Thats true, but they lived through the best years that we all wish for today. They were blessed to experience those days while those of us who are young living in these days especially with this pandemic don’t hardly even know a few good days if they happened...
@@ertfgghhhh Yea! You had women who wore wigs and perms two but the natural afro was also in style. You rarely see black women sport their natural hair these days.
@@christopherduffy1703 natural hair never went out of style. In fact, it was called neo soul in the 90s. Those women were natural. I was one if them. I was not the only one. And there are so many natural hair channels on youtube. You must be stevie wonder not to see any natural black women. And btw, some women with straight hair are natural... You are talking outta your neck
@Peyton Bell I was high school graduate in 78 , man I tell my kids and my grands stories about the music, parties and clothes and they laugh and want to hear more.
Because of the shit they really did. These shows had hundreds of thousands of viewers back then imagine what the rest of America was doing those nights?
I remember being 4 years old and the Robot was my favorite Dance. When we would go to family functions I remember being my little self and doing the Robot. And being pushed by my Mom to do it🥰🥰🥰🥰💗. What a time.
@@Will-re9jl the comment of black people and music was so positive back then sound racist as if there is no positivity in music with black people today. Smh
It may have been early but it wasn't how it all got started. Don Campbell started locking in the late 60's. Floor moves had also been around for a few years before.
The funky chikin, the funky penguin, the Push and 'Pull, and the Funky Robot. Got to get on up and do it, git on down and do it. This is music played at the highest level of skill, always will get you moving and put the charge in your batteries!
James Brown is the Godfather. Aretha Franklin, undisputed Queen of Soul. Elvis can be argued about left and right. But, Rufus Thomas is the Crazy Uncle!
He really was though. Recently discovered the iconic gems such as _Breakdown_ and _Funky Penguin_ as well as _Chicken_ too. And even though he found fame much later in life, he _enjoyed_ doing what he loved. That's why they called him _the world's oldest teenager_ rightfully so. I can't wait to see how Bobby Brown portrays him next week on the premiere of _American Soul_ on BET.
Back in the 1977, I used to watch this variety show called Shields and Yarnell. They must have watched Rufus because they were the baddest white couple doing the robot. They called it mime but, that was definitely the robot. Search UA-cam and check them out. As a kid, I was so amazed with their body isolation.
I am so jealous! These people in the video look happy, and not a camera phone in sight. They lived during the best of times doing a dance called the Robot, and now here we are living in 2021 feeling like robots because of the pandemic. Some people are even mindless robots because they choose to believe everything on social media. I wish I was a time-traveling robot, so I could go do the Funky Robot in the 70’s...
@@justmejenny7986 I was 14 in 73 , those were the best years to be a teenager. Everything was cheap clothes, movies, restaurants. We wanted for nothing!!!!!!!. I feel so bad for my Grandsons.
@@donyoung2185 So scary. . . I'm so glad I never had kids or grandkids. . . when I go, I'll have no worries to leave behind in this world ( what's left of it ).
Rufus thomas was the original crowd hype man b4 dj clue, funk flex, dj, the drama king kay slay, DJ kool, doug fresh, dj khalid, fat man scoop, Mad Skillz, busy bee star ski, kool herc n the herculoidz
Indeed, most likely the Bar Kays laying it down live but off camera. This sounds totally different to the recorded version so they must have been there somewhere.
I love it! Well, not so crazy about his outfit. Lol! But I truly love how naturally beautiful these girls are! I don’t know how I happened across this video today, I’m glad I did. Made my day☺️
Thanks a lot @beastmaster415 my brain and my eyes cannot forget or unsee!!!!! How dare you sir!!! Came out with suit shorts and boots and has thee audacity to be making up words as he performs about doing the robot!?!?! Sir how are we supposed to do a dance that we never seen or heard of??? WHAT DID I JUST WATCH DAMMIT!!!!!!
You have to love how UA-cam is the closest thing to a time machine we have
2nd
Rufus Thomas -James Earl Jones
Legends 👑👑👑
💯
As are the Bar Kays, not visible here but somewhere in the studio laying down that groove.
And just to think.....these young people are now in their 60s, 70s & 80s!
