I always get a kick out of Lex's almost child-like wonder and enthusiasm when she reacts to the music. She just lets her soul absorb all the vibes and then shows them to the world. Cheers....
This is a song (along with any AC/DC track) that my dad would “perform” whenever he heard it. Supermarket, job site or dinner table it didn’t matter. He never could sing but he sure knew how to embarrass me. I can’t wait to do that with my kids 😈
I won't be having kids in this lifetime so I won't be able to pass on the legacy. My father was also an "embarrass the kids' master. I remember shopping in a jewelry store for earrings as xmas presents and my dad's over in the corner trying to open an umbrella without using two hands, just air pressure, WHOOOM! WHOOOM!!!
LOL, I'm a dad, and yes, you live for those future kid-embarrassing moments. We convince ourselves that deep, down, our kids really love it when we do these things while having no care for what others think of our antics ;)
George Thorogood and the (Delaware) Destroyers was ostensibly named after the semi-pro 35+ baseball team. "A former second baseman with the semi-pro Delaware Destroyers, Thorogood has multiple gold records to go with his baseball pedigree, not to mention a reputation as one of the best live performers on the blues-and-rock circuit.
George can turn any concert hall into a smoky bar. When I saw him at Massey Hall in Toronto, the first thing he did when coming out on stage was say "Let's get dirty!", then he launched into his guitar.
I saw GT and the Destroyers in my local town hall (1990) before non-smoking venue laws came into effect. The first two rows were mostly biker gangs and there was a haze of dope over this section. I'm not fan of second hand smoke, but on this occasion...
Speaking of smokey, me and some friends seen lonesome George at Hallenbeck Hall St.Cloud MN back in 86' I'm thinking about 3/4 through the show, a fire started, somehow, backstage. I couldn't see the fire but smelled it. We were rushed out of there pretty fast but, everybody was safe. We still talk about it to this day. What a night.
George Thorogood is the first band I saw live, he opened for The Rolling Stones in San Diego 1981. Saw him again after this song was released at a small venue here in San Diego, Golden Hall, he is an amazing performer. Definitely whips the crowd into a frenzy. Love me some bluezy slide guitar
Yes, this song has been used in MANY movies & TV shows. Remember at least hearing the riff on Married...With Children. It was used in Terminator 2, Major Payne, Christine, Problem Child and a plethora of others. My favorite from George HAS to be "I Drink Alone". I would often request it at the bar with the DJ, when I was there...Alone. GREAT reaction Brad & Lex. Merry Christmas you 2! \m/
@@mangelwurzel In this episode the song is " Born To Be Bad ". " Bad To The Bone " is the song to cook burgers with old ashes or to win back men' s bathroom with the help of Mexican food. ;)
You guys are great. Seeing your reaction to the music my generation grew up brings back memories of how we felt back then. Glad to see you feel the same.
Y'all constantly crush these reactions! I have a few favorite reaction folks that I USED to watch regularly. But not for a looooong time. Watching someone else makes me feel like I'm "cheatin'" now, lol. And you can be sure that if you listen to any of his other major songs (Who Do You Love, I Drink Alone, Move It On Over) you'll get the same gritty, dirty, smoky bar feel.
The coolest one-chord son I've ever heard...Love the rowdy sax and the "Horsie" effect George did with his guitar solo...Merry x-max, u two and keep bringing us the cool reactions/music--Could u guys give Frankie Valli and the 4 season's "Who Loves You" a listen? I KNOW you guy'sll dig it!!
That one-chord riff is called a “vamp”. Another example is John Lee Hooker’s “Boogie Chillun”. A great jazz vamp is to be found in Dave Brubeck Quartet’s “Take Five”, played in 5/4 time!
That was so weird to read your comment, because I was thinking "that sounds kind of like a horse"...then I see your post LOL. Glad it wasn't just in my head!
Great reaction y'all as usual....nailed it! He definitely has a style of his own and owns it! Numerous good songs by him but as some have already suggested ''Who do you Love?'' and ''Move it on Over''. Merry Christmas from Sophia,N.C. Bobby.
Lex has a very cool way of evaluating the music and the musicians. The fact that she says what come to mind first is really very cool. Don't stop being you.
I grew up in Delaware back in the 70s when George's first records were released and he was playing small clubs around town. In 1978, I saw him play for 2 1/2 hours with a broken collarbone (baseball accident) at the University of Delaware. Hank Carter was in the Rocket 88 Blues band that was opening for George and Hank joined him onstage that night for one of the first times.
Awesome song and reaction. This song was dedicated to John Lee Hooker. I knew George Thorogood's old guitar tech. He told me some stories. John Lee Hooker, stuttered, except when he sang. A few of Thorogood's songs were John Lee's songs, House Rent Blues, One Bourbon One Scotch, One Beer, to name a couple.
