@meanminpin I beg to differ. If you can move you can dance. When I partied in the clubs in the 70s during the disco, my friends and I danced with anybody who asked. Male, female, black, white, gay, or straight. We had a great time. The line dances made it easier to blend in, but who cared??? In those days we loved to go out and have fun. Our crew was popular and we were great dancers. We just wanted everyone to have a great time. You would have and still have fun with us!!
The way we danced back in those days were the most true to our culture and who we were as black ppl. Rhythm at it's finest, always in step with the beat, and very smooth. Before drugs and fast food took us over.
there weren't many. I remember 2 or 3 fat people in high school and that's in all four grades because they stood out because there were so few. nowadays its the opposite. obesity is nowhere close to what it is now
That is so true. Back then I used to make all of my outfits that I wore when I went out. Made sure that nobody looked like me. My roommate was a seamstress by trade. She worked for a private airline altering uniforms. Then she took hat making classes and leather wear classes. So you know we were looking good when we stepped out! Lol!
@@adc2327 your own unique style, that's great! Lots of young women could sew back then. There were a few who had exceptional skills. There was Home Economics classes and people worked in factories sewing clothes.
@@sbella6719 Believe it or not we had two guys in our sewing home economics class in the 70s. No one made fun of them because their clothes were so cool. They even made their suits/tux for the prom.
@@adc2327 Hello ADC. My 17 year-old daughter is currently in a professional high school learning and training to sew as part of her higher education in the fashion industry. What you said about your experience back in the 70s could be copied and pasted today: in her class of 23, 2 of her mates are male, the rest is female, but those two guys are very respected because of their uniqueness in what they design and make. Funny how some things remain the same in time!
And young and white. The highlight of my week was watching ST. I came from a po-dunk town in the Midwest. I couldn't even get R&B music on the radio. This taught me there was a wonderful world out there full of beautiful people, great music and cool clothes.
Now, 70 and lived for "soul Train" I remember, going to what they call social center, a little before "soul Train" became nationa, but when soul Train came on; our generation explored! Still live by the words in each song! Will die, and as far as this generation,enjoy!
Fit looking beautiful people. Stylish clothes, Great Music, innovative dancing, beautiful women, and extremely handsome men, and that's why I watched soultrain every Saturday!
AFTER FAMILY UNIT BECAME ABSENT OF FATHERS AND DRIVE SHOOTINGS THE SAFEST PLACE FOR XHILDREN PLAYINGPLAYSTATION AND COMPUTERS CHANGE LIFE LIKE COVID IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND DRUGS.
IKR ... that is the jam ... it stays on rotation in my house right next to "Flowers" ... love the message and the feel of that one "we hold the key to the world's destiny" ... the music was awesome, aspirational, beautiful and brilliant
Children now don’t realize the importance of soul train and our dances of today. Soul Train was the premier avenue of bringing black dance to the white world. Soul train dancers said to the WORLD this is how we do! This is how we dance! And then everybody wanted or did dance that way.
Now those were definitely the good ol days for me as a kid! Getting up early on a Saturday morning watching Soul Train! A lot of the outfits the ladies were wearing I would rock today! Love it!!
That whole scene back then was beautiful: The style...the dances...the music. I am a heavy metal musician and when I need inspiration and escape from this crazy world....I tune in to UA-cam and watch these videos clips. God bless Don Cornelius...he had an awesome "vision" for music and the youth.
This was my parents and my generation it was the absolute best! Never, never does this become old nor outdated. The women were beautiful, the men were strong and handsome. They were and are the coolest of the cool, the Afro Black Americans! Say it resoundingly loud, "I'm ABA lol proud!"
Precious Pearl me too! This was my favorite time in LA. My family was in Baldwin Hills and the Jungle...everybody lived off Crenshaw. They are still there but LA is so different now...
Also,we had maybe 3 or 4 channels and we could always find something interesting to watch. Nowadays we have a thousand channels { Sarcasm } But,we have so many channels and not a thing to watch on Television. The reasoning for me canceling that pesky Cable.
