I'm 75yrs old now and this tune is special to me because I actually proposed to my wife on bended knee with this playing on the dukebox in 1970, great day's of 60's/70's music.
@@brawny48 me too I say it all the time and would not want to take one damn thing with me, I was just fine with what little we had, well actually we had a lot but it didn't cost a damn thing !!! 😥😥😥 I miss the 60s and all of the 70s.
I'm 24 and I swear if my generation had this music as their foundation when it comes to us making music they would have such a greater and fun time making music the inspiration would be limitless.
26 and I agree, but allot of our generation did grow up on this music since our parents and the internet was such a big influence I found this song when I was 14 on a mixtape my friend gave me
I listened to this like it was yesterday back in the seventies driving my new 1972 Chevrolet nova. With this new song with a beautiful simple life! What more could you ask for! Today's younger generation music cannot match! It s a Shame! Blessings to all! 🌈🌅🙏
OMG Denise You just hit a homerun with those comments 🎯This beautiful classic just moves one's soul in the right direction 4SURE!!!I'm soooooo happy I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of style 🥰🥰🥰The lyrics that yank ur heartstrings for decades 💞💞💞 Real music with meaningful lyrics u can understand 4REAL!!! A trip down memory lane good ode days I was in my twenties carefree 🥳🥰😛💔💥🍷💃💃💃🎊🎊👌Still listening how about May 06 2022
@@shirleybutler2623 yes! Please keep the spinners going with their magical voices and sounds! And ask archangel sandalaphon who is the archangel of music to help us keep their music alive and Strong! Amen! Blessings to all this healing year of 2022! 🌅🌠🌠
Hey Robert, Rosa, Luke and John... Don't Be Leaving Me Behind, I'll Be The Fifth On That Soul Train and Right On Time!.. "Wishing You Love, Peace and Sooouuuuulllll"
I'd like to go back as well. Perhaps cross paths with a young Chaka Khan! Problem is that I was born in '75, so I would be in some corduroy overalls with a bottle of chocolate ovaltine. Happy as a mowfukeh 🍼🍫
One of the classic intros of all time for sure. And when the second guitar kicks in at 0:12 and then the bass line comes along - this is pure sweetness!
@@liecrusher3506 Originally recorded in 1970 - this is definitely pre-disco... the bass is too wild and frisky for disco ! On "It's A Shame" that's James Jameson on the bass ! No one remembers any of the bassists that played disco...
Saw them perform live in Atlantic City many years ago and they performed this hit and all their other hits. They sounded exactly like they did in the 70s. And they were dressed to kill. This music will live forever. Glad I was born and raised back in the day. The music was far better.
Tenía 9 años cuando salió esa maravillosa melodía, ahora con 62 años la sigo escuchando como si fuera la primera vez, la época de los 70s fue inolvidable, gracias a Jehová Dios viví esa época y sigo disfrutando toda esa música, The Spinners eran excelentes. Saludos desde Costa Rica.
It's a shame that Motown did absolutely nothing with the Spinners even after this incredible record.The Spinners finally became famous after they left Motown. But unfortunately to this very day. They have never won a Grammy.
I graduated from H.S. in 1970. ( who cares riight? )I loved, loved, loved the late 60s & late 70s. Wished I could leave the past behind & move forward 😄
Janette Buckley so very well said you put into words what I’ve felt for 40 + years I need a time machine and I’d cut out of here and go back lickity split.Now let me listen to some ELO’s telephone line and reminisce lol.
The 60's and the 70's R&B will eternally be unsurpassed, an extra additional tribute to the awesome potential of the African America spirit that began to assert itself slowly, exploded once the Delta Blues in Mississippi germinated, followed by Beale St. Memphis, New Orleans scene, Be-Bop, and so on, and so on.
Tonya Gratton Hell to the yeah! ! Those were the good old days 4REAL! ! We were so lucky to be born to experience that awesome era and some do you agree?
I used to sit on my auntie's porch in Detroit in the Spinners would be rehearsing all their greatest hits in the basement of a lady across the street in my little sister babysitted for wow I used to see all the Motown ass cuz I lived a couple blocks from hitsville USA what's the time what's the time
Brings me back to a time when we all got along and just danced in the clubs with people of all colors and cultures and just had fun. Music is the universal unifier.
It's a Real Shame there isn't any music today that no one makes Beautiful meaningful music. where is the Love and Talent? Memories like these, thank you for keeping these Gems Alive , !
I love all of the '70's music. I can't help but sing and dance and get happy. These songs always lift my spirits and can bring even the worst days into a. bright, sunshiny, day in my heart and mind.
Yes!! The 70s was my time l am 66yrs old l love Motown and R & B l grew up in the late 60s to all of the 70s l wouldn't trade my time of that life back then for know other generation. Motown is forever ❤️ the word love was just about in all the songs 🎵 lyrics that l grew up lessening too.
