Duran Duran - Union Of The Snake (Official Music Video)
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- Опубликовано: 25 фев 2009
- The official Duran Duran video for 'Union of the Snake' from 1983's Seven & the Ragged Tiger. Directed by Simon Milne.
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Lyrics:
Telegram force and ready
I knew this was a big mistake
There's a fine line drawing
My senses together
And I think it's about to break
If I listen close I can hear them singers, oh
Voices in your body coming through on the radio
The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
Nightshades on a warning
Give me strength at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy
There's a chance you could be right
If I listen close I can hear them singers, oh
Voices in your body coming through on the radio
The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
If I listen close I can hear them singers, oh
Voices in your body coming through on the radio
The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
The union of the snake is on the climb
It's gonna race, it's gonna break, it's gonna move up
Through the borderline
The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
The union of the snake is on the climb
It's gonna race, it's gonna break, it's gonna move up
To the borderline 
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Who’s still listening to this in 2024?
Me!
Me!
Of course
Me
who did listen these songs in 80s can feel the real change of the music, 80s are a seal in the soul and ears of the people. Thanks God for grew in 80's.
No one can deny these guys were extremely talented artists.
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Nor that they knew of all the pedo terror in the elites world!
Not only artists but they're musicians, composers, songwriters, singers and they play their own instruments.
No arguments about that!
39 years later and it's still better than the crap on the radio today.
Ma certo!
Los primeros 40 años.😊
Preach!!! 👏👏👏
oh god yes! Crap is putting it mildly.
Voices in your body
My favorite song from them. Sending my thoughts out to Andy Taylor, battling prostate cancer.
Mine too! Nobody ever remembers this one. Closely followed by a View to a Kill x
Natürlich erinnern wir uns, sonst wären wir nicht hier im Chat🤷♀️
Sending my prayers
Who else is having an 80's music marathon? 🙂
Yup
Daily! God bless.
Er,yes.
I have one every night!!!
Every weekend
The clip was filmed at the Kurnell sand hills in the south of Sydney 1983
It the 70’s we used to play there, sliding down the hill on cardboard
Sadly the sand hills don’t exist anymore
All the sand was mined and the land reclaimed for residential near the beach and industrial area further away
Suppose the clip captured a slice of our history
The opening of this song with the Nick Rhodes synth intro still gets me everytime. This song should have been a bigger hit than it was.
This is perhaps DD´S song I listen most probably because the synth opening is like a blitz unleashed!
The first 30 seconds of this song It's my phone ringtone :D
It was a big hit in its time.
I was pretty young, but I remember it being on the radio all the time. I always thought it was one of their biggest hits.
@@jruiyt love it. I like the bridge too with the fairlight’s whaaaaaaaoooooooo.
I don't know what on earth this song is about but I absolutely love it
The creators dont either
It's about the kundalini energy and tantric sex.
Sounds like it's about this song climbing the record charts.
Duran Duran should be a no brainer for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
Ruben Delgadillo I agree about the Hall of Fame. It takes forever to get into the Hall of Fame ELO was just now inducted. Someday soon hopefully Duran Duran will be on the ballot.
For god's sake they inducted Madonna into the hall of fame.
Rock and Roll is a much broader term than many think. Those who think this person shouldn't be in or that person shouldn't be because they don't fit their narrow definition of rock and roll are missing the point entirely. Otherwise, do they think that Chuck Barry, Bill Haley and the Comets, Fats Domino, or any of those older singers shouldn't be in there either,? There is no one type of rock and roll music. Whether it's pop, rock, heavy metal, new wave, alternative, whatever it's all rock and roll. Let's not forget rock and roll itself is an amalgam of music that started before it like blues, country, and soul.
That's why people are inducted, they may not fit your definition of rock and roll but they fit someone's.