Raunch to the max! Love it. Lex, electrocuted by the guitar?! You are unique in your descriptions. You need to watch him do this live. It's great. Cheers from Canada
In this episode of Brad & Lex, recognition is the name of the game as both Brad & Lex acknowledge this fact with grins and immediately turns the power on Brad's signature "side to side sway" but no need to charge up Lex....Reason being.......She's already there man performing her "gritty blues rock bop".
I’ve been lucky enough to see George and his Delaware Destroyers 3 times in person. Believe me he most DEFINITELY sings and plays his guitar. He is easily one of the most underrated lead guitarists and singers of all time. His concerts are fantastic. I’ve seen a video of a guy being electrocuted while playing his guitar on stage. I wish I could recall the band. It was a classic rock band for sure. He was hospitalized with pretty severe burns. Someone else will remember for sure. Great job!
So my dad once saw George in concert at a small venue, and there was no dance floor, so he and his then-girlfriend were the first of many to hop on the stage to dance. By the end George was playing and singing while standing on a chair in the middle of the stage as dozens of people danced around. Favorite concert he ever went to.
It is time for some ACDC live. Jailbreak,The Jack,Stiff upper lip,Let there be rock,For those about to rock. Lex,you would love all of these,so would Brad
“Lonesome George” Rocks this Tune. HUGE Hit for Him. It was In Terminator too. He does a great mash-up of 2 John Lee Hooker songs, “House Rent Boogie” & “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”. Highly recommend.
You can get electrocuted via electric guitar if you are using a guitar cable. If you are using a wireless.....pretty much impossible unless someone else is being electrocuted at a given moment and is touching their microphone and then YOU go to sing while all this is going on.....so, probably not. BUT, with a guitar cord plugged in, there are all kinds of grounding issues that can electrocute and kill you.
You can get electrocuted if power comes back up the cable from the amp. Guitar pickups create an electrical current which is fed to the amplifier, they don't use power
Guitarist Les Harvey (brother of Alex Harvey) of 70's rock band Stone the Crows, was killed on stage when he touched an unearthed (grounded) mic with his guitar.
Just a stone cold rock and roll song and I've always loved George Thorogould and I know I probably just misspelled his last name but he's bad to the bone
THIS is my favorite song f all time, it is the root of rock and roll. Dipping into blues and fusing with current rock with the ultimate message of dont *^%$ with me, hence why every movie has the bad guy walk into this song! Love the content.
I was at a small bar where I lived in Flagstaff AZ one night in the early 90's when Mr. Thorogood came in with some friends passing through. He joined the band for a few. Dream come true, once in a lifetime. Peace!
Steve Morse of Deep Purple said they did a concert in the rain until their equipment stopped working. When asked about the danger of electrocution he said that the wires in a guitar cable are so small that any current that passes through would not be enough to hurt you.
Ol' Lonesome George does a combo of slide and picking on this and a bunch of other songs.He likes to do what he feels in the moment. Early in his career, '79-'80, he did a tour with his band, The Delaware Destroyers, called 50 States in 50 Dates. They did the entire USA in 50 days, driving a Checker Marathon Yellow Taxi the whole time in the continental US. That is being a road dog.
When I lived in Evansville, In in the early 90s, there was a female disk jockey who evedryday started her golden-oldies show with this song. She had a great sense of humor and she'd take phone calls from her listeners and BS with them. Great show. Pathetically, I can't remember her name anymore.
Every ship in the US Navy has a 'pull away' song that they play on the 1MC (ships interior intercom & exterior speaker system) when they detach from another ship, a pier or from formation...it's a declarative to those in witness of this separation. The USS LaSalle's pull away song was this song, as the USS LaSalle was an all white(paint scheme not race) ship known as the Great White Ghost of the Arabian Coast. In either 1989 or 1990 (I forget which) the LaSalle was doing a cruise through the Straits of Hormuz on route to a port call in Muscat, Oman. Joining the LaSalle through this leg of the journey (LaSalle was the command ship for the 5th Fleet) was a couple of Destroyers and 2 Frigates, 1 from the UK and 1 from Australia. The 2 foreign ships were practicing replenishing maneuvers by pulling up alongside the LaSalle and then breaking away to repeat the maneuver again and again. The Signalmen of the LaSalle kept requesting they play their breakaway song, which they were dumbfounded as to what that meant. So just as the LaSalle was approaching the narrowest part of the passing, where NATO ships hug the coastline to put as much distance between themselves and Iranian coast, the Captain had the crew play LaSalle's pull away song as the ship went into flank speed and at a very high volume, insuring not only the two Frigate escorts could hear, but getting a reaction from the Destroyer crew and people on shore as well. The reaction as this song was played was epic, and forever imprinted into my memory recall everytime I hear this song played. Brilliant song, Great reaction, lovely trip down memory lane! Thank you!
