My dad is a professional bass player. He was the only white guy in the band when playing for DJ Rogers. Most of the music played in my house in the 70's was jazz fusion and this song was one of the best. He flipped over to the blues in the 80's but this is the music of my childhood.
1975, St. Louis, I was the only white guy in a black funk band, playing bone. Kool and the Gang, Mandrill covers. Was listening to this and the Crusaders. Still heavy 50 years later.
including the remakes, I'd like to add. If they wouldn't have it on as background filler, I wouldn't be as likely to play this tune as much. Either on vinyl or over here, it only depends where I'm located. But every time I hear this tune I want to hear Ronnie's version. Still brings me tears of joy, always at/after the second drop (as dj's would call tt. It's the second chorus if I'm not mistaken, or for anyone else, around the 3.24 mark) Man, it's amazing what music can do with human beings
This came on while I was waiting for a fill at the gas station. Other folks came by to find out what I was listening to because they said I was jamming too hard 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
Been listening a lot to Incognito recently, I forgot that this was Ronnie's song originally. Theirs is a very good version, but really, there's nothing like the original
Yes! When music was music! This song take me back to when I was in the fourth grade ,living in Pasadena California. My mother made us clean up and rake leaves. We , me and my sister heard this playing two or three times EVERY Saturday, along with some Denise Williams, Norman Conners, and many other greats. A simpler time, and a better time and place.
When I was 12 or 13 years-old, I lied to my mom and told her that I was going to play soccer with some kids at school. But I bought a ticket for $3.75 and took 3 buses to go see Ronnie Laws at the Rainbow Music Hall. It was a fantastic show! I didn't tell my mom till I was 17-years-old. She was pissed that I didn't take her! 😁
I'm a few years ahead of you(70).I'm glad to read that you still put in work on the floor. What not a better way For me its the best way to honor a great song,artist,group,band.Much Respect and (Enjoy The Rest Of Your Life)😊😊😊
At work, 6:00am private duty nurse, my patient and his family are sleeping. I got both the ear buds in to get the full effect. Song started and it rose all up in me and I had to control the holler. All I can do is chair dance and enjoy my brain marinating in all this perfection. Thank you so much.
Love this jam from the first day it came out. One word of warning, though: Don't...do not...EVER...play this song in your car and then get on the freeway! Guaranteed speeding ticket!
Really? For me, this kind of stuff makes me more likely to angle the seat back a couple of notches and adopt a more leisurely cruising pace. But, I've had to ban myself from listening to hardcore techno, drum and bass or metal in the car for the same reason. 180bpm and I start tailgating every mofucka in sight...
I was working the night shift , listening to the jazz station KBCA FM in L.A. and when I heard this for the 1st time I had to buy this album and I was a fan for life. Then , I found out about his talented family and their musical colaborations, The Jazz Crusaders, Hubert Laws and Joe Sample, Eloise Laws " Love comes easy" I saw Ronnie at a club in Redondo Beach, Ca. called the Golden Bear. It was a great show. I feel so blessed to have been there in that era. I am still groovin to this in 2019! Peace and Love
Had the opportunity of meeting Ronnie Laws in the late 90s/early 2000s. He played at a Boys and Girls Club jazz event in Pasadena, CA. He seemed to be a very nice, down to earth person. My dad knew Wilton Felder of the Crusaders. He grew up in Houston, TX with an older brother of his. And I (coincidentally) went to high school with Wilton's son. He & I kinda felt like cousins after realizing our families knew each other. It's a shame we lost contact after we graduated. They were cool people.
This was the hit off this LP , as I remember it was played on the radio. I bought this LP along with Brezzin by George Benson at the time , a " Win -Win ". I haven't heard this song in 35 years , whoa Im getting old .
There are some songs that tickle you deep down inside and send you into ecstasy, this did this to me in my 20s when I first heard it and it still does at 70, hey some music is magic ❤️🤗❤️
My first 3 albums in high school . ..were Jeff Beck blow by blow, EWF Gratitude and Ronnie Laws Pressure sensitive. Thankyou for posting this!! This groove will never get old!!!! Awesome jam!!!!!
