AIAIA!!! 🎶 THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION!

[@tenjed4224]

When you have John Lee Hooker, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles singing in a movie you know it's going to be special. But starting out with James Brown, then ending with the Blues Brothers going on stage after the incomperable Cab Calloway scats across it, is some magic for the ears.

[@DesertHomesteader]

But did you know Chaka Khan is credited as "choir soloist"? I think we saw her for about 2 seconds.

[@rubroken]

@@DesertHomesteader I hadn't known who she was, except that she was so beautiful

[@astroman7436]

​@@rubrokenAcquaint yourself with Rufus and Chaka Kahn, Tell Me Something Good. Written by Stevie Wonder back in '74. Such a great groove.

[@terryhughes7349]

"No Mame. We're musicians"

[@panamafloyd1469]

@@astroman7436, and "Somebody's Watching You." 😉

[@leclue22]

I saw this movie when it first came out. People came out of the theatre dancing. We were dancing in the lobby. It was so much fun.

[@jamesoliver6625]

There are so many icons of American music scattered about in this film that it would be beneficial to get a copy of the cast and literally look everyone up to familiarize yourself with their contributions and then watch it again. Cameos or more by some true legends.

[@Jedi-rh6tx]

the legendary James Brown as the one giving the sermon in the church, and Chaka Khan in a cameo as one of the singers in the choir. Love this movie!

[@corvuslight]

As an American, I do indeed consider this movie a true National Treasure.

[@UnclePengy]

As an American and a musician, I concur.

[@nicksneddon2396]

The accountant towards the end of the film - Steven Spielberg 👍🏻

[@SGlitz]

County Clerk

[@luketimewalker]

and the prison officer handing the "soiled prophylacic" is non other than Frank Oz, the puppeteer behind the Muppet Show and YODA!

[@blatherama]

“Use of unnecessary violence in apprehension of the Blues Brothers...has been approved”. Love that line.

[@richardkaltenbach3961]

California Highway Patrol: "USE OF UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE IN THE APREHENSION OF ALL DISCO LISTENING GEO METRO DRIVERS HAS BEEEN APPPROVED!!"

[@podunkcitizen2562]

I always thought that guy looks Like Lyndon Johnson.

[@cabaro10]

Great reaction. Definitely watch Amadeus.

[@Emma_Reactions]

Added!

[@jerrypeacock2234]

When Emma asks can she sing, I almost died laughing, this is Aretha franklin! LOL

[@joelstewart8795]

One of the best movie of all time. That is all.

[@paulmasella1616]

She’s Aretha Franklin, one of the all time greats!

[@richardsmith1161]

Such a treat to see John Lee Hooker. The King of Boogie.

[@LLiivveeeevviiLL]

For me, the biggest guy in the whole movie!

[@dumy187]

Best musician in the movie. I remember where I was when I heard on the radio that he had died.

[@floorticket]

That's "Twiggy" (Lesley Hornby b. 1949), the swinging London fashion model at 37:39.

[@Monty_BeGoodToEachOther]

You are delight to watch... the way you sing along, dance in your chair, smiling all through the show ... I'm sure everyone watching wants to dance with your.

[@stefanwilhelm8078]

One of the Best Music-Films ever! Fun, rythm and a message!

[@garyprentiss6252]

Hello "E", your movie videos are fun. But, no more music video reactions? Let me know please thank you, Your #1 FAN

[@GrinningDwarf]

Great reaction! About the Nazis in this: In 1977, the National Socialist Party of America, an American neo-Nazi party, wanted to have a march through the town of Skokie, Illinois. The only reason for them to march through Skokie was because of the large Jewish community in Skokie. The city refused to issue the permits. The NSP sued Skokie for free speech violations. The American Civil Liberties Union decided to represent the NSP. The case went all the way to the US Supreme Court, who ruled in favor of the NSP's right to march. This was a big deal for us in Northern Illinois at the time. I was in junior high school at the time. The Nazis in the Blue Brothers was directly related to the Skokie march, and we thought the Blues Brothers were heroes for it.

