The day I quit drinking is the day I stop watching this video. Every Saturday night like clockwork I get drunk and find myself watching it. Sobriety is overrated.
woke up hungover at fuck at 3:30 am right now. the song popped in my head and for whatever reason i never seen the video…made a hair of the dog cocktail and threw this on. don’t regret either.
I like to image what everyone's backstory is in this video. There's Stompy right behind Bobby Conn, trying to steal the show, the blue girl placed right next to the red girl as some kind of rivalry, the little African-American girl desperate to get out of shot, the guy in brown with the glasses whose attempt at cool dancing is unravelling before our eyes, the guy carrying a terrified toddler and Vinnie, the Mafia hit man. I would love to see a reunion of all these people and get them to dance once more.
Stompy came dangerously close to giving an accidental crotch shot a few times. I think she and Blue Flannel shirt guy have something going on.The girl dressed in black in the back had some amazing head/neck moves going on, which leads me to believe she came prepared to dance to the Original version of this song. Sadly Vinnie the hitman wont be attending any reunion as he disappeared right after this aired. Turns out he had a "job" that day, but he took Bobby Conn's words to heart, and went dancing instead. The Boss was not happy. He may be at the bottom of lake Michigan wearing cement shoes but it was totally worth it to be in this legend of a video.
the best part is the show required prerecorded audio (and lip syncing) for for better sound quality, which he had to make the night before, so he deliberately put that "accident" in the special mix. there was a big Q&A from Conn that someone posted for one of these videos where he talks about it
@@romulusnr That's amazing! And yeah I did see Bobby Conn play like maybe 12 years ago or something like that. I think the viola or violin player was his wife or something. It was them plus a bassplayer and a drummer and Bobby played electric guitar.
Comedian Pat Dixon introduced me to this counterfeit David Bowie a year ago, and my first impression was, “How have I not known about the great Bobby Conn? I do now, and blessed for it.”
This song is so fucked up I love it lol at parts it sounds almost exactly like a Jackson 5 hit which makes it all the more bizarre given the lyrics. Scissor Sisters definitely were inspired by this song. The catchy disco like beat mixed the obscene lyrics Scissor Sister's song "I Can't Decide" instantly comes to mind
Years ago I was at my grandma and grandads I must of been 13 ish me and my uncle where washing up the dishes and this came on the tv on vh1 ...my life changed forever ....I thought it was the single most funniest thing I had seen ....we still talk about it now and laugh and I am 35 now!!....glad I found this video 👍🏻👍🏻
LOVE how he forgets and accidentally sings the original lyrics at 3:15... "Never gonna get ahead / givin' head to the man / NO, OOPS!" And at the end of the next line throws in "I'm sorry!" Considering the lip-synchy feel of most of it, actually, I'm now considering the possibility that this "screw-up" was entirely planned... Bobby is a genius.
Ah, Bobby Conn... I remember first seeing him on MTV when I was 12 and wondering what the hell was going on. But even then I knew I was watching something special and the song has stuck in my head ever since. Also cool to see that Charlie Brooker is a fan and has sent people here. He picked another BC song to play on bbc 6music today ('winners'). It sent me here to relive old memories. :D
I never understood why people thought this was a joke or stupid or whatever? I remember seeing it and just being like... holy shit this song is good and this fun as fuck
The best music video ever, if the story about it is real then it's pure gold! I always thought he was just taking the piss with a funny video, me and my mum used to laugh so much whenever it was on MTV!
"Listen up, children. The values and lessons in life...you only get one chance to learn it. Only one time to learn who the man is, and who to say no to...and that's The Man. I don't want to ever see you say yes to The Man. NO, NEVER!" Words to live by.
This song randomly popped in my head tonight so I had to look it up. I remember first watching this back somewhere around 2007-2009 while I was in college. The video was so weird but addicting it helped me through some rough times.
