Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes from Shaft (Music From The Soundtrack)

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  • Shaft - Music from the Soundtrack, composed and performed by Isaac Hayes. Of the many wonderful blaxpoitation soundtracks to emerge during the early '70s, Shaft certainly deserves mention as not only one of the most lasting but also one of the most successful. Isaac Hayes was undoubtedly one of the era's most accomplished soul artists, and with 'Theme from Shaft,' he delivered an anthem just as ambitious and revered as the film itself, a song that has only grown more treasured over the years, after having been an enormously popular hit at the time of its release. Shaft still remains a powerful record; one of Hayes' pinnacle moments for sure.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 211

  • @MenardsManiac-tg5nz
    @MenardsManiac-tg5nz 10 місяців тому +57

    RIP Isaac Hayes & Richard Roundtree. SHAFT! You're damn right!

  • @addiemathews5965
    @addiemathews5965 7 днів тому +2

    I,am 79 and still listening this music!

  • @conradford7493
    @conradford7493 4 роки тому +95

    In 2021, you still are bobbing your head to this iconic song.

  • @jrynds
    @jrynds 5 років тому +105

    I remember Quincy Jones saying they didn't want to give Issac the Oscar because he sang hummed the soundtrack instead of sitting down and writing notes on paper. But he and others told by the Academy what difference did it make how it was manifested, it still came out of his mind, so technically he wrote it. The Man was trying to keep a brother down.

    • @withthesehands1
      @withthesehands1 4 роки тому +3

      Daaammmn Right!! Quicy Jones is a big time HATER...of everybody!!! ...

    • @arienfox
      @arienfox 4 роки тому +3

      That's pretty lowdown of Him for sure!

    • @jrynds
      @jrynds 4 роки тому +17

      @@arienfox Quincy Jones fought for him. He was one of the reasons they gave it to Ike. When I reread my post, I gave the impression Q was hating in Ike and that wasn't the case. Q fought the powers that be for Ike. I'm sorry to give the wrong impression.

    • @arienfox
      @arienfox 4 роки тому +2

      @@jrynds It's cool.

    • @kathyguinto4585
      @kathyguinto4585 3 роки тому +1

      We all have to stick together.In the eyes of God almighty we're all brothers and sisters under the skin,people are people!.John Guinto

  • @therealbrii1845
    @therealbrii1845 Рік тому +10

    Who ever you are God and Jesus Christ loves you

  • @10kgent68
    @10kgent68 4 роки тому +93

    No better film score anywhere. Timeless....strings wah-wah electric lead, horns & brass, percussion....composition. Artistic! Immortal!

    • @arienfox
      @arienfox 4 роки тому +4

      No DOUBT! Isaac Hayes forever!

    • @kenyettaready
      @kenyettaready 3 роки тому +5

      Well I think claudine was equally good since they were both done by curtis mayfield

    • @10kgent68
      @10kgent68 3 роки тому +5

      @@kenyettaready Claudine soundtrack, too, is on my topSoundtrack list. Mayfield #1 Master Storyteller.

    • @ronmeyers891
      @ronmeyers891 Рік тому +1

      ​@JONATHAN BARRAGAN ALSOThe Duke of New York in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

    • @Royale_with_Cheeze
      @Royale_with_Cheeze 9 місяців тому +1

      @@kenyettaready
      Dude! This is Isaac Hayes.

  • @daradiant1
    @daradiant1 4 місяці тому +5

    I was born in 1976, my great uncles would play this and I would go nuts! Stax Records, Philadelphia International Records, SOLAR Records, and that Minneapolis Sound are my favorite sounds. 💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿

  • @marie-theguillet1674
    @marie-theguillet1674 4 дні тому +1

    Magnifique...ah les années 70...une merveille ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @sheilasams9515
    @sheilasams9515 4 роки тому +21

    I am 57 so I remember This song and movie when I was 9 was a fan then and still am RIP MR.HAYES LOVE 💘 ❤ AND MUCH RESPECT

