The KLF - Justified & Ancient (Official Video) An Atlas Adventure Directed by Bill Butt KLF Communications Listen to Solid State Logik 1: smarturl.it/KLFSSL1
...even after 33 YEARS, this is STILL One of the best Musical mind-f*cks of all TIME! ...Tribal African chants, mixed w/ Hip-House & Ragga-rhythm, coupled with 90's Techno beats & traditional Pop & Country-Western...all, in a *ICE CREAM VAN!* ....peaked at #11 Pop, March 1992....
I had the pleasure of recording Tammy’s vocals in Nashville. She was an amazing talent and we had almost no idea how big this was. Still brilliant fusion of so many cool things.
There is an interview with her somewhere on TH-cam where she tells the story of how it happened. The face she pulls when she explains that someone called her to be in the song and videoclip singing the main lyrics of a Eurodance-act song, and she said "Are you sure you have the correct number?" :P (Also interesting to know that she had not been the first choice when it came to the artist, and that the KLF came to her was merely because their first artist of choice refused the request, but can't remember who it was).
@@Dutch3DMaster Interesting fact is that this song had already been released in Europe (but with different vocals, which were more fluid without Tammy's country style). However Tammy's addition is what made the song famous in the US.
@@edwieIndeed. Maxine Harvey did the vocals on the European single, and then Tammy was included in the US single, which quickly also started selling in Europe. Personally I do like Maxine's version better, but Tammy made it truly memorable and much more unique.
There's a mobile Indian takeaway out of a converted ice cream van here in Sheffield. On the side is written 'They're justified and they're Asian and they drive an ice cream van'
I'm 57. I am deeply touched by the new reactions to this incredible spin. I was a DJ when this came out and the night I spun it for the first time I had to play it over and over. They couldn't get enough. This is testimony to its timelessness.
I love a Great British novelty song. I also have the Mr. Blobby theme, Doctorin' the Tardis, Mole from the Ministry and Shaddapa You Face on heavy rotation.
I remember the first time I saw the video. I was like WTF is this? When the KLF released their catalog and this showed up on TH-cam,I was like I have to watch this again. So amazing even still.
This needs a re release, no messing around with the track or anything, just a straight release. Kids of today won't know what hit them...Could be a summer hit.
@@s.c.9681 I like dance music and I had friends that were Into different music. My past friend Mike was into KLH so he turned me onto Justified and Ancient. Good beats and vocals. It was different than the normal pop music.
Anyone who can get country AND western legend Tammy Wynette to sing - They're jsutified and they're ancient and they drive an ice cream van - deserves respect.
I'm 70 and white! I remember when this group came out. Proud to say I've owed a few copies of this compilation. 2 thumb up! Rare gem. Worth a complete listen to
I'm 74 white with 3 grown up children all theire life's in my house were theire mates Asian Jamaican etc we are all still friends the best that crack me up are the Asian lads with coventry accents they were born here with Asian parents they've had ice cream vans etc I have a half Asian grandaughter of 22 she is beautiful with a white daughter of 4yrs she is a nurse I also have another grandaughter who is half English half Pakistani she's a teacher in Australia to round it of I'm half English half Irish as the saying goes variety is the spice of life x😂
I enjoyed this song in my teens, but listening to it again in middle age I realise what a remarkable work of fusion music it is; that incredible, repeating guitar hook; the Africanised chants; the hip-hop elements; and all overlaid with country guitar and Tammy Wynette's vocals. Jesus Christ, what mad genius came up with this?
Bobby Tate Hi, my friend, I just had to comment upon your own comment. I recall this song from the 1990's, but never before saw the video until today (I tend to procrastinate, lol). But I was struck by the fusion and mix of styles as well, and when you made mention of Jesus Christ, take note of the wicker man burning at 1:18. I was immediately reminded of the 1973 "Wicker Man" film wherein Edward Woodward screams out, "Oh, Jesus Christ!" Hope this tiny tid-bit adds to the fun of this clip!
The KLF doesn’t get the recognition they deserve. Possibly the most underrated group of all time. This song is 30 years old and there’s still never been another group like this.
... and again: 😶 ... Manipulating the counter of views AND other parameters of Videos&Users !!! so, is TH-cam an example of "disrespectfully" behaviour ??? --- SHAME ON YOU, TH-cam ! 😶 YT, reflect yourself! _showing-your-ugly-grimace?"remember:you-can't-eat-money!"_ Haha! 😁 (I'm just lovin' Music&CoolStuff) ... ☝☝☝ ... and there're some "humans" who never get "enough"! ☝ those want more-and-more-and... to feel kinda "alive"! ☝Sorry, mother Earth.
My 39 year old son sent this vid to me & I said IT’S THE JAM!! KLF & TAMMY WYNETTE! I had the cassette single way back when! We would sing it in the car driving them to school & myself to work! Awesome tune. Beautiful Tammy Wynette. Whoever brainstormed this music mash up is quite intelligent! I can’t stop playing this song now!!
