Honey Cone - Want Ads 1970

[echenevert1]

THIS IS MY AD!!!!!

[stiffpeeter]

Seeing black women wit hot pants on still have the same effect on me from the 70's. DAM!!!

[fa0798]

WHAT A GREAT SONG FROM A GREAT TIME.....FJA in NJ

[lepsu0176]

love this classic!

[arkady714]

Nothing nearly as charming as these girls exists today.

[missycah1]

the lip sync is horrible but the song is a classic

[eightballdoc]

nice nipples

[cuoy13]

Like this if Mary Mary "Heaven" brought you here

[eightballdoc]

and u thot only the bitches of today didn't wear bra's. those nips look like pencil erasers!!!!

[wantsomecoffee]

he's playin cards or drinkin' at the bar? how they gonna sing about my man?!! LOLOLOLOL!

[DudeTC811]

So, that's where Mary Mary gets the sample for "Heaven"!

[JR1960actor]

I googled it. According to Wiki, it is Honey Cone. I don't know why, but it is.

[TWilson6250]

If this song was written today it would be called, "Put it on Craigslist!"

[Getrealpeeps]

@TWilson6250 LOl YEP TRUE

[bobby7771117]

This was awesome music! I always collect the most music from the 60's, 70's, and some of the 80's! Thanks for the great post! Sincerely, BobbyK

[shydmples]

OMG...lol..that was my honey on the left....lol....

[MrBLACKWORLD33]

cute chicks



[TheJohnpw]

I had this record a girl that liked me gave it to me I think I was 14 yrs. old at the time and I was going to the dances all the time love it

[1goldbaby]

I ALWAYS WANTED BEYONCE'EM TO REDO THIS SONG OR MARY J...

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

Anyone know the members of the band behind these funky ladies? I've loved this record for years, but have never known the musicians on the track.

[1070kseward]

What justy happened. Born in 70 and I missed this. Wow

[JULYVIL]

Awww the memories...love it!

[corfan99]

@JULYVIL  Exactly!

[MrsClippit]

LOL!! It's "The Honeycombs" not Honey Cone!!! LOL LOL!!!!

[JULYVIL]

@MrsClippit

It really is Honey Cone, check out one of their record picutres on YouTube.

[1goldbaby]

@MrsClippit NO THE HONEY CONES...

[MrsClippit]

@1goldbaby lol.. we called them the Honey Combs when I was growing up.. What the heck is a honey cone? Sorry but "the honey cones" is a dumb name.. just sayin'

[musicboxcollector]

Taylor Dayne did a version of this song on her Tell It to My Heart album and it's fantastic!

[Swaggruler]

wow they stop the ass shot. the cameras tripped out...these days they show everything on everybody young and old.

[Swaggruler]

girl in black is fine

[delvito96]

Shoot! this was the jam in 71' when I was 11 =) and still is...

[sistersotrue28]

@delvito96 Oh yea, I agree

[Lilboy19881]

Love this

[henryna]

With lipstick on his collar, perfume on him too, tell you what I'm gonna do, gonna put in the want ads. Ohhh oohh.

[genie120503]

thanks!! xx

[SuddenSparkles]

That's it dump him and find another better lover; but first get a background check on the next one. Hey buddy you got a p.i. to recommend? Lol

[TommyFSwagg]

THEM WIGZ

[TheChuck624]

Did Ike Turner beat the shit out of any of them? Just curious. The lead singer looks like his type.

[ajsmith29045]

@TheChuck624--that is funny you should say that! Shelly Clark was actually an "Ikette". Good catch.

[onemeanscorpio]

@TheChuck624 Now that was a funny-ass comment. Heheheheheheh LMAO!!!

[nyrichiek]

When they turned around and started to put their hands behind their backs i thought they werte going to do the Macarena.

[59Milze]

Beautiful!

[MrLehnerd]

Okay very nice now who are the names of three women singers doin song anyone Knows thanks if can 

[whoislilboyfresh]

did Freda Payne remake this, or have i been misinformed?

[JClaus1221]

@whoislilboyfresh both were artists for the same record group, one on invictus, the other on hot wax. Probably the reason the two artists sound so much alike. But this one went to Number 1 for the Honey Cone.

[imsixftsix]

The song that launched dozens of drag queens....

