Johnny Guitar Watson - Superman Lover

[2047thelaw]

I saw him perform songs from this album and others in 1977 at the Fox Theater. He opened for Chaka Khan/Rufus...great show and I got some great photos on Kodak slide film too!!! He wore a silver lame' suit and just killed his set. So when Chaka came on they really had to bring it!!!! Well let's just say they both did....wonderful artist, wonderful music.

[mysapience]

Gully Breaks!!!

[yeahhh771]

SWEEEEEEEEEETNESSSSS!!!!!!!!

[29perkins]

pimp music baby!!!

[torrimanu]

sooooooooooooooo funky and cool 

[Mischtchratzer]

he's singing this one for me.... LOL...... heheheheeeeeeeee

[lovetruthsoulseeker]

Nice and smooth and funky baaaabbbbyyyy.

[timindahouse2195]

heard this song on the roll bounce movie

[19ihearts96]

@timindahouse2195 Me Too :)

[TheKristoFunk]

Bang bang 5 *****

[fdmtech]

This is classic as it gets and listen closer to music palyed over the last twenty years this what people sample!!!!!

[chermelljackson1]

real pimpish! ya dig!

[loosestudios]

Watson died of cardiac infarction on May 17, 1996, while on tour in Yokohama, Japan. According to eyewitness reports, he collapsed in mid guitar solo. His last words were "ain't that a bitch", probably in reference to the song "Ain't that a Bitch". His remains were brought home for interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

[nu2thgame]

Classic...

[Loader2K1]

Somebody needs to make a music video using footage from Superman cartoons with this song.

[Mehefinheulog1]

3:39

ouch!!!!

[mraries510]

5 dislikes? wtf how? if you dislike this you need your ass whopped

[transelex]

im  stronger than a locomotive......pimp

[GodsTouch12]

gaah 17 and im blasting this shit

[KeemSong1]

CHECK OUT "CROCODILE TEARS "BY KEEN

[scratchalot209]

i love this track

[KeemSong1]

ha great album..and great title as well!!! lol.

[webstario12]

this mans album cover got so much swag

[krisj827]

Everytime I think of this song I think of 2 things:

1) Lois Lane

2) Sweetness from Rollbounce.

[okaythenbob]

A much used vinyl in my collection.

[baybgrl544]

thanks dad for raising me on this kind of music.

[RatedXxX96]

5 people are batman lovers

[kidhighlight15]

this is raw

[PhoenixFantasy00456]

This is really ironic ... Johnny Guitar Watson died the SAME day I was born. And most of all, I like his style. ~

[millionairewebmodel1]

RIP - "Tim Porter" 

[mystamuzikmann]

He gotta be 1 of the coolest cats to ever play the guitar. Too cool.....

[01tnql]

hmm......i see 4 relatives of lex luthor lurking about

[GordosMama1111]

that couch is not phallic at ALL..

[chriskoob]

@GordosMama1111 lol nope not at all

[cooltowncat]

the true definition of swagger!

[timetocomeup]

s/o to my moms for puttin me onto this!

[provantagehandyman]

I LUV U BONNIE!!DAPRO!YOUR CLYDE

[jankydeuces]

I was 5yrs old when this song came out and this is in my top 10 of all time.Even back then i knew how cool this was 

[whatthebuzzcola]

this is my new theme song

[pequueh]

Good music ofc. But im stoned and seeing that the left side of the couch looks like a black boner, Ciao

[2964paula]

@pequueh LOL I SEE IT TOO LOL.... AND YES I AM HIGH

[RomDonLom]

@pequueh IT DOES!!! Hahaha!

[ZNOPHOBIC]

I dont understand how someone dislikes this song smh!!!!

[IRONMANHONDO87]

Question to the 4 dislikes. WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM??! With all ofthe no-talents that dominate, how can you not like this classic? Johnny "Guitar" Watson was the "Virtuoso of Funk!" He also played a mean guitar. Have you REALLY listened to his music? There's nothing to dislike about Johnny Watson. No one in the industry today can even hold a candle to Johnny Watson. he not only sings, but he can play, write, and produce. he produced his own sound. Unlike todays charlitans of music.

[SuperJingo1]

Man I just heard this toon the other day driving thru saint louie, im an OTR DRIVER couldnt wait to get home) and play this MAN This is the shit Mant and im a child of the 70<s cant figure how this got by me.. Now im burning this shit outr!!!! This Cat is coller than Santa CLAUS!!!!!

[20zSketch]

real crip music haaa

[frossardstreetz4life]

"A Day Of Sooperman Luver" by Redman, "Compton's Lynchin'" by Compton's Most Wanted and "The Preadator" by Ice Cube!

