American Reacts to The KLF!

[@jonlight670]

The Orb - Fluffy Little Clouds is amazing !

[@JL-uq6dq]

RE getting on TOTP, you need to understand how the singles chart in 88-91 was getting swamped with acid house, which the BBC had banned for promoting drug use. Having a dance act that wasnt actively promoting ecstacy meant the BBC could pretend it wasnt actively supressing the biggest musical movement since punk. plus they were guaranteed to put on a show

[@pmc8451]

That’s not how TOTP worked. The songs that were the highest chart climbers of the week (that had not been previously performed) were given a spot if they wanted it. There were probably a few exceptions for special occasions and there were a few bands that were never asked back becuase their behaviour but that’s generally how it worked.

[@FrancisHegarty]

They're still active. Every October, they do an all-day event in Liverpool called the Toxteth day of the dead. A Mexican themed show and parade through the citys docklands. Which passes by my house. 👍

[@markthomas2577]

At 16.48 I think that's Magenta Devine ......... a blast from the past !

[@BadMoonandStars]

Yeah, I said out loud 'Magenta!!' 😄 RIP

[@markflower8885]

The bassist "Youth" that he mentioned was the original bassist with Killing Joke, who became a huge music producer before rejoining Killing Joke after the death of Paul Raven..Also The Orb had a huge hit with "Little Fluffy Clouds" which was a top 10 hit

[@johnsmith9903]

Youth used to run a butterfly studios in Battersea where Hallucinogen worked and then got a deal for his band "Purple Om" . I 'fed' them bongs.

[@Noiseheatpower]

Bill Drummond's career prior to all this - on the Liverpool music/theatre scene, and managing both Echo and the Bunnymen and Teardrop Explodes - is a fun story too. That 'Illuminatus' book has a lot to answer for...

[@johnjon8219]

The KLF created two albums, two masterpieces of ambient music, before they became very commercial. One is called Space, and the other is Chillout. After the raves in the early 90s, we'd go back to friends' houses to listen to them, smoke, and come down .

[@johnsmith9903]

Sitting in Oregon still listening near daily. Wooftoppins. Church of the KLF. Used to sit in the chill out room with a bong for the hard core to calm down with. People would have among then get back to the main room./tent/area:)

[@vallejomach6721]

'The Manual' was clearly satire/parody reaction to Stock, Aitken & Waterman's Hit Factory that was dominating commercial mainstream pop at the time.

[@jessedavies9262]

what were the skies like when you were young ?

[@14percentviking]

Have you read it though? I have

[@richardgoddard37]

They released a few more tracks as the J.A.M.M.S, including the simply brilliant "It's Grim Up North". Do your ears a favour and look for the long versions (it was absolutely massacred to get it down to down to single length) and have sporadically released new stuff over the years using various acronyms, and created some very popular art projects. Among their current projects is building a full size "People's Pyramid" made of bricks from people who've donated their cremated remains. Oh and Bill wanted to cut his hand off while on stage at The Brits, but was talked out of it. Absolute Legends.

[@GrahamMilkdrop]

I love 'It's Grim Up North'!.

[@xanadodebz2866]

The Top of the Pops segment was a snuff to the BBC insisting they mimed they're songs, so they decided to sit down and play chess instead, they weren't the only ones to do this sort of thing JJ

[@carlosdeferrer3585]

The KLF chill out album is a incredible soundscape. well worth a listen. They continue to do art projects to this day.

[@ChrisCSunshine]

Chill out is Epic! It took me best part of twenty years to get my hands on it.

[@tdurb0]

It’s a work of art. As is U.F.Orb as is Adventures Beyond. Nice to see some love for the chill out album ❤️👏🏻

[@Shoomer88]

Delia Derbyshire who created the Doctor Who theme was a true pioneer of electronic music. People argue about origins of Techno. Was it the likes of Juan Atkins and Derek May in Detroit? New Order at the start of the 80's? Kraftwerk in the 70's? As far a I'm concerned Delia invented it, in the early 60's. Not bad for a lady who couldn't get a job in the industry, despite having a BA in music from Cambridge, because she was a woman. Eventually she got a job with the BBC, producing sound effects for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and fell in love with the very early synths that were appearing at the time. She was the Aphex Twin of her day.

[@productjoe4069]

He should react to a history of the Radiophonic Workshop and also of Wendy Carlos

[@timthomsonart]

She's from Coventry, where there's a music museum (mainly about Ska of course), that has a nice 'shrine' to her - worth visiting if you're in the Midlands...

[@twisted2836]

"Because she was a woman". Really? There were plenty of women in the industry long before her and most didn't have a BS in music from Cambridge. Not everyone gets what they want or wants what they get. Life's a proverbial and then you die.

[@Shoomer88]

@@twisted2836 Yes. Really.

[@crimsonwizard2560]

I think you'll find Tangerine Dream done it before Kraftwerk.

[@tomfoolery9749]

I remember 88/89 as I was around 19 and this was the start of Acid House and raving, having to hang around phone boxes waiting for a call to let you know where the rave was going to be. The big one near me was Rain Dance at Jenkins Lane near the A13 in Dagenham. You had Centerforce pirate radio. It felt like the birth of an era, LSD and amphetamine and then soon after White Doves MDMA. It was a mix of dance music with hippy 60's classics for the come down and the discovery of Dark Side Of The Moon. I still have KLF's chill out album but I've not listened to since the 90's. Don't forget Ian Dury....

[@Logiccircuit]

A great reaction as always. It was a superb time and a wild ride. I have an original copy of the 1987 album, it’s a bit hard to listen to. They did a few unmentioned 12” singles, Whitney Joins the JAMMs being one. The acid house movement in the UK was a huge musical revolution. Big companies owned the music labels and the clubs prior to acid house and all of a sudden they were saying “the kids are creating the music themselves, throwing parties for free in old abandoned factories’ which left nothing for them. They soon learned though!

[@glyph2011]

2 certifiable geniuses. And they’d probably hate to be called that. LOVE the KLF. 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

[@hmtqnikitashakur3399]

how? they seemed self deprecating, self destructing, thieving chaotic messes. "i've never been in a club" ....i can tell, buddy

[@2old4gamez]

Yes! So happy to see you take this journey. Prepare for chaos and genius in equal measure. I can assure you, no strings were pulled behind the scenes, however 'the system' was extremely well manipulated. KLF know the score!

[@jwi1085]

And dance tracks blowing up on the dance scene became undeniable

[@carolineskipper6976]

The acts on TOTPs were always a selection of those who had singles at or near the top of the charrts that week (They ALWAYS had whoever was at No1 that week to close the show- either in person or on video) but also some interesting new releases that were expected to chart in the coming weeks. This would explain the appearance by The Orb. 3 AM Eternal is the song I think of when the KLF are mentioned- though I remember one or two of the others. I remember seeing them on TV with the African dancers and realising that one of the dancers was a chap I knew - a South African actor who was living and working in London during the '80's.

[@klaxoncow]

Yeah, Top of the Pops was essentially a chart show. The format was essentially a countdown of the top 40. They'd give a countdown from #40, #39, #38 and so forth. Then often the format was "...and at #12 is Simply Red" and then Simply Red would play that song. Then they'd count down to the #1 - stopping for live performances or music videos of the songs, as the countdown passed them - where they'd always play the #1 (as long as it wasn't banned). The band would either play live or the music video would be shown. Indeed, as was covered in an earlier video you watched about why there were so many British music videos that ended up filling up MTV's schedule and bringing about a second "British invasion" was because of Top of the Pops. If the band weren't playing live - perhaps on tour or they'd already performed the week before and were still at #1 - then they'd play the music video in its place. These began as simply pre-recorded performances but they increasingly got creative - famously, with Bohemian Rhapsody, putting on a bit of an operatic / dramatic performance and adding visual effects that it's sometimes called "the first music video" - until they were art pieces unto themselves. But, yeah, at its heart, Top of the Pops was a chart show, which featured a countdown to the #1 record that week and the live performances / music videos were linked to that countdown. Therefore, bands got on Top of the Pops for having a #1 record (or breaking into the top 10). If Mr.Blobby had the #1 that week, then they'd play Mr.Blobby. Like, the musical guests weren't a judgement call by the producers, it was a chart show and if your song was at or near the top of the charts (and it wasn't banned by the BBC) then you'd be invited to play on Top of the Pops (or send in your music video and we'll show that instead, if you can't make it). So if everyone was buying the Orb's latest record and it charted high, then they'd get their invite to play on the show. Chart position was the criterion here, not genre nor musical taste nor even if the bands were particularly cooperative - as we know, many bands messed about with the Top of the Pops performances for the shits and giggles. You've jumped straight into the chart at #3? Okay, come and perform on the show.

[@sydneymeanstreet]

The Orb continued on after those two singles. The TOTP performance was for "Blue Room" which came out after he'd left the group.

[@emcr1]

The Tammy Wynette song just threw me back to childhood 😆 The roadtrip album sounds interesting, and I never knew they were the ones who did all those pop songs. Also, for anyone wanting to know who didn't already search, spotify has 4 albums. Extra also: I wonder if that woman still has the gold record 🤔

[@TheDidymusBrush]

Fwiw, the Bohemian Rhapsody reissue was a charity single, raising money for The Terrance Higgins Trust as a double a side with These Are The Days Of Our Lives. As for the KLF, the one thing this video leaves out is what they did next. They promised to return after 27 years, and they did: with an art event in Liverpool during which they had Jarvis Cocker of Pulp lead a procession to a beach where they burnt their ice cream fan. They then announced they were going into funerals - and unveiled the People's Pyramid. Every year fans who have died can have some of their ashes fused into a brick and placed on the pyramid which is growing steadily bigger. You can buy the brick in advance - it has the words Mu Mu on it - and ponder your own mortality. Jimmy Cauty was also involved in Banksy's Dismaland and oje of those models you saw them building was part of it!

[@infinitehive]

One of the joys of this Universe is watching someone discover the KLF in real time.

[@UNIONFEATURES]

The Orb's "Little Fluffy Clouds" is a genuine bonafide classic.

[@CaitiffPrimogen]

"America: What Time is Love" (1991) is still one of my favourite musical tracks

[@NoxiousRob]

It was 1992, released to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus discovering America in 1492, although the Vikings actually got there over 600 years earlier.

[@Mary-i5c1m]

Prob wouldn't watch this if not on your channel - but really enjoyed it. Great reaction from you. Tx.

[@frumpypigskin8009]

That's just give me a nostalgic trip Back When music had no rules Love your take on it

[@donaldb1]

Something the video left out was what they did just before the burning. As The K Foundation they set up a prize for "the worst artist in Britain". The plan was to award their prize to the winner of the Turner prize, for the Best British artist, and the amount was the same, £40,000. The winner of the Turner that year was Rachel Whiteread and I recall that, very sensibly, she turned down the K Foundation money. But Wikipedia tells me that when she heard they were going to burn it instead she changed her mind, accepted the money and gave it away to charity. So that year the KLF gave away £40k, _and then_ burnt another million.

[@StephenWhittaker-g5g]

Jimmy Cauty made an album called "Space" which i really love, its subtitles a space cadets first trip. the tracks list as each of the planets wth quiet parts between the planets, it samples the Aquarium by Saint Saens. The orb made a lot of material after Cauty left. A lot of bands came out of the KLF experiments

[@F1138-4EB]

Bow to the ancients of Mu Mu

[@michellehardman50]

They're justified, and they're ancient And they drive an ice cream van

[@tdurb0]

It’s hard to explain just how massive KLF were at the time. Then they just burned all their profits and deleted their entire catalogue. I’m lucky I have all the original CDs. It was only a few years ago they made their stuff on Apple/Spotify etc. They were truly unique, and still are.

[@MGrayl-ib5fo]

So glad you went here!!!

[@wulfgold]

Seeing as you're heading down the rabbit hole - The Teardrop Explodes are another group of great British "eccentrics" you'll almost definitely recognise a couple of their hits. The Illuminatus Trilogy is an excellent/hilarious read.

[@steveparkes]

Anything Julian Cope has been involved in is worth enjoying. I'm autistic and Cope (just like The KLF) just sort of clicks with me. He's like an older brother leading me down the interesting paths in the landscape both geographical and musical of Britain.

[@wulfgold]

@@steveparkes yeah - I totally get that, I still need to pick up more of his books.

[@jos9116]

Julian Cope is and always has been a brilliant genius

[@zinnia2980]

KLF are so legendary and amongst the best 👋 They have reincarnated as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu 😍

[@MattMcQueen1]

Every part of the JAMMS/KLF story is wild. We'll never know what would have happened if they had contacted Dolly Parton and not Tammy Wynette.

[@Tonyblack261]

I won a copy of "The Manual" on a radio call in show.

[@Eltrop]

Lurker, now subscriber for covering the brilliant KLF! Drummond & Cauty are fascinating. I love that you get it.

[@TheDidymusBrush]

Yay! So glad you checked this one out. 😎

[@apefu]

OMG. I was not aware of the KLF - The Orb connection!

[@Disco_Breakin]

The Orb's Adventures beyond the ultraworld is one of the greatest LP's ever made

[@errnee]

The video to the last train was a train set filmed in Drummonds back garden..i believe.

[@samlawrence4670]

Chill out is still one of my favourite pieces of music ever it’s just brilliant.

[@timglennon6814]

I loved the KLF. Great Dance band.

[@Jee123123]

They drive an ice cream van and i'll have a 99 please 🍦

[@Lemmys_Mole]

Saw the Orb live in '91...great fun.

[@marflitts]

Ssw them the other week. And a few times over the years.

[@Bandanko]

the KLF were a force of nature! I saw them a few times live

[@alexisorr1594]

Klf sweeping the floor with the media 😂

[@orbytl2799]

the KLF, probably the first artist/group/band that got me into music as a young boy 😁

[@FrankHarwald]

The KLF released the first ever trance track in 1988: What Time Is Love (Pure Trance), which not just a remix of one of their popular songs but created a new genre of electronic dance music. Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, M.I.K.E. Push, Paul Oakenfold, Ferry Corsten/System F, Scooter, Darude, BT, Above & Beyond... everyone of them probably wouldn't be who they are now without the KLF

[@robokop4491]

When you say you were surprised the press played along with the stunts, I don't think many people can comprehend exactly how much cocaine was being consumed by the music scene and media in the early 90s...

[@robokop4491]

Also the question about how to get on top of the pops, sell a bunch of CDs and there's plenty of coke flying around...

[@adamcashin4021]

As a 10 year old I loved all the KLF singles. I had no idea of the controversy I just liked the songs. As they 'disappeared' before I was old enough to pay attention to the music press and even further from the internet I actually reached adulthood before I realised they weren't an African American band and was even older before I heard the whole story. But in terms of why they were successful. They made some great pop songs that appealed to 10 year olds and to ravers. Modern technology means that anyone can record their music to practically the same standards as achieved in a studio. That wasn't the case in the 80's. The equipment was too expensive. That meant there was a natural limit to how much new music could be produced; and DJs were able to hear all of it and pick their favourites. Today you could probably spend your entire life listening to the songs published on Amazon\Spotify this year. Its much harder for new music to be discovered without some sort of push.

[@chrisellis3797]

Absolute anarchists. What a ride they gave my teen years.

[@mej6519]

Klf - what time is love(techno slam remix) was a huge underground warehouse rave track, also the signature tune for alien base at the tudor rose pub Southall 1989. Shout out to all the old school ravers. Oi Oi.

[@johncrwarner]

I wasn't into The KLF particularly I had friends who liked the anarchist chaos they generated. I was more into Extreme Noise Terror who could be described as a crusty punk band who often had a similar following to Napalm Death who were definitely at that time an anarcho-punk band. I went to a concert at the Fulham Greyhound in London to see ENT and Napalm Death and saw John Peel and put in a record request for a student in my mathematics class as they were just about to take their exams and this kid listened to John Peel every evening. Peel wrote that "a shaven headed roustabout" hove into view and politely asked for a record request of ENT for his pupil studying for the exams. LOL

[@timthomsonart]

There's another good documentary about the suitcase containing the ashes of the million quid and how they struggled with it, worth watching!

[@MattMcQueen1]

"The adult contemporary pap of Simply Red". Who could put it better.

[@milton1969able]

Keep up with the Trash Theory stories pal :)

[@Millennial_Manc]

7:59 How did you know that was John Hurt? They chose him partly because of his chest buster scene in Alien as that was a bit like being infected by something deadly. The advert was filmed in a quarry in England and the stone slab was real, weighing around 3 tonnes.

[@sydneymeanstreet]

While I don't doubt that industry connections helped, you have to remember that TOTP was just a reflection of what was popular at the time. DJs were playing their records, people were buying their records, so it stands to reason they'd end up on the programme. I think it's fair to say that the UK charts in the late-80s-early-90s were crammed with "faceless" dance tracks. "Jack your Body" hit #1 back in 1986, then "Pump Up the Volume" in '87 so the audience was clearly there. Shame this video didn't cover "It's Grim Up North", released under their JAMs moniker, which remains a favourite of mine.

[@Henrik_Holst]

And despite what they claimed themselves, they where freaking musical geniuses so ofc if they wanted to create a no 1 they just did. It's Grim Up North is also one of my personal favorites.

[@sydneymeanstreet]

@@Henrik_Holst No doubt. They literally wrote the book on it!

[@xanadodebz2866]

I love the fact you know what you are talking about JJ

[@LynneConnolly]

They admitted years later that the million pounds was (mostly) fake. It was a demonstration, and as they said later, they weren't stupid.

[@neilbiggs1353]

Bill Drummond's book 45 is a wonderful anthology of weird tales, some inspiring, some affecting, and in part of the book he goes in to trying to describe why they burnt the money. I'm not sure he fully gets why they did it. They are somewhat chaotic though, they made the K Foundation Art Prize to mock the modern art scene!

[@neilbiggs1353]

Also, the way they retired by announcing it at a major UK industry awards ceremony is the stuff of legend too. I never realised how eccentric they were at the time!

[@jaccilowe3842]

British inventiveness and mad talent at its best!

[@nolaj114]

9:12 I immediately thought of The Northern Boys too 😅

[@michellehardman50]

Me too! 😂

[@Galbonfilms]

I loved the KLF they refused to be mainstream and as soon as they got popular they would pack it in! Apart from a now controversial appearance by disgraced G Glitter they were amazeballs! I listened to their tape over and over again in late 80’s on UK holiday trips. fave track is last train to trans central. Interesting fact is that early 00s euro dance act Scooter mentions them in one of their songs “the K the L the F ology”!! Gill from Essex UK

[@matgodfrey3465]

They also fired blanks at the crowd from machine guns at one show if I'm not mistaken.

[@timglennon6814]

According to Wikipedia The KLF are still going, well they were in 2021. They brought out an album titled, KLF Communications.

[@scholesysscaleschematics2445]

Up until ‘88 what you heard in the clubs was still chart music, so Duran Duran, bros. Spandau Ballet etc. Then the U.K. heard Detroit House and put the U.K. spin on it and came up with Acid House. This was what was now heard in the clubs. But pop was still topping the charts. So house, techno etc. took a few years to become mainstream. So yes as a pioneer from ‘91-‘94 say you could just appear on TOTP of the back of one club hit.