David Barbarossa was responsible for introducing this to popular music when he was first with Adam & the Ants in the 70's, then Bow Wow Wow in the 80's and then Republica in the 90.s
It is hilarious, but Tammy didn't get the beat of it AT ALL when they recorded her part, so they needed some production magic to make her vocal fit. Back in the early 90's this was not an easy thing. Thanks to the Cocaine & Rhinestones podcast for this valuable info. i have always loved this song
@@vision_immortal give the woman a break..... I thought her willingness to do this for them was very open on her part. And I don't think they endless money pit to throw at her either.
I met Tammy Wynette once! At Dollywood in '89. I told her, miss Wynette, I grew up listening to your music and I just love you so much. She actually shook my hand and said Thank you honey, I love you too. I was so starstruck! I couldn't believe Tammy Wynette had shook my hand!
I heard she and Dolly Parton are Stars in the true sense of the word, no hissy fits/don't look at me/no autographs rubbish. Always stars always professional and lovely people. Lucky guy.
"we were in the studio, and the track just wasn't working out, and Jimmy half jokingly says to me 'What this track needs is Tammy Wynette' and I went into the little room at the side, there's a phone in there.... and within three calls I was talking with Tammy Wynette... and we're playing the track down the phone to her, and she said 'Yes, I'll do it' "
@@ramanjeet1111 "it seemed like epic hollywood song" Please tell me English is not your first language, and also, "epic hollywood song" is not a thing.
My friend was a Dj on Ibiza a couple of years back and I dared him once to put this on in a very commercial house club . He first refused but then ac couple of drinks in at around 2am he put it on. The crowd exploded, people were going mental. most of the people were not even born when this first came out but they were like in a trance..Thank you KLF for the music, a true classic.
Im pretty sure nobody in Ibiza at 2am gives a damn what you play. Everyone is drunk and drugged and busy having sex with someone who, in the morning will turn out to be a moose. The whole culture is a pile of 💩, music included.
I'm 44. I'm from Central Europe. It was the defining band of my childhood and teenage years. My dear God, there were incredible beatings at school parties. And now, after all these years, incredible feelings still arise. Tears of happiness... Thank you.
@@davidjgomm Its upconverted to 1080p from an obviously lower resolution (probably 576i or 480i) source, so not "true" HD. That being said, this still is the best quality you'll see on youtube and is a revelation compared to the previous unauthorized uploads.
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@@Zooropa420 Strange how people claim 'this is HD' when it's obviously NOT. Pity KLF were not filmed on 35mm.
"Fishing in the rivers of life" is a reference to Walden by Henry David Thoreau. So, mid 1800s literature is in that mashup list too ;) BTW: The name KLF, Mu, and a ton of the imagery is a reference the Illuminatus Triology.
Throw a bunch of cynical hooks into a cauldron, get the witch coven to do what they do (nod, wink), and expel through the reproductive and digestive track of an animal corpse, straight onto the plates of the moron masses of 1990s Blighty, steaming hot and already attracting blowflies. MuMu = Code 33
It makes me physically sick that the 90's was 30 years ago, it also turns my stomach to think that was the last of the best decades, RIP Tammy Wynette.
@@ditjedatje9741 he was soldier , he respect orders gave by his superiors...nothing more! Politics it not his BUSINESS! if you have to blame someone go ask who gave the order for attack in that year! who was the president of US in that year?
I remembered this song because of Tammy Wynette. She was the 1st artist from country music to do a song of this magnitude with hip hop artists. I felt she should have been commended for that back then as well now.
In an interview Tammy stated just before her death, she made more money from this collaboration than in her entire career. She said they gave her their "manual" how to be a popstar....and it worked ‼️ the KLF... legendary 👍
I’m the end Tammy received ZERO MONEY from this collaboration her final husband got her to do. He did being the opportunist he was - when she passed he was the one to take her money, house, alienate her kids from their inheritance she wrote down in her wishes way before she passed.
@@lorimusiclover7292 What!? That’ve very disturbing. Why doesn’t everyone know this..? Was this information “sealed” by the courts or just forgotten over time?
Love this song even 33 years on.📻🎤🎧🎵 went to see Tammy Wynette before she passed away she had a Great voice This song Justified & Ancient went to number 2 in the British Top 40 charts
I am still happy that Tammy actually did stand by the Jam!!!! "Bring the beat back!!!!" This still makes me smile like the first time I saw it on MTV.....
It's 2023. I had totally forgotten this song even existed! If you listen to the radio anymore, even stations that play 80s/90s music NEVER play these kinds of songs. It's too bad.
It’s never on the radio as in 1992 they officially “deleted” their music catalogue by making it no longer available to license. It’s fairly recently appeared on streaming services so hopefully one day.
Wonderful arrangement. That twanging steel guitar is such a gorgeous touch. 10 year old me loved it, but 41 year old me also appreciates the subtle details. Pure magic.
Tammy Wynette’s voice in here was a stroke of genius. Stand by your Moo Moo Land which is no doubt a reference to the lost continent of Mu sunk in the Pacific Ocean. This was their national anthem. 😊
This song has been stuck in my head for weeks. Loved it when it came out. It was a "guilty pleasure" at 11 years old. It still.is at 43. 😂 Tammy Wynette was an excellent addition to this song.
