I think you should watch some vintage Showtime at the Apollo. But Anita was debuting in this "film" and so she was afraid of not doing well. Of course she killed it. The audience at the Apollo can be ruthless if the act isn't good. Anyway, I would recommend watching Stephanie Mills at the Apollo doing her "Home" live. That performance is one for the ages.
It is Spike Lee in the video. It’s supposed to be about Harlem’s Apollo Theatre’s reputation for booing performers off the stage if they were anything less than excellent. Totally not from a movie 😂 Spike is an amazing director but he did make some odd choices through the years.
ANITA BAKER!!! YES! No one can hold a candle to her voice. You should check out her songs No More Tears, Fairytales, Just Because, Giving You The Best That I've Got, Good Love.
@WeeklyTop5 Mike, bravo! Only talented musicians can detect the technical nuances of Anita Baker's voice. Also, kudos to you both for introducing a bona fide Anita Baker fan to a video I had never seen. I knew the song but had never seen the video. In the music reaction space, everyone reacts for 'THE FIRST TIME/FIRST TIME ONLINE! lol' to the same songs. It's cool when people take chances on things that haven't been reacted to death already. Congratulations on some good, creative, and refreshing work.
6:55 it's Mike with the stank face for me! Even if you have the video on mute, if u know this song, u know when that part hits! We collectively give that same face every👏🏾 single 👏🏾 time! Anita is/was/will always be the TRUTH! I put aside the legendary stories of her shall we say......diva antics throughout the decades. Imma stick beside her chile!🎶🎤📻
At the Apollo there is an amateur night competition. Artists from around the world from singers, dancers, comedians etc compete and are judged by the crowd. If the artist, comedian etc is bad based on volume of boos there would be immediately kicked off. Someone would come with a cane pulling the person off the stage😂 So its making fun of that.
Thank you to your subscriber Kits Pajamas for suggesting Anita Baker and so far these are great suggestions. With that being said, the skit where the first two performers were booed and subsequently shot with the arrow and thrown balled up paper at, is in reference to the Apollo show. The Apollo is a famous theater in New York that a lot of stars got their big break from. The Sandman was a man who workes there and was notorious for humiliating the performers and escorting them off the stage if they had a bad performance. You guys can Google it form more context. Thanks again. Anita is the truth and she is still performing live as of recently and still sounds just as amazing.
Yes it's Spike Lee, It's portraying how the Apollo use to be in New york, at war times back in the day, in Harlem, and in general, the hosts will dress crazy in themes, and shoot fake arrows or boo people, and cheer if you was good
WLIB on the microphone is an acronym for Women’s Liberation aka Women’s Lib. Great reaction as always! You guys are awesome!! My gosh I love watching you two together. You have such camaraderie between the two of you. You both also have very charismatic personalities. And your voices are easy to listen to on top of that! AND…and…if I might say…not bad to look at either. There! I said it. No shame here. 😂🤷🏻♂️😉🥰⭐️😎
Anita .. unlocking core memories of my grandma making us get up and clean up on Sunday. Glad you guys reacted to it. The joy on your faces is a chef's kiss❤❤❤😊
Apart from her exceptional voice, I always loved Ms Baker because she resembles my deceased mum. I really like some of her later material like Body &Soul and I Apologize.
The Apollo is famous talent shows. The video is essentially a talent show. Anita is nervous because the previous act was so bad it got booed off the stage. That’s why she started singing so timid. Spike Lee is playing is character from Do The Right Thing… I think this song may have been on a Soundtrack.
The video is supposed to be like Apollo theater back in the day. The audience was legendarily brutal and picky. You had to impress them immediately or you would get booed and ushered off the stage in a very embarrassing fashion. Leave it to Spike to make something already bizarre even more bizarre. 😂
Apollo Theater holds so much cultural significance- they were depicting how tough the crowds were. Traditionally any performers that weren’t good were comedically removed off the stage with a hook, broom or other prop. (I think the video is exaggerating that) you had to be great to remain on stage. Also the Director Spike Lee you can see him performing as the comedian at the start of the video and then at the end he walks through the crowd with the socks when Anita walks out the back of the building. It’s satire.
