with a double A side Rivers of Babylon/Brown girl in the ring. Rivers is from Psalm 137 in book of psalms. So quite a contrast to Daddy Cool😀
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight..." Psalm 19:14. So it had two Psalms in it. They also had a Christmas song that was actually about the birth of Christ! And then they did some songs about bondage or something.
Maybe it's fair to mention that they were mostly an engeniered group going so far that that guy Bobby was exclusively cast for his looks and moves - the deep singing voice is always producer Frank Farian himself ;)
Made for a purpose, it was the hight of the Disco aera, and that it does really well.
Hmmmm, Frank Farian would never engineer a group and put out fake front men, right Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus ?
Love Boney M! My favourite has to be By The Rivers Of Babylon. Also, Mary’s Boy Child. ❤️
Sunny 😎
This was a major discotheque banger!!! For those that love to get lost in the sauce on that dance floor. Let the music take you away 🎶
Club songs are often repetitive cause it's better to keep the same beat on the dance floor. I found out not long ago that one of their biggest classic, Rivers Of Babylon, was actually a cover of a Jamaican reggae group, The Melodians. It's such an amazing song, I'd love to see you react to both versions.
Gotta hear her sing SUNNY 💛 its SO PRETTY his growl singing is epic too but you will LOVE her voice solo! 💛💛💛
Sunny was ma fave tooo❤❤
Cutting a mean floor to this one at 18 yrs old in '78.....Danskin dresses, platforms, disco balls.....ya feel me😄💃❤thank you Jamel, ty Boney!!!
Me too 😊 some great music around then 👍
First time I saw this I literally couldn’t believe what I was seeing . Love his unique dance moves for sure
Not sure if this was already said, but the producer of Boney M was Frank Fabian, who also manufactured Milli Vanilli.
wasn't he also the voice? Fabian was a singer but he thought he was to ugly to make a career in showbusiness so he recorded the songs and hired actors to lipsing in the videos and in concerts
@@DavidTheDybbukDemon true, he was indeed the singer!
This is the beautiful thing about the late 60’s and early 70’s disco music. That was just another beast. Banger after banger. Not just Bonnie M but: ABBA, Beegees, etc. it was just another time back then. Beautiful ❤️❤️
This song got a lot of airplay back in 76 while I was in Germany. Boney M was quite popular.
They were big in Europe with lots of hits, other songs would be Rivers Of Babylon, Ma Baker. Mary's Boy Child (with Christmas coming up), Brown Girl In The Ring & possibly their other most famous song Rasputin
I am a german kid of the 70s and I totally remind this song - and how I thought this band was the ultimate beauty of mankind! Fun fact: Donna Summer spend some time in Germany in the 70s and she reminiscened in her autobiography that she conceived her own beauty there for the first time. I can understand that 😊
Nobody can make me laugh like you can. I so enjoy your reactions. Keep up the great work.
I'm surprised Jamel didn't get up and dance to this ... but I did! 😛
In the UK Boney M had 17 top 40 hits singles 10 of which reach the top of 10 including 2 number ones.
The BIGGEST disco band in the world (outside America, anyway).
Guy dances like that one shakey wheel on the shopping cart.
YES! Glad you are getting to Boney M. When I was a kid in the 70's my parents loved Boney M, played the records all the time. So it's a huge part of the soundtrack of my life. As an old adult myself now, I love Boney M more than my parents did in the 70's.
I requested this one at my cousin's wedding. It was a great time.
If you’re gonna do this you gotta do Rasputin. I’ve still got the chorus in my head 40 years later. Rah rah Rasputin..haha.
Yes Rasputin was the first Boney M song I saw. I hope Jamel sees this to know there is great lyrical content with Boney M as well. Not just the best dancing ever
Recently had a remix of that in the U.K. charts, which really wasn’t that different lol so you may have heard it on the radio more frequently the last few months too
I used to jam out to this on the way to work while slamming beers lol, cranking my stereo in my V8.I had Boney M's greatest hit's, and Beatles White Album. Good times. It was like a 20 minute gravel road to get to the mine, so I had a lot of singing to do and I got pretty good at singing.
I remember years ago when I first turned 18. Would git the local clubs and always remember this song coming on and looking around to see 6ft plus outlaw bikers nodding their heads to this whilst displaying physical prowess. Great song.
In South Africa you know it's Christmas when the malls start playing Boney M Xmas songs 😂
I remember listening to Boney M’s Night Flight to Venus in ‘78 and loving the cylon sound effects in it. :)
Dammit, Jamel!! I'm trying to relax a little before bed and you got me ROFL with this. 🤣🤣
They also had a big hit with their cover of "Rivers of Babylon" - more of a reggae style.
