Wild Cherry - Play that funky music

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  • @wend711
    @wend711 5 років тому +1721

    My wife and I are 81 and this is our dance song at every function in our community. We love to dance

    • @quillian6997
      @quillian6997 4 роки тому +28

      No you aren't

    • @octaviawilson9155
      @octaviawilson9155 4 роки тому +13

      I know that's riight💖

    • @quintonmckay1199
      @quintonmckay1199 4 роки тому +27

      Brilliant. Giving us something to look forward to. Just a youngster of 62.Rock on "auld yin"😎

    • @juliehowley2944
      @juliehowley2944 4 роки тому +13

      wend711 So awesome!!! Keep on singin”, and dancin’, and movin’ to the groovin”!

    • @ryanllanes6587
      @ryanllanes6587 4 роки тому +13

      I don’t care your age, but I don’t blame you for dancing to it ( if it gets your groove on, get on your feet and dance away )

  • @richardmitchell8213
    @richardmitchell8213 3 місяці тому +25

    This song never gets old, simply one of the greatest funk songs ever recorded.

    • @nothing-b2n
      @nothing-b2n Місяць тому +1

      Yes,,,how pure funk it really is,,,,I'm proud I'm from ohio

  • @marielfranzen5684
    @marielfranzen5684 6 років тому +473

    I love the two black musicians playing horns in the background. Every time the camera focuses on them they're dancing like a boss. It's hilarious gold.

    • @faieziabubakar207
      @faieziabubakar207 4 роки тому +8

      The best part

    • @faieziabubakar207
      @faieziabubakar207 4 роки тому +7

      The best part

    • @beru58
      @beru58 3 роки тому +8

      They should film them when they actually play too.

    • @apexjoe4769
      @apexjoe4769 3 роки тому +24

      And pointing at the white boys playing that funky music.😂😂😂

    • @tjplatina7184
      @tjplatina7184 3 роки тому +6

      That’s a trumpet and a saxophone. No horns

  • @G1Transformed
    @G1Transformed 2 роки тому +172

    This song will never go out of style.

    • @KatieMarilen
      @KatieMarilen Рік тому

      Until all the WOKE idiots say that it's not "culturally appropriate" or some bullshit like that 🙄😮‍💨 just wait..

    • @joywilliams7657
      @joywilliams7657 Рік тому +1

      Never 😂

    • @lnl3237
      @lnl3237 Рік тому +4

      Just played and sung last night and at our condo Wednesday night pool party. Should've seen all the seniors dance on their artificial hips and replaced knees!

    • @jeffreykaufmann2867
      @jeffreykaufmann2867 Рік тому +4

      ​@lnl3237 I always thought the singer was black.

  • @adude394
    @adude394 2 роки тому +153

    This is truly one of the greatest songs to come out of the '70s. And that is saying a LOT.

    • @Givemeafinname
      @Givemeafinname Рік тому +2

      Some of the best rock and roll came from the 70s..This is Disco but, yeah 70s was a golden age for rock.
      When the 80s came along and the New Wave payola music came out was a dark age for modern music..

    • @kerzytibok3211
      @kerzytibok3211 Рік тому +5

      The 70's was amazing for the variety of music that all became popular --- you could spin the dial on the radio and hear a softie hit from the Carpenters or John Denver --- and then a straight ahead pop song from Elton John or Wings --- and then rock out to Led Zeppelin or KISS --- and then get the funk out with the Bee Gees or KC and the Sunshine Band --- so many different genres of music and they were ALL GOOD

    • @matimus100
      @matimus100 Рік тому

      But he's not white

    • @IRNHYD
      @IRNHYD 3 місяці тому

      The 1970s were a great decade for music. But you’re out of your mind if you think that 80s music is bad. The 1980s gave rise to some of the greatest music in history.

  • @davidshahadi6485
    @davidshahadi6485 5 місяців тому +60

    I'm 72 and I'm still listening to this in 2024

  • @Sailingbill1
    @Sailingbill1 2 роки тому +109

    Never gets old!! We so need Saturday Night Special again!

    • @ltd4991
      @ltd4991 Рік тому +5

      Not with the music we have today though. Music isn't what it used to be.

    • @jimmygrant3151
      @jimmygrant3151 Рік тому +3

      No one can perform without lip syncing and backing tracks though. Wouldn't work.

    • @mytexasdays1526
      @mytexasdays1526 Рік тому +1

      We're all here❤ because of the current 😢 tunes.

    • @PrinceOfTheCity1
      @PrinceOfTheCity1 Рік тому +1

      I got a Saturday night special on my hip..

