Yes it certainly was a great time to be young in the 1970 & 80’s. Things were so much simpler before internet. We took our lives for granted always wanting to grow up fast now we long for those times. I would give anything to have life life it was.
Latter-day hip hop for sure, but the Native Tongue conglomerate featuring the likes of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and The Jungle Brothers was a golden time for rap!
Why would the new generation want to make old, out of date music? They have their own thing. You and I are of the older set and this is the music of our youth and we love it. Our parents were thinking why couldn't our generation sound like Sammy Davis and Count Basie! To each his own time.
Right there with you brother ! ... Been a 'Ray' fan from the beginning ... Still listen to 'HOT STUFF' 1 of my Favorite Cuts to this VERY DAY (5-9-23) ! ...
This song actually has a story, a message, and a warning. This new generation needs to hear this. I've always loved this song. And so many other songs from yesterday. We had the best music ever. It touched you emotionally ❤
And they sang and danced , nobody does that anymore they got into the song.and you could feel it in your soul ❤️ God bless everybody,stay safe, show kindness and pray 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Maybe not an all time great, yet that music from the 70's and 80's is timeless. Motown deserves their own station and ALL of those bands from the 70's. EW &F, Kool & the Gang, Tavares, O'Jays, Spinners, Stylistics, Love, Unlimited Orchestra and so on, I'll take that all day over this garbage of today.
One day the Good People will look back and see the 20’s as an evil dark time in America. Good Music will become popular and our following generations will pick up where Ray Parker and Radio and so many wonderful musicians left for them.
I was born in 1969.. I liked this song as a pre teen, not knowing it was about Jack cheating on Jill!!🤦🏾🤦🏾 This wasn't your typical nursery rhyme!🤣🤣🤣 Shit, Jill probably had her a sneak a link! Just do Poly now! Still like this song in 2023!!❤️
Man this reminds me when my grandma use to be cooking in the kitchen and would have this smooth soulful music playing on a good Sunday evening, man I tell u music is definitely soulful & it can be weaponized for good or bad, this is good for the soul…
OMG Tell it like it is 🔥🔥INDEED 🧨I had to call the FIRE DEPARTMENT 🚒🚒I know u heard them coming 😂😂😂Definitely a certified JAM 🎯🥰😍😘🤟Still listening how about August 06 2023
The 70s music will put you on another planet that no one will understand unless you have a love of the 70s music. You don't need drugs or alcohol to appreciate the best music ever. God....take me back to the 70s and leave me there....I'll be just fine.
Man this reminds me when my grandma use to be cooking in the kitchen and would have this smooth soulful music playing on a good Sunday evening, man I tell u music is definitely soulful & it can be weaponized for good or bad, this is good for the soul…
the harmony on the "why do you think" part is very tricky. if you try to sing it you realize it's not what's in your head. once you realize this you have to re-contemplate what the emotion of it is. it's downright genius. from the moment i first heard it in the unlikely setting of rural Wisconsin it has stuck with me as epitome of smooth urban soul. when Clive Davis signed Ray to Arista he KNEW something on instinct that not even Ray's biggest admirer's had in mind. He was exactly right . Also the male highlight vocalist in this group had some serious scare your ass off SKILLS. I should know his name and will fix that immediately but anyone who can sing like that should have been a solo star .
LOVE that part. I call it "California Music" since they still play the heII out of it in the Southland, and many other similar-era classics, on the raydio, today. (I didn't even mean to do that!) :)
Yes this is a Classic , i can remembering hearing it in 1978 on a local radio station , when laying in bed at night before going to work on a night shift job, to me this was first of many good songs that came out over the 10 to 12 years during the late 70's through the 80's , there was something in music during that time . that is not in today's music , yes there maybe some good songs , but to me , it just seems to be missing something , that those old classics had .
@@PKSpearmanof How true , the soul is gone , and replaced by computerized Music , and Machines like computers , don't have souls , and the musics , with that reality , we may never see that type of wonderful soulful music of the past again ? thankyou for your reply
Good memories!! Ray Parker Jr. was such a cutie back in the day. I had the biggest crush on him in my late teens and early 20's. He had a million dollar smile that melted my heart back then. 😊
This isnt black or white music . Just great music.
I'm a 60 yrs. Old white guy. I lived during the era of Motown....greatest music ever. Still love it
I am 61 I love this music
Try to tell ya
Ditto
❤
I was in Houston..when they came out with their ablum..always admire u guys...much love and good memory!❤
Who else is still listening to this great song 2024 no one makes great music like this anymore
Me, from Croatia.
I am & they still sound great..
Saudações do Brasil.
This is heavenly music . Loved the 70s and 80s i wish i could go back.😢
Yes
Back when music was about music. Musicians & Singers were as serious as doctors or lawyers about their work. And it showed...
😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Such Cool smooth stuff 😊😊😊😊
The 70's Motown was the best. Glad to have been teens to 20 during the best music ever. From an almost 70 year old white girl. Miss those days.
Indeed it did 👍
Yes, Dan this was poetry coming from the most unlikely sources.
Always makes me kinda sad that those days in the 70s are gone. Had such a blast, some of the best times of my life.
Me too!
but they live on in our memories and we have youtube - you can visit anytime - just sit on your porch and turn the music up; and relive
Those days aren't gone yet cause we still have the music in us all.
Yes it certainly was a great time to be young in the 1970 & 80’s. Things were so much simpler before internet. We took our lives for granted always wanting to grow up fast now we long for those times. I would give anything to have life life it was.
God the black community used to have such talent it’s sad how hip-hop has become their new identity what happened to the soul
Colonialism, freemasons choose the WORSE of every community of Black's, Hispanic, Etc and give them DEALS SO THE MASSES CAN USE AS ROLE MODELS.
Very Sad!
Latter-day hip hop for sure, but the Native Tongue conglomerate featuring the likes of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and The Jungle Brothers was a golden time for rap!
No just the youngsters, That does not include us old schoolers..
Spring 1978, junior year of high school... born at the right time. 🥰 To Raydio: thanks, fellas.
Me, graduated 76, some of the best, freest years of my life!
Spring 1978 Hill Juinor High School, Winston Salem NC. Go Hornets!!
The new generation couldn't make this type of music even if we gave em a cheat sheet.
Why would the new generation want to make old, out of date music? They have their own thing. You and I are of the older set and this is the music of our youth and we love it. Our parents were thinking why couldn't our generation sound like Sammy Davis and Count Basie! To each his own time.
@@charlesm7589 True
I know huh!😃@@charlesm7589
@justinesportsmedicine9379 I know huh 😄
That's FACTS!
I always loved that backup singer's voice
I always thought the back up singer singing “Jack! Jill! “Was a woman so I was completely surprised when I first watched this video!
OMGosh..Having 3 older Sisters...I remember this an it's pure 🥇🥇..Absolutely ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💯💯💯👏👏👏👏👏👏😊😊✌
68YRS YOUNG AND I AM SO HAPPY TO HAVE ENJOYED THOSE YEARS OF REAL MUSIC AND SONGS 😂 😅 ❤🎉
This is one of the coolest and most underrated songs in r&b history.
Absolutely 💯
💯
Love the screaming in the background...'JACK!' 'JILL'
Right there with you brother ! ... Been a 'Ray' fan from the beginning ... Still listen to 'HOT STUFF' 1 of my Favorite Cuts to this VERY DAY (5-9-23) ! ...
It really is a special one.
*THIS IS....SOUL MUSIC* ❤❤❤❤❤
knocks the crap out of todays so called artists
One of my favorite all time, greatest song! first heard it back in the spring of 1978,as a kid. Bring back the 1970s please! Great old days 😢
When music was real ❤❤❤❤
Ray wrote, produced, arranged and then sang. Talented dude
He worked a lot with Barry White and Gene Page in those early Love Unlimited Orchestra years. Even got a writing credit or two.
Damn I miss those days . The days of peace and laughter 👍
This song actually has a story, a message, and a warning. This new generation needs to hear this. I've always loved this song. And so many other songs from yesterday. We had the best music ever. It touched you emotionally ❤
67 now and realise what a wonderful time I had
This song was made at a time when entertainment was fun, you can hear the artists enjoying themselves while making music.
And they sang and danced , nobody does that anymore they got into the song.and you could feel it in your soul ❤️ God bless everybody,stay safe, show kindness and pray 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Maybe not an all time great, yet that music from the 70's and 80's is timeless. Motown deserves their own station and ALL of those bands from the 70's. EW &F, Kool & the Gang, Tavares, O'Jays, Spinners, Stylistics, Love, Unlimited Orchestra and so on, I'll take that all day over this garbage of today.
One day the Good People will look back and see the 20’s as an evil dark time in America.
Good Music will become popular and our following generations will pick up where Ray Parker and Radio and so many wonderful musicians left for them.
Those threads are out of sight! The 70s still rule for best on-stage outfits to match the all the multitalented musicians.
Parliament Funkadelic 😎 ... Earth Wind & Fire 🌎🌬🔥 ... Ohio Players 🍯 ... Kool & the Gang 📯 ... The Commodores 🚢 ✈️
The frikkn harmonies are so tight👍💪
A nursery rhyme that’s all so true when you can’t get the love you need from your companion.