So to answer your question. Yes, I think Duran Duran should be in.
yeh, them and depeche mode. Fuck the likes of abba 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝
2 years later, we got our wish
My now 30 year old son, when he was a toddler, loved their greatest hits cd. He either couldn't say Duran Duran, or couldn't remember it, but he called them The Group. I was always hearing 'Mommy please play The Group' 😊
Wow that's really brilliant
Truly an unforgettable song and video that has thrived for a generation and a half. Forty years after its debut it still resonates. Duran Duran was unique to say the least!
And those underground kids are pushing 50 now!
They've been touring America on their Futurepast tour. They've been performing their new material as well as their old. I've noticed they don't perform the Union of the Snake at all, which is one of my favourites.
@@dorapozidis1841 Probably because they can't find a decent saxophone player.
They got me through middle and high school. Duran Duran is the best!
Me too.
Right here !
Oh yes, High School music. 1981-1985
Yep. Chicks wanted them. Dudes wanted to look like them.
Totally ❤
I was absolutely in love with Duran Duran. These songs bring back so many memories
Yes it does. I still listen to the oldies, 70s and 80s. I love this song
My dad was a great fan of Duran Duran and he would always put their music on when I was a little kid. After years and years of listening to them I became a fan too! Now we both dance and sing to their songs together:)
Them and Van Halen
I was???
Angela Dugie
yes I agree they bring back the 80s they were huge back in the day....
I just saw them in concert 2023, and they are one of the best concerts I have seen, almost 40 years later.
Awesome. What gig? Also, totally jealous ❤
I saw them at the peace Hall Halifax Awsome concert xx
i saw them in concertbin 1987 & 2000
Who else is having an 80s music marathon?
Nick Rhodes is one of the most talented keyboardist out there maybe not the most technical but his style is beautiful and sad he never gets enough credit for how talented he is very underrated keyboardist great song and great band Duran Duran!!!
Creative genius who pushed to find new sounds and frontiers for each album they did - constantly changing. Incredible talent.
I agree. That intro is brilliant.
Their bassist is also unbelievable. Did you hear the bass line in Rio? Everything about this band is awesome.
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@@JulioAvalos3000 its a Fairlight CMI synthesizer.
I'm only 13 and I'm in love with this band, I've even got the arena record with the record player!
You have excellent taste in music , I’ve been hooked since I was 9 in 1981 & Their music still gives me butterflies.
i'm 14 and this year i got sucked into their music
I converted my VHS to DVD
Screw all of you.....I'm 16 and I'm a virgin....top that
*you get a participation trophy! you get a participation trophy! every single one of you gets a participation trophy! 🏆*
Eighties music is the BEST. So much better than the crap we have today. Long live Duran Duran!
+Lisa Cunningham When those Bands filmed a video - on location!
they had IMAGINATION back then...
still do
Totally agree, the 80's had the best music in fact best everything (even tho times were tough) and music and fashion was diverse. We had New Romantics, punks, Mods, Rockers, Goths etc etc and although we all made out we hated each genre we actually didn't and respected each other. The punks hair was amazing and use to quite often take them hours to do and they used to use soap, glue and cans of hairspray to hold it in place and the colours were amazing and I remember being in awe of the hair (not that I wanted it) These days everyone looks the same and the music is boring and samey and groups call themselves bands BUT how can they be bands when they can't play an instrument? Back in the 80's they were bands as most could play at least one instrument. Ahhhhhhh the 80's *starts dreaming* Lol
agreed the 1980s' are awesome,long live the 1980s'.😀
I'm so glad I got to enjoy this band at their height in the 80s. Classic 80s
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WE WILL NEVER HEAR MUSIC LIKE THIS TODAY , 80’S MUSIC WAS THE BEST
Fantastic music. Duran Duran was the best. Today’s music cannot hold a candle to this!
Or even an electric bulb
yah because beyonce, swift and all the one note wonders are overrated undeserving no talent crappers.
Simon still sounds just as good as he did in the 80's....the best group ever
magnifici.
