FIRST TIME HEARING JERRY LEE LEWIS "GREAT BALLS OF FIRE" REACTION | Asia and BJ
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I grew up on Little Richard, Jerry Lee and Fats Domino - so glad to see your enjoyment of the music in this era. Love your reactions!!!
As a teacher the firemen had a safety program for the kids including a movie with Little Richard singing "Stop Drop and Roll." I was amazed that all the kids kew who Little Richard was.
He was the guy on Sesame Street. 😳😳😳
Three of my all time favorites!
Fats Domino was great I also like to kick back with Fats Waller, such a chill vibe.
Three of the best piano players on the planet!
@@baskervillebee6097wow
Little Richard - Tutti frutti
Buddy Holly - That'll be the day, Peggy Sue
Chuck Berry - Johny B. Good, Roll over Beethoven
If they do Tutti Frutti they have to do 3 versions.
Little Richard - the original
Pat Boone - the "white" record market version
Elvis - this made "black" artists "mainstream"
Truth
Fuckin truth
That was Jerry Lee on Valium, very tame. Watch him go all out on this video - Whole Lotta Shakin Going On (Live 1964)
Jerry did a lot of meth back in those days it was called Crank.
And he probably did some Valium.
Jerry Lee was the 1st to record Great Balls of Fire (released 1957), but the Elvis vibe likely comes from 2 reasons. 1-It made at Sun Records (where Elvis recorded at the same time) & 2-It was written by Otis Blackwell (& Jack Hammer). Otis wrote/co-wrote some massive hits, including Jerry Lee’s Breathless & Elvis’ All Shook Up, Return to Sender & Don’t Be Cruel (as well as Fever, most famous by Peggy Lee). Sun has a huge place in early R&R. The kind of studio where Elvis, Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins just bumped into each other one day (Dec. 1956) &, impromptu, gathered around a piano, talking & singing (later referred to as the Million Dollar Quartet session), Thankfully, somebody thought to record that!
Sam Phillips!
Absolutely, Sun Records. That's who was putting out rock'a'billy.
Remember, Rock and Roll only started in the mid 1950s with Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and a few others. These were the pioneers of Rock and Roll. Without guys like Jerry Lee, there would be no Beatles, Rolling Stones etc. Jerry Lee Lewis was a madman! Early Rock and Roll was great.
Good point. Before people like those you cited, it's stuff like Duke Ellington and Doris Day. They were great too, but that is a massive shift in what music sounds like, and what's acceptable in terms of performance. And those changes then led to all of the great early 60's rock bands which stretched all the way into androgyny and glam in the 70's.
@@s.mcpherson6354 Yessir --- we went from Big Band and Jazz to Rock Around The Clock while I was in elementary school.
Bill Haley & The Comets Rock Around The Clock --1954
Actually, jump music back in the late '40s was the beginning of rock n roll. Look up Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, and the like. But it was "race" music back then. It only became rock n roll when white DJs started playing it and white musicians started covering it.
@@douglasloss Rock & roll was also heavily influenced by bluegrass, country , R& B
Still one of my all time fav biopic movies of a musician. Used to love this movie coming on tv has a kid. And Dennis quad hands down best jerry lee Lewis performance ever. I definitely would’ve been rocking to jerry lee if I was born back in the 50’s lol
If I'm going to hell I'm going playin a piano!
Quaid nailed this performance as Lewis.
Quaid really played the piano, but Jerry Lee insisted on doing the singing.
The best story about this song is Jerry Lee and Chuck Berry were on the same show. They were arguing about who was going to close the show, Jerry Lee argued that he had the #1 song at the time, Chuck argued he had more hits, Chuck then stated it was in his contract to close. So Jerry Lee went on first. He closed his set with this song, which while playing he poured gas into piano and set it on fire while he continued to play. When he finished, he walked off the stage and told Berry....."Follow that, killer!"
I heard that he said "Follow that you S.O.B." THAT was still a boss move to make on Chuck Berry!
@@DanShouse0607 Coulda been, I've heard several ways he said it. Any way you.slice it or dice it, it's a middle finger moment
Oh absolutely! I would love to have actually seen the look on Berry's face when he did that!
Throughout his life JLL both admitted and denied doing this. Unfortunately, there is no actual footage.
Jerry made good music but he also made need when he married his 13 year old cousin.
