W.A.S.P. I Wanna Be Somebody 1984 Official Music Video

[@ttiwaz4398]

The very first album I bought with my savings as an 8 year old girl was W.A.S.P. And now 40 years later it still makes me headbanging.

[@ClaytonHoreis]

Out of the LA crap, wasp my favorite. Pissed everybody off. Musically the best

[@franciscojavierastizblanco6389]

wasp super great band❤

[@jasonswinconos9231]

🤘

[@god6384]

I didn't know 8 year old girls listened to WASP 🤣

[@ttiwaz4398]

@@god6384 Well apparently some did in Finland 😅

[@gailsack2635]

I’m 52 and still banging my head into a sweaty frenzy!!!!

[@donronn71]

Wishes from Austria I m 53...to get this Vinyl Was ....Not easy 😂😂😂

[@johnganzelli4186]

Same. 52 😊

[@88Killerkomando]

​@@donronn71 Auch Grüße aus Österreich 😅

[@ronacord9056]

Same here 57

[@jameson733]

58 in August 2024! 🤘🏻🫡

[@boycebutler7191]

I miss the 80's.

[@user-ye9ph5iq5z]

No kidding, I’d go back in a heartbeat 🤟🤟

[@ronacord9056]

Me too

[@marvsmith8137]

@@boycebutler7191 me too, big time ✌️

[@RobertDujmovic-s8p]

I was born in 2013 but i hav a ipod and lisen to music over it

[@DavidGregorich-s1o]

Yes absolutely I miss the 80's that time period was awesome!!!!

[@carlosjuarez5849]

“I want shiny cars and dirty money lots of rock and roll I will live in fame and die in flames and never get old” 🤘still rockin W.A.S.P in 2023

[@afbill4219]

Is the lyric "dirty money"? I always thought it was 'dirty women'.....I think I like 'dirty women' better....lol

[@carlosjuarez5849]

@@afbill4219it’s all good dirty money..dirty women it’s all the same keep rockin 🤘🎸

[@jasonmorgan8110]

Motley crue was the guy in high school that rolled a joint after class......WASP was the guy arrested for attempted murder in the senior parking lot.

[@AdonaiSaxon01]

What…

[@basilgumby6244]

Yes my boys pa 1978. Lol😂

[@thevingard3945]

​@@AdonaiSaxon01Wasp made the real deal

[@EdwardRamos-xf3dq]

1H1hhH😀❤😂😂​@@AdonaiSaxon01❤🤩❤🤩😢😢😢rzs. 😂

[@Jam-ce5ss]

best comment .. lol

[@andreaclemente3722]

Thats pure heavy metal i was 16 y.o. Now im 53 and i still love wasp

[@GabiSendlak-nu2fx]

Me too \m/ \m/

[@harimountogianakis6132]

Guy, I am 2 years older and I totally agree....

[@igortchernowitzer927]

Same story pertains to me.. Heavy metal was the music of my generation.. and I still LOOOOOVE IT

[@trossk]

Other Music of our lives come and go. but 80s music outlets them all and here we all are again. Rock on friends!

[@hectormacaba7882]

Igual que yo pero tengo 52 años.

[@michaelmolick292]

What a voice, Blackie was unmatched!!!!!

[@staceypeak199]

He still puts on a HELL of a show!

[@ducksoff7236]

Noddy Holder, Ozzy and Dio kept up just fine.

[@teresaeckhardt8954]

ISSSSS UNMATCHED...STILL ISSSSS

[@MartiErtel]

Too bad he looks way too old even then!

[@mr.brenman2132]

​@@MartiErtelYou must be a Jeffrey Epstein fan. He doesn't look 9, no.

[@СергейКорнилов-э4м]

Золотая юность! Спасибо W. A. S. P. за позитив и драйв!

[@максимкольцов-ц6о]

Этот вокал ни с кем не спутаешь.как и Оззи.

[@СергейКорнилов-э4м]

@@максимкольцов-ц6о совершенно верно, хорошо живьём успел послушать!

