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Комментарии • 298

  • @senorleloup
    @senorleloup 2 года назад +202

    Arthur is my father. He has continued to perform and record since. He toured with The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and all the other bands of the time, playing gigs in Europe and America, with everyone. He received the Rock Legend award last month at a ceremony in London.

    • @buzzsaw6341
      @buzzsaw6341 2 года назад +14

      Thanks for coming on here Julian, have loved this since it came out(I was 8) . he certainly influenced a lot of other performers.

    • @ManCheat2
      @ManCheat2 2 года назад +3

      Noice if true.

    • @je8761
      @je8761 2 года назад +11

      He is great. I´ve seen him perform. He looks like a preAlice Cooper combined with a preFrank Zappa.

    • @peggyochoa3538
      @peggyochoa3538 2 года назад +1

      what was he like in real life off the stage, just wondering.

    • @senorleloup
      @senorleloup 2 года назад +17

      Hes a very gracious, gentle soul, most of the time :) music is still his life, hes just got back from playing America and Germany .

  • @captaincorky237
    @captaincorky237 10 месяцев назад

    He was an influence on Alice Cooper, and has performed with him. Jimi Hendrix wanted to for a band with him too. ~And he is still touring. He has had several bands now.

  • @debbiechang5781
    @debbiechang5781 3 года назад +1

    I remember this song for sure! Never seen this video though. Wild! 😂

  • @coldlakealta4043
    @coldlakealta4043 Год назад

    now, that's _entertainment_

  • @guidosarducci
    @guidosarducci 3 года назад +25

    This is one of the most BADASS songs you'll ever see........or hear

  • @spawn4582
    @spawn4582 5 месяцев назад +9

    It's true Harri Alice Cooper said in an interview that when he saw Arthur Brown, he was shocked, it inspired him, in 1968, seeing a man with fire on his head was something new, not ordinary, non-standard! There's something about it.

  • @xiropigado
    @xiropigado 2 года назад +11

    Still sounds FUCKING Amazing !

  • @StMikey
    @StMikey 2 года назад +11

    An interesting side-note: he lived in Texas for a while in the mid-80s and shared a house painting business with Jimmy Carl Black, the first drummer of the Mothers of Invention. "I charge extra for setting my hair on fire," he quipped in an interview.

  • @coffermartin77
    @coffermartin77 2 года назад +16

    Not only did he influence Alice Cooper with the make up,Kiss as well. Like one of the other comments read, you have to listen to the whole album. Arthur Brown's version of Screamin' Jay Hawkins is sublime( by the way,Screamin' Jay Hawkins was another cool cat that was out there and did it almost 10 years before Brown). Arthur Brown has one of the best falsetto voices i've ever heard and doesn't get the credit for it. And most incredible of all, he's alive and still kicking today!!

  • @marshlanderdumarais264
    @marshlanderdumarais264 2 года назад +23

    I’ve followed the great Arthur Brown for fifty-three years, seen him many times performing with many projects and have met him many times. He is one of loveliest people you could hope to meet. He always takes time to talk to fans after a show (when he must be exhausted) and there is not an ounce of cynicism in him. I’m so looking forward to the film of his career when it is finished. Many who have met him love him to bits. This was great television when it came out and still stands up today. My dad didn’t appreciate it as much as I did 🤣

  • @39thala
    @39thala 3 года назад +21

    Watching that in black and white makes it that much more scary! Lol.

  • @donthomasdunigan7004
    @donthomasdunigan7004 3 года назад +15

    Whren I was a kid, about 13 years old, a girl invited me to a dance at her church. We were not church people. I had this on a 45 rpm single and brought it to be played at the dance. Only the opening line got played, then a church lady (Dana Carvey?) quickly took the record off the record player. I was never invited to a church dance again. lol. Peace.

    • @MsThebeMoon
      @MsThebeMoon Год назад +1

      Times changed quick back then. I was in high school during the 70's and we had dances at this Catholic Schools gym (I went to public school - it was open to any teen). Anyway, the band that would play every month was called Lucifer and they dressed like KISS. No one made a big deal about it. --- Sorry, just noticed your post is 2 yrs. old. Hope all is well.

  • @supasoulproductions
    @supasoulproductions 3 года назад +43

    You need to hear the whole album. This single was a smash hit when it came out and got substantial radio play.

