Big Audio Dynamite - C'mon Every Beatbox

Music video by Big Audio Dynamite performing C'mon Every Beatbox. (C) 1986 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

this was very ahead of its time. within 5 years bands like EMF, Jesus Jones, Happy Mondays, Soup Dragons, the Farm, and Information Society were having success doing a similar sound, yet I rarely have heard B.A.D. noted for being the innovative/influential group they were.

[@_Only_Zuul]

The KLF..

[@DanielDannyFisher]

This is truth!

[@jamiezelinski2838]

Absolutely, I wouldn’t have listened to PE or Wu if not for BAD

[@jerkchickenblog]

oh come on, for doing dance music? people had been doing it since the time of disco, this was nothing to crow about.

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

@@jerkchickenblog the intersection of punk/new wave/80s alternative and hip hop focused dance, including sampling.

[@paulmichaelides7565]

Mick Jones is a genius.

[@michaelgabert7549]

I couldn't get enough of this song when it came out. One of the girls dancing is a very young Neneh Cherry.

[@Ivanskavinsky]

Thank you! I was sure it was her!

[@bgeek]

Also in their other video too - Medicine Show along with ex-Clash members and Lydon.

[@thomascorrigan8863]

This tune is epic, as is Mick’s hat

[@indiglo1971]

Fishing gear.

[@maddie8415]

I'm pretty sure Mick Jones has never met a goofy hat he didn't like 😂...and I'm totally here for it!

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

I love the energy of this song: It's fun, weird, and absolutely amazing.

[@chrisnietzel692]

Good shit for sure! Love these guys. Heavy Clash roots but different, never get tired of this 581444444444444

[@chrisnietzel692]

sorry my cat took over the keyboard and typed some gibberish. He sucks at spelling

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

@@chrisnietzel692 fr lol

[@eramosat]

B.A.D. and The Clash stand the test of time...anyone disagree? Can always add The Good, The Bad and The Ugly if impressionable youth need convincing...

[@stevenlee2347]

And Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros. :-)

[@markmitchell450]

Tbone MacKay you've missed the fact Mick Jones started off with London SS then the clash then big audio dynamite then paired with Tony James as carbon silicon

[@AquaShibby3000]

The Good, The Bad and the Queen

[@jamesbelljr7987]

@Jay BlackMost of samples were from the movie, The Good,the Bad,and the Ugly were sampled in Medicine Show,not Fist Full of Dollars...which is why he mention The Good,the Bad and the Ugly

[@batboy3746]

You can tell Mick was really into production, but, not into selling out. He just wanted to do great sounding music, that was more polished.

[@lancerobinson8889]

I love seeing neneh cherry dancing around in a polo. No money man could get her love.😉

[@HACKA33]

"Sit tight and listen keenly, while I play for you another brand-new musical biscuit". Man, how many times I listened to this intro in my teenage years...I think even my neighboor knew the lyrics already jeje. Good times...Clash, Pistols, Echo, Jesus and Mary Chain, Siouxie... Now I´m just an old nostalgic teacher...

[@markprescott8611]

That's cause you got pal

[@markprescott8611]

It sorry

[@ddave7026]

London punk rocker with black Rastas doing a mix of techno hip-hop Rock wearing East Coast break dance and Mexican snap back worker caps *Music Exec* : RUN WITH IT LAD!

[@geraldcummiskey6721]

I was there 86 barrow lands Glasgow

[@keithmanning5279]

1 of my fave comments ever on any video

[@KidFresh71]

A song way, way, way ahead of it’s time. Light years. Loved it then and golden now. This musical biscuit goes hard

[@thomasandersen6719]

they ripped off Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran and some early 80's hip hop from New York...not ahead...rather slightly behind

[@bigmac2499]

​@@thomasandersen6719 the only thing that was "ripped off" from summertime blues is the vocal melody in the verse, which is even still a minor coincidence, and there is far more rock & roll going on here than in early 80's New York hip-hop that is for certain

[@thomasandersen6719]

@@bigmac2499 ok

[@habu027]

This song is still bangin', 37 years later.

