Blues Brothers: Soul Man - SNL
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- The Blues Brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) perform “Soul Man.” [Season 4, 1978]
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Dan Aykroyd's dancing is epic, insane and beyond amazing. 45+ years later it is still over the top enjoyable
No doubt about it! Insane and off the chain! Still lovin' it in 2024!!
Dan Akroyd went full crazy on this one ...
こんなにイカしてたなんて🎉🎉🎉
ブルースハープも最高ですね❣️❣️❣️😆😆😆
Looks like he was doing football drills.
How much was rehearsed and how much of it was spontaneous?
April 2024, who’s here with me?
Here man 😂
どうしたんだい？独りで聴くのがそんなにさみしいのかい？仔猫ちゃん！
Io, anni 71, nostalgia canaglia!
Me
ならず者だよーん
Belushi and Akroyd were absolute NEXT LEVEL entertainers, and did it LIVE... no re-do... no post production... They had exactly ONE take... to get it right... and get it right they did!!!!
Legends
Never see their likes again! 😞🥲👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
...the same strateegy that worked so well for Jackie Gleason, et. al. in the 'Honeymooners'...
Garrett Morris was also terrific on SNL - his Chico Escuela bit was classic. He is among my favorites from SNL - along with Akroyd and Belushi. I was in college during SNL's first years, and this "appointment TV" after a night out...
And it sounds EXACTLY like the studio version, the cassette of which I wore out back in the day. lol
I was sixteen years old and was sitting in the audience three rows from the floor. This was 1978 and was actually the first live performance that they ever did. If you didn't notice, all the guys in the band were also in the Blues Brothers movie.
I’m glad you got to have that AMAZING experience.
Paul Schaffer and the drummer weren't in the movie (Paul had a contract still with SNL).
If everyone that claimed to have been there actually was there, 30 Rock would have collapsed from the weight alone
Wow, what a great little story! It is very cool to have witnessed something you can watch forty-five years later.
I thought King Bee was the first blues brothers number
Rest in Peace John Belushi, Cab Calloway, John Candy, Henry Gibson, Carrie Fisher, Donald duck Dunn, Aretha Franklin, and BB King.
and lets not forget John Lee Hooker!
@@marthijnvandenbroeck8766 And Ray Charles.
and James Brown!
and Matt "Guitar" Murphy
don't forget james brown and john lee hooker
Arkroyd's dancing was so charismatic even if it's meant to be a goofy dance. The amount of talent in this video is unbelievable
Amazing that the band could keep it together.
Dan's moves are still cool.
Akroyd, one word AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
Did Belushi do a cartwheel? Shoot, as a big guy, I know that isn't easy.
I had forgotten how lanky he was! Man got legs!!
Aykroyd’s moves are comedically brilliant and original.
Agreed
I came here to see Dan Aykroyd dance .
I think we all did!!
same here~~
That makes ✌️ of us!!!!
Same here
Me too
As contagious as it is to watch Belushi, you just can't take your eyes off of Aykroyd.
Dan Aykroyd really had some crazy moves! Very enjoyable.
Absolutely true
Exactly what I was thinking...I don't think I heard anything Belushi sang 😂😂
Love Dan ! Great moves ❤
AMAZING performance by everyone here including that awesome introduction by Garret "I said put your hands together " Morris, but yes Dan Aykroyd steals the show !!
There's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark out, and we're wearing sunglasses. HIT IT!
😎😎
They were on a mission from God.
If they seemingly left that club between 9:00/10:00pm (its dark as hell out!) Why does it take them all night and all day to make it 106 miles?! They get to the office and the guys at lunch! It took 13 hours?! The speed they were going,it should've taken a little over an hour! And if you think about it,John candy who is a Chicago cop,meets them at the club! So they shouldn't even be 100 miles from Chicago! In fact,going by the map they used when advertising the show,they were MAYBE 30 miles away! And the crimes they were guilty of,when you get right down to it,was traffic violations,vandelism and petty theft! No way they would've sent more then 2 or 3 police cars at them! And why is the national Guard driving ww2 Sherman tanks! Surely even they had better equipment by the 80s!!
You get me my Cheez Whiz boy?
"Fix the cigarette lighter"
Back when SNL was actual entertainment. Belushi and Aykroyd's performance here were awesome!
The absolute prefect performance.... Man, I miss them... Buckets of talent all around.
Doesn't hurt that they have so many great all-star musicians in the backing band.
