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Cult Of Personality by Living Colour
Living Colour
Artist Biography For Living Colour
Living Colour Is An American Rock Band From New York City Formed In 1984. Stylistically The Band's Music Is A Creative Fusion Influenced By Heavy Metal Funk Jazz Hip-Hop Punk And Alternative Rock. Their Lyrics Range From The Personal To The Political Including Social Commentary On Racism In America. Living Colour Rose To Fame With Their Debut Album Vivid In 1988. Although The Band Scored A Number Of Hits They Are Best Remembered For Their Signature Anthem "Cult Of Personality" Which Won A Grammy Award For Best Hard Rock Performance In 1990. They Were Also Named Best New Artist At The 1989 MTV Video Music Awards And Won Their Second Grammy Award For Their Follow-Up Album Time's Up. After Disbanding In 1995 Living Colour Reunited In Late 2000.
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Living-Colour - Vivid
"Cult Of Personality" Is A Song By The Funk Metal Band Living Colour And The Lead Single From Their Debut Album Vivid. The Lyrics And Melody Were Written By Guitarist Vernon Reid Who Wrote Most Of Their Songs. Its Music Video Earned Two MTV Video Music Awards For Best Group Video And Best New Artist. Released In 1989 "Cult Of Personality" Reached #13 On The Billboard Hot 100 And #9 On The Billboard Album Rock Tracks Chart. It Also Won The Grammy Award For "Best Hard Rock Performance" In 1989. The Song Was Named The 69th Best Hard Rock Song Of All Time By VH1 And The Solo Was Ranked 87 In Guitar World's "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" List. The Song Begins With An Edited Quote From The Beginning Of "Message To The Grass Roots" A Speech By Malcolm X. As It Appears In The Song The Quote Is ". . . And During The Few Moments That We Have Left . . . We Want To Talk Right Down To Earth In A Language That Everybody Here Can Easily Understand." The Unabridged Beginning Of The Speech Is "...And During The Few Moments That We Have Left We Want To Have Just An Off-The-Cuff Chat Between You And Me -- Us. We Want To Talk Right Down To Earth In A Language That Everybody Here Can Easily Understand." At 4 35 John F. Kennedy Is Quoted Saying"Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You " And The Song Ends With Franklin D. Roosevelt Saying "The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Fear Itself." "Cult Of Personality" Was Performed Live During The April 1 1989 Edition Of Saturday Night Live With Host Mel Gibson. It Was Also Performed On The Arsenio Hall Show That Same Year. WWE Wrestler CM Punk Used This As One Of His Entrance Themes While Wrestling For Ring Of Honor. In 2004 A Shortened Version Was Featured In Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Soundtrack On Radio X. In 2007 Living Colour Re-Recorded The Song For The Video Game Guitar Hero III Legends Of Rock With The Re-Recorded Guitar Solos Being Higher In Tempo Than On The Original Recording. In 2009 The Song Was Used By The WWE In A Video Promoting Stone Cold Steve Austin's Induction Into The WWE Hall Of Fame. As Of 2011 WWE Wrestler CM Punk Has Been Once Again Using This Song As His Entrance Theme. The Popularity Of The Aformentioned Mediums Have Contributed To A Growing Fanbase For The Band.
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Living Colour Is An American Rock Band From New York City Formed In 1984. Stylistically The Band's Music Is A Creative Fusion Influenced By Heavy Metal Funk Jazz Hip-Hop Punk And Alternative Rock. Their Lyrics Range From The Personal To The Political Including Social Commentary On Racism In America. Living Colour Rose To Fame With Their Debut Album Vivid In 1988. Although The Band Scored A Number Of Hits They Are Best Remembered For Their Signature Anthem "Cult Of Personality" Which Won A Grammy Award For Best Hard Rock Performance In 1990. They Were Also Named Best New Artist At The 1989 MTV Video Music Awards And Won Their Second Grammy Award For Their Follow-Up Album Time's Up. After Disbanding In 1995 Living Colour Reunited In Late 2000.
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"Cult of Personality" is a song by the funk metal band Living Colour and the lead single from their debut album, Vivid. The lyrics and melody were written by guitarist Vernon Reid, who wrote most of their songs. Its music video earned two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Group Video and Best New Artist. Released in 1989, "Cult of Personality" reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. It also won the Grammy award for "Best Hard Rock Performance" in 1989. The song was named the 69th best hard rock song of all time by VH1 and the solo was ranked 87 in Guitar World's "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" list.
The song begins with an edited quote from the beginning of "Message to the Grass Roots", a speech by Malcolm X. As it appears in the song, the quote is:
". . . And during the few moments that we have left, . . . We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand."
The unabridged beginning of the speech is:
"...And during the few moments that we have left, we want to have just an off-the-cuff chat between you and me -- us. We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand."
At 4:35, John F. Kennedy is quoted, saying"Ask not what your country can do for you," and the song ends with Franklin D. Roosevelt saying "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
"Cult of Personality" was performed live during the April 1, 1989 edition of Saturday Night Live with host Mel Gibson. It was also performed on The Arsenio Hall Show that same year.
WWE wrestler CM Punk used this as one of his entrance themes while wrestling for Ring of Honor.
In 2004, a shortened version was featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrack on Radio X.
In 2007, Living Colour re-recorded the song for the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, with the re-recorded guitar solos being higher in tempo than on the original recording.
In 2009, the song was used by the WWE in a video promoting Stone Cold Steve Austin's induction into the WWE Hall of Fame.
As of 2011, WWE wrestler CM Punk has been once again using this song as his entrance theme.
The popularity of the aformentioned mediums have contributed to a growing fanbase for the band. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.