The song's rushed, for certain. IMHO, the drummer controls the band and is responsible for setting, keeping, and /or adjusting the tempo... I've seen this occur many times, as I've been in enough bands to KNOW this can happen to the best of bands. The musicianship is unquestionalby good here, great stuff.
DAMN IT !!!! lol , I was 17 then...Remember it well... :) music was So much better then....70"s were cool 2... Wow, I went there....Im offically old....LOL
I saw these guy's live in my hometown back when they were in there prime,Im not a big fan of dosco but K.C. kicked some ass that night,it has been three life time's ago,probably even on a different planet,this kind of music will make a 90 year old man smile and tap his toes,the reason i say this is because my grandfather was 103 and he loved Shake your booty.This music makes me feel 19 again.I love it,K.C. and the BEE Gee's were the kings of disco.
So much goes on here that I didn't notice the extra-tight groove from 4:04 to 4:18. Finch's bass and the dance going along with it by the horns, K.C. and the backup singers. I saw a much earlier performance of this song in November 1975 and the live experience of this band was amazing! Truly. Everyone who's said that is point on! In 1975 this kind of performance was a total surprise. We knew the band only for this song on the radio. We didn't expect a party!! Bass-heavy/percussive!
this is true showmanship !!!!...amazing....assholes like lord lady gaga should take heed...yes this will be still fresh in 2075....will the likes of a lord lady gaga be there too NOT
disco4ever loves this version of get down tonight.... especially the dance moves and awesome Richard Finch on the bass!! Appreciate the post for sure!
Wow, dancing has come a looooong way since this video was made. I'm sure "White Bell Bottoms Heart Patch Guy" displayed the state of the art dance moves for the times. The "sliding, reverse directional, one leg quivering, mobile push back" (or failed hand stand for short) dance move is classic.
redfishradical, you don't have to wish. They play a full concert every summer after a Marlins game. Show is as good as this video. Sound system is excellent. And they let you go down onto the field. Come on to Miami!
@bigreed43 Dude calm down, I NEVER said KC and the Sunshine Band were The JBs. If you go back a little further in the postings, you will see that myself and another poster were naming bands from the 70s and 80s that had great horn sections.
Everything about them is SO MIAMI! My uncle was married to Shotgun Johnson's sister, and I used to go with him to Criteria Studio's in the '70's to see them jam. They'd be on so much yay, sounding like a whole marching band... this is my shit.
No : they are better together : it was a concept ... And when do you can hear a so perfect "osmose" beetween guitar and bass ? It was a real moment of hapiness to watch a performance like this one
Who was the guitarist? Sounded a little Like Johnny Watson.
Gotta admit I was one of the "Disco Destruction" era rockers in 70s (But love EWF, War & other soul/funk groups saw them when Doug Henning did a great stage illusion for them!) But I LOVED this song! Secret guilty pleasure that would be cranked all the way up. Looking at this clip I imagine those were some kick-ass concerts KC & Co. put on, wish I'd have seen them now!
Brass is Charles Williams, trombone, Denvil Liptrot, sax, little guy on trumpet, Charles Weaver and the wild dancing trumpet is Ronnie Smith. Saw them in 1975. AWESOME LIVE show just like you see here. KC was ON IT and danced with his horn section!!! BEST LIVE SHOW I'VE SEEN TO DATE!
KC is lucky they never bashed his head in with a coconut.
SSRogue88 1 month ago
One HUGE Fashion show. Dude in WHITE suit is tits.
mcd1727 2 months ago
From the days when pop musicians actually played live shows ! Awesome stuff . . .
Oldcarsarecool 5 months ago
Salut to the great Harry Casey and his wonderful musicians
countryleaves 6 months ago
Bueno, muy bueno!!!!
ampgwrlh28 7 months ago
The originators of the Cupid shuffle :)
TRwifee 7 months ago
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MRiFXXK 8 months ago
Looks like the band is happy with the speed LOL
comfy1 9 months ago
The song's rushed, for certain. IMHO, the drummer controls the band and is responsible for setting, keeping, and /or adjusting the tempo... I've seen this occur many times, as I've been in enough bands to KNOW this can happen to the best of bands. The musicianship is unquestionalby good here, great stuff.
gblueslover2 9 months ago
This is so 70's. Great decade!
beegeelovessurf 11 months ago
back when music was fun!
