Wild Cherry Play That Funky Music REACTION I'm SHOOK this is not what I expected!

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  • Wild Cherry Play That Funky Music REACTION I'm SHOOK this is not what I expected!
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  • @marysweeney7370
    @marysweeney7370 4 роки тому +1151

    Back then, there was no "our music" and "your music". There was lots of cross over and people sang and performed they liked. that is why the 60's and 70s were so heavy with hits and musical innovation.

    • @miketaylorID1
      @miketaylorID1 4 роки тому +59

      Mary Sweeney 💯😁. We all had it so good and didn’t even know it! ✌🏼

    • @robynanthony8487
      @robynanthony8487 4 роки тому +18

      Sooo true!

    • @utGort
      @utGort 4 роки тому +74

      Actually it was the lack of autotune. People had to use actual talent.

    • @juliedempsey6011
      @juliedempsey6011 4 роки тому +9

      @@utGort rarity now

    • @waynepurcell6058
      @waynepurcell6058 4 роки тому +15

      There was the "Great Flip Flop" (as I call it) that happened in the late fifties/early sixties. White beatniks were writing poetry and placing it over bongo drums and simple folk guitar licks. It's like black people took that and ran with it (evolving into rap/hip hop). Black people had the blues and jazz. White kids liked it and took THOSE up and ran with it (evolving into the various rock genres). It was like a really weird time in music history.
      Pre mid sixties nearly all my guitar and music heros are black. Things are almost 50/50 split in the late sixties. After 1970 90% of my guitar and music heros are white. I never got into the beatnik poetry music any more than I got into (most) later rap/ Hip Hop. When it comes to black music give me some Lightin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Hendrix, Louis Armstrong ect. I LOVE that stuff. Hell I can't recall the name of even ONE white beatnik poet and the only rap I like is some Ice T, Snoop, and NWA because they often hit the "genuine life" feels button in me.

  • @BeligerentPaladin
    @BeligerentPaladin 4 роки тому +369

    After looking at the comments here, I want to say that I still think that most of us aren't concerned about race/ethnicity. Agitators keep trying to make us divided. We can't let them succeed.

    • @lena-mariag.louis-charles3579
      @lena-mariag.louis-charles3579 3 роки тому +20

      Well said!💕

    • @EastCoastGal66
      @EastCoastGal66 3 роки тому +15

      We that love our brother in this life don’t listen to division, we just keep loving our neighbor as ourself. Help each other in this life, life is too short for any form of prejudice or hate! When it happens to anyone, It feel horrible! God is Love!

    • @carriefranklin971
      @carriefranklin971 3 роки тому +8

      Absolutely true.

    • @emilyflotilla931
      @emilyflotilla931 3 роки тому +7

      Amen!

    • @johnnytolley673
      @johnnytolley673 3 роки тому +4

      Amen

  • @martintabony611
    @martintabony611 4 роки тому +510

    When I was a kid in the 70s there was only two kinds of music. Music you like and music you don't

    • @mr.bluebird6544
      @mr.bluebird6544 3 роки тому +1

      Liked = pretty much everything; didn't like = disco (was that music?)

    • @williamlong8859
      @williamlong8859 3 роки тому +7

      @@mr.bluebird6544 replace disco with country i concur.

    • @williamlong8859
      @williamlong8859 3 роки тому +12

      and the so called cultural appropriation was sharing and enjoying ,whilst celebrating our differences and embracing our fellow man & woman their culture and dreams in the melting pot of America as equals.
      That's the 60's & 70's of my childhood.

    • @popbroussard9601
      @popbroussard9601 3 роки тому +2

      I'm with u. That's how we did it in the 70's where I'm from

    • @darryltyree4075
      @darryltyree4075 3 роки тому +1

      Generation X rules!

  • @lesliemeola8209
    @lesliemeola8209 4 роки тому +958

    He is a brother ...he just happens to be white... we are all brothers and sisters

  • @ronnieburns4554
    @ronnieburns4554 4 роки тому +345

    This is when Music had no COLOR!!! Man I miss those days.

    • @checkpointchecky9665
      @checkpointchecky9665 3 роки тому +9

      Me to I am white my first 45 record was James Brown

    • @robertstdon9280
      @robertstdon9280 3 роки тому +6

      Just like when they thought Elvis was black back then .

    • @crystaljones6433
      @crystaljones6433 3 роки тому +4

      Yes!

    • @clairepod1
      @clairepod1 3 роки тому +1

      No colour??? Ever heard of The Chitlin Circuit?

    • @katiescarlett5249
      @katiescarlett5249 3 роки тому +4

      No color, but really talented musicians. They could play well and sing with no autotune!

  • @danielfarrell574
    @danielfarrell574 3 роки тому +36

    That was when music had no color, it spoke to everyone equally and gave love to you regardless of skin color, it accepted you for who you are. And everybody could relate and get into it.

  • @joelockard7174
    @joelockard7174 4 роки тому +427

    Regardless what people say...soul has no color my friend.