Anita Baker is a Motown Girl and this video was based on the time first time Ella Fitzgerald performed at the Apollo Amateur Night. She was nervous because the Apollo was infamous for booing folks off if you were trash performer. She ended up winning the contest and the rest is history. Anita can do it all she started out in a Funk/Disco Band called Chapter 8 check out ua-cam.com/video/lljdJvFQGrA/v-deo.html
This is late, but I haven’t seen a full explanation of the Apollo. For decades and decades, the Apollo Theater has had weekly amateur nights. When the audience don’t like the act, they boo, and once they boo loudly enough and long enough, a tap dancing clown - for a long time Sandman Sims, who often dances on spilled sand - comes out at shoos the act off. It’s a terrifying experience, so terrifying that the acts rub a lucky tree stump before they come out. They even booed Lauryn Hill!
The first time I went to the Apollo, I said I could never boo anyone or throw $hit on the stage who were a hot AZZ mess...until I saw ppl on the stage knowing good & d@mn well they had no business being on that stage. 😊...The nerve!! 😂 Yeah...The Sandman (guy w/the fake mustache) wasn't no joke. He didn't play. 😅 You have to be good @ the Apollo. You better be scared, especially when howling @ the moon. Sandman will hook you & yank yo azz off the stage. Check out her 1st album called The Songstress. OMG... Errry track. You'll love it.
Back then this was how great videos were they were like short movies, then the industry git cheaper and cheaper! That comedian was spike Lee. Spike Lee was making movies during this era back then so he brought it to her video , it's what I can kind of remember!
@weeklytop5 so if you don’t wrap yourself in a hug while swaying to the music, and hitting your arms or twirling your skirt, are you really a Anita Baker fan? These are the questions.
I feel the cold open was inspired by political/military events of that time. The US might've been involved in some scuffles then. We were more patriotic through our troops around that time or beginning to be.
I love her and I love this song so much! Please react to Jonathan Butler's music. Talented South African artist. His live performance of his hit "Falling in love with Jesus" is great!
Guys, it's not that serious! The guy's a comedian... it's an act! You guys always find things Noone else waste a second on. We concentrate on the star...not the Storyline. Obviously you're not familiar with the history of the Apollo Theatre's way of doing things. It's known for having the toughest Audience. And in the beginning if an act wasn't good this guy would come out with this huge cane with a hook on the end and they'd get pulled off the stage! So all they did was exagerate the drama by using the Arrows. You guys could not seem to let that go! It's Comedy! Not that complicated! Please Let it go!!! Now, how was Anita's song? Rewatch the recording and see what we had to suffer through!... Really?!!!
I forgot how brutal the beginning was 😂 but I believe it was poking fun on how brutal performing at the Apollo theater can be.
Anita Baker is a legend!!! Her voice is like a warm hug 😊💕
The whole RAPTURE album is fire.
I think you should watch some vintage Showtime at the Apollo. But Anita was debuting in this "film" and so she was afraid of not doing well. Of course she killed it. The audience at the Apollo can be ruthless if the act isn't good. Anyway, I would recommend watching Stephanie Mills at the Apollo doing her "Home" live. That performance is one for the ages.
The Apollo stage was and can be Brutal! You better be good! 😂😂😂😂
7:20 “IN THIS WOOOoooOOORLD!” 🔥
That’s my favorite part!!!!
It is Spike Lee in the video. It’s supposed to be about Harlem’s Apollo Theatre’s reputation for booing performers off the stage if they were anything less than excellent. Totally not from a movie 😂
Spike is an amazing director but he did make some odd choices through the years.
I am at work singing loud as hell!!! Y'all took me back to my childhood!
anita always remind me of my beautiful grandma 🥹
Man this song takes me back to my childhood. My mom used to play Anita all the time. I actually never saw the video for it. Her vocals are just A-1!
LOL Anita's leg slap is like Celine Dion pounding her own chest while she sings
Me & my 10yo daughter were singing along. 😊
ANITA BAKER!!! YES! No one can hold a candle to her voice. You should check out her songs No More Tears, Fairytales, Just Because, Giving You The Best That I've Got, Good Love.
❤ Anita Baker. She definitely deserves a week #2.
Disclaimer..... Anita is my FAVORITE ARTIST OF ALL TIME.... The leg slap was always my favorite video. This is definitely in my top 8 Anita songs.
Joe is FEELING the incomparable Anita Baker! So happy to see him enjoying the music. She does write lots of love songs for the married folks in love.