I can relate - I went through a huge (5 year) phase of coming home drunk, partying my arse off for about 5 songs then passing out. I found out some years later that my drunk-session MP3 player had kept tallies of what I'd listened to. "Just The Girl You Want" by Devo. Over and over. I never even knew I liked that song :)
the first time i saw this i was watching it with a bunch of mates. we were all in awe. it was pretty obvious it was a joke video but my best friend who'd been staring at it open-mouthed suddenly said - "is he miming??" absolute classic.
it was recorded on chic a go go. that's the original host. longtime dancers soul Rebel & Gentleman John Battles are in the background. this version of the song is featured on the Chic A Go Go sountrack CD.
This is great. I found this on break or ebaumsworld, or something and can't stop watching all his videos. anyone else feel the Violent Femmes or Adam Ant influences? So I found the girl in the blue is a friend of his (in the Passover video) and the girl in the plaid skirt is his wife, the rest are public on the set of Chic-a-Go-Go, a public cable show - a kids show, hence the "re-mix". Keep it weird Bobby!
i learned all my dance moves from this video......im defelently playing this song at my wedding when i get married....and everyone will dance exactly like this ahahahaha
I love this song! I'm quite addicted to it. Simple but great message. and the video is hilarious. I'd like to see Bobby Conn in Australia. Come to Melbourne Bobby!
Bobby Conn is simply an amazing performer who continues to do whatever he feels like, with the kind of enthusiasm unmatched by a class of 1st graders heading to the zoo for the first time. Give it your all Bobby - The Man don't need our lovin.
I remember Bobby Conn - and particularly this video from very early 2000s Viva Zwei channel - it could have been this exact same show. I've looked him up then, he was very unique, but I haven't seen this video, or any other Bobby Conn, for probably 20 years, I just thought of him yesterday and I still remembered his name. Maybe I remember unimportant things, or he is quite interesting.
This is one of the Top 12 videos of all-time. I love the bit at the end "You'll never get ahead giving saying yes to the man" hehe classic auto-bowlderisation.
Bobby is an absolute genius at spreading a message through music, besides being totally fucking insane. Who couldn't love that combination? Not me, I've watched this video over a hundred times in three years and I keep coming back for more, Verdad!
i just love that video.... well every video of bobby conn *ggg* whooaa.... the endthingy....nearly got a heart attack ... that's from the bobby conn special on viva's wah².... bobby conn talking and playing in a guitar store or something like that. complete with helping a customer. dear pubgoblin, pleeeease put the whole special here or sent it to me or whatever *beg* i'd love to see that again. my vhs with the special is gone a loooong time now. :))) thanx in advance
Have watched this over and over for what seems a 100 years. Larf my bouncy lads off every time. Have read all the comments and no-one comments on a) his silk scarf and b) the creepy addams family character that starts dancing on 2:09. and Stompy....well what a legend!!!!!!
This is one of the greatest videos ever made by humanoid hand. It's up there with Thriller, that slow motion one by radiohead and atmosphere by captain sensible
The day I quit drinking is the day I stop watching this video. Every Saturday night like clockwork I get drunk and find myself watching it. Sobriety is overrated.
Its a masterpiece ill drink to that!!!!
Here we are.
woke up hungover at fuck at 3:30 am right now. the song popped in my head and for whatever reason i never seen the video…made a hair of the dog cocktail and threw this on. don’t regret either.
"Sobriety is overrated"💯💯💯💯
This is one of the best ever buddy!
I saw this on Adult Swim a couple minutes ago and this is gold
Thank you Off The Air
Off the Air mixed with LSD will break your brain
@@JP-tt8gn Mine's busted. 😢
2022 Bobby Conn still hits hard.
2023 calling - it hasn't let up
Somehow I missed this until now. Hits hard as hell in 2023
Now into 2024 😂
Hits harder than ever. The gap between the man and the average person is ever widening.
