Hip-Hop Head's Reaction the First Time Hearing Punk Rock Band "FEAR" - 1981 - Saturday Night Live
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2022
- FEAR on Saturday Night Live on Halloween 1981
Iconic punk rock brought to SNL by John Belushi. Slamming, Moshing, stage diving, and an (over exaggerated) destruction of the set. This is the performance that got Fear and Lee Ving banned from SNL.
Songs include:
"Beef Bologna"
"New York's Alright if You Like Saxophones"
"Beef Bologna" lyrics:
1234-1234!
She don't like fashions, she don't like phonies
She don't like junkies, she don't like druggies
She just wants my beef baloney
Beef, beef, beef, beef bologna [x4]
She don't like salami, she don't want pastrami
She don't want a chicken, she don't want a roast
She just wants her double dose of my
Beef, beef, beef, beef bologna [x3]
"New York's Alright if You Like Saxophones" lyrics:
New York's alright, New York's alright
New York's alright if you like saxophones
New York's alright if you wanna get pushed in front of the subway
New York's alright if you like tuberculosis
New York's alright if you like art and jazz
New York's alright if you're a homosexual
New York's alright, New York's alright
New York's alright if you like saxophones
New York's alright if you like drunks in your doorway
New York's alright if you wanna freeze to death
New York's alright if you wanna get mugged or murdered
New York's alright if you like saxophones
New York's alright, New York's alright
New York's alright if you like saxophones
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Ian McKay yelling “New York SUUUUUUCKS” was icing on the cake
Ian MacKaye screaming anything is the icing on top. I've got nothing except respect for THAT GREAT MAN I'm very lucky to have seen FUGAZI here in Aotearoa New Zealand THAT IS BUCKET LIST SHIT RIGHT THERE!!!!. I'M NOT STRAIGHT EDGE. I LIKE MY GREENERY PUFF PUFF PASS IT IT TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL HAVEN'T FOR 27 YEARS AND STRANGELY HAVEN'T BEEN IN A FIGHT SINCE THEN CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY?
That and John Brannon's "Negative Approach is gonna fuck you up!"
you asked if the crowd was fake or real? Well it all was real. In fact there was about $200,000 worth of damage and the cops got involved plus back then punk was a whole different kind of thing that wasn't tame unlike it is today.
John Belushi approves
‘New York’s alright, if you’re a homosexual!’
Finally someone reviewing real Punk Rock thx
Cool Agent Orange shirt.
Fuck!ng classic moment in television history, Lorne Michaels was PISSED! Thank you John Belushi! 😈
What has always stood out the most to me in this video is the bassist, Derf Scratch playing the Sax... Having a saxophone in your mouth amongst all that chaos on stage is quite dangerous! Having someone slam into you and getting a mouthpiece/reed shoved into the back of your throat could easily "make it your final show" (...or maybe just lose a few teeth if you're lucky). 🎷 -Doc
Didn't Mike Ness get his front teeth knocked out by a stage diver kicked the microphone into his mouth?
@@ExpatChef71 I'm not sure, but it wouldn't surprise me. Mike Ness is one who has surely paid his dues!
@The Freakin' Reaction Crazy days they were. I'm only a few years younger than people like Mike Ness and I experienced missing teeth and broken bones all that stuff.
@dukeofthedance8062 Awesome shit, mate! I saw the Cockney Rejects a couple years ago and completely lost my mind. Hurt like hell the next day but totally worth it. Thanks for sharing man!
The reason no one hit the lead singer is in punk rock hopping on the stage and diving off was common. So all of us learned that if you get on stage STAY AWAY FROM THE BAND!!! If someone hit the band or lead singer guess what happened - the show would stop and then the crowd would be pissed. Over time one of 2 things happened - either people stayed away from the singer OR they would get their asses kicked. This WAS real - John Belushi and FEAR went and gave tickets to the show to the local punks to come to have some "fun". In punk rock - it was not uncommon for the singer to take their shirts off - check out Henry Rollins in the "Slip it In" video. Heck, I was never cut but when you are in a club and it is over 100 outside and the place it packed you would swim in sweat. My shirt would get so wet I had to take it off. FYI - I started going to punk rock shows when I was 15 back in 1981.
Generally, most people learned not to hinder the band from playing, though fans tripping over mic/guitar cords was always far to common and ultimately has the same effect.
As for the fans at the SNL show, many of them were actually bused up to NYC from DC by the band. (Ian MacKaye from Minor Threat was one of 'em) -Doc
Sure, but they spit on their boots instead.
Spitting on the bands boots became a thing for a quick minute.
Seen them at a small club in Detroit years ago.
Lee got tired of getting spit on and kicked the dude in the face.
Only band eva perma banned from SNL
Fear would straight up bash you with a guitar if you fe'd with them
Jello Biafra, definitely Up (yours!) there tooh! :-) :-)
The frontman is a guy named Lee Ving. He started out as a blues musician in Philadelphia, believe it or not.
Yup. Lee Ving has a jazz and blues background. He played in Sweet Stavin Chain Blues Band. They played shows with Buddy Guy, and BB King
They we're great to see live....they opened for Oingo Boingo for a toys for tots Christmas concert....you bring a toy for less fortunate kids which was great but it was a crazy concert to say the least being in a circus tent and people we're climbing up the poles of the tents and a few fell....Lee Ving the singer at the beginning of the concert exclaimed "Toys for twats" and threw condoms at the audience....😂😂....it was a great show....love your reaction..