Gina Bernat love Duran Duran, I'm 62 now, remember watching them on MTV, when MTV played videos. Miss those days.
duran duran and a-ha the best
What make u think that they're still young, that was when they were young tho😎
Coldplay, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift are still good
The sax solo alone is spectacular
I believe that's Andy Hamilton.
who else here loves the 80's and Duran Duran like me? Who remembers crashing out in front of the TV and watching MTV videos 24/7 like me? Oh what I wouldn't do to have those days back man.
i was watching Muchmusic before it was unscrambled, maybe I'll watch Katrina and Waves the right was now
I did the same thing, lol.
Duran Duran love Bowie , this is a blend of : Let's Dance and Starman. R.I.P. The Thin White Duke.
Was just going to ask if this song reminded anyone else of "Let's Dance"!
Haven't the slightest idea,but it would make sense.
Of course simon Lebon was a bowie fan. Inspired by the great man.
Who listening to Duran Duran in 2020?
Me
Me me me take meee!
Me too❤️!
Robert Acquarulo muah 🖐🏾
Anyone reading your comment is obviously listening to Duran Duran in 2020.
How is this band not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
It’s time!
They don’t deserve..! Please..! Simon Le Bon sucks as a singer..! GenX sayin’❤️🇬🇧
@@carolinegilles9181gfy, they are in the Hall of Fame. Gen X here too.
Who listening Duran Duran on 2024 ?
32 years later and I still have no idea what is the Union of the Snake.
abc64pan reptilians illuminati
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YEAH , I HEAR THAT , but does it matter
+abc64pan let me help......"....union of the snake......gonna break thru the borderline..........." its clearly about stock index performances :p ......allow me to refer to a supplemental volume for further clarification......"Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood............i hope this helps ;)
the union between the reptilians and human listen carefully to the lyrics
+abc64pan
It's literally a gay anthem. The snake is a cock, the union of the snake is someone coming out of the closet and finally getting snaked in the ass. Duran Duran celebrate the snake.
New Wave masterpiece.
KoolCat ! EVERRRRR
u need to re-evaluate your taste in music if u think this is a masterpiece......DD had lots of great songs....but this was not one of them
@@rebjiii You need to reevaluate both your spelling (you're not Prince) and your flawed manner of overthinking a theme. Music doesn't have to make sense to be a masterpiece; it just has to sound right. Music is NOT subject to the same laws as film and writing. That SHOULD be obvious, but you're so brain-dead that I had to spell it out for you.
@@gunslingergirl2579 really ? your criticism of my comment is that I typed 'U' instead of 'you' .....your taste in music SUCKS if you think Union of Snake is a quality song......DD has lots of excellent songs.....this piece of crap is not one of them
@@gunslingergirl2579 I agree it's a masterpiece. The melodies are so addictive! People think music just writes itself.
If you tube was around in the 80s, this masterpiece would have billions of views in a matter of weeks
it was...it was called MTV
I think we can all agree that Duran Duran owned the 80's. 🤘🤘
Duran Duran not only set the standard for cinematic music videos but also raised the bar for every pop band on MTV that followed. This video was probably shot on 35mm film. It's a shame that this 360p version doesn't reflect the print quality of the original. A 4K transfer would be spectacular. In fact: I would pay to see all of Duran Duran's top videos on the big screen with a 4k transfer and THX sound.
66 Films Completely agree. And that's an excellent idea. I mentioned the same about their own Official View To A Kill video. You'll see the minute or so has been muted (just edit it out if you don't have the rights to the film audio) & is shockingly in an even lower pixel definition than this one. That and it's only a DD representation but James Bond as well. It deserves so much better in this day and age. Surely they can get a 4K video review underway already. Seems only right for such a forward looking group and their fans.
Yes indeed it was shot on 35mm! I believe the first of their videos to be shot that way. Their famous Antigua and Sri Lanka videos were all 16mm I believe (but definitely deserve a proper remaster...I wonder if the OCNs still exist somewhere.)
That would just blow me away!!!!
Definitely was glued in front of my TV set when MTV premiered this one!! Loyal Duran Duran fan 4eva!!!💘
Hated Duran Duran back then now I really like them
The fact that the majority is not paying attention to the details, tells me you are all destined to stay asleep for eternity.
