Old School RnB / Modern Soul / Funk / Boogie YouTube Thread ... Don't Look Any Further

Earth, Wind & Fire - Fall In Love With Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO2tgXN2FIw

Sci-Fi and Afrocentric. Real upbeat with levitating tombs and disappering dancers.

Yes.

Who You Gonna Call, girl?

Ray Parker Jr. - I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9edbf80joOA

Cordless Hollywood Hills soft core.

Luther VanDross - never too much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkAY0iS4TVk

It’s kinda like the last scene in “Electric Dreams.”

And there's old school boombox porn.

Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8utL-XzOp6g

priceless. Juice's Oscar-worthy performance here makes the video something truly special, as funny and awesome as the song.

Kool and The Gang -- Steppin' Out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGj6mmQx4sc

Jumpsuits, some loose choreography and cheezy filter effects. That is all I need in a video.

o lord

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dwxYSsS8Js

Imagination - In and Out of Love

Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain

YES. I also love the answer track by Pamela called "Yes, You Saw Me (Walking In The Rain)" I wish there was a video for that. The other day, my local hip-hop radio station did an old school mix w/ the Pamela version following Oran Juice. It totally made my week.

Yarborough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZ7gi1VRwU

nice performance video, worth watching to spot the synths used and for the random puppet show.

Ashford & Simpson - Solid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtELkPlKP-E

i can't even accurately describe how awesome this video is, just watch it.

takin' it back a little ...

Billy Preston - Struttin' (live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIzc3FKOFBU

You know what I like about this one?

The synthesizers.

Ashford & Simpson - Street Corner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVLNHgpOkiI

i just bought this on 12" and so after watching "Solid" i was curious - and it's just as good production-value-wise. I love how immaculately dressed they are!

Imagination ... so good. must have more:

Imagination - Body Talk (1981)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RCZM2kRQ1c

and "Just an illusion" too ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nXEXWlQ5Q

can't forget this one either ...

Imagination - Changes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO0vCugB7go

U FORGOT MUSIC & LIGHTS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNQpmvo2H0U

Yes, music and lights.

This live version kills it too (so gay and campy ... who has the balls to try that kinda shit on TV these days?).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbwTSdqXHX0

And I'm feeling A + S's "Street Corner" too.

will downing - in my dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYJ3GxMLbmw

that Preston video is the shit

shalamar-Take That to the Bank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEyj7tOXbdY

I just watched this last week for the first time in over 20 years:

Eddy Grant, "Romancing the Stone"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kex3Da-R_Tg

Fatback Band-Are You Ready To Do The Bus Stop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeeOPR8bxac

Narada Michael Waldon-I Should Have Loved You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmJLlHGTT-U

Narada Michael Waldon-Divine Emotions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmJLlHGTT-U

Rick James-New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgsQvx84SeE

Joe Bataan-Rap-0-Clap-O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNrPUCGhnpQ

Beggar & Co-Somebody Help Me Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcqmn6kOgI

Oh man ... if you're gonna bring Rick James into this ...

check out "Glow" (especially the intro where dude actually screams "I'M RICK JAMES!!!").

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVZfm7qXY9A

Also ... "Give It To Me Baby" featuring Rick in a speedo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFmQAQ9EDeM

The Jacksons –Can You Feel It

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaADnQzdyP8

This is one of the most absurd and over-the-top videos ever, and I love it.

If only The Jackson could magically appear as giant earth-spirits in my backyard, and sprinkle their mystical pixie dust all over me. Then, together, we could journey across that rainbow bridge to the planet of eternal love. Lead the way, Tito.

