You're acting like young ones can't still experience the 80's they can but not physically idk what it is with you old people you think you're superior then all of the other generations
I'm 51 today. In 1986, I was in 10th grade and this song was on a continuous loop then at every school dance, every skating rink, and at the beach. I love it. Reminds me of those good ole days.
As a 19 year old, I would honestly love to hear "Oh Sheila" at any of those places right now. From the 3 years that I've explored 80's culture, I've seen some good and some bad, but the good outweighed the bad for sure. It literally looked like Heaven on Earth; there was more effort put into making music and everyone could express themselves freely and wildly (although LGBTQ+ acceptance was a work in progress). I love this decade so much, I'm growing my hair out for a kinky-haired mullet! 😎
While you were in 10th grade in '86, I was age 10. My bro was first year post HS, and in Air Force that spanned a total of 8 years and few months. My bonus bro became a teen, but he was not in my life until I was 20, as my parents were still together then.
I would definitely recommend listening to some retrowave. My personal recommendation: The Midnight Timecop1983 FM-84 Miami Nights 1984 At 1980 Electric Youth These are some good artists that can capture the 80s feeling to the heart.
@@jonothandoeser, In Ready for the World's first two albums, you can smell purple everywhere! Melvin Riley and Willie Triplette even wear purple on the debut album's cover art, so that's the cherry on the Minneapolis sound sundae!
I want to dedicate this to my sister 💙Sheila Reneé McCureay💙 that passed away in '97 at the age of 36.. I come from a Southern Bluegrass and Country family.. My older brothers in the mid 70's were into Heavy Metal & Rock.. and my eldest sister Sheila was into R&B and Old School "Funk." Wasn't a Saturday go by without watching Soul Train in the '70's... watching her learn the newest dance moves on the show.. She was an Awesome Sister and dancer.. and enjoy watching Soul Train to this day.. I can still recite all of Rappers Delight, Fantastic Voyage, Double Dutch Bus etc.. that she taught me when I was young. ~R.I.P.~ Fly High Sista.. I Love and Miss you Dearly!!
Sorry to hear about your sister. The good thing about these songs are that you have such a good memory of a human being. Imagine that! Some people just hear a song that they like or don't like. When you hear one of these songs, you see and hear and have the scent of memories with your sister as a kid. No one can have those same memories and no one but you will remember her that way. Even though I don't know you, nor did I know her, that's an amazing thing that you will always be able to share with her and only her.
This video was filmed on a Sunday at the original CLUB SENSATIONS. The club was owned by my brother Reginald Willoughby and me (Kelly Willoughby)...CLUB SENSATIONS was located at 45 Branford Pl.,Newark New Jersey.
I came here to see if anyone was dragging the song for being such an obvious ripoff of Prince, but I guess if you can rip something off and do it this well, everyone (including me) is on board!
@@kellywilloughby4374No kidding?🙂Wow🙂How much were you guys paid? Top dollar, right? Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 11th March 2024.
@@kellysnyder1405You're 53 years old Kelly, huh?🙂I'm 55 years old🙂I saw things you didn't see... by at least two years🙂Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 17th March 2024.
PRINCE inspired many groups back in 80s, I personally thought Ready For The World was underrated and had a short run in the music industry. They were a very talented group and played instruments too...80s COME BACK
Michael Jackson's legacy even more obvious now after his passing, there were alot of imitations back then of him...Still hate the Jeri Curls fashion style though, it's the worst followed by the mullet
Because people seem to think computers/instruments are the same, young people don't want to pay for music, and music wasn't completely owned by corporations in the early-mid 80s.
Because puffy or p.diddy will be sayin thru the whole song...take that take that..i thought i told u we wont stop and bad boy and that goofy ass laugh he does.
He says "I dee dah lee dah loo" with a straight ass face too. *2:27 I always thought highly of the older bands who would dress nicely and organize their stage presence through dance etc. It showed the artists' respect for their work, in my opinion
80s performers got away with a lot of silly looking things, if you think about it. Who could pull of Prince's facial expressions these days, and look damn sexy doing it, for instance? 😂
I dedicate this to the memory of their producer Bernard Terry who just died at age 64 from a heart attack. RIP bro. I never met him in all my many years in Flint. Where is RFTW now??
