The Gap Band - Outstanding (Original 12'' Mix) | REVIEW
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My favorite song by The Gap Band. Yes, the incredible Charlie Wilson is still performing with that great voice at ripe young age of 71 years. Try this great band doing "Burn Rubber", "Yearning", "Oops Upside Your Head', and "Early In The Morning" for more great funk.
Yearning is my favorite. Outstanding #2!
@@avonlave You ain't wrong.
This is classic Funk from the 80s, their best song
43 years later, (1981)
the groove in this joint
STILL slaps hard. 💯
The Gap Band were soooo huge back in the day. They just kept coming out with hit after hit, no lie. So glad I grew up in the 70s/80s, we had so much good music across all genres. Love this song & love their big, wild hits, too.
Yearning for Your Love might be my favorite GAP Band song.
I just suggested this one! 🔥🔥🔥
My favorites from the Gap Band are "early in the morning" and "Party train". Line 'em up guys!!
Kool and the Gang and Earth Wind and Fire please!
If you haven't already yalls need to do some Chaka Khan! Ain't Nobody and Feel For You are totally up this alley and so fire!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Great call on Chaka Khan. Beyond her solo catalogue, there's also plenty to dig into when Chaka was the lead singer of the Grammy award winning funk band Rufus in the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was so popular in the early 1970s that it had 3 albums earn top 10 "pop" and top 5 R&B (including a #1 album) in TWO years. Ultimately, the band would score 1 top #5, 2 more top #10, and 3 additional top #15 "pop" albums (a total of 6 top #15 albums in 5 years). The band's popularity on the R&B charts was even stronger during this same time period, amassing a highly impressive 4 #1 albums (including THREE in a row), two additional top #5 albums, and one more top #15 album (for an incredible total of 6 top #5 albums and 7 top #15 albums in 5 years). Beyond the songs that the above poster rightly mentioned, other Rufus with Chaka Khan hits include: "Tell Me Something Good" (written by Stevie Wonder), "You Got The Love," "Once You Get Started," and "Sweet Thing." As an interesting side note, Chaka's massive solo hit "I Feel For You" (which the above poster also mentioned) was a reimagined cover version of a song written and released by Prince on his debut album (One of the signature differences between the two versions being rapping on the Chaka version by legendary Melle Mel, from the massively influential group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five). There's no doubt that Rufus with Chaka Khan are worthy of inclusion for a shot on the channel, if the guys want to continue down the R&B/funk path from that time period, at some point in the future.
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Gap Band. So many great funk bands. This one of them. Ok, Glide by the band called Pleasure. Never get tired of that bass line, it's lethal.
This is a great song by the Gap Band. My favorite by them, followed by Yearning for Your Love. Enjoy!
_UNCLE CHARLIE_ 🔥🔥🔥 THANK YOU for the 12” version bc it is the _ONLY_ version that matters. ✊🏾
*Happy Black History Month* ❤️🖤💚
"Early in the Morning" on my playlist for decades....the great Charlie Wilson.
Anyone remember in the late 90's when Morris Day and the Time opened for The Gap Band, Cool & The Gang and The Isley Brothers headlining? One of the best concerts I've ever seen.
Sheer, beautiful funk. Glorious. I put it on when I need a lift, always makes me dance & smile!
The Gap Band always brought the 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Do You Dropped The Bomb by The Gap Band . Straight fire
Heard this song 1000x - never gets old
"Schoolboy Crush" (Average White Band) the deepest groove, A funk monster, one of the most sampled tracks ever.
And the immortal sleighbells...
The Gap Band fire 🚒🔥 good dance song yeah 💃🕺🤘😎👍
This song is sheer perfection 😩
nothin will ever come close this this era of music Soulful 80s music is timeless
Great reaction to a Classic.
A great funk band from the same era is D-Train- You're the one for me.
You Dropped The Bomb On Me and Party Train are two straight up funk grooves.
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
One of the best guitar solo outros ever made. Give it a go!
Uncle Charlie literally still sounds the same today🔥🔥🔥
Gap band the best ever
The 502 needs some real funk
Sly & Family Stone- Thank You( faletme be mice elf agin) (70) 🔥 The funkiest song ever written.
My second favourite Gap Band song, my #1 being "Lonely like Me" - sublime Charlie Wilson❤
Finally! Ryan, I’ve been waiting for this ever since you teased us with the intro by MANY weeks ago! I love this band!
Omg…as many times as I’ve listened to this song, I never heard this 12” version. I’m blown away. Thank you!