  • @vgrandy95
    @vgrandy95 6 років тому +86

    One of the best soundtracks ever

  • @7977dr
    @7977dr 2 роки тому +4

    I am a kid of the 1950's. I am currently 73 years old and like others I remember this cartoon having a profound effect of sadness on me that lasted a few days. It was in black and white when I saw it which was probably 1956 . Through the years I wondered about this cartoon and it popped up in my head to Wiki THE LEGEND OF JOHN HENRY today. And oh boy! A swell of Good Feeling overcame me as I viewed this video. What made me sad as a kid made me happy today as I read comments that this film impacted others in the same manner that it impacted me.

  • @londonsteverson7184
    @londonsteverson7184 5 років тому +101

    The motion picture Sound Tracks of Shaft by Isaac Hayes and Superfly by Curtis Mayfield are monuments to the creative genius of Black Musicians.

    • @conradford7493
      @conradford7493 4 роки тому +5

      Totally agree.

    • @sheilasams9515
      @sheilasams9515 4 роки тому +4

      You Speak TRUTH SIR✌💯👍♥️

    • @delam1970
      @delam1970 3 роки тому +6

      Both Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield are truly musical geniuses with their soundtracks of Shaft in 1971 and Superfly in 1972. Both soundtracks were platinum sellers as well!!!

    • @user-gp3ur2mn7f
      @user-gp3ur2mn7f 10 місяців тому +1

      Rest in Heaven, Kings!

    • @philippetrape9295
      @philippetrape9295 2 місяці тому +1

      Without a doubt.

  • @richiet3841
    @richiet3841 4 роки тому +34

    Quintessential '70s Jazz/R&B Funk Classic music from a great composer. Will not see this again soon...

    • @magdasanchez89
      @magdasanchez89 4 роки тому +1

      Or maybe never agaim Richard😥

    • @arienfox
      @arienfox 4 роки тому +1

      Unfortunately never again.

    • @incrediblestepsProd
      @incrediblestepsProd 4 роки тому +1

      you can see (or hear) where MJ + Quincy got their influence for all his major production works (Thriller, BAD, History etc)

  • @CaitlinAloha
    @CaitlinAloha 5 років тому +19

    How Could We Ask for Better? Mr. Ernest Tidyman who wrote the series of Shaft novels, said that Isaac deserved the Oscar for his composition. I conveyed this to him (Mr. Hayes) personally. . Such a brilliant person: Mr. Isaac Hayes. And may I mention? Ms. Chris Clark, Mr Tidyman's widow. was there with me. Such a gracious moment.

    • @arienfox
      @arienfox 4 роки тому +1

      Great Soundtrack!

  • @eddiesimms9301
    @eddiesimms9301 2 роки тому +14

    To me this was Isaac Hayes FINEST performance hands down !! Every time I hear this song it takes me back to October of '71, I was a young 13yr old adolescent experiencing my first year of Jr Hi school. As usual during that time I was wrapped up in my favorite sport, Baseball. It was the October fall classic, the world series. It was the the defending world champs the Baltimore Orioles vs the Pittsburgh Pirates. The heavily favorite Orioles were a CONFIDENT team with a pitching staff that produced four 20 game winners and to this day, NO team has since been ABLE to achieve. The series went the full 7 games, there wasn't a dull moment through out the entire series. "Mr Humanitarian" Roberto Clemente put on a CLINIC show casing his skills on how the game was to be played...... hitting, throwing, running the bases catching etc.... Also, the nation would witness for the first time a series game being played at night, I WATCHED that very game on a black & white TV, it was game 4 at Three Rivers Stadium. Roberto Clemente would help his team go on to defeat the Orioles and be named the MVP, in addition, the Pirates had a young rookie relief picture named Bruce Kison from Pasco WA who performed well when he was called on to help keep the Orioles in check.

