Gladys Knight and the Pips - Friendship Train (Live 1972 - FULL VERSION)
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- Опубліковано 8 бер 2010
- Gladys Knight performs Friendship Train for the whitest audience of all time. There's a version of this already up, but it's edited and doesn't contain the bit where Gladys actually goes into the audience to shake a few hands
The sad thing is that this song is more needed now than it was when they first made it.
How can that audience just SIT there? I'd be rockin' out of my seat!
Maybe they're in another country.
I'd have been thrown out because I wouldn't sit down. lol.
this performance of friendship train is fantastic GLADYS in superb voice and PIPS backing and choreography are something else......THIS AUDIENCE WOULD OF SAT STONY FACE TO JAMES BROWN ..SEX MACHINE ..im with you BETH And MARTIN id be dancing with you..
They’re probably British. You know they’re culturally constipated.
True some people were brought up to act just like that conservative and cold but people from Chocolate nation or any Latin area know about the rocking and the swaying showing some sign that you feel what they are singing about,l feel it 🥰❤️🖤💚
Gladys was extremely gorgeous when she was younger. Beautiful, and that performance was dynamite. The Pips were perfection.
Ezekiel Major she’s still gorgeous now.
She still is today!!!
Man I didn't understand Your Comment.I guess You would have to see Her in Person.MISS KNIGHT is Very Down to Earth in A Motherly Unconditional Loving way even back in the 70s And She's just as Beautiful Today if not more than She was in these 70s Performances.I Love to See Her Smile.Naturally Beautiful and Sincere.Love& Peace 😁😎 luv ya byo eJ DADDY COULD SWEAR...I DECLARE
Correction sista Knight is STILL gorgeous and beautiful even in her older age 🥰❤️🖤💚 ps keep respect on her name and legacy ❤️🖤💚
@@jaydaksy4094 true 🥰❤️🖤💚l just reminded him also
What a beautiful voice, what a beautiful woman!
True true true 🥰❤️🖤💚 black excellence and black history forever
We need a friendship train today!!
The Friendship Train never went out of commission.
....that's right, the route to it just got clouded by Obama and all the Criminals in power!
2020 needs it very much.
Yeah a real long one.:) happy new year. She was beautiful and groovy
@@johnvanfloydlawson9955 amen and happy new year!
There's something magical about the GOAT alto voice singing about a "train"
Superb performance, and how beautiful Ms Knight is.
Something special about the combination of her deep voice, sweet face and friendly smile.
I love this performance! The song is a killer! Gladys is absolutely gorgeus! It was almost insulting to perform for such dead audience, but she handled it with such power and grace and topped it off with the hand shakes. Such an amazing performer!
Yeah beautiful video
❤❤❤❤❤
LOADED with SOUL!!
What a performance, what a tune, what an audience. Have you ever seen an audience getting down and funky like that audience, incredible!!!
Just saw this on BBC4's Classic Soul programme. Always adored Gladys Knight but was only 12 when this was out so missed out on this number. What a great tune and a precurser for the O'Jays "Lovetrain" in the message. This is Soul & so glad I have it in my veins not like that awful audience. Makes you ashamed to be white! I know times were different back then but thank heavens times have changed in 40 years. You wouldn't see a still person nowadays. Thank you Gladys...and the Pips too of course!!
This woman’s beauty is timeless and her awesome voice is a gift from heaven
Kick ass band!, Great SINGING and choreography!
GLADYS KNIGHT one of the truely GREAT soul vocalists ..THE PIPS CHOREOGRAPHY AND BACKGROUND VOCALS AMAZING..
Extraordinary performance, just perfect ! ---- wow, this is showtime perfection.
William Guest Took The Friendship Train Home To Glory #R. I.Heaven #Thank You For The Great Music You Shared With The World.
So did Ed
One of my favorite performances by GN & the Pips
those brothers are throwing down. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And yes the audience are dryyyyyyyyyyyy
What a great groove this song has and of course with Gladys out front belting it out WINNER. Love Gladys Knight Sexy and Talented What a voice Love it Glenn Augustyn
My favourite all time Soul Singer..The Empress Of Soul..
Amaze me how the Pips were able to work it out on that small ass circle.
I saw Gladys Knight live and I'm telling you she is a delight to watch.
I saw them do this 3 times, & the crowd was up clapping & dancing! The Pips were so awesome & Gladys, was gorgeous. -------------------WolfSky9
I'd forgotten that fantastic voice of Gladys'! She looks just STUNNING in that tube gown! Moves well. ALWAYS a STAR!
What an AWESOME version of this song!!
Christ, what a songstress!
Man, them Pips were some dancing and harmonizing dudes
Saw this on the BBC's classic soul programme last night - astonishing chasm between what is happening on stage and what is happening in the audience as is much commented here. Love the way the band starts up in pretty good gear and then perhaps looking at the dead-eyed response from the audience think "well what the hey, let's have fun anyway", with the rhythm section and drummer in particular really motoring and stretching out. What music should be all about - and the pips are fantastic!
