The Spinners - Ghetto Child - Live 1976

Here's the fantastic Spinners performing Ghetto Child with some re-enactments of what goes on in the hood.

The Spinners rate as one of the most fantastic groups along with The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Dramatics, The OJays, The Stylistics, The Whispers, The Intruders, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, and The Delfonics. They were apart of the golden age of classic soul groups who mesmirized us with their dances, energy, and love songs.

It's Ashame, Rubberband Man, Mighty Love, Could It Be I'm Falling In Love, I'll Be Around, Mighty Love, One of a kind Love Affair, Ghetto Child, Sadie, How Could I Let You Get Away, Then Came You, Games People Play, Love Don't Love NoBody, were among their biggest hits, making them the premier group of the 70's.

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[snoops71]

This might be my all-time favorite song by The Spinners.

[MusicandDancing4Ever]

@snoops71 I love this song too. They expressed the problems of the hood without all the cursing and they put it in your heart. They provided encouragement too. The rappers today feel they have to be coarse to keep it real, this song proves you do not. At least back in the day, black artists tried to provide encouragement to blacks through music, I don't hear that now. The rappers glamourize the hood, which I feel hurts us, when so many black youths need encouragement.

[jwmellott]

Good song, but this sucked. What were they doing, some kind of clown act?

[MusicandDancing4Ever]

@jwmellott No, they weren't doing a clown act, they were doing a re-enactment of what goes in the ghetto, the drug dealing, drug using, stealing, winos, pimping, shooting craps, I thought they did a good job of showing the tragedies of the hood.

[zeelove8]

that was wonderful an very touching an true to the way things were for kids, inner city kids like us an this reminds me so much of my lil boy cousins back in the early 80s,, it was hard to be black an hispanic for them so hard,, hard times for us all,, but it was even worse for them,, an this reminds me so much of those times,, a very touching joint that i love so much, thanks for postin *)

the audience is super wak! though,,,*(

[MusicandDancing4Ever]

@zeelove8 I love your comment. The Spinners were able to get the story of the hardships children of color go through without all the cursing like the rappers do.

[baxstar]

Why the audience looks like they're bored?

[ezekielthemack]

Brilliant performance wasted on a wack audience.

[discornbgirl]

@summerbabetoo so true : )

[discornbgirl]

@nikonguy102 the audience are mostly white losers : )

[discornbgirl]

@baxstar because they are mostly white lol

[nikonguy102]

The audience are fucking losers

[317cod]

My boss at the time sang this all the time ...... xx

[andrewfrancis74]

@jwmellott It's the Seventies. Remember culture changes over time. It was probably cool then.

[ladydee20784]

@MusicandDancing4Ever I agree 100%. As you can see, the audience looks kind of bored. Singing to the wrong crowd. If they would have done this at the Apollo, that joint would have been jumping and I would have been part of the crowd! :-)

[nikonguy102]

The audience are fucking losers

[mrjoshjones1]

Cool if they looked bored, guess they never caught the Spinner's co- headlining

a Kool Jazz Festival.....

Gauranteed, NO ONE was sitting during the 45 minute set!!!!!