It was a rockin' concert. Got to Tulsa just before the show and bought tickets at the window. Got front row center section. He came down off the stage and walking up and down playing. Very cool.
I used to hear this 4-5 times during Seattle Mariners games when Jay Buhner played for them. It was the song played when Jay Buhner would come to the plate to hit. His nickname was "The Bone". George calls the music gutter music.
Indeed. George is a guitar superhero? Once, while playing in the rain with an ungrounded mic, he jolted himself and then he welded/became one with his guitar. He wanders the streets of Delaware at night fighting crime. ;-)
SAX PLAYER PLAYS 2 SAX AT ONE TIME. George uses finger picks. One of the greatest "Bar" bands of all time. His live shows were off the wall. Seen him quite a few times live. Always a great time.
After watching Lex's mother in a few reactions with them I can see where that love for music comes from. Lex didn't have a prayer next to her mom. Mom took over that couch. 😆😃
This was my favorite song when I was 6 years old. I even bought a huffy on lay away from Kmart that had bad to bone decals on it. Lol I think would even sing the song while riding it 🤣
I kind of remember six, me my green wind 5,000 lb bike with chopper handlebars and a sissy bar in fact.abanna seat as well.... the fantasy with cards and spokes of the sound of a moterbike..evil kenevl.... 👍 At 6 years old I had already seen Jan and Dean after James accident on Dead Man's curve, Jefferson airplane, Three dog night, kiss in 1975, The Beach boys, Blue oyster cult, and a lot of others I've seen aces between whatever I'm not trying to brag, George Thor good though it's so lovely because he's kickback but he's kind of like Southern fried Georgia type blues, and he tells exactly what he means.... Cuz you know if I had about five of those triple shots of that stuff, and my mouth was getting pretty dry, cuz I knew I was getting pretty high, I would also probably go back there, and tell her hey I got a job! And yeah you get your money next Friday or few days later I'm not sure, how's that work with you just turns out to be all love you guys so he packs his things and he gets goes and he said of course you should know should be lucky to get him from let alone any back rent, if you like him my suggestion to you look up Stevie Ray Vaughan and fall in love love y'all guys I'm going to keep on listening
Yep had one of those big old nasty green super duper metallic Schwinn bicycle, but I also had at that time so stupid one and a half inch thick rainbow colored thongs, that you could water ski on if you have big dog and a puddle of course and some mighty bad stuffed toes 😂😹🤗
Of course I think it was the rat trap pedals, that wouldn't let go of the bottom of that soft rubber on a hot day!! In the trailer park.. oh my if I could ever go back right now with what I know Ted Nugent would have been reelected to president 18 terms in a row lol
An electric produces a real low voltage. However, if you hook up a high power amp incorrectly the guitarist can get shocked. Jerry Garcia said the tech screwed up the ground when they played Woodstock and he got shocked every time he touched the strings. As a result they did not play well.
You will also hear this song on the 90s sitcom "Married with Children" , This was Al Bundy;s theme for whenever he thought he would be cool. It was at least 2 or 3 episodes a year that they used this. It is one of the most famous and instantly recognized songs and styles in the business. George Thoroughgood is an expert at "using the dots" on the neck of the guitar. Slide is a tricky technique, but after learning how to hold the slide and such, this is a very easy song to play.
He does use a pick but he usually uses a tube of glass or steel to slide on a finger to slide up and down the neck. Electric shock through a guitar usually happens when combining instrument and microphone and touching both at the same time with a little juice leak somewhere and your hair will stand up, for quite a while.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Lex nails it again!! Great players absolutely become one with their instruments. They are not even playing them anymore. They are just speaking through them.✌️✌️✌️
This song holds a special place with me,1st time I heard it I was probably about 7 years old watching T2:Judgement Day with my dad. RIP Dad you put me onto great music.
Can you get electrocuted from playing electric guitar? "Relf died in the basement of his home in 1976 at age 33 from electrocution while playing an electric guitar. He had had several health problems throughout his life, including emphysema and asthma. He may have been taking the medications commonly used to treat those diseases at the time, and these may have contributed to his inability to survive the electric shock." RIP Keith Relf from the Yardbirds
Major Payne. Man that takes me back. Loved that movie. Remember being at summer camp shortly after it came out (I hadn't seen it yet). Half the male counselors and campers going around yelling "Who's the dummy noooow...." And this is possibly the only Thorogood song I know. And for like 20 years I was certain he was a black dude. Just the vibe I got from this song, his voice, that sax solo. For some reason it all came together in my mind as "big, tough, bad-ass, black biker dude, ridin' around on his hog." Then I saw the music video; saw this scrawny, pencil-neck white dude in skinny jeans working a pool table. Not at all the image I had in my mind. Not at all.