I'm 74 heard it from day one my three children grew up with Asian kids and we had such good times the Asian lads are still good friends it's so funny if u want a laugh know a Pakistani lad who has true Pakistani parents and he was born in coventry yrs ago it's classic they are so funny
Agreed and to get her to say "they drive an ice-cream van" was hilarious and brilliance having a baby and mixing them both up to make a great outcome 😀
From everything I've heard, there was a hell of lot of legit love and respect involved in them asking her. Reportedly, she didn't quite "get" the final product (who did?), but did recognize the tour-de-force of skill on display and had a good time doing it.
Tammy took a LOT of &*@% from the old school country music establishment for doing this at that time. She refused to back down, and indeed, DID stand by the jam. She was a great lady who experienced success and enormous sadness in her life.
Kudos to Tammy who didn't just stick with country style. This still sounds great all these years later, so do the other KLF tracks. I'm in my 40s and recently found out my uncle who is 64 is a KLF fan, that was kind of cool.
Y'all sound like a bunch of Depression generation folks talking about the old days. I say this with affection as they are my parents' generation that gave us Big Band music that my daughter is crazy about.
Whoever came up with a song which consisted of some country some rap some hip hop and some African music is a real genius. This song is absolutely fantastic it certainly deserved the worldwide hit it became. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Love from the UK ♥️🙏👍
When I was a kid, we didn't have MTV (or Internet of course) at home in the town I lived in Finland. Then our building got satellite system where I could see both European and US MTV. These songs I saw from KLF there were one of my total favourites, and they still are. Some of my other teenage favourites haven't fared so well. Another thing I love about this song that another younger female singer/dancer and her dance. It's a bit weird this kind of details can stuck to you after decades.:D I recommend everyone who likes KLF to read the book "The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds", it's a really good book.
To be able to convince the legendary Tammy Wynette to sing in this transcendental version of Justified and Ancient is just mind blowing. My teenage self would wait by the radio all day long on the off chance this would be played.
I’m here in 2021. I was in 7th grade when this came out. 30 years later it still resonates and we need a powerful anthem like this more than ever. They’re justified and they’re ancient. That’s all.
Not even a fan of country, but ONLY a band like The KLF could make this work and it still seems flawless! They tied so many things together and were so delightfully weird, STILL not another band I could compare them to at the end of 2022!
My mother heard this when I bought the single.... She had her personal opinions of my music. When she heard Tammy...she just nodded and jammed out. She knew her daughter was on the right track. Thank you mom....love you RIP
Over here in my city, it is pandemic lockdown 2.0. For the past week, I've been losing track of days. I was depressed all day yesterday...even thinkin of the best way to end it all. This video appeared on my TH-cam recommendations. It instantly chased the demons away. KLF...you might just have saved my life today. Thank you.
it has been rough as here in melbourne too, hope you are OK A.Birdie. We're all here for each other. much love and respect to you and all of the awesome YT community always!
This was one of my jogging songs from the 90s. Had to catch and record it while listening to the radio on cassette tape, then listen to it on my yellow water proof Sony Walkman. ha.
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...even after 33 YEARS, this is STILL One of the best Musical mind-f*cks of all TIME! ...Tribal African chants, mixed w/ Hip-House & Ragga-rhythm, coupled with 90's Techno beats & traditional Pop & Country-Western...all, in a *ICE CREAM VAN!* ....peaked at #11 Pop, March 1992....
Can't disagree with that......still great to listen to KLF !
They picked up where Malcom Mclaren left.
That’s an epic breakdown! 😂
Ok me of the best jams ever put together.
And I can't stop watching 😂
Me in 1991 : I will never get tired of this.
Me in 2023 : I will never get tired of this.
Me too.
me to in 2024
@@thebagfather4633 Ditto!!
2024 is asking are you still not tired of it?
@@thebagfather4633 yes me too 🥰
I had the pleasure of recording Tammy’s vocals in Nashville. She was an amazing talent and we had almost no idea how big this was. Still brilliant fusion of so many cool things.
No way Jose!! good man! jammy bast*rd
Tell us more!!
The land of Mu truly is ancient and justified. Found this out today 😮
@@lorenabeserra8229 The mythical lost continent?
@@alanoneill3065 there is some truth to myth
2024,anyone?
here
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Absolutely mate👍
I'm back because I have a CD for the cars radio
Here furrit ❤
18 year old me adored this. 49 year old me still does. Amazing.
5 year old me was confused but intrigued 🤣❤️
That math doesn't add up if you're talking about the release date of 1991. Close though. And, me too.
@joli7948 7 you should be worried about other things lol
@@isabellum4676 i think you are not 5 you are fake
I am with you Dude
It's insane that this song even exists. It breaks all logic and disrupts the time-space continuum. I absolutely love it.
Best comment
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A star trek fan, no doubt
chill!