Wait til hyper inflation hits in 2025. Aint nobody getting ahead
This is pure gold someone give him a medal.. so perfect on so many levels.. this video could bring about world peace
I like to image what everyone's backstory is in this video. There's Stompy right behind Bobby Conn, trying to steal the show, the blue girl placed right next to the red girl as some kind of rivalry, the little African-American girl desperate to get out of shot, the guy in brown with the glasses whose attempt at cool dancing is unravelling before our eyes, the guy carrying a terrified toddler and Vinnie, the Mafia hit man. I would love to see a reunion of all these people and get them to dance once more.
We've got to make it happen I've loved stompy for 25 years now
And she reminds me of gretchen from recess, I love her too
Stompy came dangerously close to giving an accidental crotch shot a few times. I think she and Blue Flannel shirt guy have something going on.The girl dressed in black in the back had some amazing head/neck moves going on, which leads me to believe she came prepared to dance to the Original version of this song.
Sadly Vinnie the hitman wont be attending any reunion as he disappeared right after this aired. Turns out he had a "job" that day, but he took Bobby Conn's words to heart, and went dancing instead. The Boss was not happy. He may be at the bottom of lake Michigan wearing cement shoes but it was totally worth it to be in this legend of a video.
HAHAHAHA!!!!
Don't forget Donnie Davies. Where my EDiots at?
"You're never gonna get ahead, no, givin head to the man, nooowhoops, you're never gonna get ahead, no, sayin yes to the man i'm sorry"
MrAnarchojoe that’s just fucking awesome
nice catch
the best part is the show required prerecorded audio (and lip syncing) for for better sound quality, which he had to make the night before, so he deliberately put that "accident" in the special mix.
there was a big Q&A from Conn that someone posted for one of these videos where he talks about it
@@romulusnr That's amazing!
And yeah I did see Bobby Conn play like maybe 12 years ago or something like that. I think the viola or violin player was his wife or something. It was them plus a bassplayer and a drummer and Bobby played electric guitar.
Comedian Pat Dixon introduced me to this counterfeit David Bowie a year ago, and my first impression was, “How have I not known about the great Bobby Conn? I do now, and blessed for it.”
Bobby Conn = A hidden gem to the musical community, and the world.
Fucking amazing. Credit to Spotify's weekly new music thingy for having introduced me to this song; reality in its infinite complexity.
This still makes me laugh. Kids have no idea what he is singing about and he almost let parts slip. :) Love it.
This song is so fucked up I love it lol at parts it sounds almost exactly like a Jackson 5 hit which makes it all the more bizarre given the lyrics. Scissor Sisters definitely were inspired by this song. The catchy disco like beat mixed the obscene lyrics Scissor Sister's song "I Can't Decide" instantly comes to mind
Wow am I glad Off The Air made me aware of this. Why hasn't anyone told me of this GREAT artist before??
Years ago I was at my grandma and grandads I must of been 13 ish me and my uncle where washing up the dishes and this came on the tv on vh1 ...my life changed forever ....I thought it was the single most funniest thing I had seen ....we still talk about it now and laugh and I am 35 now!!....glad I found this video 👍🏻👍🏻
I have found myself watching this video at least once a month for the past two years. I don't know what to do about this.
This is hilarious! I loved first time I've saw it and it's *still* is brilliant!
With you brother!
LOVE how he forgets and accidentally sings the original lyrics at 3:15... "Never gonna get ahead / givin' head to the man / NO, OOPS!" And at the end of the next line throws in "I'm sorry!" Considering the lip-synchy feel of most of it, actually, I'm now considering the possibility that this "screw-up" was entirely planned... Bobby is a genius.
LMAO! 😂🤣😅😆😁 @ 2:07 the guy in the gray blazer!!!!!
this might be the greatest video on youtube
The more I watch it - the funnier it gets 😮😅😂. Bobby, you’re a legend 😄👍
This is what happens when you are NOT a point short of genius. Conn is absolutely brilliant.
Ah, Bobby Conn... I remember first seeing him on MTV when I was 12 and wondering what the hell was going on. But even then I knew I was watching something special and the song has stuck in my head ever since.
