The Bar-Kays "Holy Ghost"

[matteur11]

WTF

[ColorOfSouls]

It's happening @ 3:03 !

[Hoganflagle]

I went to a Bar Kays concert in Memphis in 78. They rocked. This is one of my favorite songs.

[Yessirman71]

Is it true that this song, "Holy Ghost" was NOT on any Bar Kays album???

[Hoganflagle]

@Yessirman71

It appears on their "Money Talks" album released Oct 1978 STAX records.

[stefanheichen]

why people got to mension that tehy are black or white ?! the times are ova bro xD ...

mr wiggles is white too dont forghet dat = )

[macadoughshus]

That 1 is DISGUSTING!...

[ElectricDisease23]

11 People saw the Holy Ghost and were scared shitless.

[firetko14]

I wish the young kids these days parents would share this type of music`to there kids. My son loves all my old school 70's music. This is the foundation of rap and hiphop.

[cellmate1]

THIS DOWN-HOME STANK IS FROM MEMPHIS BABY!! THAT'S HOW WE DOOS IT!!!

[AliYourBrother]

@cellmate1 I'm glad yall DOOOS it like that in Memphis, cause we was funkin' off this sh#@ in California fo sho in dem 70s! YOU know what I'm talking bout!

[johnsweetiedarling]

@sumyoungay MINE TOO!

[DjEdubb64]

RARE / HTF 12" (and you posted it years ago)...who'da thought funk like this, would be on the tube!

(smh) @ iam7demons....yes, this IZ sum wicked voodoo funk! This'll drive Gator to say, "Momma, I made up a new dance" and then snake his way over to the good reverend doctor!

All time fave BK's track (and again the ENDLESS version). Multiple breakdowns!!

[neofunkyman1]

putting the FUNK in neoFUNKYman. Top 5 funk tune of all time

[IAM7DEMONS]

Wicked Voodoo Funk!!!!!!! Sick Jam!!!!!!!

[makushimu]

This is one of the best songs EVER

[miknice59]

All I got to say is DAM................This track is crazy and the bass line is off the chain funky....hard as helL

[AliYourBrother]

@miknice59 That's that late 70's shit!!  Thought yall knew!!

[ArcaneThingOfBeauty]

3:02 Lil' Mo used this as a sample in "Dem Boyz" :)

[cagedpanther1]

So good, so funky, so goddamned WICKED . . . it's almost EVIL!!!

[mix2up78]

Aww Shiggidy!!!!!!!!!!

[itotophe]

kick ass song !

[MrTruckdriver2011]

Please don't try n convince me that rap compares to tis joint

[PREEMOiv]

@MrTruckdriver2011 Wait till i sample this

[twistinmemelons]

@PREEMOiv it's already been done

[PREEMOiv]

@twistinmemelons i kno this..but it kan be done again

[AliYourBrother]

@MrTruckdriver2011 Hell nah!! Nothin' compares to the late 70s FUNK!!

[BHUTANISPARTOFCHINA]

awesome tune here wow cool indeed

[durtyreddz]

when i used to have my strip club i would have the DJ play this and all them hoes i had working the stages would come to one stage for a big ol'e dance off it wuld drive the cutomers wild they'd be breaking the bitches of 10's & 20's and maybe more if the freak got down right this makes me wanna open another strip club.

[anceOTD]

i feel like a pimp

[TheLordawesome]

GOOD that im deaf

[emanboogie]

forgot to play this on halloween, what's wrong with me!??

[Q45t]

I was listening to this at the gym. I completely forgot people were around me. I started dancing that would make MC Hammer stop in his tracks and I am white! You know it is good when everything else just melts away when you listen to good music.

[AliYourBrother]

@Q45t You crazy for that one!!!

[delf4eg1]

4:15 Cool break O.0

[OreDaiyoWarioDaiyo]

0:50 Megaman victory theme?

[WIZKID403]

goooooooooooooooottttttttttttt­ttt daaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmm no matter howlong i haven't heard this song ya just can't get away from yhe absolute meaning of FUNK.......i mean they had it going on way back then and there iz no taking thier place ...cant even be duplicated there iz no carbon copy cause the machine music of 2 day JUST AIN'T GOT IT......LMAO............

