Lionel Richie - Brick House - The Commodores

[TheSincere14U]

I LOVE Classic R&B music! Lionel did NOT lead the original recording of Brick House that sold MILLIONS of copies of this song for the Commodores. It was their drummer, Walter "Clyde" Orange. People should always fact check & make sure they credit the right artist(s).

Please go to YT and pull the LIVE, original "Brick House" video. Even the person who posted that video didn't recognize the difference between Lionel and someone else singing lead. Peace!

[8bobthebuilder]

Oh no you stopped it at the best bit..the transition to.....Fire!!!! :)

[MrDarklurkker]

yeah lionel used to be the sax player if i remember

[clydeferries]

Soul Funk filled the floors of over a thousand Discos per night in the mid 70's , them and the Brothers Johnson ruled.

[adb2112rob]

fantastic bass playing great band one of my fav songs

[flavorina]

Here's a song I listened to every morning a few yrs ago while receiving radiation treatments at M. D. Anderson hospital, The black and brown nurses and X-ray technicians had the best music....they would ask each patient what song they would like to hear.

[fritzfrau1]

sorry I have to say there is NO ONE like Lionel singing this song, or any other song that he and the Commodores put out.. He made it what it is...he makes every song what it is.

[DaBigMotor]

@fritzfrau1: The problem with your comment is that Lionel did NOT sing the lead vocal for this song with the Commodores. It was the drummer Walter "Clyde" Orange. Thre's even a video of it here on Youtube...

[experiment0003]

@fritzfrau1 I know somebody done cleared it already, but you should check your facts next time! lol

[jfilesbooks]

I was just listening to the remaining members of the commodores do an "updated version" of this on an old Soul Train episode. It didnt cut it. Im glad Lionel stayed true to the original groove.

[memorysticky]

Walter "Clyde" Orange and Lionel Ritchie altered as lead singers. The original lead singer of this song is Walter Clyde and Lionel Ritchie on Saxophone. Personally like Walter singing on this song much more than Lionel.

[8bobthebuilder]

@memorysticky Really? I thought it was always Lionel Richie's voice on this song? Who is it on the original recording?

[YottaSidedDice]

@memorysticky I agree.

[8bobthebuilder]

@memorysticky yes i agree, Clyde's voice sounds deeper, stronger and more funky :)

[Gvieto]

Lionel Richie and the Commodores were one of the best bands in the 1970s.

[tomoboy1969]

Lionel Richie ROCKS! He's my number 1 fan! I like him as much now as I did in the 70s! AWESOME!

[msst33]

@tomoboy1969 You must be pretty special to have Lionel Richie as a fan!

[dime1046]

theyre still cool

[alexandramartin007]

As we say in the UK.....Shit Hot!

[RunawayTrane]

where's Thomas McClary? smh @ Ritchie...NOW he wants to do funk

[gdub520]

@RunawayTrane lionel did what he had to do when he went solo all those yrs ago...as my alltime fave group i was hurt as hell when he left....especially when he never seemed to officially leave...he just kinda drifted into his own projects and never came back....lots of bands -disband- but now, artists realize they can get paid if they reunite....he's already performed with ron lapread and thomas mcclary...its a matter of time b4 they all get together again....i'll be there to see it i hope

[MUSICENCYLOPEDIA]

@gdub520 The group has been trying to reunite for years; they did some dates together last year

[jimmycoar]

geez he's like 57 here he's aged well

[palpatine1975]

awesome.......lionel is still hot after all these years.....rock on lionel!!!

[nivak11]

this is from Lionel's "Live in Paris" DVD which was released in 2008.

[lauraamf]

Where was this concert?

[bernardsmalls]

oscar seaton kicking it on the drumz