[spidavenom4]

roll bounce. haha

[meangene408]

I looked at the picture and wondered why he had one leather leg.

[isavakoya]

This is that Blues Funk!!!!!!!!

[feelingoodinblue]

Now this is what you call pure r&b MUSIC!!!!

[divafabulista]

This was one of my daddy's FAVORITE artists . . . at 28, I appreciate music with instruments, not digitally modified. This is MUSIC.

[mixmaster317]

I got all of watsons vinyl...listen to "A real mutha for ya"..shit got bass!

[IceManLikeGervin]

Pure melted butta on a biscuit with a stack of flack jacks!!

[MrZach907]

THIS MAN WAS TRULY BEFORE HIS TIME AS WAS SO MANY OTHERS WHO CAME OUT OF THAT GOOD TIME ERA CALLED THE 70'S... I'M SO SORRY FOR YOU IF YOU WAS NOT THERE.... THANK GOD I WAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CrazyRaider77]

Sampled by Ice Cube - The Predator(1992). Also sampled by Compton's Most Wanted.

[Triton88keys]

@CrazyRaider77 DAMM your Right!! I just picked this up today BEEN jamming it all day long,,,Us Producers love the Oldie But Goodies 1 luv

88keyz-

[IRONMANHONDO87]

@CrazyRaider77 Sorry to hear that. This music was never meant to be sampled. It was meant to be listened to and enjoyed.

[20zSketch]

@CrazyRaider77 a yo dont 4get redman whut thee album?!

[Thesugarcherries]

love it

[three0234]

how about a hancock lover :P

[Kell1295]

yeeeeah!



[moreex2]

i'm stronger than a locomotive...and drunker than a mothafucka! peace y'all

[melende1970]

Funky Guitar !

[BobbyDigital1980]

I think Coolio sampled this for Fantastic Voyage.

[sherwinfitz]

@BobbyDigital1980 Coolio sampled Fantastic Voyage for Fantastic Voyage. The group was Lakeside.

[KingOfVersailles]

What an amazing cover

[ultravioleta3]

You are my superman lover of all time. Wish you were here!

[mrsoftee82]

i can luv that, i can luv that

[steelerdee04]

sweeeetness

[JayTekken1]

dis da shit dat make a respectable man wanna geta fly suit and a cane and den walk to everyplace they go witha lil limpn swaaaaag, rite on..

[MrGrownmane]

@JayTekken1 You almost made me sill my Yac!!!!! LoL

[flowerdrop1]

whoah ... for a minute I thought the sofa was his dong!

[dawsonfoster]

@flowerdrop1 Hey you not by yourself cause for a minute there I thought the same thing. lol

[deelowda1]

I love this intro ...... pimp on playa ....pimp on playa .

[LaVonte2006]

3 people or more aren't superman lovers

[JacobsReloaded]

@LaVonte2006 Werdd... I Love This Song and Im Only 16

[pokemonfreak265]

@JacobsReloaded  old school soul

music is tha best

[TheMidnightMaraude]

Redman and ghostface sampled ths nicely

[mrcapablanca]

So many people have sampled this song. That's how good it is.

[donovantrina]

yes tru pimps neva die feel me!

[louishenna]

A real player Texas Style.

[desbiens14]

Mr. Hood at Piocallee/Crackpot - KMD

[brooklynshariff]

This a smooth tight track, the type of tune a brother get in his ride and just put the car in cruise control. real mellow track...but he telling you his the man in a cool way. but this lady has done something to him. and it called LOVE.

[xxxMrBligexxx]

Mary J. Blige's "What's the 411?" and Lady of Rage's "Afro Puffs"...

[ambushed10304]

@PowerWoman2009

Compton's Most Wanted - Compton's Lynchin'

Very nice song, by the way! ;)

[ruledbythesun]

My mama had this album. Loved it!!!!

[MrMactab]

JUMP IN YOUR RIDE,WHIP AND TURN THIS UP YOU WILL BE FLYIN' WITH JOHNNY "LOOK LOOK UP IN THE SKY" "THEY CALL ME SUPERMAN LOVER"

[MaStEr615]

last words "aint dat a bitch" johnny went out like a true champ R.I.P man

[lezah28]

three people are cross eyed from the funk

[didufreakinno]

Check it out I love this I never would of known that Great Music was on You Tube!

[GrassLok]

daym much respect to Youtube users that know whats up 

[LEGSUDESIRE]

R.I.P Johnny...You took that sound and guitar with you..Thanks for the memories

[dawsonfoster]

This is a good song and the sound quality is very clear.

[ElectricBlueOil]

Johnny "Guitar" Watson was one of a kind, you will not see his like again.

[lie2meagain]

Right On with the Right On. Bad mutha!! Don't it take you back? R.I.P. JGW One of a kind he was!!!

