They gave Tammy the final Swansong and exposure she truly deserved. Freddies death shocked me at the time and I was shattered then, I slowly came to terms in a while.
I worked for KLF Communications around this time. From what I heard the negotiations with Wynette's management were ... intense. The office was in Brixton and in the basement was a huge storeroom with various props including that foam rubber ice cream cone.
what makes me mad is we never know that were in something amazing until its over and passed by time and we look back on it and think DAMN WHAT GREAT DAYS WE HAD BACK THEN. Respect!
I recently played this for a Spanish girlfriend. We are both from that era but she had never seen it and was absolutely blown away by how original it was and how much it stands up today. I often listen to it when on a RUclips nostalgia trip.
@@cookslooking10 did they? As much as i know they have make the "containers" art exibition and a film "who killed the fdk" and idk what more, they havent done any music have they? What did they do??
I first came across the Klf courtesy of a small record shop in Brighton (UK), I think the record I got was 1987 what the f** is going on. Never looked back, been collecting all their stuff ever since, one of the most exciting and innovative bands of all time, mixing and matching art concepts and different musical styles. Took me years to track down a copy of their first album that got deleted. Brilliant they won the Brit Awards, we need more people like them now, most mainstream music nowadays is so formulaic, no innovation any more. Only exception I can think of now for originality in a completely different genre is the German band Rammstein, who also just do what they want and don't care what the media thinks, look out for them
They were way, way ahead of their time. Even today, that song has not dated. Even though they admitted the mistake with Tammy Wynette, it turned out to be a world-beater.
That's strange that she didn't know what an ice cream van is. We have ice cream trucks here that have a silly tune playing, rolling through the neighborhoods calling everyone to come get a cool treat. Well, at least we did in the 80s LOL!
When they released Justified, I admit I'd never heard of Wynette at that time, but would've recognised Dolly Parton. It's interesting to now learn that it was actually intended to be Dolly, but I seriously doubt she'd have ever agreed to do it or her minders would've stopped her.
I wasn't into their music but am aware of it, it is pretty catchy I must admit. I went to the Isle of Jura a few years ago ( Ardfin Estate ) to install a load of coffee machines for the estate's new mega rich Australian owner. There's the main house, beach house, boathouse and a full PGA golf course....during my visit just about every one of the Irish building team that took me to the boathouse, where a coffee machine was to be installed, said, see that fireplace, the band the KLF burn't a million quid in it !!! Apparently, it's true. If it is true, I wonder if they regret doing it.
They did a interview with the Guardian a while back where Bill said he kinda does because he's got kids now and it woulda helped them out. So he regrets it, but not because he wanted to be rich.
I was hoping for more on this story, the art, the money, the reason for disbanding...pretty sure their are better more informative "stories" out there.
I remember watching a doc about 25 years ago about these guys burning a million pounds and nailing another million pounds to some wooden panels. Not sure if anybody remembers!
He’d been around for many years. Drummond started Zoo records, was in several Liverpool post punk bands, managed Echo and the Bunnymen. He was always a mover and shaker
@@KiLN_ true but it went back up to no2 soon after so maybe a post xmas no1 was on the cards. Who knows if the buying public would have behaved differently if there was no Queen release at all. There were quite a few contenders that year iirc.
@@thewhiteroom23 The Queen single was an AA side with "These are the Days" which the producers of this BBC programme neglected to mention (probably wasn't even born then) and I remember that "These are the Days" received heavy airplay going into '92 which secured it 5 weeks at number one. Bohemian Rhapsody had been featured as the lead A side initially but it quickly became apparent that the other A was what people wanted to hear.
Mu was the ancient home of man according to legend. It gave rise to atlantis which was supposedly a colonial outpost. Mu was supposedly situated in the Pacific ocean. A vast continent between South America and China. It was destroyed by geological upheavals. Or so the story goes.
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I absolutely LOVED the KLF, They're the reason i got into music production and I ended up making a career out of it!
They gave Tammy the final Swansong and exposure she truly deserved. Freddies death shocked me at the time and I was shattered then, I slowly came to terms in a while.
Oh man, 🎉 congratulations
+ here!
