The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire [totp]

[Tijollo]

Here's the father of Alice Cooper, Kiss and King Diamond.

[anonimus16]

Ha! norwegian-swedish-finland tru-death-power-black metal find his grandpa. :D

[BobWhite123456789102]

this video makes me really hard and wet



[Rudeawakening333]

I see that he dances just like Iggy Pop, Iggy had inspiration from him too..!

[Funcletunes]

Thanx for the upload! It gave me the chance to go nuts! Grtz

[Funcletunes]

Thanx for the upload! It gave me the cahnce to go nuts! Grts

[christopherm2k]

Indeed, Arthur Brown was a "head" of his time. lol Seriously though, he influenced many subsequent musicians and artists. He had an incredible vocal range. Did Screamin' J influence him or vice versa? Or perhaps they traveled separate strings of alternate reality.

[petercrowley41]

@christopherm2k - Screaming Jay Hawkins definitely was the originator. He did it in the '50s.

[mr0z]

Lol fake blood got me here !!

[mrtea56]

Keyboards by a certain Vincent Crane later of Atomic Rooster fame......btw - check out the latter half of this video and tell me Alice Cooper wasn't heavily influenced by this cat.......!

[Westcoasttony]

He was majorly influenced by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. 

[SonOfFurzehatt]

Anyone know where I can get that hat?

[bwanna23]

@SonOfFurzehatt you have to make it yourself. just go to incendiary headgear.

[cifi10]

Love the organ, must ev' killed the donor

[Budvb]

I wouldn't be surprised if, Pink Floyd was a spawn from this, they had to listen to this Album

[kriskronos1111]

Classic video and track ,although born to late ,Had a big influence on me as a kid and well still to this day,lyrics are great and Mr Brown is one mean dancer ,well better than Mick sorry SIR mick Jagger ,check out those moves .keep crazy everyone hahaha....

[asd36f]

Killer organ riff!

[Wildie1990]

Arthur Brown...............Health and Saftey's worst nightmare lol

[toetunz]

I've always loved this. I teach music and make sure the kids who are into the wild stuff see this...the original!

[everjager]

Is it just me, or does he have a massive head?

[jounimika]

Am I that old?

[Chloetyne22]

@jounimika yes but it's nothing new. Hahaha i ask myself the same thing. HA! and i'm only 13. what can i say? i was born old?

[rasputinslovechild]

I wish I could dance like Arthur Brown!

[lolabeaz]

He's Gettin all discumbobulated!!

[creeball]

my mum said this used to scare her as a child!

[ets1410]

This Guy scared me

[rollingvee]

I suddenly realized where Alice Cooper got his schtick.

[likesspice73]

i suddenly realized you have no idea what you are talking about either

[ftsjr]

I first heard this song in the late 60's (I was a child). I thought it was weird, but I liked it. Now, I love it.

[snomfer]

brilliant --however the FIRST guy to use fire as a prop was screaming lord sutch

he used to put lighter fluid on the bottom 2 inches of his hair and spin around.he set the curtains on fire in morriston working men's club near swansea.

[jeffkillscott]

i like his moves

[jeffkillscott]

every1 copyd this bloke dunno why????

[Tarpull]

lol that's what Vincent Grave would look like if he played Darth Maul

[Skulldini]

I have seen many interviews with Alice Cooper,..and have NEVER heard him acknowledge Arthur Brown!

[EndOfTheNight1]

Damn HES Got SUM MOVES!!!!!!!!!!

[raydeen2k]

I spy with my little eye...CARL PALMER!!!

[snomfer]

yes indeedy it sure is,i saw an interview not so long ago with carl and he said arthur brown was as mad as they come-- of course he meant it in a nice way.

[elkintobitle]

I thought Alice cooper and kiss were the first ones

[Funneman08]

Its funny how they put a metal helmet on his head with FIRE ontop so it burns his hair

[enjoiskatekr3w]

uh oh nice song!

[kayaman13]

Just Perfect ! ! !

[dmgiliam]

1969, what a year for music!

[nofortunatesonII]

Reminds me of an early Alice Cooper. I wonder if Arthur was an influence of Alice???

[freakofthewest]

Him and many others, he is the original and most articulate shock rocker, really incomparable to the rest. And one of the forefathers of of the goth subculture.

