Richard Pryor plays 'Black Death Metal'

[tensacross]

i think the noose and the hitler allusion bookending this must be commentaries... like blacks and jews dont need to pretend to be amused by death or evil because theyve FACED it in reality....

only sheltered white kids would be amused by this type of goofy "entertainment" which fetishizes evil...

its almost an insult to people who have gone thru the real deal..

and it supremely bizarre and SILLY!

thats my guess anyway lol

[cometothesabbat]

@tensacross I don't think that has anything to do with it. White people faced death too, by Hitler and Stalin for instance. But most importantly, that was mainly grandparents of people living today. It's cool that people have different tastes, but my tastes are all over, and let me tell you, black and death metal (the proper, from the 80s) has AWESOME energy. Even if it's silly, it RULES! There are black black metal musicians too. Famous example: Caller Of The Storms.

[GSkid2000]

Considering the history of lynching of blacks in the past...... does anybody else find it odd that the video starts by clearly aiming the camera on the noose before Richard Pryor (a black man) comes out to play on stage?!?!

Kinda funny that Richard and the producers were oblivious to that. Makes the cheesy clip even more cheesy! LOL!

[switzerlicious]

@GSkid2000 If you think the noose wasn't deliberate and somehow went over the head of Richard Pryor I dare say you don't understand Richard Pryor very well.

[WILLIAMLIKESPUPPIES]

HE WAS DRUMMER IN MOVIE WILD IN THE STREETS 1968 -RICHARD WAS

[druidmacarthur]

Did Richard Pryor just Gas a bunch of Jews???

[nimamkruha]

Wonder if that would be Sandra Bernhard in the audience...?

[dwtr0209]

His show was ahead of its time...



[LLPinney1969]

Oh, I get it! Richard Pryor is doing a parody of Kiss's success, which lacks explanation, save to think that far too many Hippy's had children in the 1970s after taking acid on a daily bases. Hmm...

[kwithyco]

Rum Tum Tugger

[tyronesdragoness]

Sandra Bernhardt 3:23, Richard Pryor looking like a Geoge Clinton rocked out lion from the Wizard of Oz, and the short black "little person" at the hitler end: "we'll be back after this short pause"..LOL!! wow...what the? is this...LOL!

[reallifediva1]

Too funny!  I am weak.

[reallifediva1]

LOL

[rushnerd]

Wtf am I watching

[ubertramp1]

Dethklok! Dethklok! Dethklok!

[ubertramp1]

This is what happens when Pryor gets high with Prince and Ozzy, the Prince of Darnkess.

[bmig2463]

Classic Comedy!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ckmusictx]

Now we know where Sunn O))) got their costume ideas.

[GratefulEll]

Fucking Hysterical...This is what you get when you cross Kiss with Prince...The best part is when he starts to sing at the 3:10 mark.....LMFAO

[plxplox94]

did u chicaa chicaa notice sandra chicc chica bernhardt in the audience?

[MayoFail]

@Cocobongo2009 lovely

[bcwedas]

I remember seeing this on TV when it first aired.

[wiremother]

I'm not sure he needed all 8 minutes to communicate this idea.

[OdinPwnsSatansCunt]

That was one of the more badass things I've ever seen. Except the music. Someone should dub over that, because that video was insanely evil, and by evil I mean awesome.

[Spookimitsu]

Sandra Berhard was a cast member on the show. Along with Tim Reid, Robin Williams, Paul Mooney, John Witherspoon, and others.

[catolog96]

Well he did say that he would kill them all in the lyrics. If he didn't, that would make him a liar.

[PlanterPaige42]

I literally don't know what to say to this...

except THAT GUY IS AMAZING AT GUITAR!!!!!!!

his lyrics on the other hand... meh could use work

[Toruk8Makto]

WTF WTF WTF!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL LMFAO!! ROFL!! Out of this WORLD FUNNY!

[UberMetal9001]

Richard Pryor is true metal \m/

[hemicudaconvertible]

FAR OUT !

[GordonFreeMANness]

It doesn't sound like death metal. Rock'n'roll more like.

[hotrodheart9]

Sandra was pretty cute, actually,,,,

[rosss1959]

@stabbeyroad. Yeah thats her.  She was a regular when he had his comedy series

[dnegativeproductions]

the kingsmen didn't actually cuss on louie louie,but i get your point



[paintandillustrate]

YAAYAAYSYAYAYAYAYANJSKSKAUYAYA­YAYAY!

[hironoodles]

and it looks like he killed the non-whites too!

