Electrifying Mojo, Midnight Funk Association

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  • @Still-Learning
    @Still-Learning 3 роки тому +6

    The fabric of my youth.
    "May the Funk be with you...always".🤘

  • @kimhunter7763
    @kimhunter7763 7 років тому +19

    This is radio at its best: using imagination to draw people in by talking directly to them and yet drawing them into a larger community and in this case crossing lines of race class etc, a serious public service & then kickin out the jams!

  • @henderickmitchell6941
    @henderickmitchell6941 9 років тому +42

    It does not get any more Detroit than this...

    • @KayDurrant
      @KayDurrant 9 років тому +2

      Henderick Mitchell Indeed it does not, get any better than this!!

    • @henderickmitchell6941
      @henderickmitchell6941 9 років тому +3

      Damn right. You this was around when the DJs determine what was played on the radio. Now its the other way around... Thanks a lot Clear Channel...

    • @chumps7974
      @chumps7974 Місяць тому

      Facts! We were blessed to have him in Detroit for so many years

  • @terrancesmith9911
    @terrancesmith9911 6 років тому +6

    Man I miss them days," I Do"

  • @mcmorris55
    @mcmorris55  16 років тому +6

    I hope everyone has enjoyed the trip down memory lane.

  • @outlaw1109
    @outlaw1109 9 років тому +19

    Detroit history.

  • @kevinthe1st
    @kevinthe1st 15 років тому +2

    Detroit Northern Seinior High Class of 84 checking in. "Don't say...Whoa...say Whammy -Whoa!".

  • @muzzmatrix
    @muzzmatrix 14 років тому +4

    "Dude!!! I'm freakin' out here!!!! I can't believe I found this. Mojo was THE BEST Detroit radio manufactured on the 20th century air waves & that's sayin' a lot. I remember one of Mojo's standard quips was...'Are you feelin' zz'd, bx'd or even riffed-off??'. Thanks for this."

  • @wiltra65
    @wiltra65 12 років тому +4

    the errol filnn,have not hear that in over 35yrs, WOW

  • @Sanctifiedlady1969
    @Sanctifiedlady1969 12 років тому +2

    MOJO!!!! Is THE baddest DJ on this planet EVER!!!!! He kept us rocking in the 80s with hit, after hit, after hit!!! He kept us ON OUR FEET!!!! Ain't NOBODY BAD LIKE YOU!!!!!

    • @chumps7974
      @chumps7974 Місяць тому

      He blessed us with all genres of good music!

  • @kree1964
    @kree1964 11 років тому +5

    Actually, he went from WGPR-107.5(1977-1982) to WJLB-97.9. Maybe he went to WLBS for a while before he went to WHYT? I used to listen to Mojo ALL the time, starting around 1980. His show was without a doubt the best thing on radio. Mojo was the man...

  • @spoda81
    @spoda81 8 років тому +2

    We sure lived in the greatest era of music Oh how I wish we could all go back to a better time.

  • @johnbedell2376
    @johnbedell2376 4 роки тому +2

    Best radio DJ EVER!
    Turned me on to SO MUCH MUSIC I would have never considered.
    Genre-bending Master.
    Thank you Mojo!

  • @aaronmccombs7570
    @aaronmccombs7570 9 років тому +10

    Mojo is the MAN!!! My variety in my taste of music, I owe to Mojo. The Art Of Noise, Prince (extended uncut versions), Frankie goes to Hollywood, Devo, Krafwerk and so many more. My good friend Ty just met Mojo and he blessed him with a video where Mojo does the old intro he used to do on radio. Very DOPE!!! One Love for Mojo, radio will never be the same.

    • @cwarner218
      @cwarner218 4 роки тому

      Same here. I'd love how he would go from Parliament to Kraftwerk to the B52's to Devo

  • @korymundy412
    @korymundy412 6 років тому +2

    D.J..that played the sound tracks to my life..D.J.. To my younger life..love you Moe..

  • @patricklacy4703
    @patricklacy4703 11 років тому +6

    This recording is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I was like a kid in a candy store when I saw this. I listened to it like 3 times.

    • @hotrodder5034
      @hotrodder5034 7 років тому +3

      Mojo is listed in The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame!?!?!

  • @sparkybluefox
    @sparkybluefox 16 років тому +4

    Thank you McMorris55 for posting this classic piece of MFA history! I loved listening to MoJo back in the day. He was (is) one of a kind!
    SparkyBlueFox bows to you and to "MoJo" !

