"We don't wanna start no nuclear fight, We just wanna have a beach party tonight....." Don't we all feel this way every now and then?

@joshuaary3191

Жыл бұрын

especially right now with all this fighting between us and Russia going on because Russia is attacking Ukraine.

@ricksmith6637

Жыл бұрын

We feel the same way now

@michaelmcdonald4639

7 ай бұрын

No nuclear fight, beach party only

@BigJDawg4523

3 ай бұрын

Agreed

I first saw this maybe...30 years ago as a kid? and to this day I still catch myself singing "yo yo yo yo yo" every now and then

I love how reagan and gorbachev are having a normal conversation while their wives fight each other.

@codyweien4513

3 жыл бұрын

Ol ronnie was a good guy

@kevinmiller6324

3 жыл бұрын

Only that wasn't the real Gorbachev, just a guy wearing a Gorbachev mask.

@codyweien4513

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmiller6324 but it was the real Ronnie huh? 😂

@smallbutmightymma6171

2 жыл бұрын

Bros before hoes

@loriwilber4652

2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious!

I always watched this with my Papaw and never understood and now as an adult I do and love it even more.

@williepearl278

3 ай бұрын

I used to watch with my Papaw as well. I don’t know what made me want to look these videos up but I’m glad I did.

@Daniel_B_23

3 ай бұрын

@@williepearl278 me too. You can get his autograph on his website now.

@robwitt1621

3 ай бұрын

This song just randomly got stuck in my head​, haven't heard it in 30 years and I had to look it up@@williepearl278

@SykoFox

Ай бұрын

i watched this on VHS with my papaw and now i'm a communist. thank you Comrade Stevens

I live in a heavily-remodeled form of my grandparents’ former home and watching these old Ray Stevens clips brings back so many good memories of my childhood, right up there with watching wheel of fortune and Bob Ross painting with my late grandpa.

@lm6817

2 жыл бұрын

I live in my grandparents home too although it’s pre-heavy remodeled! Coming soon!

@TriggerHappy31

Жыл бұрын

Same brother my grandparents used to tape these on the VCR lol

Me too. My grandparents gave me their "Comedy Classics" VHS and I still have it in working condition. This song came somewhere between Sittin' Up With the Dead, Mississippi Squirrel Revival, and The Streak.

@bowlingbbabe

4 жыл бұрын

Yup my "Jaja"

@TriggerHappy31

3 жыл бұрын

Sitting up with the dead omg that's a classic I'm youtubing that one right now!! Lol

@aheartlikethesea

2 жыл бұрын

We always watched this video when I would spend the night at my Grandma’s house

@jimmerjabberer

2 жыл бұрын

Fairly certain my grandparents had the same VHS.

@rrh0008

2 жыл бұрын

@@TriggerHappy31 I remember how scary that one was when I was a kid!

Love how Ray is holding the photo of John Lennon from the White Album, made me snort-giggle through my nose and it HURT! However, I can forgive him because I've loved his stuff since I was a small child and my brother brought home one of his 45s and it made my mom laugh until she cried. Loved to hear her laugh... Awesome stuff.

Beach parties instead of war works for me!

I love that this tape was a part of so many 90s kid's childhood. Little did we understand at the time haha

I've been watching this a lot lately in (dis)honor of recent events. I can barely hear someone mention Russia without my brain going "Yoooo yo yo yo yoooo..."

Suddenly relevant.

I lose it every time "Regan" starts dancing lol.

omg i have the VHS tape with this on it somewhere!! i haven't watched this stuff since i was like 8 holy crap! XD

@jki649

8 жыл бұрын

Same, but I was 2-4 watched this with my dad.

@justindenney-hall5875

7 жыл бұрын

ME TOO !

@pubgbeast4306

6 жыл бұрын

Bruh me to

@mvannorden02

4 жыл бұрын

Yep me too lol

@joshuawhitchurch4138

4 жыл бұрын

I've got all my vhs tapes in my closet lol

I forgot how funny Ray Stevens was. I was a young adult (25) years old when I first heard him. Bringing back good (old) memories.

@ndb_1982

Жыл бұрын

Is, not was. He is still living and putting out videos.

I watch ray stevens with my grandpa.good ol days...great song..had some laughs

@jamesmayo9533

Жыл бұрын

I feel like everyone who knows Ray Steven's is either a grandpa or a grandkids hanging out with grandpa

Surfing 🌊 USSR Has Been My All Time Favorite Beloved Songs By The incredible Singers and Comedy Man The Most Talented Ray Stevens and God 🙏 Bless You Buddy All The Way and Been Watching This Growing Up?

