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  • Isaac Hayes performs "Shaft" at the 2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
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  • @intowngirl102
    @intowngirl102 Рік тому +6

    Mr Hayes was born in Covington Tennessee. He made quit a name for himself in the 70s . His family should really be proud of him. I am!

  • @iyermadhu
    @iyermadhu Рік тому +442

    The rhythm of music in the 70s - unmatched ever since.

  • @johnrees5811
    @johnrees5811 2 роки тому +478

    Fabulous - I was 17 when I heard this for the first time, I’m 68 now and it still sounds just as good.

    • @cindywuollet1
      @cindywuollet1 Рік тому +10

      Well anything live adds to the texture with all the musicians watching them. The original does sound the same I agree. I don’t know when this came out but I’m 63 and graduated HS 77.

    • @Carlos-ep1si
      @Carlos-ep1si Рік тому +5

      Absolutamente de acuerdo.

    • @dianedallas2993
      @dianedallas2993 Рік тому +6

      Love it! 🎵🎶🎤🎺🎻🥁

    • @MauleSean
      @MauleSean Рік тому +10

      I was ten, 60 now. Still a fav! Damn right!

    • @nartarlyiatremaynne1239
      @nartarlyiatremaynne1239 Рік тому +4

      John I concur with your sentiment 100%♡
      Australia

  • @candiobelle4924
    @candiobelle4924 2 роки тому +196

    Believe or not, that is one of the most recognizable sounds of the century in music.

  • @janetmannis8042
    @janetmannis8042 3 роки тому +548

    Those musicians deserve a big round of applause 👏 brilliant

    • @timothyball7502
      @timothyball7502 Рік тому +2

      7-6-2022
      Well Janet, are your hands sore?

    • @janetmannis8042
      @janetmannis8042 Рік тому +3

      @@timothyball7502 noooo!

    • @irvan36mm
      @irvan36mm Рік тому +4

      David Letterman’s band

    • @janetmannis8042
      @janetmannis8042 Рік тому +4

      @@irvan36mm just watched this minute never get tired of it! 😊

    • @Frankyboy666
      @Frankyboy666 Рік тому +6

      Damn right! 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏👏🏿👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏👏🏿👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏👏🏿👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏👏🏿👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏👏🏿👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏👏🏿👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏👏🏿👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏👏🏿👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏👏🏿

  • @rudolphsherkliff8726
    @rudolphsherkliff8726 2 роки тому +930

    Whoever gave this a thumbs down should have their ears removed. This is a classic!!🎤🎶🎶🎵🎵

    • @deraldooliveira469
      @deraldooliveira469 2 роки тому +2

      Pp00 no

    • @anitaramos7211
      @anitaramos7211 2 роки тому +27

      Totally agree with you!!! Must be a Hater!!!

    • @TobyRossFun
      @TobyRossFun 2 роки тому +5

      I do not see any thumbs down 26 thumbs up that OI see

    • @wildbill5670
      @wildbill5670 2 роки тому +13

      there is an old saying. You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Some just don't get it and they never will.

    • @trevorarcher6667
      @trevorarcher6667 2 роки тому +7

      dead right

  • @MelissaThompson432
    @MelissaThompson432 Рік тому +134

    Isaac Hayes was the man who taught me that conducting could be performance. I've missed him.

    • @davemort9166
      @davemort9166 2 місяці тому +2

      Barry White was pretty good at it too

    • @jakebeatstheworld
      @jakebeatstheworld 2 місяці тому

      Kind of, except he wasnt conducting, the musicians were taking no notice of him, he was really just dancing.

    • @damizzle85
      @damizzle85 2 дні тому +1

      ​@jakebeatstheworld that would be true but he was the one who conducted and arranged the original score of the whole shaft movie

    • @MelissaThompson432
      @MelissaThompson432 2 дні тому

      @@damizzle85 composer, arranger, conductor, orchestra leader, performer. It's hard to over-estimate Mr. Hayes.

  • @will42367
    @will42367 Рік тому +44

    The drummer deserves so much credit

    • @andislichtmomente
      @andislichtmomente Рік тому +2

      This is Anton Fig, I think

    • @johnkelly8416
      @johnkelly8416 9 місяців тому +4

      That IS Anton Fig on the drums he was Joe Bonamassa’s drummer for a while.

    • @1mexfighter
      @1mexfighter 9 місяців тому +3

      also the guitarist!

    • @fuzzylogiceire
      @fuzzylogiceire 6 місяців тому +2

      @@johnkelly8416 Probably best known as the drummer in David Letterman's house band. Just noticed Paul Schafer and Will Lee are there too; also members of Letterman's band.

