O' Death Klansmen - O Brother Where Art Thou?

[CoffeeCupGoodness]

The beginning alway reminds me of the marching scene in the wizard of oz.

[TROLLinYou2012THEeND]

im black and im ofended by this part

[skmongol]

@TROLLinYou2012THEeND shut up nigger. you shouldn't even know how to read.

[TROLLinYou2012THEeND]

i hate the KKK the black peaple hater!

[MineMurphydog]

"They desecrated a firey cross!"

[nebraskabaseball]

Good thing there were some wire cutters just chilling there.

[MyGalileo7]

Oooooweeeeeoh.  Yeooooo ohh.

[sxocial88]

he can catch a falling flagpole a few inches in diameter within a fraction of a second but he can't take two steps to move away from the falling cross?? somethings off with that man.

[peterbiltearl]

I beloing to a soitent secwit oiginization-- lol the way that dude talked was hilarious

[TheFiahman1]

Damn!...were in a tight spot!

[Kimberliss42]

Great clip.. Thank you...

[tracybuddha]

Thumbs up for DR Ralph Stanley and the Clinch mountain boys

[Jessyleppert]

Those aren't real KKK members.

[JJproductions852]

is that a song that there singing? i would like to know

like a KKK soundtrack or something

[JJproductions852]

@JJproductions852 like ive heard it before, the first bit it goes OOOOH, eOOHH, eOOOOOOOOOOHo, ieHOOOO, ooh, OHHHHHHHHHe. and just keeps repeating itsself.

[taypar11]

This scene reminds me of the Wicked Witch of the West's color guard and Dorothy's three friends watching them enter the castle. I wonder how many have actually scene a real Klan rally as I did in the mid-60's in Southern Arkansas? It was so scary because no one, not even the police who were actually part of the rally itself, was there to make sure there was peace. Blacks literally hid in their homes back then. I hate racism of any kind, even black racism against whites like Al Sharpton.

[chaz706]

@taypar11 That must have been a scary sight. I'm not going to lie... you probably wouldn't see anything scarier unless you traveled back in time and saw the Nazi meetings in Gernamy.

Quite honestly... I'd see all those rags and would've taken the opportunity to give them a molotov... that much evil in one place... only proper thing to do would be to burn it all.

[wbeaty]

Low, High, Low, High, Low, High, Low

Eenie,

meenie,

miney,

mo!

[tresia622]

By far one of the funniest scenes in the movie. "From all those smartass folks that say we condecended from monkey", "the color guard is colored", "

[Theconfusedkooppas]

@Kat112219 wtf fuck your a racist dumbass who embrasses hate! god made us all equal so what the kkk does is wrong so burn in hell ...p.s bed sheets (robes) are highly flamible so good luck with that asshole!

[dfhdjgheugdg]

@Kat112219

Read some History Books you Goddamn Whore.

The KKK was(and still is) a Bunch of Racist retards who are no better than Nazis.

[thedust85]

@Kat112219 some body understands preach on long live  dixie

[TheBrautigans]

Delmar's facial expressions through this whole film are just priceless

[Eldritchfan]

It's a tea party!

[LOVECRAFT97]

K-K-K!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[NOMNOMCarpet]

"The Klan are portrayed as the geniuses they truly are." LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Thank you for that laugh, Mahakala306.

[RoxxiS8]

I have always wondered.. Wouldn't the men holding Tommy realize he was talking to the people behind him?

[backwoodsninja]

@RoxxiS8 Haha. Yeah, I always thought it was kinda silly that no one heard that whole conversation.

[kenny187ful]

reminds me of the guards of the witchs castle in wizard of oz

[Jessyleppert]

@kenny187ful The Scene is a reference to that Oz scene.

[verdew8181]

My uncle in Kentucky once made the statement "The KKK was the best thing to ever happen to the South". And there are apparently still plenty who believe that.

[VenusInPisces]

I like the song, but the scene is scary and freaky, I would love to save the song somehow, but I don't really want this scene in my play lists.

[TheBrautigans]

@VenusInPisces Hey, if you were wondering what the song is, it's O Death by Ralph Stanley, so you can YouTube it or buy it off iTunes or something

[lkgrave]

How surreal is it to listen to a spiritual being sung at a KKK rally?

