All these amazing funk bands from the 70s don't get enough airplay anymore, especially not in mainstream America. Ohio Players, Commodores, AWB, War, Parliament/Funkadelics, Isley Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, B.T. Express, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Labelle, Kool and the Gang, Minnie Riperton, and my all-time favorite Earth, Wind and Fire. These bands will always be an enduring part of me. So much joy, power, and unbridled sensuality.
@@user-jt9vp1un8x I had 6th row center tickets for Santana and Earth, Wind, and Fire this coming weekend at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in Tinley Park, IL but had to sell them because I had emergency surgery on my foot and can't walk on it and need to keep it propped up on pillows. I could just cry.
I think heaven was being a child growing up on this music and watching the grown folks have a good time while the children play. The family structure was strong back in these days. What happened? My heart breaks a little each time I listen to this song because I know that todays world has lost it's way. Wake up America!
Your comment is so true. I love those days and miss it so much. People were friendly there was love in the families neighbors sit on the porch and watch the children play we had fun people wasn't kill each other like they do today. We are together. We had fun there was not hate.
@@derwinlowery So true. But the way I bring it back to life, when I play my vinyls, cassettes, I even have a few 8 tracks. I'm also thankful for the internet for bringing UA-cam through the tube so I can look at concerts and see some of the musicians I never seen in person and the ones I have seen. With a glass of wine.
The 1970's was a beautiful time back then compare to now !!! If there's anyone with a Mothership that can travel back to that time, I'm aboard for the ride !!!
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Daaaaaaaaaaaaayum! Everything on this song jams. The bass is funky as hell, the piano is silky smooth, rim shot too crisp and vocals r like butta! OP has a sound that influenced SO many acts. (cameo, other live bands and artists singing/playing styles) And to think the basically went into the studio with a clean slate and just jammed. TRUE SOUL MUST BE LIKE THIS. IT MUST BE LIKE THIS. And ya gots ta love that afro, baby!
🎶 Heaven Is You! 🎶 God, this song sends chills up and down my spine! Wrap your love around me! I love and miss "The Ohio Players!" One of the most iconic bands from the 70's!💞
So much Soul artists must be making sweet music like in heaven, to name a few like Marvin Junior, Teddy Pendergrass, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Donny Hathaway, Luther Vandross, Teena Marie, Tammy Terrell, James Brown, Donald Byrd, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Whitney Houston, Melvin Franklin, Bobby Womack, Isaac Hayes, Phyllis Hyman, Mahalia Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Maurice White, can you see the picture now?
Songs today can't touch this! Notice the 'jazz' chords and the way the pianist is 'comping'. Also, the flutes and strings swaying in the background. Man, I always go back to this era (the 70's). Real music, real instruments, no auto tune........and the last chord....pure jazz!
This was one of the best and it is smooooooth! The funny thing is Sugarfoot never wanted to sing...After Juney left the group he was thrust into the lead!!
This group was incredible. I was knee-high chuck to a pup but I loved looking at those albums with that naked bald-headed chic. I know I was not the only kid intrigued with those albums. Just keeping it real.
AWWWWWWWWW Take me back to the yr.72 when my best friend &me would sit on the front porch in Mississippi & watch every one pass our house & call the radio station & request songs...this is one our very favorite songs we would sing & knew all the words...Omg how time flies...those were the good Ole days ...R.i.P.Debra J.Ford 😢❤❤❤❤❤
Legenday Musical Pioneers that influenced so many. Sugarfoot, there will never be another like you. You Influenced so many musicians that duplicated your style.
Was blessed to have seen them as a child at the Olympia stadium around 1976 in Detroit Michigan my father was a big fan and when they song this song The light hit what is known now as big disco ball so bits of lights started flying around the whole room and to a little kid (I was like about 7 so) yeah I thought I was in heaven for that moment for real and was fan from that point on
Jonathan Dennison; It won't be any of these guys..... They're all deceased of the original members....Greg Webster, last original members of the Ohio Players passed away in January 2022......
