Everybody Plays The Fool - The Main Ingredient (1972)

[billeybop]

I met the love of my life when this was out. We were married in 73 and she is and will allways be my eternal love! :) Anything worth having is worthy of hard word and play!

[Problemz99]

18 People are not fools

[evanderU92]

everybody hates chris hahaha

[TheBonghitter99]

such a fuckin tune. thank dad for intoducing me to this lol

[KazperTheStreetPoet]

SPENT FOREVER TRYING TO REMEMBER WHO SAMPLED THE INTRO. It was Louis Logic.

[ShamuLesbo]

@KazperTheStreetPoet which song?

[KazperTheStreetPoet]

@ShamuLesbo The Rest

[ShamuLesbo]

@KazperTheStreetPoet thanks mang

[KRACKERJACK6913]

YEAH,THESE WERE THE DAYS. SAD PART IS IT WILL NEVER BE THAT WAY AGAIN.

[dynelol]

I post this on Facebook as a reply any time someone whines about a breakup. Sometimes I get thanks and sometimes I get told I'm being a smartass asshole. lol

[thebeasthatfeasts]

dude i had no idea cuba gooding jrs dad did shit, especially be a part of the main ingredient haha

[bpederson01]

Beautiful memories...just makes me want to flash the peace sign at everyone. Where is my old olive drab army surplus coat? Thank you to the YouTube time machine.

[abimaroca]

I heard the chorus of this song in a "Everybody hates Chris" episody and look for it!

[jazzyfayy1983]

omar and cuba gooding jr look like they father he can't say they not his son's

[ahdowns]

17 people didn't dig this !

[osco89]

I love the way this was put together! Shows great music no matter if you're black or white! This was a great time growing up and listening to these classics!

[JustPetrov]

"You say you even feel like dying?" I feel that way everytime I leave an all~you~can~buffet. Seriously, good song, good memories.

[ThePocahontas225]

everybody plays the fool, there's no exception to the rule.

[elbikino1]

This is one of the most EUPHORIC & ABSOLUTELY TENDER LOVING songs I have ever heard! Another great song with that same LOVING TENDERNESS came out in 1963 titled, FORGET HIM...And it was sung to perfection by BOBBY RYDELL! Then there's, TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY (BOBBY VEE). Although none, in my opinion, can match the pure EUPHORIC qualities of, THE RAIN THE PARK & OTHER THINGS by the COWSILLS, even though it lacked that LOVING TENDERNESS which makes, EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL, so UNIQUE!

[malcolmscotty1]

lol at 1:42 you can tell thats cuba gooding jr's pops

[tonemwm]

I DIDNT KNOW CUBA GOODING JR DADDY MADE THIS SONG I LOVE THIS SONG MY AUNTIE PLAYED IT TO DEATH GROWING UP. CUBA JR TELL CUBA SENIOR I SAID U GO BOY....LOL



[nocatif]

Everybody does play the fool sometime, I did it for 33-yrs. Wish I had that time back and my innocence.

[almiguel]

thumbs up if you looked this up after Conan interviewed Cuba Gooding

[guiga1020]

If you've heard this song in Everybody Hates Chris, thumbs up!!

(Se você ouviu essa música no Todo Mundo Odeia o Chris, dê joinha)

[NEWTVIC]

I played this song for my son, who git that Dear John letter in Iraq and told him I had played it for myself, a couple of times, thanks for posting

[Bizarronumber4]

Classic Song!

[bhughs77]

16 fools didn't like this

[MisterSin87]

What a classic. Everyone who ever goes through heartbreak should listen to this song right after the breakup...

@1:55 -- Oh, Hi Alyssa Milano!

[snootzie78]

This version is a HELL of a lot better than Aaron Neville.

[wantsomecoffee]

dig this!



[Yapostadodat]

You say you're having a bad day? Job/life sucks? Well, dig THIS!

[cnddvorak]

It is wonderful what would the world be like without music. It is life!!!

[aspenrebel]

I have, more than ONCE, more than TWICE, more than THRICE. Hummm??? How many times have I played the fool, now? I dunno. All I know, is that I'm playing the fool right now. Falling in love with a gal, probably two at the same time, right now. So here I go playing the fool one, or two, more times.  So this Song was written for ME!!! Nobody has me beaten on that score, let me tell you.

[deeanana]

I in jr high at the time..so many good records that year...couldnt wait to go buy those 45's saving all my babysitting money to go to woolworths ,.pete's in El Monte, later it was musicland at the mall, ..now its all about itunes and youtube, nothing like reading the album covers and putting that vinyl on the turn table. Thank you for the nostalgia!

