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  • čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
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    Herman Poole Blount later known as Sun Ra was an american jazz composer, piano, synth player and overall bad shit crazy person. In addition to being a brilliant jazz player he was a philosopher, poet, author, futurist, black rights activist, self proclaimed angel and extraterrestrial being. About those last points, yes it’s true, the man literally thought he came from Saturn. Throughout his life he garnered a cult following, but never managed to break into mainstream music culture. Forever living on as a musician’s musician. Inspiring countless other artists and bands like Sonic Youth, Flying Lotus and MF Doom. In this video we'll talk about the life and times of Sun Ra. This is the message beyond the music.
    SUN RA ALBUMS FOR BEGINNERS:
    Jazz In Silhouette
    The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra
    Lanquidity
    BACKGROUND MUSIC:
    Tiptoe out the back - Dan Lebowitz
    Orange Sunset - Quincas Moreira
    This Little Light of Mine - E’s Jammy Jams
    Empty Bottle, Empty Bed - Mini Vandals
    This is a jazz space - Midnight North
    13 Coctails - Dan Bodan

Komentáře • 208

  • @LieLikesMusic
    @LieLikesMusic  Před 4 lety +19

    What band or artist should be next? Comment below 🤘🎸

    • @scringo-scarr
      @scringo-scarr Před 4 lety +8

      Moondog

    • @VAZZGaming
      @VAZZGaming Před 4 lety +5

      Porcupine tree

    • @shiner2539
      @shiner2539 Před 4 lety +4

      You should do Emerson Lake and Palmer

    • @leetorry
      @leetorry Před 4 lety +14

      Acid Bath please, because its finally in Spotify
      best B-day gift ever :D
      also, maybe Morbid Angel or Alice in Chains.

    • @itisandjela
      @itisandjela Před 4 lety +1

      Tame Impala

  • @perrinpartee557
    @perrinpartee557 Před 4 lety +164

    He didn’t think he came from Saturn, he came from Saturn.

    • @420protoman
      @420protoman Před 3 lety +8

      he was speaking in riddles and codes he was a freemason, so was duke ellington, i know what he was talkin about tho

    • @amb600cd0
      @amb600cd0 Před 2 lety +1

      magicians love to stare from beneath the murky waters

    • @petegaslondon
      @petegaslondon Před rokem

      I thought there WAS a lil town called Saturn where he lived?

    • @CVinyl
      @CVinyl Před 10 měsíci

      🪐

  • @65kcsmith
    @65kcsmith Před 4 lety +161

    Calling Sun Ra "Batsh#t Crazy" is not right. He had a calling to do things differently and saw that vision through. Most would have given up.

    • @maurofernandez2578
      @maurofernandez2578 Před 3 lety +13

      Damn batshit sharp?

    • @44okoo62
      @44okoo62 Před 2 lety +1

      This comment seems completely inappropriate. Do you know anything about Sun Ra? Why would you even think he is ‘crazy’? to begin with? I would remove your comment.

    • @thatbassguy9502
      @thatbassguy9502 Před 2 lety +4

      @@44okoo62 Bro did you even watch the video?

    • @amb600cd0
      @amb600cd0 Před 2 lety +6

      @@thatbassguy9502 i dont even think he read the comment 💀

    • @leascaart
      @leascaart Před rokem

      TOTALLY AGREED!

  • @MrFartboy79
    @MrFartboy79 Před rokem +22

    I guess one man’s Batshit Crazy is another’s groundbreaking, brilliant, visionary artist.
    Ra didn’t believe he was from Saturn… He WAS from Saturn and he was sent with an almost a singular mission, a mission which he spent his life carrying out at the expense of everything else. He did everything he could to get the music out of himself and his Arkestra and into human ears.
    The man was so brilliant and so far ahead of everything else, we’re still not caught up.

  • @astrojazzman
    @astrojazzman Před 4 lety +43

    I worked with some of his musician's...
    He was beyond his time.....
    RIP master teacher 🎹🎹🎹

    • @bradm.3775
      @bradm.3775 Před 3 lety +1

      Who did you work with?