All you need is, "You light my fire baby". That line is simple and says all that needs to be said.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, this is an ‘All Skate’” ~ Major Sidney Freedman, M*A*S*H.
This has to be one of my favorite reactions from you & I got a huge kick out of watching you both bob your heads to the beat & groove but Nick's stank face really did it for me and how your facial expressions and body language showed how you both were into the song was priceless. Love when you show true appreciation for the music and then break it down explaining which elements of the song hit you most!
Such a great club song from our era. What great times.
If you're looking for another fun and funky R&B song from the early 1980s, check out the oh-so-groovy "Fantastic Voyage" by Lakeside. It mixes funk and rap and has a killer bass line and incredible harmonies. I recommend the longer 6-minute-plus dance club version of the song. Everyone used to rush the dance floor back in the day when the DJ started playing the first notes.
This is an incredible song. A banger.
First of all, YES and go ahead on for playing the full version. You allowed yourself to miss nothing on this 12" plate.
Secondly, The GAP Band will absolutely knock you out with the depth of their groove. Everybody get onboard, indeed.
Need to checkout the Gap Band and Leon Russell’s collaborations
How about some more funk, L.T.D. Back in love again, Heatwave, Star of the Story, anything by Rick James
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Good call on those band suggestions. Heatwave had 2 top #15 "pop" albums, along with 2 top #5 R&B albums at the same time. Ultimately, they earned a 3rd top #20 album and 2 extra top #25 R&B albums in the years to come. The band had 2 top #10 "pop" and an extra top #20 "pop" hit. The group was even more prolific with R&B singles, earning 3 top #5 songs and 1 more top #25 song. Outside of the band, Rod Temperton, one of Heatwave's main songwriters, became a prolific hitmaker for other artists. Arguably, Temperton would make his most well known contributions when he wrote for Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall" and "Thriller" albums, penning iconic smashes "Off the Wall," "Rock With You," and "Thriller." The first link above is a demo version of "Rock With You" as Temperton was still working through the writing process. The second link above is the finalized studio version for the song as sung by Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones. LTD is another terrific choice, along with the song "(Everytime I Turn Around) Back In Love Again." Other LTD notable songs include "Holding On (When Love Is Gone)" and "Love Ballad," which introduced the music world to the great talent of lead singer Jeffrey Osborne. As a solo artist, Osborne would breakthrough with hits such as "On the Wings Of Love," "Stay With Me Tonight," "You Should Be Mine," "Love Power" (a duet with Dionne Warwick), and "She's On The Left." Definitely plenty of good reactions among the bands and artists mentioned in the above post.
Oooh, love this mix..can't believe I hadn't heard of them during the 70s..blows my mind
They were 80’s
This kind of 12" mix was massive in the clubs in the 80's, you should also listen to Fat Larry's Band, I found Lovin' it's a monster club classic. Another is Phyliss Hyman, You Know How to Love Me.
Great review on this song. It has been on my playlist. This has soul. Can't go wrong with a gap band song.
Early in the morning is another great song.
Ryan is such a great dancer!
A guy from the UK called Kenny Thomas did a cover of this track ,very good
PERFECT SONG !!!!!!
This is the ultimate stank face song!!
Especially that
B section. Wow..
These guys were great!
The Bongos!
Wow! All the music you guys listen to and this is the first time you're hearing the GAP Band. I've been a GAP Band fan since the early 80's. All their songs are bangers. You have to listen to them again. Start with "Early in the Morning" then go to "Burn Rubber", "Oops Upside Your Head" and "Party Train." I'll say this, I never actually new where the GAP in the GAP band came from so thanks for that. All their songs are fun as hell. Enjoy!
REVIEW not Reaction. As stated in the intro, we knew this one.
I misspoke. My apologies. Just listen to more. @@ViewsFromThe502
Proper Groove
They put on a great show and great clubin music
Never heard this Gap Band song before. Compared to some of their other radio hits, "Outstanding" is kinda mellow. I recommend another 1982 hit of theirs called "You Dropped a Bomb on Me."
I’m completely surprised you’ve never heard “Outstanding” bc it was a radio hit, not some deep cut.
@@gabrielmcdonnell8699 It's my favorite track by them 🥲
A guy called Kenny Thomas did a cover version in the UK '90s I think.
Oh yeaaaahhhhh! That's one for the FUNK. Nice pick. Love it! (Almost as much as the as yet unreviewed Donnie Iris - Ah Leah ; )
Ok song, but that's ok. Not everyone will like every song and neither will y'all. Hey, thanks for checking it out. Haven't heard it before. 🙂
Burn Rubber from them is the funkiest groove ever! (How in the hell have you missed Stevie Wonder on the channel?!)
