Sheila E - The Glamorous Life (Live 1985)

[ClimbingToTheTopTV]

Got to see her live up close and personal recently...she still has it!! Check out our channel for some footage of that show...she does this drum solo & congas solo you have to see!!

[vytildie]

THIS? Was The SHIT!!! The BEST example of SHOW man SHIP I'd seen 'till Ricky Martin in 1998 Cup of Love on the Grammy's! I was 17 and had the video tapes of all of the AMA's for about 5 years and lost them all THANK you for this post BY FAR, My favorite! When those sticks lit up?  We couldn't BELIEVE it!

[qsmizzle1]

she played an instrument, danced AND sung HER OWN SONG all at the same time. THAT ladies and gentlemen, is a true performer.

[VABkWrm]

This lady deserved to be a MUCH bigger star than she was.

[nbprofessionelle]

Song to my life!

[kel050569]

One of the best live performance ever !!

[roryhungrrr]

still blows my mind

[deepblue072]

beyonce and gaga are both are talented dont hate. sheila e is dry on ice hot!

[abanbamerger]

In response to my comment about the sequence between 1:23 and 1:30 is the probably the best I have seen in a performance. I finally figured out why I like this video so much, She plays hard like a man but is all female. Fast, Furious and Fine

[kheir03]

RAW TALENT! Shelia E is now in her 50's and she still plays like that. 15 people don't know REAL TALENT when they see/hear it.

[awarren92]

I am freakin' MESMERIZED right now

[Bhaltazhar]

She's Live Dynamite with the $ticks!

[dennybish67]

BANTA7678 Hee hee...what are you...twelve years old? ooh lets say something naughty to upset the teacher and disrupt the class...it must feel mighty powerful for an fool like you to post something so juvenile and retreat back to your sad little existence...so going by your slimey logic I'm guessing all MALE drummers must give great handjobs too...grow a brain you lowlife.

[JCHONDA2NR]

@Fashion4life K

[BANTA7678]

SHE MUST GIVE GREAT HANDJOBS

[British0Pixie]

@BANTA7678

Yeah love, and so does your mum, -apparently at the Stop & Go

truck stop in Shite Kicker, Arkansas. How do you think YOU got here?

o.O

[tsopuaifa]

Those were some crazy days, the 80's.

[Voltabulous]

@tsopuaifa Crazy? They were frickin' awesome! People are so uptight and frustrated nowadays. It was an awesome creative time in music, film, toys, movies you name it! Man I miss that the 80's.

[tsopuaifa]

@Voltabulous Absodefinately! Crazy and creative are not too far apart though. :) I remember here in Sweden all the girls sun bathing top less at the beach and that is something kids of today don't believe being true. When looking att culture in general things were just as dary as that and some of that shit will never come back again in these days that are really up tight. Times change...

[dennybish67]

Looked like a tough crowd as Sheila was reduced to pleading a response from them but glad to hear cheers and whooping during her timbale solo....love is heaven sent!

[naturalhairedhoney]

She's a boss.

[123haninhk]

YES!!! I've been looking all over for this video! I remember this performance, and i thought it was brilliant. i was only 5 yrs old and i thought it was the best thing ever. thanks for uploading this!

[THANKS2JONIANDU]

How could anyone dislike this performance>?

[theboyismine1]

This lady was no joke!!! This is who Prince should have married. Cool as HELL!

[quidditchtmf]

What a tune

[etimeanna]

i really love the clothes she wears

[flora91161]

Lol at 2:15 the girl on the piano having too much fun. I love this perfromance, so much energy!

[TrishtheDishNY]

gotta love the 80s

[MsDrea40]

I was 14 when this aired, I thought I was shelia E then

[JCHONDA2NR]

beyonce and lady gaga doesnt have shit on Sheila E.!!

Fuck the music out today!!

[70swunderkind]

@JCHONDA2NR You got that right...Sheila E. got more talent in her little finger than Lady Gag has in her entire body

[Fashion4life]

@JCHONDA2NR Sheila is an amazing musician(percussionist) while Beyonce is a great vocalist (which is her instrument) , Lady Gaga is a great classical trained pianist but since that doesnt sell, she has reduced herself to making RedOne produced track with house/electro euro music instead. You name two mainstream artists, whom def dont represent all music today. Beyonce is a great performer as well. But anyways this isnt even bout them, but Sheila E, so why mention Lady G and B... Dont get it

[awarren92]

@Fashion4life THANK YOU.