I agree 😂
I love that Tammy not only lent her vocals to the song, but she also appeared in the music video. ❤
Just a brilliant collaboration from the 90's 😉🇬🇧
There is an interview with her somewhere on TH-cam where she tells the story of how it happened. The face she pulls when she explains that someone called her to be in the song and videoclip singing the main lyrics of a Eurodance-act song, and she said "Are you sure you have the correct number?" :P (Also interesting to know that she had not been the first choice when it came to the artist, and that the KLF came to her was merely because their first artist of choice refused the request, but can't remember who it was).
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@@Dutch3DMaster Interesting fact is that this song had already been released in Europe (but with different vocals, which were more fluid without Tammy's country style). However Tammy's addition is what made the song famous in the US.
@@edwieIndeed. Maxine Harvey did the vocals on the European single, and then Tammy was included in the US single, which quickly also started selling in Europe.
Personally I do like Maxine's version better, but Tammy made it truly memorable and much more unique.
So nostalgic and unique. I'm in my 50's now and remember being 21 and on the dance floor twirling to this song...
There's a mobile Indian takeaway out of a converted ice cream van here in Sheffield. On the side is written 'They're justified and they're Asian and they drive an ice cream van'
Funniest thing I've read in 2021...👍👍💕😅😜🤣
How awesome!!
Awesome. I would eat there daily in support! Maybe the next time I'm in the UK.
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That's made my day and want a trip to Sheffield.
I'm 57. I am deeply touched by the new reactions to this incredible spin. I was a DJ when this came out and the night I spun it for the first time I had to play it over and over. They couldn't get enough. This is testimony to its timelessness.
I'm 70 and I love the song lol x
Brenda, you rock! Stay safe. xoxo
@@cherryb6238 thanks cherry xx
Spot on x
I'm 76, this was a common request on my overnight community radio show about 15 years ago.
I have almost got it on repeat while I'm doing the dishes.
Tammy’s voice is beautiful and unmistakable. The combo of her vocals and these wicked beats was a match made in Mu Mu Land.
I really appreciate this unique song. Kudos to Tammy for stepping out of her country comfort to do it.
Don’t like Tammy Wynette’s voice. I prefer Maxine Waters vocals on the alternate single version
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The world in 2021 needs the KLF.
Please come back Bill
no bro...justina biebera is ruling the charts now
Damn right. They stopped way to early
And the money they burned!!
the simps, libtards and blm spastics would not be able to handle klf
This is one of the weirdest musical collabs of all time and it worked amazingly well. I've always loved this track.
I love a Great British novelty song. I also have the Mr. Blobby theme, Doctorin' the Tardis, Mole from the Ministry and Shaddapa You Face on heavy rotation.
Yes but it really works
I remember the first time I saw the video. I was like WTF is this? When the KLF released their catalog and this showed up on TH-cam,I was like I have to watch this again. So amazing even still.
Sooooooo fucking weird… the video matches the vibe😅
My god what a track.
Absolute class. 👆❤️
One of the most beautiful songs of the 90s. R.I.P. Ricardo da Force/Tammy Wynette🙏❤️
Probably the most unusual-but successful-duets ever. The KLF really shocked everyone when we all heard Tammy's voice come out. But it worked!
This needs a re release, no messing around with the track or anything, just a straight release. Kids of today won't know what hit them...Could be a summer hit.
Bring the beat back?
I agree. They need to rerelease it and switch up the volume. I love this song. The kids these days don't know what they're missing.
I have the cassette single to this big hit back in the day. You're right. Break it out again now.
@@PaulC39 Me too! The b side was funny.
@@s.c.9681 I like dance music and I had friends that were Into different music. My past friend Mike was into KLH so he turned me onto Justified and Ancient. Good beats and vocals. It was different than the normal pop music.
Anyone who can get country AND western legend Tammy Wynette to sing - They're jsutified and they're ancient and they drive an ice cream van - deserves respect.
One of my favourite lines ever! And Tammy makes driving wheel hand movements!
and the hustle to record it haha
It was meant to be Dolly Parton. True story.
@@davidbastin9870 I always thought they asked her because of her song 'Stand by your man'.
I'll make mine a 99!
I'm 70 and white! I remember when this group came out. Proud to say I've owed a few copies of this compilation. 2 thumb up! Rare gem. Worth a complete listen to
I'm 74 white with 3 grown up children all theire life's in my house were theire mates Asian Jamaican etc we are all still friends the best that crack me up are the Asian lads with coventry accents they were born here with Asian parents they've had ice cream vans etc I have a half Asian grandaughter of 22 she is beautiful with a white daughter of 4yrs she is a nurse I also have another grandaughter who is half English half Pakistani she's a teacher in Australia to round it of I'm half English half Irish as the saying goes variety is the spice of life x😂
The early 90's energy is unstoppable!
We made nothing out of it
Ladies and gentleman’s the KLF have re-entered the building...
and left
@tester123532456 If only you knew, kiddo.
@tester123532456 Keep testing, tester. Someday you might get to Seven.
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@tester123532456 Considering they disappeared, yes, it means re-entering.
I enjoyed this song in my teens, but listening to it again in middle age I realise what a remarkable work of fusion music it is; that incredible, repeating guitar hook; the Africanised chants; the hip-hop elements; and all overlaid with country guitar and Tammy Wynette's vocals. Jesus Christ, what mad genius came up with this?
