Arthur Brown - Rare 1968 Colour Footage

[eggkranium]

Things stop being rare when they hit youtube, kinda like what piratebay did for CD´s :)

[1957pinup]

I wonder what Arthur Brown would say about today's New York City, where black thugs cause trouble every single second, like beating a white kid on the subway three or four against one, blacks mugging and beating the elderly, or gang-raping white girls, or killing cops with families (like just again two days ago).

[gietek]

@1957pinup It's like BBC calling Pakistani thugs "Asians".

[MKPesich]

Artur Brown is too original to be copied by Alice Cooper,...

[daven58100]

Absolutely Alice copied Arthur Brown. He said back in the early '70s he was influenced by Arthur Brown.

[MrDNANDA]

oh god that last 30 seconds makes me want to barf

[flipt193]

This is a side of Arthur Brown I knew nothing about. I just remebered his "I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE" song from when I was a child. GOOD FOR HIM! Color bias is stupid, and it's ridiculous. We are all humans; some good, some not so much (most of us, truly) and being beaten or murdured for the color of your skin is beyond shameful.

[MrNIO888]

THANK YOU more UPLOADER more FOR POSTING THIS more!!I HOPE YOU DIDNT SEE more THE WORD ''MORE''!!lol cheers brothers and sisters peace!!!

[cliffwalkinfool]

Dynamic explosions in my brain

Shatter me to drops of rain

Falling from a yellow sky

Orange faces through an opened eye

Stop me!

Hold a minute while I jerk

Stop me!

Voices from all those that were ...

Genius!

We had built a large bhang (bong) out of bamboo we'd cut down from the San Diego Zoo, using instructions we'd found in a Dr Atomic comic book. (Nobody had seen a bong before!) Then we listened to this, which someone pulled out of my collection. First bong contest. Wheeee!

[joehiggs100]

Arthur is a gentleman, I booked him and band for a benefit gig years ago, which made no money, ten people came, but they did the whole show, mad costumes (bass player dressed as an eight foot long galleon etc. all well pre Spinal Tap). I couldn't pay the band.Later he sent me a cheque which was handsome, but couldn't possibly have covered their exes. Comedians as well rock entertainers. The great Nina Simone took 'I Put a Spell on You' to another sinister dimension. Arthur's still gigging.Ta.

[heylaceface]

incredible post! ty!

[darera2001]

Thumb up if you think Alice cooper copied Arthur Brown...

[imitione]

@darera2001 and kiss Copied Alice cooper

[Pighood]

@darera2001 He admitted as much.  Alice has class.

[aquietfire]

@darera2001 I don't think any of the 70's metal bands with shock rock or occult tendencies could honestly claim Arthur Brown wasn't an influence.

[alexbruce9]

to Higher ways Woman :-) you are right memory lane does look good from this perspective. It is an amazing video.

[DominusLuna]

Arthur appears on Alan parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (edgar allan poe) - The tell tale heart. One of my favorites.

[craigmorganheder]

I saw Arthur in Honolulu in'68....I was seventeen... I've never been the same ...He bids me to burn....thank God...:))

[DominusLuna]

@craigmorganheder I was about 6 in '68 ... I think I was born about 10 years late. I so wished I could have participated in the hippy culture rather then observing it.

[normaninhell]

A CLASSIC UNDERRATED ALBUM ONE OF THE BEST VOICES EVER!

[WoodRatGirl]

It sucks that there isn't enough talented people like this today.

[landshark2008]

if u dont like arthur get off his page, he dont want you hear you bunch a asshole munching losers

[buzztopburnett]

He need's to lay off from LSD back in that time period

[gahrzahk]

It's pretty great for Arthur Brown, who was considered a novelty act in the States, to make an audio/video statement like this, at that time. I don't recognize some of the characters in the video (Enoch Powell?) and I don't remember any hippie bands with the guts to show this (except for the Monkey's HEAD, and the Fugs.)

[HigherWaysWoman]

I grew up in this horrible time(s). When I reached hi school it was on the tail end of this brutality. I refused to ever be a part of it & had some very close calls myself. Teachers were told 2 go in 2-3's into restrooms as were students. I can't stand racism & I cant hardly watch the brutality at which the blacks endured 2 get their freedom & to be recognized as part of the HUman race, which was something no 1 of any color/culture should ever need to do! Right on Arthur, tell it like it is/was!

[DominusLuna]

@HigherWaysWoman They were some very bigoted times. As long as people consider color to be an important attribute we're always going to have this racial division. Equal means equal. Color has no place in it.We should be proud of our heritage but not expect any special treatment because of it. Equal is equal.