[lanternarrow]

this soo smooth

[sweetemtastion]

this man was way b4 his time. He was making music for those who understood the way of the times. a cold peice. cali love all day.

[ladyslovecools]

lol i love how they mention all of the amazing sayings of super man an his powers

[3fos]

I LOVE DIZ SONG

~BUNNY~

[Fabdoe209]

afro puffs hahaha

[SuperbadIsraelite]

yeah the old school black music is way way way more advanced then the black so-called music of today...we need that spirit we had back then...

[imthebrother]

Lady of Rage also samples this for her classic Afro Puffs

[PowerWoman2009]

what rapper sample this??

[MrGreen13]

@PowerWoman2009 redman - a day of sooperman lover, ice cube - the predator

[PizzaBoy352]

@PowerWoman2009 Redman sample this..its called Supaman Lover..he also made a skit about it 

[OzzyTing]

@PowerWoman2009

I think its a song called "The nod factor"... thats what I thought when i heard this! It's an ill hip hop tune

[bigdickdaddycash]

@PowerWoman2009 Ghostface sampled this on the Big Doe Rehab on the track Supa GFK.

[jonnyQ2180]

@PowerWoman2009

MC Breed- Job Corp

check it..

[myrage721]

@PowerWoman2009 redman-sopperman lover. 1992 check it out!

[megamanxhunter]

@PowerWoman2009 Lady of Rage - Afro Puffs (Video Version)

[TheBombarie]

Love it

[cellmate1]

so cold....

[dynaco400]

Have played this wax back in the days. It's stiill the bomb.

[christopheergin]

yo CMW sampled this in COMPTONS Lynchin

[cartoonist1975]

Back when Black music was taken SERIOUSLY now it's ALL a j0ke.. and im black saying this so take it how you wanna but it's what im seeing today !

[ddesign63]

@cartoonist1975 .......AMEN........Preach Brotha', Preach!!!!  We look like Idiots now!

PEACE

[bluesman0480]

Funk don't get no better than this! Much respect

[BAYBEKDL]

I love that album cover aint that a bitch,get it the 2 girls is on the floor and the dog is sittin with him thats a classic

[sports1267]

Grwon folks music,,I love it..thnx 4 posting...I grew up with this music.....

[johnp5691]

also sampled by ghostface, goood shit

[johnp5691]

also sampled by ghostface, goood shit

[ropy89]

hell yeah ! the beginning must be the loop sampled for ' Das Efx - Host wit da most '

[lbaylis]

This is the best version of "Superman Lover" and you may know him best for "A Real Mother For Ya" or "Ain't That a Bitch" but his best songs to me "Telephone Bill"," Superman Lover", "Tarzan" and of course one of my ABSOULUTE FAVS..."Gangster of Love".....but all of his songs are simply genius! Take a listen!

[lbaylis]

This is the best version of "Superman Lover" and you may know him best for "A Real Mother For Ya" or "Ain't That a Bitch" but his best songs to me "Telephone Bill"," Superman Lover", "Tarzan" and of course one of my ABSOULUTE FAVS..."Gangster of Love".....but all of his songs are simply genius! Take a listen!

[kgrimes2nd]

People always forget Mad Skillz sampled this for "The Nod Factor" back in the day.

[twominutesturkish]

the word 'COOL' was invented for this tune.

[martinevans123]

how true

[Jamal249999]

Special Ed Used This Too.

Special Ed - Ya Wish Ya Could

[Tanny782]

What a tune!

Big Big Big Tingz!

Nuff Love For Jonny.. Mans cant/dont doo this shizz no mo

[Writeaweigh]

classic shit! sampled by Redman and Ice Cube

[blkmad77]

This is where swag originated 30 and under gotta respect

[urwclwg]

@WortTat true dat

[CraigFoye80]

In Yokohama, Japan.

[duncabbin]

Ice Cube sampled the last bit of this track, for the "Predator" tune. Class all round

[SweetnSaltyLife99]

Smoothhhh!

[kc4jd]

jman i must have been like ten years old when i hear thiscool muthafugga playin this guitar and his vocals just made wanna be a cool mutha

[allmindsrise]

"I know You Tired of Dumb Shit So Check This Here.... "Quas

[nemesis700]

check out ghostface flowing over this...ghostface killah - supa gfk

[gblueslover2]

They don't make entertainers like this anymore..they just don't exist. What a bad ass dude !

[picposter67]

I rock rough and tough with my afro puffs. Lady of Rage

[thesatindoll11]

This song was played in the move "Bounce" with Bow Wow.... Somebody please post that scene.

[Monkgangsta]

Yeah when Sweetness walked in

[warbandit90]

My buddy has this song on his skate demo and I fell in love with it instantly, best song ever!