  • @dcthomas8959
    @dcthomas8959 2 роки тому +310

    This track won the Oscar for best soundtrack. Genius.

    • @MusicAddict001
      @MusicAddict001 2 роки тому +15

      *as the first black artist! (even outside acting categories)

    • @dougfredricks2017
      @dougfredricks2017 Рік тому +6

      No such talent is here in 2022. All they do now is a preponderance of samples.

    • @dcthomas8959
      @dcthomas8959 Рік тому +3

      @@dougfredricks2017 😂 What are you talking about? 🤔 🥱

    • @cyberspace667
      @cyberspace667 Рік тому +5

      @@dougfredricks2017 bro just say you have shallow taste in music and go

  • @markstephens8042
    @markstephens8042 3 роки тому +547

    After all these years, it's still as cool as the other side of the pillow.

    • @lenorefriedrich1634
      @lenorefriedrich1634 3 роки тому +6

      Right, totally agree!

    • @MrTPain
      @MrTPain 3 роки тому +5

      And you know this man.

    • @jaredblackley4769
      @jaredblackley4769 3 роки тому +4

      This songs one bad mother....shut yo mouth

    • @yvetteflood3870
      @yvetteflood3870 3 роки тому +5

      4 sho
      This theme was just genius 👏 👍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

    • @yvetteflood3870
      @yvetteflood3870 3 роки тому +6

      @@jaredblackley4769 I'm just talking about Shaft😎

  • @amecocoa3829
    @amecocoa3829 2 роки тому +315

    Every musician is having a great time, the joy just beams through.

    • @josecho2374
      @josecho2374 2 роки тому +2

      Música real y palpable, no hay un musico que al ejecutarla no se emocione, ejecutando armonías como esas, siendo del genero que sea. Mas aún cuando se es musico de sesión.

    • @franciscorafael7975
      @franciscorafael7975 2 роки тому +4

      Tienes razón,, contagia el entusiasmo de los músicos dirigidos por un MAESTRO. 🐺

    • @tombeyer375
      @tombeyer375 2 роки тому +9

      Yeah man! A real masterpiece! Been diggin' this for years!

    • @kendallevans4079
      @kendallevans4079 2 роки тому

      I don't see that. I see a controlling A-hole worried about HIS image

    • @williamstarkey3032
      @williamstarkey3032 Рік тому +2

      Go ahead with your bad selves! A standing ovation.

  • @Elaine-my8px
    @Elaine-my8px 4 місяці тому +17

    It is now 2024, this chronicle piece directed, produced, and recorded by the late Issac Hayes will resonate thru History, no joke😊Call on the Newbies and see if they can match. Shaft, the movie, one of the greatest in the '70s

    • @dean3434
      @dean3434 Місяць тому

      The children? The kids on the streets? The kids / folks at the corners holding cardboard signs asking for whatever?
      They all have no clue about reaching down, pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, putting one foot in front of the other and walk on over to that big box store where they have that sign saying "Hiring Now"
      They will have their opportunity to hear the music as soon as they walk right over to that big store, get down and fill out that simple application.
      And when they / you do the time, stay with that big store (Kroger, Home Depot, Lowes, etc.,etc., you will be rewarded by those at corporate.)
      I know this
      Thank You
      Dean
      Seattle

  • @MrJmaviles
    @MrJmaviles 3 роки тому +202

    One of the greatest instrumentals of all time Isaac Hayes was a musical genius..

    • @marektakiel1291
      @marektakiel1291 3 роки тому +5

      I met him inNY in 2001 I have his signature

  • @piustwelfth
    @piustwelfth 3 роки тому +362

    Talk about iconic. Anyone who was alive in the 1970's fondly remembers this song.
    P.S.: He looks great in this video.

    • @yankeesam4938
      @yankeesam4938 3 роки тому +6

      Remember...that's real music today!! Also Barry White's Orchestra...man o man, fortunate enough to see them @ Radio City Music Hall, seeing Love Unlimited Orchestra w/ Barry white as the stage elevate from below for the audience; still get chills from seeing it online!

    • @catherinejackson9022
      @catherinejackson9022 3 роки тому +6

      Saw him at the Cow palace, SF.
      He was fantastic!

    • @patriciasmythe7797
      @patriciasmythe7797 3 роки тому +2

      Me

    • @Anjulo959
      @Anjulo959 3 роки тому +3

      Very true, I am the lucky one, one of my haydays favourite

    • @j.r.8592
      @j.r.8592 2 роки тому +6

      I'm probably the only 35 year old white dude alive that knows of this man beyond South Park 😂.

  • @martinfilardi2614
    @martinfilardi2614 8 місяців тому +37

    Just right off the charts. I’m 72 and. So happy I grew up with such awesome music. Wow, never grows old.

