Curtis Mayfield really help to make, this Movie ' Superfly ' the best it could be. And now today years later it is still one of my favorite movies of all time. And it brings back some good memories.
Matteo Garza That's a bad beat. I used to play that beat on my congos as a kid. Your grandfather was that dude. Wouldve loved to had played a set with him WOW!
Heads up on the great Bobby Timmons at 1.32 laying down the funkiest off beat head nod ever! To know the man who introduced the soul/funk into jazz was digging Curtis is such a beautiful sight.
wow thats Bobby Timmons such a funky piano player. BTW my Dad use to run with Art Blakely when he came to St. Louis and my uncle use to provide uumm items for Mr. Blakely!!!😂😂
We lived vicariously through this man portrayed in this black hero and the Curtis Mayfield soundtrack was an artistic musical portrait of the action and life of Superhero aka Superfly, my man !!! … !!✨
The guy in the "white suit and red hat" is "K.C.". He is the #real owner of the same/exact 1971 Cadillac Eldorado that is in the movie "Super Fly". He let the film makers borrow his vehicle for the film, and in exchange, he got a appearance in this club scene. That exact Eldorado was customized/built by "Dunham Coach" , a shop that is located in Boonton, New Jersey.
One of the first bass lines I ever learned 45 years ago. Lucky Scott is the bass player on that groove. Never heard much from him other than his work with Curtis. But his bass in the movie kept the pulse of the hustler's creed...do it now, do it quick, and don't get caught!
This was definitely Gary Indiana and the southside of Chicago back in the early 70s! Brothers had a moral code they didn't fuck with civilians and they show love to kids is in the hood. They dressed the part and acted the part! They were criminals but they were also icons in our neighborhoods. Flukey Stokes, Betting Good, Sonny Peterson, No Coins Carter, Reggie B., Red Wilson, Fred Mackey, Definitely the men back in the day!
Fun fact: @1:08 that fella is a real pimp. Bonus fact: supaflys car is actually the pimps real car who someone on the set saw and offered him a part if they could use his car in the movie.
The opening scene showing the two junkie robbers walking the streets of NYC with the knit caps and army surplus jacket reminds me of that era; had the jacket ad the cap and unemployed for a while so we get up and go up on the "Block" and hang see what's going on.
If you look at the movie closely, Superfly is NOT a happy guy! He's smart,but he's not slick. He's too honorable,too straight forward. And he opens his mouth when he shouldn't. His boy Eddie is a snake! BUT.... Superfly has the balls, determination and the resources to CHANGE his life. Superfly would've been a good general. He's charismatic and a born leader.
This dope shit been going on since the 50s 60s and 70s today's generation think this hustling stuff is brand new but it's so old school and original like this movie does anybody disagree
The new Superfly movie needed to incorporate more Curtis Mayfield Superfly soundtrack. When it did, it moved the movie,s pace at epic speed and anticipation. Mayfield one of the best music "bridge" developers in the history of soul music.
I love both original and the high tech fade Trevor Jackson.speaking so very surprising I will be in Detroit in June 15th so I probably get to a theater downtown so I can catch.
I have Conflicting Feelings about this....I really enjoy the Soundtrack of Superfly....But I've seen the Negative impact on users-dealers-families and the community....so...I may listen to music...BUT that doesn't make me want to do that sh!t.......
Most of the songs are cautionary tales explaining the consequences for becoming involved in the life. Curtis never glorified or sugar coated the drug game to make it look like something that it wasn't
Is he singing about that ‘Boy’ or ‘Girl’???????? It isn’t hard to believe that Mr Mayfield’s was singing about ‘Smack’. Not ‘Blow’ like they were slanging in the movies. I’m actually mind blown. I’m a 90’s baby. Seen this movie in early 2000’s.
HE WAS A GENIUS ....INCREDIBLE .....IVE BEEN LISTENING TO HIS STUFF ALL MY LIFE ....ALL FROM THE "MAYFIELD SINGERS TO THE IMPRESSIONS ...TILL HE PASSED ...
THEIR WOULD BE NO SUPERFLY WITHOUT THE MUSIC. RIP SIR.