[Jaymarvlis]

1:15 Lil Kim 1:16 Lauryn hill 1:22 Mary J Blige I guess its true everybody looks like somebody Shoot I look like Flavor Flav

[thatisso80s]

Black girls could scratch their butts and it would be an amazing dance.

[skontch1]

the girl on the right looks like flip wilson's geraldine

[36theghost]

FUCK YEAH!

[phatdic11]

Wow the lead singer has one hell of a voice!

[TDSouledOut1]

Didn't we miss a trick in the UK? Just love the Honey Cone, Holland-Dozier-Holland's alternative 'Supremes' in the early 1970s. SOUL divas with attitude.

[sanzibar76]

memories! my mom bought this record and i played it as a child. I never needed to see them but thanx for the memories.

[HollyWoodGrammys]

... Att iTs Finest !!!

[Tenardwoman]

I remember seeing them perform this song on Soul Train! I was so excited, I told my friends about it at school the next day! lol

[xtubefreak]

NICE SONG, BAD QUALITY VIDEO

[oceanbound222]

THey sure ain't the Supremes

[Blackbyrd99]

Honey Cone and the Three Degree are Female Group never got Credit in 60 good Group that where Female that express them self

[shadesmagazine]

@loverboy7905 Preach brotha, preach.

[Deldave1]

These girls had it all..When music was fun and clean! None of this ho hip hop crap that that we have to put up with now!

[blackandtanful]

吹っ飛んだﾓｰﾀｳﾝ!～～ﾎｯﾄ･ﾜｯｸｽ&ｲﾝヴｨｸﾀｽの­勝利!～今でも私の涙ものﾊﾆｰ･ｺｰﾝ"WANT ADS"の映像(´；ω；｀)

[infinera06]

WOW...this sounds even tinnier than when I first listened on my little pocket transistor radio!

[thegrandutchess]

@infinera06 ..... That's what makes it so good....it sounds tinny like a pocket radio. If it sounded like music today with full stereo sound etc, there would be something missing.

[shadesmagazine]

Comedyizlife, Please explain to me why I'm crazy as hell, so that I may understand what you mean by that statement. Make me understand.

[KaelaMae0]

Great shorts.



[ackbass]

I like this song. Is it just me or does this seem to be one of those rare transition songs where you hear old Mowtown sound blending with what becomes disco?

[bobo4890]

I liKe This :)

[scrowfan41]

Classic song.

[demetrrius3000]

i was wondering why this was in the mary mary related videos...they sampled this on their song "heaven"...im loving this song!!

[llabful]

reminds me of the Jackson 5 style

[MrDaylow]

we are a beautiful people !!!! i was 8 when this came out !!!it dont get any bettr than this !!!

[cindyshealed]

OMG, I forgot about this act. I was a kid, but now I remember this.

[rds1958]

she has such range and control...wow..and you can tell she is just *loving* this song as she sings it..Im so glad I was teenager in the 70's instead if now..the 70's were one long party with awesome music as the soundtrack...

[DrRisk01]

omg i've been looking for this!

[KatLaughable]

Check out the hot pants!! HA!! I'd forgotten about those!!

[killabeezle]

Girl talk did his thing with this sampke

[bapyou]

Seventeen dislikes? Who could POSSIBLY dislike this? Maybe someone who called up the want ad and got rejected. :)

[bapyou]

These are some sophisticated, talented, beautiful and classy ladies.

And this is some sophisticated, classy music: funky, syncopated and sly. It's so funky, makes you feel like skipping on air. Look out! Too much. Just too much. Ain't nothin' today can hold a candle to this old soul music. Nothing. These were some sophisticated no-bullshit musicians, singers, arrangers, and producers. They were layin' it down, and ain't nobody can pick it up.

[gwenpookie]

My mother was listening to this when she went into labor with me...lol

[OldskolFan]

They were cute; gotta love those "hot pants." This brings memories back of the 70's for me: lovely decade, especially for R&B/Soul music.

[mariabbb1964]

@OldskolFan agree

[Capri1160]

now thats what im talkin about.

[PERIZ99]

Great stuff...

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

What memories this song brings!

George Vreeland Hill

[shadesmagazine]

@jazzscherzo I thought I was the only one that felt like this.

