Can anyone help me out with a song title and artist? There is a frequently heard old school r&b song that i can't identify. I hear it often on Philly area radio stations the music is very rhythmic similar to this song and some often repeated lyrics in it are:the way I like it watching you do your thing,the way I like it makes me want to sing. Just heard it today on WRNB 107.9 after this song was played. I tried searching here but can't find it.
Yo, GTown in tha house! we had a klub that Breakwater would play at up in cheltenham shopping center, I went to school with a couple of the band members
remember the astro disc, Dr perry johnson, the hippo, and that klub at 5th & pike?
Yea - This was a stone cold jam in the early 80s... I had a couple of buddies who were into Funk, and we lived in BumF West Texas, but they could get KKDA on their big antenna out of Dallas (200 miles away) and picked up on this...and we also had the "first" rap in Sugarhill Gang, Kurtis Blow, etc....and we were nerdy white kids!
I got into DJing just because I had this with me in my car when I got stationed in Ft Campbell, and I'm from West Oak Lane too "Ock"!!! Now I'm retired from the Marine Corps in Virginia, switched from the Army, lol, long story!! What up Joe Ock's from Philly!! What up!! Peace.
smokewater26 I,ve been looking for this group since I was 17,and it got lost at a party that I DJ ing for. This was one of my favorite groups.This is how Smokewater got his name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your exactly right!!! Lets not forget the other battles as being from Germantown we had regular battles between the Powerhouse Band from North philly, and the ever feared Chillfactor Band with my Boy Toby Johnson on drums and the K on Keyboards.
Aiight!!! This is for everyone from the Philly area!! The gigolo and the jordache were the dances when this was out!! Do you remember, and can you still kick 'em!!! Great post!!
@strongrj OMG! I remember them both very well, and remember doing both dances to this record! Wow! I didn't think anybody else remembered those dances. U have made my day!
philly was the place to be in the late 70's!!! breakwater would practice and party in a storefront on market street bet 59th & 60th streets. philly had the bands breakwater, brutus, raw image. who remembers the battle of the bands at myers playground 58th & chester ave. The blockparties and plateau(teau) would blow this out. at the plateau we would dance in the dirt at the bottom of the hill near the concession stand.
@nasdparis I remember all that shyt..I was at the batlle of the bands concert in the mid 70s..Breakwater , Natural Soul Brothers LTD , and Malo..Malo didn't show up so "Force of Nature" played in their place...Force of Nature was at one time call "Soul Deviates" (sp)...Remember "Brittesweet" , "Axis" and "Gypsy Lane"..??? Lots of great music played in those years....where are the young bands..???
@nasdparis don't forget a group called Raw Soul used to play in Caroll Park at 59th & Thompson. This group went on to become Frankie Beverly & Maze. Those WERE the days...
@nasdparis I'm from North Philly and even though I had moved to Memphis by then I remember coming home and getting turned on to Breakwater. I took the album back to Memphis and blew my friends' minds. I use to play and I remember bands use to battle in Philly all the time. Back in the 60's and 70's the Soul Devalents, a local band blew away Kool and the Gang at the Blue Horizon, at the Top and Bottom Cabaret put on by Club Bourbon. Philly had the musicians back then and we knew how to party!
I grew up in West Oak Lane in Philly ....this was the jam at blockparties. I would get a quart of Champale from the deli on Ogontz AVE and a joint and go to all the blockparties...19th street,Mount Airy. Anyone in here from the WOL knows what I'm talking about. I'm 45 now retired AF and live in middle GA. Remeber KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN. Check out music by Miles, Trane, BIRD or MONK AND TRY TO DATE IT! You can't because REAL MUSIC has no concept of TIME. Thanks for the memories!!!!!!!!
