The Friends Of Distinction "Grazing In The Grass" on The Ed Sullivan Show
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Is it me, because I just can't take my eyes off the woman in the purple dress. She's like the energizer bunny; like she's grooving to a workout video, lol.
Barbara Jean Love...she was a perfofmance powerhouse and had a smile that lit up the stage.
Impossible to not fall in love with her after seeing this video. This video leads off my SOUL playlist and deserves to be.
Barbara Jean Love
Be badge & peace
She is adorable with stage prescence
No it's not you Brother
She's jammin
Party Animal
I love the fact that they look like they’re having fun! It makes me smile!
You'd be having fun too if you could get halfway through "I can dig it, you can dig it..." I wouldn't venture to even try the rest.
Any performer on the Sullivan show knows that if Ed asks you on, you have made it! You've grabbed the brass ring.
Ed wanted live vocals, no lip syncing, so they sang to their instrument track. Sounded every bit as good as the recording.
They are having fun, Kpitt 😊
@@whaheydelee 🤣🤣🤣
And the song is fun to listen to
I can watch this performance a million times in a row and never get tired of it
I just did....., watched it a million times, in a row, i mean...😁
I think I just did, too!
Oh Hell yes! I can dig it!👍✌️
Me too!
I never get tired of it too!
This almost brought me to tears... i miss the days of old
Me 2!
Same here
@@rievans57 Me 3.
Me 4
What's up with your MJ pic? 🤷🏽♀️😎
Jessica Cleaves singing the scat part, "rock-it-sock-it-to-me, sugar" - PRICELESS
She was doing it, then sigh after she scatted, I love it. Classic and great memories!!
She's so beautiful
She is just gorgeous. 😍😍😍😍😍😍
I can dig it
he can dig it
she can dig it
we can dig it
they can dig it
you can dig it
Sure is. A favorite
It sure looks like they were having a great time performing this song.
you took the words out of my mouth.
That’s called drugs
It sure does. and nothing but pure voice...no autotune, etc. Great singing all around!
@@SupermanA2K crazy some people don’t need drugs to be happy
@@Camquarters grow up
Right back to high school. Lying on the beach, the sun's warmth, the smell of suntan lotion, this song on someone's transister radio, gentle sound of waves, girls walking by, kids playing along the shoreline, a plane in the air, pulling an advertisement for Crazy Eddie's electronic stores. Life was good on that day.
Yeah.
YOU CANNOT LISTEN TO THIS AND BE SAD OR MAD. THIS IS SO JOYOUS, THEIR ENERGY IS INFECTIOUS. i wish the world can listen to this
I was about to comment the same thing. I got a smile on my face and a tear in the corner of each eye. Loving this!
I agree. This just brings me joy and keeps me smiling. We had so much fun when me my siblings back in the 70’s would try and sing along with them. I still along when ever I hear it on my local oldies station. And I still get winded. 😂
Truth Indeed
And see this.
I agree this song puts a smile on my face...
I could listen to this song ten times over & not get tired of it. I thank God I grew up in this era. We had great great music. Latin, soul & rock. The best.
Real Music up Town Philly
Same here! I can't count the number of times I have viewed this video
Real music from a "magic era"! I can dig it.
I was in hawaii 10 years old and heard this on KGMB AKU radio show
We sure did! The very best!
Barbara Jean Love's gap between her teeth along with that smile of hers makes her even more beautiful.
Something or someone was distracting her and she glanced to her right a few times during this performance. I have watched this a lot and just noticed this.
I thought that was Charlene Gibson?
@@3556111 Guys hitting on her with lusting looks form the audience, my guess
@@thatjpwing It is. I think?
@@zagozago9893 it is. There’s a photo from RCA promoting the album “Whatever” with Barbara Jean and Charlene standing next to each other. That’s definitely Charlene in the video. Barbara Jean is shorter than Jessica, Charlene is taller.
When I was 6 years old, I thought this was the best song I ever heard. I still think it’s pretty, darn cool!
This song is one of my all-time favorites from that era! Just so much joy and energy emanating from that song! LOVE IT!!!
