WONDERFUL music from THE PAST!!..What happened with the music? Now a "song" saying the word "BABY" 1000 times is easy a hit. And, curiously, ENGLAND make real & good music (Jamiroquai, Amy Winehouse, etc) and U.S.A. not..
GREAT! great tune, gret singing, great memories! There's a live video on youtube that's worth checking out too, just had me smiling with 'back in the day' feelings!
Sirius/XM Radio Channel Soultown brought me here! This song came out the year I was born. DAMN. 1972 was sweet! I believe in the human family without a doubt but integration messed us up. We are no near as talented a people as we used to be.
I Love both versions! "Bobby Womack" gives a more soulful version, and "New Birth" gives it an upbeat, lightly funky, dance version. But both versions are really great!
I saw them live when this song came out and it was the first and only time i ever saw a group play their hit song TWICE during their set because the audience DEMANDED IT !!! them boys set it off in livingston college gym!!!!
i saw them live when this song came out and it was the first and only time i ever saw a group play their hit song TWICE during their set because the audience DEMANDED IT!!!
New Birth's live performance is wicked! (check out the you-tube upload, the only downer is that you can't leave comments) The lead singer blew me away, the back-up singers and the band were awesome! I can't understand the audience though, every body in the place should have been doing it on the good foot! You can't make me understand that!.
I just finished listening to Bobby Womack's version (replayed it 3 times) I love New Birth but after listening, I had to back track to Bobby's! I am however doing it on the good foot! Baby, baby, Baby, heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
New Birth did an okay version of this song. Bobby's version is still the best. New Birth's lack the grit and soul. The tempo was too fast. Matter of fact the only other version that comes close to rivaling Bobby's is the one done by Kokomo. Sorry New Birth. But do love their ballads. Peace
I'm sorry, I've heard Bobby Womack's version, and I like New Birth's version better. This one always got people up to dance no matter where and when! Bobby's was finger popping groove.
@PAMCAKES1946 bobby is great but newbirth took it away from him with funkiness.you have to have been 8yrsold and heard bobbys' version then be nine yrsold and hear newbth blasting out of this ladys' house with all the kids slinging their heads off while the leaves of fall fall.they made this song feel so damn good to a kid.
Being born in 1952, put me right at the start of the biggest musical explosion of the 60's and 70's. Thanks mom and dad for making me your first born, while having fun doing it.
Awesome! This was my theme song back in the day. Thank you for putting up this version! Loved everything New Birth made esp. Wildflower. They were truly ahead of their time (along with the Jimmy Castor Bunch)!
Oh my goodness!!! I have this song on my iphone. Love this jam. This is music of my generation. Not that rap mess and digitized music. This is music along with greats such as Sly and the Family Stone; Heatwave, Blue Notes, Delonics, Con Funk Shun and many more great artists. Hey this would make a wonderful added addition to Unsung.
Funkier than a fat mans draws. This one song made me want to learn to play the lead and bass guitar. Those cow bells can make your granny shake her fanny too. I love funk, soul and just good music, moves my soul for real.
Ain`t nothing like sweet soul music. One of my all time favorites. How can you avoid the temptation of pressing rewind when this jam is on? I know I can`t.
@obscene248 Please flag obscene248 as SPAM, let's stop these fucking spammers from advertising their website's like this was some kind of free ad space.
that album cover with the black eggs was my favorite album to clean my grass on! LOL and I can understand it was my favorite by New Birth. Thanks for the memories.....gave up grass a long time ago though!>LOL
How can you die twice? By listening to the studio version, which was already a killer that I've been listening to since I've been a kid, and then looking at the 6:24 live version, which, in my opinion, confirmed The New Birth's status as one of the greatest, most underrated bands of the 1970's and killed me again lol. They play and sing "I can understand it" to the letter of the studio version but, they built upon it with the rawness, power and emotion that only a live performance can bring.
Snap! This song takes me back in time. I'm in my early thirties. But, I first heard this song in North Carlina when I was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC when I served in the Army. I heard this song on the radio in my car driving to dinner with a girl I was dating . . . and damn we started jamming to this song, my bones were shaking, my body was gyrating, and we got down. I'm anglo (Cuban/German). . . but I assure you . . I was moving like a "brotha" with all the fire running through my veins.
THIS WAS THE JAM BACK IN THE DAY. YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY SOUND EVEN BETTER TODAY THAN THEY DID YESTERYEAR. EVERYTHING NEW BIRTH SANG WAS GOOD. THE VOICE THE MUSIC.AWEEEEESOME.
This has always been my JAAM and I was only 6 when it dropped! I don't know if any of you had a chance to check out the live version here on Youtube; I just did and Leslie Wilson was nothing short of phenomenal. Check it out.
Can ya'll smell the STANK on that?!...I can. And "I Can Understand It", too...LOL. New Birth, is the "sho' 'nuff" shit, dude. What ya'll know 'bout this, right cher'??
@alexalot23 there were so many underrated groups because there style did not crossover but they were stars above STARS where I grew up. Can u Understand it!!!!
yes yes back in the day....also i was a drummer and this an d gotta get a nut was the best and challanging to learn and to play however it made me better
Me and my band worked relentlessly to capture the power and style of this band in those times. It wasnt easy but they and Earth, Wind & Fire were some of our favorites to copy.
As the drummer this was especially challenging because unlike R&B, Funk & DooWop the drummers did very little other than keep time. Here Harvey Fuqua has all kinds of riffs, rolls and gallops. Something unheard of before THIS group came on the scene.
Thanks for clearing that up. Its been a very long time since ive been that intimately involved in the music industry. I havent even played in some 10 years.
Pimpin' Cool
shadowmixx 6 days ago
YOU DAMM SKIPPY ... 1972 WAS REAL REAL SWEET, MUSICALLY.
bftiger75 6 days ago
@bftiger75 Was it!, I was standing on the bar at the Wonder Gardens in Atlantic City when they tore the house down.
kalifson 2 days ago
Wooooooooooooooooowwwww!!!!!!!
aealston 2 weeks ago
one of the most underrated horn bands, Everything else was soooo tight!
Lascellesful 4 weeks ago
WONDERFUL music from THE PAST!!..What happened with the music? Now a "song" saying the word "BABY" 1000 times is easy a hit. And, curiously, ENGLAND make real & good music (Jamiroquai, Amy Winehouse, etc) and U.S.A. not..
funkberto 1 month ago
BAYBAY....BAYBAY.....BAYBAY!!!!!!
looksrdeceivn 1 month ago
i can hear bobby womack in this ... you can tell this is a bobby womack song...
looksrdeceivn 1 month ago
@looksrdeceivn all through it,but they went in on it.
nbnybeats4u 1 month ago
One of my favorite groups back in the day.
beewee61 1 month ago
GREAT! great tune, gret singing, great memories! There's a live video on youtube that's worth checking out too, just had me smiling with 'back in the day' feelings!
ttopballer 2 months ago
I CAN TELL HE LOVES TO SING!!! DAMN
SEXYLADYFROMTHE80s 2 months ago
Sirius/XM Radio Channel Soultown brought me here! This song came out the year I was born. DAMN. 1972 was sweet! I believe in the human family without a doubt but integration messed us up. We are no near as talented a people as we used to be.
palmares77 3 months ago
LOUDER!!!!!!!!!!
kissmylipsification 3 months ago
Turn it up!!!
sjr10011 4 months ago
I Love both versions! "Bobby Womack" gives a more soulful version, and "New Birth" gives it an upbeat, lightly funky, dance version. But both versions are really great!
romeoelectric 4 months ago 7
@romeoelectric I Agree!
musicminor25 4 months ago
Forget what's out today...this is REAL SOUL MUSIC!!!
eracism09 4 months ago 3
I saw them live when this song came out and it was the first and only time i ever saw a group play their hit song TWICE during their set because the audience DEMANDED IT !!! them boys set it off in livingston college gym!!!!
blacknuss6 4 months ago 3
i saw them live when this song came out and it was the first and only time i ever saw a group play their hit song TWICE during their set because the audience DEMANDED IT!!!
blacknuss6 4 months ago in playlist NEW BIRTH
New Birth's live performance is wicked! (check out the you-tube upload, the only downer is that you can't leave comments) The lead singer blew me away, the back-up singers and the band were awesome! I can't understand the audience though, every body in the place should have been doing it on the good foot! You can't make me understand that!.
adjforreal 4 months ago 8
I just finished listening to Bobby Womack's version (replayed it 3 times) I love New Birth but after listening, I had to back track to Bobby's! I am however doing it on the good foot! Baby, baby, Baby, heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
adjforreal 4 months ago
New Birth did an okay version of this song. Bobby's version is still the best. New Birth's lack the grit and soul. The tempo was too fast. Matter of fact the only other version that comes close to rivaling Bobby's is the one done by Kokomo. Sorry New Birth. But do love their ballads. Peace
seneferu5 5 months ago
One of the few remakes that are actually better than the original. No disrespect to Bobby Womack because he's one of my favorites also
tw8willia76 5 months ago 3
This dude LOVES James Brown
Krooksbane 5 months ago
I'm sorry, I've heard Bobby Womack's version, and I like New Birth's version better. This one always got people up to dance no matter where and when! Bobby's was finger popping groove.
Sydelle66 5 months ago
NOPE, BOBBYS' VERSION HAS MORE TOP END----------OUTRUNS THIS ON THE FREEWAY ENYDAY!
timpriddy73 6 months ago
this was the beginning of the disco era. the sanctuary & the zoo.
rioyaque99 7 months ago
Man, I am such a fan of Bobby Womack I almost feel guilty likin this version a little bit more..
PAMCAKES1946 7 months ago
@PAMCAKES1946 bobby is great but newbirth took it away from him with funkiness.you have to have been 8yrsold and heard bobbys' version then be nine yrsold and hear newbth blasting out of this ladys' house with all the kids slinging their heads off while the leaves of fall fall.they made this song feel so damn good to a kid.
ohmphthschwrhu 6 months ago
jacie i was 12yrs old love it!!!!
MrFranknitty718 7 months ago
Being born in 1952, put me right at the start of the biggest musical explosion of the 60's and 70's. Thanks mom and dad for making me your first born, while having fun doing it.
MrBlackdeath58 7 months ago 2
this song is a classic.
1973
southbronx1982 8 months ago
Awesome! This was my theme song back in the day. Thank you for putting up this version! Loved everything New Birth made esp. Wildflower. They were truly ahead of their time (along with the Jimmy Castor Bunch)!
Sydelle66 9 months ago
ONE OF THOSE CLASSICS THAT STILL MAKES THE CROWD RUN TO THE DANCE FLOOR TO GET HER/HIS GROOVE ONNN!"...((I can understand it!!!))
this tune is FUNKEYYY! Classics like this never die they just get better with time!
@musicminor25... keep em comin! SSSmokinnn PRICELESS GEM! Port!
port2344chester 9 months ago
I'm blessed to have grown up listening these and other Soul/ Funk brothers and Sisters...on this song New Birth did it to death/ life!!!
tftka 9 months ago
Oh my goodness!!! I have this song on my iphone. Love this jam. This is music of my generation. Not that rap mess and digitized music. This is music along with greats such as Sly and the Family Stone; Heatwave, Blue Notes, Delonics, Con Funk Shun and many more great artists. Hey this would make a wonderful added addition to Unsung.
pokey939 9 months ago
A GUY NAME JERRY BELL USE TO BE ONE THERE SINGERS YOU SHOULD HEAR HIS CD OF ITS BEEN A LONG TIME!! HES A BAD MOTH!! YOU KNOW WHAT!! HE IS ON UTUBE!!
jamesjames600 10 months ago
SHOWTIME!! LISTEN TO THE ENERGY-THIS WAS RECORDED IN ONE TAKE WITH ALL MUSICIANS AMPED UP AT 'SHOW LEVEL! DAS WHASSUP!
doctafonk101 10 months ago
This music can't be dubbed, or bit my man..Dis here is from the Gods of Israel ...there will be no duplications !
vanedajackson1 11 months ago
I used to play this song to death...I still have it!!!
aholmes99 11 months ago
Ollie Woodson shares some similarity!!!
reggiemunch 11 months ago 4
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Sounds like James Brown. Like it!
1976tech 11 months ago
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1976tech 11 months ago
I believe one of the Marvelettes sang with this band.
owsh123 11 months ago
i heard the magnificent pam Grier sang on this track.
MrBbaker57 1 year ago
@MrBbaker57 YES SHE DID-ON WOMACK'S VERSION!
doctafonk101 10 months ago
Like this version, but love the original by Bobby Womack.
almondy1963 1 year ago 3
Remember this one from a house party in Money-Earning! This and EWF's "Power" were our fave bump jams
mosfrostiest 1 year ago
"I know sometimes you wanna get away from home, but I get upset when you stay too long"...lol Wish I can put that on my front door!!
UMPBoss 1 year ago
Boy oh Boy. My childhood. I am sooo glad I was alive during this era. If you're too young to remember. You are soooo unfortunate.
davidvirgodc 1 year ago
Still one of my favorite tunes. Just good clean fun. Unlike what's put on the radio now a days.
MsGEMS1 1 year ago
Funkier than a fat mans draws. This one song made me want to learn to play the lead and bass guitar. Those cow bells can make your granny shake her fanny too. I love funk, soul and just good music, moves my soul for real.
vscol 1 year ago 5
@vscol I feel ya bro...I wish i was alive when this kinda music was out on the radio!
stress92 1 year ago
Funkier than a fat mans draws.
vscol 1 year ago
love that, "baby, baby, BABY!!!"
christheone8773 1 year ago
1972 The Turf Club Springwood Ave Asbury Park NJ dancing all night with the wilson sisters
ThePonceman 1 year ago
Bobbys version was good but this is the better one for me! They goin in!!!
Reevesbeatz1 1 year ago
One of my fav songs EVER!!!!!
Reevesbeatz1 1 year ago
"Do It on the Good Foot!" like James Brown
solesirching73 1 year ago
Now I love Bobby Womack but I think New Birth got him on this song so funky
nunile18 1 year ago
A good song to sing for a talent contest. If you sang this song right you might win.
CrowdPleeza 1 year ago
Absolutely funk music
zaid47 1 year ago
I Can Understand This Groove And Thanks To Bobby Womack For This Nasty Funky Groover
grooveskin 1 year ago
awesome track *****
SOULMUSICFX 1 year ago
Ain`t nothing like sweet soul music. One of my all time favorites. How can you avoid the temptation of pressing rewind when this jam is on? I know I can`t.
kevhar12 1 year ago
Grew up listening to Hard Rock & Soul , just liked any music that was Gritty and had soul and New Birth knew how to smack your BOO-BOO !
franz909 1 year ago
Now I have this 45. Thanks E.
oakland2949 1 year ago
@obscene248 Please flag obscene248 as SPAM, let's stop these fucking spammers from advertising their website's like this was some kind of free ad space.
gp5 1 year ago
that album cover with the black eggs was my favorite album to clean my grass on! LOL and I can understand it was my favorite by New Birth. Thanks for the memories.....gave up grass a long time ago though!>LOL
bassfima 1 year ago
How can you die twice? By listening to the studio version, which was already a killer that I've been listening to since I've been a kid, and then looking at the 6:24 live version, which, in my opinion, confirmed The New Birth's status as one of the greatest, most underrated bands of the 1970's and killed me again lol. They play and sing "I can understand it" to the letter of the studio version but, they built upon it with the rawness, power and emotion that only a live performance can bring.
6ft6cutie 1 year ago
Snap! This song takes me back in time. I'm in my early thirties. But, I first heard this song in North Carlina when I was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC when I served in the Army. I heard this song on the radio in my car driving to dinner with a girl I was dating . . . and damn we started jamming to this song, my bones were shaking, my body was gyrating, and we got down. I'm anglo (Cuban/German). . . but I assure you . . I was moving like a "brotha" with all the fire running through my veins.
WarezDaBeef 1 year ago
THIS WAS THE JAM BACK IN THE DAY. YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY SOUND EVEN BETTER TODAY THAN THEY DID YESTERYEAR. EVERYTHING NEW BIRTH SANG WAS GOOD. THE VOICE THE MUSIC.AWEEEEESOME.
MYGIRL56able 1 year ago
This has always been my JAAM and I was only 6 when it dropped! I don't know if any of you had a chance to check out the live version here on Youtube; I just did and Leslie Wilson was nothing short of phenomenal. Check it out.
bronxbabi100 1 year ago
New Birth rocked my world when I was growing up - and it still sounds just as good today!
SingItGrl 1 year ago
Sounds like Bobby Womack mixed with James Brown
kevonedmonds 1 year ago 3
hey ya'll should check the version by the valentinos.. that's the best version EVER!! respect to new birth they are great too!
miamiwax 1 year ago
Would someone PLEASE post "Pains of Love" Pleeeeeeeassssssseeeee
seperki56 1 year ago
Get on Down!
OldieGoodie804 1 year ago
This is grown folks music. This is the music that we listened to back in the day.I loved everything that sung. Awesome memories.
MsGirl1st 1 year ago
This version is MUCH better than Bobby Womack's.....
Diva2678 1 year ago 2
@Diva2678 New Birth's version has more anger in it. Bobby's was more bitter.
rjam1974 1 year ago
@Diva2678 - You can't be serious. Bobby Womack owns this song!! The remade his song. Hahahaha!! Now that's funny.
branstan8000 1 year ago
@branstan8000
Both versions are good. I just happen to like this one better.....I am crazy about Bobby Womack though. Just not on this song!!!!!!! Ha Ha
Diva2678 1 year ago
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@Diva2678 gotta disagree bobby,s is better
robwaying 1 year ago
Can ya'll smell the STANK on that?!...I can. And "I Can Understand It", too...LOL. New Birth, is the "sho' 'nuff" shit, dude. What ya'll know 'bout this, right cher'??
MisterCrazyLegs 1 year ago
@MisterCrazyLegs LOL! You're too funny. Love Bobby, but this version is much better. (Doin' the Penguin)
Sweetbabyvixen 1 year ago
@Sweetbabyvixen .. what the hell you know 'bout some "doin the penguin", girl...LOL...(doin the boog-a-loo)
MisterCrazyLegs 1 year ago
@MisterCrazyLegs Awww don't get me started, Daddy! (Does the Rubberband)
Sweetbabyvixen 1 year ago
@Sweetbabyvixen LMAO...hahahaha. I see you, homie!...awwwww, sookie-sookie, watch out, nah!!!..(doin the hucklebuck...LOL)
MisterCrazyLegs 1 year ago
@MisterCrazyLegs (Kee-kee laughing)....you ain't right!
Sweetbabyvixen 1 year ago
A classic.
bronxbabi100 1 year ago 2
Listening to this makes me feel like I'm at a family reunion. Loving it, loving it.
misshannah1983 1 year ago
lovin the guitar work on this here jammy.
iggypot 1 year ago
Hey lets dance......
ms4play2000 2 years ago 2
Love This Song!!!!!!!!!!!
nyiskillinme 2 years ago
you should hear bobby womack's version. kickass!!!!!
PMann9321 2 years ago
bobby wrote this especially for these fellas, then went and recorded it himself just to show them how it shoulda been done
pharoahsoulero 2 years ago
ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVA MADE!! thanks for uploading ;-)
haneehoo09 2 years ago
one of the most underrated groups.
alexalot23 2 years ago 15
More right you could'nt be.
PEACE
lovethemuisc 2 years ago
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robwaying 1 year ago
@alexalot23 there were so many underrated groups because there style did not crossover but they were stars above STARS where I grew up. Can u Understand it!!!!
endless441 7 months ago
@alexalot23 I have to agree. I'm a big fan of 70s music and I absolutely LOVE this group!
tw8willia76 6 months ago
great song!!!
buddyPIT 2 years ago
this was one of the best ever ...one only better gotta get a nut...number 1
nopyne 2 years ago
yes yes back in the day....also i was a drummer and this an d gotta get a nut was the best and challanging to learn and to play however it made me better
nopyne 2 years ago
Me and my band worked relentlessly to capture the power and style of this band in those times. It wasnt easy but they and Earth, Wind & Fire were some of our favorites to copy.
As the drummer this was especially challenging because unlike R&B, Funk & DooWop the drummers did very little other than keep time. Here Harvey Fuqua has all kinds of riffs, rolls and gallops. Something unheard of before THIS group came on the scene.
5 stars always!
wanshei 2 years ago 14
Harvey Fuqua produced "New Birth"!! Robin Russell was the drummer!!
musicminor25 2 years ago 6
Thanks for clearing that up. Its been a very long time since ive been that intimately involved in the music industry. I havent even played in some 10 years.
wanshei 2 years ago
I understand!! December 2009 will be 4 years for me!! I REALLY MISS IT!!! :-(
musicminor25 2 years ago
Start playin again if you are able!!! We need more cats to show these younger cats how its DONE!!!!
Fourstring04 1 year ago 2
Somebody call a doctor 'cuz Robin Russell on the drums is SICK!!!!!
spyderj1999 2 years ago 3
THAT guy has the craziest fills I have ever heard, listen the triple fills he's doing on the Kick drum!!!
allen6924 2 years ago
Tell me about it!!! lol
spyderj1999 2 years ago
@wanshei Did you play on this??
zdrumdude 1 year ago
groovin'!!!
readyforschool 2 years ago