    • @angeljones11
      @angeljones11 7 місяців тому +1

      So very thankful that my kids’ musical tastes and mine were born about the same time as my dad. Real. Music.

    • @dean3434
      @dean3434 Місяць тому

      Me too at 75.

  • @michaelarmstrong6483
    @michaelarmstrong6483 7 днів тому +2

    No computer, all skills. ❤

  • @kevinlawrence8580
    @kevinlawrence8580 3 роки тому +771

    Issac Hayes was one of the more underrated musical geniuses of all time.

    • @derrickdzurko2068
      @derrickdzurko2068 3 роки тому +41

      Kevin, he wasn't under-rated and everyone around him, the industry and executives - knew. He was the first black man to do a complete major motion picture who controlled his publishing...he has so much money my friend. He was giving a away licenses on word of mouth. He was a giver and he did music for free in a lot of cases over the years. FACTS! Another person is Kevin Bacon - he is doing everyone's sessions with guitar work.

    • @susanmailler274
      @susanmailler274 3 роки тому +5

      Love it !!

    • @susanmailler274
      @susanmailler274 3 роки тому +16

      Can you dig it ?? Oh yeah !!!!..♥️♥️♥️

    • @StrongCaramel
      @StrongCaramel 3 роки тому +30

      He also recorded the longest song known to man... I stand accused. Man I think I graduated one grade into the next and that damn song was still playing 😂

    • @Bruce-1956
      @Bruce-1956 3 роки тому +21

      Underrated is the most overrated word on YT.

  • @soulsee410
    @soulsee410 3 роки тому +359

    The man known as Black Moses ...RIP ISAAC HAYES

    • @supreme1096
      @supreme1096 3 роки тому +5

      You get a chance you have to watch The Watts Concert in Cali in the early 70's

    • @perryvalton4245
      @perryvalton4245 3 роки тому +1

      Really? wasn’t it Marcus Gravy that was known as the black Mose.

    • @erichenry386
      @erichenry386 3 роки тому +5

      He died?!?!

    • @soulsee410
      @soulsee410 3 роки тому +4

      @@erichenry386 yup he died around same time bernie mac passed

    • @angelcorona...8431
      @angelcorona...8431 3 роки тому +4

      Hey Moses was not a white man nether , so for the record ,🤨🤨🤨🤨🧐🙄🧐🙄..

  • @peterkirgan6850
    @peterkirgan6850 2 роки тому +165

    Isaac was a singer musician musical director stage performer actor absolute legend! Will be sadly missed ! Rip big fella!!!!

  • @RXmusic4YOU
    @RXmusic4YOU 3 роки тому +61

    PARENTS!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE YOUR CHILD OR ANY CHILD AN INSTRUMENT. THIS IS ONE REASON WHY.

    • @1praisem1
      @1praisem1 2 роки тому +6

      I am a 70s baby who just had a child at 45. We just bought our son another drum set electronic, we have a keyboard and other real instruments to follow.

    • @derrickjackson6737
      @derrickjackson6737 6 днів тому

      Stay on him❤

    • @josephwilkerson8065
      @josephwilkerson8065 4 години тому

      ❤oo7qa m6 c​@@1praisem1

  • @wesgriffin6081
    @wesgriffin6081 3 роки тому +349

    Isaac Hayes....a legendary composer, singer, producer, conductor, performer !!! He wrote some baddass shyt !!!

    • @anthonywestjr1063
      @anthonywestjr1063 3 роки тому +10

      The World Can Dig It! ✊🏾👦🏾👍🏾🍻

    • @dashcroft1892
      @dashcroft1892 3 роки тому +10

      Great as ‘Chef’ too!

    • @mikesmith3227
      @mikesmith3227 3 роки тому +8

      Totally love some his later music even have hand sighed copy of the CD and the gold record from his Memphis restaurant on my wall.

    • @mikesmith3227
      @mikesmith3227 3 роки тому +5

      I have every thing he ever published except the song he did for "The Rockford Files" Gandey's Theme was a classic.

    • @wesgriffin6081
      @wesgriffin6081 3 роки тому +3

      @@mikesmith3227 WOW !!!

  • @MrLiveman2
    @MrLiveman2 Рік тому +92

    This song is a masterpiece.
    One of the best instrumental pieces ever composed.
    🔥🔥🔥👍🏿

  • @barbarajordan3145
    @barbarajordan3145 22 дні тому +3

    This must be one of the finest modern/contemporary musical orchestration written!

