The B.B. & Q. Band - On The Beat

[sexyssilverfox]

Ah, back in the day when I used to play records. *sigh* :-)

[Porschedude8]

With MUSIC like this, who needed "anti-depressants"? Seriously, we must take this back and show people today what real FUN was about. Loved this on the rides at the amusement park!! :)

[Kanaalrlq]

THE MAX !

[FlowerJayTheBest]

CHECK ME OUT

[Babbanis]

...love this tune! It's going into my "Cheery Compilation"

[pamdharmadi]

I still have this song in my cassette compilation entitled jazzcotic, 1983.. Jazzcotic is a blend of jazz and disco, like Fusion jazz... In present time may be referred to as Acid jazz... Love this tunes... :)

[SightseerLounge]

@pamdharmadi Interesting!

[intojazznyc]

On Skyfm a UK record producer just said that todays music is SHIT.....the best music was in the 70's and 80's.....he also said that they had pressure to not change directions into a more quality and happier music....that sucks.

[jamblisstic]

I'm strolling down memory lane tonight...

[sendmeham]

I miss the 80's when music was music.

[Kettyclub]

oh, dear.....Steve Castallac and AFN - Berlin are back.

R.I.P, %-{

[karenizzi0115]

There was a show the aired in Montreal in the 70's. It highlighted one specific club downtown per week. This was the theme song to the show and I have loved it ever since. Does anyone remember that show?  Nothing like clubs in the 70's man!! Nothing!!!

[Babbanis]

Nice!

[hljbubbles]

mannnn i used to leave huge runway marks on my underwear for how much i would sweat dancing to this tune

[lovedprincess1]

@hljbubbles ewwwwwww

[hljbubbles]

@lovedprincess1 sorrry that was my stupid friend!

[RunawayTrane]

@hljbubbles- tmi and lol

[hljbubbles]

@RunawayTrane sorrrry lmfao that was my stupid friend not me i dnt listen to his -.- LMFAO SORRRY

[RunawayTrane]

@hljbubbles -Hahaha, that's what friends are for right? Anyway, it gave me a good laugh. I love this song so much, I can almost understand it

[mitschka100]

one of the best dance tracks all time...

[TheSusanne76]

Love this song !!

[nscales20]

I remember when this song was out and every time they'd play it on WBLS it was always a genuine feeling of euphoria....that's what the music was back then...made you feel so good

[MINDERS91]

Heard this for the first time in December 1981 - 30 years ago. Timeless classic.

[Surfiniae]

@GrandMasterGuess Everybody's dancing I LOVE IT  70's and 80's R the Best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mookeychase0907]

19 freakin 81!!!

[domdomdu16]

Disco /funk sur le dancefloor.....okay. okay c'est bon et je retourne à l'adolescence.......love

[popetzm1]

the older.. the better it sounds

[Berlac8526]

Superbe pièce de funk. Tu ne peut pas t’empêcher de taper du pied là-dessus.

[sygma66]

@lindcorico.....Content de voir qu'il n'y a pas juste moi qui écoutait cette émission la!!..Que de souvenir et quel toune!..wow!!

[lindcorico]

Thème de l'émission 'Nite-Life' animée par Peter King à CTV à 23h00, début des année 80' qq s'en souviens de cette émission? Il était en direct dans une discothèque et interviewait les gens.

[lindcorico]

À la mémoire de Monsieur Gilbert Duplantie qui aimait tend la musique et beaucoup cette chanson. Vous nous manquez. R.I.P.

[rubinho66]

Luv this song!

[oberschatz]

Toll wie eh und je. Ohrenschmauss!!!The very best for all times!!!

[shawnerz98]

I had this one on a tape I made of a radio station in CA. Didn't know the artist(s). Found it here! :) Like it!

[koolone831]

Heard this song today on Sirius radio The Studio 54 channel. They are starting to play some real nice songs like this one. Classic cut right here.

[labriseventvert]

4 personnes ce sont perdues .....

[feesa66]

when i hear this tune, it brings me back to the good old days up on top of the cn tower at sparkles disco, nothing will ever beat the 80's

[coachkfan1]

Rhythm guitar and horns make this song much like many songs of this era.

[ncsm2007]

basement parties getting rubbed burns, love this song. Miss the days when music was all good and not dirty...This is for the ole school not the new breed ;-)

[GypsyHoliday]

@ncsm2007

you said it just right.. fun and not dirty...ole school cool!!!

