WAR - Why Can't We Be Friends? (Official Video) [Remastered in 4K]
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2021
- Watch the original music video for WAR - Why Can't We Be Friends? from 'Why Can't We Be Friends?' (1975) newly remastered from the original 16MM film reels.
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WAR burst onto the scene 50 years ago, capturing the heart and soul of America’s streets with its righteous, multi-cultural sound on hits like “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” “Low Rider” and “The Cisco Kid.” Avenue/Rhino is kicking off a year-long anniversary celebration that will begin with the introduction of a new colored-vinyl boxed set for Record Store Day, available at participating retailers. Find out more at www.wartheband.com
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“We spoke out against racism, hunger, gangs, crimes, and turf wars, as we embraced all people with hope and the spirit of brotherhood. It’s just as apropos today.” - WAR
WAR, the original street band, was founded by veteran record producer Jerry Goldstein and rock legend Eric Burdon in 1969. Together with the original band members Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, B.B. Dickerson, Harold Brown, the late Thomas “Papa Dee” Allen, and Charles Miller, they blended many musical styles and influences. The musical laboratory that is WAR yielded 17 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards, including the triple platinum ‘The World Is A Ghetto’ and double platinum ‘Why Can’t We Be Friends?’ and ‘Greatest Hits’, and hit songs "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", and "The Cisco Kid".
WAR began playing live shows to sold-out audiences in the 1970s and continues their commitment to being road WARriors, touring over 150 dates a year to this day.
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I really like how a song "Why Can't We Be Friends?" was made by a band named "War"
Lmao ikr? 🤣
When The War is about to end, this always happens, Bro
Exactly I realized that when I just started the vid lmao 😂
Mmm&
Typically sound.
"the color of your skin don't matter to me, as long as we can live in harmony" is my favorite part
All Colors are Beautiful and all Cars Brother, Nice Beautiful Womansday Today 🥰💐🌹🫶❣️❤️❤️🔥💯🥳🦾💪💌🗿
@@Motorareart ❤♥💙💜🖤💛💚🧡🤎🤍🩷🩶🩵
@@buddyjaydubb very very Beautiful, Thank you 🌈🥰❣️💐🌹💯 ❤️when you will, write a Letter to your Lovely People and Family, a SMS cant find some day aomewhere... when you give Phone away or Phone broken, Much Love, Good and Safe Ride Always, much health, Service the Cars and never forget the Physics, Much Happiness and much Harmony. 💐🥰🫶💌🩶❤️🩵🩷🖤🤎💜💙💚🤍💛🧡
PEOPLE are more than color and
Numbers people helping people
Define who we are
fantasy world is awesome sometimes, but reality is way different.
One of the most underrated bands of all time
You're right they're glossed over when you talk about great bands of the 70s.
50 years and this song is more relevant than ever
Facts...
Sadly :(
strewth get me a beer
So true my friend.
Kinda ironic how a band named War has the friendliest song in history
This ain't friendly. How is accusing someone of working for the CIA and not liking your tax dollars going to welfare friendly? Outside of that one verse on race, this is closer to calling someone an asshole than saying let's be friends.
@@hdhrdfsrkgh I don't understand what you're saying
@@Anonymous-js5zn oops sorry, i meant coincidence, and realizing stuff
@@Anonymous-js5zn WHO CARES ABOUT THE CIA>>>???
@@Anonymous-js5zn CIA THE MOS CORRUPTED INSTITUCION OF THE U>S>
That keyboard fuck up in the first measure is so iconic
yeah it sets the tone immediately - disarms you and tells you not to take things so seriously, we're all here for a good time.
@@TheLifeOfTexan Thing is, ill bet, that was mistake but it worked so well it made it into final cut.
I think the snare drum accidentally goes off the 2 and 4 beat at 3:24, but is quickly corrected. It all adds to part of the charm of this song.
I just listened to an episode of Song Exploder about their song Low Rider, and as they created songs out of jams in the studio, it would make sense that their vibe is relaxed and a little mistake here and there is no big deal in the grand scheme of things.
Eventually AI will realise this and add this into it's music to make it more real. It's the imperfections that makes us human.
@@alexgrovejones as a spotify musician ai terrifies me, and I'm hoping there's a way to poison the machine learning supply like how you can glaze art
I didn't realize how many WAR songs I loved back in the 70's! Wow!
