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  • July 12, 1974
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  • @redbarchetta8782
    @redbarchetta8782 14 днів тому +239

    Funk was always better than Disco. 🥰

    • @Jukkala
      @Jukkala 14 днів тому +3

      Would you be my best friend?

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb 11 днів тому +6

      Generally yes, but there were a lot of bands that weren't strictly either, but a mix.

    • @michaelfuller34
      @michaelfuller34 10 днів тому +1

      lol “disco sucks” lives

    • @jacoboreyes3160
      @jacoboreyes3160 10 днів тому +19

      Well, remember Disco is really comercial Funk... popified for the masses

    • @chriso8193
      @chriso8193 10 днів тому +8

      It's about skills. If you're a musicians, you have to have chops to play disco. Imagine all the Orchestra's & horn sections that were hired during the era. People got a lot of work and a lot of music was produced. Example, there was a disco version of "Star Wars", then the bass player also played on "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka, which was written by Ashford & Simpson, who wrote "Ain't No Mountain high Enough, which was "soul" from Motown. It's all music. But for the fan, you like what you like.

  • @danielmiller210
    @danielmiller210 14 днів тому +201

    back when R&B and Funk was real music

    • @franz909
      @franz909 14 днів тому +4

      Except it didn't last long after first album , they went pop

    • @lauraveney1412
      @lauraveney1412 12 днів тому +10

      Nonsense they put out several funk albums to 69 to 75

    • @gregbattles4742
      @gregbattles4742 8 днів тому +2

      @@lauraveney1412 some people just talk and don't know facts

    • @MrNathan791
      @MrNathan791 8 днів тому +1

      That was so amazing to have experienced it in real time while it was being created and played on the radio.

    • @Holz6
      @Holz6 4 дні тому

      Man what stands for R&B??? Rap and blues ... I'm sorry, im learning english

  • @DavidRichardson95
    @DavidRichardson95 13 днів тому +80

    50 years later, and it is still timeless.

  • @adrianlyord5300
    @adrianlyord5300 14 днів тому +186

    Most of them in this performance are now no longer with us… Kool is the last man standing! Rest In Peace and Power to all fallen heroes in Kool And The Gang ! ✊🏾🙏❤️🎶🎶

    • @Heypockeyway
      @Heypockeyway 12 днів тому +6

      JT, the singer, who joined a few years later is alive and well. He catapulted their fame following a lull.

    • @BubbaHubba-zy2kf
      @BubbaHubba-zy2kf 10 днів тому +2

      They said in the video... Is JT in the video??

    • @matthewtorres9075
      @matthewtorres9075 6 днів тому

      People fail to read heh

    • @zoso73
      @zoso73 4 дні тому +2

      Which one is Kool?

    • @adrianlyord5300
      @adrianlyord5300 4 дні тому +1

      @@zoso73 the Bass guitarist! His brother who played the saxophone 🎷 and keyboards 🎹 for the group passed away years ago and both he and Kool were co-founders along with the original drummer George Brown, who also passed away! 🥲

  • @prd004.2
    @prd004.2 13 днів тому +142

    Real musicians, actually playing their instruments and singing live. Absolutely killing it! 👍🏼

    • @sagaciousp5267
      @sagaciousp5267 13 днів тому +6

      They knew how to cover all the parts and still sing and have a good time!

    • @-Ricky_Spanish-
      @-Ricky_Spanish- 10 днів тому +8

      It's all still out there, just not mainstream anymore.

    • @bigredracingteam9642
      @bigredracingteam9642 10 днів тому +3

      @@-Ricky_Spanish- Right, but I'm sure it's much harder to make a living doing it today.

    • @jamessullenriot
      @jamessullenriot 9 днів тому +6

      No in ear monitors for the drummer playing to a click track either!!! Just feeling it and leading the band!

    • @bradscott4375
      @bradscott4375 4 дні тому +1

      Actual musicians!!!

  • @imabigfanshow783
    @imabigfanshow783 5 днів тому +48

    Kool and the Gang. Commodores. Earth, Wind and Fire. Such soul and power.

