FIRST time WATCHING the Full music video to Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music!
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FIRST time WATCHING the Full music video to Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music!
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We didn’t look through the lense of black and white of today’s culture, we just loved music.
yup....
Yep, people didn't think about race when it came to music. It was cool to like Zeppelin, the Eagles, Jimmy Hendricks, Pink Floyd, The 5th Dimension, the Pointer Sisters, Charlie Pride...it just didn't matter, no one cared. If it was good, it was cool
So true, it’s crazy when you think about it ain’t it
Today this would be shamed as „cultural appropriation“. 😂
Exactly!
I miss when society wasn’t so racially uptight and music like this could be made.
And then we had the swap when Living Colour hit the metal scene.
The time before Fox News aired and Rupert Murdoch destroyed our democracy
Riiight....when was that!
@@snikkerr1949 it was when this song was released.
Society wasn't so racially uptight? Racism florished during this time (1976). Then, like today, young people didn't care so much but society was far more racist and uptight about racism. That's why there were shock shows to ridicule it. All in the Family coudn't be made today not because of racial uptightness but because society isn't like that. It's not culturally relevant. People today find it hard to imagine that Archie Bunker was a lot of people back then.
"The ink is black, the page is white, Together we learn to read and write, A child is black, a child is white, The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight" - The Dog Night... Black and White
Three dog night was my first concert in 1973, I was in the 9th grade and my older sister took me and my girlfriend to the concert and then came back and picked us up
awesome tune.
My first favorite band when I was like 8 years old.
@dallasshortcue21c- excellent way to drive home the point. Although this song was released in 76 music segregation was still huge. Everybody assumed "disco", which no one cares to defend or define anymore, was done by younger black men or women with a faster tempo. Three songs changed that whole notion. 1) This one; 2) Pick up The Pieces by The Average White Band and Dancing Queen by ABBA. Basically disco, which some people threw KISS into the mix, boiled down to - if it was fast and danceable - it's definitely disco. By 82 it was phased out. Last great hurrah from that genre - Funky Town from Lipps Inc. in 1979
Good song and even better message!
This is same for KC and the Sunshine Band...people didn't realize KC was white ,but the band was a mixture of white and great black musicians...
And Rare Earth!
@@alansmith7626 I guess the "white" in Average White Band gives it away, but still.
A lot of bands were like that in the seventies…nobody cared as long as it was good!
I just found this out two months ago. I was shocked!
Bet you didn’t know KC (Harry Wayne Casey) who everyone thought was childless. Actually has a famous secret daughter. Anna Paquin from The Piano and True Blood among other things.
Wild Cherry was a hard rock band. They had a regular gig at the "2001 Club" in North Pittsburgh, and with disco big at the time (1976), their sound didn't go over well. After one show, a black audience member shouted, "Play some funky music, white boy." Rod Pariss, the frontman for the band, decided they should, and wrote down the phrase on a bar order pad. They recorded the song in Cleveland with a disco sound: drum and bass mixed way up front.
I grew up in that time period but I didn't know this. That shows some real talent that a guy could just write and record a song in a totally different style and it becomes a hit.
Rob Parissi
I thought it was the club/bar owner that told the band they needed to play something funky or they were going to lose their spot in the club
@@jamestate5059
The whole story can get a bit muddled (it was the 70s....) but the general consensus is the following:
Wild Cherry used to play rock covers, and had regular gigs at North Philly’s 2001 Club, playing for predominantly black audiences. The demand for disco had grown rapidly during this time, and without dance music among their repertoire, Wild Cherry’s minor following was dwindling fast. As bookings became few and far between, and with overwhelming requests for disco tunes unfulfilled, the group had to make a change.
Frontman Rob Parissi told the other band members that he couldn’t book them anymore unless they added dance music to their set. According to Parissi: “I finally told the guys ‘how about if Led Zeppelin did “That’s The Way I Like It” (KC & The Sunshine Band)?’
As the band brainstormed for song ideas, in desperate need of new music, drummer Ronald Beitle recounted hearing a listener shout, “Are you white boys gonna play some funky music?” during a set break.
Parissi was inspired by the heckling. So on a drink order pad, with a pen borrowed from a bartender, the singer began writing the band's only hit song.