groovinheerlen Thanks for the clip....I've been trying to locate this single for years! Man this tune brings back good memories back in the Old School days...hey man, talking to ya from the Bay Area! Right On!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was the jawn back in the day it was played at many block parties in Philly and at Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park. Breakwater was a local Philly Band who had major airplay especially on WDAS FM 105.3 my two favorites from Breakwater is Spashdown Time and Do it till the fluid gets hot (Girl I love what you do to me)
This was the Jawn back in the day it was played at many block parties in Philly and at Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park. Breakwater was a local Philly Band who had major airplay especially on WDAS FM 105.3 my two favorites from Breakwater is Spashdown Time and Do it till the fluid gets hot (Girl I love what you do to me)
Yes I remember them all. I was the sax player in a local band during the time these bands were out. We use to play on gigs with them many times. I was in the band name "EARTHBOUND" formerly known as 'THE BROTHERS OF SOUL".
We were from North Philly. It is always good to hear the philly sound!
Blessed Lord in heaven. Those clothes. Oh well, It takes me back as well another gem on this site. Been about a hundred years since Ive danced to this one. Thanks.
now thats music!
antblue363 1 month ago
this wasn't just the cut in philly however. we jammed it in louisiana too. say you love me girl and work it out were also cuts in bayous!!!
sagidirasuli 4 months ago
Can anyone help me out with a song title and artist? There is a frequently heard old school r&b song that i can't identify. I hear it often on Philly area radio stations the music is very rhythmic similar to this song and some often repeated lyrics in it are:the way I like it watching you do your thing,the way I like it makes me want to sing. Just heard it today on WRNB 107.9 after this song was played. I tried searching here but can't find it.
bubblinbrownsuga66 6 months ago
Saw them in concert tonight in Philly. They ROCKED this...
OlSkoolMusiQueen 6 months ago
Yo, GTown in tha house! we had a klub that Breakwater would play at up in cheltenham shopping center, I went to school with a couple of the band members
remember the astro disc, Dr perry johnson, the hippo, and that klub at 5th & pike?
those were tha Dayz!
quickkster 7 months ago
@quickkster Wow you remember the Hippo? ..and the club at 5th & Pike? They were good times.
moormagic1 7 months ago
first heard this when a dj made me a tape.
djayy 9 months ago
People always sleepin' on Philly groups!!!! Breakwater was the shizz!!! when the DJ played this... IT WAS ON AND POPPIN"!!!!!
TROY0VANESSA 11 months ago
I've got this sudden urge to grow my afro back...
saxocopter 1 year ago
Yea - This was a stone cold jam in the early 80s... I had a couple of buddies who were into Funk, and we lived in BumF West Texas, but they could get KKDA on their big antenna out of Dallas (200 miles away) and picked up on this...and we also had the "first" rap in Sugarhill Gang, Kurtis Blow, etc....and we were nerdy white kids!
dlcasey222 1 year ago
Oh and You can find it in Japan if you look hard, I've got it on Cd's!!
PhillyMarine 1 year ago
I got into DJing just because I had this with me in my car when I got stationed in Ft Campbell, and I'm from West Oak Lane too "Ock"!!! Now I'm retired from the Marine Corps in Virginia, switched from the Army, lol, long story!! What up Joe Ock's from Philly!! What up!! Peace.
PhillyMarine 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me who made the song " Everybody Come and Go with Me"? Was it Breakwater? Where can I find the song?
ceanne0218 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me who made the song "Come and Go with Me"? Was it Breakwater? Where can I find the song?
ceanne0218 1 year ago
@ceanne0218 the group name is called pockets its on their 1977 album
missyred1000 1 year ago
PHILLY IN THE HOUSE!!!!!
2007foc 1 year ago
0 people don't know it's splashdown time.