Felicia Romero. u and I aren`t far apart in age. I`d just turned 7 in 1970 and listened to friends of distinction quite a lot. Now I see things differently than I did then.
It blew my mind the first time I heard it.
@@normaharrod5337 haha! You made me remember the first time I heard it. I was 13. I froze in front of our big old console stereo and couldn’t believe any song could be so cheery and fun. I begged for a dollar so I could run right out to the neighborhood record store and buy it that day.
I was 11 yrs old
This was an unbelievably talented group, very underrated.
When I researched them I was blown away to find out they were only together as a group for about 6 years, and in that short span they had major hits! What went wrong??
@@gregoryingram7561 I know what you mean . I wish that The Friends of Distinction , The 5th . Dimension , Sergio Mendes and the Brazil 66 , would get back together and put out some sho nuff jams yet again 🥹 .
Truth be told ..... this should have been done about 30 years ago !!!!!
@@gregoryingram7561the Fifth Dimension. They actually shared members. (sigh. I miss those days...)
52 years later this is still a timeless, great popular song.
In 1969, who was enjoying music from 1917?
Those of us who grew up with this music were so blessed, and took it SO much for granted. Fortunately the technology exists to allow it to live on forever.
My blessed mother. She was singing "Yes, sir, that's my baby" and she was dancing the Charleston in the kitchen in the 1960s. She was born in 1913!
I was 14 and living in NY. MOTOWN, CCR, Neal Diamond, and so many great bands. I played music, but the professionals played at the public spots, especially at the Grange Fair in Westchester. A band called, "The Intreagues" did this wonderful song. They did Grass Roots stuff too. I can not fathom where the time went. Music like this takes me to where I want to be.
My mom was born in 1918 and she seemed to like this song. But to answer your question, not many people were listening to the radio in 1917.
ha...my mom..born in 1933...knew music from 1910 as well as stuff like this...me too...I know loads of music from the 1800's...and this^^ as long as its good, its good...and timeless.
Grazing in the grass is a gas, baby can you dig it! Ahh, the memories of the 60s & 70s. 🌱
Ppl can say what they want about how you’re “living in the past” just because you are touched by such a song….1. It’s Human Nature 2. I was around during these times. I notice many ppl are affected in the same way as I am. Can’t be a mere coincidence. Art imitates Life and these tunes have a very positive, uplifting, feel to them.
And the birds are darting in and out of the trees, i can dig it
When music was music, not the BS that's out there today.
We have the advantage of Time on our side. Some day people will talk about Justin Bieber like we are talking about this!
This is a masterpiece, but there's a lot of good music out there nowadays. 65 and hear lots of new sounds all the time.
We had it all.
Makes me think of walking thru the park on a sunny day. Bell bottoms, sunglasses, wine and a little smoke. Yeah, I can dig it....
Heyyyy! 😎💗
out a sight !
Haaaaaa.....yeahh
Yeah it’s like a double entendre, just the obvious, enjoying nature or maybe something hallucinogenic..
Great memories to be cherished. Wonderful.
Wow! I was about 15 when I first saw and heard Billy And just knocked me out. Aside from James Brown I had not experienced such a raw music talent!
I am still listening to Grazing In The Grass on January 1, 2024. Hearing this song takes me back to 1970 when I was at Whitted Junior High School in Durham, North Carolina. I wish I had a Time Machine and I could go back to 1970. I didn't have a care in the world and I was young, attractive, and in good health. I am currently 68 years old soon to be 69 in June 2024 with aches and pains. Many of my Junior High and High School classmates are dead. I haven't seem most in over 50 years.😭
I'm 59 and I feel ya
The kids today with their healthy bodies will not have this music or your memories. You saw a time of history that may never be repeated or topped. Best wishes!
I'm right there with you, carlosbright9615 as every part of your comment applies to me as well. The music from our time keeps me going. The fact that Gen x, y, and z actually like our music says a lot about us, both the creators of our music, and the lovers of it. On a nice day, take whatever mode of portable music that you have, something to sit on, go outside, find a spot under some trees, put on "Grazing in the Grass," and watch as the sun is "beaming down..." Genius lyrics, by the way. I do this, and then listen to more of our music. Sometimes it makes me feel happy, sometimes sad, but somehow I always feel more energized. For a few minutes I don't feel almost 69. Our music is our time machine.