    • @astrojazzman
      @astrojazzman Před 3 lety +3

      @@bradm.3775 I worked and used to manage violinist Michael White!

    • @CVinyl
      @CVinyl Před 10 měsíci

      @@bradm.3775 and pharoah sanders 🎷

  • @13580863
    @13580863 Před 9 měsíci +7

    "He claimed to be from Saturn, but he was originally from Birmingham, Alabama... bassist Juni Booth has a story about when Birmingham, which eventually became proud of its native, presented Sun Ra with the key to the city. During the ceremony, Sun Ra told him, 'I hate this fuckin’ town, that’s why I always told people I was from Saturn.'"

    • @13580863
      @13580863 Před 9 měsíci +2

      I guess if you look around you and see poverty, lynchings, segregation and so on, why would you want to be from Earth?

    • @13580863
      @13580863 Před 9 měsíci

      an anecdote shared by a musician friend, said to be taken from the ESP site but I couldn't find it.

  • @doydivision3984
    @doydivision3984 Před 4 lety +13

    Woah! Somebody finally talks about Sun Ra! Back in the summer after my 7th grade year, I started making music, and wanted to get into experimental stuff. I discovered Sun Ra, and have loved him ever since. I’m so glad someone is finally making a video about him😃

    • @44okoo62
      @44okoo62 Před 2 lety

      I’m thinking im done with stupid youtube altogether. Has no one ever read a book or even bothered to buy his music???

    • @doydivision3984
      @doydivision3984 Před 2 lety +1

      @@44okoo62 of course people buy his music, but his music is more obscure and experimental. These days, people don’t really read books as often. And who would go and buy a book about a musician they’ve never even heard of before? I think it’s cool seeing these types of videos on CZcams. It’ll get lots more kids into cool artists like Sun Ra. Kids aren’t just going to go buy Sun Ra records and buy books about him if they’ve never even heard of him before. I don’t know why you have such a problem with these types of videos. They do nothing but good for the music community.

  • @ronlight7013
    @ronlight7013 Před 4 lety +28

    I saw the Arkestra perform under the direction of Marshall Allen on tour last year. They seemed to have quite a great time on stage, and I know the audience certainly did. Despite Ra's absence, they're still quite a spectacle and compelling performers.

  • @rushsandifermusic
    @rushsandifermusic Před 4 lety +28

    Dope, I've been wondering about his story. The research and presentation is much appreciated 👍

    • @LieLikesMusic
      @LieLikesMusic  Před 4 lety +7

      Rush Sandifer Cool. He's got a really interesting story. I could go on for hours. Thanks for watching.

  • @KamenSentaiMetalHero
    @KamenSentaiMetalHero Před 4 lety +44

    Since you mentioned them, can you do a video on either Sonic Youth or MF DOOM.

    • @23secondsofsauce65
      @23secondsofsauce65 Před 4 lety +4

      MF DOOM please

    • @LieLikesMusic
      @LieLikesMusic  Před 4 lety +7

      KamenSentaiMetalHero 2000 Ooh i would love to do one on Doom 😊

    • @Andrei4224
      @Andrei4224 Před 4 lety +2

      Not rap pls, Sonic Youth is better

    • @forehandburrito
      @forehandburrito Před 3 lety +2

      @@Andrei4224 to each his own their both legends in the own right but doom has had a crazy life would be an interesting story

    • @z-twigrvsit618
      @z-twigrvsit618 Před 3 lety +5

      Doom just died 😭.

  • @rustybuckets2143
    @rustybuckets2143 Před 4 lety +24

    "Don't be a girt, buy a shirt." Best way to convince me to buy merch.

    • @LieLikesMusic
      @LieLikesMusic  Před 4 lety +1

      Rusty Buckets Haha

    • @420protoman
      @420protoman Před 3 lety +1

      if you wanna be a mensch then buy this wrench.... that's a good one too, but i'm not selling a wrench , how about a Bench?