I love Ready for The World. Them brothers produced their own music, wrote their own music, had a lot of say on their look, had a lot of say about their music videos, and etc. Just some talented and hardworking brothers from Flint, Michigan.
This music is not even part of my time ( Born 1993) but my goodness shoutout to my mom for listening to all of this 80s music when I was little ! At work all I do is jam out to 80s music , music like this gives me chills and I WISH with all my heart that I could’ve experienced the 80s! Seems so fun and like the best era of all time .
Only way to see this in Australia upon release was on Solid Gold Saturday mornings. Early high school, had it & other 80's on vcr, and the tape got watched right through 90's. One of my top 5 80's songs.
Being 17 years old, it's songs like these I can appreciate and recognize for their catchiness and substance. Thankful to UA-cam for providing me with this beautiful history.
I wish I could heard the conversation between Shelia E and Prince when this song came out. SHIELA: Hey, you wrote a song about me? PRINCE: Nope, that's not me! LOL!!!
Makes you really wonder if there was ever any kind of contact between Prince and this band. The sound, the style, the songs. But neither party ever said anything different.
No I'm sorry I disagree they still sound great and nothing against the new girl cause she's a bad woman but don't sound as good as the original members sorry😂
Y'all kids today don't understand that for us GenXers who were teens when this came out, when my man said "Oh honey baby just you wait and see" in the British accent that shtt was the internet before the internet for a minute
No music today can compare to the 80’s and 90’s...all music! Rap, rock,..etc. People in music then worked much harder and were more determined for their passion for music
Yooooooooo!... the drummer is the hardest workin man in the band😂😂. When you gotta wear a pare of the gloves 🧤 to play da drums you know this song is a hit!.... o listen to this everyday all day. The drummer got jerry curl juice flyin all over the drums😂👀... he earned his money on this classic!!👍🏾👍🏾
Honestly, I wish more music like this was around today. Like music is supposed to make full circles... I want this back. I see some remixes that are decent, but I want an era of this shit. I was a kid when this came out, but I want to be an adult and be out where whole nights is nothing but this.
by the opening drum beat you thank prince for his influence on the music of the 80s and beyond.....no slight to these guys. .one of my favorite songs back then and they absolutely nailed it
They're from Flint , Michigan. I always assumed that they were British by the way dude says "Oh honey baby just you wait and see" with an English accent at the 3:10 mark
They were a copy of the Prince and Minneapolis sound which did not take root in the UK outside of their appreciation for the music. In the US a toning r&b/pop infused groups copied the Purple One.
This is one of the best début songs, of all time. Everybody thought it sounded like a Prince song, but knew damned well it was Ready for the World. These guys came out _massive_
Being around in the 80s we had the pleasure of listening to great tracks like this. A very Prince inspired track, and we always thought the Sheila in the title referred to Sheila E. Also, being from London, we loved the faux English accents in this great track. They don't make them like this anymore ....
Ready for the World is the eponymous debut album from the Michigan-based band Ready for the World. It was self-produced by the band and released in September 17, 1985 by Lyrick Studios.
Ready For The World was my very first cassette tape I ever owned, there was a flea market just a block from my apartment went there saw it and bought it $5.00, I was 15yrs old, Lubbock Texas, been a RFTW fan every sense. Had a mad crush on Tyron Walls from Lorenzo, Texas. He liked me too, but he was a player though. He had a nice long jeri curl just like Melvin Riley, fine as hell. WHERE THE IS THAT TIME MACHINE?????LOL
I worked with a guy in NYC, I play bass, and we started talking music, and he said he used to be in a band, and they had a song on the radio...I asked what band, he said I probably never heard of them...Ready for the World...I said, "Dude!! "Oh Shiela"!! I friggin love that song!!! "Oh Honey, Baby just you wait and see!!"" with the accent... He started laughing that I knew the words.
It’s crazy so crazy that music like this isn’t listened to and deciphered now a days… I was 3 listen to this still and understood and felt love flow through the house of a single woman raising 5 colored children… this was my mothers peer pressure music, pressuring her to be loved by the messiah, the man, and the world… Power in music and power made for the people in 3 minutes, life changing if you allow it to be!!!❤😊😢🤯
The most Prince song that Prince didn’t make
Lol I know right!! 😄🕊💜
If someone can convincingly sound like Prince, I’d say that speaks pretty highly of them.