[@johnmichaelson9173]

The BAD tunes are brilliant, Mick was on fire & I can't help thinking that Joe Strummer made one of the biggest mistake in rocknroll getting rid of Mick from the Clash.

[@jgboys1]

Wow! I can’t believe I forgot this song! What an Epic song! I remember blasting this tune out of my 1985 IROC-Z back in the Bronx when this song first came out! 😂 I had forgotten all about it until I stumbled across this video! Awsome song!👍🏼

[@shawnnorton2674]

I’ve owned this record since it came out. Simply doesn’t get old, still fresh after more than 30 years, totally love Don Letts that dude is BAD.

[@jasonglaser7890]

Same. There are multiple versions of Hollywood Blvd out there.

[@victorevanssr.5034]

I second that

[@robertmcneill8831]

agreed.

[@yvetteclark5288]

Exactly

[@FieldTactics]

Notice Neneh Cherry in this video? She's the girl in the white shirt. A few years later she's be famous herself. Type "Buffalo Stance" into the search box. It's a fantastic song from 88' that is still catchy. Enjoy. :) Peace to all lovers of good music :)

[@KnispelGreece]

When I first got this LP, thought it was crap, especially after all the experiences I had with the MAJESTIC Clash... Listening to it, 35 years later, I think it was just too far ahead! LOVE it finally! Always admired Mick anyways!

[@yyz4761]

I had a similar experience, someone left a cassette tape over after a night of partying. I thought that they were weird, I was stuck in my old way of thinking. BAD totally grew on me and I began to love them

[@IlliniJake]

You do know that Mick wrote most of the music and lyrics for the Clash?

[@lestoil]

I can identify the three main dialog samples in this. "Sit tight and listen keenly..." = Prince Buster from "The Harder They Come". "...possibility of another gang war"= New commentator from "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight". "The white man ain't left me nothin'..." = Lawrence Fishburne from "The Cotton Club".

[@TheKinoEye]

Nice job! A+

[@TheXanUser]

"Holy nightmare!" = robin from batman TV show.

[@JoshuaCraigStrain]

Where do YOU dance ?

[@citykids]

'I hope you realize you're playing with dynamite' that line is taken from the movie Videodrome

[@lestoil]

@@citykids Excellent! Now I gotta see that movie again just for that line!

[@jodibrooklyn1033]

Love BAD. Had the pleasure of meeting Mick Jones. Super nice and personable.

[@NicolasSequeira]

Anybody who can abstain from listening to every Big Audio Dynamite single in succession every time they start one up has a much stronger will than I

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

Ha, doing it now!

[@lowenbad]

I can’t say it enough… this band was amazing. So underrated.

[@yahs808]

What a track! Ahead of its time, brings back memories......

[@paulmichaelides7565]

Way ahead of their time.Superb.

[@Gringo_In_Chile]

"Everybody's welcome there will be no discrimination"

[@machbaby]

Mick is sporting the goofiest hat I've ever seen... And I want one!

[@gilwood7530]

He always rocked those big high caps ...

[@r.b.somers2052]

Yep!!!!

[@LeGrandeOrange]

gil wood and he rocked them so well!

[@schwinnbike18]

😂😂

[@victormorgado5318]

it was his hip hop look of those days which the late Clash promoted during their London Calling tour

[@evelynm.bertsch3053]

killer groove, awesome drums Gotta love Don. Some dude then and now. What a track! Ahead of its time, brings back memories......

[@Rileymybesie]

Love BAD! Saw them in Boston 1989 at a small venue and show was fabulous!

[@gretagrain]

bad ass!

[@johnozed]

I will always love Mick Jones.

[@lestoil]

Like The Clash this band rarely had any clunkers. Almost all their output was great. One of the few bands I pull out once every two years and binge on their entire catalog.

