Sun Ra DOCUMENTARY

[@modernspice4088]

He said with all the churches u got, all the schools u got, all the governments u got, u supposed to have a better planet than this....SMH because that is some REAL talk right there! I came here for the Sun Ra Ministry!

[@mpv9866]

Church school government...top 3 reasons our planet is the way it is

[@mikekrause3671]

@@mpv9866 all man-made institutions., and man has a way of fucking things up . It might not have started out bad, but given time they all become corrupted .

[@bradm.3775]

Discipline and Precision needs to be Demonstrated on Planet Earth

[@heyjackieg]

I am 25 years young, I am into music heavy. Just came across Sun Ra on an instagram post. I would like to say this guy is genius. The first few mins of this docu I almost closed it out, I am 45 mins in! keep watching you people. A lot of good things to take out from this. I am a singer, not trained. I know it is in my DNA, this docu made me realize I can do anything. I believe in myself. -Jackie G

[@ProjectDystopia]

Awwwww...that's beautiful.....

[@billkarmetsky4003]

The legacy of Ra is found in NRBQ. You must find their 38th Reunion CD to hear it, man. You will hear it. You will hear everything, everyone.

[@heyjackieg]

@@billkarmetsky4003 thank you!!

[@vigilancebrandon]

word

[@originalman01]

Word. Respect.

[@abdusluqman5367]

The world is in chaos because of the music the musicians are forced to play. How prophetic that has become, especially in this era.

[@anonymous-wk1nr]

he was a true visionary.

[@babalonworking6]

...AND THE TRUE MUSICIANS WILL BRING BACK ORDER!!! PRAAAAISE RAAAA! SLAAAAY THE FAAAAAKES!!!

[@karalismindaugs7400]

32:50 See how white your hands are. The soles of your feet are also white. You always put an accent on the 🙌 🐾 light, almost snow-white parts of the body when posing in videos, photos, ⛄ so that people can see that brown skin color is the effect of melatonin.

[@karenlewis9114]

I'm OBSESSED with Sun Ra & just found him Sunday night 😍😍😍 ....just a VISIONARY!!

[@SizzleMoonSong]

I saw them perform & take me on board for quite a mind blowing trip of a show in the 80's .... I remember some people got up and walked up when they were just warming the engine up before they even took off. I was so glad they were gone so the rest of us could get going with them. Changed my relation to music & art in general. Thanks Mr. Mystery. RIP

[@Thresholdmoment]

I remember when I first experienced Sun ra on a television show, and I used to watch him regularly. It was back when he was still alive in this dimension. Sun ra helped me to understand music as a cosmic phenomena and an expression of the Soul. I had friends that wondered why I listened to this and watched this and they said that the music was just noise but they couldn't hear it, they were unable to understand it.

[@gadget00]

I'm with your friends on this one. They are perhaps improvising but is mostly disjointed noise with no harmony at all

[@sarajohnson9521]

@@gadget00 Harmony is only one of many, many concepts of music. They're playing written music.

[@thehumanfactors4977]

"Knowledge is laughable when contributed to a human being." -Sun Ra

[@oregonjoe8247]

*attributed

[@WHYZMAN_]

Everything he's saying is mad abstract but at the same time really does make sense

[@therealsegue185]

Such a beautiful being! I miss you sunny.

[@raymondricksjr5026]

Sun Ra, his personality, his music is an inspiration. His music is unique which brings cosmic energy to jazz music 🎼. So many funk groups in the 70’s were inspired by sun ra, you can tell by their costumes and some of their sounds. Sun Ra Akestra is the greatest jazz band ever and I will always follow his music

[@isaacwilliams9919]

My goodness! My first time encountering sun ra fully and i am stunned! What an incredible thing

[@ohraisins]

"If teenagers are lost, it's because they have been fed upon the word Freedom, instead of the word Discipline" - Sun Ra. At least 'discipline' has something more concrete and self-realising about it, unlike the nebulous 'freedoms' of the last many decades, which seem to go on endlessly and cause more harm than good by a large margin. Mainly because no one ever seems to be 'free' enough. At least these days. Maybe I'm just getting old.