  • @seventhchild8476
    @seventhchild8476 3 роки тому +284

    Brought a tear to my eye man. Watching the late great Isaac Hayes. 31 years prior he had completed this MASTERPIECE film score for the film SHAFT.
    My Mum bought this album in 1971. It got played out by all of us, even my brother's friends. BRILLIANT PIECE OF SOULFUL FUNK. RIP Issac Hayes. 👍🏼👍🏾👍🏽👍🏿💜🧡💛

  • @musiclover1960ED
    @musiclover1960ED 3 роки тому +38

    50 years and I STILL dig it..................RIGHT ON>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........Issac Hayes.......the planet Earth NUMBER ONE soul brother......YEAH

  • @sdmackpictures
    @sdmackpictures Рік тому +63

    Classical, funk, jazz, rock. Shaft has it all. This is one of the greatest videos on youtube. Simply amazing, legendary.

  • @davejohnson1666
    @davejohnson1666 2 роки тому +5

    Richard Roundtree walking thru the streets while this was playing..most macho thing ever in a movie!!!!

  • @jackfairweather199
    @jackfairweather199 3 роки тому +51

    The man, the myth, the legend: ISAAC HAYES!

  • @edemdjokotoe6288
    @edemdjokotoe6288 3 роки тому +129

    Orchestral funky soul. Man, the Black Moses was ahead of his time.

  • @FollowScripture
    @FollowScripture Рік тому +69

    Musical masterpiece

  • @bradarcova7636
    @bradarcova7636 2 роки тому +35

    This is the smoothest coolest, composition ever! I grew up in the 1970's; this epitomizes the decade. Isaac Hayes transcends all boundaries and gets right to the core of all people.

  • @sheldonlevine6187
    @sheldonlevine6187 3 роки тому +88

    Best Movie Soundtrack song of all time.

    • @rev.lelandcore4875
      @rev.lelandcore4875 3 роки тому +4

      They just don't make it like this no more, the newbies need to sit and truly sample this era

    • @RatKing59
      @RatKing59 3 роки тому +8

      There’s an argument for Superfly, but a list without Shaft in the top 10 theme songs is flat out wrong.

    • @godfreystoby9800
      @godfreystoby9800 3 роки тому +3

      Totally agree. This soundtrack hsa appeared in indian, Chinese and many English movies.

    • @wcwbulldog1701
      @wcwbulldog1701 3 роки тому +3

      And TV Theme as Well, Sheldon

    • @paulslavich8550
      @paulslavich8550 3 роки тому +3

      My 1st record as a kid. Shaped my musical ear.

  • @audreybowles6357
    @audreybowles6357 3 роки тому +51

    A stellar performance of this song (orchestra/band really pulled it off) after 40 years!!!!!!

    • @Jameslopez5682
      @Jameslopez5682 Рік тому +1

      Hello Audrey how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

  • @victors6062
    @victors6062 Рік тому +2

    Never expected to find a Funk or Disco song like this in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

  • @Becker306
    @Becker306 5 місяців тому +7

    This is the first time I see musicians performing a song with so much joy.😊

  • @marianneturner7267
    @marianneturner7267 3 роки тому +197

    Issac was a musical genius!

    • @lbowsk
      @lbowsk 2 роки тому

      What? Can you name another of his musical genius masterpieces?

    • @duanewilson3941
      @duanewilson3941 2 роки тому +2

      @@lbowsk Yeah, Soul man, Sam and Dave.

    • @brenobaere1117
      @brenobaere1117 Рік тому +3

      @@lbowsk walk on by

    • @brenobaere1117
      @brenobaere1117 Рік тому

      @@lbowsk hung up on my baby

    • @GG-qy2wy
      @GG-qy2wy Рік тому +1

      @@lbowsk Soulsville, Cafe Reggio, heck the ENTIRE Shaft soundtrack. Find it and listen to it. And Isaac also had a "disco hit" Don't Let Go.

  • @mariemcdon1511
    @mariemcdon1511 3 роки тому +80

    Isaac Hayes was a genius. This performance was mind blowing, and is still so.

  • @leilaikusura4904
    @leilaikusura4904 Рік тому +27

    An everlasting Masterpiece. This will never age for me. Outstanding! The Oscar for this theme song was very well deserved. RIP legend

  • @TheGrouchDnD
    @TheGrouchDnD 3 роки тому +62

    I like how much the band was feeling this track

  • @rebahenderson211
    @rebahenderson211 3 роки тому +188

    This was FABULOUS to watch Issac Hayes conduct.

  • @maribrunson4464
    @maribrunson4464 2 роки тому +46

    Issac Hayes was a musical maestro. His music will always be appreciated and loved. All the musicians on stage are incredible.

