@Meridian83West , it's only under rated to those who haven't heard it. Patti Austin's voice is awesome. I was what? I was seventeen when this came out. We came up listening to some good music didn't we?
@nubonyx We certaily did. Patti Austin is still one of my favorite singers! When I made the switch to CD's years ago, this one of my first CD purchases to replace my beat-up vinyl copy of "The Dude."
@BillieJean1992 Because today"s "artistes" know little about phrasing, nuance, song selection or lyrical interpretation. Plus, songwriters like Rod Temperton only come around once every generation.
Lets not forget Bruce Swedien's major contribution during the 70's and 80's. That man knew how to work the mixing desk.
When I listen to tracks from Quincy Jones and other artists through my headphones or speakers I'm still benefiting and from his knowledge of sound engineering today.
@carbiify Yeah how can we forget about Bruce Swedien! They were amazing guys and they all contributed in MJ's success in the music business! Huge thanks to them.
@carbiify Yeah how can we forget about Bruce Swedien! They were amazing guys and they all contributed in MJ's success in the music business! Huge thanks to them and many other artists too.
Q genius and Patti's voice,BRILLIANT!! I was 18 when this album (That's right ALBUM! OG HERE!!)came out and it put the zap in my head how this song and the album can create magic.I played this song when I had first my squeeze and thought it would be forever,girl's gone but the song stay's in my head for all the right reasons.Try that with this crap out here I may sound like an ole fart but music doesn't make me want to degrade women,just my two cents.
ditto ...Patti Austin is my favorite singer alive today. She's been a part of not only the Q sound but if you read credits too many albums to list here, along with her own diverse R&B/Pop, & Jazz albums/cds. She's back with a Pop/RandB collection this month - 'Sound Advice'. So damn flexible she is. &, btw, she'll be 61 Aug 10th! : )
@drivethrusatori Because we have begun to accept anything and call it music courtesy of these so-called music executives that wouldn't know a hit tune if they heard "TAKE THE A TRAIN"
i remember listening to this on a Sony Walkman in Pohnpei, in Micronesia in 1982 floating around the lagoon in a 6 foot canoe. the best time of my life. thank you Quincey and Patti.
This entire album was a hit. I played it over and over while I was away from home-- I listened to the smooth jazz vocals and the sax in the background to help me escape.
No one can touch what Quincy Jones did on this album.. I still jam to this masterpiece.
Michael only did background vocals on the title track "The Dude". Quincy regulars Tom Bahler and Jim Gilstrap along with Patti herself handled the background vocals on this track. Special note should go out to Ernie Watts for the awesome sax solo and Herbie Hancock for his incredible play on the electric piano. My favorite track right alongside "Velas" from Q's best album.
@HobbsBhip: That's right!! I think that style should be left to the album designers, business left to the producers and music left to the SINGERS!! As a child of the late 70's - early 80's I miss this genre of REAL, TRUE music. Nowadays it's all autotune and bragging rights. Let's have some REAL music back on the airwaves, people!!
@wordsmith72 TRUER WORDS HAHAHA WERE NEVER SPOKEN SIR AS STATED BEFORE TODAY'S SO-CALLED MUSIC IS AS YOU SAID NOTHING BUT AUTOTUNES STRAIGHT GARBAGE AS SAID BY JAY-Z ON ONE OF HIS CD'S
@wordsmith72 TRUER WORDS HAHAHA WERE NEVER SPOKEN WORDSMITH AS STATED BEFORE TODAY'S SO-CALLED MUSIC IS AS YOU SAID NOTHING BUT AUTOTUNES STRAIGHT GARBAGE AS SAID BY JAY-Z ON ONE OF HIS CD'S
OMG! I've been searching and searching for this song here on youtube... I didn't know the title. LOVE THIS SONG!!! Thanks so much lawr89 for posting it!