“I’m trying to forget this part of my life” 😂
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@WeeklyTop5 Mike, bravo! Only talented musicians can detect the technical nuances of Anita Baker's voice. Also, kudos to you both for introducing a bona fide Anita Baker fan to a video I had never seen. I knew the song but had never seen the video. In the music reaction space, everyone reacts for 'THE FIRST TIME/FIRST TIME ONLINE! lol' to the same songs. It's cool when people take chances on things that haven't been reacted to death already. Congratulations on some good, creative, and refreshing work.
Almost spit my ice cream when Joe slapped his leg. 😂
6:55 it's Mike with the stank face for me! Even if you have the video on mute, if u know this song, u know when that part hits! We collectively give that same face every👏🏾 single 👏🏾 time! Anita is/was/will always be the TRUTH! I put aside the legendary stories of her shall we say......diva antics throughout the decades. Imma stick beside her chile!🎶🎤📻
Yea!😅 it was his face in the last video for me around the bridge! Mike be really feeling the music!
I sung this in my high school talent show! yes im old
At the Apollo there is an amateur night competition. Artists from around the world from singers, dancers, comedians etc compete and are judged by the crowd. If the artist, comedian etc is bad based on volume of boos there would be immediately kicked off. Someone would come with a cane pulling the person off the stage😂 So its making fun of that.
Thank you to your subscriber Kits Pajamas for suggesting Anita Baker and so far these are great suggestions. With that being said, the skit where the first two performers were booed and subsequently shot with the arrow and thrown balled up paper at, is in reference to the Apollo show. The Apollo is a famous theater in New York that a lot of stars got their big break from. The Sandman was a man who workes there and was notorious for humiliating the performers and escorting them off the stage if they had a bad performance. You guys can Google it form more context. Thanks again. Anita is the truth and she is still performing live as of recently and still sounds just as amazing.
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Anita is just AMAZING !!! I got a chance to catch her in Vegas. Her voice maybe sound 6% different from then to now . Timeless gift .
Yes it's Spike Lee, It's portraying how the Apollo use to be in New york, at war times back in the day, in Harlem, and in general, the hosts will dress crazy in themes, and shoot fake arrows or boo people, and cheer if you was good
WLIB on the microphone is an acronym for Women’s Liberation aka Women’s Lib. Great reaction as always! You guys are awesome!! My gosh I love watching you two together. You have such camaraderie between the two of you. You both also have very charismatic personalities. And your voices are easy to listen to on top of that! AND…and…if I might say…not bad to look at either. There! I said it. No shame here. 😂🤷🏻♂️😉🥰⭐️😎
@@fabianenriquez2814 This is so sweet. 🥰
Man I swear it don’t get no better than Anita Baker’s voice…
@weeklytop5 Joe when you dance, you bring joy to the masses……. or at least you bring me joy.😉😉 IYKYK
@ch-antae you're gonna cut it out immediately!😂 But also...... Joe's lil dance & smile throughout the video.......too cute!❤
@@nicoleobrien5987 I mmmmeeeaaannnnn…….
Sweet Love and You Bring Me Joy gotta be coming up next!
I think that’s supposed to be Sandman Sims from Amateur Night at the Apollo. Harlem Legend RIP
Anita .. unlocking core memories of my grandma making us get up and clean up on Sunday. Glad you guys reacted to it. The joy on your faces is a chef's kiss❤❤❤😊
Anita was touring this summer, not sure if near you.
Love love love...
And another one!! 🫡 Kitt’s! ♥️
@@Lexx1192 🥰😘
Apart from her exceptional voice, I always loved Ms Baker because she resembles my deceased mum. I really like some of her later material like Body &Soul and I Apologize.
@TheKittsPajamas Yay!!! You did that this week!! Kudos to you... And Thank You lol
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She is Legend, nuff said!
YES THAT's ONE OF MY FAV FROM HER !!!!
The Apollo is famous talent shows. The video is essentially a talent show. Anita is nervous because the previous act was so bad it got booed off the stage. That’s why she started singing so timid.
Spike Lee is playing is character from Do The Right Thing… I think this song may have been on a Soundtrack.
This is a Dionne Warwick remake, Anita singing it live is even better.
The video is supposed to be like Apollo theater back in the day. The audience was legendarily brutal and picky. You had to impress them immediately or you would get booed and ushered off the stage in a very embarrassing fashion. Leave it to Spike to make something already bizarre even more bizarre. 😂
Kitts this week is amazing!