The sheer amount of talent on that small stage is staggering.
Mr Fabulous
Donald Duck Dunn
Matt Guitar Murphy
Steve Cropper
Blue Lou Marini
Definitely. Honestly wish I was alive for this
The part that’s so devastating is Belushi alone was so god damn talented, and we got to witness so little of what he could have given us.
So true!
That is an absolute fact!
THEY AINT CASTING THEM LITTLE BLK DUDES THESE DAYS
Please tell me I'm not the only one here in 2022! Blues Brothers never die😎
April 2022, I am here watching & enjoying every second of it!
You're not!
I ❤️ the Blues Brothers they never get old!
SOOOOOOOOL MAAAAAAAAN
Not alone bro 😎
Blues Brothers movie ...one of the greatest soundtracks ever!!
YES!!!
one thing that goes unnoticed in this wonderful performance; Paul Schaffer WITH hair!!!
I saw that!
Without a doubt one of the GREATEST SNL moments of all time.
👍
One of the greatest moments in TV History, mainly because no one really knew what to expect.
They would have done well and preserved that legacy if they packed it up in a couple more seasons.
Probably top 3 if not the actual greatest.
No doubt. Definitely the best open!
Dan Ackroyd's dance moves.... highly underrated.
Was just thinking that. It's one of the reasons I watch this from time to time.
seriously!!!😂💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
@@productwholeslave2122 Thanks for the reference. I agree; the final scene of the movie really does showcase Ackroyd's enthusiasm for dancing.
People use "underrated" as a compliment when it's in fact an insult. That's like the needy boyfriend who says, I'm the only one who loves you. People don't appreciate you the way I do. I'm the only one who knows how great you are. It sounds like a compliment but it's really not.
VERY.....UNDERRATED
This song was a major hit single on the Billboard charts that year. The sad part is the song never made it to the movie footage. How did John do the cartwheel, dancing and singing, all the while chewing gum? And what a talent Garret Morris is on SNL!! And the famous band members. So much talent in one room. 💗
It's this thing called COCAINE!!!
It's not cocaine, Belushi was a gymnast. He did the backflips in the movie too
@@PebblesOTB . He did the backflips whilst extremely high on Medical grade cocaine!
Garret Morris nailed it too! I swear I've been to bars that open the act just like that. And the boys were, of course, beyond!!.
@@PebblesOTBNo, that was a Stuntman in a fat suit. His name is Jonathan Yarbrough. And that's a shitty cartwheel for anyone claiming to be a gymnast.
Aykroyds moves are insane!!
Belushi really had everything, didn’t he? Perfect comic timing, insane charisma, amazing delivery, and he could actually sing pretty damn well.
and a drug and alcohol habit that would eventually kill him
Loved it when he did Joe Cocker
Then blew it on speedballing.
Too bad he also had the monkey on his back.
He sure did! He was my fav!
Can we also take the time to appreciate the AMAZING job Garrett Morris did introducing them
Garrett Morris was superb. He really set the stage that something special was about to happen.
He really brought the excitement!
Thx, I couldn't figure out who that was.
Yes.
...yes we can.😎
I love how in the beginning of the video he's in a suit and tie, looking as dapper as can be, and then comes back looking completely disheveled at the end
I love how they just break out dancing on a certain note but are still up until that point. So entertaining!
Yeah, that dancing is awesome!
To this day, Dan Aykroyd is the greatest cast member ever on SNL.
Facts
No one has ever or will ever dance the "hot foot" better than Dan Akroyd.
I’d forgotten how well he could “cut a rug”!
People don't realize, that's the dance Michael Jackson does in his Billy Jean performance's...
There's very few that can do Mike's move's as good or better, James Brown is one, Prince, and Ackroyd when he does the hot foot dance...
true
I never tire of watching Dan do his thing!!
It's from that Joilette pepper steak
Akroyd never got enough credit for this. He's an all around talent.
Especially with those dance moves while staying the straight man
Seriously the dance moves are priceless 👍
Dan Bauman dan akroyd is one of the good guys ..he was very interested in Ufology and was a good friend of Stanton Friedman
Aykroyd never did, either.
He sure could really dance. He outdanced Belushi, but Belushi outsung him. Wow, Belushi could really sing.
The Number One moment in the history of SNL!
I agree.... Nothing tops this! And I've been watching it forever
Dan Ackroyds moves are off the hook
Yesterday, I tried to imitate John Belushi's opening dance moves. Result: a broken lamp and a torn thigh muscle.