Real soul music... Love it..
Amazing song, amazing artist, fantastic backing singers/dancers... I'm just old enough to have witnessed this and you have to remember that most of the audience were born before world war II... they are mostly in awe for sure. Please don't judge them by todays standards, rather relish in the fact that her courage is phenomenal. Love it.
Just to add to this... GK is absolutely beautiful... look deep into those eyes... and try not to smile! Stunning.
I agree. They were just more reserved and perhaps a bit more self-conscious as a generation and they applauded warmly at the end.
the world needs to listen to this song cmon get on board the friendship train xx
They are so amazing! never get tired of watching and listening to Gladys and the Pips
Fantastic Gladys & the Pips of course but big hand for the Band too, awesome groove..
So much soul! Gladys is a one of a kind beauty and it's great to see The Pips at their liveliest. If a few of those folks in the crowd didn't actually move their hands to shake with Gladys, I'd swear that they were performing for the world's largest wax museum audience! Cheers!
I was reading the remarks about the upload here and when I watched this video, it does show her going into the audience and shaking a few hands. The way these people were sitting, the audience does seem a bit dead, but at the end, the applause was enthusiastic, in fact, I heard some Woooooo's, yea's and yeahs at the end.
I get the impression this might have been the first time some of the audience have been in the same room as a black woman. Stupendous performance by Gladys and the Pips.
OMG I soooo love this girl...I'm not sure if Gladys or MJB is my No.1 now...I always heard people talk about her but now I understand....I can't watch enough of these posts...If only I had a time machine I would travel back and follow this girl everywhere she she went like a little puppy dog...what bliss to watch and listen to her....thank you so much to the people who are posting all this footage and to you tube for allowing me to discover the Empress of Soul....the 'Queen' in my view...
lovely voice and song :)
Beautifull...real Queen of Soul!
....not forgetting the wonderful Pips.
1968, Fall ------Denver Coliseum, Gladys & her Brothers opened for Smokey & The Miracles. it was sold out , 13,000, & " Friendship Train " was their final song. We were all standing, clapping, moving our hips, & loving it ! --------------MJL< 75 y/o
The first minute. .smile. she is gorgeous beautiful soul.love the sound. . Xxx peace ya,ll..
What superb on-stage presence by The Pips
The footwork and hand gesture segments in the intro ... at about :38 are an excellent demonstration of how their moves compliment the music and set the tone for what will follow during the song.
Amen, amen Queen Gladys and Pips.
On this day in 1969 {December 7th} "Friendship Train" by Gladys Knight and the Pips peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart, the one week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Someday We'll Be Together" by Diana Ross and the Supremes
"Friend Train" reached #17 on Billboard's Top 100 chart...
Between 1961 and 1988 the Atlanta, Georgia group had fifty-five records on the Hot R&B Singles chart, thirty-one made the Top 10 with ten reaching #1...
Gladys Maria Knight, aka The Empress of Soul, will celebrate her 77th birthday in five months on May 28th, 2021...
Sadly, two of the Pips have passed away, Edward Roy Patten at the age of 65 on February 25th, 2005 and William Guest on December 24th, 2015 at age 74...
May both Mr. Patten and Mr. Guest R.I.P.
* "Friendship Train" was the group's second of five of their records to peak at #2, their other four #2 records were "The Nitty Gritty" {1969}, "I Don't Want To Do Wrong" {1971}, "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare" {1973}, and "On and On" {1974}...
And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Hot R&B Singles' Top 10 on December 7th, 1969:
At #3. "These Eyes" by Jr. Walker & the All-Stars
#4. "Baby, I'm For Real" by The Originals
#5. "Eleanor Rigby" by Aretha Franklin
#6. "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" by Stevie Wonder
#7. "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5
#8. "Backfield In Motion" by Mel & Tim
#9. "Ain't It Funky Now" by James Brown
#10. "Take A Letter Maria" by R. B. Greaves
😂 That audience! Alright now Pips!!! Gladys, how beautiful you were then and now.❤
I love this woman and track.voice.soul...why can't we all be like her. ...simple. xxx happy new year xxx
Bring back memories
Gladys and the pips were accustomed to the type of people in the audience. You can tell the audience members didn't get the message to the song.
Soul Train was such a better venue than this one - EVERYONE was up
+Cocodan 2000
When a band is playing as tight and loud, live, you don't need to get a message, the music alone should get the body moving.
Oh this was the musical segment in an Art's review discussion show of the time, theatre, exhibitions, etc.
Might explain the stiffness??
it's not that, the audience were probably told not to make much noise, and the good old British reserve is so noticeable, they do warm up towards the end. I must say they look as they have all come to the wrong show!
Harmony and peace
DAMN THE PIPS ARE SOOOOOOO SMOOTH WITH THOSE MOVES!!!