Some people train to be a badass, some people learn to be a badass the hard way. I'm thoroughly convinced that George was just born that way. The nurse said so.
If you'd like to see another sweet rock sax solo, check out Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein, there's a live 'Old Grey Whistle' video. Totally ahead of his time, i can totally guarantee you'll be pretty floored by the performance, such a cool, crazy, one of a kind song. Thanks guy! Merry Christmas! EDIT: Oh and Edgar and Johnny Winter were albino twins, Johnny played some mean blues on his acoustic... very talented guys.
I love both of you, but I must say, every time I see Lex react to guitars and changes of tempo and surprise instrumentation, it thrills me no end! Not to mention how she totally feels the music and expresses it with her body movements and facial expressions. I know you guys like a lot of different types of music beyond what you grew up with, but she's a closet rocker, I guarantee it... 😁🎶 As for how he plays guitar, he learned to play very basic but effective chords and techniques for his songs and improved upon his skills as he went. Additionally, there is a lot of slide guitar sound in this song, so in a way you could say that it does indeed sound like it's being played "with his bones", not a bad simile at all. You're probably fixated about New Orleans because his music is very bluesy, but that type of Mississippi delta influence has affected many artists from other places such as Led Zeppelin. So get it out of your mind, think instead working class Bronx or Southside Chicago.
I always get a kick out of Lex's almost child-like wonder and enthusiasm when she reacts to the music. She just lets her soul absorb all the vibes and then shows them to the world. Cheers....
Well now you gotta hear "Who do you love", "Move it on over", and " I drink alone". You can't stop at Bad to the Bone.
This is a song (along with any AC/DC track) that my dad would “perform” whenever he heard it. Supermarket, job site or dinner table it didn’t matter. He never could sing but he sure knew how to embarrass me.
I can’t wait to do that with my kids 😈
Embarrassing your kids is one of the greatest joys of parenthood. 😂
I think our dads would get along.
I won't be having kids in this lifetime so I won't be able to pass on the legacy. My father was also an "embarrass the kids' master. I remember shopping in a jewelry store for earrings as xmas presents and my dad's over in the corner trying to open an umbrella without using two hands, just air pressure, WHOOOM! WHOOOM!!!
LOL, I'm a dad, and yes, you live for those future kid-embarrassing moments. We convince ourselves that deep, down, our kids really love it when we do these things while having no care for what others think of our antics ;)
That's what Dad's do Rusty. I think that is in our hard drive. Hello from Orlando, Florida 🤯🐊🌞🌴😎😜
LEX... ONCE AGAIN... NAILS IT.
(and YES, Brad... you're spot on about the Cajun feel, too!)
George was also a great ball player. He was a legit, top tier prospect for the Majors
He still plays lol, he was in our backyard beer league until about about 3 years ago
George Thorogood and the (Delaware) Destroyers was ostensibly named after the semi-pro 35+ baseball team. "A former second baseman with the semi-pro Delaware Destroyers, Thorogood has multiple gold records to go with his baseball pedigree, not to mention a reputation as one of the best live performers on the blues-and-rock circuit.
The best funnest concert I've seen. Capital theater in NJ in the 80's. He always brings in other big name musicians too.
Had to look that one up.
George can turn any concert hall into a smoky bar.
When I saw him at Massey Hall in Toronto, the first thing he did when coming out on stage was say "Let's get dirty!", then he launched into his guitar.
I saw GT and the Destroyers in my local town hall (1990) before non-smoking venue laws came into effect. The first two rows were mostly biker gangs and there was a haze of dope over this section. I'm not fan of second hand smoke, but on this occasion...
Yeah totally agree saw him in adelaide in the 80s..wicked show
Speaking of smokey, me and some friends seen lonesome George at Hallenbeck Hall St.Cloud MN back in 86' I'm thinking about 3/4 through the show, a fire started, somehow, backstage. I couldn't see the fire but smelled it. We were rushed out of there pretty fast but, everybody was safe. We still talk about it to this day. What a night.
Ladies love this song because love “bad boys”!😁👍
George Thorogood's guitar tone is very distinctive. I love the "snarl" quality.
One of the bluesiest songs that got a lot of air play from the Destroyers. They also give 1000% in concert. Amazing show.
George Thorogood is the first band I saw live, he opened for The Rolling Stones in San Diego 1981. Saw him again after this song was released at a small venue here in San Diego, Golden Hall, he is an amazing performer. Definitely whips the crowd into a frenzy. Love me some bluezy slide guitar
"Payne!... I can't feel muh legs!"