  • @frankieanne33
    @frankieanne33 16 років тому +2

    I'm a Detroit girl living in the South now, but boy was it good to hear MFA, and the electrifying Mojo. I used to say Mojo is a Prince groupie because he played Prince so much.
    I used to wonder "Mojo, what the hell did Prince do to you, and how did you get that Rasberry Beret album to play it before it was officially out".
    Hell by the time it was released, we knew every song by heart. Miss you Mojo, miss Detroit too, hope they get things worked out.Thanks for the Post.

  • @sennalotus12
    @sennalotus12 7 років тому +12

    I still have my MFA card

    • @hotrodder5034
      @hotrodder5034 7 років тому

      I have the button!👍

    • @cedrickbrown3162
      @cedrickbrown3162 7 років тому

      So do i I have mind in a glass case on the Mana make the funk b with you

  • @arubarefugee
    @arubarefugee 12 років тому +1

    EMU alumni here....listened to Mojo all thru the late 70's what a musical education he gave me.....my BS from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti was SECONDARY !!!!!!

  • @PsykeSconi
    @PsykeSconi 14 років тому +1

    Im a Member & Now Im 42 Years Old. I couldnt go to sleep without hearing this show.Southwest Detroit is in the Building.

  • @johnnypeacock69
    @johnnypeacock69 16 років тому +1

    I wish more people could have heard him back in the mid 80's. He played EVERYTHING, not just one thing. He introduced me to alot of great music.

  • @khishjackson5872
    @khishjackson5872 Рік тому

    I love you MoJo, 🥰🥰 Good remembers and good true classics music 🎶🎶🎶

  • @lavellegainey8799
    @lavellegainey8799 8 років тому +1

    Loved listening to The Man Mojo. Sitting around today thinking about times back in the day in Toledo. Somehow The Electrifying Mojo came out of nowhere and took me back

    • @JustCherylLynn
      @JustCherylLynn 7 років тому

      Lavelle Gainey Toledo was able to get the signal. Wow!

  • @delisafields7902
    @delisafields7902 12 років тому +4

    I have an autographed Mental Machine. Book and Cassettes. MFA! MFA! MFA! Muscle Tee and Whammy Cloth!

  • @skellymom
    @skellymom 13 років тому +3

    Ohhhh...I so remember listening to this as a kid. Loved the Electrifying Mojo and I was a middle class white kid. My favorite saying of his was "If you are at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on".
    Lots of fantastic funk-and my initiation to George Clintons "The Atomic Dog" single!

    • @michaelwilson4621
      @michaelwilson4621 8 років тому +2

      "tie a knot and hang on"and just remember "ain't nobody bad like you!!!"

  • @jctorontojctoronto
    @jctorontojctoronto 14 років тому +1

    I can tell you from my travels North America-wide..
    no city had the dj-schtick and cpative audience that names like Detroit.
    the electrifying Mojo, Dick Purtan, Arthur Penhallow among the Motor City legends.
    consider yourself forutnate if you were part of these careers and others there in Detroit.
    Im telling you....the best back in the day (late 70's, early to mid 80's) THE BEST
    jctoronto

  • @Johnfreedom64
    @Johnfreedom64 Рік тому

    The Electrifying mojo was the cutting edge of music happening in the D.....I use to tape his midnight funk association to make my play list back in the day.....there was no betterrrr.....great times👍👈

  • @MydirtyRat1
    @MydirtyRat1 13 років тому +1

    love this guy. he introduced so many of us suburban kids to such a wide variety of music that we probably never would have listened to otherwise. and for that I thank him....

  • @cwarner218
    @cwarner218 4 роки тому +1

    So cool, I used to listen on an old clock radio. I was like 12 and was supposed to be sleeping. I'd sneak a listen, and as the show went on I'd turn it louder and louder until BAM, busted and I'd get yelled at and the radio taken away.

  • @umichjft
    @umichjft 15 років тому

    This is GREAT! Bringing Back all the old memories! Henry Ford Class of 1981. The good old days. THe best music and times period! MOJO, remember all of the great mixes....hold on tight, don't let go....

  • @Alleycat1921
    @Alleycat1921 5 років тому

    I began listening to the legendary Electrifying Mojo while a student at the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor where Mojo also attended. Mojo started doing his broadcasts on the U of M radio station. He then moved his show to a radio station in Ann Arbor and later to stations in Detroit.

  • @mickeymack0727
    @mickeymack0727 10 років тому +4

    Brings back many memories!

  • @brentabdulla
    @brentabdulla 2 роки тому

    Damn...nothing like Detroit radio in the founding days of formative years of wasted youth in the 60s, 70s & early 80s!

  • @lilliecrutchfield2798
    @lilliecrutchfield2798 5 місяців тому

    Yes, Im smiling , Im singing and I love tyou ❤❤❤Mojo❤❤❤

  • @twintwr2
    @twintwr2 16 років тому +1

    I remember that mix, that was one of the best mixes out there, when i used to explain it to people no one could understand unless they listened to it, to this day, i think that is one of the best mixes

  • @JohnB5304
    @JohnB5304 10 років тому +5

    WHO Remember when Electrifying Mojo was at WAAM in Ann Arbor? The Midnight Funk Association started there. Packard RD.

    • @JohnB5304
      @JohnB5304 9 років тому

      Yeah Job are scarce there, moving to a bigger city was a good choice. Mojo was broadcast from Packard rd. in the mid 70's The Mid Nite funk Association started there.

  • @j68b
    @j68b 15 років тому

    I used to jam to Mojo every weeknight while delivering pizzas as a teenager. Thanks for the memories....

  • @JellyBean2144
    @JellyBean2144 15 років тому

    OH man!! This takes me back!. Mojo was a visionary. If there is a Radio Hall of Fame in the Motor City, Mojo better in there. This cat made Motor City radio back in the day.

  • @DetroitWinters
    @DetroitWinters 15 років тому

    Shout out from Hollywood, California! Redford, Class of 79!! Jitterbuggin' on THE SCENE, ST. ANDREWS PLACE and THE SENTINEL!!!

  • @msmo71
    @msmo71 16 років тому

    Thank u so much 4 posting this. I LOVED Mojo back in the day. I got a chance 2 meet him in '92. Thanks again.

  • @useruser51
    @useruser51 8 років тому +3

    omg, so happy to find this. I loved this DJ.

  • @thatgirl1958able
    @thatgirl1958able Рік тому

    Best d j ever. You would be thinking of a song and Mojo would play it. He introduced me to a lot of genres of music.

  • @wiltra65
    @wiltra65 12 років тому +1

    BACK IN THE DAY,use to work at the shoe store there in 1986,heard those stores are gone,on that corner greenfield/grandriver.left in 1986.

    • @vetolove4019
      @vetolove4019 8 років тому

      tracy wilder Psst do you remember Federals and ss Kresge ?

  • @jaimcc3544
    @jaimcc3544 7 років тому +1

    woww can't believe i found this !!! i'm forever a member !!!!!

  • @IAMMUZIC68
    @IAMMUZIC68 15 років тому

    Everybody and they're Mama ran in the crib to tape MoJo! I remember having the LL Cool J radio outside and dancing under the streetlights some of his mixes! Good time! Cooley Class Of A-D-6! (86')

  • @MrAlThang
    @MrAlThang 15 років тому

    This is another example of what made Detroit different than any other city in America. It's the only place where black people had the opportunity to live a middle class life style, on such a large scale. Everyone had high expectations. It was the norm that families owned their own homes, 2 cars and had kids in college. We had high music I.Q.. There was a prevailing positive attitude. Remember Mayor Young in the Mothership with MoJo?
    "Ohh It's All So Beautiful"!
    Mackenzie 75
    yeah boyyeeee!

  • @crazyjc41
    @crazyjc41 16 років тому

    Thank You,you now have a new friend for posting this.Nothing but memories ,thank you!!!If you are not from the D you could not possibly understand!!!!!

  • @Astralboat
    @Astralboat 10 років тому +2

    This is cool man, good job!

  • @mcmorris55
    @mcmorris55  16 років тому +1

    Mojo update....I want to thank all of you for the comments of support, I'd like to inform you all that in the near future there will be more Mojo clips coming your way. I have located a Mojo fan in Kansas, he informs me that over the years during his visits to Detroit he took the time to record several Mojo broadcast. He has offered to share these broadcast. They are enroute. The Funk is due to arrive this week. I will post them A.S.A.P. Stay Tuned, and May The Funk Be With You Always!

  • @cmotdibbl3r
    @cmotdibbl3r 17 років тому

    We used to recite the MFA pledge with Mojo every midnight. Mojo only allowed himself to be photographed in silhouette. Also he was one of the few people to interview Prince (back in about 1983 -1984).

  • @wijobijazz07
    @wijobijazz07 14 років тому

    Mackenzie class of 91! Couldn't wait until 10 on the weekends!

  • @djiceman810
    @djiceman810 7 років тому +1

    I love mo jo djiceman yesssss

  • @cwarner218
    @cwarner218 4 роки тому +1

    Bring back the MFA !!!

  • @latenighttalk
    @latenighttalk 15 років тому

    great memories. Inkster High School class of 1984

  • @str8zilla
    @str8zilla 14 років тому +1

    @KOMET2006 .....6mile & Linwood ave here reppn....

  • @anthonytaylor7928
    @anthonytaylor7928 2 роки тому

    There is a section in the Rock and roll hall of fame that highlights famous radio DJs thru history and mojo is right in there next to the rest

  • @thomaseovaldi3344
    @thomaseovaldi3344 Рік тому

    so missed good music back then

  • @spoon35
    @spoon35 14 років тому

    I lived in Saginaw,Mi and was able to listen to MOJO from time up there. I would be straight amazed. I was like an hour and a half from Detroit. This made my teen years memorable.

  • @SexyBeautifulOne
    @SexyBeautifulOne 16 років тому

    I miss Mojo so dog on much!!! He's like a favorite Uncle that moved away. The best parts of my youth were spent with Mojo. I remember cruising Jefferson in gridlocked traffic after we'd been put off Belle Isle one hot summer night and Mojo heard that Jefferson was packed, he got on the airways and said party right there. The next thing I knew people were pulling over and getting out of their cars and we turned Jefferson into The Strip with everybody blasting Mojo!
    Did I mention, I miss Mojo?

  • @electropunk42
    @electropunk42 14 років тому

    "For as long as you feel the need to be intense"
    Detroit... a city like no other! :)

  • @jsryd07
    @jsryd07 12 років тому +1

    thank you!

  • @kimberlystanley2965
    @kimberlystanley2965 7 років тому +7

    Trying to find some ( Jingle Boots) to wear!!!##

  • @sheldonhchambliss1385
    @sheldonhchambliss1385 4 роки тому

    I enjoy the music

  • @aepps20012001
    @aepps20012001 14 років тому

    Oh my GOD!! I so miss The electrifying MOJO!! I have looked for his work/voice for years. Thanks so much for posting. Used to love to listen to Prince, Teena Marie for hours...Still remember flashing my lights (porch lights that is)lol....

  • @chezzehead
    @chezzehead 16 років тому

    THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! For posting this on you tube this brings back memories its not like today radio shows which sucks now thats WHY some people dont listen to the radio no more. Thanks to Mojo and the music he played it was so diverse and culturally motivated that is why still today my music in my CD collection is a wide range of music. THANK GOD FOR MOJO AND HES MUSIC. WE MISS U AND LOVE U. :-)

  • @rockbird10
    @rockbird10 16 років тому

    Thank You for posting this! There has never been and will never be any better radio than The Electrifying Mojo!

  • @Spanglemaker42
    @Spanglemaker42 15 років тому

    Awesome, thanks for posting!

  • @chelle542
    @chelle542 16 років тому

    thank you 4 posting mojo

  • @LevandWhitney
    @LevandWhitney 16 років тому

    Thank you! I just learned about Mojo tonight from a friend who grew up in Michigan - this is the only place I could find archives longer than a minute. Really appreciated.

  • @umichjft
    @umichjft 15 років тому

    Thanks for posting this!

  • @zoltonite
    @zoltonite 16 років тому

    OMG! You shaped my youth, Mr. E. Mojo. I want more, more, more!

  • @HelloMyNameIsShun1
    @HelloMyNameIsShun1 16 років тому

    Interesting comments guys, I too know how it feels to loose a DJ that I once Loved who is no longer on the air :*-(
    First time i ever heard of this guy, but his speech def. pumped me up...
    show solidarity to the MFA!!!

  • @wiltra65
    @wiltra65 12 років тому

    so is my chadsey high,c/o 1984. its good to hear MOJO again,got to get this all on disk,mp those were da days

  • @djiceman810
    @djiceman810 12 років тому +1

    mojo is detroit allday long djiceman.

  • @djgiovanninsane
    @djgiovanninsane 14 років тому

    There was nothing like the MFA aka The Midnight Funk Association, I still have two membership cards. Mojo was the only dj across the country that would push the envelope of what was played on radio! You could go from hearing Prince, then Pink Floyd back to M.J., onto Queen, then to Rick James all in one night! The battle of the bands was the shhh. because you could pop in a cassette and record all of the songs from both artists!

  • @AstroPhysicks
    @AstroPhysicks 16 років тому

    This is the shit. I grew up on Mojo and very much miss this stuff. Thank you for posting this.

  • @ellipsec01
    @ellipsec01 5 років тому

    May the Funk be with you.

  • @briandonald
    @briandonald 15 років тому

    Wow, this takes me back. This stuff is priceless.

  • @damonsiegiel7855
    @damonsiegiel7855 8 років тому +3

    SATURDAY AFTERNOON AN STILL DOIN IT UP WITH THE MOJO AN THE WIZARD

  • @spadepro2
    @spadepro2 15 років тому

    I need this video!!

  • @ttopcar
    @ttopcar 15 років тому

    Class of 87 in the his-ouse! St. Mary's of Redford, Cody High, Redford High (summer school lol) and Southfield - Lthrup to finish it all up! Northlands...Americana...Northland Roller Rink...skipping class at Cody to hang out at the coney island and hide from the cops lol...Trappers Alley when it used to be the SPOT!!! MEMORIES ;D

  • @CybershamanX
    @CybershamanX 13 років тому

    There are thousands and thousands and thousands... :D
    Thank you SO much mcmorris55 for posting these little snippets of Mojo hosting the MFA. It brings back so many memories of me, with my headphones on in my bedroom late at night so that my hyper-religious parents wouldn't hear me listening to the most awesome of awesome "devil music". I just regret that there aren't (as far as I can tell) any full episodes since each was such an unique aural journey... And I keep on tying that knot, btw..

  • @wayjac67
    @wayjac67 14 років тому

    Detroit is Music

  • @djbumpdawg
    @djbumpdawg 16 років тому

    Thanks so much for putting this up on youtube. More people need to be exposed to this stuff. Damn! The true essence

  • @djiceman810
    @djiceman810 14 років тому

    that why i love my man the electrifying onefrom your 1fan djiceman in detroit .

  • @SupersonicMojoJojo
    @SupersonicMojoJojo 14 років тому

    This mojo-guy is pretty funky.I guess it's all in the name:P

  • @ZigZagWoman
    @ZigZagWoman 15 років тому

    EXACTLY!!!

  • @hilldjeff
    @hilldjeff 13 років тому

    Mojo among others were some of the most Coolest Disc Jockeys in Detroit. WE also had Marvelous Marv, Tiger Dan, Fudi who is still around just like they say it will never be that way again Radio is changed its all about a format instead of Getting in touch with the People as these Jocks did Especially Mojo He couldn,t do todays radio No freedom is allowed Unless he went 2 WGPR its a little emancipation on that Dial Much love to the MFA and Mojo and the Old Days.

  • @katwoman72
    @katwoman72 15 років тому

    omg!! I used to listen to MOJO religiously. He played Prince and Funkadelic on a regular!!! Anybody remember the Wizard? I think he was on fm 98 at the same time MOJO was on.

    • @michaelwilson4621
      @michaelwilson4621 8 років тому

      The Wizard would guest DJ at the Nectarine Ballroom in Ann Arbor...Saturday nights I think. the place would be absolutely packed!!!!

  • @CybershamanX
    @CybershamanX 13 років тому

    @hilldjeff Yep, we were riding a funky wave and didn't know that it was about to crash in less than a decade later. Oh, man! I wish I had pressed record on my "favorites" tape when Mojo had the B-52s in the studio and...oh!...Prince! That one was AWESOME!!! Excuse me...I have to take a private moment and boy my head in remembrance of the MFA... Hmm, I wonder if I could still send in that "Self addressed shtamped envelope" and get a member card... But...it wouldn't be as cool, I'm afraid...

  • @GiseleCaver
    @GiseleCaver 15 років тому

    A few weeks ago Techno DJ Carl Craig spearheaded a tribute to Mojo at the Taste Fest. Since not too many people know what MoJo looks like, he may have been there.

  • @wiltra65
    @wiltra65 12 років тому

    yeah, cruz'in in a blue 1972 ss chevelle 454, cars from all around had too cruise THE CASTLE

  • @heinzmploye
    @heinzmploye 16 років тому

    Mojo at night and anyone remember Tiger Dan in the afternoon on WGPR?

  • @str8zilla
    @str8zilla 14 років тому

    @bkthelegend .....wow mojo went well into da 90's......where u been fool....lol

  • @KOMET2006
    @KOMET2006 14 років тому

    @ranus69
    I hear ya ! I hailed from 6 Mile, a block from the University of Detroit. MOJO was the real deal, every M-F night from 10 til 3 on WGPR-FM.

  • @chizl22
    @chizl22 14 років тому

    hold on tight ... don't let go ... don't say damn ... say whammy whoa

  • @axw64
    @axw64 16 років тому

    There are NO on-air personalities like this on radio now!

  • @lindathomas813
    @lindathomas813 4 роки тому

    I want to hear Mojo’s Vinx’s collection

  • @chumps7974
    @chumps7974 Місяць тому

    I wonder where MoJo is now. Someone needs to do a documentary on this dude!