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  • his mom played on the jeffersons tv show

  • Lenny Kravitz's version of "Hip-Hop Is Dead" from Nas.

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  • this song sucks, this guy just killed rock n roll

  • @AndrewPhlips fuck you!

  • He was right...now, december of 2011 rock and roll is dead sadly

  • Last of the rock stars from a certain era

  • we can bring it back

  • @joezjoezjoez1 Count me in 2!

    

  • dubstep is whats killing it

  • Livin... Lovin... Maid

  • Ain´t dead yet ;-)))

  • Fuck you crazy!!! I'm believe Rock 'n Roll is never die.

  • its a metaphor for what was going on in the music industry at the time

  • Didnt even know this was made a year after Nas made that statment about Hip Hop dying lol but how is Rock & Roll dead or dying? I mean i listen to rock but not hardcore but I have my fair share of groups i listen to. 311, Puddle of Mudd, Gorillaz, AAF, Lincon Park ect. but i mean I know Solja Boy killed Hip Hop who is exactly killing Rock o.O?

  • VALLENATO IS DEAD!

  • @buzzersounds jkajajajajajjajaajjajajajaja great

  • And Lenny killed it!!!

  • @WitchHazelSessions it's alright...it's hard to understand nirvana....mainly 'cause nobody understand the idea into the songs....

  • that's so...Led Zeppelin....(rock n roll is dead it's 'bout kurt's death...he has a true rock n roll atitude being natural)

  • if rock n roll is dead i m a zombie

  • Its just a song. Quit creaming yourself people.

  • if you ask me i think all music is dead i mean now days there is hardly no true artist that can really sing and most music nowdays is not what it used to be l

  • i think people choose when they think rock n roll died, i say around 2001, but its just my opinion

  • Guys, this is a Rock N' Roll song that is critisizing the music industry, if you notice he is claiming that there are people on top that cant even sing or play an instrument and yet are famous while using diamond rings and sniffing coke

  • @NunexxShadowZ good to know there's at least one other person out there who actually reads the lyrics before losing their shit. :)

  • Not as long as I BREATHE!

  • he's playing rock n roll people get real. thats not what hes saying

  • @MARMARR1 You mean you must? I don't quite understand you point? o.O

  • @grUngEroX1993

    She does fuck a lot of men, so? Go ahead and say you've done her, joke's on you because you probably have every STD known to man and several known to humpback whales now ;-)

  • @grUngEroX1993

    You seem to think you're all that, judging people you don't even know.

  • Lenny Kravitz was criticizing the state of the radio and music business when he wrote this. If you read between the lines of the lyrics you can see who and what he's mentioning. If I say what that is, a third of the people on here would argue that Lenny Kravitz was wrong. He wasn't wrong, he was right and that's why Rock'N'Roll is dead. Music has become a sport. Music is dead.

  • Rock n Roll is not dead. Rock n Roll is sleeping, let him rest. He will be back, but for now atleast we have modern alternative rock.

  • Yeah Rock and Roll is dead. True. BUT Only on the radio, not in blood.

  • I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity. -John Lennon

  • fuck yea you can feel zeppelin in this song :P  very heavy pagey riff :P

  • his riffs have the tune of jimi hendrix but the melody of jimmy page which is a FREAKIN AWESOME COMBINATION (rythmatic, straight forward and has balls)..

  • rock n roll died about 30 years ago

  • Rock n roll has been dead since 1995. It looks like noise is here to stay.

  • @RetroJenny them crooked vultures, qotsa, velvet revolver, not to mention all the rock n roll that bands out there that aren't signed...

  • Rock N' Roll may not be dead.... BUT BIN LADEN SURE FUCKING IS!!!

  • Lenny Kravitz is dead!

  • @luxhey Do you even know what this song is about?? You fucking idioit!! He's not saying it as a fact... His opionon at the time was the industry was being overwheled by fucking pop and boy bands....Listen to the words!!!

  • @zeljr I must realise my mistake... You are correct, and i'm sorry! I should've listened before i yelled... Hmm, still i think he should've changed the name, and made the verse more outstanding, 'cause alot of people makes this mistake, and misunderstands the true meaning of this song. Well i still dont like his vocals, but then again, thats just my opinion! xD

  • @luxhey I should noy have called you that... Alot of real musicians felt that way at the time and many still do. It seems now a days people just buy a Motif, vocorder, and a 16 track.recorder they can make a star out of ANYONE!!!!