[@AnGoosen]

This still sounds amazing! Groundbreaking! One of my favourite tunes and bands ever!!!

[@kingrob29]

The best thing about the Clash and Mick jones is that they cant be catagorized. they're good at all genres.

[@cmacreid666]

Gotta love that it’s the same guitar as in the London Calling video and at (roughly) 2:57 there’s Mick and Joe walking down a street.

[@jayjay4602]

Wonderful song on so many levels. Love the samples, love the BAD crew.

[@davonjohnson6117]

Wow the good old '80s' i remember loving this video!!! (old school)

[@dk7934]

Solid song. So much happening sonically. And I love seeing Neneh Cherry getting down in this.

[@jasonglaser7890]

She doing the Buffalo Stance?

[@big-baby-buddha]

Ay Yeh, Neneh brings value right here. Good times!

[@madelinecashmore3515]

was going to ask, is that Neneh Cherry in the video>

[@dk7934]

@@madelinecashmore3515 Yes it is

[@robertpeston6692]

One of the best introductions in post 79' music.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

one of those tracks that I never want to end

[@philipscott2198]

Sit tight,and listen keenly..while i play for you yet another musical biscuit! killer groove, awesome drums

[@MsRandom303]

Mick Jones sassed Sid Vicious. TO HIS FACE. And he had a good reason to do it (Sid trivialized the Holocaust, and Mick, being half-Jewish, knows exactly what's wrong with that). That's what a badass this dude is.

[@thomohawk82]

Future sounds in the 80s right here.. These guys had vision

[@Pleasure_Victim]

Still the shit!

[@TheXanUser]

"Old idea from the woodstock generation Calling all the kids from across the nation In some it brings out love in others determination"

[@BadgerPat]

These guys were out of the box (beat, right? agggh, sorry hard to resist!!) and it would have been nice if they could have gotten along and stayed together for more than 3 or 4 albums! Long live B.A.D!!! And they must have set the record for the most Clint Eastwood samples! Very nice...

[@IlliniJake]

The whole album as well as their first are exceptional. Some of the best music to come out of the 1980s.

[@amberhaggard850]

Wow the good old '80s' i remember loving this video!!! (old school) What a track! Ahead of its time, brings back memories......

[@GG-vx7if]

Gotta love Don. Some dude then and now.

[@_deleted_12472]

B.A.D was so totally of their time and place. Great visual cuts and cues, driving beat, samples, cross-cultural video mash ups. I miss those days....before 9/11 and the fear settled in. Bring it back Mick...bring it back....do it for Strummer....

[@aldonova4082]

Great song, never heard it before.

[@yyz4761]

BAD has a damn good catalog of music, check them out

[@KnispelGreece]

Neneh Cherry is dancing in the background! I guess this appearance was at the beginning of her career!

[@pauldone198]

Ahaha, that's Neneh Cherry dancing in the back. Coolest person ever.

[@deadheadtrea]

Should I be hearing "Summertime Blues"? Glad Mick is still keeping busy!

[@Reese9191]

My favorite song ever by B.A.D., yet I feel like I am seeing this video in 2013 for the first time ever. Ages before their time.

[@Tmac327]

See KIDS, we had the FLAT BILL HAT look WAY BACK IN THE 80's!!!!.... It Started with the amazing MICK JONES and B.A.D.!!!

[@paulewhite]

Incredibly underrated band

[@hessitationkills]

Loved it when dancers could just dance without having to be synchronized

[@AkAandAoi]

killer groove, awesome drums Wow the good old '80s' i remember loving this video!!! (old school)

[@paulbaker9699]

such a great band

[@JoeMaryLou]

I want my MTV back, even though, I wasn't alive in the 80's!

[@ava2099]

Summertime blues...

[@john84896]

Best ball cap ever! Don letts straight up goin the f$&k off!

[@WilliamRMize]

If I ever caught Mick Jones in public I would be carted off to jail because I would have an overwhelming urge to hug him and not let go! He has brought so much to my life in the way of his music🎈

[@thatsmrfuckwit]

Amen, brother .... will be there to bail you out.....

