Ah the good old days when making music was for people with TALENT. With all this new technology you'd think the quality of music would get better.. how ironic.
@hork111 : Dude you need humility. Who created the sax? the trumpet? bass guitar? The guitar? The white Europeans. Then the blacks took these instruments, which didn't exist in Africa, and made great music like Jazz and Blues. So how is it that you seem to forget that it is an amalgamation of cultures and races that created something better than could have been created separately. That sounds a lot like the formula for America, dude. You need to get your head out of your azz.
you disagree with me that sampling isnt plagiarism? when you need such obvious help from an older hit record, then you have no talent!.. younger people may not even know the song was stolen & that part made people like it.. its all in the original formula baby.!..rap gets away with unoriginal shit too much...no, im not talkin race here, or the bro, johnson wouldnt b one of my fave bands...white rock bands steal from the oldie groups too...tommy
@tommieparch Sampling is so much more of a tribute than you can imagine. And plagiarism is taking someone else's material and putting your name on it as your own. Samples MUST get cleared in most cases and when I put in a hip hop album and hear a sample I like, I look at the credits and proceed to find the original song. Sampling on both a consumer level and producer level is a great form of exploration for a generation that cannot fully connect with our older brethren.
@marcusallen26 When you put hip hop on you look at the credits on the record for the sampled part, then you look up the original band??..Thats great, but I dont think many people do that..
@tommieparch Yes, I do. Granted, its part parenting as well. My mom chose what we listened to in the car and she listened to music that she grew up on. She wouldn't allow me to own rap music until I was 15. Therefore I grew up on older music and appreciate it. The art of sampling only extends my knowledge of older music.
@tommieparch And while everyone doesn't look at the sample credits, several people are interested in the inspiration for songs. If anything, its a consumer fallacy to not appreciate the sampling, but the producers themselves appreciate the music for the most part. They listen for hours to old vinyl copies of music. I'm sure you know who Q-Tip is from A Tribe Called Quest. He sampled all the time because of his love for that music.
@marcusallen26 I just want you to know, out of curiosity, I looked for some Q-Tip based on your mention of him only. The first song I listened to was ManWomanBoogie, and I was lovin' it. Now I've got to listen to all his stuff. Love that song and love the video (the one where they're on the train). Thanks man!
Thumbs me up if you feel like fish bowl stacks, high water bell bottoms, polly-esther shirtZ, Hot summers, Cool winters and Bros-Johnson, inc.! Don't worry, i will be good ta ya!
I was in the middle of my elementary school days when my moms brought this shit on 45. It would've been best if she had it on lp instead. By the way,thanks for posting this shit on here.
I see spring 1976. Queens College in the fall. This tune was very popular everywhere. The music alone was feel good music. The lyrics added resulted in a very successful album for the BJ. Their follow-up in 78 was even better in my opinion.
When I first heard this song I thought Sly and the Family Stone had made some kind of comeback. Of course the album cover took care of that mistake. Still good to hear this one.
I personally know the Johnsons and grew up with his children in Oregon (after the mother split from Louis Johnson). His oldest son looks SO much like Louis!!
this song reminds me of a young lady back i my youth that was good on the dance floor whispering hills country club Sunday night Kathy where are you now? love the song
@faith: That's exactly the point! Teens, technology, corporate greed & the sign of the times are the reason music isn't what it once was. TV shows aren't the same. Products are made to break & be replaced. Food doesn't taste the same, Cars are made out of crap etc. Nothings what it once was! But, to say MJ is the reason for it all (musically) especially when so many genre's of music exist, is plain silliness. Sorry! MJ didn't kill music... teens did!
When the video came into play, all bets were off. It became all about what folks looked like, how they danced, aka DISTRACTIONS to make up for lack of real talent. When Michael Jackson released his 'Thriller' vid, everybody jumped on that bandwagon and tried to imitate what he did naturally and originally. The 'music' in the music industry was offcially killed at that point. Looking back at some of the old classic 'videos,' they may look tacky or cheap, but at least the talent was real.
@faith2xxx -I don't think the thriller video was the beginning of the end of MUSIC. Each decade of music changed it's sound & focus. 50ies music was different than the 60ies & 70ies. The 80ies was the beginning of experimental electronic music & videos, & real instruments were being replaced by electronics 1's. The music industry shifted it's focus on teenagers rather than adults and that's what happened 2 music. Teens don't have the same standards like adults, but they have the buying power!
@slapopimp However, you cannot deny that once 'Thriller' hit MTV, the focus began to tread toward the video and away from the music. No matter how much music has changed over the past 20-30 years, it has changed for the WORSE, and as the saying goes 'the video killed music.' Even today, it's about gimmicks, and originality has been kicked to the curb. Teens may have the buying power, but unfortunately, money cannot buy taste nor talent.