Erica Daniel Lol that's alright,but I assure you this was played well after that. This piece is def a classic and as you know music is timeless so 40 years later it still jumps...
mookeychase0907 This will probably sound weird but it seems I have a better appreciation for music at 43 than 23. I probably at 23, would not have listened to this song one minute but at 43 I am really taking my time to listen at the joy of music all music. I love this tune.
I agree! Ronnie Laws and Siro Gira were my favorites back in the day. Hard to believe this classic was recorded 46 years ago ! OMG where has the time gone?
C. TODD MCCORMICK I was also turning 13 by December 1975...Heard this on the radio in Philadelphia PA , and I wanted to jump out my skin....AWESOME GROOVE. ..PEACE BE WITH YOU ALWAYS. ..
I remember dancing to this song at a party while attending Howard U on a semester program from my college. I did some fancy handwork as I was dancing and the guy I was dancing with said, "ooo, are you from Philly?" I always thought that was a gas and remember it almost every time I hear this song, lol!
Shout out to my pops-William Shane for playing jazz music at home when I was growing up in the mid 70's!!! Today, I have a number of friends that thank my dad for being who is was with the music and being a cool cat!! I am happy
It is one of the most beautiful tracks I've ever heard!!! I used to be a contemporary dancer a long time ago and a friend of mine bought the vinyl version as my lovely mum was dying and it reminds me that she will always be there! I dance the best solo ever in my head! We always are own best DJs!!! xxxxx
Great song. Meant to be played at a special time with that special lady Never lost its appeal for me. Be blessed ! Celebrating my 28th wedding anniversary on the 22nd
I loved this song when I heard it as a kid. I'm 62 now. Never knew who made it. Always thought it was Sanborn and couldn't find it. Today, I whistled it into Google on my phone. This song came up. Wow! Takes me back.
picture it, 1976. i was a freshman in high school getting off the public transporation bus in birmingham to transfer to the 9 smithfield. i've got 20 minutes before it rolls by, so i go to newberry's dept store to the music section AND THIS SONG WAS PLAYING...that moment was indelibly etched in my mind, even to this day. i didn't know who was playing as i had never heard it before, so i had to ask. i bought it for about 95cents...was a dark blue record. caught the 9 and COULDN'T WAIT to get home. that was THE VERY FIRST jazz record i ever owned. it received greater rotation with my other soul 45s (AWB, EW&F, chaka, war, george duke just to name a few.) and so my affinity with jazz began...eumir deodato, the crusaders, bobby hutcherson, grover, michael franks, lonnie liston smith, roy, boz, sergio, nancy, sarah...you get the idea. the 45s are LONG GONE, but i STILL HAVE my LPs and a victrola (LOL, jkjk, a newmark turntable, Denon tuner amp & bose speakers)...@ 57 years of age, i look back and realize HOW LUCKY some of us were to have had the exposure. Fortunately for the young pups, they too can reach back and listen to what came before. sigh... i can remember ALL THAT ISH, but W H E R E did i put my KEYS?!! don't laff...you're up next boo. LOL, uncle tinsley
RONNIE LAWS IS ALSO A TRUE MASTER AT HIS CRAFT AND I STILL ENJOY ALL HIS MASTERPIECE WORK OF ART, & YES HIS MUSIC CONNOISSEURS WILL CONTINUE ENJOY FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Although some people say it's before my time this is a song my mother played when I was 13 years old and I caught the groove. I'm 60 now and still enjoy this song instrumental or with words. Its nice you can still hear it with you tube because over the years the album she had has disappeared.
One of the best get up off your ass and get busy tunes ever! Been loving this since it came out. This & Stevie's Songs in the Key of Life, about a year later, both just have a wonderfully positive bounce to them. Almost seems heretical since gump came to power.
My very first concert was Earth Wind and Fire in 1976. It was incredible, but I remember that they had this tune playing on the speakers as we found our seats. I'd never heard of Ronnie before and this song grabbed me like few have either before or after. Years later I worked in the woodwond instruments industry and had the privilege of meeting him. He came from a very talented musical family.
Well, I like Jeff Lorber, I like Incognito, and Willy Bobo... meh. None will ever come close to the one and only Ronnie Laws playing this tune. Still sounds fresh, and the late great Roland Bautista made it so funky.
It's nothing like the sound of Ronnie Laws... always a join to listen, too... The music takes me back, too.... My teens year.. My father introduced me to jazz..... back then.. in the 60's, 70's, and on.... today.... I appreciate it more , now....then ever.........:-)
Hearing music like this growing up gave me early exposure to jazz so it's only natural that I have always had an appreciation for it. This is awesome! The soundtrack playing in the background of my youth!
My black friend Edwin turned me on to Ronnie in the mid 70s with Friends and Strangers and then this song. Thanks Edwin and I wish I knew where you are these days.
+Roy Byrd III - You get a thumbs up for having a Marantz....rich high class so&so....I had a Luxman L85v amp myself - still got it...yeah, I'm old...what of it? LOL I had this as the very first 45 i bought after school some 40 years ago...the other side was tidal wave. yeah brah...we BOTH had good taste!
Fall 1976 UMASS Amherst - Orchard Hill - Webster 7th floor - and this is coming from Andy & Pooh's room from across the hall. The pied piper was calling and I followed. This song is bringing it all back, thanks you!
Man, can you imagine walking into a studio with this song and management asking for your resume? And your answer is "Well, I played sax for Earth, Wind and Fire and my producer is Wayne Henderson". As if somebody was gonna say "no".
THIS WAS ME N MY BIG SISTA GRACES'S FAVORITE JOUNT RIP BIG SIS - NEVER WILL STOP LOVING U NEVA.... AGAIN Rip - c u at the cross roads luv u lil bro jeff .....
This is the first I ever heard of Ronnie Laws. It's the song I bought the album for. It's the song that brought Ronnie Laws to our attention...at least here in New York City. And all other versions pale by comparison. Dare I say it, yes even Chaka's and I love her. Thanks for the post.
From my very first jazz album. I purchased Pressure Sensitive after hearing it on a local jazz program from a local PBS station. I had a cheap FM convertor connected to the AM car radio in my 1968 Ford when I heard this play in 1975. I had just graduated from high school. Great memories. Classic jazz!!
Comments about this song from 3 months ago, to 10 years ago. All saying the same thing. Great song, music when music was. This song impacted many people's lives all over the world. Just saying. This song symbolizes world music! Great! Ronnie Laws. Who has sister Debra Laws, brother Hubert Laws, all as well accomplished as Ronnie Laws.
![Incognito Featuring Jocelyn Brown - Always There (Club Mix) [1991]](/img/n.gif)
My dad is a professional bass player. He was the only white guy in the band when playing for DJ Rogers. Most of the music played in my house in the 70's was jazz fusion and this song was one of the best. He flipped over to the blues in the 80's but this is the music of my childhood.
you go now ihadtosayit!!!!! Git it girl. Love your description of loving your Dad's soul music.
I know who DJ Rogers is. Git it now ihadtosay!!!
@ihadtosayit10 you were so lucky to have been exposed to these sounds at an early age! I hope your dad is still around 👍🏽🤩
RIP David Sanborn❤😢
1975, St. Louis, I was the only white guy in a black funk band, playing bone. Kool and the Gang, Mandrill covers. Was listening to this and the Crusaders. Still heavy 50 years later.
Laws was 25 when he recorded this and this song still sounds good 45 years after its release.
Here hear
So was I. Opening cut at party I had summer of 1975 20 yrs old! The Laws Family!!
Brilliant
Straight Facts. The good stuff is eternal.
including the remakes, I'd like to add. If they wouldn't have it on as background filler, I wouldn't be as likely to play this tune as much. Either on vinyl or over here, it only depends where I'm located. But every time I hear this tune I want to hear Ronnie's version. Still brings me tears of joy, always at/after the second drop (as dj's would call tt. It's the second chorus if I'm not mistaken, or for anyone else, around the 3.24 mark)
Man, it's amazing what music can do with human beings
This is the type of music that is just objectively good. No one can resist grooving to it, no matter what age, sex, or ethnicity.
Try the Amish
😆
Soul Family definitive
Welcome to the real
@@BENFICA60 🤣
This came on while I was waiting for a fill at the gas station. Other folks came by to find out what I was listening to because they said I was jamming too hard 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
I ❤it!!!
It's 2022, and yes, I'm still listening to Ronnie Laws and this FANTASTIC TUNE!!!
2023
Been listening a lot to Incognito recently, I forgot that this was Ronnie's song originally. Theirs is a very good version, but really, there's nothing like the original
It's just the best!! Dreamy disco/jazz nights in 70's/80's. Where you could just lose yourself in dance and just feeling it! Xxxxx
We out here!
I'll bet Sean Thornton loves it too
Yes! When music was music! This song take me back to when I was in the fourth grade ,living in Pasadena California. My mother made us clean up and rake leaves. We , me and my sister heard this playing two or three times EVERY Saturday, along with some Denise Williams, Norman Conners, and many other greats. A simpler time, and a better time and place.
your mom had good taste in 🎶🎷🎻🎺🪘🎵
@@vickiebonner4181 thank you.
Can you imagine getting dressed in your finest to hear music like this being played live?!........wow!!
WOW! Now that's a thought to keep in mind!
When I was 12 or 13 years-old, I lied to my mom and told her that I was going to play soccer with some kids at school. But I bought a ticket for $3.75 and took 3 buses to go see Ronnie Laws at the Rainbow Music Hall. It was a fantastic show! I didn't tell my mom till I was 17-years-old. She was pissed that I didn't take her! 😁
Yes I can and I did 💯
@@Door1 😃👍🎷💞💖💗❤️🩹 your mom
That's what I used to do, get dressed listening not this song.
I’m a late comer. But it’s never too late for gems like this. Such wonderful music.
I'm 62 but this still gets me on the floor!!
I'm a few years ahead of you(70).I'm glad to read that you still put in work on the floor. What not a better way For me its the best way to honor a great song,artist,group,band.Much Respect and (Enjoy The Rest Of Your Life)😊😊😊
@leonardbrown2219 I will be 70 August and dance for exercise before my knee, ankle, and hip go out from time to time 🎵🎹🎶✨️
hey now
Same 2x!!
Now thats music baby! The seventies was the time for great music.
A TOTALLY BRILLIANT PIECE OF MUSIC, BY A TOTALLY BRILLIANT MUSICIAN IN RONNIE LAWS ! THIS SONG IS TIMELESS!
One of the best tunes ever created period!!
Agree
Yep ! T Stone ' " !
Absolutely - positively!!!
periodt!!!👍🏼🙏🏾✊🏽
Absolutely one of the best!
At work, 6:00am private duty nurse, my patient and his family are sleeping. I got both the ear buds in to get the full effect. Song started and it rose all up in me and I had to control the holler. All I can do is chair dance and enjoy my brain marinating in all this perfection. Thank you so much.
😄👏📻🪑📀🎹
Soul Family
Just about to finish schooling and learning to be a DJ..This is one song that got me in the mood..
Wonderful Jazz-Funk I first bought in mid seventies Glasgow.
Tune just explodes into life..full force,multi-layered jazz-funk defying time and gravity..
That opening is one of the greatest hooks you'll ever hear.
Love this jam from the first day it came out. One word of warning, though: Don't...do not...EVER...play this song in your car and then get on the freeway! Guaranteed speeding ticket!
Yup! LOL
Really? For me, this kind of stuff makes me more likely to angle the seat back a couple of notches and adopt a more leisurely cruising pace.
But, I've had to ban myself from listening to hardcore techno, drum and bass or metal in the car for the same reason. 180bpm and I start tailgating every mofucka in sight...
NO DOUBT 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
so true - my first speeding ticket !
We used to spot deer while stoned playing this song, where has the time gone....
I STILL listen to Ronnie Laws greatest hits all the time. Can't believe this was way back in 1975 .... amazing time period, amazing music!
WHO DARES Yes!
Holy SH!T this stuff is timeless!
Every time I hear this tune I want to hear Ronnie's version. Still brings me tears of joy. This stuff never gets old
I was working the night shift , listening to the jazz station KBCA FM in L.A. and when I heard this for the 1st time I had to buy this album and I was a fan for life. Then , I found out about his talented family and their musical colaborations,
The Jazz Crusaders, Hubert Laws and Joe Sample, Eloise Laws " Love comes easy" I saw Ronnie at a club in
Redondo Beach, Ca. called the Golden Bear. It was a great show. I feel so blessed to have been there in that era. I am still groovin to this in 2019! Peace and Love
Had the opportunity of meeting Ronnie Laws in the late 90s/early 2000s. He played at a Boys and Girls Club jazz event in Pasadena, CA. He seemed to be a very nice, down to earth person.
My dad knew Wilton Felder of the Crusaders. He grew up in Houston, TX with an older brother of his. And I (coincidentally) went to high school with Wilton's son. He & I kinda felt like cousins after realizing our families knew each other. It's a shame we lost contact after we graduated. They were cool people.
This is when true musicians made music for the masses. And we loved it!!!!!!!!!!!
The Unparalleled Classic COOL of the '70's is where I LIVE.
I am in love in this song, specialy in this version. Ronie Laws is phenomenal
It didn't get any better than Ronnie Laws and Donald Byrd in the mid 70's!
Ruben Delgadillo Absolutely! 1970's EWF and Kool and the Gang was nice too...👍👍👍
Ruben Delgadillo : don't forget the late great Grover Washington Jr.
Ruben Delgadillo, you know that's right
No Sir
I know that's right.😎
You instantly become cooler by association just for listening to this piece of music.
This was the hit off this LP , as I remember it was played on the radio. I bought this LP along with Brezzin by George Benson at the time , a " Win -Win ". I haven't heard this song in 35 years , whoa Im getting old .
Dan Reese Not Old, jus Musically Aware ! of time passed ! " ". Ha ".
The years go by but the great music never age.
I had the same albums along with Marvin Gaye's I Want You...those got me through that summer....
We all are, but this song is timeless.
There are some songs that tickle you deep down inside and send you into ecstasy, this did this to me in my 20s when I first heard it and it still does at 70, hey some music is magic ❤️🤗❤️
👍🎵🎶🎙🎹📻👏
I totally agree: This is one of the most groovy tunes ever composed and makes you shake your hips involuntarily! Funk at its best.
YOU MEAN THE GROOVIEST TUNES
Can't stop moving to the groove! Lights the sax 🎷 on fire 🔥 but needs no match!
This recording never gets old. 42 years later, still sounds amazing!
My first 3 albums in high school . ..were Jeff Beck blow by blow, EWF Gratitude and Ronnie Laws Pressure sensitive. Thankyou for posting this!! This groove will never get old!!!! Awesome jam!!!!!
what good taste you have xx
This song takes me to a place in my head when I was a child and all of my loved ones were here and I can remember family events. Thanks for the song
+Erica Daniel 5th grade 1975...
mookeychase0907
I was only 3 if it was after April.
Erica Daniel Lol that's alright,but I assure you this was played well after that. This piece is def a classic and as you know music is timeless so 40 years later it still jumps...
mookeychase0907
This will probably sound weird but it seems I have a better appreciation for music at 43 than 23. I probably at 23, would not have listened to this song one minute but at 43 I am really taking my time to listen at the joy of music all music. I love this tune.
mookeychase0907 Erika I found your comment interesting e5nick Wilmoth @gmail .com
epitomizes the great contemporary jazz era of the late 70s...
I was a junior in high school in Philadelphia and bought this 45. I'm freaking old but still appreciate this wonderful song
Yes I was a teenager and remember with joy ❤️ we had it good.
I agree! Ronnie Laws and Siro Gira were my favorites back in the day. Hard to believe this classic was recorded 46 years ago ! OMG where has the time gone?
IN 1975, I WAS 13 YEARS OLD AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT FUNK WAS. WHAT I DID KNOW WAS I NEEDED TO HAVE THIS ALBUM. GREAT MEMORIES, THANKS FOR SHARING.
C. TODD MCCORMICK I was also turning 13 by December 1975...Heard this on the radio in Philadelphia PA , and I wanted to jump out my skin....AWESOME GROOVE. ..PEACE BE WITH YOU ALWAYS. ..
I remember dancing to this song at a party while attending Howard U on a semester program from my college. I did some fancy handwork as I was dancing and the guy I was dancing with said, "ooo, are you from Philly?" I always thought that was a gas and remember it almost every time I hear this song, lol!
1975.
What a great year. Graduated with my Master's and began my real adult life in Boston.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THIS GENUINE CLASSIC IN A LONG TIME, BUT IT STILL SOUNDS AS GOOD AS THE DAY
IT WAS RELEASED.
Fantastic comment......Ronnie is the master.......I've been listening to him since 1975!
Shout out to my pops-William Shane for playing jazz music at home when I was growing up in the mid 70's!!! Today, I have a number of friends that thank my dad for being who is was with the music and being a cool cat!! I am happy
My dad played a lot of jazz too. So grateful!
Much appreciation pops; RIP.
It is one of the most beautiful tracks I've ever heard!!! I used to be a contemporary dancer a long time ago and a friend of mine bought the vinyl version as my lovely mum was dying and it reminds me that she will always be there! I dance the best solo ever in my head! We always are own best DJs!!! xxxxx
+carrollynne antoun I too have this on Vinyl.
Love this
Really Cool tune, great groove, has a bit of a Crusaders feel to it.
Your right
Kickin', if you don't like that you don't like anything
I hear what you say
I've loved this song all of my life! It's the best!!! 🎶💃🎶🎹🎶
Just turned 13 I dunno why but I've always liked jazz and UA-cam certainly did a good job recommending me this 70s must have been great
I was listening to Ronnie Laws in 1975 at age 22, when all my other friends were into other genres. This song is the reason why ! great JAM !!
joe gallardo so was I,and I was also 22 !
joe gallardo i wss 8 in 75 and still bump this today.
Im 61 now. Ditto... Same as you. Got the vinal still.
More than good. So lucky to here this and buy the album back in the day.
Daryl. New Zealand
SO WAS I
Takes me back to the heady days of the Jazz Funk scene in the 70's, along with Expansions one of my all time top tooones.
BILL WIGGINS agree mate. Lacy Lady in Ilford and this tune playing in my Cortina 1600e..... 👍
1975 a great year and a timeless classic by Ronnie Laws...
This song reminds me of my dad R.I.P., he had this album when I was little and used to play it!!
DiDi72
❤❤❤
Lol...blessings😄
DiDi72 mine too.
Great song. Meant to be played at a special time with that special lady Never lost its appeal for me. Be blessed ! Celebrating my 28th wedding anniversary on the 22nd
I am so feeling this on this blissful Saturday afternoon!!!
I thought you knew. I'm playing right now on iPad. I've been in love with this song for 40 years.😊💗
Me too
Joi S so am I.
Me three!
Just discovered the tune playing off a local FM station while driving to work and I was wowed. I quickly shazamed it and here I am.
this is a classic. ronnie is the best sibling. much respect for hubert , eloise and debra. the whole family is bad. period.
Paul Monfort Yeah, a very talented family indeed.👍
So great to hear Authentic 🎶. So miss real music. Greatful I can enjoy. Sent to me from a friend who appreciates it 2.
still sounds like yesterday. So So Good for your soul
I Agree...…………..
Jacqueline Clark And you are fine!
So true 👌
I loved this song when I heard it as a kid. I'm 62 now. Never knew who made it. Always thought it was Sanborn and couldn't find it.
Today, I whistled it into Google on my phone. This song came up. Wow! Takes me back.