In the 70s everyone had a fro, everyone loved funky music and singers could actually sing without technological help. It was a better time lol
Our social culture was soo much different back then. We were much more relaxed about skin colors - wasnt a big deal - we just enjoyed music and had a great time together- red , white , tan , black and whatever. We need that back please .
That's not at all true.
@@katyas-mom Really ?? That was true for myself and my friends growing up in New York.
@@maryannerazzano7692People were so much free back in the day
So many think some White singers are black.
Race shouldn't come into it.
Who cares what the race is. The song is what counts!
Why are you youngsters always so shocked when somebody plays live? We used to have a little thing called talent back before auto tune. You’ll see.
Agreed! I've heard that from so many reactors. As if playing an instrument and singing at the same time is some sort an amazing concept. Apparently there's an entire generation that rarely (if ever) went to a concert (or even just a local club in any town across the country) where bands play live on stage. I guess they just think the only way to make music is to "sample" the "old" music made by "real" musicians/singers and then feed it into a machine. I dunno. It's weird.
The video I have seen most often had three "brothas" twirling trumpets and dancing.
I came to the comments to say the same thing. Don't understand why there are different versions.
I believe that was on a show called the Midnight Special. I think they were introduced by Helen Reddy
Theres the music video version (this video) that uses an edited version of The Midnight Special performance. Shame it doesn't include the horn players cause they were turning it out ! !
On American Bandstand I think.
@@TheDivayenta midnight special
Why is it shocking that bands back in the day played and sang well live? If they used their talent in the studios to put on vinyl ( or wjatever) then they were still the same talent that come on any stage!
It's stunning to young people bc most music today is s**t. Decades ago singers actually had to have talent.
I've heard some absolutely comical stories about booze and drug-induced live performances from bands like Led Zeppelin. John Bonham so drunk he could barely stay upright and the rest of the band junked out to the point they were all just doing their own thing on stage lol.
The Song told the Story. He was playing in a Rock and roll Band. Their Rock Sound wasn't going over well in a Disco Era. Someone in the Audience Shouted Play That Funky Music White Boy. The Lead singer decided to play Funky Music and Wrote the Song Play That Funky Music.
THIS was a huge hit in the 1970s reased in 1976 i was 15
“Lay down that boogie and play that funky music ‘til you die!”
@@theodoreritola7641 I was 12 years old in 1976.
O OK LOL/\. I was 15/. 63 now . the time flew by
😆 🤣 I grew up boogieing to this!! In the 70's, Top 40 radio was rock, Motown, country rock, funk, Zep, Floyd, Stones, Beatles, The Who...all mixed up, there was no color line, we loved it all. And this was one of the G.O.A.T.'s for sure!! ❤❤❤😊
Listen to AVERAGE WHITE BAND "Pick UpThe Pieces" another dance jam. EARTH, WIND and FIRE another great band from this what I call" funk" era!
The music we grew up on sounded the same whether live or recorded. And we didn’t care who was singing as long as it was good!!
The story behind the song is basically a tight ass rock band, laid down a funk/disco classic! It was the 70's.
Those who believed a black man was singing have never listened to the lyrics. 😉
Maybe time for some Righteous Brothers to keep the trend going. "You've Lost That Loving Feeling will blow "40" away.
Yes, they did perform this live exactly how you hear it on the record. You should have watched the Midnight Special version. We all thought they were black too until seeing them on the Midnight Special. Back in those days, there was a big war between Bands (rock) and disco music which was threatening to put them out of business, "Disco Sucks" was a common battle cry, his song is reflecting the feelings of a purist Rock band doing some funky dance music.
although really this was almost three years before disco sucks became a thing, that was a reaction to the huge popularity of the Bee Gees after the Saturday Night Fever movie. A lot of people alive today have no conception of just how big Saturday Night Fever was on the culture.
@@impudentdomain People also forget or don't realize the impact of one Edward Van Halen. When Van Halen released their debut album in 1978 Donna Summer & The Bee Gees ruled the airwaves , disco was at its peak. No one had heard anybody play guitar the way Eddie played it. Suddenly kids wanted to learn to play guitar like Eddie. The 80's spawned Eddie copy cats in droves. He was a game changer , R. I. P. Edward Van Halen.