日本人です。5歳くらいの頃、どこかから流れてきて、ずっと印象に残っていた曲です。
英語もわからないし、外国の曲も何も知らなかったけど、素敵な曲だと思ったのと同時に、何となく切なさを感じたのも覚えています。ずっと好き。
Yeah its a beautiful song
I dont't understand what you said, but I hope we can still be friends.
I agree
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future!!!!!
ARIGATO GOZAIMASU ONEE CHAN😊
One of the greatest songs about peace and anti-racism ever made. WAR is for the kids 👌🏼
It's not about anti-racism. It is just anti racism.
Maybe the last phrase wasnt the best usage of words
War for kids , wtf you saying?
@@ArtemTarkovskyi the kids of today should take in what WAR have been preaching since the 70's and hopefully in 50 years they wont have as much shit to deal with as we did thats what im saying I don't think people understood how I worded it, that's my bad.
War is for gays*
the world needs this song more than ever
Yeah!!!
Yes it does ❤✌
Exactly my thought
I devoted my youth to fighting communism. We had them in check for a couple years while we were the supplier of energy. In the first day of this administration all that was washed away. Kamala said it right- you got what you voted for..."War" may be the right name for this to be corrected. Sorry world America has let you down
World is friendly, but Russia isnt
This song came out when I was six. I have never outgrown the belief that it really is this simple. There is no good reason why we can't all just get along.
It’s not that simple the song is asking why can’t we be friends because it knows we can’t. There are many complicated reasons but it is an optimistic song and you are right in saying there is no good reason for it
We can all get along if it wasn't for racist people, that's the problem!!!!
I agree with op, it really is that simple.
@@Puggernuts when the power of love overcomes the love for power the world will experience peace.
War happens because we are at war with ourselves and project it on to others.
It came out when I was six years old back in 1976, if I'm correct
These guys had some of the best lyrics and had their own way of expressing them.
Why not? 3:13
This song has aged like wine. We need this song now more then ever.
Can we be friends
meng, the cool people get it, the wack people don't... there will always be wack people, just focus on the kewl peoples
@@personalfunfest people are more wack now than ever
@@Rearmostbean truuu truuu
@@crunchy_crop He never blamed or attacked yall dumbasses, he attacked the media and exposed them as the enemy they are, people like you on the other hand blame people like us conservatives cause you're too narrow minded to see the bigger picture which is that the media is pitting american against american and one side isn't buying it and your side is. We can be friends when yall stop letting your personality revolve around the latest political trend they tell you to parrot. Smh "orange man bad" dumbass.
I'm 65 years old, Back in 1974 ?? I seen War play at Madison Square Garden in NYC, I didn't know wat to expect with there Music, I'm so, so happy that I went, It blew me off my seat, It was 1 of the Best concerts That I Ever Went too, That was about 1974?? Now it's 2021 And I Still feel the Same, I Never Forgot about that Night
I Wish that they were Still Around, Cause I would go back to C them at 65 Years Old !!
Awesome my brother an experience of a lifetime!!!!
They still tour under the name "Lowrider Band". I'm sure they on youtube with the live shows
My mom used to work part-time in a headshop in San Bernardino for B.B the bass player i still remember that as a little girl. RIP B.B ❤
no se una mierda de ingles pero like uwu
Stay young at heart, my friend. Forever 19
In the beginning, there’s a Jewish man and a Palestinian playing chess. I am Jewish and have Arabic friends. One speaks Hebrew. Unfortunately, I speak only one language, but I am highly interested in Spanish because my mom’s stepfather spoke Spanish. Llanos Emilio Marcos. Abuelo amore mucho. RIP
They don't do it nowadays...
@@CosmicHaseit’s sad honestly
Didn't age well
May one day you live in harmony with the muslims
@@oomphlagwumpla650Be careful not to generalize, we all do it without realizing but it’s important to remember that people are complex and not a monolith. Not all arabs are Muslims, not all Palestinians are Muslims. There are over 5,000 Palestinian Christian’s.
You hear these songs from the 70s and it gives you a ride back in time. Kinda makes you feel good and sad how much better it was back then.