I'm fairly sure that show was in Long Beach back in '82. I was bummed that missed out on that show as I had not gotten to see either of those bands yet. Though I was able to catch FEAR quite a few times over the next couple of years (and a few more times with more recent lineups). Oingo Boingo though, I first saw them on TV (the Gong Show) back in '76, but didn't ever manage to get to see them live until the very last second... as I was able to catch their Halloween final show 😁 -Dr. Smith
@@TheFreakinReaction That's when it was I remember perfectly because I had just about a month before got rear ended by a drunk driver and being on the back of the motorcycle I took the brunt of the accident...I had a broken leg among other injuries so after 5 day's in the hospital our friends wanted us to go to the concert which was great but no mosh pit for me with a cast and crutches...lol..we had a great time anyway!!!
@@TheFreakinReaction By the way I've seen Boingo more times than I can count and all there shows were phenomenal!!!!
Extra amusing that you mentioned Lee Ving's body and how he is confident enough to wear just jeans... he actually played Mr. Boddy in the Clue movie from 1985... which is based on the classic board game. A very funny comedy if you haven't seen it.
Best punk band ever imo
Really cool and unique reaction. I had to sub.you're awesome
#1 no fucks given is GG Allin.
No Fucks Given = Check it out. John Brannon of Negative Approach / Laughing Hyenas / Easy Action, etc.
It's brilliant because they made fun of saxophones as they played a bad ass saxophone solo in a punk song.
This is harder to understand without the context of 1980’s punk - the NY punk scene had several experimental sax heavy bands that Fear is making fun of here, with their wandering sax and “NY’s alright if you like saxophones” sneer. They’re looking to start a fight.
A pinnacle of rock and roll history.
Kia ora hello guys i have been into FEAR since i was 15 years old 1985 . Friends of mine who have been playing in band's together since we were 16 years old 1986 formed their first band in our punk squat ANIGMA just over two years later opened for Metallica DAMAGED JUSTICE TOUR may the 1st 1989 then Anthrax their next band Rumble Fish opened for Janes Addiction their current band who played at my wedding 2005 and my 40th 5 years later both at the king's arms pub are THE CITY NEWTON BOMBER'S. Simon on bass and David on guitar with our Mate Earl Robinson from some place over seas I've NEVER HEARD OF Washington DC? Not only is he a WICKED DRUMMER HE'S A FUCKING GOOD GENTLE MAN who's always got a hug and smile for ya . So i just remembered the point of this RANT I've got a really high R.P.M Rant's Per Minute fuck were am i.... YIP GOT IT .... IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT.... THE CITY NEWTON BOMBER'S live at Galatos 2017 song to check out is their version of FEAR'S I LOVE LIVING IN THE CITY live recording of what was going to be the last C.N.B gig David moved to NY but came back it's a really good recording if you like it the whole gig is there the opening of the gig is worth checking and the ending and the bit between them
It's so underrated how he calls New York New Jersey lmfao
We used to have to deal with bouncer's thinking we were all fighting in the pit or whatever you want to call it when you hit the floor hand's reach down and grab ya back up it's total controlled KAOS YA STILL GET DINGED UP BUT THAT'S WERE THE FUN IS
Two Richard Heads!
Agent Orange TShirt! Killer band. One of Californias punk bands that aren't crap. Belushi was friends with Lee Ving. Neat that this happened.
New Yorks alright if you like saxophones is intentionally horrible and it's not as easy as it seems to pull off. Haha love how bad people thomk this is. It's very offensive to phoney pretentious jazz snobs lol
We had a ton of great punk bands in California.
It’s funny the part where Lee says “NY’s Alright if you’re a homosexual, and he turns his head away like he wasn’t sure if he should say that word on tv”
Lee forgot the second verse...
New York's alight if you like drunks in your doorway
New York's alright if you wanna freeze to death
New York's alright if you wanna get mugged or murdered
New York's alright if you like saxophones....
gg allin is #1 no fucks given
Back then it was called slam dancing not moshing. the term moshing came much much later (try early 90s). Plus moshing and slam dancing were very different
Moshing was mid 80's thrash even anthrax had the song caught it a mosh
well....Iggy Pop
A Sax player? For Fear? Not sure if it matters but a black one may not like Punk Yes Go To NEW YORK is my sugestionI amnow over 50 retired and still Punk & Proud I am very glad to have seen FEAR and many others. being Punk is not so bad! it isstanding behind what is right. It may offend some PC micro agression sheeple but SO What You do not even have to listen toPunk Rock to be Punk but it seems to happen often When security tels you if you leave you will not be admitted back even with your ticket stub. You and your girl just want a drink without the $$ and line for nothing you are very interested in. You go to the store get something and stash it in the back. Go back to the special gate and tell them I am with EPITAPH putting on the event. I was told I had to come park back here to load stuff. They say you already have a paid parking YES I KNOW NOW I HAVE TO COME BACK HERE I do not sugest this and do not drink before driving bbut ?
Derf Scratch, the original bassist for FEAR, was also quite an accomplished saxophonist (...and good friend of John Belushi, which is how they got the SNL gig).
Watti