Carlos call them go find them you will be glad you did . We get together here in Edmonton Alberta with lots of old class mates and football guys . You wont regret it !!!
I turned 60 this year...so I figured I'm officially old. BUT I have found the fountain of youth, which alot of people our age are also doing...a Carnivore Diet. Pains and aches...and lots of other symptoms fall away. It's sad that we can't go back to those wonderful days, but you can start to relive thise much healthier, happier, and attractive days again...😊 Dr. Chaffee on YT is a GREAT place to start. 👍
The great Jessica Cleaves! Channeling her inner Josephine Baker in this performance.Continue to rest in musical greatness🌺🙏🏼🌺
51 years ago and it still sounds fantastic
Those girls could swing and dance! Watch them move. That was my era and I'm proud of it as well as millions of other fans of that era.
The kids of today don’t know what they missed ,not living in though days
Just look how mature and sophisticated the audience looks. Tastefully dressed.
Which is precisely what killed the program...60 middle aged White People in the frame...ONE YOUNG BLACK WOMAN...listening to a legendary Black Group...by April ‘71, CBS cancelled the show after 23 years on the air....the target audience was simply too old/too white
@@BarracusObamus I have a sneaking suspicion that in regards to the Ed Sullivan Show, it became a "familiarity breeds contempt" situation. For many years, Ed Sullivan was a Sunday-Night staple. There was an old joke that went "Why is everything closed on Sunday? For Church and Ed Sullivan." 10 million Americans tuned in to Sullivan every Sunday night.
But when you do that for nearly a quarter of a century, I dunno.... for whatever reason.... it wasn't as "hip" to appear on Sullivan. I suppose because by that point, there was a myriad of other, much more "with it" shows like Laugh In, The Smothers Brothers, The Hollywood Palace, Playboy After Dark.... so there was a heck of a lot more competition. Sullivan himself was never seen as being the voice of a generation; and while he was on the ball for most of his tenure, by 1969/1970, he was still having the same guests re-appear. Not sure if that was his choosing or the networks, though.
@@willdrucker4291 Not true at all in my opinion. If you read the book Marlo Lewis the long time producer wrote. There was a change in management at CBS. The new young baby CBS management executives ended the show.
They’re old!😂. Or look old. Where’s all the black people?!
@@paulsmith2279 🙄
Lead singer has a great voice. This is a fun group to watch. They’re very energetic.
Harry Elston is his name and he's a friend. I'll let him know of your sweet compliment.
The perfect summertime picnic song grazing in the grass by the legendary friends of Distinction
Most underrated R&B group of the late 60s and early 70s, everything is so clear you can feel it.. Classic.
and besides.... it's real, so real... and yes, I can dig it and feel it!! This is my jam!!!
Back when musicians actually wrote their music, those were the days
Well... At least the lyrics were writing aleast the lead singer. The rest of it is "Borrowed" to say the least.
@@thehouseofcha1nsaw_ Good catch. I well remember the instrumental composed by Philemon Hou and first recorded by the South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was certainly one of the shorter instrumental hits clocking in at less than 2 minutes.
Yeah and lip synching was an art.
@@williamharris6301 .......an art not practiced in this performance, since the vocals are live. Yes, they are.
Truth Indeed
Nobody today even has 1/10th this kind of talent.
Right on!
Alright, dude. Relax. This is an awesome performance, but don’t go and put every artist out there trying to make music down just because you got your nostalgia glasses on too tight.
Just because you cannot find it, does not mean it is not out there. Many artists that sign to a record deal may not release music to your and my liking, but I would hazard a guess that there are thousands of artists out there making the kind of music we like right this very minute. Just dig deeper than what is fed to the public.