[skeletal13]

Reportedly, he was a HUGE influence upon Cooper, and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden.

[synchmaster2]

Heck the guy even moves around the stage like he's possessed .

[ArmyOfMeWillTakeOver]

I actually saw this when it was on TV once.

[Wellveryinteresting]

There's also a live performance vid. of Screaming Lord Sutch & his backing group "the Savages" performing "Jack The Ripper" in London back in 1965 on youtube. (It's a classic of the genre of not only Shock Rock, but of Goth Rock). And unlike Arthur Brown, Screaming Lord Sutch was willing to come out into the audience -- the screaming girls or young women in the audience in the live 1965 performance by Sutch make that vid. even more of a classic.

[WrittenInBlackVideos]

alright...is it creepy or not that between the bass player and the singer they're pretty much wearing a KKK uniform? :|

[humanfly02]

wait, ok, so this guy was a few years before Alice Cooper? so this guy is the original shock rocker. Damn looks like Alice took some ideas from him.

[likesspice73]

you must never have seen alice cooper in concert, if you had only seen a photo you would think there was some similarity but the whole concepts are different. I would say this is shock rock but the term had not been invented yet.

[humanfly02]

the sad thing is i never got to see the 60s and 70s cause i was still years away. lol. but i know that the Cooper show today is nothing like this, but seeing videos and pics of Alice when he was young next to a pic of Arthur brown they look very much the same in some concepts, but i had no idea about Arthur Brown until about a month ago. Always was thinking Cooper was the first shock rocker

[Wellveryinteresting]

Well, Arthur Brown wasn't the first one either, check out on youtube 1963's Scopitone/Cinebox vid. from Screaming Lord Sutch of "Jack The Ripper" which predates this by five years (also predates Beatlemania by several months).

[likesspice73]

lol, being old has helped me to understand so much that in a few years age will take away from me humanfly02

[Wellveryinteresting]

Well, that's true. Screaming Lord Sutch who I'm trying to introduce you young people, too, who predates Arthur Brown by five years & also predates Beatlemania use to call what he was doing w/ such hits & performances as "Jack The Ripper", as a much longer term, "Theatre of the Absurd".

[gritnom]

I was just thinking the same thing. Holy crap!

[humanfly02]

yeah thats strange and still yet cool lol

[Wellveryinteresting]

Actually Arthur Brown is NOT the original shock rocker. That claim to fame actually is owned by a fellow Britian rocker, Screaming Lord Sutch (born David Edward Sutch in November 1940). Screaming Lord Sutch was making shock rock records & live performances before the Beatles broke in the U.S. back in 1962 - 63 (& Screaming Lord Sutch was actually known about in the U.S. & had a small cult following over here in the states before Beatlemania; although Lord Sutch wasn't a big hit here).

[Wellveryinteresting]

If you need proof of how Screaming Lord Sutch was making shock rock before Beatlemania, and therefore long before either Arthur Brown or Alice Cooper go to Screaming Lord Sutch's Scopitone/Cinebox video here on youtube for "Jack The Ripper" which was made back in 1963!

[s3ac0w]

FIYAH!

[SixFeetUndr101]

Thats what I see when I don't take my medicine.

[jonnygb4]

i dont much think he cares but.....yes!

[Wingdoss]

Is this dated before Alice Cooper?

[jonnygb4]

yes

[Wingdoss]

Which means all the crap I used to read about the likes of King Diamond (Merciful Fate??)being sued by Gene Simmons for facepaint copyright whilst know it all journalists pointed to Alice Cooper as the original artist to use so much black on the face was crap also. Does this make Arthur Brown the real daddy?

[SuperJamesexperience]

@Wingdoss yes

[Herofromzero1964]

Herofromzero Says - Phantastisch

[alidada789]

lol, Carl Palmer's (the drummer's) mask is so creepy!

[schutzenhaus]

Wondered if anyone else new Carl Palmer was his drummer. :)

[toppcat64]

grand tune thanks upload *****

[fatandim]

This is my earliest memory of Top of the Pops

[Starbreaker198IX]

He ha such a wonderful voice and its so enthusiastic, he is the mannnn!!!!!

