Ari Up of The Slits and Prince Mohamed Dancing to Dub, Late 1970s, UK | Don Letts | Premium Footage

Ari Up of The Slits and Prince Mohamed Dancing to Dub, Late 1970s, UK | Don Letts | Premium Footage from the Don Letts Archive available through Kinolibrary. Clip ref ET8. For commercial projects only. To order the clip clean and high res, or to find out more, visit www.kinolibrary.com. Available in SD.
Subscribe for more high quality, rare and inspiring clips from our extensive archive of footage.
Ari Up of The Slits and Prince Mohamed Dancing to Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Viktry.
Find more archive footage of Don Letts here: • Don Letts x Kinolibrary
Kinolibrary is a commercial archive film agency supplying high quality, rare and inspiring footage to media professionals. Our collections cover a wealth of eclectic and intriguing themes, locations and eras. Visit www.kinolibrary.com for more info.
WEBSITE: kinolibrary.com/
TWITTER: / thekinolibrary
FACEBOOK: / kinolibrary
INSTAGRAM: / kinolibrary
COLLECTIONS OVERVIEW: stories.kinolibrary.com/colle...

[@Talentedtadpole]

Ari was 14 when the Slits started so she won't have been much older here. Wonderful and much missed. What a joyous clip.

[@georgewaters456]

the thing that I love about this video is it brings us back to a time where many had real good hifi systems in there homes, apartments.... and it was so easy to get a party going. Today, for the most part peoples places are so boring, no big stereo systems, no fun. I still maintain a huge tri amp system in my basement, when folks stop by their jaws drop. All 1970s, 1980s equipment too !! Man does it pump bass !! Ari Up was so special, so full of life, and the prince is wonderful. this video really made me smile.

[@awooga772]

It's true! Those old transformer amps will stand the test of time I guess but are they not killing your back in this day and age??

[@koont666]

I have a system big enough for a small pub in my living room my grandkids think I'm mad 🇬🇧🇮🇪🍀

[@robertbuchanan9234]

So very true. I don't know one person in my workplace under the age of 50 who has any interest in having a "nice stereo". "Why bother", they will tell me, "I have my phone".

[@kobalt77]

One of the best things I have seen on YT for a LONG time.

[@jacquelinemorris7959]

This clip has made my day! ☀️💛🎵

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

What a joyous clip! I love how Ari dances! They're both having a great time dancing to some immense dub choon. Don Letts has captured some fab moments. The 70s had some of the GREATEST reggae dub EVER! I loved the SLITS, they were one of the best Punk bands on the scene, so innovative and outrageous! This clip makes me smile, and is so nostalgic.

[@lestoil]

The Prince dances like a high stepper. Ari dances like a cartoon character-and I love it.

[@raggamuffin1]

Thanks, great clip... that’s Prince Hammer , Beres Simpson

[@ReggaeManStan]

Tessa Pollitt (base guitarist of The Slits) regularly takes part in Deptford Dub Club reggae evenings at the Fox and Firkin pub, Lewisham, London. There will be a Tessa Special on February 20, 2022. foxandfirkin.eventcube.io/events/37704/deptford-dub-club-tessa-special/

[@papajahko7121]

Forces of Victory…..LKJ Those were definitely the days No fckry like todays JA music RIP Ari

[@ReggaeManStan]

What a gem!

[@you2familiar564]

Nina Hagen and Ari up are the same type of girl, they both knew how to enjoy life, I love them both! Thanks for sharing, R.i.p Ari Up.

[@mraggrovator]

Brilliant footage

[@555crownst]

They use that cramped space to full effect, was worried about that paraffin heater for a moment there though

[@harrygreb75]

That’s great footage!

[@Zubareffstream111]

I love LKJ as mush as I do Ari Up, great combination

[@lynnekelly2428]

This is brilliant 😄🧡

[@SirGeorgeButtox]

Pure joy🙂

[@legacyouternational305]

Golden era

[@MRD26362]

Wonderful

[@redbeki]

Fabulous..

[@HansJazz]

Linton Kwesi Johnson!!

[@christianbaughn199]

This is just like some shit you'd see on tiktok nowadays, 40+ years ahead of its time.

[@gregoryspevack2263]

I once danced next to Ari on stage at the Troubdor in LA. I remember in well. Years later I discovered that, the guitar player that night was Holy Cook. Years later I ran in to Holly and she happened to remember that night very well. We had a bit of a laugh cause Ari had insulted me. She said take it in stride, she was a true punk for sure. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGfLqJ1pbc10aLs

[@64inyoureface2]

To be free,Loves it xxx

[@yggdrasil9039]

Forces of Viktry, Linton Kwesi Johnson

[@stephanvenner2939]

I bought me The Upsetters "Return of the Superape" Yesterday, then I did the same.😁

[@reviewmaster4x467]

I see why Rasta loved Clark shoe's so much because they were hard wearing and very comfortable on the feet for skanking 😅

[@josephsaroce4991]

WOAAAAA!!!!

[@paolaginelli5277]

The Mighty LKJ !!!!

[@josephsaroce4991]

I THINK..thats PRINCE HAMMER

[@neilvanjaarsveld3]

Sounds like LKJ

[@randybackgammon890]

I distinctly remember Donna Let's saying in one interview that he thought white kids with dread was....'bloody rediculous!'......wonder what happened to that viewpoint

[@randybackgammon890]

Refraphaze Don Lets and with dreadlocks

[@Zubareffstream111]

Ari grew up in Jamaica, so I'm sure Don would have seen her as a sister. Note that she didn't have dreads here either. They came quite a few years later

[@randybackgammon890]

@aofmual seem to remember it as a TV interview circa '86

[@schrisdellopoulos9244]

He wins. Get out of his way.

[@Talentedtadpole]

You're missing the spirit and the point.

[@Khultan]

Now the music of 2000s nihilism by foreign national invaders .

[@TheLunarnotes]

Don't get me wrong, I love the slits but Ari has to be the original trustafarian right? white girl from rich background with dreadlocks, she even spoke patwa, how did she get away with that?

[@justahumanbeing.709]

lol, and then came a flood of them, the crusty traveller trustafarians!

[@simonedwards5564]

ARI Got away with it because she had total respect for both movements and cultures!!!!! PUNKY REGGAE PARTY INDEED!!!!!!!!

[@neilvanjaarsveld3]

Dont put em in boxes mate

[@gostrum1]

You obviously haven’t heard her with New Age Steppers. Some of the best ever reggae & dub

[@Tram-fk4mh]

great clip.... seems like another world...