[hironoodles]

a lot like the Sunn O))) gig i saw

[shuttledik]

This is Spinal Tap?! NO! THAT was Spinal Tap. Reiner is so derivative.

[stabbeyroad]

Anyone else notice Sandra Bernhard in the audience?

[MarsHottentot]

@stabbeyroad

Yep. 2:40 red shirt!

[friendlier]

@stabbeyroad Yeah, he mentions that in the intro.

[gmf20002]

thats black death. i think he threw out cocaine and heroine and killed the first people then he sprayed that gun and it looks like it says DDT on the side. THEN he shoots the rest. black death

[1DJPhresh]

His show appeared on NBC

[checkunderyourbed]

Black Nazi MIDGET?!? There's just so many things wrong with that image.

[blackdeathcleveland]

This is the greatest skit ever aired on TV!!

[ebazz8305]

Effin epic and awesome..hilarious too but still awesome. Respect for Richard Pryor..lol

[kaypacha88]

tru "Death" Metal

[godawefulll]

Trve Kvlt!!!:)

[tcalger87]

When I first saw this 33 yrs ago I could NOT stop laughing.

[SleepyNinja313]

What the fuck is that he's spraying?

[StoopidM0nkey23]

How come in the description it says "Pryor utilizing the long-accepted habit of slurring your words to get past censors? (See 'Louie Louie' by the Kingsmen for history's best example)"

There is nothing in the lyrics to Louie Louie that needed to be censored. Is archieoogley retarded because he also says it is an all white audience, when you can clearly see that there is black people there too. What a dumbass.

[hmks73]

Loved the tounge action on the guitar, Rich Pryor you are the Best, and we miss you!!!

[ORALORALSEX]

Is It Just Me or IS that Little Richard up there :)

[gwarcannibal666]

HOLY SHIT!!! THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!!! RICHARD PRYOR!! THIS TOTALLY "KILLS" ME!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! NICE!

[fifielcoolio]

most un metal dressed crowd ever!!!!

[sabbathtage25]

@fifielcoolio yeah but you can always nail some of those girls in the audience. If they get wet over that richard pryor early metal, they'd squirt for sure for some Slayer.

[Grantjr1]

I remember watching this as a kid. The riffs always reminded me of Foghat...

[SilverTounge85]

The end solo is very Tony Iommi-ish. :)

[outwater]

This was a full casted show everyone was paid. Rick Vito plays Pryors guitar backstage. Marty Grebb was the guitar player on stage. Freebo is the base player I forget the other twos names.

[jtBrander]

@outwater and you can see Sandra Bernhardt in the front row, classic Pryor!

[Lele0Live]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hahahahahaha!!!!

[akalashay]

on wikipedia it said this was controversal that he only killed the white people, but clearly you see he killed everyone there. i hate how the media lie about every fucking thing. this show was canceled because they were to "black"

[electrokinesis]

That midget looks like Bushwick Bill!

[BillyKnockout]

lol

10 blunts

[acidbath32]

wasn't richard pryor jocking on the all african american death metal band, black death?

[stonehopper1067]

@acidbath32 Nope, that was just a coincidence. Black Death formed in 1977 that same year this show was on. I think he was making fun of KISS and Alice Cooper. Plus in Richards mind a band called Black Death with a black lead singer would scare white america lol

[acidbath32]

@stonehopper1067 whoa thats a trip, could have been possible that they were paying tribute to him as well by forming the band?

[stonehopper1067]

@acidbath32 That could be possible. Black Death came from Ohio, but this show only aired for I think 4 weeks. It was a really short run. But that would be awesome if that was true.

[dapianoman76]

@stonehopper1067

same Black Death logo, so it very well may be them actually playing the song!

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

2:00 hey look mike skilj PAUL STANLEY how they get away with that???

[termiblaster]

holy crackfest!!

[ValentinoDracula]

he then killed everyone?, man Lenny Kravitz is a dick!

[TracyChristian]

Did you notice Sandra Bernhardt in the audience?

[083770]

@TracyChristian I so totally did - at 2:40

[efcbluepirate]

I wish this band really existed

[psalmification]

Genesis 1:7-8 a Dome Separate Water and Sky: Give to Me Dome?

[Jorlivia]

uhhhhhhhhh i';m friggn mesmerized lmao

[1KillaSkrilla1]

please upload gun slingers if you can

[ReeseMac]

Could you imagine being 5-6 years old sitting in front of the tv and watching this? Well that was me back in 1977-1978. As a kid I understood it was a crazy wild rock concert and that was ok .....but I just could not understand why he killed everyone in the crowd. I was wrestling with that question in my head. Why did he kill them? I just couldn't understand why. The silence at the end was eerie too being that the audience was dead. Very bizarre skit.