The best way to express how I felt when I heard this song .. souds like Prince and When Doves cry ...
@@williesolcha3634When Doves Cry has no baseline. Very unusual. This song however kinda sounds like Lady Cab Driver by Prince.
Was thinking the same Shii 😂
The influence and style Prince had during this time was off the charts, it made music better.
They were from Ohio! Who knew. That accent had us all guessing.
@@siriusjones956 They were actually from Flint, Michigan.
@@rickysmith3214 Yes. But American
I wasn't born in these times but I think the singer of the group had potential I wonder if he still makes music
I also see the influence of Morris Day and The Time.
The 80s should be a tourist destination.
Let's go on a ride! 🥰
Complete with a customizable travel package
Best thing ive heard all year!!
I want to cry reading this comment. I wish. I love the 80's so freakin' much. I am a dork I guess.
no doubt!!!
Feel sorry for all the young ones that they don't get to experience the awesomeness of the music in the 80's - so glad I got to live through it
You're acting like young ones can't still experience the 80's they can but not physically idk what it is with you old people you think you're superior then all of the other generations
My kids are teens and love the 70s and 80s
@@JacquelineBlaine-d9x yeah i listened to a lot of music from the 80s when i was a teenager a decade ago
90’s was better, and yes, I grew up during the 80’s.
I’m 18 and i absolutely love this music i listen everyday
Prince influenced the 80s heavily and it was beautiful.💜
This is better than Prince to me.
🎉👍❤️💯
@@DebNKYdumb comment from you this is literally prince's minneapolis sound and melvin's sounds too feminine prince sounds much better than this 🤡 ✌️
so true the 80s was prince's decade without a doubt
@@DebNKY Huh?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
1985: Incredible song!!!
2019: Incredible song!!!
2020: Incredible song!!!
3075: Incredible song!!!
I bet in 3070 ypull be back to remind us🤣🤣🤣🤣🤛🏻💥
YES!!!!!
Word
from my grave, 4125: Incredible song!!!
27 Feb 2021 and still jammin this!🥰🥰🥰
I'm 51 today. In 1986, I was in 10th grade and this song was on a continuous loop then at every school dance, every skating rink, and at the beach. I love it. Reminds me of those good ole days.
As a 19 year old, I would honestly love to hear "Oh Sheila" at any of those places right now. From the 3 years that I've explored 80's culture, I've seen some good and some bad, but the good outweighed the bad for sure. It literally looked like Heaven on Earth; there was more effort put into making music and everyone could express themselves freely and wildly (although LGBTQ+ acceptance was a work in progress). I love this decade so much, I'm growing my hair out for a kinky-haired mullet! 😎
I'm 52...I remember those days very well!
While you were in 10th grade in '86, I was age 10. My bro was first year post HS, and in Air Force that spanned a total of 8 years and few months. My bonus bro became a teen, but he was not in my life until I was 20, as my parents were still together then.
I would definitely recommend listening to some retrowave. My personal recommendation:
The Midnight
Timecop1983
FM-84
Miami Nights 1984
At 1980
Electric Youth
These are some good artists that can capture the 80s feeling to the heart.
Same here
37 years ago and this song STILL KICKS ASS!!! AWESOME 😎👍
Yessss. No Doubt. I was in 11th Grade
this was released 39 years ago!! hahah.. i was 17!!
Oh Sheila is one of the most catchy 80s song ever!
🔥🔥🔥
Probably Oh Sheila every neighborhood in the country LOL
This is a cool band. I’ll get the LP.
Love ready for the world but these dudes was biting off Prince and that whole Minneapolis style 😅
I agree!
REMINDS ME OF MY SISTER SHE PASSED IN 2017 SHE USED TO DANCE HER ASS OFF TO THIS R I P . SHELIA D. DANIELS MISS YOU BIG SIS !!!!
So sorry for your loss, she sounds like someone who liked their thunes and an amazing person to know.
Peace to you brother.. I feel your pain my sister died in 97.
Aww ❤️❤️❤️❤️
God bless
@@TheBigMclargehuge Everybody cares but you, cause you‘re miserable.
These guys need to be given their props as one of the best bands of the 80s. Not just a one hit wonder. They had many.
Damn,
"One hit wonder" - did they not catch on nah??
Never heard this one before, my jam is 'love you down'.