Major Payne: "Bubba... they aint theeerrrreee"
"I guess I just had the one a comin'" Classic movie. Watched it ten times.
Yes, this song has been used in MANY movies & TV shows. Remember at least hearing the riff on Married...With Children. It was used in Terminator 2, Major Payne, Christine, Problem Child and a plethora of others. My favorite from George HAS to be "I Drink Alone". I would often request it at the bar with the DJ, when I was there...Alone. GREAT reaction Brad & Lex. Merry Christmas you 2! \m/
When I drink alone I prefer to be by myself 🔊🎵
i connect this song always with Problem Child. "Touchdown, Touchdown , Touchdown, Touchdown !!!"
Al Bundy with a long-hair wig on a big motorcycle with this song playing over the video ... absolutely perfect!
@@mangelwurzel In this episode the song is " Born To Be Bad ".
" Bad To The Bone " is the song to cook burgers with old ashes or to win back men' s bathroom with the help of Mexican food. ;)
This song was also in T2: Terminator 2 Judgement Day
He puts on a great performance. Seen him (and band) at the House of Blues in Houston, TX :-)
You guys are great. Seeing your reaction to the music my generation grew up brings back memories of how we felt back then. Glad to see you feel the same.
Bradd would love the song "I Drink Alone." The lyrics will make him smile an laugh the whole time.
Major Payne is such a underrated comedy classic.
Tell mama to bring field knife.
@@joebazots who's the dummy now
I love major Payne u magots unity turds
Don't forget Terminator 2
@@drethekidlife that's not a comedy
Y'all constantly crush these reactions! I have a few favorite reaction folks that I USED to watch regularly. But not for a looooong time. Watching someone else makes me feel like I'm "cheatin'" now, lol. And you can be sure that if you listen to any of his other major songs (Who Do You Love, I Drink Alone, Move It On Over) you'll get the same gritty, dirty, smoky bar feel.
The coolest one-chord son I've ever heard...Love the rowdy sax and the "Horsie" effect George did with his guitar solo...Merry x-max, u two and keep bringing us the cool reactions/music--Could u guys give Frankie Valli and the 4 season's "Who Loves You" a listen? I KNOW you guy'sll dig it!!
That one-chord riff is called a “vamp”. Another example is John Lee Hooker’s “Boogie Chillun”. A great jazz vamp is to be found in Dave Brubeck Quartet’s “Take Five”, played in 5/4 time!
That was so weird to read your comment, because I was thinking "that sounds kind of like a horse"...then I see your post LOL. Glad it wasn't just in my head!
Great reaction y'all as usual....nailed it! He definitely has a style of his own and owns it! Numerous good songs by him but as some have already suggested ''Who do you Love?'' and ''Move it on Over''. Merry Christmas from Sophia,N.C. Bobby.
Love his version of ‘Who Do You Love’...it’s a banger.
He's using a metal slide on his index finger. A pick in the other. He scratches the side of that pick a lot, and vibrates the slide.
just a song that never ages. it was perfection done on the first attempt.
George is one of the greatest blues singers/guitarist out there. He's truly Bad To The Bone!
Lex has a very cool way of evaluating the music and the musicians. The fact that she says what come to mind first is really very cool. Don't stop being you.
He is very much influenced by Bo Diddley, so that's way you get the Southern blues sound.
My first major exposure to this song was Terminator 2. Such a badass riff!
I grew up in Delaware back in the 70s when George's first records were released and he was playing small clubs around town. In 1978, I saw him play for 2 1/2 hours with a broken collarbone (baseball accident) at the University of Delaware. Hank Carter was in the Rocket 88 Blues band that was opening for George and Hank joined him onstage that night for one of the first times.
Awesome song and reaction. This song was dedicated to John Lee Hooker. I knew George Thorogood's old guitar tech. He told me some stories. John Lee Hooker, stuttered, except when he sang. A few of Thorogood's songs were John Lee's songs, House Rent Blues, One Bourbon One Scotch, One Beer, to name a couple.
Yup, stuttering can be overcome in some instances by singing, because it uses a different part of the brain to do so.
Raunch to the max! Love it. Lex, electrocuted by the guitar?! You are unique in your descriptions. You need to watch him do this live. It's great. Cheers from Canada
One of my favorite singers and songs of all time, love that sax!!
He plays this song with a slide on his little finger. That is how that crazy sound happens. Be blessed and Merry Christmas.
Seen George 4 times back in the 80s great live energy. Lex you always amaze me with you off the cuff takes they are on point. Your a smart witty lady.
In this episode of Brad & Lex, recognition is the name of the game as both Brad & Lex acknowledge this fact with grins and immediately turns the power on Brad's signature "side to side sway" but no need to charge up Lex....Reason being.......She's already there man performing her "gritty blues rock bop".