[o8MetalHead8o]

........what.....the fuck....was that?

[MrCULTURE401]

funny thing about it its rocks lol good skit

[ReeseMac]

oh yeah...Black Sabbath too

[ReeseMac]

I remember watching this as a kid.....bizarre.....just like some of the rock acts during that time (KIZZ , David Bowie , The New York Dolls)

[ewc1993]

He was what he said he was. That Nigger's Crazy!

[Jazzy9964]

I remember this when I was a kid. (before cable). they won't dare air this today. Thanks for posting

[superchicano]

Richard Pryor a comedian way ahead of its time

[Felreaper]

D-D-Doctor Rockso?

[hillbilly1958]

for you metal heads, if you don"t like this you don"t like cornbread&beans LOL

[emptyflagpole]

@archieoogley - what a find! thanks for sharing. just fyi, i noticed that not all of the audience members are white (as per your intro). in fact, it's more multiracial than most metal shows i've been to!

[funkalleros]

yep, 1:56 there's Sandra Bernhard...she must have been a fan!

[CrimsonBaby2007]

The 70's was a hell of a time!! LOL!!!!

[ZombiesUPtheHell]

I thought that was Sandra Bernhard! the hell she doing on this? rofl

[ShipMonster]

du du duuuu du, du du du duuu du, du du duuu du 

[TrainSounds]

RIP Richard Pryor

[Notime4awatch]

What the F*CK....LMAO!

[doopeyduk]

sweetgeorgiapeach47@yahoo.com

[saintmichaelsarmoury]

Sunn O))? is that you?

[lakertaker2003]

Thank God for Youtube and the person for posting some of the funniest sh!t ever!! I am a huge Pryor fan & have been listening to him since 11 years old. He is great and I didnt even know this existed until now. I laughed my ass off cuz I also am a huge KISS fan, He was so damn good. Just another fantastic example of pure genius. He was the Dave Chappelle of the 70's & 80's. F kin funny Sh!t!

[KnowThyself24]

this video=wtf

[DXslilgangsta]

This is so F"N BRUTAL!!!!

It makes Venom look like Abba

[toreaxe]

Love this song. Wonder who it really is?

[systemtree]

Sandra Bernhard @ 1:56

[sobman]

So fucking metal \m/

[allprog]

Pops from the wayans bros, and robin williams is in this too... yeah it was funny then got kinda dark towards the end.

[saj8]

I can imagine this song being the theme for CM Punk's Straight Edge Society.

[RastafariPoet]

Jimi Hendrix' influence is all over this lol That ofcourse and the current generation back then.

[somerzeze]

AT the peak of theatric glam rock with KISS and PARLIAMENT with funk on acid . This, for what it was at the time is alright. I GOT TO SHOW UM GONNA KILL ALL OF YOU....and their dumb asses let it happen like he was a GOD laying down a commandment......in fact, to the avg fan of whatever type of music back then they were. MONEY FOR NOTHING and PUSSY FOR FREE and can't leave out those rediculous requests. THIS is making fun of those groups who had it like that.

[ThrashisBack6]

i was the 60,666 view xD

[Alu142]

@ThrashisBack6 WAAAAAAAAAAAAW youre like.. soooo coool!!!!! can i touch you?

[klasomentas]

was the word "metal" even so spread out as for Richard Pryor to use it to describe heavy metal bands in 1977?

[hyperbully]

An interesting coincidence is that there was an all-black hard rock band called "Death" who were active about the same time this aired. They were from Detroit. Their music is much better that the music in this clip so I muted the video and played "You're a Prisoner" by Death instead. :D

[shane4896]

This would make a great halloween costume for a black person.

[agrotter]

shut the fuck up. you sound prejudice

[shane4896]

Hows that?

[jellyhelm]

Just as weird as the ending is Pryor's musically interpretation of heavy metal as new orleans blues/funk.

Incredible. Better the second time. Gets weirder.

[shane4896]

Thats the best death rock I ever seen.

[tymespan1]

Uhhhhhhhh...that was pretty fucked up right there man...LOVED IT!!! (p.s. y'all know that wasn't really the RP show right? Just checking.)

[jmkc67]

this... is... amazing

[afistfulofclips]

mass suicide of whites at the feet of a Black cult figure. it's like jonestown in reverse, only jonestown didn't happen til after this was broadcast.

[vedoughboi]

Crazy sht

[luciano9009]

Great vid man, just what I needed when drinking these beers man.