This was one of my favorite hits by The Spinners...It’s A Shame this era of music is gone...There will never be any greater music. The kind of music that speaks to your soul
Simply the best I love this song cause it brings back memories I was 23 when I heard this song and now i'm 70 and I thank God I still can hear this song after all those years thank u and God bless all brothers and sisters
Cruz Espinosa your amazing I'm 59 yes a great song along with many wonderful memories with song's the spinners and people who sang before and some groups after are fantastic I love ❤️🎹 music I enjoyed lifeJo Anne🍷🦢
Love hearing G.C. Cameron's voice so clear and out front in this version. After this monster hit, we can only wonder what magic they might have had later, had they all stayed together.
@@ripDenmarkVesey Amen, you are absolutely correct. I was there and that's exactly what we were doing. Gitten Down. Again Amen. Can't go back but it is so nice to be recognized.
Edward Perez Music today sucks bro, we can't go back but we have so much on records from the 50s-90s to jam too. And he's crazy 12k people liked this song. I like "i'll be there" More romantic..
Mr DJ thank you for this song. I remember the summer of 1971 visiting my family. I saw these guys perform. They were fantastic. My girdt time at a live concert.
This one of their best songs they sang when I saw them in person in L.A. in 1973! They were GREAT! I'll never forget them and at present I'm 69 years old!! God bless them!!
Back n da day will never be gone for those who like me. Grew up in that Era. I am still there after these years. And I will never walk away from those wonderful years. When life was simple and beautiful for me.
OMG Marvin You just hit a homerun with those comments 4SURE !!! What I would give to go back in time for a little while. I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of style.Do U Agree??? Real music with meaningful lyrics u can understand 4SURE!!! What a MASTERPIECE 4REAL!!! This is what true talented sounds like AMEN!!! MEMORIES WOW GOOD ODE DAYS 4REAL!!! Still listening how about September 16 2021
One of the greatest songs ever made. I remember when this song came out. I was 10 years old. I loved it then, I love it even more now. The Spinners rule baby!
So was I. That’s also the year when the Jackson 5 hit the scene. Their was a lot of great music that year. I also remember If My Heart Could Speak by the Manhattans.
OMG Linda I agree with you all the way on those comments 🎯 A blast from the past good ode days I was in my twenties carefree 👸💖😛🎊💥🥳🥰💃💯🙏💕This is what true talented sounds like 💯💯👌Still listening how about June 15 2022
70s had to be the best time. For disco classics best music by far I grew up in the seventies I'm 63 years old I still listen to all of it greatest times ever
OMG Emma You just hit a homerun with those comments 4SURE!!! This beautiful classic just moves one's soul in the right direction 4SURE!❤ What I would give to go back in time for a little while I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of style ❤💜Do U Agree??? The lyrics that yank ur heartstrings for decades ❤💖What a MASTERPIECE AMEN 🙏👏 Emma I will always have ode skool music in my blood 4EVER!!!can't have it no other way ❤♥ MEMORIES WOW AS A TEENAGER ALSO ❤♥Still listening how about November 16 2021
@@emmadavis771 Hi there Emma I hope all is well 🥰Still listening to my ode skool music. Ode skool music soothes my soul. Emma I'm so happy I have ode skool music in my blood!!! Nothing and I mean nothing can compare to ode skool music AMEN!!!! Everyday I listened to my ode skool music especially when I'm cooking and cleaning uplifting 4SURE!!! May God continue to blessed u and ur family stay safe and healthy 🙏🙏🥰🥰
Remenber this when I was a fifteen year old kid, deep in love with my first girlfriend, in a disco in 1970. I thankyou most deeply Spinners for your contribution to my inner music. It's still there to the end.
in the 70's, this song would be playing every morning on the radio. My Dad and I would get to the kitchen about the same time. He would have his coffee while reading the paper. It's amazing how a song can imprint time!
I was 20 years ago when this came out. I was driving in my car it was on the radio, I had to pull over and listen and find out who this group was! That’s how much I loved this song in the music, and it still gets better every time I listen to it! The music of the 70s transcends anything and everything that is there today. That decade made the best of the best!
Beautiful music from the Golden Age -- exceptional music daily filled the radio waves and listeners could listen to endless lists of such music and groups and hits ... So grateful for UA-cam today which makes that experience possible!!!
I can't believe it but I just learned a few days ago that Stevie Wonder wrote this song. It makes perfect sense-Stevie's beautiful lyrics and the Spinners and Funk Brothers killing it. Perfection!
That’d be Stevie on most of the instruments as well. Everything but guitar and bass despite some rumours he did play everything. He also produced the track.
I loved The Spinners then and I love The Spinners now! How I miss good music. I am so lucky to have been a child in the 50's, a teen and young adult in the 60's and been able to live in those times with all the great music. I really feel for the young of the last 3-4 decades!!! They have crap for music !!!
Jerri Berg On the bright side, though, we have unlimited access to music in these days & times! Like all the funky joints that Disco-Kat puts on for us mere mortals!
I’m so glad that there’s folks like us who keep our love of this music alive & available! We can play it & teach the children now about this beautiful, wonderful music!!
Sharon Dean With all due respect, I don't think we're doing a good job raising our kids today, look at society nowadays, violence everywhere, no respect to others, entitlement sense, no morals...we're going downhill !
