The dawn of the performance video

[Stinsok]

I present to you RAM JAM.



Check out the bassist (and there is one dude in there that I can't decide if he is in the band or not.)

 

[Mark Wilson]

Taped in Mom's backyard!

 

[funkout5]

amazing.

 

[larsenboy]

whats with that one guy just standing there clapping?

 

[JovialEvil]

whats with that one guy just standing there clapping?

He is their Flair..

 

[5StringBlues]

It's like a horribly bad acid trip.Where are Bevis and Butthead when you need them?


"Relish in the burn out bearded idiocy of Ram Jam!" Too funny.

 

[larsenboy]

He is their Flair..

pretty goofy flair huh? all he does is like clap and spin around... i guess he could be doing better things they just couldnt put in the video cause they were to awsome

 

[5StringBlues]

whats with that one guy just standing there clapping?

Their connection.

 

[larsenboy]

Their connection.

connection makes alot more sence lol

 

[5StringBlues]

"Dude,I scored some great stuff,but you gotta let me be in the video!"

 

[larsenboy]

ok but we are going to have to put a mic stand infront of you to make you look like you actually are going to do something

 

[GregC]

I love the blatant reuse of the same bits. You can see the same person in yellow doing the same thing behind the drummer when the camera isolates him.

 

[RickenBoogie]

Classic. Proves that even a group of goobers can "get down".

 

[larsenboy]

Classic. Proves that even a group of goobers can "get down".

they may be goobers but they made it big... kinda... so i have respect for them... plus i love the guitarist les paul i think its beautiful

 

[JimB52]

My brother loved mocking those guys back in the day.
Based on the video, I can only assume 'Black Betty' is some type of particularly insidious and crippling mind-altering drug, of which the band members and the video's director have all partaken freely before commencing filming.

 

[BassyBill]

Great record. Dreadful vid.

 

[GregC]

My brother loved mocking those guys back in the day.
Based on the video, I can only assume 'Black Betty' is some type of particularly insidious and crippling mind-altering drug, of which the band members and the video's director have all partaken freely before commencing filming.

Heh. It's actually a much older song, performed by Leadbelly among others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Betty

I've seen the Roots work an uptempo version of it into their set.