@faith2xxx Surely a video over 20yrs old can't be ground zero for music's present state!? Even gospel music & country is different in quality than decades ago. Music nowadays are made on computers and synth workstations by producers rather than bands. People make music @ home now. Like I said, the industry shifted focus to teens who are the 1's that watch the videos, are into fashion,fads, boy-bands, spending money on CD's & music downloads. Teens will spend money on things that adults won't.
@slapopimp Prt2. What this means is that teens don't really have standards 4 quality music. Their main requirement is a catchy, banging beat, hook & lyrical content they identify with. Toss in looks & swag and U have a winning recipe to sell units. Even greats like Ron Isley ( R-Kelly stuff) & Charlie Wilson have, diminished lyrical content & music that's made to appeal to teens & young adults. Funny thing is A-lot of today's stuff steals from the past goodies!
@slapopimp Tired of this convo. Bottom line, regardless of who the so-called industry is catering to, MUSIC IS NO LONGER ORIGINAL. NO ONE has a distinct sound, look, vibe, or whatever, and just because the inudstry is marketing to teens doesn't mean the music doesn't SUCK. So yes, a BRILLIANT video that came out over twenty years ago set the standard, a very high one, and everyone jumped on that band wagon and unfortunately the MUSIC suffered in order to obtain a look or a reaction. BYE!
@TheSuperbird43 I'm a musician & I was born before the 70ies. I'm fully aware about the things you've mentioned. My original point was based on what faith2xxx said. He complained music isn't the quality it once was. IMO.. keyboards, computers= (1 man band), teens having no real musical standards & corporate greed capitalizing on that fact, are the reasons music sucks now. It used to be about music 4 adults! Now, it's all about teens & young adults. Not my rules or desire, just an obvious truth!
@slapopimp Hopefully someone can comprehend my point! My comments about every decade of music is that it has always changed in style & relevance. Today, all U need is a home computer or ipad to make music. You don't need a band or studio. All the things that made ADULT MUSIC special are lost to generation X & technology. I'm not an advocate of this, just pointing out the obvious. It's easier for corps. to produce trash to teens than quality to adults. Get it? Sign of the times!
@slapopimp EVERY decade of music has been relevant to teens of that generation...no popular musician or singer from the advent of rock n roll made music for adults....it was always geared towards the teens. It doesn't matter if music is being made at home or in a garbage dumpster, if the teens of today love it and it moves them emotionally then it WILL be the nostalgic and sentimental music of tomorrow. It's all relative.
@ultraroadmap Seriously,today's music is disposable music of the moment. I seriously doubt that 808 kik drums & snrs will be nostalgic to teens when they become older adults! There's a reason why producers continue to sample from older music to make current hits. Because it has real musical substance played with actual instruments. How many classic songs has Kanye sampled? Otis Redding being 1 of the latest. How many teens will still be rapping Wacka Flocka songs at age 50?
@ultraroadmap No popular musician from the advent of R&R made music for adults, true, but the vast majority of the people who made that music were adults themselves. Today, you have too much Disney crap and other scenarios of kids making music for kids. The stuff I listened to in the late 60s/early 70s was made by grown-ups, not Bieber or Demi Lovato or Miley Cyrus.
@TheSuperbird43 That was the best description of the 70's, and beyond that I ever heard. I've always felt the 70's was Gods gift to music lovers. And yes, it brings back so many fond memories. My young adult sons, with all the high tech toys they have today, have been cheated from having the simple life that we had. I know what their memories will be, and it won't come close to what I have in my head.
The Brothers had something called TALENT! Great songs, great funk. Not the product of some british loser who wants to tell me what to listen to. Now "Get the funk out my face!" yeah!!!!!!!
I was 18 when this song came out and I was a rock and roller: into Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmth, Led Zeppelin, etc, but I loved this song, and sang it (though poorly) to a woman that I liked more than once. Loved it then, and still love it now. It resurrects forgotten memories from a bygone era. Thanks for the post, MrPinoyrock!
Takes me back to the summer of '76 - wow, another lifetime ago. Amazing how hearing a song can transport you back into time, all of the emotions and visual flash backs - very powerful.
@secondchapter This reminds me of 1975, living in Cleveland as a little boy. Now, "Strawberry Letter 22 (or 23"), reminds me of Summer 1976, living in Compton California. 'Great memories even for a little kid. I would always sing this song incorrectly, lol.
SAID I WANNA KNOW..IF WHAT YOU FEEL IS REAL..CAUSE THERE IS A REASON FOR THE THINGS THAT I SAY...I WANNA LOVE YOU GIRL INNA SPECIAL WAY....I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU...LOVE IT!
@EB1089 Don't let people with no taste get ya down--just feel sorry for 'em, ya know? Good news is, there are still people that LOVE a good jam, black or white, then or now--it's ALL good!!
this was the jam i used to sing to my grand mother when she was in the hospital and i brought her out of her coma. my grand mother was there to see me walk down the aisle when i graduate frum high school. and when i graduated frum college she was there again, and when they called my name i dedicated this song to my grand mother and when i started singing the crowd join in. she was always good to me and that's why i love you charkendria johnson i'm going to name my first daughter after her.