    • @sweetiepie1862
      @sweetiepie1862 Рік тому +3

      There are no longer enough acts to carry a show like that. And the show was called Midnight Special not Saturday Night Special

  • @BillReus
    @BillReus 3 місяці тому +10

    I am listening and having many fond memories of the era

  • @quailshootr6389
    @quailshootr6389 Рік тому +32

    Damn, i miss the 70's,, best music, good time to be alive as a teenager.

  • @hamdanjantan399
    @hamdanjantan399 4 роки тому +56

    The moment you play this song, no matter what, you'll start dancing along with this song , without you realize it.

  • @fredrung5159
    @fredrung5159 5 років тому +72

    My very favorite funky white boy song of all time!!!!
    The 2 guys in the horn section kill me with their groovin'. Classic.
    This funky song is 41 years old and will never go out of style. At 65 I still love this jam.

  • @seventiesgirl6449
    @seventiesgirl6449 6 років тому +1360

    1976 is calling. Anyone wanna go?

    • @skynyrdfan9368
      @skynyrdfan9368 6 років тому +22

      I'll sure go with you

    • @loveyoulikeguitars_
      @loveyoulikeguitars_ 6 років тому +9

      I'll come?

    • @frankd.506
      @frankd.506 6 років тому +29

      I haven't left yet, I still have upward of 2000 albums and an Akai turntable attached to my Marantz reciever behind my bar and when the Bourbon and miscellaneous hits just right I'm transformed.

    • @chriswalford9228
      @chriswalford9228 6 років тому +13

      been there, lived it and did It . can't go back just have the memories sure was good and in the groove

    • @jperryfan
      @jperryfan 6 років тому +4

      I'll buy you dinner

  • @uricbonser5446
    @uricbonser5446 4 роки тому +39

    In an interview a number of years ago, Rob Parissi (the lead singer on this song) said the band was playing bars in the east Ohio and southwest PA areas in the mid 1970s and they were seeing dwindling crowds as people started going to discos. Allegedly, someone in a Pittsburgh bar shouted at him one night: "Hey, are you white boys going to play any funky music?" Parissi said he thought about the comment and decided to try to use the phrase as part of a new song. The earliest version of the song was written on a bartender's drink pad that evening while the band was on their break. And the rest, as they say, is history....

  • @vanessaguzman9553
    @vanessaguzman9553 25 днів тому +2

    These were the best of times !! Love this song . Never gets old . I’m in 53 years old and still singing this !

  • @ConnieAmbrosio-o4d
    @ConnieAmbrosio-o4d 2 місяці тому +2

    I’m 75 and loving this!!

  • @philkleinman7002
    @philkleinman7002 3 роки тому +31

    Midnight Special was so friggin awesome

  • @carlosenriquesanchezhilari7373
    @carlosenriquesanchezhilari7373 Рік тому +16

    Que bien a envejecido está magistral canción, suena tan potente y con mucha energía hasta el día de hoy (2023)
    Amo los 70.
    Saludos desde Lima, Perú

  • @markjackson6134
    @markjackson6134 6 років тому +429

    I was a very young (Black) Kid when this song dropped and it was one of the biggest songs EVER in the mid 70s in the "Hood".
    But with that opening Guitar Riff and the drums and Screech that followed,..the song had no choice but to be Banging.

    • @brendadrumm9708
      @brendadrumm9708 5 років тому +4

      Isn't as good as the original no get up and go as that one did no way xx

    • @milescoburn1845
      @milescoburn1845 4 роки тому +8

      @@brendadrumm9708 The original? What drugs are YOU on? Rob Parisi (the lead singer) WROTE the song.

    • @brendadrumm9708
      @brendadrumm9708 4 роки тому +1

      @@milescoburn1845 excuse me on no drugs I'm seventy fit and healthy just like the song I sent that comment months ago goodnight lol x

    • @buixrule
      @buixrule 4 роки тому +4

      @@brendadrumm9708 Right but this is the original band just for the record.

    • @brendadrumm9708
      @brendadrumm9708 4 роки тому +1

      @@buixrule thanks x

  • @hunterlee8132
    @hunterlee8132 5 років тому +69

    I am 57 and still can't get enough of this song!

    • @robinmayhew1
      @robinmayhew1 5 років тому +3

      I'm 78 and compared with the 'drab stuff' I hear today this is what I call fun: -) I have got back into music and written a few songs and here's one ua-cam.com/video/FFoSJYoMJAI/v-deo.html

    • @atomicpunk520
      @atomicpunk520 4 роки тому +1

      M2 ..................what are the names of the 2 fellas sling that brass ?

    • @jeannemarmsn957
      @jeannemarmsn957 4 роки тому +2

      I'm 65 and still funky.