I'm one of those people. Love it! 😍
Thats true, but they lived through the best years that we all wish for today. They were blessed to experience those days while those of us who are young living in these days especially with this pandemic don’t hardly even know a few good days if they happened...
I was seven back in 1973 and it was heavenly!✨💖✨
💩💩🦨🦨🤖🤖🤖🤖
🙏🏾 owe my gratitude to all you groundbreakers
Growing up in the 70's was the best 😊.
#PausimodO link bio
Was it?
You must be white 😂
Some say it was the 80's
Yep people n music were both genuine...
I was 13 in '73, first girlfriend, first kiss, music from that era is like a time machine, takes me back : )
I was Born end of 1973, so if I ever heard this I was in utero :D
@jameskerry41
Love that nostalgic feeling.
I was 9... great time
R.I.P. 👑KING RUFU$!.👑
Musical genius
Yessir!
You can hear the rapping & church vibe in his delivery.
she was so focused😍🥰🤗
#PausimodO ep
W/ link
Wow, James Earl Jones was so young!
He said he made a new song and freestyled the whole thing!
You may be cool, but you'll never be freestyling a new song cool !
🤣🤣😂😂
Exactly..
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank God I grew up in the 90s
No weave! Just beautiful black women sporting their natural hair.
.....sir, they wore wigs and falls too back then...
@@ertfgghhhh Yea! You had women who wore wigs and perms two but the natural afro was also in style. You rarely see black women sport their natural hair these days.
@@ertfgghhhh not like how they do now😕
@@christopherduffy1703 natural hair never went out of style. In fact, it was called neo soul in the 90s. Those women were natural. I was one if them. I was not the only one. And there are so many natural hair channels on youtube. You must be stevie wonder not to see any natural black women. And btw, some women with straight hair are natural...
You are talking outta your neck
Born in '73. Right On ✊🏽
“Right on”with the”Right on”....👍🏼😷
Right on Right on!😎
C3PO was just 30,073 years old when this dance came out.
I have almost All of his records on vinyl…first time ever seeing him live. Amazing!
m.ua-cam.com/video/KCFyKRtlLOI/v-deo.html&pp=ygURcnVmdXMgdGhvbWFzIGxpdmU%3D
Wat a t time to be alive❤
@Peyton Bell I was high school graduate in 78 , man I tell my kids and my grands stories about the music, parties and clothes and they laugh and want to hear more.
I am a proud product of the 70's they were so far the best times. The music, family etc...
I remember wanting to be older so I could wear clothes and shoes from Flagg Brothers! Boi do I miss the 70's.
@Peyton Bell right back at cha fam !!!!,
What's wrong with your lives now?
R.I.P. Rufus Thomas You Are An ANGEL Now
Rufus Thomas is an ancestor who’s beautiful spirit lives among us.
She's a dancing Machine.
Just seeing this makes me wonder why my parents were so strict
Because of the shit they really did. These shows had hundreds of thousands of viewers back then imagine what the rest of America was doing those nights?
I remember being 4 years old and the Robot was my favorite Dance. When we would go to family functions I remember being my little self and doing the Robot. And being pushed by my Mom to do it🥰🥰🥰🥰💗. What a time.
yup.. i was 4 as well , lol
I'm 60 and I still do the robot at family gatherings 😄.
@@shortblockflexinit5219 🤣 you must be the life of the party. Don't ever stop. That's when you get old.
We wore that robot out cause it was easy for us kids!
@@shortblockflexinit5219 you've seen Michael Jackson do it on soul train, right?
I remember those days. Boy did we have great times.
Black people and the music were so positive.
When white got mixed in then the problems began amongst us
For sure. The difference in the music lyric and energy it creates today and then is galaxies apart.
This a lil before my time but i remember the elders puttin it down like this when i was super young
@@monetschannel5773 just curious as to what that means bc it sounds racist. Im not offended, just curious.
@@Will-re9jl the comment of black people and music was so positive back then sound racist as if there is no positivity in music with black people today. Smh
No wonder he was known as the world's oldest teenager, because he was so good with kids
James Earl Jones should've done the funky robot too!!!
#PausimodO link
That would have been ---"REAL FUNKY"!!!!!!!!!!!
He went on to become Lord Vader.