@ Mr/Miss P- This song brings bk alot of fond memories rom myself as well as others here Im sure of it. I have this on 45 the other side had a song by them titled The Devil if you could upload that or even find it Id appreciate it soooooooooooooooo very nuch. A Fan RwBGuardian
Hey does anybody remember Ohio Players-"Skin tight britches"? Anyhow there is a cool old video of it.Check it. Also William Devaughn - Be thankful for what you got.......Billy H.
@MrBillybones999 Those songs were "da bomb" talented writers, singers and musicians! To quote Stevie Wonder's Song " I wish those days could come back again"
YES, this takes me back to the time I got my license and was on cruise status with all these tunes....havin a late 70's party just listening to all these hits...sweet memories!!!!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!! I don't care what you say, I agree 100% with BlackPride1000, back in the 1960-70-80 and late 1990, it was a different kind of music, and mind set for our people. This stuff now, isn't hitting on much at all!?!?!?! Maybe in the next 20 years it might turn around and get better. The good songs and music will last another 20-40 50 years!?!??!!! Long live good music!!!!!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!! I don't care what you say, I agree 100% with BlackPride1000, back in the 1960-70-80 and late 1990, it was a different kind of music, and mind set for our people. This stuff now, isn't hitting on much at all!?!?!?! Maybe in the next 20 years it might turn around and get better. The good songs and music will last another 20-40 50 years!?!??!!! Long live good music!!!!!
Cali 1975-76 We Were Young Having Fun, A litte Weed & Wine, Honeys, Beach, It Was All Good, Oh! Gangs We Heard Of Them, But Being A Player Was The Game, No ShootOuts. Just Honeys. 60s 70s 80s Early 90s will Go Down As the Greatest Era For BlackMusic. What We Got Now Aint Shit!!
I am so grateful to have grown up in the 70s. Who knew music was at its absolute Best!!??I wish I could go back, Disco Top 40 and Rock of the 70s was absolute perfection! I feel sorry for the kids today their music sucks! The music industry in my eyes died at the end of 1993.
I was 16 when this song came out and it still holds up. today's music just does not compare. This music just takes you back to when music was great!!!!
This song jams,a staple whenever I make my lady a mixtape,Nothing like this great music will ever be around again being born in 86 im glad I can come here and read everyones original stories of young love and being alive when music was at its best
I was a 14 year old Army brat living in Frankfurt, Germany when this song came out, and would soon return to the states after four years overseas. The emotions that this song elicit can be overwhelming sometimes (like right now with a lump in my throat). Great song, one of my all-time favorites.
simply a classic
samueldenson1 2 weeks ago
what a great tune....such depth...clean and punchy
MrTreyf1 2 weeks ago
Ah the good old days when making music was for people with TALENT. With all this new technology you'd think the quality of music would get better.. how ironic.
The187proof 1 month ago
America would be NOWHERE without black people and our awesome, bottomless, inimitable creativity.
hork111 1 month ago
@hork111 : Dude you need humility. Who created the sax? the trumpet? bass guitar? The guitar? The white Europeans. Then the blacks took these instruments, which didn't exist in Africa, and made great music like Jazz and Blues. So how is it that you seem to forget that it is an amalgamation of cultures and races that created something better than could have been created separately. That sounds a lot like the formula for America, dude. You need to get your head out of your azz.
GoMifuneLives 2 weeks ago
@GoMifuneLives Your correct, But,!! before Elvis , all the whites went to clubs with all black entertainment...just a reminder (im white)..
tommieparch 2 weeks ago
@GoMifuneLives Point taken. Cheers.
hork111 2 weeks ago
you disagree with me that sampling isnt plagiarism? when you need such obvious help from an older hit record, then you have no talent!.. younger people may not even know the song was stolen & that part made people like it.. its all in the original formula baby.!..rap gets away with unoriginal shit too much...no, im not talkin race here, or the bro, johnson wouldnt b one of my fave bands...white rock bands steal from the oldie groups too...tommy
tommieparch 1 month ago
@tommieparch Sampling is so much more of a tribute than you can imagine. And plagiarism is taking someone else's material and putting your name on it as your own. Samples MUST get cleared in most cases and when I put in a hip hop album and hear a sample I like, I look at the credits and proceed to find the original song. Sampling on both a consumer level and producer level is a great form of exploration for a generation that cannot fully connect with our older brethren.
marcusallen26 1 month ago
@marcusallen26 I understand what your saying, but i disagree!, ill get back soon...be good to, bro!!..
tommieparch 1 month ago
@marcusallen26 When you put hip hop on you look at the credits on the record for the sampled part, then you look up the original band??..Thats great, but I dont think many people do that..
tommieparch 4 weeks ago
@tommieparch Yes, I do. Granted, its part parenting as well. My mom chose what we listened to in the car and she listened to music that she grew up on. She wouldn't allow me to own rap music until I was 15. Therefore I grew up on older music and appreciate it. The art of sampling only extends my knowledge of older music.
