The O'Jays - For The Love of Money (Official Soul Train Video)
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- PhillySound on Soul Train presents: "For The Love of Money" by The O'Jays
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One of the Most Famous, Iconic *Basslines* Ever ...
yeah Happy Mondays used it for Rave On
But the guy that originally did it is not in this video! His name is Anthony Jackson!
Ever!!!
It digs into your GUTS.
Originally played by Anthony Jackson - google him!
This is arguably the most iconic base line of all time... it's INSTANTLY recognizable to practically everyone.
James Brown would disagree greatly.
1971 , man what I wouldn’t give to be able to go back to that time , I was 10 years old living in Stapleton projects in Staten Island New York , a much simpler time, I miss the good old days 🥲
The name of the bass player in yellow is Kurtis (Kurt) Teel. Give it up for him and RIP.
He’s playin that bass!!! 🫶🏾🫶🏾
He did an excellent job playing Mr. Jacksons bassline!
That bass player is getting it in. Most folk don't realize how difficult it is to play this bass line with a pick, and keep it grooving for 5-plus minutes. #respect
AMAZING! And a white cat. 😉
@@mmmcosta there were alot of mixed raced back up bands back in the day. Whites had soul too!
Next to the piano, the bass is my favorite instrument. I love the deep sound it produces!! 🎸 🎸 🎸
As a amateur bass player it would be very difficult to do with a pick, that man is a amazing bass player.
Heybro that's nothing to bumping that p-bass so funky for 5 + minutes without making The Stankface. That tune is fun to play. That drummer was right there too.
They were makin it happen on that one - live on Soul Train!
A lot of artists would go on Soul Train and lip-sync, this was 100% live!
gcee 0:49 😅2
This is a LIVE performance and the band is killing it..this is a wonderful show..top notch The O'Jays is on point as always
Agree! Some insist that Soul Train has never gone live but there's no way this isn't LIVE!
that bass player is the epitome of 70's coolness !!!!
Kurtis Teel.
@@stefanlundblad7693 thanks
Many comments about the bass player. His name was Kurtis Teel and yes ladies and gentlemen he was all that. And more. Funny cat and really driven to succeed you could tell it already when he was my roomate at Berklee in 1971. He cut quite a figure even back then when his main axe at that point was a huge natural finish Telecaster bass. And yes, gone way too soon at age 32 in LA where he had settled. A long road from Kentucky folks, and yes, a helluva player and person.
Glad you knew him, he was a bad Mofo r.i.p. to him 💯🙌
Talk about a funky bass groove! 🎵
This one of the hardest bass line to play, because you play with a pick. This bass line is all 16th 🎶 notes, its funky bass line and awesome 😎.
Still on that bass! Amazing
@@rickygranderson9625 Yes it is
✨💫 @@jamesrichardson3322 Thx for that nugget! 💫✨
@@shemcg7830 Thanks 😊 for what? Your welcome ❤️
Every day that we have Eddie Levert and Walter Williams still with us is a damn good day.
Yessss
Peace Village ,This is How WE Keep Our Souls Balanced Tribe! Soul Muzik Ya'll
You ain't never lied.❤
AMEN!!!
Exactly!!
The o Jay's one of the best groups ever
Nobody filming it on their mobile, everyone just enjoying the moment...
Exactly, TY!🎯 And kicking it on the dancefloor! 👏🏽💯
This is the musical arrangement that saved planet Earth from the Great Depression. Thanks O'Jays, do your thing!
My favorite group of all time. RIP William Powell
OMG! That guitar riff is the bomb! I am losing my my mind in my living room dancing to this jam! I remember listening to this jam non stop when I was a teenager! Now my own daughters and their children be jamming to this song! I love it!
The days when you can bump into someone while dancing and not have to worry about getting shot, oh how I miss those days.
This was just one hit off a super album. Ship Ahoy!
The bass player is smokin!, what a groove!
