Labelle Lady Marmalade In SPAIN 1974

[Shandra9000mail]

That guy is so adorable.

[sitedezynz]

Gawd if I'd have been sitting in that audience the sheer force of the vocals would have blown me backward! Black folk sing like nobody else in the world!!! DIVA!!!

[Bookworme95]

Who is that couple they kept showing. and that other woman?

[SuperBnichols]

soul sistas from mars I see why patti was lead singer

[SuperBnichols]

soul sistas from mars I see wht patti was lead singer

[SuperBnichols]

soul sistas from mars

[morenakyss]

stos espanoles estan muertooossss!! ke pena!! pinches estirados!!

[mrlittleripper]

i kinda likes it naaaaa it was awsome lol !

[MrsD7777]

ROTFL!!!@Dude in black! Whut De??? HaaaaHaaa! AS IF he could even Handle them Beautiful Funky Divas "LA BELLE"!

[mendene]

Audiences in Europe were supposed to act "polite". They didn't learn how to let loose till Disco swept Europe in the late 70's. It wasn't just Spain... They enjoyed it though! Love LABELLE!!!

[kprodigy11]

I didnt even pay the audeince any mind it was all about Labelle...

[zoituduende]

raphael!

[Ichabod1880]

I hate all these comments about spanish audience...

You all seem to forget that there was a dictatorship in Spain until 1975. We suffered 36 years of dictatorship!!

During that period, people who was standed out they could even being murdered! Did you know this? Do you know how much fear and pain all that people could feel in that moment?

I'm not saying Labelle's a bad singer or that she deserved to be ignored (she's a music goddess). But the last thing they were worried about was to clap.

[PuertoUSA]

This was still the time of Franco, so the people were still traumatized and not ready to fiesta like they do now.

[czahair]

they need to get rid of that crowd oh my god

[BahamutImpact]

This is an awesome performance. And a funny one too.

[yklv]

grande raphael¡¡¡

[kimberly9000]

Whew! NO ONE outsings Patti Labelle, not Aretha, not Whitney, not Mariah, and definitely not Pink or Christina. She's a force of nature.

[vidform]

Sometimes, it can be nice to spread a little American culture to the rest of the world... like good music. But it is painful to watch that guy try to pick up some groove. Ouch! I'm sure they appreciated Labelle performing for them, but they sure as hell didn't act like it. At least they tried. Feel the groove, people.

[cachaquis]

Rafael's invitation is so hilarious 2:23

[Lovealways180]

As far as the crowd all I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!! Lord I've never seen such a dead crowd in my life!

[gimbadeebum]

@Lovealways180 I wouldn't want to sing their Family Reunion Party Ha Ha . You couldn't move that crowd with a fire under their ass.

[fyabun]

They must be spanish aristocracy, bcaa dem deeeaaad

[ffandfb]

gosh, they seem to have so much fun :D really fun to watch !

how old was that spanish guy ?

[jppuertorico85]

that was too much funk for the crowd!

[florgat91]

the Spaniards are afraid of these negroes !

[iboudiop]

Maybe Labelle should've sang "Danny Boy" or "Down The Aisle," That might've woke them Spanards up.  ;-)

[AbeokutaCity1]

This is an amazing clip - when did life turn so bloody boring?

[PatsBooks]

The audience is dead!

[fernandezdecepeda]

yes it is...sometimes I feel so shamed of being spanish...they don't have any good taste for music..

[MisterCrazyLegs]

I think they were TOO MUCH for this crowd. These folks had NEVER seen anything like Labelle, bless their hearts...

[mheerd]

Whahaha! Labelle shoud have kicked that idiot off stage! They were certainly wearing the boots for it.

[richiecomp]

That "IDIOT," as you put it, is none other than RAPHAEL from Spain, one of the greatest vocal voices in the whole freaking world, if not THE greatest. He was gracious enough to host Patti Labelle on his show, and he was just joining in on the fun. If you have no idea about the circumstances surrounding that performance, then, perhaps, you should refrain yourself from making statements that other fans of Raphael might find offensive.

[butler372]

HE WAS GREAT!!!!

[sljjrphd]

Thanks for posting this. I am a huge fan and never saw this either. GReat Job. WOOOOO

[barnabirap]

look at his face at 4:44XD

[highbelter]

OMG! Am a huge fan and have never seen this. AMAZING clip. Thanks for posting this.

[WinsWard]

This is toooo much. Labelle are freaks! Vocally they are the fiercest ever! The Spanish sure didn't know how to take them...as with most people hence the reason why they weren't so mainstream.... Patti really held it down and her vocal style on Are You Lonely is a beautiful take on how she normally used to sing it.... Go Girls....!

[STORMYB]

PATTI TORE THAT VOCAL UP!

[nerotenore]

Yes

[chandiggy]

Awesome clip

[prjr1973]

Labelle was fabulous in front of alot of embalmed people! you go girls!!!!!

[iboudiop]

I can see why this was lost in the annals of time: what a bore BUT consider this: Spain was enduring the last year of the Franco;'s "blonde" dictatorship, isolationist, and had not experienced the "Movida." Labelle may has well have been aliens and no one, as you see here, would utter a word.

[sljjrphd]

This is Awesome. I Love how Pattie Just went left infront of the dignataries...like "You dont have to like me but you will RESPECT ME."

[gassygoon]

That clip is something! Labelle in their spacesuits. And in front of the sedate " Royal Family of Spain " or something. They put up with that goofy host well.

[Noodleydoo]

Wow--fantastic--never saw this

[LaBelleOfTheBall]

What a dead crowd. And that host looking all in Patti's mouth like she's an alien. Every note she hit he went "ahhhhh" "oooooo" lol.