[Im4realtryme]

Now THAT'S HOW YOU PERFORM at a show!

[CartoonsAndGameShows]

I love how she kicked the cymbal!!! YOU GO, SHEILA!!!

[RetroDimeDiva]

Oh Sheila

[authorless]

So, so, so glad I watched this.

[HannesKaechele]

Hach, waren das noch Zeiten damals - Sheila E als Vorgruppe von "Prince" in der Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart - Meine Tribal Roots ;-)

[neilnriley]

consummate pro, she rescues eddie when she realizes his mic isn't working...amazing!

[MisfitCult]

such talent! great performance. SERVE IT SHEILA YAAAAS!

[pachwi25]

I remember seeing this. She got a standing ovation at the end. I remember Prince was just smiling.

[sdwalm]

I remember watching this show live that night on television. Her performance was great, but Prince came on towards the end of the show and sang Purple Rain and blew the roof off the place.  Great t.v.

[catsduke]

James Brown? :-)

[coyne12543]

This is the best! Love Sheila E. and she is so amazing. Thank you for posting this one!

[troyweeseful]

she is the best  female drummer there is. what a performance!

[1994robertlee]

man she a beast

[snakey319]

Feliz Compleanos! She is still great but this band and timeframe were the best for us 80's lovers. Prince's golden era, lol, to me anyway.

[AlfredHaynesLive]

Happy Birthday Sheila E!!!!!!!

[mcrhythm2]

Great drummer!

[royrock59]

Ah ¡¡ Que mujer ¡¡

[mongoslade3]

I forgot when my dad saw this live, and what she was wearing...OMG what he said following cannot be said here...In 2 words, VERY HOT...

[CuckooNuts]

High energy performance. Too bad the audience was so boring.

[iluvlycheenuts]

Get it Sheila E.!!!

[Dancestudio101]

Love!!



[justjackjordinjustin]

that was SO FIERCE! :)

[vidpro007]

She tore that sh*t up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kreativle]

@vidpro007 lol! Hell YEA!!!

[nikimanns]

@vidpro007 hell yeah

[tiaraproductions]

off spring of prince

[kbcmh]

かっこいい

[woodie62]

God, she was beautiful, fine!!!!!!!!! ♥♥

[lucky44124]

This is when Prince ruled the world! His shit, producing shit, his image being stolen by others... Heart for one their comeback album was "Prince-ish" with their clothes.

[travisbickle113]

I love Sheila E. How do they do that at the same time?

[jmist123]

How the hell does she do that!?

[Widrascu]

evil rachel can do dis xoxo

[desjar02]

Freaking HOT!!!

[chinnico9496]

she's still the best female percussionist there is!! i miss her!! woot!

:D

[Dcole11]

The guy on the guitar gettin crunk as hell at 3:40!!! lol

[BMH04]

Kudos to the glow in the dark drum sticks.

[dougfrombaltimore]

great legs  !

[obakareof70]

Nicole Richie looks like her, i see the family resemblence. Sheila E. was bad ass and is bad ass.

[obakareof70]

Nicole Richie looks like her, i see the family resemblence.

[billyboy7127]

This song needs only 1 more thing........MORE COWBELL!!!!!!!!

[FlashFace]

La La La La La La. Sing it! ABC!!

[MarlinBrandoTV]

I had to watch this like 6 times

[millionairenow15]

kiss me sheila, god bless!

[EmpressSakama16]

She killed them drums wooooo

[CoolDRMONEY2002]

so tight

[GoldenEagle469]

Timbales always gave me the impression of being a music instrument to worship false gods.

[kalimaganeshshivan]

@GoldenEagle469 That must be some powerful crack you're smoking!

[deeway1963]

One of the best...if not, THE BEST, Female Percussionist's-EVER!

