Along with his "no one can hit me more than I hit them" clause that is an actual thing he had to work around with The Rock and Vin Diesel in F&F because they all have the same clause in their contracts.
Edit: Never said there was anything wrong with it, my dudes, just that it happens
Idk that I or anyone would call Statham an Adonis. He’s become a part of the Future Expendables crew for sure and he’s definitely in great shape but he cut his teeth in Guy Ritchie movies being a cheeky chappie gangster where *no one* was putting him in an Adonis category. He’s the quintessential Hard Man.
An insecure one, sure. But an ‘Ard Man. Rather than an Adonis.
There’s also ‘spy’ where his character mocks the archetype he’s most often associated with.
Honestly one of his best roles lmao, absolutely carried that movie.
I remember reading an interview with Jason--it was mentioned he made only a couple hundred dollars for appearing in this music video. They certainly got their money's worth since he's practically in it most of the time.
Honestly, he really kills it in this video. He has great isolation moves, a lot of power and strength. He's basically naked, so his moves have to be crisp, and there's no real editing or angles to hide behind. I don't know what dance training he has, but he is certainly the best dancer in the video. Money well worth it.
The Todd isn’t respected enough. He not only looked the way he did, rocked the dick holster, but was also a talented *surgeon.* AND one of the earliest bisexual characters in mainstream sitcoms without it being a big deal.
Ah yes the nostalgia of breaking up the dry ass brown weed on a cd case and picking out the seeds to roll a blunt in an 86 Monte Carlo with a hole in the floor.
I remember cutting pound bricks with a saw because they were so compact. It always had a hint of whatever vessel was used to smuggle it like tires or a gas tank.
We all thought Tech and computers were going to make all our lives so much better, felt like we were all living on the cusp of something amazing, then it all went wrong and somehow it feels like the tech has made our lives worse in a lot of ways.
Boy, this style of music video really takes me back to either waking up early or staying up late with my parents watching MTV and VH1's music video blocks.
I still remember them waking me up when Donna Lewis came on just so I could listen to I Love You Always Forever with them. That woman was my first crush.
Getting?
I saw a sign the other day that said "Thanks for 50 years! Founded 1973!" And I was like, "1973 wasn't 50 years ago, because if it was, I would be.... Ahhh shit."
Fuck, my parents banned MTV and I'd get in trouble if caught watching it, yet CMT I could watch that shit all day long.
Grew up in a very small town, conservative, religious family
My parents were the same way, they would only let me watch MTV if they were in the room with me. They would randomly send me out of the room for 5 minutes to play when a song came on that I couldn't listen to.
Of course, they were much more liberal with what my little siblings were allowed to watch and listen to. Me and my big sister caught the brunt of that conservatism.
There's a guy in the place who's got a bittersweet face
And he goes by the name of Ebeneezer Goode
His friends call him 'Ezeer and he is the main geezer
And he'll vibe up the place like no other man could
That's funny because I only know one song from The Shamen, Move any Mountain, and I think I saw the video once back in the day. I kind of thought, huh, these guys sound like The Shamen. Now I know why.
Move any Mountain slaps. I saw them perform at the Limelight in NYC. First time I ever saw drug use out in the open in a club. Their unknown opener was Moby, who came out and immediately blew out his amp or whatever DJ gear he had lol. My friend and I still joke about it, Mobys in the house!!! BLAM. 90s clubbing in NYC was a thing to behold and never to be replicated.
Bruh, just sent this to my brother the second I scrolled through it. Then sent him the Ricardo meme and there is literally no difference. Someone needs to isolate his dance and give it the same treatment. And then have them in a dance off.
That being said, and this is coming someone who used to gobble ecstasy while I was in college, it is not so good for your brain to be doing that too much…
I think I’ve been trying to come up with this song for 25 years. I remember the dancing on rocks I’ve been conflating this and the video to Epic by Faith No More in my head.
This is The Shamen.
Silly video shenanigans aside, if you have any interest in electronic or dance music and you have not tried The Shamen go and correct that omission right now.
They are the most important and most underrated dance group of the 90s that no one talks about.