[HigherWaysWoman]

@DominusLuna "Equal Means Equal"...what a fantastic line!!!~I grew up in a township that was surrounded by sevral rivers...was much like living on an island~Whites basically on 1 side of the road & hispanic on the other side~I never got this growing up!1of the saddest times growing up there was when a colored family bought a home there~The next thing I heard was sum1 burned a cross in their yard~I was appaulled & so ashamed of us~I was 7 in this yr of 69~I hurt for them espec'ly their children

[sharonjackle]

I hated saying I "liked" this - I could barely watch the footage! I can not believe the brutality that existed, and still exists to this day!

[munchies23]

......this dude sucks....

[Ziggyztarz]

@munchies23 .... he doesn't care about the people he uses, that's for sure....

[steviemacful]

wow, this is great way before cooper,kiss or diamond

[MrBlackmambo]

Wow!! I´am impressed from this footage!! Way to go!!

[yarekhunt]

Truly disturbing!;.....Love It!

[massiveorangecrayon]

Arthur has an amazing and fantastic obsession with flaming hats.

[alexbruce9]

agree w/Dougzilla Thanks You Tube and those of you out there who upload this stuff. I grew up with it and I am very glad to be able to enjoy it again.

[HigherWaysWoman]

@alexbruce9 I SECOND THIS!!! I grew up w/it too & give deep gratitude for those who find these awesome vintage footage to be shared w/all future generations. Memory Lane never looked so good from this perspective! ;-) :-P

[poffy8888]

What happened tothe rest of it ? It really needs to be enjoyed in its entirity, altho this is better than nothn.

[JohnsySHR]

I just saw Arthur at Glastonbury, and he sounds just as good today as he did in 1968.

Brilliant stuff

[frankensteinmoneymac]

Wow I just got the whole "You have recently posted several comments.

Enter the text in the image to continue posting" and the word I had to write in was "dessessess"

IS That Freakin Cool Or What?!?!

[DocPross]

GREAT MATERIAL!!!

[aristipo]

At 1:30 it sounds very similar to the ending of  "Long long long" by the Beatles....

[DREW5601]

I like it. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH YES!

[EligosPoltergiest]

Arthur Brown is definitely a pioneer in dark music and stage theatrics, brilliant stuff. This is really heavy music for its time.

[eddiemperor]

@EligosPoltergiest Yes I barely Discovered his music and I tought Alice Cooper was the pioneer for the Theatrics, Sound and Image, now i know this guy is the Original, How incredible this was in the 60's before King Diamond and Ozzy, and even the 90's Satanic Black Metal Scene.

[pmorris2008]

This shit is awesome. They would never let some guy with a flaming hat on stage in a live show these days. Too much of a lawsuit waiting to happen when the stage burns down and the audience runs screaminga and on fire!

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

Darkest version ever!!! Love Arthur Brown. Check out 'Come and Buy' - brilliant!

[skroddumb]

where is the full amount of the video

?

[crudaygula]

really good mr really good mr!! hahaha so loco

[FishBrothersReturns]

Awesome!!!

[chrisradano]

Creedence Clearwater Revival's version is good, too.

[westrokker]

sounds like frank zappa kinda

[mtopper66]

Definitely the first theatrical shock-rocker. A direct lineage can be traced from Arthur Brown to Marylin Manson, Brown was the first and still one of the best--the footage of "Nightmare" must've been so radically different from anything anyone had ever seen before, I can't imagine it being anything but totally shocking, it's still eerie even after decades of Kiss, Alice, Manson etc.

[83RockaRolla]

Not the first one, before him you already had Screaming Lord Sutch

[mtopper66]

I have heard of Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages, but never heard or seen anything by them. I'll do more research and get back to ya...

[klotchie]

Arthur was one of the first, but Screamin Jay Hawkins was def the godfather/ grandfather/father of shock.

[mtopper66]

I dunno. I finally checked out the Youtube footage, and the guy seems really tame by today's standards whereas Arthur Brown is still scary 40-odd years later.

[elpolarbear]

like a flashback.lol he was the precursor of Alice,KISS,King Diamond,etc.great stuff and quite trippy

[zaulovalencia]

and slipknot jejejeje XD

[llamvl]

Es una payasada barbara, un idiota que se quiere hacer el raro. Ni pierdan el tiempo en seguir viendo cosas este imbecil.

[75amoeba]

Arthur Brown is the Top Man.

[stratman123]

Hey, anybody got a light?

[aloeveraqueen]

i was tripping very fucking tripping when i saw Arthur do the fire helmet thing at the astoria! what a tremendous show that was-the fire suite plus the kingdom come stuff HAIL THE GOD OF HELLFIRE!!!!!!!

[whiskeynale69]

Well, Arthur was the pioneer of theatrics with great music. Peter Gabriel/Genesis picked up on it along with Alice Cooper....then came King Diamond, who admits he was heavily influenced by Alice.

[slalomluke]

Don't forget the dance moves Iggy Pop picked up from him. He made it his own thing, but the similarities are unmistakable.

[ChazBoyRose]

Right Kiss must have ripped this weird-oh off and Alice Cooper...till people like Poison came along disturting the whole idea by just wearing womans make-up, looking just like girls...ugh..they weren't good enough in the music department to be forgiven for that goofy stuff.