Curtis Mayfield was way ahead of his time. He wrote the soundtracks for Superfly, Claudine, Sparkle & many more.. He is truly missed🙏🏾
Aw man Mr Mayfield was definitely before his time.
Gemini
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Let's Do It Again with Sidney Portier
The fact that they been saying the term “bad bitch” since the 70s is so Gangsta wow shout out to Curtis mayfield
This vibe is real. Transports you back to a time 50 years ago.
Indeed
Still the greatest soundtrack to a movie ever
One of the best.
The dictionary should say "Refer to Super Fly soundtrack"
It's a tie because there are some really good songs on that Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
Curtis Mayfield Was a Genius.❤RIP
@@dmncnlou soundtrack to "SHAFT"
This movie is just like fine aged wine
One of the best soundtracks ever.
RIP Curtis Mayfield. You were one helluva songwriter and musical genius music 🎼 🎼
Very underrated
Bring the 70’s and 80’s back❤
I know it was real.I miss that era so much.
They don't make this kind of music no more like they used to.
Helps if you can actually play an instrument.
Curtis Mayfield really help to make, this Movie ' Superfly ' the best it could be. And now today years later it is still one of my favorite movies of all time. And it brings back some good memories.
Curtis Mayfield and Ron O'Neal Bad to the bone back in the day..
Brother Curtis Mayfield was superb.
My man Curtis Mayfield so clinically classical.
RIP
Curtis Mayfield did his thing on this soundtrack of superfly
Love the guitar work on this song, bass and lead. Curtis tops it all off with great vocals.
and the percussions.
Now that's a music ARTIST!
Absolutely!
Brothers had class back in the day. no doubt.
rjplamf61 yes!!!!!!!+
rjplamf61 I know right Brothers was the shit in them days the ladies were lucky....................
Good ole days.
I remember pimps looking like women by in the day. The brothers in the movement didn’t dress like that.
@@hrwatchinpuff6551 No way
The funk of this song is ironically, still addictive.
The man on the bongos at 1:28 is my grandfather, Henry Gibson.
Matteo Garza absolutely no disrespect but your Grand Dad got THE FUCK OFF!
Apologize for your disrespect.
Matteo Garza That's a bad beat. I used to play that beat on my congos as a kid. Your grandfather was that dude. Wouldve loved to had played a set with him WOW!
You know that people do this stuff all the time on youtube claiming people are relatives. And turns out soon enough that there lying.
It's true, guys!
Superfly is a classic often imitated but cant be duplicated
I CONCUR 👍
Always the picture of class and swagger with the men of this era.
Do you think of a more perfect soundtrack then what Curtis Mayfield composed? It’s pure genius
Absolute fact.
Man I remember those days being black was beautiful.
Still is
Chris Walker And always will be.
When RED BLACK AND GREEN MEANT SOMETHING!
It still is beautiful being black
That will never change
The coldest soundtrack in the history of soundtracks!
The street poet one of the greatest sound tracks of his era.
What a classic Mayfield with Super fly and Hutch with.Mack two musical genius writing about the street life.
Superfly would not have been Superfly without Curtis Mayfield music.
The best movie soundtrack of all time. Every song was meaningful.
Brotha walked in like he own the joint.
Curtis Mayfield will always be on my playlist forever especially for the soundtrack he did for Superfly
Curtis Mayfield legend!! Love him his music is outstanding
Curtis was one the best songwriters and music composers of all time
Curtis was a genius!
X 2
Way ahead of his time.
He was
1:04 The guy in the white suit was named K.C. and he was the real owner of the Cadillac in the movie!
I just read somewhere that the IRS confiscated the car after they saw it on screen! How sad!
Legend has it dude in the white suit was a real pimp and bartered the use of the car for a scene in the movie..
saw him 1990 in a smallish venue in london.
six month before his tragic accident.
consistently gratifying stuff on vinyl.
thank you.
R.I.P. Curtis
Funk, Jazz and Soul, coming together forming the (proto) Disco sound... awesomeness !
Ranks among the greatest movie soundtracks. Sounds as good as ever on the eve of 2020
And still sounds great in 2022!
@@carolanestanley4030 True that!