  • @juantorres2096
    @juantorres2096 4 роки тому +44

    The finger pointing in the wind section is legendary

  • @garryc.1645
    @garryc.1645 6 років тому +35

    Old 70 jams that NEVER gets old .

  • @lawrencehawkins7198
    @lawrencehawkins7198 4 роки тому +234

    Aside form the fact that this was performed LIVE, without lipsynching, WITHOUT AUTOTUNE, THIS is damn good!

    • @mastatoulok555
      @mastatoulok555 3 роки тому +17

      Most acts in the 70's did...Then music died.

    • @marshalbird7321
      @marshalbird7321 2 роки тому +11

      The Midnight Special was awesome for the performers who wanted to REALLY do it live for the fans! So many good acts!
      Peter Frampton was a great one for example!

    • @doughesson
      @doughesson 2 роки тому +8

      That's what makes the performance so much better.

    • @williamj.sheehan2001
      @williamj.sheehan2001 7 місяців тому +2

      @@doughesson ("...it's so much better...")

    • @doughesson
      @doughesson 7 місяців тому +1

      @@williamj.sheehan2001 Earth Wind & Fire refused to appear on Soul Train because Don Cornelius wanted the acts to lip synch their performances due to the set up time.
      EW&F said that would have taken away from the experience so they turned down every invitation to perform on the show.
      If you've seen their act live,you would understand.

  • @burghreds
    @burghreds 6 років тому +180

    The drummer on this tune, Ron Biddle, just passed. Had the honor of working with him for awhile here in Pittsburgh. He was a very nice guy, R.I.P. Ron.

  • @Moldyvort
    @Moldyvort 4 роки тому +40

    Anytime something good happens to me in my life, I hear the opening bass riff to this song in my head.

    • @jfo3000
      @jfo3000 Рік тому +3

      That opening riff is played on a guitar. Bass comes in later.

  • @ChillyConquistador
    @ChillyConquistador 3 роки тому +159

    This has to be one of the most incredible live performances ever. They may have one song, but they play it so damn well.

    • @FalconTypo6
      @FalconTypo6 2 роки тому +2

      1 - 2 - 3 Kind of Love -- you're the sugar in my tea!

    • @IosifStalin2
      @IosifStalin2 2 роки тому +2

      They were more than this single

    • @logikaone2711
      @logikaone2711 2 роки тому +2

      I was shocked and watch several times, they actually played it live on tv?? I mean at that time record houses forced artist to playback on those situations...

    • @rmtz59
      @rmtz59 Рік тому

      Listen to Hold on.

    • @HermannGermannIII
      @HermannGermannIII Рік тому

      Agreed!!! And not just play, sing, jam, but Everything from the Jammin' music, singing it, the facial expressions...
      Bad to the Funky F'n Gun!!!

  • @Bfoots1952
    @Bfoots1952 7 років тому +745

    This funky song is 41 years old and will never go out of style. At 65 I still love this jam.

    • @richardvaughn5691
      @richardvaughn5691 7 років тому

      Bf

    • @richardvaughn5691
      @richardvaughn5691 7 років тому +12

      You should see me dance to this song---in a wheelchair! I have it choreographed down to the word and the note!

    • @malcooool
      @malcooool 6 років тому

      its a load of cheesy bollocks,, hate it.

    • @tammycoates7816
      @tammycoates7816 6 років тому +4

      Bfoots1952 damn straight I sure do miss the 70s

    • @Judyp77
      @Judyp77 6 років тому +7

      Bfoots1952 ....lol.....I'm 74 and I still love this! Can't sit still when I hear it! 😀😀

  • @tmamaqueen55
    @tmamaqueen55 2 роки тому +7

    I'm 56 and this song can still get anyone dancing.man he knew what he was doing when he added this song to the 70s

  • @debbiedaniels553
    @debbiedaniels553 5 років тому +35

    This was one of the best tunes
    to dance on roller skates...
    Back in the 70's and 80's
    I went every Saturday night
    for years... Now this (2019)
    Still love this 🎶 music...

    • @debbiedaniels553
      @debbiedaniels553 5 років тому +2

      Who knows l might go
      Roller Skating again
      Even though lam 63?👍

  • @CathyNadeau-v4c
    @CathyNadeau-v4c 5 місяців тому +6

    He is playing funky music and white. I still love it at 66😊

  • @Neilfrozn
    @Neilfrozn Рік тому +8

    This song will always be great! And, The Midnight Special is the best TV music show that I have ever seen!

  • @luvmydogs8389
    @luvmydogs8389 7 років тому +81

    I still dance to this song after all these years; I really do miss the music from the 70's.