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

When the B'Brothers first appeared, with their band on Saturday Night Live in 1978, the episode host was Carrie Fisher. I lived in Chicago for 9 years, in the 90's -and know many of these locations. This film got me into all the featured Musicians who are characters.

[@markhellman-pn3hn]

(fun fact) "The Blues Brothers" started out as a joke on "Saturday Night Live" (TV show) .... it was an instant success - and they got REAL musicians

[@tenjed4224]

@@markhellman-pn3hn yup. I saw that first time. My bothers and I were avid snl watchers back then.

[@icetech6]

it blows my mind how many MASSIVE legends are in this and they are forgotten about now.... generations move on :)

[@ronweber1402]

Ya it's sad but I think back when this came out would I have known all the greats from the 1920s-30's which would be the same span of time as from then till now. When this came out some of the artists like Cab Calloway were already more from my parents generation so weren't really on my radar until this came out.

[@icetech6]

@@ronweber1402 Yeah i get it.. i'm just hating being old :) I was born in 70 but knew who cab calloway was.. i grew up on old movies and tv though. Time moves on... in 40 years their kids will be saying "Taylor who?"

[@Johnny_XR]

This is the best movie ever made, and I can prove it with charts and graphs.

[@hordaland1]

This was one of my favorite movies as a child, i had Blues Brothers poster in my room and Blues Brothers CD`s😂

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Interesting fact: every song in the film is a cover, even "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" (which was originally a Rolling Stones song). Also, the instrumental song they play during the scene with "Rawhide" is the opening to a 1960's show called "Peter Giunn", and it was composed by the Pink Panther composer, Harry Mancini

[@geody3001]

So many great performers in one movie! Aretha Franklin? Oh, hell yes!!

[@johnboydTx]

One in a million 🤔👍. NEXT American Graffiti Movie Great Soundtrack 👏👏👏👏✌️💕

[@thomastimlin1724]

I was just thinking the same thing!

[@corralescoyote]

So delightful to see Emma laughing and smiling at all the music and silly jokes. I can’t wait to see what beautiful Emma watches next! ❤😍

[@thomastimlin1724]

When is Emma gonna be a movie star? She's totally got it!

[@salsonny]

One of the best Soundtracks

[@johnathanstruble1064]

It gave me great joy , your.reaction! ❤. You went with it....thanks! 🎉

[@goldmanz4852]

Fantastic movie. Thanks for reminding how great it is. Some real music legends there. Long live live music!

[@Emma_Reactions]

Couldn't agree more! ✨✨✨🎶🎶🎶

[@GodlessScummer]

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it.

[@robertshields4160]

That line has most likely started the first mile of an untold number of road trips. 🙂

[@bjgandalf69]

If no one else has mentioned it, the cop that gives Jake his belongings back at the beginning is Frank Oz, the puppeteer that is also the voice of Yoda, Fozzie Bear, Ms. Piggy and so many other iconic characters.

[@LeRoy-z5f]

The pure joy on your face watching this was so good to see. 🙂

[@Emma_Reactions]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😉✨🎶🎶

[@bigbow62]

"Sounds like she can sing" Oh she can alright.... thats Aretha Franklin ❤ First Lady of Soul, Blues, you name it one of the best there ever was ✌️😎

[@CraigDuncan-o6j]

What a great reaction by Emma, a breathtakingly beautiful Lady; And it is just so great to see Emma so relaxed/happy/enjoying the music and showing such joie de vivre; The Film itself is rightly considered a classic, a mash-up of comedy and music with a terrific soundtrack; They certainly pulled out the stops for this one, with a great cast headed by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi and some all time musical greats, with Areatha Franklin( Queen of Soul music), Ray Charles and Cab Calloway delivering the goods; Carrie Fisher chasing them around trying to kill them; John Candy ' were in a truck', as well as the great line; ' It's a 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses', classic; Also a brief homage in the second car chase to an earlier film, the French Connection; And lastly, did I hear correctly that the film Amadeus, a complete change of genre of film but another great one is on the way. 🍁💐🎶🎵🎙🎧🦅🦅🦅🦅❤🤟👍👏.

[@smedleybutler1969]

The guy in the sauna was Steve Lawrence from Steve and Edie Gormet! And that was Twiggy in the sports car,The girl dancing in the choir was Chaka Khan! And Cab Calloway played 2 roles !

[@dazedandconfusedconfused9500]

I really enjoyed watching you react to the Blues Brothers. Now that you have seen this you need to watch Blues Brothers 2000. I know you'll enjoy that as much as you did this.

[@andrescastro5520]

I grew up a block from the orphanage, I remember watching the film crews while they were working.

[@THEPATRIOT1000]

I was at Steve Cropper's 80th birthday celebration in Nashville at The Opry. Dan Aykroyd sent a video greeting.

[@mr.knowitall6440]

This movie is a top favorite, and it never gets old. It also brought some pioneers of modern music back into the limelight. 😎😎🤙

[@marke8323]

We're on a mission from Gawd...The Guard that returns Belushi his property is Frank Oz who did the Muppets, Stephen Spielberg is the Tax Property clerk at the end of the movie. Some of the Band is from the band Booker-T and the MG's (I've seen them twice, once with Neil Young and once with Eric Clapton)...

[@Yora21]

Seen the movie so many times, but only now noticed that Elwood says at the start of the movie that he bought the police car super cheap at an auction where they were practically giving them away. This is exactly how they got all these police cars for the movie.

[@bossfan49]

For a period of about 15 years, the Dodge Monaco was perhaps the most used car in tv and film.

James Brown as a Priest... And delivering a message from God, you know that this would be it! And "who you gonna call" from Dan Aykroyd, from somebody that grew during the eighties ( o/ )... that was a nice foreshadowing from him (Ghostbusters, babe!). Rest in peace, John Belushi. 44 years old movie, and keep rockin' and rolling (and blueing). And just to say: you look awesome as always, Emma, but today... Whoa! Out of scale!

[@andygossard4293]

Yes John Belushi was really singing as well as Ackroyd and yes Belushi garnered multiple Grammy Awards for Best Artist, Best record Briefcase Full of Blues as well as newcomer of the year 1978

[@88wildcat]

The Blues Brothers were the opening act for the Grateful Dead when they played the last concert ever at Winterland on New Year's Eve in 1978. Dan Ackroyd even did the New Year's Eve countdown when the Dead took the stage.

[@andygossard4293]

@@88wildcat If the Dead crashed loudly in the jungle and nobody heard it, did it really make a sound? I couldn't tell you one song they ever did, oh dearie me

[@MrBoyneboy]

Steven Speilberg receiving the taxes from the Blues Brothers lol

[@jontastic]

All the singers in the movie are famous. Cab Calloway was a great performer decades before the movie. Stop Making Sense is a rock music film with interesting performances. Probably the best stage rock show ever in a film. It stars the Talking Heads and the subgroup the Tom Tom Club.

[@jrsinsf]

Amadeus!!! Yes yes yes!

[@gerardcote8391]

The guy in the prison at the desk was Frank Oz the voice of Yoda from star wars. And the Tax Collector at the end was Steven Spielberg the director of Jaws. Close Encounters and Jurassic Park and dozens of other films.

[@henrytjernlund]

Sounds like this was the perfect movie for the musical you. Great reaction. Thanks.

[@Emma_Reactions]

Wow, thank you! ❤️😘

[@cshubs]

The man who gave Belushi his stuff back at the beginning was Frank Oz, aka Miss Piggy and Yoda. Miss Piggy is mentioned in the mall toy store. Frank also conducts the best interview of Mark Hamill. The young guitar thief in Ray's shop was the happy limo driver in Die Hard.

[@kel2580]

I love the movie. It was always one of my favorites. I also love classical music. G.F. Handel is my all time favorite. I'm glad you loved the movie too.

[@Emma_Reactions]

So good! 😊

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Emma, watch Dan Aykroyd again in Ghostbusters. It's a fun series.

[@Emma_Reactions]

OK!! Great idea!

[@bwilliams463]

@@Emma_Reactions John Belushi was slated to play Peter Venkman in 'Ghostbusters.' After his death in 1982, the role went to Bill Murray.

[@mevb]

The guy who deals out Jake's belongings is Frank Oz, the famous muppeteer from Jim Henson's works such as The Muppet Show and Sesame Street, playing Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Animal, Sam the Eagle, the hands of the Swedish Chef, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover plus several other Muppets, Yoda in the Star Wars franchise and voices Fungus in Monsters, Inc. and Guard Dave in Inside Out 1 and 2. He also have directed movies such as The Dark Crystal (with Jim Henson), Muppets Take Manhattan (his solo debut), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, What About Bob?, In & Out, Death at a Funeral and an episode of Leverage.

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

Blues Brothers 2000 isn't as good, but the cameos are still fire. Slow Hands, B.B. King, Tritt, etc.

[@hollywhite7449]

I've seen this flick a million times and yours is my favorite reaction! I love your joy in the music and the performances!

[@mikefetterman6782]

I was lucky enough to get tickets to a blues festival back in the 90s. I was sitting next to a guy in the front row of one of the stages, about the act on stage, then next. .he got on stage and it was John Lee Hooker. I didn't recognize him without the guitar.

[@chibangin007]

Greatest Chicago movie ever!

[@thomastimlin1724]

The guy in the steam bath, playing the promotor, is famous singer Steve Allen...he passed away a few months ago, he had a great voice.

[@bossfan49]

*Steve Lawrence

[@jeffthompson9622]

Steve Lawrence and wife Edie Gorme were a great duo.

[@ndboulton]

One of my favourite movies ever. In highschool I played Sweet Home Chicago with my band... indoors... wearing sunglasses.

[@robertpearson8798]

The Blues Brothers were heavily inspired by the Canadian band The Downchild Blues Band. Akroyd has said that without Downchild there would have been no Blues Brothers.

[@iwanttocomplain]

33:30 "If the shit sticks, wear it." I live my life by this philosophy.

[@bossfan49]

The actor who played the leader of The Good Ol Boys country band (Charles Napier) is the same actor who played the American General in the first Austin Powers movie.

[@undergroundwarrior70]

'The Blues Brothers' 1980 film is a classic! I saw it in 1980 in the theater when I was 24. Emma, your reaction to 'The Blues Brothers' was very enjoyable. Please do a reaction to the 1973 George Lucas' film 'American Graffiti.' Not a musical, but an excellent soundtrack of the 1950s and early 1960s rock n roll music.

[@matthewfike4491]

There was no trampoline in there, the parishioners were lifted on the wings of angels. Thanks for reacting to this.

[@andrewmccormack4295]

It's lovely to see you again Emma,great reaction and the number of Stars having cameos in this movie is amazing. Lots of love from N.Z. ❤

[@Emma_Reactions]

Thank you! You too!🥰

[@geoman8912]

What an amazing movie and also fantastic sound track..I still get sore ribs,tiny bit of pee laughing so hard when to go to the orphanage to visit the penguin 🐧...stuck in those tiny desks and her with the extra large ruler😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@christopherschafer7675]

No other reactor has ever enjoyed this movie more than this girl. Emma enjoys the music and actually recognizes many of the artists while others sit like lumps of coal. I may be prejudiced, I was wearing my Bob's Country Bunker t-shirt today when this was released.

[@Emma_Reactions]

😉🎶

[@Vinterfrid]

You win this week's award for the most obsequious comment.

