FIRST TIME listening to RAM JAM - "Black Betty" REACTION

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[@Smlucas1189]

One you should check out is Radar Love by Golden Earing.... same vibe, great driving song.

[@markschattefor6997]

Don't forget "Twilight zone" and many other songs.

[@ontheroad5317]

Damn yes! Driving down the highway, late at night, no other cars, CRANKING this song!

Frankenstein

[@markdenio4537]

Seconded. White Lion’s cover is good and was a hit but Golden Earring’s version is far superior.

[@lindalou6105]

Agree

[@patwelch8187]

I think it's the drummer's backyard in New York State.. The recording company gave them a few hundred dollars to produce a good video...Instead, they bought weed and beer and what you see, is what they got...lol

[@drogusmaxwell6640]

Perfect 70's rock band story! I love it!

[@cnatview]

The house is in Hicksville, New York on Long Island.

[@jameshudkins2210]

@@cnatview I was going to guess down South.

[@cnatview]

@@jameshudkins2210 I searched it out one time because I was curious where it was recorded. I found some posts on Hicksville NY's Facebook page. One post said that the house sold about 3 years ago and it was mentioned in the ad that the video had been shot there. Another said: "I watched them film it. It was like the third house in from Division, on 10th Street. They must have played it 100 times that day!"

[@wangtang7768]

Haha glad you’re enjoying these old tunes Lilly !! 🤘🏼💥🤘🏼

[@UncleCharlie111x2]

This song never get old ever! LOL

[@thrummer1953]

This Song has a long pedigree. It started in the 19th Century and Black Betty was about a Musket. Bam-a-lam was the report of the gun firing, rock stead was about its handling characteristics, etc. Later it became a song popular with Southern Chain gangs who added in more double entendres. Lead Belly contributed to its popularity.

[@captainmoretokin2172]

Back in the 30's ?

[@jackbrooks5487]

Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter has influenced so many artists. Credence Clearwater Revival's Midnight Special is a Lead Belly cover, and Kurt Cobain acknowledged Lead Belly's influence on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged Video. Kurt's cover of Where Did You Sleep Last Night (In the Pines) is nothing short of incredible.

[@Ironoclasty]

You may want to check your sources. There's talk that it may date back to the 18th century and it could have been about a bottle of whiskey, a whip, a woman, and it's all speculation. It has all the earmarks of a road-working chant, so it could have easily risen to prominence during the railway era.

[@jackbrooks5487]

@@Ironoclasty Verses have been added and possibly lost over the years, so it's quite possible that one verse is about a musket while another is about a woman and so on.

[@Ironoclasty]

@@thrummer1953 Your tone and condescension are uncalled for. I never claimed that you were wrong, just that you should doublecheck, but you seem to be unable to allow yourself to be wrong. So maybe you're the one who needs to get over themselves. Regardless, I do agree: let everyone look it up for themselves. The facts should bear themselves out.

[@bobbyc3895]

"Godzilla" - Blue Oyster Cult "Frankenstein" - Edgar Winter Group (the live version) "Hocus Pocus" - Focus (live version with the intro by Gladys Knight)

[@bowhuntr6825]

Couldn’t like your choices more. Especially the live version of Frankenstein, the only version to watch is the live.

[@danusdragonfly6640]

3 excellent recommendations! I think I will subscribe and see if she reacts to them.

[@chrisfrench9257]

There were so many great one hit wonders from the 60s and 70s. This song is such a badass jam.

[@allenbodine3473]

I disagree with you about people making fun of this song, people love this song!!

[@tattoodude8946]

Criminally short song - and yet they still squeezed in a drum solo! I also would never have guessed the singer/guitarist would look like him. Nothing against him, but when I first saw that voice come out of him, I was a bit shocked! 🤣

[@neptune9]

This is actually an "edited" version. The album cut has a longer guitar solo. But, everyone insists on reacting to this video for some reason.

[@dougoneill7266]

@@neptune9 You beat me to it.

[@SomethingScotty]

A lot of people thought this singer was black.