  • @chetoutten18
    @chetoutten18 День тому

    I MET THE LATE ISSAC HAYES AT HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY AWESOME PERSONALITY ONE OF THE GREATEST DAYS OF MY LIFE .BROTHERSFOREVER.

  • @altonhumes5782
    @altonhumes5782 3 роки тому +99

    I have no further words here... This is the greatness we've lost, but were privileged to have in his earthly time. RIP Forever, Isaac Hayes!!!
    #RARHOF
    #OnlyTalkingBoutShaft! #DamnRight!!!
    #WeStillDigIt!!!

    • @j.r.8592
      @j.r.8592 2 роки тому +1

      And you could tell he legit loved it.

    • @TheFatmonty
      @TheFatmonty 2 роки тому +4

      My favourite of all time. Yes RIP but soul always lives on. KTF

  • @legsdiamond6022
    @legsdiamond6022 3 роки тому +42

    This man Isaac Hays and Barry White had the sexiest vocals of my time deep and sincere 🌹🌹🌹🎼

  • @AngryRantsAndStuff
    @AngryRantsAndStuff Рік тому +8

    Watching on the 14th anniversary of Isaac Hayes death. He is a legend who is sorely missed.

  • @dean3434
    @dean3434 Місяць тому +3

    So lucky to see Isaac Hayes my only first time live back in 1975 when he and his orchestra did a show at Ocean Shores, Washington. A nice little ocean side resort on the coast of Washington State.
    So Mr. Hayes and all arrive on stage and with all that huge overflow audience and he calmly and graciously immediately says something like 'oh yes, we're here at an ocean side resort, but where are the curvacious swinging palm trees to be at this ocean side resort?"
    The overflow audience howled with laughs because we knew exactly what he was talking about. This is the Washington State Coast. Haha.
    Man. What a show, what a show Mr. Hayes and his crew did.
    Forever Isaac Hayes
    Dean
    Seattle

  • @professorx8549
    @professorx8549 3 роки тому +58

    Masterpiece of aesthetic artistry. This is simple genius at its best. More lovely than the "mona lisa" herself.

    • @Kemet3.0
      @Kemet3.0 3 роки тому +1

      Well, it did win a Oscar!

  • @markmarsh27
    @markmarsh27 Рік тому +36

    That was just SPECTACULAR! Definitely the best Movie Theme every composed, it was the biggest song in the World in 1971. Isaac Hayes was a force of Nature.

  • @yevetter.2126
    @yevetter.2126 3 роки тому +69

    Wish we had more bands like this... the 70's blew up with so many amazing bands who were extremely talented and gifted playing variety of musical instruments

    • @neilwilliams1518
      @neilwilliams1518 2 роки тому

      hes a complecated man but no one understands him,but his woman...[beat that rubber lips...gary fat boy barlow or kanye east sos west

  • @miskittt
    @miskittt 6 місяців тому +8

    If you don't know this song, you died in the 60s.

    • @missgham1005
      @missgham1005 Місяць тому +2

      Facts!!!. He was a Genius.

  • @kevinobrien2735
    @kevinobrien2735 2 роки тому +8

    Just incredible musianship here. A song that never gets old.

  • @Mssipequeen
    @Mssipequeen 3 роки тому +90

    HOW Much fun were those musicians having ! SO MUCH!

    • @JamesScott-bw8sf
      @JamesScott-bw8sf 3 роки тому

      Hello beautiful how you doing?

    • @ferox965
      @ferox965 3 роки тому +3

      I got to play this in a band I sat in with once. One of the most fun songs ever to play.

    • @roberttaylor6694
      @roberttaylor6694 3 роки тому +1

      👊

    • @JamesScott-bw8sf
      @JamesScott-bw8sf 3 роки тому

      @@roberttaylor6694 Hello how you doing?

  • @cubistone
    @cubistone 3 роки тому +29

    As unforgettable as Mozart's 40. One of the all time greats.

  • @darrelltreaudo9850
    @darrelltreaudo9850 Рік тому +24

    It is so nice to see musicians enjoying themselves while performing. I love 💘 it.
    Shalom
    DT

  • @srrog1359
    @srrog1359 Рік тому +10

    Artists were really artists back in the day. A classic for the ages.

  • @brentchampagnie9130
    @brentchampagnie9130 3 роки тому +270

    Now this is live music. Bands of today need to listen 🎵🎵🎵

    • @bigredd690
      @bigredd690 3 роки тому +9

      Man who u telling

    • @CheCol777
      @CheCol777 3 роки тому +3

      ✨✊🏽

    • @mariantreber8055
      @mariantreber8055 3 роки тому +3

      Sooo true but, that's an orchestra. Top quality song and performance!