[MrTruckdriver2011]

the days of musical talent !

[GMONY5]

Still bops hard...:)

[CINEMALEXZIKON]

This song changed the music scene in old school funk forever. the remix of this hit became a funk/disco dance classic in the late 80's. Still have my 12" remix version!

[jjdiggincrates]

3:02 "GOOD-GOD!"

[rayj146]

I luv those horns in the background

[antman0101]

Hall of fame this one. holy fucking shit!

[brandonbanks32278]

i have found so many damn samples in this song i don't know which one to choose from...DAMMIT MANNNNNNN!

[vvinvasion]

I think my speakers have diarrhea

[Tatoklips]

I'm 48 and I know I was lucky to live through this period..DAMMM THAT'S SEXY FUNK...sorry Gen Y missed out

[btinsley1]

any 'ol heads in the house ???? who remembers doing "the dogg" to this back in the 70s?

[AliYourBrother]

@btinsley1 I was too cool to dance!

[jimmyraseac]

funkier than a sack of grand daddy's

[SuperAminho]

B-Boy ! ps2 ........ good memories !

[MrAlex0262]

Awesome Groove , this is so Damn funky !

[johnsweetiedarling]

@MrAlex0262 I AGREE!

[thetman102771]

damn, i remember this. i used 2 have the record and play the shit outta this song! the bar-kays know how 2 funk it up, baby!

[euphoriamorninguk]

oh my god. funk sex

[MrAlex0262]

@euphoriamorninguk :) :D

[carlanthony62]

This song is funkier than chittlins cookin on a hot summer day !

[phoenixapril]

holy shit

[JaJestemAdamem]

OSTR - Więcej decybeli by zagłuszyć :)

[oliverecords]

I'm fucking sick but I don't care, I'm getting down mentally.

[Lightning433TLD]

FUNK IS IN THE BUILDING



[arod2211]

Gotta change my underwear after hearing this amazing masterpiece.

[MordecaiKart64]

mike d said this is his ringtone, lol

[KeemSong1]

check out crocodile tears" by "keen"

[jdubya181]

9 people don't know how to git down proper

[TEAMGOOCH1]

LOVE THIS 

[MrTruckdriver2011]

U can't make grooves like this with a drum machine

Grooves like this come from tha soul!

[KeemSong1]

stupid funky...dam!!!! make a homeless person wanna move even if they are down.

[Kryton4000]

I just finished listening this... The room turned upside down and brown stain appeared on my pants.

[oliverecords]

@Kryton4000 ahahah

[spideydominic]

0:50 - 0:56

IT'S THE MEGAMAN VICTORY THEME!

[honkyechidna]

@sourcerror you have failed miserably. Austere, drudgy Turkish funk can't possibly f**k with such a monster of a track. Listen to the production. The groove. The break is possibly the best in history. Actually, it is. When I got this at Maxwell St. for $1, I played it so loud I shook the buildings across the street. Skorpio is a beathead's delight, but you ain't gonna get laid playin' that isht. Play this instead, the girls will like you more. <3

[robert11breack]

music bboy

[darryl431]

Throw Down!! Throw DOWN!!! AHHH SHITTT!! IT IS HOLY!!!

[gruffmeister44]

Superb-takes me right back to 1978/9 Chelsea Reach New Brighton :-)

[fishbutt58]

i'm crusin along thinkin "This is SUPER funk!" Then along about 2:22 they turn it up a notch to UNREAL!!

[olantaboi29114]

STEE BO SONG RIP DADDY

[Multi1628]

Thank you for posting this - The break is ecstacy! From "Soul Finger/Knucklehead" & "Sang & Dance," "Fighting Fire With Fire," to all the 70s and 80swork they are the best & still relevant! Thanks again - DAVEDJ

[jeffnify]

Another one to add to your funk list is Johnnie Guitar Watson - A Real Mother For Ya'. Slow, bluesy funk.