  • @shawnshorter9581
    @shawnshorter9581 5 років тому +25

    My #1 favorite soundtrack of all time from 1971 written,produced,& performed by the late Black Moses Isacc Hayes

  • @nancysternberg
    @nancysternberg 2 роки тому +17

    This song brings back my days in high school when the pep band played this and I can still see the cheerleaders' routine even 50 years later!

    • @user-gp3ur2mn7f
      @user-gp3ur2mn7f 10 місяців тому +1

      My high school band covered the theme song perfectly during our Spring Concert finale! Carl Stone was the awesome director, Lorenzo Veal absolutely killed the guitar solo! I’ll never forget it.

  • @sancm8898
    @sancm8898 3 роки тому +14

    This is always my opening on my playlist everyday for work and I’m 33

    • @pjkicks7860
      @pjkicks7860 2 роки тому

      Bro Whaaaat? I love getting ready to this with it booming, girl still sleep, throw in that coat shuffle the collar a bit...

    • @danteevans8
      @danteevans8 Рік тому

      That's the truth how this song is still taking your breath away a true classic.

  • @wms5253
    @wms5253 4 роки тому +42

    Loved the movie and soundtrack, they don’t make music like this anymore!

    • @fernandes5986
      @fernandes5986 4 роки тому

      Right on Bro.

    • @matthewmiddaugh2235
      @matthewmiddaugh2235 3 роки тому +2

      I'm with you on that W. This is an outstanding movie and soundtrack. Go 70's. Great time to be alive!

  • @user-ow3om4sm1j
    @user-ow3om4sm1j Місяць тому +3

    Two of the greats! This music is timeless.

  • @michaelleroy9281
    @michaelleroy9281 3 роки тому +9

    1971 damn 50 years ago best soundtrack ever

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo 4 роки тому +51

    Isaac Hayes - lead vocals, keyboards, lyrics, arrangements
    Pat Lewis - backing vocals
    Rose Williams - backing vocals
    Mitchell Butler - backing vocals
    Telma Hopkins - backing vocals
    Lester Snell - electric piano
    David Becker - viola
    Charles Pitts - guitar
    Michael Toles - guitar
    Marc "Dr. Love" Davis - guitar solo
    James Alexander - bass guitar
    Richard "Johnny" Davis - trumpet
    John Fonville - flute
    Gary Jones - congas
    Willie Hall - drums

    • @sandrasanders706
      @sandrasanders706 2 роки тому +1

      Do you know who plays sax on the song No Name Bar? I know for the soundtrack album, the Memphis Symphony string and horn section was used for the project.

    • @daradiant1
      @daradiant1 4 місяці тому

      Dr. Love was killing that solo! He got real funky! Sounds so good, I have to play that part!

  • @gregfrazier9084
    @gregfrazier9084 3 роки тому +13

    The introduction: Best 2 minutes and 43 seconds of recorded sound.

  • @josefkay5013
    @josefkay5013 Рік тому +3

    Nine years old, living on Howard Street, the Northern edge of Chicago. My fro is enormous. My mom gives me a $10 dollar bill to get her a pack of cigarettes. A pack cost something like $1.50 or something, and, yeah, your kid could buy them for you. Problem was, there was a record store on the way, and the radio had been playing the Theme to Shaft, and I needed that double album. It cost $7+ dollars. Come back home and quickly pass my mom her cigarettes and like $1.20 in change from her ten, and hurry to my room with a big flat paper bag under my jacket.
    Needless to say, I am busted about a minute later putting my new LP on the player and told I better return it and get the rest of her change back.
    After a devastating emotional breakdown, I get to keep it as my advance Christmas present. It was October. 1971.
    By Christmas I had memorized and analyzed the entire arrangement of the opening track and could mimic each part. Best Christmas present I ever got.

  • @theramden6025
    @theramden6025 3 роки тому +32

    No autotune or synthesizers, real musicianship.

    • @vale55ff
      @vale55ff 11 місяців тому

      😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤q

    • @ceemor3404
      @ceemor3404 10 місяців тому +2

      Playing a synthesizer isnt musicianship? 🤌🏽🤡

    • @dwightlove3704
      @dwightlove3704 10 місяців тому

      @@ceemor3404 Auto tune did not exist in the '70s.

