Early In The Morning-The Gap Band

[elmaschingon88]

Youtube should get rid of the like and dislike buttons... people are getting too obsessed with them , either commenting on how many like or dislike the video

[bizjet]

Gotta love Uncle Charlie! Sad to hear about his brother Robert...may he rest and jam with the other R&B greats in heavin!

[d33138]

Real music

[lmainesify]

None like The GAP Don't forget Ronnie Wilson either Forever my favorite Always Awesome

[msdemure05]

15 ppl don't like to get up early......

[venessawilson]

RIP Robert WIlson

[proofavenue]

charlie wilson!!!!

check out AD - "Painted Picture"

[TK101Warhammer]

zzzz wake me up when the song starts...zzzz

[RTDavis0503]

Charlie Wilson was a little chunky in this one...lol...still sound great!

[n2mymuzic]

@RTDavis0503 Chunky but funky!!

[oldskoolgirl54]

Cowboy hats is Charlie Wilson's signature...check out his other videos...

[kesfatih]

OMG I thought black people never get old!I am still in love with the guitarist,he will be always beautifule for me!!!

[yanikfrequencist]

11 Justin Bieber fans watched this video!

[juvenal1967]

..Fuck "UMG" the Original isn`t aviable..

[ju56455]

They cowboys.....ain't they. They b wearing those hats. I like that. i'm gonna get me a cowboy. his playing that guitar.

[ju56455]

They cowboys.....ain't they. They b wearing those hats. I like that. i'm gonna get me a cowboy.

[ju56455]

They cowboys.....ain't they. They b wearing those hats. I like that.

[URBANJAMZRADIO]

REST IN PEACE ROBERT WILSON WHO IS THE BASS PLAYER FOR THIS BAND

[greeneyedhawk42]

great version,, lead guitar sounds as if the Isley Brothers were playing this tune,,

[rherbert57]

Just dicovered this band while surfing for Early In The Morning by Robert Palmer. What a revelation! I don't know who is alive or dead, but these guys are FUNKY! Long live Mr. Palmer and The Gap Band!

[darrylhaynes]

they are all dead....drugs...

[omygosh121]

@darrylhaynes charlie wilson main guy, still alive and has a new album out called just charlie. believe he aint singing in his grave. just watched him jigging on the Monique Show

[RTDavis0503]

@darrylhaynes Charlie Wilson the lead singer is still alive and released number one albums you here on the radio now. Just Charlie, Uncle Charlie, Charle, ..Last name Wilson. He is not dead

[MUSICLOVER79100]

i love this song!!!!!!!!!!

[doemaar11]

super groep de gap band helemaal te gek.

[MrIndeeply]

I wish I was there playing the guitar solo with charlie the young guy is ok but he did not represent effectively enough that would put that song in orbit with a electrifying guitar solo

[rvz77]

AWFUL! WOP WOOP! WOOP WOOP!

[catolog96]

Rip Brother Robert Wilson

[solesirching73]

R.I.P Robert Wilson - keep the funk alive

[minggnim]

Maybe the people don't like them. I don't.

[passion4posh]

@minggnim

you dislike them, yet you felt ignorant enough to comment ! Mr wilson died yesterday, show some respect !

[TryItAndSee1]

@minggnim most people don't like you.

[MrIndeeply]

@minggnim are you going by looks or pure talent because if you are going by sound then you will realize that Charlie Wilson is a great vocalist maybe you do not know anything about music

[joeholl3333]

R.I.P. Robert 

[amarvinwinansfan]

Those bass players are auesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIP Robert Wilson the main one!

[MrsPlanetMaster]

Bravo...gotta love it!

[Flazh07]

The bassist is crazy, he's jumping and looking real casual while playing the dopest bassline ever haha

[atomicplayboy4u]

lame !

[fujimo]

@gagetgirl: Are you one of those folks that thinks that racism only flows in one direction? Get out of your house every now and then. Every kind of person experiences racism and/or sexism. Get over yourself. Charlie can get his groove on with whoever he wants to. It is his choice.

[gagetgirl]

My point is that everytime a brother/sister steps out of their race they are contributing to race instinction. African Americans are not a strong society at this point and muticultualism is the last thing the black community needs.