    • @Neville60001
      @Neville60001 2 роки тому +3

      Bands of today _don't_ need to be just like Issac Hayes 'because'-stop being a hater of new music and the young people who perform it.

    • @rickyricardo7242
      @rickyricardo7242 2 роки тому +1

      There are bands today? IMHO, the best music (back when it was "real" music) was from the 50s, 60s and 70s.

  • @ericwarncke
    @ericwarncke 2 роки тому +45

    I am stunned. That was the most perfect live version of any song I've ever heard.

  • @kt9166
    @kt9166 2 місяці тому +1

    I'm in the midst of reading Odie Henderson's book on Black films, and remember vividly the impact of the movie SHAFT on America. I was working at the Paramount Theater in Denver, and it was HUGE! And we weren't even showing the movie! This was the one everyone was talking about, and one of the biggest things that had everyone buzzing was Isaac Hayes! What a theme! What an entrance for John Shaft! It was on everyone's radio, all the time! It was on everyone's record player, all the time! Everyone I knew had the foldout cover for BLACK MOSES on their wall! Hayes deserves every accolade he ever got for his work, and it's so sad that he left us too soon. God Bless you, Isaac, for all the brilliance you gifted us with.

  • @elainemeyer5062
    @elainemeyer5062 Рік тому +15

    It’s 20 years after this was done, and it just goes to show that great music never dies! It sounds as good today as it did back then, and while many of the talented artists from the past have passed away, thanks to the technology we now have, we’re still able to watch the videos of the performances! It’s a shame that many of the ‘younger’ generation doesn’t seem to appreciate this type of music.

    • @Jameslopez5682
      @Jameslopez5682 Рік тому

      Hello Elaine how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

    • @Joaquim.Filipe.8880
      @Joaquim.Filipe.8880 Рік тому

      Beautifol 🙏💖🤙

    • @g.b.5206
      @g.b.5206 3 місяці тому

      20 Years?? its more like 45 years a go, 22 years a go was introduced to the Hall of fames but the song is much older

    • @davemort9166
      @davemort9166 3 місяці тому

      Damn right

  • @Guitaroverkill
    @Guitaroverkill 4 роки тому +171

    The coolest guitar riff without playing a riff and only using the wah-wah pedal!

  • @reneecarter6702
    @reneecarter6702 3 роки тому +121

    Who ever disliked this is “de-void of funk”

    • @kevinmcgiffin10
      @kevinmcgiffin10 3 роки тому +9

      And soul.

    • @Exotic3000
      @Exotic3000 3 роки тому +5

      Damn right

    • @ronnieharper879
      @ronnieharper879 3 роки тому +2

      I don't think I'm devoid of funk. I love the song just because it's a cool song. It reminds me of the James Bond theme songs.

    • @Leon-wu4ut
      @Leon-wu4ut 3 роки тому +1

      That’s for sure 👍

    • @JamesScott-bw8sf
      @JamesScott-bw8sf 3 роки тому

      Hello beautiful how you doing?

  • @oscarmartinez2538
    @oscarmartinez2538 6 місяців тому +8

    The man was a genius.

  • @Stravinsky14
    @Stravinsky14 7 місяців тому +13

    The way Isaac understands every tiny nuance of the arrangement, a real funk master conductor, such great timing, and when he finally comes in with he voice, oh man!,,,,,What a great performance! & what a guitarist too,,,,,,,,,,,

  • @fredloos6998
    @fredloos6998 3 роки тому +58

    when I was a kid, there was so much great music that I was immune to greatness like Isaac. This is an incredible song and arrangement, the man was Shaft.

    • @kencody4287
      @kencody4287 3 роки тому

      Played on our old racetrack Danbury Connecticut feature race song great song great memories!

  • @l.lockleer8836
    @l.lockleer8836 3 роки тому +43

    He is a musical genius that directed an entire orchestra!! In the early 70's my college band played "Shaft" behind him in the Atlanta! It was so memorable! Isolated loved his amazing voice!

  • @thesarge4457
    @thesarge4457 2 роки тому +14

    Back in the day this song rocked, the 70's Baby, and it still DOES. Thank You Sir.

  • @simshill295
    @simshill295 10 місяців тому +2

    Tears of pure joy. The man , the musicians …bad “mothershutyourmouth “

  • @choward5430
    @choward5430 3 роки тому +18

    As a young black man in the east coast inner city, this made me feel wonderful!

  • @genobourn7423
    @genobourn7423 3 роки тому +30

    When that song came out it was so far ahead of it's time! It still sounds fresh! Mr. Hayes I SALUTE! RIP!