  • @SaccidanandaSadasiva
    @SaccidanandaSadasiva Před 10 měsíci +4

    Sun Ra is an inspiration for all of us

  • @shadegreen5351
    @shadegreen5351 Před 4 lety +3

    sun ra is one of my favorite jazz artists. thanks for the synopsis.

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic Před 3 lety +8

    He "literally" thought he was from Saturn? Maybe he did. He said it enough. But he also talked a lot about myth. He spoke as though he was an ambassador to humanity leading people into the new world. A new world based on myth. So was this all part of his theatrical aesthetic or did he really believe it? I don't know.

  • @kodymartinez5351
    @kodymartinez5351 Před 4 lety +7

    Springtime Again is my favorite Sun Ra song!

    • @jamespuleo3269
      @jamespuleo3269 Před 4 lety +1

      When I found that song I couldn't get enough of it. Months later, I would still play it at least once a week.

    • @pechondelgado
      @pechondelgado Před 2 lety

      Awesome song.. Reminds me of A Little Green Rosetta by Frank Zappa for some reason.

  • @henryhayth3303
    @henryhayth3303 Před rokem +3

    My maternal Grandmother and her side of the family's burial plot is in the same cemetery in Birmingham as Sun Ra's. Whenever I visit my Grandmother's grave, I try to visit Sun Ra's, too.

  • @jamespuleo3269
    @jamespuleo3269 Před 4 lety +7

    Classic track: 1982's "Nuclear War"

  • @mickeyrube6623
    @mickeyrube6623 Před 4 lety +7

    Sightreading music is not that big of a deal. At age 11, sure, its very impressive, but in an academic setting it's very common. I was thought trombone at age 11, and you start working on sightreading right away. You get tested on it all the time. To do it perfectly on piano with out any perp time is a feat, but you are sort of burying the lead here! He had perfect pitch!
    That's like saying "at age 11, he was reading at the level of a 20 year old. Oh, also he could speak 12 different languages at 4 years old and has the entire Encyclopedia Britannica memorized. And you heard me about the reading at an adult level right?"

  • @SoleilRobbie
    @SoleilRobbie Před 2 měsíci

    Nicely done! Sun Ra has such a large diverse body of work on such a long timeline if it’s hard to encapsulate for people quickly. I’ve already shared your video with some friends. Thanks for putting this together! 🪐✨🎥💕✨🤘🏽

  • @JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL
    @JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL Před rokem +3

    saw him twice late 80s

  • @soljafon
    @soljafon Před 5 měsíci +1

    I saw the Sun Ra collective play with Yo La Tengo in San Francisco!!

  • @jessehilton1337
    @jessehilton1337 Před 4 lety +5

    Interesting video. I had honestly never heard of Sun Ra before. I like his creativity

  • @senpaihorse7695
    @senpaihorse7695 Před 3 lety +1

    love your type of educational videos. I love even more someone who recognizes Sun Ra's art and philosophy as absurd as it can be. I love to showing people Sun Ra

  • @b00sted33
    @b00sted33 Před 4 lety +5

    This guy seems to be A crazy renaissance man

  • @cjjones258
    @cjjones258 Před 4 lety +7

    Who would inspire Madlib

    • @LieLikesMusic
      @LieLikesMusic  Před 4 lety +1

      Cj Jones I'm not sure. Great producer tho!

    • @huntrrams
      @huntrrams Před 4 lety +4

      Sun Ra

    • @mistermaada
      @mistermaada Před 3 lety +3

      @@LieLikesMusic madlib is obsessed with sun ra , once heard egon say it in an interview

  • @DarthLore00
    @DarthLore00 Před 4 lety +5

    Never heard about this guy but I'm definitely giving him a listen now

  • @leascaart
    @leascaart Před rokem +1

    I was hoping you talked more about music theory, harmonies, tuning, etc.

