Link Wray & His Ray Men - Rumble

[DaFuqMan]

Perfect tune to get high like a bird.

[andmakeyoume]

so simple, yet so unbelievably amazing, just the way i like it

[Mary6619]

HOT DAMN! WHAT A SEXY SOUND!

[Itsooz]

Can anybody tell me please what guitar he's using in this picture?

[chriholege]

@Itsooz it is a supro dual tone

[chriholege]

@Itsooz the brand is Airline, so it is a airline supro dual tone

[ClaussXeroS]

Wonderfull!

[lhped1]

This is the root of hard rock. Not in the R&R Hall of Fame, seriously?

[aammirr]

...why this band isn't in the R&R Hall of Fame is stupid. Ray and the Raymen were so far ahead of the curve. The drummer was the 1st drummer to only use a kick-side head.and a blanket. No outter head.

The fact that they are Native Americans shouldn't make a difference.

Innovative !

[dustinkstnachkot123]

im 8 years old and i fucking love this song!

[badrobie86]

I bet Tarantino and Rodriguez were together when heard they heard that song. It's featured in Roadracers and Pulp Fiction, both from 1994. Bad ass movies, and even more bad ass song!

[jimmyzgames]

im 13 and when im busking in town i always play this

[ZeppelinFloydRoses]

@jimmyzgames no one cares how old you are.

[TheQzma]

Which Zepp song is this similar to?

[crazymonkeyx]

Thats not exactly power chords. Its major chords with the major pentatonic scale played as the little lead part.

[Tommathy]

@crazymonkeyx firstly like 80% is in fact power chords. secondly there HAS to be some kind of minor and or 7th chords in there so it's not all major chords. and lastly there's no way that's a major pentatonic scale, it sounds bluesy as fuck

[fvxfjkadfmnk]

@Tommathy the songs uses D sus4 E A and B7

[ZeFuCkaDUCk]

ti tatatatatatatatatatatatatata ti ta

Great. Fuzz's inventor.

[NEclamchowda]

This is, ultimatly, the best intro song ever mad by man.

[JMein13074]

This is the soundtrack for the dead of summer, when exhaustion is abound and there seems like no relief within miles.

[661Sunshine]

Did you just order a $5.00 shake?

[arcadeMcfly]

this makes me wanna get down at any punk cuttin in front of me in a diner!

[shrub74]

This makes me want to swagger towards a greaser.

[Charles787980]

Out of the primordial soup of 50s rock & roll this song encoded it's DNA into all of rock music.

[sonofafraggedbitch]

that is a tasty burger

[RideMyBMW]

@sonofafraggedbitch " The cornerstone of ANY nutritious breakfast, ain´t it Vincent!"

[RideMyBMW]

"Did you just order a five dollar shake?"

[Jb4Mad4it]

@RideMyBMW But thats a shake...thats milk and ice cream.

[RideMyBMW]

@Jb4Mad4it "You don´t put bourbon in it or anyrhing? Just checkin´ "

[19Tom44]

This has to be the first Heavy Metal song, it just wasn't given such a formidable title.

[Dazicvs]

Can anyone confirm that this was banned by some radio stations for being too suggestive?

[SteelerY360Nation]

@Dazicvs - The stalking, menacing sound of "Rumble" (and its title) led to a ban on several radio stations, a rare feat for a song with no lyrics, on the grounds that it glorified juvenile delinquency in the late 50's.

[Dazicvs]

Can anyone confirm that this was banned by some radio stations for being to suggestive?

[priapus56]

Anyone know how to play the bit starting at 1.11? I've never been able to sus it.

[RockaBanner]

@priapus56

as far as i know...

E--/12-12-12-12-12-12

E--/13-13-13-13-13-13

E--/12-12-12-12-12-12

[priapus56]

@RockaBanner Cor blimey..is that all it is?? I think you're right. Cheers mate. Funny how stuff sometimes sounds really difficult but its simple. For years I couldn't suss the solo in the Rolling Stones' The Last Time and then I found out that the first chord was just a barre C-chord way up the neck! Ditto the riff in Hey Little Girl by the Syndicate of Sound.. but the last one that I really can't suss is the bit in The Beatles..You can't do That... Absolutely right..I CAN'T DO THAT!!!

[RockaBanner]

@priapus56 this whole song is so simple, i'm a rather average guitarist - but played it first go... link was the reason i wanted to learn though. Just wish i could find the tabs for ace of spades.

[fcostello01]

let's go get stooooooooneeeeed!

