They dont make this shit no more kiddies...stone cold classic
@anthonymarlowe6986
28 күн бұрын
Stop using evil barbaric language great vision by Brother Johnson.
@Mike-yg8ig
Жыл бұрын
Louis Johnson is an effing monsta!
@jkmsaturn
4 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal . . . this song is very difficult to perform live & have it sound anything like the recorded version!
@djm8341
Жыл бұрын
Lighting Licks and Thunder Thumbs. Sooo much talent...
@essiejames9492
2 ай бұрын
One of the best 70s jams ever RIP Louis Johnson 💙 2024 still listening 🎶
@princessm6355
Жыл бұрын
This song jayum to the 10th ! Black community staple music. If you’ve been to a BBQ without hearing this it didn’t count
@shannonk.6528
6 жыл бұрын
RIP Louis Johnson...the baddest bass player ever! Gone way too soon.
@phoenixdevourer6392
6 жыл бұрын
i dig all the name basslappers but thgunder thumbs Johnson iz on top
@monicaminor906
5 жыл бұрын
I was just about to post the same comment. His playing was something very special.
@vvavie4858
4 жыл бұрын
Shannon K. Seriously, that music man bass is icon and will never be forgotten
@lionelhyater8163
3 жыл бұрын
💫✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🎶🎶🎶🎶👌💬💬💬💬💬💬💬🌜🖤🌛
@Mike-yg8ig
Жыл бұрын
I love James Jamerson, but Louis Johnson was a monsta!
@larrygallaway4224
2 жыл бұрын
That guitar break always reminded me of something Yes would do back in that era. Really cool to see them play this live...bass is deeply funky and the guitars are mesmerizing.
@andrewSUN17
2 ай бұрын
Cosmic and spacey stuff!
@ccsm3556
13 күн бұрын
Lee Ritenour magic. He said that Quincy called him in to do that guitar break after a couple of days of recording because no one else could get the repetitions quite right. Listening to this live version without Lee performing, you can hear the subtle tempo change during the guitar break with the band having to speed up a bit toward the end.
@Seventysongs
2 жыл бұрын
I believe not everyone knows but this song was composed by Shuggie Ottis and recorded on his 1971 album. The guitar was also created and recorded by him, who was only 17 years old. His classic anthological guitar riff, on the Brothers Johnson recording, was played by guitarist Lee Ritenour.
@skinnyman-rv1xi
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the 411.
@pinkyblinders7352
4 жыл бұрын
I want this music era back .... Now.
@rickmitchell363
7 ай бұрын
Me too 😢
@dagmonrabal7547
Жыл бұрын
MASTERPIECE LOCK IT UP IN A TIME CAPSULE SEND TO THE STARS 🎉🎉🎉
@vvavie4858
4 жыл бұрын
I wish people still dressed this way
@JackClemen
11 ай бұрын
dude on the cowbell knew he was apart of something big
@C3Muscle
12 күн бұрын
I got a fever…
@kdm313
10 күн бұрын
😂
@JAZARISTARLIGHT
17 күн бұрын
I just learned how hard it was for them to learn this song. And all this time I thought this was their original 😂
@WilberWiley
Ай бұрын
GREAT SONG, BRINGS BACK MEMORIES. THAT IS WHAT TALENT LOOKS LIKE. AWESOME!
@patrickjordan5633
2 ай бұрын
As a 100% white boy I can truly appreciate this!! Git da funk outta my face, I'll be good to you, Strawberry letter 23. Just absolute genius. I'm so glad this was my soundtrack growing up. BTW.. Don Kirshner's rock concerts were the SHIT!!!! Nothing will ever capture the music and the times like this program. If you don't think so, just look it up. Unlike other shows (Top of the Pops, any Merv Griffins/Dinah Shores) there were no dubbing or pre-recording. Just live music!!!