[ToraXaolin]

In the mid-1930s, the Nazi party sent emissaries to the United States to investigate the Klan and possibly recruit them to support the Nazi movement. They quickly determined that the Klan was neither sophisticated nor organized enough to be a Nazi auxiliary. They were not geniuses, they were bigots. This was a chilling scene though- very well done, thanks for the upload.

[TheAR15shooter]

For every like one person dies.

[TheAR15shooter]

I'm singing this when I come over to my brothers house dressed as death

[PridelessChickz]

The KKK freakin' scare the boiling stew from my tummeh! D:

[alexie832]

This is one of the most scariest songs I have ever heard especially when klansmen sing it :(

[gaz3ffh]

i think this song is better slow like in o brothers

[LindseyLayne]

This is the single scariest part of the entire movie. Especially as a child...

[wazdozz]

Poor Black fella walked right into

a good old Tea party

look close enough you can see glen beck,sean hannity,rush hosted by foxnews

LOL

[SixFeetUndr101]

@wazdozz Right On LOL!

[Polandmj88]

The founder of the KKK intentions was for it to be just a social gathering. But groups began radicalize.

[CharlieBarkinTheDog]

@Polandmj88 considering what he wrote in his book about the kkk i dont think he was a good guy

[alekshindin]

@CharlieBarkinTheDog Nathan Bedford Forrest, the leader of the first klan, was a racist, murderous, traitor and psychopath. The second klan in the 1920's was started by a kind of frat boy who loved being parts of clubs, I think that's what Polandmj88 is referring to. They were still murderous, racist psychos though.

[panterasux22]

@Polandmj88 ahahaha your polish. go build me a wall

[MontanaErik]

I really don't think the Klan is that well choreographed.

[cubuscus]

I remember laughing at this song as a child...wow...im messed up...

[woopigsooie2015]

when the klansmen were dancing, at first I thought they were chanting "Roll Tide Roll". hahahaha

[BDNeon]

Perhaps the uploader was implying they were as intelligent as the movie showed them to be, which is to say, not very much since they were essentially outfoxed by 3 not entirely intelligent convicts.

[smokiey44]

Great audio

[SouthernCresent722]

It sends chills up my back and i live way down south and its just scary what we did to the african Americans

[dcwoodard]

Definitely a powerful scene in this movie. And although Ralph Stanley is getting on up there in years and isn't what he used to be (I mean no offense), he is still a Blue Grass legend. This song is very appropriate and very disturbing. Excellent. I loved this song before this movie, and although I love Jen Titus' version, I REALLY wish she did the whole thing... Just saying...Thanks for the post!

[kandigurl705]

I like the ending the best:)

[coolguy338]

So many references in this scene

1. The dance they do is from Wizard of Oz

2. This is from the odyssey when he travels to "hell"

3. This song is done by Ralph Stanley :D(not a reference just a FACT)

[GustheGunGuy]

This song makes my spine tingle...

[TheCrisisKings]

"The Klan are portrayed as the geniuses they truly are" WTF OF A DESCRIPTION IS THAT?

[max2000warrior]

@TheCrisisKings A sarcastic one.

[PsychoKiller888]

@TheCrisisKings Sarcasm

[kingofthedutch88]

@TheCrisisKings Somebody doesn't get sarcasm

[NOMNOMCarpet]

@TheCrisisKings Considering the Klan got owned and how ignorant they are, I think Mahakala306 was making fun of them.

[seliguy555]

@NOMNOMCarpet He wasn't, on another of his videos he wrote this is the description: "Seperation, Segregation from the Higher Purpose, Soul revealed as black as coal exposed in the eternal Nemesis...seperate the wheat from Chaff".

[Harbinger965]

@TheCrisisKings i completely agree. if anything, this scene shows the exact opposite.

[jhn12340]

@TheCrisisKings he's being sarcastic

[scarycomments]

@TheCrisisKings sarcasm

[seliguy555]

@TheCrisisKings I signed in just to thumbs up that. This moron obviously doesn't get this movie.

[MrDevin712]

@TheCrisisKings i think it wassarcasm

[wlomas378]

@TheCrisisKings a sarcastic one

[FurryFortress2]

@TheCrisisKings Probably sarcasm.

[TheCrisisKings]

@FurryFortress2 OK EVERYONE I GET IT! ITS SARCASM. I GET IT! PLEASE STOP

[FurryFortress2]

@TheCrisisKings I'm just stating that it is sarcasm. I'm not ridiculing you or anything.