The synths in this song are great!
It gives the song a special touch
Nick Rhodes use of synths in all their songs was just amazing, and you are so right, it really brought something incredibly special to their songs.
I've listened to New Moon on Monday so many times purely because of the synths.
@@rick_terscale1111u ever watch the extended video? Such a great tune. I love them!
I STILL PLAY THIS CD REGULARLY JUST LIKE WHEN I WAS A TEEN!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE SIMON
fo sho
Who uses CD’s? 😂
61 and still Rockin all this 80s music. Music use to be fun like this. I remember it all, great decade Van Halen to Duran Duran.
Its 2023 and im listening to them still.
I can remember when I heard you guys the first time! 6 years ago, Mom showed me a CD she had made with Duran Duran, Arcadia, and others on it.. I listened and am still very hooked! Then we went to the Walmart and I got the last Greatest CD! Thank you guys for helping me discover my all time goal in life: to sing! 🎵 I know you'll never see this, but you've really made an impact on my life and I'm forever grateful! Keep it up, Wild Boys
so how's the singing going?
You were brought up right.
One of the greatest groups of all time coming out of an era full of great groups in Rock and real Hip Hop!
+clark4023 And Great R&B also.
clark4023 great group. I agree. I grew up with late 60s and 70s BUT I love early 80s, when we could watch MTV, when they played videos.
Saw them recently on Amoeba records. They've aged so well. True gentlemen.
I saw Duran Duran in concert in January 1984. It was my first concert that I ever been to.
I always loved how John Taylor acts all weary walking and climbing hills in the desert at the beginning of this music video. His makeup and lustrous hair were flawless despite how he tried to look spent of energy. No wonder he acted in "Sugar Town". He displayed some acting talent here. Though, he did have a cameo appearance with "Power Station", his other band, eons ago on the "Miami Vice" TV series.
Reptile people, the womb, the abyss, and fallen angels all in one nice little occult package...
***** Yeah because Simon always was an incredible songwritter =) he was always saying sthg in his songs he said once that the union of the snake is about peoples minds.
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Yes he arrives to a reptilian-iliminati cave and he is received for kids (pedofila) and the final the base was bombarded
yup....glad I'm not the only one who sees.
Why the 80's music ruled. Videos weren't just videos, but artful trips into madness put to a great soundtrack. With Duran Duran being one of the best at making no sense, yet all the sense in the world.
Exactly right!
I love old music videos like these they always feel like wild dreams
Got my 80’s themed 18th birthday party in august I’ve made sure that everyone knows this song will be blasted🤣
Hope you had a great 18th Birthday 🥳 Great music choice too 😉👍
Who’s listening in 2023!?
Who's listening 🎧 to Duran Duran in 2023?
2024
@@TheMaelstrom. Thanks for reminding me ❤️
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc always a pleasure, my lady.
Who else is watching in November 2020? 80's and 90's music was the best!
Wished the Doctor come pick me up and take me in the Tardis back to the 80ies. I'd probably stay!
Who's listening in 2023 though?🧐
In the early 2024, listening this one fav ❤
I am listening in 2023 , and it's still great. Gotta love the '80' s for music
Who's listening Duran Duran in 2024?? 🎉❤😎😉
Went to their concert a couple of months and they killed it! Was a bit bummed they didn’t sing this or new moon on Monday but still it kicked ass
New moon on Monday is my favorite. ❤
@@tnt01 It's my favorite, too. Duran Duran has aged pretty well over the years.
Andy Taylor with his awesome funky rhythm guitar...those were the days.....
Phil C Actually that was Nile Rogers on rhythm guitar who also produced this track
***** Wow. That's cool😜.
Makes a lot of sense. It's got that Nile Rodgers rhythmic sensibility about it👍.
