The Brothers Johnson - Thunder Thumbs and Lightnin' Licks

[MRKEYMAN88]

to bourgeoisbrats Rod Temperton did have his time in music but I would not consider him a yoda of pop and funk music. You have to consider all of the great artist way before him. Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Sly Stone, and many more. A lot of songs crossed over that appealed to both black and white audience. When bands like AWB and Heat Wave arrived they followed in those guys footsteps. If you are going to give credit then give it where it is truly deserved.

[SMOOTHNBALD3000]

THE BRO'S CAN PLAY

[nutttt1]

I SAW THESE GUYS LIVE IN HAWAII WITH THE ISLEY BROTHERS. AS SOMEONE SAID THERE ISNT MUSIC OUT THERE THESE DAYS THAT HAS THE PASSION THAT MUSIC HAD BACK THEN. YEAH YOU CAN DUB THE BEAT ETC, BUT THIS IS MUSIC AND ITS PLAYED FROM THE HEART.

[soulboy351]

@nutttt1 no one came any where near these boys sheer class

[MrEandL]

This was one of my first 8 tracks!!!

[MrEandL]

Oh yeah. Added to the favorites with much groove pleasure!!!!

[dognasty3]

I never knew the name of this song until today. I hear Youngblood play it every Saturday on KISS 104.1 here in Atlanta at noon when his show is going off the air. Great music! Thanks for posting it. 

[MRKEYMAN88]

It is really sad that todays music does not have the originality or creativity that the music of the 70's had. The main reason is when music and art was pulled out of the schools, that generation of students were cheated out of a musical education. Not knowing the basics of instruments and really knowing how to use them was not fair to them.

[MultiGian16]

Billy Cobham on timbales !!

[sylart57]

OHMYDAMN!!! You have to listen close to Louis' licks!!! The man kicks ass on every note!!! What a virtuoso!!! Close your eyes when you listen to it, focus on the bass...you'll see what I mean!!!

[Harbec]

Sounds like McDonald's restaurant jazz music.. I love it!

[tman8497]

Mighty fine!

[TheHANNIBAL100]

Oh how the FUNK lingers!

[ohemgee85]

I LOVE THERE MUSIC!!!!!!!

To bad they couldnt get it together enough to keep making that good music.

too much fighting amongst each other. That was a shame

[MyKidC]

The break at 2:06 is UNDENIABLE. Pure funk!

[Apathesis0]

@MyKidC Holy shit, it was sampled for a song by Celph Titled called "All About Drama."

[Lothario36]

They definitely don'y make music like this anymore.

[Spankeedoodle]

man man MAAAAAAN THIS SHIT IS GOOOOOD THIS TAKES U ON A NATURAL HIGH NO DRUG CAN SUBSTITUTE GOOD OL' FUNK 70'S STYLE how I wish I lived then but oh well thnx Utube

[blastmacheeeeen]

I alwayz blaze to the brothers johnson and find myself dancin my ass off by the end of the bowl.

[choosdad]

The baritone sax adds alot to the funky sound......

[dirdydraws]

jaco pastorias and stu hamm kick a too!

[bobbyjones3421]

Louis johnson is my favorite Bass player !!! He and stanley clarke and Armand sabaal-Lecco are the best !!!

[Realness97]

well ya kno since Napster got killed by dat dumb ass Judge patel, I was concerned about losing out on old hard to find stuff like this - so TGF UTUBE

[kenpalmer1965]

This was a great instrumental song on this album. Once again, great memories here!

[rideronthestormdrain]

Fro's galore... A human fly... bull shit mr Han, ...man...

[iwik151]

does anyone know of a song by them, I think its called, Just a little taste of me? I would love to find it.

[conradsdad]

This might be the entire mid-70s in one song. Imagine this as a theme song for one of those cop shows or movie scores.

[flatchest32]

Reminds me of when I had that kind of 'fro!!!!!

[TheKillaCal]

I've been looking for this song forever! This was the closing theme to one of my dad's favorite radio shows to listen to back in the day, Youngblood on WCLK and later Kiss 104.1 in Atlanta!

[CampfireEnt]

Thanks for taggin a brotha in the note. This is good stuff.

