Cab Calloway - Reefer Man High Quality

[OleWatashi]

Pack that thing slightly lightly and polietly....

[OleWatashi]

You knoe he lit up sfter the show.

[andrewdoubleu]

that hair tho..

[drivinsouth651]

If cab was white he`d have been bigger than tommy dorsey and glenn miller combines.

[OneMoreSchlup]

C walking isn't Crip Walking, It's fucking Cab Calloway Walking!! 1:30

[HCAZz1224]

Reefer Man "High" quality

[joepuly]

Ha hahahaha! That's funny!

[MrRetlav]

...That's one classy reefer man... ;D

[NotToImply]

Dad's Home!

[hossahunter22]

The Wiz Khalifa of his day.

[Afterburnzz]

@hossahunter22 How dare you compare Cab Calloway to that...whatever it is?

[hossahunter22]

@Afterburnzz Just a joke because Wiz always sings about getting high...for that matter so does almost every rapper. Since this was about weed it was just a joke. Cab is definately better than Wiz or anyone else. I worded the joke wrong. It should have said this is why all of the rappers today sing about weed.

[WMBrown]

@hossahunter22 apples and oranges, man... Cab actually had talent.

[rocketman12333]

this is what could happen if weed was legal again

[rocketman12333]

thumbs up if you're the reefer man

[skeletonbitchify]

The beginning bass line sounds like Laquer Head by Primus. :D

[80111live]

This is from the movie 'International House' with W.C. Fields..Burns and Allen..Bela Lugosi..Stuart Irwin...Franklin Pangborn..'drat those 100 year old eggs.'

[sitwosaints]

And those feet are neat and fleet..(shut up)

[sitwosaints]

Those suits suit, sue

[BurtShank]

Well, the cat's pajamas, anyway.

[MrFightingirish1000]

1:51, 1930 head banging. This is great it's the cats pajamas/ the bees knees

[79spankie]

Not only was it bc of the black musicians but Mexican ppl as well this 70 year drug war/prohibition started bc of racism pretty fucked up.... _\|/_

[Pillowpants8495]

This was actually made before marijuana was illegal. In that day it was associated with these Black jazz players who supposedly smoked it and raped white women.

[pingpongcultist]

Love the stand-up slap bass!

[AnnoyingLe]

Oh please, tell me how the music is called at 0:06 !

[DobeDobyDo]

@AnnoyingLe "....Cab Calloway and his Harlem Maniacs (Nickname for Cab Calloway's Orchestra) present a flaming bit of heated Harlem parley."

[julioabruno2254]

Wish I had some mota :(

[SparkTiger]

This is like the "Through the Fire and the Flames" of big band jazz.

[axedryessence]

classic



[RXTVonline]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[Dupeo42]

Cypress Hill and Bob Marley are good and all, but I think this is my favourite weed song.

[trilobright]

Whenever I find myself romanticizing the 1930's and wishing I'd been around back then, I console myself with the fact that at least the 2010's have the whole economic downturn thing going for us, even if music sucks and politicians are of a distinctly sub-Rooseveltian caliber.

[lami666]

Mistrz.

[xenos60]

What movie is this taken from?

[stogie0102]

Wow

[numanuma20]

If only I had the money to play the upright bass.

[noctemare]

Look at that hair fly! That's a happy man!

[Useless2112]

Lol at this song being 4:20 long!

[TheTerminator8675309]

Fun Fact: Cab Calloway was psychic. He based this song on Afroman, 40 years before he was born!

[AlettProductions]

i whip mah hair back and forth

[southwick331]

oh my god! cab is the coolest guy in the world!

[TheBenedictions]

Great bass playing on this

[Ruach]

I can't tell if he dances like a cartoon character or if cartoon characters dance like him.

[GenaTrius]

@Ruach The latter. As I understand it, this is due to direct intervention; that cat was rotoscoped for rubberhouse!

[Wyrmknave]

Cab Calloway sort of reminds me of the Cat from Red Dwarf.

[Debachi]

Yes, it is wonderful!

[Pogokoala]

thumbs up if you just went to see this because of the Nostalgia Chick from "Thatguywiththeglasses"

[andukaru]

so cool

[TheCherrybuster]

Love pot.

You?

[screeem]

0:34 he be shufflin.

[JulesCoxie]

dude, look how much darker his hands are than his face.  jeez. so much makeup.

[EmoBoiii93]

and notice the grin :P

[EmoBoiii93]

0:27-28 Guy in the background exhales his CLOUD after exhaling for afew seconds before 0:24 . I bet they made multiple takes and or cut out the parts where they were all passing it aorund hahah

[asherisraeli]

I wonder if the editors back then were runing the klips of fast.

Cous tats aint look normal

[Nonchalant82]

and here i thought i was the only one watching this in 2012 CTFU

[amesan94]

The little jig he does at the beginning of this is nothing but pure win.

[deeppurple28]

Pass that Shit. Slightly, lightly, and Politely!

[IFC94]

Thumbs up if ur watching this in 1933! 

