Lee Perry at his Black Ark Studio

[jefersonvilaede]

why do u gringos think dat he is mad??? dikkheads.

[zionic144nz]

Just like Mr Perry says here, "The light of the world is Jesus Christ."

[zionic144nz]

The atomic man

[BigWhiteTurkey]

Just discovering the man ... seems a blessing to human kind

[ThePnutNo2]

Paul Young....is he singing about revolution ?  ... dead funny !

[rootsquare]

1:50. "What's the meaning of the toaster on the wall there...." "Ah, it mean I am a toaster" :-) Class... they don't make them like that anymore

[22Chemicals]

Jesus walked on water. Lee Scratch Perry walked on a box of burning oats.

[andytooj]

"This is me in the computer, now!"

[gnomecommoner]

"black yellow pink or white...doesn't matter as long as they are truthful."

[gnomecommoner]

i and i

[gnomecommoner]

us and you

[gnomecommoner]

we and them

[gnomecommoner]

you and i

[gnomecommoner]

moses and i

[gnomecommoner]

P+ toaster

[gnomecommoner]

lots of storage...less spam...

[seek4knowledge]

Which song is he mixing?

[alspageddi]

@seek4knowledge hey man, you asked this question a long time ago, so you might have figured it out already, but it's "Mr. Music" by Scratch himself.

[berenbotj]

Respect to mr Perry lee, he's a peace mn.

hes high thats why he act maybe sometimes little strange haha

peace gennep

[STRZB001]

"We all come from the trees"

five seconds later...

"Yeah?..."

Looks at the camera

"Yeah"



[zurytone]

That Man Is Wack!

[stevebobs]

me know da only spectre is phil specter, mista inspecter



[Kronik2g2]

@ 3:48 - 3:56 he looks kinda gay here...LMAO

[stevebobs]

what language is that he's speaking?

[Kronik2g2]

@stevebobs Jamaican Creole call Patois pronounced 'PATWA". Our creole is very vibrant and expressive. Mi luv it bad.

[justinrennell]

is that sister nancy being interviewed?

[subatomicsound]

"You hear of of the atomic man?" "No." "I AM THE ATOMIC MAN."

[blackwolverine1]

during the part where he is in the studio listen caefully to the vocal style he uses in his song and you can see the influence he has had on Bob Marley's music.

[martinjameshill]

@blackwolverine1  spot on!

[beaurp]

the living son...de devil dead

[Sanningsministeriet]

"well i am the atomic man"

[scruffyrunkin]

a beautiful man..GOD is Good

[Appletondon]

Does anyone know where i can get dis version of da song Blue Sky not the version dats on Jamaican E.T.

[areyoufelson]

LOL

check out the look of disbelief on the sound engineer

lee perry is a genius

[dmoe717]

was that duct tape around his arm?

[oekibuki]

yet even better than Phil Spector, scan the tube for more of this Majesty of Sound

[ManilaSyndicate]

What a nutjob. Jools and the studio engineer must have been wondering, "What the hell am I doing here"?

[Gullfire]

@ManilaSyndicate

The engineer seems quite apprehensive. Perhaps he realised he was actually in the presence of greatness?

[PowerfulDragon]

real.

[kitchkitch23]

'toaster' means 'MC'

[TheloniousSphere]

HEY LEE! WHERES PETER BUNNY AND BOB'S MONEY PIRATE?!?!?!

You ARE the theif and a robber! You sold their masters from under them without consent!

You lucky your still alive!

[pedrwhu]

God on Earth.

[TheRonieAle]

videozinho bacana, de reggae....nao conhecia esse tiozinho.

[minniethemoocher]

"I am a toaster not a boaster"

[djmrbrown00]

i know scratch got a lot of attention cus his antics later in his life but he is really one of the greatest reggae producers of all time.. maybe even second after coxsone.

[svenzia]

Second to none.

[casparin]

Jools Holland ¡¡young!!!!

[sean808080]

The original UPsetter!!

[giggitygoo619]

how is his ass not on fire

[magicmodulator]

"trueful people does matter if they are black, yellow, pink or white as long as they are trueful" cant say much better than that Lee

[silicon43]

Kode 9 - 9 Samurai

[DocVuDu]

schizophrenia

[egomystikal]

Lee is genius

Jools is a nob

[TroijanSkinhead]

lee brain waves can tap into the future amazing how

[Mystipaoniz]

A true genius...Lee Perry forever \o/

[duncabbin]

Is it Jools Holland talking to Perry??