[@bettyrose959]

@@neptune9 Actually you have it backwards. This is the original recording of the song. Bill Bartlett, the singer and his band Starstruck took Lead Belly's 59 second long "Black Betty" and arranged, recorded and released it on the group's own TruckStar label. None of the others were in the band when it was recorded. The 'edited' version is longer and is the actual band you see in the video. That was done at Epic records and released after this video was made.

[@philshorten3221]

EVERYONE Smiles!

[@stephenmcglone3878]

This is a very old song, it was recorded by Lead Belly in the 1940's but it is thought to probably date back to the American civil war

[@tomfoolery342]

Saw that Lilly was reacting to Ram Jam-Black Betty, I clicked so hard I broke my mouse!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@maxdamagusbroski]

I drop-kicked my mouse across the room.

[@EsoxLucius21]

@@maxdamagusbroskiI Chuck Norris’d mine. I need a new mouse.

[@chrisfrench9257]

Y'all need to be more careful with your mice. Double clicking it is the secret... no need to throw it, though Chuck Norrising it can be fine as long as it survives! D:

[@geerttaelemans657]

You can't hear this song without bobbing your head

[@thomasmikel3566]

Facts.

[@gregorybarth930]

Or beating the steering wheel like a spastic alien LoL

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

Lilly, I’m so glad you’re diggin’ on a song that came out & was jammin’ before you were born. Rock on.

[@tosweet68]

This song would always be in my road trip playlist

[@paulashanks3129]

This is my favorite song to watch people react to!! ❤😊

[@micahtolleson9735]

i love how you can see the expressions on your face to the type of music

[@JaggedDagger]

You're back!! This song is a total jam.

[@davidp8035]

Thank you for choosing this one, love your reactions.

[@chrissiegle1065]

This is such a great look at the 70s/early 80s.... There weren't many cops around, and people in general were just more chill... nothing bothered people... we used to literally find a spot outdoors... golf courses, vacant lots, fields... people yards lol... get a keg... hook up a generator for a band, and just have fun til all hours... I miss that so much.... Great reaction. Thank you.

[@danusdragonfly6640]

Yep! Good times!

[@surfboard396]

I graduated in 80. Saw all the great bands from Zeppelin to Greatful Dead. The best times were winter . Get a keg , don’t need ice put in snow. Build a fire and party. Great time to be young.

[@jameswilliams9617]

Welcome back! Glad you're feeling better. Missed ya!

[@elvishemeon389]

Really got us up dancin back in the day .... bamalam :)

[@nicks3766]

"It doesn't matter if it is good; it only matters if it rocks! The main thing that we do is to Rock Your Socks Off." JB & KG, TD

[@bobclarke1815]

Black Betty was the name of a type of Musket.

[@robertdoane-io9ld]

I used to work with a lady named Betty , hard to keep from laughing when I saw her. ❤❤❤

[@BrianPhillips-s4t]

I was at a Def Leppard concert and right in the middle of Pour Some Sugar on me they broke into this song and played the whole thing and the crowd went absolutely bat shit crazy

[@vovindequasahi]

Awesome song! It rips!

[@England.123.N.U.F.C.]

The singer was in the 60s band lemon pipers.....song green tamberine....its class too.

[@Thomas-rw9nt]

I love this song. Reminds me of being in high school. Rock n Roll!

[@ReaglBeagl]

Cherokee by Europe - Couldn't get it out of my head after watching the movie Hot Rod :)

[@jayell2805]

Nice reaction. There is a longer version of this song where the instrumental in the middle is stretched out. It's around on KZbin.

[@sacpen30]

Great song and the band Spiderbait does an awesome cover of it as well

[@Jabadaw]

Agreed. The Spiderbait version is great too.

[@peterbrinkman4978]

You should've listened to the long version... great guitar solo and double bass-drums... almost metal!

[@kentharris3878]

Was going to say the same thing. Cheating yourself not to hear the full version.

[@michaelautrey6641]

there's a long version? hot damn.

[@toddwilson6357]

My Ding a Ling, Chuck Berry. Funny as Hell and a Great Live song!!

[@unclenogbad1509]

Hit #1 in the UK, largely thanks to morality campaigners whinging loudly about how rude it was. Classic.