Great Balls of Fire is also the name of the movie about Jerry Lee's life and it's really good. Starring Dennis Quaid and Wynona Ryder. It's worth checking out ✌💕
Jerry Lee Lewis definately sang this song before Elvis did. He recorded this in 1956. Elvis was also starting his career at that time.
They each recorded for Sun (so did Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins).
Elvis started in 1954, and Elvis did not sing this song. Jerry Lee is the last man standing,, from the 1950 s.
You need to google before you post. This song was from 1957. Elvis became big in '56, before Jerry Lee. Elvis never sang this song, unless he did it live in the 70s, which I'm not aware of.
@@patcuvie maybe read my answer better before replying to it..i said "jerry lee lewis definately sang this song before Elvis did"
@@sliceofheaven3026 That's one of the points you should have googled first. Elvis never recorded this song so saying Jerry Lee recorded it before Elvis is not only misleading it's meaningless and unnecessary. The other point is you stated the wrong year Jerry Lee recorded the song.
For me this is like watching the evolution of blues into rock-n-roll in real time. Love it!
Hi guys, I was born in 1957, my mum and dad played " on a record player this among others back in them days" and danced to this when I was growing up, in them days no lip syncing no miming just raw talent and able to play an instrument on top, superb reaction to the old school talent back in them early Rock and Roll days, keep up the good work both of you, love from the UK.
Jerry Lee rather alienated his U.K. audience (as well as elsewhere) by marrying his third cousin Myra Brown. She was thirteen years old. She still believed in Santa Claus.
His 1st cousins are Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart.
Each is a good singer and pianist.
Yeah, got a couple of Mickey Gilley rare rock n roll tracks on a Rockabilly 33rpm long play lol, will have to dig them out. "I aint going home." :)
My uncle James "Catfish" Etheridge used to play with Jerry. My uncle could play piano every bit as good! RIP uncle James. Miss you!
Seen as the white "safe version" of Little Richard, Jerry lee brought on a storm of controversy that stalled his career for decades. He married his 2nd cousin, just after her 14th birthday, after seeing her for AWHILE> He is a genius, all the musicians of his time had to be. Part of the SUN RECORDS crew with ELVIS, JOHNNY CASH, and CARL PERKINS and ROY ORBISON>
Elvis toured with him, but no ELVIS did not sing this
and they were all trying to sound like Little Richard and Ray Charles.
My stepfather back in 1979 got tickets to this little theater where Mickey Gilley and Jerry Lee Lewis both were performing that same night both of them did their music and at the end both of them put their pianos together and had a piano dual playing their two songs encore and the final song was great balls of fire and both theses legends pour whiskey into the piano and then set them on fire as the played this iconic song.
That's the killer
Jerry Lee Lewis 🎹🎶🎤🔥🔥
He's 86 this month !
Jerry Lee Lewis was a phenomenal piano player who walked into Sun Records in Memphis to audition all cocky and full of himself as if he already knew how great he was. It cannot be overstated how much Jerry Lee loved himself. Every song he recorded for Sun Records he finished in 2 takes tops - except "Great Balls of Fire." Aside from being a great piano player, Jerry Lee was also a devout Christian and, while recording "Great Balls of Fire," he kept having panic attacks thinking that he was going to Hell for playing Rock 'n' Roll, which detractors called the Devil's music. It took label owner Sam Philips a few hours to convince Jerry Lee that he was not going to Hell for playing Rock 'n' Roll.
Jerry Lee was the first artist to do the song. He recorded GBoF at Sun Records in Memphis.
He was the first artist to be called (Killer). If you get my drift.
This is Jerry Lee's song. Not Elvis.
Jerry Lee's first cousins were Jimmy Swaggert and country-western icon, Mickey Gilley... All grew up together and learned how to play piano in the same Church. Great reaction to a great song, Thank You!
Jerry Lee's sister Linda Gail Lewis is really good, too. She still tours regularly.
My mom and dad were big fans of Jerry Lee. Ive watched his Bio movie and it is wild. He was a wild man. I think this made us all smile big.
Oh I grew up listening to Jerry Lewis . Thank you so much for bringing back great memories. I haven’t heard or even thought of this song since a long time …. My momma played piano and my daddy played guitar . They would play and sing this all the time . Us girls would dance all over the house when they would play as my daddy called it boogie woogie music .
Elvis actually heard jerry lee on the radio and told Sam Phillips he wanted to meet whoever was singing that song and it was jerry lee singing and playing
Jerry Lee Lewis is TV preacher Jimmy Swaggart's cousin. Both are talented musicians and singers. In fact, Jerry Lee, like cousin Jimmy, started out singing and playing Gospel music in the church. Both are from the south, as you may have guessed. Great stuff from Rock and Roll History.