This song will NEVER get old, & it’s definitely one of my favorites by the Spinners. DJDiscoCat this is another SLAM DUNK, because this version is amazing 🔥🔥❤️❤️🔥🔥
I used to think a Tamborine belonged in the back of a Church pew, but in the hands of Jack Ashford...it took on a whole different meaning as an instrument.
Glad you remembered the name James Jamerson. He undoubtably was a big precursor to the sound of Philadelphia. Never tire of hearing those jamming horns.!!!!
I wasn't born when this song came out, but was aware of it for years. Then one day recently I actually heard it. Wow! I listened to it over and over, focusing on a different element each time - the bass...then the guitar...then the horns...the drums, and of course the voice overarching it all. The slow build up from plaintive lament to full throated anguish - what a well constructed piece of art this song is. Amazing.
Man, listen to that background music. Good grief, the Funk Brothers are KILLING it on this tune! And of course G.C. and the Spinners are doing their thing. Just all-around excellence. And do think: This wasn't even one of Motown's biggest hits! That company's 1960s-early 70s output is unmatched by any other record company.
@@grahamd5418 Tamla Motown is an umbrella term to cover the music produced by Gordy's company. They were separate labels but others to which artists were assigned were Gordy, Soul and V.I.P. This gem got to no. 20 in 1970 in the UK.
I LOVE THIS SONG!!! SAW THEM IN EL PASO TEX., THANK YOU STEVIE WONDER AND THANK YOU SPINNERS FOR AN EXCELLENT VERSION!!! WITH LOVE FROM CD.JUAREZ CHIH., MEXICO!!!
That's right for thanking Stevie Wonder . He wrote this for The Spinners when Berry Gordy of Motown was dismissing them, lead vocals by G.C. Cameron who went solo after this song hit the Big Time.... Phillipe' Wyn took over lead vocals when they got signed to Atlantic Records, and the rest is history, can't believe they are not in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame !
OMG Debbie You just hit a HOMERUN with those comments 🎯 😳 ❤I'm soooooo happy I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of 💯🫠💃🏿💃🏿🥳😘💞Still listening how about May 15 2024🫠💃🏿💋💞🥰
Oh my goodness, I was 15 yrs old.i had my tranista radio with the one ear plug and I'd walk around dancing to this ..I miss it so much..I'm 64 now..still loving it all....my husband loved this too after I married him..we danced all over the place..omg!
I'm with you Sylvine. And if you ever get the chance to go see the Spinners it is the best show. They are so full of love and energy. And the crowd is like the way I used to see it growing, mixed and happy together.
@@docbrown7679 Yeah, but no it's not. Music is trash today. I was born in 82, and music of my past is way better than the shit today. It's so detached from reality, substance, and soul. It's only getting worse. Music of my generation is 90s rap and R&B. But even I can tell you that they're only as good as they were because they grew up on music of the past. For me 60s, 70s, 80, 90s had some of the best years of music.
@@furiousgtribal4325 there was pretty good music from male musicians up to 2008 or so. Coldplay killers snowpatrol and john mayer. Then something happened and it switched to very young female acts. I guess if you're a talent agent the cross marketing into fashion for female acts is much lucrative. But they all sound the same and formula driven production.
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I'm 75yrs old now and this tune is special to me because I actually proposed to my wife on bended knee with this playing on the dukebox in 1970, great day's of 60's/70's music.
I am 69 know what you mean great song all those PARTYS and all the women great being young
Such a cute story 😍
Glad it lasted… not the best song for a proposal 😊
Fukn awesome, what a great song
what the heck is a dukebox?
The 70's Rule ! THE greatest decade for music, ever. I know, I was there for all of it !
I was there too and wholeheartedly agree!
Absolutely 💯
Agreed.
No doubt!!
I wish I had a time machine the 70s were the best years of my life..🕺🎺🎹🎷🎸
Congratulations 👏🎉 Spinners.ROCK AND SOULIN HALL of FAMERS. 53 YEARS AGO today AUGUST 1970.
Late 60's to mid seventies was the best music ever. Wish I could go back to that time and never leave.
Me too... (with a tear in my eye...)
Me too. I grew up on this music.
Me too... Let us know when, and if you're going. We'll all be up for that, especially after the past year of this pandemic! 😂
OMG Yes ❗❗ I feel the same even though I was born 1965 🌺🕊️🌺🕊️🌺🕊️🌺🕊️🌺
@@brawny48 me too I say it all the time and would not want to take one damn thing with me, I was just fine with what little we had, well actually we had a lot but it didn't cost a damn thing !!! 😥😥😥 I miss the 60s and all of the 70s.
I'm 24 and I swear if my generation had this music as their foundation when it comes to us making music they would have such a greater and fun time making music the inspiration would be limitless.
YOU'RE SO RIGHT BABY!!
Stay switched on !!
real music 💯
26 and I agree, but allot of our generation did grow up on this music since our parents and the internet was such a big influence I found this song when I was 14 on a mixtape my friend gave me
Your generation just doesn't have it. Why
I listened to this like it was yesterday back in the seventies driving my new 1972 Chevrolet nova. With this new song with a beautiful simple life!
What more could you ask for!
Today's younger generation music cannot match!
It s a Shame!
