MC5 - Kick Out The Jams - Live Tartar Field, 1970 - with M*thf*ker restored ( colorised) .
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Published 2020-04-21
People said "oh wow, 'kick out the jams' means break down restrictions" etc., and it made good copy, but when we wrote it we didn't have that in mind. We first used the phrase when we were the house band at a ballroom in Detroit, and we played there every week with another band from the area.We got in the habit, being the sort of punks we are, of screaming at them to get off the stage, to kick out the jams, meaning stop jamming. We were saying it all the time and it became a sort of esoteric phrase. Now, I think people can get what they like out of it; that's one of the good things about rock and roll.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_Out_the_Jams
All Comments (21)
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"Guess you guys aren't ready fo that yet... but your kids are gonna love it".
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RIP Wayne. You were the one who, when I was 15 years old has shaped my musical taste for the rest of my life. (I’m almost 70 now)
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RIP the five members of MC5 Michael Davis (June 5, 1943 – February 17, 2012), aged 68 Rob Tyner (December 12, 1944 – September 18, 1991), aged 46 Wayne Kramer (April 30, 1948 – February 2, 2024), aged 75 Dennis Thompson (September 7, 1948 – May 8, 2024), aged 75 Fred “Sonic” Smith (September 14, 1948 – November 4, 1994), aged 46 You will be remembered as legends.
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No matter how many times I watch this it's still not enough. It's like time travelling.
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Probably one of the greatest performances ever. Superb.
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I love how suddenly everyone starts to get up.
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This was a free concert put on by WABX at Wayne State's Tarter field.I was There setting in the stands left of stage.Savage Grace and Cat fish Hodge play too. One of my first and most memorable concerts.
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this is amazing.... a band playing with that much ferocity must have been jaw dropping back in the late 60's early 70's.
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I am 14 years old and am hearing this for the first time. OOOOMMMMMGGGGGGGG POWER
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We will miss you, Brother Wayne Kramer... Keep on kickin' the jams in the afterlife! 😢🙏🤘
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Some of the most infectious rock and roll footage ever shot?!!
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The high-voltage circuit that connects Hippie funk and New Wave radicalism, and the birth pangs of both Punk and Metal.
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I was at this concert and saw The Fabulous MC5 a zillion times. I was at the Grande when Leni Sinclair made the movie and when they recorded the album. Always a great show when Wayne, Rob, Dennis, Fred "Sonic Mad Dog" Smith and Michael were on the bill. Great to be a hippie in Detroit back in the day.
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Inducted for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, congrats! Only took half a century🙄
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I grew up around the motorcity and my uncle use to hang with these guys and heard some wild stories about them. These guys were ahead of their time that's for sure
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One of the most monstrous riffs ever created for Rock!
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Absolutely wild and pure unadulterated rock...punk or otherwise
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Can’t stop watching this - so wish I’d been there!
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Such awesome live footage of these guys. They sound great and look like they're having a riot playing!
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Tyner is off the charts, amazing!