  • @tamtam1212
    @tamtam1212 Рік тому +16

    Absolutely love this song! You can’t help but move and groove ❤ His voice is amazing

  • @gthegrimreaper4940
    @gthegrimreaper4940 Рік тому +6

    its amazing to see how close bands were to their studio recordings as they actually had to have talent back then.
    What an amazing live show.

  • @LandieFreak
    @LandieFreak 5 років тому +49

    Wild Cherry and Average White Band ... back in 70’s how can you forget those two funkiest band ...

  • @walshdenr
    @walshdenr 4 роки тому +64

    Horn section bustin' that move

  • @noelbeavers2692
    @noelbeavers2692 7 років тому +21

    I heard that the song is written about Wild Cherry's experience while playing a black club, when someone shouted out "play that funky music white boy" to the band. That comment turned into this song. I remember seeing these guys perform at my college a few times long before they were famous. Their talent was obvious then and continues today. Nice job guys.

  • @RubenEditIT
    @RubenEditIT 4 роки тому +139

    So nobody is going to talk about this 4:12 ?
    That's just amazing!

    • @beru58
      @beru58 3 роки тому +6

      That is some finger power. I've tried that on my horn but I keep pulling out the third slide all the time. I guess I should buy a really cheap horn to practise that detail.

    • @jacknick429
      @jacknick429 3 роки тому +2

      Truth !!!

    • @musicwithin7179
      @musicwithin7179 3 роки тому +1

      Wow!!!

    • @quailshootr6389
      @quailshootr6389 Рік тому

      badass

    • @TheSunnydeni
      @TheSunnydeni 9 місяців тому

      So much soul it was shooting out of his fingers and spinning the sh** right out of that brass 🙏 mad mad skills

  • @davidmorin6667
    @davidmorin6667 2 роки тому +6

    I'm 70 and I've been dancing to this for over 30 years🐱🇺🇸🐱🇺🇸🐱🇺🇸

  • @izzymallory7093
    @izzymallory7093 4 роки тому +106

    I love when they switch to the black homies in the corner when they scream PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC WHITE BOY 😂😂😂

    • @TinaICXCNIKA
      @TinaICXCNIKA 4 роки тому +14

      Right?! Man...we need this comraderie, in abundance.

    • @ayotemi
      @ayotemi 3 роки тому +2

      1:11? ❤️🙌🏾🤟🏼

  • @thoms9302
    @thoms9302 4 роки тому +20

    Everything about this performance just works so wonderfully! The beat, the singing, the hair, the necklace, silver clothes and mostly their outstanding performance and showmanship! It was awesome back in '76 and still awesome 2021!

  • @tomwagner3640
    @tomwagner3640 4 роки тому +38

    I always hated disco, but I love good funk. This qualifies. I’ve liked this song for 44 years!

    • @jonebump5764
      @jonebump5764 2 роки тому

      Look up the remix of Steppenwolfs Magic Carpet Ride! Disco version, it's awesome!

    • @samuelhowie4543
      @samuelhowie4543 2 роки тому

      Same for rubber band man.

    • @quailshootr6389
      @quailshootr6389 Рік тому +2

      I hated disco back inthe 70s, but now i have a new appreciation for it because of the crap put out over the last 25-30 yrs.

  • @TheBoone57
    @TheBoone57 7 років тому +190

    I never saw no one spin a trumpet like that! They all looked like they were having a great time. I had a great time watching.

    • @joeslacker1020
      @joeslacker1020 4 роки тому

      Fuck you too bitch

    • @shamanbeartwo3819
      @shamanbeartwo3819 4 роки тому

      Watch a James Brown concert sometime and watch the horn section do a full aerobic workout while spinning horns AND playing.

    • @mastatoulok555
      @mastatoulok555 3 роки тому +1

      Our trumpet players in my high school band did that.

  • @stephencarpenteri2223
    @stephencarpenteri2223 5 років тому +32

    Actually a stellar, perfect performance by a really tight band. Jumpin' from start to finish.

  • @FalconTypo6
    @FalconTypo6 2 роки тому +7

    I have a copy of this on 45-- I can't get rid of it, as it reminds me of mixing drinks for my parents as a kid for their friends and neighbors on Saturday nights for crazy hilarious disco parties I am so happy I grew up with so much fun, mixed company, and terrific music. 💞

  • @FlamingCockatiel
    @FlamingCockatiel 4 роки тому +27

    It's a relief to see that there was not as much an expectation back then of bands to dance while they sung.

  • @johnvaluska4132
    @johnvaluska4132 7 років тому +771

    I have the drummer's drum set in my house right now. Ron passed away not long ago. Wild Cherry is originally from my area. My daughter is dating Ron's son.