Patti delivered beautifully on this song, I am not sure anyone else could. I think Patti is one of the most underrated female vocals of our generation. I must have played this song close to a million times. I can never get over Patti's voice. The sax solo, the background vocals is just heavenly. Quincy is a master, but he had great musicians to work with.
@MrYorubaman, very true about Patti. She sounded like a legendary soul singer from the 60's motown era. Truley underrated. Great soul and r&b sliped in the 70's when disco was big and resurfaced in the early 80's when crossover jazz was in and then went down again not to long after. Her voice was perfect for this kind of music. James Ingram was also one of the greatest singers of genre and early 80's era no question.
This song haunts me, takes me back to a time when all you needed was some time a radio, record player or tape recorder to be happy. The musical artists' producers today need to put quality over business and maybe music can be magical again.
@DJKODIEBLAK Hey as stated before a full length feature film should be made about this multi layered musical icon.Who's your choice to play the role of a lifetime?
@HobbsBhipp Imagine our world without this stuff-NO WAY! Unless a new artist of today can really grab me with her or his true creative genius, they can't hang with me. And thanks to this old stuff, I truly know the difference.
Yeah!! thanx for this post..gee im sure i still got my "dude" tape lyin about somewhere..classic stuff the best!! and yeah Patti shes awesome as usual..ive got her tape with "believe the children"&"At the carnival"etc..cheers!!
This jazz fusion track is another one of my favorites from "The Dude", it's so smooth, and mellow, with a dab of funk added, and the exquisite vocals of the beautiful Patti Austin, this is certainly high end music from the 80's.
@drivethrusatori I ask that question everyday. Young folks don't know about because of the lack of Quality Radio Programming. A Damn Shame.
fluid8803 1 month ago
Rod Temperton. Genius. We need to hear you again!
Streamline09 1 month ago
I Love This Song!
Freds2964 2 months ago
MY JAMM FROM 1981 REAL MUSIC SO GLAD I GREW UP IN THIS ERA!!!
MsChicago63 3 months ago
I may be young, but I know quality music when I hear it. Too bad they dnt make em like this anymore. I love this song.
realrecogrealgirl 3 months ago 3
@realrecogrealgirl
good for you girl, can't beat a bit of Patti Austin with Quincy Jones.
kirtlou 3 months ago
Still have the original "The Dude" album. PRICELESS!
jewel1260 3 months ago
i was bout seven and my pops used to rock this stuff , this is magik
77selah77 3 months ago in playlist soul funk r&B oldskool\
sampled in coral twist by le knight club XD! both great songs
OfficialAerodynamic 3 months ago
great cd.......quincy put alot in for michael jackson too. ! great producer..
dealsbetweenfriends 3 months ago
bring on the funk.....oh yes! lol
jippyjester 4 months ago in playlist jippyjester's favorites
"Certainly". Sorry about the typo.
Meridian83West 4 months ago
Love it!!
soulsupremeful 4 months ago
@soulsupremeful Well one person disagrees you that person needs serious psychological help
dal4018 4 months ago
I always felt this was one of the more underreated tracks on Quincy's "The Dude" album! Great to hear this again!
Meridian83West 4 months ago
@Meridian83West , it's only under rated to those who haven't heard it. Patti Austin's voice is awesome. I was what? I was seventeen when this came out. We came up listening to some good music didn't we?
nubonyx 4 months ago
@nubonyx We certaily did. Patti Austin is still one of my favorite singers! When I made the switch to CD's years ago, this one of my first CD purchases to replace my beat-up vinyl copy of "The Dude."
Meridian83West 4 months ago
This song brings back memories
dlittleish 4 months ago
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This is probably my favorite song from the album..oh..who am I kidding ?? All of them are! lol..btw anybody have the lyrics from this song ??
BeckyMJ96 4 months ago in playlist BeckyMJ96's favorites
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BeckyMJ96 4 months ago in playlist BeckyMJ96's favorites
Patti Austin ROCKS!!!!