For me, the best entertainment i have ever been exposed to. The music, the style of the clothes, the moves of the soul train dancer's, in the end we were all soul train dancer's..Don Cornelius, a true visionary and he had great taste in music and he put it out there. Love, Peace, and Soul to all but especially to Don Cornelius!.......R.I.P.
I especially love this video. The men seem to be dancing better than some of the girls. I loved this song from yesteryear. RIP Don Cornelius Good times back then.
Cori Robinson wow! I had to go back and watch. Can’t believe I didn’t notice at first! I still love him too and still have both Breakin’ movies in rotation.
Disco Days!....We had so much fun dancing to all the incredible music from back then. Do people go dancing anymore on the weekends? What a shame if they don't.
This song is fun, and the dancing is great. I really dig everybody's style. One love that you'll never lose is the love of Jesus Christ. Give Him your life today. Read the gospel of John. Find out who He is, why He came, and who you really are. God the Father loves you all so much. I do too. God bless you.
43 year old suburban white woman who can't stop watching these line dances. I just love the dancing and the beat, and the FUN everyone is obviously having. We need those times back...ALL of us. And look how physically fit everyone is! If you go to the Bandstand clips, it's the same thing. People were fit because they moved to the beat and had the good times doing it. Please, Lord, take me back.
smoothcollected "Naw" - it's because we were more active then, not sitting around commenting on the internet. We also hadn't quite peaked in our over top dinner portions and ridiculous sized sodas, to which corporations like McDonald's were partially to blame. You have no way of understanding this unless you were there. I agree BettinaBalser.
The memories!!! Shabadoo, Jeffrey and Jody, Tyrone Proctor, Cheryl Song! I went back to Saturday morning in my bedroom watching the television and in the mirror practicing all these moves. Precious memories!
@@trinamcdonald8139 ok cool. I just remember the 70s as not so prosperous times for most families I knew. They were still good times though. Good music and Soul Train helped get us through
@@sbella6719 No problem! Now I grew up in the projects in a single parent home but my step-father was a truck driver and father retired military and Detective with a metropolitan police force. So I had some provisions for a while. It was the best of times and the worst (challenging times) as well. You're right! times were challenging as well.
@@DD-d6d3 As a 70s teenager we where ALL thin back in the day. There were NO fat people except for one or two people. We were active, rarely ate fast food and smoked a pack a day.
@@pjhey947 You are so right I too was a teenager in the '70s and we ate very little fast food if any had to eat what Mom cooked and we stayed out and about
I had forgotten that on these dance lines it was the men that were the showcase and by far the best dancers. Nice to see that for once we were not upstaged by the women.
And up first, is my childhood crush Adolfa Quinone aka Shabbo Doo!😍 Loved watching him dance such an Energetic Spirit and so so Handsome! Peace Be Upon HIm. Also, the sexy brother @1:49 is just so so fine with the sky high Afro and the poppin chocolate melanin 🤩. Miss those days.
This was the first BIG hit for The Emotions from "Flowers" Best of my Love is okay, but this, had the punch to start their hits! I spun this to death at parties in the Seventies, easy to mix with First Choice, The Richie Family and more-LOVE IT!
I been watching these Soul Train Line videos and honestly the men and women look absolutely beautiful and handsome. The clothes, hair, attitude......everything is on point. :)
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My grandparents dancing @25 seconds with the one peace and white sweater they were getting down
Wow! Thanks for sharing that.
I bet u feel a bit jealous cos these days we only c naked people dancing on tv
Oh nd another thing is = u have cool grandparents.just check out ur grandma she is extra cool😘
Awww I just posted 0:26 that couple was doing the stankie leg. How special to see your grandparents on Soul Train.
Was this in a Chicago or LA?
RIP all those folks that are not with us anymore..
I am a 62 year old who can't dance at all. But when I hear this song I do my best to embarrass myself and I don't care who is watching.
I’m 62 years old too. When I was amazing and shocking by their beautiful voice.
It's the beat...like, ballero
@meanminpin I beg to differ. If you can move you can dance. When I partied in the clubs in the 70s during the disco, my friends and I danced with anybody who asked. Male, female, black, white, gay, or straight. We had a great time.