@tpjr63
15 күн бұрын
👍right on white boy, just like Meee..❤❤👍👍☮️☮️☮️☮️
@dynjarren8355
8 ай бұрын
My jam from childhood! This is great! They sound the same live as in the recording! Excellent!
@Hillers62
Жыл бұрын
I was 17 when this song first came out...I didn't care for it...but years later, I saw it for the masterpiece it was...
@jeffsparey9585
Ай бұрын
Your the same age as me
@EricMajchrzak
Жыл бұрын
Childhood memories, hazy hot summer nights. Love it!
@DaveRucci
11 ай бұрын
Louis steals the show!!!
@davidjohnson1654
2 жыл бұрын
This is my jam! And my man on bass was on fire!
@imrickjamesbiitch69
2 жыл бұрын
The bass guitar 🎸 intro is stone cold 🥶 🙌🏾
@sporkfindus4777
Жыл бұрын
WOW!!!!! This does the stunning record version proud! A little quicker, but performed so well. I'd have been buzzing with energy and pride had I been up there. The guitar break was spot on, even with added speed. A little hypnotic reverb swell at the end of the twin guitars would've been chef's kiss.
@DianeHddock-oi9je
8 ай бұрын
Oldies School's music 🎵🎶🎵
@jipfluffy2143
4 жыл бұрын
So if you ever Need a definition of the phrase “slappin that bass”. This is your instructional video. Also props to those amazing 70s jumpsuit LOL
@williamhello8215
Жыл бұрын
When I used to hurt us on the radio as a kid the guitar break seem like it came from Mars I completely didn't expect it but you actually hear them do it live was amazing
@Auntkekebaby
2 ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥 That bass in the pocket with the drums? Ohhh!! That's some NAStY sht!!! I played the first minute 50x. STANK!!!!
@13909ie
2 жыл бұрын
Wish I was born during that time 🤩
@jeromealexandre4162
10 ай бұрын
First heard this in Jackie brown and was blown away
@TheSecurityCamChannel
2 ай бұрын
As was Beaumont
@jrivers8305
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful!! Genuine musicians and artists, now why can't we have bands like this today?!!
@mikeymaff8074
2 жыл бұрын
Good Lord,this is SO freaking good.These guys were so underrated
@Greybush46322
5 жыл бұрын
This is so amazing. Amazing song, amazing group, and an amazing live performance. Great talent on display. Nothing sampled or autotuned. This is how music should be. We'll probably never see it done right like this again in the R&B genre. So sad.
@leggomyeigonosensei
3 жыл бұрын
When I try to imagine what heaven is like, I would have to say, it's probably like that guitar solo....floating....eclectic....euphoric...but most importantly....funky.
@bigstickful
2 жыл бұрын
I just loved these guys
@just82much51
3 жыл бұрын
I have to give a whole bunch of credit to the Brothers Johnson!!!! What an excellent Performance!!!! GREAT bass line throughout (the guy is on fire), excellent guitars in the instrumental bridge, spot on backing vocals and overall, everything!!!! It's one thing to do it In the studio, but to replicate it live is where the real talent shines and these guys had it!!!!
@Mike-yg8ig
Жыл бұрын
Louis Johnson was a monstrosity! No one better.
@MarkShelton-wq1de
11 ай бұрын
OMG. Relax
@jeanclaude4
Жыл бұрын
Louis Johnson one of the bass greats. Up there with Jamerson
@brotherjahluv
5 жыл бұрын
Earth, Wind and Johnson
@SirOsgoodSexton
6 жыл бұрын
A brilliant song. Love the original but the Brothers J added something (unlike most covers). Great live performance.
@emirmohsseni9038
Жыл бұрын
when your own drummer amazed by your guitar solo and look to the other guy while playing and say "FIRE" !
@raulerrman.5401
5 жыл бұрын
George Johnson plays the guitar left handed , reminds me of JIMI HENDRIX.
@mibelloaleman
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly! And he was so fine! Such a beautiful man. Awesome voice.