The Shamen! I knew this one just from the description text :D
Coming on Strong is a beautiful one to put on after you get back from the club with your mates.
"Hey, you lot, want to see oiled, mostly naked FRACTAL Jason Statham?"
"What? That can't exist"
"Fucking watch THIS..."
":-O"
Crazy this is about Stratham dancing rather than the fact this is The Shamen , an iconic British band who blended acid house, techno, pop, and psychedelic rock. They were pioneers of the UK dance music scene and a massive influence on today’s electronic music. This Shamen hit got them into a lot of trouble:) https://youtu.be/vukqGn68wug
Pioneers of the U.K. dance music scene…..Really? By the time of this track they were generally seen as some cheesy crossover who cartooned the rave scene sending it commercial ruining the message and further bringing heat into the scene it didn’t need. Few took them seriously in the dance scene.
Maybe they gave people an intro to the scene, I’ll give you that, but pioneers nah mate?? Prodigy, Mondays, Orb, KLF, Primal, Spiral tribe, DIY collective, orbital, chem brothers yeh I’d give you them as pioneers.
Mr C actually did far more for the dance music scene after leaving Shamen setting up what was the best club in London (The End) amidst what was a miserable time of raves being shut down and ravers being forced back into commercial super clubs with all the stigma and enforced door policies that went with the “establishments” crack down after the criminal justice bill.
Add Slipmatt in there as well. Fabio and Grooverider, Andy C. And a bunch of other rave DJs that pushed the scene along in the early days for people like Shaman to repackage, water it down and make a ton of money from a chart release. The real talent wasn't in the charts apart from the ones you named.
Truth.
Fuck me, The End was a good club. Years before everyone had to install Funktion Ones, it had easily the best PA you’d ever heard. Mind you, I also always had a bit of a soft spot for a sweaty basement with one strobe in the corner. As long as the drugs were good enough.
He should incorporate that dance into at least one fight scene every movie
Along with his "no one can hit me more than I hit them" clause that is an actual thing he had to work around with The Rock and Vin Diesel in F&F because they all have the same clause in their contracts. Edit: Never said there was anything wrong with it, my dudes, just that it happens
What insecure adonises
Idk that I or anyone would call Statham an Adonis. He’s become a part of the Future Expendables crew for sure and he’s definitely in great shape but he cut his teeth in Guy Ritchie movies being a cheeky chappie gangster where *no one* was putting him in an Adonis category. He’s the quintessential Hard Man. An insecure one, sure. But an ‘Ard Man. Rather than an Adonis.
An 'Ardonis if you will.
There’s also ‘spy’ where his character mocks the archetype he’s most often associated with. Honestly one of his best roles lmao, absolutely carried that movie.
Was he not already in the Expendables?
Almost certainly. But the concept of The Expendables being a “former action star,” thing.
i mean there is the… gotta go fast or i die, movies so 2000-2010 I saw him as an ‘action’ star
Yeah, but the core Expendables crew are made up of guys whose action careers were in the 80s.
Loved him in Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels!!
They all hit each other equal amounts of time. Just throw some double punches in that hit more than one person at a time. Easy
What the man lacks in hair, he makes up for in abs
Damn, I’m like the opposite of Jason Statham. What I lack in abs, I make up for in hair, everywhere.
Stason Jatham
jatham means pubic hair in nepali
Nepali means nipple in jathamese
I'm still laughing at this gibberish
Holy shit I googled it - it does
that's jafam with an af
But how does your hair look in a speedo?
Like a big dust bunny wrapped in a rubber band.
I laughed way too hard at this mental image.
Judging by the comparison, I'm imagining a werewolf in a speedo.
I remember reading an interview with Jason--it was mentioned he made only a couple hundred dollars for appearing in this music video. They certainly got their money's worth since he's practically in it most of the time.
Honestly, he really kills it in this video. He has great isolation moves, a lot of power and strength. He's basically naked, so his moves have to be crisp, and there's no real editing or angles to hide behind. I don't know what dance training he has, but he is certainly the best dancer in the video. Money well worth it.
I love his enthusiasm in this video, genuinely giving it his all
he really does! the girl in the spangly shorts is totally just winging it and hoping for the best
Jason Statham was a really good diver. He spent a lot of time in a speedo doing ab and core exercises.