I love it!!
I am not gonna even try, although my brains says Do It
You gave new meaning to the phrase, "Don't try this at home."
Killer moves, that's for sure.
Belushi's? Try doing Dan's dance moves.....he could really move.
people dont realize that every musician in that backing band is a legend
You mean that all of them was considered to be the best of the best in the 70's
@@reineh3477 that means they are legends.
Donald “duck” Dunn on bass
Who is the drummer?
@@reineh3477 Much better than the junk you hear today, and yes the best in the 70s 80s 90s 00s 10s 20s etc...because Classics like that never die...
It was something more then just a bit piece.
They actually researched and performed.
To the best of their talents.
That's not a sound track, or special effects.
That's live.
Real people.
Real talent.
Yes it sure was! 🎉
Steve Cropper's guitar was truly ace on this. I like how Dan and John moved out the way to let Steve get screen real estate on key parts. Just such a great band. Outstanding. !!
Did you know that Cropper plays on the original Sam & Dave version (as does bassist Duck Dunn?)
no one gonna mention Dan's harmonica that shit was on point and real
Aykroyd is known for being a superb harmonica player.
He was channeling the South when so many people played the harmonica...
Somewhere someone with enough money,,,
Should start the harmonica school...
The blue brothers School of harmonica!
Belushi would love it.
@@costapopolos Yes, I second that. Dan was a giant Soul and Blues fan and was a terrific harmonica player. Peeps in the States don't understand how, in the late 60's, the Blues and Soul was played on Canadian radio freely. It had a giant impact, where in the US many States refused to play any of it. Yea, Canadians had more fun! :D
His singing almost ruined the set, all love mates... he’s the guy who never got hooked, those guys killed a lot of people... 🦠
@@bigeyetuna6228 WTF ?....you been eating the cats meds again ?
The amount of energy necessary to dance the way Dan Aykroyd did...!
I remember watching this live....The great years of SNL.....life goes too fast.!!!😢
Only if you did it right.
SNL was so much better back when it was fueled by cocaine.
@@SethimusMaximus..😅🤣
Ha ha. My brothers and I had the 45 (I was about 9) with "Rubber Biscuit" on the back. How many times did we play that record on a gigantic furniture-style record player in a damp, dusky basement in a working-class house in Missouri. Culture is weird. Yes, seems like yesterday. Time is weird.
@@calvinsaxon5822 😅😆
What a perfect pairing these two were. Aykroyd’s dancing was next level! The energy was great
John Belushi was a natural gift to the world, man can do music, acting, and comedy.
RIP
Let's take a second to acknowledge how fit Dan Ackroyd must have been to keep those moves going
From looking at Dan, he probably was only 185 here.... he's always been a slightly husky guy even back then but he looks very slim here.
Cocaine is a helluva drug
he's just moving his legs up and down,
audio was playback'd
He is on mission from God.
Who else was a teenager watching this live? My only confusion then, they were so good I couldn't figure out if it was meant to be skit or a musical performance. The movie later cleared that question. They were both.
i went to the record store and bought the LP on picture disc
@@briannotafan3368 oh wow, I don’t own the picture vinyl record but I do own all the albums on black vinyl and they’re amazing! Rock on chief
Proud to say that I was there. God speed John Belushi.
I was a junior in high school. A group of us would watch every Saturday night. Fall of 78 had, to me, the best episodes. The Mick Jagger interview was one of my favorites.
@@Firehydrant1051 Right there????
...I was 28 when that aired and I saw it LIVE FROM NEW YORK!!! I'm 73 now - 74 in 4 months...and I'm neverrtired of watching this!!!
May you have great health!
I envy you your opportunity to live through as an adult what might be the greatest 25 years of live entertainment and movies that will ever be.
I was 24 then, with Amy Jo on the couch in the family room... what a time and place. Also saw live . NJ.
...at first I saw SNL as an annoyance - it replaced 'Weekend Update' with Lloyd Dobbins - I'd gotten back from the better part of 3 years in Germany with the Army in '74 and was getting used to a new (for me) routine of enjoying Saturday nights in front of a TV...after a few SNL shows I began to look forward to it...saw some f the great classic skits...Steve Martin's King Tut, the Festrunk Bros, and the commercial parodies - 'Look for the Union Label' etc...@@williamwarrenconkright3973
You are awesome!
