I have such fond memories of my drunk dad being forcibly removed from our house by law enforcement while this song was playing on the stereo at full volume. God I miss the good old days.
When I first heard the original version by Ram Jam on the radio as an 11 year old in 1977 it was unlike anything I'd heard before, I called it the 'wild'song because of the 'wild guitar' ...well it sure ain't as wild as this!... f****** great!
The original recorded version was by Leadbelly, recorded in the 1930s by John Lomax. Leadbelly sings while only clapping out the beat. A song from the cotton fields that's drifted with the times.
@paulturner7628 fascinating..it turns out that the song goes back even further than that as it was originally a folk song and there's also a version by Starstruck which still featured Bill Bartlett, I've finally learned the Ram Jam version on guitar 46 years after first hearing it.
Just imagine the poor fella standing on the porch, minding his business when some lunatic comes flying by on a drum kit with a jet black hot rod on his trail.
My best mate here in NZ had a flat black EH Holden with a 149 in it, named it Black Betty, Held together with number 8 wire and with a brokin engine mount that when you went over 60 mph would fall off the engine mount and jam open the throttle, fun times back in the day.
Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyy! Only been waiting since this was on RAGE for the original video to be posted back to its rightful place on TH-cam! I want to see some arse kicking burnouts in a killer hot rod, not some bullshit American cut scenes from a pussy movie no one gives two shits about!
Have to agree. This is a good and powerful cover, better than the Ram Jam version (although that's good too), and that wicked black beautiful car (I WANT ONE! But with the engine covers in place) just makes it so much fun to watch.
Who would of thought this is what we would get from the original 1933 recording of James" Iron Head" Baker. This is the best version in my opinion but Ram jams still holds up well. Whoever produced this video is a genius. The concepts are great! But the filming is insane! Talk about capturing the perfect angles and bringing the speed of this song to life!!!
This song makes me travel back to 2009. Aaahh the good teenage days, my music taste was immaculate. Thank you to that classmate that recommend me this song back then, good memories!!
the Original was written and sung in 1933 and performed a cappella by the convict James "Iron Head" Baker and a group at Central State Farm, Sugar Land, Texas (a State prison farm). Baker was 63 years old at the time of the recording. I believe the second recording was 1939.
I love this music vid, it so clever how the drum platform mimics the hot rod, the exposed big block and the drum kit... a stand off.. then both send it! so brilliant
Such an awesome cover. Love the part when Kram rolls out of the garage and starts smashing his drums. This song is enough to give you a speeding ticket ha
@@Enders1 I think originally the song was about a gun, and Black Betty’s “child” was a bullet. But in this context it’s a fantastic name for the hot rod :)
The Ram Jam version was recorded in the lead singers backyard. As the band planned all along. The producer asked them how much budget they would need to shoot a music video and he told them 200$. The 2 hundred was for weed for the shoot. 😎🫶🏽
Yeah this. There are a few like this that I can never play cause of this lol. If you don't know them, may I suggest: Speed or Shock to the System by Billy Idol.
I can imagine getting a permit from the police to have a drummer with his drum kit being videoed on a trailer being towed through public streets. But then, knowing the band, they probably didn't bother. "O.K. We've got to do this in one take or else we might attract the wrong kind of attention."
RAM JAM version like an intracate dance of the soul to a dynamic play of light and shade to make you groove happily. SPIDERBAIT version like a dynamo driven musical force of heart and spirit, charging and manoeuvring en masse and full pelt, getting your blood and spirit up ecstatically!
Have loved this since I first heard it yeeears ago. Prefer playing this version on guitar..faster. LOVE the Coupe. My hubby's name's Troy and we're Ford people so it's built for us😁
Yup. It reminds me of the Deuce Coupe (I can't think of the year..'34 I think) as very similar body. Especially the back end..front end's longer than the Deuce
@@peachyb1969 They sure do👌🏻👌🏻. We've got a '08 BF F6 Typhoon (last of the Typhoons), EF Falcon and hubby's got an XB Coupe. We're definitely Fordies👍🏻💜
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I have such fond memories of my drunk dad being forcibly removed from our house by law enforcement while this song was playing on the stereo at full volume. God I miss the good old days.