There were a lot great bands in the 70's....I mean alot...but the bands that influenced that era and defined the times....EWF, Funkadelic, The Ohio Players, Kool & The Gang, Bar-Kays, The Commodores, Average White Band,L. T. D., Cameo and The Isley Brothers....I'm sure there are more, but these BANDS were trend setters.....
Yo Sugar Foot is the man I remember listening to these dudes and all thei rslow joints to hear Sugar talkin that slick talk to the ladies he was the best! Nobody ad-libs like Sugar by the way they easily should be in the R&R Hall of Fame...
Heaven Must Be Like This this song is still a good song No matter how much time I was 15 years old when this song came out I'm 57 and I'm Still rocking like yesterday rest in peace Sugarfoot
These guys were awesome, but they never really got their "just due" from mainstream media in America. I grew up listening to their music, it is still great in today's world when new music like this is rear. Now, that I'm the "Big 60", I mainly like the song smooth jazz sounds they also produced. Songs like "Heaven Must Be Like This, Sweet Sticky Thing, Honey, I Want To Be Free" and a few more that are out there.
Just so many great bands at the time. Lotta really good bands never got exposure to the national audience. If you had friends to introduce you to the music you were lucky !!! I know that I was extremely lucky to be best friends with the nephew of the Commodores manager. Even they didn't get the same respect for the music as did Stevie , The Jacksons or Earth Wind and Fire .
LOLOLOLOL...Man, I LOVE THIS SONG!!! Like seriously, one of my favorite songs ever. But this has got to be the funniest lip synced performance ever. Sugarfoot not only couldn't keep up with the lyrics, but he wasn't bit more playing that guitar than I am LOL. Just holding it and profiling LOL. But I soooo love The Ohio Players. RIP Sugarfoot :-)
Sugarfoot has one of the top 5 Afros of all Time!
This is why the Ohio Players were a BAND, not a GROUP. Groups just sing and dance but BANDS did it ALL...and these cats were THE BOMB.
Right On😊
All these amazing funk bands from the 70s don't get enough airplay anymore, especially not in mainstream America. Ohio Players, Commodores, AWB, War, Parliament/Funkadelics, Isley Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, B.T. Express, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Labelle, Kool and the Gang, Minnie Riperton, and my all-time favorite Earth, Wind and Fire. These bands will always be an enduring part of me. So much joy, power, and unbridled sensuality.
Nubian people in general The grafted Devils make sure if that.
PREACH!!!!
@@user-jt9vp1un8x I had 6th row center tickets for Santana and Earth, Wind, and Fire this coming weekend at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in Tinley Park, IL but had to sell them because I had emergency surgery on my foot and can't walk on it and need to keep it propped up on pillows. I could just cry.
Yes Lord....they don't
Still being sampled
Man, this is probably their best song. This group is so under-rated.
Underrated? Man they were one of the lost sought after most popular bands of the early to mid 70’a!!
I wanna be free is
SO underrated!! 👍🏽
I grew up with them they were great!!!
What it is - my favourite track. The bass line is insane
Billy Beck on keyboards, Marshall "Rock" Jones on that bassline MADE this song and of course, Sugar on lead vocals! Classic cut!
Billy's piano and keyboard work on this thing is BEAUTIFUL
R.I.P. Sugarfoot❤
Real singers, real instruments, real talent and no AutoTune--ya gotta love it!!
Back in the day, a lot of groups played their own instruments & sung in the group. Pure talent!!
THAT WAS AWESOMENESS !
@@davep1103 Satch's flute &
Billy Beck on the piano was amazing!!!
𝓨𝓮𝓼 𝔂𝓮𝓼
Right cuz they actually had talent
You must be to young to know all the groups o n the 70s played there own instruments.
Let's start a "Fire!" And get The Ohio Players inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!”
This is what is called good music where you can hear all the instruments playing. Skills
Yeah close your eyes and drift away to that melancholy spot
Fa sho
Oh yes and the keyboards..took you to another level! 🎹
Wow what a man and guitar player....only Sugarfoot
Y'all see and hear the giant on keyboards? Heavenly!!🙂🥂
Facts
YESSSSSS
Billy Beck was cold blooded on those Keys boy!
Yes sir.
Those keyboards and that piano are what really makes this whole song drift away
@@terrillmyles5239 He is STILL Amazing
Master pianist
He sure was! I especially agree! 💯
Ohio Players' music ageing like fine wine ❤
I think heaven was being a child growing up on this music and watching the grown folks have a good time while the children play. The family structure was strong back in these days. What happened? My heart breaks a little each time I listen to this song because I know that todays world has lost it's way. Wake up America!
I say the same.
True indeed.
Your comment is so true. I love those days and miss it so much. People were friendly there was love in the families neighbors sit on the porch and watch the children play we had fun people wasn't kill each other like they do today. We are together. We had fun there was not hate.
Rap music killed good music and black culture
@@derwinlowery So true. But the way I bring it back to life, when I play my vinyls, cassettes, I even have a few 8 tracks. I'm also thankful for the internet for bringing UA-cam through the tube so I can look at concerts and see some of the musicians I never seen in person and the ones I have seen. With a glass of wine.
Rest in peace and paradise Sugarfoot!!
The 1970's was a beautiful time back then compare to now !!! If there's anyone with a Mothership that can travel back to that time, I'm aboard for the ride !!!
OH! HOW I WISH 😢
Master musicians that could playyyyyy!
This was the "bomb" back in the day, talking about slow dancing!!!! I'm very surprised no one has remade it!!!! I love the Ohio Players!!!
Morgan Hood de Angelo remade it
REMEMBERING BASS PLAYER MARSHALL "ROCK" JONES (JANUARY 4, 1941 - MAY 27, 2016) [05/27/2016]
no. He is still alive at age 75!
no he passed away
His birthdate and transition date are posted.
powerofpeace7
His birthdate and transition date are posted.
BEASTS! Damn this sounds perfect 40 plus years later!
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You know the song is heavy when the DANCERS don't dance but are in a trance you dig
There's no comparison to this authentic music. Grew up on this and still listen even now! The absolute best music of our time!
Raised by a southern parent in New York this is all I heard... Now as an adult i have a great appreciation for this music... Love this song!
Oh i loved the Ohio players my sister played them every day growing up
Daaaaaaaaaaaaayum! Everything on this song jams. The bass is funky as hell, the piano is silky smooth, rim shot too crisp and vocals r like butta! OP has a sound that influenced SO many acts. (cameo, other live bands and artists singing/playing styles) And to think the basically went into the studio with a clean slate and just jammed. TRUE SOUL MUST BE LIKE THIS. IT MUST BE LIKE THIS. And ya gots ta love that afro, baby!
🎶 Heaven Is You! 🎶 God, this song sends chills up and down my spine! Wrap your love around me! I love and miss "The Ohio Players!" One of the most iconic bands from the 70's!💞
💯👏 💕💞💕💞This is the best description for this song!!! Every time I hear it I can't stop shaking me head!💞
REMEMBERING SAXOPHONE/FLUTE PLAYER CLARENCE "SATCH" SATCHELL
(APRIL 15, 1940 - DECEMBER 30, 1995) [04/15/2018]
Billy B is so cool on that Piano (Fender Rhodes)
Back in the day The Ohio Players were known for their Funk.....this was a so refreshing ❤
So much Soul artists must be making sweet music like in heaven, to name a few like Marvin Junior, Teddy Pendergrass, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Donny Hathaway, Luther Vandross, Teena Marie, Tammy Terrell, James Brown, Donald Byrd, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Whitney Houston, Melvin Franklin, Bobby Womack, Isaac Hayes, Phyllis Hyman, Mahalia Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Maurice White, can you see the picture now?
Songs today can't touch this! Notice the 'jazz' chords and the way the pianist is 'comping'. Also, the flutes and strings swaying in the background. Man, I always go back to this era (the 70's). Real music, real instruments, no auto tune........and the last chord....pure jazz!
This was one of the best and it is smooooooth! The funny thing is Sugarfoot never wanted to sing...After Juney left the group he was thrust into the lead!!
Sugar foot was the brain child behind OP and so many other artist. He was the Babyface/Quincy Jones of his era.
No.
This what I'm talking bout. 😍😘
This is back then when music sounded great!
This group was incredible. I was knee-high chuck to a pup but I loved looking at those albums with that naked bald-headed chic. I know I was not the only kid intrigued with those albums. Just keeping it real.
One of the most mellow songs ever!
On sunny, pretty days I open the top and blast this. 🔥🔥🔥
Sugar Foot and that keys arrangement and that bassline..oh man
AWWWWWWWWW Take me back to the yr.72 when my best friend &me would sit on the front porch in Mississippi & watch every one pass our house & call the radio station & request songs...this is one our very favorite songs we would sing & knew all the words...Omg how time flies...those were the good Ole days ...R.i.P.Debra J.Ford 😢❤❤❤❤❤
Genius. Total classic!!!!!!!!
Legenday Musical Pioneers that influenced so many. Sugarfoot, there will never be another like you. You Influenced so many musicians that duplicated your style.
YESSSSSS
Real musicians on every instruments something u will never ever see again
Beautiful.
I used to see this legendary band back in the 70s whenever they came to town.
See the music is making you feel good, we had everything.
SUGAR FOOT OWN THIS! HE HAD TO BE ONE OF THE KOOLEST SMOOTHEST GENTS OF HIS TIME.
I as well as all my brothers and sisters Miss this time of Life where everything and everyone was different a much peaceful time
YESSSSSS I feel ya 😪
Growing up listening to the Ohio Players music was good, and I always liked their smooth style and their hair too.
Was blessed to have seen them as a child at the Olympia stadium around 1976 in Detroit Michigan my father was a big fan and when they song this song The light hit what is known now as big disco ball so bits of lights started flying around the whole room and to a little kid (I was like about 7 so) yeah I thought I was in heaven for that moment for real and was fan from that point on
The best band I remember this days...????
This song is so mellow. Melanin Meditation Music.
Damn i love this song.
They were incredible. A reunion is so needed!
Unfortunately most of the group members are all gone now
Jonathan Dennison; It won't be any of these guys..... They're all deceased of the original members....Greg Webster, last original members of the Ohio Players passed away in January 2022......
And THIS, ladies and gentlemen is what we call CLASSIC MUSIC!! it stands the test of time..
There were a lot great bands in the 70's....I mean alot...but the bands that influenced that era and defined the times....EWF, Funkadelic, The Ohio Players, Kool & The Gang, Bar-Kays, The Commodores, Average White Band,L. T. D., Cameo and The Isley Brothers....I'm sure there are more, but these BANDS were trend setters.....
Exactly! 💯
The sweet and sour taste of Love we just made.......Real music
He was magnificent
I really love the whole 70's Funk and soul sound and music. Really digging the vibes sounds and bands. SOOOOOOOOOOO good :)
Baddest Fro in the Business ..
REAL MUSIC ,
the best soulful love song to ever be conceived in my childhood back in the seventies! i still love it..
Yo Sugar Foot is the man I remember listening to these dudes and all thei rslow joints to hear Sugar talkin that slick talk to the ladies he was the best! Nobody ad-libs like Sugar by the way they easily should be in the R&R Hall of Fame...
I love this video! Sugarfoot was just do smooth!
Heaven Must Be Like This this song is still a good song No matter how much time I was 15 years old when this song came out I'm 57 and I'm Still rocking like yesterday rest in peace Sugarfoot
Billy Beck on dem keys
cherio70 Billy Beck Youngstown Ohio.
The piano keyboard parts on this song are just BEAUTIFUL
R.I.P SugarFoot, Thanks for bringing Haeven on Earth.....Rock on Brotha!
I loooove this song!
So many memories. .
Old silky soul music with a touch of jazz
MY GREATEST BAND OF THE GOLDEN DAYS ERA....NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER...O.H.I.O. PLAYERS💪👑👍✌000
love this song!!!
R.I.P. Don Cornelius
These guys were awesome, but they never really got their "just due" from mainstream media in America. I grew up listening to their music, it is still great in today's world when new music like this is rear. Now, that I'm the "Big 60", I mainly like the song smooth jazz sounds they also produced. Songs like "Heaven Must Be Like This, Sweet Sticky Thing, Honey, I Want To Be Free" and a few more that are out there.
Just so many great bands at the time. Lotta really good bands never got exposure to the national audience. If you had friends to introduce you to the music you were lucky !!! I know that I was extremely lucky to be best friends with the nephew of the Commodores manager. Even they didn't get the same respect for the music as did Stevie , The Jacksons or Earth Wind and Fire .
Exactly Sam!! 💯
Those are great songs and make my heart sing every time I listen to them.
LOLOLOLOL...Man, I LOVE THIS SONG!!! Like seriously, one of my favorite songs ever. But this has got to be the funniest lip synced performance ever. Sugarfoot not only couldn't keep up with the lyrics, but he wasn't bit more playing that guitar than I am LOL. Just holding it and profiling LOL. But I soooo love The Ohio Players. RIP Sugarfoot :-)
If I remember correctly, not many artists really played on Soul Train.
@@ANDESI1 Exactly!! Soultrain was mostly all Lipsincs. Only a small amount of artists wouldn't allow lipsinced performances.
even ppl who dont know about the OHIO PLAYERS, remember Suga and his HAIR
OLD SKOOL STAND UP!!
This hit here is so sweet it made you.Think that this was heaven in the 70 '.
Listening in 2023 ! My parents made me dj these songs… new appreciation for this era
This song is a timeless masterpiece. ❤2024
SOUL POWERFUL!!! 💕💕💕SOUL FUNKY!!! 👊🏾SOUL MAGIC!!! 👊🏾SOUL BROTHERS!!!👊🏾💕😎Blessings
Dag I forgot HOW GOOD they Really were and still are....Memories ...Thanks OPs
Thank you so much for posting this...
The Ohio Players are the best...
I love this music, and the Fro, coolest hair trend of all times.
Yo the Piano player is grooving in his own world
Yep that Billy Beck
For sho! He was the best! 💯💖💯
BILLY IS KILLING THIS SHIT 👍 his whole approach on this piece is a vibe to itself
So proud of this. I’m from Dayton and Sugarfoot was a friend of my dads and I grew up around Zapp and Roger. So much talent from my city!
I had the honor of seeing them live wow off the chain as they say today
My father was strictly into jazz. I was shocked when he told me he like this, he heard it on WJZZ in Detroit. RIP Dad❤
Love this song !!! :-)
THE WHOLE ALBUM IS SUPERB JUST DARN RIGHT BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL, HEAVEN MUST BE LIKE THIS
One of their most beautiful songs, sensual, and amazing.
i love the Players!!
I really enjoy this song, I told my boyfriend that I wanted to have this song on our honeymoon night
Where did our love go:
OLD SCHOOL FOREVER
THEY CUT MUSIC OUT THE SCHOOLS
gives me CHILLS
STILL
2020, I am still listening. who else
Real Music, Real Musicians..., Good Ole Slow Sexy Funk..
REMEMBERING LEROY "SUGARFOOT" BONNER (MARCH 14, 1943 - JANUARY 26, 2013) [03/14/2016]
Dude cool as hell.
Sugar foot was a bad boy
Man I miss these groups from the 70's best music in my lifetime.
Being From The Funk Capital Ohio grew up on Ohio players r.i.p.
Songs aside, these guys were great jazz musicians. They understood music!
YESSSSSS