The handcuffed briefcase with the harmonica gets me everytime. GEnius. Greates rock & roll movie of all time! IMHO!
A cartwheel to start the show and ,"HE DIDN'T LOSE HIS SHADES!!!! 🤯
or swallow his gum! :)
Or lose his hat 🧢. Lol 😂
I lost my shit when he did that cartwheel lol, I didn't think he could actually do them so well!!!
And he landed on his mark! (or near enough)
In time with the music!
The Blues Brothers were so talented they could play BOTH kinds of music: Country AND Western. J
Chicken wire?
P and F reference?
AFM.....shit!
Stand by Your Man!
that comment is so bad that you are no longer allowed into bob's country bunker.
I had never seen this, but I always heard about their debut. I never knew their debut was the cold open, that's incredible, Lorne clearly had a lot of trust in this concept. And let's acknowledge Aykroyd being an absolute ham in the best way up there, he often played sidekick characters, but the man is an amazing presence on his own.
100%, and I wish it kept going into the awesome SNL intro with the great saxophone jam with all The Not Ready for Prime Time members photos with Don Pardo their great announcer.
These two were the absolute BEST Blues Brothers EVER!!
You have to love Belushi somersaulting onto the stage, and Akyroyd's dance moves. Saturday Night Live at it's very best. Everyone who witnessed it live realized that they were seeing genius at work.
I watched that episode back in 1978 and I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Backed by a world class band of geniuses-all of whom put Stax Records and Muscle Shoals on the map and kept them afloat for many years. Get a load of Paul Shaffer back there while he still had hair!
@@andrealuvshouse Yeah, Lou Marini, Alan Rueben, Steve Cropper, Matt Murphy, Donald Dunn, SO many greats! And, I remember watching this live.
And now it's awful
Back then, with a group of friends, we got together every Saturday night to watch Second City and Saturday Night Live. What a great time that was. I cried when Belushi died. Saturday Night Live is crap now.
John Belushi outperforming 99% of the visiting music groups as a cast member.
well that's why he was fixed cast.
Chewing gum, too. His vocal on She Caught the Katy is amazing!
@@DarkEliteEric Yeah, I've always felt that was his best vocal performance. And I suppose it's not just because he sings it very well,
but also because it's the least known of the songs the Brothers performed, so there's less need to compare their version with the original.
Dancing machine. Coke machine.
And Aykroyd's dancing - must've been some good coke back then.
Love how a parody became better than most real acts!
Not a parody, a homage. This was a labor of love from them.
it was a parody@@beans0708
The amount of talent on that stage is insane
They made sure they got a great band too
No one & I mean no one could ever beat these two guys when they were together. They were great as a team. Watched this for the first time it appeared on SNL. Will always miss John and his singing & acting.
This clip really showed how insanely talented Belushi was. It's a shame he left this earth so soon.
And a shame he wasted it all for drugs.
@@denicesanders4586 yeah a lot of the greats succumbed to drugs. It's a damn shame.
"A light that burns twice as bright burns half as long."
Too bad he was addicted to cocaine.
how is it a shame? he did it to himself. Clearly it was what he wanted more than anything. These men were nothing more than ego riddled abusers who stole from others and did nothing but suck the life out of everyone they touched.
Started out as a kind of joke but became musically legendary.
King bee.
Thanks to the movie "Blues Brothers" in 1980. It was and is a musical classic with great comedy.
Yes, they just went from a comedy act to a legitimate music act instead.
Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn putting the funk in funky.
The BEST open of all! Sure miss those days when life was just FUN.
LORNE: "Hey Dan and John, how epic can you make a cold open?"
DAN & JOHN: "Yes."
I was just thinking: imagine turning on SNL next Saturday and this is the cold open you find. Damn.
That just doesn't make sense.
@Janis Joplin by saying things you dont agree with
Find some standards.🤦♂️
@Janis congratulations for making it political, you win a no-prize
Love Ackroyd's stage dance in this. Skinny as a rail with the wind of Prefontaine.
Check out Mick Jagger practicing his dance moves. Only person I’ve ever seen dance like Mick. Dan Akroyd tears it up!!
Dan was gettin it for sure!!
He's got some fancy footwork for sure.
Joe Gonzalez yeah that’s a great call back! But it differently ages us. I’m 55, I miss those cool running shoes. Nike waffle trainers, Adidas dragon, gazelle...