Heads up on the great Bobby Timmons at 1.32 laying down the funkiest off beat head nod ever! To know the man who introduced the soul/funk into jazz was digging Curtis is such a beautiful sight.
wow thats Bobby Timmons such a funky piano player. BTW my Dad use to run with Art Blakely when he came to St. Louis and my uncle use to provide uumm items for Mr. Blakely!!!😂😂
@@sirjer73 we get a whole 7 seconds of the funkiest cat ever, Mr Bobby Timmons! Items???!! Lol! I hear that...Peace
I love it. RIP Curtis Mayfield & Ron o'neal. My fellow number one people.
God I love this film!! That car! Wish I could go back to experience that time
We lived vicariously through this man portrayed in this black hero and the Curtis Mayfield soundtrack was an artistic musical portrait of the action and life of Superhero aka Superfly, my man !!! … !!✨
I remember when I saw Superfly for the first time and when this song came on it hit me like a ton of bricks. I love everything about this song
I went to see this film with my brother because no one else would go with him best move I ever made loved it ever since . That was back in 1973
Greatest soundtrack ever is accurate.
Best blaxplotation movie ever along with Shaft Coffy and Foxy Brown
The guy in the "white suit and red hat" is "K.C.".
He is the #real owner of the same/exact 1971 Cadillac Eldorado that is in the movie "Super Fly".
He let the film makers borrow his vehicle for the film, and in exchange, he got a appearance in this club scene.
That exact Eldorado was customized/built by "Dunham Coach" , a shop that is located in Boonton, New Jersey.
For me, watching this video evokes great memories of my many nights at the Cellar jazz club in NYC.
For real!
Don't forget Willie D back at that time What a classic.
Yes Sir! I used to see KC and all the other players at Mr. Kelly's on Massachusetts Ave. near Columbus Ave. back in the early '70's in Boston!
For ever a classic. 💯✌🏾✊🏾
My intro to a true Genius...Curtis Mayfield
Still got the album from 72.
Me too.
Finally watched this about three nights ago, really enjoyable film
Curtis Mayfield... Ain't no joke... Funky real music ....
Between Curtis Mayfield and Issac Hayes.....can't deny it.
Ron O'NEAL did his performance in this movie and Curtis Mayfield soundtrack for Superfly
RIP Mr Mayfield. Thanks for all the great 👍music 🎶🎵❤.
Still bumpin Curtis Mayfield's album
Thank you for uploading this, Love this movie. The gentleman in the white suit and red hat was KC the Pimp, and the owner of Superfly's 71 Caddy.
Elvis Presley what happened to KC the pimp
Yep. He let them use his car for a few lines in the movie.
It Was Actually A 1972
Peace be with them both now and forever.
One of the first bass lines I ever learned 45 years ago. Lucky Scott is the bass player on that groove. Never heard much from him other than his work with Curtis. But his bass in the movie kept the pulse of the hustler's creed...do it now, do it quick, and don't get caught!
Silk Sonic is trying hard tho'.
Old school funk solid :)
Priest a nice looking guy.... Isn't He.😎😎😎😎
Eddie was doing some funky moves.
This was definitely Gary Indiana and the southside of Chicago back in the early 70s! Brothers had a moral code they didn't fuck with civilians and they show love to kids is in the hood. They dressed the part and acted the part! They were criminals but they were also icons in our neighborhoods.
Flukey Stokes, Betting Good, Sonny Peterson, No Coins Carter, Reggie B., Red Wilson, Fred Mackey, Definitely the men back in the day!
For the person who said.what a boring crowd.just cause they are not dancing and getting down is cuzz they are captivated
...and high as eagles lol.
Curtis Mayfield look high himself lol
back in the day party crowds was not over packed for extra money if all the seats was full no one else was getting in unless you was somebody
I had a black coat like his that I got in Chicago from Montgomery Ward's. Almost floor length.
This will always be a good movie, the best ever!
Good. Song. For. That. Year. 1972. Loved. The. Movie
This was a smash Hit of 72
AMAZING REST 🌈🌟❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜,
Anybody spot the great jazz pianist Bobby Timmons at 1.32- 1.40? He was the original funk man. Look how he nods his head...downbeat!
Fun fact: @1:08 that fella is a real pimp.
Bonus fact: supaflys car is actually the pimps real car who someone on the set saw and offered him a part if they could use his car in the movie.
