SHOOK..😳 | FIRST TIME HEARING Ram Jam - Black Betty REACTION

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[jeanengelhard]

So much fun watching a young person enjoy this old lady's favorite tunes.

[timmcdowell]

I purposely watched many of these reviews. Funny thing is that most have never heard it and are skeptical. But....every single person hears it and does the involuntary head shake just like when it first came out in 1977. It is universal.

[tinaanderson]

this is a cover of a military cadence from prior to civil war, where "Black Betty" was many things: in the first verse she is a musket that was very inaccurate due to lack of rifling, so the child (bullet) went wild (off target) and gone blind (the heavy smoke blocking vision after firing the weapon), 2nd verse is alcoholic drink of available for cheap to give to soldiers, and 3rd verse is an actual woman who "serviced" the soldiers at a local "men's club" in Alabama. "Bam a lam" is the reference sound of the musket firing and the beat of the singing cadence

[donnaturner]

This is when music was music😊no costume, dancers, theater acting, no lighting, no fireworks... just a band in the back yard... no dubbing...just talented people who love what they do and can do it... miss this...😢

[nhcrkgr]

I love watching people hear real music for the first time

[catherinebida]

As an 80 year white gal, who lived through this time, I am delighted to witness your musical discovery

[VaBeachBeach]

The producer didn’t have a lot money to make this video so he asked the band how much they needed to film this video and they said, “ $200” which they used to buy bag weed and got high then filmed the video in one of the band members back yard.

[yoclark]

This old lady rocked to this song even though a lot of radio stations banned it. They really got us dancing with it. The studio recording is longer but mostly more guitar solos. Too bad they were a one hit wonder.

[donnahall]

This is when musicians actually played instruments. A bag of weed an a case of beer in the backyard. Always a blast. Love your reaction.

[Barb]

Black Betty is said to be a revolutionary war musket. The child is said to be the musket it replaced as some said was not as good. There is a controversy though if it refers to a British or American musket.
This song's origin was reportedly originally a marching cadence song.
Some lyrics were later added which clouded it's meaning. However it still refers to BB as "it".

[anglosaxon]

"Black Betty" was a musket gun [or a bottle of whiskey in London among other meanings]. "Bamb-ba-lam"= the noise it made, The "child" was the musket ball. "Damn think gone wild" = not always accurate. "Damn thing gone blind" = missing it's target [like it viers off when shooting straight]. "She get's me high" = musket smoke. "So rock steady and she's always ready" = was reliable and not prone to failure. "Shaking that thang" = shaking the bottle or musket which "makes me sing" = being drunk or marching song to a battle.

[rhodalphssanitorium]

First time someone did this reaction right. Gotta hear it more than once. Thank you. And well done.

[debbers]

Your interpretation was hysterical, I wish I was there when you read the comments and find out the truth about Black Betty! Great reaction, positively fabulous!

[billholder]

It's such a hoot that this has gone viral 45 years later! hehe hella guitar part...

[MrsRobinson]

THIS is how our weekend went….someone’s backyard, a local band, friends, weed & drink…talk about a good time!!!

[protonneutron]

50 years ago our back yard/garage bands were better than the top bands of today. By FAR.

[charlespatrick]

"She's from Birmingham, bam a lam" = Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) a British company

[thomasfreeman]

Back in the 70s and 80s I saw many local friends who had bands practice in the backyard or garage lol good times and good music. Most of them did covers and actually were pretty good at mimicking what they

[colonelb]

What a great song, I love how he busts out these killer solos so causally in the backyard like "whatever".
There's a lot of speculation about what Black Betty means - is it a woman, or a bottle of whiskey, or cocaine, or a few other explanations.

[denisemay]

This was most folk’s reaction to this on the 70s: 😳 it was before it’s time