    • @lhpl
      @lhpl 3 года назад +2

      I was _born_ in '68, but I distinctly remember hearing this as a very early childhood memory, so it must have been performed and been popular for several years after. I don't remember the visuals, but anyway it could have been from radio, (b&w) tv, or one of my two older brothers' record collections. Certainly an impressive piece. I think I must have fancied it back then, and of course I think it is a great classic today.

    • @BlackCountryCombatClub
      @BlackCountryCombatClub 5 месяцев назад +1

      Prelude, nightmare is a brilliant track

  • @sns2112
    @sns2112 3 года назад +36

    Arthur is still performing. I saw him in 2019, he was a special guest on the Royal Affair Tour (Yes, Asia, John Lodge of The Moody Blues and Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy). He performed this song with Carl on the drums. He was wearing makeup and and crazy headress.

    • @garyarnett1220
      @garyarnett1220 3 года назад +2

      Wow

    • @kentclark6420
      @kentclark6420 2 года назад +1

      Interesting collection of performers. It sounds like some of the characters of a fantasy all-star group I envisioned a year back or so.

    • @djwragg3
      @djwragg3 2 года назад +1

      SNS 1, Carl Palmer was in Arthur's backing band Atomic Rooster before joining ELP, so the performance you describe was a reunion for them.

  • @wordsmith52
    @wordsmith52 3 года назад +26

    I was around when it came out and it caused a bit of a stir. We loved it and thought it was a scream. Mums and dads, not so!

    • @HarriBestReactions
      @HarriBestReactions  3 года назад +2

      🤣

    • @ludovica8221
      @ludovica8221 2 года назад +2

      Same... I saw it as just dressing up.. It was cool and fun. My parents didnt care for it. Arthur Brown is still going strong. He's a legend :)

  • @Grumpy_Rabbit
    @Grumpy_Rabbit 3 года назад +15

    One of the precursor songs that presaged the emergence of heavy metal. A personal favorite of mine.

  • @jimcobb3275
    @jimcobb3275 Год назад +5

    Arthur Brown is his name. I just watched the video again before I came here. I had the grand fortune of wandering into a night club in the French Quarter of New Orleans in 1968 and got to watch his show, really up close and personal. I think he touched me, mentally, not physically.

  • @herb6677
    @herb6677 3 года назад +11

    Jimi Hendrix took the single to American DJs and told them to play it. The most dinstinctive thing about AB is his wide vocal range which is still his trademark, when you hear him perform nowadays - hadn't lost a bit of his energy and charisma. Even his latest work is brilliant and most underrated, check out the Vampyre Suite or ZimZamZim or read his biography The God of Hellfire. He inspired Alice Cooper and Peter Gabriel amongst many others. Fire was in inspiration for many hardrock and heavy metal bands, which is curious, because there is not one guitar to be heard, just the drumming of Drachen Theaker and Vincent Crane's organ and orchestration. The guitar player in this video here is just a puppet.

    • @jimcobb3275
      @jimcobb3275 Год назад

      Really, from those high pitched screams to that low pitch growl. He has a range.

    • @TSS900
      @TSS900 Год назад

      Great: The crazy world of Arthur Brown. I was 13 in that year and I liked it so much. I still know the lyrics. I bought the single ……. No one in my surroundings liked it. But I still do and I still love hard roch WITH guitarplaying
      Cheers 🎸🎸🎸

  • @MrSmartAlec
    @MrSmartAlec 3 года назад +12

    Age 67 here and I vividly remember hearing this a lot on my little transistor radio. Contrary to adult opinion at the time this song did not turn me into a monster. Lol.

  • @stephenqualtrough7322
    @stephenqualtrough7322 3 года назад +26

    As soon as I saw this I thought OMG does Harri know what he is letting himself in for? . It WAS a big hit at the time . I do not think I will be choosing this as my funeral song any time soon lol

  • @richardfordham931
    @richardfordham931 Год назад +5

    The whole album is worth a listen. It stands as probably one of those one of a kind albums that will never be repeat, like Trout Mask Replica, or Piper at the Gates of Dawn. He also has a couple of great covers: I Put a Spell on You, and a James Brown tune.