[GoldenPalomino73]

3 people don't on the beat...

[Mikes66442]

Funky!!



[moppchilly]

komputer cast 2

[FurryFerris]

RIP Larry Levan! Without him this track wouldnt have the wide recognition it has today!

[nsidious02]

Bronx Reppin.



[TheBigdrob1]

GOOD OL' DANCE MUSIC FROM BACK IN THE DAY! HEARD IN THE CLUBS FIRST!! IE. ROXY,'54,JUSTINES,WHEN YOU WENT OUT TO DANCE WITH ALL THE HOT YOUNG GIRLIES IN NYC. SO THEY COULD GET HOT AND SWEATY. US DIRTY OLD BASTARDS LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. ANYTHING TO FEEL YOU GIRLS UP.

[jas19833]

This definitely should be covered!!! it soooooooo rocks

[CheckMate657879]

Wow!!! This sounds so-oooo good - thanks for the upload and this cool ass video - love the turntable. Is that all grahpics?

[cnote4461]

I remember this!!! I like this - it sorta sounds like the dance group " High Fashion's Feelin Lucky Lately" - I had to listen closely at first. Wow - this is some good music. Thanks for posting.

[DJStats50]

This song is AWESOME!!! I haven't heard it in years!!!!

[ebfeaster]

@ilcatracho I have airchecks I recorded 30 years ago of this song on KTU, WBLS, and the new FM99, which a few months later changed it's name to 98.7 KISS FM. Looking back now, I wish I had recorded more late 70's, early 80's NYC radio.

[Janice2428]

@ebfeaster

I remember all those radio stations! Nothing like that today! Wasn't one of the radio stations DJ's named Paco?

[69lixdix]

baby is this you i hope so been missing your incredible music if not thanks for the great trax they bring this old boy back to the day

[jfl0n0]

been looking for this song for years. thanks

Memories

[vituccio1230piupiu]

back to my old day!!!!!...ammazing!!!hits!!

[ferbazet]

Good stufff!!!!!

[Skornable]

OMG!!!!! the best at it's best Wktu RULES!!!!!! New york

[ilcatracho]

@Skornable More like WBLS....I've never heard this owesome jam on KTU.

[Alamode1015]

Nice beat....makes you want to get up and dance...love it!

[Killerdillerboy]

This is the greatest Disco funk hit ever it's so catchy and danceable and makes everybody happy and in a joyful mood...I was Dj-ing from 1981 to 1996 but this tune still brings a lot of people to the floor!! So many glad memories of this!! LOVE BBQ Band wherever u are today!!

[tmrvfr]

Those were the days this is the real voice of disco's those times

[OSG805]

Sorry to say this isn't and never will be disco. This is classic old school house music. This jam was being played in house parties when I was young. It might be catergorized as disco but its not. Way to good a good a Beat and rhythim.

[BalooRJ]

@OSG805 House music wasn't even being called house music until years later, this is 80s Club Disco, falls into line with guys like Change, Junior, D-Train, Rick Astley, and Shalamar. Lots of synthesizers and that awesome Italo feel.

[OSG805]

@BalooRJ Don't know where ur from but this was house music not disco. Shalamar, Change that was classic house music i heard at house parties. As far as Rick Astley goes that was late 80's not late 70's. That tells me how well you know your music.

[virginiakaren14]

I <3 this song

long live music DISCO!

[LexWillful]

Just by listening to this song, you are automatically da man.

[Nation010]

I genuinely believe the 2 who dislike mistakenly pressed the wrong button, cos this shit is absofuckinglutely bloodclot hot. Ain't no joke and the MIX, Phew just forget it. OUT 'O' SIGHT. Blessup. Peace

[maddadram1]

This song is a true classic of the disco sound. Disco music was

made for one reason..dancing. All the people who claim "Disco Sucks"

should of taken dance lessons, maybe they would have a different opinion.

[20tiger]

THXXXXXXXXX GRANDMASTERGUESS I m looking over a year after this song big thx :)

[MrVicnash]

nice !

[ERUZE]

This is the remix extra loud claps and congas..not as good as the original mix! Class tune though.