    • @Jeremykjackson
      @Jeremykjackson 6 років тому +26

      John Valuska
      thats cool. i talk to rob on facebook.. my mom went to fox chapel hs with ron. such a shame too young

    • @hollihallett9059
      @hollihallett9059 6 років тому +15

      John Valuska wow, cool story!

    • @bretth5012
      @bretth5012 6 років тому +16

      You wanna sell the drum kit???

    • @YourXXX9
      @YourXXX9 6 років тому +22

      ...and older brother sells cocaine to Obama's older daughter.

    • @JawTooth
      @JawTooth 6 років тому +5

      THE drum set! Awesome!!

  • @petecartwright5211
    @petecartwright5211 3 роки тому +39

    Everything about this band was right. This tune has lasted for decades and is enjoyed as much today, as the day it was released.
    All good musicians, they did this song live as well or better than the record.
    Everyone is busy and working hard.
    When your trumpet player can spin his horn and dance and groove and sing like this guy, you've got a great band.
    I was around when they released this and for a LONG TIME had no idea the lead singer wasn't black. This was the only time I saw them, on this very show, and remember thinking what's wrong here.
    The dude could have stood side by side with Otis Redding or one of those great R&B people and if you didn't see him, you think he was one of the brothers.

  • @marccr1313
    @marccr1313 4 роки тому +34

    This guy's really having fun with this. Magic of funky music 🇧🇷

    • @philsmith4333
      @philsmith4333 4 роки тому +2

      And cocaine lol

    • @annaritaranalli1791
      @annaritaranalli1791 3 роки тому

      A white man with a typical funky singing voice,but also band 's others members were good,and guitars 're amazing

  • @thedocofrock1890
    @thedocofrock1890 4 роки тому +10

    man it just don't get much better than this.live performance

    • @notapie2601
      @notapie2601 3 роки тому

      I want to click the link but i can’t

  • @robertharris7889
    @robertharris7889 Рік тому +4

    I am from ohio and met them many years ago.
    Was at a concert in the day with mostly black attendees and they hit the stage the people were saying these guys are white. but it was still good music.
    Lived in stubenville ohio during the racial unrest and the riots in the sixties
    .
    we made it through those times toghether.

  • @bikert220
    @bikert220 6 років тому +37

    I am a self-proclaimed metalhead lol, but I grew up with this stuff and I have to admit, the main riff, bass line, and solo are very catchy!

    • @thor7564
      @thor7564 3 роки тому

      Then you need Edgar Winter :) ua-cam.com/video/Gb-NIP-gYag/v-deo.html

    • @FalconTypo6
      @FalconTypo6 2 роки тому +1

      OMG, I just found this (sorry-- 3 years later), but ME TOO! Love the metal, but love this sh*t!

    • @philyeary8809
      @philyeary8809 2 роки тому +1

      I rip that metal vibe, since 86 .
      Yet this kicks and hooks up so much
      ass.

    • @TheDRexor
      @TheDRexor Рік тому

      I like to the think funk is the second cousin to metal since they both come from the blues

    • @kerzytibok3211
      @kerzytibok3211 Рік тому

      I remember being 16 in 1985 and only listening to hair metal like Ratt and Motley Crue and then suddenly I heard this song at a graduation party and I was like "HELL YEAH" and started doing my goofy white boy dance in the backyard LOL

  • @PaSaDenaK1D626
    @PaSaDenaK1D626 6 років тому +16

    Look at the charisma wow looks like a Great Time look how much enthusiasm and passion they did with this live show oooh how I wish I can see many bands from the 70s in their primes ✌🏽♥️ timeless

  • @pacificmermaid43
    @pacificmermaid43 3 роки тому +66

    Anyone that thumbs this down is seriously lacking in the funk.... so sorry :'(

  • @joesarb6455
    @joesarb6455 5 років тому +10

    I still remember my dad gave me a surprise cassette tape of this particular Wild Cherry album when he was picking me up from school some 40 years ago. Imagine how excited I was then. R.I.P. dad.

    • @philyeary8809
      @philyeary8809 2 роки тому

      R est In Power.
      I had this on a K tel compilation album, given by my mum and dad.

  • @ronaldvangilder3985
    @ronaldvangilder3985 2 роки тому

    I have played music in and around New Orleans for years and I hate to burst some bubbles but there is nothing "funky" about this groove, it's nothing more than a simple disco groove.

    • @davebrown4841
      @davebrown4841 2 роки тому

      Don't worry SNOWFLAKE, nobody cares what you think.

