Zulu swashbuckler. Kota kid I wouldn't mind seeing it‼️
@andreharris3727
Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah
@theroyalcrane
Жыл бұрын
This looks like A Goofy Movie during the concert!
@georgeblair4529
Жыл бұрын
The power of the jerhi curl.....😊
@IOSWebNetwork
7 жыл бұрын
When people were talented enough to actually play instruments. All hail RFTW.
@4Brazy
2 жыл бұрын
dumbest comment ever
@rashadharris4700
2 жыл бұрын
@@4Brazy Naww nowadays all they do is use them damn from loop packs..lol fake ahh beats
@4Brazy
2 жыл бұрын
@@rashadharris4700 true but most usually use real instruments when performing live
@columbusohio72
2 жыл бұрын
End of an era
@josephdouglas4959
2 жыл бұрын
Still playing this y'all 2022,2023& so on.
@yaknow11
8 жыл бұрын
Those curls were on point!
@R1Specialist
12 жыл бұрын
that bass line is awesome man.. ready for the world held it down
@_S_J_
Жыл бұрын
How does this not have more views? So underrated!
@josephsmall4270
6 жыл бұрын
That is some killer bass. Fantastic!
@92764baby
5 жыл бұрын
John Eaton killing that bass
@earnestharrison2064
4 жыл бұрын
The bass line on this song is killer
@michaelmathis6038
Жыл бұрын
You AIN'T Lying!!!!
@lisaknell1809
7 ай бұрын
This rhythm section is on fire!!
@blackbembel7794
6 жыл бұрын
Love that bass and keyboard playing combined with the unique voice = RFTW still in 2018 !!
@SouloSwang
7 жыл бұрын
Ready for the world was the mint condition of that time. Melvin is Stokely lol
@drummingdanny84
7 жыл бұрын
Larry Brown Yaaaasssssss!
@angelainyt
5 жыл бұрын
I agree! I can see Stokely and Melvin, and the bands just onstage jammin together, havin fun!
@jayskywalker5049
4 жыл бұрын
Not quite stokely but yeah still the shit... the band was tight
@alfatir14
4 жыл бұрын
@@jayskywalker5049 Always one...
@earnestharrison2064
3 ай бұрын
Considering that Mint listed them RFTW as one of the bands that inspired them on the Definition of A Band Album. I have to agree
@byronbenguche
10 жыл бұрын
I would love for UNSUNG to an episode about RTFW.I would watch that
@wpbdog1625
10 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@CharlieKaneSeattle
10 жыл бұрын
He'll yeah.
@DateMike22
6 жыл бұрын
That's what I'm sayin bruh!
@larryhawthorne9367
6 жыл бұрын
An unsung will NEVER happen..... Gordon Strozier made that clear......
@mizannwells8381
6 жыл бұрын
Larry Hawthorne Really? Wow
@lenraygandy
5 жыл бұрын
My friend Willie is jamming hard on this one... these young brothers threw down.... I am waiting to see them in concert again...
@macadon041
4 жыл бұрын
Willie Triplett
@Ause617
4 жыл бұрын
💯
@loosestudios
12 жыл бұрын
best-known hit "Oh Sheila,". This song in the US went to number one on the R&B, Pop Charts, and the Hot Dance Club Play charts that year, becoming the first ever single to hold the number one spot on all three of these charts simultaneously. Ready for the World is an American R&B band from Flint, Michigan who scored several moderate pop, soul, and dance hits in the mid- to late-1980s.
@jay123health
9 жыл бұрын
What a jam!!!!!!!! Can't beat the old Skool when people had talent and it showed.
@UNDFTDGordon
6 жыл бұрын
Tim Davis I didn't know that. I was disappointed to see that the lip and band synced their performance at the Montreaux Jazz Festival.
@catboyzee
10 жыл бұрын
Luv'd this record back in '86. Still listen to it on CD. One of the few Prince-alikes who were able to distinguish themselves as having their own sound...
@angelainyt
5 жыл бұрын
Prince, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Jesse Johnson influences are here!
@macadon041
4 жыл бұрын
I agree
@chirazhasnaoui8337
8 жыл бұрын
oh man ...i am so glad i grew up with good music, real music, rhythm, great lyrics and with soul.
