Sun Ra - Space is the place (1974)

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Jimi Hendrix #2 at 1:38

[cosmojairzinho14]

"greetings , black youth , planet earth" just this quote make u believe in the alien origin of this genius of art and music

[TheRealTBOONE91]

Check out Malachi York. Also go 2 bing.com then go read The Holy Tablets

[0to62]

Sun Ra is smart

[MatthewReel]

The snow-flake option that YouTube has going right now is bad mojo for this. LOL, forget. Love the man, love the myth, love the truth.

[jdeerighteousness]

Sun Ra told the truth, and thats it, remember the past rules(past, past rules). Sync with music and love the sun

[THATWASNTABABYRUTH]

1:47 HE'S GOT BONKEY DON'GS CRYSTAL COCONUT

[ElmerDurrer]

1:01 how is the chick with the Leia haircut gonna act like she doesnt know about outer space

[BadgerLaser]

no sorry wont let me post a youtube link.  EubgzD7BC4s

[BadgerLaser]

@theskyisflying - yes you're probably correct, Cosby was more about the uppers&downers than psychedelics....... shame though.....

In the name of expanding your mind, here Sun Ra gives us a run-down on the matter of recreational drugs :-

"What it iiiis!"

[MrRamto13]

They r mockin´ a real artist!!!!

F ´m!

[ppc1989ark]

Dont be so quick to judge

[dirtbiXe]

im sorry but this guy is a lunatic

[zeromeobass]

Best live performance I ever saw.

[missopan]

"Because im not real" - Genius.. We are just bovines compared to this guys mind, Sun Ra was an angel of cosmos and you are all human-bovine.. Get into your living goddammit!!

[jumpfast100]

@BadgerLaser LOL

[Elite2dal]

Truly,i heard Sun Ra for the first time.I know,its a damn shame,but,thanx to Madlib,now i know who is Sun Ra

[BadgerLaser]

i didnt know Bill Cosby was so in to his acid ?

[theskyisflying]

@BadgerLaser You are a fool.

[mellifluousnebula]

I love how he regards them while they ridicule him between 1:07 and 1:11. Sun Ra rocks! I have some of his cassettes.

[thumprock101]

@mellifluousnebula

"the year 2000 is right around the corner"

ha he wouldn't expect a hawain white/black guy to pres. in that time.

[ppc1989ark]

@UTwofaceM why?

[MrRayjamz]

I saw him in

Philly 3 times. What a show!!!!! Thank you Sun Ra

Peace

Ray

Philly.

[imbastyczny]

It was the most phenomenal man in the world. Lord rest his soul. I hope you look down on us from Saturn.

[AreaXfile51]

what_it_is =..=

[clark9413]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS POETIC!

[MikesMusicChannel1]

I'm a whitey

[PabzGLRP]

Is Sun Ra gonna have to choke a bitch?

[GagnezTV]

THis is LIVE!!!

-G

[leclicimprobable]

Sont tarés ces cons.

[missingglitchdrums]

Wow. Just wow.

[sex6cult9revolution]

Are those moon shoes?

[elps84]

another giant who once roamed the earth.

[cobaltbovine]

Somebody please create a realistic Sun Ra documentarie/ bio pic movie.........

[bongfodder]

reality is simply an accepted set of preconceptions,it's the child's comforting teddy bear disguised by a more mature consciousness

[ppc1989ark]

@bongfodder The intelligent beings simply observe our earthly, foolish behaviors.

[bongfodder]

@ppc1989ark Intelligence could be likened to the focus of a camera,a shot may be from a mountain top and encompass many miles or frame a single ant and the resulting pictures still both be the same size.

[FailMatt]

what it is

[queennubia99]

This is what ket my father out of the house...got to respect the music as well as the message. Peace and love

[crazycagada]

i seen the crystal thing in his hand on a shroom trip

[dirtynuke]

Sun Ra was an alien man, didn't you know that?

[11181001]

Nice job, keep it up. New music from Brandon Jarod coming soon, great sounds!

[terrinyc29]

Beautiful AFro Madness, Loving It!!!!!! Loving the Fros

[TheRedCalm]

HEAVY!! I know why we never saw THIS in school.

[PIVOTALFILMWORKSCOM]

I did not care for the "chain you up" line in this, yet it was interesting, Is this a James and the Giant Peach..? HMMM

[datalkingdrum]

yo he is droping jewels ...mad knowledge

[illone1981]

peep out , Beats by Wallace Green

[medqua]

They don't know what they are talking about, Sun Ra was waaaaaaay ahead from his time. Fucking bitches Ra should slap them.-

[megajames3000]

can't u alll just shut the fuck up and talk about the video for once

[blueprophet9]

This is 6000 thousand years of programming, of dis-enlightenment: A Black couple have a baby that would appear White in society but once the baby's parents were noted as Black...he/she is Black. A White couple have a baby that would appear Black in society but once the baby's parents were noted as White...he/she is Black in society. Get that, then get this, then get over.