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Thanks for mentioning Stevie Wonder as an option. I'm not sure if it might be a video blocking issue or something else, but very few artists of any genre has been as successful, prolific, and influential as Wonder. During Wonder's "prime" years in the mid 1970s, one could argue that his music largely transcended a specific genre, opening up the use of instruments (like the significant use of the clavinet and a highly sophisticated keyboard system) that helped redefine popular music. The above link is to the isolated clavinet track from "Superstition" and the listener can hear how the unique instrument creates the extra funky sound to the song (There is about a 10 second delay at the beginning for the clavinet part to begin). The second link above is to the full instrumental track for the song. As other posters have noted in the past, the particularly staggering fact about that one song is that while being the lead vocalist, the only instruments that Wonder did not play on the track were the trumpet and saxophone. If there's any chance to do reactions or reviews of Stevie Wonder's music on the channel, I hope the guys give it every serious consideration in the future.
Love love love the Gap Band
One of my favorite of their songs, so sexy and smooth
Love it ! 🔥🔥🔥
Do "Yearning for Your Love"!!
Virgin lover! Hadn't heard that one before. Pure praise.
Some Earth, Wind, and Fire songs would be great.
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Yes, some funk music, love it.! How about some D.C. go go music Chuck Brown
It’s so f- ing hot - I listed to them all the time in the eighties
Excellent job. 😊
Love it yall. Check out the soul train performance. 💥❤️🙌🏻
I could be wrong, but this sounds as though it has been sampled by another group of brothers!! Soul for real. Every little thing I do! Please check it out. They were a Heavy D project. I enjoyed them back in the day.
Correct.
FAV
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Please more Toto
Where Ty , he was supposed to be here for this for this song.
That’s too bad he’s not in this one bc Ty’s neck would’ve been rolling in unison with Ryan’s. 😎
What happened to Ty?
You need to review "Funeral For A Friend ' Love Lies Bleeding" - Elton John
There are a couple of great songs from Gap Band. I can't get into this one.
*LIAR* ....why you singin` if you don`t know the song ??!!
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Eh? not that great, but whatever floats your boat.............
Yup, everything isn’t for everybody.
Are yOu nuts? It’s amazing
@@acooksla nope.......and nope
Stop disrespecting viewers being late
Huh lol
You don't understand pre-recorded UA-cam premiers obviously
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Another very interesting choice, guys. The Gap Band is fascinating from a commercial success and radio airplay perspective. Their highest charting song in the top 100 appears to be "Early in the Morning" (#24 in 1982). However, from 1980 to 1983, the band scored 3 straight better than top 30 albums without a song landing in the top 20 US pop charts. The Gap Band was also a juggernaut on the R&B/Soul charts in the US from 1979 to 1985 as the group earned 7 top 10 albums (including 3 #1 albums). During this period, the band achieved 3 #1 songs, 5 more top #5, 1 additional top #10, and 1 more top #20 (totaling 10 top #20 songs in approximately 6 years). While many artists from the recent past and current musicians have pointed to The Gap Band's significant influence on modern music, the most mainstream recent exposure the group may have received was when "Uncle" Charlie Wilson, The Gap Band lead singer, collaborated with Snoop Dogg and Justin Timberlake on Snoop's 2005 top 20 single "Signs" (produced by Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, most commonly known as The Neptunes). The above link at the top is to the video for "Signs." The Gap Band is another example of a group that had a lot of success, influenced many that came later, but might not have got their just due (at least up to this point).
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I believe it might have been on the last video, but another viewer posted about reacting to Sly and the Family Stone. With The Gap Band being next up, this is the perfect opportunity to make a case for Sly and his band perhaps getting a shot on the channel. Many music critics consider the group one of the most diverse and influential bands in popular music from the late 1960s and early 1970s, putting out music considered "psychedelic soul," funk, and rock among other genres. The band has also been lauded for being one of the first integrated groups regarding both gender and race (as there were African American men, African American women, and white men in the same band lineup). In a 7 year period (1967 to 1974), the group produced 3 #1 hits, 1 more top #5, 1 extra top #10 song, 1 additional top #15, 2 more top #25, and 2 additional top #40 songs (for a total of 10 top 40 songs on the US pop charts in 7 years). The band's most recognizable songs include: "Dance to the Music," "Everyday People," "Hot Fun In The Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)," and "Family Affair" to name a small number. During this highly successful period, the band earned 1 #1 album, 1 extra top #5 album, 1 additional #10 album, and 1 more top #15 album (totaling 4 top #15 pop albums in 7 years). As an interesting side note regarding the group for current music fans, singer and bassist Larry Graham had a solo top #10 hit on the pop charts called "One In A Million You" after leaving the band. The above link is to that song (which is a personal favorite from the early 1980s). His affiliation to current popular music is a strong one, as he is the uncle of an artist named Aubrey Graham (perhaps best known by his stage name of Drake). Sly and the Family Stone played the original Woodstock Music Festival and they have been deservedly inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. If the guys want to dig into the roots of funk and other innovative music genres, Sly and the Family Stone could be a terrific avenue in the future.
