Hamilton Bohannon Disco Stomp

[audaceinfuga]

great!!!!!!!!!!!



[bensimps123]

i wank to this

[bananasplitsable]

Great song!

[dickmoore327]

This is a great, underrated disco number from the 70s, but the video is one of the best on youtube, just hilarious. It really looks like those 20s flappers are doin' the Disco Stomp!

[pogospace]

Excellent. Fab song, takes me right back and the video is genius

[TheSanctumSanctorium]

The only part of my royal navy training was listening to this tune lol

[MrLindylu]

this takes me back, i love it

[Hbomb6440]

loved this in 76 love it 35 years on x

[mrkapokakis]

big time clasic



[Phoneme1000]

A horrible video but a very good song.

[MsBkirk]

I can remember James Hamilton in Record Mirror noticing that the verse of Hello's 'New York Groove' had a passing similarity to this. And when the voice says 'New York City' on this I think of Tom saying 'don't you believe it' in the Tom & Jerry cartoon about an exploding white mouse that escapes from a laboratory!

[robbee23]

Nice, I've always enjoyed the Bo Diddley sound and the numerous spin offs.

[MrArtistred]

nice 1 Jack, takes me way back mate, thanks.

[beastygeorge]

What a stunning track!!!

It gets my toes moving instantly!

=)

[leggsuk49]

Thanks for the upload, great tune.

[vdgrinten]

Great cult track. Disco started here!

[dorkdoll]

funky far out fabulous

[davidabailey]

A bona fide classic.

[peterjohndean]

Like the video. Ain't nothing new under the sun.

[peterjohndean]

Like the video. Ain't nothing new under the sun. Hope YouTube don't smash it.

[TheAgProv]

Just rediscovered this... years and years before Paul Simon and Graceland, African rhythm hits the charts. Would this have been banned in the old South Africa, that bastion of inter-racial liberality?

[wolfoutlaw1]

6 BRAINLESS PEOPLE NEED TO GET A LIFE.

[cidedwards31a]

I love this, it's what Bo Diddley could've done if Hamilton produced him for a disco album, back in 1975 or so.The music still sounds great to me now.

[meatfeet43]

I used to play this in the clubs way back then

A TRUE CLASSIC

Thanks for posting this.

Brings a hell of a lot of the good times flooding back.

[jackogrid]

100,000 + views.............Thanks everyone, I feel that I've arrived!

[superspap]

@jackogrid You came?

[Idawa61]

man, i was in a'burg , germany in the army at fiori kasern and i was 20 all we did was dance, this sho takes me back, thanks

[hanseatus]

Yes endless grooovey , stompey stuff

[stepawa]

still have this on vinyl (45)...

[wolf1percenter]

jackogrid , thank you for this, so good to hear again.

[markntfc1]

reminds me of school summer break 1975 happy long hot sunny days

[MrFirstdutch]

yeeha  !

[selseyball]

Still sound's good even today !!!!!!!!

[grout20]

thanks! ... oh those memories!

[mperry60]

Johnny Marr!

[suevee]

sound tune

[BrummieBill]

Brilliant wonderful memories does anyone remember the victoria and weymouth bars summer of 1975

[PURPLESIOUX]

Choooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooon :o)

[mapsan1]

So nice - disco time back in time - still quite nice!

[philwear]

Sheet .. i bought this cold on a good review in "Blues & Soul" ... i was into northern soul at the time ... but had a few 'funk' singles like Jimmy Castor 'King Kong' ...

[Jako32]

wow this is an awesome video!!!!

[MsJezza1]

another classic that reminds me of the Palace Lido in the Isle of Man 1975.

[MetaLBooshiE]

@MsJezza1 Great memories at the Lido that year pity it has been knocked down

[MsJezza1]

@MetaLBooshiE hi , are you from the island or where you holidaying , I was working there for the season, yes pity about the Lido, is the casino still there .

[MetaLBooshiE]

@MsJezza1 Hello, Me and a friend were on holiday over there, there was a casino

downstairs at the Lido but the main casino is still going in the hotel on the prom.

Where were you working?

[sarahjeanluvsmusik]

Where did you find this classic footage thanks for posting great video and great song!!!!!

[MiK3i]

hey Philadelphia!

[Serendipipity]

Nice, das Filmchen =)

[resikolen]

Warm summer evenings in Lloret de Mar way back then!!! dancing to this great record... Walking down memory lane seeing this again...Great

[oscarmacca]

@resikolen

Yep, not heard this since '75. If you couldn't dance to this you were dead from the waist down. Fabulous!

[resikolen]

@oscarmacca just like "Girls" Moments and Whatnots... same time period I guess

dance till the earling mor'n...

[oscarmacca]

@resikolen

It's tempting to say it, so I will............why does no-one produce stuff like this anymore?

[STEVEFINNERTY]

i think Johnny Marr may of dug this... !.

[mapleavenue77]

@STEVEFINNERTY Did you see this video? Search "Marr" and "Rickenbacker" and you see Marr acknowledge it. You have a great ear if you picked it up on your own...

[MiK3i]

@mapleavenue77 i clocked it, that's why i looked up this song. i'd never heard it until now. and i seem to love it.

[desasterz]

@STEVEFINNERTY That's why I looked it up. It influenced "How Soon Is Now" apparently.

[dek469]

wow memory lane this is so goooood anyone remember another dance track called south african man by hamilton would love to hear that again thanxxx

[TheShmoo123]

Oh,,,,school discos.