[pataphysician66]

@louth00 You betcher! Duane Eddy and Link Wray! I love them both! Let's not forget Dick Dale who came a bit later.

[tthomaselli2]

Was this song in any other movies?

[SteelerY360Nation]

@tthomaselli2 - This song was played in the Johnny Depp movie called "Blow"

[tthomaselli2]

@SteelerY360Nation

The only thing I remember this from was an episode of 'The Sopranos' & in the beginning of 'Independence Day'.; 'Blow', on the other hand, I don't know about.

[YoungCrs]

is there a more up tempo version of this song?

this doesn't sound quite like the one they had playing on pulp fiction (during the dinner talk scene) but it definitely is the song...just a slower version

[TheDoors78521]

@YoungCrs I agreed at first until I discovered another song by Link Wray called 'Ace of Spades'. That might answer your inquiry :)

[YoungCrs]

@YoungCrs duuuude you totally rock, aces of spades is the song!

thanks a lot man!

[squimync]

@YoungCrs

Jack the Ripper - Link Wray, it's almost the same but less slower and with a little bit more variation.

Great artist!

[rockakitty1993]

Roadracers!!!! haha Wrays music made that film for me

[BohemianAsh]

This riff instrumental is brilliant! I love the bass too... it adds a creepy foreboding atmosphere, as if something dangerous is happening or going to happen :)

[Lastindependentthink]

This tune works Really well with VirtuaGirl Strippers on my desktop.. lol ;-)

[WhoKilledCallo]

Haha, love the "Thanks Jimmy Page" comment

[HL2dm4ever]

14 justin biber fan

[whiteapollo11]

drug music

.. gr8 song

[brabon1]

this tune is pure sex

[drugfckd]

a rough raw sound you just dont hear anymore unfortunately orgasmic song none the less it nearly gives me a semi every time i hear it and ok with sayin that that souns i dunno its so primal or summin lol

[BloodShotNow]

i think of the movie blow every time I hear this song. Theres just something special about this song that you can't define.

[volvert5]

@BloodShotNow That's true...! this song reminds me of the american dream.....That american dream explained in blow ;) excuse my bad english

[killuminati63]

hoyl fuckign shit i didnt know LINK WRAY did this song until i just clicked this i thought he was a nobody lol BUT he was marked 67 of 100 greatest rock and roll artists of all tiem according to rolling stone magazine lol  what a song what a man ! rip

[fijiboy68]

@killuminati63 Far from nobody... A legend, Iconic and inspired most if not all of the top 10 guitarist of all time.

[mgoodman12]

thanks Jimmy Page,...I hear it now.,,...:)

[nonambulistaqueous]

Is there still music that has the kind of power this song had? Rumble was BANNED from some radio stations when it came out, and it doesn't even have any words! Is there still music that, when you turn it up loud, makes your genitals tingle and reminds you that you're still an animal?

[jerkythesandpiper]

@nonambulistaqueous Yes =)

[Spaceomatic]

@nonambulistaqueous You're mom's an animal, and yes it does. Both of them.

[crogangstaa]

First I hear the song on Kill Bill and didn't know what it was until Jimmy Page played it on It Might Get Loud

[rockingwhiterabbit]

Why do i always want to move in slow motion when i hear this song.....? B-)

[1gofui]

chuck norris bed time story

[esco1110]

@1gofui CHUCK NORRIS DOESNT SLEEP HE WAITS!!! LOL

[trickster203]

BBC Radio 1 just introduced me to this track :D

[Philbisregin]

Definitive Quentin Tarantino movie music.

[ryanjzeig]

Nasty

[elzupelzu]

"You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in France? "

[esco1110]

@elzupelzu WAT?LOL 

[lawlers69]

This was played right at start of 1979 film The Warriors, then it got removed wonder why!!, it suited the movie.

[GetStuffed88]

That's right Terrible, can't forget the B7, I lost count.

[originalassclown]

My theme song for life.

[GetStuffed88]

That is one badass song. Three of the nastiest chords ever Linked together.

[ATerribleScreenName]

@GetStuffed88 dont forget the b7. that makes 4.

[mrshnarfles]

Jimmy page ?

[Franyjoss]

@mrshnarfles in the film "I might get loud" he shows this song , so a lot of people comes here because of that film.

[mrshnarfles]

@Franyjoss yeah I know that, how do you think i got here?

[Mehefinheulog1]

1958??

how is that possible

incredible

[Grisbi6]

I saw Link Wray live in some dive in Washington DC in 1963....