TheStrix 1 year ago
What else can be said except-EXCELLENT!!!Unbeatable funk tune!
ilija11mali 1 year ago
smokewater26 I,ve been looking for this group since I was 17,and it got lost at a party that I DJ ing for. This was one of my favorite groups.This is how Smokewater got his name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MegamanProductionz 1 year ago
I wish this had some metal!
worldbuddy 1 year ago
Your exactly right!!! Lets not forget the other battles as being from Germantown we had regular battles between the Powerhouse Band from North philly, and the ever feared Chillfactor Band with my Boy Toby Johnson on drums and the K on Keyboards.
tj90292 1 year ago
Aiight!!! This is for everyone from the Philly area!! The gigolo and the jordache were the dances when this was out!! Do you remember, and can you still kick 'em!!! Great post!!
strongrj 1 year ago
@strongrj OMG! I remember them both very well, and remember doing both dances to this record! Wow! I didn't think anybody else remembered those dances. U have made my day!
kpitt1204 1 year ago
AHHHHHH!!!!! United Stakes of America and Skatetown in Rochester, NY every Friday and Saturday!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!
venosf 1 year ago
I remember The Groovin, i visited it regularly. Funk was/is my thang (formerly funk dj in Maastricht)....
notton155 1 year ago
philly was the place to be in the late 70's!!! breakwater would practice and party in a storefront on market street bet 59th & 60th streets. philly had the bands breakwater, brutus, raw image. who remembers the battle of the bands at myers playground 58th & chester ave. The blockparties and plateau(teau) would blow this out. at the plateau we would dance in the dirt at the bottom of the hill near the concession stand.
nasdparis 1 year ago 8
@nasdparis I remember all that shyt..I was at the batlle of the bands concert in the mid 70s..Breakwater , Natural Soul Brothers LTD , and Malo..Malo didn't show up so "Force of Nature" played in their place...Force of Nature was at one time call "Soul Deviates" (sp)...Remember "Brittesweet" , "Axis" and "Gypsy Lane"..??? Lots of great music played in those years....where are the young bands..???
freein2339 1 year ago
@nasdparis you bring backsome memories here! The plateau was the place to be every Sunday. What about the DJ's on the roof? Good times...
carlarc212 1 year ago
@nasdparis I remember the Battle of the Bands at Myers!!! Do you remember a Band from West Philly from the Mid 70s called "The Forces of nature"?
ItalianQue 1 year ago
@nasdparis don't forget a group called Raw Soul used to play in Caroll Park at 59th & Thompson. This group went on to become Frankie Beverly & Maze. Those WERE the days...
OlSkoolMusiQueen 6 months ago
@nasdparis I'm from North Philly and even though I had moved to Memphis by then I remember coming home and getting turned on to Breakwater. I took the album back to Memphis and blew my friends' minds. I use to play and I remember bands use to battle in Philly all the time. Back in the 60's and 70's the Soul Devalents, a local band blew away Kool and the Gang at the Blue Horizon, at the Top and Bottom Cabaret put on by Club Bourbon. Philly had the musicians back then and we knew how to party!
MrBillc1023 1 month ago
hey
nasdparis 1 year ago
West Philly in the house.....
freein2339 1 year ago
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this was my jammm!! i still have it on tape. LOL
djayy 1 year ago 2
@djayy ,8-track or cassette?(lol).
saxocopter 9 months ago
Take me back in Salem NJ when my older brother was listening to this singing around the house...i love the whole album.
playahatin43 1 year ago
Badd Band... Kae Williams died in 2008 while I was in Philly. I was so sorry to read that in the new paper while there. RIP Kae!
mychalsimonzmusic 2 years ago
Philly Sound!!! nothing like it!!!
pinkykj 2 years ago
extremely good funk track... one of my favorite to get on the dance floor... thank for posting...keep the funka alive
funkazoid2511 2 years ago
I grew up in West Oak Lane in Philly ....this was the jam at blockparties. I would get a quart of Champale from the deli on Ogontz AVE and a joint and go to all the blockparties...19th street,Mount Airy. Anyone in here from the WOL knows what I'm talking about. I'm 45 now retired AF and live in middle GA. Remeber KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN. Check out music by Miles, Trane, BIRD or MONK AND TRY TO DATE IT! You can't because REAL MUSIC has no concept of TIME. Thanks for the memories!!!!!!!!