[LiLMrsStoner]

i grew up to oldies i love them and i still bump them with my parents :)) purro oldies

[DrePicaso]

fool me once, shame on you.. fool me twice, shame on me!

[Genevee1]

TO WADEHARRIS65 : HONEY ? I STILL AM ! guess , my boyfriend was with me at a jewlery store looking at gold earrings and me too . I chose some for me . then he looked at some and said to the girl that was serving us , ah.....how much are these ? right away i knew it wasnt for me ! DAMMM I AM A .......B I G - F O O L !  the lady just looked at me and i walked away gracefully .

[tawheedization]

whats up ronnie and peaches love yall we were so happy back then and caraefree at the coffee house

[Wolfsky9]

Summer of '72, & OMG, truer words were never--ever-sung, & sung so perfectly by these 3 incredibly talented guys. What a time it was. Wolfsky9

[alleyboy4]

I was raised on this. My older family use to play it. I ain't like it at first but as I got older . I understood real music

[SuperSteelydanfan]

classic

[chrisgirlify]

oldie but goodie!!!

[loveblackbeauty67]

YES WE DO

[sweetbaby103]

Man... I love old school music!!!!! The music now a days has no feeling or meaning to it... And it should be a shame that I'm saying that because i'm only 17, and my generation of music kinda sucks (with a few exceptions)....

[58dhart]

Cuba's Daddy could BLOW!!

[lc146391]

@58dhart How did his son become such an Uncle Tom?

[xSweetKiszeSx]

@pershn yup i jus posted dat on my fb statuss.. itss onlyy thee truth (:

[tease420]

did you know chuck norris is a hunter?........

[ekpp60]

WOW!! GREAT VIDEO & GREAT SUPERB SOUND!! THANK'S FOR SHARRING IT!!

[lolwut8898]

i'm glad i was a teen in the 70's .I bought all the music like this one it is good dancing music not like the music of today . there;s no dance to it.how do u dance to the music of today? can someone tell me!! By Betty Boop

[pdddddp1]

"Falling in love is SUCH an easy thing to do.....and there's no guarantee that the one you love, is gonna love you"...........so true.

[mannecyberguy]

@pdddddp1 With some of us, that reality can feel like being hit with a huge sledgehammer.

[Yapostadodat]

It is REALLY bizarre that music WAS this good at one point when compared to today's stuff. I sometimes feel like I woke up in a different dimmension at some point, than the world I lived in in the 70's. 

[xSweetKiszeSx]

this was when my mom and dad used to have a record player lol . awh man those were the days if i could only turn back the hands of time . r.i.p mommie <3

[pershn]

@xSweetKiszeSx i know the feeling.i tell all ppl you better enjoy ur parents while you got them. JUST REAL TALK

[MarioIArguello]

@xSweetKiszeSx some mons and dads still have those record players and for some reason, even with the scratches, this music still sounds a lot bette than some of todays meaninless songs. How did I end up here from Boston to Ambrosia ???? wow.

what a memory trip !

[gjvb]

Little known fact: Cuba Gooding Sr. from this band is the father of famous actor Cuba Gooding Jr.

[inkleinations1]

@gjvb thanks for that fact!

[MrLouie670]

and your ability to reason is swept away....Yeah! Ain't it great!

[nwadoug]

AMAZING music! 

[DKdixiekong]

Obama is the BEST

[lovesatom]

i definately played the fool!!!! haha!

[BigBingFan]

Obama does it every day for 3 years.

[Daphena1]

now THIS was music :)

[ezeedward]

Speak the truth ! Everybody plays the fool atleast one time in their life.. chalk it up to inexperience

[mylarboxers]

I was ten years old in '72 and couldn't get enough of this song--I still love it!

[SOULJATWIN]

CUBA GOODING SR.

[mrgoodvibrations]

Song for my 1st 'crush' in '72 this is for you Amy K!

[mjbr1010]

Wow this was music not that crap today bring it back please

[THEATREofPAIN270]

0:41 Is that Cuba's dad in the middle? Very cool.

[dlass7710]

this happens to everybody

[tawheedization]

everybody plays a fool sometimes but nobody wants to admit it at anytime

[curtisjones400]

Thumbs up if you remember watching the Main Ingredient perform this song on Soul Trian-

[ritasessoms]

So true everybody plays a fool sometimes.good luck

[ImaniRoseHenderson]

YAAAAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blobbyhilliam]

12 people are playing the fool

[thighmister]

Wow I had no idea Cuba Gooding Jr had a father who was in th.... tits... big, floppy... boobies... what was I saying?