[@capturethephotons2078]

Self discipline is the key and what you are saying I totally agree.

[@contactkeithstack]

You took 2 words, Discipline and freedom, made them opposites, assigned a generation to one of them, and called it a day.

[@ohraisins]

I just remember being young and feeling the same way that's all. I wasn't trying to upset anyone, but recently turning 50 has shown me a few things - that there's sometimes more to life than chasing 'freedoms' . Not all the time, but here in the more 'developed' countries. I think people really need purpose to lead a fulfilled life, which requires discipline of some sort. Sun Ra's philosophy seems really great, I never knew!

[@Anthropomorphic]

@@ohraisins Freedom is nebulous, but so is discipline. For better or worse, both can be applied to anything. Discipline can be self-realizing, but mainly in combination with freedom - specifically, self-realization through discipline presumes the freedom to pursue your own interests rather than someone else's. Something similar to the inverse can be said as well: freedom doesn't count for much if it can't be used, and discipline will help you do that.

[@ohraisins]

@@Anthropomorphic Yes very true! My personal definition of discipline is that it's generally a good thing, but it can be anything you put your mind too, beneficial or nefarious. And then only if you have the freedom to pursue it, like you said. Very educational comments section. :-)

[@Paddyjay12]

I'm just like the birds that sing.... Those that want, can listen.... Those that don't, don't have to.

[@zenmasteruzz2566]

These are an enlightened people. 🙏 namaste. We are all stardust 💫

[@unaffiliatedwealth1798]

Sun Ra is STILL relevant today. Timeless.

[@Zopf-international]

John Gilmore, a beautiful sentiment. I love hearing truth in people's voices and to see someone smiling with their eyes as they speak. Gosh, That's heaven.

[@agustinriestra9594]

Extremely underrated artist, John was a master... dear Trane knew it.

[@bmuhamad]

@@agustinriestra9594 John Gilmore never taught anyone else after "Trane".

[@vigilancebrandon]

seems like a sweet guy

[@peterleonard3725]

Beautiful statement!

[@-solidsnake-]

Wow what a nice KZbin comment. Have a good day

[@SaraAzoth]

much love from a young man struggling toward holy knowledge and the light... I give up. I need help. Thank you Sun Ra

[@obedirect5491]

George Clinton & Funkadelic BEFORE George Clinton & Funkadelic! Futuristic and unsung.

[@ethanhill9460]

I've made that comparison since the early 80s. Saw Sun Ra etc at Squat Theatre, NYC, now decades ago. So glad I did.

[@maadakeili]

their timelines almost cross even though ra is the creator of afrofuturism. George Clinton was more duwop in the50s and the late 60s is when the arkestra really kicked up the style full steam.

[@ronaldwilliams3182]

🤘😙

[@lulteazy120]

Before Earth Wind and Fire!

[@thecapricorn11]

ehh nahhh

[@airheadgoddess2985]

10 years later I found this video! Beautiful!

[@richardthurston2171]

Now that was something. Saw Sun Ra & The Arkestra back in the mid-1980's. The real deal.

[@lionra4523]

Thank you!

[@Zopf-international]

This blew my mind as a kid. Instant fan. Much love.

[@CrayziePinke]

This is another dimension of music in another form of sound with a combination of different rhythm emotion and knowledge..very intelligent people ain't no other but the best Master Sun Ra2020 legendary Mystic

[@JJONNYREPP]

Sun Ra DOCUMENTARY 1550pm 30.1.22 as eccentrics present themselves and as pessimistic dudes go "the earth merely produces the dead bodies of human beings..." i'd say yeah.... i can dig this...i think some semblance of an off-shot of sun ra's dimension was playing in time's square this morning UK time/evening new york time... some saxophonist and a dude making a mockery of the penny whistle making me larf, if no one else. as some fella played snow ball golf with himself... that's the kindda thing i wanna see on my live stream or as i walk home from a heavy session form the pub. much appreciated.

[@nattyboyo2404]

Sun Ra got deep right off the bat. I'll remember those words for the rest of my days.