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

1:57 " Holy shit, they are getting down on somebodys frontlawn!" LOL

[@neddelic]

free - all right now Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild SPOOKY TOOTH - Tobacco Road The Troggs - Wild Thing

[@danielgunther6661]

I came across some of you older react videos where you discovered some country artists like Hank Williams Jr, The Righteous Bros, and George Jones. You should give Chiseled In Stone by Vern Gosdin a listen. He is known as "The Voice". The song Flip Flops back and forth with He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones as arguably the best country song ever depending upon who you ask.

[@ShaeferGriffin-it9nx]

Radar Love by Golden Earring, Ace Of Spades, Bomber, and so many others by Motorhead, Fireball and Space Truckin' by Deep Purple, Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath, Children of the Grave, Hole in the Sky by Black Sabbath...

[@bluetopguitar1104]

Sorry the video was blocked. A real good time tune. I went to a lot of parties like that in the 70s. Thanks for the reaction.

[@kbradford2270]

Honey, I do believe you may enjoy.Hey a group called three dog eight and a song called one, Yes, it also was before auto tune. These guys were great. Another you may want to check into Elvin bishit.Fool around fell inload, And then the notorious Patsy Cline a song called dreams or a song called crazy which was written and sang also by Willie Nelson I think you'll be impressed

[@JustIn-mu3nl]

I loved them since their early years, a little known pub band, they had some fun songs.

[@petee074496648]

I heard the telepathic teddy bears song "where's my mind" on a chocolate advert it took me a week to find it was in the film "fight club"but I did 😁😁

[@chitownlivingston7007]

Cool song! Someone also mentioned Radar Love... another cool song! Different genre... noticed you watched Hank Williams. I have a request... watch *Bernadette Peters sing Hank Williams' song "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show.* She is simply... AMAZING!

[@christophermollan1684]

I believe this was originally a drinking song..black Betty is an old time name for bourbon!!!!!

[@Bennromansince1955]

just a modern cover of an old "blues" song! Tom Jones also had a hit song with it but Ram Jam really honks down on this version - love it!!

[@truther4life]

Mountain - Mississippi Queen.......🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@markschattefor6997]

Leslie West!!!

[@johnc.hammersticks]

Lestley west is an absolute legend.

[@MSJ_raptor]

was just gonna say that! the sister song to black betty.

[@Googleistheantichrist]

The WASP version is also good

[@snafubar5491]

@@markschattefor6997.....No mention of Felix Pappalardi??? Disgraceful and shame on you.

[@eddiemalachi]

Lily this should be your theme song. Totally fits your vibe. Frfr. Please check out “Devil Went Down to Georgia” if you haven’t yet. Similar vibe totally different genre. Much love 🌻

[@raff1966]

If you can, watch the version of this in the movie "Kung Pow! Legend of the Fist". Absolutely shreddin' and hilarious.

[@jamesgonzales5285]

Bonfire and Lake tune 👊🏼💪🏼👍🏻🤟🎸🎸⚡️⚡️!!!

[@roscoebail5551]

This video was recorded in 1977 on Long Island, New York. The lead singer is Bill Bartlett, he was the lead singer in a band called 'Starstruck' prior to being the lead singer in this video with the band in this video. Ram Jam did not actually play this song.... they just filmed it to look like they were playing this song. The music in this video came from the band call StarStruck with Bill Bartlett. Also, the music is totally from the StarStruck album.... but they did some heavy edits to that StarStruck song to make this song/video.....and yes, Bill Bartlett was in both bands... he purchased the rights to this song from the StarStruck band members and then created a new band called Ram Jam....Bill Bartlett is NOT the lead singer for this band (Ram Jam)... actually Myke Scavone is the lead singer for the band... but obviously not in this video... Myke Scavone is the guy clapping his hands on the left side of video....(Left of Bill Bartlett) This song is actually a country music song..... check out Starstruck Black Betty.... He is singing about Betty Page... Betty Page is a white chick that was well known in the 1950's, and was known as Black Betty back then ... he just plain ol thinks she was sexy....

[@billotto5687]

"Symptom of being human" by Shinedown needs to be on your list. With how analytical you are with your reviews, i think you'd fall in love with the song and band.

[@GeorgeSmart-b4e]

That Family Guy bit was the funniest thing that I have seen all day. Great song. Great choice.

[@vern74]

" MONEY " -THE FLYING LIZARDS..1979 I first heard this in the 80s. It epitomizes todays modern woman.😊

[@happymethehappyone8300]

A MUST SEE/HEAR Classic,, Focus "Hocus Pocus" Live performance video a MUST!!.. TRUST ME on this one my music lovin' sister. 🔥♥️🔥

[@tomfoolery342]

THIS!!!

[@Barb5001]

Some still do not realize that Black Betty refers to a musket called a black betty. It not about a black lady.

[@wagonmaster1974]

Kinda like a landmine called "Bouncing Betty." A badass.

[@gregoryhenderson2640]

Actually it's more along the lines of the vehicle used to transport prisoners or a bottle of whiskey.

[@dellanderica]

How did a musket have a child and it won’t none o’ mine?

[@LoveClassicMusic0205]

You gotta love that electric guitar.

[@steve-pm9nf]

first verse is about an old gun called black betty 2nd verse about whiskey call black betty last verse about a woman

[@leethomas7446]

The part about the child is about a second gun made by the same people, that would sometme blow up in your face.

[@kg4tri]

@@leethomas7446 It also was used to refer to a whip used on Slaves in the 1800 and on people on Prison farms

[@oldmcdonald3376]

new sub. like your reactions. short and sweet. not a fan of rap or hip hop,but i like your reactions to classic rock and country

[@norseman5041]

You are on good looking girl. 🙂 we used to LOVE this song.

[@PatrickFitzgerald-wt9fc]

Big smile on my face when I saw you reacted to this!!! God Bless! Love your reactions Lilly!

[@jerryr3752]

The lead singer was also in a group from the Sixties known as The Lemon Pipers. They had a one hit wonder called Green Tambourine

[@ornotgortwormiii8731]

"Soul Man" - Blues Brothers on SNL

[@unclenogbad1509]

That's Rock's relation to the Blues for you, right there. Originally a sort of jam by the great Leadbelly (Hudie Leadbetter) then blitzed by this classic hard rock outfit. Sad they didn't have many other hits, but what the H; if this is your legacy track, you've done enough.

[@FrankCraven-jk3sv]

SO glad you liked this one. It is fun! It's cool to see young people react so positive. The one song that I have always loved is Flirtin' With Daisaster by Molly Hatchet. Check it.

[@ericwood9622]

You should really check out Voiceplay and their cover of Nothing Else Matters and keep in mind they are an acapella group. I promise you will not be disappointed and this cover is just the tip of iceberg.

[@JulesfromHouston]

Check out Little Feat. Start with Fat Man in the Bathtub. Then try Dixie Chicken. I saw them in concert wth George Thorogood and they should have just sold us spots to stand on the pavement instead of seats because nobody sat through the whole concert! 🤠

[@nickfeeee]

this song is originally from the 1930's performed by leadbelly

[@mickeykmiller]

Since the video was blocked, I wish you had reacted to the original uncut version. The break is fire!

[@Upsidedownguitar63]

Love to see you react to "Don't Give Me No lines And Keep Your Hands To Yourself" by the Georgia Satellites

[@virgilbarnhart1509]

You’ve got to listen to Black Betty by Spiderbait the remake… I know you’ll love it because it is industrial music… I’d love playing it in the club

[@elfriedehein5002]

You should try a French group of the late 90`s. Its called "Air" and the song " All i need". I like what You do.

[@daveminers3404]

This song came out around 1980. I was working many an evening shift at that time in Michigan and at that time of the night in the winter, there's not much to do after work other than go to the bar. This song was heavily played on the juke box at that time. This and just about any Van Halen tune.

[@rarneyjr14]

I love this song. I would like to recommend a group named Focus and the song is Hocus Pocus.

[@robertkennett4622]

It's just very slightly more complicated than the basic fact of - Ram Jam was thrown together quickly to record this song and hung around as group for a bit longer only because of the unexpected "smash" success of "Black Betty" and when nothing else came even close, they intelligently moved on their separate ways. For the complete details of the band, which aren't much, I'll put them below first, and then, because it's much more involved, the story/facts/origin/etc of "Black Betty" all of which not only go way back into the mists of history, but has much more to it than music, in fact music is a minor part of the subject of "Black Betty" and naturally, the song was covered by many acts/artists. So, buddy, here you go: Bill Bartlett had been in the Lemon Pipers and then formed a group called Starstruck. While in Starstruck, Bartlett took Lead Belly's 59-second long "Black Betty" and arranged, recorded and released it on the group's own TruckStar label. "Black Betty" became a regional hit. Producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz in New York formed a group around Bartlett called Ram Jam. They re-released the song, and it became a hit nationally. The Ram Jam version was actually the same one originally recorded by Starstruck (albeit significantly edited to rearrange the song structure). The song became an instant hit with listeners, and reached number 18 on the singles charts in the United States and achieved more success in the UK and Australia reaching the top ten. Ram Jam ----- Origin: New York City, U.S. ----- Genres: Rock, boogie rock Years active 1977-1978 ----- Labels: Epic, Rock Candy Past members: Bill Bartlett, Howard Arthur Blauvelt, Pete Charles, Jimmy Santoro, Nick “Nick” Turani, Myke Scavone. The band consisted of Bill Bartlett (guitar and lead vocals), Howie Arthur Blauvelt (bass), Pete Charles (drums), and Myke Scavone (lead vocals). Jimmy Santoro, who toured with the band in support of their debut album, joined on guitar for the follow-up album. Bartlett was formerly lead guitarist for bubblegum group the Lemon Pipers (known chiefly for their song "Green Tambourine", which reached No. 1 in the United States in 1968), while Blauvelt played with Billy Joel in several bands: the Echoes (also renamed the Lost Souls and then the Commandos), the Hassles and El Primo. The band was originally known as 'Creekside Killshack'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And Now, "Black Betty": You ask the definitive question, the question everybody asks. I have watched dozens and dozens of reaction videos to "Black Betty". Months ago, I saw the absolute, complete explanation. It covers the 200 year history of "Black Betty", that's right two centuries. There is a man, Adam Reader, that has been covering Rock and Roll in every way for years now, if you watch the video I am about to list for you, you will know EVERYTHING there is to know about "Black Betty". Here is what you need to put in the "Search" box at the top of KZbin's screen: 'The EXTENSIVE 200 Year Journey of This 1977 Hard Rock Classic | Professor of Rock'. Watch that fourteen plus minutes and you will be able to tell anybody that brings up the subject exactly what's what. * * * THEN THERE IS THIS: ↓ "Black Betty" (Roud 11668) is a 20th-century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources say it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier folk material. There are numerous recorded versions, including a cappella and folk. The song was eventually, with modified lyrics, remade as a rock song by the American band Ram Jam in 1977. Subsequent recordings, including hits by Tom Jones and Spiderbait, retain the structure of this version. Meaning and origin The origin and meaning of the lyrics are subject to debate. Historically, the "Black Betty" of the title may refer to the nickname given to a number of objects: a bottle of whiskey, a whip, or a penitentiary transfer wagon. David Hackett Fischer, in his book Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (Oxford University Press, 1989), states that "Black Betty" was a common term for a bottle of whisky in the borderlands between northern England and southern Scotland; it later became a euphemism in the backcountry areas of the eastern United States. In January 1736, Benjamin Franklin published The Drinker's Dictionary in the Pennsylvania Gazette offering 228 round-about phrases for being drunk. One of those phrases is "He's kiss'd black Betty." Other sources give the meaning of "Black Betty" in the United States (from at least 1827) as a liquor bottle. In Caldwells's Illustrated Combination Centennial Atlas of Washington Co. Pennsylvania of 1876, a short section describes wedding ceremonies and marriage customs, including a wedding tradition