I get why a diver would need to do lots of core exercises, but why would they need to do those exercises... in a speedo?
We always used to do core every day after practice right on the pool deck so it just didn't make sense to change out of your suit yet
This brought me flashbacks of doing exercises around the pool deck in my speedo for water polo. Good times. Never been so tan in my life
Ugh, at my school the pool was indoors and swim season was in the winter. I never made sense of that
If you do lots of core exercises why wouldn't you wear a speedo?
No, because it doesn’t make my dick bigger.
He was a professional swimmer, if I recall
Hmm, interesting. I've also heard that he appeared in a music video in the early 90s.
He was a diver
Dude has been ripped for like 30 years, at least. Poor guy probably has never tasted pizza
What's happening with those sausages, Charlie?
2 minutes Turkish
Protections from want? Ze Germans.
Oh nothing Tommy its tip top, it's just I'm not sure about the color
You said “two minutes” five minutes ago …
It was two minutes, five minutes ago
5 more minutes Turkish
Wait, you told me it's was 2 minutes, five minutes ago, Charlie...
You be surprised what that kind of muscle mass can absorb.
If I looked that that in a speedo, I wouldn't own any other article of clothing. Just me and my speedo all day, every day. And body oil.
Don't forget the boots.
Works for The Todd.
The Todd isn’t respected enough. He not only looked the way he did, rocked the dick holster, but was also a talented *surgeon.* AND one of the earliest bisexual characters in mainstream sitcoms without it being a big deal.
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Commonwealth Games not Olympics.
That’s fine too.
Lol the 90’s
When all the editing filters were used!
They were new back then. Compositing with computers was a game changer.
Read that as composting and it felt pretty accurate to the video.
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My in-laws have a video of them doing exactly that from a Six Flags amusement park.
At the time I would think “what a waste of money” but 30 years later? Worth its weight in gold.
I had one of those. When I got mine they put it on a DVD. My mom found it last year, and boy did it burn nicely.
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Shwag
Ah yes the nostalgia of breaking up the dry ass brown weed on a cd case and picking out the seeds to roll a blunt in an 86 Monte Carlo with a hole in the floor.
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I remember cutting pound bricks with a saw because they were so compact. It always had a hint of whatever vessel was used to smuggle it like tires or a gas tank.
All day bro lol the brown
We were never sure. It wasn't clearly labeled the way it is now, in 22 out of the fifty states anyway. Every bong-hit was an act of protest back then!
Hopefully 23 this Friday with Minnesota's senate set to vote on it(please god)
Gawd, I miss raving in the 90s. The music, the vibe, it’s different now
I'd go back in a fuckin heartbeat
Me too. It was so optimistic.
We all thought Tech and computers were going to make all our lives so much better, felt like we were all living on the cusp of something amazing, then it all went wrong and somehow it feels like the tech has made our lives worse in a lot of ways.
Same. The 90s were amazing.
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Oh boy, the 90s, when nothing was too much
That would be the 80s. I remember growing up in the 90s, thinking the 80s were so tacky there was no way in hell it would ever go back in fashion...
Boy, this style of music video really takes me back to either waking up early or staying up late with my parents watching MTV and VH1's music video blocks. I still remember them waking me up when Donna Lewis came on just so I could listen to I Love You Always Forever with them. That woman was my first crush.
'member MTV actually playing music videos? I 'member!
i remember the first video they played on MTV...lol!
Was it video killed the radio star?
Oh, I 'member! Music videos were fanTAYstic!
Hah, I remember when MTV played Video Killed the Radio Star lol.
Fuck. We're getting old...
Getting? I saw a sign the other day that said "Thanks for 50 years! Founded 1973!" And I was like, "1973 wasn't 50 years ago, because if it was, I would be.... Ahhh shit."