[@максимкольцов-ц6о]

У Блэкки каким -то образом вокал на месте.без вокала это будет не wasp.

[@СергейКорнилов-э4м]

@@максимкольцов-ц6о да, в этом оригинальное звучание, даже смена гитаристов и не только прошла незаметно!

[@максимкольцов-ц6о]

...а баллады.Блэкки из себя всё выжимает..жаль,что не будет...

[@marcovz1857]

This is not only a masterpiece from metal from the 80's, it's also an anthem to stand up, raise your head and work your ass off to be SOMEONE! Enough motivation to grind it at the gym or everyday in life to be SOMEONE!!!!

[@laurasupko]

I agree with you 💯

[@torgomax]

👍😉👍💯☠

[@BastardX13]

Then as now. Wasp has a special place in the Metal Pantheon. Blackie s vocals are peerless. Timeless

[@eldesgraciado6690]

With WASP you don't need a therapist.

[@SlickDonaldRichard-rk94]

Bring back Donald Trump

[@davidtiredofthebullshit4510]

54 years old and still love my metal. Rockin to W.A.S.P AT 5 am at work at a power plan🤘😎

[@landofodin]

same, same.

[@sheddwellinghermit]

55 and my ear drums are still bleeding🤘

[@davidtiredofthebullshit4510]

@@sheddwellinghermit I just have to turn it up a little louder🤘

[@xxzipkordxx]

I eat the heat too. I start at 5:30 local. Clock in it's near 90, clock out it's well over 100. That is what we do.

[@davidtiredofthebullshit4510]

@xxzipkordxx you're right, men do hard shit. 97° tomorrow, 12 hr shift with 6 more to go.🇺🇲💪😎

[@WilliamBeaver-tb9nt]

Got to see them with quiet riot in 1984 in Augusta Georgia, even with Tony as the drummer. A show that I'll never forget.

[@4stringz.]

This record is a masterpiece. The production is perfect and every song can practically be a single

[@logansummers1551]

Shut the hell up with that masterpiece nonsense. This isn't even close to a masterpiece. Are you a millennial/gen z kid who somehow listens to WASP?

[@robertfairchild3878]

24 caprices niccola Paganini wikipedia

[@sebdos]

yes. And then it all went berzek. UNfotunately.

[@MichaelBowen-cv7qe]

I agree

[@karengarrison3666]

​@@sebdos Why did it all go bezerk?

[@EXIDLEGGO1989]

Almost 40 years and still Rocks 🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@ace-zq8pm]

it sure does missy

[@SlickDonaldRichard-rk94]

Bring back Donald Trump

[@franciscojavierastizblanco6389]

wasp forever

[@olivierlehen8045]

W.a.s.p que du très bon que de bon souvenirs en concerts maintenant le hardrock c'est mort.....

[@brucecasey296]

Blackie is one of my favorite metal singers

[@rodneyjames70]

Stay out of my yard though

[@Navinor]

Damn he could cut steel with this voice!

[@Cannabrilliant]

Wasp was a critical part of my childhood. Im 29 and listening in 2024. Timeless music

[@kyleholland6983]

At 29, many people would say that you have not been around long enough to call something timeless... however some people don't live long enough to say that they are 29. 😉

[@Cannabrilliant]

@kyleholland6983 while I understand the sentiment of what youre saying, if I listen to a song 1000 times and still like it, I think I can say that it's timeless.

[@kyleholland6983]

@@Cannabrilliant one may listen to something over, and over again, for the entirety of a relatively short time, compared to the short time of the history of inhumanity, and all the other time that comes before, and after, the existence of the human species however one choosing to listen to something over, and over again, for the entirety of a relatively short time, does not make that something that you have chosen to listen to for the entirety of your short time, in existence, "timeless", relatively speaking. 🫡

[@carlosjuarez5849]

Yes timeless music I’m 45 and I’m still rockin w.a.s.p…. Don’t ever stop rockin it

[@kyleholland6983]

@@carlosjuarez5849 I'm glad that you decided to gaslight the rest of the conversation... So that when you call something "timeless" people reading your comments understand that you know not the meaning of the word "timeless". 🫡

[@haryanto3461]

teringat kembali saat muda......band favorit. Lagunya keren

[@metalbearuk]

It's an album that still holds up brilliantly today, lost none of its power.