The line dances made it easier to blend in, but who cared??? In those days we loved to go out and have fun. Our crew was popular and we were great dancers. We just wanted everyone to have a great time. You would have and still have fun with us!!
I'm 62 grew up listening to this female group greatest ever! No comparison hands down!😊
I’m sure you’re amazing! No need to embarrass yourself.
This was a great time when people knew how to have fun.
You had to know HOW TO dance properly (at least in Peru), otherwise people looked you badly.
The way we danced back in those days were the most true to our culture and who we were as black ppl. Rhythm at it's finest, always in step with the beat, and very smooth. Before drugs and fast food took us over.
jaybethatdude preach!!
jaybethatdude Very few people on the soul train were fat. Who would want to see that? But there WERE fat people back then.
there weren't many. I remember 2 or 3 fat people in high school and that's in all four grades because they stood out because there were so few. nowadays its the opposite. obesity is nowhere close to what it is now
So true! Our generation was the last to enjoy being young in dance and fun. These younguns today have no clue!
Amen to that brother.
70's fashion remains undefeated!! I wanted almost every outfit the ladies had on lol
That is so true. Back then I used to make all of my outfits that I wore when I went out. Made sure that nobody looked like me. My roommate was a seamstress by trade. She worked for a private airline altering uniforms. Then she took hat making classes and leather wear classes. So you know we were looking good when we stepped out! Lol!
@@adc2327 your own unique style, that's great! Lots of young women could sew back then. There were a few who had exceptional skills. There was Home Economics classes and people worked in factories sewing clothes.
@@sbella6719 Believe it or not we had two guys in our sewing home economics class in the 70s. No one made fun of them because their clothes were so cool. They even made their suits/tux for the prom.
@@adc2327 Hello ADC. My 17 year-old daughter is currently in a professional high school learning and training to sew as part of her higher education in the fashion industry. What you said about your experience back in the 70s could be copied and pasted today: in her class of 23, 2 of her mates are male, the rest is female, but those two guys are very respected because of their uniqueness in what they design and make. Funny how some things remain the same in time!
@@fr-tigerfangs7039 That is good to hear. Best of luck to your daughter. I hope she does well in whatever she chooses to do in the fashion industry. 😊
I was a teenager during this time! Soul Train was in every Saturday at 12:00! It was a great time to be young and Black!
And young and Brown:)
And young and white. The highlight of my week was watching ST. I came from a po-dunk town in the Midwest. I couldn't even get R&B music on the radio. This taught me there was a wonderful world out there full of beautiful people, great music and cool clothes.
It was a great time just to be YOUNG....I'm so grateful that was my time.
I loved the Emotion growing up they were one my favorite group as a teenager this is real music from the 70s
Our 70s style was ON POINT! Man i miss those days!
The best decade of my life.
I LOVE watching this Soul Train line, dude with the boxing 🥊 gloves on…DAMN he did that 😂😆👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
😂
Now, 70 and lived for "soul Train" I remember, going to what they call social center, a little before "soul Train" became nationa, but when soul Train came on; our generation explored! Still live by the words in each song! Will die, and as far as this generation,enjoy!
Fit looking beautiful people. Stylish clothes, Great Music, innovative dancing, beautiful women, and extremely handsome men, and that's why I watched soultrain every Saturday!
AFTER FAMILY UNIT BECAME ABSENT OF FATHERS AND DRIVE SHOOTINGS THE SAFEST PLACE FOR XHILDREN PLAYINGPLAYSTATION AND COMPUTERS CHANGE LIFE LIKE COVID IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND DRUGS.
*_I just love to watch these old clips of Soultrain.The brothas and sistahs had hella rhythm.The first man dancing is fione!_*
that was Shaba Doo from those "Breakin" movies
These old clips is better than rap.
nationofmillions he's actually from Chicago too.
I take you didn't see the last one dancing with the chinese girl in all white! Now that's Fine!😊💕
Thank you!😊
The girl at the end in the satin dress/jacket. She looks fabulous!
Peggy Stoute Morin she's FLAWLESS
Classy.
I think that was Cheryl Song
The 70's was best decade ever for music. I think this generation is beginning to embracing that good music from the 70's.