WAR deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 💯
They are lol
I thought War was already in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
@@williamgause4029 Nah they were nominated twice, 2008 and 2014, and failed to get in both times
@@CatGoomba64 that sucks
Are they alive?
Some day it's gonna happen. It'll be so beautiful. This song gives hope.
Lmao it’s never going to happen. You expect too much of humans. Human nature simply won’t allow it.
@@RESIST_THE_GREAT_REPLACEMENT Leave the man alone he is being positive witch is one step closer to be happy/positive witch u are not doing sadly. So please stop being negitive and just be happy that people like him can convince others to do the same but people like u dont believe it would happen and saying "Human nature simply wont allow it." Insted of saying humans say people because not every person is negitive about people being happy/beliveing all people can be friends one day! Did you ever know of being positive like mikethetexan, others can look up to you and your actions witch people/ kids do so if anything its "Simply people like u are making the world what it was and a now" by chef. Think of your actions, what you say, do will and can affect others. All im saying is kids/people look up to others wanting to be them in the future I've been through alot of negative stuff in the past but i have made close friends and helped others witch makes me happy having the kind people i know around me and helping anyone. People can be negative to others witch anyone has done or will do thats what being human is learn from your mistakes and be what alot of people need/want of others witch is to be happy and being kind to anyone so may i ask you to please try to be positive to others and avoid influencing people to be negitive.
@@iamnotcheif3787 can we be friends
@@yungesthydra no --_--
@@iamnotcheif3787 oh:(
I from Viet Nam . I really love so much this song .
Yeahhhhhhhhhh. Why Can't Be We Friends ??????
Thank you Everyone . Love muic . 😘
The world if Twitter didn't exist:
I am a fan of you!@alessandroeduardoboassoilg9558
It’s called X, friend.
nobody gives a shit @@adammcfarland3060
@@adammcfarland3060no way did you just say that unironically
@@adammcfarland3060I can't believe this is what you say in the comment section of THIS song
WAR for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!!
I know, they have more spotify monthly listeners than DEVO and they got nominated so this should atleast be nominated or introduced
@@Nature-ef4qp they’ve been nominated 3 times in the past
@@luisalonsoecheverria really? Didn’t know that, it’s about time
fuck rock n roll hall of fame.
They are Way overdue for it too
That last verse is still one of my favorite lyrics. "I know you're working for the C.I.A...they wouldn't have you in the MAFIIIIIAAAAA." Classic!
One of my favorite verses being 100% Italian, and lovin every minute of it!
I heard it as "they wouldn't have you any OTHER WAYYYHH!" in the past x).
@@Lycosa me to
Nothing like the Clowns In Action and the Stateless dept. Good for a laugh or two.
As long as it is not you that got sent to take care of business.
@@Lycosa its just something your ears expect to rhyme with CIA, plus its a common phrase, and the syllables line up. I always feel like thats whats gonna come next
This is a song for today's miserable times. Good message!!
Singing this as a first grader in '76 on way to school. Moma was made to crank it up too. Child hood innocence...had no idea of its meaning. Just knew it was my jam. Peace to all
I'm 57 years old...I remember getting a "treat" cereal for breakfast at 9 years old. (Cap'n Crunch regular ") This song was on the radio and my Mom, Tia, and Dad..stopped everything. and we shimmied and chair danced. I am in the most happy memories and Cries! This song is SO Important now days!!!!!
I can’t even begin to explain the amount of joy I feel whenever I listen to this band.
being hateful is quite frankly exhausting. i dont understand why people hate others. its a waste of energy and time.
True.
This song needs to be played daily on every radio, news station. This song rings so true to every walk of life.
One of the first songs i could understand as i was learning how to speak english (Spanish is my native language) i've loved it ever since.
You're a GOAT
well out of respect to you , Eres el real chingon como Michael Jordon mi amigo, tengas vida fantastica.
"Sometimes I don't speak right but I know what im talkin about"
Fire! WAR and song 🎶
Géneros lentos con buena pronunciación como el reggae son muy buenos para aprender inglés
Once you listen to the lyrics you'll realize this is quite possibly one of the best songs ever!
Absolutely!