You’re so funny Smitty 😂
I’ve been lucky enough to see George and his Delaware Destroyers 3 times in person. Believe me he most DEFINITELY sings and plays his guitar. He is easily one of the most underrated lead guitarists and singers of all time. His concerts are fantastic.
I’ve seen a video of a guy being electrocuted while playing his guitar on stage. I wish I could recall the band. It was a classic rock band for sure. He was hospitalized with pretty severe burns. Someone else will remember for sure.
Great job!
So my dad once saw George in concert at a small venue, and there was no dance floor, so he and his then-girlfriend were the first of many to hop on the stage to dance. By the end George was playing and singing while standing on a chair in the middle of the stage as dozens of people danced around. Favorite concert he ever went to.
George's Born To Be Bad in the classic episode of Married With Children rocks.
It is time for some ACDC live. Jailbreak,The Jack,Stiff upper lip,Let there be rock,For those about to rock. Lex,you would love all of these,so would Brad
“Lonesome George” Rocks this Tune. HUGE Hit for Him. It was In Terminator too.
He does a great mash-up of 2 John Lee Hooker songs, “House Rent Boogie” & “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”. Highly recommend.
Oh yes! George! A similar sounding song was/is I'm A Man, by The Yardbirds in the 60s, with Jimmy Page on Guitar.
You can get electrocuted via electric guitar if you are using a guitar cable. If you are using a wireless.....pretty much impossible unless someone else is being electrocuted at a given moment and is touching their microphone and then YOU go to sing while all this is going on.....so, probably not. BUT, with a guitar cord plugged in, there are all kinds of grounding issues that can electrocute and kill you.
You can get electrocuted if power comes back up the cable from the amp. Guitar pickups create an electrical current which is fed to the amplifier, they don't use power
Great. Something else to worry about. lol
Guitarist Les Harvey (brother of Alex Harvey) of 70's rock band Stone the Crows, was killed on stage when he touched an unearthed (grounded) mic with his guitar.
The video was a huge part of early MTV. The song and video together are timeless. A movie within a music video.
George Thorogood is a "big guitar" guy, just like Uncle Ted! Gotta love it!
Just a stone cold rock and roll song and I've always loved George Thorogould and I know I probably just misspelled his last name but he's bad to the bone
It's GOOD, how'd you get that part wrong? Dang.
@@mikelucey5035 I came up in the 60s
We get the point it's not a spelling competition but some folk seem to think it is.
THIS is my favorite song f all time, it is the root of rock and roll. Dipping into blues and fusing with current rock with the ultimate message of dont *^%$ with me, hence why every movie has the bad guy walk into this song! Love the content.
I was at a small bar where I lived in Flagstaff AZ one night in the early 90's when Mr. Thorogood came in with some friends passing through. He joined the band for a few. Dream come true, once in a lifetime. Peace!
“From the day he was born the nurse was like that’s a bad sucka” 🤣
GEORGE can play he does play he loves to show off he come to our home town they been together like 50 years amazing band !
Saw George in the mid 80s, black cons, white tee, jumped into the crowd. Gotta love that Bo Diddley beat.
Brad I literally laughed out loud when you said playing with his nubs.Nice!
Definitely check out a live version, pure showmanship no lasers or pyrotechnics just straight up blues rock ‘n’ roll
Steve Morse of Deep Purple said they did a concert in the rain until their equipment stopped working. When asked about the danger of electrocution he said that the wires in a guitar cable are so small that any current that passes through would not be enough to hurt you.
Now we're talking, this is more my style. Rock on Brad & Lex
Ol' Lonesome George does a combo of slide and picking on this and a bunch of other songs.He likes to do what he feels in the moment. Early in his career, '79-'80, he did a tour with his band, The Delaware Destroyers, called 50 States in 50 Dates. They did the entire USA in 50 days, driving a Checker Marathon Yellow Taxi the whole time in the continental US. That is being a road dog.
When I lived in Evansville, In in the early 90s, there was a female disk jockey who evedryday started her golden-oldies show with this song. She had a great sense of humor and she'd take phone calls from her listeners and BS with them. Great show. Pathetically, I can't remember her name anymore.
That Lex cracks me up with her comments, and her body movements really tell us how much she's enjoying the music.
Who Do You Love is a good one to listen to next from George!