I've never heard anyone call Ready for the World a one hit wonder act. Amazing group, pure talent.
RIGHT
You can smell Prince all over this song.
@@jonothandoeser,
In Ready for the World's first two albums, you can smell purple everywhere! Melvin Riley and Willie Triplette even wear purple on the debut album's cover art, so that's the cherry on the Minneapolis sound sundae!
Beverly Hills cop, the last dragon, never ending story and oh Sheila….wut a time😢😊
It sure was great asset for all your contact information link below so that he can help 😀 the event 😀 ❤😊
The Jheri Curls, popularized by Prince, The Jacksons and DeBarge.
@@BenJabituyacoming to America soul glow!!
Don’t forget Breakdancing…
So cool for me to be a teenager when those movies came out 💯
I want to dedicate this to my sister 💙Sheila Reneé McCureay💙 that passed away in '97 at the age of 36.. I come from a Southern Bluegrass and Country family.. My older brothers in the mid 70's were into Heavy Metal & Rock.. and my eldest sister Sheila was into R&B and Old School "Funk." Wasn't a Saturday go by without watching Soul Train in the '70's... watching her learn the newest dance moves on the show.. She was an Awesome Sister and dancer.. and enjoy watching Soul Train to this day.. I can still recite all of Rappers Delight, Fantastic Voyage, Double Dutch Bus etc.. that she taught me when I was young.
~R.I.P.~ Fly High Sista.. I Love and Miss you Dearly!!
Denesia Barbecho That was really sweet of you. My condolences.
***** Thank you...
Sorry to hear about your sister. The good thing about these songs are that you have such a good memory of a human being. Imagine that!
Some people just hear a song that they like or don't like. When you hear one of these songs, you see and hear and have the scent of memories with your sister as a kid. No one can have those same memories and no one but you will remember her that way.
Even though I don't know you, nor did I know her, that's an amazing thing that you will always be able to share with her and only her.
Bless her and you. Such a great song and I'm sure she was a great person!
repsect, sorry for your lost Denesia. (Salute)
This video was filmed on a Sunday at the original CLUB SENSATIONS. The club was owned by my brother Reginald
Willoughby and me (Kelly Willoughby)...CLUB SENSATIONS was located at 45 Branford Pl.,Newark New Jersey.
Cool ☺🌹
Tell us more!
I remember hearing the ads for that place on 107.5 WBLS & 98.7 Kiss back in the day.
So you're the reason for this cool ass video. We thank you!
rip
If Prince and the revolution, full force was blended with pinch of Cameo we'd have Ready for the world.
This comment should win the Internet 😏
That is the most accurate description 😁😁😁
😀good one
Listen to this song, then listen to Prince's "Lady Cab Driver"
Dead on!
One of the most infectious songs of the 80's.😂😂❤
I came here to see if anyone was dragging the song for being such an obvious ripoff of Prince, but I guess if you can rip something off and do it this well, everyone (including me) is on board!
I went to school with these guy at Flint Northern HS . Melvin Riley main singer, alway won the annual talent shows. The gals swooned over this guy.
I'm a Sheila who went to Detroit Northern HS.
Oh Yeah Melvin Riley Fly Ass Hell Yeah
That’s pretty cool. Thanks for sharing
Omg!!thanks for sharing.
Wow that is awesome I remember this was hugely popular when I was in high school
Jerry Curls are mandatory to listen to this music.
Soul glo in full effect
😂😂😂😂
*Jheri
I'm still growing mine out lmao
😂😂🤣🤣🤣
This song has haunted me since the fourth grade. But, hey if you're going to have your name in a song it may as well be a timeless classic!
OH SHEILA 😂😂
Rock on Shelia 🇬🇧
❤
1:04
@@mcclift9451矢沢矢沢永吉
Who's here in 2024? Another great classic 💯
@ArrihannapageMe too🙂
This video was shot at CLUB SENSATIONS in Newark New Jersey. My brother Reginald Willoughby and me Kelly Willoughby were😊 the owners.
@@kellywilloughby4374No kidding?🙂Wow🙂How much were you guys paid? Top dollar, right? Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 11th March 2024.
I'm 53, the 80s are my heart ❤🎉
@@kellysnyder1405You're 53 years old Kelly, huh?🙂I'm 55 years old🙂I saw things you didn't see... by at least two years🙂Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 17th March 2024.