[@yyz4761]

Love Mick Jones

[@tuttt99]

I remember seeing them at some forgotten venue on Main Street in Houston *over 30 years ago*. Not long after seeing New Order at another forgotten venue on Main Street. Where did those venues go? Where did the time go?

[@clintwilson6380]

You ever went to Power Tools on Franklin? Greetings from downtown Houston.(SituationNoWin).

[@tuttt99]

@@clintwilson6380 Every Saturday night!!!!!!!!!!

[@clintwilson6380]

Pretty much like everything Mick does it way ahead of its time. This could come out today and be a hit.

[@bababooey7576]

I discovered this song only twenty years ago listening to a classic alternative stn in the car on the way to college...always think of those times hearing this.

[@billmaile2281]

man, Fing great memories!

[@strappaplank5410]

everybody's welcome there'll be no discrimination... in 86 that's what we needed to hear, Two tone was long gone and the Special AKA ( if you have a racist friend) with Jerry not listened too, step in BAD, brilliant, go on Nena....

[@reimourrpower9357]

Salutes Don Letts & Neneh Cherry!

[@powerkor]

killer groove, awesome drums

[@AnGoosen]

Greg Dread Dreadzone still doing the business Live and Studio!!!

[@markmitchell450]

King Kor wasn't the drummer Chris kavanagh who was a drumming duo (Mick Mayhew) from sigue sigue sputnik

[@JAYJAM2024]

@@markmitchell450 Greg Dread on this one..and as @john Smith says, still doing the business with Dreadzone!

[@user-ue8nv6hl6i]

B*A*D, MICK and the boys RULE!!!!! sgl

[@I974.UK.LONDON]

RIP THE MIGHTY LEGEND SIPHO FROM LONDON POSSE

[@miloduenas743]

Love this song

[@TheVintagesteal]

FN original in every sense of the word.Good God,even wore a wide brim way yyy ahead of anyone.

[@traceag]

Saw them in Miami…at Club Nu'….mid-80's…Cocaine central…..insane party….then went to Woody's…Ron Wood's joint…5th & Ocean….golden days….lucky to be alive...

[@r.b.somers2052]

This song is timeless.

[@nowatergirls]

I legit laughed when this wasn't on someones top ten B.A.D songs

[@myRadiotron]

The strangest Eddie Cochran tribute of all time ... but so fun!

[@EmilianoSpunk]

i was thinking exactly the same haha, the first line is like " I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler"

[@eckeynecker]

The riff is summertime blues ,

[@Molotovjack]

They got sued and had to pay royalties.

[@isahalim1008]

Emil I ano spunk.... And Joan Jett Bad reputation

[@rjjcms1]

I recognised it,kind of.

[@nikgordon3480]

Brown eyes of grace

[@SunKing968]

I would have given my left arm to have KZbin when I was a teenager- when this song was new. Amazing the rare stuff one can find. The chances of seeing a video like this, from one of the "new wave bands", were slim to none, especially in the U.S. Whitney Houston was available.

[@WickedGravityVideo]

damnit, I had one of those authentic BAD hats... somebody stole it! i miss my hat, mick.

[@Khultan]

@ 2:56, it's Mick Jones, Joe Strummer and Matt Dillon all in b-boy gear. Matt is a fan of The Clash and a friend to Joe. This had to have been in New York City, 1981 or 1982.

[@jerryblackwell3245]

Try 1985 or 1986. No. 10, Upping Street was released in 1985.

[@Khultan]

Jerry Blackwell You're correct, I made a typographical mistake.

[@victormorgado5318]

That English savvyness in Rock history!

[@6irondriver]

I'm proud to be under a million viewers. Been hearin these guys since the 90's. Under rated and under appreciated. Yes he is previous Clash lead man.

[@mistermattmoose]

actually lead guitarist. joe strummer was lead singer (rip 1953--2003). but yes, great album and song.