@Terry Hawk just within the last decade artists like Babyface, Mary J Blige, En Vogue and Toni Braxton (just some examples) continue to put out music. Current artists like H.E.R., Nicole Bus, Robert Glasper, Jazmine Sullivan and The Internet put out quality music. Just because you prefer the older music doesn't mean the current music isn't good.
@Terry Hawk of the artists I listed, the cussing is minimal and the degradation of women is zero. Keep to your lies and fantasies though. I guess they help you sleep at night.
Those cats were really movin ! What a groove!!!
This song is even better watching them perform
The music speaks for itself so they don't have to perform in their underwear.
LOL. It should always be about the music and the performances. Nobody should try and shock the audience because you’re on stage with hardly anything on.
Good one!
The legendary Jim Gordon on the drums.
A VERY VERY powerful song. It’s like it came from another universe.
😂
You had heard the sound of the 70's r&b, and apart from 60's Motown sounds, I think.
Look kids it's called talent...
When music was music and entertainers were entertainers...
This song works no matter which "grass" they are referring to.
Those are two beautiful women ❤
...oh,yes...
Those were the days!!!
Why couldn’t I been born in this time, I would’ve had so much fun! The music, the styles, the art….a wonderous time because of us people’s❤
😊😊😊😊how you feel when you finally learn who sings a song you liked when you were little
The backing track is 100% studio, but the vocals are live. Fresh out of the studio they have every nuance etched into their memory, and they KNOW they are good.
Wow what happened to this world I’m born 1965 and this tune came out in the 70es I’m blessed to be born in the days when our woman didn’t have to be naked on stage and the men where in suits and clean having fun doing what they loved to do this new generation need to take a look back into time and learn from it and all the bands was live not all this new i toon my suggestion to any new band or group go back in time and learn from the true pros and legends
people who gave this song or will be giving this song a thumbs down just can't dig it!
Not even with a shovel.!!
Happy people singing a happy song. This is why I love music. It makes me feel good. x
Everything was so beautiful you can feel it.
we just dont have great talent like this anymore. what a shame.
No we don’t!
Okay, okay I will answer you already. Yes, I can dig it. I dig it now in 2024 just as I did in summer of 1969 at 11 years old.
The lady in the white gown is the real artist.
Jessica Cleaves was the truth!
Man they killed it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
HAPPY 85TH BIRTHDAY
HARRY ELSTON
(NOVEMBER 4, 2023)
This song and performance of it is not an oldie, it's a classic song from that era that will last forever.
This is a great song, and it will never get old. This is the first time I've watched the video of them performing it. They look like they really enjoyed doing this song.
REMEMBERING FLOYD BUTLER
(JUNE 5, 1937 - APRIL 29, 1990)
"FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION"
[06/05/2024]
This actually sounds like a live performance. It's GREAT!!!!
Ed Sullivan show watched every Sunday
I can dig it, he can dig it, she can dig it, we can dig it... It mat not be the most complicated lyrics in the world but the song is very deep.
If they played this song today on a teen pop station, it would be a hit once more. Once I play this song for anyone, it stays with them permanently.
Truth Indeed
This was the very first album I ever bought just for myself. I was only 13. I would go on to get every album they made. What I wouldn’t give to have to have all my old albums now. It’s hard to believe this group only lasted five years. By 1974 the ride was pretty much over. But what a ride.
Well said.
To Tee Arr Bee: Really? Do you think? today's teens? I'd hope and pray they could relate to this type of soul music sound. ---------------- I feel as if the youth have their culture purposely backfiring upon the good that was bestowed upon the communities of erstwhile.
When music was the Best.❤❤❤❤❤
i heard this song on an episode of FAMILY GUY, 5 minutes ago, i paused the show... so i searched it here in youtube.. my first time hearing it.. lovin' it... (FAMILY GUY SEASON 17 Episode 8)
I CAN DIG IT DIG IT DIG IT SHE CAN DIG IT WE CAN DIG IT THEY CAN DIG IT DIG IT DIG IT ROCK IT TO ME SOCK IT TO ME ROCK IT TO ME SOCK IT TO ME ROCK IT TO ME AND IT'S REAL SO REAL SO REAL SO REAL SO REAL SO REAL CAN YOU DIG IT CAN YOU DIG IT BABY!!!!!! I used to sing this to myself, people thought I was crazy. I was, for this song!