That’s Kurtis Teel on bass.
Absolutely!.
@@specialprojekts501, thank you I was hoping someone would clarify that.
Have to give that man the credit he deserves.
1970's vs 1980's 1990's 2000's 2010's and 2020's! The 1970's is still the best decade for Black folks. Only a few years removed from the Civil Rights struggles, but that decade of the 70's had more love and fun for black folks than any other in history. I'm fortunate to have experienced it first hand.
Hendrix and Louis Armstrong?
❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
Brother, you speak the truth!
Truth
That’s our grandmas and grandpas getting down on the dance floor🕺🏾 💃🏽 😂
You may be onto something. 😀 My Grandma was 18 when this video was released. :) But MOST People's Grandparents would have been more like 27. 😀
@@MarySmith-lv3mo Im 36 and oldest grandkid - my grandparents were 42 and 45 here in 1974
That is hilarious. You might be right.
One of the funkiest bass lines ever
Being played like on guitar, too!
@@ksims425 So true, still the funkiest!. agreed!
@@ksims425 that’s because it is a guitar 🎸😂 I always thought it was a bass, as a matter of a fact everyone believes it’s a bass but it’s actually Electric Guitar being played down the octave listen to the muted strings!
@@zionee1 It's only got four strings! It's a bass
@@ksims425 you’re right it does my bad I can admit I was wrong he’s playing with a pick that’s why the attack sounds like a guitar and he’s able to mute the strings! 👍🏾
The 70s was the greatest decade for music. The OJAY'S was one of the groups that made that decade special ,their music had strong meaning and good lyrics. The 70s was the times where most people got alone and respected each others and one main thing the men and women pants wasn't hanging down!!! RESPECT YOURSELVES 😢😢 SHAMEFUL !!!! ❤ SHACK!!
When the live version can sound as seamless as a studio version for a song with so many parts…I didn’t see the horn section until the middle. Wow!
NOTHING LIKE HEARING THIS LIVE!! It's 2023 I'm still praying for you Mr. Eddie 🙏🫂❤️
Black american music at it's finest...I love us
I'm from Philly born and raised nothing like our music 🎶 🤝🏾💯
I am from Florida lol
Alvin Cook I grew up in Ohio and I agree with you 💯
@@dannyfriendly3105 🤝🏾🤝🏾🤝🏾✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽💯💯💯💯
Oh and btw The Ojays brought that hot sauce straight from Canton Ohio!
I'm from Texas
.. and Man you ain't lying !!!!
😎✊ Boy that white guy on bass (Curtis) kiickin that bass in the azz!!!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎵🎼🎶🎵🎺🎷🎺🎷🎺🎷🎺🎷🎺
Yeah he's killing it.
The original bass line is by Anthony Jackson
Hehe
Yeah.....White Boy gots skillz!!!!
@@jamessneed5560 My brother is a bass player and says this is a difficult song to play.
RIP William Powell
& a Big band...check out that
Full Horn section
I do believe he, (William Powell), took drugs to help alleviate the pain and stress from his cancer. Sometimes the body tells you when something is out of whack. Maybe he didn't realize he had cancer because the drugs would numb him until he went to the hospital after the car accident. Had he not taken any drugs back then, the cancer could've been caught early on, but then again medicine wasn't advanced back then like how it is now. He is so handsome and will never be forgotten❣❣❣❣
This is timeless!! And they sound great live !! The band is TIGHT !!
The smooth chorography courtesy of my beyond awesome grandfather the late great Cholly Atkins!!! I love you and miss you still Pop Pop!!
Loving the energy in this room. That's what life is about man... Good music, good vibes, energy on 100 and everything else follows 🙌🏽
Absolutely Amen To That 🙏🙏🙏
Absolutely! Raises my vibe every time I come here
Real music 🎶 back then
You got it girlie....