[GhengisJohn16]

@TheCrisisKings hopefully sarcasm?

[Beeman448]

The kkk were very far from genius dumbass

[TheAlmostAngel]

Sweet Jesus! This scene STILL scares the shit outta me! When I first watched this movie, I remember covering my eyes at the scene. It's creepy!

[Pagoas1]

what is this?  a republican presidential convention?

[Beeman448]

@Pagoas1 The kkk was an invention of democrats...research it you fool...

[HeathenCub]

@Beeman448 In those days..the Democrats were the republicans of the day. Then the Democratic party moved forward and all the bigots ran over to the republican side. Fact!

[10AceOfSpades01]

I love this movie. Except it makes whites look like assholes.

[MidwestSniper]

This kicks the livin shit out of any of that rap and hip hop bullshit they call music these days.

[420namtab]

the color guard be colored LOL

[hyghiaumtym]

OO-HAI- LOW-HIGH- LOW HIGH-LOW!! EENIE-MEENIE-MINIE-MOOO!! XD

[10AceOfSpades01]

@hyghiaumtym LOL. I just noticed that! xD

[hnoss13]

LMFAO!!! I didn't know hicks could dance and choreograph. That's some scary shit right there.

[ReesyRuby]

Hey, where's the giant owl? idk why some people actually like being racists and murderers, power hungry and just weird in a not cool way.

[alexiaNBC]

This is what I imagine Newt Gingrich's America to be

[LoisHaywood]

How about the part where the klansmen are marching back and forth resemble sharks swimming after prey?

[marilisa616]

There's a lot of nazi-facism in this scene.

[dragon7493]

@marilisa616 actually, nazi-facism wasn't introduced into the ku klux dorks, i mean klan untill decades after this movie takes place. the kkk seen here are the "second generation" KKK. however, they all suck balls

[hampie99]

@dragon7493 this movie was set in 1938-39 so the nazi-facism was know in america at this time but no, nazi-facism was not in the ku klux klan like we see it now but there was the same idea there kill every thing that is not pure and white and christian that remains the same through out there history. no im not in it i had to do a paper for us history

[crystalrain666]

The color guard is colored !!!!!!!

[dragon7493]

now, i despise the KKK with every bit of my soul, but this scene is kind of cool. my favorite part, however, is when they get crushed by that flaming cross. hilarious

[chrisbrownleek]

K.K.K. ? GENIUSES ? now there's two words you rarely find in the same sentence ! lol

[mattwilhelm60]

where'd he get the bolt cutter?

[dragon7493]

@mattwilhelm60 that was my first question too!

[SchwarzHee]

FA FOU FUUUUU!

[SSpatrioten]

hahaha

[Rasmussen357]

ITS TOMMY THAY GOT TOMMY !!!!!!!!!

[Paganguy1]

Interestng aside, the word and the term "Stroke" comes from the Anglo saxon "elf-struck".... in medieval times when a person "stroked out" they were said to be "elf-struck"

I know all the names of the elves....hmmmm hmmmm

[Paganguy1]

You are absolutely right! I will suckle upon your hairy man-teats....

Fuck-nuts. Stop eating the Taco Bell... Your cholestoral is way high.... you are gonna have a stroke....

[zakkbuckley]

What's up with the fake vagina in the sidebar? What relevance does that hold to this song or "O Brother Where Art Thou"?

[Maidentallideth]

@zakkbuckley What are you talking about?

[Maidentallideth]

I don't see it.... maybe you opened up this up and forgot to downsize the redtube tab.

[LoisHaywood]

Watching this I also have to hand it to the choreographer who put together such a large group.

[MagicEmperor]

I know it's messed up, but... I think the chant at the beginning is pretty catchy. :P This is one of my favorite movies.

[RikeyOMFG]

John Goodman is a god.

[111willwood]

COME DESCENDED FROM MONKEY!!! THAT'S NOT MY HERITAGE!!

[gunfan50bmg]

The color guard is colored!!!

[J3067]

the KKK back then were fun and knew how too party...and yea i did CAPS KKK and lower kkk for a reason the kkk brothers today are all uptight with there laws and rules.. no drinking no smoking... blah blah...

[yogurtpimp]

AHHHHH DANCING GHOSTS RUN!