[blackandtanful]

ｲﾝヴｨｸﾀｽ･ﾎｯﾄﾜｯｸｽの看板でしたね!～ﾊﾆｰ･ｺｰ­ﾝ～ｴﾄﾞﾅ･ﾗｲﾄの輝くばかりの張りのあるヴｫｰｶﾙが光る­必殺"WANT ADS"

[BullCricket75]

dem young trainees are the way to go yo! ;)

[joaomagateus]

mary mary - heaven

[shadesmagazine]

Russell Simmons is one the main reasons why music is so F--k -up today. He's the father / pioneer of hip hop / gangster music. Sorry Russell, the facts speak for themselves. Back in the day, young women were referred to as "Ladies" and now, they love it when you refer to them as "Hey ho' " or bitc-.

[tingokuman]

@shadesmagazine I couldn't agree with you more however i wouldn't say Russell was alone in the degradation of our people never the less our women the music business is run by Jews Rick Ruben was the true leader of defjam.there were plenty of white owned blacksploitation movies in the 70s the Mack superfly shaft box office smashes.somebodys mama got slapped in every one of those long before gangsta rap came along .

[gdub520]

@shadesmagazine i think your rant is misguided...

[shadesmagazine]

@gdub520 Please explain to me so I can get a better understanding

[gdub520]

@shadesmagazine i will say that tingokuman sums it up as well as i really care to right now...there were many before, during and since that may have been much more influential in a negative regard than russell simmons...honestly, im 40-something yrs old now....the bigger 'message' i remember from russell or def jam to expand...beastie boys and their alcoholic rhymes...stands out more than most everything except some of llcoolj's early stuff. russ can only be held accountable for def jam stuff

[shadesmagazine]

@gdub520 I see you have one of my favorite player's saved as a favorite: William (Bootsy) Collins. I just happen to be listening to his greatest hits cd as we speak. I play it everyday. I'm in my mid 50's. See, "This is some good music that influence a generation of funk-a-teers (like myself) that wasn't degrading or calling women B's or h's in their lyrics". The hip-hop community should learn from guys like "BOOTSY."

[KingCrimson776]

@shadesmagazine lmao... sexism was even worse back then, it just didn't have as "offensive" terms...

[undataka2000]

@shadesmagazine lmao r u serious do more research

[shadesmagazine]

@undataka2000 ....Well Undataka, I don't mind doing the research but................."On what?" I'm ole school youngblood, I don't know what this "IMAO" means. Please speak it to me in english. Your language gives your age away. Chances are wherever research you're referring to, I've lived it or living through it (from experience) to be able to state my opinion or facts.

[JakeandElwoodBlues]

@shadesmagazine F**k Russell Simmons

[Comedyizlife]

@shadesmagazine  you sound crazy as hell!!! LOL

[StoneColdKrishna]

@shadesmagazine Really......russell simmons?

[Esai1289]

@shadesmagazine no its fucking newskool music its fucking retarded listen 2 old skool hiphop nas 2pac .. etc ikuld go 4 days :) nd no fuck yu idont care if yu cant understand how ispell not in skool fuck face :) - my opinion like it or not

[shadesmagazine]

@Esai1289 See what I mean. "You're ignorant junior." "THAT A FACT!!!!!!!!!!!!" Like it are not. See what happens when you skip english class and quit school early. I could only read the last 5 words in your sentence. I hope you never run for President. You can't speak or write english.

[jazzyblueluvsu]

@shadesmagazine It more than Russell Simmons its people not wanting to take a stand for themselves. I am a you woman and if some body decides to call me ho or bitc- they better sleep with one eye open.

[rds1958]

@shadesmagazine Right on... Plus they cant write songs with *tunes* no mo =)

[surflat56]

@shadesmagazine As great a commercial success as RS has been (and he has), I have to thumbs up shadesmag man. It's the fucking truth.

[shadesmagazine]

@surflat56 Thanks surflat, for a minute there, I thought I was all alone on this one.

[soulgriot]

@shadesmagazine Once upon a time, black music involved (1) professional songwriters, (2) professional musicians, (3) experienced record producers, (4) professional singers, (5) artist and repetoire professionals, and (5) professional choreographers. That's why people still listen to Motown, Memphis and Philly, etc. While there are talented performers in hip hop, and there will always be talent coming out of the black community, things are very different now professionally . . . .