[bishopdante]

@blueprophet9 not in africa it's not, mate. There being black is normal, anything else you're weird. People perceive by exceptions. There's nothing sinister about that

[blueprophet9]

@bishopdante I don't think you understood my comment. It is something sinister by society's handlers. Did you get the societies part?

[ppc1989ark]

Anyone notice that only men view this and all other Sun Ra videos?

[mappellemoey]

@ppc1989ark im female

[ppc1989ark]

@mappellemoey Dang straight, good to hear.

[blueprophet9]

@ppc1989ark Women seem to lack the monad. To paraphrase a well-known feminist, "...because there are no female Jack the Rippers!" Women are more intelligent than men by average, but they can also never be the most stupid.

[blobvision]

@ppc1989ark That's an interesting and presumptuous view to take. I'm a woman and a huge Sun Ra fan. I have almost all of his works on my computer.

[ppc1989ark]

@blobvision Just to clear things up. I am not saying that women are less intelligent than men. I was just reading the stats that show that the majority of people who watch this are men.

[cyzerdoe76]

I have the original "Space is the place" on vinyl. that's what i'm talkin bout ! ! !

[xpaladoshes]

He might have something going for him....lol

[RoyalLiverpoolPhil]

Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA. Orchestra will be performing original music alongside the music of Sun-Ra, The Specials and Alice Coltrane,

Thursday 1 April 2010 7:30 pm

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

[AmexemMuur]

old school bay area, cali

[sydbarrett5]

He's a shaman.

[Roelandvinken]

Horus and Sekhmet

[dexamyl]

Sun Ra was --- and still is --- such a bad ass !!

So literally esoteric , his philosophies were prolific and catalysing ; truly ahead of his and everyone's time(s) !

[MrWeltschmerz]

kinda cool to see an amiri baraka poster on the wall at intro (.04) and on...w/the other bra of the era....

[therealraybaby]

AS SPOCK would say, "FASCINATING!"

[discoverydavid]

1.01 "Yeea..shiii, aigh prbly take af runnin, I see sumbdy talkin all that mess to me...talkin bout goin a aouta space!"

Check out the brain on Princess Leia! Tthat's some ectoplasmic jheri curl she's got goin' on!

[bapyou]

Sun was from Philadelphia. He stole his style partly, I think, from the Mummers: Crazy groups of white guys parading through the streets on New Years Day wearing all manner of bangles, spangles, sequins and feathers. Where else would he have gotten the idea?

Anyway, he was an original nonetheless. This is priceless footage.

Back in the 70s, people made a point that Sun Ra's number was listed in the Philadelphia phone book for anyone to call. I don't know anyone who did, though.

[timofly]

we were watching the beginning of this film i lecture, made me want to barf, even when I was falling asleep watching it. such horrible acting. minimal entertainment. but wow, nice try

[Metamophisis]

My Uncle Eric Walker or Samurai Celestial played the drums for Sun Ra google them in Japan peace!

[Errordemn6]

HOTEP!

[bretzbluemaze]

this is fucking great!

[johngorgis]

simply eager to belive

[Jandar]

I was shown a few minutes' worth of footage from this movie at a special music collectors' party in Hamburg, Germany. That was back in 2004. They staged a really cool event about this movie and the album Space Is The Place. I've been looking for that movie in its entirety ever since. I guess I'll order it now.

[btinsley1]

i get it....it's really not that hard to grasp...

[rrbeats2004]

Please watch my video-cut i cut from space is the place 1974, don't think many people have noticed this hidden/subliminal message

SUN RA seems to PREDICT 911 attacks through a hidden sign also a hint about the curret bank collapse danger seems to be linked in this.

Please let me now your thoughts about this phenomemon, seems everything was written before it happend ...somewhere....

[bmuhamad]

Love This!

[RESOLLVESTUDIO]

MANEIRO SHOW!!

[Divineaziatic9]

How come Eye know grossidiot is white....hmmmmm

[ReneeNme]

Too strange. Moving along now...

[Kamaria7]

It's not strange at all my dear. It's making a true point.

[DiggityDoglikeDogg]

a true point of LIES!!!

[Kamaria7]

....maybe it's a bit too deep for you...it's ok if it is...