[jeffnify]

@jeffnify Thought of another one to add: Machine Gun by the Commodores. Funky instrumental.

[dielaughing73]

Put the needle on the mother-fuckin' record!!

[nevinj72]

This is from the greatest era of funk!

[TheBackcracker]

Yes this is the Funk Anthem Barkays killed on this man if your head aint bobbin to this beat you dead.

[iplaygod]

noisia essential mix! fuck yeah.

[schweiz555]

dawm hot music..., black music forever

[sirbumfluf]

fuck the lord of the ring's. you want a quest? find a song funkier than this, i have tried, and failed...

[sourcerror]

@sirbumfluf

Challenge accepted:

watch?v=QUKFnbOFnwg

watch?v=KYyaSgzN6b0

[emanboogie]

@sirbumfluf have been trying for thirty years, and believe you are right sir!

[RODILLASEXPLOSIVAS]

@sirbumfluf I don´t know if "Kano - I'm Ready" it´s funkier than this, but damn is close! :)

[PREEMOiv]

@sirbumfluf lol.....

[peterxmagic]

DOUBLE WOW !

[planitb100]

NOT HALF!!!! XxX

[cleteconnor]

It don't get no funkier than this...funkier than 3 gallons of chitlins left out in the 100 degree sun for 4 1/2 hours.

[synchronoise71]

my favorite track . . . hands down. Phat analog bass synth, sickest tribal drums you will ever hear and a voice that cuts through the soul . . most perfect track in the multiverse

[mr2gti]

Pump up the Volume... Pump up the Volume... Pump up the Volume... Check it out!

[SlikkTim]

4:00 is atomic war. Straight up gangsta shit

[nesnejls]

Holy crap. Where have they been all my life?

[macewindu67]

thumps up if Bobby Hemmitt sent you here

[catolog96]

3:01 drops the bomb

[musiksoulchile]

Hey Yall!!! Whatz goin on in here?! ;) Hit it wit some PFunk & the Gap band!!!! I'm so there!

[deanyo44]

FUNK IT UP GOT DAM IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Greg14966]

This has to be in the Dictionary to desrcribe what" FUNK"is!!!!!

[nashtndawg]

Don't forget dem funky white boys from Scotland! :)

[ShonWonPowerMix]

@nashtndawg The Average White Band - Yes Sir!

[hotgmom05]

Still sounds good to me and makes me do the dances we did.One time for good music. If you went to the skating rink then you know what I am talking about

[gembels86]

ok maybe Im white but THIS IS HELL of a HOT SH*T FUNK!!!!!!!!!!!

its sooooooooo HOT n COOL at the same time that it melts and freezes my speakers alternately!!! ;D

[SuperZekethefreak]

Awwwww FUNK YOU GUYS! YOU CAN FUNKIN FUNK RIGHT THE FUNK OFF YOU MOTHER FUNKERS! FUNKITY FUNKITY FUNK! Ahhhcommanduh thah spirituh of Geyoduh to fill yah with his holy funkin ghostuh TESTIFYNOWCHILDREN Hallalu-Jah Amen!

[neodog1]

this totally is the bomb....damn i love everything about this tune!

runs off and grabs me wah wah!

[juggdj1]

Love the compression!!!! Makes sound even hotter!!! Music needs that compression today!!!!

[TheCJBSR1]

This is Funkkkkkkk. Damnit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ValChunky]

what's not to like....'kin brilliant......'ave it!

[7771SB]

THOSE 8 PEOPLE WHO DISLIKE THIS NEED TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tiarafbaby1]

Thats right Im jammin right now

[idetached]

Those horns, that bass, One of the funkiest songs on the planet ever made.

[fatshoolaces]

3.03 BOOOOOOMMMMM !

[catpoop420]

3:00

[7771SB]

THEY NEED TO PLAY THIS IN THOSE CHURCHES!!!!!!!!

[Ennbee15]

someone tell me how you can dislike this....that's that shit right there. all you 80's babies? that's how y'all got here. yup yup!

[kikko92borgo]

FEEL THA FUNK BLAST !

