Dennis Coffey "Scorpio"

[lilyofthevalley7]

One of the baddest DANCE song w/ No words!!

[Wally773MTG]

YOU COULDN"T GET A JOB! that scorpio solo...Babbitt....Babbitt.....­could not get a job....ooooohhhhh

[vscol]

Back then it seems like folks my mom and pops age didnt mind getting down and coming with their own style of dancing, get down get down with your bad ass(lol). Love youtube for bringing all this old flavor back to us, thank you.

[thankyoueBay]

oh man ... nothing better than the old school except when you add an old school breakbeat.

saw brainfood's comments 2-months ago & yes, ll's jingling baby used the intro horn blasts.

@ 1:13, Marvin Young (aka Young MC) used this classic breakbeat in Bust-A-Move. speaking of Young MC, has anybody seen Up In The Air? Marvin sho' ain't starvin' (if you know what I mean). It's too bad when people let themselves go. Come on Young, that's just not healthy living for the long-term brotha.

[ChocolateEarth]

Look at my girl, D at 3:37!  Get it Dyanna!!!

[monsterod]

Damn. She is hot. Think she digs white dudes? And hasn't aged 30 years?

[dymepyce616]

rotf@1:07-1:09 what he thought he was about too do,, i guess he changed his mind

[LemonAndYoghurt]

bust a move

[2muchfoya]

Haha. Classic. My mom was just talking to me about this song, when she was younger they went to some teen club called 007, and everytime this song came on everyone was on the floor. lol

[112904bcb]

Funky ! I wish this type of music was on the radio. Sooooooul train love, peace and soul!

[Fangsinurface]

DAMN THAT IS A HOT ASS TRACK!!!! They all flow to the beat!

[chinkygirl22]

Black people have the BEST rythem period.

[bladesaint21]

You mean like Steve Erkle? I'm Black and even I dont believe that.

[MrReminisce]

Dennis Coffey is white.

[Umskiddy]

This style of dancing isn't really that much different from today's.Therefore, these dancers were the true innovatotors when one considers that barely six or seven years prior to this people were doing the twist...

[thruthealcove]

This dance segment was just too dman HOT!!! Man, they were getting down on this one!!!

[jalowe1957]

Dennis Coffey was a session guitarist at Motown from the late Sixties up to this point.

Trivia: He did the guitar solo on the 1969 Marvelettes track, "That's How Heartaches Are Made."

Also, look for "Funk Brother" Bob Babbitt playing bass.

[tempts2000]

I got some more trivia for ya :he also did all the wah-wah work on the temptations Cloud Nine, Puzzle People,Psycadelic shack,sky's the limit,all directions and Masterpiece albums

[katste56]

wow! classic

[mszoe3000]

i love this clip. they were having so much fun--full of energy

[Classic63]

This episode was aired in late 71' the

same time Scorpio was released.

I remember this episode very well.

Thanks for the posting !

[seanmPWH]

If a scene like this was put into a movie today it would probably be considered racist.

[pretay8706]

the lady @ 3:40....... I know this may sound crazy..... But i jus wonder if she can still do that 2day.....lol! jus a silly thought

[ChocolateEarth]

@pretay8706: I'll ask her.  *lol*

[pretay8706]

@ChocolateEarth LMAO!!!! I see u a silly one 2!!! LOL!

[hunhun23]

I miss the 70's! The fashions, the dance moves and the music! Most of today's music is crap! Singing (if you can call it that) about women being hoes and disrespect and all that and every other word is cussin "eff this" and "eff that".

[ARJD9972]

WOW!!

This is my kind of eppy.

Early 70's was da truth.

[port2344chester]

Love everyone is natural no piercings, no ink on bodies just natural.Plus the music is top notch , miss the 70's soo much. Todays artist & society in general cant compare with the 70's. We are living in a time with much hate & evil the cancer is spreading fast. Music is a reflection of the current life we are living. Peace too all the old school heads!!!!!

[efunkadelic]

super funky

[honeycone71]

Now that song is the epitome of the early days of Soul Train. The only thing that would have made this clip better would have been to show when Dennis Coffey (the FIRST white artist to appear on the show, not Elton John as historically noted) actually performed "Scorpio" on Soul Train on Episode #15.

[draper71]

Great dance moves!!

[flaretreks]

where are the big bellbottoms?

[granpoohbahkev]

I was 10 years old in 1974...I dont recall bell bottoms until the mid to late 70's. Considering this is episode #17 I would guess this is late 60's very early 70's

[nola2laca]

Soul Train went nationwide after moving to Los Angeles in 1971.....this says episode # 17 so its n 1971.................by the late 1970s we moving away from the loud colors and wide cuffs etc.....bellbottoms were early to middle 1970s.

[granpoohbahkev]

OK if you say so...I guess my mamma dressed me way out of style then. I remember wearing bell bottoms as late as 1977/1978, along with platform shoes and those awful nylon fake silk shirts with the loud patterns! LOL

[MsTexas73]

Also the early bellbottoms came out in the mid 60s as part of the "mod" era of fashion. re: the really big ones...not every one wore the really huge "elephant" bells although you do see some wearing them in these clips.

This clip is just totally Hotness...the dancing...esp a few of the couples...on point....and clothes...versatile. YOu see that not EVERYONE wore minis. And not everyone wore a fro.

[peabo12]

I was born in 1986, but have learned alot about 70s fashion through watchig these clips and can tell the difference between the early, mid , and late 70s

[ladyraven30]

love it!