[@cosiDIVerso]

A joyful noise, June Tyson was just great

[@emergematic9048]

Grown I was born there this is back when our people had love

[@cw5034]

Agreed I wasn't even born yet but I'm an old soul so I overstand what your saying The luv look what this amerikka has done to our people I was born 78

[@JJONNYREPP]

Sun Ra DOCUMENTARY 1556pm 30.1.22 eccentric writ large... well done and then some. space is the place as sung by the arkhestra burd and blur.... in equal measure.

[@sooperheep]

City of brotherly love, not so much nowadays

[@royjones3099]

Sunny has graduated....we got his test scores on wax....cd..streaming spotify etc....

[@myklmusic]

The Great and Mighty Sun Ra

[@stixnpoles2564]

While you are at the club, I'm searching for the missing note - Jay Electronica

[@mokfive6112]

To listen to his words has changed me as a musician as to where to seek inspiration. From deep within and from far far away 🖖🏿🧚🏽🐉🌞💧🔥

[@winninginlife]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@coredenoir2405]

the message been told to humans space is the place

[@rainerkornmusic]

Amen , Om and Ankh!

[@cw5034]

I seen this movie For first time last night twice I really like

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Heavy!!! Ha ha ha...this is some mad fucked up music and philosophy, and I like it. I just got my hands on the three CD set of Sun's collected 'singles'. The Definitive 45's Collection 1952 - 1991. Brilliant and bonkers from start to finish. "I Am An Instrument" has to be a contender for oddest single ever. Thanks for the music Sun.

[@chinajones8925]

Post them share the music.

[@Sunblock5K]

SUN RA are beautiful futuristic souls. ♥♥♥♥♥ Way ahead of their time!

[@LUVNLYF]

Universe delivered Sun Ra to me via the public library... that was 20 years ago. I understand why the masses aren't familiar, but it still baffles me that he and the arkestra aren't more widely known 🎉 so brilliant and uplifting!!! 🌌🌠🌌Space IS the Place 💓

[@michaelhagan9678]

Wicked nice sounds and colors of knowledge.

[@dpclerks09]

3:44 he knew so much. how prophetic 🙏 "YOU MIGHT AS WELL PRACTICE AND BE PREPARED FOR IT" ❤🌎 7:01

[@RanBlakePiano]

The desk clerk at an Athens hotel found it challenging to register Ra about 1986

[@stacymoore356]

(Pharoah said that) is what got me here....and no matter what i see, i know i must comprehend.

[@bensun-ra9956]

Stacy Moore me too

[@mario7frankielee]

i hope this stays forever on YT me uploading it got a strike very quick 3 strikes means by by channel

[@phoneysart5332]

saw a very short clip of this out of context about 5 years ago and have been trying to find the full version since . even just the few words spoken in that clip informed my worldview hugely despite not even knowing who Sun Ra was . such a genius

[@blackcosmos]

Afro-futurism at its BEST! Cosmic vibes 44:32 😎🚬

[@robertquay7188]

I don't think anyone could ever figure whether Ra was utterly serious or being a complete put-on, or a combination of those two things. It doesn't matter though, does it? I remember seeing his band on about three occasions, and it really was a blast being both music and theater.

[@p.ii.5104]

I think thats what he tried to convey. Everytime I think I've figured out a part of him, I come across a counter intuitive point from him. And I remember him saying that people cant keep up with him because he moves in different directions, which has its meaning musically but I take it as him existing as a conundrum, or a contradiction. Because thats the only continuity I can find in the way he did things, and I think there are lots of things in life that exist that way too.

[@WOWTODAZ]

@@p.ii.5104er te te

[@sarajohnson9521]

@@p.ii.5104 "I think of myself as a complete mystery, To myself." --Sun Ra

[@xSJayyx]

God bless Ra

[@karalismindaugs7400]

32:50 See how white your hands are. The soles of your feet are also white. You always put an accent on the 🙌 🐾 light, almost snow-white parts of the body when posing in videos, photos, ⛄ so that people can see that brown skin color is the effect of melatonin.

[@nylesfrench3568]

I Dug Sun Ra for some time and my Pop's hipped me to him. I saw him several times in the 70s and 80s. Outtasite and heavy

[@urbvnarchitectsnyc]

.long live sun ra

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love his sounds!!