MORTONLGG 11 months ago 2
Amazing!!! So cheerful and hypnotic! 70's rules
Tamasauska 11 months ago 2
DAMN IT !!!! lol , I was 17 then...Remember it well... :) music was So much better then....70"s were cool 2... Wow, I went there....Im offically old....LOL
prietaquake 1 year ago
This is what I call happy music!
cheapcape 1 year ago 3
Lets Get down tonight (: !!!!
hey42756 1 year ago 2
@hey42756 Oh yeah!!
cheapcape 1 year ago
There it is !!!!!!!!!! I've looked all over for Don's show with KC THank you
vernonzernicke 1 year ago 2
This brings back so many memories, that we could all go back in time
didlebug040 1 year ago 2
@didlebug040 Time machine, please!
cheapcape 1 year ago
@cheapcape you ain't never lied
tabbykat001 1 year ago
I saw these guy's live in my hometown back when they were in there prime,Im not a big fan of dosco but K.C. kicked some ass that night,it has been three life time's ago,probably even on a different planet,this kind of music will make a 90 year old man smile and tap his toes,the reason i say this is because my grandfather was 103 and he loved Shake your booty.This music makes me feel 19 again.I love it,K.C. and the BEE Gee's were the kings of disco.
MTD45 1 year ago
PHENEMONEAL!
TheVrk 1 year ago
man, I wish the image quality were better - so frustrating
erizabeta 1 year ago
This is music!!!!!!
ladydreemer 1 year ago
Too bad the sound quality isnt better... the band was rollin!!!!!
bigreed43 1 year ago
KC is hott
ForgottenSoul700 1 year ago
The rhythm guitar is simply getting down...smoking!!!!!
josepheb12 1 year ago
♥LOVE♥
1967JesusFreak 1 year ago 2
K.C. looks like he is having a great time, good job!
BMoreino 1 year ago
This music can still get you grooving!
macdogq 1 year ago
(8) do a little dance....(8)
luishaka88 1 year ago
I swear,all of the energy they have in this vid.,I don't have nearly that much in my lil pinky....on both hands,lol!!!
CosmicGemini 1 year ago
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IstOne1989 1 year ago
KC could both entertain and was a solid musician at the same time!Most of the time,it's one or the other.
landrykkb 1 year ago
wahoooooooooooo
spuddy90 1 year ago
So much goes on here that I didn't notice the extra-tight groove from 4:04 to 4:18. Finch's bass and the dance going along with it by the horns, K.C. and the backup singers. I saw a much earlier performance of this song in November 1975 and the live experience of this band was amazing! Truly. Everyone who's said that is point on! In 1975 this kind of performance was a total surprise. We knew the band only for this song on the radio. We didn't expect a party!! Bass-heavy/percussive!
mikeeiland1 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS BAND !!
GOOD VIBES GREAT MOVE'S!!
nostalgikful 1 year ago
this is true showmanship !!!!...amazing....assholes like lord lady gaga should take heed...yes this will be still fresh in 2075....will the likes of a lord lady gaga be there too NOT
kidstl 1 year ago 4
Nothing like the 70's.
plungerdrum 1 year ago 4
@plungerdrum yes, they completely sucked ass
smrand2 1 year ago
ugh... I have to play this in my band....
maxondrums 2 years ago
FUCK YEAH. That's what I'm talkin' about!
BettinaBalser 2 years ago 3
Just fantastic...I wish I had been there...I have missed out on an experience which will never be repeated again...
essertpitay 2 years ago 4
DIOS MIO
elprincipedecaracas 2 years ago
SIMPLEMENTE EPICO
elprincipedecaracas 2 years ago 3
April 77, Great times
TheGodParticle 2 years ago 6
without words...XXX
Fraimco 2 years ago 55
kc was really coked up there,...great tune though
aviatorairman2000 2 years ago 3
disco4ever loves this version of get down tonight.... especially the dance moves and awesome Richard Finch on the bass!! Appreciate the post for sure!
disco4ever 2 years ago 3
That ruling bass-player is Richard Finch, their producer-co-writer. Amazing!
mikeeiland1 2 years ago 4
Party Hardy.....out of sight ....
ftjax 2 years ago
the bass player on this RULES
kelvinkloud 2 years ago 4
I was ten yrs. old at the time this was going on!! I remember it and I still love it!!! KC is a doll !!!
23ammac 2 years ago 4
KC was so damn cute then! Always smiling.