  • @theramden6025
    @theramden6025 3 роки тому +5

    Baddest instrumental funk arrangement ever. Thank you Isaac.

  • @cynthiastines8918
    @cynthiastines8918 2 роки тому +3

    Isaac Hayes scored a 👒 trick with this soundtrack, after 50 years, it still the 💣.

  • @russelhood7252
    @russelhood7252 4 роки тому +7

    Growing up on movies & music like this ,awesome times than ,not like today

  • @gordongiobanni7543
    @gordongiobanni7543 2 роки тому +2

    the 70s will never be able to be re created the way it was then
    wish i could have experienced it by being there was born 84 just missed it

  • @lillianwilliams5510
    @lillianwilliams5510 3 місяці тому +2

    5-4-2024. SAW THE MOVIE STILL GREAT COMPLETE ALBUM

  • @denisec4043
    @denisec4043 2 роки тому +2

    Amen to this!!!😅 Isaac Hayes...TRUTH!! Curtis Mayfield's soundtrack to Superfly...TRUTH!!! I'm a seasoned lady now who was a young girl back then. Trust, I know. Thank you for sharing this wonderful 🎼🎶🎵😏👌🏽💖😁

  • @QIKWIA
    @QIKWIA 5 років тому +28

    Still freakin' Awesome!

  • @plevneli
    @plevneli 3 роки тому +10

    Perfect music and perfect performance.

  • @chrisutley2859
    @chrisutley2859 2 роки тому +10

    The greatest song of all time. For every Black man of a certain age, this is our unofficial national anthem!

  • @MrChristian
    @MrChristian Рік тому +1

    To me, this is the beginning of True Disco. Starting with the top-notch super-polished production.

  • @nitinchhabra5159
    @nitinchhabra5159 4 роки тому +8

    Love this music. I was a kiddo back then.

  • @marlonberend8041
    @marlonberend8041 4 роки тому +5

    Today in the 21th century we ain't got nobody or allies. In some cases we're attacking each other for the obvious reasons. Our constriction has been broken down and we don't have anyone who wants to repair it.

  • @dagostinoification
    @dagostinoification 3 роки тому +4

    Un des meilleurs disque de tous les temps ! BERNARD PUDIE //DRUMS ! i love your music !

  • @DRLEWIS
    @DRLEWIS 3 роки тому +11

    Isaac Hayes showed out on this soundtrack.

  • @HenriettaHudson-we4wv
    @HenriettaHudson-we4wv Рік тому +1

    ANTHEM OF THE MILLENNIUM!!!! - AND WE CAN DIG IT!!!!!

  • @damightyadvisor
    @damightyadvisor 6 років тому +37

    thats my godfather, Isaac "BUBBA Hayes, rest my brother!

    • @kurtharer8715
      @kurtharer8715 6 років тому

      I must say too, this song was one of my favorite songs. The theme from "Shaft". Loved the Series too.

    • @larrynapier5003
      @larrynapier5003 5 років тому

      He was so much fun !

    • @Mike-ky9jz
      @Mike-ky9jz 4 роки тому

      The greatest movie theme song of all time.....not even close.

  • @TodayWasAGoodDay9
    @TodayWasAGoodDay9 2 роки тому +2

    Who's the grooviest cat on the street, Shaft! Love the music and soundtracks to both 'Shaft' and 'Shaft's Big Score'.

  • @KOSMICKEN09
    @KOSMICKEN09 10 місяців тому +2

    This is one of the greatest songs ever recorded - it's as inspiring as the theme from Rocky

  • @stogdyy
    @stogdyy 3 роки тому +7

    This is good music

  • @m.g.n4898
    @m.g.n4898 5 років тому +7

    Isaac Hayes and Sam Jackson, unbeatable!

    • @arienfox
      @arienfox 4 роки тому +1

      Richard Roundtree did an excellent performance!!

    • @FVZCB
      @FVZCB 2 місяці тому

      Curtis Mayfield dove lo mettiamo?😮

  • @19sept76
    @19sept76 4 роки тому +6

    Absolute brilliance

  • @robertkabatoff817
    @robertkabatoff817 3 роки тому +1

    I still think of this as Ultra Cool......Right on...

  • @DebraBanks-mb4vo
    @DebraBanks-mb4vo 10 місяців тому

    Long live Richard Roundtree, you will live always in every heart

  • @zetetick395
    @zetetick395 4 роки тому +6

    Chef
    layin it down for us! \o/

  • @jacquelinecook1855
    @jacquelinecook1855 9 місяців тому +1

    😢Rest in heaven Richard Roundtree/John Shaft

  • @communityactvisttwo5849
    @communityactvisttwo5849 4 роки тому +3

    Baddest Album soundtrack!!!!?

  • @IsaiahAldridge
    @IsaiahAldridge Рік тому

    The best soundtrack ever

  • @francoisbariko120
    @francoisbariko120 2 роки тому

    Ça m'a marqué j'avais 15 ans et demi à l'époque lui et Curtis un époque extraordinaire fier de l'avoir vécu

  • @SegaNintendoGuy64
    @SegaNintendoGuy64 5 років тому +13

    RIP Chef.

  • @JamesFlowers-em6yo
    @JamesFlowers-em6yo 2 місяці тому

    You already know his great hits

  • @salayobrown8942
    @salayobrown8942 2 місяці тому +1

    BADASS

  • @blackamerican40
    @blackamerican40 10 місяців тому +1

    RIP Richard and Isaac 😢😢🙏🙏

  • @jrynds
    @jrynds 2 роки тому +1

    See the UA-cam interview with Charles Pitts, who created the Wah-Wah guitar part. He gives interesting behind the scenes tid-bits about the recording of the theme from Shaft

  • @Russel.Idrive
    @Russel.Idrive 3 роки тому +1

    Best ringonte ever

  • @annidumond6789
    @annidumond6789 4 роки тому +4

    éternel!!!

  • @michaelgasiciel9317
    @michaelgasiciel9317 10 місяців тому

    Best intro. Know the song immediately!🥰

  • @Awakened_warrior59
    @Awakened_warrior59 4 роки тому +28

    Honestly People tell me, how many of you cannot hear this song without saying "Shut ya mouth!" I'm talking about Shaft!!!

  • @robertosolito1276
    @robertosolito1276 3 роки тому +1

    ...che classe e che forza allo stesso tempo...B R A V O...

  • @efrainarriazaarreag1
    @efrainarriazaarreag1 5 місяців тому

    Excelente tema

  • @bernardmansire8642
    @bernardmansire8642 3 роки тому +2

    the best

  • @user-ow3om4sm1j
    @user-ow3om4sm1j Місяць тому

    They can't make music like this anymore. No one can play instruments.

  • @user-qv3pm2sr1u
    @user-qv3pm2sr1u 8 місяців тому

    Straordinaria gran bella musica forse sottovalutata..❤

  • @JonayPS
    @JonayPS 3 роки тому +2

    Bassie en Adriaan: Het Geheim van de Sleutel!

  • @rw5562
    @rw5562 10 місяців тому +1

    RIP Richard Roundtree! 😢

  • @terrellholmes2726
    @terrellholmes2726 3 роки тому +3

    I remember when ten year-old me first heard this song I was like _"What the f___k is this?!"_ Fifty years later, it still blows me away.

  • @funshine97
    @funshine97 2 місяці тому +1

    I can't unhear Chef from South Park singing this song. 🎶

  • @geanperes6345
    @geanperes6345 3 роки тому +2

    Maravilhoso

  • @ja-is2lf
    @ja-is2lf 2 роки тому +1

    Hello there, children. For lunch today it's Salisbury steak with buttered noodles, and a choice of green bean casserole, or vegetable medley.