[cmrnblue]

youngblood on satuday morning

[sibkiss2009]

Thanks again for this great old funk memory

[PhilT50]

Ain't we funkin.' Now. This one of those you got to have been there jams. Check out Streetwave,Tomorrow... Yea, I bumped this album, alot. Thanks man, good choice.

[movinwaves]

Que som FODA!!

[DaveSquarey08]

Really good album!!Check tracks 'The Devil'and a great funk version of 'Come Together'.

[MNguy26]

Funk yeah

[seekgurl]

brings back good memories

[spratscat]

Oh! Just damn, negro. Dis sh*t is off da hook!

[jodypootic]

This is, to me THE brothers best cut! Great album all round though. MEGA FUNK!!

[flatchest32]

You are right on!!!!!!!

[Thopter]

I've had this album since it came out. I always loved this cut. It of course has Quincy Jones written all over it. Yeah Obama the white house negroe should play this and walk with a dip if he gets elected.

[homemdodeserto]

WELLCOME METOVEX! Hey Trent,thanks ,man!I LOVE ,The Brothers Jonhson! THANKS FOR POSTING,CRUSTY! HD..............

[cacadoodledoo123]

fantastic

[inkey2]

this sounds like it could have been a soundtrack for a movie...was it?

[Tubeqwertyqwerty]

Mother, Juggs, and Speed

[ajimer1]

This was one of my favorite Bros. Johnson cuts. I grew up back in the day when there was a lot of respect and admiration among artists and their music. Back then names like Parliament Funkadalic, Booty's Rubber Band, and and the Bros. Was and still Does have staying power. This is one bad ass cut!

[bourgeoisbrats]

I agree, but I think the band Heatwave (i.e. Rod Temperton) deserves a lot of the credit for this whole evolution of "polished" funkiness :-) When Barack Obama gets elected, I hope he has Heatwave play at the inaguration ball! Rod Temperton is "the Yoda" of pop funk.

[CaliforniaAfrican]

I was thinking the same thing about President Obama's inagrual ball. He had better pay tribute to the funk! Hell, that's his era. Let's get the White House really funky.

[alohakikadude]

Heatwave? I hate to disagree, but Heatwave merely followed the trend. Even George "Dukeystick" tried to clone the funk. Heatwave was original, props for that, but George Clinton's projects, Brothers Johnson set the path.

[alohakikadude]

I forgot to mention Larry Graham. You young buck funk-a-teers need to know...

[TheMichiganian]

@bourgeoisbrats - No argument here. The man's credits are VERY impressive. I didn't know he wrote Michael Jackson's "Thriller"!!

[Spankeedoodle]

@TheMichiganian HE DID

[MRKEYMAN88]

@bourgeoisbrats First of all for you to even compare Heat Wave to the Brothers Johnson says you do not know your history. Their music was out way before Heat wave was a thought. Yes both groups did come out in the 70's. During that time I was in Junior High School when the Brothers Johnson music came out and when Heat wave came out I was in High School. I remember a lot of bass players trying to play like Larry Graham, Stanley Clarke and Louis Johnson. Give the brothers the true credit.

[MRKEYMAN88]

@bourgeoisbrats That was very kind of you to consider Heat Wave playing for our President but to say Rod Temperton should be given the credit of being the yoda of pop funk during that period? You are sadly mistaken. Rod wrote nice songs but we are going to let the truth be told he definitely was not the creator of that kind of music. Know your facts before posting that kind of comment.

[mookeychase0907]

@MRKEYMAN88 One thing I was confused about is what is Pop-funk,do you know?

[MikeCarbellano]

@ajimer1 You are my idle, sir. And I'm 24. Funk is the shit.

[TLDavis1230]

This is the song that turned me onto contemporary jazz, even though it is straight funk......exceptional stuff!!!

[z28OnTheRun]

tl u gotta hear strawberry letter 22 by the brothers johnson

[68NYC]

Good Stuff!!

~Thanks!!

[l0sweet]

This is tough. I have been looking for this album since 1985. Left mine at my brothers and it's gone? Maybe my favourite album. Played it all the time. ha ha whoo

looking for wrong title! under this song and not look out...THANKS

[mrrakhem]

U MAY BE ABLE 2 FIND IT ON EBAY.