    • @randallpetroelje3913
      @randallpetroelje3913 3 дні тому

      I grew up with this! One of my teachers played Earth Wind and Fire one day. It was so cool.😎

    • @quentinparker7404
      @quentinparker7404 2 дні тому

      Brass Construction, B.T. Express, Switch.

  • @markcook3570
    @markcook3570 14 днів тому +331

    Black music is a shadow of what it used to be, For those of us who grew up in the 70s, this stuff put out nowadays isn’t even close

    • @RetroMusicMan369
      @RetroMusicMan369 14 днів тому +21

      A-Friggin-Men!

    • @ramongil622
      @ramongil622 14 днів тому +6

      Gran temazo de los inolvidables kool & the gang

    • @pauljames7438
      @pauljames7438 13 днів тому +5

      💯🎶

    • @JefferyHagen
      @JefferyHagen 13 днів тому

      Agreed and white music isn’t any better. 😢

    • @Auntkekebaby
      @Auntkekebaby 13 днів тому +23

      That would be any form of music under corporations.

  • @ManuelMenchaca
    @ManuelMenchaca 14 днів тому +96

    The 70s seem like a fun time to be alive

    • @yancyjenkinssr1824
      @yancyjenkinssr1824 14 днів тому +20

      Seem?? U must have missed out! Sorry kiddo

    • @ManuelMenchaca
      @ManuelMenchaca 14 днів тому +11

      @@yancyjenkinssr1824 I did 😢

    • @-fz1yg
      @-fz1yg 14 днів тому +12

      It was!🙂 I was a few days away from my 15th birthday when this originally aired.

    • @MarkEvanWhite
      @MarkEvanWhite 14 днів тому +7

      Way more freedom back then for sure!

    • @sagaciousp5267
      @sagaciousp5267 13 днів тому +7

      They say if you remember the ‘70’s, then you weren’t really there. I was only 9 when this hit so I remember it vividly. There was an unusually deep freedom of expression in the arts that launched in the ‘60’s but dispersed further from about 1969-79. If you listen to all genres created during that period you’ll be there.

  • @mattfoley6082
    @mattfoley6082 14 днів тому +55

    Kool looks like a kid! So young.

    • @mysticakhenaton1701
      @mysticakhenaton1701 13 днів тому +7

      he does, doesn't he. 🤣🤣 but what a GREAT musician he was, being so YOUNG.

    • @sniffrat3646
      @sniffrat3646 8 днів тому +4

      Looks about 12yrs old 😮

    • @SurfDUI
      @SurfDUI 2 дні тому

      This.🫢

    • @geirmyrvagnes8718
      @geirmyrvagnes8718 16 годин тому

      Born in 1950, so about 24 in 1974.

  • @twofiveb
    @twofiveb 14 днів тому +24

    This was 20 years before Pulp Fiction! Koolest!

  • @eileenritchie65
    @eileenritchie65 14 днів тому +34

    Oh, yeah! That bass line and trumpet 🔥🔥🔥 One of my favorite songs from this band.

  • @JosePerez-vz1qq
    @JosePerez-vz1qq 11 днів тому +10

    Bobby Womack introducing Kool and the Gang is an amazing alignment of stars.

    • @Roundaboutrecords
      @Roundaboutrecords 2 дні тому

      Dude is high as a kite! But, really brings the energy ;)

  • @christianman73
    @christianman73 14 днів тому +35

    To me, the *funky, jazzy* Kool & The Gang, right here, will always be *the best* era of the band. I do like a lot of the later, more pop-oriented music with J.T. too, but from '69 to '76 or so, this band made so many great albums, with some of the *best funk and jazz* , to ever be put on records by anyone! I have all of those classic albums, and my favorite is probably '74's "Light of Worlds."

  • @TMYPiscesSunandMoonRising5548
    @TMYPiscesSunandMoonRising5548 14 днів тому +21

    This was amazing. I grew up listening to them, but with James "JT" Taylor as the lead singer. So sad only Robert "Kool" Bell is the only original band member still alive. I'm so happy to see them inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I hope Kool and JT both are there to accept the award 👍🏾💯.