@tonyray7679
Жыл бұрын
This song is so awesome!!! I listen to it everyday now.
@paulbernard2785
9 ай бұрын
totally 80's and I'm here for it!!❤
@earnestharrison2064
4 жыл бұрын
The bass line on this song is killer
@skinnakatt7924
4 жыл бұрын
These guys were the greatest...I had all their albums back then...I have all these songs memorized..sure miss the 80's!!!!!
@fightermma
10 ай бұрын
Are you male or female?
@marcusfistarol8270
Жыл бұрын
Listen Kids, this!!! Is music!!!
@poetgrande08
13 жыл бұрын
Melvin Riley's curl was TIGHT! Great song too.
@dwaynejeffers1632
2 жыл бұрын
Flint Michigan's greatest band...thank you Flint!!
@paistekid
8 жыл бұрын
That's it!! I am forming a RFTW tribute band...who's with me?
@levistgermain5814
8 жыл бұрын
I'm I was thinking about it when I hit college 😂😂👍🏾,
@paistekid
8 жыл бұрын
+Levi stgermain I am dead serious! If there's people out there who can actually pull off this type of music....i am in!
@levistgermain5814
8 жыл бұрын
+Alex Van Hagar you got to pull of the hairstyles too 😎
@paistekid
8 жыл бұрын
+Levi stgermain Oh shit...you're right about the hair! That's gonna be a tough one to pull off. tons of hair gel will be required and even then still not gonna get the same effect...LOL! Fuck it...hair implant it is!!
@levistgermain5814
8 жыл бұрын
+Alex Van Hagar bro the hair is easy, just go to the salon and ask them for Jheri curls 👌🏾😮. And tape up fade the sides a little 🔥, not the back 🙅🏿
@patsvideos4471
9 жыл бұрын
I love these guys!!! I'm surprised that there's not many actual music videos of them on here!! Just a handful!!
@Ause617
5 жыл бұрын
Classic 🎶
@tellysmuse5069
9 жыл бұрын
Yes this was my jam and still is
@barkinc5782
8 жыл бұрын
hi there are
@aray1225
12 жыл бұрын
''IF I LOVE YOU, IF I HOLD YOU, WOULD YOU LOVE ME TONIGHT... THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE FAST JAMS BY ''READY FOR THE WORLD''.
@lisaknell1809
Ай бұрын
I got to see Ready for the World, Midnight Star and Klymaxx all on one bill back in the 80s. Talk about dancing all night!!! ❤❤❤
@stephaniecampbell5131
6 жыл бұрын
I keep hearing the Minneapolis sound comparison ..And For me It's a resounding "No" ..They had a unique sound to me .It was youthful , bouncy , and different then Prince's deep dark sexual vibe ..Melvin had a great voice, which sounded nothing like Prince .Stop all the comparing , and give credit where credit is due .Stop lumping everyone who sounded different into the same space ..And I'm Prince #1 fan .But I could also vibe out to RFTW without saying purple rain ! Lots of bands had this vibe Toni Tony Tone , The Deele ,Mint Condition , ..and the list could go on .Every artist has someone they vibe to , like the sound off , but that doesnt mean they dont have there own voice .Underrated dope band , and Unsung does need this one under their belt .Peace out
@geebone37
6 жыл бұрын
Its funny though. Many folks thought the song Seventeen Days was RFTW.
@pooneyheat
4 жыл бұрын
In my opinion it did have the Minneapolis sound which was Prince's sound. And not the sound he created for himself but the sound he created for the Time. RFTW just added to it. The chords, basslines, and synths is what gave it that sound Minneapolis was known for.
@jkirby6576
4 жыл бұрын
@@pooneyheat exactly!!! Homegirl ain't understanding and it seems like she has a problem with ppl thinking no one tried to emulate what was hot then. If you remember Ebonee Webb they had a song Something about you which was basically Prince's Head and Detroit's Dreamboy who's songs were "Timey" as well. It ain't like other bands were copying even Zapp made a song Itchin for your twitchin which I think was homage to Prince and Minneapolis. And Stephanie I give em MAJOR credit they were one of my favorites I liked LTC better than their debut album the next album Ruff & Ready was average imo.