So appropriate for 2022, as well!

Relevant in 2022

It's great hearing the Beach Boys in the back ground!!!

@ericdixon2898

10 ай бұрын

Yeah Ray Stevens is pretty talented

That 79 sub is still being used to this day.

@nick56677

27 күн бұрын

If it aint broke, don't fix it

Such a great little time capsule of the 80s Reagan/Gorbachev era. Good stuff

One of my favorite songs from you. I have loved your music since I was....geez, I'm almost 40 now and, well, I was a kid. The earliest I can remember was watching your video of Santa Claus Is Watching You, when I was about 11. So a long time.

a fun song of the times, a very well done parody of a classic Beach Boys song. I hadn't heard this song in years and I am impressed with just how well it pulls it all off.

@lilboo49ify

2 жыл бұрын

Beach boys? Ewew NO

I love how this brings back memories of everyone's grandparents & childhood. I used to love watching the vhs Christmas special with my brothers, mom & grandmomma as a kid. Times sure have changed.

I had this on VHS. The tape included help me make it through the night and the streak etc.

This music is my childhood.

This song is hitting a different in 2022. XD

The fact he perfectly imitates Mike Love is brilliant!

still to this day i have the biggest crush on the blonde in the heart shaped sunglasses... yeowza

I work as a custodian in a high school. Recently the band was rehearsing a song called Moscow 1941. As I was cleaning I would hear it and think “Why does this sound familiar?” Then one day it dawned on me. It’s the melody used for the “Yo yo yo yo yo” part of this song.

@nataliavasilyeva3349

Жыл бұрын

I think that yo yo song originally is about heroes of the red army (time of the civil (red/white) war after 1917 October revolution) . Interesting that song called Moscow 1941 -year of begging second world war for Russia . Anyway, how Ray got to know it :) ? I like the beats of that yo-yo song .

@academision

Жыл бұрын

I played in the band in high school (about 15 years ago) and we played it and I thought the exact same thing haha.

I completely lose it at the "yo yo yo yo yo" part... hahaha. I love comedy that's taken literally.

they don't make anything like this now a day.

@RubberChickenFilms

8 жыл бұрын

Classic stuff.

@Cbazz

7 жыл бұрын

CosmicHai probably because the Soviet union is gone also people don't like good music anymore

@hackman669

6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps they will make better parodies now that political correctness is out the window and the Duck is the most made fun of president in history.

@binarybus11000

5 жыл бұрын

True...but there’s also no Cold War anymore.

@terraulf

4 жыл бұрын

ok boomer

How could anyone not like this?

With "ROCK + ROLL" you have: "WEIRD AL YANKOVICH". But with " COUNTRY + WESTERN" we have our own: "RAY STEVENS". Can anybody imagine what it would be like if: " RAY STEVENS" AND "WEIRD AL YANKOVIC" went and did a song TOGETHER!

@brucehartley3858

Жыл бұрын

I am shocked they haven’t

@keithknott8307

Жыл бұрын

@@brucehartley3858 I wish they would. I'll bet "OUT OF THIS WORLD HILARIOUS" wouldn't even begin to describe it.

I have loved ray Stevens for 40 years :P.. Politically incorrect and all.. ♥♥♥

@raystevens5829

2 жыл бұрын

Jenna thank you so much

As a kid, the Lenin/Lennon joke went *right* over my head. As I watch this video as an adult...I laughed for a minute straight.

@james_fisch

Жыл бұрын

No kidding! Only this week did I just randomly think "that song is back in my head after so many years" and decided to look it up. Right at that shot I just went "20+ years... countless rewatches... how did I only get that now?"

@turb0m00se

6 ай бұрын

Woah... You're so right lol

Now Ray Stevens is funny as shit and he's not vulgar

How the fuck did I just randomly remember this from the few times I went digging through my grandparents VHS shelf as a kid and watched it out of curiosity lol

@noodlenation3670

4 жыл бұрын

Same happened yesterday to me so i was like I remember this guy maybe the tapes have curses where they can never be lost ive had my tape since i was around 7😅 and i atill enjoy his comic relief of everything

@thepodunkcritic6424

4 жыл бұрын

@@noodlenation3670 indeed. It's a very wholesome form of comedy, kinda like Andy Griffith but with a little more edge. You wouldn't be from the south, would you noodle?

I've been a long time fan of Ray Stevens and I've commented on this video in the past but given the war that's currently happening between Putin and the Ukraine this music video's gotten some re-discovery. The song comes from Ray's 1988 comedy album, "I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like". It was Ray's second music video of his career following 1985's "Santa Claus is Watching You". This song, having been recorded in 1988, came along in the final years of the Soviet Union's dominance. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. The opening routine with Ray's vocal impressions of Reagan and Gorbachev weren't in the recording found on his 1988 album...this intro was added for the music video and, as you watch the video, the actresses portraying the wives appear throughout as a visual gag.

@ginandromeda1618

2 жыл бұрын

I was just looking up the song Surfing USA by Beach Boys (which I suppose this is a parody of?) and this came up on the autocomplete searches. I have no idea who Ray Stevens is, I'm not american and was born in the early 2000s, so you could imagine my confusion watching this lol. This was quite the long fun fact and made me a bit less confused, thanks for the insight, sir

@brucehartley3858

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that info - great context!

That was so fun. When Ray came out with this I was so busy studying in medical school I had no time. I missed all of this.

My grandfather had this on VHS and I think I wore that sucker out watching it many times every summer break.

I've laughed ever since this came out. FUNNY!

The remake of The Hunt For Red October is looking pretty good.

Ray Steven’s is an absolute master at writing this type of material. Talented beyond. I miss this stuff. It’s a damn good thing to laugh. Need more of it.

Absolutely fantastic, I don't know how he does it, the man can make any situation crack you up. This version is not quite as good as the CD version.

-What’s this on your forehead, Mikhail? -Oh, it’s coincidence only, my mother must’ve been frightening by a map🤞😁

song is really about the Soviet K-129 sub that sank NW of Hawaii back in the 60's. It was over took by a crew of renegade KGB agents trying to start WW3. The US salvaged the sub in the 70's and found one of the 3 nuclear missiles in the launch state. It seems the captain would not release the real launch codes and the missile exploded in the bay. They were trying to make it where we would blame China by getting so close before launching. Thats why you see the Red Star on the sailors hats and not the Soviet hammer and sickle.

@AsylumEscapade

3 жыл бұрын

Learn something new every day.

@joshuathorpe6734

2 жыл бұрын

Sniff any good book glue lately? Sounds like a great movie script, but fake news.

First time I've ever heard this. A masterpiece!

The opening reminds me of Splitting Image

I never heard this song before. Love the Beach Boys! Love Ray Stevens! Must've been made in the '80's...maybe inspired by some topical news event or something.

Haven't heard this in over 25 years. My grandparents introduced me to Ray Stevens when I was a child and they were still alive. 25 years later "Yo... Yo Yo Yo... Yo..... Yo Yo Yo Yo.. Yo... Yo Yo Yo....Yo..Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo... Yo... Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo " pops in my head out of absolutely nowhere.

This was such a big part of my childhood.

So many childhood memories with this song. Loved the Ray Steven's Comedy Classics Video.

I remember all the times me and my dad spent watching this

@tbonehook1947

2 жыл бұрын

Same

One of my many favorites by Ray

I grew up watching ray Stevens, I just showed my mom this and she asked if I remembered getting sunglasses n dancing when this song came on lol

Loved this one. Remember seeing this on " Good Night LA " several times back in the 80`s.

“Yo, yo, yo, yo yo!” My favorite part.

@kookadams85

2 жыл бұрын

YES

This was always my favorite on VHS

YOOOOOOO YO YO YO YO YOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOOOOOO YO YO YO YO YO YO YO YOYOYOYOYO YOYOYOYOYO

Battle of the first ladies.

This is great and so funny 🤣!

@raystevens5829

2 жыл бұрын

Arlimon Thank you so much

I’m high af and I grew up on this and the emotions are flooding lol

@adacox

3 жыл бұрын

Same…

~Yo-yo-yo-yo-yo, yoyoyoyoyo-yoyoyo~

@teviblekhman1628

3 жыл бұрын

James Heirumaru you mean trolololol

this is way fucking better in 2020 than it was in 1992.

This is so hilarious! Thank you for sharing this. This is one of my favorites on my VHS.

😂🤣😂🤣😂 love it!!! Ray is hilarious Yo Yo Yo Yo 🤣😂🤣😂

We need this song

As Homer Simpson once said, this works on so many levels! 😆

Amazing how I can find this decades later just off of remembering a song having “yo yo” in it and these women that looked like dolls rolling on the floor. Whaboom. Found it.

Never heard This one before, Creative, good humorous way to wake up on a minus 2 Degrees (F) Morning Out side. & seeing More of Rays Classics To listen to ... humor USA Needs More Of It as well as the resta the world

ray stevens is one of fav entertaimenter startedwith ahab gitrzan everything is beautiful thestreak

Wow, the "Girl from Moscow U" kinda looks like Benny Hill.

@ACcountryFan

7 жыл бұрын

Ha! That's actually Buddy Kalb. He writes a lot of songs for and with Ray and he appears in a lot of Ray's music videos, too. Buddy plays The Blue Cyclone in that particular music video and the TSA agent in "The Skies Just Ain't Friendly Anymore" and Harv Newland in "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival", just to name a couple. Buddy wrote The Mississippi Squirrel.

@melissacooper4282

3 жыл бұрын

I always wondered who was the Moscow U cheerleader was.

It's 2017 and this is hilarious.

@PlushtimeFilms

Жыл бұрын

Good year

The good ol' days when the USSR was our biggest threat... :P

@nick56677

3 жыл бұрын

And a real threat they were! No other enemy will ever match the Soviet Union as our number 1 enemy of all time.

I am 28 too...parents had the VHS also, good tunes still

RIP Mikhail Gorbachev.

In case anyone might possibly be wondering...the part where Ray and the Beach Boys are sing the Yo Yo part...kzread.info/dash/bejne/qmaNzsSiqczbfcY.html&start_radio=1

ray stevens was the cletus t. judd of his generation, only he didn't parody anything. His songs were all original, and a lot of them were laugh out loud funny! you should listen to Family Funeral Fight, it'll make you think twice about going to your next family gathering.

@TherealRNOwwfpooh

3 ай бұрын

Actually, he did. This song _Surfin' USSR_ is, in fact, a loose parody of the Beach Boy's _Surfin' USA_ with some Cold War leftovers included. _Gitarzan_ was obviously a parody of _Tarzan_ & the recognizable melody lifted from another song. _The Streak_ lampoons the fad of streaking (running around buck naked, flying in the face of indecent exposure laws). _Help Me Make It Through the Night_ & _It's Me Again, Margaret_ were songs that been previously sung much more seriously before (especially given the subject matter of the second one) by other musicians but were heretofore given a comedic tweak to them by Ray's visual gags, silly facial expressions, and other humorous antics.

The absolute best! :D

This is how we end the Russo-Ukrainian War - by inviting both Putin and Zelenskyy to a beach party in Malibu, and they hash out their differences over marshmallows and yo-yos.

Catchy

Now I have to look this up: Which came first? This or Skeet Surfing?

That's an American treasure right there.

Wonder what my ASL Instructor would think if I tried to sign Surfin USSR in class. LOL That's great!

@raystevens5829

2 жыл бұрын

Becky thank for your support where are you from?

@beckybrooks9974

2 жыл бұрын

@@raystevens5829 I'm in Washington state

@raystevens5829

2 жыл бұрын

@@beckybrooks9974 how long have you been my fan?

Boris Yeltsin would have been all over a beach party in Malibu I bet.

I love it Lenin,Lenin,Lenin.....Lennon.

This song is a very good similar song, to Surfing USA, by the Beach Boys. I am not sure if I have heard it before. I think it was one of his modern ones, before he died.

Seems like this is now back relevant to todays time 😅

Reminds me of the old movie "The Russians are Coming" which involved a Soviet sub grounding off, IIRC, Cape Cod, when the captain wanted to see some of the US. I love the 3 Lenin and one Lennon pictures. I'd rather be Skeet Surfin', but that's Top Secret (the movie)

Who's grandparents had this on VHS?

@PlushtimeFilms

Жыл бұрын

Mine

I haven't heard this song in forever

Funny!!!!!

The YOyos kill me to this day!

Hah Love this song!

No kidding soberheart84? Me too! My grandparents had a VHS tape with a bunch of Stevens music videos I used to watch all the time....this, Sitting Up With the Dead, the one with the church squirrel in church...a bunch more. I should ask them if they still have it.

@blakesmith32

4 жыл бұрын

The VHS is Ray Stevens Comedy Video Classics. I had it on VHS as a kid and went to preschool and kindergarten singing the songs on it

Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo!!!

I wonder if the beach boys helped him in writing this one

This seems even more relevant now...

Yes.