It is crazy how they dressed back then. Like, that was NORMAL back then, ha.
@ultrafaga1947
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@tomgorycki7176
3 жыл бұрын
Louis Johnson should’ve had a camera dedicated to him for the entire song. RIP Thunder Thumbs!
@jeffsparey9585
Ай бұрын
Just a classic song
@prilljazzatlanta5070
Жыл бұрын
This song exists yet there are still people analyzing Stairway to Heaven.
@pianoarmond
5 жыл бұрын
That fro was dope as hell.
@CloverAve
Жыл бұрын
Brings back A LOT of memories! Great live performance!
@davideoliveiracostasilva1920
3 ай бұрын
Much luv from Brazil....
@ap674
4 жыл бұрын
This was impressive.
@alohazard7529
2 жыл бұрын
SMOOTH......
@hehatemedavis1937
6 жыл бұрын
Beating the shit out that cowbell!!!! Chris walken is proud
@akinayodele3055
3 жыл бұрын
Don't call yourself having arthritis trying to play that guitar solo part lol. Respect to Shuggie and George!
@ryanweir365
3 жыл бұрын
That guitar solo was my Dad Alex Weir
@Intricateofmolasses
Жыл бұрын
@@ryanweir365 your dad is a legend.
@cehayes74
10 ай бұрын
@@ryanweir365-Your dad is bad ass 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 !!!
@dimplesd8931
4 жыл бұрын
OMG amazing live version. Grew up listening to TBJ. RIP Louis
@dannywilliams8071
6 жыл бұрын
George had the best fro ever
@GrunATL
4 жыл бұрын
@Lamont Wilson So did Neal Schon!
@GrunATL
4 жыл бұрын
Lamont Wilson That’s for sure! 😃
@tonymoreno1416
6 жыл бұрын
Now thats talent
@mattcleary85
5 жыл бұрын
Thought the breakdown at 2:09 was keyboards until I saw this. Wow. Great live version.
@GrunATL
4 жыл бұрын
Some nice clean arpeggio work, isn't it?
@joanjones3677
4 жыл бұрын
@@GrunATL Yes George Johnson
@exterminator_1986
3 жыл бұрын
bro same here! but is it really the guitar on the album track?
@mitchb2305
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that is pretty impressive, that they not only played all that on guitar but also SYNCED their riffs so perfectly.
@mattcleary85
3 жыл бұрын
@@exterminator_1986 Now that I listen to the original, all I hear is guitar. Pretty amazing!
@jameswhitejr.7551
8 ай бұрын
I just love the breakdown of this joint the guitar's are of the chain and the bass.
@robertluna5816
2 жыл бұрын
The epitome of cool!!!!
@freshstart5006
Жыл бұрын
Amazing!!
@RockWithYu
5 жыл бұрын
(Sigh). when's the last time you saw a live television performance that featured this kind of musicianship? Rather than bemoan today's music and performers, pity them - and especially their fans - because they don't get to see the talent that so many of us 70s babies took for granted.
@byronjones9299
5 жыл бұрын
THE KINGS OF SUPER COOL !
@JT-wb9hl
3 жыл бұрын
You can really hear that bass on this one. Love it.
@davidpicard5376
2 ай бұрын
Arghh the seventies was such a flamboyant era
@roberty7998
2 ай бұрын
The studio version is a masterpiece
@beckysharpe20
3 жыл бұрын
Classics 💜🎶
@pwc7475
20 күн бұрын
2024
@DRLEWIS
2 жыл бұрын
Funky. That bass.
@anthony720
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome song
@Cypeadelic1
3 ай бұрын
Did George have the perfect Afro or what
@willtimmers5064
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah "KEEP THE FUNK ALIVE"
@aimeuache7074
Жыл бұрын
EPIC
@BeansMaskSheen
6 жыл бұрын
does anyone have a stereo copy of this..kinda sounds like its behind a waterfall. very cool footage though. Don Kircschner should relase the whole vault imho like midnight special. Gotta Find the betamax stereo version of this performance. This is the only live version i can find on youtube before the band doubled the speed of the live version.