[CuigeUladh]

that song is good

[laureldav]

i would love to interview lee, we are kindred spirits

[MFDeezTV]

"im not a boaster, but a positive toaster"

[tobs22]

@MFDeezTV so good

[maskevito]

man, i need that song @ 3:14.

can anyone help?

[MFDeezTV]

i think it was never released it was made just for this interview... not sure though allso been searching for this tune.

[Zepplinne]

the song is Roots, Rock, Reggae by Bob Marley

[ashman1960]

It's "Mr. Music" from Perry's "History, Mystery, Prophecy".

[danwillow]

TOTALMENTE TOSTADO

[Appletondon]

mi luv lee perry but sometime im chat pure fuckery a good entertainment though

[Jam5bam]

I love it lol your funny!!!!!!!!

[joelfreud]

I dont think that's the weed makin im crzy there... its the jamaican rum! and then the weed mix-up and a little scratch? what we all love bout him

[rudiebassic]

Bob marley gave him a hiding... Ha Ha Ha...

[sonicjay007]

he's a toaster..........not a boaster!!!!!!!!!!!

[blackwatchstudio]

Our father which art in heaven

Light up the world

[ziontrain85]

positive toaster!

[sugarich1]

he's off the weed these days

[MBCL600V12]

He´s still genious!

[jimbling100]

Mr.Music @ his best...

[LeonWiiMan]

mommy!

[Islwynpaul]

The synapsis may not be firing normally but that produced the genius who made this magic music. Jah praise him.

[bonscott55]

toaster not a boaster !!!! hahahah

[IsaacIsaiahMusic]

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad!" - Salvador Dali.

Some people think Perry is mad, but like Dali he's a piss-taker who expresses himself freely and understands how reality is chaos that can be filtered by open thinking. These Bogily-wogily mind tricks R2 open Holland's little boogie-woogie mind.

Same with Vincent van Gogh -his strange 'twisting' or warped paintings were entirely deliberate, just look at the preliminary sketches of even his strangest paintings.

[Anthony113010]

Yes sire, very wise.

[louiecostello]

shut up. lee perry smoked bareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeee weed and so his mind is fucking nuts! he is a genius. but he's fucking off 'is rockah too!

[IsaacIsaiahMusic]

There are interviews with Lee Perry where he doesn't talk like this. And his close friends and family say that he can switch it off and be a 'normal' family man. You can even see him laughing to himself (at 1:45), probably at Holland's reaction to his weirdness. I think he's an existentialist, so the line between acting mad and being mad is constantly redefining itself -the weed does influence this though. But he wouldn't be able to function as a producer if he was actually as mad as he seems.

[Slackneckedfoool]

would you care to link any of those interviews?

[stevebobs]

@IsaacIsaiahMusic

the world is a better place for him being in it, more than i can say for many 'leaders' and politicians.

[PAULLONDEN]

@IsaacIsaiahMusic

Indeed,he plays it up for the visiting 'tourists'.

Still can't understand how Holland's to this day has that job.

He's a lightweight.

[TheMrLifestyles]

@IsaacIsaiahMusic why analyze? just appreciate.

[gh0st333]

facinating person

[b533419]

"Have you heard of the atomic man?"

"No?"

"I am the atomic man!"

[leotherussian]

I'm white so I have no idea what this man is talking about.

[Yoshiro83]

"i come from the trees"

[ChocolateExplosion]

Jools should have got into the swing of things and just smoked as much skunk as he could before the interview to appreciate what Lee was saying... it would have stopped him just standing around awkwardly trying to bring the conversation back to something that makes sense.

[Rootslove]

... truthfull people, ya'man.

peace an' love an' inity.

RASTAFARI LIVE !

[rcav321]

i dont like vampires either

[wedrinkdietcoke]

"I am not a boaster..." he is on fire here

[brightwhiteass]

we should all pay close attention to what he says at the end of this video.

[puritykidz]

PURITY

[zionic144nz]

Lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire!!!!

[penrhoos]

the upsetter is a genius!!!!

[Funktionized]

lee perry works in mysterious ways =)

[sergelapelle]

I read that Perry burnt down the Ark himself for no reason at all.

