That is a very old riff. Been around since early days Delta Blues. John Lee Hooker kind of made it famous though. Some trivia- The old, white-haired, guy in the video is Willie Mosconi. Between the years of 1941 and 1957, he won the World Straight Pool Championship nineteen times. He was also a pool hustler and would bet other plays and such.
Willie Mosconi vs Minnesota Fats was a wonderful way to spend an hour or two in front of the television back in the day. Quiet gentleman vs trash talker. Willie won more though, no doubt.
Since 1976, George Thorogood & The Destroyers have sold over 15 million albums, played more than 8,000 ferocious live shows, I've seen the band 6 times over the years , he still in on tour !~
You may have heard that old blues riff in the Bo Diddley song “I’m a Man” or the Muddy Waters song “Mannish Boy” (co-written by Bo Diddley), or a number of others
Dude, you have to check out the live vids! One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer will blow your socks off. There's a lot of repetition and lifting of riffs with these guys, they all do it.
He already did One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, though not the live version. So when Harri said he had never heard of George Thorogood, he was wrong. th-cam.com/video/OXH3ETjOn8E/w-d-xo.html
George gets you moving ! I’ve loved this video for a long time, a John Lee Hooker riff just calls you to move 🎸🥁❤️🔥☮️. This made my Saturday night thanks Harri ! 🎉. Love the pool hall /.boxing ring environment, don’t see that much anymore ! This has been my ring tone on my phone for a few years, love it 😎
The song is a nod to Bo Diddley. Bo took an old blues riff (Muddy Waters' "Hoochie-Coochie Man") and wrote one of the great blues classics of all time, "I'm a Man." Amazingly, Bo recorded this song the same day as his signature song, "Bo Diddley." Two of the greatest riffs in rock & roll recorded on the same day, March 2, 1955.
The "story" of the young upstart pool player (Thorogood) challenging the "King" (Bo Diddley) is an homage to the 1961 film "The Hustler," starring Paul Newman, with Jackie Gleason as the legendary Minnesota Fats.
When we grew up we had a friend that was sooo cool! He bought this cool little car & somebody but the bumper sticker that said...Bad to the Bone! It was always talk of town! lol
Not my usual cup of tea, and I’ve known this song since it was released and have heard it countless times. But I thoroughly enjoyed watching Harri’s reaction to it😂
I used to play them a lot in high school on vinyl and at parties I was at and also in college Years but sometime in my freshman year in college, this older woman I was dating stuck me into a 21 and older show to see the Rolling Stones in around 1981? I can't remember. Mick head rejoined them for a minute and that was cool but yeah George Thorogood was opening. I always thought of him it's just like simple entertainment but as an opening band? That guy in the end had us all standing on our chairs jumping up and down and screaming and hollering until we were hoarse. He is incredibly entertaining live. There's just no way to describe it. I know it's simple stuff, but he makes it work and his band was always really good. Check out something from the Same album except do the studio cut, it's called it wasn't me. It's a banger and it's fantastic. And of course he infamously covered Johnny Cash Cocaine Blues. But you should check out it wasn't me, it's clever and it really rocks. He's so funny when he gets into that mode but he's hard rocking the whole time.
i recommend you react to : *Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing - Official Music Video* the original studio version is very different to the live version you already react please react to the stuido ofciial music video!
This song was put to good use in the movie T2 (the 2nd TERMINATOR movie) The riff sounds a lot like I'M A MAN from the Yardbirds. This video was great fun, Harri -
One of my all-time favorite MTV videos, because of the "special stars" besides George himself. That would be the white haired gentleman with the young female companion, he is Mr. Willie Mosconi, a multiple times World Champion Of Pool, and Minnesota Fats biggest rival. And of course the man with the beat, Mr. Bo Didley. Yes, that is known as "The Bo Didley Beat", and George was paying his respects by having Bo in the video. Saw George Thorogood and The Delaware Destroyers once, and he and they, are just as advertised, loud, proud and for real.
The "Bo Diddley beat" actually refers to the 1-2-3 1-2 rhythm in his other famous song "Bo Diddley." Buddy Holly used it for "Not Fade Away" and it's been used in countless other songs since. th-cam.com/video/dLcYuuljrD4/w-d-xo.html
Unbelievably, this is the first song written by George. Absolutely amazing. The drums and guitars in this song, can't be beat. Then you get smacked with the sax. What a rockin tune. And the lyrics, so funny. Great reaction Harri.I think it put you in your happy place. 🎶🎶🎶 Lol. Thanks Harri and Dave. Some of the greatest guitar riffs. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
@@margomason4889 all GTDs songs are either old revived sounds or copied. He was asked about it once. He said "Chuck Berry wrote all the good songs. " That was his hook. Sticking to the roots, while the music world was diving into disco.