Prefontaine the greatest runner to ever come out of the Northwest! Pre! Pre! Pre! A running Icon! Shawn
The talent on that stage will never be duplicated. When you’ve seen something truly remarkable… you’ll always know and never forget the experience.
I was in 11th grade when this aired. The following week this was all we were talking about in school. 😄
SNL was a must watch show in those days.
John's body language towards Dan is everything. He loved him. This is so good, back when people actually PERFORMED.
They still do
They adored each other. Very close!
I was so thrilled to see the Blues Brothers perform at The Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa,OK last night! They are still amazing! Jim Belushi plays Zee Blues. Elwood and Zee paid respectful tributes to Jake-John Belushi.
another narrow-minded stuck in the past..
Everything was better in your day. 🙄
Dan Ackroyd 's dancing in the background steals the show!! So grateful to have lived during this time to experience so many amazing artists & entertainers who were lost far too soon.
We absolutely were blessed...
Everything else stopped when this show came on.
@karenkoontz4509
Aww remember way back when you had to catch a show when it was aired otherwise who knows when it would air again as a rerun, if it would. Don't get me wrong, I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy all the convinces streaming & the internet provide us with currently, but back then there was a certain amount of excitement & anticipation of waiting to see a show or performance that cannot be duplicated by having whatever you want to see whenever you want to see it at your fingertips. And clearly, its something most of us take for granted these days.
I still can recall like it was yesterday when I was about ten ( and all the years prior) & all the kids in my neighborhood would wait for that once a year showing of The Wizard of Oz. Our neighborhood was alive with kids playing & screaming would go as quiet as a church 30 mins before it would come on as we all had to get hoe & get cleaned up & in pj's prior to it. Such a sweet, innocent childhood memory to randomly look back upon now that I'm heading towards 60. Kids may have a lot more everything today, but I still believe sometimes quality over quality isn't always the better thing to have. I guess I'm officially "old" because I'm starting to sound like my parents did when talking to me all those years ago.
Gets no better than this. Where did all the years go?
I remember watching this live when I was 10 and it's still amazing. When they broke from standing still I lost my mind back then and still do. The briefcase cuffed to him with the harmonica in it showed the comedic genius of Dan and Bill. Just amazing. Cheers.
This sounds just as great today as it did 40 years ago. RIP John Belushi.
I saw this live as it happened. If I behaved myself during the week, my parents let me stay up to watch Saturday Night Live. This was the moment my love of the blues began. When the movie came out, they took me to see it, my first R rated movie. I'm 54 now, and still love the Blues Brothers.
I never liked SNL but have always appreciated the top talent that came from it.
Me too brother. Only me and sister snuck in the den and watched. Back when the Coneheads and the insufferable bitch were popular. That was definitely the best time to watch, I think.
I, too, saw this act live as it happened. A few months later, a buddy of mine and I did a rendition of the Blues Brothers at the high school where we both taught during an assembly that focused on TV and movies ... many were SNL skits. The reception we got was indicated by the loud screams of approval when we took the microphones to do "Soul Man." BTW ... I was Jake Blues ... as that is how I signed autographs after the show. ;-)
Lucky you Mike!
Watching the movie right now !! Streaming on Peacock. !
Those moves are (still) sooo good!
What an epic level of entertainment
Dan said it best years ago, "We loved each other."
I love how Elwood Carries around a handcuffed Briefcase, just for the sole purpose of keeping his Harmonica Safe.
Just part of the act. Its something that the movie carries over.
And John's chewing a huge wad of gum the whole time 😂😉😎
My stepson went as Elwood Blues for Halloween one year, complete with briefcase and harmonica, lol. I think he was 11 or 12.
@@jobabs that's awesome, I plan to go to Comicon one year with my friend both dressed up like them.
Well done on watching the video
Little did anyone know, on this Saturday night in 1978, 4 and a half minutes of live television would launch an industry. Movies, live concerts, albums, top-40 singles...The Blues Brothers were a force of nature. 💯
is this Soul or Blues?
@@yourmum69_420 This would probably be soul...The Blues Brothers could go with both equally well because the backing band was comprised of legends in their own right.
Ah, when SNL was worth watching. For years the writers could not tell the difference between a funny skit , or a great punchline from embarrassing cringe. Nothing has changed. SNL has not been funny for a long time.
@@yourmum69_420 yes.
@@yourmum69_420 They can do both. Country and Western.
They raised the bar for entertainment forever.🎸🎹🎺
As a 31 year old man with an awesome life, I have to admit that things probably wouldn't have gone so well without the Blues Brothers. Timeless art.