[@jonathanday6692]

Real freedom and meaningful discipline are the same thing, IMHO, for freedom that subtracts from self or others destroys more freedom than it gives. And, yes, cultures that focus on stories do have superior discipline. The Inuit don't raise their voice or their hand against a child, they tell them stories. And it works. So, do they have more freedom? In general, yes. Not always, but in general. So Sun Ra does touch on some core ideas that psychology is now exploring. He wasn't an alien, he was probably schizophrenic, but so was John Nash. I would argue that, like Nash, he observed something that was fundamentally correct. Incomplete, perhaps, but I doubt any reputable social scientist or anthropologist would dispute the underlying ideas.

[@sooperheep]

Blablahblah, give it a rest dude

[@Carizmojones]

Saturn; I've been there

[@mario7frankielee]

projekt dystopia you have earned yourself a place on saturn for taking the risk putting this up on YT and for the quality of the 🎥 material you deserve a private space ship 🚀

[@ProjectDystopia]

& thank you for the comment, I would name my private space ship "The Mothership for funkadelic travel only." Cheers to you, mario7frankielee!

[@mario7frankielee]

@@ProjectDystopia the „ MFFTO“ great i had this docu on my channel and they put me on parole for six months 😓

[@capturethephotons2078]

Samples of this were used and the NAME SUN RA was dropped in a song WAY AHEAD OF IT'S TIME CALLED "Shadows of tomorrow"- ALBUM MADVILLANY 2004 MF DOOM KWASIMOTO MADLIB I WOULDN'T BE HERE COMMMETING IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT DEEP DIVE INTO A HIPHOP SONG PAYING HOMAGE TO SUN RA. THE LIGHT OF THE FUTURE CASTING SHADOWS OF TOMORROW...

[@cirotrevisan1630]

People that dislike this dont know about the unknown

[@josephg.t.sryder3373]

the chaos on this planet...

[@aquilachefba-ados]

“Astro Black and Cosmo Dark!” Asè🌑

[@melan8121]

Ase!

[@doctorpatient519]

"Starless and Bible Black" - RF

[@ottodude555]

This dude is insane Truly inspiring

[@zrokaze]

7:24 bro this hard

[@donibee7846]

Thank You Sun Ra!!

[@owlperchedsilo3745]

very interesting fella

[@virgilf3]

I love this

[@sever427]

Lit, thanks for making those sounds come thru

[@PK-re3lu]

Creativity from before everything became fully corporatized :(

[@heyjackieg]

the fact he is pacing back n forth during an interview and not standing straight looking at the camera is some individual unique shit!

[@vigilancebrandon]

fire.

[@melan8121]

Don’t u love it LOL

[@Holygiant]

Absolutely no way he was neurotypical

[@lisastockton162]

Good thanks for sharing 👍🔔

[@mariaearthistherapy6562]

Malachi York same level & see what happen to him still today……keep AFRO HUEMAN OBLIVIOUS TO TRUTH IS THE GOAL. But the SUN nor the TRUTH can be hidden forever. Be Still & know

[@NOWtheband]

He's a good lad.

[@Lycanthropy54or]

This man is so on point

[@easyyeye]

God bless

[@karalismindaugs7400]

God is the Sun, it does not hide from people's eyes, thunder is the voice of God. God melts the ice, hearing the earth and all living creatures, plants, opens their aromas. Without the Sun, masculine darkness and frost

[@slmjkdbtl]

Where can I find a recording of this version of We Travel the Spaceways at 53:03? All the versions I heard has a different melody line

[@MrJadePinwheel]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5DShnVql5mWoK8

[@HypnoticHollywood]

3:40, 10:15, 19:10, 23:00, 44:00, 46:00, 51:42, 57:36

[@cs-yi2ug]

Thanks

[@holliefitzzz]

the guy playing a twelve string acoustic in the band is like double as wild as ringo singing beatles songs

[@squiddyjamzzz]

legendary

[@TonyStony]

SUNRISI !!!!