Their outfits... PRINCE
Their music... THE TIME
The Time music is Prince music
I know who the Time music comes from. If it wasn't for Prince, there probably would never had been the Time.
Their music is Prince too.
I understand what u saying.
Prince time
PRINCE inspired many groups back in 80s, I personally thought Ready For The World was underrated and had a short run in the music industry. They were a very talented group and played instruments too...80s COME BACK
All this
the jets were underated too. prince discovered them and sponsored them too
Yep in the 70s and 80s you had to actually be talented. Alot of those artists back then were multifaceted
PRINCE & RICK JAMES produced these Brothers.
@@MemoGrafix Ok, that makes sense. This has Prince written all over it.
This group is from my hometown Flint Michigan!!! I always loved this group!! 💜💜💜
Excellent souvenir :) Sounds a lot like Prince, it says much about the essence of the 80's, don't you think...
This group is actually from Flint, Michigan. They were red hot in the mid 80's.
I miss this kinda music!!
Momo
Momo looks good
Momo me 2
Michael Jackson's legacy even more obvious now after his passing, there were alot of imitations back then of him...Still hate the Jeri Curls fashion style though, it's the worst followed by the mullet
Momo DITTO!😉
Why can't they make songs like this now days 😭
Because people seem to think computers/instruments are the same, young people don't want to pay for music, and music wasn't completely owned by corporations in the early-mid 80s.
Right!!
Because legends are dying sadly
Because puffy or p.diddy will be sayin thru the whole song...take that take that..i thought i told u we wont stop and bad boy and that goofy ass laugh he does.
@@Keke-dg6qk This is the real reason why. All else is just a residual of this sad truth.
80’s music is a rush of dopamine 😅
More like Cocamine 😂😂😂
Always guaranteed when you listen to music from the Big 80’s. The only thing 2020’s bands increase is my boredom and sleepiness.😴
🥰
Them boys sure were slick back then. When all the brothers wanted to grow out their hair in those messy curls. Many sofas were ruined in the 80s.
Curl juice every where, ruined many Members Only jackets and shirt collars 😂
Hahahhahaha
Just let your SOOOOUL GLOOOOO! Lol
Lol, watched coming to America too many times.
@Tazimo Dragon
😂😂😂😂 ... I'm over here cracking up! @ geri curl juice lubricant 😄😄😄
I've always thought this was a Prince song. Mindblown!
It is a Prince song; it's called "Lady Cab Driver". Almost the only thing different is the lyrics.
Me too!
I always thought it was Prince.
I went to the grocery store and this shit was playing and has been stuck in my head for 4 days so far
I want to shop where you do
The Liquor Store I go to is always jamming like that too...
I feel your pain. It’s funny how many songs we hear in the grocery store they remind us of old school Music
You must have been at HEB. They are always jamming.
🤣
1:25 that transition!!!
"Sheila isn't about anybody. I made her up" - Melvin Riley, lead singer of Ready For the World and writer of the song.
Point of comment?
Kiera Meadows I’m saying like what was the whole point of this comment ? 😂
@@snackzyoutube8322 😂😂
That's a serious English accent in the beginning. Nice! I thought the lead singer was from London. Dude from Flint, Michigan. 😀
Righttt 😂😂😂
You're being sarcastic...right?
Yeah: Let's add Bob Seger to Michigan singers too! & Kid Rock!
😂 Hilarious!
It isn't hard to fake an English accent. I do it all the time on the phone. Totally throws people for a loop.😂😂😂😂😂😂
That has got to be the most epic pelvic thrust of the 80's....
spacepunk lololol!
Man, did they have some great music. Band and production was on point
He says "I dee dah lee dah loo" with a straight ass face too. *2:27
I always thought highly of the older bands who would dress nicely and organize their stage presence through dance etc. It showed the artists' respect for their work, in my opinion
😂😂😂😂
You have me laughing so hard at that part, now that you mentioned it .
80s performers got away with a lot of silly looking things, if you think about it. Who could pull of Prince's facial expressions these days, and look damn sexy doing it, for instance? 😂
Some One - 2:27
He was too smooth 😂
"What's good for the goose is always good for the gander." Love this talent here...