where two young men from the bridegroom procession were challenged to run for a bottle of whiskey. This challenge was usually given when the bridegroom party was about a mile from the destination-home where the ceremony was to be had. Upon securing the prize, referred to as "Black Betty", the winner of the race would bring the bottle back to the bridegroom and his party. The whiskey was offered to the bridegroom first and then successively to each of the groom's friends. John A. and Alan Lomax's 1934 book, American Ballads and Folk Songs describes the origins of "Black Betty": "Black Betty is not another Frankie, nor yet a two-timing woman that a man can moan his blues about. She is the whip that was and is used in some Southern prisons. A convict on the Darrington State Farm in Texas, where, by the way, whipping has been practically discontinued, laughed at Black Betty and mimicked her conversation in the following song." (In the text, the music notation and lyrics follow.) - Lomax, John A. and Alan Lomax, American Ballads and Folk Songs. (1934; reprint, New York: Dover, 1994), 60-1 John Lomax also interviewed blues musician James Baker (better known as "Iron Head") in 1934, almost one year after Iron Head performed the first known recorded performance of the song. In the resulting article for Musical Quarterly, titled "'Sinful Songs' of the Southern Negro", Lomax again mentions the nickname of the bullwhip is "Black Betty". Steven Cornelius in his book, Music of the Civil War Era, states in a section concerning folk music following the war's end that "prisoners sang of 'Black Betty', the driver's whip." In an interview conducted by Alan Lomax with former Texas penal farm prisoner Doc "Big Head" Reese, Reese stated that the term "Black Betty" was used by prisoners to refer to the "Black Maria" - the penitentiary transfer wagon. Robert V. Wells, in "Life Flows On in Endless Song: Folk Songs and American History", writes: ⦁ As late as the 1960s, the vehicle that carried men to prison was known as "Black Betty," though the same name may have also been used for the whip that so often was laid on the prisoners' backs, "bam-ba-lam." - Wells, Robert V., Life Flows On in Endless Song: Folk Songs and American History. (Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, 2009) 156. In later versions, "Black Betty" was depicted as various vehicles, including a motorcycle and a hot rod. Early recordings (1933-1939) The song was first recorded in the field by US musicologists John and Alan Lomax in December 1933, performed a cappella by the convict James "Iron Head" Baker and a group at Central State Farm, Sugar Land, Texas (a State prison farm). Baker was 63 years old at the time of the recording. The Lomaxes were recording for the Library of Congress and later field recordings in 1934, 1936, and 1939 also include versions of "Black Betty". A notated version was published in 1934 in the Lomaxes book American Ballads and Folk Songs. It was recorded commercially in New York in April 1939 for the Musicraft Records label by Lead Belly, as part of a medley with two other work songs: "Looky Looky Yonder" and "Yellow Woman's Doorbells". Musicraft issued the recording in 1939 as part of a 78-rpm five-disc album entitled Negro Sinful Songs sung by Lead Belly. Lead Belly had a long association with the Lomaxes, and had himself served time in State prison farms. Lead Belly was first recorded by the Lomaxes in 1933 when he was approximately 44 years old. John Lomax helped Lead Belly get the recording contract with Musicraft in 1939. Post-1939 While Lead Belly's 1939 recording was also performed a cappella (with hand claps in place of hammer blows), most subsequent versions added guitar accompaniment. These include folk-style recordings in 1964 by Odetta (as a medley with "Looky Yonder", with staccato guitar strums in place of hand claps), and Alan Lomax himself. Singer Dave Ray of the folk-blues trio Koerner, Ray and Glover also recorded the song unaccompanied on their 1964 album Lots More Blues, Rags and Hollers. In 1968, Manfred Mann released a version of the song, arranged for a band, on their LP Mighty Garvey!, with the title and lyrics changed to "Big Betty". In 1972, Manfred Mann's Earth Band performed "Black Betty" live for John Peel's In Concert on the BBC, this version was released in 2019 on the double CD / triple LP Radio Days Volume 4, which also contains an earlier rendition from 1971 under the title "Big Betty". The same musical arrangement but with a new lyric and altered vocal melody appeared on the Earth Band's second album Glorified Magnified as "Look Around", credited solely to drummer Chris Slade. A studio version of "Big Betty" was recorded at the same sessions but remained unreleased until the 40th Anniversary box set in 2011.