The forever Ronnie "Winning" Laws. Great muzik. Love you always.
This song, just like it's "Title",
Will always be there, on my all time favorites!
one talented family Hubert, Ronnie, Eloise and Debra
picture it, 1976. i was a freshman in high school getting off the public transporation bus in birmingham to transfer to the 9 smithfield. i've got 20 minutes before it rolls by, so i go to newberry's dept store to the music section AND THIS SONG WAS PLAYING...that moment was indelibly etched in my mind, even to this day. i didn't know who was playing as i had never heard it before, so i had to ask. i bought it for about 95cents...was a dark blue record. caught the 9 and COULDN'T WAIT to get home. that was THE VERY FIRST jazz record i ever owned. it received greater rotation with my other soul 45s (AWB, EW&F, chaka, war, george duke just to name a few.) and so my affinity with jazz began...eumir deodato, the crusaders, bobby hutcherson, grover, michael franks, lonnie liston smith, roy, boz, sergio, nancy, sarah...you get the idea. the 45s are LONG GONE, but i STILL HAVE my LPs and a victrola (LOL, jkjk, a newmark turntable, Denon tuner amp & bose speakers)...@ 57 years of age, i look back and realize HOW LUCKY some of us were to have had the exposure. Fortunately for the young pups, they too can reach back and listen to what came before. sigh... i can remember ALL THAT ISH, but
W H E R E did i put my KEYS?!! don't laff...you're up next boo. LOL, uncle tinsley
This classic song inspired a few disco re-makes and couple of house versions too. Incredible!
RONNIE LAWS IS ALSO A TRUE
MASTER AT HIS CRAFT AND I STILL
ENJOY ALL HIS MASTERPIECE WORK
OF ART, & YES HIS MUSIC CONNOISSEURS WILL CONTINUE
ENJOY FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Although some people say it's before my time this is a song my mother played when I was 13 years old and I caught the groove. I'm 60 now and still enjoy this song instrumental or with words. Its nice you can still hear it with you tube because over the years the album she had has disappeared.
One of the best get up off your ass and get busy tunes ever! Been loving this since it came out. This & Stevie's Songs in the Key of Life, about a year later, both just have a wonderfully positive bounce to them. Almost seems heretical since gump came to power.
Great recording I remember this album from my college days, Ronnie Laws was also blowing sax for EARTH WIND & FIRE!!!!! Back in the day
My very first concert was Earth Wind and Fire in 1976. It was incredible, but I remember that they had this tune playing on the speakers as we found our seats. I'd never heard of Ronnie before and this song grabbed me like few have either before or after. Years later I worked in the woodwond instruments industry and had the privilege of meeting him. He came from a very talented musical family.
Well, I like Jeff Lorber, I like Incognito, and Willy Bobo... meh. None will ever come close to the one and only Ronnie Laws playing this tune. Still sounds fresh, and the late great Roland Bautista made it so funky.
+Andy Dunnock Yes indeed Ronnie tore this joint down....
I don't know I have to go with Wood Brass and Steel, they did it justice. :)
Don't forget Wood Brass & Steel's great version
So many great memories from back in the day. Thanks Frank and Dana.
Wow! A true classic by Ronnie Laws.
This was the JAM back in the day!
it's a bad jam man, love it!
still the jam
chakafan2 it will always be the jam...no matter how much time goes by..ain't nothing gonna change,but the date.
Joe Thomas
chakafan2 yup it sure was
All time classic never gets old
Alvin Lane true indeed brother.
Ya real cool sexy 👌
No doubt...I play it every now and then one of my favorite tunes...agreed, truly classic.
Classic tune from all the soul weekenders I’ve been to from 1983-now. Been proud to introduce this funk / jazz funk to my kids while they grew up🎶
Proud to play this song. We strive to do it justice.
Respect.
It's nothing like the sound of Ronnie Laws... always a join to listen, too... The music takes me back, too.... My teens year.. My father introduced me to jazz..... back then.. in the 60's, 70's, and on.... today.... I appreciate it more , now....then ever.........:-)
For those of you who have never heard this...hold on. It has been sampled and covered by a multitude of jazz artists. A truly great piece...