This was my Grandmas Jam! I love and miss you grandma, thank you for showing me these bad ass songs! I’m playing them everyday for you!❤️
I hope BET or somebody give this man an award soon. Cause this generation knows love you down, but they wasn't no one hit wonders at all.
I dedicate this to the memory of their producer Bernard Terry who just died at age 64 from a heart attack. RIP bro. I never met him in all my many years in Flint. Where is RFTW now??
I bet they are sad to hear of his death too! He produced their 1st album in 1985!
That beat is SICK!💙🎶🎤🎶💙
Ripped from Prince's song 'Lady Cab Driver' .... which came out 3 years before this song ... jus' sayin' ;-)
RIGHT?!🤙😎
Who cares it still bangs@@groofoot
I love Ready for The World. Them brothers produced their own music, wrote their own music, had a lot of say on their look, had a lot of say about their music videos, and etc. Just some talented and hardworking brothers from Flint, Michigan.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE FROM THE U.K.
July 12th 2024!!!!🎉😍🙌🏽🫶🏽 this was one of my dad’s favorites when I was growing up🥰🥰🥰
This music is not even part of my time ( Born 1993) but my goodness shoutout to my mom for listening to all of this 80s music when I was little ! At work all I do is jam out to 80s music , music like this gives me chills and I WISH with all my heart that I could’ve experienced the 80s! Seems so fun and like the best era of all time .
Someday when time travel is possible
I was born in 92 and I 💯 & 10 percent Agree with this statement
thank you for listening
The 80s were amazing and popular music was very diverse. The music video added a whole new medium for artists, lots of experimentation going on.
Yes, it was!
This Song Went To Number 1 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart In 1985.
This song still slaps in 2024!!!! My all-time RFTW JAM!!!!!
When Prince infested the 80s with his music... It was an unforgettable epidemic everywhere...
Thirty-some years later and people still sing this to me. Good song!
You're cute. I'd sing it to you. ;-)
Oh Sheilah!!
They sing it to me too
Oh . Sheilahhhhhh
Exactly😂
This is as badass as it gets.
Best era of all time.... The 80s and 90s. Periodt!
...leaning more towards the 90s but yeah! Agreed!
80'S & 90'S R&B WAS THE BEST 🎵🎵🎶🎶🎼🎼🎷🎸🎺🥁📻🎤💿📀🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥💯💯💯
Fr
90s was the shit!!!❤
Only way to see this in Australia upon release was on Solid Gold Saturday mornings. Early high school, had it & other 80's on vcr, and the tape got watched right through 90's. One of my top 5 80's songs.
Remaster is tight. Never noticed how sick the bass work is in this track.
In college when I would walk into my dance class my friends would start singing this song to me! Nice💕💕💕💕💕
A guy at works greets me by saying "Oh Sheila", he will even yell it across the room or down a hallway.
You had awesome friends.
I do that even today to any woman named Sheila who grew up in the 80s. And I make them blessed so hard.
nobody gives a shit when I walk into a room 🤣
@@dizmop Oh *Dizmop* when you walk 🚶♂️ into a room I take notice. Gosh I light up like a light 💡 bulb 😃 TaTa October 7,2022
The classic Prince song that Prince didn't make. I bet he loved this like we did. Rest in Peace Prince always 🙏 😊 ✌️ 👑 💕
The vocal melody sounds similar to Lady Cab Driver.
@Betty Boop Lot's of artists were in the mid 80's; even Rick James.
Prince hated this song
Hahaha. Napster days!
@@cloud8317
Hmmm? 🤔
Banger! I’m 47 still on loop
1980 here. This is a forever banger. 💯
Being 17 years old, it's songs like these I can appreciate and recognize for their catchiness and substance. Thankful to UA-cam for providing me with this beautiful history.
I'm only 31, born year after this song came out but i still hear this song at kmart all the time lol. plus maybe every now and then on the radio.
Ur smart then 😍 this was my generation and 90s best times in my life. Wish it was all still like this
Yea I'm 18 and I'm stuck in 60s-early 00s since I can remember lol
tera u have GREAT taste in music 💕💕
Julie Stryjewski aww thank you nice to hear that since everyone around me is addicted to trap music and always call me old lol
OH SHEILA still rocks in 2019!!
Yes it Does let's Rock out together
Facts
O jammed off it cause that's my name 😂even today
Hell yea
Yes it does
That bass player is the real mvp
Lol damn straight man!