Yep. I agree!
even without listening to the lyrics
Concur
@@username-yc3bd that too!👍
I remember old friend of mine. Every weekend, i would came to his house to play Xbox with him while his father would play a radio out loud and i remember this song repeatedly played every Sunday morning until we both unconsciously singing along to this song together. But after we graduate from middle school, out of sudden, he passed away from kidney failure. This song reminds me of him everytime. And honestly, I'm crying right now...
Hope you doing well up there, Ricky.
2024 and I’m still screaming WHY CANT WE BE FRIENDS ?!
To date, probably one of the most important songs in human history!
Why can't we have songs like this anymore?
@@uietwyatt4841 Typical answer from a fucking gaymer. Let me know when you grow a dick, your balls drop and leave your parents' home.
Agradezco a mis padres haberles heredado el buen gusto de la música de antes ❣️❣️ una verdadera joya esta canción
Such a beautiful song, I have had this song stuck in my head most of today.
I wish everyone on the planet would take this song to heart.
This is another of "wars" songs that was ahead of its time and everyone can relate even still to this day. Again another classic and timeless piece of music. I have this one also on my Playlist I grew up listening to this music the beat is awesome
I don't think it is ahead of its time. It was that time and fits in perfectly. If anything time regressed instead of progressed since then.
The more things change, the more they stay the same... This song is genius and timeless. The satire and social commentary is as spot-on as it ever was. Can't wait to see these guys in Seattle tomorrow!
Bigotry, prejudice, and divisions where always a thing, and will always be for as man walks on this soil.
Superb VIDEO Too!
THIS truly NEEDS to be in FULL ROTATION on ALL Channels!
ABSOLUTELY!!!
❤
We need this song more than ever......
Masterpiece of Mankind.
This song is perfect for every era we lived in since 1975.
Thanks Saul…I Better Call You, because I love your passion and all the folks in your work, family and life.
and before that even. I think the song could relate to anyone whether they're a hippie in the 1960s, a Jew in the 40s, or a slave in the Roman Empire in 20AD. humanity changes but somehow also stays the same.
If your mad at someone and it's over something pitiful, listen to this song. Old, but yet wise.
GOAT!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Still a HIT in 2024!!!
Back in '75, when this song came out, my father heard it on the radio a lot. But he kind of misheard the lyric. Picture a man entering middle age, sitting at a red light, radio blasting, windows rolled all the way down, singing at the top of his lungs: "I GET REAL DEPRESSED!!! I GET REAL DEPRESSED!!!!"
And we he came home, he asked my mom why everyone was staring at him strangely while at the light. 😂 TRUE STORY!
Tough as fck eh Angel? Father's Day ads are doing my head in. He left in 2007. Thank you so much for letting us love your beautiful funny father too. Hope he's still here for you Angel
@@ctw8735 Both my parents left in 2015, within 6 months of each other.
@@AvengingAngel777 Sorry hon. Sounds like true love to me,.....both leaving so quickly.....#fck.......so hard for you.....#fck......Your dad had some light/darkness issues...depression? I miss both my parents. You can't ask them about stuff anymore!! But your WAR story is loved
😂😂 love it !
This band needs more recognition.
I love the spirit of this song, I would have been proud to write it...
Greatest band ever. RIP Charles William Miller
This song is amazing. Such a great message. The world needs it more than ever
😊❤☺️🥲need more peace in this world, this song is timeless
the world needs to hear this song more than ever.. right now.
Omg I was just thinking that as I found your comment
Obviously BLM have never heard of this Band!
Twitter be like “OK BUT WHERES THE VEGANS?”
One of my favorite songs, like the message it sends😊
Hallelujah we be friends❤🏆
I wasn't even born in 70's, 80's, or even the 90's. But my Dad used to play this in VHS tapes, MP3 disc players, and old players back in my childhood days. It feels so nostalgic to see this. It feels like I was born from the 90's.
🤦🏻♂️you mean cassettes
@@LaBelleGames Thank you, kind stranger, for pointing out my mistake. However, my respect for the English language is very limited
@@rixxieXD 🤭it's ok cassettes are pretty obsolete
It starts with you. You have a choice. You don't have to participate in the antagonism. Blessed are the peacemakers, they will be called children of God. Love this band
I love this song, it's special!
I like why can't we be friends and Low Rider and slipping into darkness 😅
This was my very first 45 rpm record. A friend got it for me on my 7th birthday. Sang it all summer and we drove my mother crazy.
