Rotary Connection "Memory Band" (1967)

[TheDominiq1012]

I thought tribe sampled from VAMP but nope it was Rotary connection

[SilkySkillsUnited]

@TheDominiq1012 RAMP

[TheDominiq1012]

@SilkySkillsUnited i always get that confused lol

[GblasterY]

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[kinstube]

TRULY , GROOVY !!!

[andresegooner]

Now I know why the Fugees and A Tribe Called Quest used as this song as a sample, great song

[DeeDeeKhan]

@andresegooner and pete rock too with INI and pete Rock

/watch?v=dR86v03bRjA

[CalvinCrack]

this song is transcendent

[Funkehed]

Did not know Phil Upchurch played with Rotary Connection. That guy is dope , supa funky dope. The whole Rotary Connection is phenomenon. They sounded more like 1975 not 1967.

[EmekaOTV]

@Funkehed and Pete Rock

[Nina513]

Wow...I mean, everytime I hear this song...

Heaven on Earth....

[ListenToTheDanielle]

Song Of The Day.

[retroboyefc]

lalalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...so so emotional

[Jamal249999]

Do I love you?

Do I lust for you?

Am I a sinner because I do the two?

Can you let me know? Right now please? Bonita Applebum

[TheTallMan35]

@Jamal249999 I asked Bonita.  She said no to the first question, and yes to the remaining questions.

[Jamal249999]

Seriously @TheTallMan35?

[busycloud77]

Came here by way of ATCQ.... Wow, this song is amazing!

[MrVeggieburger]

Far out man !!!!!!

[U4rikmind]

this is ok. love bonita applebum

[jmhommes]

This is FANTASTIC! They're only one example of why I adore music from the 60's and 70's. And this's also part of the reason why I bought Minnie Riperton's debut Come To My Garden (1970). Her version is also amazing

[drfrankenstein56]

This needs to be added to you tube mobile!

Please!

[area2fred]

I saw them in 1969 at The Crows Nest which was a tennie-bopper club in St.Clair Shores MI. .

They were amazing!

[jfsgro]

wow. FUNKADELIC MEETS FITH DEMENTION!

[K3FON]

Ah psychedelia. Does it get any better?

[Jamil131millz]

real hippy work

[foxnews63]

where did these guys go!

[slapbush]

can hear minnie ripperton in the background

[JazzyK3000]

I think bonita applebum also samples and ramp and roy ayers song "daylight"

[radiootoo]

EPIC, eponymous and surely seminal!

[XBatpyLLIkaX]

classics

[MsDapitts]

This group was realllllly ahead of their time. Love Minnie Riperton Chicago's very own talent!!!

[MrDjMescaline]

i like this :)

[maexeli]

InI - The Life I Live !!!!

[MsTracie]

Now i know where they got the sample. Good beat and it's weird hearing Minnie off tune but I guess supposed to be child like and psychedelic. It's fly. See blacks can do more than just do soul. We got all genres on lock.

[queenray1]

Tribe called Quest, Bonita Applebum

[TutsRevenge]

No Fugee love?

[queenray1]

@TutsRevenge what song did the Fugees use this in

[TutsRevenge]

@queenray1 They used just a short part at about 0:16 seconds in killing me softly at about 36 seconds into their song

[N0zix420]

love this song in all the amazing rap samples it made !!!!

[garibay613]

beauty in soundwave form

[booklady1967]

I have the original album...the RECORD album.

[JET997u]

Driving north California Route 1 from Esalen to Monterey... the perfect song for that extraordinary setting. Bliss.

[TheDatasureal]

@JET997u Jet thanx for pointing that out cause the one time I had the opportunity to take the same ride I was musicless with a friend snoring in one ear and a nagging sister in the other,less blissful,lol

[jjfjkfjk]

0 dislikes...why is dislike even an option?

[Capricorn91Nerd]

don't forget the FUGEES also sampled this too!

[thephantom0]

U hear Minnie hittin them high notes in the background? Dayum that girl was amazing

[ddrhazy]

Kudos to the uploader. Great little visual for this song.

[SiaMaat]

Yes, Rotary Connection is the truth! I've always loved Minnie!

@jarbon5, A Trube Called Quest's Bonita Applebum is a mix of this tune and Roy Ayers' "Daylight."

[cellarfullasoul]

This IS a Minnie Riperton, entitled' Memory Band....'

[fishpasted]

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST!

[SiaMaat]

This song is awesome? Isn't Minnie Ripperton with the La La La chorus? I know she was a part of RC.

[kinstube]

@SiaMaat YES, MINNIE SANG "LOVING YOU"

[HaliB75]

@SiaMaat Yes it is....Minnie being silly with the LA LALA LA parts!

[Nina513]

This song is SO genius.....

It is so perfect and NO WORDS WERE EVEN SANG.....Can't believe I am just coming across this song and the genius that is Rotary Connection now...LONG LIVE PURE MUSIC...this is excellent!

[AraBlak]

@Nina513 if you get a chance, check out 'A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum'... They sampled this incredible song and did it justice...

[Nina513]

@AraBlak I actually heard Bonita Applebaum YEARS before I even knew who the beat was taking from and Q Tip really did do the song justice. I actually wrote a post about Bonita Applebaum and the songs that were sampled to make the song on my blog. They sampled RC and RAMP's "Daylight"...youtube that song

[b1ackb1ack]

i was wondering what instrument was used to play that riff in the beginning.

[lvperalta]

I think it was a Sitar

[Jafro87]

@ jarbon5

Tribe just sampled the intro to this song, but the rest is from "Roy Ayers - Daylight"

Check it out man!

[nethstar]

don't you mean RAMP?

[jarbon5]

I had always wanted to hear the song that "Bonita Applebum" came from, and now, here it is.  Groovy song, too. Thanks:)

[tiernanluke]

@jarbon5 and fugees - killing me softly

[Antainale]

@tiernanluke Actually, Fugees just sampled tribe.

[charlyblues]

@Antainale

where did you get that idea from?

[Antainale]

@charlyblues Its pretty simple, Tribe sampled that guitar part and a beat from somewhere else- either the fugees did the same exact combo :P or they sampled bonita applebum