[@ionsbrewable]

aside you're excellent reaction there is so much music i have forgoten about that i can harvest from this! thanks for watching with me dude. :) and sorry to bust you're conspiracy of 'How' all the top of the pops but they were just really good!!!

[@scotmax8426]

this was a good video, and again lol a great reaction to it. enjoyed that. Cheers. (loved the klf!) (tammy wynette was genius)

[@ghostpuppet31]

Top of the Pops was the music industry's promotional venue and didn't honestly have much to do with record sales. People saw it as what was trending and requested by extension of that.

[@CaptainSambuca]

The 1992 Brit Awards was the peak point of western civilisation

[@domramsey]

You say it was just marketing. It really wasn't. It really was just a couple of blokes intent on chaos in the name of art.

[@geetee4459]

Whether or not they were taking the piss or being crazy, they came out with some great songs back in the day.

[@kavanelli]

Top of the Pops was the UK top 40 chart show. So if you got into the top 40 you usually got on Top of the Pops

[@FilterHQ]

Totally mental...and epic!!

[@klaxoncow]

By the way, KLF stands for "Kopyright Lliberation Front". Because of all the sampling, you see. "Liberating" tunes from their copyright holders.

[@tanz5389]

The Music industry was sampling a lot without permission until near the late 90' from memory.

[@twitchytriggs]

Thank u .

[@sydneymeanstreet]

"The Manual" is a fun read. It's available online, and there's a reading right here on KZbin.

[@piynubbunyip]

Technically by reducing the money in circulation it increases the value of that currency and helps all that use it.

[@JackMellor498]

These guys were beyond anarchist musicians, utterly mental story, but some great electronic dance music! That Chill Out album still sounds years ahead of its time and stands as a great piece of music. Unfortunately the full album is not available on Spotify or Apple Music anywhere, but there are some lengthy KZbin videos that play it.

[@Flint_Westwood]

Now you've done Prodigy, Aphex Twin and the KLF, you should definitely check out: The Orb Orbital 808 State Leftfield Underworld Future Sound Of London Earth Leakage Trip Chemical Brothers To name a few 👍

[@mikedignum1868]

Their music is still great. I always thought they were saying "Let's see how far we can take this ".. Emperor's New Clothes kind of thing.

[@ChrisCSunshine]

Thanks JJ! These are my 90's gods and grew up with them. I had a video of theirs (it had that thing they were building in the scenery for Last Train to Trancentral Video)) Anyways it kinda explains in that: It had a large Caption This is NOT what the KLF is about, and showed the making of and background tech etc. And then it had a second Caption This IS what the KLF is about. Then they played the music. And as a super long time fan I think really that is it, they were about the music and the place it takes you. All music lovers will understand that, and all hype lovers will scratch their heads. Listen to the Album The White Room. (It is a masterpiece) The film The White room can also be found on youtube..or it could, I think Daftpunk did similar later with their long play music vids. The Album Chill out is an epic creation really very much what they seemed to be trying to do from what I can tell. They have a special place in my heart. My Original 12" vinyl copy of the White Room will be a prized possession for years to come. Unless they become super retro cool then I'm selling it for loads lol ;) I really won't though.

[@timglennon6814]

Late 1980’s and the 1990’s was a great era for dance music.

[@tdurb0]

13:50 your comparison to Fatboy Slim is absolutely spot-on 👏🏻👏🏻

[@CyanideSunshines]

Apparently Tammy had trouble singing to the best and they had to try and fix it during editing lol. Its one of my favourite songs ❤😂

[@tonymarshall3978]

The video you need to watch by Trash Future is there one on "The Libertines" its his best and though not as insane is a beautiful tribute to one of the most influential bands in 00's UK

[@JJLAReacts]

Thanks!!