[FullMetalPumbaa]

@IFC94 Of course, but in 120p :P

[simpleben09]

Black people; making songs about pot since the 1930's

[Core703]

@simpleben09 white people make jokes about black people since the 1600's lol

[feliperfperez]

@simpleben09 that's racist man

[yepitsthatgenevieve]

TRUE entertainment at its finest!

[jeeperscj5]

Heres to ya Cab...... You were the best !

[alexoldmovies27]

who is high enough to dislike this 0_0!!

[joshc179]

One word to describe this

AMAZING

[TheJimbarnes]

Happy New Year 2012!!!!

[joewoo127]

He Da' Man ! That's Talent ! oh Yeah !

[iloveyoujoex3]

i love this generation so much <3

[NekkidInjun]

when asked who i would smoke with, if anyone, i used to always be torn between bob marley and jimi hendrix. neither seem anywhere near as good as this fine fellow

[Rawrzapatoo]

this man is money!

[johnnydrum5]

I believe we are watching some of the first headbanging in history. Cab rules |m|

[spamkinglol]

Dad's home

[iamthemoonchilde1]

the man was a genius, PURE GENIUS! i wish i could have shaken his hand and thanked him for all of his music!

[CodeNameTyphoon]

1:58 birth of Dave Chappelles Robot dancing dude haha

[R3cal]

black folk seemed so much nicer back then.

[IVP3034101725]

You know Michael Jackson watched James Brown.

You know James Brown watched Cab Calloway.

But who did Cab watch?

[EmoBoiii93]

@IVP3034101725  Cab met mary jane :)

[Mutch820]

"Pass that thing slightly, lightly and politely"! Gotta love it!

[grimmer95rcbhs]

#swag

[tarbwsdoom]

DEFINITELY better than the version on my copy of "REEFER MADNESS"! (main menu screen) love cab... love him...

[richieify]

Cap Calloway was cool B4 there was cool .

[noseweii]

The Reefer Man HIGH .... Quality.

[lectho93]

Can anyone tell me se global subject and the goal of this song?

I heard he speak about drugs?

thx

[ThePoorShogun]

@lectho93

its not about "DRUGZ"

its about the reefer man

reefer is a pretty old slang term for weed

[cristianoclw]

how not 2 love dis?!

[blibbyblabble]

how can people dislike this, this is brilliant!

[Mr714Orange]

That is always a great clip. From "International House".

[sixstringscumdog]

Dude, was he C-walking ? Oh shit lol.

[kevlar8686]

its wonderful!

[chooseyourblues]

Man this swings like a mother...

[cbradley1391]

cab calloway was singing about weed back when you could get arrested for having it.

[ThePoorShogun]

@cbradley1391

wait actually nothing changed sadly

[MelvinatorX]

SMOKES THE REEFER GETS HIGH AND FLYS TO THE SKY!

[Dadutta]

what about the pickles is the best code for buying weed ever..

- "yo dawg what about the pickles"

- "ey man you still slinging that 'erb"

- "shush man we're calling it pickles now"

[greatunclekevin]

Fantastic, thanks for sharing!

[theeyeofthecyclops]

some of this guys songs are actualy played in the old episodes of tom and jerry

[dahomies94]

hehehe... high quality :)

[bethuneboy]

This sounds like a song straight out of fallout 3

[theuprightman83]

@bethuneboy Should have made the cut honestly.

[bethuneboy]

This sounds like a song straight out of fallout 3

[EMC520]

57 people have no class

[missywho04]

haha i have been singing it wrong, i thought it was Reaper Man lolol

[MrSoulful69]

WIZ WHO

[appiatte]

i had no idea my dance style had black heirtage

[laffizzle]

WHATS HE SMOKING

[MrCalculus999]

the way he moved his body was the introduction to white girls getting wet and curious from the black entertainer 

[JoePB216]

This is all reet!

[AdamX21198]

Please put this in the next Fallout.

[pandabearxtream]

@AdamX21198 I cant believe I saw your comment, I could not agree with you more sir. New vegas would have been a little cooler...

[AdamX21198]

@pandabearxtream I don't get why it's like 2077, and there's no hip-hop or any modern music. WTF! It's like all the modern shit gets burned but all records are in perfect condition and are on the radio, I was expecting some techno or metal or some shit. It's not 1930 you know.

[Lpz0rds]

@AdamX21198 The nuclear shit happened before hip-hop or modern music, I guess.

[GenaTrius]

@AdamX21198 As I understand it, the '60's never quite happened in Fallout, nor did anything after that. American culture was pretty much locked in that whole time, due in part to the influence of the Enclave. There must have been new music in that period, but there would have been no deviation in tone until after the bombs fell. I would like more post-war music, though, but that would take composing and recording and the like.

[AdamX21198]

@GenaTrius I know it's the fallout universe, but I think of it as fallout in our universe. The apocalypse happened and you get out of the vault in 2077, but before then it must've been in 2040 or something. Remember operation anchorage? before bombs fell? They had cloak devices, futuristic stuff. So there should be some cds lying around y'know? While they're fighting the war, there's music genres being created. Did the chinese aim for the cds?? BAM! Instant conspiracy!!

[GumBeatingTV]

ive met that funny refer man(: <3

[TheDominic123]

He Was OG I think weed was still leagal when he wrote this.