2agray 2 years ago 2
Wow, dancing has come a looooong way since this video was made. I'm sure "White Bell Bottoms Heart Patch Guy" displayed the state of the art dance moves for the times. The "sliding, reverse directional, one leg quivering, mobile push back" (or failed hand stand for short) dance move is classic.
ranhill 2 years ago
If the US could play soccer to this music we could win a world cup.
forfaka 2 years ago
Go KC Go!!!
sayhi2jon 2 years ago
6th grade memories......sigh!!
tanyatmr 2 years ago
love old skool music 70-80s n im 13!
idontnoapassword 2 years ago 8
Harry Casey shines here on two counts: the production, and the musicianship. What a classic!
LarryCosgrove 2 years ago 20
@LarryCosgrove i heard that boy can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch too. haha, just saying
smrand2 1 year ago
be careful when driving to this song. You'll be going 85 mph before you know it.
Rokinray 2 years ago 3
@4:29 that is the HUSTLE yawl !!!!!!!
passion4posh 2 years ago
redfishradical, you don't have to wish. They play a full concert every summer after a Marlins game. Show is as good as this video. Sound system is excellent. And they let you go down onto the field. Come on to Miami!
blankandson 2 years ago
My dad was 10 in 1977 just thought I'd share.
jubjub194 2 years ago
Good 'ol Don Kirschner's Rock Concert.
themurph2000 3 years ago
Does anyone know if this performance is on cd or something? This would sound awesome in the car!!!!
bigreed43 3 years ago
The best hornes/trombones/brass I ever heard!
yeshu26uk 3 years ago 3
Earth Wind and Fire
Confunkshun
The Barkays
Lakeside
And many more LIVE bands from the 70s & 80s had great horn sections. Ain't NUTH'N like LIVE music!
ranhill 2 years ago
Ohio Players, Brick, Pleasure, Dazz Band, Blackbyrds, Sun, T Connection, Brass Construction, Kool & The Gang, Mass Production, Slave
kax61 2 years ago
Chicago, War, Tower Of Power, Mandril, Blood Sweat & Tears...
Who else? The list gos on and on...
ranhill 2 years ago
The JBs (James Browns back-up band) which went on to become Parlement / Funkedelic
ranhill 2 years ago
@ranhill bullshitt!!! this not the JBs!!!
bigreed43 1 year ago
@bigreed43 Dude calm down, I NEVER said KC and the Sunshine Band were The JBs. If you go back a little further in the postings, you will see that myself and another poster were naming bands from the 70s and 80s that had great horn sections.
ranhill 1 year ago
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@bigreed43 my original post hopefully this will give you some context:
Earth Wind and Fire
Confunkshun
The Barkays
Lakeside
And many more LIVE bands from the 70s & 80s had great horn sections. Ain't NUTH'N like LIVE music!
ranhill 1 year ago
They are tight. T his is a really great version.
erizabeta 3 years ago
Everything about them is SO MIAMI! My uncle was married to Shotgun Johnson's sister, and I used to go with him to Criteria Studio's in the '70's to see them jam. They'd be on so much yay, sounding like a whole marching band... this is my shit.
chillemaxmost 3 years ago
No : they are better together : it was a concept ... And when do you can hear a so perfect "osmose" beetween guitar and bass ? It was a real moment of hapiness to watch a performance like this one
OSCARDERAMASSAGE 3 years ago 3
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i notice that the sunshine band gets a lot better when KC shuts the hell up.
leftfootof 3 years ago
Who was the guitarist? Sounded a little Like Johnny Watson.
Gotta admit I was one of the "Disco Destruction" era rockers in 70s (But love EWF, War & other soul/funk groups saw them when Doug Henning did a great stage illusion for them!) But I LOVED this song! Secret guilty pleasure that would be cranked all the way up. Looking at this clip I imagine those were some kick-ass concerts KC & Co. put on, wish I'd have seen them now!
redfishradical 3 years ago
Correction. The little trumpet guy is James Weaver.
Lyntoyia 3 years ago
Brass is Charles Williams, trombone, Denvil Liptrot, sax, little guy on trumpet, Charles Weaver and the wild dancing trumpet is Ronnie Smith. Saw them in 1975. AWESOME LIVE show just like you see here. KC was ON IT and danced with his horn section!!! BEST LIVE SHOW I'VE SEEN TO DATE!
Lyntoyia 3 years ago
Wow, Moondog, so awesome that you posted this!!! Love it, love it!!!
PencilSkirt95 3 years ago
Badass brass section. Does anybody know their names. They should get some credit. Especially the guy in white.
AdoribleAdrian 3 years ago