[ciaridah]

@gagetgirl good point but as u said african americans, meaning those that reside here in america or who have been americanized. the beauty of america is that everything is mixed. believe me i am all for ethnic unity but if we dislike those of other races, are we any better than the "whites" who turned their hoses on my grandmother, or fired my mother from the cotton fields, or who harass me because of my skin. my point is that if we echo the same ignorance the same intolerance we are the same

[gagetgirl]

@ciaridah I've talked to many people who grew up in the civil rights era and they all agree that in that time period there were a lot more unity and support when blacks were segregated, yeah they were racially oppressed, but they stood together. We don't have that now it was because of the whole idea of blacks and whites coming together and that is never going to happen until black people have financial equality.

[fujimo]

@gagetgirl: Race doesn't exist. Their might be certain things unique to a culture or even certain diseases which are specific to a certain group of humans but that doesn't prove that "race" exists. You might mean culture. It is up to every individual to decide what is important to preserve about their forebearers and history. But does that make people who don't know their history any less? Should they feel "less human"? That sounds ironically close to the "confederate" argument for slavery.

[MissClogWog]

@fujimo Thank you, common sense at last....

[KADBRE]

i just came from a charlie wilson concert him and ginuwine did a valentines performance it was great

[best11228]

Don't Make Me....!!!

[BetashMugi]

Live version is even better than original!!!

[gagetgirl]

LOVE YA CHARLIE WILSON. It broke my heart that he's married to a white woman.

Brothers please stop marrying out of your race and save the black race.

[prophetbyronmotley]

@gagetgirl What if they TRULY love each other, should they just WALK AWAY from each other merely because they don't share the same skin color? TRUE LOVE is so VERY rare and only a fool would let it pass! If Charlie and his wife LOVE each other, they deserve to be BLESSED, not cursed!

[Machelle3200]

you know how it goes girl....the darker the black man is the lighter he wants you to be...lol

[Machelle3200]

you should see all these nigerian men on the internet search for the highest yellow american black woman they can find...it's really sad...

[gagetgirl]

Yeah thats' called self hatred every time brother or sista that dates or marries outside of their race are contributing to the demise of the black community. Multiculturalism is socially and mentally unhealthy.

[MoveOnDotOrgg]

@gagetgirl: women are to blame - check out my post above.

[randy6771]

Outstanding!!!

[eddyb6666]

Judge a person by their person, not their race. TRUE bleedrr TRUE

[tanggy1961]

SO I GOTTA GET UP

[italian0dyme]

i love the funk, keep bringin it

[Rootslove]

lets get 2gether to FUNK up de world - ONE LOVE !!!

ROOTS

[dragonesse91]

if we all get 'homogeneized' how booooooriiinnnngggg! rock on Black or White and everything in between!

[fennsik]

Nem tudom miért kell sajnálni a "rajongóktól az eredeti koncert felvételt!

Sajnálod?Akkor üljél rajta amíg a hátsod ki nem rojtosodik.

[bmwstan]

live music beats a turnatable everyday, Saw the GAP whenever they came to DC, always was entertained, Charlie is a beast.

[mydeardiaries]

He just rec eved an award at 2015 soul train award. BUT he run out before the choas.

[Buckeyecat2002]

The Greenwwod, Archer and Pine Streets Band.

[toby7ten]

Man I love popping to different versions of this =]

[CherryTripping]

whatta crowd

[40Rtruss]

I miss they way things used to be back in the 70's Music, People , Attitudes towards each other no clue how we got to this point in the United States

[pedrom41]

I complete agree with you on that. I don't know either how things got the way they are today. We could speculate on that but it wouldn't matter.We have drifted apart and have become more "me" centered, more self-righteous, more self-absorbed, more selfish, self-aggrandizement, and I could go on and on. But one thing we all know is that things don't happen in a vacuum. This attitude it's been fed by different sources in our society and we seem powerless to do anything about it.

[40Rtruss]

I know it is sad, there are still a bunch of good kids in this generation it is the whole mentality today that has changed I think the best attribute that was taught me and so many in our generation was a high level of self respect self esteem because if you do not have those in yourself no-one can do anything for you and if you wanted something you earned it. To much reality crap and video games get outside in the snow and pound each-other and parents need to do more with their kids too.