The Gap Band, like many other R&B acts, did NOT need pop radio validation to be successful. They are _beloved_ by the culture. End of story. 🖤
Thanks for the feedback, Gabriel. Perhaps I should have been more up front in my post that what is so impressive about The Gap Band is that it didn't necessarily need pop radio to maintain its long run of success. That's why I wanted to point out the differences in how the band was received by most "pop" stations in regards to the band's success, in comparison to the group being considered a much bigger act on R&B stations at the same exact time. As I wrote at the end, it is a shame that The Gap Band's music and influence hasn't been felt as much as it should be by a much wider audience (up to this point). I'm glad the guys are introducing the band to the channel so the group, in a way, can continue to gain fans that can appreciate the band's contrbutions. Thanks again for the feedback.
@@user-lq4qe7pj9s Point taken. I’m just happy that even with their minimal crossover success that The Gap Band _NEVER_ watered down their music like Debarge (“Rhythm of the Night”, “Who’s Holding Donna Now?”) or Kool and the Gang (“Joanna”, “Celebration”) or Lionel Richie (take your pick). Uncle Charlie and his bros stayed blackety black as they should. ✌🏽
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Thanks for the reply, Gabriel. Your point is well taken about predominantly African American artists or groups staying or not staying true to the sounds that brought them initial popularity. Unfortunately, I've read and heard a lot of interviews with African American performers of that era who talked about the significant amounts of pressure that they would get, primarily from record labels, to write and record music that would be played on "pop" radio. In putting together the above post regarding Sly and the Family Stone, there were available sources that put a lot of emphasis on Clive Davis, an executive at CBS Records (Sly and the Family Stone's label at the time; Later in his career, Davis was a major figure on how Whitney Houston would be promoted early in her career to audiences with the music she recorded, her music videos, and her presentation in interviews she would give), really put a significant amount of pressure on Sly and the band to write and record a "pop" hit for its second album. Fortunately, that song was "Dance to the Music," while not lyrically one of the most sophisticated songs, it was Sly Stone's ability to maintain his artistic integrity with how he wanted the band's music to sound (what music critics refer to as "psychedelic soul") that showed there was a legitimate path for African American musicians and groups of that time, if they so chose or were pressured into doing so, to write "pop" hits without losing the essence of creativity that was/is so important in defining one's music as their own. The success of groups like Sly and the Family Stone opened that door to possible "pop" success and maintaining musical artistic credibility, while The Gap Band stayed true to their sound (as you wrote) and, in a sense, put "pop" stations on notice that different forms of music would eventually be cultivated to heavily influence some of the most significant artists of our present time. There is one last point that I want to make here regarding this topic and that is the role of MTV in the early 1980s. A few documentaries have been produced over the last few years where the question of equitable air time for videos of African American artists and bands has been legitimately been brought up. While the founders of MTV stated the network's goal was to air "rock" music videos, outspoken and highly successful African American artists like Rick James began questioning (doing so at a conference with MTV executives also on the same panel about the power of videos on the future of music popularity) why more African American artists were not being aired on the quickly exploding network. The first link above is to a CBS News story from the period that includes Rick James talking about MTV's reluctance at the time to show videos from African American artists/groups. David Bowie became one of the first artists (of any race or ethnicity) to publicly support James' positions and question MTV's decisions on what videos they aired (doing so in an interview with MTV, no less). The second link above is a clip of the interview that Bowie did with MTV about the topic. Whether it be other worldly factors at play, the quality of the music and videos, or the sheer enormity of the album, MTV finally relented when it began airing the videos in massive rotation for Michael Jackson's colossal "Thriller" album. Now, unfortunately, this may not have helped groups in the past like Sly and the Family Stone or The Gap Band for standing their musical ground, but one also has to look past that it was not only "pop" radio stations, but the monster influencer that MTV became, that did not connect with popularity of artists like The Gap Band because those outlets may have (very mistakenly) believed did not fit the "target demographics" that "pop" radio and MTV were trying to land at that time, which is a true shame.
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