BBC Documentary: Sun Ra, Brother From Another Planet

[ghairraigh]

"I would have enjoyed my time on Earth here more, if the people had been alive!"

[bls31401]

48:31 - "and also an incredible sense of humor,HAheHAheHA"

[33markiss]

@George Clinton, I guess this is the Mother Ship Correction !?? I see where you got it from but its all good.

[SunRa95]

un messia era

[SunRa95]

era un angelo

[SunRa95]

sun ra era un genio assoluto del bene

[PeteMacCan]

I'm aboard!Let's go!

[cheeseydick69]

anyone know the track at 21:30

[totemaaaaa]

@cheeseydick69 where pathways meet,, off of lanquidity

[dkapone]

00:45, shades of "The Mothership" w/ "The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein". Many should thank this man(?) or being for his musical vision.

[mydelicatethunder]

going into 00:58, choked on my coffee as images of "DANGER WILL ROBISON!" shot into scenes from (original) "Land of the Lost" ( froggy aliens hiding in every niche, then creeping into motion when the pyramid atop light up!).

[garbleray]

sun ra was a veritable genius and an indispensable messenger for humanity... a space-age shaman.

[kris1too]

I had the amazing experience of meeting him...space is the place :)

[jackrazalas]

Nutjob or con man or both. I think both.

[OfficialNsteady]

some of the things said in this arent true. Better off hearing from Sun Ra himself.

[00101011001]

Fuck the ghetto, think about space.

[bluegreen1138]

Great. Thank you, rickstolk.

[bluenotejazz]

SUNtRAvellers get hip to this shit, ride the lightbeams of the 73rd cosmos quasi-strobing all five liquid dimensions back through time and space to the very beginnings of all that is and all that wasn't.Skating the icering headdress of goddess Jupiter we become one with womb of the galactic embrya giving birth to naked purple universes beating quantum star-rhythms unlocking the interplanetary key Codex deciphering and uncoupling it from the far reaches of space's corridors. And yes, I'm high.

[tatu8663]

@bluenotejazz Me too.

[ThaJointRadio]

I've had the pleasure of interviewing brotha Marshall Allen. Sun Ra is clearly the most prolific Artist EVER!!

[chosenfewrecords]

TRUE LEGEND

[wwnnn43]

One word "SCHIZOPHRENIC"

[ouijaboy666]

BBC can make anything boring. Even Sun Ra. i switched off after 2 mins.

[dereckvon]

Excellent!

[Angry6676]

Love the part from 48:42 to 49:11.

[BibsyP]

Well I didn't know that. Very thought provoking. He could be a high functioning crazy guy or really a being from saturn in an Afrikan mans body. Many people took him seriously his ideas were ahead of time.

[MrRatherino]

ah=just what I needed 2nite-thanx

[s90210h]

I'd love to watch this, but the interlacing on the video is horrible. Those horizontal lines are because you didn't deinterlace when converting from TV (or VHS) to digital video.

[GwynnEarl]

@s90210hOh my God! The interlacing is unbearable. Boo hoo. Waa. Waa. Waa. Sorry princess. Does baby want his bottle?

[evolutionofmind]

@GwynnEarl it is terrible. Wish people know how to encode!!



[eoswald203]

@s90210h there is no interlacing in outer space

[joehiggs100]

Thanks! The band came to the RNCM M/c UK c1980, a stiff room with no drink or dancing. I got my pal Jr. to interview Sun Ra on the local BBC radio reggae programme, although Jr had never heard of Sun Ra. The int/vw went fine, he said he was disappointed black folks didn't appreciate his music, tho he was glad to be playing to all, saw himself in the tradition of Ellington. He made a point of getting Jr + the other 3 black folk there to be the first to join in the dancing. Brilliant gig, a genius

[DeliciousJay]

wonderful video

[eoswald203]

man i love jon st. clairs contribution

[JasonsVinylObsession]

Anyone know the music that starts at 21:32?

[toztizok]

@JasonsVinylObsession

watch?v=L5vRHbQoTlc&feature=re­lated

[JasonsVinylObsession]

@toztizok Thanks... gonna have to put that one on my wish list!

[niigatablue]

Wow! Thanks for posting this.

[bigfootpegrande]

Thanks for the doc!

[Toracube]

He was something else.

Great post !!!

[isthiswhereitype1]

How did you upload a video that was nearly an hour long?

[DIRECTORIOLIMA]

RA!!!

[Darrylizer1]

"If you’re not a myth, whose reality are you?"

Thanks for the upload.

[malikcrumpler]

THIS IS WONDERFUL THANK YOU!!!!!!!!



[goldy2012]

I am the Myth

[AllahUniversal79]

uploaded just in time for my studies!!! Many Many Sincere Thanks!

[JaackPat]

Thank you so much for uploading this!

[taijiartrock]

AWWWWSOOOME!!! PHANTASTIC!!! CULT!!!

ULTRAMEGA-GIGA-HYPERSUPER GENIOUS!!!

We once had the 13 musicians at our place for late night dinner. Sun Ra and his Arkestra is legendary revolutionary. Thank you infinitely for posting!!!

[megajames3000]

@taijiartrock tell me what he's like!!!

[thelateoscar]

niiiiice freakin upload, the monk one too, muchas gracias :D \m/

[hawktrainer22]

Wonderful! Thanks so much for posting this!