[Blockvalue]

same. apparently he was actually tryna repair something or other and some electrical problem happened. Both stories prolly true tho...he most likely didn't mind that the shit burnt down

[snakesnake4567]

In an intrview he explained why burn it down.

[polo1o1]

mr music was recorded in Compass Point (Nassau, Bahamas):)

peace

[jboh213]

i never thought i'd say this. but you smoke entirely too much reefer

[tennuns]

the footage of him in the red hat is not at the ark

[zionic144nz]

Perry the jedi master

[Jahson70]

Pure in heart and genius in mind. "Heart of the Congos" - Nuff resect to all Blood and Fire crew for remastering this Icon in Reggae music...

[jrsone2]

IM THE ATOMIC MAN!

[ipchung]

Thanks for this - i've read interviews with the great man before but never seen video. Anyone know what the track he is shown working on was released as? It sounds like a version of Rainbow Country. Also re. previous comment - is this Music Mountain and not the Ark interior?

[Baudolino59]

The track is called "Mr Music" - it's on an album called "History Mystery Prophecy"

[AntiGreenday]

He is some sort of fucked up! :D

[chapeauetbarbe]

I think he became fascinated with fire (pyromania) durying this time, that's probably what caused his ark to burn down. I love Scrath Perry, he is a treasure man.

[stilllblaze]

Lee Perry crazy nuh bloodclaaat....but a incredible

genius!!! Love him 'Super Ape' LP Classic!

[DieMenschMaschine85]

When I read 'bloodclaaat' I immediately thought Beastie Boys' Egg Man. The line goes "hit rastaman and he said 'bloodclaat'.. " I had a sneaky suspicion it was Lee Perry or something because in another Beastie Boys track Sure Shot they sing; "I'm Like Lee Perry, I'm Very -On. Rock The Microphone And Then I'm Gone.."

They're obviously fans, so where can I hear (if it is Lee Perry) him say bloodclaat. Is it on an album?

Thanks

[stilllblaze]

Can't say i've heard Lee Perry say 'bloodclaat' in any of his music (and i've listened to most of his stuff) it's just a Jamaican slang 'curse' word!

I was just expressin' he was an 'eccentric' man but a legend.

[excepter]

sexy blue sky

[skyyogi]

Scratch didnt lose the wailers, the wailers lost Scratch! Respect

[Rebelman19]

i mean, the loss from his protection, management you know,

[Rebelman19]

i agree that he's one that deserve great tribute for what he have done, but watchin him maybe someone have the same impression that he never reconcle with the 'The Wailers' loss...

[TIDOWNOW]

Right On! :-)

[treesmk]

the fire... how...?

i love scratch

[metaphysics]

who payed for this ?

Marcus "Moses" Garvey -

This man is eons ahead of his time - Lee "Scratch" Perry !

[nukisarocknrollstar]

legend!

[huntedrasta]

sweet video, yo! crazy modafoka, but he's truthful to the soul

[ipalindromei]

i want to get inside his head and just peek around for a little while

[leeperryismerry]

NOW THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING! :-D

[treesmk]

haha who wouldn't want to?

[ipings]

What a eccentic genius. I love the guy. By the way, Lee is the only Reggae artist in the new audioswap program at youtube. I think it may help him get some exposure. he really deserves a lot more credit for what he has done for the music world.

[ashman1960]

I think that inside studio footage is not the Ark, it looks like maybe Joe Gibbs Music Mountain. Anybody else know?

[ashman1960]

Isn't that inside studio footage Joe Gibbs Music Mountain? The outside is the Ark for sure but inside dosen't look like it to me. Anybody else know?

[txinpum]

IT'S AMAZING!!! THANKS FOR ALL

[zig45]

great video

[Ninyawidganya]

hahahahaha

[DannyDiggla]

This was from 'Jools In Jamaica'. I only ever saw the full thing once. Theres another clip on here if u search 'yellowman', its got massive dread and eek a mouse on it as well. If anyone has a download link or torrent or whatever for the full thing let me know please.

[dexTube]

Such inspiration in every word. Completely on a level above.

[malcstag]

Man you are the best! I'm not a boaster, I'm a toaster!

[GeeBrown]

Lee Perry the Toaster... brilliant ! Thanx for sharing.