    • @julies5515
      @julies5515 3 роки тому +5

      We all have soul just gotta find it.

    • @poloponies3930
      @poloponies3930 3 роки тому +6

      Right on !!!!!!!!!!

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 3 роки тому +6

      They thought Elvis Presley was black also until they saw him in person!

    • @BootedIV
      @BootedIV 3 роки тому +2

      @@tenhirankei I thought Tony Joe White was black when I first heard Polk Salad Annie.

    • @eugenebentley418
      @eugenebentley418 3 роки тому +2

      Correction, soul is all colors.

  • @tree123169
    @tree123169 3 роки тому +4

    This is a good example of music bringing people together. I love this song, the 70's had a lot of great music. Not that today doesn't, but I think do to it being a part of my childhood I have a special place in my heart for the 70's.

  • @bridgetsclama
    @bridgetsclama 4 роки тому +158

    Back in the 60s and 70s, there was a TON of "fusion" music bands. You'd hear jazzed rock, rocking country, soul rock, etc. We may be old today, but we had the best music hahahahaha!

    • @barbaragaona7785
      @barbaragaona7785 2 роки тому +3

      Amen! I just celebrated my 70th. My son had a surprise party and guess what music he played? Yep, all the funky music from the 70s. I can still get down, as we used to say. 🙏 🎶 ❤

  • @taichi29
    @taichi29 4 роки тому +38

    The 70's, and the 80's was a amazing time for music. Anybody can listen, and perform any type of music no matter what nationality you are.

    • @phyllishatcher7590
      @phyllishatcher7590 3 роки тому

      1

    • @bob513993
      @bob513993 3 роки тому +1

      The only barrier was “Are you good?” In a time before auto tune and shit, you were either great or you weren’t, and it was obvious which was which once a band set foot on a live stage.

  • @martingonzales7424
    @martingonzales7424 4 роки тому +428

    Yup that's Wild Cherry. Your reaction to the main singer being white was so funny. A lot of people had the same reaction when they found out that the Righteous Brothers where white.

    • @stephanietip
      @stephanietip 4 роки тому +11

      And Humble Pie.Dont forget Steve Marriott

    • @taun856
      @taun856 4 роки тому +24

      Or Charlie Pride being black!

    • @Exxeron-ob3tv
      @Exxeron-ob3tv 4 роки тому +8

      That moment when I first saw CCR...

    • @thisisme2476
      @thisisme2476 4 роки тому +7

      Don't forget Three Dog Night...

    • @paulsmallriver6066
      @paulsmallriver6066 4 роки тому +11

      How about The Average White Band?

  • @sabrinapittsley2304
    @sabrinapittsley2304 3 роки тому +15

    One of my favorite dancing tunes from the 1970’s. Wish I could go back there. People were better to each other.

  • @jackfiamingo9180
    @jackfiamingo9180 4 роки тому +304

    I was 18 when this was on the radio. There were no restrictions on what style music that radio station played. We all listened to everything. Seems like we've been heading in the wrong direction since then.

    • @cindyknudson2715
      @cindyknudson2715 4 роки тому +5

      Agreed.

    • @michaelwolgroch958
      @michaelwolgroch958 4 роки тому +5

      Yep. I'm the same age and, unfortunately, you're right.

    • @DeanMachine16
      @DeanMachine16 4 роки тому +11

      Yeah, pre-video music used to be about feeling the music. Today it's all more about identity and politicized messages. If this band came out with this today, they'd likely be accused of cultural appropriation and get cancelled. Sad.

    • @sarsippious3028
      @sarsippious3028 4 роки тому

      Why do you let the radio determine what you listen to?

    • @barbaravance6774
      @barbaravance6774 4 роки тому +6

      I was 6. But, I remember my Mind m and her friends playing the Hell out this song! We lived in Germany at the time. And every Friday night the neighbors would open their doors to our stairwell. And they would party up and down the stairs all 8 families. We had 4 huge speakers and my Stepdad would put them in the doorway and blast it.😆 Gotta love military housing!

  • @lynw1623
    @lynw1623 4 роки тому +64

    I am a little tired of people owning “Soul” by skin colour. Seriously ? You either have it or you don’t regardless of ethnicity or skin colour. People need to grow up bigtime.

  • @elmoelms2743
    @elmoelms2743 4 роки тому +217

    When I was growing up in the U.K. as a young man we had lots of groups which were a mixture of black and white guys and nobody took any notice. It’s only in the last 20yrs that there has been a segregation of groups

    • @grimeybeast1465
      @grimeybeast1465 4 роки тому +13

      Thanks to Critical Race Theory.

    • @vondefeo8586
      @vondefeo8586 4 роки тому +5

      Yes we are much more diverse in music in the UK

    • @DeltaEchoGolf
      @DeltaEchoGolf 4 роки тому +1

      The separation started in the late 60's. That's why many people have a problem with most black artist or groups being inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. They don't consider it rock. Especially anything after the late 70's. Meaning disco and rap. But this would also apply to many "white" bands and artist of the 70's. What was termed as soft rock.

    • @christinehomer2185
      @christinehomer2185 3 роки тому

      Race was never thought about.We all liked the same music and got on just fine.

  • @jnlaf
    @jnlaf 3 роки тому +6

    The midnight Special..what a great show...great groups. performers every week..

  • @jabreck1934
    @jabreck1934 4 роки тому +314

    Sly and the Family Stone kind of started things. A lot of bands in the 70s and 80s were not restrained by color.
    The best ERA of music

    • @markhardwicke5345
      @markhardwicke5345 4 роки тому +13

      YES! Sly and the Family Stone are severely ignored by today's generation. Start with "Thank You" and go from there

    • @SomeRandomOldFatGuy
      @SomeRandomOldFatGuy 4 роки тому +3

      Yes yes yes yes yes yes

    • @knearhood8
      @knearhood8 4 роки тому +5

      still listen to Sly greatest hits album

    • @gwillis01
      @gwillis01 4 роки тому +4

      @@markhardwicke5345 Another vote for listening to anything by Sly and the Family Stone

    • @debraking5128
      @debraking5128 4 роки тому +2

      Yes love the Sly. The 70’s were the greatest to be a teen

  • @rojohe
    @rojohe 3 роки тому +3

    Bands like Wild Cherry, Average White Band, Ohio Players, Earth, WInd & Fire, Parliament, etc. bring back fond memories of days long gone. Back then we had American Bandstand, Soul Train, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, and Burt Sugarman's Midnight Special. Thanks for the video.

  • @dianecomly6132
    @dianecomly6132 4 роки тому +77

    The 70s were so great for all music. I'm so glad I was a teenager then!

    • @SacredWaves
      @SacredWaves 3 роки тому +1

      I was born in 74. My Mom always said I was born 15 years too late. The 60s, 70s, and 80s... Good times, great music. Sad I missed it in real time...

    • @Rita.R
      @Rita.R 3 роки тому +1

      Totally agree. Those were the days.👍😊

    • @davidkilby1043
      @davidkilby1043 3 роки тому +1

      Except for disco!

    • @timparker9629
      @timparker9629 3 роки тому +2

      Amen brother

    • @jahmarsshiva5064
      @jahmarsshiva5064 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah greet days back then.

  • @58fcorley
    @58fcorley 3 роки тому +7

    Oh, my, The Midnight Special, how I loved that show. "Play that funky music right, boy!"

  • @Mainecoonlady.
    @Mainecoonlady. 4 роки тому +185

    My generation of 60s, 70s and 80’s had no color in music. Altering the song in some frat perversion is criminal. Our music was amazing and totally inclusive. Rock music was born in gospel music. It came up slow and created history along the by developing genres within the sound. Hurts my heart to know it’s been tampered with...

    • @baneblackguard584
      @baneblackguard584 4 роки тому +6

      +1 music was just music, growing up in the 70's and 80's we all listened to everything.

    • @joeterp5615
      @joeterp5615 3 роки тому

      Nah, probably just guys having fun enjoying it. Listing to much rock and music from the 60s and 70s, it’s not slways easy to make out the lyrics. Not exactly like listening to the crooners of the 40s and 50s lol! But who cares? Many many songs I enjoy singing lyrics I do know, humming others, and yeah, perhaps even making up my own if I can’t tell what their saying! It’s all good joyous fun!

  • @louierivera7512
    @louierivera7512 2 роки тому +1

    “Yo, what?” … dude your expressions and reactions are priceless!! 👍🏻

  • @pamelacoyer7435
    @pamelacoyer7435 4 роки тому +112

    We NEVER thought back then “you stole our music” or vice versa. That’s something more recent. It was all new music and sounds and it didn’t matter who by. This was a great upbeat song!!

    • @pandapeep1148
      @pandapeep1148 3 роки тому +2

      Back then, it was a sign of respect if you played a different genre of music. But then there were many variety shows on tv where guests who performed all types of music would perform with country stars, pop stars, etc. and it was cool to see the crossover. Some of the best performances in music history resulted.

    • @rbb9753
      @rbb9753 8 місяців тому

      My grandfather always blamed it on “old woman of both sexes”. Can’t say he’s wrong.

  • @bekindandrewind1422
    @bekindandrewind1422 3 місяці тому +1

    I am so glad that you enjoyed it.. Dear God do I miss the 70s and early to mid 80s when everyone enjoyed music without being divided into "our" music vs "their" music.. and what I wouldn't give to go back to that... When EVERYONE could just be who they were and enjoy what they liked...

  • @DavidB-2268
    @DavidB-2268 4 роки тому +306

    I don't know why anyone is surprised, it's right there in the lyrics: "Play that funky music, white boy"

    • @AD270479
      @AD270479 4 роки тому +23

      Still doesn't necessarily mean the guy/band singing is white. It could be a band of black guys encouraging white folk to put some funky/soul music on.

    • @DavidB-2268
      @DavidB-2268 4 роки тому +13

      @@AD270479 except it isn't. The song is sung in the first person. And it's what's being said to him.

    • @AD270479
      @AD270479 4 роки тому +10

      @@DavidB-2268 I know it isn't, but based on just the part you quoted. And just listening to that line in the song. It could be what I pointed out. It's only obvious to you because you knew it wasn't.

    • @Organicme1
      @Organicme1 4 роки тому +2

      @@AD270479 lmao

    • @chrisfarmer8993
      @chrisfarmer8993 4 роки тому +2

      And he did!

  • @ossier2796
    @ossier2796 3 роки тому +1

    I’m 70 and I remember dancing to this song. Love it.

  • @frankrossi6972
    @frankrossi6972 4 роки тому +33

    The lead singer said this is based on a true story. He was fronting a rock band at some gig, and during a break, some black audience members yelled up to the stage, "Can't you play some funky music?"

  • @patriciaburgess4257
    @patriciaburgess4257 3 роки тому +11

    I still remember Wild Cherry being on The Grammy's when this song was out. Great times!!! I can't stand The Grammy's now because it's all about who can dance the most seductive.

  • @ImaBlack1969
    @ImaBlack1969 4 роки тому +124

    If you like Wild Cherry, you'll love KC and the Sunshine Band. Pick anything.

  • @scottstockdale3674
    @scottstockdale3674 4 роки тому +6

    Love your reaction! Major one hit wonder but a timeless classic. I was 13 and remember when it came out.

  • @amookable
    @amookable 4 роки тому +117

    First time seeing you. Like your style. Great party music with this one.
    50 year old white guy in Wisconsin - driving a convertible last summer with this song playing loud enough to hear and groovin' in the appropriate fashion.
    Stopped at a light. I look to my left to see three young black fellas watching me and smiling -
    What can a man do? They laughed. I laughed, did the car seat dance and got my hands up in the air. Impromptu 70's funk dance party. Probably my favorite stop light wait of all time.

    • @skwervin1
      @skwervin1 4 роки тому +20

      50 year old white lady and her teenage daughter rocking out to 70's rock in peak hour traffic, volume up and windows down, seat dancing and jiving away. Got so many thumbs up from fellow drivers and some wound down their windows to join in! Best peak hour trip in Melbourne that morning!!

    • @terriertz6837
      @terriertz6837 4 роки тому +3

      I've lived in WI my entire life.

    • @dantreadwell7421
      @dantreadwell7421 3 роки тому +5

      Funk and Soul don't care. Blues don't care either. You got it or you don't. As the man said, "Love, Peace, and Soul".

  • @TheEkimssor
    @TheEkimssor 3 роки тому +1

    Bro just another sign that soul and talent transcend all cultures.

  • @dillonlogan1125
    @dillonlogan1125 4 роки тому +32

    My dad went to a largely Black high school in the late 70’s and always told me they played this song in the locker room to make him sing. He said it was one of his fondest high school football memories.

    • @shawnsmith1865
      @shawnsmith1865 3 роки тому +2

      that is EPIC!!

    • @warrenstemphly5756
      @warrenstemphly5756 3 роки тому

      Nice! Usually, white people who go to mostly black high schools just get beat up every day.

  • @stevemurrell6167
    @stevemurrell6167 4 роки тому +5

    This is one funky song! The lady introducing the band, the great Helen ('I am Woman') Reddy from Australia, died just two days ago, age 79. RIP Helen.

  • @KirkFields
    @KirkFields 4 роки тому +89

    8•) You were right: it was/is a "brother" singing this song, a "white brother."

  • @smy2k266
    @smy2k266 2 роки тому +2

    He also wrote it. He’s a really cool guy that was in a rock band and under a lot of pressure because of the disco and that is what this song is about.

  • @jeffreyboyd958
    @jeffreyboyd958 4 роки тому +17

    He's not only the guy who sings it, he's also the guy who WROTE it!

  • @samuelpajoa215
    @samuelpajoa215 3 роки тому +1

    I'm 59 year's old, I'm so glad to experience the 50 60 70 80 and 90 music. 😎

  • @yambo59
    @yambo59 4 роки тому +10

    This was on the radio for over 20 years, still is on oldie stations. Im 61 and I still say the seventies to early 80's was the best music era EVER.

    • @stormyweather2807
      @stormyweather2807 4 роки тому

      I'm 64, and I think everyone younger than us should be jealous that they didn't get to be young when this music was coming out. We had the best music ever, hands down.

    • @seaneendelong8065
      @seaneendelong8065 3 роки тому

      Back when the WHOLE SCHOOL BUS after school could free riff Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog in harmony start to finish....
      We didn't know then we were at a peak in youthful social relations and a vision for civil society, did we?
      Depressing what the mid 90s- forwards has wrought in divisive distrusting rhetoric and victim stack activism. This is one left liberal that recognizes cultural marxist narratives when she hears them and rejects their ideations completely.

    • @dolphinsrr
      @dolphinsrr 2 роки тому

      60s was my favorite

  • @jeffrobar4055
    @jeffrobar4055 4 роки тому +1

    70's music was fantastic.
    Many never knew this guy sang this song.

  • @keithcaserta
    @keithcaserta 4 роки тому +77

    I'm a [gettin' old] child of the 60s. Honestly, we grew up with no separation between music sung by white or black artists. For example, I'm as big a fan of Motown as you'll ever find. And I can still love the Beach Boys, Beatles, or Four Seasons. I try, but [my wife tells me] when it comes to dancing and singing] I have no soul. That said, I know soul when I hear it - every time.

    • @Rita.R
      @Rita.R 3 роки тому +4

      Love Motown. Had a huge stack of 45s lol. Wish I still had them

    • @misskim2058
      @misskim2058 3 роки тому +2

      Ya, there was no such thing of thinking in terms of shades of people in bands. Just good or bad music. That’s it. And as for culture, it’s called sharing.

  • @ChicagoDB
    @ChicagoDB 4 роки тому +1

    One of the greatest Funk songs ever!

  • @xcellent-records
    @xcellent-records 4 роки тому +101

    let's react to some more funk! "Super Freak" by Rick James

    • @kittykatt7652
      @kittykatt7652 4 роки тому +3

      Yes please

    • @gwillis01
      @gwillis01 4 роки тому

      Another vote for "Super Freak" by Rick James

    • @xcellent-records
      @xcellent-records 4 роки тому

      @@gwillis01 He ended reacting to Super Freak ua-cam.com/video/mZkAnjjZUOw/v-deo.html

    • @dingfeldersmurfalot4560
      @dingfeldersmurfalot4560 3 роки тому

      Another song that was just pure raw FUN!

  • @fgf366
    @fgf366 4 роки тому +2

    That's why the lyrics say, "play that funky music, White Boy".....lmao!!....😅🤣👌👍

  • @theragingplatypus4743
    @theragingplatypus4743 4 роки тому +64

    Dude, they specifically say, "play that funky music WHITE BOY."

    • @Drobium77
      @Drobium77 4 роки тому +4

      i always thought is was 'wide boy'

    • @WOranos
      @WOranos 3 роки тому +1

      That's assuming the lyric is being directed at the singer and isn't coming from the singer. It can be perceived either way.

    • @theragingplatypus4743
      @theragingplatypus4743 3 роки тому +5

      @@WOranos It's not an assumption. The singer is white and has talked about the story.

    • @saritatambayong4002
      @saritatambayong4002 3 роки тому +1

      I know. But i always thought it was a black dude sing it 😆

    • @tomstevenson161
      @tomstevenson161 3 роки тому

      Which at the time we thought was the title.

  • @cherinoelke
    @cherinoelke 4 роки тому +6

    Man I miss those days in music, I also loved that show they always had the best live music of the day....all genre's.

  • @ronsmith5572
    @ronsmith5572 4 роки тому +131

    Just goes to show ya , never judge a persons skin color by the sound of their voice . What ? he's white ? lol

    • @xoxxobob61
      @xoxxobob61 4 роки тому +1

      "Blue Eyed Soul" is real !!!! Hall & Oates & KC & the Sunshine Band for starters!

    • @loriannrichardson7644
      @loriannrichardson7644 4 роки тому +1

      As a Black person, I've always known the singer was white, by the sound of his voice. There is something about the timbre, for lack of a better word, of the lead singer's voice that does not sound Black.

  • @Fairygrl_TW
    @Fairygrl_TW 3 роки тому +1

    The Midnight Special was one of my favorite shows back in the day. Wolfman was awesome, best host ever...Such a funky fun song, just couldnt help but dance when this comes on...Ahhh, the memories...Thanx James Peace

  • @stephanieclark9849
    @stephanieclark9849 4 роки тому +20

    Pretty amazing stuff. I watched another reaction where the guy was so shocked and said "wait! what? He's white?!" These guys were pure funk and still sing this song today.

  • @shrodingerschat2258
    @shrodingerschat2258 4 роки тому +5

    You're reaction to this song is what it must have been like when Buddy Holly and the Crickets played at the Apollo.

  • @peggybrandt1279
    @peggybrandt1279 4 роки тому +7

    We all used to listen to the same music, no matter the genre. I think the split really came after the Run DMC era. Hip Hop and Rap started getting overly graphic for the general public. I'm so glad you're checking things out!

  • @bonniefaulconer2080
    @bonniefaulconer2080 4 роки тому +1

    So many good comments about how it was in the 60's and 70's where we listened to everyone as long as they could actually perform! Good stuff.

  • @bahice
    @bahice 4 роки тому +130

    Try “Cult of Personality” by Living Color.

    • @ironcrosstrainingltd6482
      @ironcrosstrainingltd6482 4 роки тому +2

      Sick tune 👌

    • @Barneyrubble241
      @Barneyrubble241 4 роки тому +5

      Or, Love Rears it's Ugly Head from Living Colour. Also a fantastic tune.

    • @RavenMacy
      @RavenMacy 4 роки тому +2

      @@Barneyrubble241 I'm not a fan of CoP but love other song of them

    • @Barneyrubble241
      @Barneyrubble241 4 роки тому

      @Nunyun Bizz I saw them live when they opened for The Rolling Stones in 89. Talented band.

    • @donf3877
      @donf3877 4 роки тому +1

      Saw them in a bar (300-400 people) in Gulfport Mississippi, think they were part of the Miller Beer circuit for the bars down south or something like that. Was TDY (Temporary Duty) to the Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi. It was before they broke out. Man were they ever good!!! I think my ears still ring from them... and that was like 1983-1984.

  • @enigmawrappedinaparadox7361
    @enigmawrappedinaparadox7361 4 роки тому +30

    This is Funk music.
    From the early 70's.
    Not the other F word , lol

    • @doulbledee9758
      @doulbledee9758 4 роки тому

      I do believe that they say it once on the recording of the song. Listen to it with headphones.

    • @cindyknudson2715
      @cindyknudson2715 4 роки тому +1

      @@doulbledee9758 no. Funky music was/is a thing.

  • @BiornBear
    @BiornBear 10 місяців тому +1

    I used to love to watch Midnight Special in Saturday nights lol. I was a kid but it was my favorite.

  • @robinfinley7317
    @robinfinley7317 4 роки тому +33

    I agree with some other listeners. K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Bee Gees, George Clinton and parliament song "flashlight" 🧡

    • @wesleysabin4078
      @wesleysabin4078 4 роки тому +1

      We want the Funk, gotta to have that Funk !

    • @JohnMiller-zn9pf
      @JohnMiller-zn9pf 4 роки тому +1

      George Clinton and Parliment Funkadelic

    • @gwillis01
      @gwillis01 4 роки тому +1

      Another vote for a song by Parliament Funkadelic

  • @itbearmi
    @itbearmi 3 роки тому +1

    The 70s were when rock, funk, pop, etc merged, and Disco was the bastard love child. :D

  • @lindapowers8592
    @lindapowers8592 4 роки тому +9

    Oh this was a great dance song! Memories! Those white boys loved their Afros to!

  • @zarzabzeratul2481
    @zarzabzeratul2481 3 роки тому +1

    Ahhh yes. The age of talent. No auto tune and no lip syncing. Just pure talent and music that told a story with no division or hate. I wish music would go back to its roots and reclaim it's soul. 👍

  • @pulamusic
    @pulamusic 3 роки тому +8

    (3:15) I teach music history, and I think this is one of the most fascinating dynamics of music: the relationship between musical styles and racial/cultural identity. It really is a fair and very interesting question: how does a funk performance like that come from a white guy from Ohio? I often ask students to consider how they feel after watching a video of Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby," and then ask them the same question after watching Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady." Predictably, most students think of Vanilla Ice as an irritating poser, while Eminem gets a lot of praise from all students. Then we get to have a discussion as to why it is that we reject one White artist's attempt to perform in a musical style that is very heavily identified with Black and Brown musicians and cultures, while the other White artist is generally accepted as a member of the Hip Hop community. It usually comes down to some sort of value judgement that Eminem is serious about Hip Hop, and Vanilla Ice is just kind of wearing it like a suit.
    I'll shut up in a moment, but if you want to explore this idea a bit more, check out the documentary Muscle Shoals (it's on Prime video).

  • @KennethJacksonTech
    @KennethJacksonTech 4 роки тому +1

    I have loved this song since it came out when I was a kid. I saw the video for the first time the other day and had the exact same reaction you did. I like your videos.

  • @murphykemplin6725
    @murphykemplin6725 4 роки тому +25

    Wild Cherry was an One Hit Wonder

    • @TheJohnnywbred
      @TheJohnnywbred 4 роки тому +4

      Nothing wrong with that. I’m sitting on couch watching them on reaction videos. 😂

    • @phredphlintstone6455
      @phredphlintstone6455 4 роки тому +3

      And you are a no hit wonder

    • @murphykemplin6725
      @murphykemplin6725 4 роки тому +1

      @@phredphlintstone6455 what are you just an Pyle of something

    • @phredphlintstone6455
      @phredphlintstone6455 4 роки тому

      @@murphykemplin6725 aww
      did your feewings get hurted?
      Maybe a little too much salt?
      BTW, Pyle is a name, pile is the word I'm pretty sure you were going for.

    • @ViolentKisses87
      @ViolentKisses87 4 роки тому +4

      They may have only had one song get popular but with that much funk they had to have some other awesome songs. I'm going searching.

  • @janetberrio1448
    @janetberrio1448 4 роки тому

    Everyone had soul . Good music sets your feet moving and your heart soaring. Love your passion for all genre. Was gonna watch one video and here I am 2.5 hrs later.

  • @erice3990
    @erice3990 4 роки тому +143

    Try some KC and the Sunshine Band

  • @R_Wilkins_Sr
    @R_Wilkins_Sr 2 роки тому

    I absolutely LOVE seeing younger generations loving the old school music...Music should still ALWAYS bring people together ❤️

  • @lindapowers8592
    @lindapowers8592 4 роки тому +12

    This was a great dancing song!
    Oh the memories 💜 1975, 1976 High School
    You should react to Average White Band AKA AWB
    Songs
    School Boy Crush
    Pick Up the Pieces
    Cut The Cake
    A Love of Your Own
    Work to Do
    If I Ever Lose This Heaven
    Person to Person
    Love Your Life

    • @scottpeterson1165
      @scottpeterson1165 4 роки тому +1

      Second that. Check this out:ua-cam.com/video/MfAJLGFWxYo/v-deo.html

    • @lindapowers8592
      @lindapowers8592 4 роки тому

      Scott Peterson I saw them live in 2017.

  • @dianaallison6110
    @dianaallison6110 4 роки тому +1

    Rob Parissi wrote & was lead singer ..& white boy 🙂..on this one. Such a great funky song!!

  • @lynnhoffman247
    @lynnhoffman247 4 роки тому +46

    😂
    BTW, it seems in the last few reactions that the music volume is way lower than your voice...FYI

    • @AGDinCA
      @AGDinCA 4 роки тому +1

      Lack of headphones?

    • @lynnhoffman247
      @lynnhoffman247 4 роки тому

      AGDinCA Not on my end...

    • @AGDinCA
      @AGDinCA 4 роки тому +2

      @@lynnhoffman247 no, I meant he wasn't wearing headphones

    • @lynnhoffman247
      @lynnhoffman247 4 роки тому

      AGDinCA Ah, gotcha!

    • @KirkFields
      @KirkFields 4 роки тому +2

      Headphones/ear buds, the only way to go with these reactions. 8•)

  • @smilsmff
    @smilsmff 4 роки тому +2

    all that Music from this era was great

  • @laurakali6522
    @laurakali6522 4 роки тому +16

    Listen to Bobby Caldwell’s “What You Won’t Do For Love”. Many people didn’t know he was white.

    • @barbaramcgee8933
      @barbaramcgee8933 4 роки тому +3

      He's white??? Lol, I like that song and I'm 50 so I don't know how that got past me.

  • @hovis62
    @hovis62 2 роки тому +1

    I've watched reactions to this all night and there has only been one of 6 channels (with 3 people) who DIDN'T say "I thought that was a brother" singing.
    (Loved your reaction, BTW)

  • @Gantzz321
    @Gantzz321 4 роки тому +37

    "play that funky music white boy" was not a clue?

  • @johneldridge8678
    @johneldridge8678 4 роки тому +1

    Great reaction again!!! Goes to show you that you either have soul, or you don't have soul, no matter what color you are.

  • @nikolatesla5553
    @nikolatesla5553 4 роки тому +6

    I was in my teens when this came out. I love da funk. This was a classic. Also check out Parliament, Sly and the Family Stone, Kool and the Gang, Rick James, Average White Band, BT Express, George Clinton, Detroit Spinners and the Commodores.

  • @valzviewz2023
    @valzviewz2023 3 роки тому +2

    As a 52 yr old white woman who grew up listening to this song/music....I absolutely love to see the reactions of the younger generations realizing that the guy who sings this song is white....Bahahahahaha...This is when black & white people got together and got funky in the disco!!! Love your reaction!!!!

  • @forthrightnight
    @forthrightnight 3 роки тому +6

    Listening to this song since the 70's.I always thought the band was black! Mind blown!! Those white dudes can get down!!

  • @mikemeyer1993
    @mikemeyer1993 3 роки тому

    My dad knew the guitarist for wild cherry back in the day, he brings it up every time this song comes on the radio.

  • @mikeyaureliush9017
    @mikeyaureliush9017 4 роки тому +32

    Yes it was written, sung and performed by Rog Parissi, the front man of Wild Cherry.
    YES he is white.
    Deal with it.
    I disagree that they meant anything other than to say "funky".

    • @101frustrations
      @101frustrations 4 роки тому +3

      Mikey Aurelius H He was just surprised. He wasn't offensive.

    • @Exxeron-ob3tv
      @Exxeron-ob3tv 4 роки тому +1

      @@101frustrations He prob heard a remix

  • @salmonkill7
    @salmonkill7 3 роки тому

    White dude 61 years old and I grew up in a neighborhood with several Black families and I had a best friend in the neighborhood that was Black and my age. I had THIS WILD CHERRY 45 and I played it for my Black friend and he LOVED IT!!
    Most people don't realize the lead singer of Wild Cherry was white!!
    Thanks for playing this and I must say I influenced my Black friend and he influenced me BIGTIME!!
    I GOT A RIDE TO HIGH SCHOOL from my friend Darris and he played the BROTHERS JOHNSON Strawberry Letter 22!!
    Good times!!

