The Brecker Brothers - East River

[frankpaavo]

wow!

[frankpaavo]

wow!

[GroovyColouredLove]

god its be bop heavy metal and funk WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!

[drumbs]

BANG ON!!

SOME REAL STINKY FUNK !!!!

[TheBitterWeed]

makes my baddass get right down

[thegerrie19561]

Is this funky or is it not?

[eelRolyat]

@thegerrie19561

It is funky!

[TheGIN1986]

the guy who disliked must be from west side :)

[Seattlecarnut]

One dislike? What's to not like about this music? Awesome music!

[ZenDriveSeven]

Badass!

[Patsik]

This was my fav funk song back then. A few years later the Stray Cats got their first hit, so exit funk!

:P

[locorojo25]

loved this song, used 2 hear it on radio 1 every morning before going to school, i was 10, dave lee travis was the dj, the hairy cornflake hahahahaha

[MrWigwag62]

Came to NYC in 2004. Stood at the top of the" Empire State Building" , walked over a bit on Brooklin Bridge and played this ....did i get one on. Native New Yorker and Gino Vannelli's "Night Walker" I was in heaven. In the hotel room listening to Ramsey lewis ...i could be on all night about what i played, happy time! see you soon NYC ...Jeff in the UK

[jfflwn7]

Shit HOT !

[gillsfan1066]

I know Paul Shaffer from the David Letterman show played with the band in the early days,was he playing on this record ??

[eelRolyat]

Paul Schaeffer/Fender Rhodes

[AcousticTreat]

@gillsfan1066 Yes he did

[TheBitterWeed]

Still cool as fuck.

[MrFuctifino]

HOOFIN CLASS

[surf92648]

Haven't heard this song since the early 80's. Wow.

[TheBitterWeed]

One of the greatest ever songs about NY.

[televasion]

@TheBitterWeed sure :)

[nunurox]

YEAH! heavy metal be-bop!

[giorgioacc]

V2

Ain't no river there no more...

Lefts it's skin like a giant snake

Is the fake real or the real fake

Is it just a some fat cat fish

Who Feeds all day on waste and wish

I'm Standing on the bridge of time

There's no way across but to lose my mind

Jump off time, see what I find...

[giorgioacc]

Ain't no river there no more..... Wounded river opens wide swallows good and evil tide Deep as river, Wide as love No Robot killer can stand above Heavenly funk and earthly fate Wanna jump in and be it's mate Lose yourself, dissintigrate.... East River La di dah Died and went to heaven ha ha hah Dancing with the angels cha cha cha Singing with the devil ooh la la East River la di dah

[sooz2009]

loved this!!!...ah those memories!!

[ph1lanthrope]

Frickin funktastic!!

[cosmo7652002]

WOW!!! Only on youtube could you find this. Great post. Great memories. THANKS!

[weepincolon]

Sweet, haven't heard this since I was 17

[Easymuse]

Absolutely fabulous. My HS jazz band played "Skunk Funk" transcribed directly from this album. Did this album "Heavy Metal BeBop" ever make it to CD?

[ewi4000]

Yes, the album is on CD. Check Ebay

[lorret90]

forgot all about this not herd this since 1978..brilliant funkin rockin tune !!

[adb2112rob]

tip  top funk lenny white on drums stan clarke

on bass what more could you ask for brill

[eelRolyat]

Its actually Terry Bozzio and Alan Schwartzberg on drums, and Neil Jason on bass and lead vocals on this tune. But, you're right, Lenny White and Stanley Clarke are awesome.

[ndajm01]

This has to be played as loud as possible to get the best out of it. This is possibly the only heavy rock song that I like !

[locorojo25]

heavy rock? r u hearing something im not?

loved this when it was out about a million years ago

[northants1107]

Thanks for Posting this great tune . Remeber buying it the good old days of a proper record shop !

[martinslade1]

Funk Rock at its FINEST!

[KeithMajor11]

Great song, great photos!

[eelRolyat]

Its one of my favorite Brecker Brothers tunes. It really has that late 70's New York vibe.

[eelRolyat]

Heavy Metal Bebop was the first Brecker Brothers album I bought. I got it on vinyl.

[GeneralArrow]

Haha this is some awesome stuff.

[gibbyjn]

Damn Fine funk, thats just made me feel older :). Love this stuff.

[windomaker]

Classic from the late seventies. It never got played on the radio much in England but me and my mates loved it. Brings back so many memories of my teens. Thanks so much for posting up. Top Stuff!

[eelRolyat]

Thank you.

[nagboy92]

Pretty heavy fusion.