[Megaloprepus8]

One of the great classics of the 1970s. I absolutely love this song!

[Drea1239232]

Click It Or Ticket Commercial...lol

[towringer]

I wonder if this song was inspired by the Connie Francis song "Everybody's Somebody's Fool". The refrain sounds similar.

[razor12337]

i love this song from the 70s whan i was in school at southcoos hi if u no me i am ramon e c/s

[supermogo22]

Aww they use your heart just like a tool :/

[snoopysnake]

My husband says that the spoken intro sounds exactly like Lamont Sanford.

[exoticisland]

i love this song, its uplifting.

[MissPMae]

does anyone else have an issue with the scantily clad females? what do those megan fox looking chicks have to do with black music in the early 70s? LOVE the song, but the video leaves a little bit to be desired. Thank you for the upload tho. Appreciate it.

[ubelieveinme2oo]

This song blew my mind back in '74

[MrDaZe5]

WHAT !!!

[prober45]

why would any fool NOT like this song... oh I guess I answered that myself

[mattbeezy910]

everybody plays a fool sometimes,so true

[TheGoodExcuses]

everybody plays the flute

[wynonie]

SEE MESSAGE BELOW:It`s the damn truth. Take it from me, I know. I`m 63 years old.Love always comes again. Sometimes when you least expect it.

[tommieparch]

dont kill yourself over a lost love.. you will fall in love again & yeah we all been takin for fools, but new love with a little time, puts u back in the positive spirit!,,, this is the message here..

[higirlize]

now this is what i call singing

[veritasvg]

@higirlize

Great quality, too.

[Mechanic0751]

Thank you sir!! Good upload.

[MamaNuveau]

Who agrees that Unsung definitely needs to do an episode THESE unsung musical heroes? Awesome song. Tells the plain ole truth! 

[philiptaft]

it needs the words on the screen to make it perfect production

[philiptaft]

only spoilt by the stupid flashing line of words...lyrics on screen would have been a better idea

[salazam]

@philiptaft I'm colorblind, I barely notice them. Ha! For once in my lifetime my inability to see color proves to be MY advantage!!!!

[philiptaft]

only spoilt by the stupid flashing line of words, lyrics on screen would have been better instead

[wadeharris65]

11 people are still playing the fool.

[buddhastrike]

@wadeharris65 You are so right!! I just saw 12 dislikes- another fool has been added!

[MsMe1967]

@wadeharris65 14 now, wtf r they thinkin'? In '72 I was 5. Wow! A lifetime ago..

[53nubianqueen]

REAL MUSIC!

[woodmoose49]

Cuba has great talent pervasive in the entertainment industry.



[melomanedame]

love it oldskool

[brooklyn6times]

Love this 1972 hit song by The Main Ingredient!

[Lucassauer1]

i'm here cause Supernatural...

[shann121]

@Lucassauer1 HAHA SAME HERE! heard it on one of the episodes :)

[buubacous]

Remember that before you do any rash.........Dig This !

[longbeach225]

Players fool around.

[TheDukedawg1]

This is real music and im white!!! lol

[ASirensLullaby]

Think about this when you see someone you know down the street they wave so you wave only to find they wont even looking at you ass. Everybody plays the fool. :D

[nesnejls]

He's not lying.

[elisa412]

OK So Your Heart Is Broken...this was a classic

[MrTHEMONEEMAKER]

Man took me awhile to find this I thought it goes everybody feels the blues

[MrTHEMONEEMAKER]

@MrTHEMONEEMAKER but damn its soooooo catchy

[Bavaria55555]

Great song !

[ez2remembers]

I "dig this"

[positivityforever]

An ALL-TIME CLASSIC!

[Lor2246]

The reason behind everybody playing a fool is because wickedness rule in this world. In this song politician is no exemption to this rule too because if they act sane they end-up being assassinated, or unrighteously remove from duty by mudslingers. Just like what happened to: Excellent President Bill Clinton, and Honorable Governor Elliot Spitzer in trying to be so assertive in cleaning laundry in the prostitution businesses.

[AirCargoHeavy]

@Lor2246 Man, did I need a good laugh and this comment gave it to me.

What a great song...one of my Motown favorites.

[1caninelover]

@Lor2246 Did you quit taking your meds again?