[@martingallagher6751]

mistermatt moose mick jones sang a few of the clash's songs

[@mistermattmoose]

martin gallagher oh i know. "train in vain" and few others i can't recall.

[@martingallagher6751]

the card cheat & stay free brilliant tunes

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

At 2:57: Mick with Matt Dillon and Joe Strummer! Never noticed that before.

[@darienhigh]

Damn. Good eye.

[@Theezakje2009]

Yes she is it. neneh Cherry ..

[@latarshajames8142]

The strangest Eddie Cochran tribute of all time ... but so fun! Mick is sporting the goofiest hat I've ever seen... And I want one!

[@cdadlpop]

Bot!

[@leokimvideo]

Punk turned into future music

[@stevencorsoe9575]

Was not punk(hardcore)they played this one in every techno I walked into in my youth...punk was a complete different animal(BYO)and all ages anti government music.

[@stevencorsoe9575]

Guess you had to be there like us genxers that grew with creative music.

[@yvetteclark5288]

Love this band for ever xxxxx

[@pedrogarbanzo]

Absolutely the soundtrack of my growing up.........Cheers Mick

[@markmitchell450]

Great link with Mick Jones and Tony James here as they later duod as carbon silicon Chris kavanagh played drums at some point with big audio dynamite too Chris came from sigue sigue sputnik who were formed by Tony James previously with Billy Idol and generation X Mick Jones started with London SS then the clash then to big audio dynamite then paired with Tony James as carbon silicon

[@bs27v1b]

Bought this tape the day it came out. And saw B.A.D. at 1st ave. in Minneapolis a couple years ago. The chicks were all over Mick the whole time. He still has it I guess.

[@Yeahoot]

“Somehow I stayed thin, while all the other guys got fat.”

[@AngloAm]

Love the little musical biscuit!

[@AnGoosen]

Everyone on this video looks cool! Sounds Cool!

[@cryptsub]

i was about to post just that - the melody of the verse section is EXACTLY like summertime blues. wonder if they paid royalties? i dunno if mick is keeping busy - this is over 20 years old! i had the cassette...

[@TheKramnilmot]

Do I see Neneh Cherry in this vid???????

[@anthrax2525]

mark tomlin Yes you do.

[@terencesmith3853]

I've seen this video a million times and only today did i see Neneh Cherry. (I love her cool Fine azz.)

[@davidlindsay9564]

shes in the medicine show video too.

[@markmitchell450]

mark tomlin your correct that's her

[@antunivanovic]

Well, Neneh was there with the lot from the start - no wonder she guested here, too :)

[@gilwood7530]

WOW ! This really was an anthem ! I almost forgot how great this stuff was !

[@_Only_Zuul]

i want to be in a band like this.. music of this kind doesn't exist anymore.. i for one think that it most definitely should be in existence 🤔🤔🤔

[@Dr.Thirteen]

Yes it does lol my band is heavily influenced by them but with our own slang.🤘

[@Dr.Thirteen]

I remember when they played here in 87 it was cold AF but we loved it 🤘

[@_Only_Zuul]

ok i can join ur band i am good place bayer and synthesexer 🙂

[@et11robot]

Love this song!

[@briank.8925]

And there ain't no cure for the summer time blues

[@virgilwilliams8082]

The intro is used in a house mega mix by The Techno Babes bootleg album called 3 Turntables, 2 Otari's, and 1 mixer.

[@paddyoquinn]

C'mon Everybody and Summertime Blues.......meld...Eddie Cochran....."the original"

[@emilianoortega-guerrero2925]

the soundtrack our lives... rock n roll yeah

[@emilianoortega-guerrero2925]

mike jones

[@jessicadelossantos8571]

BAD Aun en el 2024 suenan genial!!!

[@lucypotato8793]

I sat tight & listened keenly!

[@lucypotato8793]

LOL, it was hard not to get up & dance my ass off! That I still do to it to this day!