I worked for KLF Communications around this time. From what I heard the negotiations with Wynette's management were ... intense. The office was in Brixton and in the basement was a huge storeroom with various props including that foam rubber ice cream cone.
That’s amazing! Must of been the weirdest fuckin office in the world.
Wasn't their offices in Jimmy's squat?
what makes me mad is we never know that were in something amazing until its over and passed by time and we look back on it and think DAMN WHAT GREAT DAYS WE HAD BACK THEN. Respect!
Love KLF and love Freddie rip . Never again in the field of music history could calibres like this exist again.
"Chill Out" is a perfect album for so many situations.
No other country could have thrown up these two. So British and so bloody entertaining. Particularly like ‘then Freddie mercury goes and dies’
Bill’s actually a Scot
@@crazyralph6386 yeah so British.
I don't know, man. I mean, we here in the States have Was (Not Was). Check them out if you want some really, really oddball artist mashups.
They called her up in Tennessee and said Tammy, stand by the JAMs…
And she did!
I recently played this for a Spanish girlfriend. We are both from that era but she had never seen it and was absolutely blown away by how original it was and how much it stands up today. I often listen to it when on a RUclips nostalgia trip.
That's strange because it was playing nonstop in the bars in Madrid at the time
@@divinediary1641 Bilbao here and i listened that here too in the 90's
Oh the early 90s great decade
I think the time is right for the KLF to make a come back. 👍
Mu mu!!🥳
@@TheLinz110 Mu Mu
They don'f seem to care
They did and it sucked.
@@cookslooking10 did they? As much as i know they have make the "containers" art exibition and a film "who killed the fdk" and idk what more, they havent done any music have they? What did they do??
Great band. Great song. Well done The KLF and Tammy Wynette.
One of the most unique bands ever,
My favourite band for years !
Love the KLF... So epic.
I first came across the Klf courtesy of a small record shop in Brighton (UK), I think the record I got was 1987 what the f** is going on. Never looked back, been collecting all their stuff ever since, one of the most exciting and innovative bands of all time, mixing and matching art concepts and different musical styles. Took me years to track down a copy of their first album that got deleted. Brilliant they won the Brit Awards, we need more people like them now, most mainstream music nowadays is so formulaic, no innovation any more. Only exception I can think of now for originality in a completely different genre is the German band Rammstein, who also just do what they want and don't care what the media thinks, look out for them
Amazing collaboration !!
RIP Tammy and Ricardo
I love trance music and the trance scene say KLF created the first "trance track/music" ever!
They released some cracking records.
They were way, way ahead of their time. Even today, that song has not dated. Even though they admitted the mistake with Tammy Wynette, it turned out to be a world-beater.
These guys were absolutely geniuses
"Bring the beat back"
To bring Tammy on board was pure genius
I didn't know about the live link I thought it was pre recorded
Legend
BRILLIANT
Loved them! I was 11 😅😅😅
That's strange that she didn't know what an ice cream van is. We have ice cream trucks here that have a silly tune playing, rolling through the neighborhoods calling everyone to come get a cool treat. Well, at least we did in the 80s LOL!
I remember this jam in my middle skool...walking the halls w boom box an getting written up..lol🤣🤣🤣💪😎🤘
Tammy didn't live much longer after that track, guess she is in MoMo Land now!
Mu-Mu
Damn you Freddie for dying, for so many reasons, this being one of them !
Love the KLF
Who is the redhead guitarist lady from TOTP and the vidoes?
Cressida Bowyer/Cauty, KLF choreographer/knitwear expert, married to Rockman Rock back in the day.
@@KiLN_ justified
Geniuses
America was their last single in 1992 actually. Then ***K The Millennium as 2K in 1997.
Is this Mel Giedroyc doing this ? Nice. I so love KLF
Definitely sounds like her. Never noticed before 👍
fucking legandary!
When they released Justified, I admit I'd never heard of Wynette at that time, but would've recognised Dolly Parton.
It's interesting to now learn that it was actually intended to be Dolly, but I seriously doubt she'd have ever agreed to do it or her minders would've stopped her.