[@themorningbump8546]

They're first album they're best album And I love every song on it

[@hiroshi138]

I remember at age 14 blasting this in my Walkman thinking metal couldn't get any heavier than this 😂

[@deant6361]

Me to I just thinking the same thing quite funny lol peace man.

[@mr.onethirtyeight5088]

Hey, for what it is, it is pretty heavy!!! lol! Have a great day!

[@roberthagmaier9603]

Me to

[@roberthagmaier9603]

​​@@mr.onethirtyeight5088Yea back then most bands getting regular play on MTV and all the attention where the glam bands.These guys where heavier and had more of a horror image then the pretty boy image.When I was a little kid these guys where one of the bands that got me started on my metal journey.Loved that Guitar riff to.

[@martingordon1855]

A true metal anthem and I never tire of hearing it \m/

[@ace-zq8pm]

\,,/

[@Sarah-pr4sm]

I’ve had this song on my regular playlist for 30 years and never get tired of hearing it. Probably the best metal tune ever! 🤟💕

[@Ж-Мен]

Дай бог еще столько же)

[@oregonxyz]

no, not the best, far from it... but still a great song to play loud

[@vvGarrettvv]

...... almost 40 years \m/ \m/

[@lfdvidinc]

Since 1985 for me,15 years old 😂😂😂

[@PhilMante]

It's a song I can't remember hearing but as a hockey DJ in a league where all the kids are hoping to go somewhere & be somebody, I couldn't ignore this one. It's definitely not the best, but it's truly underrated.

[@mathias2410]

The many faces of Blackie Lawless😎 Masterful songwriter

[@stacyusselmann8428]

Wasp Should have been JUST as big as Motley! BIGGER than Motley!!!!!

[@peteraron2621]

Totally agree

[@slickl.t.d7230]

They were to me , I Love Them both equally

[@35356726]

Were? If they were meant to be as popular then they would’ve been. I fuckin love WASP but honestly the fans have spoken.

[@marcuspennicott1530]

Wasp were a bit more hardcore, scared off a lot of people. Motley had more hits aswell. Fuck like an animal is better than any motley song though.

[@marcuspennicott1530]

Fuck like a beast i should say.

[@chainwrath7212]

Born in 72! Wouldnt trade my life and time for nothin! The Energy the feeling that I feel right now. Chills and memories of Wild Child times. Ripped Jeans with the fringe manicured and sooo long. Leathers and rock shirts. My long hair long gone now but still felt. I still bang my head and my ears constantly ring from explosive speakers screaming "I wanna Be Somebody too!!!!!"

[@ralphreinhardt6020]

Killer tune full of kick ass metal energy ! If this don't get ya moving. You might be dead. 🤘😎🤘

[@sandracarter7231]

Blackie Lawless is an unforgettable frontman! I heard this song on the 40th anniversary tour live! So happy I got to see them! If my late husband would've been there he would've loved it too!

[@politburo1406]

W.A.S.P.- my favourite group ! W.A.S.P - forever ! 🤟

[@asdfzxcv3617]

Yes!!!

[@MartiErtel]

One hit wonder!

[@rodneyjames70]

Stay out of my yard though!!! 😆

[@MartiErtel]

@@rodneyjames70 Fair enough! Keep in mind, music appreciation is subjective!☺️

[@EricIrrthum]

metal rules!!!! and the metal of the 80's and 90's will forever be untopped !!!!