I was born in 1969.. I liked this song as a pre teen, not knowing it was about Jack cheating on Jill!!🤦🏾🤦🏾 This wasn't your typical nursery rhyme!🤣🤣🤣 Shit, Jill probably had her a sneak a link! Just do Poly now! Still like this song in 2023!!❤️
The first time I heard it. I went out & bought it.
Nothing like the music 🎶 of the 70’s and 80’s ❤️
OMG You just hit a homerun with those comments 🎯😘🎉💃💫💥🤟The 70"s and 80's were my best golden years carefree INDEED ❗️💞💖🙌🏿👏🏿🫠🌟😘🎉💃💫💥🤟💋
60s too
Ray could dance, sing, play keyboard n the tambourine very talented man!
don't forget the guitar too
He has had a great solo career
Those old school R&B songs will always be the best!
Those were the days forever young
Ushered in a new era of fantastic music starting 1978 with Raydio and this absolutely amazing song a lyrical masterpiece Ray Parker Jr a major talent
69 yo here. I'm a huge fan of Ray Parker Jr and Raydio.
"He snuck down, he snuck down... broke his crown" - I totally dig the way that lyric was sung.
I dig the whole dang song.
Classic from 1978 Raydio "Jack n' Jill" featuring the talents of Ray Parker Jr he of Ghostbusters fame 😎👍.
I remember I loved this song. So sweet, simple and innocent. It stayed on REPEAT!
I was a Led Zep/ Pink Floyd /Deep Purple fan...But I can tell you that this song is pure gold....BRILLIANT.
This very moment when Ray Parker Jr. introduced himself to the mainstream music scene is a sight to be seen.
2024 and it's every bit as good as the first time I heard it long ago!! Love the funky bass and synth sounds. Reminds me of better times.
Ray Parker Jr just has that kind of voice that is smooth and velvety-effortlessly ❤
Heard this song the other day. Hadn't heard in years. I just love it! So cute and refreshing!❤
Classic Gold……utterly fabulous!
This is one of those sleeper, awesome songs of the 70's
Old school music you will never hear anything like it. It's the best.
1978 a golden years for classics
I heard this song completely by chance in an oldschool funk and R & B compilation. Now I can't stop listening to it.
I met the co-lead singer, Jerry Knight on bass while walking my dog in NOHO in 1979. Super nice guy. Brilliant vocalist, too.
Man this reminds me when my grandma use to be cooking in the kitchen and would have this smooth soulful music playing on a good Sunday evening, man I tell u music is definitely soulful & it can be weaponized for good or bad, this is good for the soul…
why are these guys the greatest band ever?
Omg...I love this song. So many memories. Awesome song.
Wow what a tune brings back. Memories
Music of my teen days... 🥰🥰
Mild disco hit of 77. Radio fave. Some club play. Cute child poem. Thanks, Ray Parker. Vive les rock, soul, and disco freaks...
I heard this song as a kid & was hooked every since. Ray Parker Jr is iconic 💪🏾
Me too
Man, I was in 6th grade in Chicago
😂
A song you never get tired of listening to, I was pretty young when it was released but loved and still love it
This song is 🔥!
OMG Tell it like it is 🔥🔥INDEED 🧨I had to call the FIRE DEPARTMENT 🚒🚒I know u heard them coming 😂😂😂Definitely a certified JAM 🎯🥰😍😘🤟Still listening how about August 06 2023
Ray Parker and Raydio ,were cranking out some songs,back then,what a great time for music.
This Song Brings Back So Many Many Great Memories I Truly Miss Those Times
So glad I grew up during this era. Music was written with so much feeling.
Me too!
ABSOLUTELY!
you know it!!!! to me real music pretty much died after the 80s
@@loyevangelists that is the Truth
You and I both
1978 was a great year.
Music was so real..
Who's out there listening to this song. Love Ray Parker Jr
I LOVE THIS SONG! I WAS IN THE 7TH GRADE IN 1978!
The 70s music will put you on another planet that no one will understand unless you have a love of the 70s music. You don't need drugs or alcohol to appreciate the best music ever. God....take me back to the 70s and leave me there....I'll be just fine.
These fine musicians leave a beautiful soulful imprint in your heart❤❤. Fantastic song!
Smiles, hi Susan 🤗
They're JAMMIN, I DO KNOW THAT!!!
This song is so smooth. It's so good. I wish music was still like this. 2023
I couldn’t agree more💯😀
You’re 100% right!
Right on..RPJ
Man this reminds me when my grandma use to be cooking in the kitchen and would have this smooth soulful music playing on a good Sunday evening, man I tell u music is definitely soulful & it can be weaponized for good or bad, this is good for the soul…
@bmoney2560 I've always found it to be an escape to anywhere. The past especially.
HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY
RAYMOND "RAY PARKER, JR."