  • @snakeeyes3733
    @snakeeyes3733 14 днів тому +29

    Friday and everything is Kool & The Gang 😎

  • @wtburns01
    @wtburns01 3 дні тому +8

    The keyboard player's accent vocals totally make this song about 1000x funkier than it already is ❤❤

  • @paulpappas6345
    @paulpappas6345 14 днів тому +30

    Robert kool Bell jumped out the window in Mr Cavanaughs algebra class. I was there 1965

    • @franksmith7247
      @franksmith7247 День тому

      Really? Why did he do that?

    • @paulpappas6345
      @paulpappas6345 День тому

      @@franksmith7247 Him and his friend Bavossa have jumped out together. They had enough of Mr Cavanaughs BS He called everyone Buddyboy and you wanted to smack him High School Hijinks !

    • @paulpappas6345
      @paulpappas6345 День тому

      @@franksmith7247 Dudes crazy

  • @mysticakhenaton1701
    @mysticakhenaton1701 13 днів тому +19

    MOST of those brothers in this phenomenal band, has passed on now...they had a GREAT comeback in LATE 1979. with Ladies Night. and went into the 80's dominated the record sales. and the charts.

  • @slamjackson2137
    @slamjackson2137 4 дні тому +7

    Man these guys were so humble and beautiful, such a rare live video from the golden days, much love. STAY KOOL!

  • @lazlomattachine8334
    @lazlomattachine8334 6 днів тому +14

    Just excellent! I opened for Kool and the Gang In the early 2000s; really nice guys and monster players! The horns here are outrageous sight

    • @Tobeouy
      @Tobeouy 17 годин тому

      Nice, what was the name of the band you played in when you opened for Kool and the Gang?

  • @funkythangzprod3446
    @funkythangzprod3446 4 дні тому +9

    Damn that felt good to watch and hear, thank God for the 70's music scene

  • @ronm6585
    @ronm6585 14 днів тому +25

    Right On! Thanks.

  • @davidnicholson6680
    @davidnicholson6680 13 днів тому +14

    Sick drums

  • @Catalogue2
    @Catalogue2 13 днів тому +87

    Cultural history. This should have a million likes by now.

    • @mysticakhenaton1701
      @mysticakhenaton1701 13 днів тому +3

      it will my friend, give it a little time. they just posted it.

    • @gregbattles4742
      @gregbattles4742 4 дні тому

      @@Catalogue2 mick jagger gets millions for every thing that's posted of him

  • @localbod
    @localbod 2 дні тому +3

    Absolutely fantastic music.
    I love this tune. Those guys were so tight together. What a groove.

    • @onemoremisfit
      @onemoremisfit День тому

      This hit the radio when I was a teenager, the first time I heard those tight-ass horns I was sold!

  • @pamharris990
    @pamharris990 14 днів тому +18

    Snazzie suits! I love them!❤

  • @Brainiac22
    @Brainiac22 14 днів тому +12

    Soooooo good! Saw them last year and they are still on point😎👍🏻👍🏻

  • @djizzah
    @djizzah 5 днів тому +44

    for young people listening, this is what a human with talent actually playing an instrument sounds like

    • @novacorps2468
      @novacorps2468 5 днів тому +6

      Not young people's fault. This speaks to how since the 80s, schools across the US gutted music programs, especially in the inner cities. Bands like this formed and learned music as teenagers in school.

    • @angelae5748
      @angelae5748 5 днів тому

      @@novacorps2468 Agreed! That's why organizations live the "Save The Music Foundation" are so important.

    • @bradscott4375
      @bradscott4375 4 дні тому

      Bingo!!!

    • @noname-ll2vk
      @noname-ll2vk День тому

      It's a myth this has anything to do with education. Anyone called to music will find their teachers in the previous generation. if you can't find your real teachers you weren't called and didn't look. Only dead music forms obsessed by formalism and technique need to be taught in school.

  • @kevinramsey417
    @kevinramsey417 14 днів тому +38

    How can you possibly not love music?

  • @spyderlogan4992
    @spyderlogan4992 12 днів тому +16

    Dig that Guild Stratford X-350~!...

    • @matty1953565962
      @matty1953565962 3 дні тому

      Yeah, I think he was playing through a Sunn Concert Lead amp.