Blessings to all!
🌈🌅🙏
OMG Denise You just hit a homerun with those comments 🎯This beautiful classic just moves one's soul in the right direction 4SURE!!!I'm soooooo happy I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of style 🥰🥰🥰The lyrics that yank ur heartstrings for decades 💞💞💞 Real music with meaningful lyrics u can understand 4REAL!!! A trip down memory lane good ode days I was in my twenties carefree 🥳🥰😛💔💥🍷💃💃💃🎊🎊👌Still listening how about May 06 2022
Denise some of 2day music will make a dog run under a big rock and cry for HELP!!!!👌
@@shirleybutler2623 yes! Please keep the spinners going with their magical voices and sounds!
And ask archangel sandalaphon who is the archangel of music to help us keep their music alive and Strong!
Amen!
Blessings to all this healing year of 2022!
🌅🌠🌠
Can I go back to the 70's again please!
Robert Jones take me with you!!
Ditto !
Right behind ya Rosa..70s even had a smell that was awesome..
Hey Robert, Rosa, Luke and John... Don't Be Leaving Me Behind, I'll Be The Fifth On That Soul Train and Right On Time!..
"Wishing You Love, Peace and Sooouuuuulllll"
I'd like to go back as well. Perhaps cross paths with a young Chaka Khan! Problem is that I was born in '75, so I would be in some corduroy overalls with a bottle of chocolate ovaltine. Happy as a mowfukeh 🍼🍫
The first 60 seconds of this song are some of the most soulful licks to any song ever. Perfect.
So agree, really pierces the heart!!
Amen to that!❤
Right on!!! ❤
One of the classic intros of all time for sure. And when the second guitar kicks in at 0:12 and then the bass line comes along - this is pure sweetness!
One of the best disco songs. Great to dance to. I’m 68 years old. And I’m up dancing now
Disco era should never be misconstrued with R&B songs from Black diaspora.
Relax guy music is made for all to enjoy no matter what color you are.@@cinquebleuu9408
I wouldn't classify this as disco.
@@liecrusher3506 Originally recorded in 1970 - this is definitely pre-disco... the bass is too wild and frisky for disco ! On "It's A Shame" that's James Jameson on the bass ! No one remembers any of the bassists that played disco...
It’s a shame music like this doesn’t exist anymore!
Yes it is
Hell Yes! It’s a low down dirty, SHAME!
I know, it's a crime, really.
@@williamhill1030
You got Boz Scaggs and Evelyn King on the mind when making that statement, didn't you?
???
😂😂😂😂😂
But it does exist, we keep it alive and in existence!
Good music I will never forget the 70s
My Mom wore this 45 OUT! This just gave me chills!
once this fine song finds a place in your brain, it settles itself in and then it never leaves.
Listening to the Spinners reminds me how good music use to be. "Much better" than it is today!
Saw them perform live in Atlantic City many years ago and they performed this hit and all their other hits. They sounded exactly like they did in the 70s. And they were dressed to kill. This music will live forever. Glad I was born and raised back in the day. The music was far better.
Tenía 9 años cuando salió esa maravillosa melodía, ahora con 62 años la sigo escuchando como si fuera la primera vez, la época de los 70s fue inolvidable, gracias a Jehová Dios viví esa época y sigo disfrutando toda esa música, The Spinners eran excelentes.
Saludos desde Costa Rica.
Love this song! The Spinners were made for this song!
This song takes you there and put you in a trans
You have it right. Puts you in a trans. Outstanding 😃😃
That Stevie Wonder!!
Stevie Wonder GOAT, wrote this, their only ginormous hit, and then they went to Atlantic Records.
Boy we danced to this in our Platform Shoes!!!!!!!!LOL!!!!!!True
I never get tired of this version. Fabulous.
I was eight yrs old when this came out. Its a SHAME that today"s music can"t sound like this. such a SHAME.!!!!!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂
Old School music was the best music 👍
I agree 100% and the 1970's and 1980's music is the best.
i was the same age too, aah!!
I was eight also and still live and breathe 70's and 80's music. ....Music is lost today in 2020...
Shout out to Stevie Wonder composer and producer of this great song.
One of the best tracks of that era. True classic.
OMG Tell it like it is AMEN! ! This awesome classic just moves your soul in the right direction do you agree? MEMORIES WOW! !
Let's not forget....STEVIE wrote and produced this gem. It's a shame to not keep that in mind.
Stevie!!!!! he was only like 19 or 20 when wrote this. he is a genius. and the spinners are great!!!
Pure class x😍
It's a shame that Motown did absolutely nothing with the Spinners even after this incredible record.The Spinners finally became famous after they left Motown. But unfortunately to this very day. They have never won a Grammy.
Stevie on drums
@@melvinpruitt3907
Yes It's A Shame Also That They're Not In The Hall Of Fame They Should Be As Well As AWB
THE WAY ABOVE AVERAGE WHITE BAND
What??? Get out of here!!! The Wonder Man wrote this?? No "Wonder" I like it so much!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
53 YEARS AGO today AUGUST 1970 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 Congratulations To the ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME. DAMNIT YOU DESERVE IT.
dancing music. the 70 s were the best, I miss the music the era the dancing and smiles.