KLF the dadaist band
I wasn't into their music but am aware of it, it is pretty catchy I must admit. I went to the Isle of Jura a few years ago ( Ardfin Estate ) to install a load of coffee machines for the estate's new mega rich Australian owner. There's the main house, beach house, boathouse and a full PGA golf course....during my visit just about every one of the Irish building team that took me to the boathouse, where a coffee machine was to be installed, said, see that fireplace, the band the KLF burn't a million quid in it !!! Apparently, it's true. If it is true, I wonder if they regret doing it.
I heard they all stood around the fire in druid clothes from a mate whos ex-manager Gareth Evans was there.
They did a interview with the Guardian a while back where Bill said he kinda does because he's got kids now and it woulda helped them out. So he regrets it, but not because he wanted to be rich.
They did a show about it.I think it is on You Tube.
“and then Freddie goes and dies”😅😅😅
.....so inconsiderate 🤣
Lol
I know what this record needs. It needs Tammie Wynette!! 🤣😅🤣🤣
White album is ageless
And the white album version of Justified is one of the ultimate chill out tracks!
Shout out to all by homies in MuMu.
I was hoping for more on this story, the art, the money, the reason for disbanding...pretty sure their are better more informative "stories" out there.
It was a 5 minute segment on a music show, it wasn't meant to be comprehensive
There’s a doc out recently/soon in uk
Yeah, documentary coming out soon about the whole lot.
I remember watching a doc about 25 years ago about these guys burning a million pounds and nailing another million pounds to some wooden panels. Not sure if anybody remembers!
She was in...Bournemouth
It was amazing how a couple of bored unemployed guys with a synthesiser could make a succesful music career, it happened all the time back then
right wing politics has assured it can't happen now
He was also in Liverpool band Big In Japan in the late 70s
Read his autobiography 45
He’d been around for many years. Drummond started Zoo records, was in several Liverpool post punk bands, managed Echo and the Bunnymen. He was always a mover and shaker
Bohemian Rhapsody didn’t keep KLF off number 1 spot, it kept The Prodigy’s Everybody in the Place off No. 1
it kept both records off the number one for two weeks each
Think about it for a second. The song at the top of the charts at any given moment holds EVERYTHING else that charted from the same position.
Love klf legends but burning a million pound 😮😮😮😮😮😮
Bill McClintock was born here.
Xmas no1 was nailed on...
Everyone seems to forget it was only at number 4 on the Xmas chart, so it wasn't only dead Fred that kept it off #1...
@@KiLN_ true but it went back up to no2 soon after so maybe a post xmas no1 was on the cards. Who knows if the buying public would have behaved differently if there was no Queen release at all. There were quite a few contenders that year iirc.
@@thewhiteroom23 The Queen single was an AA side with "These are the Days" which the producers of this BBC programme neglected to mention (probably wasn't even born then) and I remember that "These are the Days" received heavy airplay going into '92 which secured it 5 weeks at number one. Bohemian Rhapsody had been featured as the lead A side initially but it quickly became apparent that the other A was what people wanted to hear.
What documentary is this?
"Top of the Pops - The Story of 1991"
@@KiLN_ thank you legend ❤️
Build a fire..... my favourite.
After the preceding 3 songs, and against the album version, i thought that song was an abomination.
Mu was the ancient home of man according to legend. It gave rise to atlantis which was supposedly a colonial outpost. Mu was supposedly situated in the Pacific ocean. A vast continent between South America and China. It was destroyed by geological upheavals. Or so the story goes.
"and then Freddie Mercury goes and dies". Yeah, why the fuck did he have to do that. :( :D
I remember recording the Sunday chart show on cassette but I still don't know what K.L.F. stands for? Answers on a postcard 😁
Kopyright liberation front?
@@antonchigurh4125 cheers dude 👍
Kings of the Low Frequencies
King Lucifer Forever
and of course, Kallisti Liberation Front in the Illuminatus! books
How does the most brilliant stuff come out of the UK what is it about the brits?
🎉
The Ice-cream Truck.
Ice cream van not truck.
I didn't like the van.
The car, yes, not the van though
And now for something different! The Prezident of propaganda POP in a collaboration with Daniel O, Donnell...you heard it first folks!
Everything on TOTP was fake lol
Freddie Mercury, the selfish git !
05:19 _"Oh Mumu Mia, Mumu Mia"
*_MUMU MIA LET ME GO!"_*
Geniuses