[nbnybeats4u]

man the break on this is off the chain n runnin wild.many fond memories of this in some dope house parties.these youngsters now a days gettin cheated,but its they own fault,playin instruments on video games.listen to auto-tunes over n over again,can the boy make one song without it.

[Turtleproof]

@nbnybeats4u Don't dis chiptune, it's been used since the 70's. Same with autotune, though it's autotune on autopilot for top 40 radio schlock. Disasterpeace, Animal Style, and Random are great, but start with "Acid Jazzed Evening" by Tempest. _ \ | watch?v=H0pMejT5F48 | / _

[jonasty86]

So funky it should come with a warning label.

[DoomCity202]

Got daaaaaaaaaam somebody farted!!!!

That breakdown is fownky....not funky....fownky!!

[mack1348]

This song is is as funky as ten day old collard greens

[olivier15317]

Yyyeeeeeeeaaah , Big-Up !!!!! ;-)

[TonyKanameKuran]

M/A/R/R/S... need... women!

[Shaolin325]

Myy God......

[MrARandomPerson]

Groovin'

[kissmylipsification]

NASTY!!!

[muzicman20]

this song is funkier than a worked armpit

[Gilnar13]

Maan, is this tasty!!

[missjkdiva]

This was my Ish! back n the days.

[soapy1winks]

No way ,,feels sooooo good,bring it back ,have to have it in your your soul to understand!!

[miketb42]

just realized the drum break at 3:03 was sampled on the marrs single "pump up the volume" (on the area where they sampled criminal element orchestra's "put the needle on the record")

[Kurtiz76]

I think I feel the Holy Ghost.

[horrorsower]

this shit is so good its stupid

[necey902]

Fun.....KAY!!!!

[MarvinJackson85]

they don't make jams like this anymore.......

[Z9r0k]

Apagha a tele!

/watch?v=D-s8yof8RNc

[MrTylermclean1]

i remember this at Kalorama Skating Rink on trio's. My DC peeps know what i'm talking about!!!!! This was funk at it's BEST, Sho u right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jerica277]

@MrTylermclean1 u going waaaaaaaay back!!! lol that's a HARRIS TEETER'S now!! but still sweet memories!!!

[jerica277]

@MrTylermclean1

[GIZSPARROW]

BBoys!!!

[jackrebel601]

Remember watching a bunch of white teen girls synchronized skating ( shaking their thing) to this intense funky song when I was about 12! Songs like this really introduce me to world of funk / r&b! Loved it ever since!

[cheesyquaver]

Totally farkin' legendary tune. Absolutely amazing. I'd kill to hear this full version live.

[journey344]

<-------camel walking over here!

[jhwjr64]

So damn FUNKY I need a shower!!!

[KarmalBeauty]

Becuz some people are "geezus freaks" and are supersensitive to the fact that this song is named "holy ghost". LOL

[scumber56]

Pure d-funk!

[pc0p1mp]

True MPHS 10 Music!!!

[mmarianstar]

from 3:05 is sick :) goood

[khalidsalaam]

glockapella by Ceelo Green sampled this

[tulsa4life]

stax music..omg thats classic

[starlost1957]

Play this @ churches to celebrate Easter!!!!

[jimbobhk2009]

@starlost1957 why this song?

i'd understand a hymn but......

[jimbobhk2009]

@starlost1957 oh i just got it !!!!!

holy ghost hahaha right, with you 100% ; )

[poeticoldsoul]

How could 8 people dislike something this FUNKY?!

[braidedgirl]

This is the old jam from back in the day!! They don't jam like this no more!!

[starlost1957]

@braidedgirl Big FUNK Sound

[dashay2002]

~LOL IT WAS MADE FOR WHAT???

[rmcfee]

Insanely funky!

[daymude63]

thrust!

[ordermyfootsteps]

replay

[ordermyfootsteps]

2 MINS INTO THIS SONG I COULDNT TAKE FORREAL THEY MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS THANK YOU FOR THE POST

[z4zillah]

I am filing a paternity suit against this song.