When there was romance in the songs and dancing was not simulating sex on the dance floor. Sigh
I graduated from H.S. in 1970. ( who cares riight? )I loved, loved, loved the late 60s & late 70s. Wished I could leave the past behind & move forward 😄
It's cool dance tune✓✓
Hi everyone Welcome aboard planet funk
I could just sit in my room and listen to this music for hours....
I love this music ....takes me back to a time in my life that all was right with the world
Janette i definitely concur.!!!
Unlike today!
Janette Buckley so very well said you put into words what I’ve felt for 40 + years I need a time machine and I’d cut out of here and go back lickity split.Now let me listen to some ELO’s telephone line and reminisce lol.
Yes were did it all go wrong
@@rileytuhoski1775 Very, VERY........unlike today!
It's a shame that music today has lost its way and is nowhere close to what it used to be ! Great song with great lyrics .
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!! MEMORIES~!
Memories of music like this so glad I was born when we had music like this in our teens
Fantastic
I love hearing this type of music cause I can relate
The 60's and the 70's R&B will eternally be unsurpassed, an extra additional tribute to the awesome potential of the African America spirit that began to assert itself slowly, exploded once the Delta Blues in Mississippi germinated, followed by Beale St. Memphis, New Orleans scene, Be-Bop, and so on, and so on.
Wonderful !!!! Who's here in december 2024 ? 😎😎😎😎
Best soul song ever made. Everything about it is just 💯
OMG, This version is beautiful, I Love the spinners
Tonya Gratton Hell to the yeah! ! Those were the good old days 4REAL! ! We were so lucky to be born to experience that awesome era and some do you agree?
I used to sit on my auntie's porch in Detroit in the Spinners would be rehearsing all their greatest hits in the basement of a lady across the street in my little sister babysitted for wow I used to see all the Motown ass cuz I lived a couple blocks from hitsville USA what's the time what's the time
Yeah such a shame!! This WAS MUSIC!!! Great, Classic, Real talented singers and musicians!!! Original stuff!!!!
Simply put, it is a shame that they are gone!!!!!!
randy fuson
May be gone but not forgotten you can never replace this music, this is no auto shit...pure love and voice
Brings me back to a time when we all got along and just danced in the clubs with people of all colors and cultures and just had fun. Music is the universal unifier.
Yes!!!! You are a rare breed! I love you whoever you are! People were so different, simple pleasures for every culture to enjoy!
I hear ya!
It's a Real Shame there isn't any music today that no one makes Beautiful meaningful music. where is the Love and Talent? Memories like these, thank you for keeping these Gems Alive , !
Gutted that I can't switch on my radio and hear sounds like this!!
Vickie Cerda you are correct wow good choice
music wazz always girl, mixas are new ya. thank the almyte fo slayd5000; pprrrfection and DiscoV2cat
Vickie...June 1970...Just graduated from high school...Get ready to leave town because of Uncle Sam's deal...you have a good day good lookin.....
There are a few artists keeping this oldskool feel! Of course underground not played on the radio 😉
I love this music.I feel young again.
I love all of the '70's music. I can't help but sing and dance and get happy. These songs always lift my spirits and can bring even the worst days into a. bright, sunshiny, day in my heart and mind.
Crystal Carson ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!😉👍
@0
hurray!!!
Absolutely
Why.....can't we just.....GO....... BACK?!!!??
Great music I loved it back in the day and I still love it today
Growing up listening to this music you just couldn't beat the great old days it's a shame what the world and the music has come to today
It's almost 2025, and it's a whole lot worse.
This song helps me to forget for a couple of minutes.
Yes!! The 70s was my time l am 66yrs old l love Motown and R & B l grew up in the late 60s to all of the 70s l wouldn't trade my time of that life back then for know other generation. Motown is forever ❤️ the word love was just about in all the songs 🎵 lyrics that l grew up lessening too.
I remember this song playing on AM radio,I was 7 in 1970,they don't make this kind of music anymore.
i remember my dad playing this at cook outs back in the mid 80s and at family reunions.
I was 9 back then and am still listening to this timeless music today along with all the other great artists of that time
I was a mere 3 years old,recall this like it was yesterday,the whole of the 70s was so bomb/lit-up/groovy/from the 60s on,right-on\m/!
STRIKE IT UP - BLACK BOX DID
That came from 1230 KGFJ Radio Station.
This was one of my favorite hits by The Spinners...It’s A Shame this era of music is gone...There will never be any greater music. The kind of music that speaks to your soul
Simply the best I love this song cause it brings back memories I was 23 when I heard this song and now i'm 70 and I thank God I still can hear this song after all those years thank u and God bless all brothers and sisters
Cruz Espinosa your amazing I'm 59 yes a great song along with many wonderful memories with song's the spinners and people who sang before and some groups after are fantastic I love ❤️🎹 music I enjoyed lifeJo Anne🍷🦢
Thanks for sharing that...Brings back some really great memories...
Love hearing G.C. Cameron's voice so clear and out front in this version. After this monster hit, we can only wonder what magic they might have had later, had they all stayed together.