[lunaboomboom]

That chick on synth is rocking it too

[undisputedgreatest]

She killed it...god damn. Now that is talent. She is an excellent singer and percussionist, and to do them both simultaneously while still having such charisma, showmanship, and beauty...she was incredible.

[kalimaganeshshivan]

@undisputedgreatest What do you she WAS incredible?! She still IS!

[jmist123]

Gives Tommy Lee a run for his money. Kickass

[zekittykat99]

Lovvveee her:)

[wilk551]

That's what you call REAL TALENT!!!

[guysan]

I seen her in japan when she did a gig with amuro

[zaodizao]

Prince wrote this song for Sheila E , she is a FANTASTIC percussionist & drummer

[undisputedgreatest]

@zaodizao Well, he wrote it. But, not really for her. He just gave it to her when "Apollonia 6" didn't pan out.  Good thing too.

[blackandtanful]

顔良し､スタイル良し､サウンド良し、ｾｸｼｰ･ﾊﾟｰｶｯｼｮ­ﾝ･ｳｰﾏﾝ･･ｼｰﾗE･･ｴｽｺﾍﾞｰﾄﾞ家の血が騒ぐﾊｲ­ﾊﾟｰご機嫌曲”ｸﾞﾗﾏﾗｽ･ﾗｲﾌ"

[roryhungrrr]

this is one of the most amazing things ive ever seen

[LionRoseProductions]

lOts of practice.

she's real inspiring :)

[abanbamerger]

The sequence between 1:23 and 1:30 is the coolest part of perfomance that I have ever seen.

[KonV79]

@abanbamerger thats because its influenced by Prince

[DeannDmere]

Beasting!!!!!!

[fooloof]

Now THAT was a show!!!

[mraims2plez]

Damn she's pretty!!!

[MrsBeasley319]

She is soooo talented and gorgeous. She needs to teach these stars today how its done!!

[OKandNOWwhat]

Sax player playin' his heart out and can't be heard!

[drumkid2370]

1:22 epic Chuck Norris cymbal kick mic grab combo

[blakedmc1989]

WATCH AND LEARN LADY GAGA

[inusmiller]

I wish artist would still perform like this!

[proudeskimo]

She was awesome and knew what she was doing. Full of class and not crappy like most now a days

[snapfly76]

WOW, I love what she's wearing

[dominque865]

OMG, this was the SH*T!

[jayblac]

i was 4 in 85 lol

[jayblac]

now thats a bad bad bitch

[StephonST]

Damn she killin the percussion..

[holla06]

THIS...is a performance

[Vincent50]

WOW...what a performance. We don't see t his much today except Beyonce who gives a hell of a show but other than that today's lame performers are talentless and boring not to mention lipsyncing all the time. I have my favs like Alicia Keyes, Jennifer Hudson just to name a couple. For the guys, not sure who standsin out in my mind for they are either all similar to each other or too young to change their diapers.

[ArtemisRaven8303]

@Vincent50 I agree! I am an upcoming artist and I'd like to invite you to click my name and checkout my playlist of me performing live recently. I'm trying to bring back that Old Entertaining style; the music world is really lacking "crowd movers."

[shebopamama]

god dayum! off the hook!

[forever182x]

shit the bed shes badass

[stevedrums]

@forever182x LMAO!

[Italy619]

3:03 Bad As Hell.!!!!

[utterbullspit]

Singing live, drumming, and dancing...she da shit!

[nine4teen]

Oh my...Nice. :")

[kayser152]

Sheila E. was killin' em!! What a performer..Lady Gaga take note

[kayser152]

Sheila E. forever bro

[Ellrod0628]

omg...po Eddie M...that was not right!

[1EVILZ06]

Brovo! Oh and she was soooo HOT back in the day!

[ppirTnTuo]

SHE ROCKED THAT SHIT!!!!!!!!!

[jeffpecks5569sv]

la la la la la la la la la singing!!

[HeWhoChills]

I'm in love..

[doctort99]

I still remember watching this live and wow, she's still all that all these years later. I don't care what she has done and is doing now, she was that moment! Sheila E you ruled!

[ampoules1]

Anyone else notice the similarity between this song, Sex Shooter and Lady Cab Driver?