Junior-Momma Used To Say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwTTGnDcwoA

Shakatak-Easier Said Than Done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k0EytNHQ7E

Hi-Tension-Hi-Tension
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48kbF4jc84w

A Certain Ratio-Don`t You Worry About A Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnuDDLjG5Q

TS Monk-Candidate for Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCMX6JJA9Dg

Odyssey-Inside Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz4nbWvu3zA

Rufus & Chaka Khan-Do You Love What You Feel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg1OSK1nXDc

Cameo-Attack Me With Your Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k4qHaHjuMI

Ashford & Simpson-Street Corner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVLNHgpOkiI

The Crusaders-Street Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ZvDI7XGFU

Bobby Caldwell-What You Won't Do For Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUKoWmeZraE

Klymaxx-Meeting In The Ladies Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6A4LbAZ0pg

"Somebody pass me a mirror"! I can smell the cocaine from here.

Display Name on a rampage. Odyssey, Hi-Tension ... nice. And I forgot how great the Junior video is.

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Save The Overtime For Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0JiPVq7PeQ

Amazing breakdancing in this one. Check it out.

O'Bryan - Lovelite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR_H9IdwrOk

^^^^Boobs.

Dazz Band - Let It All Blow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os5Mzd3w8Kg

Sports.

i came to post the most amazing jaxon's "can you feel it" video, but obv was already on here.

here's bernard wright's video for "who do you love" which the wife sang after 3 notes (why i married that woman) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT48-LLs0tI

here's some midnight star http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Uj1u86lrE

^ no parking on the dance floor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8OL7I3hpYA
^ freak-a-zoid

thaaaaaaaaanks guys this is so awesome

like watching New York Hot Tracks back in my 9th ave hotbox

from a couple years later, another literal-minded treatment

loose ends "hanging on a string (contemplating)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkP16ZarYPQ"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkP16ZarYPQ

just give me the good life

ts monk "bon bon vie"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Wh4JG51I0

omg disco futurism

sheila & b devotion "spacer"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKvhnviI-IQ

ahhh jaxon love that bernard wright track so much

honeymoon

evelyn champagne king "love come down"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnh7YmXSviY

Teena Marie-Lover Girl

cameo - she's strange
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uC0U2QZdt2w

thread of the year

Bobby Womack-Looking For A Love (from Soul Train)

ahhh jaxon love that bernard wright track so much

-- deej, Friday, October 12, 2007 9:14 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

esp. when the girl drops the flowers in the garbage and it misses

Johnny 'Guitar' Watson-Ain't That A Bitch

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VFd5XcAYW3g
Siedah Garrett - Do You Want It Right Now (sampled by armand this year)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7sczkl0rnEA

dtrain - you're the one for me

i think i've posted this on ilx before but
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9eI_h1fY7Kk

george benson - give me the night

haha, poor joe bataan is struggling a bit with the camera changes in the 'rap-o clap-o' clip!

thats such a great record, i wish theyd done a video for 'mestizo'

george clinton, 'atomic dog'

ahhh jaxon love that bernard wright track so much

-- deej, Friday, October 12, 2007 9:14 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

esp. when the girl drops the flowers in the garbage and it misses

-- deej, Friday, October 12, 2007 9:35 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

last point on this but i love how chromeo actually bites that melody on 'outta sight' i think?

'I thought I'd be a casanova...ever since me and Needy Girl broke up'

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NCCUPRCbeMg

tom browne - funkin for jamaica

i like how unbelievably broad this thread title is.

that 'sharevari' tv clip

I really wish I could post a clip of Serge Ponsar's Out in the Night.

YES. I am feeling it. So much goodness here.

EVERY WOMAN, EVERY MAN ... JOIN THE "CARAVAN OF LOVE"

Isley Jasper Isley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ARl3dUyAyc

Brothers Johnson -- Stomp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tgWS9c4kI8

The Mary Jane Girls -- Candyman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLxs1VNidJc

Man they eat a lot of candy in that video.