[children4sale]

this song makes me think of my dead homie MSGMCMUFFIN, RIP Gangster, <3 you.

[children4sale]

he would always play it for me making fun of me about being a retarded stoner. WELL, BEING A DUMB ASS POTHEAD DOESN'T MAKE YOU OVERDOSE AND DIE YOU JUNKIE but it's all good. I still a smoke a fat one and listen to this and think about how you are the real funny dope man.

[scottvalentine808]

i met that funny refer man, he said it was candy and dreams in the rizla, he was right

[gamer4567]

The very first stoner song

[65TossPowerTrap58DT]

precursor to every form of music today...

[jahrastapack]

how does one hepcat?

[quandrax]

@jahrastapack first u limp to tha sides like ur legs was broken,. shakin' and twitchin' kinda like you was smokin!

[fajfred]

@jahrastapack A "hepcat" is a state of being. You either are or you're not. It's that simple. Sort of like having the XFactor for lack of a better term.

[bo5061]

i wish American was like this now and days!!!

[TheGranule]

I think its coke not reefers these guys are on.

[HayHayHayy25]

Damn. Lovin' that dancing.

[johnnykool]

Some classy mother fuckers, right there. Dig it!

[lordvespatron]

This is what kick ass music is all about.

[pianojoseph84]

Love the talk at the beginning about bein' high on weed.

[TheFunnyfinn]

holy crap black and white all over again !!!

[MrTiptoes2]

First time the bass player was ever up front. The reefer man held down the bottom of Cabs band. Were these guys cool?

[zoooplantonic]

imagine being right there watching this band……..amazing

[1of111]

Weed brought me here. Dad smoked in the 70's

[WanagiAkicita]

Before it was illegal?

[IFUCKINGLOVEYOUTOO]

The sweet sound of real music.

[riptonks]

There are so many songs about weed these days, Cab Calloway nailed it before all these modern tossers. Snoop Dog, Wiz Khalfia, eat your heart out.

[davidls11]

@riptonks I like 'Panama Red' and 'Henry' by the NRPS, but you're right, Cab Calloway did it first and he did it great.

[MistaBuckness]

@riptonks hell yea cab kills it early on

[1203125]

I can't get over his little dance, that is just pure win right there.

[blewj]

@1203125 HHHAHAHAHAHA... I think that's how I dance...

[rawfflecakes]

classic!

[Kenjock3000]

Still digging that sweet three note transition up the octave starting at 1:40...hoy hoy hoy!

[Kenjock3000]

Still digging that walk up the scale starting at 1:40...hoy hoy hoy!

[ThePoonerBooner]

I was born before my time. I wish this was what "reefer" still was like.

[argebarse]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Cab Calloway was a fucking legend

[noirrosa]

I can see where micheal got some of his moves from. wow!

[DamienRuffyJiuJitsu]

Yeah boi

[alexoldmovies27]

The first song about weed untill the hippies came in!

[UnwantedStudios3]

its wonderful

[Krinisty]

OMG this was the best vid ever! ha ha

[MADMATJOHNSON]

Its Wonderful!

[FadedSnipe420]

i love this

[techcafe]

The Flower

/watch?v=hMM_T_PJ0Rs&hd=1

The Prohibition Industry

/watch?v=b6t1EM4Onao&hd=1

[morthgog]

Check out the swain' silver hat at 1:04!

[mikemat3307]

Cut time

[parvezjakson]

love cab calloway!!

[metalahhhhhhhhhhhh]

The first time I saw this I laughed soooo hard. Not because the musics bad but because up to that point all my life weed was kind of taboo. Then all of a sudden I see this and dudes talkin GET HIGH what u mean he high? SMOKE WEEEED full of weed YEAH!!! lol Ah thats awesome especially for back then. BTW anyone lookin for good current weed music on the more rock side of things check out any stoner or doom metal band.

[TheGames32]

Cab was awesome with his ability to make us all love, but; Dr.Dre was a hate filled jerk that inspired people to hurt each other. We all bleed red don't we? lets move on and let our dicks do the thinking for they seem to be the only oness with any sense.

[gxsrripper]

k im done, i sware.

[gxsrripper]

1:31 dam look at that nigga 2 step, whar his drank at?

[gxsrripper]

police: hey your high as a kite!

Me: no sir, im not a jew

[gxsrripper]

first recorded slap bass ever. Les Claypool had to learn from somewhere lol jk jk jk

[fummshizle]

thank you history chanle

[TheDudeman619]

nice

[kingxciter]

@JerseyReefer Agree, but try telling that to the corporate music industry (that they should stop fucking up music)

[85xorn]

53 people never met the reefer man

[mccalobclevenger]

Now thats a showman!

[JASONZx6R]

love how he starts off still...shen just goes off..hehehe.

[gehenna11]

there shouldn't be laws against peace

[coldsoulschmidtbull]

Any one know the name of the song where he says gooba gooba gooba gooba, ahh ahh ahh ahh, aye aye oh??? i cant find it and I really wanna hear it

[kingxciter]

@coldsoulschmidtbull you think about "fats waller - reefer song" I presume.