  • @jamesbunch6066
    @jamesbunch6066 14 днів тому +22

    My nephew loved this song, he was only three, he would call me from Ohio to sing this to me.❤🎉🎉

    • @benk9947
      @benk9947 14 днів тому +8

      My son just turned 5 and he's obsessed with it as well! The hits are hits for a reason, I guess 🙂

  • @louiebee6745
    @louiebee6745 14 днів тому +14

    Prime 70s funk from Jersey's own Kool and The Gang!❤✌✊

    • @mysticakhenaton1701
      @mysticakhenaton1701 13 днів тому +2

      also known in New Jersey as the Jazziacs. before Kool & the gang.

  • @JimHTM
    @JimHTM 2 дні тому +1

    These guys were my favorite growing up at the skating rink, and still can’t be beat !

  • @Dr_Paul_Proteus
    @Dr_Paul_Proteus 14 днів тому +12

    They're dancing! Nice.

  • @aburningfirestudios1249
    @aburningfirestudios1249 10 днів тому +4

    These guys were absolutely awesome...and this song is badass.

  • @emberos
    @emberos 8 днів тому +3

    I can't ❤ this enough. Favorite Kool & the Gang song but, more than that, just the slice of time.💯

  • @RVA439
    @RVA439 14 днів тому +6

    Kool and the Gang " Wild and Peaceful", with this cut on it, was the first album I ever bought. I was in third grade. LOL!

  • @markminer7390
    @markminer7390 14 днів тому +10

    What a great band! Tight!!!

  • @ChiCan76
    @ChiCan76 14 днів тому +8

    What a treat to watch this tune performed live. Thank you Thank you!

    • @Jukkala
      @Jukkala 14 днів тому +3

      So glad it wasn't lip synched.

  • @unique74muzik
    @unique74muzik 14 днів тому +11

    Two for one on the same stage!!🔥 Ricky West era 🙏

  • @randyhernandez3952
    @randyhernandez3952 14 днів тому +25

    These are real musicians. They read music and know how to play a musical instrument. No pre-recorded drum machine, no synthesized samples. People who actually sing instead of talking.

    • @KeanonGilliamSlang369
      @KeanonGilliamSlang369 14 днів тому +1

      Sadly there are not funk bands anymore. Bands that sang and played their own instruments.

    • @sagaciousp5267
      @sagaciousp5267 13 днів тому +2

      They had to back then - no other way!

    • @novacorps2468
      @novacorps2468 5 днів тому +2

      This is because since the 80s, schools across the US, especially in the inner cities gutted music programs. Bands like these formed and learned their instruments while teenagers in school.

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne 14 днів тому +10

    Funky to the max!! 🎉😎🔥💜

  • @JohnnyJabrone
    @JohnnyJabrone 2 дні тому +1

    Absolutely groovin performance. Amazing

  • @daynmitchell7543
    @daynmitchell7543 14 днів тому +8

    Solid✊

  • @2s3s4s5s9s
    @2s3s4s5s9s 4 дні тому +4

    We used to dance hard back then! wearing striped pant and checkered shirts and polka dot blouses & paisley skirts. The 70s was the coolest and most exciting era of all times!!

  • @tinadevane5657
    @tinadevane5657 14 днів тому +8

    Jam on it 🎉❤❤❤❤

  • @margaretthayer8266
    @margaretthayer8266 3 дні тому +1

    What fun we had listening to Hollywood Swinging and all of their music! RIP to all who passed

  • @sgmares
    @sgmares 12 днів тому +4

    It was a dance hit at all the parties of the time, I flashed back to big parties my uncle used to through at his house….This song still jams big in October 2024! 💃🏽🕺🏼Straight Funky😁🙏🏽

  • @angelae5748
    @angelae5748 14 днів тому +5

    I've never seen Kool so young. And I never realized how cute he was.