[stonehopper1067]

Is that robbin williams playing drums in the background? I know he did the show too, the drummer has his same hair lol

[Demonizer68]

A band that kills it's fans? I think pryor might have started the idea of Dethkloks live shows were most of thier fans are killed or Horrificlly injured.

[freddydred]

yeah, Pryor was definitely doing drugs during this time.

[vedoughboi]

That's a fkd up ending...

[Sytch4Me]

richard pryor was one of the "pryoneers" of black metal

[sucramchicken]

the band was grooving lol

[Oni64]

lol black nazi midget at the end

[stonehopper1067]

WOW, this is the trippist shit I have ever seen, and I can't stop laughing. Dave Chappelle aint got shit on Richard.

[xcefirox]

pero black deth metal jajaj es bueno el video

[tsawyerfam]

very young Sandra Bernhard is @ 1:54

[cottonmirror]

It's a circus. No striking , No special .

The entire first song is strange and foolish .

How can I say ? I waste my 7 minute to watch this garbage .

[makeinstall]

OMFG, a Noose.

[acidqueen69]

what was he trying to say here?

[danifilth28379]

Heavy metal  Music is Crazy lol

[snipes1000]

Shut up

[danifilth28379]

Thats the message what hs is trying to say believe it or not,,,Tell me to shut up all you want to but you know its the truth tho

[vedoughboi]

My new favorite song

[vedoughboi]

Illuminati to the core

[davisismail1comcast]

The Genius of Richard Pryor, who would of dreamed he do some shit like this. Funny as hell

[UltMitSinner78]

His cd should be called "Say Heavy Metal Pryor Die"

[MrWantonoital]

METAL!!!! PRYOR!!!!

[ZeitlanKozan]

makes me wanna cry that he smashed a 70s Flying V! :(

[ZeitlanKozan]

You iggots, This played on prime time TV when Rich had his own show 8 o'clock in the evening. The way I had remembered it he said I'm gonna kill you motherfuckers!

[likeikept2]

is that cocaine he's spraying!!!!?

[xxxYourMotherxxx111]

cocaine is a hell of a drug!

[pointgiver123]

loool it's just like Spinal Tap :DD

[AnGeLiToOwW]

jeje funny ^^

[arkonastriborg123]

True "black" Metal

[DethVoid]

this is my favorite NSBM band

[BerserkerNica]

whats NSBM????

[mvtiilation666]

@BerserkerNica National Socialist Black Metal

[unique74muzik]

my man was ahead of his time..its deep too..

[Similie]

that is dark. gotta watch some brady bunch vids after that one.

[eboneetigress]

HE KILLED IT - LITERALLY!

the midget at the end? I can see why this show never made it!

[LuisCyphre]

One of the funniest damn skits Pryor has ever done! These guys are like Kiss, Parliament Funkadelic and GWAR rolled up into one!

[zefurioustube]

* done as a comic sketch, but how far ahead of his time was RP, if he could see what is actually happening today in HR/HM that he may have inspired

[germmz1993]

dude its jimi hendrix on crack!!!!

jk

this kicks ass! never seen anything like this. thanks for posting

[potweedtrees420]

Weird as fuck

[MarJo138]

by the way, who has seen the black metal prank call video here on youtube? is this the same band as the album cover they use in the video?

[tauntingwawa]

yeah it is i this band is fake though

[MarJo138]

cocaine is a hell of a drug...

[amzhondo]

@MarJo138 richard

[sunuvabytch]

Is that Sandra Bernhard at 1:55?

[MarJo138]

yeah, i think it was! if she woulda smiled we'd know for sure....

[DeutscheBagge]

@sunuvabytch

Yes. She was one of the writers on the show back then.

[gjamin]

The audience is not all white. See at 5:43.

[TruthSurge]

8 min is way too long for this obvious punchline. 2 min might have worked.

[LuminousVelocity]

Black Death Rulez

[kgmckool]

I remember when I first saw this in the early 80's, I was like damn he's throwin' pills in the crowd! I was really young at time.

[KyUuTiP]

BRUTAL!!!

[krystalxlyte]

lol! The black nazi?? wow..

[AcEoMaTiK]

OMG, now he's shootin'g DDT at the audience. Richard Pryor was a comical, but serious genius.

[AcEoMaTiK]

"I got you dope, I'm gonna KILL ALL OF YOU!!" Tooo funny!

[weinhold5]

that was soooo stupid and the costumes were all very very gay!

[AlucardsQuest]

That's part of the joke.

[EligosPoltergiest]

the part where he kills the audience was unexpected, i like stuff like that