Always really liked this song.
I have always loved this song, and this performance is sheer joy. From back in the days when music actually made you feel GOOD.
I totally agree!
@@vw1649 ME TOO !!!!!
This song is great! The group is great! Music like this makes me feel happy. They sound so much like the 5th Dimention when doing this song. Also, a big shout out to Ed Sullivan.
So good. the best of the 1970s. i never knew the lyrics.
Can't beat a classic RIP Jessica Cleaves
I have always loved how much fun they were having with this performance!
One of my favorite songs all time, at 65 years old. ❤❤
Good Lord what a wonderful musical era that was! In the decade of the 1960's, the music world was in a beautiful cosmic trance that can never be duplicated.
I know my mother loves this song and now I do too
Never forget, "I can live without love....".
Music had changed for the worse. I always loved this song. Grew up on this music
They are having fun... They are a gas !!!
I remember this song in 1969 when I was doing what the title says. Good times.
Am I crazy, or will this song live on forever?
Miss you Jessica. Thanks for fearlessly sharing your joy with us.
Family Guy didn't bring me here.. I was 18 when they performed on Magic Ed's show.. how I miss those days.
One of the toughest songs to sing. Dig It!!!
I grew up on this music, what a gorgeous shot of positive music in my arm, the only vaccine I need!!!!!
I was just born as this song was coming out but its still one of my favorite songs. And the girl in white is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen
My senior year of high school great memories!
The drummer and bongo player, respectively are Ed Gordon and King Errisson of the incredible bongo band fame (bongo rock & Apache) two of the most sampled songs in hip-hop history! another fact; Ed Gordon, who had mental issues, not long after this recording was created, bludgeoned his mother to death. He spent almost 40 years in a mental institution before his death.
Jim Gordon. Played with a multitude of artist on many hits. He killed his mother in 1984. This song recorded in 1969.
The sun beaming down between the leaves 🍃 wooooooo!
And the bir-ir-ir-irds dartin' in and out of the trees 🕊
You have had to be alive during this time
When we just appreciated good
Music
The more I listen to 60's groups and solo singers, I realize how hip my mom was. I was born in the 60's and my parents had a massive record collection. Music was always present in my home growing up with my 2 sisters. My mom was super hip and had a lot of 60's music in her record library. Vinyl records.... she was more hip and stylish than my dad.. unfortunately she became a Covid victim in 2021.. I miss her dearly every day but I know she's with God now. This song by Friends of Distinction along with tons of Motown songs were part of what was heard in my home growing up. I remember as a small child watching some of the Ed Sullivan shows that had the pop singers of the 60's. I sometimes get misty-eyed watching this because it reminds me of my mom😢.
❤
I remember hearing this on the radio in 1969. I was 17. We used to be high and this would come on. We'd laugh and try to sing the, "I can dig it, they can dig it, dig it, can you dig it, baby..."
Classy, Happy, dressed to the nines and real music ! What happened to everything in society? Everything in music and TV went down the tubes. From Class to Trash. God the one in the white dress is so beautiful !
My girl Jessica Cleaves !!!! Love her !!!
The one in the white dress was GORGEOUS!!!!
Agree
The late Jessica Cleaves
damn she is really a stunner
@@kevingoins9858 I was wondering which one she was! Thanks for clarifying.
Jennifer Hudson
I remember this song as a child. Always loved it. They do not make good music like this anymore.
A fun song from the 60's
I can DIG IT !
An absolutely *INCREDIBLE* song.
*THANK YOU!*
oh, let me get in on that
@@Llawliet998where they go?
this group had some serious talent
I can play this over and over and it's just beautiful every time.
This is Music, that we all miss.
I got chills on my arms when the band played a part by themselves and the singers danced to it. The singers, the band, the whole thing was just phenomenal.
What a great song....and what gorgeous ,talented ladies!
CANNONBALL!
It's the Airbnb commercial song
When music was music
Thank GOD for youtube to see this