[tusbluftusbl1]

good old video, nice song! when I was a little boy I always listened to this 45, nearly every day! After this I changed kind of music.... what a nostalgic thing!

[jasonptify]

oh the 70s ,, thanks Hamilton Bohannon and jackogrid

[miraeja]

this record was the inspiration for johnny marr's recording of guitar on how soon is now. check out the youtube interview "johnny marr rickenbacker"

[Psychedalien]

I LOVE this song soo much!!!!

[Promoagent]

This song sounds so much like Bo Diddley and I wouldnt be surprised if their is a connection here.

[criztafer]

i can imagine people going sick to this in wigan casino

[UGFront]

Those gals at 2:40 sure can jit!

[pjubagoni]

one of the best

[Ragnemalm]

This is from "Insides Out" (1975). The WARR page descibes it as "two rhythm guitars playing cross rhythms over a steady bass and drum vamp, and not too much else", and that is a pretty fair description.

[zzyzzx8]

Freakin' ace man!

[ssballs]

Stop and go was the best but.....mmmmmmyummie this is good!

[blagger56]

Takes me back to the "Victory" club at HMS Nelson, 1975 (and one or two other places as well...

[hanseatus]

impossibel to get enough,allways great funkey stuff ,do it.....

[papacha7]

takes me back to CLOUDS in edinburgh 1975 Papacha

[redfred46]

Not really my cup of tea this but found it cos of The Smiths / Johnny Marr 'How Soon Is Now' connection. Interesting to know where the inspiration for the song came from.

[gretscher]

Also, sounds like Michael Jackson wanted to sing like this guy.

[gretscher]

Man, Johnny Marr from The Smiths was not kidding when he said that the inspiration for "How Soon Is Now" is this song. I hear what he means and more.

[Avaruth1101]

TUUUUUUUUUNE!!!!!!!

[wolf1percenter]

Thanks, gotta find my single.

[lufillolufilli]

Bohannon was very danceable and hypnothic!!!!

[frederickyongtong]

Not heard this song for years and years! Thanx!

[eiderduck2]

wow this takes me back - cheers for posting x

[ESQYV]

génial c'est le père de MJ

[LadyNoName2]

Wow,I danced to this a lot ,it was my favorite,lve not heard for all these years,fantastic.Thank You.

[Glamking1]

This was used as the theme for 'Disco' one time in one of the episodes in 1977 and because then it was later dropped in 1978.

[anythinbootneck]

That was brilliant to hear again and great film to watch while listening, thanks!

[jackogrid]

Well I heard this in a square in Tenerife, sunner 2008. Realised I hadn't heard it for nearly 30 years....and just couldn't get it out of my mind for the rst of the holiday. Got home and decided I needed to do something , hence this video. got put together once I was back home! I dunno about you, but I think the black & white film just makes it even more fun to see/hear.  Anyway, glad to see some of you are enjoying the fruits of my evenings in the square, Golf del Sur!!

[THEBREEZED]

where did u go back home to this was part of the wigan scene  aka mr breeze

[resikolen]

@jackogrid Warm summer evenings in Lloret del Mar way back then!! I just loved this record...

[lomaspez]

the first lp of Bohannon is from 71 i think and is called "Bohannon"His best sogs are from a record from 74 or 75 anwith a song in it called "let´s rock the band" where he developes most his original style of repetitive funk crude guitar riff and an "on and on" kind of singing.

[Bolly558]

Saw this guy live at Baileys club in Hanley Stoke-on-trent UK roundabout 1976/77 time. He was amazing live, both drumming and singing. I believe he was originally a Motown session drummer. Thanks for posting this great all time dance classic....

[kidsofpenzance]

love it!

[joshyguitar93]

haha have you all lookeed it up after tha johnny marr interview?

[mikey71]

bingo! and totally worth it! :)

[Kaufbelig]

Yeah.

The Tom Tom Club also give a shout to the HB in "Genius of Love" Bohannon-Bohannon"!

[ralphpursell]

you caught me!

[justlovegreatmusic]

Yes, this influenced How Soon Is Now.

Just as Morrissey nicked lyrics from A Taste Of Honey and countless other films Marr blatantly took ideas from everywhere (nothing wrong with that!!).

The intro to There Is A Light... was actually stolen from the intro on Marvin Gaye's Hitch Hike.

That's how great music evolves.

[lasher46]

Nice bit of info, see! any music , as long as it floats your boat. The Smiths respect!!

[vampyr1960]

wow !  fantastic

[alebarbie00]

I loved it...and I'm loving it now.

[blabanane]

endlich hat das jemand reingestellt ....danke,danke,danke

[matelot95]

Can't quite believe that this was part of the inspiration for the riff in The Smiths 'How Soon Is Now?'

[goonerbrain59]

takes me back 2 `when i were a lad`.

[donthompson10166]

Top song from a top era

[GuppieLove08]

i also watched IMAGINE with Sir Alan Of Yentob

[PickledStone888]

Did you know that this inspired The Smiths' " How Soon Is Now?" Think about it!

[chemysery]

Have u been watching BBC 1? lol.

[jameshem]

i read that in 'songs that saved your life' .... cant hear any tremelo effect or owt..

[grotting]

it was also the inspiration for Slash to write Mr Brownstones intro riff

[swittle]

a seminal tune

[djamalk]

one of his best single ever.....

[discocrazy75]

Really enjoyed that, great video.