  • @theelectricant98
    @theelectricant98 Před 3 lety +3

    Sleeping Beauty is the desert island album of all desert island albums

  • @jamieeades-1114
    @jamieeades-1114 Před 3 lety +2

    Respect! From Saturn✨

  • @xdingo
    @xdingo Před 4 lety +4

    would deeply love a video about the smiths! your channel is super intriguing and explaining info about the smiths would be amazing.

  • @docbobster
    @docbobster Před měsícem

    Are you still selling t-shirts? Etsy link doesn't work anymore.

  • @betabeansclub
    @betabeansclub Před 4 lety +2

    Space is the place

  • @Shrimpy08
    @Shrimpy08 Před 4 lety +4

    Olivia tremor control please they are one of the best indie/psychedelic bands ever

    • @LieLikesMusic
      @LieLikesMusic  Před 4 lety +1

      Shrimpy 08 Hmm i'll give them a listen. But i can't promise anything.

    • @snail736
      @snail736 Před 4 lety

      They are

  • @dullknifefactory
    @dullknifefactory Před 2 lety +2

    I too am from Birmingham, Alabama :)

  • @Expz123
    @Expz123 Před 2 lety

    i love the animation that goes with this great video!!!

  • @angebric605
    @angebric605 Před 3 lety +1

    Wtf am i supposed to do this channel is talking about all my favorites music and i can watch only one at a time

  • @Slumpt1
    @Slumpt1 Před 4 lety

    great video again! loving the art

  • @bradm.3775
    @bradm.3775 Před 3 lety +1

    @LieLikesMusic Thanks for mentioning Alton Abraham

  • @Withgreatpowercomesnofuture

    Please I need to know what was "Bump and Grind" music on a piano back then 🤣 lmao

  • @bradleyvirgin3161
    @bradleyvirgin3161 Před 4 lety +1

    Parletones! They're a South African band but I think you'll enjoy discovering their stuff

  • @Koa51911
    @Koa51911 Před 3 lety

    Keep rockin it Brotha!

  • @blueswilliams2nd
    @blueswilliams2nd Před 4 dny

    all praises to the most high!!! SUN RA!!!

  • @Simon-tl6hz
    @Simon-tl6hz Před 4 lety +3

    can u make a video on Swans?

    • @itisandjela
      @itisandjela Před 4 lety +1

      Yes, Swans, great👏🏻

    • @ettoremacca2927
      @ettoremacca2927 Před 4 lety

      I want him to make a video about Kino

    • @LieLikesMusic
      @LieLikesMusic  Před 4 lety

      Simon Jadinge Not a huge Swans fan tbh. I haven't heard much of their music either though. Maybe

  • @artistwintersong7343
    @artistwintersong7343 Před 4 lety

    I liked your video and am close to embarking on a PhD on this topic. Wish I could talk with you more on this topic. And it's called an interdisciplinary PhD but I wonder if I should think of it as an 'interplanetary PhD.' Wow, I might just be on to something with that idea. This is a great topic. Thanks for your video here.

  • @1TakoyakiStore
    @1TakoyakiStore Před 4 lety +2

    Darn... I thought this was gonna be an Ash-Ra Tempel episode 😂
    So yeah please do an Ash-Ra Tempel video. 🤞

  • @ilkim5752
    @ilkim5752 Před 4 lety +1

    Heyyy I just discovered your channel and I loved your videos so I subscribed. One thing I’d like to say though is that I would like to see your take on some female artists as well, if you’re open for suggestions on that front.

  • @Dirvinator
    @Dirvinator Před 4 lety

    Since watching this one video my recommendations have been INSANE

  • @user-ph8gv7ld1z
    @user-ph8gv7ld1z Před 4 lety +23

    great video, love sun ra. But whats with these 3 random images that repeat throughout the whole video? why dont you show actual images or actual illustrations of what your talking about in the video? not just these 3 repeating photos. just comes across lazy

    • @hightreason
      @hightreason Před 4 lety +2

      I mean i understand your point, and i don't know the answer. But copyright laws are a bitch. Grabbing an image from google images to use in the video without buying the rights would be a copyright violation, and he could get sued for it. That sounds drastic, but maybe he's just trying to make a sound professional video on a budget?