A german production: Frank Farian, who was also responsible for things like "Milli Vanilli"
My father played this song on every party in the begining of the 80ths
This song is necessary, as every song to reflect the time
Boney M is a banger! It’s true we’re keeping great music alive.
Was he Rick James precursor?
Jamel, I only got to Boney M several months ago. After watching one of your ABBA reviews, Boney M “Rasputin”came up. It is a bigger trip than Daddy Cool, but Daddy Cool, Rasputin and Ma Baker are all in my iTunes library now, thank you brother 😎🆒
This was a huge hit when we were in college in France in 1976-77. We thought it was a joke. Looks like the joke was on us.
70s music was very simple but very danceable, puts you into a groove. For example, "Fly, Robin, Fly.. up up to the sky".
We LOVED Boney M!! They have a ton o good songs, including a rocking Christmas one!
LMFAO!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 JAMAL JAMAL JAMAL you got me laughing my A off!! This is one of the funniest reviews ever!!🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍👍
This video/song was entertaining and comical. Thanks Jamel, I needed a good laugh today.😂
Bobby Farrel was an dance ikon in Europe at that time. We loved him mooves, and the all Band. I am Europian middle aged woman, that times wen i was teenager. 🙂 🌺
When this song played at the local roller rink, it was all about dancing and having fun!
And on the dodgem fairgrounds
This song was an international hit!
Greatness is recognizable by all....
Great, fun group , not big in the The US except in the clubs, but huge around the world…he’s not singing though… and only one of the backup singers actually sang if I remember correctly.. you should watch Rasputin too.. it’s all about the visuals..
Correct. Although they weren't backup singers . If anything, he was. 😀
@@catherinemoran9037 good point!
I agree about Rasputin btw. Has to be seen. Loved Boney M back in the day. They were huge here.
OMG! I have never heard of this group until yesterday when someone posted one of their videos on Facebook.
The first person I thought of that needed to react to that video was Jamel and lo and behold, here comes Jamel reacting to this obscure group
A fantastic band 👍
This is my childhood, it's wonderful,it's epic. Hugs from Sweden.
Omg Boney M were the best hands down!!!! I bet no one here could sit still to that💃🕺. Was that too much freaky deaky for you J?🤣🤣🤭. Rasputin is another gooden. I'm on the old as dirt spectrum, and still get up to boogie to the beat. Thanks Jamel, love you 💕🙆🏼♀️🇦🇺
They wore famous in Europe to mid 80's!!! Disco music👍🎶 baby!! I'm 45 and I listen to dance remixes from their music!! Always gets you dancing.
Fun fact...mr. Farell lived in my neighborhood in the '80s!
Their Christmas album is awesome. I love Boney M. They are one of my favorite bands.
I like this song , i like this Channel , i am an big fan of your work !!! From Brazil !!! Big hug !!!
You have to place yourself in the time this was produced: It's 1976, a good disco beat, simple lyrics, and simple choreography. When you put it in that context you can't help realize how brilliant this song and act really is.
By the Rivers of Babylon is their biggest hit by far. Huge international hit. The full version of Nightflight to Venus, a nice disco drum ride.
The dancing balloon at the car dealership's comment had me cracking up!! That's EXACTLY what it looks like! LOL
Boney M I just fantastic I love this song👌❤❤
Rasputin is a good video from Boney M also. They had many very popular songs.
As Christmas nears Mary's Boy Child is a very good rendition done by them.
Boney M were the Kings of Disco back in the day all their songs had you up dancing , still today i like nothing better when on a Sunday while cleaning the house have Boney M's Greatest Hits blasting in the background . Songs like " Sunny " , " Painter Man " , " No Woman No Cry " , " Ma Baker " ,
Omg I LOVE Boney M I just discovered them this year thanks to RUclips putting them in a playlist with my band Foxzen 🦊 I love him I can't WAIT FOR your reactions do Rasputin and Ma Baker (Lady Gagas Bad Romance precursor?)
Yes please! SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!! Love these guys.
That reaction was priceless - car dealership, napolean, taco, hot headphones. Was a simple song when it came out.
He was the first prince. This guy was such an original. He had so much energy. He was an excellent guest. Always very respectful and polite to the hosts.
Oh yeah just like at the car dealerships, Tube Man. That IS how he dances. Oh man you nailed it. I’m rolling 🤣🤣🤣
Omg I just sperted coffee with laughter when you took the headphones off 🤣
Being 8 year-old I listened this song in pioneer-camp livining in the Soviet Union
1:46 😂🤣😂 Laughed way too hard at this.. Great vid as usual mate.