[kickfostermac]

Godfather of black metal.We used to hear this on classic rock stations in the 80's and laugh.But it was unique and we always remembered it.

[skorpionrazor]

black metal????? are you kidding me???

[kickfostermac]

Dude I was joking (the face paint and theatrics) lighten up!!!

[skorpionrazor]

oh sorry XDD

[CaptainKubla]

Godfather of fucking black metal??? What the fuck are you talking about kickfostermac???

[kickfostermac]

Good Question...........

[CaptainKubla]

lol, kickfostermac, fair enough. I wonder what the fuck I am talking about half the time on here, come to think of it.. Its amusing though.

[seeingthesigns]

Alice Cooper and KISS copied a lot of Arthur Browns live stage work.

He was doing it back in the 60's.

[tmamone83]

I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE, AND I BRING YOU FIRE!

Awesome song.

[ARALIJA]

Fire,i'll make you to learn! so cool :-)

[markharp]

This is Noel Fielding. FACT.

[felmanator]

This was so krunk, i want to just fuck him whilst he burns

[rachel112263]

This is such an incredible song. Also, I love the way he dances. It gives me chills every time.

[august251976]

Dont thi nk he was trying to be like Jim Morrison, he just had a song and sang it, his other songs were very crazy - even cmompared to this. A mixture of poems and songs which were just spoken and go on for ages. He really was crazy

[powerup151]

Wow... I didn't know this was a song.

[Juajiin]

Sounds like the doors but he's missing something morrison had.

[thasoukopswtokefali]

The lyrics for one.

[ozzypossum]

and Jim didn't do falsetto vocals

[DrowinMJ]

Hi, God of Hellfire!

[Yemaya418]

This guy was ahead of his time.

[weaselidiotu]

yeah MGMT are totally milking his style these days ! lol

[Bellfire05]

I just love him. He was absolutely insane! lol I love that!

[StickWorld97]

BURN BURN BURN BURN BURRRRN!

[Syndikati]

Without this song I wouldn't be the same nowadays...thx Arthur for the inspiration¡!¡

[Spartacus74]

what a real mith! :-) countercultural at maximum level!

[I7IVORTECI9I]

i love the dancing at 1:35

[professoricon]

He dances a little like Ian Curtis (Joy Division).

[fallenearth]

No No... Ian Curtis danced like Arthur Brown

[Gigascary2]

love it......XD

[bURRkEEF]

Awesome vid. A not so common slice of 1960's culture even though it was a big hit. By not so common I mean, it seems like something that would have been completely unacceptable by "the establishment" (I love 60's terms) of the day.

[dapoetmaster]

Fuggin aye Aurthur!!! Let's bring back the 60's..some parts anyway.,LOL.

[scotishjohn]

what do you mean think he was on drugs

every body was

[fallenearth]

But he wasn't. He didn't use drugs at this time.

[dzanier]

This is a very visually disturbing clip. Both for its time and now.

[STS777]

he must be on drugs, lol!

that's where all black meatl bands corpse paint came from..))

[stdgamer]

music is ageless. so is this. sends tingles every time i hear it. classic. leodore

[Elysiumfire]

Let's hope Arthur's little ditty is not something of a prophecy for our contemporary times...?

[thekoanis]

He's an obvious inspiration for Alice Cooper, that's for sure. I remember seeing this performance on dance shows when I was a little girl. It's hard to forget. What an iconic performance. He really touches some nerve endings, that guy!

[richintalent]

Does anyone have a clip of him performing a song called 'Song of the Gremlin' off Robert Calvert's 'Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters'?

[brahma833]

the young ones used it with a pair of imps torturing a bussiness man hahahaah

[sirona30]

I looooove that little dance he does :)

[Davysprocket213]

I first saw this video on a TV show which MTV did in the 80s called "Closet Classics." Very interesting indeed. I love 60s Brit pop. Musically, this song sounds British. Does anyone know if he was British or American, or Canadian?

[ruffan]

i believe he's british...i first heard this song in the movie Hot Fuzz, but it was only in it for like 5 seconds but i heard it and thought it sounded awesome

[Karnagoz]

Arthur Brown is British, he inspired a lot of modern shock rock.

[standtall67]

What year is this from??????

[Karnagoz]

1968