Also cool to see that Charlie Brooker is a fan and has sent people here. He picked another BC song to play on bbc 6music today ('winners'). It sent me here to relive old memories. :D
I watch it 3 or 4 times in a row about twice a year to keep me grounded. Sometimes more around the holidays.
off the air squad what up
Wisdom Dog Yo bird up
Wisdom Dog yo
Snail down the greatest show on television
I still can't fucking believe they played Death Grips.
loved this episode
I discovered this song in the mid 2000's when lowtax linked to it, it was a real trip to see it on adult swims "off the air" more than a decade later.
I never understood why people thought this was a joke or stupid or whatever? I remember seeing it and just being like... holy shit this song is good and this fun as fuck
My favorite TH-cam video of all time.
Nobody can do crazy like Bobby Conn can.
Bobby Conn: smoking hot in 2024
Bobby Conn fucking rocks.
He's so passionate about his performance sometimes the obscene lyrics try to make their way in.
The best music video ever, if the story about it is real then it's pure gold! I always thought he was just taking the piss with a funny video, me and my mum used to laugh so much whenever it was on MTV!
2023 and I still come back to Bobby
"Listen up, children. The values and lessons in life...you only get one chance to learn it. Only one time to learn who the man is, and who to say no to...and that's The Man. I don't want to ever see you say yes to The Man.
NO, NEVER!"
Words to live by.
idk sounds like you're telling me how to live, I gotta say no to that
This is undoubtably the greatest video ever and also a very important message for all the kids out there !!! ;)
This song randomly popped in my head tonight so I had to look it up. I remember first watching this back somewhere around 2007-2009 while I was in college. The video was so weird but addicting it helped me through some rough times.
Saw this years ago somewhere, may ave been youtube, but always come here to check it out now and again, this is some crazy shit
The year was 1999. It was 2:30am and I was watching MTV. This came on and changed my life.
2023, Bobby still ahead.
Bobby Conn still hot in 2018.
I can't stop watching this.
I....I love it.
thanx for the vid, been searching n whaiting for 10 years for bobby conn!!!
Benn watching this video for about 20 years now
cause its brilliant°°°
one of the best things I've seen in years, thank you bwahahahaha
He almost does it again at 4:00 when he says "Giving...saying yes to the man."
its people like him that makes a sleepless night at least a less more freaky and lovely. thank you so much crazy man!
Quite simply one of the greatest things i have ever seen in my life.
I remember seeing this on TV...fookin' hillarious.
An astonishing performance! Wow!
I can relate - I went through a huge (5 year) phase of coming home drunk, partying my arse off for about 5 songs then passing out. I found out some years later that my drunk-session MP3 player had kept tallies of what I'd listened to. "Just The Girl You Want" by Devo. Over and over. I never even knew I liked that song :)
the first time i saw this i was watching it with a bunch of mates. we were all in awe. it was pretty obvious it was a joke video but my best friend who'd been staring at it open-mouthed suddenly said - "is he miming??"
absolute classic.
Bobby Conn has nothing left to prove. One of the best entertainers in showbizz.
R3000
Hi, I'm from the future!
One of my favourite videos. Fantastic.
Still laugh at this vid because when I played this to my friend he said "You're listening to shit"
Well thank you. It's an amazing video that I'm glad I got to see.
I saw Bobby Conn at the Smell in LA in 2000. He lives up to the hype.
I stumbled upon this in 2019 and here I am back for more
This is way ahead of its time
it was recorded on chic a go go. that's the original host.
longtime dancers soul Rebel & Gentleman John Battles are in the background.
this version of the song is featured on the Chic A Go Go sountrack CD.
still relevant in 2017 still the greatest inspiration spread love or gtfo never sayin yes to the man love u bobby conn
I remember this video from around the millennium so well. One of the best music videos ever. I'm surprised it's not more well known.
FANTASTIC !!!!!! I saw Bobby in concert in Sheffield uk about 10years back !
This video made me laugh for weeks. I watch it when I am depressed.
This is my favourite video on youtube. Truly beautiful.
awesome!