Kemp0504 4 months ago
Love this song so much!
mahoganycolour 5 months ago
Why artists of my generation don't make music like this anymore?!?
BillieJean1992 5 months ago
@BillieJean1992 Because today"s "artistes" know little about phrasing, nuance, song selection or lyrical interpretation. Plus, songwriters like Rod Temperton only come around once every generation.
cbirch15 5 months ago
@cbirch15 You are 100% right ! and of course no one comes close to Rod Temperton nowadays, he was a genius!
BillieJean1992 5 months ago
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carbiify 5 months ago
@BillieJean1992
Lets not forget Bruce Swedien's major contribution during the 70's and 80's. That man knew how to work the mixing desk.
When I listen to tracks from Quincy Jones and other artists through my headphones or speakers I'm still benefiting and from his knowledge of sound engineering today.
carbiify 5 months ago
@carbiify Yeah how can we forget about Bruce Swedien! They were amazing guys and they all contributed in MJ's success in the music business! Huge thanks to them.
BillieJean1992 5 months ago
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BillieJean1992 5 months ago
@carbiify Yeah how can we forget about Bruce Swedien! They were amazing guys and they all contributed in MJ's success in the music business! Huge thanks to them and many other artists too.
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Meridian83West 4 months ago
This song haunts me, it's magical, boy it was good time back then!
Aloebunny 6 months ago
i love love love this song........~
chance3473 6 months ago
i would send all weekend listening to this album.
troy1tempest 7 months ago
One album that I'm glad to have in my collection. Quality music!!!! We need to go back to this!
poetmiester 7 months ago
1999, found this album at a garage sale for $1, no scratches, COOL!!
designgraphics3 7 months ago 2
Finally found this album. This album was very much a part of my young childhood. Thanks to mom for instilling this appreciation in me.
maitai74 8 months ago
Honestly... this song makes me float in mid air.!!
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4Ebsus 8 months ago
MY GOOSE BUMPS HAVE GOOSE BUMPS!
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VEGANSAM 8 months ago
Q genius and Patti's voice,BRILLIANT!! I was 18 when this album (That's right ALBUM! OG HERE!!)came out and it put the zap in my head how this song and the album can create magic.I played this song when I had first my squeeze and thought it would be forever,girl's gone but the song stay's in my head for all the right reasons.Try that with this crap out here I may sound like an ole fart but music doesn't make me want to degrade women,just my two cents.
rrinhhsb 8 months ago 2
@rrinhhsb this is real music so it should create a lasting memory.......good stuff!
chance3473 6 months ago
SOMETHING SPECIAL*
czechivan 9 months ago
ditto ...Patti Austin is my favorite singer alive today. She's been a part of not only the Q sound but if you read credits too many albums to list here, along with her own diverse R&B/Pop, & Jazz albums/cds. She's back with a Pop/RandB collection this month - 'Sound Advice'. So damn flexible she is. &, btw, she'll be 61 Aug 10th! : )
TheKoolkanadian 9 months ago
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood MUSIC
tifnick7 10 months ago
Why can't this type of music blare out of people's cars instead of the crap that's released to the masses today?
drivethrusatori 10 months ago 23
@drivethrusatori Because we have begun to accept anything and call it music courtesy of these so-called music executives that wouldn't know a hit tune if they heard "TAKE THE A TRAIN"
dal4018 2 months ago
@drivethrusatori Set it off.... i know i will be bumping this as soon as it gets warm....
flatbush46 4 days ago
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@drivethrusatori Set it off.... i know i will be bumping this as soon as it gets warm....
flatbush46 4 days ago
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@drivethrusatori Set it off.... i know i will be bumping this as soon as it gets warm....
flatbush46 4 days ago
Rod Temperton from Heatwave wrote this song. It has that Heatwave sound.
DEKMAN99 10 months ago 13
Just plain SMOOOOOOTH!!!!!!!!
ericbrown881 10 months ago
this song, razzamatazz,betcha wouldnt & ai no corrida got a lot of play in the clubs in Baltimore early 80's, Q was turning it out !!!!!!