[EwaRxZ]

SO' JE T'AIME :coeur:

[DJTONYD891]

i use to spin this back in the clubs in nyc good song/ great mix

[MrRlhall]

For all you hip hop peeps peep this, this is soul music...r&b music. Its called talent!.

[8888bego]

AYER ne encantaba.... pero hoy me gusta todavia mas....mejora con los años como el buen vino... jajajajaaaaaa

[tmrvfr]

All you people from those days thumbs up :-)

[eddiemambo]

Kings County In Thoze Dayz  DAM !

NYC Alwayz

[walkertroy11]

@downjones72 Thanks for the info, you can here the influence...

[walkertroy11]

MANNNN.... I was 10 yrs.old in the Bronx on skates!!! My big bro and kid capri were practicing their hiphop skills(When HipHop REQUIRED SKILLS) The best times!!

Never knew who made this song, thanks for posting:)

[downjones72]

@walkertroy11 It's made by the same people behind the band Change; they were Italian who worked with New York session musicians. Mauro Malavasi, Davide Romani on bass were the producers

[Perbrill]

I remember hearing this blasting out from Groove Records in Soho, London, UK really brings back some memories

[ilcatracho]

This jam is off the chain...I heard it today coming back from work on WBLS from New York...I just had to hear it again.

[PelicanGuy]

WBAV-FM in Charlotte got me hooked onto this song back in 2001...it was on regular rotation there.

[78Sista]

This is feel good music right here. This song was played at ev'ry Summer Block Party in my neighborhood. It was all about having a good time and enjoying yourself. Damn, I miss those days.

[MegaDave1973]

what year did this classic song came out and did it go to number 1 good times

[MontrealMan1970]

Early 80s Montreal NIGHTLIFE.

[VideoMusicManiac]

Oops Imagination - Just An Illusion. It has the same feel/groove

[lakecityransom]

@VideoMusicManiac hey I actually know this song I've heard it before... I'm a little late but yea thanks for the reminder

[MeValeMadre209]

I'll be 21 in April and I wish I could travel back and turn 21 when this funky music was brand new!!

[2008HereICome]

@MeValeMadre209 : I had you covered! I did more than my share of bumping with the funk when this hit came out!

[CheckMate657879]

This reminds me of my youngest son when he was 3 years old. He loved this song. I can still hear his little voice, "It's only up the street..." RIP David - miss you - love you.

[picoamca]

In my opinion, this is the ultimate discosong in the entire universe. ' Cause it makes

me smile and it upgrades every mood. Just love BB & Q band.

[jazzyman63]

The Good Old DAYZZZZZZ!!!!! Great Post !!!

[Scroobs]

@Pisztu......that's too funny LOL.

[carcajoo]

I lost my virginity on this song !

[MINDERS91]

1981 - I've got the 7 inch vinyl.

[brocanova]

niiiice pitch, dude

[shattergard]

the best

[Nation010]

When this shit came out boy O boy, times were good, music was tight and those times will live with me forever, not a lot of the stuff thats manufactured now. I mean Curtis Hairston, Loose Ends, Cashmere, Central line, I-Level, Cameo, Dynasty, GQ, Bobby Nun, Ritchie Family and of course Marvin Gaye, Melba Moore Oliver Cheatham for "Saturday night" or "Bless the Ladies". Those were special times, If you don't believe have a listen to these names, they were BAAAAD

[RFrayo]

@Nation010 I-Level is the shit. Thanks for mentioning them.

[bridge8587]

@Nation010 yeah fantastic music danced my arse off too this tune

[djalexia]

@Nation010 I am totally with YOU!!! those were the days…. MUSIC !! CONCEPTUAL MUSIC!!! And SONGS!!!!

[Fbaise1]

This was the cut back in the Fall of 1981!

[lakecityransom]

Hey again guys, thanks for recommending the list. I posted it here, because this song is my favorite discovery. I forgot to mention: average white band - lets go round again

If you want more, Google "OLD SCHOOL VOL. X" X being 1 through 7!

[lakecityransom]

@lakecityransom the whispers - tonight

okay thats all :P

[palilloflix]

siempre con un poco de clase buen ritmo 80's buenos tiempos cuando se hacia musica con sentido y y gusto hoy es diferente tal vez mejor pero como esto nunca..... claro si aprecias la verdadera musica........digo.

