Commodores - Machine Gun

[BloodSpawn33]

I heard this on the tv show Nip/Tuck episode Escobar Gallardo. I recommend the show.

[Jany1954]

Both the Commodores AND Lionel are awesome!

[thomii1983]

That's what I call making real music!!!

[Screwmatic]

2 people got hit by Machine Gun.

[waveslider11]

I wonder if R&B Bands COMPOSING, PERFORMING, PLAYING THEIR OWN INSTRUMENTS OF THEIR OWN ORIGINAL MUSIC WILL EVER COME FROM THE RECORD/MUSIC INDUSTRY AGAIN in my lifetime.

I doubt it.

I pretty much abandoned R&B Music....what is suppose to be good, Kanye West, Black Eye PEAS is rediculously bad to me. AT least I was there when Real Music was being made...Commodores, Earth/Wind/Fire, Cameo, Isley Brthrs, Heat Wave, AWB, Confunction, Rufus/ChakaKahn, BarKays, OhioPlayers, LTD, Gap Band etc etc

[amylynns35]

where was this played???

[brantisonfire]

I'm too young to have seen this first-hand, but I can appreciate in the sampling of the Beastie Boys. Without them, I wouldn't have heard it otherwise. I will probably cover this tune with my band sometime, once we can get it worked out..

[TheMichiganian]

Back when the artists played their own music!!!

"Sampling" sucks!

[Ben1238]

Badass!!!!

[DetroitLives313]

I remember this record from the Spring of 1974 and loved it!

[18ktgold]

@DetroitLives313 I had just turned 13 and was visiting my dad in Michigan. I had him buy the '45 for me and I think I danced to this song for a whole week. My daddy said all he could hear was my stumping around upstairs in my room. Memories...

[DetroitLives313]

@18ktgold I was 13 going on 14 when this was out! LOL!

[TheStudeo74]

What is this small black keyboard ???

[wrigleyx]

ça groove à mort

[MsZeta504]

parese musica punta en ingles

[plentyone]

Actually like this cut better than Brickhouse....

[drzg]

this is my jam!!!

[cgord37]

real black music! sorry kanye,beyonce,t-pain, lil wayne. but y'all can't fuck with this!

[cgord37]

funky ass soul brothers right here! this joint is stankier than big mama's chitlins!

[ffejbboc]

my man can play the hell out of them bongos!

[mjjcng8958]

they where a band together at tuskegee. and they where opening act for the jackson 5 for awhile!!!

[tonygrooove]

@mjjcng8958 WORD!!! I saw them in the early 70s with the J5 and didn't know who they were!

[l0b1z0n]

clap clap clap

[henrypeckstv]

thanks soul train for reminding me of this killer (pun intended) track!

[44joints]

back when you had to show real talent!!

[Impex7]

Would you believe back in the day we would see these guys so much, at some concerts, we would actually give away tickets!

[louthebody]

So much talent on that stage, Great song

[darlingpresleyrocks]

this song came out in booogie nights

[michanita]

wow

[sactiger]

Damn, these fellas were tight! Saw them in concert twice in my life. Kick-ass shows!!

[msrbutch]

wow what a tight band... you couldn't exactly pull this off in a weekend-only garage band. you can tell they know each other well

[TheNewsoul2]

No you couldn't people played insturments and jammed for hours 7 days a week during those days and got tight before they went out and played parties and talent shows because African- Americans would boo you if you did what BEYONCE, USHER, T-PAIN, R-KELLY and all those vocal groups do like lipsync or have dancers knowing you have no talnet whatsoever.

[netfilm]

that was a time when funky gods go around ..Zoran Vuletic

[saanzacs]

Love the killer kit Walter 'Clyde' Orange had at the time!!!!!!!!

[saanzacs]

RIP Milan Williams (keyboardist)

[groundhog713]

This is what made this band great! After listening to post-Lionel Richie Commodores and to Lionel's solo stuff, I don't think either performer recaptured the magic they had as a group.....

[Jesterday70s]

@groundhog713 Amen to that, man. They kinda sucked after Caught In the Act, but both Movin' On and Hot On The Tracks had their grooves...

[18ktgold]

@groundhog713 This song came out when I was 13 yrs. old. At 16 I got to see them in concert. It was my first concert and my first date. I will never forget it. I had the pleasure of seeing them in concert about 4 times and each time was memorable.

[TheCrunchifiedOne]

@18ktgold you are lucky man

[THB79]

Now THIS is the real Commodores. Watch as Lionel Ritchie fires the "bullets".

[nivak11]

this song was recorded in 1974 and this performance is from 1975!

[MoondogMayne]

Thanks for the info. I recorded this on a Best of Rock Concert show that aired in 1977, but yes it originally aired in 1975.

[alicejga]

MoondogMayne

Many thanks to you for posting this wonderful stuff so we can enjoy it even after all these years!

[kweeks39]

You can't find much funkier... Except maybe Paul McCartney's "Mull of Funktyre"

[bradybrade]

Dang, Lionel Richie still looks the same

[sarabaack]

it's crazy...i think he actually looks better now lol

[alicejga]

He looked cool then and still does. I had the great pleasure of seeing him live in concert two days ago (Jan. 15, 2010) and he was wonderful! Looks like he has just as much stamina as he did back then and gave 150% of himself on every song, for 1 1/2 hours without a break. No lip synching either.

[SomeGuyCalledMax]

Go black people

[tampanensis]

right on

[sarabaack]

i love this, and i love how the beastie boys used it..two great songs..

[tonytarheel55]

@SomeGuyCalledMax right on!

[nola2laca]

song released n 1974.

[nola2laca]

MoonDogMan----------this was recorded n 1974 or 1975.

[luangu]

Afros & bellbottoms!

[ellcull]

Peeeeeeeeeeeeeee yoooooooooh! That is funkeee!!!

[SREDNIVASHTAR74]

Apparently "Funkin' like a Funky Funker by the The Funks came close, but didn't quite hit the mark.

[sarabaack]

LOL

[pekoe]

Bong hit..man

[mrmartinmartin]

Sooo funky, is there a song funkier?

[TheSanityInspector]

Depends. If you like your funk sweet, this is the one. If you like it sticky, "Fire" by the Ohio Players is it. If you want it spacey, "Tear the Roof Off The Sucker" is the one.

[pekoe]

Blaze up an Booty shake LOVE this

[nola2laca]

mrmartinmartin---------YEAH..T­HERE WERE SO MANY FUNKY JAMS BY EVERYBODY N THE 1970s..

The Commodores had some Funky jams on their first 4 albums..check em out..

i think their "SLIPPERY WHEN WET" is as cold and funky as this one..

b cool

[pekoe]

COOL now puff puff pass __Thisis Magic!!

[ddesign63]

@mrmartinmartin , check OUTTA SPACE by Billy Preston. I really feel it inspired this Commodores joint here as I think Billy was first. Love them both!

PEACE

[cjmcge]

Awesome live version!

[pekoe]

hell yea=====Bongs out n packed hard!!

[KetronWeb]

lionel richie's killin on the synth lead!!!!

[DrClaw77]

@KetronWeb LOL yeah, I thought Lionel only did that part for "TV" (read: Soul Train), but he's gettin' down just like Milan would.