I've loved this every since I first heard as a teen. That driving beat and sax attack just blew me away ! Good stuff here !
Truly this is music for the soul
such a groove on this song! one of my favorite sax songs.... and Ronnie kicks butt!!
Love Ronnie laws for his Austin and genuine musical talents.He is truly a musical genius.
To me, this has always been an amazing song by an amazing artist... Love this love this...😎😎😎😎
Hearing music like this growing up gave me early exposure to jazz so it's only natural that I have always had an appreciation for it. This is awesome! The soundtrack playing in the background of my youth!
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My black friend Edwin turned me on to Ronnie in the mid 70s with Friends and Strangers and then this song. Thanks Edwin and I wish I knew where you are these days.
High school buddy introduced me to Mr laws music class of 77. Thanks jazzin right now
Played this for the family at thanksgiving in 2022 and it still GIVES!!!
A classic. Still a great groove after all these years.
After buying my Maranz system, this was my first album! Brings back memories!!!!
+Roy Byrd III So true Marantz with JBL Speaker ,Pickering Neddle, Koss Pro 44a's Headphones
+Roy Byrd III - You get a thumbs up for having a Marantz....rich high class so&so....I had a Luxman L85v amp myself - still got it...yeah, I'm old...what of it? LOL
I had this as the very first 45 i bought after school some 40 years ago...the other side was tidal wave. yeah brah...we BOTH had good taste!
Marantz Stereo, WOW those where the days. Peace
I'm always there, stuck in the 70s. :)
Ain't nothin' wrong with them apples!
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*I "HEAR" YOU* .......
Supreme Ali Lol! Me too. Can't get away.
Wow, Ronnie Laws what a great song and Album and artist era of life, 1975 76 ?
What a cool tune. It never gets old. Makes me feel good whenever I hear it. That's what great music does. And what Ronnie did!
Fall 1976 UMASS Amherst - Orchard Hill - Webster 7th floor - and this is coming from Andy & Pooh's room from across the hall. The pied piper was calling and I followed. This song is bringing it all back, thanks you!
This music is still FRESH. Awesome.
Super Great hit song this really inspired me to learn music and the Tenor Saxophone!
Man, can you imagine walking into a studio with this song and management asking for your resume? And your answer is "Well, I played sax for Earth, Wind and Fire and my producer is Wayne Henderson". As if somebody was gonna say "no".
👍Fo'sho!
Sho' Nuff!!
Love it!
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If you're name Ronnie Laws you don't need a resume :)
THIS WAS ME N MY BIG SISTA GRACES'S FAVORITE JOUNT RIP BIG SIS - NEVER WILL STOP LOVING U NEVA.... AGAIN Rip - c u at the cross roads luv u lil bro jeff .....
A classic jam without a doubt!
awesome track cant find a jazz track like this right off the bat!!!!!!!!
I love this song I was raised on this music I can picture my dad pretending to play the instruments smh RWG dad I miss you
Song sounds as great as it was when I first heard it....45 years ago....funk is the eternal jam!
This is the first I ever heard of Ronnie Laws. It's the song I bought the album for. It's the song that brought Ronnie Laws to our attention...at least here in New York City. And all other versions pale by comparison. Dare I say it, yes even Chaka's and I love her. Thanks for the post.
From my very first jazz album. I purchased Pressure Sensitive after hearing it on a local jazz program from a local PBS station. I had a cheap FM convertor connected to the AM car radio in my 1968 Ford when I heard this play in 1975. I had just graduated from high school. Great memories. Classic jazz!!
wild song by Ronnie Laws, 1970's RULED
Comments about this song from 3 months ago, to 10 years ago. All saying the same thing. Great song, music when music was. This song impacted many people's lives all over the world. Just saying. This song symbolizes world music! Great! Ronnie Laws. Who has sister Debra Laws, brother Hubert Laws, all as well accomplished as Ronnie Laws.