@@GalaxyGirl777 I’m so glad you’re enjoying it! 🥰😘
Apollo Theater holds so much cultural significance- they were depicting how tough the crowds were. Traditionally any performers that weren’t good were comedically removed off the stage with a hook, broom or other prop. (I think the video is exaggerating that) you had to be great to remain on stage. Also the Director Spike Lee you can see him performing as the comedian at the start of the video and then at the end he walks through the crowd with the socks when Anita walks out the back of the building. It’s satire.
They started booing the first dude before he even opened his mouth. Classic Showtime at the Apollo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is a song originally sung by Dionne Warwick.
Awesome ❤❤❤❤❤❤
OMG ANITA BAKER WEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳
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@@TheKittsPajamasYou requesting Anita Baker is beyond epic, and the best week requested on this channel!!! ❤❤❤
@@kaseyb.4440 🥰😘
tell me Angel by Anita Baker made the list??
It's obvious "sweet love" will be one of your final two, but PLEASE let "You bring Me Joy" be one of them. you will be BLOWN AWAY!
@@TheLateris 😘
Sweet love next!
Loving this ❤....You Bring Me Joy has to be #1
You Bring Me Joy, Sweet Love, and the live version from the Grammys of God Bless the Child. Watch Your Step live. This woman can saaaang he butt off.
What is Mikes top 5 favorite singers? 🤨🤔
The ppl wanna know!
I concur!
Anita Baker is a Motown Girl and this video was based on the time first time Ella Fitzgerald performed at the Apollo Amateur Night. She was nervous because the Apollo was infamous for booing folks off if you were trash performer. She ended up winning the contest and the rest is history. Anita can do it all she started out in a Funk/Disco Band called Chapter 8 check out ua-cam.com/video/lljdJvFQGrA/v-deo.html
Do some isley brothers yes 😊
Sweet Love and Caught Up in the Rapture lets goooooo 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Like I stated previously- Baby making music! 😊😊😊😊
An homage to Lady Sings the Blues.
This is late, but I haven’t seen a full explanation of the Apollo.
For decades and decades, the Apollo Theater has had weekly amateur nights. When the audience don’t like the act, they boo, and once they boo loudly enough and long enough, a tap dancing clown - for a long time Sandman Sims, who often dances on spilled sand - comes out at shoos the act off. It’s a terrifying experience, so terrifying that the acts rub a lucky tree stump before they come out. They even booed Lauryn Hill!
It’s betraying the Apollo she back in the days. They will boo you off the stage in 5 seconds if your performance not excellent from the start 😂😂😂
The first time I went to the Apollo, I said I could never boo anyone or throw $hit on the stage who were a hot AZZ mess...until I saw ppl on the stage knowing good & d@mn well they had no business being on that stage. 😊...The nerve!! 😂 Yeah...The Sandman (guy w/the fake mustache) wasn't no joke. He didn't play. 😅 You have to be good @ the Apollo. You better be scared, especially when howling @ the moon. Sandman will hook you & yank yo azz off the stage. Check out her 1st album called The Songstress. OMG... Errry track. You'll love it.
Back then this was how great videos were they were like short movies, then the industry git cheaper and cheaper! That comedian was spike Lee. Spike Lee was making movies during this era back then so he brought it to her video , it's what I can kind of remember!
it's time you know Spike lee! fun fact about this song: This is actually a cover of a Dionne Warwick song.
@weeklytop5 so if you don’t wrap yourself in a hug while swaying to the music, and hitting your arms or twirling your skirt, are you really a Anita Baker fan? These are the questions.
I feel the cold open was inspired by political/military events of that time. The US might've been involved in some scuffles then. We were more patriotic through our troops around that time or beginning to be.
This is a cover. Dionne Warwick did it 2 years before. Anita's version is the most popular.
I love her and I love this song so much!
Please react to Jonathan Butler's music. Talented South African artist. His live performance of his hit "Falling in love with Jesus" is great!
I love me some aunty Anita 😍
What you are missing is you didn’t grow up in the 80’s
Guys, it's not that serious! The guy's a comedian... it's an act! You guys always find things Noone else waste a second on. We concentrate on the star...not the Storyline. Obviously you're not familiar with the history of the Apollo Theatre's way of doing things. It's known for having the toughest Audience. And in the beginning if an act wasn't good this guy would come out with this huge cane with a hook on the end and they'd get pulled off the stage! So all they did was exagerate the drama by using the Arrows. You guys could not seem to let that go! It's Comedy! Not that complicated! Please Let it go!!! Now, how was Anita's song? Rewatch the recording and see what we had to suffer through!...
Really?!!!