@snowblindreverend
12 жыл бұрын
That bass, damn.
@beccalovesmusic22
12 жыл бұрын
I'm 17, and this song along with Oh Sheila are my favorite songs!
@KiDCRuDi_
4 жыл бұрын
What do you listen to now that you're in your mid 20s?
@Macfrugal_
3 жыл бұрын
@@KiDCRuDi_ probably billies eyelash and other modern garbage lol
@IanS1018
6 жыл бұрын
They may be from Flint, Michigan but the city I associate in this song is Cincinnati. Cincinnati jams!
@crystalhoffler
Жыл бұрын
I had this album I was 14 years old, but I never seen this video on video soul !!!!
@morrisman64
9 жыл бұрын
WOW how did I miss this cut back in da day??
@CodyCole80
7 жыл бұрын
Morrisman Smith I know. My first time hearing it as well.
@abrahamjackson6019
6 жыл бұрын
The drummer, bring that 4 on the flo bottom hammer! Underrated band...
@DiddyKatt
6 жыл бұрын
Morrisman Smith You didn't by the album. That's how.
@mizannwells8381
6 жыл бұрын
Morrisman Smith I remember this
@mizannwells8381
6 жыл бұрын
New wine & New creature Right!
@jkirby6576
8 жыл бұрын
a lot of people call rftw Minneapolis wannabes I wouldn't go as far as saying that but you can tell they were heavily influenced by the Minneapolis sound and they were damn good especially without the help of Prince or Terry Lewis And Jimmy Jam!!!
@TheTayedrums
8 жыл бұрын
INDEED YOU ARE FUCKING RIGHT...THEY WERE A BAD ASS BAND...INFLUENCED BY THE SOUND BUT TOTALLY THEIR OWN FUCKING BAND....TOTALLY...THESE GUYS ARE MOTOWN NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT...FLINT ROCKS...THANKS RFTW....
@CodyCole80
7 жыл бұрын
Jerry Kirby Good observation, cause Jam and Lewis ruled the 80's. So glad I was a kid at that time. 😊 Great music and great memories. 👍🏾
@abrahamjackson6019
6 жыл бұрын
This band is so underrated..
@jesstheeempress
5 жыл бұрын
Randomly discovered this song on Spotify and now I am hooked ❤😍😍 (sn: watching this video and I am mesmerized by Melvin's smile 😁😍😊)
@strauqq1
4 жыл бұрын
Great song. A long time coming. Funky!
@apriljones6820
25 күн бұрын
I use to be in love with Melvin Riley. One of my favorite childhood group singer😊
@yukiii3318
5 жыл бұрын
I recently discovered this song and I really like it
@Ause617
5 жыл бұрын
That's great 😁
@MrJnorthern
11 жыл бұрын
RFTW4LYF! THIS is real music right here...forget that mess on the radio!
@NoNo-ks4gg
Жыл бұрын
During a five-year period beginning in '85 --- these Flint, Mi boys were just killing Black Radio with their style, sound and complete masterful musicianship! How do I know this . . . because I was there, and I lived it! #soimpressive #boyswasbad #facts
@ToddB987
3 жыл бұрын
I went high school with these guys.
@sheldontaylor2002
5 ай бұрын
Never knew these guys were like teenagers making these records
@KiDCRuDi_
4 жыл бұрын
I was born in '87 and my brother 15 years prior so we didn't grow up together. The little I knew of his tastes coming up were contained in shoe boxes-a cache of cassette tapes! I would listen and be exposed to this and tons of other mid 80s too early 90s music and I'm so thankful 😩🤘🏽
@austrieishmael7854
Жыл бұрын
💯🏆✊🏾🤞🏾💪🏾🤞🏾long life black peoples 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@bowieupland6112
Жыл бұрын
This was great music. But now, Rap destroyed your culture.
@darrentaylor5455
Жыл бұрын
They need an unsung episode, along with Slave.
@free2bpoppie
13 жыл бұрын
Yeah, now this is ready for the world at their best!