Word! 👌
The brother in the blue shirt at 3:42 thats funny. LOL He jamming!😂
I'm 67, I remember this, I'm smiling with my heart. Thank you for this stroll down memory lane . I wished there was a good combination of singers and rappers. Maybe it's me but there seems to be more rappers. The magic of the OJays, The Temptations, The Dramatics to The Dells, The Muscles Etc. Who's going to step in place, when they're gone. No one can take there place but who's going to keep the magic going. Smile, Everyone
I am still listening to this song, September 4, 2022. This song has meaning because people will do anything for money. Money is the root of all evil. I cannot believe the guy in the middle, William Power died at the age of 35 in 1977. I was an undergraduate student at Morgan State University in 1977. RIP, William Powell.
No baby, the good book tells us that the LOVE of money is the root of all evil money is neither good nor bad. It just depends on how a person chooses to use it as well as get it.☮️✝️💟
R.I.P. Mr. Cornelius. You was one heck of a host. There will never be music like this again. Nor will there ever be a host as classy as you were.
Live , no lip syncing. Rare for Soul Train
Not rare...it was going on for a while but Don Cornelius said it became too expensive.
@@ms.ladysanders3939true, not rare it became a thing of the past. You’re correct
Ain't it the truth!
Absolutely lip synching (play back). Look at the bass player.
right? the best.
Can't say it enough! So happy I grew up with Soul Train and awesome music like this. Thank you God!!!
Natural Beautiful Brothers and Sisters ❤
💯I completely agree! It was one of my highlights to get to watch on the weekends😍😎🎉🎵🎶🎵
Saturday 11 am in NY. Must see tv
We are not alone - at all!
In what were the ultra defying and innovative sounds of Motown and Stax in during the 1960s, it was the brassy, classy and sophisticated sounds of Philadelphia International that rocked the 1970s.
Gamble and Huff, engineer Joe Tarsia, the writers arrangers and the MFSB/TSOP band took it to the next level!! I'm from Detroit, but Philly soul rules!!
LOOK AT ALL THAT NATURAL BEAUTY NO STANKY WEAVES OR WIGS, NO CAPITALAR EYELASHES NO DESTRUCTION OF THE BODY WITH ALL THOSE DAMM TATTOOS!!
There are bass lines, and this is a killer 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
🥀R.I.P William Powell 🥀
THE GROUP that defined R& B music in the 70s!!!! What a jammin song !!!!!!
Those 3 men were so talented.
Can you imagine growing up with the music there playing today? I would lose my god damn mine. Thank god for old school music that kept me sane in the membrain.
Written by
Kenny Gamble
Leon Huff
Anthony Jackson
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Lead Vocals:
Walter Williams
Eddie LeVert
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Background Vocals:
William Powell
(R.I.P.)
Eddie LeVert
Walter Williams
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Instrumentation:
Leon Huff and
MFSB
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Arranger and
Conductor:
Bobby Martin
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Produced by
Kenny Gamble
and
Leon Huff
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Year:
1973
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Album:
Ship Ahoy
Did William ever lead any songs?
@Paul Ricci Guitarist Kurt Teel was playing it, in the yellow outfit.
@@Learningisfree808
In their early years,he sang lead.
Look up their version of
“I’ll Be Seeing You”.
He also co-lead their song
“How Time Flies” on their
“Survival” album.
That's a stone groooooooove, yeah!
you can be anyone but you will never be cooler than the drummer
This level of funk is illegal in some countries. Unreal!!! 🕺
Preach 🙏 🎉
Everyone keeps talking about Queen and what great singers they are. Sorry, but nobody beats the great soul and R&B artists from the 60s and 70s. Not even Queen.
And these guys were one of them.
Say it again🎉❤
Queen is the only band that had four members to all write a number one song. That being said yes the 70's Soul music is my favorite.
@@guaporichardi dont like queen much 😆
From the good old days when singers could sing and a band could play without all modifications on computers. Remember those days? I do!
One of the greatest songs off ALL time !!!