IT'S A SHAME THAT 82,167 PEOPLE. VIEWED THIS AND I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO LIKED IT!
Mark Eight We would have hit the like button, but we were too busy dancing.
This music came from a time when it was about beats, grooving, dancing, singing and not about "likes".
LaCrosse oh no they are from my hometown Detroit. Love the SPINNERS.
@@ripDenmarkVesey Amen, you are absolutely correct. I was there and that's exactly what we were doing. Gitten Down. Again Amen. Can't go back but it is so nice to be recognized.
Edward Perez Music today sucks bro, we can't go back but we have so much on records from the 50s-90s to jam too. And he's crazy 12k people liked this song. I like "i'll be there" More romantic..
Mr DJ thank you for this song. I remember the summer of 1971 visiting my family. I saw these guys perform. They were fantastic. My girdt time at a live concert.
This one of their best songs they sang when I saw them in person in L.A. in 1973! They were GREAT! I'll never forget them and at present I'm 69 years old!! God bless them!!
Back n da day will never be gone for those who like me. Grew up in that Era. I am still there after these years. And I will never walk away from those wonderful years. When life was simple and beautiful for me.
OMG Marvin You just hit a homerun with those comments 4SURE !!! What I would give to go back in time for a little while. I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of style.Do U Agree??? Real music with meaningful lyrics u can understand 4SURE!!! What a MASTERPIECE 4REAL!!! This is what true talented sounds like AMEN!!! MEMORIES WOW GOOD ODE DAYS 4REAL!!! Still listening how about September 16 2021
One of the greatest songs ever made. I remember when this song came out. I was 10 years old. I loved it then, I love it even more now. The Spinners rule baby!
Me too.
So True The Spinners were GREAT!!!!!
So was I. That’s also the year when the Jackson 5 hit the scene. Their was a lot of great music that year. I also remember If My Heart Could Speak by the Manhattans.
Apsolutely fantastic !! So many great memories. Certainly brought a smile to my face 🕺💃💙
OMG Linda I agree with you all the way on those comments 🎯 A blast from the past good ode days I was in my twenties carefree 👸💖😛🎊💥🥳🥰💃💯🙏💕This is what true talented sounds like 💯💯👌Still listening how about June 15 2022
70s had to be the best time. For disco classics best music by far I grew up in the seventies I'm 63 years old I still listen to all of it greatest times ever
The Spinners they recorded some of the best music
Absolutely Love the Spinners! Especially the song "It's a Shame" Love the Lead singer and his great voice! No music like this today or ever!
Bobby Smith I believe.
Actually it is J C Cameron. He also sung the funeral song in the movie Cooly High..
"why don't you freeeeeee me from this prisonnnn, I've served my time as your fool". Damnnnnn. What an era for music. I was 3 when it dropped!
This song makes my heart skip a beat, snapping my fingers away; getting down like James brown!! I always get jiggy when I hear this song!!!
Cynthia RodriguezRamos calm down cynthia like jb 😂😂😂😂😂👍👌
It's that guitar, so funky
Get It Girl... Classic! Between Me & You, I Get a Little Jiggy Too! 😍
Bad ass jam , music is not the same quality .
Nice!
Great vocals, and great music! The seventies were amazing for me! Love the Spinners!
Beautiful!!! Some of the greatest music ever!!!
mkii1964 NO SKOOL LIKE ODE SKOOL MUSIC TIMELESS INDEED
mkii1964 So rite about that my friend
+Tyrone Banks Truth!
just going into high school, love this song
YES! So True-this Spinner's song is one of their best!
Detroit 1971, listening to the Spinners spit out its Ashame. No better sound. My Youth, growing up in the Big 70's was the greatest era ever.
OMG Emma You just hit a homerun with those comments 4SURE!!! This beautiful classic just moves one's soul in the right direction 4SURE!❤ What I would give to go back in time for a little while I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of style ❤💜Do U Agree??? The lyrics that yank ur heartstrings for decades ❤💖What a MASTERPIECE AMEN 🙏👏 Emma I will always have ode skool music in my blood 4EVER!!!can't have it no other way ❤♥ MEMORIES WOW AS A TEENAGER ALSO ❤♥Still listening how about November 16 2021
@@shirleybutler2623 you got it. The era of change and magical happenings. Keep the Faith Shirley. The Magic is still Alive. ♥️♥️
Hey Shirley how about January 2022. The weather is Cold and the Spinners is hot. The sound is better than ever. Wow what an era🤩🤩
Anybody listening to this beautiful music right now. Great memories🥰🥰
@@emmadavis771 Hi there Emma I hope all is well 🥰Still listening to my ode skool music. Ode skool music soothes my soul. Emma I'm so happy I have ode skool music in my blood!!! Nothing and I mean nothing can compare to ode skool music AMEN!!!! Everyday I listened to my ode skool music especially when I'm cooking and cleaning uplifting 4SURE!!! May God continue to blessed u and ur family stay safe and healthy 🙏🙏🥰🥰
The Spinners are a perfect example of "One man's trash is another's treasure."
Nabinut ABSOLUTELY 4SURE
Nabinut YES INDEED ⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
the best
H o l l a!!