[tonyteach]

@ampoules1 All songs were written by Prince, and actually "Glamorous Life" was written originally for Vanity 6 (would have loved to have heard that, but not at the expense of Sheila E's version).

[inspectricebilvur]

P........ça dégage grave ! Elle est superbe !

[lichabet]

My girl!!!

[Packey67]

More cowbell!

[bluepeas510]

@Packey67 ,,shes playing the timbales fool and she came a long way from playing for the neighborhood i parks at 14 yrs old

[cornwallthedragon]

The thought those glowing drumsticks were the coolest thing ever!

[thedragon5487]

Yo she was straight up playin drums with light sabers!

[boucoupthick504]

How can she play percussion like that and sing at the same time???! Go girl!

[boucoupthick504]

Homegirl on the keyboard is killing it!!

[AleekahTV]

@boucoupthick504 I know right? I peeped her out in the back. She was in time with the steps and still jammin. loved it.

[boucoupthick504]

@AleekahTV Sheila E. too! How can do all that percussion and sing at the same time?! I can barely sing and walk at the same time! lol...

[AleekahTV]

@boucoupthick504 Well, her too of course. lol Any musician that can play his/her instrument and sing simultaneously gets my utmost respect. That is not an easy task.

[AndreMSmith1]

WOW ....Sheila E you beat the hell out them drumms..great performance

[lateafternoon88]

She can bring it, just like her old man. Saw Pete last night here in Mendocino. He's still going strong.

[JimmBailey]

I've said it before....This was a career making performance, in the same vein as Madonna and Ricky Martin's infamous debut performances at the Grammys. I don't think Sheila has ever duplicated the spontaneity, effortlessness and sheer nerve juice as she and her ass-kickin' band has done here.

[TwiztedGenius]

FIYAH

[thecrazy5569]

BEAUTIFUL......Thanks Sheila E for the memories.

[troublesleepingg]

Sick!!!

[GymGuy247]

Those stix were BAD ASS!!!!!

[jamesdeanspace32]

This was such an electrifying performance. I was mesmerized when I saw it as a kid, and all these years later, I still remember.

[ErikJAwesome]

1:23 Did she just kick the cymbal?! BADASS!

[lilmissmusic2012]

@ErikJAwesome I remember watching her perform once and she like destroyed the whole drum set (literally and figuratively!) 8D

[DJdext]

@ErikJAwesome I believe she does the cymbol kick thing in the official video as well.

[VeJaitheDJ]

fuckin bitch kill't it! I LUV IT.

[janwh40]

@VeJaitheDJ Love your comment. It says it all!!

[vanessamcqueen11]

She's an excellent musician. Love this song.

[duncv1]

DAMN SHELIA STILL THE BEST DRUMMER EVER!! I STILL LOVE HER!! SHE STILL ROCKS!

[mssquirrely]

My girl "Sheila E" Ouuuu she was cold back in the day and STILL today.....Awesome!

[ywing77]

AWESOME!!!!



[DancingBandHead2012]

i don't care who they say they are, nobody is killin her. she bad man she bad..a thumbs up will not do this ANY justice

[someld818]

wow i remember watching this as a teenager in the living room with my parents and being in awe of this performance, ive been searching forever for this clip, thanks for posting it. Sheila E is a bass ass!!!!

[jaf7808]

SHE IS SO HOT...I BET SHE CAN GIVE A HELL OF A MESSAGE

[jlindsey1972]

She can fuck some shit up on those timbales. Fucking amazing

[xcustodian1]

this was kick ass back in the day!!!! still love this song these days love you Sheila E your my girl Still there is no other U Baby From Terry D............

[mohawk58]

4 people have no clue what music is...

[emrsdca]

Owned!! Fuckin' owned, sold, bought it back and owned it again!!

[sxymsviolet]

I remember watching this!



[TheMrsspates]

So nice, had to watch it twice!!!

[shadow5shadow]

ESOOO ESSSSSSSSS PU_ETAAAAAAAAAA

[starfyre05]

cool show

[daveheel]

i still remember sheila e touring with prince for the purple rain tour and she used those drum sticks. they looked really cool.