"Dinner's ready...and the wine is chilled" HONEY! YAAASS
I want them days back! Great times! House & Block parties were the best!
Hi I by
IKR ... that is the jam ... it stays on rotation in my house right next to "Flowers" ... love the message and the feel of that one "we hold the key to the world's destiny" ... the music was awesome, aspirational, beautiful and brilliant
Aw, Gurl Yu kno it☺️
One of the greatest records ever made, grooved to by some of the greatest dancers ever born.
my favorite emotions song
It’s the Friggin BEST..
The boxers moves were outstanding,he always was on point every week.✊🏾💥
This is how u pass down generations of confidence ♡ DANCING!!!!! ♡
Children now don’t realize the importance of soul train and our dances of today. Soul Train was the premier avenue of bringing black dance to the white world. Soul train dancers said to the WORLD this is how we do! This is how we dance! And then everybody wanted or did dance that way.
Yes. And Saturday Night Fever and John Travolta became a mainstream hit because of Soul Train and the incomparable Don Cornelius and these dancers
These Soul Train line dances put a smile on my face.
Now those were definitely the good ol days for me as a kid! Getting up early on a Saturday morning watching Soul Train! A lot of the outfits the ladies were wearing I would rock today! Love it!!
That whole scene back then was beautiful: The style...the dances...the music. I am a heavy metal musician and when I need inspiration and escape from this crazy world....I tune in to UA-cam and watch these videos clips. God bless Don Cornelius...he had an awesome "vision" for music and the youth.
🤘😎
Beautiful, talented young people. Gosh!!! Glory days. Please come back!
Great music and everyone having a good time, time machine me back.
I LOVE this!!!!!!! Real disco funk music!!!! No uptown funk can't beat this classic genre!
Lord just one request...please take me back to late 70's and I'll handle it from there.
Indeed. The best days of my life by far.
Thank Brothers and Sistas for showing this white kid how to dance I still bust it out at weddings !!!! Love ya guys
MAN I AM SO ENJOYING THIS WHAT A DIFFERENT WORLD I MISS IT SOMETIME WAS BORN IN THE 1960 S. SO THIS WAS THE WORLD I'M FROM
1961 baby! I'm right there with you. Our times were the best!
me too.. i really miss it .. we were blessed to be young for the best decade ever !!
And me a grandparent can still throw down when necessary. Never underestimate a grandparent that went to a James brown concert 10 times
Alright then 👍🏾
Sho u right!
I know that's right ✅💯💃🙂
As someone who has no rhythm, I always enjoyed watching the dancers, Especially Damita Jo Freeman!!!!!
This was my parents and my generation it was the absolute best! Never, never does this become old nor outdated. The women were beautiful, the men were strong and handsome. They were and are the coolest of the cool, the Afro Black Americans! Say it resoundingly loud, "I'm ABA lol proud!"
if I only knew how short the good times would be i would have enjoyed them more. but more good times for me and us
Leonard Bailey 😂😂😂😂I know how you feel!!
Amen
Leonard Bailey amen
Man I use to watch soul train every Saturday growing up.
I so miss these times in Los Angeles!
Precious Pearl me too! This was my favorite time in LA. My family was in Baldwin Hills and the Jungle...everybody lived off Crenshaw. They are still there but LA is so different now...
The boxer is a genius
That boxer was hot and not wearing a jockstrap jejeje 😹
Watching these old video clips reminds me when we were Kings!
Sol W you still are
R.I.P. Legend Shabba Doo 👑❤ What a gorgeous man!!
Real Gorgeous man yes gosh he passed on as well 😞
I thought that was him in the opening segment - yes, I pray he’s resting peacefully 🕊️❤
My favorite Emotions jam.
two of Chicago’s 70s influences on the world, Soul Train and the great Emotions.
Beautiful, "BROWN SKIN" people, enjoying themselves and making us smile!
Hell I am white and growing up watched every Saturday and loved it
Always loved Jody Watley. She has such a unique style and an energy that resonates with me.