marcusallen26 4 weeks ago
@tommieparch And while everyone doesn't look at the sample credits, several people are interested in the inspiration for songs. If anything, its a consumer fallacy to not appreciate the sampling, but the producers themselves appreciate the music for the most part. They listen for hours to old vinyl copies of music. I'm sure you know who Q-Tip is from A Tribe Called Quest. He sampled all the time because of his love for that music.
marcusallen26 4 weeks ago
@marcusallen26 Im a guitar player in a rock band, are you a hiphop dj?
tommieparch 4 weeks ago
@tommieparch No, sir. Just an avid listener of hip hop and music in general. Musically, I'd like to learn to play the keys.
marcusallen26 4 weeks ago
@marcusallen26 I just want you to know, out of curiosity, I looked for some Q-Tip based on your mention of him only. The first song I listened to was ManWomanBoogie, and I was lovin' it. Now I've got to listen to all his stuff. Love that song and love the video (the one where they're on the train). Thanks man!
GoMifuneLives 3 weeks ago
@GoMifuneLives I just watched the Q-Tip video (and even tho im not a big rap fan, I thought it was well written)..@marcusallen26 led me to it...
tommieparch 3 weeks ago
Music, musicians, musical instruments, and that DAMN GREAT BASS LINE....unfortunately..that's what's lacking today with the music of today!!!
stormgod1973 1 month ago
Beside the retarded version! Da bros ruled the late 70s ! :)
atomicplayboy4u 1 month ago
God, I hate to quote Streisand, but "Can it all have been so simple then?"
Orb37 1 month ago
Cool Jam!!!!!!!
IAM7DEMONS 1 month ago
Here's another bad ass funk group from the 70s. My favorite song from The Brothers Johnson.
MrCancer1965 1 month ago
the 430movie-thumbs up!
123markym 1 month ago
Great song!
123markym 1 month ago
Hey ladies, remember Skiva jeans! Ha!
the430movie 1 month ago
Thumbs me up if you feel like fish bowl stacks, high water bell bottoms, polly-esther shirtZ, Hot summers, Cool winters and Bros-Johnson, inc.! Don't worry, i will be good ta ya!
the430movie 1 month ago 2
I was in the middle of my elementary school days when my moms brought this shit on 45. It would've been best if she had it on lp instead. By the way,thanks for posting this shit on here.
oldschoolbx1970 1 month ago
ahhhh,,, this is music,,,,
ricmarfink 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Saw them performing along with Q(Quincy Jones) & his orchestra in Kansas City, Kansas in the 70's.
tedthemaster 2 months ago
I see spring 1976. Queens College in the fall. This tune was very popular everywhere. The music alone was feel good music. The lyrics added resulted in a very successful album for the BJ. Their follow-up in 78 was even better in my opinion.
stevesilk53 2 months ago
I remember listening to this when I joined the army back in the 70's. Ft. Knox, Ky
ricmarfink 2 months ago
awesome song,,, wish music today was this good!!!!
ricmarfink 2 months ago
BP ERA....LOVING IT...
ocook510 2 months ago
Beautiful tune!
tremayne3 2 months ago
sampling = plagiarism....simple...
tommieparch 2 months ago
@tommieparch:
Disagree.
thapoint09 1 month ago
i wanna know................
pdddddp1 2 months ago
This song takes me back to my first and only love. Charleston SC, 1976....Still love ya Debbie !!
mydogblue1 2 months ago
A classic!
cardsfanok5 2 months ago 2
10 PERSONS DIDN'T FIND ANYONE THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO THEM!!! HOW SAD!!!!!
Trecy58 2 months ago in playlist More videos from MrPinoyrock
This sounds eerily like Frankie Beverly's Before I let Go.
Jignasty5 2 months ago
great sound great times
julia71127 3 months ago 3
That was THE SONG back in the day...mellow and meaninful. Go B.J.!!
donnnamarq7 3 months ago
music of my childhood.. still alot better than today...
annasoul123 3 months ago
Great song, always loved it!
RICamper108 3 months ago
Now this is how you talk to a women, let her know how you feel!
tharris1086 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
When I first heard this song I thought Sly and the Family Stone had made some kind of comeback. Of course the album cover took care of that mistake. Still good to hear this one.
doc2skate 3 months ago
This is real music
MrCarlonb 3 months ago
Epic baby
Damon98335 3 months ago 2
I personally know the Johnsons and grew up with his children in Oregon (after the mother split from Louis Johnson). His oldest son looks SO much like Louis!!
AnnieGoober 3 months ago
THIS REAL TASTE OF MUSIC 70'S, 80'S, 90'S & EARLY 00'S R&B IS THE BETTER ERA OF R&B MUSIC NOWDAYS MUSIC IT'S WACK AZZ HELL
SOULJATWIN 3 months ago 2
I wish i grew-up in that era.
mio510 3 months ago
@mio510 I did grow up in this era.....and it was a good time for music of all tastes!
grizzlyfan41 3 months ago
NEED THAT REAL...