  • @chrisb.1464
    @chrisb.1464 2 роки тому +6

    31 years after then, 51 years after now! It still sounds wonderfully good! Who makes such music today? Real musicians, real instruments, real music! The late 60s and the 70s with Jimi Hendrix, Queen, The Doors, Isaac Hayes, Barry White, Earth Wind & Fire, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Rainbow, Steppenwolf, AC/DC, Kiss, Genesis (with Peter Gabriel), The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, then John Lennon, Paul Mc Cartney and the Wings, George Harrisson, The Police, Bob Marley, Jethro Tull, Franck Zappa, Scorpions, Santana, Simon & Garfunkel, The Bee Gees, Elton John, Abba, Stevie Wonder, Al Jarreau, Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer, The Eagles, Chicago, 10CC, Bill Whithers, Gerry Rafferty, Supertramp, The temptations, Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk ... Music was an art of experiencing more than sounds at this time!

  • @jacksmith6063
    @jacksmith6063 2 роки тому +24

    Absolutely fantastic.
    Superb performance of a Genius Composer and musician.
    Isaac Hayes.

  • @kurtadams3021
    @kurtadams3021 3 роки тому +42

    The LEGENDARY Mr. Isaac Hayes

  • @jorgenavarro4887
    @jorgenavarro4887 3 роки тому +59

    Awsome...this when the music was a real music...

  • @michaelgibson4863
    @michaelgibson4863 Рік тому +10

    Wow! The sheer joy in this performance. And Ike's conducting is the coolest thing you'll ever see.

  • @vernedwards224
    @vernedwards224 7 місяців тому +6

    Isaac Hayes was a genius who wrote so much great music for other artists also!

  • @sharonpowell1969
    @sharonpowell1969 3 роки тому +25

    Can you imagine hearing these sounds in your mind and bringing it forth in the real world.

    • @sharonpowell1969
      @sharonpowell1969 3 роки тому +1

      @@linedriver1 I can't either. I appreciate the creative gifts that God gave people. I often wonder about people like Bach, Beethoven and others of all genre. It must be amazing to conceived sounds, songs and other types of artistic work. I love Isaac Hayes. What he did with music was amazing

    • @JamesScott-bw8sf
      @JamesScott-bw8sf 3 роки тому

      Hello beautiful how you doing

  • @freeamericausa1
    @freeamericausa1 3 роки тому +12

    All these years later and this old man (74) is still livin in the lost reality of what LIFE is all about, that today's broken children will never experience like WE DID. Well Done ISAAC.

  • @1archengdes111
    @1archengdes111 4 місяці тому +2

    Isaac Hayes, simply amazing, unequaled master musician

  • @adegeary3062
    @adegeary3062 Рік тому +8

    To compose a tune like this you are from another dimension. God bless you isac.

  • @supreme1096
    @supreme1096 3 роки тому +31

    I watched Shaft when I home from work.
    The theme song I can never get tired of listening to this classic masterpiece

  • @themistermax
    @themistermax 3 роки тому +18

    Wow! I remember when this came out in 1971, I loved it then and I still do. This performance is awesome, everyone there is having an absolute blast. RIP Mr. Hayes, gone but never forgotten!

  • @robertpatterson8643
    @robertpatterson8643 Рік тому +8

    This never grows old

  • @psywizard880
    @psywizard880 2 роки тому +11

    Wow! I ♥️ this song! Nobody like Isaac Hayes! One of the best songs ever recorded!! So talented, sure do miss you Isaac!

  • @JJM-qf8dz
    @JJM-qf8dz 2 роки тому +8

    The coolest, one of the best of that Era SHAFT! Was a hit from the start and a great motion picture.

  • @marktrescher358
    @marktrescher358 3 роки тому +101

    Just fantastic. Its 2021 and all doom and gloom, and that's just the music. Wish I could go back to the seventies when I bought this record.

    • @PepperWilliamsMusicBlend
      @PepperWilliamsMusicBlend 3 роки тому +3

      We might be the same age. The 70's was my favorite decade for hip music!!! I bought this album when it came out in 1971. I was 19 years old! (AND I STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL COPY)!

    • @kevinkurtz9889
      @kevinkurtz9889 3 роки тому +3

      This guy was the coolest

    • @kevinkurtz9889
      @kevinkurtz9889 3 роки тому +5

      Richard Roundtree will always be Shaft

    • @sharonwilliams1014
      @sharonwilliams1014 3 роки тому

      I heard that Mark😎 I love The sing Ellis it’s so smooth and soothing. That’s the music that was played when Shaft and his girl was doing the thang😎😎😎😎

    • @kevinkurtz9889
      @kevinkurtz9889 2 роки тому

      @@PepperWilliamsMusicBlend I graduated in 71. That is where it leaves us. Enjoy life and take care 🙂

  • @kre-8-tivediting906
    @kre-8-tivediting906 3 роки тому +168

    He actually beat Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" at the Grammys for Album of the year!