[@charllesxavier2897]

100% Heavy metal band. HAIL 🤟🤟

[@jogranados2857]

YESS BLACKIE IS """SOMEBODY"""... I LOVE MY W.A.S.P.!!!...💘💘💘💘💞💘💘💘💘

[@guidokunz7901]

Like Bryan Adams praises his "Summer of '69" (still a very great song), I praise and miss the 80's very much ! ❤ ❤️‍🔥"Those were the best days of my life" ❤️‍🔥 ❤ The youth, all the fun we had, the movies and (unforgettable) music music music Long live rock'n roll

[@РумянаРачева]

Много е важно това вживяване на сцената, а тези гримаси с очите са задължителни в РОКА! ❤❤😮😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rodneyjames70]

Stay out of my yard though!!! 😆

[@Carlosalvarado-bz1tf]

I'm 61 and I love to re-visit the music I grew up and that includes everything from my dad's music till all the way back to the 70s. That's how I sleep at night. 😅😅

[@Kwaka28]

What a voice is Blackie.. raw and absolutely legend. Chris holmes and W.A.S.P.. dont make em like that anymore.. fuk the 80,s was great..🤘

[@andygrow8044]

Saw it performed live 3 weeks ago! And it was as powerful and cool as it was 40 years ago!

[@Paulmatthew22]

Doubtful. But the Song is a masterpiece ~🌝

[@andygrow8044]

@@Paulmatthew22 No doubt at all. I was shocked it sounded so well, though Blackie had to sit during the show. And Douglas Blair was unbelievable! It was WASP best performance of 4 for me (and 2 were close to disaster).

[@larsporsenns5724]

This is the one that made me feel in love with WASP and heavy metal! And it still rocks my heart 💘 wasp forever !

[@CalmBrook]

Chris Holmes guitar tone is sooooo awesome!!!

[@jessicabarber4495]

I'm 53 years old from Marietta,Oklahoma and still love WASP & ALL HEAVY METAL MUSIC...

[@vasileiabrockskothen2742]

Me too Darling 😊

[@LunaMoonfae]

You say that as if your too old to rock

[@johnganzelli4186]

🤘never to old to 🤘

[@ricardoreynoso6422]

Tengo 54 y nunca e dejado de escuchar a wasp..en momentos de debilidad.me ayuda basura sale amiga

[@scottwillie9914]

I'm 59 and still rocking to heavy metal! Rock on forever!

[@captaincapitalism264]

I enjoy your entire discography, but damn...this is your best song EVER. This was my anthem as a teenager in the 80s -- the good times, the bad times, whenever, this pure metal tune has Always raised me up, even to this day; it never lets up. So very appropriate for that decade especially. I really dig how the final 2 verses switch to "I'm *gonna* be somebody!"...raw, empowering heavy metal at its finest. Songs like this literally changed my life back then, for the better.

[@rodneyjames70]

Stay out of my yard though!!! 😆 🤣 😂

[@ohar7237]

Does anyone else remember when they had actual hope for the future, and not simply despair?

[@anti-radpills9699]

I am 26 and rocking hard

[@bbo40]

I could not imagine in 1985 I could go on my Commodore 64 (with the Sylvania 13" TV monitor) and access some world wide web that let me watch almost any music video I wanted to? I would have lost my mind. Back then you'd have to wait till MTV decided to play the video and hope would would catch it being aired !

[@peterdravis6197]

Absolutely they were more talented that most bands from the 80s for that genre

[@vinwaline3534]

Been trough some serious hard times in 2024, world sucks, listening to this again has given me that fire inside i've missed for soooo long, hitting the rock clubs again as an oldie lol thank you guys for keeping the best rock ever alive, music never dies, rock on everybody!!!

[@CHMMM45]

Loved wasp I’ve still got all my albums on cassette ❤ the best times 🤟

[@philipbiggs5883]

Headless Children was one of the best metal albums ever.

[@MichaelAndberg-ei2kq]

I'm 57 and I'm gonna' love W.A.S.P. as long as I'm gonna' live 😎🤘❤

[@craig8037]

Wasp blows motley crew away put wasp in rock n roll hall fame throw motley crew out

[@azurita3155]

Pues ya podían regresar los 80' de nuevo 😬😂🤘❤️‍🔥

[@dennisodle1923]

The greatest band in the world long live the winged assassin's W.A.S.P.

[@acepaul407]

Before they were signed, the guys in WASP were truely angry young men. 100% true and that came out in their music and stage production,.