“Baddest bitches in the pad” 👍🏽😂🤣😁
These was the absolutely BEST times...good 'ol jive turkey days
Love this movie and love u Ron O' Neal RIP
The opening scene showing the two junkie robbers walking the streets of NYC with the knit caps and army surplus jacket reminds me of that era; had the jacket ad the cap and unemployed for a while so we get up and go up on the "Block" and hang see what's going on.
Me too!
Watching this scene was my introduction to Pusherman. Have been playing it ever since.
CLASSIC!
Man!!! If I could have just been a fly on the damn wall . Talk about some good game being spoke
If you look at the movie closely, Superfly is NOT a happy guy! He's smart,but he's not slick. He's too honorable,too straight forward. And he opens his mouth when he shouldn't. His boy Eddie is a snake! BUT.... Superfly has the balls, determination and the resources to CHANGE his life.
Superfly would've been a good general. He's charismatic and a born leader.
By selling cocaine and poisoning people.
@@cinnaminson0653 keep that same energy for alcohol you baby
@Ston Agree with everything you said about Priests character in the movie except one thing his PROFILE is slick
@@cinnaminson0653 they poisoned themselves, priest just had the product.
an even better scene from the movie was this song set to a photo montage of the drug trade. Brilliant.
Hero. Lucky to see HIM twice in Rotterdam
Great great movie, along with The French Connection
Another early 70's movie that has something to do with drugs.
There's something cool about 70s movies, especially those set on the grimy dangerous streets of New York.
In both these movies,the backdrop of Early 1970s New York,in all its dirty,seedy glory almost steals the show.
Don't forget Black Ceaser,Hell up in Harlem, and Across 105th Street
@@miltoncoles7571 110th Street*
This dope shit been going on since the 50s 60s and 70s today's generation think this hustling stuff is brand new but it's so old school and original like this movie does anybody disagree
Real talk bro
This movie is so Badass love it 😍
Vocals on this song are absolutely seductive
my movie i watch this all the time if i cant find a good movie i always click on to superfly
Strictly pimpin', baby!
It is the one and only Curtis Mayfield.
The new Superfly movie needed to incorporate more Curtis Mayfield Superfly soundtrack. When it did, it moved the movie,s pace at epic speed and anticipation. Mayfield one of the best music "bridge" developers in the history of soul music.
I don't think I heard any Curtis Mayfield in the new one
I love both original and the high tech fade Trevor Jackson.speaking so very surprising I will be in Detroit in June 15th so I probably get to a theater downtown so I can catch.
"Secret stash, heavy bread, baddest bitches in the bed !!! YEEAAAHHH !!!
Show ya right baby.
I have Conflicting Feelings about this....I really enjoy the Soundtrack of Superfly....But I've seen the Negative impact on users-dealers-families and the community....so...I may listen to music...BUT that doesn't make me want to do that sh!t.......
The songs are an ironic commentary on the action. See "Freddie's Dead" "If you want to be a junkie -Why?"
Most of the songs are cautionary tales explaining the consequences for becoming involved in the life. Curtis never glorified or sugar coated the drug game to make it look like something that it wasn't
Yo this band goals foreal
2 glasses 👓 the dope pusherman didn't buy 😮 the bar back then. Nothing but jail and hell. Same true today fentanly dealers etc.
That's My Man (Robert)KC's Car. Well known Pimp in NY back in the day. Very known in Wilmington De for other reasons. RIP KC or as I know him Robert.
best time best music!!!
Nice sound track fine ass man looking good.well build sexy man rest in peace brother..
Thank you so much for uploading this!! ❤❤
Is he singing about that ‘Boy’ or ‘Girl’???????? It isn’t hard to believe that Mr Mayfield’s was singing about ‘Smack’. Not ‘Blow’ like they were slanging in the movies. I’m actually mind blown. I’m a 90’s baby. Seen this movie in early 2000’s.
HE WAS A GENIUS ....INCREDIBLE .....IVE BEEN LISTENING TO HIS STUFF ALL MY LIFE ....ALL FROM THE "MAYFIELD SINGERS TO THE IMPRESSIONS ...TILL HE PASSED ...
My mom and dad have photos of them at clubs that look jus like this. I grew up in Texas.