@stacyhackney6100
5 жыл бұрын
Loved them.
@charlesbronson4282
2 жыл бұрын
2 words. Bad. Ass.
@pinkyblinders7352
4 жыл бұрын
Guy in pink: That feeling when youre the only white that got invited to the cookout 😂
@bloodline3727
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😆
@Rasbiff
4 жыл бұрын
The drummer is also white though.
@Intricateofmolasses
9 ай бұрын
He’s actually Latino- his name is Ray Gomez.
@jdonaldson8976
3 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@martincarlyle946
Жыл бұрын
And me again.
@lortiz7
4 жыл бұрын
Both Bothers Gone way too soon
@alexbrennor73
4 жыл бұрын
I am one of the biggest fans of the Brothers Johnson and in the studio they could do no wrong but for some reason when they performed "live" they could never quite recapture that sound they created in the studio, My brother and i always have this argument about some entertainers when in concert, at first i thought it was because of them being live but after seeing Stevie Wonder,George Duke,The Isleys and especially Luther Vandross in concert then i knew for a fact that the same sound in the studio could be repeated live for the artists i just named sounded exactly the same on stage as in the studio.....may Thunder Thumbs always rest in peace and may his spirit continue to live on
@xxcelr8rs
2 жыл бұрын
They did great live. But this song is/was a Quincy Jones PRODUCTION I'm pretty sure. Born to Run is electric in concert, but turntable and headphones is where the 17 buried guitars and glockenspiels, and 50 other instruments mixed perfectly shoot it out the speakers like a rocket. I think Prince was influenced by this song, "Pop Life" in that songs production.In his vocal delivery too. I love these lyrics I bought 2 45' records in my life. This one of them. I heard it at the roller rink, knocked me out. Still knocks me out. I still have to play it on you tube once a year at least. There has been no other song like it before or since. It is it's own thing.
@checkanr138
3 ай бұрын
studio music is completely different from live performance. i have been to many concerts and i actually enjoyed live music mostly more than the albums.
@Auntkekebaby
2 ай бұрын
A great song blueprint is when you can breathe more life into it live. You don't need to repeat the studio version. This is a sick version Epic funk.
@roberty7998
2 ай бұрын
Lee Ritnour is a master
@southsideman4891
2 жыл бұрын
Other than the horrible horn sections, it was fascinating seeing the guitar riff live by the original artist and creator with accompanying guitarist: that is probably my all time favorite guitar riff on a song.
@jeanclaude4
Жыл бұрын
Pretty incredible guitar harmonizing live. You would never see that level of skill today
@simonbyrd6518
5 жыл бұрын
It IS cool!
@rickb1266
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting!
@timurmusabay4822
3 жыл бұрын
a shuggie otis CLASSIC
@dianabazan5352
2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@sicherheit
2 ай бұрын
Whoa, you never see the Shure SM59 anymore.
@snarkyenigma9219
2 ай бұрын
I dare you to pull up the (psychedelic) lyrics to this one, and try to sing along. Good luck.
@santacollins9276
11 ай бұрын
Can somebody tell me where is the saxophone player and what's his name 🎷
@cliffsunn5237
3 жыл бұрын
Forgotten the guys name playing the Strat...??...But he also did a stint with Talking Heads...Great rhythm player...!!
@gypsycat26
3 жыл бұрын
Cliff, that's Alex Weir. He's a cousin to George and Luis. He played with both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club too.
@cliffsunn5237
3 жыл бұрын
@@gypsycat26 Alex Weir...Of course...I actually bought a video of Alex explaining his rhythm playing and even on the video he was talking and acting as cool as...Thanks GC...
@scenarionoww
5 жыл бұрын
What is the name of the idiophone at :10 , (not the cowbell) ?