Seven months ago I went down a music history rabbit hole of serious proportions! I heard a song and thought "I wonder if that's a cover". It was on! Now, I'm a full on student of music history - how it all ties in, evolves, brings odd people together, etc. It's endlessly fascinating!
This was one of the biggest disco hits of the 70's.
Ah, the 70s... great music!
BEST EVER
Funk was king back in the day...in my long life time, music just gets redone and redone...etc :)
You need to watch the video of them with the three Brother's twirling the trumpets & dancing.
They say everything is better now, back then they didn't need things to make it sound better. Look at all the old vinyl LP's. They were killer.
The best thing 70s throught to 90s
Every genre of music was played
We weren't pigeon hole to one type of music
What ever was good got played and Listened to
The media played what ever sold the most single or albums
Miss the albums beautiful graphics and pictures
Also all had the words to everyone of the songs
Go check out vintage recordmstore near you
Checkout the albums of 70s on
It was pure artistry from song to cover album
Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍
Check out the Ohio Players from the Midnight Special. Its a treat from the 70's
Here is the link, that is some soul from the past.
O young one, I wish I had money! I would pay to watch you react! You are so bright and savvy and when you miss something you just say so. Keep up the great work, we will keep watching!
They were a rock band as Disco started dominating the late 70s music scene. He decided to go check out the disco, and he was told to Play that funky music White boy. He says “at first it wasn’t easy,changing Rock n Rollers minds”.
Song based off a real story, of them doing a gig, and people in audience asked them to play some funky music, also the other guitar player is Donnie Iris
Music history is fascinating! I am 72 years old and still learning about so many diverse types of music. I was brought up in a musical family. My dad was in a band and typically did the big band sound of the 1930s/1940s and the pop music of the 1950s. My mom was a coal miner's daughter so she and her brothers sang and played a lot of country. My relatives on my dad side typically had accordians and horns. My relatives on my mom side typically had guitars and banjos. My sister is older than me so she always had her 1950s rock and roll 45s going. We were always singing and dancing in our house.
Oh, as for me, I enjoyed playing the piano.
70’s had some great music
My dad promoted a concert in the Pittsburgh area in the 90s and I got tò meet wild cherry.
The lyrics tell you. They were a band who could only get one night stands, one night performances, and the lead singer couldn't figure out why they weren't getting more popular. He went to the local disco and heard the music and how popular it was. He asked the people there what his ROCK band needed to do and he was told "play that funky music" and he wrote this song. It is their ONLY hit. It was popular because blacks thought he was black, and whites liked it also
Hey Pegasus, Vanilla Ice did a cover of this song without getting permission from Rob Parisi, the lead vocalist of Wild Cherry, and Rob took him to the cleaners
Rob Parissi (lead vocals and guitar) was raised in the steel-mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. He graduated from Mingo High School in 1968 and formed the band Wild Cherry in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio.[3] The band's name, 'Wild Cherry', was taken from a box of cough drops.[4] The band played the Ohio Valley region, the Northern West Virginia panhandle, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The original lineup included Ben Difabbio (drums and vocals) and Louie Osso (guitar and vocals) from Steubenville, Larry Brown (bass and vocals) from Weirton, West Virginia, Larry Mader (keyboard and vocals) from East Springfield, Ohio, and Ron Vallera (guitar and background vocals) from Steubenville, Ohio). Over time, the band members changed; Osso, Brown, Mader, and Vallera left the band and were replaced by Parissi's cousin, Coogie Stoddart (guitar and vocals), and Joe Buchmelter (bass). Buchmelter was soon replaced by Bucky Lusk. From right down the way from where I live in ohio
This was such a big hit, The lead singer was able to retire on this song. His father didn’t want him to put in the part ,“ white boy” because he thought it wouldn’t go over well. There are also two black brothers playing too. One is on the trumpet and another is on a sax. A wider screen shows them playing at this performance.
And the same for Dr. John: In the Right Place
Check out their Midnight Special!