[meetdiamond]

12 PEOPLE ARE SQUARES OR STUPID OR BOTH

[BEATLEJEWZ]

11 people disliked this song .. they have no soul or no idea of hew Link Wray was or what he did

[banco420]

Thumbs up if Pulp Fiction brought you here

[bostonj24]

@banco420 nah all Jimmy Page

[stevenhyde1960]

the inventor of the powerchord!!!

[MiamiSouthPaw]

Amazingly I never knew the name of the artist until last year. I had heard this song for years and never really knew about him. Link Wray should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. If you want to trace the roots of hard rock music, this is where you start.

[2046kim]

The Cramps did a very interesting homage to Link Wray with "I was a teenage werewolf". Very similar feeling.

[MixxMasterKid]

Jimmy Page is god.

[myles11906]

good music

[barryseymour]

BRAD-- CON-- RAD!!!

[MrJas1991]

This song is sexy sex

[TeufelHund88]

this song is sex

[aerlingus18]

ive been looking for this song for years,im so glad i didnt give up

[WeTheStrange]

Sensational!

[mooneepondskid]

Imagine hearing this for the first time in 1958..would have been like a divine revelation.

[jcagle001]

9 haters cant rumble

[MrIndieguitar]

Epic tremolo! I enjoyed watching Jimmy Page air guitar this on IMGL :)

[Videostar1another1fa]

This is way ahead of it's time,sounds like Angus Young in soume parts.

[Dregkar]

Did you just order a $5.00 shake?

[Renaissanceish]

@Dregkar Is there brandy in it?

[Babric420]

@Dregkar pretty fucking good milkshake i dont know if its worth 5.00 dollars but its pretty fucking good!

[wufuer1]

@Babric420 yea man, it was because it came with coke

[theosu66]

Classic badass guitar.Simple but powerful.Never gets old.

[gfruy]

My god... This video shouldn't even have a dislike button attached to it... Fuck... This is the track to listen to when you're blitzed... 

[dutchgangsta1]

im here because of Blow lol

[gtflyer]

8 music haters...sad!

[beatlesman369]

I think his name link marshall. Get it, cause it's so heavy with distortion. No, really, no? Well fuck you

[aurlis2012]

heard this in pulp fiction. fucking deadly.

[MichaelRobertSharpe]

big vibrato..with a dial....gets louder and louder as the song progresses..great old amps.

[onlyrock1]

this is a fucking heavy song. in my books, probably the heaviest from the 50's.

[Videostar1another1fa]

@onlyrock1 It was the heaviest song till fuckin Black Sabbath in 69!

[koilakanthos]

@Videostar1another1fa

You haven't heard Helter Skelter by the Beatles then....made in 1968...the true first heavy metal song ;)

[Videostar1another1fa]

@koilakanthos Yeah,and Helter Skelter was the main inspiration for Sabbath,but i still think this is heavier.

[oregonghostwave]

@koilakanthos False. There are too many songs earlier, heavier, more metal. For a popular example try "Purple Haze", or for earlier and heavier: Sonics' "The Witch".

[oregonghostwave]

@oregonghostwave I was refering to the comment about Helter Skelter here, not Mr. Wray's finest here.

[MrBrainless17]

how does he get the guitar sound to go so wavy

[mohawk1020]

@MrBrainless17 that's some good ol' reverb

[MichaelRobertSharpe]

@MrBrainless17 vibratto...he turns it up manually as he plays..listen to the second long riff..it echoes..very, very, cool.

[natash141]

Thanks Jimmy Page lol

[esco1110]

@natash141 word lol 

[LedZeppelinisgod100]

@natash141 same way i found out about it haha :P

[fraskydingy]

So sexy. Glad i found this!

[WMsquared]

This was banned from radio? The instrumentation isn't even that extreme!

[str8trippinnnn]

@WMsquared back in the day this was considered bad.

[GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep]

@WMsquared This is really the first hard rock song

[qu1et]

@WMsquared it was banned because of the name...

[Videostar1another1fa]

@WMsquared What did you expect,Cannibal Corpse?It was banned from the radio because this sounded like a street fight to them,in the days when Elvis was considered the devil's music.