Nope, this is all Andy. Alex Sadkin and Ian Little produced this song. The first time they worked with Nile Rodgers was when he remixed "The Reflex" and the first time he played on a Duran record was "Notorious".
btw does he appear at all in the video? didn't notice him at all
Andy is my favourite- I would never miss him. He appears briefly- he is wearing sunglasses climbing a ladder.
that's a serious set for a song of this calibre. Not to mention i just realized that simon looks like elvis
It's nice to see a record label throwing down some serious money for a music video for a change. So often music videos are just abysmal, disappointing, infra-low-budget productions that don't do justice to the song they accompany.
Reminds me of the 80s watching Duran Duran on MTV .
Magnificent bass player
My favorite Duran Duran song
u have got to be kidding me.....this is one of their worst songs........this song is an embarrassment....DD had lots of great songs.....this was not one of them
rebjiii What an asinine comment. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it sucks. It charted well, it’s original sounding, highly catchy & still kicks ass even after 35 yrs.
@@coolcat6303 its not catchy and it never kicked as.....DD had several awesome songs on their first two albums.....all their songs after RIO was released were mediocre at best,......Union of the Snake was not even mediocre...it was terrible
Agreed. My fave.
@@rebjiii Just quit it with your copypasta garbage opinion. You literally have no idea how stupid you are, telling him that this song is not allowed to be his favorite (a subjective matter, as you well don't know).
I love Duran Duran so much!!!!!!
30+ years ago, they knew how to make good music
I am listening t hese guys All life, from 12 to 52, its crazy, forsure Smon And John had been making more Viirgins than me
Eighties excess at its absolute finest. Fun fact...this video premiered on MTV one full week before the single itself was sent to radio stations. That should give you an idea of how truly important and powerful the medium of the music video was in 1983.
Back when MTV was great. Loved MTV back in the 80s. Not now.....soap oprah
Duran Duran was selling out in small towns in the mid-west thanks to mtv
Great song. Great band. Duran duran forever ♡
❤❤❤roto toms + outstanding vocals= duran duran😊
What a great era the 80s were
this was probably the first video which brought the game to a higher level
I remember seeing these guys in concert shortly after the Calgary Saddledome opened in Calgary in 1983. I was working there , so got to see them from the penalty box! Lol. What a night! What awesome, AWESOME performers! With our arms held high, waving over our heads. I was 21 then. How important they were ( and, in some ways, still are ) I wouldn't trade my age for anyone if it meant losing those memories! From then, they only got even better! Bless you all!
😱💖
Wasn't it difficult for a 20 year old male in Canada and Alberta to say they liked Duran Duran? It still is now. Thank the BS Anglo culture.
@@ColtraneTaylor o yes Duran Duran were considered Preppy so to admit to liking them was to be gay. I didn't agree, it helped me to believe that music doesn't make divisions, it breaks barriers. Kenny Rogers, and Sheena Easton had a big hit together. That was grade eight in 83. In grade nine preppy guys were getting dates so there you go.
Roger is just gorgeous 💜
Hello Katrina
I was 14 when this came out . Even 40 years later still bad ass
Ellos ya lo sabían.
Ellos nos entregaron este mensaje.
Ellos con su música nos isieron bailar y vivir esos aquéllos años de inocencia.
Viva la música viva DURÁN DURÁN.
Los mejores por siempre!! Duran Duran always shine!!
@@brigittec.2424the song is part of the album's theme of a small band of commandos. Lol. Stop Projecting.
God! This song is awesome! Love 80's! Love Duran Duran.
70's and 80's had the BEST music, with a little from the 60's and 90's and then it went down hill from there, don't you think?!?!
@@starladodge in my opinion it went downhill with stupid shit like Britney Spears Backstreet Boys and Justin Timberlake
@@starladodge I Like Listening To The Rock And Roll Hits From The 50s To The 80s.
John Taylor❤
(Honestly he's great)
💖
He's a brilliant Bass player
He was my favourite 😊
Keyboard intro grabs you INSTANTLY....and then the bass begins to caress your synapses!! Delicious eighties fayre delivered to your ears with a side-serving of marvellous stereophonic dolby.....shaba!!