[exupvicente]

excelente me sigue gustando, for ever

[ColumRogers]

Such a happy summer night tune, perfect for relaxing to/dancing to :)

ON THE BEAT FOREVER!

[captenhook123]

bring the funk back thats all i can say

[rtp1968]

@GrandMasterGuess : I heard that. This is the shit.

[copali]

bella, ritmo coinvolgente dall'inizio alla fine, bel pezzo

[wedge4hire]

The whole world was "on the beat" while BB & Q and so many other great groups were supplying the groove! After work every Friday, it was, "happy hour", gettin' the straight jump on the weekend! The "fun quotient" had pegged the needle! In less than 30 minutes, work was but a mere speck in our rear view mirror. We were, yet again, takin' a big bite of the "Good Life!!"

[JohnF30Music]

LOVE the analog synthesizers

[ref69]

I was all over Germany when this came out. Good damn music!!!!

[killrush66]

serious tune!!!!!!!!!!

[abdallllllllah]

REPRESENT THE FUNKY MUSIC OF THE 80'S!!!!!!

[boutteperry]

Houston,Texas 1981.I remember jamm'in this on Jensen Dr.Just brought my first Sony from Fingers on Tidwell and Jensen that summer.Back then riders could play the boombox on the bus.

[TumblingDice1972]

im still diggin this 30years on brother

[MINDERS91]

got this on 7" vinyl....it was 1981

[SuperDadoc]

98.7 KISS FM NEW YORK CITY SUMMER 1981 HA THE MEMORIES!

[killrush66]

AWSOME TUNE!!!!!!

[newsiemen4u]

this band made me want to move to new york! Brooklyn,Bronx and Queens!!!! they got some badass bands there and this is one of the baddest!!! in the land! thanks for posting!

[j3f2c1]

this bring back the 80 days

[merlinchanelle]

Yes i am 42 years old, and i fell just like yesterday.

God bless the 80's

[thebestchicatto]

PARTY PARTY PARTY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[donatgirl143]

i really like this song. thanks for posting

[AveBoyWonda76]

Good 80's vibe I was a kid when this was out in elementary school wow imagine would todays music still get played like this 40 years from now something that will make you say hmmmmmm.

[thebooksandanimals]

Argh...I wish they had this on iTunes or Amazon...my parents searched it. This is good.

[yenlinh69]

@GrandMasterGuess That is ok because I can enjoy the water in Hawaii for you. I was a kid in Ohio listened to this song. Now, I surf at Kaiser and bodysurf at Sandy's. I was searching for this song for years. Hope you get to go surfing again.

[Krazy3912]

I'm approaching 43 years of age....but this song takes me back to the summer of 1981.

[anthemss]

Memories .......it's all i can say, and ALL GOOD!!

[missycah1]

Any NYC folks around, remember Bentley's, The Second Floor, Silver Shadow, Justine's, and Pegasus...wow!!!!!!

[6259574]

Sweeeeeeeet Music!

[jakson357]

funkalisious

[IdiotsForObamaCom]

love this song...cant find it on itunes though!!!

[IdiotsForObamaCom]

awesome song. can't get this shit on itunes????!!!!!

[patiencetester]

Looking real good :)

[kdemonde]

Ahh the summer of 1981 in New York....alot of fun back then

[cburn002]

brings back cool memories

[dot4design]

One of the best Dance tunes of the eighties....MORE fantastic ´80´s music on my channel!!!!

[moonstep1969]

Just can't hold myself back from dancing when hearing this one... Irresistable groove. Consider their other well-known 'Starlette' to be a masterpiece as well!

[moonstep1969]

Just can't hold back from moving my dancing feet to this one... and why should I? Irresistable groove.

[Pisztu]

GODDAMNIT I WANTED TO DANCE TO THIS!

Baah too bad, I wasn't even on this world at those times:(

Probably I'll put my shoes on the beat here at home anyways:D

Favorited + 128746187364298147 stars!

[GrandMasterGuess]

I too never got to dance to this song. When I got my fake ID and started going to discos this song was not played anymore. Got to dance to Rick James, Evelyn "Champagne" King and many others but I missed my opportunity to dance to this song because I was still 13... :-)

[bmosley1]

@GrandMasterGuess

13?! Shiiiiitt? I'm only 25, but shit...thats some shit. Gangta!