[str8outtatexas1]

40Rtruss i feel u dog. kids now r caught up in posting fights on youtube,disrespecting adults,law enforcement,and their parents. they don't know anything about great music.20 years from now what r they gonna talk about? drive bye's,who that shot at,how they made it rain at a strip club,how they slapped their teacher,how they drove 105 mph in a 25 mph school zone and bragged about it. give me a fucking break. thanks mom n dad,grandparents,aunts,uncles 4 whipping our ass n teaching us standards.

[40Rtruss]

Someone tell me what happened I was a kid in the 70s grew up in a diverse neighborhood played sports with each other overnights drinking from the neighbors hose eating dinners at each others house respected our parents grandparents elders played sports everyone seemed to get along fine white, black, Asian and Hispanic now everyone hates each other I remember those days being great even got and ass swatted by friends Mom in those days if you talked back I will take those days

[pedrom41]

Absolutely! You're right on point.

[MoveOnDotOrgg]

@pedrom41: Women have abandoned thier tradional roles of family caretakers - instead, being who they think they shoild be on the outside instead of being who they are in the inside. Don't believe me? The divorce rate is obscenely high and the majority of black women are single with child - black men don't want to compete with a woman who tries to be a man. We practically cheer when a woman declares she's a single mother...unless widowed or something comparable, she should show some shame.

[sotovo]

@pedrom41 I couldn't agree more. Extremely well put and insightful.

You raised a couple of interesting questions in the process. Curious my friend, what do you feel those different sources are, and why are we powerless against them?

[michaellovesthecat]

@pedrom41 sad but true

[ewwitsthatoneguy]

@pedrom41 I feel where you're coming from. But it's always been that way. Do you wanna take hand outs? Well then, you gotta get yours. YOU. But on the contrary, we do have XTC to bring us together, if only for a moment in time.

[mrcoolguyify]

@pedrom41 the main reason is greed, one example of which is insurance companies denying so many necessary claims

of course, lobbyists and whoever else is behind the scene, in conjunction with our country's politicians, keep perpetuating situations in which the common or lower class citizen is unable to better themselves, in many cases

[jazjett]

You (we) certainly have alot to be thankful for. So many can't even image how we lived then compared to what they see now.

[40Rtruss]

I wasnt trying to be disrespectful towards anyone or any generation there are a tremendous amount of good kids out there that really get no thanks for being good, I just grew up in an old blue collar town full of many diverse people and remember all kids playing sports outside blocks having parties cookouts kids out late in the summer all neighbors watched each other kids never carried guns or knives it did happen though happens everywhere just different seems we have moved back to the 50s

[40Rtruss]

Seems everyone black and white white and black hate each other today

[mydeardiaries]

true---span against hatians against americans against........so forth.

[bleedrr]

I'll be 42 next month and I find it truly weird that racism seems stronger today than it was in my youth. Weird is the wrong word... sad is the word. Judge a person by their person, not their race.

[bluelibra65]

i found it sad that watching such a great performance, all she could think about, was race.

her philosophy is NO different from skinheads and neo-nazi's trying to keep their bloodlines pure.

[jazjett]

I didn't take your comment as being disrespectful. In fact, I was try'n to convey how good we had it back n the day as far as music was concerned. It seems like music like what we hear the Gap Band play'n brought folks together. It's all good.

[40Rtruss]

What is truly amazing is I can say this about being a 40 something, I was taught to respect myself and others would carry it over one thing I see is horrid nasty comments which these people really impress no-one with racial slurs and vulgarities I am white and never had any issues with most people and certainly not to the point were I will call people these names

[rnaples21]

Yeah right!! In case you ever thought to say a racial slur you absolutley must be sure no one in around to hear it!!!

[mydeardiaries]

wordddddddddddddd up! my brother!

[40Rtruss]

Thx

[119musicalsouls]

Just saw Charlie Wilson with K' jon and friends last night at the Paradise Theather (Bronx NY). Awesome! One of the best shows I've ever seen - 100 times better than videos can capture...even better than back in the day!

[bunniculaspanx]

totally dance music

[YoungCub]

This is magic

[orangeviolins]

It about blew my mind when I read that Leon Russell mentored this band.  Fellow Oklahomans? This song blows my mind. This a super band.

[lefrog001]

The Gap Band rules and always did. They "dropped the bomb on me."

Thank you up loader! My God this take me back. Music the way it was, and should be,

[alstot72]

They should get Jimi Macon back on guitar, after all he's one of the originals.