  • @icro9999
    @icro9999 6 років тому +26

    Always loved this song!!!
    I remember having to listen to radio til this song came on so I could record it (couldn't afford lp back then). Believe I was recording onto an 8-track tape!!!

  • @krzykatkrzy
    @krzykatkrzy 8 років тому +766

    I miss the 70's!! Best music ever!!!

    • @tymlinesters9026
      @tymlinesters9026 8 років тому +9

      you have great people that you have great music so you will rock this out due date

    • @krzykatkrzy
      @krzykatkrzy 7 років тому +7

      Thanks but nope, in my 50's lol

    • @menonpd
      @menonpd 7 років тому +7

      Yup I agree miss that funk 70s disco music...i wish that genre of music comes back!

    • @thomascruz2141
      @thomascruz2141 7 років тому +3

      me too.lol

    • @leogamit9957
      @leogamit9957 7 років тому +1

      I heard this band have their statue erected in OH state as the peoples expression of gratitude to them being a source of pride for their folks out there.;

  • @laurah6845
    @laurah6845 6 років тому +5

    This was high school days for me! This wildly-popular song was playing at just about every high school dance on a Friday night!

  • @davidGomez-vc8ck
    @davidGomez-vc8ck Рік тому

    💥WOW!..."I feel reborn again at 80 years old. Thanks for taking me back to the fabulous years of my life. How I miss Disco music, bell bottom pants and polyester shirts. Nothing will ever take its place." Dave-Kansas 2023

  • @shirleygiordano7627
    @shirleygiordano7627 2 роки тому +2

    My parents met each other 46 years ago at the Aquanaut Lounge, Wild Cherry was the most prominent band there. Gabe and Kathy, 44 years of wedded bliss, 45 September 2022.

  • @mrsbluesky8415
    @mrsbluesky8415 2 роки тому +3

    Rock, disco, funk, and jazz all rolled into one fantastic song. Get dancing !

  • @stephencarpenteri2223
    @stephencarpenteri2223 5 років тому +9

    Wow! What a rockin' band. That was the best performance on that show - ever!

    • @jbmiller3280
      @jbmiller3280 11 місяців тому

      It was great. But the Midnight Special had other great live performances: Heart “Barracuda” and “Crazy on You”; Redbone “Come and Get Your Love”; and despite a dubious costume choice, Todd Rundren’s “Hello, It’s Me”.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge 6 років тому +427

    This was a great performance. No lip sync, no finger sync, all live..... I wished for a more epic ending but it is what it was. heheh But it was solid and live. Good job.

    • @lynncarter9647
      @lynncarter9647 4 роки тому +5

      Great memories of The Elbow dancing to this !

    • @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248
      @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248 4 роки тому +6

      amen brother. I was afraid it was gonna be a soul train rendition with the guitars all unplugged.

    • @clumsydragon
      @clumsydragon 4 роки тому +2

      Hi Mr Surge. I totally agree with you sir. I knew if the song very well but up to now I had never actually seen them. What a great energy.

    • @Ruoktoday1
      @Ruoktoday1 4 роки тому +5

      That's what the Midnight Special delivered ...a lot of great, genuinely live performances like this one... Burt Sugarman and the crew deserve so many plaudits for that...

    • @gurnblanstein9816
      @gurnblanstein9816 4 роки тому +5

      The midnight special never lip synced or faked it, it was all live and real.

  • @robharding5345
    @robharding5345 5 років тому +2

    76 was a decent year for pop, But this song burst on to the scene, and this funky number just grabbed everyone's attention,

  • @Housephonestimes4
    @Housephonestimes4 2 роки тому +2

    I am 52 years old and I dance all over the kitchen listening to this! I pretend I am Bill Oddie from The Goodies! When I was six I rode my tricycle all over the living room with this music! I also love The Average White Band, and Funky Gibbon by The Goodies!

  • @bigrigJim
    @bigrigJim 8 років тому +499

    This kind of music brought the races together at the disco. We could use more of this kind of thing today.

    • @argonwheatbelly637
      @argonwheatbelly637 7 років тому +38

      Funk knows no race. Funk just is.

    • @argonwheatbelly637
      @argonwheatbelly637 7 років тому +9

      And? "White" is a skin tone. Do you mean "of North-Western European descent"? Because I'm Nordic as fuck, and the music doesn't care, nor do I.

    • @MrSmokeydog
      @MrSmokeydog 6 років тому +4

      Vanilla Ice tried to bridge The Gap "But Geez I Guess he failed" lol

    • @1computernew
      @1computernew 6 років тому +9

      I'm Black, and I loved Vanilla Ice. I couldn't understand all the hate directed toward him. Ice, Ice Baby was the bomb!! I still love it watch the video all the time on UA-cam.