@@davebzen795 Definitely stick with Harri. He knows what he's talking about. Lol. As soon as I hear the riff at the beginning I have to crank this way up. 😊✌️👍🎶🇨🇦
i cant hear this without thinking of the infamous scene from Married With Children lol Check out his song One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer, such a good g song
In 1982 at the Hollywood Paladium, I watched this man play a 4 hour concert... band would take breaks, but George played acoustic blues while they rested.... Best concert I have ever seen. I've seen him 4 times BTW
A famous pool player....Willie Mosconi...was in the video. The gent with white hair. Probably a consultant for the special shots. Good reaction! Check out his.....One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer......you'll like it also.
i'm sure you've heard that riff in movies and tv shows, it's been overdubbed on dozens of scenes over the years. i remember hearing it alot on the old tv show "Married with children", whenever Al or somebody would need to act tough they'd play this song
I never noticed before in the MTV Video, that the Black guy with his trademark rectangular guitar, is none other than "Bo Diddly" himself. I saw George in the Columbia River winery outdoor amphitheater, (Wahington State) in 1992 or 93. It was a heck of a concert. George's heroes are John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, and all of the early Black Blues singers from the 1920s and 30s. Thanks, Harri
The opening riff was, among other things, featured frequently on the TV show Married With Children, starring Ed O'Neill, as Al Bundy. Whenever some threat came up, or need to take "decisive action" Al would get "on his muscle" and go out and "solve problems" the old fashioned was, with baseball bats or other implements of destruction. When this happened, the producers of the show would over dub the opening bars of the song to match the actions of Al Bundy.
Awesome song! It's played in The Terminator II, wow, you never heard this before? Have you been under a rock Harri? This also was played in the movie Christine! That car seriously was Bad to the Bone! I loved your reaction!
That song and video never gets old! The older gentleman that walks in and puts money on top of the racked balls was Willie Mosconi an American professional pool player. He was the Michael Jordon of the pocket billiards. For half a century he dominated the game.
I could listen all day and into the night when George and his guitar get together.
My sister went to a George Thorogood concert years ago and George threw his scarf at her. She still has his scarf. Cool it has his name on it.
That is a very old riff. Been around since early days Delta Blues. John Lee Hooker kind of made it famous though. Some trivia- The old, white-haired, guy in the video is Willie Mosconi. Between the years of 1941 and 1957, he won the World Straight Pool Championship nineteen times. He was also a pool hustler and would bet other plays and such.
Saw Willie Mosconi in Chicago in the late 70s in a pool shop putting on a demonstration. Blew the crowd away.
Willie Mosconi vs Minnesota Fats was a wonderful way to spend an hour or two in front of the television back in the day.
Quiet gentleman vs trash talker.
Willie won more though, no doubt.
You mean the cock-a-doodle-doo with the broad on his arm?
The grey haired old guy who came in is Willie Moscone, a very famous American pool player.
Since 1976, George Thorogood & The Destroyers have sold over 15 million albums, played more than 8,000 ferocious live shows, I've seen the band 6 times over the years , he still in on tour !~
Great Song, great legendary riffs, great video😎 great Harry Best 👍🏼👍🏼🎶🎶🎶😎 bad to the bone😎🎶🎶🎶
Come on Harri you’ve heard of George. Think of one Bourbon, one Scotch and one Beer!!!! That’s George!!!! So says Austin Tx!!!!! 🥳😎🍸
The man shooting pool in the hat is the icon Bo Diddley a legend on guitar.
Make an old woman blush..I'm not blushing but I'm still rockin out to this song!
That's also Willie Mosconi as the old guy staking Bo at pool. One of the greatest pool players of all time.
This one, Move It On Over & One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer were 3 of his biggest hits that were in constant rotation on MTV back in its early days.
I always loved the 'Pied Piper' aspect to the kids following George in this video.
George is a great blues man.
Great reaction, Harri! You would love his 'Who Do You Love' and 'One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer'.
THIS.
If I remember right the older man who put the money on the table was Pool great Willie Mosconi.