@user-dg4fr3bc1r
3 ай бұрын
Still Rocking With RFTW…Real Talent 2024
@randygiles9214
3 жыл бұрын
First...great musicians, that bass line & drum beats. Of course those Jheri curls!! Love the 80's!!
@ministermadden
Жыл бұрын
The True Rock stars of The Late 80s n 90s
@FORCEONEMULTIMEDIA1
12 жыл бұрын
I GET READY 4 THE WORLD OFF THIS JAM!
@ronaldlaury5370
7 жыл бұрын
will always be one of my faV groups...
@mrmfan-madeproductionsinc.6435
3 жыл бұрын
Long Time Coming is the second album by American R&B group Ready for the World. Three hits were scored from the album, including "Love You Down". It was released in September 30, 1986 on Lyrick Studios and Warner Bros. Records.
@kevinGotJokes
23 сағат бұрын
Still listening in August 2024
@tmzofficiel66
Жыл бұрын
💯💯💯la relève et prête #tmzofficiel
@e-jaythesupreme1504
5 жыл бұрын
Love everything about this song!!! Go Ready For the World!!!!
@BOVANATOR
4 жыл бұрын
Dude on Bass reminds me of Bernard Edwards....sounds like him too!😎🎸
@demeryjordan9344
8 жыл бұрын
I Love the old school!!!
@jasonwarnock8992
5 жыл бұрын
Dear Jesus please take me back to this. I really want to believe I’m just getting old that’s why I think new music is trash but it’s not me. Young people don’t know what they are missing.
@tiffaniesheree
Ай бұрын
Them young guys was really into their music..
@robertgee2369
5 жыл бұрын
Robgee..this was hitting in those days...song has incredible energy.they never got the credit,I also believe that da new jack swing came out of this style.
@MadmanXXVII
2 жыл бұрын
Discovering quickly how UNDERRATED these guys were!
@princelover1
2 жыл бұрын
I was hooked on these guys day 1. I was a young teenager, who had the biggest crush on Melvin ever. When this album came out, I believe Tone Loc had just came out with Wild thing. My aunt took me to Westwood and we brought RFTW's tape. She was not a fan, but she was like let's pop it in the deck lol! She was loving it. I still love these guys! Melvin still fine and aging like wine!
@MadmanXXVII
2 жыл бұрын
@@princelover1 Unfortunately, he's not with RFTW anymore. :(
@bobcummings8228
5 жыл бұрын
STILL JAMS IN 2019!!! :D!!!! Miss these guys alot!
@beyondwaves
10 жыл бұрын
This music defined an era and offered more than what was on the surface? Was the world ready??? I do not know, all I know I was and still am, love is the music we make,peace is a dream you can not fake,ready for the world they know what is the best cake,to them theyre is no second rate. First class musicians everyday...
@24434AbdulWakil
22 күн бұрын
Walkman era in High School hallways !!
@mcmaniac1000
13 жыл бұрын
@MegaMrbass ...mannnnnn.......I always loved their musical craftsmanship. Good luck getting a group of brothers together to do r&b/funk and they actually PLAY their own instruments.
@bobcummings8228
5 жыл бұрын
Still one of my fave JAMS by my homies from Flint, RFTW!!
@OceanBroadway016
9 жыл бұрын
It's been a long time coming 4u 😽
@MTR602
5 жыл бұрын
RFTW my favorite group of all time.... Still!
@ministermadden
4 жыл бұрын
Legendary Group Their Songs were Amazing
@jayskywalker5049
4 жыл бұрын
Michigan is shaped like a glove for a reason and its because we cold with it 🤓🤓 dude on the keyboard in the back doing the schoolcraft if you from Detroit you know about that
@TJSol
12 жыл бұрын
I use to love this group in elementary & junior high school!
@gritzgravy1760
5 жыл бұрын
Heard they are finally getting an Unsung. Bout damn time
@marshalltravis3217
10 ай бұрын
Takes me back to 1985 in the Army. My wingman and I put many miles on my Subaru between Lawton Oklahoma and Sheppard Air Force Base….it was definitely worth the trip
@gmcneoplan84
2 жыл бұрын
It sure feels good to see a RFTW video where all the members of the band are shown and are smiling and having fun. I know Melvin was the unquestioned star of the group (he played instruments too and he wrote most of the group's songs in their run before the New Jack Swing era and after that era), but like I said, this video was a trip for me and other RFTW fans to see the other members of the group getting a chance to shine or be seen.