  • @coolidgeshowman
    @coolidgeshowman Рік тому

    Showmanship!

  • @ramibenaissa8553
    @ramibenaissa8553 9 місяців тому

    THIS PRETY MUSIC OF MOVIE SHAFT WAS BEFORE I WAS BORN BUT ( I HEAR THIS MUSIC IN FILM MIYBY IN 1982 OR 86 ) BY M'Y BROTHERS COZ WAS LITTLE BOY, BUT HIS MUSIC SHE TOUCHED ME AND I WAS LITTLE BOY

  • @Goodguy99781
    @Goodguy99781 10 місяців тому

    Rip Richard roundtree Isaac Hayes legends

  • @windel12002
    @windel12002 4 роки тому +9

    "They Tell Me That Cat 'SHAFT' Is A Bad Mutha……..SHUT YO MOUTH!"

  • @matteoromenghi
    @matteoromenghi 2 роки тому +1

    So cool!

  • @leondus6489
    @leondus6489 11 місяців тому

    Now this is good riding music 🎶 🎵 when you on a long trip

  • @elisabethv.1114
    @elisabethv.1114 10 місяців тому +1

    RIP Richard Roundtree

  • @11dsw
    @11dsw 10 місяців тому

    ..... classic DJ's call it Old Dirty Disco... the nascent disco era.

  • @danielhetue6968
    @danielhetue6968 8 місяців тому +1

    The extended version of this favorite movie theme song of mine is better than the single version

  • @marionklose6366
    @marionklose6366 2 роки тому +2

    Cool

  • @nicholaslabella2253
    @nicholaslabella2253 7 місяців тому

    Rest in peace Richard .

  • @mikeporter8873
    @mikeporter8873 3 дні тому

    sixers v celtics Dr J ,Bird 70s Magical theme song right on

  • @iee4g6
    @iee4g6 4 дні тому

    One armed Boxer poached from this Soundtrack, and a bit of John Barry also

  • @gingertam9138
    @gingertam9138 2 роки тому +1

    everyone acting gangster till you walk round the corner ready to lay the law down while this soundtrack plays

  • @detectivedowny1145
    @detectivedowny1145 4 роки тому +4

    Hello there children

  • @redpyramid1914
    @redpyramid1914 3 роки тому +1

    I might TAKE you down, but I'll never LET you down.
    Now, what's my name?

  • @esrefyucal4942
    @esrefyucal4942 Рік тому

    RIP Mr.Hayes🙏

  • @kadriyucel9004
    @kadriyucel9004 9 місяців тому +1

    ONE OF THE BEST POLICE FİLMS EVER...AND FİLM SOUNDTRACK TİMELESS

  • @willd7582
    @willd7582 10 місяців тому +1

    RIP R Roundtree

  • @kathyguinto4585
    @kathyguinto4585 3 роки тому +1

    John Shaft!!!.John M Guinto

  • @craigcohen9989
    @craigcohen9989 10 місяців тому

    l'm playing this in memory of Richard Roundtree. . .

  • @sergefredmordin8774
    @sergefredmordin8774 2 роки тому +1

  • @derrickcrawford7458
    @derrickcrawford7458 9 місяців тому

    RIP Richard Roundtree job well done

  • @cynthiastines8918
    @cynthiastines8918 9 місяців тому

    R. I. P. Richard Roundtree.

  • @rondmc44
    @rondmc44 9 місяців тому

    R.I.P. Richard Roundtree

  • @Noway673
    @Noway673 2 роки тому

    When you about to get into a fight play this song loud to get you hyped!

  • @albertcalleros9489
    @albertcalleros9489 9 місяців тому

    The recent death of Richard Roundtree at the fairly ripe old age of eighty-one from pancreatic cancer occurred precisely thirty-seven years after the original release of the 1986 Steve Miner film 'Soul Man.' As a matter of fact, a snippet of the late ISSAC HAYES' 'Theme from Shaft' is featured in a scene from 'Soul Man.'