[ThingsThatVexMe]

"Colored guard is colored" Hahaha. FUCKIN FUNNY!!

[MsCentrum04]

Dang.....Filthy mouths,and racial ignorance?We thought we'd alerted you

morons to the idiocy of that post WW2, post King murder.But no, no, STUPIDITY apparently

survives,cochroach-like. And the "eff" word profanity? What are you?Twelve? Put your Grown Up pants on. It's 2011 Mscentrum04 , also Disgusted.

[Dynamikzproductions]

EENIE MENIE MINEY MO!

[xENGLISHBOBx]

i'll thank y'all for the conversational hiatus juring gestaion..

[drewboy108]

now where'd they get the cutters?

[MasturShake14]

So... guys you hear that?

I think its coming from the other side of those bushes!

*Peak through*

......random KKK meeting ftw?

[SirDcitykity]

The irony is awesome

[Dev3l]

You know this is a song about an older person wanting to stay alive longer so they are pleading with death.

[gunfan50bmg]

" Using the Confederate Flag as a missile! " Wow. lol xDDD

[dpmaint1]

The song is a work of genius and raw talant. Try finding anyone who could sing that ocopello. There arn't any.

[2ndpadrummer]

minnie me is a klan memeber??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[thecheeseycheese]

@2ndpadrummer Lol I think thats the guy who plays as Willow from the movie Willow

[Redneck3141]

O DEATH SUNG BY THE GREAT RALPH STANLEY FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT KNOW

[gunfan50bmg]

@Redneck3141

Indeed. I fucking love this song.

[Dev3l]

@Redneck3141 Ralph Stanley is great!

[karlawson]

It wasn't the actor playing homer stokes that sang this song, it was a great bluegrass musician named Ralph Stanley.

[lonerguitarboy2]

7 people werent spared over till another year

[RavenofDenmark]

why does they look like ghosts?

[Prowler609]

I hate these New Black Panthers,,, OOoops ,, I gotz the wrong hate group

[RavenofDenmark]

hahaha XD how funny KKK sings that in the movie, i am not an expert music, but that song is definalty black music, close to soul and old school blues.

anyway, great song ^^

[Unkraut1960]

@RavenofDenmark 

"i am not an expert music," nor an amateur . it is no more black then you are white .. Appalachian whites sung this not Alabama porch monkeys .

[Chaosbeforeall]

i dont care much for the klan but damn "homer stokes" (the guy in red for those who dont know) can really sing.....shit

[TheMamahouk]

My Grandfather was KKK....love the way they make fun of them here. Laugh at the devil you can see..and the KKK was and is the tool's of the Devil. In fact they are just plain TOOL'S AND FOOL'S. May they all rest in hell.

[fossilhunterCarlos]

hijos de su puta madre!!! los KKK!!!

[TheDarkenedWorld]

dirty bastards.....i hate kKK.

[ral1334]

I was always captivated by the choreography and singing at this part of the film. It's like a medieval auto-da-fé.

[llama666andahalf]

@ral1334 I appreciate this scene too - I also thought there was a bit of influence from The Wizard of Oz (the scene where Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man sneak into the Witch's castle.

[plateofshrimp80s]

@llama666andahalf of course! I can't believe i never noticed that, that's awesome

[afton1955]

@llama666andahalf Yes, a very good homage to The Wizard of Oz by the Coen Brothers. O, Brother Where Art Thou has truly become an American film classic even though it is from the last decade. This film will always stand the test of time, in my opinion, partly due to the soundtrack. 

[Dancing88Mike]

@llama666andahalf I definitely saw that in this scene. First thing that came to my mind

[venomousspiderwookie]

Hey look, it's a colored guard *rimshot*

[Paganguy1]

*yawn*

[RainShadow248]

The KKK are not good guys however they can frikin and are pretty good at catching flags that are about to perce them (pardon my bad spelling) I'm happy they saved the guy I might have to look this movie up it looks interesting.

[MaskedManMike]

I know this is just a parody of the kkk, but the image of the kkk leader with the voice of Ralph Stanley is just... Chilling...

[Olebull93]

What you have just watched is misleading.

[lonerguitarboy2]

@Olebull93 agreed people on here tend to take this scene alittle too seriously

[theGoob713]

@lonerguitarboy2 I know right!

[blueeyedsoldier100]

Hitler's main General Erwin Rommel.

He wanted to kill hitler.