Must have been the Brits...
The KLF...Bro
It’s the fact they even had the balls to ask Tammy Wynette and the fact that she said “yes” that tickles me every time.
Bobby Tate Hi, my friend, I just had to comment upon your own comment. I recall this song from the 1990's, but never before saw the video until today (I tend to procrastinate, lol). But I was struck by the fusion and mix of styles as well, and when you made mention of Jesus Christ, take note of the wicker man burning at 1:18. I was immediately reminded of the 1973 "Wicker Man" film wherein Edward Woodward screams out, "Oh, Jesus Christ!" Hope this tiny tid-bit adds to the fun of this clip!
@@kittensquack6695 What a great comment--thanks so much! I remember vaguely that the KLF were into the occult...or at least they claimed to be...
After all the years of country music Tammy finely won a Grammy for this one song.
She won two grammys , one for " I Don't Want To Play House " and " Stand By Your Man "
@@petecountryman8809 .. she did ?
When I was a child I went absolutely CRAZY to this song, it made soooo happy!! I still get chills!!❤
Listening to this all these years later I realise how bonkers & brilliant this tune is.
Lol exactly
That was the whole point. Talk about opposites attract.
Proper pioneers pure vibes standard 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
So weird. It’s amazing now. Totally get it. Thought it was the worst ‘pop’ music when I was a kid. We used to laugh at the KLF
"bonkers and brilliant" is an apt description...LOVE...
The KLF doesn’t get the recognition they deserve. Possibly the most underrated group of all time. This song is 30 years old and there’s still never been another group like this.
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I want to get into the KLF but I can’t buy it on iTunes :(
@@kp4588 stopped it long ago 👍they the best in 1991
... and again:
😶 ... Manipulating the counter of views AND other parameters of Videos&Users !!! so, is TH-cam an example of "disrespectfully" behaviour ??? --- SHAME ON YOU, TH-cam ! 😶 YT, reflect yourself! _showing-your-ugly-grimace?"remember:you-can't-eat-money!"_ Haha! 😁 (I'm just lovin' Music&CoolStuff) ...
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... and there're some "humans" who never get "enough"! ☝ those want more-and-more-and... to feel kinda "alive"! ☝Sorry, mother Earth.
@@damusicman.3196 🥱
Far ahead of their time, African drums with techno and a beautiful country lady ♥️
My 39 year old son sent this vid to me & I said IT’S THE JAM!! KLF & TAMMY WYNETTE! I had the cassette single way back when! We would sing it in the car driving them to school & myself to work! Awesome tune. Beautiful Tammy Wynette. Whoever brainstormed this music mash up is quite intelligent! I can’t stop playing this song now!!
David Barbarossa was responsible for introducing this to popular music when he was first with Adam & the Ants in the 70's, then Bow Wow Wow in the 80's and then Republica in the 90.s
Where do you think techno came from? It’s a Black art form as all pop music today has Black roots.
Don’t like Tammy Wynette’s voice. I prefer Maxine Waters vocals on the alternate single version
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Genius, simply genius! KLF forever 🙏💙🎸
Tammy's voice is just brilliant and fits in so, so well.
if they were to do this live, i wouldnt mind seeing Reba McIntyre step in her place, her voice would be worthy, and she's just as fun :)
It is hilarious, but Tammy didn't get the beat of it AT ALL when they recorded her part, so they needed some production magic to make her vocal fit. Back in the early 90's this was not an easy thing. Thanks to the Cocaine & Rhinestones podcast for this valuable info. i have always loved this song
@@vision_immortal give the woman a break..... I thought her willingness to do this for them was very open on her part. And I don't think they endless money pit to throw at her either.
@@tiderbean I love her more than life itself. I am not ragging on Tammy. She was old, this is what happens when you get old.
@@vision_immortal gee thanks for bringing it up and why bring it up...ahole?
I met Tammy Wynette once! At Dollywood in '89. I told her, miss Wynette, I grew up listening to your music and I just love you so much. She actually shook my hand and said Thank you honey, I love you too. I was so starstruck! I couldn't believe Tammy Wynette had shook my hand!
If you weren’t a fella I’d kiss that hand that she shook.
I had always heard that Tammy Wynnette was a lady of class and grace. It's nice to know the rumours were true.
I heard she and Dolly Parton are Stars in the true sense of the word, no hissy fits/don't look at me/no autographs rubbish. Always stars always professional and lovely people. Lucky guy.
Ray Hawkins, you were blessed
@@roshanmanilal5315 yes I was!!
30 years later and im still fishing in the rivers fishing in the rivers fishing in the rivers of life.
Memories!!! Always loved this song. Getting Tammy Wynette to do this was a stroke of genius!!!
"we were in the studio, and the track just wasn't working out, and Jimmy half jokingly says to me 'What this track needs is Tammy Wynette' and I went into the little room at the side, there's a phone in there.... and within three calls I was talking with Tammy Wynette... and we're playing the track down the phone to her, and she said 'Yes, I'll do it' "
whenever it came on mtv....it seemed like epic hollywood song
@@ramanjeet1111 "it seemed like epic hollywood song"
Please tell me English is not your first language, and also, "epic hollywood song" is not a thing.