Norm said this was his favorite thing to watch when he was down. So I’m watching because I’m down he has passed onto the other side
Same here.. T.T
@@CleoRip Me tooooooo
Same. Weird that he gave us a little parting gift like this clip to give us one last laugh
Same reason I'm here. God bless that old chunk of coal, he's a diamond at last, laughing with Farley and Super Dave, listening to his best friend Billy Joe.
Me too.
John chewing the gum and not even breaking a sweat. John had the swagger and Danny had the moves. This is the peak of SNL back when it was entertaining and funny. John u are missed my friend. Thanks for the memories John.
A lot of singers chew gum on stage, it keeps the saliva in the mouth, lubricating the throat..
I just discovered the Grateful dead song West LA fade away was written as a tribute to John Belushi.
I remember those wonderful performances. Today's SNL is but a whimpering shadow of the original. Aside from Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi and Garrett Morris, there were Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Bill Murray, and many other extremely talented artists.
@@lorenzoparedes2306 neh i disagree.. the early days were good but rough.. eddie murphy is the number one for saving the show in the early 80s and the 90s cast was equal or greater to the 70s.
@@ladyrose7793 its been both the whole time lmao
Steve’s guitar is perfect❤️
Probably the best SNL opener ever. It always make me smile.
John Belushi is the only human to have the number one show .SNL.Number one movie Animal House.Number one album with Blues Brothers in the same week...Success like no other
Indeed. Additionally, he also met President Ford, Pope John Paul II, was given the keys to the city by Mayor Ed Koch, and was featured in a Spiderman comic.
All before he was 30....
Tim Allen in November 1994 had the number one tv show (Home Improvement), number one movie (The Santa Claus), and the number one book (Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man)
@@fakeblaze3807 Exactly. It has been done before...*LOL*...and loved Home Improvement.
Number 1 book and number album is different. Both great though !
@@fakeblaze3807 It should be illegal to compare Tim Allen to John Belushi in any manner.
Standing there, hands folded, then suddenly both busting out the moves is frankly one of my favourite moments in TV history.
Stage just full of talent. One of if not The greatest band of all time.
Belushi you were the greatest. You're missed brother!
The "Cartwheel" John does at the intro cracks me up every-time, let alone the pair of em dancing!!
The MAN'S a LEGEND... 🍺😎👍
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 You got that right.
AND he times it PERFECTLY!! Made the flip and stuck the landing RIGHT in time with the music!
I remember seeing this live, OMG...Classic is an understatement...Nobody will kick it like Aykroyd and Belushi...
Me too. Best SNLs ever back then
I also saw this live, and at first I thought it was some sort of joke. Then I was shocked at what Belushi and Aykroyd had just pulled off.
Glory days of SNL I suppose this was just about after their epic move, at the height of their popularity. Dan A was SO talented, and this art really made me appreciate The Blues, growing up in the 80's, dude~ Great post, so thank you.
I had the immense pleasure of seeing them do this exact same act live in concert. Great music and super fun show.
Aykroyd's got some SWEET moves going there. I just can't stop thinking about what a titan of comedy we lost with Belushi.
I remembered this as being pretty f***ing good...but am nonetheless blown away by just how spectacular it is in every single detail, STILL. Wow, weren't we spoiled with an embarrassment of riches!
Imagine what he would have brought us if he didn't pass away so young.
You said it!
@@anne-droid7739 Truth!!
@@anne-droid7739 And they made one of the best musical comedies of all time.
It’s rare that you recognize history taking place as it actually happens. The “Blues Brothers”, created that day as a one off skit. Now still enjoyed by millions decades later.
Don’t forget the cheese buggy
Can I ask who the guy announcing it is??? He looks younger but so familiar
@@cclaudio8069 That’s Garrett Morris, one of the original SNL cast members.
@@cclaudio8069 you probably seen him in "two broke girls" as Earl
Started with the bees
The Blues Brothers band is probably legitimately the most accomplished rhythm and blues band that ever existed.
These guys had more talent in their pinky finger than anyone in the last 20 years on SNL! FACT!
Haven't watched it since the first few seasons. Once the original cast turned over, it's never been the same - it's like eating 3 day left overs. :(
This was back in the day when you didn't miss an SNL show, and Belushi, Ackroyd and Morris had everything to do with that. Saw this when it was first performed live.