This is what we need now in #2020
Now that is one of my favorite "SOUL" classics...and the dance choreography is excellent by those Pips back there. Glady's you know you got some SOUL!!!
Thanks for posting this clip FuriousWank.
Gladys is my favorite, I love her works. I really will to see her in person.
Such an amazing woman.🇨🇱❤️
Amazing upload. Thank you.
I love it!
That's an example of fabulousness. Yes, it is!
Love and understanding. ...
fantastic version of an awesome song - I'd be up on my feet dancing if it wasn't for the headphone cable
love her lots. Elegant and lady. no weave, beautiful and natural.
RIP Empress😙
That is a weave. But it can fool u which is the purpose.
@@jazmeenjake6585 she's not dead
HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY GLADYS MARIA KNIGHT (MAY 28, 2015)
Live entertainment at its BEST...phenomenal vocals...dressed to impress.... great dance moves...70s THE BEST ENTERTAINERS🎤
I've just seen this on BBC4. The audience did seem hostile, especially a couple at the front. They did have genuine smiles though when Gladys shook their hands.
We need this song played all over the air ways in 2019.
Effortless perfection, and so, so joyful.
NB I am aware that such perfection is anything but effortless, but arises only from relentless hard work driven by genius and ambition. Lord, I wish I possessed even any one of those.
Beautiful xxxx lady
Fucking adore this lady.xxx
She's still gorgeous
I wish I could sing like Gladys!!
The world needs a lot of friendship trains. I wish Gladys to be the ticket seller. Guapísima.
❤️ so very very good. We all need to get on board
HAPPY 77TH BIRTHDAY
EMPRESS GLADYS KNIGHT
(05/28/2021/
They be COOKN!!!!
Outstanding performance by Gladys and the boys. Audience just escaped from mental Institution.
...at that time - friendship - amaszing stuff to see - black and white in a grooving time!!!
We need to get onboard!
HAPPY 91ST BIRTHDAY
MOTOWN FOUNDER
BERRY GORDY, JR
(NOVEMBER 28, 2020)
This was recorded in 72 and the world was a very different place back then... that audience was quite possibly told to sit still and be quite or where just being themselves and doing so anyway.... Full credit to Gladys for just doing her thing...
we all know that 40 years on if Gladys was to come back and grace our BBC studios or the royal Albert Hall the whole of the audience would be rocking on their feet...
I have no doubt about that.... !
Trouble is these days I paid £75 x 4 so we could go watch Stevie Wonder at the O2 and had to tolerate 2x drunks beside us both holding and spilling 3x pints of larger each and a large bucket of chips (not to mention they just discarded all their trash on the floor) Frankly them twats where considered a disgrace and so was O2 for allowing the food and larger in the Audience... ,
hmmm maybe that makes me stuffy ??? I hope not ?
I just regard it as BAD MANNERS...
Rick Harm Are you sure this is from BBC and recorded at Albert Hall? I don't remember the Whites in Europe being that unresponsive because when you watch the Stax/Volt Revue Live in Norway from 1967, they were 100% into the show!
I believe the video was recorded at the BBC studios..
the ref:to the royal Albert Hall was just a reference to where I would prefer to see Gladys ..
TOO RIIIIIGHT!!!!
i'll be 21 on Aug 17 and i love this 'old' music it's awesome!!!!!! :D :)
We need a friendship train now💞💞
Pure class........
She make my sister happy. :-):-):-):-) :-)
love it gladys and the pips in primetime
Great song! I wanna get on that train!
Great song, just a shame them miserable sod's in the audience didn't get it,
Sad state of affair's really, would give my right arm to see them live.
+chris o'rourke Well said.
They shouldn't of had them sitting. I declare take out them chairs!
How good is that !!!!
Hot musicians and I think I like this live version better than the released single. Wow, great song!
I was gonna be the fourth Pip for this BBC production but they built the stage too small and my career ended before it started. I can still do the moves though. True story.
Marty South are you being serious 🤣😂🤣
Loue this song brilliant
Wonderful!
MUITO BOM FOI MUITO BOM NA MINHA VIDA É ÉPOCA
Are these folks even breathing here? So long, Bro. Guest. You will be missed.
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Makes you wonder!
...picking up a dead salmon! I screamed out loud with laughter! I, too, would have been the fourth Pip on the stage. Do you ever wonder what gives with people? I can't even sit still listening to this!
I think this generation needs another friendship train
Get on board the Friendship Train! 😃💖👍🎵😄💞
this tune is featured on American Soul. It is so freaking great.
It sounds like SOUL! 1972 and This video in 1974.
Are you kidding me?! What kind of audience sits that still with such excellence and jam out in front of you...what is wrong with them?????
All Hail The Empress Of Soul Miss Gladys Knight! Woop! Woop!
THE best at it---ever----The Pips outdanced ANYONE ! ----------------WolfSky9, 71 y/o