John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (from 'The Blues Brothers')

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[BernieMadoff-qvin]

This movie is more than a comedy. It’s a love letter to soul and blues.

[meangene]

Aside from The Blues Brothers and being funny as hell, what really makes this movie an absolute classic is that it preserved incredible performances from legends like Hooker, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway, James Brown, and Chaka Kahn.

[captain_hat]

1:10
Holding a microphone, harmonica, and a cigarette at the same time. Old school.

[obviouslytrollmster]

Greatest movie scene ever made. No lip sync, just pure boogie goddamn. There is nothing better not even the car chase scenes in the movie.

[andrewlane]

That is John Lee Hooker in front of the greatest of Muddy Waters' bands. Shakey Horton, Willie Smith, Pinetop Perkins, Fuzz Jones and Luther Johnson. The very apex of an art form right there on celluloid. Beautifully directed and integrated into the movie too.

[mauricecase]

THIS FILM WAS AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC MASTERPIECE FOR SO MANY REASONS.

[Smyth_Films]

One thing I love about Blues Brothers, especially with the extended cut, is scenes like this - you’re forced to take in the atmosphere of Chicago and vibe with the music being played - it enhances the core themes and messages that the movie brings to the table. You’d never find movies nowadays where you’re allowed to stop for a moment and take in the setting and vibes, everything has to be so tightly-paced and action packed when stuff like this is just as effective.

Love this movie.

[dannytheman]

This movie was made at the perfect time when these legends were still with us.

[deeferguson]

I’m so thankful to The Blues Brothers for introducing me to so many legendary artists when I was a child. John Lee Hooker’s legend lives on !!!!

[emilypetsche]

It's 106 miles from Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it!

[primtones]

What a great presentation of the real Maxwell Street Market. The cuts between people, the knick-knack on display and the brothers Blues are perfectly executed. I feel like there's more culture in these 3 minutes than most full movies made today.

[martinstevenson]

Big Walter Horton on harmonica, some real legends there 👍🏻

[firstsergeantcandiobelleus]

Not many people have any idea the power & strength of the performers who appeared in this movie. There wouldn't be genres of music if it wasn't for these legends. Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklyn, Jonnny Lee Hooker, Chaka Khan, James Brown & the like. There wouldn't be any rock-n-roll and their bands who perform them if it wasn't for the blues and soul and gospel. What you're watching here are the pioneers of music.

[ivandamico]

I grew up in Chicago in the 70's and used to go to Maxwell street (where this scene is) it was the largest and oldest open air flea market in the country, it had been there for 120 years and you could literally buy anything you needed for cents on the dollar, and Blues was EVERYWHERE on every juke box in every tavern on every corner you could hear the best music, it was really as magical as it looks here, people were friendly, it was a great time to live there. I live in L.A. now and there's no comparison, Chicago is the greatest city in the world, Bangkok is pretty freakin incredible as well as Paris but Chicago is truly amazing. Well it was when I was growing up there. When the Blues Brothers movie came out we had to sneak in to see it because it was an R film, but we did it about 14 times. And bought the album and learned every song.

[Payne]

I've been rewatching this movie since I was 5 just for the love of the rusty 74 Monaco (Shit Box Dodge) I'm now a 24 year old auto body and mechanic nerd and I found one of those 74 Dodge Monaco's In a junkyard and I had to have it. I tore it down to the frame, dumped a 440 police pack in it, undercoated the frame, repainted it to a faded Mt Prospect reject, rewired everything (even shoved a 8-track in the dash) and I bought a ripped and beat up dash, steering wheel, front and rear bench seat and door panels to give it that Blues Brothers feel. When I take it for a drive, theirs only one of two things that go through my head... ♪Boom Boom Boom Boom♪ or " Pfff... Illinois Nazi's. I hate Illinois Nazi's " lol. Even after 30+ years This movie never gets old.

[journeystarr]

The guy at the end yelling at John was none other than the legendary Pinetop Perkins

[Samdarby]

My man, John Lee Hooker, who stated, "There's only one race, the human race"! Gotta love that man.

[tattyshoesshigure]

One of the coolest riffs ever... if you don’t tap your feet to this then you’re already dead!

[billcox]

Never forget that the blues gave birth to rock and roll. Without John Lee Hooker and others, we wouldn't have the great music that we know as rock and roll. God bless all those creative people.

[Julia-lkjn]

The music in that movie is just bliss, and I love that they didn't waste time and money one glitzing & glamouring up every extra to look like a super model.

Does anybody else feel that the characters look like everyday human beings is amazingly soothing?