ThatGirlTita 3 months ago
great song, and great memories...... Thanks
hockeyjaw 3 months ago
Love this song so much....... so classic.... memories of my New London Living....
100newlondon 3 months ago
LEGENDARY.
RayLRiv 3 months ago
This is when music was a skill
NekkoMeow 3 months ago
Love it! Grew up on it! My kids all know it!
jessodierno 3 months ago
thanks for the music Bros
jerrtogo 3 months ago
this song reminds me of a young lady back i my youth that was good on the dance floor whispering hills country club Sunday night Kathy where are you now? love the song
MrJameswildcat 4 months ago
Nice mello jam from the 70s, brings back childhood memories.
MrCancer1965 4 months ago
@faith: That's exactly the point! Teens, technology, corporate greed & the sign of the times are the reason music isn't what it once was. TV shows aren't the same. Products are made to break & be replaced. Food doesn't taste the same, Cars are made out of crap etc. Nothings what it once was! But, to say MJ is the reason for it all (musically) especially when so many genre's of music exist, is plain silliness. Sorry! MJ didn't kill music... teens did!
FIN..
slapopimp 4 months ago
yes...makin' music the old-fashioned way. playin' it!
shnewsman 4 months ago
The memories are as mellow as the sound. The funk is still just as strong.
yayajody 4 months ago
6 Seriously slapped cause this is one of the best funk songs out there....I'll be good to you
TheDj3a 4 months ago
STRAIGHT UP, FUNK!
summerbabetoo 4 months ago
When the video came into play, all bets were off. It became all about what folks looked like, how they danced, aka DISTRACTIONS to make up for lack of real talent. When Michael Jackson released his 'Thriller' vid, everybody jumped on that bandwagon and tried to imitate what he did naturally and originally. The 'music' in the music industry was offcially killed at that point. Looking back at some of the old classic 'videos,' they may look tacky or cheap, but at least the talent was real.
faith2xxx 4 months ago
@faith2xxx BRAVO!
summerbabetoo 4 months ago
@faith2xxx -I don't think the thriller video was the beginning of the end of MUSIC. Each decade of music changed it's sound & focus. 50ies music was different than the 60ies & 70ies. The 80ies was the beginning of experimental electronic music & videos, & real instruments were being replaced by electronics 1's. The music industry shifted it's focus on teenagers rather than adults and that's what happened 2 music. Teens don't have the same standards like adults, but they have the buying power!
slapopimp 4 months ago
@slapopimp However, you cannot deny that once 'Thriller' hit MTV, the focus began to tread toward the video and away from the music. No matter how much music has changed over the past 20-30 years, it has changed for the WORSE, and as the saying goes 'the video killed music.' Even today, it's about gimmicks, and originality has been kicked to the curb. Teens may have the buying power, but unfortunately, money cannot buy taste nor talent.
faith2xxx 4 months ago
@faith2xxx Surely a video over 20yrs old can't be ground zero for music's present state!? Even gospel music & country is different in quality than decades ago. Music nowadays are made on computers and synth workstations by producers rather than bands. People make music @ home now. Like I said, the industry shifted focus to teens who are the 1's that watch the videos, are into fashion,fads, boy-bands, spending money on CD's & music downloads. Teens will spend money on things that adults won't.
slapopimp 4 months ago
@slapopimp Prt2. What this means is that teens don't really have standards 4 quality music. Their main requirement is a catchy, banging beat, hook & lyrical content they identify with. Toss in looks & swag and U have a winning recipe to sell units. Even greats like Ron Isley ( R-Kelly stuff) & Charlie Wilson have, diminished lyrical content & music that's made to appeal to teens & young adults. Funny thing is A-lot of today's stuff steals from the past goodies!
slapopimp 4 months ago
@slapopimp Tired of this convo. Bottom line, regardless of who the so-called industry is catering to, MUSIC IS NO LONGER ORIGINAL. NO ONE has a distinct sound, look, vibe, or whatever, and just because the inudstry is marketing to teens doesn't mean the music doesn't SUCK. So yes, a BRILLIANT video that came out over twenty years ago set the standard, a very high one, and everyone jumped on that band wagon and unfortunately the MUSIC suffered in order to obtain a look or a reaction. BYE!
faith2xxx 4 months ago
@slapopimp 70's music and music before it, defined a generation and laid the ground work for
all types of music in the current era. but one most important thing was forgotten! the memories and
lifestyles that we so enjoyed!! sure the kids today have money to buy their music. But the most import
ant thing is lacking the memories of their childhood !!! memories are something that CAN never be taken
away!!! even if you have nothing left! memories live FOREVER!!!