[@peterchen7127]

I saw W.A.S.P. in the 80s as the opening act for Iron Maiden in Germany. It was the 'Somewhere in time' tour. I am now 58 years old and I will never forget how indescribably awesome it was to be there. Nothing can top the 80s 🤟🎸🤟

[@davewarnes8628]

Dude doesn't write shitty filler songs. 90% of the wasp catalog are bangers.

[@whiterose7676]

I really love this clip! 🔥🔥🔥 This song is the anthem of youth, passion and fun for all times! Blackie is amazing in this video))) W.A.S.P. music is a great art in the world of rock and roll. And this is forever! Good health Blackie! ❤❤ Thanks for the wonderful music! With love from Russia.

[@LennyWittek-k1s]

My favorite song of all time. So powerful. Blackie has an amazing voice. 🤘🎸

[@johnpfistner8065]

I saw them open up for Metallica. I was 14. Remember it like yesterday and was deaf for 3 days! At 55...I still crank this shit!

[@josemorelos9798]

Maravilloso, Recuerdos Maravillosos, Grandiosos, Wasp en mi corazón. Hasta el Final. Saludos desde la Ciudad de México.🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@stevenmandl4920]

was at a wedding over the weekend, and someone said ''you look important'' this song popped into my head

[@X3MCTZN]

Nearly 40 years I am trying to be somebody, too!!!!

[@MetalGoddess2791]

I fucking love this video!!! I was blown away when this first came out on mtv back in tha day. I wish that I could have seen them back when but can't complain that I've seen them at least 3xs. This song is timeless and I think the best. 🤘🤘🤘

[@darrengogel9157]

Wasp so underrated had some great songs be somebody love machine 2 of my faves

[@arcticsnowgaming2679]

I want a time machine so I can travel back to this time to experience the music.

[@ひいたろ]

超かっこいい！！今日生まれて初めて聞いた！！7/26金曜日5:59に初めて聞いた！！😂格好良すぎる！！

[@javierdomingofernandez1953]

Sin caducidad ✨✨👌

[@gregoryjones8014]

80s HEAVY METAL ROCKED 🎸🤘🏻🎵

[@kimfay1774]

Brilliant band

[@specialse]

" hello Boys and Ghouls " Still cant be beat ....2023 🤘

[@screamrad218]

I sing this song in the shower lol. Love this song so much!

[@c.h.u.d]

When chris chugged that beer and angrily smashed the can that wasnt some cornball act for the video he really is a fkn wildman

[@rick420buzz]

I sure hope this was shot on film so it can be remastered into HD. Sure would suck for this awesome video to be stuck in 480i forever.

[@V2011F]

i was as it was filmed back in the 80's

[@kirillivanov9638]

probably not, it would be very expensive.

[@venomlords]

AI processing I imagine would be able to remaster it soon if not already.

[@V2011F]

It is able to be HD remastered easily/er because it was filmed in the 80s on film meaning a 4k transfer shouldn't be too hard to do at least in comparison to non film grade media.

[@EB1878]

I always thought HD took away from the original. If you clean up old film footage too much it loses it's unique appeal and nostalgia. I think it should be preserved "as-is". This is just my honest opinion. 😏

[@davidalangay1186]

When I first saw this video from Blackie Lawless and the rest of his crew on MuchMusic's metal Wednesday, they were the freakiest bunch I've ever seen. I had no idea just how good this band was and how gifted Lawless was as a songwriter. I'm not surprised W.A.S.P. gets a ton of love to this very day.

[@charllesxavier2897]

100% heavy metal.!! Pure metal song 🤟🤟🤟

[@pu81nk]

It cracks me up! I remember buying this on 45 and thinking my Mom was gonna yell at me cause it was to Hard Core, and I still have the 45, it's probably worth a couple bucks still.

[@LuisRomero-uq1zw]

Blackie Lawless and great band

[@williammartin-howell3565]

Was never impressed with these guys, but was happy they had success in the industry

[@Jo_Lubi]

Anyone watching this masterpiece 2024?