[DiggityDoglikeDogg]

it's not deep. if you call a painted whole on the ground deep, then yes, it's deep.

racism has taken this man out of his nut and flung him into a deep abyss.

"I think, therefore I am, But I never was before my time and I'm not sure I will be to come."

[Kamaria7]

Like I said, if you don't get it (which you really don't), then it's ok. Let's not go around in circles on this. I have my way of looking at it and you have your delusional way of looking at it. Really, it's fine.

[DiggityDoglikeDogg]

you must intend to go around on this, because you're trying to piss me off. maybe when you're not high, you can think more clearly about this.

[Kamaria7]

You're paranoid. No one is trying to piss you off. This is Youtube and the absolute last thing I would want to do is get into some bullshit argument with somebody I don't know and could care less to know. Squash it, will ya?

[julescoltrane]

you don't have to be on drugs to appreciate this. sun ra never was...

[Verblose]

Yes he was, at least in Montreal back in 1961. This has been documented.

[grossidiot]

Sun Ra is from space. He is an illegal alien. Walker Texas Ranger should kick his ass and send him back to mars... unless he gets a green card or working visa !!!

[OnyxVooDooPrince]

RIP to Sun Ra. His style will never be emulated and if it is, it will not be an original

[gardenvarietypenis]

@OnyxVooDooPrince what do you think emulate means--of course it won't be original if it's emulated.

[vaspers]

congratulations. today this video was selected by the New Musiology blog archiving avant garde music. I had the ESP album "Nothing Is" when a teenager, and it influenced all my future music.

[eric1love]

That's quite the big Crack ball at the end there.

[princep]

lol

[jonstfrancis]

... they take frequent trips to the moon: I notice none of you have been invited."

[patip11]

I own this film and it is a valuble piece of my collection .The message goes far beyond from what you try to catagorize this film as.

[icantmakemyownblood]

super profundo...

[antjuanoden]

STAY WOKE!

[greenafro23]

Obviously! You don't understand his music and philosophy. This movie has everything to do with his music.

[edcerc]

they only play his music in about 10% of the film. Plus it was horribly made. It was the biggest waste of time ever. I personally dont give a shit about whatever he talks about i just like the music. I am not a fan of theatrics in music but i like the way his band sounds.

[edcerc]

this movie was so bad. Its like a 70s blaxploitation film, it really has almost nothing 2 do with sun ra's music

[thefriendsociety]

I always thought 70s blaxploitation films were the real films....that hollywood shit is just too bubblegum and sugar filled nothin real

[edcerc]

i dont like many hollywood movies either but when i say blaxploitation im thinking of cheaply made films with not much artistic value. Like dolemite or some shit may be funny to goof on but is it a good movie? Space is the place to me is on par with something like that or blackula lol

[thefriendsociety]

damn i always thought blackula was pretty tight lol we will name you BLACULA!!

[BlastMasterDeph]

some of the blaxlpotation flicks had some valuable social commentary in them tho. underneath the afro's and explosions

[steakhouselights]

WhAt constitutes blaxploitation is a film made by whites using urban themes and an all black cast....if the a film made of this nature is all black which includes the producers, directors and such than it is considered Black Cinema Yo! Give me some Black Cinema these days! Sheesh!

[booksteve]

Sun Ra's level of thought was so deep that the youth could barely get it, but you can see from some of their faces that the message is real. If anyone sees this and don't understand, look into the whole Sun Ra world deeper, because you are the one he is trying to teach.

[andydabest1]

It is people like you who ruin this world.

You are so up your own ass thinking you are in touch with the world and everything in it that you look for messages in the simplest pieces of garbage. You choose to give credit to complete and utter vomit and end up giving in to a guy who wants attention, proving that there is a whole market of retards who will buy the stupidest of shit that a dumb psycho with a keyboard can create.

Fuck off, die, love Andy's friend.

[thefriendsociety]

wow i think you completely missed the point kid

[thefriendsociety]

man for a minute i thought that was a big ball of crystal meth....

[katcarothers]

hha ah

[sflood02]

what is is...what it is!

[tonypeters69]

This is taken from a full length film, I used to have it on cassette. Search for the title.

[Oneiroi729]

by the way byron if you ever see this he's not crazy

[hardcorehatred]

shut the fuck up about your bible bullshit

[YungZ905]

I didnt even say nothing about the bible?

[hardcorehatred]

well you said that hes possessed by the devil thats kind of has to do with the bible

[Gershwin234]

lol that last response was funny

[Coins7777]

Can someone upload the rest of this skit. It stops when the young guy says, What's that diamond object in your hand? It's most appreciated.