+Q Killa the drummer is
Nocturnal Pulse for sho
No. Shit. Funky bass FTW
Nocturnal Pulse they are pimpin those instruments!
Activator was the bitcoin of the 80’s.
Dedicated to my grandma Sheila who was 66😭 r.i.p
Kinda creepy that you'd dedicate this song to your grandma.
@@adamw8201 Lmfao 😂😂😂
Bless your heart
I wish I could heard the conversation between Shelia E and Prince when this song came out.
SHIELA: Hey, you wrote a song about me? PRINCE: Nope, that's not me! LOL!!!
I used to think this song was about Sheila E and I thought it was by Prince or maybe Morris Day and the Time... didn't know it was by these guys lol
Lol, you nailed it.
I'm sure he was like seriously. "could you copy me anymore?" But he had enough talent for the world. I think I have 26 Prince CDs.
@@candrew270 I HAVE ALL OF PRINCE'S ALBUMS(CD'S)
Makes you really wonder if there was ever any kind of contact between Prince and this band. The sound, the style, the songs. But neither party ever said anything different.
Them brothers was singing and playing their hearts out.. they could at least give em some AC... brothers sweatin they Jerry curls and perm juice out
😂😂😂😂😂
For real😂😂😂
And them white polyester suits didn't help either.
LMAF!!!!😂😂
That's why they just doing that 2 step😂
Those were the days of jerry curls and stained pillows. Lol.
THE LEAD SINGER HAD A HUGE CRUSH ON SHEILA E. AND DEDICATED THIS SONG TO HER!!
Not according to the lead singer. www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=24243
he lied it was proven on the show "Unsung"
The drummers were kicking it off; fo' REAL!! 😎😎😎
There was a lot of Jeri curl activator in this video.
You ain't neva lying nun but juice don't slip and fall
Soul glo baby!
Drip drip lol
Lol
Boxes of it!
For the longest time i thought this was Prince 😅. I played this song non stop for hours to finish a design project in college. Good timez ❤
love it, especially the Prince styled double snare drum
This whole song is Prince styled.
+Tane Potaka the Minneapolis Sound was STRONG at the time. glad they were so heavily influenced, it gave us this.....and a few others.
Xachary Jarboe Kirsh Sheri curl music
It’s “Lady Cab Driver” by Prince except with different lyrics
@@Moneytane1976 It is actually a copy of Prince's Lady Cab Driver.
The juiciness of the Jheri Curls is staggering.
still sounds good today as it did back in '85!!!!
Better.
The drum-work is really fine
No I'm sorry I disagree they still sound great and nothing against the new girl cause she's a bad woman but don't sound as good as the original members sorry😂
All I was talking about envouge
Y'all kids today don't understand that for us GenXers who were teens when this came out, when my man said "Oh honey baby just you wait and see" in the British accent that shtt was the internet before the internet for a minute
i was a teen in the 80's and have no clue what you just wrote ???!!!
The dance moves match the curls, slick as hell. What a tune.
No music today can compare to the 80’s and 90’s...all music! Rap, rock,..etc. People in music then worked much harder and were more determined for their passion for music
Johnny Johnson 💯
He sure can sing and groove! The band is tight! What happened to he/them?
Y'all and those Jeri Curls.🤣🤣
Yooooooooo!... the drummer is the hardest workin man in the band😂😂. When you gotta wear a pare of the gloves 🧤 to play da drums you know this song is a hit!.... o listen to this everyday all day. The drummer got jerry curl juice flyin all over the drums😂👀... he earned his money on this classic!!👍🏾👍🏾
He fine too in my opinion
In my mind this their way of saying Prince, we are patterning ourselves on your blueprint and Shiela E is with you but we want her too.
😄❤️
I never thought that they could actually be talking about Sheila E.
Real musical talents and choreography to boot! That's a drum kit not a drum machine. I love it!
When Jerry Curls ruled!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes. When Jerry Curls ruled the world. Ah man! You gotta love it
That never happened....I had one...snap back
Who's Jerry?
@@williambrucesanders6878 I think it was a guy named Jerry Redding LOL
SOME GREAT OLD SCHOOL
Merci Andrea robbins
Yep for sure! Good dance song back in the day!!
oscar madison absolutely!!!