I imagine if you have seen the movie, Valkeryie. That movie is about the assassination attempt, that did happen. But it was only an attempt..

Hitler would have been stopped in 43, by his own men.

But Hitler?

hahahahahha He had the best Idea Yet!!

A white, blonde haired blue eyed Race???

ahhahah Works for me.

[blueeyedsoldier100]

Anybody know why, white folks was named "Crackers"?

Because we used to Crack that Whip.

Anybody know why we're called Honkey's.?

Because we would HONK, as we wait outside the Cathouses.

haha There is no bad name for white people

Besides the MINORITY now. or White Trash. White Trash, likes nascar. That'd be a Clansmen in these days, KKK are White trash

Now the Skin Heads. They give white people a bad name. They are Retarded

The only one who made sense. Was Erwin Rommel

[Bogdan1939]

A Klan rally is probably the perfect background to play the "O! Death" sons. I was once teaching a class on civil rights laws to a group of mainly international students (mostly Chinese and Indian). While giving them the historical background, I told them about the KKK (particualrly their uniforms) and my students were certain I was kidding them.

[Bogdan1939]

A Klan rally is probably the perfect background to play the "O! Death" sons. I was once teaching a class on civil rights laws to a group of mainly international students (mostly Chinese and Indian). While giving them the historical background, I told them about the KKK and they thought I was kidding them.

[RezBoy69]

hell yea of course, clown on the Klan ha ha ha ha

[rjbonacolta]

The Color guard is COLORED! Who made them the color guard? Best line ever

[knucklescool]

@rjbonacolta

Collar. Ever heard the phrase, "Hoist the collars"?

[abanahasky73]

Fuck racist..if someone judges some one on the color of their skin then they deserve the talk that makes someone look foolish...

[abanahasky73]

@abanahasky73 i challenge the masses to debate me on why all races are the same but different....

[blueeyedsoldier100]

My grandpa haha was born in 1935 Musclesholls Alabama.

Left shortly after the Vietnam war era, Because things got different with the KKK

in the 50's and 60's so he left in the 70's.

HAhaahh you guys are dumb.

The KKK may be wrong.

But what they did was real. The singing, the worshiping.

WTF?? do you think they burnt a cross for?

It was a part of their worship

Dumbasses. hahahaah

[blueeyedsoldier100]

AHhahahhahahah everyone on here is dumb,

This movies is based on a real story. A team of hillbilly friends in the 1930's.

Who met a black fella named Skip James. ( You can look this up) The rest is made up, into history.

But the KKK? ha My grandpa hahaha was born, in 1935. And was in-joined with the Klu Klux Klan. And what they are doing is worship, in their own way.

They really did stuff like this, and the many other things you hear about.

This song, was randomly chosen. The actions are real.

[Pitboss306]

@blueeyedsoldier100 It's actually based on The Odyssey by Homer. The escape from captivity, spurned love, Sirens, Cyclops, Ithica. The whole bit. Look that up.

[lonerguitarboy2]

@blueeyedsoldier100 in the intro of the movie it clearly states in bolded letters "based on the Odyssey by homer".

[blueeyedsoldier100]

@lonerguitarboy2

Homer, is a name.

Homer. The name of the other candidate for becoming governor. The KKK Leader.

[Zmanwarrior]

Anyone getting a distinctly "Wizard of Oz" vibe from this scene?

[dancind1000]

i first heard o death by kaleidoscope in 67. look it up, as it is an interesting contrast in styles.

the kkk is indeed around, although considerably weakened.

do not be fooled by demon: the tea party is the old lunatic fringe of the 60's. hate is their life, and it makes them strong. they would deal death to all who disagree with them, had they the chance.

[Paganguy1]

@dancind1000

Indeed. I and my wife are witches. You know what these xistians do to witches...Soon they will drag me into the streets and burn me at the stake... Tea Bagger freaks... Buona Dea, Buona Dea, Buona Dea...

But, most of the south is really great! Atlanta is a great town, L'usiana, NC, Alabama....

[thorish3]

@Paganguy1 Though, North Carolina is a different story entirely. The first thing said to me in that state was; "You ain't from round here, are ya? Well..It'd be great, if it weren't fer all the Niggers.."

[pinktaco646]

Is that guy really singing?

[Jessyleppert]

Wrestler Dick Murdoch was one of them.