[@annikapersson9291]

Jajamänsan

[@Jo_Lubi]

@@annikapersson9291 grymt 🤘

[@ДмитрийВетошкин-к1е]

Bleki and Chris forever 🤘🤘🤘

[@louisrousseau1006]

@@ДмитрийВетошкин-к1е Blackie

[@АраслановРенат]

Ещё бы

[@marcelopose]

Fueron grandes en su momento. Esa guitarra Jackson de Holmes suena como el diablo!! He escuchado este tema en CD con auriculares de alta calidad y te levanta la tapa de los sesos!😅

[@britishsteel-n1y]

I love this song.

[@oscarsegura1886]

2023 WASP still kicks ass

[@stacyusselmann8428]

Thank You!

[@TheJackiebardin]

Trying to get pumped for this 2 weeks of graveyard shift. Been a while. But what I will be listening to so will everyone else at work.

[@dezogajan3499]

Wasp were way better than Mötley Crüe, but music is not about who is better, is about what do you like and what is giving you more, it is about a feeling.. more than a feeling🍀🤘

[@maraluciaduclosduclos7496]

Muita energia maravilhosa desta magnífica banda. Essa música me faz escalar as nuvens. Amo Wasp.

[@simonhewitt4586]

Wasp were way better than the crue! Hard to believe the disparity in recognition

[@juanantoniosanchez9737]

Sois cojonudos ke siga el heavy auténtico el de toda la vida el ke hemos escuchado dd jóvenes y seguiremos escuchando el heavy nunca muere❤

[@giacomomari6710]

Potenza pura dopo 40 anni.. Wall of Metal sound!

[@reedroxx41]

the "REAL" forgotten/erased from history early contributor who deserves a MASSIVE THANK YOU & SALUTE!! RIK FOX! FUCK THE DENIERS & HATERS!!

[@РольфКаспарек-п8г]

Шедевр!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘Мasterpiece!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@andreaottelli9734]

Blackie Lawless voice..... Amazing

[@spacecassette2108]

And that Jackson model later found itself with Children of Bodem, WASP was ahead of their time in terms of aesthetics and raw appeal

[@IronSikh44]

Live in the Raw is right up there greatest concert albums ever. You totally get a feel for the band’s power and Blackie’s amazing vocal range. Very underrated group for sure. Right up there with Crue and Ratt. Hon Mentions to Y&T, Dokken, and LA Guns

[@danvozza3799]

These guys were bad ass back in the day

[@rodneyjames70]

Stay out of my yard though!!! 😆

[@danvozza3799]

@@rodneyjames70 true

[@reneclark6447]

I was in the Marie Corps in 1985, stationed at Camp Hansen, in Okinawa Japan, Very young and Green. With the Terror Of Boot camp and WASP I Became a lean mean fucking and fighting machine, Because I have got to be somebody, and I cry out every day. Because I am somebody because I have just got to be.

[@Alex-e2z8h]

These guys were beasts live back in the day. Great show!

[@peterdravis6197]

WASP is an incredibly talented band.Should have been much bigger." "I wannabe Somebody " should be a sports anthem played in stadiums , and arena' s around the country.Hey they are still touring and the fan reaction is awesome. They are right up there with Motley from that genre.

[@neffdeathwatch7641]

If Mick took control of Motley Crue this would be his image.

[@maloosecat123]

I remember in the 80's in Highschool a kid sitting in an isle next to me in music class suddenlty shouted in class, "I wanna be somebody...be somebody too" made me want to find the actual song!

[@thebestgeneralchannel5885]

Listening since 1984

[@WadeGooeing]

Im gonna be somebody...i am somebody, and I will walk with you into the flames of hell💀🤘🇬🇧🤘

[@wassupmypeeps69]

I wish I had a time machine to relive these days.....they were magical. I guess we cant live forever. See you in Valhalla

[@dicerollrenofromley3644]

Hard cranking 80's Metal

[@haggisnilsson]

Steven Edward Duren has rakitis since the 80s, tough man..!

[@michaelschmidt9708]

Blackie, the inventor of the crab walk, later adapted in Norway by Abbath.