[ramseptico]

genial... foi um grande músico e tinha uma ótima cabeça

[bebop54]

a brilliant musician ...jazz great !!!..

thanks for the upload man !

[TokenRah]

Brilliant poet as well.

[bebop54]

TokenRah: yes he is !!!....

he's SURE been around !

one of the best !

[Efrasnel]

He shure shuts them up...

[Jflexone]

Brotha Sun Ra TEACH'N tha Youth...

[ZOLLiNO69]

i clicked on this accidentaly and i liked it

[MonMccool123]

A true music god.

[Snoochies]

Waaaay ahead of his time...literally. He's amazing!

[rick4318]

if the president from the year 2008 went back to 74 this is how he would be confronted by the youth. and his message would be the same.

[rick4318]

(2009.)

[TV3020001]

Interesting question. Sun ra talked about space,afrocentricity and electronic instruments since the 1930s in chicago. He was thought to be insane then. In his lifetime all of those things were common knowledge. ra was clearly a prophet.

[rick4318]

exactly. i can't believe i didn't hear about him till recently, he truly was a jazz god.

[yowzephyr]

@TV3020001  Sun Ra was insane before his time.

[altonoir]

'what kind of shoes is that you got on your feet?

'

[shoob3r]

sun ra is cool. i wanna meet him. then play music with him.

[rahkriga]

Woooooow..Too deep for words...and still relevant today.

[zardozy]

Sun Ra has gone off to his intergalactic abode beyond the black and white dichotomies that divide and disintegate the planet Earth. His music still sustains this Earth. It is profound spiritual therapy. Without his music, the disintegration of the Earth would be completed and we would only be vapor floating in the nebulae. Sun Ra forever!

[Righteouspowered]

Sun Ra is not the only one beyond the illusion of a dichotomy in the human race...

[thecuriousproject]

Birmingham, alabama home of genius...

[2kool4skewl77]

he's too good!

[robotsingers]

sun ra was for real really real.

[KenshinSephiroth666]

Pretty unique individual, that Sun Ra.

[subsamadhi]

Sun Ra is the greatest. I love the cubic zirconia crystal he has. The coolest

[Mingus18]

History is only HIS story...

[otnas01]

One day we'll realise how important and true SUN RA was and is.

[subsamadhi]

A lot of people do and have. They are called other musicians and music fans.

[Meagrain]

i dunno man.... our accents have changed a bit, but not too dramatically... it depends where you live i guess. Sun Ra = Rule ass

[MondoBeno]

I love this. But I wonder...have our accents and tone changed over the past 30 years? I don't know anyone that sounds ike this nowadays.

[Kingtonic]

People have different accents based on the regions they live. Maybe all these people are from a different area from you. Crazy idea, I know.

[boonhouse]

Where can you buy this movie?

[KarlDaggerfield]

Sun Ra is actually Rev Wright on his day off.

[tinatkd11]

the best bart of the movie is when the drunk tries to walk up hill and then says "fuck that"

[SFFOOL76]

SUN RA was a out there dude, r.i.p. This movie was filmed in the bay area and I think the movie is pretty deep.

[abalvarez]

YAY AREA! haha

[ephemerol]

weird brilliant sonny, he was one of a kind

[roninproductionsuk]

amazing video i love the way at the start they all laugh at him but by the end hav some respect for him

[freein2339]

School em Sun Ra...

[DaArbiter]

wtf

sun ra you are one crazy mofo

[BooRadleysGhost]

cosmic wisdom

[AbbottSupreme]

SUN RA word up

[roposkater]

That was Pimpolicious

[ColonelFain]

The socio-heliocentric aspect of Earth in The Future points to space for answers to the conun-Drum of the 21st Century. Clone Sun Ra Today! Is whut.

[eastsackevster]

the shit people believed before cable came along. this dude today would be laughed out the door even by the dumbest of niggas

[brockmic]

you are an idiot...this is staged.

[roninproductionsuk]

doesnt look very staged to me

[vuduchld61958]

Maybe if you get a lobomoty that will help you think because you don't have a fucking clue!!

[Soul74]

I checked your profile eastsackevster. You are one to talk about people's taste in music.

Nice racist talk. Fuck your cousin lately?

[freistetter123]

now we got cable and the times when people believed shit ar over

[freistetter123]

forever and ever

[stephylove]

what it is!

[beerathon]

What IS that crystal thing in his hand?

[obcityann]

Funny how the kids were slow to pick up on the message. The posters on the wall made it seem like they were politically hip.