[GieJohnson]

JIMI was and still is the funkiest guitar player they EVER HAD!!

[Sybenett]

Before his personal demons took hold, Charles Wilson was with one of the baddesst ass groups of all time baby 30 years ago a great salute to Robert, Ronald, Charles, The Gap Band, nuff said.

Sy-

Kick that shit, dogg.

Sy-

[asiba2]

what personal demons ??

talk to me bro !

[Sybenett]

Drugs, Alcohol, Homelessness.

Sy-

[asiba2]

Thanks to you.

Now I know.

I was not aware of this information

Thanks again

[aba2185]

4real the crowd is hella lame

[richardphg]

Of Costa Rica:....nothing is Real...only this.

[stunning4real]

yeah why da crowd seem extra dry...dey not hype or nothing

[bottomlineit]

Sexy Ass Charlie Wilson!!!!!!!!Early in the Mor'ning and Late at Night

[zoey11345]

Thank you

[StraightOuttaDC]

Yep.

I'm finna' pop and lock right now.

[vini2552]

still fresh and always will be

[misspinklover714]

i love this song

[CHARLIEMANS0N]

HEY MAN............STEAL UR LOCK NUT

[AntroVIPMC]

WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THIS CROWD!!?? da best band in the funk world playing in front of them and... NO ACTION!! DAMN!!! WE should've been there showing TGB some REAL love!!! DAMN!!

[PhotoPhoenix]

TULSA STAND UP! The Gap Band holding it down.

[Raulio50000]

this song rocks

[bnwbaly]

anybody have the original version?

[amodj]

you can see it on dailymotiondotcom

[gullan27]

Woow!!! I still love it! in the begining of the 80th we played all The Funky music from The Gap Band and SOS Band! Great!

[sjrw1963]

The Gap Band is an awesome group. Thanks.

[Brian215]

Great getting over a break up song

[775hiteenaa]

Charlie wilson from the Gap Band has a New song here on Youtube Called there Goes My Baby I tYped it in Charlie still Bringing the Real Music

[dst4life22]

I love how Charlie whistles to let the band know that it is time to change the grove @4:18

[seadink08]

did you see that no turntable when people could play instruments, what happened? if you dont have a band  you aint shit

[loosestudios]

Can anybody name a Black band that came out in the last 10 years

Like the Ohio Players.Kool &the Gang,Slave, BT Express,Midnight Star,Earth, Wind & Fire,Gap Band,Lakeside,Isley Brothers,Brother Johnson,Chic,Change,New Birth ,L.T.D.,Commodores,Brainstorm,­Ready for the World,Mandrill it's going to be real hard

Not singing groups BANDs that sing Don't hurt yourself thinking about it

[UTuberSandwich]

loosestudios it hurt but I'm gonna do you one better.....IMAJIN and MINT CONDITION...DAM THAT HURT BUT i came up with some groups you aint have in your list there.

[Shamakah]

Mint Condition would be the only band, all the rest are singing groups.

[loosestudios]

Thank you that answeerr part of the question about last last 10 years (they Formed in the late 1989

Now like the Ohio Players.Kool &the Gang,Slave, BT Express,Midnight Star,Earth, Wind & Fire,Gap Band,Lakeside,Isley Brothers,Brother Johnson,Chic,Change,New Birth ,L.T.D.,Commodores,Brainstorm, Ready for the World,Mandrill Rolls Royce,Brass Construction.MFSB,Issac Hayes,Curtis Mayfield,Mac Band,Looses Ends,Arrua,Black Byrds

[ragman2326]

good names

[justinbig9]

I hurt my brain, can i have an aspirin please? Or at least a blunt? ; )

[loosestudios]

I going to help you It is a trick question

There are no bands that came out like those groups I mention in the last 10-15 years

Even if you name one it will be wrong

Go to CVS,Rite Aid Pick up some aspirin

Listen to Youtube and thank God least you heard good Music a long time ago

[asiba2]

seems to be a worldwide situation probably influenced by the americans because in my part of the world-BARBADOS---its the same.

We had so many bands.Every community had a band, every parish, every district.Now you cant find three bands. It will come around again-dont fear. things always do.

[RebelZidane]

Sure, blame your country's failing music country on America.