    • @rainkid8807
      @rainkid8807 3 роки тому +28

      You gotta understand the level of musicianship in that time was Godly... I don’t think there was one bad album then

    • @mikesmith3227
      @mikesmith3227 3 роки тому +4

      My second favorite, third Al Green worked at a bar we had a DJ one of the night's he'd always play "Let's Stay Together" because there one of the most beautiful girls I've ever met brought in the hunkyest guys but when the song came on she would pull me out from behind the bar just was our song we melted into one never meet her outside that envirorement but a great memory

    • @direfranchement
      @direfranchement 3 роки тому +4

      @@rainkid8807 Um there were plenty bad albums in that era.

    • @sergioantunes6579
      @sergioantunes6579 3 роки тому +1

      Actually Carole King won the Grammy for Album of the year of the masterpiece Tapestry

    • @JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION
      @JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION 3 роки тому +6

      That's how good music was in the 70's.. Shaft was that shit!

  • @dam-f-ino6814
    @dam-f-ino6814 4 дні тому

    I was fortunate enough to see Issac Live at the Sahara Tahoe. It was the most memorable concert I have ever seen.

  • @kaymichal
    @kaymichal 6 місяців тому +4

    He has so many star musicians in this band!!!

  • @jamesscannell893
    @jamesscannell893 3 роки тому +7

    Who is guy doubling on trombone, trumpet and piccolo flute? !!!? Incredible!! What is his name, he deserves some recognition!!

  • @elkehassell171
    @elkehassell171 3 роки тому +7

    now thats what you call ICONIC. Shaft is the man RIP Isaac Hayes

  • @be.amazingkelly
    @be.amazingkelly 2 роки тому +21

    Whew! after All of these years....this piece still sounds SO good.

  • @jeffreyarguello6108
    @jeffreyarguello6108 Рік тому +3

    I am 33 years old but I am a old soul this is the epitome of great music imo

  • @stebstebanesier6205
    @stebstebanesier6205 3 роки тому +13

    Anybody else remember Mr. Hayes' performance at the 1971 Academy Awards wearing that chain vest, awesome. I sure miss real music like this. This also makes me really miss Dave, Paul and the World's Most Dangerous Band.

    • @lt2339
      @lt2339 3 роки тому

      No but I'm gonna look at it right now....

    • @dannymiles6503
      @dannymiles6503 3 роки тому

      Yes i sure do. I put my comment up about that gold chain shirt before i read your one. Powerful visions for my 13-14 yr old brain when i saw that. I idolised him then. Wasnt it a knockout, like no one could match that and the song.

    • @catherinejackson9022
      @catherinejackson9022 3 роки тому

      @@dannymiles6503 Yes, he had it on at the concert I attended in SF. It was so BOSS...

    • @dannymiles6503
      @dannymiles6503 3 роки тому

      @@catherinejackson9022 Really Catherine!! Gosh i wish i could of been there. My first discovery of him was when i was 13 and it was 72-73 and i just idolised him and the mighty song as soon as it came out. You must have vivid memories of that experience for sure.

  • @cdregal7582
    @cdregal7582 2 роки тому +11

    The great Isaac Hayes composed many masterpieces, but if this was the only song he composed it would still make him an ICON!!!!

  • @Olizimm
    @Olizimm Рік тому +22

    my god it still gives me goosebumps!! Great Isaac!! Unforgettable!

  • @artgamechanger3841
    @artgamechanger3841 7 днів тому +2

    The drummer held it together.

  • @Moyetniishiswa2000
    @Moyetniishiswa2000 3 роки тому +59

    Brilliant use of the flute. Ron Burgandy would be all over this.

    • @octaviof.g.7316
      @octaviof.g.7316 3 роки тому +4

      he is actually that one who played on the record

  • @seanstrick5998
    @seanstrick5998 3 роки тому +8

    That was the best theme music for the coolest dude! R.I. P. ISAAC Hayes!

  • @ArtHistoryProfessor
    @ArtHistoryProfessor Рік тому +9

    I got the *CHILLS* & *FEELS* whilst listening to and viewing this stellar performance of an iconic masterpiece of 20th-century, American music. Rest in Peace and Power, Maestro Isaac Hayes (20 August 1942 - 10 August 2008).

  • @Jayce_Alexander
    @Jayce_Alexander 2 роки тому +11

    Great performance. So strange to think Isaac Hayes has been gone for 14 years. I remember when he made a guest appearance in the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as an Isaac Hayes impersonator. He was pretty good at it.