@Mozart2Muse
Жыл бұрын
I think the word "underrated" is used way too often and I have never used it while commenting on YT, but I will say it here - This ensemble truly was underrated. Why just look at this performance, (objectively), and you can see and hear it. These guys were serious musicians.
@checkanr138
3 ай бұрын
one of the brothers - louis - recorded with michael jackson for thriller and many other famous musicians. quincy jones recorded their album. they were famous and had some chart hits. i would not call them underrated by any means. "Johnson also worked with Andrae Crouch, Angela Bofill, Aretha Franklin, Billy Preston, Bill Withers, Björk, Dave Grusin, David Diggs, Deniece Williams, Donna Summer, Donn Thomas, Gábor Szabó, Herbie Hancock, Hiroshima, Irene Cara, the Jacksons, James Ingram, Karen Carpenter, Kent Jordan, Kenny Loggins, Leon Haywood, Lesley Gore, Makoto Izumitani, Natalie Cole, Paul McCartney, Peabo Bryson, Peggy Lee, Phil Collins, Pointer Sisters, Rene & Angela, the Ritz, Rufus, Sérgio Mendes, Side Effect, Sister Sledge, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Sweet Comfort Band, Temptations, Toshiki Kadomatsu and The Supremes." that is the creme de la creme of music right there.
@dannyv.m.625
4 жыл бұрын
Esa guitarra en el intermedio es para fumarse un troncho y volar..solo dejarte llevar
@gabepenn7386
7 ай бұрын
Shuggys tune
@TheAirZeus
6 жыл бұрын
This is an example of when a cover is superior to the original. Sorry, Shuggie... it just is.
@cehayes74
6 жыл бұрын
Air Zeus Shuggie didn’t mind, he was paided very well !!! I believe him & George are close to each other also !!!
@paulfield1
6 жыл бұрын
Beg to differ. The original is the best. And the amazing thing is that Shuggie was a teenager when he composed his masterpiece.
@lyricalabyss
5 жыл бұрын
@@paulfield1 Both versions are classic. For me though, this version is magical. The production is sheer perfection in my opinion.
@Cre80s
5 жыл бұрын
Funky Town is another example. I love Lipps Inc.'s original, but Pseudo Echo perfected it.
@jayleeds2006
5 жыл бұрын
...you're right. I didn't even know Shuggie existed or that he originally wrote Strawberry Letter until last year. ...but I do like Shuggie's version as well.
@james51453
3 ай бұрын
In the year 1977 BR (before rap), when black guys could actually play instruments.
@mrronx
4 жыл бұрын
Funk'n
@catboyzee
5 жыл бұрын
It that John 'JR' Robinson on the drums?
@BobSchusterMusiccom
4 жыл бұрын
Richard “Brutal Noodle” ..........
@Intricateofmolasses
9 ай бұрын
Richard Diamond.
@MrSticks9999
5 жыл бұрын
List songs that do not have their title in the lyrics . . Go.
@charlesscales1377
5 жыл бұрын
"Tomorrow Never Knows" (the Beatles)
@MrSticks9999
5 жыл бұрын
@@charlesscales1377 I should say, songs that people have ever heard :) That is a Beatles song I promise you 99% of the people have never heard. Here's a few more that are well known. Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Dog and Danny's Song.
@rodneymcgee429
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent piece played, who can give thumbs down to this
@jermainelandrum6768
5 ай бұрын
Dudes in back doing the Schomey and yall new kids that Bobby Schmurda invented something… shame.
@spitfirered
5 жыл бұрын
This song belongs to Shuggie Otis and No One Else!!!!
@checkanr138
3 ай бұрын
they dont claim ownership and this is a good cover version. one of the brothers dated the cousin of otis and that is how he found out about the song that was recorded six years before this version which was produced by quincy jones.
@mitchellbaxter6314
5 жыл бұрын
Fucking awful audio. Why do so many people clutter KZitem with shit quality like this?
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