DAMN THIS GOES HARD😂
I have a similar memory, only no music was playing. I wish there had been. It was still memorable even without music.
I remember I was running from a dog and this song is all I thought about
THIS IS FORBIDDEN FUNNY (but still are you ok pal? 😅)
Good 'ol Dad.
When I first heard the original version by Ram Jam on the radio as an 11 year old in 1977 it was unlike anything I'd heard before, I called it the 'wild'song because of the 'wild guitar' ...well it sure ain't as wild as this!... f****** great!
The original recorded version was by Leadbelly, recorded in the 1930s by John Lomax. Leadbelly sings while only clapping out the beat. A song from the cotton fields that's drifted with the times.
@paulturner7628 fascinating..it turns out that the song goes back even further than that as it was originally a folk song and there's also a version by Starstruck which still featured Bill Bartlett, I've finally learned the Ram Jam version on guitar 46 years after first hearing it.
@@laupernutwasn’t it recorded in a Texas prison in 33?
This version is great, but I think Ram Jam did it better.
Just imagine the poor fella standing on the porch, minding his business when some lunatic comes flying by on a drum kit with a jet black hot rod on his trail.
jet black hot rod without driver*
Who do you think is playing the banjo. 😅😂
@@mavericknv9534 🌈 ✨ **it was a joke** ✨ 🌈
"Wow, you just don't SEE drum kits with that kind of acceleration these days!"
It's QLD / Gold Coast so nothing unusual 😂
Love the hot rod the burnouts
The video speed
The distortion the voice mods
This is pro level
Dam that drum platform is genius
That is one badass 35 dodge coupe convertible !!!!!!
My best mate here in NZ had a flat black EH Holden with a 149 in it, named it Black Betty, Held together with number 8 wire and with a brokin engine mount that when you went over 60 mph would fall off the engine mount and jam open the throttle, fun times back in the day.
Can never get enough of this song... required for all road trips, and not unusual to be on repeat
But isnt the original song from ram jam?
@@sebidobre5018 Original was actually a short song by Ledbelly. th-cam.com/video/Fii6PX0-VXs/w-d-xo.html Ram Jam were the folks who made it popular...
@@mr_melvis The original dates back to well before Lead Belly, though he was the first artist to make it popular.
Dude if I listen to this on a road trip I will crash coz this makes me wanna go full throttle.😂
The original Spiderbait video!!! SOOOO much better than the one with all the movie clips in it!
RatBikerNotts my ass
Fuck yeah... Thinking the same fucken thing
Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyy! Only been waiting since this was on RAGE for the original video to be posted back to its rightful place on TH-cam!
I want to see some arse kicking burnouts in a killer hot rod, not some bullshit American cut scenes from a pussy movie no one gives two shits about!
Yeah I've been looking for this too
Have to agree. This is a good and powerful cover, better than the Ram Jam version (although that's good too), and that wicked black beautiful car (I WANT ONE! But with the engine covers in place) just makes it so much fun to watch.
One of best . The best Jerry. The best
Who would of thought this is what we would get from the original 1933 recording of James" Iron Head" Baker. This is the best version in my opinion but Ram jams still holds up well.
Whoever produced this video is a genius. The concepts are great! But the filming is insane! Talk about capturing the perfect angles and bringing the speed of this song to life!!!
Ram jam extended version is awesome.
I was born in 2009 and I still grew up playing need for speed underground 2 on the ps2
then u had great childhood😊
@ absolutely cuz. my parents gave me all their old stuff so i had a ps1, ps2, game boy colour and my first phone was a nokia brick
The guitar solo......💥💥💥
Janet on bass is forever kickass 😎
FINALLY they uploaded the actual original music video with the correct video on it.
Thank you.
This song makes me travel back to 2009. Aaahh the good teenage days, my music taste was immaculate. Thank you to that classmate that recommend me this song back then, good memories!!
The Creative Genius & Planning That went into This Vid is a Masterpiece From a Street Persons Point Of View!!!
Rock on 🤘 2024 . I could hear this song for 10 minutes or more 😊
Basically the original Black Betty but tuned up to 11. Love it.
Black Betty on steroids.
Wrong and wrong ... But it's alright to be wrong, mate!!
the Original was written and sung in 1933 and performed a cappella by the convict James "Iron Head" Baker and a group at Central State Farm, Sugar Land, Texas (a State prison farm). Baker was 63 years old at the time of the recording. I believe the second recording was 1939.
Excellent cinematography for a great song - first time hearing this band! Thanx, TH-cam
I love this music vid, it so clever how the drum platform mimics the hot rod, the exposed big block and the drum kit... a stand off.. then both send it! so brilliant
Such an awesome cover. Love the part when Kram rolls out of the garage and starts smashing his drums. This song is enough to give you a speeding ticket ha
Can’t get enough of this song and the car itself.
Agreed that custom hot rod looked so gorgeous 👍💪
@@blitzo719 1935 Dodge
@@warrenjensen4670 still it’s gorgeous
I'm assuming Black Betty is supposed to be the Dodge here
@@Enders1 I think originally the song was about a gun, and Black Betty’s “child” was a bullet. But in this context it’s a fantastic name for the hot rod :)
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damn Ram Jam on high octane! this is like speeding so fast on a high way in slow motion and everyone is passing you by!
Fricken insane remake of a remake with attitude and a whole lot more visuals. Love the drum kit outrunning the hotrod. Definitely a fun jam.
Honestly this video should get more views. It’s a masterpiece
2004 in Australia... a golden time
This song is taking you out from a grave... Love from Australia ❤️
It was shot in Australia, mate.
@ConstantlyDamaged ARE YOU SERIOUS...???? I DIDN'T KNOW 😞.... THANK YOU MATE.... love 😘 DrEva
I also absolutely LOVE the version by RAM JAM...the LIVE version recorded in someone's back yard.
Okay...
The Ram Jam version was recorded in the lead singers backyard. As the band planned all along. The producer asked them how much budget they would need to shoot a music video and he told them 200$.
The 2 hundred was for weed for the shoot. 😎🫶🏽
@@SilkeSaint Now that's how to shoot a music video.
I love all the versions of this song (yeah, even Lead Belly's). It's a classic.
there is something so pleasing about how this video moves. visual asmr
Of all the music on this channel this is STILL the best years later :)
This is a song that will cause you to get a speeding ticket when it comes on the radio
Yeah this. There are a few like this that I can never play cause of this lol.
If you don't know them, may I suggest: Speed or Shock to the System by Billy Idol.
Or impounded for doing burnouts
I laughed my ass off at this because I knew you were right 😂
@@stanknight9159 "Kickstart My Heart" by Motley Crue, "Crash" by Methods of Mayhem.
Dont u love it when u see a drum kit racing a self-driving hot rod on a highway?
Aynen çok güzel oluyo öyle klipler
Haha
I can imagine getting a permit from the police to have a drummer with his drum kit being videoed on a trailer being towed through public streets. But then, knowing the band, they probably didn't bother.
"O.K. We've got to do this in one take or else we might attract the wrong kind of attention."
The best driving song ever and the video is just perfect! 🤘🏻
It's a good driving song but for me the BEST driving song will always be Genius by Pitchshifter.
I also like TNT by AC/DC.
@@UberSkunk 00
This, La Grange and Highway to Hell.
Yeah, you normally don't see a drum kit with that kind of acceleration these days...
YA BOY! AWESOME!
This is still one of the best songs ive ever listened to
And one of the best covers of a classic
@@Donthetoolman yess
Que rica musica
loving this - true rock
they dont make it like this anymore unfortunately
*Za mało wyświetleń na taki zajebisty utwór*
Zgadzam się w 100%
hell yea!!!
The best Aussie cover and film clip ever, you're fukng awesome Spiderbait.
Glad you guys reuploaded the original clip without the shitty Seth Green movie clips interrupting the action.
Up there with a ZZ TOP VIDEO 👍👍
Savage version of this class tune
just saw these sick lads in brissy
Omg... The distortions kick my ear....noice!!
Finally! You heard us! And now the full original video is here!!
I'm so happy you guys put this video up again.
Movie cut confused me cause you had this posted before.
Best cover ever!
GREAT video concept!!! I got this on a JJJ Hotest 100 back in the day, awesome cover and love that hotrod
It never gets old.. Whoa ohhh Black Betty!!
Yes it was great when first recorded by Ram Jam
@@ST-cy6we th-cam.com/video/tiCEVl_9-MM/w-d-xo.html
Spiderbait did it better
Drummer !!!Awsome!!!
Best song ever.
Some people on here day you nailed it, I think you put that nail straight through the heart of it and killed it.
This song is awesome super rock at its best
So badass man! Still love it! Never gets old
And Animal on the drums!!!
Woahhh black betty bam ba lam
Insane but extremelly great !!
Finally!!! Find it!!!!!
this in back for blood is heat
I have literally never seen anyone play drums at 60 mph... Until now. Excellent cover Subscribed
RAM JAM version like an intracate dance of the soul to a dynamic play of light and shade to make you groove happily.
SPIDERBAIT version like a dynamo driven musical force of heart and spirit, charging and manoeuvring en masse and full pelt, getting your blood and spirit up ecstatically!
I'm replaying NFS: U2 and this song is the best company in that game. Guaranteed wins lol
Yes
NFS 2 I get in love with this song
Dass Perfekt Video and Music !!.. And Lady Betty is very beautiful !! And strong !!.. Beautiful work gentlemen !! ;-) :-)
I am so in love with the car 🤤 and the song
2023 still best song ever
Dang good job. Yall rocked it
Texas here December 2024 and I turn this Betty up when I'm in my Hellcat!!! 🔥💯
I miss these kinds of songs
i love this video. :)
Evergreen.
Still listening in 2022 🤘😎🤘 #spiderbait #blackberry
Right here too!! 2022!
Now in 2024 😎👍
Latest and favorite addition to my workout playlist. Def takes it to the next level
The BEST song un the world
What a great video & cover.
Thars freakin rockin! Never get old❤
Too bad there's not a button to like this several times.
Just slide it back to the beginning 🙂
@@MaryHamilton-io6fi Oh yes Mary, I watch it several times a month...but TH-cam only counts my like once.
I can't listen to this without watching the video😊
Have it 🤟
BAMBLELAM🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
NFS Underground 2 was the game that introduced me to it... Years later, I like it all the same!
Such a good song man
YEEEEAH, this is like the ZZ TOP!!!!!!!!
Hammer Song. Good old Times.
Woahhh black betty bam ba lam
my favorite song!! excelent video
Listening to this song everyday, since Need for Speed Underground 2. 😉
Same👍👍😂
You might listen to this song again, since Kuru was around.
@@PonySparkle69 How do you mean since he was around?
@@MIKEREW
Earrape version of Black Betty.
@@PonySparkle69 Ik man, but it's still a good song. If "errape" means what I mean it is.
One of the bad@ss songs I've ever heard 😮😮😮 good job 😮
Excellent!
SEND ITTTTTT!!!!!!!
This video has given me the deepest need to strap a drumset to the back of a pick up truck and just jam across town for years and one day I will do it
Never going to be as good as the original song but it sure comes close!
i think it depends which one you hear first
If you're thinking of Ram Jam, their version is also a cover.
The original dates back to at least the 1930's.
@@Vouivreiys 😮 wow
Best cover I've heard yet!
Have loved this since I first heard it yeeears ago. Prefer playing this version on guitar..faster. LOVE the Coupe. My hubby's name's Troy and we're Ford people so it's built for us😁
It's a 35' Dodge roadster with small block chrysler.
Yup. It reminds me of the Deuce Coupe (I can't think of the year..'34 I think) as very similar body. Especially the back end..front end's longer than the Deuce
Ford's rule!!! 👍❤
Ragtop/Convertable
@@peachyb1969 They sure do👌🏻👌🏻. We've got a '08 BF F6 Typhoon (last of the Typhoons), EF Falcon and hubby's got an XB Coupe. We're definitely Fordies👍🏻💜
Goooood
I'm really diggin' the banjo on this!
Super song,old time
GOLDEN