TheSuperbird43 3 months ago
@TheSuperbird43 I'm a musician & I was born before the 70ies. I'm fully aware about the things you've mentioned. My original point was based on what faith2xxx said. He complained music isn't the quality it once was. IMO.. keyboards, computers= (1 man band), teens having no real musical standards & corporate greed capitalizing on that fact, are the reasons music sucks now. It used to be about music 4 adults! Now, it's all about teens & young adults. Not my rules or desire, just an obvious truth!
slapopimp 3 months ago 14
@slapopimp Hopefully someone can comprehend my point! My comments about every decade of music is that it has always changed in style & relevance. Today, all U need is a home computer or ipad to make music. You don't need a band or studio. All the things that made ADULT MUSIC special are lost to generation X & technology. I'm not an advocate of this, just pointing out the obvious. It's easier for corps. to produce trash to teens than quality to adults. Get it? Sign of the times!
slapopimp 3 months ago 19
@slapopimp EVERY decade of music has been relevant to teens of that generation...no popular musician or singer from the advent of rock n roll made music for adults....it was always geared towards the teens. It doesn't matter if music is being made at home or in a garbage dumpster, if the teens of today love it and it moves them emotionally then it WILL be the nostalgic and sentimental music of tomorrow. It's all relative.
ultraroadmap 2 months ago
@ultraroadmap Seriously,today's music is disposable music of the moment. I seriously doubt that 808 kik drums & snrs will be nostalgic to teens when they become older adults! There's a reason why producers continue to sample from older music to make current hits. Because it has real musical substance played with actual instruments. How many classic songs has Kanye sampled? Otis Redding being 1 of the latest. How many teens will still be rapping Wacka Flocka songs at age 50?
slapopimp 2 months ago
@ultraroadmap No popular musician from the advent of R&R made music for adults, true, but the vast majority of the people who made that music were adults themselves. Today, you have too much Disney crap and other scenarios of kids making music for kids. The stuff I listened to in the late 60s/early 70s was made by grown-ups, not Bieber or Demi Lovato or Miley Cyrus.
57highland 2 months ago
@slapopimp gotcha ya! but dont like it!! someday,music will get back to its roots.
loosearrow5150 2 months ago
@slapopimp This is an era of quality music, lyrics and style; this is called "MUSIC".
yvonne0219 2 months ago
@slapopimp:
Doesn't mean you can't make good music with computers. Just that hardly anybody in the industry tries.
thapoint09 1 month ago
@slapopimp 70's music and music before it, defined a generation and laid the ground work for
all types of music in the current era. but one most important thing was forgotten! the memories and
lifestyles that we so enjoyed!! sure the kids today have money to buy their music. But the most import
ant thing is lacking the memories of their childhood !!! memories are something that CAN never be taken
away!!! even if you have nothing left! memories live FOREVER!!! never forget what you are!!!
TheSuperbird43 3 months ago
@slapopimp 70's music and music before it, defined a generation and laid the ground work for
all types of music in the current era. but one most important thing was forgotten! the memories and
lifestyles that we so enjoyed!! sure the kids today have money to buy their music. But the most import
ant thing is lacking the memories of their childhood !!! memories are something that CAN never be taken
away!!! even if you have nothing left! memories live FOREVER!!! never forget what this means!!!!!
TheSuperbird43 3 months ago 3
@TheSuperbird43 That was the best description of the 70's, and beyond that I ever heard. I've always felt the 70's was Gods gift to music lovers. And yes, it brings back so many fond memories. My young adult sons, with all the high tech toys they have today, have been cheated from having the simple life that we had. I know what their memories will be, and it won't come close to what I have in my head.
mydogblue1 2 months ago 4
just beautiful!
nothingbutaFENDER 4 months ago
i may be a little slow but i know what good music sound like... and this is it
1952jukebox 4 months ago
Great song, nice message and what a treat to hear Syreeta Wright's "slide guitar" vocals near the end
likepatsandGTOs 4 months ago
REAL MUSIC, REAL MUSICIANS, REAL SPECTACULAR!
c11393 4 months ago
I loved these guys back in the 70's when I lived in LA. Classic. Talent. To use a way old word: GROOVY!!! LOL. Nice to hear again. :)
QueenOfTheForest1 4 months ago
Oh yeah.....
BSU79 4 months ago in playlist BSU79's favorites
The Brothers had something called TALENT! Great songs, great funk. Not the product of some british loser who wants to tell me what to listen to. Now "Get the funk out my face!" yeah!!!!!!!
cashlandrum 4 months ago
I remember when Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan and Ray Charles remade this(80's),but I sitll like this version better.....sorry Ray baby.;0)
obdiane 4 months ago
@obdiane Quincy also produced this original.
TheGeminiStudios 4 months ago
@TheGeminiStudios Oh really???? Thanks for that info, I guess you do learn something new everyday... ;0) God bless.
obdiane 4 months ago
Jammin !
nursedjones 4 months ago
my girl was from New Orleans and i was so in love with her.
keithtyler1100 4 months ago
saw them at the circle star theater in san fran 30 years ago and yes they just as good in person as on the record!!!!!
matlok931 4 months ago
@faith2xxx yea yea real musicians playing and singing real instruments,, do it the way its suppose to be done!!! Now Thats Whats Real
chicagosaxsam 4 months ago
I was 18 when this song came out and I was a rock and roller: into Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmth, Led Zeppelin, etc, but I loved this song, and sang it (though poorly) to a woman that I liked more than once. Loved it then, and still love it now. It resurrects forgotten memories from a bygone era. Thanks for the post, MrPinoyrock!