@leonblack7736
4 жыл бұрын
HE WASNT FUCKING AROUND ON THAT GUITAR.THEM RIFFS COLD
@robertcummings8088
6 жыл бұрын
I will be a RFTW fan 4ever! my homies from Flint,Michigan. Would have loved to have personally known them too!
@geebone37
6 жыл бұрын
Whats stopping you from meeting them? They are doing the old school concert thing nowadays so check them out.
@playyuh
5 жыл бұрын
Gregory Reynolds thats true but i wish i was around during the 80s to meet there younger selves with the bad ass jeri curls & 80s fashion
@abrahamjackson6019
7 жыл бұрын
The drummer is bring that 4 on the flow ! bottom hammer,!!
@robertcummings8088
6 жыл бұрын
This was THE JAM from this lp in 1986! It still IS in 2018!
@robertgee2369
5 жыл бұрын
Robgee....I love this song and video...the whole thing is a feel good vibe.ready 4 da world rock dat era.. peace
@dwaynejeffers1632
6 ай бұрын
I miss the music,the style of clothes, turning 21 and clubbing back in '86
@birdy369
6 жыл бұрын
UNDERRATED
@bobcummings8228
6 жыл бұрын
They need to COME BACK--long time ago! I met one of them years ago!
@user-ie2yx9xm4x
8 ай бұрын
😂 I love this kind of music man it reminds me when I was a young man 55 is the new 30
@EmanualBAvery
3 жыл бұрын
Prince's twin sounding band.Loved them boys.They were my favorite.
@Sniperwolfmr
14 жыл бұрын
That brotha is punchin' the shit out of that bass.
@dc1741
3 жыл бұрын
Use to sing this in a cover band I was in back in the 80s. Fun times.
@valeriehowell-mcnulty4926
10 жыл бұрын
This is THE CUT!!! I LOVE IT!!!
@jetscapo9737
26 күн бұрын
Melvin & those baselines MADE RFTW
@anthonywright1539
8 жыл бұрын
THIS BAND WAS BAD ASS HELL,BUT WAS OVERSHADOWED BY THE PURPLE ONE !!!!!!!!!!!AT THE SAME TOKEN EVERYBODY WANTED THAT PRINCE LIKE FUNKY SOUND,THIS MUSIC SHOULD BE RELEASED AGAIN LIKE NOW,SO PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT PLAYING MUSIC IS REALLY ABOUT!!!!
@bobcummings8228
6 жыл бұрын
Still one of my FAVE JAMS by RFTW! My homies from Flint!
@Ause617
4 жыл бұрын
Yessir!
@5822huron
11 жыл бұрын
I think I just got some curl juice on my eye:))
@adaora1357
7 жыл бұрын
StraightoutofGeorgia lmao
@TheCameronbubba
6 жыл бұрын
Straightoutofchiraq Lol
@robertgee2369
5 жыл бұрын
Robgee...this was a time when things made sense
@dustyroze150
2 жыл бұрын
🎼Midwest Sound mixed in wita lil bit of Minneapolis Sound🎵
@jonayers-rk5uv
4 ай бұрын
I so wish I could’ve been old enough to see this stuff live
@darrylhagwood7054
Жыл бұрын
Now tell me just close your eyes and listen to the beginning of that intro and tell me that doesn't give you a prince vibe okay Carry On
@johnashton4776
4 ай бұрын
The end if the Jerry Curl era.
@zarcon85
5 жыл бұрын
that's when it was actually MUSIC ...lol...when people actually played instruments or learned how to get substantial stuff out of REAL musical machines, like the linn drum i see here, the OB 8s or a juno 106. that was acual, reliable and great sounding ghear. they could actually write, sing, dance and play their instruments. back then we had THE TIME, Prince, Sheila E, The Deele, Midnight Star, Cameo, the Bar-Kays and so many other great funky groups. all we got today is algorythms and idiots on codein.
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