  • @beckmn1
    @beckmn1 4 роки тому +12

    You might add songs by Al Green or Marvin Gaye to your to-do list!

  • @lynette.
    @lynette. 4 роки тому

    This is a magic video. Such great music. Never fails to surprise.

  • @munzy5865
    @munzy5865 4 роки тому +3

    wow one of the most iconic tunes of the 70's thats stood the test of time..... Music has no colour religion or status bro .....

  • @crsounddoctor4937
    @crsounddoctor4937 3 роки тому

    This is some straight-up soulful "Stank-Face" FUNK from the 70's!!! When this song came out back in the day and wherever it was played, the dance floors got packed at the clubs, discos, wedding receptions, high school dances, block parties, house parties, cookouts, picnics, etc...and I'm talking about all races, all skin colors, nationalities & ethnicities would just "JAM" to this "BANGER!!!" You heard that thump? That was my Mic Drop!!!

  • @Nanotick1
    @Nanotick1 4 роки тому +13

    Us "Boomers" have the best music. Good video

  • @dirtyburd71
    @dirtyburd71 3 роки тому

    I just about fell outta my chair when you finally got to it!!!!!!!!!!! :D
    Classic Gold!!

  • @chrismichalec7553
    @chrismichalec7553 4 роки тому +4

    It’s hard to remember a party I attended in high school when this song wasn’t played a lot.

  • @sheiladrucker6872
    @sheiladrucker6872 3 роки тому +1

    Oh, it went down on the Midnight Special. 70s baby!

  • @mattvsmetaverse
    @mattvsmetaverse 3 роки тому +4

    [pause] "Wooooooah, THAT'S the guy who sings this?!"
    [pause 2 sec. later] "Yo, he sings this?"
    [pause 5 sec. later] "THIS is the guy who sings this? This is... Wild Cherr---yooo, what?!"
    LOL! Yes, it's a white dude. Yes, soul is not color exclusive. It's almost like you discovered aliens exist. lol Love this reaction.

  • @caw7007
    @caw7007 2 роки тому +2

    I’m so lucky to have been high school age during this music time. 💖

    • @rvelden1647
      @rvelden1647 Рік тому

      Agree, so was I, we,re blessed.

  • @armadillotoe
    @armadillotoe 4 роки тому +32

    React to Charlie Pride. LOL.

  • @willtanhey
    @willtanhey 3 роки тому

    This song was a favourite of mine during my childhood. Still remember listening to it at 6.

  • @megsley
    @megsley 3 роки тому +3

    the 70s were absolutely the best era for music in the us

  • @Bran08Eman
    @Bran08Eman 4 роки тому

    I'm a child from that era. Always heard this song at parties. I was sure he was a soul brother. UA-cam happened and I was just as surprised. Talented guys with the wavy hair, they must have black DNA.

  • @stephanietip
    @stephanietip 4 роки тому +8

    If you want to have your mind blown, listen to Humble Pie,Black Coffee

  • @markraven7316
    @markraven7316 3 роки тому +1

    This is the music that came out while I was in highschool...everyone was funky in their own way.

  • @jeanbaker7350
    @jeanbaker7350 4 роки тому +4

    In response to your comment I'm 64 years old and I remember when this song came out and they've always sung it the same way it's always been funky white boys check it out

  • @dreamaterrill
    @dreamaterrill 3 роки тому

    It's wonderful to see you discover the music I loved when I was your age. Rock hard!

  • @66rodedawg
    @66rodedawg 4 роки тому +32

    I am not sure how you are listening to the song, what we hear is a tin and thin sound, no full sound. Your voice is louder than the music, in your software, there may be a setting to capture the sound directly form the source instead of thru the speakers or the audio then the microphone, which will make the sound sound like am radio. Just trying to help others who are watching you videos get the full experience of the song(s) you react to.

    • @kennethv5250
      @kennethv5250 4 роки тому +3

      he's not the only one whos sound is pretty weak, swaggyreacts has a very similar problem.

    • @darrellt7099
      @darrellt7099 4 роки тому +3

      There are some settings in the OBS software that you are using that allows you take the audio directly from the computer source for the videos you are playing as well as a second input from your microphone. Right now all the viewers are hearing is the video played on your computer speakers back through your mic, creating poor sound quality of the music you are reacting to. By creating an equal level sound input from your mic and the videos, you will be able to create better videos.
      Do a google search on OBS and input sources and you should be able to find where to change the settings.
      Keep up the good work and continue to build your channel.

    • @KirkFields
      @KirkFields 4 роки тому +2

      Yep, and I hope he's headphones/ear buds bound as well. 👍

    • @proehm
      @proehm 4 роки тому

      Probably to avoid getting a copyright takedown.

  • @papacapp6855
    @papacapp6855 3 роки тому

    I love watching you young guys diggin on these old tunes I cut my teeth on as a young musician. Than you for doin these.

  • @rickymccarty7443
    @rickymccarty7443 4 роки тому +8

    Bro It literally says play that funky music white boy 😂