[@slchance8839]

@@Vinterfrid You win this week's award for best vocabulary

[@funkmeisterB-5000]

Now you see why I stil have a DVD, and still one of my favs. FYI: Cropper and Dunn as 60's studio musicians for the Old Stax label, played on the original recordings of : Sooth Me, Hold On I'm Coming, Think, and Everybody Needs Somebody. And you should really give Thier live studio LP by Atlantic, " Briefcase Full Of Blues", recorded in L,A,..they sound just as good as you saw in the film.

[@johnscott4196]

You are one of the few reactors to recognize Carrie Fischer, good eye

[@alanholck7995]

She was Dan Aykroyd’s girlfriend at the time.

[@jeffthompson9622]

Thank you, Emma, for sharing your first watch of "The Blues Brothers."

[@Emma_Reactions]

Thank you too!

[@slchance8839]

One of the OTHER treasures in this movie is that when they crash through the shopping mall, it's a REMINDER of what shopping malls USED TO be like in 1980s. None of those stores exist anymore. Malls dont look like that anymore. It really brought back memories of a childhood spent hanging out at arcades in the mall and poking around stores like "Pier 1 Imports," "Spencers," and "JC Penny." Now, places like that 1980s mall only exist in memory and...movies and pictures.

[@stevegirty8866]

Have visited ur music channel! So when I saw this,had to stop and watch ❤ Loved every minute of your reaction, happens to be one of my favorite movies ❤

[@koabua1973styria]

The Blues Brothers Movie is cool, funny, full of Mucic and totally GRAZY !!! I love it !!!😂

[@Emma_Reactions]

Me too ✨🎶🎶🎶🎶✨✨✨❤️

[@iambecomepaul]

Sometimes I call my youngest sister, “Mrs. Toronto.” No reason. It just cracks me up. To this day.

[@doorofnight87]

It is such an insane and fun movie and really enjoyed your reaction to it!

[@SilverBoxStudios]

Every time I catch just a glimpse of this true classic movie. I spend the rest of the day breaking out my record collection and listening to all these amazing artists. If you’re looking for another great music inspired movie I suggest you watch “Eddie and the Cruisers”, I have a feeling you’ll really enjoy that one.

[@Emma_Reactions]

Oh yeah) thanks 🙏

[@Neotron2001]

@49:45 when you comment about hearing a different style of music, most reactors miss the inside joke when "Ride of the Valkyries" by Wagner begins to play as the American Nazis are finally in pursuit of the Blues Bros. Adolph Hitler had an obsession with Wagner's repertoire.

[@steveg5933]

The band were some of the best session musicians on the planet before the SNL skit became a movie. Purists will deride them as being a gimmick but Belushi and Ackroyd were genuine in their love of the Blues. They put out several albums and toured (including with the Grateful Dead) and they introduced a generation to the Blues, including myself.

[@marvinsarracino116]

So much great talent in this movie! I hope you listen to some of these artists on your other channel! Like James Browns "Living in America". Or anything by Aretha Franklin! Love the big concert at the end and Cab Calloway singing mini the moocher was awesome. Thanks for sharing Emma ❤️💛

[@bossfan49]

Hi Emma. The original singer for the tv show "Rawhide" theme was country singer Frankie Laine. He also sang the theme song for Blazing Saddles, which you reacted to.

[@2tone753]

In 1980, “Blues Brothers” was also released here in what was then West Berlin in West Germany. The film and the actors fit our lifestyle and attitude exactly West Berliners at that time. Chaotic, dirty, loud-mouthed, etc. We simply didn't care where someone came from, the main thing was that they wanted to be a West Berliner. The music, the two "guys", their clothes, etc. The accommodation exploded but Elwood had the cheese cream with him. This is how a film becomes a cult, and it still is to this day. We have now seen him 80 - 90 times (or even more often). It's like a flight into the past, into the great time when you were 18. A masterpiece with brilliant actors and a cool story.