[@oyaaesinam3757]

love

[@karalismindaugs7400]

God is the Sun, it does not hide from people's eyes, thunder is the voice of God. God melts the ice, hearing the earth and all living creatures, plants, opens their aromas. Without the Sun, masculine darkness and frost

[@informationretrieval5896]

Excellent

[@djblackjoy]

freedom.

[@josephbrown9076]

THANK YOU

[@05mons]

Can someone help me find the version of “travel the space ways” performed at the 53:03 mark is on any of the albums

[@plumjade4584]

There's only one June! Did my very best to imagine her spirit and bath myself in it.

[@robertmallettebey5805]

Awesomeness…

[@billkarmetsky4003]

Dear God in Heaven this is the furthest out thing I've ever seen! NRBQ went to Ra's gigs and absorbed him and the Arkestra.

[@originalman01]

Profound to put it bluntly

[@sooperheep]

Blountly

[@mountzod]

Most interesting Jazzman to do it.

[@trevorbarre5616]

It's all going so well, and the Ra starts to sing...

[@trevorbarre5616]

Every time that I saw Sun Ra and the Arkestra, (rather than 'his' Arkestra, just as it should be Captain Beefheart and THE Magic Band) John Gilmour's solos were always the highlight. And I only got to see him relatively late on in his career; I can only imagine what he was like in the 1960s and 70s.

[@trevorbarre5616]

What I ultimately love about the Arkestra is that none of 'em give a hoot about being 'cool' or potentially looking 'uncool' A Joyful Noise just about sums it up.

[@vspec17]

"he should be a good sport and say: I give up, I need help".

[@babalonworking6]

....NOW'S THE TIIIIIIIIME! PRAAAAAAISE RAAAAAAAA!

[@ralphups7782]

i would like to re-master this video in a 720p or higher format , because the honorable i will call him Dr Sun Ra and his band were the 7th wonder of the jazz world i strongly feel we have lost one of the true masters of his craft to soon 👈👺👀👀👍

[@EyaoPantah]

What's the song that comes on 12:05

[@KnowledgeSeeker78491]

Reminds me of Miles Davis Bitches Brew

[@Therootdoctress]

the myth is doing so much more >\

[@JJONNYREPP]

Sun Ra DOCUMENTARY 1558pm 30.1.22 the house of god. there's a dhss dance remix which seems to suggest they used a sun ra sample... of him, sun ra, speaking - akin to some televisual preacher.. it might not have been him.... i think.. it could have been him.... and if you had beefheart and sun ra on the same bill you'd be sure to have a weird time if not an eventful one... p.s well if he's the sun rise and sun set then i'm a big storm coming to blast the cobwebs out the dusty ceiling... and maybe the roof off!!!!!!!

[@DP-oi9nd]

@@JJONNYREPP cobwebs protect my people. Thats war

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@DP-oi9nd Sun Ra DOCUMENTARY 1656pm 30.1.22 indeed... it was pure metaphor. though akin to your love of myth that could be construed as literal aggression.. but nope. my cobwebs are still in order so i surmise yours will be...

[@ephre]

as all infantrymen are riflemen all members of the Arkestra are percussionists. Or something along those lines.

[@maadakeili]

song at 6:19?

[@tmaddrummer]

Outer Spunk - a - Dellic Man!

[@GlenBoyle-w7v]

Beam me up 😊 I need space is the place man

[@areseabwaaaaa]

45:44

[@Pighood]

The MIGHTY Crumar DS-2

[@randyyoung5919]

A cosmo-genius and magician of the highest order...was he always heavy?.he seemingly liked earth fare like porkchops and cheeseburgers

[@billsemenoff]

Well you heard his observation that humanity can only.produce dead humans, that's pretty heavy and true enough

[@jaymail1494]

andre 3k brought me here , feel like I just discoverd earth!

[@eugeniawatson1604]

Genius borders on insanity

[@josephg.t.sryder3373]

everything else comes from outerspace...

[@sjmd2613]

Maniac music

[@fatouwatters438]

WE ARE BASAAAAAAAACK☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️🖤🖤🖤 ⚔️☠️🔱👑👑🔱☠️⚔️

[@christianrutter]

What's the name of the piece being played at 7:30 please?

[@harrychestwigg]

it's ''D.27'' i think