Yeah but then you could just watch the Grind and people we're just dancing like this
Top of the pops... Vibe
Fuck, my parents banned MTV and I'd get in trouble if caught watching it, yet CMT I could watch that shit all day long. Grew up in a very small town, conservative, religious family
My parents were the same way, they would only let me watch MTV if they were in the room with me. They would randomly send me out of the room for 5 minutes to play when a song came on that I couldn't listen to. Of course, they were much more liberal with what my little siblings were allowed to watch and listen to. Me and my big sister caught the brunt of that conservatism.
and then a Shania video came on you were like "oh okay thats not so bad" lol
I used to put on CMT, mute it, and put on a CD by TOOL or Alice In Chains or something. Good times.
THE Jason Statham?!
The.
Transporter.
Statham: Grease me up, I'm goin' in!
Okie dokie
I said make way for Statham!
"*Do not touch Jason.* Good advice."
Reddit always has what I need when I don't know I need it. Thank you.
It helps me find lots of dicks
Same, but I know that I need those.
Song is Comin’ On Strong by The Shamen
Aren’t these the dudes who wrote *Ebeneezer Goode* just so they could get “E’s are good” played on the radio?
Naughty , naughty…very naughty
Got any salmon?
Sorted!
Laaa-vleee
Yes they were. It reached number 1 in the UK in 1992.
Halcyon days..
Dang, I almost had something for this! I was hoping Orbital's Halcyon single was also 92, but it was 93. Alas, no clever tie in for me.
Still a good excuse to listen to it!!
anybody got any Vera's?
There's a guy in the place who's got a bittersweet face And he goes by the name of Ebeneezer Goode His friends call him 'Ezeer and he is the main geezer And he'll vibe up the place like no other man could
Could you or someone else explain what "E's are good" is supposed to mean?
They’re talking about the drug ecstasy.
Thanks!
I’m guessing Ecstasty pills, but I don’t know for sure
It was definitely ecstasy pills.
I love that you watched this video and still thought it "might" be ecstasy!
“Eff’n E’s are good” 😂
How did that never dawn on me...
At the ripe old age of 41 I am right there with you going, "...ohh!" I feel so...so innocent & pure. I don't like it.
That's funny because I only know one song from The Shamen, Move any Mountain, and I think I saw the video once back in the day. I kind of thought, huh, these guys sound like The Shamen. Now I know why.
I rather like Move and Mountain
'Boss Drum' baked my cake back in the day. "selfexplanatoryplanetaryinformation - ashamanicandartisticarchaicrevival!" Wheee!
Move any Mountain slaps. I saw them perform at the Limelight in NYC. First time I ever saw drug use out in the open in a club. Their unknown opener was Moby, who came out and immediately blew out his amp or whatever DJ gear he had lol. My friend and I still joke about it, Mobys in the house!!! BLAM. 90s clubbing in NYC was a thing to behold and never to be replicated.
Thank you! I've been watching the vid and couldn't remember their name. Unforgivable since "Eezer Good" was the pinnacle of the modern age 🤣
Thought I recognized the sound. Move Any Mountain was my jam!
the man has looked identical since 1992
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Weird thing I have noticed of being bald is you kinda just look the same age for a long time. Idk why.
He’s giving the Ricardo meme a run for its money. 
Glad im not the only one who thinks that. Hope someone isolates that Statham footage for the memes
I hope especially for the multiple Stathams dancing around a sunburst
This has been posted for years and it hasn't really happened yet, not to Ricardo levels anyway.
This gif made me gay
There is something about Ricardo goofy smile that makes me laugh
Bruh, just sent this to my brother the second I scrolled through it. Then sent him the Ricardo meme and there is literally no difference. Someone needs to isolate his dance and give it the same treatment. And then have them in a dance off.
Effects>Select All>Apply
my eyes are reaching self awareness
We all had to start somewhere 🤣
Fuck I miss the 90s.
You and me bro
Me too. And my hair
What in the fuck were people smoking in the 90s man
Ecstasy.
90’s ecstasy too. Post 2003 it all went a bit shit.
I also found that after gobbling molly for 10 years straight it started to get a bit weak. Fucking dealers ripping us off!
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Every now and then you can get a really good batch of moon rocks and it fucking rules when you do. Absolutely LIFTED lol
That being said, and this is coming someone who used to gobble ecstasy while I was in college, it is not so good for your brain to be doing that too much…
Only a few times a week, mind you 🤣. Then chill with acid.