Thank you to keep great music alive 😊🙏😘 from Portugal
😂😂😂 relax Man! Dancing. Kisses from Brasil .
Your reaction has me doubled over in stitches !!!! Early Disco....yep that's about it -- all about the rhythm & the beat. As noted by others in the comments, Bobby Farrell not really doing any vocals, he's a bit rough around the edges but people loved him for his energy. Do check out videos of Rasputin being performed in Russia, Bobby even tuckers himself out with his high-energy moves. Rivers of Babylon is one of my all-time faves from this early disco-era group.
Reaction was hilarious!! Thank you!! I never thought about it that way, but you're absolutely right about that car dealership dance!!
Boney M, a cool act, even if disco wasn't your thing. Check out the album "Nightflight to Venus", lots of cool tunes.
"That taco meat is on FIRE" took me out.
You've gotta give Boney M's "Rasputin" a try. Much more lyrical variety and the groove is on par with this one. It will stick in your head
Boney M Producer was Frank Farian who also produced the act Milli Vanilli and he was the deep voice in Daddy Cool
You’re too funny! 😂😂😂 This disco song acquired a new dimension on your channel. 😂😂😂❤
I think a b side off one of their singles they had a song called Still I'm Sad ? Absolutely brilliant !
You brighten my day, love your channel!
I am happy for the air play for Boney M. I heard this for the first & only time in 1977 at a bar in Mombasa, Kenya drinking a "Tuskers" beer with an elephant on the label. Loved the song then which I took as a disco song. I have sung this to myself since from that super special memory my whole life until now. Mombasa is also where Van Owen got his from "Roland the headless Thompson gunner" by Warren Zevon.
They also did slower songs, but the faster songs are what made them so popular, especially Rasputin, but also Ma Baker. I still have an LP of theirs somewhere.
Lmaoooooooooo I'm crying!!!
These guys were so popular, my grandpa LOVED them!!
Please watch Rasputin!
I still have the 45 that I got in early 1977. I love this.
Those were the days great times 👍
Boney M. was a Band formed in Germany by Producer Frank Farian (you can hear him singing, was also the producer from Milli Vanilli). It´s not the dancer Bobby Farrel singing. He is just dancing and have fun on the stage. Check out "Rivers of Babylon", "Rasputin" or "Ma Baker". 70´s Disco at his best.
YAAY! Boney M, I'm 10 years old again!
I saw a MEME with them said: When you go out with your friends and your Mama says "Take your little brother with you." 🤣🤣
The producer was Frank Farian and that is HIS voice being lip-synced by dancing front man Bobby Farrell, who was a DJ spotted in a club by Farian. Farian is also the producer behind Milli Vanilli. Knowing the history of Boney M, it always blew my mind that people were shocked that Milli Vanilli didn't sing any of their hits.
Frank was largely responsible for the whole Milli Vanilli mess!!😢🎶
My favorite band when I was a little white German boy of 10 years old. I loved Liz ❤️. I was so mesmerized by her skin color. Fun fact: I've been married to a dark-skinned woman for 25 years 😂
Boney M are disco legends!!! pioneers !!!! try more !! they are music genious!!
You are so funny. Next time I see one of those blow up things, I'll just see Boney M 😂
Lol you had me laughing with this one! 😂💖💖
Jamel - Oh the bass line - Imagine someone saying 'hey, I got this bass line'
Roberto Alfonso (Bobby) Farrell was a singer, dancer and DJ from San Nicholaas, Aruba! My home island! San Nicholaas is an oil town and had the largest oil refinery in the world during WW II! At age 15, Bobby became a seaman on one of the ships that called San Nicholaas port and ended up in the Netherlands first before moving to Germany and becoming part of the group Boney M together with Marcia Barrett and Maizie Williams. This reaction hits it close to home for me. Thank you whoever got you to watch this.
I was a product of the 70's , if the doors to the disco were open, I was usually there to dance! However, I never heard of Boney M till about 2 or 3 years ago when it was a suggestion on RUclips since I reminisce occasionally there. Found an article online that said they were well known in Europe, but not in the US.
I sit there.. smokin chillin.. daddy cool 😎 🕺🏿
One of the greatest disco-groups of the 70's-80's. Such a great look at 5:55, Jamel!
OMG so stoked you reviewed this song! Love this crazy-ass group! "I ain't got too much to say". lolol
Man that jam is funky! Yur reaction is priceless bro!