  • @zeljr Totally! Except that they have to look good... If you doesn't look good, the chance that you will end up a star today, is VERY small! That is indeed sad!

  • @zeljr Thanks bloody christ for some sanity...!!!!

  • ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE! As long as one fucking soul still believes in rock n' roll, it won't die! And i know i fucking do! who's with me?

  • @luxhey damn right friend, damn right!

  • @luxhey  YOU GOT THAT RIGHT ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE

  • @luxhey me too

  • @luxhey I'm with you!

  • @luxhey YEAH!

    

  • Bin Laden Is Dead!!! xDD

  • 24 fans de Justin "Gay" Bieber

  • @Kalambrer ur a fuck, tu est une piece du Ca-Ca BITCH! (universal language)

    don

    t use gay like that, it's not cool

  • que era mijito rico lenny kravitz en aquellos años ..babaaaaaaa xD!

  • rock n roll is dead?

    trust me... you guys aint the only ones... hip hop is dead too...

    alot of you guys might hate it with a passion but it is... like honestly i think all music genre's are going through a period where its dying

  • @aznpowerdaniel It seems like music in general is kinda in a weird spot right now, but recently I have been seeing a few good original rock bands in my hometown of Philly....Bands like Mach 22, Ty Asoudegan, Electric Boa, and American Swagger are doing some great unsigned original rock n roll...I'm sure soon enough, there will also be some standout rap artists also....But as far as rock n roll being dead? It's coming back to the front slowly but surely....

  • This isn't talking about toll is it?

  • HELL YEAH!!!! SYSTEM OF A DOWN KILLED ROCK'N'ROLL!!!

  • chill guys rock n roll isn't dead

  • title says it all, ts all about hip hop now

  • @Evilstewie66391 Rap is dead to bro....

  • @Bagheera2 True man.

  • Rock and Roll is DEAD! But Lenny is bringing it back!

  • @wifimonkey lol 

  • geil der advokatensohn aus ny,,,,habe ihn mitte der neunziger in der berliner arena erlebt...ein echter roller...

  • one of my favorites

  • I assume the title is an ironic expression. d>.<b |m|

  • Kravitz is one of the last true rockstars!

  • @Dudeprelude69 Well SoundGarden,Wolfmother,and Buckcherry are the last of hard rock....

  • Rock N' Roll never Die

  • Man rock and roll is spirit, fuck categorising everything. Tool are fuckin rock and roll as they do exactly what they want, how they want and they dont give a fuck. So many unnecessary sub genres, just accept things as being fucking awesome and stop trying to take away from the artist.

  • @solidheir

    I agree.. TOOL ARE A GREAT BAND but you explain to me where there is any BLUES influence .Rock n roll is / was built / influenced from the great blues artists..The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Cream, Deep Purple, Aerosmith , Hendrix, KRAVITZ, ect, ect...ALL INFLUENCED BY BLUES........IT'S IN THEIR SOUND............. Rock n Roll ..........

  • I hate my country because this vevo forbidden,why people is fool ;(

  • funny cuz most of hip hop is dead as well, music now a days...

  • If Rock and Roll is dead, why am I still breathing?

  • I've been feeling like this for a long time now it is pretty much dead 

  • This video is way cool artistry and Lenny majorly rocks!

  • Great riff! :D

  • Sure Rock and Roll is dead, but why Lenny moved to pop? :( I'd respect him much more if he stayed in the rock genre.

  • If you like the heavier Kravitz stuff, give CJ McClellan's debut record "Shades of Revolution" a spin. he has been described as a heavier and blues-based version of this style of music, and one of the best artists you have never heard of. Rock on Lenny. You the man.

  • What a bunch of numpties... He is saying Rock n' Roll is Dead while he is riffing out on some of the wickedest rock n' roll on the planet. Can you say, "Tongue in cheek? I knew ya could..."

  • Buenisiiiiimoooo!!!!!

  • Holly cow I never realized how GREAT this video is, who directed it? it´s amazing and crazy

  • Another great video by a fashion photographer. Lenny is great live

  • NO BOTOL , NO KALENG ,NO ASAP ,NO SERBUK , NO BATU ( BIAR SEHAT )

  • Don't forget....MOTÖRHEAD!!!!!

  • vevo DIE

  • Quote from Lenny himself (Source: Wikipedia)

    That song was completely misunderstood. A lot of people don't take [the song] that one layer deeper--they hear the title and chorus and take it at face value. They think I'm being serious when actually I'm a very big clown. But you have to know me to see that. I'm constantly cracking up and cracking everybody else around me up. People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it.

  • nobodyy seems to notice that rock n roll is part of a music evolution...the youngest offspring beeing housemusic.

  • I disagree. I agree more with Ronnie James Dio- Metal Will Never Die!

    I'm more of a glass-half-full kinda guy I guess.

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  • Directed by Fashion Photographer Ruven Afanador. You can see his style in this - fantastic

  • que bien le quedan las rastas, es su mejor estilo!

  • ye but some play music which is close to rock'n'roll. :)

  • best Kravitz Song PERIOD

  • When I listen to this, the guitar riff reminds me of Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin

  • @FireCrow87 shit i thought of the exact same thing, i think he might have based it off that

  • YEP...Lenny is right.. the 'music' is computerized, homogenized, and all messed up...what groups play their own music and sing with voices without a computer?

  • @DoUWanna007 how about lenny himself, cage the elephant, etc. hit up the indie rock bands they are all up and comming and bring on the rock and reefer feel when you hear their songs

  • he's right!

  • Tool are great, BUT THEY ARE NOT ROCK N ROLL! Keep fooling yourselves people.Rock n roll is and has been dead...When people aren't afraid to be what they want, and say what they want, rock n roll will make a comeback.Until then, keep getting your hair styles at super cuts, and buying you rock n roll clothes that were made in China, at the mall.Remeber to look repectable so others will accept you, Music is art, not an object, and art is the freedom of expression with no limitations.

  • @AMERICANSWAGGERMUSIC try airbourne bro.

  • @AMERICANSWAGGERMUSIC you havent heard much metal have you?

  • @jojothedemolisher Yeah,...I have heard alot of good metal bands, but this is about rock n roll...A totally different genre of music.....

  • @AMERICANSWAGGERMUSIC i mean like the additude you just described is in a lot of metal still.

  • @AMERICANSWAGGERMUSIC i meant that you listed a lot of qualities that can still be found in the metal community, and a lot of the bad qualities that cant be found there.

  • @AMERICANSWAGGERMUSIC lemmy is undead, never forget motörhead

  • @benediction666 Yes Motorhead are still alive and kickin.....Love them...Lemmy is awesome....But who is to carry the torch soon? Aerosmith (older material) AC/DC, Motorhead,,ect...ect....ect, are all true rock n roll heroes, but are getting up there in age...Who will carry the torch to keep rock n roll alive in honor of them, and the people who crave it?

  • @AMERICANSWAGGERMUSIC Rock and roll isent about the way u dress or where u get ur hair cuts from, its the emotion put into the song and the sound of a masterpeice when someone creates a song that ppl love to just hear and yell the lyrics while they listen, rock and roll is still being played whether disagree or not,

    i play guitar in 3 different bands i cut my own fucking mohawk, and i buy the cheapest clothes around, that dosent matter im being myself i dont give a fuck what ppl think, peace!

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  • @Rockingrobbie3 Exactly!

  • @AMERICANSWAGGERMUSIC good shit

  • @ThisIsJonBarlow  Thanks Jon!

  • @ThisIsJonBarlow Thanks Jon!

    

  • @AMERICANSWAGGERMUSIC Dude, ACDC, Kiss and still is highly active, rock n roll will never die.

  • Rock & Roll is Alive and it lives in Minneapolis

  • @AMERICANSWAGGERMUSIC your on crack if you think rockin role is dead.

  • @AMERICANSWAGGERMUSIC man, i've been reading this part of your comment "When people aren't afraid to be what they want, and say what they want, rock n roll will make a comeback" and it's so true.. but rock n roll isn't dead and never will be. Rock n roll is out there, waiting for us.

  • @AMERICANSWAGGERMUSIC I understand your point. Rock and roll is an attitude not a style. The attitude is that "anything goes". I'm drug-free, covered in tattoos and I wear cloths from Express. None of those things make me rock and roll. But when I bust out my Rock and Roll attitude and your balls fall off then you'll know how rock and roll I am. :D

    There are many more like me. Trust me, rock and roll is alive and well.

  • I'm not a fan of Auto-tune but I agree it can be used on a limited basis.

  • @BBQFanNo1 Yeah agreed. Only for like a cool effect or if it fits the song, but not to make bad singers sound good.

  • I still hear Rock N Roll in this song or songs like Shine by Collective Soul. Rock N Roll is not dead. Music has just developed and sound has just progressed in the last 50 years from Mono to Stereo. Digital has preserved sound from the lost of those old worn out Analog Vinyl Records. The only thing that is debateable about Music is too much using of Auto-tune. Auto-tune like Lip-syncing should only be used limitly. Auto-tune is over used today. That is the great abuse of the Music industry.

  • I need qto learn this song on the drums for college it sounds easy but i need the tabs

  • rock n roll is fucking dead period thanks alot mtv!!!!

  • Rock 'N' Roll Should Be Resurrected !!!

  • Of course it's dead, it was killed by the media, you know it's dead when its artists become video game caricatures.

  • You see what killed Rock and Roll is technology. Anyone with any type of musical talent can buy a music program for fifty bucks, go to their computer and create a 3 minute song, put a good voice behind it with good lyrics, and pow...you got a pop song in the makings. You don't need the musicanship of guitars, amps, drums, bass, keyboard, etc. when you got all that in a music program. Plus, people got tired of the drugs and suicide with Rock by the mid 90's. Drugs became uncool by then.

  • Rock and Roll is dead for sure. I can't recall the last time there was a true rock star since Kurt Cobain. Look at at the Top 100 on the Billboard charts and tell me how many "rock bands" you can find in the top 20? One maybe? And for all of you guys and girls that say open your eyes and check out the new rock bands coming out, open your eyes and check out new classical composers that came out with new classical arrangements. It don't matter anymore, it ain't "popular" with the mainstream.

  • Rock and Roll is NOT dead! You just have to look a little harder to find the good new stuff cause it SURE isn't on the radio!

  • @captaintrips2017 Just face it. Rock N Roll is dead budd. Rather you like it or not.

  • What a trippy video

  • funky

  • does the intro sound a bit like led zeppelin?????

  • yeah, rock & roll is dead unfortunately =(

  • OMG this man is awesome! He has silver glittery polish on!

  • i want that pimp jacket

  • ROFLMAO!

  • another revolution needs to happen now! music like this needs to come back because its people like lenny kravitz that inspire millions of musicians like myself because they have REAL talent..

  • Si señor!!! Lenny se sale!!!

  • Lenny's "Circus" album is a little dark, but very underrated. I heard him talk about the lyrics to this song in an interview once. He elaborated something that the rock and roll cliches are dead, not the music. Shortly after this song, Prince released a b-side called "Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive (And It Lives In Minneapolis)" for the single "Gold" from his album "The Gold Experience album". Prince is one of Lenny's major influences and I think they are friendly.

  • the day that music died is the day that kurt cobain died

  • @willfalo no the day music died is the the day Michael Jackson died

  • he looks like a black iggy pop with dreads in those leather pants loooool

  • if rock n roll is dead... why is he trying so hard to be it?

  • @OBlahBlahBlah amen

  • Lenny is a liar. Everything sounds great in this song, but none of you all have seen my channel yet so you don't know all the great new artists that are there. If you all like them listen too their music more often instead of whinning about how much beaver boy sucks. And it woudn't hurt to subscribe too.

  • that riff made me shiver all the way throught the song...thats real music. feel. not how hot you are how skinny you are,but how tight and how much yiu get behind it.

  • see, this song sounds poppy to me......

    i guess he got one thing ironicly right with this song

    rock and roll is dead

  • It's actually a (more or less...??) 'Tribute'..(a GOOD one..) to 'Retro' Rockers such as Led Zeppelin.......'Rock 'n' Roll' and all that..in MY opinion, anyway---F*ckin' Brilliant, though.....LOL...this, and 'Fly Away'..........I TOTALLY related to that One........x

  • It's only "mostly dead'...Not completley dead. Just ask Billy Crystal. "Booo Booo" .... Or John Anthony Gillis...

    -As you wish

  • Lenny is the fucking man!!!!

  • @72gregster Yes he is! You take 1 part Hendrix and 1 part Seal and you get LENNY! Bad motherfooha!

  • @CaptAdams35

    I have to agree with that. 100%

  • I thought it was satire. I do not think he actually meant that rock & roll is dead, like gone away.

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