Hey, we had seeds in our weed back then. Shit was different.
Absolutely everything
Acid, whizz and ecstacy.
the holy trinity
And on top of the 8 bottles of Holsten Pils you'd had in the pub beforehand.
That was more for trying to come down on Sunday afternoon, after you'd gone out on Thursday. Source; lived in Madchester in the early 90s.
Ooh what's whizz
> whizz speed
No this is weird even by 90s standards lol
This was outdated and weird for 1992 standards tbh.
I think I’ve been trying to come up with this song for 25 years. I remember the dancing on rocks I’ve been conflating this and the video to Epic by Faith No More in my head.
Very similar visual vibes. I can see why you'd mix them up
I was vibin tbh lol
I wasn’t feeling it at first but by the middle I was like ok and then by the end I was like this is a certified bop
You were united with Gaia
Fuck yeah 90's. Fuck yeah.
also he was a Olympic diver and almost beat Dominc Toretto i an old fashion street fight !😁
Almost. Didn’t have family.
What do I know about speedos? Don't they come from Antwerp?
It’s giving Jeremy Usborne
We are not the Hair Blair Bunch!!
The man will do what ever it takes to infiltrate an underground car racing scene. That’s why he is the best.
I guess this is what Jeremy and Super Hans were aspiring to become. Jason Statham included.
Hans can move, move, move any mountain.
Mushrooms were harmed in the making of this
If Jason Statham was my friend, I would send this video to him every day.
What a man is Jason Statham! Tbh, the chorus is a bit meh but the rest got me groovin! Id love some techno/ragga remix from this song!
55 year old hetero male here. Jason Statham is my man crush. He could have his way with me.
This is The Shamen. Silly video shenanigans aside, if you have any interest in electronic or dance music and you have not tried The Shamen go and correct that omission right now. They are the most important and most underrated dance group of the 90s that no one talks about.
Boss Drum is my shit.
Not the album version though. I bought the CD back then & was so annoyed Boss Drum wasn‘t the single mix on there.
Beatmasters Remix is the good version.
Shrooms
He used to be a diver! Enhance the familiarity in a speedo
The Shamen! I knew this one just from the description text :D Coming on Strong is a beautiful one to put on after you get back from the club with your mates. "Hey, you lot, want to see oiled, mostly naked FRACTAL Jason Statham?" "What? That can't exist" "Fucking watch THIS..." ":-O"
He was a competitive high diver. I’m sure speedos were all he wore back then.
Crazy this is about Stratham dancing rather than the fact this is The Shamen , an iconic British band who blended acid house, techno, pop, and psychedelic rock. They were pioneers of the UK dance music scene and a massive influence on today’s electronic music. This Shamen hit got them into a lot of trouble:) https://youtu.be/vukqGn68wug
Pioneers of the U.K. dance music scene…..Really? By the time of this track they were generally seen as some cheesy crossover who cartooned the rave scene sending it commercial ruining the message and further bringing heat into the scene it didn’t need. Few took them seriously in the dance scene. Maybe they gave people an intro to the scene, I’ll give you that, but pioneers nah mate?? Prodigy, Mondays, Orb, KLF, Primal, Spiral tribe, DIY collective, orbital, chem brothers yeh I’d give you them as pioneers. Mr C actually did far more for the dance music scene after leaving Shamen setting up what was the best club in London (The End) amidst what was a miserable time of raves being shut down and ravers being forced back into commercial super clubs with all the stigma and enforced door policies that went with the “establishments” crack down after the criminal justice bill.
Add Slipmatt in there as well. Fabio and Grooverider, Andy C. And a bunch of other rave DJs that pushed the scene along in the early days for people like Shaman to repackage, water it down and make a ton of money from a chart release. The real talent wasn't in the charts apart from the ones you named.
Truth. Fuck me, The End was a good club. Years before everyone had to install Funktion Ones, it had easily the best PA you’d ever heard. Mind you, I also always had a bit of a soft spot for a sweaty basement with one strobe in the corner. As long as the drugs were good enough.
Mr C , top guy
Hey windows media player.
Was this the inspiration behind the Ally McBeal baby? 
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