Yes Sir. Without a doubt! What a treat to see this classic performed live on Soul Train.
I totally agree
@@michaelkincaid4660 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
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New Soul Train performances by our incredible Philadelphia musicians every Friday!
Epic
Great! Still looking for the 1972 Johnny William's performance
thanks for the update
That's great!
This just made my day!!
Talk about a funky bass grove🎶
I miss Soul Train...
It is clear that these Legendary brothers take great enjoyment in performing live. You can see the professionalism and they have a unique way of changing up on how they make the song sound but keeping it real. O'jays for life.
Yes O'Jays for life. Unfortunately they have announced this year will be their last tour. 😕 They are calling it the last stop on the Love Train.
THAT'S MY BABY WILLIE POWELL PERFORMING.
GO WILLIE POWELL REST IN PEACE WILLIE POWELL 🕊
Waddy Wachtel ?!
@@lp1082 Willie (William) Powell was one of the founding singers for OJAY'S. I assume you're taking the bass player as being Waddy as he DOES look similar -- the guy playing I believe is actually Kurtis Teel.
Truest lyrics ever sang or spoken! 🔥
Gerald Levert's dad is fire on those vocals!! So is the other guys...sophisticated funk!!#pure 70's!!
The other guys are Walter Williams (the other lead in the group) and William Powell.
Eddie Levert.. is his name. Yes he’s Gerald’s father but before we knew the Teddy bear. His pops paved the way for him.
That's like saying I didn't know Nicole Richie's dad can sing. LOL
Actually, Eddie Levert isn’t singing lead on this. Walter Williams is singing lead. Both Eddie and Walter do lead vocals on specific songs.
The O’Jays were a powerhouse with two singers bomb enough to sing lead.
So many stylish afros! How I miss afros.
The dance moves! That bass!!!
The classic episodes where the band didn't mime... They PLAYED!!!
We should demand they bring this type of music back!!
The backup band is playing like they just got paid
I Love so much this music
Cash Money
Ain’t they though?!! 🔥🔥🔥
Cause they did!!!! They’re on soul train.
🤣✌
They was lit on this one. Especially 2 dudes up front with big Afros.
You know when I didn't see the original bassist (Anthony Jackson) that did that track on the first release of For The Love Of Money I was a little discouraged to watch, but DAMN this man owned it that time. As much Soul Train that I have seen in 50 years, this is a first.... and the horns too. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏼👍🏼Wow !!!
So who is the bass player on stage?
@@mykelr5224 Kurtis Teel...
@@mugpush4816 thank you!
Great footage one of the rare soul train performances live. Sounds great keep up with this classic footage. PIR is classic The O’Jays are legends.
Absolutely agree :) Definitely one of the few live performances of the Soul Train clips I've seen...great job they all did!
Everybody on Soul Train was lip-syncing. The producer played the record in the background & the performers had their mics turned off
TSOP FOREVER
@@electrictroy2010 I've seem other clips where it was just the three of them on stage. Why bring in a full band just to lip-sync? Had to be expensive. Either way, the energy is definitely real!
Soul train was a comment about American bandstand. In my humble "white guy" Opinion, you had better music.
Soul train was amazing. I was too white and young to appreciate how incredible it was
O'Jays backup band playin' like they just got a raise!!
Backup band?
I believe it’s some of the members of the house band MFSB.
LOL!
They are so quick! I’m surprised they could get the ‘money money money’ out on time 😂😂😂
Straight talk🤩😍🥰
Giggin!!! Swangin! Boy this is one of thee best songs ever made
This show should have been a must-see
It was then and still is!
@@kevingoins9858 I can tell... love the American singers
They were Ssssoooo bad, I saw them twice in the 70's!