WOL4lyfte64 2 years ago
woah, so true brotha "music has no concept of time" im 20 years old and this is my shit too!
taystroh 2 years ago
WOL in the house. I remember the block parties around Mt. Airy and Ogontz.
jrowland67 2 years ago
Not only was this an awesome album, but an awesome album cover too (gotta dig the outfits and boots)!
lurch321 2 years ago
this takes me back to jr high!!!
mrhollywood22cl 2 years ago
Check that break...
DrumGold 2 years ago 2
MIAMI ANTHEM
djmrbrown00 3 years ago
groovinheerlen Thanks for the clip....I've been trying to locate this single for years! Man this tune brings back good memories back in the Old School days...hey man, talking to ya from the Bay Area! Right On!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0for2 3 years ago 2
i remember sitting on the basement steps in watching them play (18th street, west oak lane). wonder where that big blue bus is.
chello1197 3 years ago
Midway Super Skating Center 1980 Miami, Fla :) Great memories!!!!!!!
shanashtee 3 years ago
This is Friday's and Saturday's at United Skates of America and Skate Town in Rochester, New York in the early 80's...YEAH!!!
venosf 3 years ago
This was the JAM!
PrissPop 3 years ago
EVERY SUMMER IN MIAMI BAABY!
silky1700 3 years ago
This was the jawn back in the day it was played at many block parties in Philly and at Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park. Breakwater was a local Philly Band who had major airplay especially on WDAS FM 105.3 my two favorites from Breakwater is Spashdown Time and Do it till the fluid gets hot (Girl I love what you do to me)
carlmanley2008 3 years ago
This was the Jawn back in the day it was played at many block parties in Philly and at Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park. Breakwater was a local Philly Band who had major airplay especially on WDAS FM 105.3 my two favorites from Breakwater is Spashdown Time and Do it till the fluid gets hot (Girl I love what you do to me)
carlmanley2008 3 years ago
This is a Philly favorite!!
Minordd 3 years ago
they played at my prom..overbrook 75...thanks for this..im in atlanta,,,wow takes me back....
toodark4u 3 years ago
TANHKS FOR THE POSTING. I LUV THIS SONG
lorayne101 3 years ago
This was the cut that kicked out many a block party and was a favorite at The Plateau!!!
hilltopboots 3 years ago
In Philly?
kpitt1204 3 years ago
Of course in Philly. I don't know of any other place in the country called the Plateau.
hilltopboots 3 years ago 2
LOL!Point well taken, and taken well! I remember hearing is at so many block parties, when they were real parties.
kpitt1204 3 years ago
My "play sister" married Vince of BREAKWATER. Do you remember local bands, BRUTUS, BITTERSWEET and BETTER DAYS?
elraheem 3 years ago
Yes I remember them all. I was the sax player in a local band during the time these bands were out. We use to play on gigs with them many times. I was in the band name "EARTHBOUND" formerly known as 'THE BROTHERS OF SOUL".
We were from North Philly. It is always good to hear the philly sound!
Mwilson861 2 years ago
I remember that group...Remember "Raw Image , Bittersweet , and "Brutus"...???
freein2339 1 year ago
Yes...Wasn't "Better Days" an all girl band..?? By the way , how's Vince doing..I didn't see him onstage at the reumion concert...
freein2339 1 year ago
Blessed Lord in heaven. Those clothes. Oh well, It takes me back as well another gem on this site. Been about a hundred years since Ive danced to this one. Thanks.
montey1 3 years ago
Philly!!!!
lyricaladaud 3 years ago
XCELLENT add-on!!!
hunn89 3 years ago
I remember this song but not the group!!!!!
promogirlz 3 years ago
Hard to find groove. Thanks for posting this song to YT!
cornutus11 3 years ago