“’Play That Funky Music’ is pretty autobiographical and quite literal. Club work was getting scarce if you didn’t play dance music, so we decided to change. Someone actually did say that to us- play that funky music white boy- insinuating that if we didn’t, we probably wouldn’t be working much longer. I remember it happening at the 2001 Club in downtown Pittsburgh, which had turned into a big disco. We were still playing Kiss, Led Zeppelin and Foghat. Someone came up to our drummer Ron and said, you better play that funky music white boy. He told that to Rob in the dressing room and I believe Rob started writing that song right then.”
Bassett was responsible for the song’s iconic opening riff, a pentatonic blues-based octave run that takes its cue from then-current disco and funk songs, fused with a dash of Zeppelin’s “How Many More Times.” “We were switching styles to funk, and we were emulating The Commodores. I came up with my riff. I was the single note funk line guy and Rob was the chord player. Rob is an excellent guitar player and that is him playing the solo in the song.”
Check out Sly and the Family Stone if you like Funk Rock
They're just Funk, not rock.
We used to dance to this at the teen club in military housing in Taiwan ... along with Disco Duck, Rock Me Amadeus, etc etc ... They pulled Brick House 'cause some silly adult read the lyrics ... lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️
This was in the days when Rick and funk kind of out at the same time...I could listen to rock and then go to any club and dance my heart out ,black and white mixed bands with black and white people dancing. People were brought together more with the funk, dance classics...
I do love your little previews you give yourself at the start of your videos, it’s not something anyone else does and it offers us to see a small sneak peek at the shock you’re about to go thru 🤣
Thank you! It's been a frustrating morning and you have given me the biggest smile! Gonna be a "Funky" day now!!
Born in the 60s, brings back memories
I always have a laugh when black American reactors are surprised at white people singing a typical 'black' song - I was at school here in the UK in the 60's and 70's and I can assure you that all us white kids never once mentioned if a group or singer was black, white green or blue, we just enjoyed or hated the music depending on our tastes.
Yes of course there was racism around, but music was different somehow.
To prove the point, please do some research on 'Northern Soul' and react to some of the material that was danced to by 95% white people in clubs here which had special nights for that music.
People like Dobie Gray have openly spoken out about how the UK northern soul scene resurrected the careers of many black American artists who had been forgotten over there.
EXACTLY!!!!! We didn’t listen by color!!!!
Singers and musicians back in the day took their profession seriously, they had respect for what they did while having enormous fun doing it. As time has gone by, people started getting lazy and thinking only of how much money they could make from it. I’d almost bet that the performers years ago would put on a show for nearly nothing, just because they loved doing it. The music industry has changed and not in a good way. There are still a few out there that are of the same mind, but they are few and far between. Great reaction as always BP! You’re the first channel I go to for reactions now. 👍👍👍👍👍
I’d still would like to see you react to “Man of Steel” by Hank Williams Jr. lol… I’ll patiently keep requesting on occasion. No one else is reacting to it, be a trailblazer! Cya soon my friend. Thanks for making the world better.. 👍
Everybody thought they were black when we first heard it on the radio. I always got a kick out of it. KC and the Sunshine band was another one.
Love this tune and love watching peoples faces when they see him. 🖖🏻🇨🇦
BP you’re gonna LOOOOVE KC and the Sunshine Band. “ I’m Your Boogie Man”. 😊 A great funky B&W band which was typical of the 70’s.
Man, you missed the best part! This clip was cut short. The camera pan to the brothers playing the trumpet and sax and dancing, that's gold!!!
The story is just what the song says... he was playing one night gigs, landed in a place that was mostly black and while he was playing someone shouted out "Play that funky music white boy!".
Great reaction! I saw Wild Cherry live back in the late 1970s in a small venue ...and yes they sound(ed) that good live!🍒Good times!
Biz Scaggs Low Down is a groove!
These guys are down to earth played in my home town in the early 80, went to an after hours party with them, they didn't drink.
In 1976 when this song came out it was on every hour on the hour along with Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal band
One if my favorite dance songs!❤️
Been waiting for you to discover this. Enjoy the ride. Foreigner also has a hit called Dirty White Boy. It's a goodun
Love this era of music
Free a great rock band from the early 70s. This was Paul Rodgers' band before forming Bad Company. You should do their hit Bad Company. You've already done Five Fingers cover of it
Music is the mold that holds us together...lol (lots of love)
Oohh yeah shook my bootie to this for sure! Everyone's shocked that he white. There was a band from Scotland ( I think) called THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND...I remember the dance music they put out and knowing what Scots accents sound like I was like no way they're Scottish and white!!
well its right there in their name !