I can also enjoy the album version. The white room, remains a brilliant album.
@@miepmiepzoefzoef still on regular play here. A brilliant album by an awesome band :)
was it a little white room ?
The KLF gave Tammy her final hit. Bless them. This song gave her international attention, and enabled her to tour across the world.
She toured around the world before this
Did she retire after making this record?
@@dc7827 No, but it was her last "hit".
@@eightiesaddictone9063 so she retired, right?
@@dc7827 No………………..she died………….
Horned druids,african tribal drums,ice cream vans and tammy wynette.mad as a pint of herrings.love it.
We need this more than ever in 2024.
I remember showing my Mom this back in 91-92 as she was a huge country fan as well as a huge Tammy fan. She loved it!!! RIP Mom RIP Tammy
Me tooo!!! My mom still talks about this masterpiece lol
they're now in mu mu land 😀
My friend was a Dj on Ibiza a couple of years back and I dared him once to put this on in a very commercial house club . He first refused but then ac couple of drinks in at around 2am he put it on. The crowd exploded, people were going mental. most of the people were not even born when this first came out but they were like in a trance..Thank you KLF for the music, a true classic.
Im not suprised....
I wish we could buy the new compilation that’s appeared on streaming services en mass and send them back to No. 1
Im pretty sure nobody in Ibiza at 2am gives a damn what you play. Everyone is drunk and drugged and busy having sex with someone who, in the morning will turn out to be a moose. The whole culture is a pile of 💩, music included.
@@onesong2001 yeah one year we had an amazing Black lace night!! Followed by a Michael Jackson night. I couldn’t go due to the age restriction
Then next, the DJ played Rick Astley...
I'm 44. I'm from Central Europe. It was the defining band of my childhood and teenage years. My dear God, there were incredible beatings at school parties. And now, after all these years, incredible feelings still arise. Tears of happiness... Thank you.
Yes! We were mad about this song too! It was always played in the London bar mitzvah circuit in the early 90s and all the parties!
I haven't heard this song in over 20 years. Can't believe I forgot it, it's still holds up.
I honestly can't believe there's finally an official HD version of this video!
It's not hd
@@TheWendyExperience Oh it's happy days alright.
@@TheWendyExperience Yes it is. 1080p. Change your settings.
@@davidjgomm Its upconverted to 1080p from an obviously lower resolution (probably 576i or 480i) source, so not "true" HD. That being said, this still is the best quality you'll see on youtube and is a revelation compared to the previous unauthorized uploads.
@@Zooropa420 Strange how people claim 'this is HD' when it's obviously NOT. Pity KLF were not filmed on 35mm.
This really is incredible haha. House, hip-hop, industrial, synth, country, electronica, disco, all in one song
Only the KLF could achieve it and make it not suck for one bit
yes
music in liverpopl and manchester is top
You missed out rap.
"Fishing in the rivers of life" is a reference to Walden by Henry David Thoreau. So, mid 1800s literature is in that mashup list too ;)
BTW: The name KLF, Mu, and a ton of the imagery is a reference the Illuminatus Triology.
My Dad and aunties Dancing singing and playing the drums.....Greats ❤
There will never ever be a weirder or more sublime pop pairing than this PERIOD superb 🔥
“They’re justified and they’re ancient and they drive an ice cream van”…this is so great!!!
"Justified" appears in Ancient Egyptian monuments. Maa Kheru (Ancient Egyptian: mꜣꜥ ḫrw) is a phrase meaning "true of voice" or "justified".
Can i have a 99 Cornet please .
How can they combine so many music styles in one track? Amazing. Still powerful three decades on.
Don’t like Tammy Wynette’s voice. I prefer Maxine Waters vocals on the alternate single version
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Throw a bunch of cynical hooks into a cauldron, get the witch coven to do what they do (nod, wink), and expel through the reproductive and digestive track of an animal corpse, straight onto the plates of the moron masses of 1990s Blighty, steaming hot and already attracting blowflies.
MuMu = Code 33
Oh~ I remember this song. Tammy Wynett is the singer. A legendary Country artist.
KLF and Tammy Wynette wer3 a good collaboration. This song is timeless. Future generations need to keep this song alive.
It makes me physically sick that the 90's was 30 years ago, it also turns my stomach to think that was the last of the best decades, RIP Tammy Wynette.
Oh my god me too! I get sad thinking the 90's was so long ago now. I'm 37 😔😔😔
@@bizarro_raven I'm 42 😏
@@sarahcellblockh1562 and we still looking good Sarah 😎👌
@@bizarro_raven why thank you ☺
You and me both girlfriend. You and me both......
This is one of the greatest songs ever, and this is not up for debate.
facts.
I'm unanimous with agreement.
LoL not even top 300 calm down overacting
Not debating at all
amen
Thanks guys! This track is one of the songs that helped me decompress while I was at war in Desert Storm, 32 years ago!
👍🙏
Yup in 1992
How do you feel since you have figured out you were the bad guys?
@@ditjedatje9741 he was soldier , he respect orders gave by his superiors...nothing more!
Politics it not his BUSINESS! if you have to blame someone go ask who gave the order for attack in that year! who was the president of US in that year?
Thank you for your service!
The absolute pinnacle of whatever genre this is. An absolute banger. JUSTIFIED…
I remembered this song because of Tammy Wynette. She was the 1st artist from country music to do a song of this magnitude with hip hop artists. I felt she should have been commended for that back then as well now.
One of my favorite records of the early '90s. Big props to KLF for getting Tammy Wynette.
In an interview Tammy stated just before her death, she made more money from this collaboration than in her entire career. She said they gave her their "manual" how to be a popstar....and it worked ‼️ the KLF... legendary 👍
I STILL can’t believe they got Tammy Wynette for this song. What a delightful addition! I loved every single second of it.
I’m the end Tammy received ZERO MONEY from this collaboration her final husband got her to do. He did being the opportunist he was - when she passed he was the one to take her money, house, alienate her kids from their inheritance she wrote down in her wishes way before she passed.
@@lorimusiclover7292 I forgot about that. Very sad.
@@lorimusiclover7292 What!? That’ve very disturbing. Why doesn’t everyone know this..? Was this information “sealed” by the courts or just forgotten over time?
Love this song even 33 years on.📻🎤🎧🎵 went to see Tammy Wynette before she passed away she had a Great voice This song Justified & Ancient went to number 2 in the British Top 40 charts
This song made me crazy happy as a kid and now even happier as a 40-something. It is Everything. I want it to be played at my funeral.
I am still happy that Tammy actually did stand by the Jam!!!!
"Bring the beat back!!!!"
This still makes me smile like the first time I saw it on MTV.....
Tammy Wynette had an incredibly beautiful and strong voice. Forever missed.
It's 2023. I had totally forgotten this song even existed! If you listen to the radio anymore, even stations that play 80s/90s music NEVER play these kinds of songs. It's too bad.
It’s never on the radio as in 1992 they officially “deleted” their music catalogue by making it no longer available to license.
It’s fairly recently appeared on streaming services so hopefully one day.
Nothing but ❤️ for Tammy,,,my favorite country singer,,her amazing voice always brings tears to my eyes.
"They called me up in Tennessee they said Tammy stand by the jam" And so she did
I'm 50 this year but 3 months to live with cancer but still partying like I'm 18, classic music much love xxx
Not sure you will be here now but I hope you are pain-free and dancing to this somewhere. 💕
Wonderful arrangement. That twanging steel guitar is such a gorgeous touch. 10 year old me loved it, but 41 year old me also appreciates the subtle details. Pure magic.
Tammy Wynette’s voice in here was a stroke of genius. Stand by your Moo Moo Land which is no doubt a reference to the lost continent of Mu sunk in the Pacific Ocean. This was their national anthem. 😊
No matter what year, we never stopped listening.
Never!
never ever stop !!!!
Forever.
@@robpash2204 and ever.
totally true!
If there was ever a more bizarre and awesome music collaboration, it was this……genius
Wear headphones. There is a lot going on here.
I love the quick scrolling of Queen Wynette's accolades including her multiple marriages , absolute music royalty with a legendary vocal performance .
Who else agrees this is the best song they ever heard? I was not even alive when this song came out but i just can't get over it, it's awesome.
🤣 I wouldn’t go that far but it’s good though
You enjoy kid 😜😜😜 PEACE Dublin Ireland
It was on the radio CONSTANTLY back when it came out.
@@jojo-xu4iz rightfully so i think. This is one of a few songs i would have prayed for them to play on the radio.
Fishin' in the river of life since 1991, and still going strong, the track still rocks.
60 years old (or young) and still enjoying the KLF 👍👍👍
Disco sound with a country singer. Wow still good in 2023
This song has been stuck in my head for weeks. Loved it when it came out. It was a "guilty pleasure" at 11 years old. It still.is at 43. 😂 Tammy Wynette was an excellent addition to this song.
I'm 74 heard it from day one my three children grew up with Asian kids and we had such good times the Asian lads are still good friends it's so funny if u want a laugh know a Pakistani lad who has true Pakistani parents and he was born in coventry yrs ago it's classic they are so funny
Absolute stroke of GENIUS to get Tammy. This was risky but came together so well. So unique. Outstanding.
Agreed and to get her to say "they drive an ice-cream van" was hilarious and brilliance having a baby and mixing them both up to make a great outcome 😀
Having Miss Tammy Wynette is wonderful in so many ways. "Stand by your man" is one of my karaoke songs. Love her.
From everything I've heard, there was a hell of lot of legit love and respect involved in them asking her. Reportedly, she didn't quite "get" the final product (who did?), but did recognize the tour-de-force of skill on display and had a good time doing it.
@@travcollier Apparently she couldn't sing it the way the KLF wanted her to and they had to rework the song around her vocals.
But it was a "mistake" as it was mix-up , it was Dolly Parton they where thinking of :-)
Tammy took a LOT of &*@% from the old school country music establishment for doing this at that time. She refused to back down, and indeed, DID stand by the jam. She was a great lady who experienced success and enormous sadness in her life.
51 years old and this is still Heaven 💋
I definitely did not appreciate this enough in the 90s. This rocks.
‘Bring the beat back’ ...and they did...👍🏻
Kudos to Tammy who didn't just stick with country style. This still sounds great all these years later, so do the other KLF tracks. I'm in my 40s and recently found out my uncle who is 64 is a KLF fan, that was kind of cool.
I'm 62 .
Great music has fans of all ages.
@@grumpyoldman3458 Drummond and Cauty (The KLF) are both nearly 70.
If a tunes got it its got it mate , no matter what age.
Back when real creativity was still alive and kicking.
So creative they set a literal million British pounds on literal fire. As a bit.
Remember watching this video in on a zero hour music program back in 1992 I was 8 years old, it is essentially a time machine for me
How I miss this level of creativity.
Me too they don’t make music like this anymore
Same
Y'all sound like a bunch of Depression generation folks talking about the old days. I say this with affection as they are my parents' generation that gave us Big Band music that my daughter is crazy about.
Whoever came up with a song which consisted of some country some rap some hip hop and some African music is a real genius. This song is absolutely fantastic it certainly deserved the worldwide hit it became. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Love from the UK ♥️🙏👍
....from Liverpool England - home of innovative sounds
and don't forget some of that sweet Voodoo Chile riff
The 90's in a nutshell, some truly amazing music!
Proper geniuses 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
One of those minds Is Jimmy Cauty....Look at his other works....He is a genius...
RIP Tammy Wynette ❤🌈 You remain a legend, your musical diversity! Let's hear it!! Woooot!! 🎉🎉👑
When I was a kid, we didn't have MTV (or Internet of course) at home in the town I lived in Finland. Then our building got satellite system where I could see both European and US MTV. These songs I saw from KLF there were one of my total favourites, and they still are. Some of my other teenage favourites haven't fared so well.
Another thing I love about this song that another younger female singer/dancer and her dance. It's a bit weird this kind of details can stuck to you after decades.:D
I recommend everyone who likes KLF to read the book "The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds", it's a really good book.
To be able to convince the legendary Tammy Wynette to sing in this transcendental version of Justified and Ancient is just mind blowing. My teenage self would wait by the radio all day long on the off chance this would be played.
Finally, the ancient texts, available for reference online. justified.
Loved this song .Such a fantastic collaboration with Tammy and KLF .Brings back memories of carefree days🎉
19yr old just woke up the 50yr old.
Remember this old man?
Yes I do son!
Thank you, I am 3am eternal. 😊
I’m here in 2021. I was in 7th grade when this came out. 30 years later it still resonates and we need a powerful anthem like this more than ever. They’re justified and they’re ancient. That’s all.
Not even a fan of country, but ONLY a band like The KLF could make this work and it still seems flawless! They tied so many things together and were so delightfully weird, STILL not another band I could compare them to at the end of 2022!
One of the greatest songs of this era and any other. So grateful to everyone who had anything to do with this song.
One of those timeless and epic songs that did so much decades ago and to this day it stands amongst the giants.
My mother heard this when I bought the single.... She had her personal opinions of my music. When she heard Tammy...she just nodded and jammed out. She knew her daughter was on the right track. Thank you mom....love you RIP
Over here in my city, it is pandemic lockdown 2.0. For the past week, I've been losing track of days. I was depressed all day yesterday...even thinkin of the best way to end it all. This video appeared on my TH-cam recommendations. It instantly chased the demons away. KLF...you might just have saved my life today. Thank you.
stay strong x. Music brings people together
@Patrick Adams yes I do. Thank you🙂
@@PeterAlbanese_ thanks. It certainly does😀
it has been rough as here in melbourne too, hope you are OK A.Birdie. We're all here for each other. much love and respect to you and all of the awesome YT community always!
@@robvegas9354Hugs. I hope things get better for you too. I am touched by all the kind words here. Thank you
R.I.P Rickee Lyte of HArrOW London.. that's the dude Who Raps on this...From All your Friends and PALS of Grant Road youth centre.. Wealdstone...🇯🇲🇬🇧💯
How much I love this track is absolutely justifiable.
She was only 55 when she died. Rest in peace, Tammy Wynette.
Fuck that is young. She had a fantastic voice and I love how she gives a wry smile as she sings Ice Cream Van.
She didn't die..she went home.
We don't mourne the passing of those who fulfil their destiny!
She was only 54
So young tammy was amazing
She had a rough life, lots of health problems.. and a little too much standing by her man. Sad
I am 50 years old and still enjoy this from back in the day..........
I’m 44 years old and still enjoy this from back in the day TOO!!!!!!!
I'm SIXTY and still enjoy it !!!
I'm 72 lol x
90s have no age ...rock on fellor
God bless Tammy, She was meant for this video.
This was one of my jogging songs from the 90s. Had to catch and record it while listening to the radio on cassette tape, then listen to it on my yellow water proof Sony Walkman. ha.