  • @that70sgirl90
    @that70sgirl90 14 днів тому +16

    We could use some of this Good Ol' Funk from back in the day! Great dance music! 💃
    Happy Friday 🥳 Thank you for sharing! 💖

    • @GerardFrenchy59
      @GerardFrenchy59 14 днів тому +2

      This reminds me of the time I hit the dance floor every Saturday night at my local disco 😅Happy funky Friday, cheers 🍻💃

    • @that70sgirl90
      @that70sgirl90 13 днів тому +1

      @GerardFrenchy59 We did a lot of that back in the day! 💃 Cheers 🥂

    • @GerardFrenchy59
      @GerardFrenchy59 11 днів тому +1

      ​@@that70sgirl90Altough I practiced a lot it was soon clearly fast to me, that I never would be John Travolta😂🍻

    • @that70sgirl90
      @that70sgirl90 11 днів тому

      @GerardFrenchy59 All that matters is you got out there and had a lot of fun!! Besides... there can only be one John Travolta!! 🕺😄

    • @GerardFrenchy59
      @GerardFrenchy59 11 днів тому +1

      @@that70sgirl90 I had a lot of fun for sure😅I did it to impress the girls, but that also did not really work😢

  • @BigBass-xf5yi
    @BigBass-xf5yi 10 днів тому +3

    Such an awesome performance.
    And imho, one of the best “Band Names” ever.

  • @WordDustNYC
    @WordDustNYC 9 днів тому +3

    They are kids, incredible!! Simply the Best❤

  • @gavinmurray4884
    @gavinmurray4884 10 днів тому +3

    Always happy to see Bobby Womack!

  • @ctrlzyx2
    @ctrlzyx2 3 дні тому

    Very talented. Love the mix on this too.

  • @surgeneral108
    @surgeneral108 2 дні тому

    I'm from Youngstown Ohio, ...same place as these legends Robert and Ronnie Bell.
    RIP @ Ronnie and some others.

  • @ROLtheWolf
    @ROLtheWolf 14 днів тому +3

    LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this SONG!!!

  • @Beatles01able
    @Beatles01able 13 днів тому +3

    Bobby Womack had to get some of that funk (bongos) before he left the stage! 😂🔥

  • @2s3s4s5s9s
    @2s3s4s5s9s 4 дні тому +1

    Definitely in the Top 10 R&B Funk songs of all time!! And look at them! OMG! Kool looks like he's 12.

  • @DavidJones-kz6ik
    @DavidJones-kz6ik День тому

    Can you imagine getting to see this live and in person? I would have been overjoyed.

  • @cynthiamclellan6745
    @cynthiamclellan6745 День тому

    Great live performances - loved the Tarzan call🏆

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 14 днів тому +2

    I know I always say this in response to their vids,,, 🥳 they were FANTASTIC in concert a few years ago. EVERYONE was dancing along!!! GET DOWN ~ GET IT ON!!! 🎉😻

  • @isiaagbaru377
    @isiaagbaru377 10 днів тому +11

    The root of hip-hop.

  • @sparkspark2314
    @sparkspark2314 7 днів тому +2

    One of my all time favorite bands bar none!!!

  • @klepetar
    @klepetar 13 днів тому +4

    drummer wuz on fire!

  • @patrickdaly5068
    @patrickdaly5068 11 днів тому +3

    As if this song wasn’t too COOL already, the Tarzan yell toward the end capped it off. Awesome song!

  • @KATHLEENTAYLOR-im3mt
    @KATHLEENTAYLOR-im3mt 7 днів тому +1

    They look like babies! The clothes! But when they play they are the deal...so good!

  • @unknown6390
    @unknown6390 2 дні тому

    Never been so excited to see a live performance on this channel since King Crimson and Genesis. Holy smokes!

  • @ThomasGerard-kh5ib
    @ThomasGerard-kh5ib 13 днів тому +4

    I'm 68 years old white boy.I get down

  • @rgg7260
    @rgg7260 3 дні тому

    music styles are in a constant change, kools style lasted about 3 yrs, kids would break dance to jungle boogie, then disco, then punk rock, rock was still happening, and now rock has tappered off, country died off the airways, a new generation has come in and they seem to enjoy the new trend...aside from 90s, SEALS a kiss from a rose i cant remember a good song...

  • @MrBUSYMICK
    @MrBUSYMICK День тому

    This is awesome, so amazing that such footage exists, they look so young and that’s Bobby Womack introducing them isn’t it! Love Kool & the gang in those days takes me right back to when I was 16

  • @williamweiss6128
    @williamweiss6128 14 днів тому +3

    24/7 Spyz do a cover of this. Love them, too.

