The O'Jays perform "For The Love of Money" on Soul Train

[starrlight365]

Just fabulous, I wish I was in the studio grooving with them!

[ttlos1]

dude on that bass was rocking!!!

[DMCpro6944]

Still true today this song!!! very good timeless lyrics. 

[1968LadyV]

I totally agree that these guyss can sing!!!!!

[optimus102697]

these men can sing!!!!! man thats good music!!!!

[ordelljones]

Live on Soul Train. Excellent.  James Brown was the first to do that. Now the O'Jays.

[terry47family]

Soul train made it a point to have the artists' band a rarity for in those days for blacks. Thank You Donn, We thank you

[thecphughes]

That dude in the yellow jump suit has epic hair! ; )

[oZo61]

awesome, 

[colliderscopic]

cute hip shaker at 3:01

[you67556060]

Funky as hell!!!!!!!! Oh my God !!!

[KaLeMChEeSeCaKe14]

The guy on the right is a tank!

[PhilCCCM]

These men seemed to me like prophets of God when I was young and listening to this. Not only does this song tell the real truth about life, it was one of the rockingest (is that a word?) soul songs I ever heard. May I say to alot of you who don't know, Todd Rundgren put this song on an album with his band Utopia in 1982. And I loved him for it. (But i have to say that the Ojays do it a lot better than Utopia.)

[jootai]

i like the black man in the video

[KaLeMChEeSeCaKe14]

@jootai lol

[redfordforpresident]

Money's stupid. Roseanne Barr said if she got elected president, she would return the United States to the barter system. And, yes, Virginia, there are economists who believe barter works better than money.

[nyc14gauge]

@redfordforpresident I hate those people who love to tell you/

Money is the root of all that kills/

They have never been poor/

They have never had the joy of a welfare Christmas/

----Everclear, "I Will Buy You a New Life"

[rexxcarz]

One the GREATEST songs of the 70s, bar none! That bass line is the greatest and is sheer genius!. The white dude with the freak-on hair on bass is b-a-a-a-d! Boy got it going on!!

[bradleythomas27]

BRAAAPPPP!!! BIG UP THIS LIVE CUT! Laying down the FUNK right here!

[MultiplicityMe2]

Real Singers. Real Musicians. Real Talent. Real Message!

[RomanAR87]

who's playing bass and is also Rhythm guitar?

[tornmask1]

this is what i love the most: live music with live voices in a tv show, cheers! x0]

[DJMarkAnthony]

The good ole' partying days from the east coast of NYC all the way to the west coast of LA; when folks really knew how to throw down just for sheer thrill of it - unlike today, where most are more concerned with posing (party perpetrators’) to see and be seen, and taking up valuable dance floor real estate space!

[lvrebel8]

Great music brings back the memories.

[QUEENBOSSLOVE]

@SuperLowercase lmaooo ok for real hahaha

[kja427]

Wall Street's mantra: The entrepenuers, hedge fund managers, and the CEO's would much rather worship money rather than God, which I believe is sad. Groovy tune, by the way.

[dcainedwr]

Yes, the bassist is white. White folks invented basses. And guitars. And amplifiers. and microphones. And (believe it or not) Afro-Sheen. Give a honkie some credit, goddamit.

[Veigueta]

@dcainedwr Music has no color. Think about it

[Kaiser325]

They're are all black and the bass player is white!? WTF!?

[dexfx69]

@Kaiser325 bring your racism elsewhere homie.

[JazzyShiron111]

Damn, the joint was jumpin! They were having so much fun it just makes you want to jump through the T.V. Screen! AAAHH, the Mighty O'Jays........

[theontherise]

music today can't compete with this

[Makkushimu]

This is some faster version of the song, right?

I checked the full version of this song and it was a lot slower than this. Are they called the same and where could I find this version of the song?

Any help is much appreciated :)

[stassman75]

@Makkushimu It's just a live version



[Makkushimu]

@stassman75 alright thanks. do you know of an album where they have the live version?

[8toesleft]

TNT = TALENT n' TECHNIQUE!!!

[5214bitch]

Saw the O Jays in Vegas 2 weeks ago, and they still can jam suckas!!!

[that80sblackchick]

I love the OJays!

[that80sblackchick]

Remember when people actually used to dance? If this song came on in the club today, people would be on the wall mean muggin', and it's a classic!

[Govanmauler]

It doesnt get any better folks !

[TheFitzeFitzeAtze]

awesome dancing @ 1:57

[JCB05]

Awesome performance!!!!