[soulgriot]

@soulgriot As for the bitc# and ho references, go back and listen to Jelly Roll Morton. Trust me, it's in there! The difference is that the songs with so-called smutty references were not presented as acceptable for general audiences.

[shadesmagazine]

@soulgriot Yes, "Things are a "LOT" different, that's for sure.

[dollofperdition]

@shadesmagazine I don't thing anything has changed, except the the levels of sexism in all eras. Music evolves, the objectification of women unfortunately has not.

[journeythruthepast]

Honey Cone were some funky-ass sistas with some great vocals and tunes. R&B vocal groups are non-existent these days. The "Boy Band" era killed the credibility of it unfairly enough. Now any time someone puts together a vocal group it has to be a freaking pre-packaged group like N Sync or Spice Girls where members audition.

[Badrockit]

Nice song... great groove... miss concepts with this spin

[tofumuffin572]

because I said so. <3

[Krazy3912]

They are some sexy ass females...and they can SING.

Although I was only 3 back then (next week I turn 44)...what I miss now are songs that had positive messages, songs that made you feel good and songs that speak from the heart.

[jrst6]

when can you find a leader sing actually dancing and singing in music now a days....... the folk back then actually had TALENT

[desert3347]

Only Thing Missing Is "Steletos"..........they are fine

[missundertood1]

damm took me forever to find this song i love it

[TWIGGY281]

Great song!!! Mary Mary did a good job of sampling this. Check out their track called Heaven.

[sheddski]

back when it was a hit i thought it was the jacksons or donny osmond

[amberfwn]

My sister and her friends had their little group and played and sang this song out.

[dsw162]

is that Mary J's mama? Dang she looks like her!

[NicheDiva]

Mary Mary's song, "Heaven" uses this same beat and a similar hook! I was cracking up when I heard this song on Soul Train.They are too cute!

[kameelahb9]

This song is such a classic!

[TXejas19]

i love this song

[gofyerself]

the background music kinda sounds like 'i want you back' by the jackson 5

[JingleCollector]

@gofyerself It should... The group was on the Hot Wax label... which was started by Holland-Dozier-Holland after they left Motown. HDH wrote many of Motown's classic hits prior to leaving the label.

[gofyerself]

i like they outfits

[Sallywalker50]

The Honey Combs and Freida Payne sound similair. I love them both... these were the good old days... when you knew good music was bring made and played! Thanks for sharing revup67!

[arkady714]

These dolls are charming beyond words.

[GAMEBREAKER700]

Brings it all back! Wicked posting from a long forgotten trio. This will still get 'em up in the right type of dances!

[kja427]

Here's another act who pretended to be The Supremes. At any rate, why don't women fight other women for their men? If boys have to fight for their girls, in a relationship, it should be a two way street, It's all about Chivalry, girls; Don't get into his face, get into hers.

[partofthepuzzle]

Want Ads was written by General Norman Johnson, who also wrote Stick Up for the Honey Cones. Johnson was very well known as the lead singer for The Chairmen of the Board, whose big hit " Give Me Just a Little More Time", features one the all time great soul/r&b vocals.

[partofthepuzzle]

Fantastic song: the lyrics tell a story. Ace arrangement and playing by the band w 16 yr old Ray Parker Jr on guitar. Tremendous lead vocal by Edna Wright and perfect backup backup singing by Carolyn Willis and Shellie Clark. Funky soul music at it finest.

Don't blame the group for lip synching. It was the standard back then for most shows like this (Soul Train, American Bandstand, etc.).

[dimasjm]

i take the one on the left !

[bLacksheep988]

People wanted ads before YouTube was invented.

[buddhaman1127]

Is the middle sister missing her Chiclets??

[blackitalian36]

@buddhaman1127 yo!!!!LMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM­MAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was just saying the same shit!!! WOWO!!!!!!!!!!

[YoureAbsolutelyRight]

Forget men, at home, all alone?

Read a Book !

Cheers.

from,

del-boy.

[YZDT]

They don't make soul sisters like they used too.  I need to get me a retro chick. A big fine Cadillac and pimp stick.

[chevychevwoman]

Awesome video I love it

[glammis09]

I dig their wigs...moreso if it's real!

[akara110]

these young "sisstars" are not british born blacks.... not to be confussed with brittons .... they are africans orn in the america.... today you call them african american..... second this song was released in 71 just a little for real black soul music loves ...... ya know the peole the light up the world.