TheKevinkeene 11 months ago
i remember listening to this on a Sony Walkman in Pohnpei, in Micronesia in 1982 floating around the lagoon in a 6 foot canoe. the best time of my life. thank you Quincey and Patti.
poipu96756 1 year ago
Excellence is a work of art....
TheGrownasswoman 1 year ago
Very enjoyable !! Many thanks to you my friend..
soulsupremeful 1 year ago
This entire album was a hit. I played it over and over while I was away from home-- I listened to the smooth jazz vocals and the sax in the background to help me escape.
No one can touch what Quincy Jones did on this album.. I still jam to this masterpiece.
1MISTRESSKAJUN 1 year ago
Michael only did background vocals on the title track "The Dude". Quincy regulars Tom Bahler and Jim Gilstrap along with Patti herself handled the background vocals on this track. Special note should go out to Ernie Watts for the awesome sax solo and Herbie Hancock for his incredible play on the electric piano. My favorite track right alongside "Velas" from Q's best album.
timdaks 1 year ago
Sexy. Hypnotic. So good.
quethetee 1 year ago
Is that Michael Jackson doing background vocals?
parkej87 1 year ago
@parkej87 YES MIKE SUNG BACKGROUND VOCALS ON THIS HIT.
dal4018 1 year ago
@parkej87 He did do Background Vocals for this album.
BalooRJ 1 year ago
rod temperton written all over this one.
bboohhmmaann 1 year ago 2
My all time favorite by Quincy and Patti beautiful instrumentals and Patti is above and beyond awesome! thanks for posting..........
Freds2964 1 year ago
@HobbsBhip: That's right!! I think that style should be left to the album designers, business left to the producers and music left to the SINGERS!! As a child of the late 70's - early 80's I miss this genre of REAL, TRUE music. Nowadays it's all autotune and bragging rights. Let's have some REAL music back on the airwaves, people!!
wordsmith72 1 year ago
@wordsmith72 TRUER WORDS HAHAHA WERE NEVER SPOKEN SIR AS STATED BEFORE TODAY'S SO-CALLED MUSIC IS AS YOU SAID NOTHING BUT AUTOTUNES STRAIGHT GARBAGE AS SAID BY JAY-Z ON ONE OF HIS CD'S
dal4018 1 year ago
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@wordsmith72 TRUER WORDS HAHAHA WERE NEVER SPOKEN WORDSMITH AS STATED BEFORE TODAY'S SO-CALLED MUSIC IS AS YOU SAID NOTHING BUT AUTOTUNES STRAIGHT GARBAGE AS SAID BY JAY-Z ON ONE OF HIS CD'S
dal4018 1 year ago
Quincy + Rod + Patti = MAGIC!
esseen100 1 year ago 3
GO Q U DA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!1
dal4018 1 year ago
Yes, true, this is a really evocative song of the good old days!!!
DuncanLafayette 1 year ago
I love this song. It could only have been done by the one and only Ms. Patti Austin..........
MrScotte01 1 year ago
LOVE IT! THANKS FOR POSTING
MIMI88998899 1 year ago
OMG! I've been searching and searching for this song here on youtube... I didn't know the title. LOVE THIS SONG!!! Thanks so much lawr89 for posting it!
ProjectClearOurPath 1 year ago
Patti delivered beautifully on this song, I am not sure anyone else could. I think Patti is one of the most underrated female vocals of our generation. I must have played this song close to a million times. I can never get over Patti's voice. The sax solo, the background vocals is just heavenly. Quincy is a master, but he had great musicians to work with.