  • @raymondsteeg3001
    @raymondsteeg3001 2 года назад +9

    Arthur and Alice did indeed meet several times over the years and performed together.
    I like his albums a lot and seen him several times as I was soundengineer working with him. Great voice as a narrator. And one of the most gentle giants I ever met

  • @39thala
    @39thala 3 года назад +7

    Arthur was born: June 24, 1942 (age 79 years), Whitby, United Kingdom

    • @jamesalexander5623
      @jamesalexander5623 3 года назад

      I've been to Whitby .... For the Abbey!

    • @39thala
      @39thala 3 года назад

      @@jamesalexander5623 Cool!

  • @erikahlander3489
    @erikahlander3489 3 года назад +6

    Arthur Brown made a short visit into the rock world with this hit. It had influences into rock music for decades. Actually he is more into philosohy art performance etc. A deep man! So much happened those years when Beatles quit, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa ... and Arthur Brown etc etc put new influences into music. Flower Power. The first synths. Prog. Viet Nam war etc. Other has mentioned Napoleon XIV and Edwin Starr. Odd music but with influence on other music for long. I was lucky to be in my teens when all this happened!

  • @georgeringley2667
    @georgeringley2667 3 года назад +12

    As soon as I saw the notification I knew what song it was. I was just finishing high school when this came out and the Vietnam war was in full swing and napalm was being used heavily. I won't say that this is the reason for this song but it's what I thought of when I heard it. Plus the music and vocals fit the song perfectly. It's unnerving, just like war.

    • @HarriBestReactions
      @HarriBestReactions  3 года назад +2

      Songs always takes you back to a certain time or place

  • @beatlebrian4404
    @beatlebrian4404 3 года назад +7

    Mate try listening to "they're coming to take me away ha-haaa" by Napoleon X1V always been a favourite of mine!

    • @jamesalexander5623
      @jamesalexander5623 3 года назад +1

      We had a large State Hospital ( for Mentally Handicapped ) where I lived in Allentown Pa. .... We used to be allowed to walk and ride our bikes through the grounds. When this song came out some of the older Teens would ride through with their Transistor Radios blaring this song ....

    • @spacecardinal
      @spacecardinal 3 года назад

      😩

  • @39thala
    @39thala 3 года назад +21

    Interesting you mention Alice Cooper. 1968 is the same year that Vincent Damon Furnier changed his name to Alice Cooper and decided to adopt the gimmick of the stage makeup etc. He released his first album the following year. So, you could be right Harri about the influence. Who knows. Anyway I love learning of these somewhat obscure old bands from the past. The spectrum of different music and creativity out there is amazing.

    • @craigammons5779
      @craigammons5779 2 года назад +1

      Alice Cooper did copy Arthur Brown, Alice Cooper had him as a guest performer and did this song with him.

    • @ragnarlothbrok9133
      @ragnarlothbrok9133 2 года назад

      Alice talks about Arthur Brown and this song and how it blew him away with all the theatrics. Definitely a big influence on Alice.

    • @intothevoid4930
      @intothevoid4930 Год назад

      @@craigammons5779 yes it's on youtube, from 2011. Arthur joined Alice and his band on the encore to perform Fire.

    • @annabackman3028
      @annabackman3028 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/rTL9xqrIn1g/видео.html
      Here's the collab!

  • @donhadfield2835
    @donhadfield2835 3 года назад +6

    I was 13 at the time and clearly remember seeing this on TV and it has stuck in my head ever since. I just remember being absolutely dumbfounded. Aside from Jimi Hendrix and a few others, acts just had cute matching outfits and equally cute little songs. This was a whole different thing. It was so cool to see Alice Cooper (you can find this on RUclips) bring Arthur out to do an encore performance flaming headpiece & all in 2011 & again in 2017.

  • @RickTBL
    @RickTBL 3 года назад +10

    Arthur had to put up with pain to wear that fire hat. It was hot.
    It does look like Alice got some ideas from Arthur's make-up.

    • @herb6677
      @herb6677 3 года назад +1

      Carl Palmer replaced Drachen Theaker shortly before the Crazy World disbanded. He is not heard on the album or in this video. On the album it is mostly Drachen Theaker, only a couple of tracks feature Jon Hiseman and John Marshall of Soft Machine.

  • @BuffaloC305
    @BuffaloC305 3 года назад +6

    The musical track was soooo thinly produced and it begs for a bigger or better band. A decade later, Alice Cooper and KISS would dive into face-painting, too. Try and remember this performance if you ever watch PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE. Also... think back - in 1956, Screamin' Jay Hawkins was screaming his way into a few radio stations - not many! - and somewhere in the mid-60s - or later? - he had to go "full lampoon" and turn PUT A SPELL ON YOU into a cartoon. Here was Arthur Brown doing it as well.