[srercrcr]

HOT PANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  BRING EM BACK

[exgroupiefromelmont1]

MY MOM WORE HOT PANTS IN 1971!! HATE TO SEE THIS BUT GALS JUST DO NOT DRESS LIKE THIS..MY AUNT SAID THAT YEARS AGO PEOPLE PUT ALOT MORE EFFORT IN THEIR DRESS!! NOT LIKE TODAY...

[mouse12345ify]

even here on May 21st 2011 they rock great memeories

[mediadiva10]

This song came out in the spring of 1971 when hot pants were the rage - NOT 1970!

[r0b0hobo]

I was trying to sample this song unsuccessfully last week and I see today that Girl Talk used it for a beat. fuuuuuuuuuuck. I hope he doesn't know who Betty Everett is.

[fresh3456]

Jim Jones used this song in one of songs...and it's decent

[lenapeaks]

best song one at least i ever heard

[4udoboyz]

when u start sing this song u know for a fact that ur ready to break up and it will be official lol....

[rocknrollporn]

never seen a black chick with Farrah Fawcett hair B4.

[sexsavannah43]

Oh okay, thanx

[Jackson5Generation]

This song has that Jackson 5 sound to it

[79mamadee]

there was way to much mustard on that one

[cmonupies]

Dont know how anyone can be confused with 60s 'Honeycombs', who were a white British band with a female drummer. This band were on Holland-Dozier-Holland's Hot-Wax label [to us Brits] & excelled in the Northern Soul clubs. I think they were Shellie Clark,, Edna Wright & Carolyn Willis & had Lps called 'Sweet Replies' [which this track came from], 'Take Me With You', Soulful Tapestry' & 'Love, Peace & Soul' during their run on Hot-Wax/Invictus. Also Sharon Cash joined them towards the end of HDH.

[dredlyn2001]

Christ i grew up with this as well as you OLD people(46).Just because you can't get into some of today's music,you forget about a lot of the CRAP that came out at the same time. Just because you fondly remember this airbrushed memory,no need to diss some of todays stars,that will also be remembered fondly thru hazy shade of yesterday by this generation. Man, did everyone here just get OLD and LAME

????????????????? .

[Clariccy]

@dredlyn2001 You got old and lame. Calling someone 46 years of age OLD lol... Young and already OLD, now THAT'S something ! lolz

[YoureAbsolutelyRight]

@Clariccy Dear Clar., OLD means unstylish - not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable"; "an unfasionalbe type of any thing". . OLD has nothing, necessarily, to do with the age of any person. A ten year old with a reel-to-reel tape recorder or a dead sea scroll, could be OLD whereas a ninety-years of age person, with a bright mind (example Prince Phillip) could easily be called not OLD. . Cheers. from, del-boy.

[andrewfrancis74]

@YoureAbsolutelyRight Heh ! Prince Phillip kinda rocks !.......90 years old.

[bossdaddy44]

damn all three of these girls look good, but that lead singer hot, hot, hot.

[sexsavannah43]

Which one is Verdine White wife?

[MrBillydoo]

@sexsavannah43 Verdine married Shelly- the cutie pie on the left over twenty-five years ago.

[mminer58]

OMG! Can't believe I'm hearing this. The memories!

[southernsoulz]

"MaryMary - Heaven " was inspired by this song...

[southernsoulz]

"MaryMary - Heaven " was inspired by this song...

[M4RIOPL]

Nikt i nic !!!

[StellStell1940]

This song sounds like my current status. It's time for a change and I'm really feeling this song.

[nowatout]

ALL I CAN SAY IS ...... HOT !!

[mainecoon1000]

yeah everybody break down!!

[TheRs07]

I'm still doin' the Breakdown.

[GoodCleanFilth]

This song features a then teen-aged Ray Parker Jr. on rhythm guitar. . . he was a prolific session musician long before "Ghostbusters."

[TheDocBoyd]

That dance was called " The Breakdown" still looks cool! Nice post!

[flashframe7777]

They are doing a dance called "The Breakdown".

[finnemccool]

Gotta love those hot pants. They were popular back then.

[The096757]

this is on my radio now. i always liked this song and always hated beyonce and destiny's whitey hating pig child.

[PumaDown]

I want to bring this dance back!