(MAY 1, 2024)
Happy Birthday 🎂🍰🥳🎁🎊🎉🔥❤️💯✨️👍🏽
the harmony on the "why do you think" part is very tricky. if you try to sing it you realize it's not what's in your head. once you realize this you have to re-contemplate what the emotion of it is. it's downright genius. from the moment i first heard it in the unlikely setting of rural Wisconsin it has stuck with me as epitome of smooth urban soul. when Clive Davis signed Ray to Arista he KNEW something on instinct that not even Ray's biggest admirer's had in mind. He was exactly right . Also the male highlight vocalist in this group had some serious scare your ass off SKILLS. I should know his name and will fix that immediately but anyone who can sing like that should have been a solo star .
My aunt who was a teen at the time had Rays tape and this was my favorite one at 4 years old (nursery rhyme obviously)❤❤❤love this song
The best music ever , i wish back again , the music today don’t have that feeling
Ray was obsessed with the Jack and Jill story (TOO FUNNY)
Amazing how, as an adult, you understand songs you heard as a child.
Yesss
Yes, specially when they are great songs of the time. Also, it is only natural for most that they cherish the times in their youth years and 20s.
I loved them at that time but I do truly understand them now life experiences.
So why do u think jack snuck down the Hill cause he needed love he couldn't get from Jill😳😳😳🤦🤦🤦😂😂😂😂😂😛😛
I was seven back in 81, loved it then,love it now..
Ray Parker was probably one of the most underrated musicians of all time!!😊😊❤❤❤️❤️❤️.
So many jacks that don't get love from Jill's,hum,get out and be single;that's noble,rock on😎💔🔥
And I still listen to this song!!!
A classic forever!
The simplest times are human beings greatest joys missing those days.
Some of the best music EVER made
PLEASE BRING BACK GOOD MUSIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree💯
Always hear this song in the Grocery stores!! LOL My Bestie and I love this song!!!
One of finest hits from 1978!
Classic.... You can never change that!!
Probably the smoothest transition to chorus in music history,,, Now why do you think,,,,,, Beautifully smooth!
LOVE that part. I call it "California Music" since they still play the heII out of it in the Southland, and many other similar-era classics, on the raydio, today. (I didn't even mean to do that!) :)
What a classic song still remember it like yesterday brings back memories.
What a great song,, awesome groove,,such great harmony,, actual great lyrics,, totally forgotten band !!!
Classic song 70s and 80s the best !!
Lord, how did we lose this kind of music? How and why?
The seventies were the best time ever.
The Seventies was an Amazing Decade for Music TV And Movies
This is music man
@@johnjustice8976 agree I was on high school man this was music
I can't imagine living through the '70s and watching them end, and all the fantastic music along with it... What a tragedy.
It doesn't matter if it's 2021, GOOD music is still GOOD music! Timeless classics like this will never die.
Yes.
Yes this is a Classic , i can remembering hearing it in 1978 on a local radio station , when laying in bed at night before going to work on a night shift job, to me this was first of many good songs that came out over the 10 to 12 years during the late 70's through the 80's , there was something in music during that time . that is not in today's music , yes there maybe some good songs , but to me , it just seems to be missing something , that those old classics had .
@@kidhickey1659 Agreed👌🏽💯 I believe what music is missing today is SOUL!
@@PKSpearmanof How true , the soul is gone , and replaced by computerized Music , and Machines like computers , don't have souls , and the musics , with that reality , we may never see that type of wonderful soulful music of the past again ? thankyou for your reply
@@kidhickey1659 No, thank you for your reply. Bless you ❤️
Pure 80’s pop fluff…loved it in the 80’s and still do in 2023!
Jesus loves all of y’all and died for y’all repent God Bless
Happy 69th Birthday Ray Erskine Parker Jr.!(Born May 1, 1954)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂👍🏾👏🏾🙌🏾
Happy Birthday 5/1/2024 (70) 🎂🍰🥳🎁🎊🎉🔥❤️💯
WOW do I ever remember this jam man bringing back old times. Feel good.
Even as a toddler, my daughter has always loved this song...
We make this comment about a lot of artists and this song just proves that if you have the vocals, you can sing about anything.
Love this song. I was 10 years old In 1977 and living in Hollis Queens NY when this song came out.
I’m 22 and absolutely love this song 🔥
There are so many from 60s 70s 80s.Quality and quantity galore
Good memories!! Ray Parker Jr. was such a cutie back in the day. I had the biggest crush on him in my late teens and early 20's. He had a million dollar smile that melted my heart back then. 😊
He Still Is 😊
@@martha.r You gotta admit that man had a smile that could melt glaciers!! 😊
"Jack And Jill" by Raydio was absolutely awesome! And it still is!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