Thank you.
Yeah JS was a piece of work also, just like killer.
It was written by the great Otis Blackwell specifically for JLL. Otis Blackwell wrote several songs for Elvis. There ha never been anyone quite like Jerry Lee. Great review!!!
Jerry Lee Lewis was the original singer of GBOF. His nickname was The Killer. He married his cousin when she was 13. He and Little Richard were two of the early RNR stars. His first cousins were country singer Mickey Gilley and Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart.
Jerry Lee Lewis came out of a small town in Louisiana called Ferriday before he got famous he played a lot of clubs in New Orleans and that's where he was discovered then they moved him to Memphis to record
Jerry Lee Lewis just died a couple days ago at age of 87. Thanks for your review. He rocked!
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee, and Elvis all worked for Sun Records. you can see it in the movie, Walk the Line
With Carl Perkins, they were the "Million-Dollar Quartet".
Lit the piano on fire...for real.
If you were to listen to John Sebastian's "Nashville Cats" he pays homage to this era with the lines
Yeah, I was just thirteen, you might say I was a
Musical proverbial knee-high
When I heard a couple new-sounding tunes on the tubes
And they blasted me sky-high
And the record man said every one is a Yellow Sun
Record from Nashville
And up North there ain't nobody buys them
And I said, "But I will"
Sun Records was actually in Memphis, so John took a little poetic license there
A few of the names from that era --- at the Dawn Of Rock'n'Roll
Sam Phillips
Roy Orbison
Carl Perkins
Johnny Cash
Elvis
Jerry Lee
Howlin' Wolf
Dixie Cups
The man is 85 and still rockin'
Percy Sledge...My Special Prayer please do a reaction for me on this song.
Another Jerry Lee Lewis hit is "Whole Lotta Shakin Going On" and another "piano rock" song is "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors.
There were four big artists back at Memphis Sun studios Jerry Lee Lewis Johnny Cash Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley they were all there at the same time before Sam Phillips sold Elvis to RCA they're all pretty close and had pretty close rivalries. In fact at one point they were known as The million Dollar quartet as someone recorded the four of them messing around in the studio.
Elvis and Jerry lee were born the same yeat Both have lived in Mississippi and both discovered by Sam Phillips at sun records in Memphis around the same time
"The Killer never shot nobody"!
jerry lee can play...one of the fathers of rock and roll
Jerry Lee Lewis was one of both of my parents favorites of all time. I was born in 65 and he became one of mine as well. He was a TRUE icon of Rock and Roll! Sun records had a SOUND during that era of Rock including Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Roy Orbison, and they all had the same kind of groove. This was the real beginning of Rock and Roll music.
Next up - BREATHLESS by Jerry Lee Lewis
LUCILLE - Little Richard (Long version from 1957)
JOHNNY B. GOODE - Chuck Berry (Live 1958)
Enjoy the trip back to the beginning.
Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin was television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart- the first preacher to reach an audience of 1 billion viewers.
****** FATS DOMINO , The Grand daddy of Rock ' n ' roll / Rhythm & Blues , New orleans Jazz , JERRY LEE LEWIS Regarded by many as The Greatest of all The Rock ' n 'roller's ,Country blues piano players of all time !! --- Over here in uk. -- The saying was Rock 'n' Roll's the thing & Jerry Lee 's The King !! --- --- just for the record -- G.B. of F & Breathless were written for Jerry Lee by Otis Blackwell a highly respected Black songwriter. He also wrote a couple of songs for Elvis P. ---
If you're going a little further with Jerry Lee, there's a legit live version of Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On available that will get the blood going. His performance style is pretty wild to see, and to think of it in the standards of the time I think you'll get an understanding of why people were so frightened of this rock n roll thing
Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On is so much fun. I actually prefer that one to this.
Jerry lee is sooooooo underrated. I have plenty of Jerry lee links i can see you.
I was 11 & bought the 45 of this song. Originally there song. In case some ppl dont know what a 45 is, Its a record with one song on each side.
A little record with a big hole, lol.
I rarely see any blues music covered On reaction videos. I believe There is a huge Catalog Of great music In the blues genre. I would start with howling wolf, Little Walter, Taj Mahal, BB king, Willie Dixon, Alabama shakes, Robert Cray, Curtis salgado, Just to name a few.