Ok
I find it hysterical when WAR is characterized in some specific genre: Funk, Soul or ? More than anything it was a collection of insanely talented musicians, a lot of great music came out of that era, WAR was some of the best.
That's because it IS funk and soul music lol. Maybe you're just not familiar with funk/soul so that's why it doesnt sound like it to you?
@@bobmarley4272 You missed the point entirely.
@@hoggravyandchitlins the only thing that matters is that it's good music with a good message!
This song got me out of a breakup, now I sing it for the kids!
I just want to hug everyone god bless
:D
WAR belongs in the hall of fame .
People today talk as if the 80's was the greatest, they just weren't around in the 70's which were just as great and a prelude to those great 80's!!!
Who more remembers this song for Homer fighting against Tatum?
Best decade for music! The sound is unbeatable.
The 70's is the greatest decade of all time.
well, vietnam war aside, yeah.
Gas prices beg to differ
@@WTMNNJR
I do not have to squabble and whine over gas or food prices cos I can afford them. I went to school, learned a trade and strived for the money I made. Retired at 46. If you're struggling over prices, its your own fault.
this song will never get old cuz it's a masterpeice
Poignant video; we are all passing into eternity now, one by one. Glad I was a teen in the 70's: born at the right time. To WAR: thanks, fellas. 🥰
All lives matters
The world really needs to try and live in harmony.
This is so profoundly beutiful
This message is what we need now more than ever in 2021.
so underappreciated.
me and my old man would listen to this band on his playlist all the time, Its engraved in my mind. RIP My grumpy old man we all miss you
Saw WAR in the 70's, 'Day on the Green" concert, great memories of a great band.
Should be played on every street corner in America in 2021, a lesson that everyone needs to learn. Man do I miss the 70's.
Yeah we were friends but BLM messed it up
@@Fahrenheit451. oh shut the hell up
@@thebarkaysfan1100 well he kinda right from a certain perspective
I agree, this country is so divided rn
This song work of art
I've commented on this Song more than a few times. This song was amazing when it first came out. Its even more important these days! The lyrics are a wake up call & A Message!
This music is very beautiful and relaxing, hopefully it will not be forgotten
If there was a song for now it would be this
Mfkrs would cancel it.
😔
@@ace11235 Twitter is the opposite of what’s morally pure left in this world.
@@TheSilentWalkerz can we be friends
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@@TheSilentWalkerz the fuck are you talking about? how could you ever possibly twist this song into anything but progressive? you good dude?
Best album
This has to be an all time point blank,to the heart playfully done song!Timeless!!!!
Still jammin this song for years
This really is the question right now! Why can't we be friends? If we could just try not to hurt somebody with our actions and words it really would answer this question.
Yeah. I. Remember. These. Guys. They. We're. Great. Great. Music. And the. Lyrics. Are. Awesome
Awesome
GT GT
Groovy Baby 10-4
ooh ooh ooooh!
Lindo, Hermoso, Gracias.....Un abrazo desde Chile
Greatest entrance song in boxing history!
Homer Simpson 🥊🤣
Homer Simpson 🥊🤣
@@danilomachado2510 LMAO Yes Sir! Great fight, even had Fan man.
What a nice song
Saw them last night in Immokalee FL...Lonnie is still rocking! Superb
This video and song should be played in all languages everywhere.
We need this song now more than ever.
I may be a youngster (age 37), but this is a classic song 🎵
It's sad to say but, these guys were way ahead of their time. We could all do a better job of loving one another ❤
These guys are so ahead of their time.
This song would do fine were it released today.
Good stuff. Don't miss out.
I really like this video, thanks for the great quality! I've a 32 months baby who is learning to talk and he really loves to sing this song. Lot of love from Chile 🇨🇱
❤️❤️❤️
No existe chile
32 months baby??? :O
Man at that point just say you have a 3 years old
@@Comuzzy tienes razón hermano, ya casi tiene 3 años, creo que todavía no lo acepto ajaja.
1975 all summer long on the radio you heard it at least 7 times in a day !
Why can’t I go back to the time this song came out.
I never get tired of this song
I love the 1970s music
So timeless and so relevant even in 2023
Really, why can't we be friends, people of the world?