[PUPRLEPILLBABIES]

Skaters always listening to some epic shit you cant find no where. lol... What city you skate in?

[cliffworks4321]

He was Young John Watson when he signed with Federal in 1953. He played piano,

but by 1954, he reinvented himself with the istrumental Space Guitar. When I met JGW in Tokyo he told me years earlier Herb Alpert had told him he'd see to it that JGW'd never work again, and it took him 17 years to get to Tokyo. He didn't elaborate why they had a falling out.

RIP Johnny. I still remember you living at 2217 Budlong Ave in LA.

[gblueslover2]

Wow I just googled that address... You can see where he lived ! Awesome.

[vincelavalle]

I can say I'm one of the few who actually grew up on JGW and remember when Aint that a bitch first hit radio. The DJ had to physically cut the volume down so 'bitch' wouldn't go over the air.

[viewson800]

Never understood how his albums were so crystal clear, almost digital compared to other albums of that genre and this was the seventies!.

[goatseboy]

99% of all digital music is compressed. through compression you lose so much richness and depth. your copy of superman lover sounds 10x's better piped through a needle than an mp3 or cd.

dont get me wrong im a humongous fan of mp3 players for portability and practicality for that matter. when sound matters, nothing feels like vinyl. you can quote me on that.

[urwclwg]

Better in every way than digital (simply no comparison) except in the following ways: dynamic range, frequency range, and replicability; that last killed vinel. But your ears do not deceive you, vinyl is better for about four plays.

[shalicia17]

pay homage !!!!!!!!!!!r.i.p Mr. Watson , we will never,i mean never ever get this type voice or music again.!im 36yrs old love this shit , dont it sound smooooooooooooooooth as hell.fuck todays rap.he was master builder on prism called music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[duhjuce]

Somethin wrong .!

[alexis95an13]

love this song:D!!!

[TheWahlinBoy]

this song is sooo awesome

[Mischtchratzer]

I was sitting on the backseat of a friends car when I heard this song first... and I still love it.....

[trademark1874]

03:35 love this part!!

[urwclwg]

Lover Jones

[JaneMathis2003]

johnny been jamin to this for 33 years and when i here any of yur songs it just take me back to rhavksgivein in new haven mi thats where the real funk was and still is you no a small town where you van smell the collard greens and sweetpotato pie cooking boy it just take me back

[BoneThugsEternal]

"I'M Stronger Then A LocoMotive!" lol everytime i hear that part i think of Redman. Great funny song, sampled so many of times. Ice Cube's song "The Predator" also sampled it.

[Aplustradomus]

Preach!

[mklptrk]

Ghostface too... He doesn't even really sample it, he just raps over the whole thing. Great tune.

[messyy]

have to say i loved redman's reversion, but now i've found this, i'm loving it

[BronkoScunkadelik]

I LOVE THAT FUCKIN ALBUM COVER!!!!

[reh43079]

Yeah, it's funny that the dog or the "bitch" is on the couch, while the ladies or the "bitches" are layin' on the carpet.... Just sayin', you gotta have a sense a humor for that one... :-P

[MrRolloLawson]

Singer on this track is Reynaldo Ray of "Friday" and 'BET Comic View" fame.

[ShelbyBaby27]

Seriously???

[urwclwg]

He may be serious, but he is seriously wrong; this is JGW himself singing. Word up.

[dodgez99]

Dodgez99 on Facebook, myspace and twitter. LA California Baby!

[digitperrf9]

MC Breed used it on Job Corp!! word

[pacali]

has anyone found "booty ooty" on youtube?

great song but i can't find it anywhere

[crunk617]

classic

[goodtimes0000]

class.

[ageoldjian7]

the ladies call me MR.SUERDICK

[xXKakuzuxX12]

fail...

[gnorman003]

Ya'll if you like this check out JGW's signin' GANGSTA OF LOVE "LIVE". Do a screach on youtube...dude got it posted......That's the right on with the right on!!!!!

[PhillyRoja]

Aww man, I LOVE the scenes from Rollbounce with this song!!! This is FIRE ;o)

[urwclwg]

I didn't know that. Call my movie thang

[bellcapn]

I LOVE THISSS!!! Yeah if it wasn't 4 artists like MC Eiht, Redman, Ghostface, I would have never heard of Johnny Guitar Watson, but I once I peeped the original shit I was hooked. I wish I grew up in the 70's. I was born in 77 so in a way I guess I did but i'm sure moms and dad bumped this shit back in the day

[The504EVER]

johnny guitar watson is the truth!!!!

[MITCHELBABY16]

love dus shittt!!!!!

[Phokhotic]

compton's most wanted.redman like 17 times sampled this

[daaiyah1]

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT.