Groove Armada & Richie Havens

[ThePennyvesuvino]

The very best of the new and the old...music crosses boundaries...

[theinck]

incredible sound from the drums. really well done for a live setup at a festival.

[0TedMaul0]

30 seconds in - that is clearly not a cigarette being lit :) I was there. Couldn't believe it when Richie Havens came on and this top tune was played.

Thanks for the upload.

[CharlieRay123]

Unbelievably good! 10+++. Richie delivering his message to a new generation. Thank you so much for spreading this love around.

[HumpsTube]

Best i ever dance 4

[UtopiaMinor666]

i just recently got into groove aramada, but ive always loved some richie havens.

[sayanja]

Ritchie Havens,what a good feeling

[barriegveach]

Quality, this is my era and to listen again brings it back x

[VistaBoner]

totally freakin awesome

[diacony]

stiam ca negri astia sunt talentati, oameni de calitate.

[cdngr]

I have to admit that almost 30 years later after hearing this song for the first time it still brings "goose bumps" when I listen to it. When I was a lot younger, this song brought the house down in a club known as Bora Bora on the Greek Island of Corfu. Thanks to a DJ named Gino Bianchi who pounded the beat to this song every night people would go into a near frenzy when they heard it. Truly this is a song that has some soul to it.

[laughingp]

@cdngr It's so good to get feedback like yours I hope the band get it too

[eveoffortune]

@cdngr Which version was it? The original one w/ Odyssey or Richie Havens'? See if the link I provide of the former works here. But otherwise I think Richie Havens' version of it on his album from the same year, 1981, is much better than this one. What I also remember, 30 yrs later, was that even in major discos in Europe at the time, the dj's played both these versions right after another. (Couldn't post Odysseys' version, but you can find it yourselves on youtube.)

[eveoffortune]

@cdngr Sorry, further to my comment; THE ORIGINAL version of this awesome tune is of course LAMONT DOZIER from 1977. Check that one out also!!! You're in for a treat. "Superb song written by the man himself,was part of motown songwriting team,holland,dozier,holland.Th­­is song was later covered by 80s soul group,odyssey who hit the no 4 spot in the uk charts of 1981,good as it may be,original is best" as the uploader says. From that one Riche H. obviously draws his inspiration...

[yniotis1]

bravo youtube...top version of a great tune

[gwynforjones]

@taitira01

Funky intro - Bm7 - add the 9 too ...... breakdonw - Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 Cmaj7

[irishsetterarchie]

ABSOLUTELY STUPENDOUS.......REALLY REALLY ROCKS!!!

[merkury06]

Dude!

[sdw761]

What is so wonderful about this particular song for me is that it speaks about

getting back , each of us, to the roots within ourselves where true freedom is found.

Richie knows that place which must be why he is so powerful and his feelings when singing this song ring true deep within us. Onward.........

[benoc1402]

i wanna blast this right up but it wont let me haha. top video. class.

[grainsalt]

Epic, have been searching for this for years .. Thank you very very very much.

[manuel1l]

soooooooooooo cool :)

[JaeGERmeister4711]

Misbraucht ! das Potential von Richie Havens und dem Track is weit grösser als hier dargestellt -.- i love this track, aber nich sooo :(

Gut gemacht, aber da geht mehr :)

[lumocrew]

Fantastic!

[rodinal130]

yeahhh!

[JillThompson1]

this is a Lamont Dozier tune originally, Odyssey covered it - check out the original

[randomherohank]

better than maxi jazz i reckon as the leader of a electronic band..and also one the best folk artists of all time too.

[neophytes]

wow this is an amazing version. i can listen to this allll day

[Neweddy24]

AAAAHH That was a refreshing wave of realness.

[tales1985]

Em saber que essa cara abriu o Woodstock! Amo Richie Havens!

[scottgh1979]

been looking for this ever since i saw it on bbc2 in 02, great remix, thanks for the up!!

[jimbrum45]

wrote by richie havens, click on his name n go 2 back 2 my roots, he does it folk version n says HE wrote it

[BlackCatChebs77]

ps ... 383 .. I also thought that the song was written by Richie. I don't remember it being released in UK as a single. Is my memory fading? Source for LD as writer ...?

:-)

[three3eight]

All yall should check the original....as this is a cover. The great Lamont Dozier is the composer. Still, Richie Havens did a fantastic job pumpin' this cover out. Always gets the crowd movin' at clubs. Go check the original now!

[BlackCatChebs77]

I only know of the Odyssey version - hit in UK in early 80s. That was good ... for it's time. Personally, having lived through the 'disco age' I love hearing classics brought up to date with a new slant & Richie certainly does that. "Ain`t talkin` `bout no roots in the land

Talkin` `bout the roots in the man.

I feel my spirit gettin` old

it`s time to recharge my soul."

Wonderful ...

:-)

[stripiyilby]

realy realy I FEEL IT

[joostman16]

Genious intro!

[frodolombardini]

I looked for this version for a long time... I'd already given up. Thank you!

[Ufis99]

damn i can't get enough of this xDD thanks yet again for adding this one ^^

[leonardophoto]

Incrível...Richie canta muito,ainda mais acompanhado dessa banda maravilhosa.

Viva Groove Armada !!!

[lianonito]

This is amazing!

[66Blackula66]

Does anybody have the accoustic version he sang on Arte "One Shot Not"-Show, aired in May 2008? Cant find it anywhere and that one really rocked! Awesome version without the disco beat... pls somebody post it!

[sentret]

god damn... what's the name of the song?

[Sannoffabitsch]

It's called "Going Back To My Roots"

[Ufis1234]

<3 Groove Armada! nice music ;]

[Honikena]

you have tags - alternative, indie... and what a groove? :)

[crinklypops]

Delighted this vid finally came on you tube, i had in on video but lost it a few years ago, awesome and many thanks to laughingp for posting it :)

[laughingp]

Cheers,I've always thought this was great and I am glad other people like it too

[IAMNEILFACE]

ritchie havens....fucking legend!!!!!

[Phatheon]

Love it when the piano kicks in for the first time! Such a Rush!

[chapeauetbarbe]

This was terrific man...Richie's voice is still a force-soulful man...

[little69111]

Richie Havens - fckin love him!