    • @denisedillon9727
      @denisedillon9727 6 років тому +7

      Linda Oliver That song was co-written with Freddie Mercury and David Bowie.

  • @kenhanson4015
    @kenhanson4015 3 роки тому +3

    Love the horn section. Dancing and grooving and pointing at the rest of the band to Play That Funky Music! One of my all time favorites.

  • @elizabethlinsay9193
    @elizabethlinsay9193 5 років тому +7

    Great opening guitar riffs! One of the most fun songs of all time. Yeah!!

  • @AndyZach
    @AndyZach 4 роки тому +1

    I grew up in Cleveland and in the late 70s early 80s there was a disco on the east side called 'The Wild Cherry'. I never got to dance there. Has anyone?

  • @raylopez7622
    @raylopez7622 5 років тому +24

    This song was the shit back in the late 70s high school dances

  • @bradthomson4830
    @bradthomson4830 10 років тому +586

    IF you remember this song to be a BOMBING roller skate song.... well, .... your as old as me. :-)

    • @marksnow9274
      @marksnow9274 7 років тому +9

      Brad Thomson : Thank you i'm 50 still remember this song like yesterday.

    • @waltbraden9705
      @waltbraden9705 7 років тому +4

      WOOD WHEELS

    • @daschundloverable
      @daschundloverable 7 років тому +1

      actually older than you..............was already dancing in the discos to this song.

    • @corvettecoupe3731
      @corvettecoupe3731 6 років тому +1

      Brad Thomson one of my first 45's with the "disco sucks" bumper stickers...

    • @davidkellogg9256
      @davidkellogg9256 6 років тому +1

      If I tried to skate the way I used to I'd probably end up in the hospital good times 13 and a bottle of Maddog

  • @EricBlackmonGuitar
    @EricBlackmonGuitar 8 років тому +552

    My very favorite funky white boy song of all time!!!!

    • @karolaygonzalez6867
      @karolaygonzalez6867 7 років тому +2

      EricBlackmonGuitar grupo de nax

    • @creepyaxe
      @creepyaxe 7 років тому +4

      Download "Get the Funk Out" by Extreme. Kick ass solo in the middle of song

    • @superflysoulbrother
      @superflysoulbrother 7 років тому +1

      over school boy crush? check out Dag

    • @ethankirky
      @ethankirky 6 років тому

      hey eric, I like you "rock with you" cover keep it up

    • @darrellboone9274
      @darrellboone9274 5 років тому +3

      "Get down tonight",KC and The Sunshine Band

  • @joanneshafer2762
    @joanneshafer2762 4 роки тому +13

    This brings back memories

  • @drmether9150
    @drmether9150 5 років тому +4

    How can you not dance to this song?!?!

  • @stratmancruthers
    @stratmancruthers 2 роки тому +1

    Love those Les Pauls! Great funk music from the 70s

  • @wend711
    @wend711 11 років тому +40

    One of the best disco songs to dance to. We play this at all of our dances and everyone fills the dance floor. We are a bunch of oldies Im 75

  • @jeanettahenderson2800
    @jeanettahenderson2800 7 років тому +6

    This is a great blast from the past! I had looked up KC and the Sunshine Band because of a comment from my sister's classmate and this came on autoplay after. Love it! I was ten years old back in 1976 and those were really the Good Old Days for me!!! Play That Funky Music Right!

  • @m.b.2153
    @m.b.2153 3 роки тому +9

    My Favorite! My Favorite
    ringtone, my favorite dance tune! My favorite karaoke song ! This song is one of the best songs EVER!!!! 👍

  • @cpace4031
    @cpace4031 3 місяці тому

    I sang this song in the 7th grade to the class because this girl turned me in for singing another song. The new class loved it and sang with me including my teacher!

  • @JosephNine
    @JosephNine 5 років тому +21

    LET'S GO BACK TO 70s, BACK WHERE WE STARTED, HERE WE GO ROUND AGAIN ?
    DAY AFTER DAY I GET UP AND I SAY, IM GONNA TO DO IT AGAIN, DO IT AGAIN !

  • @crosbyhendrix8631
    @crosbyhendrix8631 9 років тому +103

    That rhythm guitar riff during the verses is on another planet of funk

  • @dltguitar6532
    @dltguitar6532 4 роки тому +76

    He’s playing a white Les Paul Custom. Perhaps the most beautiful electric guitar ever made.

    • @jpickles8627
      @jpickles8627 4 роки тому +1

      Interesting. Thanks.

    • @jpickles8627
      @jpickles8627 4 роки тому

      @Vonuh Ulfhedinn No. I haven't seen any guitars, other than on tv. It so interesting how people know such things. I love tid bits I find in the comment section.