What wonderful music along with memories
I absolutely love these guys!! Bless them and this music 🎵🎶🎵
I remember dancing in front of the stereo cabinet with my cousins and friends to this. Bunch of teeny boppers having fun!
I’m used to do the same 👍👍👍👍
😄 YES INDEED!!
Man... I'm still doing it. And I'm 60 now
@@terrynicholas1982 65 here...
Remenber this when I was a fifteen year old kid, deep in love with my first girlfriend, in a disco in 1970. I thankyou most deeply Spinners for your contribution to my inner music. It's still there to the end.
in the 70's, this song would be playing every morning on the radio. My Dad and I would get to the kitchen about the same time. He would have his coffee while reading the paper. It's amazing how a song can imprint time!
It's definitely a shame that there are virtually no more good R & B songs like this.
I agree there’s no rhythm like it. We need music like that again might bring people together.
Imagine separating the voice from the music of today's so called singers. There is no auto tuning here. True talent.
jajajjaa totalmente cierto... Nada de tecnologia vagabunda, sino que la pura ciencia musical y vocal...
There is no comparison between then and now ! 60s n 70s were the best time of my life ! 🥳👍😁
I was 5 years old when this song came out and I loved it the moment I heard it.
I LOVE THIS SONG! The Best one that the Spinners Made! I play it every day! Great singing! Awesome Group!
i keep coming back to this one Im 72 yes I was there when Motown came and boy did they kick ass
One Of My Favorite Songs From One Of My Favorite Groups I Was 16 Years Old When This Came Out
My #1 song of all time...
I was 20 years ago when this came out. I was driving in my car it was on the radio, I had to pull over and listen and find out who this group was! That’s how much I loved this song in the music, and it still gets better every time I listen to it! The music of the 70s transcends anything and everything that is there today. That decade made the best of the best!
blackprix ABSOLUTELY!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Same here, those were great times. We had nothing, but were happy.
That arrangement for the horns is NIRVANA to the ears!!! A song for ANY DECADE !!! beautifully orchestrated and sticks to your mind like glue!!!
OH,the great memories,this is one of my all time jams.
Beautiful music from the Golden Age -- exceptional music daily filled the radio waves and listeners could listen to endless lists of such music and groups and hits ... So grateful for UA-cam today which makes that experience possible!!!
I can't believe it but I just learned a few days ago that Stevie Wonder wrote this song. It makes perfect sense-Stevie's beautiful lyrics and the Spinners and Funk Brothers killing it. Perfection!
That’d be Stevie on most of the instruments as well. Everything but guitar and bass despite some rumours he did play everything. He also produced the track.
Back to the roots .Just getting on love power. More Stevie wonder.
@@martinwilliams6627 That’s why he is Stevie WONDER
Stevie Wonder was one of three lyricists for this timeless song - The Spinners are what makes it perfect...
Makes Me Tear Up 😢😢😢😢 Such A Deep Message Perfect Melody
I loved The Spinners then and I love The Spinners now! How I miss good music. I am so lucky to have been a child in the 50's, a teen and young adult in the 60's and been able to live in those times with all the great music. I really feel for the young of the last 3-4 decades!!! They have crap for music !!!
Jerri Berg On the bright side, though, we have unlimited access to music in these days & times! Like all the funky joints that Disco-Kat puts on for us mere mortals!
I’m so glad that there’s folks like us who keep our love of this music alive & available! We can play it & teach the children now about this beautiful, wonderful music!!
Jerri Berg we're the lucky ones, we good
Sharon Dean With all due respect, I don't think we're doing a good job raising our kids today, look at society nowadays, violence everywhere, no respect to others, entitlement sense, no morals...we're going downhill !
@@sharondean8955 you got it sister
This song will NEVER get old, & it’s definitely one of my favorites by the Spinners. DJDiscoCat this is another SLAM DUNK, because this version is amazing 🔥🔥❤️❤️🔥🔥
The Funk Brothers in all their glory, including James Jamerson. Wow!
YES. American treasure!!!
I used to think a Tamborine belonged in the back of a Church pew, but in the hands of Jack Ashford...it took on a whole different meaning as an instrument.
I don’t care how long you’ve been playing bass. Jamerson is un-duplicatable.
One of Stevie Wonder’s greatest songs.
funk brothers best out there
Glad you remembered the name James Jamerson. He undoubtably was a big precursor to the sound of Philadelphia. Never tire of hearing those jamming horns.!!!!
..ONE OF THE VERY BEST EVER......
Absolutely beautiful. I have the 45 and I play it all the time.
Such a classic. Never gets old.
I wasn't born when this song came out, but was aware of it for years. Then one day recently I actually heard it. Wow! I listened to it over and over, focusing on a different element each time - the bass...then the guitar...then the horns...the drums, and of course the voice overarching it all. The slow build up from plaintive lament to full throated anguish - what a well constructed piece of art this song is. Amazing.
I was 15 at the time and would go back in a heart beat!
I agree 100% with you my friend! This song was well written and constructed.😎👍
Lord, you're not kidding!
I was 15 @ the time too Jeff. I'd join you in that time machine & go back too !