  • @jeffdawson2786
    @jeffdawson2786 Před 10 měsíci

    Wonderful bio. Thank you.

  • @monkeytrousers6180
    @monkeytrousers6180 Před 4 lety +1

    Can you do one on Rammellzee?

  • @whoactuallycares8269
    @whoactuallycares8269 Před 4 lety

    Would like to see a video about Cardiacs. Their background and history is quite an interesting one.

  • @garethhughes6937
    @garethhughes6937 Před 4 lety +1

    Could you do something on Two Door Cinema Club?

  • @lordschwarzkopf5839
    @lordschwarzkopf5839 Před 4 lety

    whats the song at 10? its not one in the deescription

  • @jackxavier3915
    @jackxavier3915 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for this

  • @atifsaleed9717
    @atifsaleed9717 Před 4 lety

    Could someone please tell me what the tune at 6:31 is?

  • @mt3026
    @mt3026 Před 4 lety +1

    Here's a tricky one: do a video about Colour Haze

  • @nickfosaa2840
    @nickfosaa2840 Před 4 lety +1

    You should talk about Chris Cornell!

  • @vollsticks
    @vollsticks Před 4 lety

    Whoa man you really ARE expanding your fuckin' purview! Absolutely BASED

  • @thetoastnbutterpodcast64
    @thetoastnbutterpodcast64 Před 4 lety +1

    do a video on daft punk next

    • @LieLikesMusic
      @LieLikesMusic  Před 4 lety +1

      da Gus That would be dope. I'll have to do that sometime soon.

  • @bmbaraka48
    @bmbaraka48 Před rokem

    thank you

  • @myautobiographyafanfic1413

    I, too, read the wikipedia page.

  • @remnantsaved144
    @remnantsaved144 Před 3 lety

    and madlib fam

  • @longroadx1483
    @longroadx1483 Před 4 lety +1

    damn

  • @Pablo-hq2ni
    @Pablo-hq2ni Před 4 lety +31

    Great video but please don’t repeat the same pictures over and over, it makes the video tedious to watch and distracts the viewer from what you are saying.

    • @DIYTFY
      @DIYTFY Před 4 lety +1

      Edit: only for fart brains...

    • @slaughteryourgrandma
      @slaughteryourgrandma Před 4 lety +1

      exactly what i was about to comment, wish the illustrations were at least colorful. sun ra's album covers were always bright and colorful it would have went along great together.

    • @LieLikesMusic
      @LieLikesMusic  Před 4 lety +20

      Pablo I had a ton of production issues this time around. I thought it would be better to post something now rather than 2 months from now. Next one will be a lot better.

    • @Pablo-hq2ni
      @Pablo-hq2ni Před 4 lety +1

      @@DIYTFY okay dude

    • @archy3737
      @archy3737 Před 4 lety +1

      lol Jane from Daria!

  • @jimthompson606
    @jimthompson606 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I take his remarks about himself at face value.

  • @007Spadge
    @007Spadge Před 4 lety

    Hey man. Lately I watched Miami Vice and heard a cool Todd Rundgren song. "Tiny Demons". 1980s, obviously. If you haven't heard it already, tell me whatcha think! ;) It's played while one of the characters is getting high.

  • @noodle71110
    @noodle71110 Před 4 lety

    Yesssssssssssss

  • @Snoopmaguire
    @Snoopmaguire Před 4 lety

    Can you do an understanding Liam Gallagher

  • @Mondragora99
    @Mondragora99 Před 4 lety +4

    *angry homeless warlock screams*

  • @MayAliceC
    @MayAliceC Před 3 lety

    I'm sorry but is this a reading from wikipedia??