Old school , enjoyed it , I saw him play this on T V on one of the variety shows around 58 or 59 , it was wild for that time . Lol
The Million Dollar Quartet was Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. My favourite Jerry Lee Lewis song is “I’m Longing for Home.”
Little Richard "Tutti Frutti" is the perfect follow up!...
I was 6 when it came out and used to hang with the teens next door listening to Bandstand. And there was nothing even remotely like it. It was THE song.
most of what you heard is 'ROCKABILLY'...JLL is famous(along with Carl Perkins)for this sound...he and Elvis lived about 10 miles apart...Graceland in south Memphis, and JJJ on his ranch in Nesbit, MS. they knew each other quite well...a couple of the stories are REALLY interesting to hear - like when JLL drove to Graceland and Jerry had a gun with him...ha..JLL claims it didn't happen!
Elvis never recorded this song, although he played it live sometimes. Elvis and Jerry Lee were buddies, although Jerry Lee was a LOT wilder than Elvis. Elvis was the first to become a star, though, so he was more of an influence on Jerry Lee than the other way around. The two of them were members of the legendary Million Dollar Quartet for Sun Records along with Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. They recorded an informal jam session together that remained unreleased for many years (largely because Elvis had already left Sun for RCA at that time), but is now a highly sought after collectors item...especially the versions that include all the songs (they recorded about 60 songs in ONE DAY!). Jerry Lee is the last of the Sun legends who remains alive, and has recorded a series of "Last Man Standing" albums to commemorate that fact.
The Last Man Standing is phenomenal.
We only hear about the blues contribution to R&R and certainly huge, but equally so was ROCK A BILLY. And from a dyed in the wool Hillbillly this is called Bangin' the 88's. 😎
Why is the video blurred? Half of Jerry Lee's greatness is seeing him play piano.
Elvis and Jerry both came out of Sun Records in Memphis back in the 50s. Sun Records also recorded many Black blues artists, and other early rockers. Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, etc...
Loved seeing both of you guys’ faces immediately brighten up when the song started playing. Then grinning and grooving to the music. “It’s gets in your body” like BJ said! Y’all are super cute and fun to watch and I enjoy watching you guys discover lots of great music, especially music I listened to growing up in the 80’s, which was mostly 60’s, 70’s and 80’s music. Keep up the great videos
Back then we’d say “Jack be nimble Jack be quick Jack jump over the candlestick, goodness gracious great balls of fire “ lol
That's real Rock & Roll.
EVERYTHING "ABOUT" this song melds together SO WELL that it's just one of those tunes🎶 that CANNOT BE DENIED ‼️
Jerry, Johnny Cash and Elvis all toured together when they started out.
Jerry Lee rocked! He plays the heck out of the piano. You should watch the movie "Great Balls of Fire" about Jerry's life. It stars Dennis Quaid, and he plays that role to the tee! It goes from the beginning of his career to when he blows it by marrying his underage cousin. It's a darn good movie. Dennis rocks it.
Memphis Area entertainers were Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Johnny Cash, etc.
The Killer is about the only rocker from that generation still living. His legendary I-don't-give-a-**** story is well-known.
my name is IZZY. Jerry Lee fan since 1967. check out his sister, Linda Gail Lewis, singing "ole black joe"
I saw him perform in 1989 on a floating stage at La Ronde Montreal after the concert my girlfriend and I with another couple were leaving the venue and we see a white limo and who do we see see but him. We walk over asking for his autograph and he gave it to us but stood there with us for about 20 minutes just talking with us.
Elvis never recorded this. You're probably thinking of "Blue Suede Shoes" by Elvis which has a similar feel. But alas, even that was a cover of the Carl Perkins original.
Well, Jerry Lee Lewis, was about the best piano player on this planet. He, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins had a photo of themselves made together.
i was 7 and i remember my mother listened to him and i danced with her.
Rock evolved from Rock n Roll. Parents hated it and called it Devil's Music. So of course it then gave their rebellious teeny boppers more reason to love it. Even the name had a sexual innuendo that shocked Bible thumping elders. Rocking and rolling was what couples did in the hay when they snuck off to the barn
🔥🔥🔥”The Killer” long live Mr. Jerry Lee 🎵❤️🎹🔥🔥🔥
He was called the Killer
That's what he done to his pianos... MERCY!!!✌️✌️👍👍
Well this song is one of my favorites even though it's a little before my time. It always gets me on my feet. 🙂👍💃👌
love jerry!!