@@edwinragland2883 #PausimodO
This was at a time when Rufus was throwing anything up against the wall. Especially after WattStax! Peace.
This is how it got started...pop-locking, boogaloo, and breaking.
It may have been early but it wasn't how it all got started. Don Campbell started locking in the late 60's. Floor moves had also been around for a few years before.
@@djJackMF You are absolutely right. I forgot about Don Cambell. They were already locking in the 60's fo sho. My bad.
@@l.s.a5181 ?????
@@l.s.a5181 I tried to come up with a good reason why you would leave that comment here; but, anything I came up with just bummed me out.
@@djJackMF If Asians invented this then, by default, black folks are going to have to lay claim to kung fu and Gung fu.... just saying. LOL
Mr Rufus...thanks for the wonderful music. Rest well brother.
Voices like that can say anything behind the beat & it would sound like a song..
I was 10 years old in 1973 a great time to be alive that's when black people knew how to treat each other
Hilarious. Gotta love the 70's. The girl in the red skirt is killing it at the end.
Yeah, she's a proper hoofer.
hell yeah!
The funky chikin, the funky penguin, the Push and 'Pull, and the Funky Robot. Got to get on up and do it, git on down and do it. This is music played at the highest level of skill, always will get you moving and put the charge in your batteries!
When I hear them songs I have be careful not to throw my back and hip out place. Right On!!
James Brown is the Godfather. Aretha Franklin, undisputed Queen of Soul. Elvis can be argued about left and right. But, Rufus Thomas is the Crazy Uncle!
He really was though. Recently discovered the iconic gems such as _Breakdown_ and _Funky Penguin_ as well as _Chicken_ too. And even though he found fame much later in life, he _enjoyed_ doing what he loved. That's why they called him _the world's oldest teenager_ rightfully so. I can't wait to see how Bobby Brown portrays him next week on the premiere of _American Soul_ on BET.
Who makes you wanna go to every family gathering especially once he starts drinkin but watch out
jaygresh crazy drunk whino uncle😂
King of Memphis
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Look how normal and innocent woman looked back then..
Yes gorgeous now fake barbies
🎯
Yes they looked to be respected! Man do I miss that🤔
When US black culture was cool.
@@tsopmocful1958 yes...now the fakery...and as they say black men are fake...yea ok
Who's here after watching _American Soul_ last night? B. Brown killed it!!! RIP Rufus Thomas.
Me 🤣🤣🤣
lol facts im trying too find the real soul train clip on youtube lol
Wow. How far this went and how much it grew from here is INSANE.
Back in the 1977, I used to watch this variety show called Shields and Yarnell. They must have watched Rufus because they were the baddest white couple doing the robot. They called it mime but, that was definitely the robot. Search UA-cam and check them out. As a kid, I was so amazed with their body isolation.
Lorene Yarnell was so good at it, she was later cast as Dot Matrix in Spaceballs, the C3po equivalent voiced by Joan Rivers.
Get it Uncle Rufus!!!!!!
That funk still hits different decades later.
Back when our Seniors still had CLOUT! My man is old but still rocking and got the young folks involved and they not capping.
I am so jealous! These people in the video look happy, and not a camera phone in sight. They lived during the best of times doing a dance called the Robot, and now here we are living in 2021 feeling like robots because of the pandemic. Some people are even mindless robots because they choose to believe everything on social media. I wish I was a time-traveling robot, so I could go do the Funky Robot in the 70’s...
This is too Funky
Back when the party was a party.... and not a shooting range
Love the intense expression on her face! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
I love it i play this video every day
The best years of my life (the 70’s) ❤️❤️❤️
I was born in 73. But I agree. 70s and 80s were wonderful.
@@justmejenny7986 I was 14 in 73 , those were the best years to be a teenager. Everything was cheap clothes, movies, restaurants. We wanted for nothing!!!!!!!. I feel so bad for my Grandsons.
@@justmejenny7986 the 80’s were nice too!!!!!!!!
@@donyoung2185 I miss going roller skating and to the mall. Best music. I don't know what happened. I'm so thankful that I grew up when I did.
@@donyoung2185 So scary. . . I'm so glad I never had kids or grandkids. . . when I go, I'll have no worries to leave behind in this world ( what's left of it ).
Dayum that wizard in the pink cape is super funky!
I just Love the HAIR STYLE so Beautiful so FREE 💯💯💯💯💯💙😎
I was 12 years old in 1973 I remember that show Rufus and James.
Beautiful people!
My mama went to see Rufus Thomas in a concert and she said he jumped off the stage and broke his leg.
Jesus Christ
@@capoislamort100 hahahaaa!🤣😂
That whole scenario sounds like it could have been my mom telling us that story.🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂
Great story
His cape game is at an elite status
Just a natural good time, the 70s, 80s, 90s till 2008 that's it people 😀
I'd say up until 9/11
Long live the 70's. What a time to be young and carefree. 😎
"Black Ombinus" Tv show...never heard of this..LOL..with J.Earl Jones😂
Rufus Thomas, Funky Chicken, push n pull, and the Funky Robot💕💕 I used to do all those dances..lol
That was funny as hell yet fly as hell at the same time lol.
After decades of being a father.
I firmly believe my dadbot skills are max level.
James brown gives dance lessons..Check his robot ...Rufus rocks in pink👍🏻
A Great Legend performing the Funky Robot!!!
Man I wish I was old enough
Rufus Thomas would love Cam'ron rockin pink
That pink cape is EVERYTHING
Good old days
Now I know where David Alan Grier gets his inspiration
Yes, everyone looks so good and healthy
Rufus Thomas ; LEGEND !!!!!!
Beautiful 🤩!!!!!!!
That’s funky!
Love this 🌹🌹🌹
Let the church say amen 💯
Rufus thomas was the original crowd hype man b4 dj clue, funk flex, dj, the drama king kay slay, DJ kool, doug fresh, dj khalid, fat man scoop, Mad Skillz, busy bee star ski, kool herc n the herculoidz
And funk pioneer
The Funky Robot. The Funky Chicken. The Funky Penguin. The Breakdown. All Rufus Thomas.
Now that’s a showman
Loved the robot....
Memphis Legend’ Great Video!
Now that’s funky
This is a magic moment in time. So much fun. What a groove!
Indeed, most likely the Bar Kays laying it down live but off camera. This sounds totally different to the recorded version so they must have been there somewhere.
Rufus Thomas: March 26, 1917 - December 15, 2001
She made it her own funky robot 🤖
I've done that dance when I was too high.
He’s like my friends dad with a pink cape!!! But the tunes almost made it worth it.
Love me some Mr Rufus
Nobody overweight, no fake hair and no makeup, good times.
Shit Black Incels say.
Don't tell the truth lol.
Language was also important then....Hip hop ruined all of it.
@@blaquemann9398 Something that someone sleeps with female linebackers says.
Yeah but they had no WLAN
When class, dignity and respect was RESPECTED!
This popped up and it got me going on Friday love it #DarthVaderBeforeHeWasDarthVader😂
I was 12 then. The 70s were a great time.
Me dancing at every wedding I’ve ever been to
I love it! Well, not so crazy about his outfit. Lol! But I truly love how naturally beautiful these girls are! I don’t know how I happened across this video today, I’m glad I did. Made my day☺️
Love some Rufus!!
That's it! No more thinking about it. I'm buying me a pink cape!
Awe the raw talent awe
Don't U know No Good, Goo, Gooo, Gooood. 1973, I was 2 years old
Thanks a lot @beastmaster415 my brain and my eyes cannot forget or unsee!!!!! How dare you sir!!! Came out with suit shorts and boots and has thee audacity to be making up words as he performs about doing the robot!?!?! Sir how are we supposed to do a dance that we never seen or heard of??? WHAT DID I JUST WATCH DAMMIT!!!!!!
His voice is powerful...
Rufus Thomas pure genius
I saw his show in 1977 at Sheppard AFB, TX near Wichita Falls TX.
Im doin it... im doin it.... im doin the funkin robot!!
Lovin james earl jones in the used car salesman suit. Dude is cool.
Amazing video.
I just love the girl in yellow.
Brilliant!
Group therapy sessions in the 70s were groovy!
If you danced like that today you’d get beaten up! Good times!
Especially if you're from Malibu
Man, They Were Rockin Them Afros Baby, Wooooo!