    • @dltguitar6532
      @dltguitar6532 4 роки тому +1

      @Vonuh Ulfhedinn the Artisan is beautiful as well, the inlays are fantastic

    • @eric_in_florida
      @eric_in_florida 3 роки тому

      Next to a black one.

    • @MGB18
      @MGB18 3 роки тому

      I have to disagree. Nothing beats a Strat for beauty. The Strat also screams Rock-N-Roll.

  • @kristinaalbert6130
    @kristinaalbert6130 4 роки тому +7

    I was 5 years old (circa 1975) when my auntie played this record. My auntie is gone now (and my being a family history buff), I'll never forget this song and doing the "bump" with my auntee. RIH Auntie!!!

  • @Blankspac3
    @Blankspac3 3 місяці тому

    This was the start to my former GM’s playlist. Heck yeah! Play that funky music Robert!

  • @marknethercutt3381
    @marknethercutt3381 4 роки тому +2

    You have a great song play that funky music white boy I couldn't have said it any better

  • @vickiecordeiro8415
    @vickiecordeiro8415 7 років тому +63

    the seventies were the best in music!!

  • @robertglare9019
    @robertglare9019 6 років тому +6

    This is what music was all about, you could turn the radio on and know who was playing.
    Bands tried to find a sound that was theirs, unique music, song after song, now you turn the radio on and every damn song sounds the same

  • @natestein5988
    @natestein5988 9 років тому +76

    I love the spinning trumpet.

    • @standswithfist806
      @standswithfist806 7 років тому +4

      horn men had fun gigs then....yeh those horn lines are just right...on that track...fun stuff....

    • @Mookaron
      @Mookaron 6 років тому +1

      💯

  • @debbiepearce5681
    @debbiepearce5681 5 років тому

    I'm from the area that Wild Cherry is from. I love the song. The guys are great

  • @cmsjns
    @cmsjns 5 років тому +2

    I can remember dancing around listening to my sister & her friends playing this in the 70's!!! Such a great song!! Still is!!

  • @minnesotom
    @minnesotom 5 років тому +19

    No lip sync here. No auto-tune. Those were the days.

  • @TheRealBionicWoman
    @TheRealBionicWoman 6 років тому +10

    Still makes me want to get up and dance whenever I hear it!

    • @richardhamblen5526
      @richardhamblen5526 5 років тому

      HELL, YEAH, LOL, Michelle Huey! I'm 60 and played a lot of these type songs..played this one in stage band my senior year, '77..

    • @BuenaMorena
      @BuenaMorena 2 роки тому

      Get on up!😁

  • @cindyjulian9534
    @cindyjulian9534 7 років тому +18

    Awesome song. You cant help but to move to it. Some songs do that.

  • @HeyYaKnow
    @HeyYaKnow 4 роки тому +1

    I’m living today like it’s 1976....if the rest of you are reminiscing, pity for you.

  • @stephencrouse6032
    @stephencrouse6032 4 роки тому +1

    One of the best videos standing the test of time: no fancy computers to make harmony in time, white guys singing with soul, black guys that only could do such moves, especially twirling that trumpet like a cheerleader baton: another cure for depression! Certainly hope they've learned better about one-night stands. Nevertheless: bless God for the virtue within a secular song. Thanks for posting: the best version I've heard or seen - appreciate it.

    • @milescoburn1845
      @milescoburn1845 4 роки тому

      I read somewhere the line about the one-night stands was about playing one nighters in clubs.

  • @mkr4922
    @mkr4922 5 років тому +4

    My wife always went to the “Poison Apple” disco every Friday night during this time and sure had a blast. Once my wife got on the dance floor we were there for the night but oh what fun we had...let’s go back to that time!

  • @12groney
    @12groney 8 років тому +89

    God Bless the Seventies baby !

    • @rudisson
      @rudisson 7 років тому +1

      Damn right bro, I was 23 and had the best time of my life.... no Aids, Antibabypill, this Music and sports cars, just ask one babe, and she was giving her love......

    • @dannypitts5152
      @dannypitts5152 6 років тому

      rudisson inn

  • @rhagedorn
    @rhagedorn 7 років тому +7

    Definitely one of the hottest songs around during the disco era.

  • @RNFORLAW
    @RNFORLAW Рік тому

    Growing up in the 70's was AWESOME. The music and variety shows kicked ass ~

  • @TheSunnydeni
    @TheSunnydeni 9 місяців тому

    That opening lick tho 🔥 I remember this song playing on the radio and my mom would dance with me & my little brother...so long ago, my 2 other younger brothers were not even born yet 😊