This was jerry Lee’s song. His first real claim
To international
Fame. He was so jelous of Elvis. I’ve probably seen 20 videos where he talks about that He couldn’t break through the the way Elvis did. Massive talent but his arrogance and his personal life choices kept him from being even bigger than he was. My mother LOVED him. Not more than Elvis, but he was at the top for her. He was fun.
It was called (Rockabilly ) at this time, when Elvis came along, it changed to Rock & Roll!
Great reaction. I'm pretty sure Elvis never covered it though. Jerry Lee came out shortly after Elvis did at the same studio - Sun records
Elvis, Jerry Lee,Little Richard, Chuck Berry were all, at the same time, creating "Rock and Roll" together...
Got it on DVD. Brilliant movie
Wow!!! I love what y'all doing. Spreading the word. I see you smiling Asia.
Love it,first time hearing a reaction to Jerry Lee Lewis!!!
Most rock'a'billy has a similar feel. Elvis WAS a rock'a'billy guy when he started out, same as Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash too. I never heard Elvis cover this. But this was all the Killer.
Elvis Presley's first ever stage performance was in a high school talent show where he sang the song Old Shep. I think he won. If you want to know why listen to his recording of that song many years later when he was just ELVIS.
Yes Memphis Rockabilly! Elvis, Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison.....
Otis Blackwell is the song writer, from his records i recall he was more a Jazz/blues artist. I was blessed to grow up in a time when all this music was being revived during the British Rockabilly explosion of the late 1970's. it meant the fashions of the late 50's was just being relived with an 80's vibe, crazy, cool time to be in that scene with so many others.
My parents grew up with these guys. My Mother was 7 in 1957.
Like a lot of artist from this period, many of Jerry Lee’s hits were covers. Jerry Lee did write this song though. There is actually a recording of Jerry Lee first developing the idea for the song while having a conversation with Sam Phillips (owner of Sun Records) about the Bible.
Find the live version of "Breathless" here from the Midnight Special. trust me.
I knew a pastor that played just like that. He said he was a cousin of JLL and that their grandmother had taught them to play. I generally don't believe anything people say but I had no qualms believing what he said. He put his money where his mouth was, so to speak. That man played like he had 4 hands from one end of the piano to the other with that same rockin' style and you just don't see that every day.
RIP Jerry Lee Lewis October 28th 2022 Long Live The Killer ... The Original Wild Man of Rock 'in' Roll
Jerry lee. Bad ass🤘
Wow Throwback Rock!!! Wonderful music!!! Go for it!!!
Regarding the Chuck Berry story, Jerry Lee also said "He whupped me good" after a little disagreement.
Jerry Lee made the piano cool he made it rock of course she learn to play in church
Lewis is a performer and he is crazy.
******* Mickey Rourke was at one time going to play Jerry Lee Lewis ,However owing to contract issues it didn't come to pass. He would have made a better person portraying Jerry Lee . Gary Busey was also due to play the part. Can't remember as to why he didn't do it. - it may have been owing to him having put on a little weight. --- ****** Jerry Lee changed his mind as re. The film. He wasn't very happy with it ,the way he was portrayed etc. Even though he did say at the time when the film first came out that he thought Dennis quaid had done a good Job. --- The Best part of the film is Jerry Lee's re.recordings of his Sun records hits . ---
I’m finally here catching y’all live!!!! Love this song!!!
Ok found out it wasn’t live dang it lol!!!
I bet the young kids went crazy the birth of rock and roll !
I'm 80 years old, so I grew up with all these oldies, but goodies !! Jerry Lee was HUGELY popular and remained on the charts for several years. Unfortunately his career took a turn downward when he married his 14 year old cousin and the record companies sort of blackballed him. However, you can't keep a great entertainer down forever...he was appropriately elected into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame !!
Check out some of his other songs...like "Whole Lotta Shakin Going On"
BTW...there's a TON of oldies in that generation...Sam Cook, Marvin Gaye, Doobie Bros., Temptations, and loads of others, that will knock your socks off !!
The real king of rocknroll
I remember being little listening to great balls of fire I wanted to play piano like Jerry lol
When I was young my mom was friends with Jerry Lee's little sister Linda Gail. The night before my 21st birthday she was on stage and wished me a Happy Birthday at Midnight. I was already drinking so all the waitresses that had been serving me looked over with that "look", then brought me one on the house...lol