[@moffprof02]

“Escape” (Pina Colada song) by Rupert Holmes

[@pauloverbeeke2352]

You have toe discover the band Epica ! and yes they are EPIC ! Dutch symphonic rockband with world fame (female front singer Simone Simons) And also take a look at Ayreon, more than fantastic ! Floor and Simone appear also in the Ayreon songs..... You're missing al lot of fantastic music......

[@Craigregister000]

I would have to say the song for me would be. Player. Baby Come Back turned out to be a extreme hit

[@Mishenka1960]

There is a lot more behind the term "Black Betty", goes back, I believe, even to the Civil War. Has a lot of different meanings depending on who you talk to.

[@ddwchamp]

It was written by a black man (Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter1939). When the Ram Jam version was released, the NAACP and Congress of Racial Equality called for a boycott due to the song’s lyrics. That boycott failed and the song rose up the charts in 1977.

[@bobjones5166]

Bill Bartlett the guitarist on “Black Betty” by Ram Jam (a one hit wonder)also played on another one-hit wonder, “Green Tambourine” by the Lemon Pipers. the only person to have 2 one hit wonders with 2 one hit wonder groups. Just my $0.02

[@chadbridges4775]

This came out when I was a kid I played my guitar trying to play it I was great

[@Captn_Altblech]

Spiderbait did a really good version of this song, too. Tbh: The offical video is... "something else"... but the song rocks!

[@alonzocoyethea6148]

Fun watching ya bop around to this on, L.J.! Too bad Ram Jam decided the music biz wasn't for 'em ( Bad contract, it happens) and decided to stay a local band. And my own favortie gigs as a musician were the outside ones , like the College frat-house parties or b-day bashes!

[@robreesor5011]

Have you ever checked out Roxy Roller? It was done by a Canadian band and you might really enjoy it.

[@mutmutt8294]

Here is a fun nugget Beautiful.. it is a remake . It came out in 1939 from Lead belly. The album was Nigro sinful songs.. true story. Love your content too u git a 👍 on my algorithm 😊

[@christinecarter7800]

I definitely feel as though you've heard this full song before. But it's okay. Your reaction is still priceless

[@jimmywalker4884]

Hard to believe this song is a cover of Lead Belly's "Black Betty".

[@stevejenner1864]

Check out Australian band spider bait back Betty cover 🔥

[@flipsaug]

Used to ride around in my cousins car, windows down and all of us with our arms outside bopping on the car doors to the beat!

[@Marcus-p5i5s]

great song. Always loved it. One hit wonder

[@stevecrisell108]

Classic.

[@davidcantin9560]

Like many others, I love this song. But one of my favorite things about it is that it is not Bill Bartlett's (the lead singer) first "one hit wonder". 10 years earlier he was part of the Lemon Pipers, plays guitar and sings background on their hit Green Tamborine. VERY different sound, very 60's. Bill is still cool though. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqCTdHd-l9N8atE

[@vincentbonfigli2954]

Hocus Pocus by Focus! (Midnight Special performance)

[@josephbond8280]

Primus My Name is mudd. Bad ass bass riffs.

[@johnc.hammersticks]

Its funny this song was wrote in the 30's as a blues song this was just a cover of it. There are about 8 bazillion versions of it out there.

[@hudsonhollow]

In the same vein of Southern Rock fun music try "The Lumberjack" by Jackyl. You'll get a grin out of it.

[@OgBobby42]

Lol this song is not a meme song 😂 this is a straight up classic

[@roydownes2458]

interesting that yt blocked the video, when there are tons of reactions where they did NOT do so :/ >:( this is a jacked up version of an old blues song by leadbelly (huddie ledbetter).

[@aretelivingarts]

I remember being about 17 and being a little stoned, and I friend showed off his new stereo system by playing this song at full volume. It was mind blowing.

[@HandleTakenlol]

De-lite Groove is in the heart

[@Pi_r8]

Gerry Cinnamon - Sometimes 🎶 (umbrella academy 3) Solo Independent Artist