[@slchance8839]

I had no idea. I 'm a child of the 1970s/80s. This sounds like an awesome slice of time. I wish I could have travelled there from Dallas and experienced it, at least once. Thanks for letting us know that this place and experience, even existed.

[@jpotter2086]

Oh she's going to love this one :D The "tour" of an early '80s mall is one heckuva time capsule! The opening presaging Bladerunner always cracks me up, but, TBF, the aerial industrial landscape was a very common opening for '70s movies that wanted to invoke a blue collar vibe.

[@jamesbolling6681]

I saw the Blues Brothers at the Drive-Ins , A true classic and Guiness Book of World Record holder for Most Cop Cars Crashed in 1 movie ! lol

[@jamesodonnell3636]

Amadeus is a masterpiece of a film by Milos Foreman, with beautiful music and astonishing performances. You will love it!

[@johnscott4196]

The theme from Rawhide that they sang was from the western TV series where Clint Eastwood got his start

[@heyhey1956]

“The Blues Brothers” grossed $115 million worldwide,

[@martinhafner2201]

Even the mob guy in the steam room was Steve Lawrence from the Steve & Edie duo in the 60s and 70's.

[@williamjones6031]

1.This was Dan Aykroyd's baby that started out as a SNL skit. He eventually got with Landis (thus Chicago) and it was built on that. There were already songs made for the Blues Brothers from SNL They also put out one album. 2. All-star cast.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 3. Booking officer is Frank Oz. Voiced Yoda, Miss Piggy and other Muppets. 4. ".....We have a full tank of gas, a half pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses, hit it" 5. The "Good ol' Boys" haad nothing to bitch about. They were late for their gig. 6. They smash so many cars that "Smokey and the Bandit" was practice. WE'RE ON A MISSION FROM GOD😇😇

[@joemasters2270]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. This movie inspired me to learn guitar. Side note: 104 cars were destroyed in the filming of this movie. 😆

[@DarraghC]

Great reaction, your face lit up :) TY for sharing

[@Emma_Reactions]

😊 thank you 😊

[@dumy187]

Nothing is impossible when you're on a mission from God.

[@kathyastrom1315]

My college drama professor was the shorter of the two guards escorting Jake across the Collins Street prison (yes, I am a native of Joliet and know the local names for all three of the prisons that were there when I was a kid in the ‘70s and ‘80s). My Catholic high school used “We’re on a mission from God” as our Homecoming Week theme the fall after this film came out.

[@heroicbob]

How did I miss your reaction to this? The Blues Brothers has been one of my favourite movies since I was about 10!

[@biggary9602]

Thank you for noting this is a repost! 😊

[@Emma_Reactions]

No problem 😊

[@alexharbison4411]

Nice reaction it's because I know you love jazz and blues that I suggested you listen to Beth Hart and Joe on your other channel singing I'd rather go blind live. She is one of the top female singers performing the blues today. You will love this performance if you choose to. But I digress very nice reaction to a very funny movie

[@Emma_Reactions]

Oh great 😊 thanks 🙏

[@mr.knowitall6440]

Blue Lou is painted gold like an Egyptian statue, in Steve Martin's SNL "King Tut" video. 😎

[@mr.knowitall6440]

Just after the Ray Charles scene, and as they get to Bob's Country Bunker, the Blues music that's playing on their radio, is the guy playing in the streets, John Lee Hooker, a blues Legend who has inspired many of the biggest Rock Stars. 😎😎🤙

[@212x3]

Greatest soundtrack of all time

[@tonyhaynes9080]

You really must get the soundtrack to this movie. It’s one of the best ever. Certainly up there with Young Einstein and Field of Dreams soundtrack.

[@johnrussell6620]

Half of the "CHARM" of this movie is the backing cast. It is a shame you did not grow up with these people. You would enjoy the movie even more!

[@orangeandblackattack]

I knew you would love this movie! Love to you laugh. "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" is another classic.