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Yes, Trash Theory often ends with a lyric or an echo of a song lyric. Getting on top of the pops is quite easy really, generally you have to have a single in the top 40, either a new entry (highest new entry is usually a certainty) or had the single rise chart position by a good margin, not have been on last week (except for the no#1) be available and willing to mime/pre-record the performances audio (a rule because of a mix of musicians union rules and the studio was apparently plagued by rubbish acoustics)! The story I heard at the time. They burned the money because they felt it was tainted, toxic, they had been at it for nearly 2 years solid and were exhausted/burnt out/mentally frazzled and despite their best efforts got dragged into music business BS. They wanted rid, needed catharsis. Jimmy Cauty was famous for a Lord of the Rings Athena poster in the 70's he did in his early teens. It got released around the time the Ralph Bakshi film and became a bedroom staple for book nerds in the UK. He has been a well regarded visual artist since (miniatures/dioramas with a forced perspective are his speciality). The Orb just kind of hit a chord at the time. After Rave, there was an upsurge of interest in 70's prog and Krautrock among growing music nerds. So bands that played into that started doing well. You also had then new acts like Ozrics Tentacles taking over the festival circuit were somewhat cut from the same cloth. The Bohemian Rhapsody thing was part of a double A Side with what was apparently Freddies knowing goodbye "These are the days of our lives" but everyone only remembers that BoHo Rap was on the flip side.

[@ArnoldLokman]

I wanna party with them!

[@izzyroberts5518]

Late 80's early 90's House/Trance was massive, Top of the Pops Prided itself on always Playing the Number 1. (At the time) So, anything could get to No.1 if enough copies sold Like Clive Dunn and 'Grandpa'

[@robertobrien5709]

Doctorin the Tardis one of the best and greatest pop dance tracks of all time, a no brainer mega hit.

[@paulbriggs5238]

I always preferred the chill out rooms to the actual rave 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙂

[@Ade2bee]

What you have to understand is the dance music industry took everything by Storm, it was good for the artist because they recorded it, press 500 to 1000 12inches walked into the DJ booths and gave it to the DJs, or got it to the DJ by Thursday and they were being played in the big clubs if it was any good, if it was any good, you had a major record deal very soon after. You can actually become as many artists and sudden as you wanted to be in whatever Dance genre you wanted it was total anarchy Amazing.

[@DadgeCity]

I got to know Bill quite well a few years ago. I think he was somewhat chastened by the blowback from the million-quid stunt, and he's turned to more humanistic art.

[@robopecha]

i came here from the prodigy video and thought your channel was about watching rare music documentaries! i was disappointed its usually just the generic reaction stuff that lots of channels do. please do more obscure music stuff! btw do you sing in a british 80s post-punk goth band? you look and sound like it and that is the most fascinating and charming thing to me!

[@JJLAReacts]

Wow thank you! Yeah, I’ve been reacting to anything British for a long time, but I do enjoy the music docs and I feel myself leaning more towards that. Your feedback confirms my gut feeling. Naw, I’m not a singer in any band but I’m flattered you asked! Cheers 🍻

[@neilbiggs1353]

@@JJLAReacts I don't know if the documentaries exist, but one thing I find fascinating about the UK is where you try looking at what each city produces. Sheffield for example has some truly huge and diverse acts like Def Leppard, Human League, Joe Cocker, Pulp and some very experimental acts like 65daysofstatic who made the soundtrack for procedurally generated game "No Man's Sky"... I don't know who it would be structured but there would be something fun at someone looking at one city at a time

[@robopecha]

@@JJLAReacts hahaha! great! i am gonna watch all your music related videos! they are interesting picks and its more fun than watching them alone! cheers! 🍻

[@nodiggity9472]

Great take JJ.

[@JJLAReacts]

🙏🙌❤️

[@tantaf8908]

Back then they had to sell records it was a chart placed thing on top of the pops I think

[@TheAzguardThor]

I have the album up in the loft somewhere ... :)

[@vurttv6415]

No mention of the jams? Its grim up north.

[@YourBeingParanoid]

Sticking it to the establishment !