[NDN96]

The Ultimate Native American Music!! I bet most people weren't aware that Rock'n'Roll is an indigineous music form. Many of the greats, like Link Wray and Elvis, were Indigineous Natives 

[dreadnought45]

I bought this recording in 1957 when I was 15 years old. Still have it in the basement. This was the first guitar solo I learned. I first heard it on the "Hound' show. All of us kids from Toronto listened to George Lorenz -"The Hound" every week-night from 7:pm to 10:pm on WKBW radio in Buffalo, N.Y.

[MrSurferboyz]

Chek out surfin on grass if you like surf music! leave comments

[joelyboi20]

link wray; the apache apostle of the power riff

[MrMcGibletts022]

...and everybody was getting stoned !

[bigczech7]

How cool a song with no lyrics and was banned from the radio.

[Renaissanceish]

@bigczech7 How is that possible?

[bigczech7]

@Renaissanceish The term rumble is old slang for a gang fight, radio stations thought this song would encourage juvenile delinquency. Ive also read a couple of small riots broke out at some shows during this song.

[Renaissanceish]

@bigczech7 Fucking sweet

[PorroFirst]

First song with overdrive

[juankenon]

@PorroFirst

really?

[PorroFirst]

@juankenon Wikipedia says it's the first song with distortion, first with feedback and first with the power chord.

[nomjon]

it reminds me of the movie blow when theyre all gettin high on the beach

[squeegly646]

If I were to ever do Heroin, I would have to have this song playing. Without a doubt.

[shaya2203]

did you just order a 5 dollar shake?

[ITAMrPink]

Probably the best song in Pulp Fiction's soundtrack

[dutchgangsta1]

this song is so cool 

[TheCrazyandHazy]

I live in the town he was born in!!! Dunn NC

[khawajaarslanahmed]

@TheCrazyandHazy

And that makes you a what exactly....

[screamingcockatoo]

Great song!

[Kashmirishable]

this tune has the power! i was wondering what Jimmy Page was listening to when he was young and it entirely suits there!

[sandinista138]

Makes me think of Uma Thurman walking away in slow motion everytime I hear this song...

[marc25052005]

phenomenal song

[esco1110]

they banned this song cause it ooozzzeeezzzz sex nd a rebel image which the 50's were scared of i fuck my girl to this song dead ass

[a1stooge]

@esco1110 you fuck your girls dead ass? im confused.

[jfaulkner125]

@a1stooge Lmao no man, he means like "dead ass" like he is dead ass serious that he "fucks" his girl to this song or he would. Ppl just say "dead ass" for short. Idk why they just don't say serious; but I be leaving serious out sometime though. Get it now?

[USMC77777]

@a1stooge NECROPHILIA FTW

[priapus56]

@a1stooge Why don't you do us all a favour and delete your rather tasteless comment.

[a1stooge]

@priapus56 naw

[a1stooge]

@priapus56 i ususaly dont get into petty youtube fights with random people but anyone that posts an english grammar video it a twat. <----- its called vernacular asshole

[synesthesia67]

@esco1110 you probably don't anymore if she read this...lol

[jfaulkner125]

@synesthesia67 Lmfao...

[jfaulkner125]

@esco1110 Why would they ban an instrumental? They are retarded... + would you or do you bone your girl to this song? If you do that is some funny shit.

[esco1110]

@jfaulkner125 i do fuck her to this jam it sounds sexy like her comes Lt. johnson nd shes like awwwwwww!!!!!!!!!

[Khultan]

@esco1110 You total moron, it was banned because it got 1950s teenagers in America (I don't know where in (America) maybe in gangs giving them the cause to fight. Sex. You moron.

[esco1110]

@Khultan listen fag i actually did a paper on the 1950's for my psy class okay fag nd this song presented not only a rebel image but a sexual evolution going on during that generation so shut the fuck up suck a dick nd i encourage u to fuck ur girlfriend (or boyfriend) to this jam its fuckin sexy when u got her doggy nd banging her in slow motion TRUST ME SON BROOKLYN!!!!!!!

[Khultan]

@esco1110 The school you graduated from need it's license and sponsorship REVOKED Ha ha ha...you did your papers with what? Crayola crayons? Ah ha ha!! Son of Brooklyn? Ah ha ha ha!!! : )

[KaptainKwasnik]

Most badass instrumental I have ever heard! Why did they ban it anyways?

[johnnystratman1]

@KaptainKwasnikl Because they thought it would inspire gang violence. Link wrote it after seeing West Side Story!

[KaptainKwasnik]

@johnnystratman1 Wow and now i know why he called it Rumble too!

[zdrift77]

I want this song played at my funeral.

[Ciogos]

Don't you hate uncomfortable silences ?