[ryanNECT]

@Lor2246 oh the bill clinton who through NATO cemented the genocide happening to kosovo's serbs and other non-muslim ethnic groups and sold off our industrial base to the far east making us far more prone to collapse under economic hits? oh how bout the housing bubble he helped set the stage for?

[DaOrigTruthSeeker]

@READY4REV that really made my day....it put a great big smile on my face and in my heart.

[Anadkm1985]

i wasnt even born when this song came out but i love it so so much!!

[jrushmen]

DIG THIS !

[edwardmashberg1]

@jrushmen Too true! "Dig this." ... How great is that! Sure beats "Lissin' up yawl" or whatever we hear these days.

[jrushmen]

@edwardmashberg1 Dig This was the phrase I grew up and I agree with you 100% that it beats any others. This song was so prevalent When I was a kid in '72.

[AEMoreira81]

For years, I thought it was everybody PAYS a fool! But I have enjoyed the song for a long time.

[cdoug12171]

Cuba Gooding Sr. two sons are doing ok. Cuba Jr. and Omar Gooding

[djtumadre1]

I need a "The Main Ingredient" T-shirt...BLACK HIPSTERS UNITEEEEE!

[KIdzOuterSpace]

Old People..

[prodigypwn]

i got sidetracked when i was looking for this video. i typed "everybody p" and the first response was everybody poops. read an entire book about pooping. thank god. i thought i was the only one...

[CommunieNetwork]

CHRIS! WHAT! *heartbeats*

[acdnan]

@CommunieNetwork lol same reason im listening to this song.

[sirronald69]

* * * * *

[a33226012]

who is this lady? in 1:10

[mustang73ism]

I was a skinny 17 year old shy kid back in the summer of 72, fell hard for a 16 year old hot girl boy did I play the fool.

[albermarle52]

that bari sax at 2:26 is better than sex

[job1785]

oh my god at 0:40 Cuba Gooding Sr. looks just like Jr.

[80sjamming]

Main Ingredient owns this and is awesome! Aaron Neville does one of the best covers of any song you'll ever hear of this very song.

[bigfootskitty]

in the mid-90's, I bought an old Coupe De Vile, 72. It still had the original sounds still in the car! old, A.M. 8 track in the dash! One day near A mall, Some of the younger brotha's were checking out my sled and I over heard them saying how I just needed some tunes, so I had this one in the 8 track,(in those days that the car was made, this was state of the art.) and the staple singers on the seat, so i just bumped it in. Period tunes 4 classic cars, the kids thought it was the greatest!

[HelmsMan97]

Amazing

[UrbanLedgand134]

omg flamez3206 u seen dat yesterday 2 lol

[Flamez3206]

@UrbanLedgand134 XD Yup

[S7726465]

I've been on BOTH sides of this song

[megamanfalcon]

i would imagine someone slaping the shit out of another person to this

[Flamez3206]

Everybody Hates Chris!

[cpufightclub]

@Flamez3206 hey... that is my name. jerk

[cpufightclub]

@Flamez3206 hey! that's my name. meanie

[Flamez3206]

@cpufightclub xD well its true

[cpufightclub]

@Flamez3206 Why would u say that?

[Flamez3206]

@cpufightclub Relax, Everybody Hates Chris is the name of a TV Show.

[SonicXmario50]

@Flamez3206

LMAO best moment in EHC "CHRIS!!" turns around "WHAT!!!!!" o.O

[Flamez3206]

@SonicXmario50 Yea xD, he definitely played a fool, and got manhandled XD

[SonicXmario50]

@Flamez3206

Yep, pump was right up his bum XD now thats an ass whoopin'.

I also loved Tasha's(?) expression during the whole thing she was like,"Oook....."

[Flamez3206]

@SonicXmario50 Tasha had no idea of what was going on, but Chris's family was like, "This happens everyday." lol

[SonicXmario50]

@Flamez3206

lol yep ha ha

[ZEUS9A]

IM THE FOOL IN THIS STORY...DAMN!!!

[TheRolltide37]

@ZEUS9A

me 2

[jrushmen]

The Main Ingredient brought me here ! Sometimes you gotta play the fool to learn a lesson on how not to play the fool ! It's in the book : Not the fool 101 !

[Jupiter2able]

One of the best songs ever. A song with heart,soul,rhyhm...and a message. This blows away anything you'll hear on the radio nowadays!

[jawells123]

lol. Crowley did bring me here.

P.S: I'm digging it.

[Bill6490]

Thumbs up if Crowley brought you here

[kraterstunes]

@Bill6490 Me too lol but trying to find another song played in series 2 'Tall Tales' cant find it tho damn....