Word!!!
hello dear friend
Honestly, I wish more music like this was around today. Like music is supposed to make full circles... I want this back. I see some remixes that are decent, but I want an era of this shit. I was a kid when this came out, but I want to be an adult and be out where whole nights is nothing but this.
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Listen to latest album from The 1975 . you might be like it.
Hariz Soe'oed I have. My dad was a DJ when I was a kid. I was born in 82'.
XiAmFAUSTX bruno mars has been doin pretty 80s shit lately
Trout Flanders Yeah but he is corny AF though. His style is like you said, but still lacks the depth of this.
It was cool when music had family values like this.
One of the best r&b groups of all times.
This song oozes the 80s. Suave!
This song was the jam back then.
Dedicated to Shelia E,one of the greatest female drummers of this era!
by the opening drum beat you thank prince for his influence on the music of the 80s and beyond.....no slight to these guys. .one of my favorite songs back then and they absolutely nailed it
the intro sounds like sussudio-phill.collins
@@ivanrod777 Sussudio was a straight rip of Prince. He basically sped up 1999 to achieve the tune, Collins himself admits it.
Yep .... and this song is a rip of Prince's song 'Lady Cab Driver' ......@@JClaus1221
They're from Flint , Michigan. I always assumed that they were British by the way dude says "Oh honey baby just you wait and see" with an English accent at the 3:10 mark
They were a copy of the Prince and Minneapolis sound which did not take root in the UK outside of their appreciation for the music. In the US a toning r&b/pop infused groups copied the Purple One.
They are from flint. My dad use to be there body guard lol
This is one of the best début songs, of all time. Everybody thought it sounded like a Prince song, but knew damned well it was Ready for the World. These guys came out _massive_
They know Prince can't throw down like that
I thought it was Prince too
November 2024 🕺 🕺 🕺 🕺
Being around in the 80s we had the pleasure of listening to great tracks like this. A very Prince inspired track, and we always thought the Sheila in the title referred to Sheila E.
Also, being from London, we loved the faux English accents in this great track. They don't make them like this anymore ....
I’m lovin’ that fake British accent in the beginning! This song is undercover fun from start to finish!🌇😂⭐️🌹🤩🔥🎈👍🏻✌🏻
The respect there British hip hop brothers
*BROUGHT TO YOU BY SOUL GLO™*
Bwahahahaha! That was some curl and it had the right amount of "Soul Glo" too......lol!
JUS LET YA SOOOOOUUULLL GLLLOOOWWW 😂😂
Factz
IM FUCKING WHEEZING 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Damn I spit out my wine!! Oh snap
Best thing about the 80s was that nobody saw color in any of music. It was all good.
One of my favorite songs...Every time I hear it makes me feel so good inside..❤️❤️
That drummer has a great setup more heavy metal than pop. Fantastic!
You hear this even just once it stays in your head forever .
Oh Sheila is a classic ❤
Ready for the World is the eponymous debut album from the Michigan-based band Ready for the World. It was self-produced by the band and released in September 17, 1985 by Lyrick Studios.
❤❤❤✌✌ Flint
Ready For The World was my very first cassette tape I ever owned, there was a flea market just a block from my apartment went there saw it and bought it $5.00, I was 15yrs old, Lubbock Texas, been a RFTW fan every sense. Had a mad crush on Tyron Walls from Lorenzo, Texas. He liked me too, but he was a player though. He had a nice long jeri curl just like Melvin Riley, fine as hell. WHERE THE IS THAT TIME MACHINE?????LOL
I worked with a guy in NYC, I play bass, and we started talking music, and he said he used to be in a band, and they had a song on the radio...I asked what band, he said I probably never heard of them...Ready for the World...I said, "Dude!! "Oh Shiela"!! I friggin love that song!!! "Oh Honey, Baby just you wait and see!!"" with the accent...
He started laughing that I knew the words.
My first cassette was Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (1985). The one they did with Full Force.
Still playing this on vinyl on the regular. Great album.
It’s crazy so crazy that music like this isn’t listened to and deciphered now a days… I was 3 listen to this still and understood and felt love flow through the house of a single woman raising 5 colored children… this was my mothers peer pressure music, pressuring her to be loved by the messiah, the man, and the world… Power in music and power made for the people in 3 minutes, life changing if you allow it to be!!!❤😊😢🤯