[djJackMF]

@GrandMasterGuess ...but this one was out the same year as a lot of Rick James and Evelyn King, (1981). I was also young but we didn't need a club to dance to this... just the boom box and the back patio or a weekend block party.

[taylor4660]

@djJackMF yes!!

[KleineMurmeln]

@Pisztu haha your cool! me too didnt dance to this! pity i do not found ppl whanna make a party like this,the only place to dance,is a over 50+ party and common,who whanna dance with seniors :D

[kax61]

BB & Q Band......High Fashion....it's like they were outsmarting the US funk bands....and so they did.

[jakson357]

fantastic tune. does anyone no where you can download these long versions at.

[Kettyclub]

The first time I heard this song at Radio AFN BERLIN in the show "AFN DISCO on 88 FM Berlin" presenting by the famous Steve Kastelac as DJ. SO GREAT!!!! By the way, he was also DJ at the former Discothek "Riverboat", in Berlin....beginning of the 80's. Steve Kastelac is legendary. Aha....I wish the time could stand still....Great post, THX :-))

[etekamba66]

Does anyone know where I can get an MP3 download for this song? I have checked nearly everywhere, Itunes dont even have it. thanks

[h3candy]

limewire

[Torihope]

@etekamba66 Check out Gazzump. You can convert these songs from Youtube to mp3

[joelisdope]

damn I'm 17 years old and a house music dj and i wish kids my age liked great tunes like this, although disco house is getting popular I'm starting to realize that disco never died, and It's always here to stay, tunes like this will never die, and just recently I found a group called the dropout orchestra who sampled this song and titled theres "capuchin" and i knew it sounded familiar thanks to my dad for playing all the good disco jams and thanks for the upload always a good feeling with disco

[GrandMasterGuess]

I heard that song capuchin..it's ok.

[twinsixty]

Im 17 too and i love this old disco funk music, especially chic, sister sledge and kool and the gang

[joelisdope]

yeah i dig on chic a lot, and kool and the gang is amazing, glad to see a peer of mine shares the same taste. good lookin' out

-Joel

[spr11ng]

When I was your age I tried out as a d.j. The owner of the club said it like it was. Music is the drug to make the people dance. If you could keep them dancing you've made people happy, they will come back to you and they will follow you. He was right ...but I did not get the job I was only 17. The greatest time of my life thanks to dance music.

p.s. 'til today I am 49 and still drug free and dancing

Have fun

[joelisdope]

hey thanks man, I appreciate it, it must have been amazing to have lived at that time at such an age.

cheers

-Joel

[2OQP]

@spr11ng Sorry to hear you couldn't make it. I succeeded at it. 'been a DJ for 3-4 years back in 83-87. It was exactly as he put it. The nights I was hot, people would pay me drinks and get their songs played even sweat was beading down their forehead, they would go back and dance some more. LOL

But I grew older and needed to start a carreer out of the Club scene. Am now 44.

[carltonW255]

senior year north carolina A&T. we wuz rockin this along with cameo, confunksion and parliament/funkadelic. where you at bennet belles

[lakecityransom]

Some other long jams: dayton - the sound of music d-train - you're the one for me stone - time howard johnson - so fine yarbrough & peoples - dont stop the music lakeside - outrageous patrice rushen - forget me nots cameo - shake your pants Earth, wind & fire - outrageous parliament - flashlight Enjoy

[VideoMusicManiac]

@lakecityransom Let's not forget... Imagination - Just My Imagination and Billy Ocean - Night (Feels Like Getting Down)!

[Fbaise1]

@lakecityransom You ain't said nothing but a word!

[1musicencyclopedia]

OH MY GOODNESS! I remember this at The Bitten Apple. Thi song brings back great memories.

[RUDDIBARDOT]

brigitte bardot

[dav76620]

TU ME CONNAIT PAS

[1105dede]

この曲大好き!!!!!

ディスコで踊りまくってたこと、懐かしい～

[abdallllllllah]

AMAZING!!!!!!

It's just a goods vibes!!!!!

[DECADENTE82]

que belleza de rola! la baile nos se cuantas veces .....ayer cuando fui joven!

[SmoothDaddyAve]

I oughtta start a playlist called cookout music and this will be the top jam

[anthropological]

I never realized until now how much the vocals sound like a Rick James song....

But dont get me wrong... this jam is probably my favorite from the 80s!