Their first album is killer , you need to hear one bourbon one scotch one beer . It’s their most famous song .
He already did it: th-cam.com/video/OXH3ETjOn8E/w-d-xo.html
I would say this is their most famous song. One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer was already famous because it is a classic blues song by John Lee Hooker.
That was great my friend! Next on your list should be One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer.
I like that smooth slide quitar. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍
BBBbo Diddley! Forgot how great this is. Going straight on my playlist. George is an RnB Monster btw.
Wasn't that picture in the guitar case a picture of Bo when he was younger?
@@afterhours21711 Well spotted; I thought so. Love Bo which is great as Bo loves Bo too!
Oh, gosh!!! I love this song and video!!! What a great reaction Harri. 👍 request Dave.
Ahhhh, I am so glad that you enjoyed this one from GT. Harri's reaction was a keeper.
Saw him in concert 5 times in different states. The last time was with Johnny Winter. At the Illinois state fair in 85.
This is a fun tune...full of youthful "attitude!"...Ha,ha,ha...Thanx brother Harri
I hadn’t heard this in years. Thanks for the memories. I got a good laugh too!
George and the Destroyers established 1973. 50 yrs next yr and still tearing it up live..
The dapper gentleman that puts money on the rack was the great pool champion Willie Mosconi.
ANOTHER GREAT SONG
You may have heard that old blues riff in the Bo Diddley song “I’m a Man” or the Muddy Waters song “Mannish Boy” (co-written by Bo Diddley), or a number of others
Dude, you have to check out the live vids! One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer will blow your socks off. There's a lot of repetition and lifting of riffs with these guys, they all do it.
The one with Elvin Bishop is awesome!
He already did One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, though not the live version. So when Harri said he had never heard of George Thorogood, he was wrong.
th-cam.com/video/OXH3ETjOn8E/w-d-xo.html
My friend Mike always loved and introduced me to George Thorogood. We loved the slide guitar riffs. Thanks Dave and Harri🌺✌️
You are very welcome. I'm glad you associate this one with good memories.
George gets you moving ! I’ve loved this video for a long time, a John Lee Hooker riff just calls you to move 🎸🥁❤️🔥☮️. This made my Saturday night thanks Harri ! 🎉. Love the pool hall /.boxing ring environment, don’t see that much anymore !
This has been my ring tone on my phone for a few years, love it 😎
The song is a nod to Bo Diddley. Bo took an old blues riff (Muddy Waters' "Hoochie-Coochie Man") and wrote one of the great blues classics of all time, "I'm a Man." Amazingly, Bo recorded this song the same day as his signature song, "Bo Diddley." Two of the greatest riffs in rock & roll recorded on the same day, March 2, 1955.
And then Muddy Waters answered with Mannish Boy! THAT would be a great song for the channel!
I read somewhere that George wrote this song for Muddy Waters, but Muddy turned it down.
The "story" of the young upstart pool player (Thorogood) challenging the "King" (Bo Diddley) is an homage to the 1961 film "The Hustler," starring Paul Newman, with Jackie Gleason as the legendary Minnesota Fats.
and let's not forget George C Scott as the "Backer" played here by Willie Mosconi. The Hustler (1961)
Part two with Tom Cruise is good too, it was a great movie with Paul Newman at his best!...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠
When we grew up we had a friend that was sooo cool! He bought this cool little car & somebody but the bumper sticker that said...Bad to the Bone! It was always talk of town! lol
Not my usual cup of tea, and I’ve known this song since it was released and have heard it countless times. But I thoroughly enjoyed watching Harri’s reaction to it😂
I have seen George several times and he never disappoints great music great performer and the crowd goes wild! Thanks
Fantastic, so glad you enjoyed it.
I used to play them a lot in high school on vinyl and at parties I was at and also in college Years but sometime in my freshman year in college, this older woman I was dating stuck me into a 21 and older show to see the Rolling Stones in around 1981? I can't remember. Mick head rejoined them for a minute and that was cool but yeah George Thorogood was opening. I always thought of him it's just like simple entertainment but as an opening band? That guy in the end had us all standing on our chairs jumping up and down and screaming and hollering until we were hoarse. He is incredibly entertaining live. There's just no way to describe it. I know it's simple stuff, but he makes it work and his band was always really good. Check out something from the Same album except do the studio cut, it's called it wasn't me. It's a banger and it's fantastic. And of course he infamously covered Johnny Cash Cocaine Blues. But you should check out it wasn't me, it's clever and it really rocks. He's so funny when he gets into that mode but he's hard rocking the whole time.
i recommend you react to :
*Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing - Official Music Video*
the original studio version is very different to the live version you already react
please react to the stuido ofciial music video!