She comes up with the strangest stuff to describe things! LOL
Lex, you are very insightful 😊 you truly do understand musicians
Terminator 2 , George Thorogood took a lot of riffs from R&B and spiced them up for rock. He played a slide guitar
Every ship in the US Navy has a 'pull away' song that they play on the 1MC (ships interior intercom & exterior speaker system) when they detach from another ship, a pier or from formation...it's a declarative to those in witness of this separation. The USS LaSalle's pull away song was this song, as the USS LaSalle was an all white(paint scheme not race) ship known as the Great White Ghost of the Arabian Coast. In either 1989 or 1990 (I forget which) the LaSalle was doing a cruise through the Straits of Hormuz on route to a port call in Muscat, Oman. Joining the LaSalle through this leg of the journey (LaSalle was the command ship for the 5th Fleet) was a couple of Destroyers and 2 Frigates, 1 from the UK and 1 from Australia. The 2 foreign ships were practicing replenishing maneuvers by pulling up alongside the LaSalle and then breaking away to repeat the maneuver again and again. The Signalmen of the LaSalle kept requesting they play their breakaway song, which they were dumbfounded as to what that meant. So just as the LaSalle was approaching the narrowest part of the passing, where NATO ships hug the coastline to put as much distance between themselves and Iranian coast, the Captain had the crew play LaSalle's pull away song as the ship went into flank speed and at a very high volume, insuring not only the two Frigate escorts could hear, but getting a reaction from the Destroyer crew and people on shore as well. The reaction as this song was played was epic, and forever imprinted into my memory recall everytime I hear this song played.
Brilliant song, Great reaction, lovely trip down memory lane! Thank you!
The fact that this song give a lot confidence is insane
You need to watch the video of this song, George is an awesome showman and you can tell he loves to show off his style
It’s always a pleasure to watch Lex groove to a song!
It was a rockin' concert. Got to Tulsa just before the show and bought tickets at the window. Got front row center section. He came down off the stage and walking up and down playing. Very cool.
Merry Christmas and thanks for all the great content 👍 Keep it going.
I used to hear this 4-5 times during Seattle Mariners games when Jay Buhner played for them. It was the song played when Jay Buhner would come to the plate to hit. His nickname was "The Bone". George calls the music gutter music.
Wow! Yes I had forgotten about that until I saw your comment. 🙂❤
Indeed. George is a guitar superhero? Once, while playing in the rain with an ungrounded mic, he jolted himself and then he welded/became one with his guitar. He wanders the streets of Delaware at night fighting crime. ;-)
The full name of the band was George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers, later shortened to George Thorogood and the Destroyers.
SAX PLAYER PLAYS 2 SAX AT ONE TIME. George uses finger picks. One of the greatest "Bar" bands of all time. His live shows were off the wall. Seen him quite a few times live. Always a great time.
I like how Lex does the couch dancing for both of them. I mean Brad is moving. But Lex is moving him.
After watching Lex's mother in a few reactions with them I can see where that love for music comes from. Lex didn't have a prayer next to her mom. Mom took over that couch. 😆😃
My favorite from him (if I had to pick one) is “Who do you love “. It gets me fired up every time I hear it.
Major Payne is a great movie…”if he still in there he ain’t happy”…classic.
Major Payne. "You're gonna feel a little.........pressure." Hilarious movie.
Saw him with the Rolling Stones and J Giels band at Candlestick in 1980. Great show.
This was my favorite song when I was 6 years old. I even bought a huffy on lay away from Kmart that had bad to bone decals on it. Lol I think would even sing the song while riding it 🤣
I kind of remember six, me my green wind 5,000 lb bike with chopper handlebars and a sissy bar in fact.abanna seat as well.... the fantasy with cards and spokes of the sound of a moterbike..evil kenevl.... 👍 At 6 years old I had already seen Jan and Dean after James accident on Dead Man's curve, Jefferson airplane, Three dog night, kiss in 1975, The Beach boys, Blue oyster cult, and a lot of others I've seen aces between whatever I'm not trying to brag, George Thor good though it's so lovely because he's kickback but he's kind of like Southern fried Georgia type blues, and he tells exactly what he means.... Cuz you know if I had about five of those triple shots of that stuff, and my mouth was getting pretty dry, cuz I knew I was getting pretty high, I would also probably go back there, and tell her hey I got a job! And yeah you get your money next Friday or few days later I'm not sure, how's that work with you just turns out to be all love you guys so he packs his things and he gets goes and he said of course you should know should be lucky to get him from let alone any back rent, if you like him my suggestion to you look up Stevie Ray Vaughan and fall in love love y'all guys I'm going to keep on listening
Yep had one of those big old nasty green super duper metallic Schwinn bicycle, but I also had at that time so stupid one and a half inch thick rainbow colored thongs, that you could water ski on if you have big dog and a puddle of course and some mighty bad stuffed toes 😂😹🤗
Of course I think it was the rat trap pedals, that wouldn't let go of the bottom of that soft rubber on a hot day!! In the trailer park.. oh my if I could ever go back right now with what I know Ted Nugent would have been reelected to president 18 terms in a row lol
It was also played on various television shows, Miami Vice was one that I can remember
Bard and Lex need to go to a blues bar and just chill for a night of awesome live music.
I knew this song by heart as a kid haha. I thought I was so cool binge watching the two Terminator films lol 😎
Kind of song you would make your own lyrics to ala Weird Al
It was in terminator also.
THOROGOOD RULES!
Also, Major Payne = classic
An electric produces a real low voltage. However, if you hook up a high power amp incorrectly the guitarist can get shocked. Jerry Garcia said the tech screwed up the ground when they played Woodstock and he got shocked every time he touched the strings. As a result they did not play well.
You will also hear this song on the 90s sitcom "Married with Children" , This was Al Bundy;s theme for whenever he thought he would be cool. It was at least 2 or 3 episodes a year that they used this. It is one of the most famous and instantly recognized songs and styles in the business. George Thoroughgood is an expert at "using the dots" on the neck of the guitar. Slide is a tricky technique, but after learning how to hold the slide and such, this is a very easy song to play.
He does use a pick but he usually uses a tube of glass or steel to slide on a finger to slide up and down the neck. Electric shock through a guitar usually happens when combining instrument and microphone and touching both at the same time with a little juice leak somewhere and your hair will stand up, for quite a while.
Slide guitar is a blues technique popular in New Orleans, Mississippi, and Texas. (ZZ Top, Stevie Ray)
This was my Dad and mines song when I was growing up. We’d always stop what we we doing and sing with it when it would come on
This song has been in a lot. Major Payne, Terminator 2, Christine...among others. One of those that will live on forever.
Saw Him 3 times , HIGH ENERGY!! GREAT SHOWS!! 😍🎸🔥😁😍🎸🔥😁
Yes! Yes! Yes! Lex nails it again!! Great players absolutely become one with their instruments. They are not even playing them anymore. They are just speaking through them.✌️✌️✌️
This song holds a special place with me,1st time I heard it I was probably about 7 years old watching T2:Judgement Day with my dad. RIP Dad you put me onto great music.
Also featured brilliantly in Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
Can you get electrocuted from playing electric guitar? "Relf died in the basement of his home in 1976 at age 33 from electrocution while playing an electric guitar. He had had several health problems throughout his life, including emphysema and asthma. He may have been taking the medications commonly used to treat those diseases at the time, and these may have contributed to his inability to survive the electric shock." RIP Keith Relf from the Yardbirds
Lex is very creative, great spirit! This song never gets old! Fun to watch!
I love Major Payne as a kid, saw it so many times I've memorized the lines haha
George and his sax man always had a good time on stage!
Thorogood is the singer and the guitarist. I've got all his stuff. And there is sooo much.
I saw George Thorogood on David Lettermen performing this song he actually played the guitar with his teeth it was something else to watch.
Major Payne. Man that takes me back. Loved that movie. Remember being at summer camp shortly after it came out (I hadn't seen it yet). Half the male counselors and campers going around yelling "Who's the dummy noooow...."
And this is possibly the only Thorogood song I know. And for like 20 years I was certain he was a black dude. Just the vibe I got from this song, his voice, that sax solo. For some reason it all came together in my mind as "big, tough, bad-ass, black biker dude, ridin' around on his hog." Then I saw the music video; saw this scrawny, pencil-neck white dude in skinny jeans working a pool table. Not at all the image I had in my mind. Not at all.
Some people train to be a badass, some people learn to be a badass the hard way. I'm thoroughly convinced that George was just born that way. The nurse said so.
If you'd like to see another sweet rock sax solo, check out Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein, there's a live 'Old Grey Whistle' video. Totally ahead of his time, i can totally guarantee you'll be pretty floored by the performance, such a cool, crazy, one of a kind song. Thanks guy! Merry Christmas!
EDIT: Oh and Edgar and Johnny Winter were albino twins, Johnny played some mean blues on his acoustic... very talented guys.
its in the opening credits of Major Payne, while he’s crawling around in the dark and the first “you might feel a little pressure” scene comes up.
I love both of you, but I must say, every time I see Lex react to guitars and changes of tempo and surprise instrumentation, it thrills me no end!
Not to mention how she totally feels the music and expresses it with her body movements and facial expressions.
I know you guys like a lot of different types of music beyond what you grew up with, but she's a closet rocker, I guarantee it... 😁🎶
As for how he plays guitar, he learned to play very basic but effective chords and techniques for his songs and improved upon his skills as he went. Additionally, there is a lot of slide guitar sound in this song, so in a way you could say that it does indeed sound like it's being played "with his bones", not a bad simile at all.
You're probably fixated about New Orleans because his music is very bluesy, but that type of Mississippi delta influence has affected many artists from other places such as Led Zeppelin. So get it out of your mind, think instead working class Bronx or Southside Chicago.