OMG!!! I love it. What a wonderful sight to see. Everybody look fly as hell and doing their thang😁😁😁
Before high fructose corn syrup, drive thru meals, 20 oz sodas, supersize everything, gaming and 24 hour/500+channels .....
love your comment these young African Americans look great
Exactly
HA! And our parents believed in home cooked meals.Well my parents did in the 1970s
Also,we had maybe 3 or 4 channels and we could always find something interesting to watch. Nowadays we have a thousand channels { Sarcasm } But,we have so many channels and not a thing to watch on Television. The reasoning for me canceling that pesky Cable.
@@lastdays3148 PREACH!!
For me, the best entertainment i have ever been exposed to. The music, the style of the clothes, the moves of the soul train dancer's, in the end we were all soul train dancer's..Don Cornelius, a true visionary and he had great taste in music and he put it out there. Love, Peace, and Soul to all but especially to Don Cornelius!.......R.I.P.
dammm...we black people are beautiful!!!
MAN O MAN WHAT A THROWBACK. I WOULD DANCE EVERY SATURDAY IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH MY MOM WATCHING THIS ON TELEVISION.
I especially love this video. The men seem to be dancing better than some of the girls. I loved this song from yesteryear. RIP Don Cornelius Good times back then.
Look at Shabba Doo (aka Ozone) opening the Soul Train line!!! I still love him!!! :-)
Cori Robinson wow! I had to go back and watch. Can’t believe I didn’t notice at first! I still love him too and still have both Breakin’ movies in rotation.
And lo key voguing..
Loving the gaucho pants and the boots!
Jody W and maybe Jeffrey dancing in the red sweaters?
Yes, Indeed!
Gorgeous!
Thank UUU 4 Bringing me Back, Great 2 See those Beautiful Young People Again, I thought it Would Last 4 Ever, Soul Train 🚂,🥰.
I'm 51 Feel Good Music ❤
Disco Days!....We had so much fun dancing to all the incredible music from back then. Do people go dancing anymore on the weekends? What a shame if they don't.
2:57 Dude in the boxer shorts...... WTF?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm knocked out rolling on the floor watching that!!
He was twerking on a headstand. That style of dance became popular in the late 90s and it is almost a required dance movement in regatón videos.
Lol 😂😂😂 I think he is the one making that loud noise it sounds like a bird sound.
Saw Earth Wind and Fire at The Garden NYC 1979. Emotions were opening act. Fabulous show! Loved watching Soul Train. RIP Don Cornelius!
in 2023, I still miss Soul Train!!!!!
Thank you Don Cornelius!!!!!!!
This song is fun, and the dancing is great. I really dig everybody's style. One love that you'll never lose is the love of Jesus Christ. Give Him your life today. Read the gospel of John. Find out who He is, why He came, and who you really are. God the Father loves you all so much. I do too. God bless you.
Amen!
Amen.
and God Bless you too Brandon. 🙏🙏💕
The Jam of all Jams!
RIP Shabba Doo, Tyrone Proctor & Lil' Joe!
What a sharp looking well dressed group of dancers and my goodness how trim and fit the are!
Don had the most unique voice I have ever heard. Soulllll Trainmnnn lol
Yes! That unmistakable voice of a legend!
Me encanta como están vestidos, todos elegantes, guapos y hermosas ❤❤❤❤
43 year old suburban white woman who can't stop watching these line dances. I just love the dancing and the beat, and the FUN everyone is obviously having. We need those times back...ALL of us. And look how physically fit everyone is! If you go to the Bandstand clips, it's the same thing. People were fit because they moved to the beat and had the good times doing it. Please, Lord, take me back.
Plus we taped 4 shows per weekend then danced at clubs after :-)
smoothcollected "Naw" - it's because we were more active then, not sitting around commenting on the internet. We also hadn't quite peaked in our over top dinner portions and ridiculous sized sodas, to which corporations like McDonald's were partially to blame. You have no way of understanding this unless you were there. I agree BettinaBalser.
My Two Older Sisters use to watch this back in the day.
Freestyle at its finest y'all!
The memories!!! Shabadoo, Jeffrey and Jody, Tyrone Proctor, Cheryl Song! I went back to Saturday morning in my bedroom watching the television and in the mirror practicing all these moves. Precious memories!