I’m 15 but Duran Duran is my favourite band! I’m definitely a duranie🥰 love John sm
40 years of this hit
We must learn to integrate the dark with the light of our own souls, before we can truly be evolved. We must go inwards to our soul, to explore the darkness within to grow. We must revisit our lives, from childhood through traditional teachings, then ultimately reach truth of love and light.
With this wisdom, we can finally break out...and our souls will be truly free.
Whether or not that is what was intended, we can see those lessons in the video. Going down in elevator is going into your own soul. Being down there is also visiting the darkness within. Seeing the children, as you were as a child, when you were innocent, and yet also being taught things which may not be true. The love birds, reminds us that Love is all there is, that Love is who we are. Rising up and out...we have reached this state of wisdom, this state of enlightenment. And this time, he has with him the secret scroll, which is the wisdom he obtained from the journey.
Whether or not that is what was intended, does not matter. I see those types of lessons can be represented in the video.
I remember waking up early in the morning to watch the world premiere of this video on (I think) Good Morning America; it was one of those network morning news shows, anyway. The band was so big back then that a Duran Duran video was actually news.
I wore out this cassette tape 😂😂 Duran Duran will ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE BAND!!! Seven and The Ragged Tiger great album
Lord have mercy Roger Taylor. What a total babe. His laid back style and masculine look was always such a turn on to the really young Durannies like me in the 80's. At least for the 11-12 year old girls I went to school with. He just never tried to outshine John and Simon 😚. I love them all really, but Rog is the fave.
Omg this was my band back when I was a teen in the 80s. They were my first concert that I ever saw.. I became a woman while they were playing in the background... Memories
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To be safe and sane, listen to DURAN DURAN!
I'm here 2023. Feeling young all over again.
The whole band = Handsome and talented. Talk about perfecta.
Seeing these guys while growing up as a young lad was a helluva time.
The 80's was pure awesomeness. So glad I got a chance to ride through the decade.
Yes and furthermore if you're talented and spirited and you like to involve yourself in the knowledge of dark powers, you can easily make a break through in the music industry. Duran Duran met an exceptation at their time through styles and musics, they had all the winning cards to communicate something attractive and something much more insidious (like so many others of course) but they were fascinating.
Handsome British men in leather pants will save us from underground cults of Broadway dancers!
Mike Yep. Don’t ever underestimate the power of leather pants. Especially tight ones!
I agree.
Yes. These guys were some of the best looking men I ever saw.
Funny, but deeply unfair. This is one of the best and meaningful videoclips ever made.
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He talkin about the music industry wake up every one
Jennifer Connelly is in this video at 13 years old. Creepy indeed.
I don't think he's talking about the music industry, I think he is is talking about another industry.
@@ritalafleur4417 Dietary Supplements?
@@RIVALContentJammerz no
Duran Duran were Everything! Love ❤
One of my favorite groups of all-time, they had some great videos of the decade
my best Duran Duran track
Your on to it. Still 1 of the songs at the top of my list.
1This song still rocks after thirty-eight years (1983)!!!
*39
WOW, that took me back I was 17 at the time. Yet watching the video now at 55/56 I get confused now, it was like yesterday. Clearly, I watched this a lot back then :)
my god, that pipe organ and harpischord intro still breaks hearts!
I can't imagine what it's like to be the guy who's IMDB page says "lizard guy from Union of the Snake video"
coolman229 😂😂😂
It’s been a tough road, but to be fair, the Duran Duran guys passed me a lot of hot strange during the shoot. We still keep in touch. Top blokes. Only thing is they make me bring the mask every time we go hang out.
Apparently Jennifer Connolly is also in this video!
He should put it at the top of his resumé accompanied by this quote from Jim Morrison: "I am the lizard king. I can do anything."
@@richardawhite4206 she is at 1:58
My god please send me back to the 80s😢
This Song Went To Number 3 On The Billboard Hot-100 Chart In 1983.
Good shit is being hungover from a good party with a friend and watching this on mtv at 2am
Simon looks so young! I was 15 when this came out, so he never looked young to me at the time. But now, looking back, he is so young!
This is the best Duran Duran song
The guitar riff thoo 😍😍