I remember the disco days, I am afraid to know how many times I danced to this ! ...on a tangent, have you heard the band Indigenous ? Epic bro! You owe it to yourself, The guitar player scan sound like Hendrix and SRV..amazing! Did you realize AWB are Scots? lol...just adds to the story!
you need to do some KC & the sunshine band. your in for a real treat, had some amazing hits. ❤❤❤
You need to hear Bobby Caldwell sing 'What You Won't Do for Love'. He'll blow you away!
Thats why I wanted to see your reaction to this band and song
Banger of a tune. Got to be played at a party to get everyone on their feet. People wanna use music to divide but when its used to bring people together there's nothing better. Ska was a pefect example of bringing people together. I bloody love music ❤❤
This was so fun to dance to in the club back in the day!
I loved this song and it brings back memories from the 70s
there is so much 70s disco and funk that you would love !
Disco NEVER died for me!!! ✨💖✨
And Prince played that funky music..... to the max.
i grew up in dayton ohio (the land of funk) and i love funk and this is FUNK...the horn players were amazing...there is a good video showing them its a must see
Danced to this in many a bar/club in the 70's.
This is iconic! Love these guys! Love your reaction!
Me my sister and my best friend seen wild cherry and Boston in the 70s it was a disco song Disco was big when this song came out.
This is on my forever Playlist. You can really dance to this 😂Peace out ✌️ ☮️
70's was full of talent.
Love this song! ❤️✌🏻🎶
My wife had the single when we got together back in 77 😎😋🇧🇻. We still have it and also a record player still 😜
Back in the day, especially if you were on the poor side and couldn't buy concert tickets or the actual records, all you had was what came over the radio on various stations. Most of the time you had no idea and didn't care who was singing/playing it - just knew it was great music.
This song was sampled for the Vanilla Ice track that was also called "Play That Funky Music".
I always enjoy your videos... you always make me smile.
A lot of rap and hip hop uses songs from the classic rock era
Ahhh 70s afro flares great music
Just had your verry popped 🤣🤣🤣
It brings back child hood memories
Im like yourself dont remember names
But soon as hear the music 🎶 memories
Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍
Thia song was in every Disco and Roller Rink in the 70's and early 80's.
For those of us who have always loved music from the first time they can remember, the mid 60s through about the 80s is just about perfection and it really didn’t matter who was making the music to many of us. That wasn’t even a thought, somehow. And, I grew up in the whitest of white bread suburban towns. I was born in 1968, about 15 years too early, because I would have been an awesome flower child! 🌺 ❤
Maybe it’s because unless you saw the group on a TV show or the album, you would have no idea what they looked like. Our music came from the radio, albums, cassettes, eight tracks and eventually CDs. Other than the information contained within, there was often little else available.
Yes……yes!!!! One of those you don’t forget. On my playlist forever 😊
I loved this song both go arounds. Vanilla Ice covered it and made it popular again
A true blast from the past of being on the radio and heavy play at the skating rink. Even back in the day some people were shocked that they were white. LOL
I saw them live with Cameo very nice concert
They played at my high school back in the day.
I remember this time, rock n' roll was kind of at a stand still while Disco was getting big so groups started changing their music.
If you want to hear the story of that song, and the Band, Wild Cherry, Todd in the Shadows on UA-cam has a whole series called "One Hit Wonderland," that covers well known One Hit Wonders, and talks about the Artist, as well as what happened Before and After the "Big Hit." And yes, he's covered this song.
I went to the Totally Hot concert in Austin, Tx. held in the Frank Erwin Center also known as the Drum where the Texas Longhorns played their basketball games until 2022. It was then torn down. The last remaining building supports came down on May 19, 2024, officially marking the end of the Erwin Center with the land to be cleared out completely by September.
Top song when I graduated high school.
One of my most favorite songs ♥️
I loved dancing to this song!Back in the Disco days we had disco, rock and roll and R & B all at the same time! It was a great time to be alive!! ❤️😊
Dude looks like Greg from Brady bunch..this is awsome
I saw them live in '75...when I was 5. lol