[slalomluke]

Give the New York Dolls a try. I've never seen transvestism look so goddamn badass.

[jmm1233]

and this is were kiss got there face paint ideas from

[SamuZeroSM]

actully they got it from Alice Cooper  But he got it from brown:P

[RushforBerlin]

really ? almost nothing is original anymore XD

[thelastnic]

this is great, can see where alice cooper got his face paint, and the chili peppers fire hats.

[rozsmom]

I saw him in person.

[elina111]

I want a hat like he's got :)

[JoSt1981]

wow..havent seen this before. just great. thx for posting

[Toracube]

Great, great post.

[gahrzahk]

There are (excellent) sounding compilation CD's out there, mostly OOP.; I'll dig into my vault and give a title, lable and number when I get a chance.

[foolsgoldsoma]

wow, this is out there.  love it.

[weaselidiotu]

oh the face painting !

[landed1n74]

Excellent!!!

[Hirsuticus]

Now to search for vinyl recordings of this dude.

[Madguten]

this rocks

[SheriffTankStoner]

He looked better in colour anyway. It's a fucking shame that the UK ddn't go to full-time colour broadcasts until about a year or so after this.

[philipsmovies]

A very rare relic indeed.Thanks for sharing.

[jackschiavone]

woah he looks like ryland from cs

[mikebott]

indeed they are....

has anyone else read (i think the article was in mojo) about brown's plan for a stage show based on the aztec rites in tenochtitlan ?

[wookie72]

The Scarfe cartoons are genuinely frightening. It's ironic that Scarfe and the other great English cartoonist of the 60s, Ralph Steadman, created such insane images and yet both live fairly staid lives.

[Iphigenia86]

Was he the same animator that did the Monty Python animations? Because it sure looks similar.

[wookie72]

Nope, the Monty Python's animations were done by Terry Gilliam, who later directed Brazil and Twelve Monkeys. (Althought Gilliam was, again, someone who didn't do a lot of drugs but made some twisted imagery). Gerald Scarfe (who did this animation) is best known for doing the drawings for the Wall album by Pink Floyd (which he later animated for the movie).

[Iphigenia86]

Hey wow. I love The Wall too. Thanks! :)

[somacruzfirm]

The same of Brazil O_o man u are unique! thx

[signcrash]

@wookie72 Didn't Gerald Scarfe also do the titles for the TV shows "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister?"

[freaklancer]

I like Nina Simone's version better

[thebawhb]

Didn't he have a mishap in England

when he came swinging from off stage on a rope

and lit the curtains on fire...??

[tmutazz]

Yeah. I think he burned his head another time too.

[stratman123]

Did he ever have a cat jump thru that flaming hoop on his head? That would be cool.

[dougzilla]

Great footage!

Thanks -- this is a classic example of why youtube is so cool. Where else can you see this stuff?

[Reinisen]

The thing is this BAND that he is having playing for him. Amazing...

[pulsembody]

probably king diamond and alice cooper would not exist as we know them without arthur brown's influence. he's definitely for real...

[wookie72]

Although Screaming Jay Hawkins was obviously an influence on all of them.

[pulsembody]

thank you! thank you!

[wookie72]

I stupidly replied before I'd actually listened, in which I would have noticed that he was actually doing a Hawkins song :)

[PAULLONDEN]

Doesn't antimatter,

you're telepathic then ?

[wookie72]

No, just silly. Although there could be a connection. Fnord

[theaceofspades56]

This guy reminds me of king diamond

[jhagen20042000]

strange the big chin guy looks like Bill Clinton ?

[sirsartana]

Great stuff pure classic!!!

[aluminumsky]

This video is great. I love Arthur Brown.

[CirrusBluesummers]

The 60s was a scary time.

[brnleague99]

Anyone have footage of Arthur doing "Come And Buy?"

[DRGasMoney]

very good question. id like to see that.

[Emptyspacefloyd]

We All Want To See The Whole "Crazy World" On Put It On Please!

[BonzoMcBonzo]

THis is the artwork by the man who animated the WALL!?

[Emptyspacefloyd]

Yes I Think So

[PUNKsir]

And a treasure it is indeed. nice one! two of my fave early tracks

[TuneInTurnOnDropOut]

Great find!

[rabby10]

fucking ace!

[ozzyscruggs1]

Scarfe = Pink Floyd, The Wall.

[Damphear]

well arthur brown and captain beefheart have a problem they were flimed alot but the footage isnt around.

so it blows.

[jonsilence]

Brilliant, rare. I saw this band live in 68 and it was an incredible show...behind him is Atomic Rooster with Carl Palmer and Vincent Crane (RIP). Arthur, the first official FRIGHTMAN of rock!

[mellotrongirl]

you mean "Roooster" (sic)

jus kidding