[asiba2]

I said 'probably ' because American Culture inffluences the world. Its a historic fact that the most powerful nation in the world at different periods in history influences the culture of other nations,

[RebelZidane]

Why even bring it up? If your Nation's music sucks, it's your own damn fault. If you aren't having the same community bands like you used to have, go out in your community and make one instead of being lazy. I play several instruments, and am in a band in my community. I'm not super rich or famous, but I have fun, and entertain people. You need to stop complaining, and fix your own country's problems without blaming them on a country who has only helped the music industry.

[asiba2]

Hey

you missed the point completely

how old are you ?

[RebelZidane]

I know the point is that now there no longer are community bands, but -MY- point is that you blamed it on the Americans.. and I'm going to say, that it's Barbados' fault for having a crappy music scene, not America's. When our music culture dies, I'm not going to blame it on Barbados.

[asiba2]

you are missing the point

I ask you your age because you see given to argument and appear to be young

I am probably old enough to be your father.

No one is blaming anyone and I am sorry if it came across that way .

It is about trends.

The culture of the country that dominates the world is the culture that will influence other cultures.

[mrthundaboots]

Nope.What I notice is we don't put an emphasis on learning an instrument anymore. Every kid with a computer wants to be the next super-producer. Why do you think there aren't anymore soul/funk/rnb bands on the radio anymore?

[dreemer2009]

I remember for our 1990 Prom when we told our advisers it would be cheaper and better to have a DJ, they flipped. So we had a live band. It was great.

[fahqueman]

These guys are the shit!

[Kdg7382]

dog...my uncle dee is soo cold!

he KILLED that lil solo part...

yea he is def. one of the coldest in the d!

[loopums]

go head UNCLE DEE!

[775hiteenaa]

Because this Music was here before Hip Hop they respect Charlie wilson  from the Gap Band

[775hiteenaa]

I Agree krupt Ice Cube and snoop dog respect the Gap Band because this Old school music paved the way for Hip Hop

[ThePainHunter]

Mainly i listen to metal, punk and the other stuff but i fucking like the Gap Band. They're so incredible :D

[775hiteenaa]

This music kids need to know this music helped make Hip Hop it was here before Hip Hop its R&B and soul music is Hip hop the beats Rappers get from this music

[twoaxis88]

hello fucking loo yah

[chinoloc619]

sooooo many westcoast gangster rappers are influenced by the gap band.... people dont even realize that.

[margix]

what's happened to black music it's a crime!!!

It went from the paradise sound like this to the shit "sound" of (c)rap and (s)hit hop!!!

it's like a ferrari would transorm itself in a subaru!

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[hardmixman]

yeah

it doesn't have the characteristic of the old funk sound!

[mtrowest]

You are so right. All angry now...

[kotzbrocken65]

@margix

yeah, - shit happens.

[asiba2]

dont knock subaru--saubaru -good motor

[peacelovelife1]

OH.. GOD.. YESSSSS!?!!!?!!!!

[nourdinefunkever]

my favorite song of this group without any contest.. Come on let's go gap band..Everybody clap your hands.. So I ve got to get up...Break dance folies come on... Early in the morning

[soulhonkey420]

I was lucky enough to see them live a few years ago and i was blown away. Charlie Wilson has the energy of teenager!!!

[MRGROOVALICIOUS]

Hell Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..­.DJA

[vuefromdahill]

Classic

[pekoe]

BOOTY SHAKE ME

[2332116]

Love it!

[drewali7]

charlie is the god of funk!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FireitupBedford]

The lead wasn't to bad but they needed Terry Scott on lead....

[marbleann]

they had a commercial last year for some big company and they looked and sounded the same as they did 20 years ago.

[dreadrocksean]

jesus they sound better than eva!!!

great vocals. did not expect that live so recent.

like aged wine.

i got chills man.

[ADLIB1976]

thats my boi De'sabata on the lead solo @ 3:20 this boi is a beast. most the band members are from the D. 313 always represents. Vicky Hollis and Charlie taking it straight back to church!!!!!

[mulletchuck]

anyone else think it's kinda funny who put on the event, and who sponsored it? NBA sponsored by a liquor company? kinda funny. like NASCAR sponsored by beer companies..

[maccadese]

Charlie's still got it.

[BoEmery]

sure as hell does!!!