MrSeeker77 5 months ago
Wow is this a cool song! Love it....rock on everyone...enjoy!
395muriel 5 months ago
Yessir!
KrfNYC2 5 months ago
ain't nothing better than 2 get hit in my face back and forth with those guitar licks.........<3
mschocbarbiekane 5 months ago
Takes me back to the summer of '76 - wow, another lifetime ago. Amazing how hearing a song can transport you back into time, all of the emotions and visual flash backs - very powerful.
secondchapter 5 months ago
@secondchapter did u used to hear this song on the radio?
freddyfingerr 5 months ago
@freddyfingerr Yes I did. We used to take our old school transistor radio to the beach.
secondchapter 5 months ago
@secondchapter This reminds me of 1975, living in Cleveland as a little boy. Now, "Strawberry Letter 22 (or 23"), reminds me of Summer 1976, living in Compton California. 'Great memories even for a little kid. I would always sing this song incorrectly, lol.
shannonD68 5 months ago
SAID I WANNA KNOW..IF WHAT YOU FEEL IS REAL..CAUSE THERE IS A REASON FOR THE THINGS THAT I SAY...I WANNA LOVE YOU GIRL INNA SPECIAL WAY....I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU...LOVE IT!
MrQUEENDIVA22 5 months ago
reminds me of my daddy....
milliejojo 5 months ago
Okay...is it just me, or are those REAL instruments playing, and REAL singing??? How sweet the sound!
faith2xxx 5 months ago 55
@faith2xxx It's the real deal - that's the way it was back then. Talent all over the place.
divisioneight 5 months ago
@faith2xxx before autotune and machines that sing for you!
simplexyz38 4 months ago in playlist 70's
5 people could not just be good to us):
MrKenny1940 5 months ago 2
One of the three 8 tracks I had.
johnnyphoenix74 5 months ago
born in 86 but still appreciate a classic hooked on brother Johnson cause of the song for Jackie Brown strawberry letter 23= pure class
coming rom a huge hiphop fan
BROWNSTALLION1000 5 months ago
Whoever disliked this classic ought to be slapped. Shame on you.
EB1089 5 months ago 32
@EB1089 Don't let people with no taste get ya down--just feel sorry for 'em, ya know? Good news is, there are still people that LOVE a good jam, black or white, then or now--it's ALL good!!
acecat44 4 months ago
@EB1089
Thats funny .... if only it'd help.
J
Jakarrun 4 months ago
@EB1089 I volunteer to do the slappin! ! This is great stuff man.
ironpumper350 3 months ago in playlist Work Out Stuff
Yeah slapped by Louis E. Johnson hahaha
Ogilla 3 months ago
@EB1089 please slap them a couple more times for me and then some more for general principles!
countryfunkinbunkin 3 months ago 2
this was the jam i used to sing to my grand mother when she was in the hospital and i brought her out of her coma. my grand mother was there to see me walk down the aisle when i graduate frum high school. and when i graduated frum college she was there again, and when they called my name i dedicated this song to my grand mother and when i started singing the crowd join in. she was always good to me and that's why i love you charkendria johnson i'm going to name my first daughter after her.
MD64577 5 months ago 3
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Two cool SoCali brothas from Crenshaw High.
ImTeachnU 5 months ago
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ImTeachnU 5 months ago
Thunder thumbs and Lightning licks
bookrt 5 months ago
This song was the #%*&
bookrt 5 months ago
The Beefman likes!!!
MANHATTANBEEFMAN 5 months ago
It's like Jamiroquai, but it the correct time era! Awesome stuff!
ElegyForTheMasses 5 months ago
yee-ah
mocus1 5 months ago
@patRicNasty Yeah they were. Love Stevie too.
MrBillybones999 5 months ago
three great black rock bands of the era/ isley bros /hot chocolate/ brothers johnson..AGREE?...tommy
tommieparch 5 months ago 2
@tommieparch Loved that unique guitar ,Fuzz,wah wah,guitar of the Isley's....
MrBillybones999 5 months ago
@ Mr/Miss P- This song brings bk alot of fond memories rom myself as well as others here Im sure of it. I have this on 45 the other side had a song by them titled The Devil if you could upload that or even find it Id appreciate it soooooooooooooooo very nuch. A Fan RwBGuardian
RwBguardian 5 months ago
thanx for posting one of the greatest song of the disco days will love this song FOREVER TO GINA VALLI WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
MrJameswildcat 5 months ago
Great quality on a great song.
larrydh57 6 months ago
"Skin tight" In Japan video
MrBillybones999 6 months ago
Hey does anybody remember Ohio Players-"Skin tight britches"? Anyhow there is a cool old video of it.Check it. Also William Devaughn - Be thankful for what you got.......Billy H.