I saw this when it was live. Back when staying home on sat, nite was fun
So did I. Loved it
Gilda Radnor,lest we forget
@@phillipallenpelleyiii8464 we do not!
We planned our Saturday around the show. Best part of the weekend 🤗
Still one of the best things SNL has ever done.
It is the best thing I ever saw them do. When they came out you had no idea what was fixing to happen. It was all everyone talked about afterwards.
So great it made a GREAT comedy film
Paul Schaefer put together a blues band deluxe.
Without question. This was the power of SNL back then- that they could come out with a burst of insane, brilliant energy like this and blow everyone's head off. And that it worked as good as a real band. And went straight to #1, like a real band. And these guys are mere comics.
@@curtandoscar Referring to Ackroyd and Belushi as "mere comedians" is possibly the worst take on their talent I have read in 40 years...congratulations!
Dan Akroyd is unreal in this moves
Certainly the most incredibly energetic cold opening in the history of the show. A comedy parody that becomes greater than the parody subject. Aykroyd and Belushi and that unbelievable band (directed by the skit's secret weapon, Paul Schaffer) are absolutely electric.
Gladly brag that I'm old enough to have seen this live. And still blown away by the talent they released!!
Morgan, you'll understand if you live to be 70. Quite something to for him to have seen it live. It was amazing enough on live tv. It was so funny because it was so unexpected. We didn't know they could sing. Also, didn't know Belushi was in good enough shape to to a cartwheel as an adult. Aykroyd, I don't know how he kept up that torrid pace. Starts with a memorable introduction by Garret Morris.
I'll second that brag. I clearly remember seeing it on live TV -- staying up late as a 15 year old. No one could have suspected back then that we would still be watching it in 50 years time!
Me too, I was only 12 years old, but I'm old enough to remember and enjoy! RIP John Belushi!
Right there with ya.... Nothing wrong with bragging about the best era in history of. music
Yes sir!
Man...those boys had great timing. That SNL band was sooooo amazing live. Briefcase Full of Blues is still one of my favorite live albums ever.
Powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline
@@timbowden1680 I see what you did there! 😉
Little did they know this performance would inspire the movie "The Blues Brothers" and all other following acts.
This isn't even the SNL band. These guys went on to become the Blues Brothers band: Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, Matt Guitar Murphy ...
the band is basically the Staxx records house band. they played on some of the greatest motown hits of all time. Steve Cropper the long haired guitarist wrote sitting on the dock of the bay and played guitar on it for otis redding for example.
Every time I see John, I feel like crying that he's gone. He was such a wonderful, bright ball of pure energy! His love for life (joie de vivre) was so contagious.
That band is SO GREAT! The very best there is. 🎉
John Belushi doing a cartwheel with his gut and even the hat stays on. What a pocket rocket! And Aykroyd doing proto-shuffle dance". A perfect duo.^^
Drugs il let u do anything! Till the grim reaper calls y home!
Cocaine is a h*ll of a drug!
Really
@Marvin Mealer and Joe Go cocaine keeps your hat on? Good to know.
Now to dose up my kindergarten class who are doing Guys and Dolls - I was worried about the backflips in “rocking the boat” but now I’m solid.
I can't believe the hat stayed on lol
I love Garrett Morris introducing them like an emcee at an old black blues club. The way he moves and walks is perfect. Introducing himself as he tips his hat. Very underrated he was, he was great!
RIP Cab Calloway.
A good actor in movies too..saw him recently in a film about ladies beauty /hair products..forget its name, but it was him!!!
Here you see an example of a talent saturation.
Was? He still IS.
@@Iansco1 On SNL he was great because he was considered filler in that cast and he was the furthest from it.
And 2 Legends were born.....
Incredibly talented and missed 42 years later. RIP John.
You can't watch this and not smile. John Belushi's somersault and Dan Ackroyd's dance moves...so entertaining!
So very right!
Cartwheel, it's a cartwheel.
You really think John did that naturally with all that weight?
Called Cocaine... Akroyd tells about it in the interview of Belushi's last 24.
Garrett Morris is such a fine hype man, he's like the cherry on the sundae. The way he comes out casually still holding a cigarette is perfect
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LOVED him. Hilarious comedian.
I just realized all the guys in the band was in the movie! One of my favorite movies of all times!
RESPECT! ✊🏾
Yes I remember Dan Ackroyd . Tall gangly !The greatest SNL actors ! HANDS DOWN ! ✋