You had a television in your bedroom back then!?? Lol
@@sbella6719 I did! I was 11 or 12 years old when the record first came out.
@@trinamcdonald8139 ok cool. I just remember the 70s as not so prosperous times for most families I knew. They were still good times though. Good music and Soul Train helped get us through
@@sbella6719 No problem! Now I grew up in the projects in a single parent home but my step-father was a truck driver and father retired military and Detective with a metropolitan police force. So I had some provisions for a while. It was the best of times and the worst (challenging times) as well. You're right! times were challenging as well.
Oy! ...the third couple at 0:24-0:40....That was some badass moves 😎...love that walk.
My face lit up when Shabba Doo was the first one dancing down the line. That was a gorgeous man
Back then there was no talk of being vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, etc. and we were more fit and healthier back then than today. 💙 Soul Train...
Lol. These people had to audition. No fugly ppl on TV.
I agree! And no one was spending all their time in the gym either
Yes very fortunate back then before all the additives and unknowns were being put into food products😒😔
@@DD-d6d3 As a 70s teenager we where ALL thin back in the day. There were NO fat people except for one or two people. We were active, rarely ate fast food and smoked a pack a day.
@@pjhey947 You are so right I too was a teenager in the '70s and we ate very little fast food if any had to eat what Mom cooked and we stayed out and about
Yeah! Stylin' and profilin'!! 💯 my era
Been binge watching these videos and honestly their fits are fire!!
Dope!! Love these old school soul train videos!
I had this album.....classic!!!! Love this song!!
Was waiting for the boxer dude.. he didn’t disappoint!
I love watching the Soul Train Dancers doing their thing
Hello Barbara, How are you doing?
I want to go back to this time watching Soul train with my cousins on Saturday morning!!🤗
0:06.....a very young Shabadoo (The Lockers and later "Breakin'"). Peace.
I was living in DC but I went nd house at 12:00 on Saturday to see Soul Train RIP Don🌹💥🙏Amen
Currently binge-watching soul train videos!
Such a positive vibe. And that guy with the boxing gloves!
Back in 1977 wow still love💯💯💯💯💋🌹
I had forgotten that on these dance lines it was the men that were the showcase and by far the best dancers. Nice to see that for once we were not upstaged by the women.
RIp Adolfo “Shabba Doo” Quiones .... Good God was he a fine thang!!
That paige- boy was everything. Just thick and beautiful my mom wore her hair that way love it
0:05 I see you Shabba Doo! Rest in Peace Shabba✊✌️
He's good! Just googled him. See that he recently passed in 2020. RIP 🙏🏾
And up first, is my childhood crush Adolfa Quinone aka Shabbo Doo!😍 Loved watching him dance such an Energetic Spirit and so so Handsome! Peace Be Upon HIm. Also, the sexy brother @1:49 is just so so fine with the sky high Afro and the poppin chocolate melanin 🤩. Miss those days.
As a 10 yr old white kid from the burbs in 1979 I used to watch these and get DOWN in front of the tv
I love this song from back then and Angie B has her version and it has just as much energy. Thank you for taking me back.
I remember when this song came out in 1976 I was 16 years old.
Waooooo impressive, everyone was so fit and stylish 🏆
This was the first BIG hit for The Emotions from "Flowers"
Best of my Love is okay, but this, had the punch to start their hits!
I spun this to death at parties in the Seventies, easy to mix with First Choice, The Richie Family and more-LOVE IT!
The dude with the boxing gloves and shorts!
Peace; and respect to Don Cornelius and the soul train line dancers.↗😚
Rest easy Don.....you brought joy to many!!!!!!!
I luv this!!!! Watched this video about a million times!!!
It's amazing that the average person back in the 70's was slim (not just the soul train dancers) compared to the average size person today.
Despite a ton of exercise infomercials and wack diets people are fatter than ever nowadays.
I been watching these Soul Train Line videos and honestly the men and women look absolutely beautiful and handsome. The clothes, hair, attitude......everything is on point. :)
Fun times. I’m still listening in 2023. Anybody else?
2024 from L.A. Ca. home of the Soul Train dancers!
It was a great time to be young.