MrYorubaman 1 year ago 19
@MrYorubaman, very true about Patti. She sounded like a legendary soul singer from the 60's motown era. Truley underrated. Great soul and r&b sliped in the 70's when disco was big and resurfaced in the early 80's when crossover jazz was in and then went down again not to long after. Her voice was perfect for this kind of music. James Ingram was also one of the greatest singers of genre and early 80's era no question.
pinkfloydinspace 1 year ago
@MrYorubaman FYI Patti is Quincy's GODDAUGHTER
dal4018 1 year ago
@MrYorubaman I totally agree with you on this!! This song is a masterpiece!!
Nkogneetoe 1 year ago
@MrYorubaman AMEN TO THAT PATTI NEVER GOT THE LOVE SHE SHOULD HAVE PATTI&Q 4EVER!!!!!!
dal4018 4 months ago
This song haunts me, takes me back to a time when all you needed was some time a radio, record player or tape recorder to be happy. The musical artists' producers today need to put quality over business and maybe music can be magical again.
HobbsBhipp 1 year ago 25
@HobbsBhipp Today's musicians and the record executives are interested in style over substance
dal4018 1 year ago
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DJKODIEBLAK 1 year ago
@DJKODIEBLAK You mean PATTI AUSTIN
dal4018 1 year ago
@dal4018
Yeh that's what i meant 1st time around..thanks for the correction : )
DJKODIEBLAK 1 year ago
@DJKODIEBLAK No problem sir we both are fans of this underrated talent as I said before she's Q's GODDAUGHTER.
dal4018 1 year ago
@DJKODIEBLAK Hey as stated before a full length feature film should be made about this multi layered musical icon.Who's your choice to play the role of a lifetime?
dal4018 1 year ago
@HobbsBhipp AMEN to That!!
doonasty 11 months ago
@HobbsBhipp producers have never put quality over business. The difference between now and then is people don't want to buy quality anymore.
Lucanio 11 months ago
@HobbsBhipp aww fucking shut up
unclegusyo 8 months ago
@HobbsBhipp I totally agree!
MuzicIsMiLyfe 5 months ago
@HobbsBhipp Imagine our world without this stuff-NO WAY! Unless a new artist of today can really grab me with her or his true creative genius, they can't hang with me. And thanks to this old stuff, I truly know the difference.
MrKenndawg 5 months ago in playlist More videos from lawr89
@HobbsBhipp Its up to the consumer, not the producer.
pureaggression 4 months ago
my mom used to play the mess out of this album. i learned to read album credits from this album(mom taught me. I miss you mom...)
MrConqueror123 1 year ago 2
@MrConqueror123 it is the best from your mom , reading the credits make you know what is music.
pitochupon 1 year ago
Wow This song brings back memories. I dedicate this to my Mom. Brings tears to my eyes. I Love you Mom
wdwron08 1 year ago 3
FANBLEEDINTASTIC!!!
jacksbaps 1 year ago 2
I never get tired of listening to this song. I played it like crazy when it came out, and I still do today. Great post!
Muziclvr07 1 year ago 4
I totally agree with docdocdocbeat! Long live the true old school singers like Patti Austin and Chaka Khan!!
trukloadentdj 1 year ago
Muito Bom..
794623524 1 year ago
This singing is so beautiful,Patti Austin Or Chaka Khan whoops any of today's singers !!!
DocDocDoctorBeat 1 year ago
The best song on the dude and I love Patti's voice!
4ateletuby 1 year ago
this lady is bad!!!
plaadog 1 year ago 2
0:22 [Le Knight Club - Coral Twist]
abedul800 1 year ago
I love Patti Austin's voice!
shauntee77 1 year ago
Yeah!! thanx for this post..gee im sure i still got my "dude" tape lyin about somewhere..classic stuff the best!! and yeah Patti shes awesome as usual..ive got her tape with "believe the children"&"At the carnival"etc..cheers!!
tewhere1 2 years ago
This jazz fusion track is another one of my favorites from "The Dude", it's so smooth, and mellow, with a dab of funk added, and the exquisite vocals of the beautiful Patti Austin, this is certainly high end music from the 80's.
3811iberis 2 years ago