[l0sweet]

I did thanks also mp3 on amazon

[tygbro]

Crustybrown,

Thanks so much for sharing this. I haven't heard this song since 1980.

This is back in da day, when black people used there talent. Don't know what happen, but unfortunately I think it's ever coming back.

At least we have real music on youtube.

[metovex]

IM 18 and i listen to all sorts of music. And this song is smooth. But it did build a foundation to what is now today. Its not music that corrupts its the stereotypical culture that does.

[vanderholt2]

Gonna take it 2% jazz, and 98% funky-stuff!

[che21chango07]

Musica en familia hecha con el corazon.

[TheRealCritique]

I have this record. Found it at a thrift atore. It rocks. The song The Devil on it may be the best real slow funk groove I've ever heard. It is dark, evil and funky. I should do a compilation for the song and post it.

[yellowbird57]

Go ahead and do it I would love to hear it!

You have peaked my interest.

[kalcom2]

This takes me way back when you lived one day at a ime

[Odawg96]

One of my first BRos. Johnson memories...this was before both they Quincy Jones revamped their styles. The real treasure on this song--actually both of the first 2 Bros. Johnson albums--is the keyboard/synth work of Dave Grusin. I never did understand how he could be so FUNKY playing for OTHER people and be so dry on his own albums.

[Classic1911]

Yeah I listen to his show if wake up

[nick26354]

Classic raw funk.

i saw these guys play @ Cardiff university U.K

back in the seventies,one of the best live shows

ever.

[Ariamaluum]

Youngblood's theme song that ends his radio show on Saturday morning in Atlanta.

[maecysdad]

off the hinges funk

[Classic1911]

Man I aint but 24 and I'm diggin this. Most of the music I got is b4 my time....guess I got an "old soul"

[LamontCJ]

Naw young buck, you just know! Your generation does not put a premium on good creativity! It's not your fault. The record producers just want to sell records. NO REGARD FOR ARTISTS!

[36index]

No No Bro! Half of the artist of today can't read or write, more or less tell you what a D minor 7 is or a flatted 5th is. NO creativity at all.

[LamontCJ]

That's not neccessarily true, Oscar Peterson was one of the greatest jazz pianists but could not read music. It DOES help to be able to read but the work and practice is not emphasized. Make a record, produce, and sell. That's it. What a shame!

[swt32567]

Hey LamontCJ,right again. Also neither could the Late Barry White or the Late Jackie Gleason. They composed great music & could not read it. It does help if you are able to read it. What today's artist need to be able to do is have creative control & own the masters. That will keep them in the black long after their recording careers are over.

[LamontCJ]

Hello Colonel! As usual, you are right on point. Fast, quick, get it now seems to be the mantra of youth. I have to confess that I too was guilty of impetuous decisions that I have come to regret. Oh Well!

[swt32567]

Hey Lamont we are all guilty of being impetouous in our youth;but,Ignorance can be tolorated. Stupidity no. If you don't know then you seek and find. Today's young artist get caught-up in the "HYPE & BLING". Like Madea said: "Out shopping when you should have been checking out the deeds".Being able to read music helps,but being able to READ & Comprehend is a must.Look what happened to TLC when Traci Edmonds was their manager or The Moments when Slyvia Robinson managed them.Knowing is not enough.

[CesMan83]

Haha, you ain't the only one, Classic...I'm 24, too, but I dig great vintage tunes like this one, too...too bad too many folks our age and younger don't appreciate real quality material

[canvoodoo]

thats the shit right there mother fucker lol

[LindasOasis]

Ooooo goodie Goodie!...This was some good ole muzak! and it still Sounds Good! I'm bouncing in my chair...huh-chuh chuh chaaaaaah. come on over to myspace Lindasoasis^_^

[dieselboy64]

Love this old school jazz funk!! Damn, give a listen...

[boomfield]

i did, sir !

And you advised me good :-)

Bruthas Johnson are way more than just "Stomp" :-)

[weedkiller10]

we i agree with stratocaster good funk

[stratocastermojo]

awesome funk bro ! got it on vinyl too!