  • @porflepopnecker4376
    @porflepopnecker4376 3 года назад +4

    Imagine being a little kid when this came out! I remember liking the single when my big brother brought it home. Here's my parody of this song, entitled "Fryer":
    I am Todd of the deep fryer, and I bring you
    Fryer
    The chicken is done
    Fryer
    For table oh-one
    Don't let it burn
    You quit school and you got a job
    And you're working for a guy named Bob
    Pouring in the cooking oil, waiting till it starts to boil
    Opening the poultry bin, tossing all the chicken in
    Oh no, oh no, oh no, it's gonna burn
    Fryer
    To feed all our guests
    Fryer
    Keep an eye on those breasts
    Don't let 'em burn
    You've been frying like you don't know how
    Overcook it and I'll have a cow
    Pour the oil, let it boil
    Poultry bin, toss it in
    Keep an eye, on those breasts
    Think about our hungry guests
    Ooohhhh
    Fryer,
    If the chicken is burned
    Fryer
    I'll revoke all you've earned
    It's gonna burn
    You didn't learn
    The chicken's burned, burned, burned, burned, burned, burned, burned, burned, burned, burned, burned
    Fryer, the chicken is burned
    Fryer, don't ever return
    Fryer, hand in your hat

    • @Russ_Keith
      @Russ_Keith 3 года назад

      I enjoyed that. Always appreciate a bit of humour in a comment.

    • @jamesalexander5623
      @jamesalexander5623 3 года назад

      What do you call an Over Weight, Contemplative Monk? ..... A Deep Fat Friar!

  • @stevecash7638
    @stevecash7638 2 года назад +2

    Scared the crap out of me as an 8 year old, but loved it.

  • @BobC-fo3si
    @BobC-fo3si 3 года назад +4

    I was in college at the time and the album was one of the go-to songs. A lot of my friends would smoke marijuana and listen to the album. I still have my copy of "The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown". As was previously suggested, you do need to listen to the whole album.

  • @jaySechovec-ze4ts
    @jaySechovec-ze4ts 3 месяца назад +1

    Author Brown, could be the biggest influence on music, articles in the mind; tripping as well as simply having the biggest balls. Jake,, I remember Austin gig where you let me handle the stage work. Still listening. You still the first and foremost in my musical inspiration .

  • @davidmazon7516
    @davidmazon7516 2 года назад +3

    That's got to be one of the first rock music videos. I heard this song 100 years ago and I forgot all about it till now. I didn't even know they had a video out because they didn't make music videos back then. This song is fire

  • @noahawk07
    @noahawk07 3 месяца назад +1

    Amazing song!! I was a teen when it came out and I remember it blasting from the radio and the power of the song was actually so physical it could knock you cold ! And that was long before music television.

  • @careyjamesv
    @careyjamesv 2 года назад +13

    I knew a guy in '68 whose motorcycle blew up under him. He was severely burned, in a coma, and in intensive care. He woke from the coma screaming because someone was playing this song. He credited this song for snapping him back and reinforcing his will to live.

  • @stevecastro1325
    @stevecastro1325 3 года назад +3

    I was probably seven or eight years old when I first heard this song on the radio, or maybe hanging out with my older cousins and listening to their records. I thought it was the most effing coolest song ever. However, I never saw the video version until now. The video maintains it in the very top tier of badass songs.

  • @PainInTheS
    @PainInTheS Год назад +1

    After this I got one recommendation to you......this was '68 and probably spooked some people.....now go watch 1956 'Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you'.......now THAT must have had some white people dropping over dead back in the day. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @HARGC111
    @HARGC111 Месяц назад +1

    Ah it sure is nice nobody talking about 51 and nz.

  • @captaincorky237
    @captaincorky237 10 месяцев назад +1

    HIs next band had an album that took me years to understand - Arthur was/is among other things deeply into Greek philosophy. It introduced me to such works as Plato's Timeaus, and some very strange corners.

  • @jeannettesimpson9778
    @jeannettesimpson9778 3 года назад +7

    I'm sure this was on the weekly UK TV show Top of The Pops. We'd already been amazed by Jimi Hendrix appearing in 1966 when I was around 13. My parents going, "What the hell is this?" and me thinking, amazing. I remember this performance as well, but I wasn't shocked by anything by that stage of my musical journey. I don't know if Arthur Brown was an influence, but The Sensational Alex Harvey Band , formed in 1972, had a similar vibe.

    • @johnclibbens6803
      @johnclibbens6803 3 года назад +1

      It was, I clearly remember seeing it on Top of the Pops.

    • @pauldover1403
      @pauldover1403 3 года назад

      He was also on the Tom Jones programme in 1969 which I think was on Sunday evening. I remember seeing him on it when he performed his fire poem and then the song. The performance is on youtube.

    • @jeannettesimpson9778
      @jeannettesimpson9778 3 года назад

      @@pauldover1403 Wonderful. I have no memory of that so probably wasn't allowed to watch it. As someone commented on the video I watched, there's a very young Carl Palmer showing his skills.

  • @pauldover1403
    @pauldover1403 Год назад +1

    I forgot to say Harri, you asked how it was received when it came out. He appeared on the Tom Jones show, Sunday night, prime-time. That's how it was received.

  • @georgegwoolston1730
    @georgegwoolston1730 3 года назад +2

    He physically reminds me of Frank Zappa...

    • @An_Cat_Dubh
      @An_Cat_Dubh 3 года назад

      There are similarities to Zappa in his vocal delivery too. And in the tongue-in-cheek lyrics.

  • @arthurcrespo226
    @arthurcrespo226 Год назад +4

    Hahaha... I was 8 when this song rode the charts! It was unlike anything I had heard at that time. He was ahead of his time. He still performs!

  • @davidlauter1622
    @davidlauter1622 Год назад +1

    I had every album that came out in the 60s the day it hit the stores cuz I stole albums Lol I always had everything before anyone else and when I heard this i knew this guy was light years ahead of everyone just like Hendrix was light years ahead of everyone ! Every song on this album is great ! And guess what ! Pete Townsend produced it !

  • @banditnip0345
    @banditnip0345 2 года назад +1

    I bet Arthur was good childhood friends with Ozzy Osborne. They both have alot in common. I was 11 years old & do remember this song on my transistor radio. I didn't believe in a place called Hell back then, so this song really did not seem to have an influence on me. But now I'm 65 & definately prefer not to listen to this song because I have learned through the years that Hell is a very real place & I don't want to go there. Anyone telling me they want to take me there are people I choose to dis-associate myself with.

  • @pauldover1403
    @pauldover1403 3 года назад +7

    I was 11 when this came out and it was one of my favourite songs of the time. The flaming helmet was made by Arthur Brown himself and had no insulation on the bolt which held the fire bowl in place so the red hot piece of metal would press into the top of his head. Stories of Arthur are legion. At one festival he played after dark and was lowered towards the stage by a crane. Unfortunately, he was left hanging in mid-air beneath the proscenium arch which his helmet set on fire. The guy has almost died a number of times but is still recording and performing.
    Two notable members of the band were Vincent Crane on the Hammond who formed Atomic Rooster and Carl Palmer, letter of ELP.

    • @senorleloup
      @senorleloup 2 года назад

      Hi Paul, Arthur is my father, and I have the original fire helmet. It had sat on Arthur's brother's Porch for 20 years, covered in ivy, before he gave it to me.

    • @pauldover1403
      @pauldover1403 2 года назад

      @@senorleloup
      You can't imagine how amazed I am to hear from you, somehow I never thought of Arthur as having children or a family at all, he just seemed a one-off, a wild man who would never even bother about things like that.
      I remember that 45 years ago or so he appeared at a bar in the Freemasons' Hall or Temple or whatever they have. I never got to see him there but it had a bio of him and reading it you thought that not only should he have been dead, he should have been dead ten times over with all of the things that had happened to him.
      But what a fascinating souvenir you have there. I bet you're not crazy enough to try out your father's engineering skills!

    • @kristinadospoy7347
      @kristinadospoy7347 2 года назад

      Crazy! They didn't call it the Crazy World of Arthur Brown for nothing

    • @ronnelson7828
      @ronnelson7828 6 месяцев назад

      ​​@@pauldover1403 2+ years since this was posted. I've seen an interview recently where Ron Wood of Jeff Beck Group, The Faces, the Rolling Stones says he played the bass guitar on this recording in 1968.

  • @xiropigado
    @xiropigado Год назад +1

    How old is this guy? How has he never heard this song before or many other songs that he has reacted to? I can understand young people not being aware but didn't he listen to any music when he was young or did he spend his youth living on another planet?

  • @Wilhelm_von_chudson
    @Wilhelm_von_chudson 5 месяцев назад +1

    I was playing this in my outback😂

  • @xxxxyz854
    @xxxxyz854 9 месяцев назад +2

    I saw Arthur Brown live @ The GRANDE BALLROOM in Detroit in 1968 and his head was on fire.

  • @damonhines8187
    @damonhines8187 3 года назад +5

    Imagine the reaction of a couple of Catholic school substitute teachers when I started acting out and lip-synching to this the morning after seeing him/them on Tom Jones' show. Grade 7. I was already a fan of the record.

  • @fenderchamp8241
    @fenderchamp8241 11 месяцев назад +1

    Now we know where Alice got his schtick from.

  • @j.dragon651
    @j.dragon651 2 года назад +1

    I am a guitar player with over 55 years of playing and bought this album in 68. Although there is no guitar on this album it is one of the biggest influences on my style of playing. With that said, listen to some more of his stuff back to back with Tom Jones and tell me they don't sound a lot a like. When Mars Attacks was rolling the credit and Tom Jones was singing "It's not Unusual", I was in the kitchen and wondering what the hell Arthur Browne was doing singing that tune! Carl Palmer, later of ELP played on some of these tracks and Vincent Crane is the keyboardist. Both killers. I challenged others to tackle this song, you my man, are the only one so far.

  • @ronniefarnsworth6465
    @ronniefarnsworth6465 2 года назад +1

    This was a Hugh Monster Hit back in the day !!! : D
    Arthur also inspired many band Alice Cooper yes, the most famous Classic Prog Genesis when Peter Gabriel started his many masks and Theateratics !!!

  • @davidschecter5247
    @davidschecter5247 3 года назад +2

    My Mom didn't mind this one, but she wouldn't let me or my Sister listening to "They're Coming to Take Me Away!" LOL!

    • @waltreed2578
      @waltreed2578 3 года назад

      I remember that one, did this group sing that one too?

  • @0truckmafk
    @0truckmafk 3 года назад +2

    This is a killer driving song.

  • @annabackman3028
    @annabackman3028 Год назад +1

    LYRICS
    I am the god of hell fire, and I bring you!
    Fire, I'll take you to burn.
    Fire, I'll take you to learn.
    I'll see you burn!
    You've fought hard and you saved and earned,
    but all of it's going to burn.
    And your mind, your tiny mind,
    you know you've really been so blind.
    Now's your time, burn your mind,
    You're falling far too far behind.
    Oh no, oh no, oh no, you're gonna burn!
    Fire, to destroy all you've done.
    Fire, to end all you've become.
    I'll feel you burn!
    You've been living like a little girl,
    in the middle of your little world.
    And your mind, your tiny mind,
    you know you've really been so blind.
    Now's your time, burn your mind,
    you're falling far too far behind.
    Oooooooooooooo.
    Fire, I'll take you to burn.
    Fire, I'll take you to learn.
    You're gonna burn!
    You're gonna burn!
    You're gonna burn!
    Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn,
    burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, ahhhhhhhhh
    Fire, I'll take you to burn.
    Fire, I'll take you to learn.
    Fire, I'll take you to burn.
    Fire, fire ahhhhh...

    • @annabackman3028
      @annabackman3028 Год назад +1

      This is actually political.
      Aimed at whoever should open their eyes and realize times have changed. It's a new era now.
      (Around 1968, late 60s, it was a dramatic change going on.)

  • @cum.v4610
    @cum.v4610 2 года назад +1

    Nice reaction, love from New Zealand ❤️❤️

    • @HARGC111
      @HARGC111 Месяц назад

      ffs mate 🤦

  • @lindagitschlag4522
    @lindagitschlag4522 9 дней назад

    FIRE! atomic war. It almost happened but Russia backed down.

  • @bierce716
    @bierce716 2 года назад +2

    I remember it very well, I was a teenager when it came out. He was one of the artists who collectively invented heavy metal.

  • @avantprog6902
    @avantprog6902 3 года назад +4

    This was extremely influential. Carl Palmer played with them. There's another film of them where he is clearly seen. Progressive organ music, Alice Cooper, I even hear Ian Gillan's vocal style here.

    • @handsomeclem208
      @handsomeclem208 2 года назад

      While we're at it, you could almost consider the keyboard work on this to almost be a prototype for the sound made famous (or is that infamous?) by The Stranglers.....

  • @lindagitschlag4522
    @lindagitschlag4522 9 дней назад

    No, Sir, I ... was that teenager. That music was very popular, everywhere you looked, all over our airwaves. Remember, we were not far from atomic war (Russia then, and now-again) and this song brought out our fears about it. On the other hand, it also brought out a feeling of freedom of expression. A side note - no war! Russia backed off when we stood firm. Bullies always do.

  • @Zckii
    @Zckii Год назад +1

    Thought someone in nz in Christ church had this playing in a outback

  • @Dannoga
    @Dannoga 2 года назад +1

    A great unique talent who to this very day performs at 80 yrs young!

  • @stephenulmer3781
    @stephenulmer3781 3 года назад +1

    Was that on Top of the pops ?

  • @davidlee6720
    @davidlee6720 16 дней назад

    Trained in philosophy and opera, Arthur a one-off never copied or repeated. Great talker too. Think he is still around to this day, very popular and a great guy too .Had my first hallucinogenic experience to this. Imagine that!

  • @janster3000
    @janster3000 3 года назад +3

    This was played on all the AM radio stations when I was a kid. It was different but nothing unusual for that time.🔥🔥👺🔥🔥

    • @HarriBestReactions
      @HarriBestReactions  3 года назад

      Really? Are you from the states?

    • @janster3000
      @janster3000 3 года назад +4

      @@HarriBestReactions Yes, Arizona at that time. There wasn't much censorship happening then. Your parents were the censors. I was very fortunate to be a child of the 60's and 70's. ☮️❤️

  • @chrisnicol1644
    @chrisnicol1644 2 года назад +1

    You are in for a ride

  • @debbiematheson4289
    @debbiematheson4289 3 года назад +1

    oh harri, this would never have been on tv during "family dinner time" in 1968.......................

  • @andrewclayton4181
    @andrewclayton4181 2 года назад +1

    This was the single pulled from an early Concept album. The music either side relates to it, and gives it some context. The 60s started off fairly normal, if you can call rock and roll and skiffle normal, but it soon got pretty crazy. We got used to oddballs popping up. They had to outdo each other. Wearing a flaming hat was quite an extreme stunt. Sometimes his stage act went awry and he got scorched a couple of times. Sham TV was only b+w - would have been good in colour.

  • @chatham43
    @chatham43 3 года назад +2

    ...remember my old Dad watching this on TOTP with mouth agape...and his dropped cigarette burning a hole in the carpet....

  • @larsholzke8475
    @larsholzke8475 11 месяцев назад

    Alice Cooper and Mick Jagger... You're absolutely right. The 60s had their afterglow in the 70s and 80s. All musicians were inspired.

  • @lancevaughn432
    @lancevaughn432 2 года назад +2

    Arthur Brown is in his crazy world. I was a teenager in the early 70s we love this song

  • @julieb.5860
    @julieb.5860 Месяц назад

    can you imagine trying to get that played today? music has gotten so boring. arthur was NEVER boring.

  • @doloresvargas6450
    @doloresvargas6450 Год назад

    The thought of Mark David Chapman burning is awesome.Tony

  • @isaacvanwart-i2v
    @isaacvanwart-i2v Месяц назад

    Is this music accepted because it’s treated as a joke? Or is it accepted because Star a bunch of people have sold their souls. This song is terrible musically. It’s even worse thematically. This is sick, sick demonic stuff.

  • @jozefhermans4900
    @jozefhermans4900 Месяц назад

    First time on radio Luxemburg europ was 14 years and now 68old its magic

  • @truthmatters-jt5up
    @truthmatters-jt5up 10 месяцев назад

    Definitely influenced Alice Cooper.
    Not so sure about Jagger.

  • @charlesshipley7670
    @charlesshipley7670 3 месяца назад

    Arthur Brown was the beginning of theatrical rock. You should really hear the whole album. When he appeared on the Tom Jones Show his band members were dressed like puritans. The Puritan were a large part of the first Great awakening during the 18th century and is where the Fire and Brimstone preaching developed.

  • @jabreck1934
    @jabreck1934 2 года назад

    Yes!!! Every time somebody reacted to Alice Cooper I suggested this!!
    They were friends and sometimes collaborated!

  • @DavidTownsend-fn9zr
    @DavidTownsend-fn9zr 3 месяца назад

    Thought it was normal in 1968 never analysed it, thought I might have it at my funeral as the coffin slips into the flames. But might be too much ??? thoughts!

  • @stefs6964
    @stefs6964 3 месяца назад +2

    His biggest fan lives in new Zealand

  • @fidge54
    @fidge54 3 года назад

    Truly nuts. Ever wonder what happens to a cat like that? Here you go....surprised? ruclips.net/video/ZEKElYD-mYM/видео.html

  • @pelkkis7241
    @pelkkis7241 Год назад

    I thinking same. Alice Cooper and now when you said also Mick Jagger get influenced for Arthur Brown.. maybe probably

  • @doloresvargas6450
    @doloresvargas6450 Год назад

    Mark David Chapman should have a date with Arthur Brown,but he's in jail.Tony

  • @BlackCountryCombatClub
    @BlackCountryCombatClub 5 месяцев назад

    Could make an argument that without Arthur doing the face paint and the banshee wail/scream- theres a lot of rock and metal bands that may never have existed.
    Alice cooper, toured with arthur brown (as a support act) and started doing the theatrics, facepaint and horror based lyrics after that. Alot of coopers older music sounds more like rolling stones- the influence of arthur is obvious, they have in recent years performed "fire" together a few times.

  • @glennthompson1173
    @glennthompson1173 3 года назад +1

    I think it was a #1 hit?

  • @Sidragrosm
    @Sidragrosm 2 года назад

    Every last Demented form of Shock Rock, Heavy, Black, Death, and Satanic Metal (as well as every last variant therein..?) in one form or another..? owes it's origin to Arthur Brown. He was the first of them.
    In a time when so-called "Wholesome Music" was in ascendance..? Arthur Brown was the sole Voice and Champion of Darkness.
    ...and nothing was ever the same again!

  • @xpropriation8505
    @xpropriation8505 2 года назад

    Bro you're in your SEVENTIES?
    I thought you were like 45 or something. Teach me your ways😆

  • @chrismacdonald7955
    @chrismacdonald7955 Год назад

    Harri, I had the same reaction as you when I saw this for the first time in 1968 on T.V. "What the hell did I just watch ? "Sure got him noticed though LOL 🤣

  • @vickihughes5751
    @vickihughes5751 2 года назад

    I remember the song well. It was over the radio back then. I don't remember ever seeing this video except on RUclips recently. I think I would remember it (I was 13). I don't remember TV showing videos at all back then. The expression on your face watching it was priceless lol

  • @susanmccormack1954
    @susanmccormack1954 2 месяца назад

    Just listen to galactic zoo to know where this dude was heading.

  • @scottjones758
    @scottjones758 5 месяцев назад

    Not your grandma's music! He meant to shock.

  • @Egaladeist
    @Egaladeist 2 года назад

    The Crazy World of Arthur Brown started what would be known as ' glam rock ' ....and early soft metal ( metal had actually already been out 2 years prior to The Crazy World of Arthur Brown )

  • @clevlandblock
    @clevlandblock Год назад

    Back in 68, we had no MTV or cable and rock videos were a bit of a rarity on broadcast tv. So we knew this song was out there where the buses don't run but had no way of knowing just how nuts Aurthur was (is) without these you tube videos. 1968 was a psychotic era.

  • @Music_Beyond
    @Music_Beyond 3 месяца назад

    He invented the shock rock genre without knowing it 🪨 🤘 Great mini docu about the song: ➡ ruclips.net/video/VqeXoAk4PR4/видео.html

  • @doloresvargas6450
    @doloresvargas6450 Год назад

    Mark David Chapman is going to hell.Tony

  • @Blazfemur
    @Blazfemur Год назад

    I can't believe how black metal this video is without musically actually being black metal

  • @Derna1804
    @Derna1804 3 года назад

    If it came out now, nobody would accept it, it's too sincere. People don't believe in consequences anymore. Any song with a hellfire theme now is a cute and fun Halloween party with some sort of sick marketing gimmick presented as modern 'art,' everything is corporate, everything is marketing, everything is tabloids. Nobody in the legacy media actually cares about the music. Even the people listening to it don't care, it's just what everybody happens to be dancing to on tiktok.