  • @TheSteveSteele
    @TheSteveSteele 2 дні тому

    Man, they sound good. Drummer is tight. Bassist is funky. One of my favorites.

  • @68weav
    @68weav 3 дні тому

    This is their BEST TIME in the music business in my opinion.

  • @ericjenney482
    @ericjenney482 16 годин тому

    The Jam, taking a beat or theme, and running with it, letting each member of the band express themselves… when was the last time you heard that from a slick and shiny new artist? Or Band? Because there are not bands anymore, only celebrities and personalities. I consider myself so lucky to have grown up in the 60’s and 70’s. Great clip. ❤

  • @twocents6363
    @twocents6363 10 днів тому +1

    Some of the best music ever!

  • @TheNoladrummer
    @TheNoladrummer 10 днів тому +1

    Everything about this is awesome!

  • @andrewbunting1460
    @andrewbunting1460 2 дні тому

    An amazing group of musicians at the top of their game. On fire!

  • @relativenormality
    @relativenormality 6 днів тому +1

    The live performance is obviously amazing but the different coloured suits are next level!

  • @guitaristssuck8979
    @guitaristssuck8979 13 днів тому +2

    Very touching and heartfelt lyrics, so deep!

  • @cellpat7392
    @cellpat7392 13 днів тому +2

    Amazing that Kool is the only band member alive of this founding lineup. RIP to the other members, you will all live on thru your music.

  • @torontorox
    @torontorox 10 днів тому +2

    Happy 50th Anniversary! ✌🧡

  • @mikethomas1960
    @mikethomas1960 3 дні тому

    Always the musicians;it's out last forevermore.

  • @kingstongreen1658
    @kingstongreen1658 День тому

    This is AMAZING 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @metalkatstudio
    @metalkatstudio 9 годин тому

    So funkin' good!

  • @JoeFerber
    @JoeFerber 3 дні тому

    OUTSTANDING performance!!!!!

  • @ronmanfredo9550
    @ronmanfredo9550 4 дні тому

    Now that’s groovin baby!

  • @billybob1723
    @billybob1723 7 днів тому +1

    Still sounds as good as it did in the 1970s.

  • @mattly2597
    @mattly2597 2 дні тому

    I like this song very much.

  • @jameslangford9347
    @jameslangford9347 12 днів тому +2

    More cowbell! As a fan of bass guitar I didn’t realize Kool is the bassist.

  • @stevesalt2921
    @stevesalt2921 3 дні тому

    What a groove!!!

  • @DJWOLFLIVE
    @DJWOLFLIVE 5 днів тому +1

    Real music by real cool musicians.

  • @Pulsonar
    @Pulsonar 3 дні тому

    50 years ago, it was a long time ago. But to some who grew up with this fantastic music it doesn’t seem anywhere as ancient to some in their 50s-60s in 1974 watching their favourite band from 1924. Same difference 50 years! Mind boggling to me at least.

  • @dhernanruiz
    @dhernanruiz 14 днів тому +8

    Hosted by Bobby Womack

  • @RoRo-dl3hd
    @RoRo-dl3hd 2 дні тому

    They’re a black Chicago! I love it!

  • @jesuscampos8136
    @jesuscampos8136 5 днів тому

    Freaking great song💪💥🎸

  • @MariaLucia-vl9oy
    @MariaLucia-vl9oy 13 днів тому +2

    ESPETÁCULO SWING DA MELHOR QUALIDADE.

  • @robertlange1772
    @robertlange1772 14 днів тому +1

    Musicians, artists, and performers! Live!

  • @newreast3904
    @newreast3904 5 днів тому

    Thank you HipHop for making me smart enough to appreciate such sounds and styles.

  • @Joe-wo7rg
    @Joe-wo7rg 3 дні тому

    Now this is a serious JAM!!!

  • @rwilliamsb007
    @rwilliamsb007 9 днів тому +1

    Yes dammit!!!! whoo hoo!!! THE REAL KOOL AND THE GANG!!! Not that watered down 80's mess!!!!