Very astute observation on your part really appreciating the artistry and craftsmanship. G.C. Cameron the lead singer is singing all the lead parts.
Great song, I had to get my booty off the chair and start dancing 💃. Thanks for the memories, and yes.... 60’s 70’s music was the greatest !!!!!!!
Wow.... Those guitar riffs !!!
Guitar riffs??? How those horns??? Those vocals??? The whole arrangement..the song??? Lol
Written by Stevie Wonder
Y e s!!! I gotta move!!!
Yes guitar is a killer !
This cut is tight, it'll make you cry & groove at the same time! Total Badass group.
Man, listen to that background music. Good grief, the Funk Brothers are KILLING it on this tune! And of course G.C. and the Spinners are doing their thing. Just all-around excellence. And do think: This wasn't even one of Motown's biggest hits! That company's 1960s-early 70s output is unmatched by any other record company.
This was a bigger hit in the UK. Released on the Tamla Motown label. I believe Tamla and Motown were separate labels in the USA.
Amen!
@@grahamd5418 Tamla Motown is an umbrella term to cover the music produced by Gordy's company. They were separate labels but others to which artists were assigned were Gordy, Soul and V.I.P. This gem got to no. 20 in 1970 in the UK.
Why leave out Stevie Wonder wrote it...
@@staciasmith5162 Wrote it, produced it, played keys, drums and bass on it - Stevie got busy.
I couldn't love this tune more! Then DJ DiscoCat does an extended version adds a few more minutes to it & my life is complete!
Wow" this was my grandmother's song . What memories missing her and I miss the oldies. love the spinners 😆
Definitely one of the greatest on the verge of a breakup song!
I LOVE THIS SONG!!! SAW THEM IN EL PASO TEX., THANK YOU STEVIE WONDER AND THANK YOU SPINNERS FOR AN EXCELLENT VERSION!!! WITH LOVE FROM CD.JUAREZ CHIH., MEXICO!!!
That's right for thanking Stevie Wonder . He wrote this for The Spinners when Berry Gordy of Motown was dismissing them, lead vocals by G.C. Cameron who went solo after this song hit the Big Time.... Phillipe' Wyn took over lead vocals when they got signed to Atlantic Records, and the rest is history, can't believe they are not in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame !
Hi Carmen. Let's not forget Syreeta Wright, also a great talent, who co-wrote the tune.
9411OMISSION.....THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW THAT FACT, SURE IS A GREAT TUNE...........AND SHE IS RECOGNIZED FOR SHARING LYRYCS
To me.....this is a banger, makes me smile everytime 😂
This is my fave Spinners because it so catchy. I like this longer version better than the shorter version.
Janet O'Connor I like both
Janet O'Connor Me too ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Janet O'Connor It's my personal childhood favorite classic ❤️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️
Janet O'Connor I love this song, but this extended version is AWESOME 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Janet O'Connor - i agree
I like the long version of this song; I never heard it before!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS VERSION OF IT'S A SHAME, DJ DISCO CAT❤️️🎶🎶🎶🎶💋!!! A MASTERPIECE ⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️
🎯you're on point BR👍🏾😎
Beverly Robinson too right Bev I’m with ya girl
Great music those were the great years 👍
OMG Debbie You just hit a HOMERUN with those comments 🎯 😳 ❤I'm soooooo happy I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of 💯🫠💃🏿💃🏿🥳😘💞Still listening how about May 15 2024🫠💃🏿💋💞🥰
One of the best clear recordings I have ever heard..Vocals seems as if it is live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my goodness, I was 15 yrs old.i had my tranista radio with the one ear plug and I'd walk around dancing to this ..I miss it so much..I'm 64 now..still loving it all....my husband loved this too after I married him..we danced all over the place..omg!
It's a Damn Shame that the music of today is so messed up.💋
I'm with you Sylvine. And if you ever get the chance to go see the Spinners it is the best show. They are so full of love and energy. And the crowd is like the way I used to see it growing, mixed and happy together.
Sylvine B you are verry right
Just crazy talk. I love this music I was born in 1960 and great music is still alive and well. As it will continue to be!!
@@docbrown7679 Yeah, but no it's not. Music is trash today. I was born in 82, and music of my past is way better than the shit today. It's so detached from reality, substance, and soul. It's only getting worse. Music of my generation is 90s rap and R&B. But even I can tell you that they're only as good as they were because they grew up on music of the past. For me 60s, 70s, 80, 90s had some of the best years of music.
@@furiousgtribal4325 there was pretty good music from male musicians up to 2008 or so. Coldplay killers snowpatrol and john mayer. Then something happened and it switched to very young female acts. I guess if you're a talent agent the cross marketing into fashion for female acts is much lucrative. But they all sound the same and formula driven production.
I like this wonderful vintage music 🎵🎵🎵🎵 very much, it reminds me of my child days 😇🙏🙂💯❤️🥅⚽🏃🤸🎹🎷🎺🎸🪕🎻🪘🥁🪗🎤🎧🎚️🎛️🎙️📻🎼🎼🎼🎼🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶
the good ol days, love it
Oh ya