  • @wids
    @wids Před 4 lety +1

    Atlantis is the best

    • @LieLikesMusic
      @LieLikesMusic  Před 4 lety +1

      Wids It's very lo-fi and simplistic compared to his other albums. I only listened to it once and i'm totally confused about what to think of it honestly.

    • @wids
      @wids Před 4 lety

      @@LieLikesMusic Its people from the future making music with cavemen from the past

  • @Markus_Breuss
    @Markus_Breuss Před rokem

    Is that Muzak/Blues by Sun Ra?? I don´t think so!! 😡
    explaining people a musician, a musical world, without original (SUN RA) music, is just stupid!

    • @perhaps1094
      @perhaps1094 Před 2 měsíci

      Copyright, he can't use one of his songs without the vid getting taken down

  • @archy3737
    @archy3737 Před 4 lety

    notification gang! helloo

  • @8-piecechickenstripbucket812

    Bro just reading wiki word for word

  • @bm-lb2dg
    @bm-lb2dg Před 4 lety +1

    Video on GG Allin?

  • @MONTANAKING
    @MONTANAKING Před 11 měsíci

    You must understand individuality that pursue individualistic. You should do more research because I live in Philadelphia in Germantown I met someone clockwork Germantown what happened to him have happened to many adult tees by aliens so believe it or not you should see where you’re coming from and where are you from. You should really understand what are you saying space is the place. Much more larger than advance eternity are you a musician my name is Montana King any comments let me know I can give you insight.?

  • @juancruzlivio3515
    @juancruzlivio3515 Před 4 lety +4

    Man, sorry, but putting seven images in loop is a crappy video. It gets too much boring very quickly

  • @michellellc5696
    @michellellc5696 Před 4 měsíci

    Ur narrative starts way off!!! But that’s ok cuz the innerstand is for those that seek & are of space!
    *His experience of abduction was when he was a small child not during college.
    👁️🐰😈👽🖖🏾

  • @joshuaeisenberg4044
    @joshuaeisenberg4044 Před 3 lety

    phish

  • @broliceniggma5779
    @broliceniggma5779 Před 10 měsíci +1

    The minute this goofy nerd calld Sunny Ra batshit crazy i clicked um off..😴

  • @jacksonhalliwell7621
    @jacksonhalliwell7621 Před 3 lety

    Background music sucks and doesn't fit. Animations also suck. And seems like you're just reading from the Wikipedia page.

  • @kozy15x
    @kozy15x Před 3 měsíci

    Wow calling a musical and artistic visionary "bats hit crazy" in the first 30 seconds.. Fool.

  • @blankowvsingt
    @blankowvsingt Před 3 lety

    i really don't like that American English slang... The way how they spell the letter 'R' in some states is an offense for my ears.. I'm angry now because I m a sun ra fan but can't watch this now due to the terrible spelling

    • @LieLikesMusic
      @LieLikesMusic  Před 3 lety +1

      I'm from Norway btw. Too bad you can't tolerate my accent.

    • @blankowvsingt
      @blankowvsingt Před 3 lety

      @@LieLikesMusic all good.. Forgot to add a smiley at the end... Never forget...humans are the biggest joke in Universe... Sun ra believed in that aswell

  • @blankowvsingt
    @blankowvsingt Před 2 lety

    All your knowledge is based on somebodys else knowledge therefore you are just programmed to sound like someone else ...your Voice sounds Young ..so you Never met sun Ra but you claim that you all know this about sun ra ...go home !!!

    • @trentSMC
      @trentSMC Před 2 lety +2

      I wanna see you talk about sun ra. People always got to be assholes. Go home.

    • @blankowvsingt
      @blankowvsingt Před 2 lety

      @@trentSMC all I can say about sun Ra is : sun Ra was the only real musician and all others failed :/

  • @user-ib8ky6eo4f
    @user-ib8ky6eo4f Před 4 lety +1

    damn

  • @roccoramos5569
    @roccoramos5569 Před 4 lety +1

    damn