Love the horns on this. They add so much!
One of THE best Harri!!
We are all BBBBBBBad when George is rockin!! 🤩🥳❤
Hari I’m so happy you’ve surpassed 100 thousand subs. I’m doing my best to help that number go to 500 thousand and beyond.
I like the way the head nurse knew he was trouble when he was born!
What a great song, I love George Thorogood. Thanks Harri and Dave.💞
I am glad that you enjoyed this rocker by GT, and thank you.
@@dstermd Different Dave. lol
Such a great track
Willie Masconi, the pool master
This song was put to good use in the movie T2
(the 2nd TERMINATOR movie)
The riff sounds a lot like I'M A MAN
from the Yardbirds.
This video was great fun, Harri -
Bo Diddley originally recorded I'm A Man, hence the tribute to him in the video: th-cam.com/video/SaC5ZKRjLUM/w-d-xo.html
@@mookie7688
Yes. Agree. The Yardbird's verion is a more recognizable comparison. More uptempo than the original.
George Thorogood is a Greater Philadelphia Area institution! Awesome pick and reaction!
Th destroyers we’re killer. The saxophone was screaming bbbbbbbbbad 😊
Handsome George kicks major ass in concert, 3 straight hours of the best guitar picking you can find. Enjoy.
Even back when videos were A Thing, and people really tried to create ones that were funny or cool or different, this video was exceptional.
One of my all-time favorite MTV videos, because of the "special stars" besides George himself. That would be the white haired gentleman with the young female companion, he is Mr. Willie Mosconi, a multiple times World Champion Of Pool, and Minnesota Fats biggest rival. And of course the man with the beat, Mr. Bo Didley. Yes, that is known as "The Bo Didley Beat", and George was paying his respects by having Bo in the video. Saw George Thorogood and The Delaware Destroyers once, and he and they, are just as advertised, loud, proud and for real.
Yeah, but who's the, "young female companion", that's what *I* want to know?!
@@Cosmo-Kramer Just another random beautiful woman that you and I will never meet. Sorry Cosmo.
@@bobschenkel7921 Oh well...as long as a gray-haired Willie got her, I'm cool.
The "Bo Diddley beat" actually refers to the 1-2-3 1-2 rhythm in his other famous song "Bo Diddley." Buddy Holly used it for "Not Fade Away" and it's been used in countless other songs since. th-cam.com/video/dLcYuuljrD4/w-d-xo.html
An old song now but wow such a great song. One of his best. Thanks Harri
To me , this great song reminds me of I'm A Man by the Yardbirds (written and sung by Bo Diddley)
Look for George and Elvin Bishop doing "The House Rent Blues." George sings it solo also. It's an old John Lee Hooker song.
Completley convincing !
Unbelievably, this is the first song written by George. Absolutely amazing. The drums and guitars in this song, can't be beat. Then you get smacked with the sax. What a rockin tune. And the lyrics, so funny. Great reaction Harri.I think it put you in your happy place. 🎶🎶🎶 Lol. Thanks Harri and Dave. Some of the greatest guitar riffs. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
This song is an old Blues song revived by George, with some of the wording changed.
@@margomason4889 all GTDs songs are either old revived sounds or copied.
He was asked about it once.
He said "Chuck Berry wrote all the good songs. "
That was his hook.
Sticking to the roots, while the music world was diving into disco.
Hi Mary, Now I can't decide if your review or Harri's is more enjoyable to me. Hmmm...I'll have to go with Harri as his reaction was priceless!
@@davebzen795 Definitely stick with Harri.
He knows what he's talking about. Lol.
As soon as I hear the riff at the beginning I have to crank this way up. 😊✌️👍🎶🇨🇦
I saw this on Mtv when it was released. Back when Mtv used to play music... pre Carson Daly.