I can't get this song out of my head and I cant stop watching it.
Best dance moves. Ever.
This is great. I found this on break or ebaumsworld, or something and can't stop watching all his videos.
anyone else feel the Violent Femmes or Adam Ant influences?
So I found the girl in the blue is a friend of his (in the Passover video) and the girl in the plaid skirt is his wife, the rest are public on the set of Chic-a-Go-Go, a public cable show - a kids show, hence the "re-mix".
Keep it weird Bobby!
i learned all my dance moves from this video......im defelently playing this song at my wedding when i get married....and everyone will dance exactly like this
ahahahaha
Genius! This is absolutely brilliant. Sensational.
I saw him in Belfast on a barge years ago........the man is a God
I'm obsessed. Thank u as
I love this song! I'm quite addicted to it. Simple but great message. and the video is hilarious. I'd like to see Bobby Conn in Australia. Come to Melbourne Bobby!
I think I just threw my back out (from laughter). There is a God, afterall, and I thank him/her for this blessing of Bobby Conn.
i know! i can't stop watching it. Especially the fantastic dancing!
This is the best thing I've ever seen.
Bobby Conn is simply an amazing performer who continues to do whatever he feels like, with the kind of enthusiasm unmatched by a class of 1st graders heading to the zoo for the first time. Give it your all Bobby - The Man don't need our lovin.
I remember Bobby Conn - and particularly this video from very early 2000s Viva Zwei channel - it could have been this exact same show. I've looked him up then, he was very unique, but I haven't seen this video, or any other Bobby Conn, for probably 20 years, I just thought of him yesterday and I still remembered his name. Maybe I remember unimportant things, or he is quite interesting.
Everything about this is adorable.
"Giving Yes To The Man"
Wow! This is the first I have seen of this guy. Awesome.
This is one of the Top 12 videos of all-time. I love the bit at the end "You'll never get ahead giving saying yes to the man" hehe classic auto-bowlderisation.
2019 and it's still awesome!
had a chat with this guy,nice guy great music too :)
Well as you can see this cabin
We’re all gonna die ever knowing about this cabin
lol i remember the first time i saw this. I actually believed this was filmed in the late 70's!
This is teh win lol.
Bobby is an absolute genius at spreading a message through music, besides being totally fucking insane. Who couldn't love that combination? Not me, I've watched this video over a hundred times in three years and I keep coming back for more, Verdad!
ive probably watched this 10 times in just a couple days!
This is SO GOOD
i just love that video.... well every video of bobby conn *ggg*
whooaa.... the endthingy....nearly got a heart attack ... that's from the bobby conn special on viva's wah².... bobby conn talking and playing in a guitar store or something like that. complete with helping a customer.
dear pubgoblin,
pleeeease put the whole special here or sent it to me or whatever *beg* i'd love to see that again. my vhs with the special is gone a loooong time now. :)))
thanx in advance
I just saw this guy perform in Brooklyn, NY. He RULES! All hail The Conn!!
This is life!💥❤
At the start of the song. Is he trying to sound like a young Michael Jackson from the Jackson 5 days????
Have watched this over and over for what seems a 100 years. Larf my bouncy lads off every time. Have read all the comments and no-one comments on a) his silk scarf and b) the creepy addams family character that starts dancing on 2:09. and Stompy....well what a legend!!!!!!
This is one of the greatest videos ever made by humanoid hand. It's up there with Thriller, that slow motion one by radiohead and atmosphere by captain sensible
Charlie what have you made me watch? I will never get those 5 minutes back.
Saw Bobby in Sheffield fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!
Light years ahead - Conn - A visionary
adult swim brought me here
adult night? what is adult night?
Brilliant! Wah wah we miss you
RIP, Viva Zwei
It's fucking real
That guy with the side blocks and the suit jacket has absolutely stole the show... I’m absolutely flabbergasted.. bobby also kicks ass 👍
Oh and bobby is definitely the bastard son of Iggy pop 👍
I love this video for so many reasons