It always was 👍🏾
❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
THIS IS WELLLL BEFORE MY TIME...BUT I LOVE TO GO BACK IN TIME TO SEE HOW THAT CURRENT GENERATION WAS❤
I swear I wanna teleport back to this time...good safe "sweat your press and curl out" partying...look at all the beautiful people
IMAGINE...Folks lettin loose like this today ? ? ?
millennial kids..for the record...THIS is what a funky bass line sounds like...timeless greatness.
Damn. This is tight for a live performance.
This is a true song here ! Mr. Anthony Jackson was killing it on that bass . No Doubt ! 🎸🎸🎸
that not anthony jackson bro
Curtis Teel on bass.
@@jonp2338 Anthony Jackson as a session man., plays and signs the song with his fantastic bass line
Wow Soul music at its best the legendary O'Jays🎼🎶🎵🎤
Side Note: That Band tho! Peace!
I love the energy of the crowd & the O Jays were amazing 🎉❤
I loved everything about this performance👏🏾👏🏾
Music back then was the greatest.Im dating myself.but that's the truth.
Soul Train Gang gettin’ down!! That right there was just to damn funky!
This is a tear jerker...brings back sooo many vivid day-to-day memories of this era. I hope I can make it through the concert without being a wad of tears. I appreciate you, The Ojays...thank you!
not into soul or funk much, but this track's bustin' on all levels. Rock on Philly...
One powerful bass take at the top the prize.
These guys sound like they are really excited to be on Soul Train. The energy is exciting here.
I am 65 was a senior in high school when this came out. Saw them perform it live at the Greek theatre in LA that same year. What a show they put on. No computers to alter the sound just pure music.
I was in the band for that performance and at the Greek! Bobby Womack opening and Ship Ahoy with the ship behind the band with dancers in shadow. What a show!!
@@donaldabrams3248 I had forgotten about Bobby Womack. Yes what a show 👏. They opened with Ship Ahoy and finished with Money 💰 , The fake dollars were raining on the stage.
@@donaldabrams3248 It's ashamed that Eddie Levert could not be with them for the last tour.
I O jays working it / can’t be beat -Eddie & Walt -sang brothers -👀👌✅
O Jays became Funk Legends with this cut
& Backstabbers
if you listen to anything today--listen to this! Go O'Jays!
DAMN! THAT WAS FIRE!!!
Lovely to see such happy young energy. The dancers are all great, individual each unique.❤❤
One of the dopest videos in the wormhole of UA-cam.
Man, this is live and it's just as good as the studio version.
I know the trope that people back then had to be able to sing for real but still, very impressive.
This is amazing my goodness live at that.
I remember seeing this episode of Soul Train as a kid. The moment that bass started was epic.
I love this great live performance of The O'Jays singing their biggest smash hit For The Love Of Money on the Ship Ahoy album from 1973!!! I love the Philly sound The O'Jays is one of the best musical groups of the planet!!!! Thanks so much for posting this video!!!! I love it!!!! I love the 70s!!!! Can you dig it!!!!!😃😃😃😃😁😁😁😁🎂🎂🎂🎂🥳🥳🥳🥳😍😍😍😍😍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈☕☕☕☕💵💵💵💵💵💵💵
Put Your Hands Together and You've Got Your Hooks In Me was also on this great album.
That's right!!! I love The O'Jays, Billy Paul, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass, The Trammps, The Three Degrees, Lou Rawls, The Jacksons, The Delfonics, The Stylistics, The Spinners, and more too!!!!
That Bass Line out they mind love me some o jays
1:05
Incredible and all played & sang live! We were blessed with The O'Jays, Stylistics, Chi-Lites, UnDisputed Truth, Curtis Mayfield, and many others in 8th grade 1972-73!
You know what when The Ojay's sang this Awesome song you Danced like you were RICH. 😀
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I have seen the OJays live in the early 80’s and later in the early 2000’s. Great vocalist for sure. This is rare for Soul Train to actually have live acts. You can tell the acoustics are not set up for live bands in the Soul Train studio. The band was playing like they were playing in a stadium.