MrBillybones999 6 months ago
@MrBillybones999 Those songs were "da bomb" talented writers, singers and musicians! To quote Stevie Wonder's Song " I wish those days could come back again"
PatRicNasty 5 months ago
@earnhardfanthree Thanks man,I hope you can find her.Bless you.Billy H.
MrBillybones999 6 months ago
beautiful
honeysouldreamstar 6 months ago
epic picture
ngodupsangpo 6 months ago
This is music.
bradnottingham 6 months ago 2
Yeah Thank you MrPinoyrock. you're awesome..
michellenjd1 6 months ago
Cindy Stewart (N.M.) this song reminds me of you. I hate myself for losing track of you. Billy H.
michellenjd1 6 months ago
@michellenjd1 I know how you feel bro, I've lost track of someone who made a difference in my life. She's somewhere in N.M. also.
earnhardtfanthree 6 months ago
IAlso have to agree with brother A on this. Timeless. Makes me wanna create a time machine. The 70's were the best.
michellenjd1 6 months ago
I love this song and always will, agree with almondy!
penelopeannj 6 months ago
The good memories ,good songs, good years
edavisdavis 6 months ago
Yeah...first album I ever bought, this and Bootsy's first. Turntable records Willingboro New Jersey.
TheBigShel 6 months ago
I will never forget the memories this song brings back, Cissy Grant if your out there baby, this one's for you!!!
doubledee308 6 months ago
These 2 brothers were a bad ass duo!!
ZeeMee4U 6 months ago
YES, this takes me back to the time I got my license and was on cruise status with all these tunes....havin a late 70's party just listening to all these hits...sweet memories!!!!
Islandrosebud 6 months ago
I need for some1 or me, anybody to air a radio broadcast show and play all the songs from the 70's & 80's..... #ImayNeedToLQQKintoItMyself
MsFancyOne 6 months ago
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I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!! I don't care what you say, I agree 100% with BlackPride1000, back in the 1960-70-80 and late 1990, it was a different kind of music, and mind set for our people. This stuff now, isn't hitting on much at all!?!?!?! Maybe in the next 20 years it might turn around and get better. The good songs and music will last another 20-40 50 years!?!??!!! Long live good music!!!!!
letsdance1978 6 months ago
I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!! I don't care what you say, I agree 100% with BlackPride1000, back in the 1960-70-80 and late 1990, it was a different kind of music, and mind set for our people. This stuff now, isn't hitting on much at all!?!?!?! Maybe in the next 20 years it might turn around and get better. The good songs and music will last another 20-40 50 years!?!??!!! Long live good music!!!!!
letsdance1978 6 months ago
Cali 1975-76 We Were Young Having Fun, A litte Weed & Wine, Honeys, Beach, It Was All Good, Oh! Gangs We Heard Of Them, But Being A Player Was The Game, No ShootOuts. Just Honeys. 60s 70s 80s Early 90s will Go Down As the Greatest Era For BlackMusic. What We Got Now Aint Shit!!
BlackPride1000 6 months ago 3
Mr.P... 'thanks' from a White man who lives the memories...so good!
richasis 6 months ago
VERY VERY GOOD MUSIC BACK IN THE DAYS!!!!!!
turksgra3 7 months ago
I am so grateful to have grown up in the 70s. Who knew music was at its absolute Best!!??I wish I could go back, Disco Top 40 and Rock of the 70s was absolute perfection! I feel sorry for the kids today their music sucks! The music industry in my eyes died at the end of 1993.
mgrella63 7 months ago
@mgrella63 I was born in 1991 and I agree 100%.
bennettsarager48 7 months ago
I was 16 when this song came out and it still holds up. today's music just does not compare. This music just takes you back to when music was great!!!!
raydio60 7 months ago
This song jams,a staple whenever I make my lady a mixtape,Nothing like this great music will ever be around again being born in 86 im glad I can come here and read everyones original stories of young love and being alive when music was at its best
rebsho 7 months ago
This shizz is so different !! It just dripped funk !!
broccolihart1 7 months ago
How far off course has the world gotten to go from I'll be good to you to calling women vulgar names and calling that music?
kperk014 7 months ago
the best music came from the 70s
Lghtning38 7 months ago
@Lghtning38 so true the absolute best music came from the 70,s
abiynery 7 months ago in playlist old school soul
My husband used to sing this to me girl ...
jacquelinebraxton 7 months ago
Now this is funk & soul at its best! This song peaked on the U.S. Billboard chart in July 1976! 4 people weren't good to someone else.
Bravo, Brothers Johnson!
ChihuahuaboyDH 7 months ago
./" ... if what you feel is reallll...sang it now! ooooh this was my jam!! LOL
chris23316 7 months ago
I was a 14 year old Army brat living in Frankfurt, Germany when this song came out, and would soon return to the states after four years overseas. The emotions that this song elicit can be overwhelming sometimes (like right now with a lump in my throat). Great song, one of my all-time favorites.
Knownst2Us 7 months ago