At times, when my blood pressure drops too low, I listen to George.
i cant hear this without thinking of the infamous scene from Married With Children lol Check out his song One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer, such a good g song
I can't help but recall the Terminator 2 bar scene when I hear this song. :)
Great job as always Harri!!!!! Your OG3 in Austin Tx!!!!!! 😎🍸
Riff is from “ Im a man” “mannish boy” Bo Didley & Muddy Waters
In 1982 at the Hollywood Paladium, I watched this man play a 4 hour concert... band would take breaks, but George played acoustic blues while they rested.... Best concert I have ever seen. I've seen him 4 times BTW
A famous pool player....Willie Mosconi...was in the video. The gent with white hair. Probably a consultant for the special shots. Good reaction! Check out his.....One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer......you'll like it also.
Bo Diddley would have had fun with this one. One of my favorites and I got a kick out of your reaction!
Great reaction Harri. And great choice Dave.
i'm sure you've heard that riff in movies and tv shows, it's been overdubbed on dozens of scenes over the years. i remember hearing it alot on the old tv show "Married with children", whenever Al or somebody would need to act tough they'd play this song
That is THE Bo Diddley and I believe that guitar riff is one of Bo's
The riff, you have probably heard it on your iPhone, it is one of the most popular ringtone’s!
This tune reminds me of one of its contemporaries: "Tough Enough" by the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Sounds like Rolling Stones Mick Jagger did it too,Wow.Awesome.
Great pick Dave. This song really gets you moving, even Harri was rockin'...
Yeh, Harri was bopping alright, almost a tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis😎. Thank you Cynthia and Harri!
You should have seen the live performance, he really is a entertainer and a storyteller, listen to, one bourbon one scotch one beer with him
I never noticed before in the MTV Video, that the Black guy with his trademark rectangular guitar, is none other than "Bo Diddly" himself. I saw George in the Columbia River winery outdoor amphitheater, (Wahington State) in 1992 or 93. It was a heck of a concert. George's heroes are John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, and all of the early Black Blues singers from the 1920s and 30s.
Thanks, Harri
This song is so bad yet so good!😜By the way their original name was The Delaware Destroyers where the band formed.
WE BAD 🦴❣️😊👯🎶
You DIDNT miss it!
Bought this album when it came out. Vinyl.
The guitar riff is old Blues riff goes way back .It has been used a lot by many artists.
BBBBBBBad to the bone!
You'll notice he's playing pool with none other than Bo Diddley!!! The old man with the lady is legendary pool shark Willie Moscone.
Tom, I hadn't ever noticed that Willie Moscone was playing that role. Thanks!
The opening riff was, among other things, featured frequently on the TV show Married With Children, starring Ed O'Neill, as Al Bundy. Whenever some threat came up, or need to take "decisive action" Al would get "on his muscle" and go out and "solve problems" the old fashioned was, with baseball bats or other implements of destruction. When this happened, the producers of the show would over dub the opening bars of the song to match the actions of Al Bundy.
Awesome song! It's played in The Terminator II, wow, you never heard this before? Have you been under a rock Harri? This also was played in the movie Christine! That car seriously was Bad to the Bone! I loved your reaction!
Play thorogood with Elvin bishop on guitar . THe song about whiskey . It’s an amazing version
That's Willie Masconi in the suit, the older gentleman. One of the Greatest pool players of all time. ✌
At first I thought it was Les Paul.
I saw him in 1995 in SF
Started at 8:30
At 12:30 he said
We are going
If your tired
Go home
2:30
He ended
He was loving it more than the audience
They played this song when The Terminator (Arnold) landed in the modern day time zone. 😊
This the first time for me seeing the video I love it too and I've just subscribed to your channel now
Welcome aboard and you can find a few others from this gig on TH-cam.
Great band! always 🔥live☘️🥂🚬🖤
Willie Mosconi great great pool player is the older guy with the girl😊😊😊😊
If you are a good enough with the pool que you earn that strut.
I love the way you recognized Bo Diddly right off the bat
Born To Be Bad is another good one by George, more up tempo.
He’s got a lot of great songs that are just plain fun.
The gray haired guy in the blue suit looks like Willy Masconi, one of the old time great pool players
The man who walks in with the woman is world famous pool player Willie Mosconi
George Thorogood was touring in Europe recently. I saw him in concert a few years ago. It was a lot of fun!!!
That song and video never gets old! The older gentleman that walks in and puts money on top of the racked balls was Willie Mosconi an American professional pool player. He was the Michael Jordon of the pocket billiards. For half a century he dominated the game.
Lonesome George IS bad to the bone! Try "One Bourbon, One Scotch And One Beer"
Awesome tune and he has quite a few more!