Joe Tex! I Aint Gonna Bump No More

PAULI CARMAN - DIAL MY NUMBER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-LsJ1S3TsM

Party line orgy action with Busy Berkeley moves.

er ... Busby, I mean

Great thread...

more from the mid 70s

War Low Rider

War live in '73 The Cisco Kid

The Spinners live in '76 Rubberband Man

The Manhattans Kiss and Say Goodbye

Billy Preston (again) and Ray Charles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikb40zUdGAA&mode=related&search=

there's old school boombox porn.

and the ladies and the ladies

The Jones Girls - To Win You Back
http://youtube.com/watch?v=objGFfbiNnc

BOZ SCAGGS playing "Lowdown" On SNL

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmm8n_boz-scaggs-lowdown-tv_music

I think the mind-police took this off of YouTube, so I had to get it from DailyMotion (which I guess is the Euro version of Youtube and is actually kinda better).

Anyways, it shreds.

Off the Silk Degrees LP ... available in dollar bins everywhere.

Stevie Wonder -- Do I Do ... featuring tribal dancing and Dizzie Gillespie
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1tn7w_stevie-wonder-do-i-do_music

And then, here's STEVIE covering "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" and wigging out ON THE TALKBOX
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1s1qt_stevie-wonder-playing-the-talk-box_music

wow.

xpost
Lowdown - lots of flutes and it still shreds.... nice.

Two duets:

Peaches & Herb Reunited Couldn't get out of a school dance in the late 70s without hearing this one.

Ashford & Simpson Solid

edit: looks like Solid was posted above. Replace with DeBarge Rhythm of the Night

Brass Construction-Movin On
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1lyoe_brass-construction-movin_music

Zapp and Roger-on BET 1989
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrcpf_roger-troutman-zapp-bet-1989_music

Amie Stewart-Knock On Wood
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x24kcq_amie-stewart-knock-on-wood-bergie-p_music

Patrick Hernandez-Born To Be Alive
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x24ke6_patrick-hernandez-born-to-be-alive_music

The Pasadenas-Riding On A Train
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25i0s_the-pasadenas-riding-on-a-train_music

Dazz Band-Let It Whip
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvasa_dazz-band-let-it-whip_music

Instant Funk-Got My Mind Made Up
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2xaoy_instant-funk-i-got-my-mind-made-up1_music

Imagination-Just An Illusion
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8jtt_imagination-just-an-illusion_music

Rose Royce-Is It Love Your After
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xr2jn_rose-royce-is-it-love-youre-after_music

Gap Band-Burn Rubber On Me
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1hdc4_gap-band-burn-rubber-on-me_music

Ashford And Simpson-The Boss
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2r304_ashford-simpson-the-boss-1982-live_music

Colonel Abrams-Trapped
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoqzd_colonel-abrams-trapped_music

Jacki Graham-Set Me Free
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnbso_jacki-graham-set-me-free_music

Mai Tai-History
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2p326_mai-tai-history_music

BT Express-Give It What You Got
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1s3nr_bt-express-give-it-what-you-got_music

Odyssey-Going Back To My Roots
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkv86_odyssey-going-back-to-my-roots_music

Grace Jones-La Vie En Rose <---This song is the shit
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3671s_grace-jones-la-vie-en-rose_music

Lime-Guilty
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bn0m_lime-guilty_family

George Benson-Give Me The Night
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5rxy_georges-benson-give-me-the-night_music

The Jacksons-Blame It On The Boogie
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20vuw_blame-it-onthe-boogie_music

Sharon Redd-In The Name Of Love
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2p4sl_sharon-redd-in-the-name-of-love_music

Aneka-Japanese Boy
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28qdw_aneka-japanese-boy-long-discomix-vi_music

Alexander O'Neal-Criticize
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xer7a_alexander-oneal-criticize_music

Eruption-I Can't Stand The Rain
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xer7a_alexander-oneal-criticize_music

FF YELLOWHAND - Can You Feel The Funk
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm1lh_ff-yellowhand-can-you-feel-it_music

This one is so unbelievably awesome.

Just watch it.

That a good video but I think I just had a mild seizure.

That a good video but I think I just had a mild seizure.

Was it the jump cuts, or were you just "feeling the funk?"

Booker Newberry III - Love Town
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31350_booker-newberry-iii-love-townson-re_music

Deniece Williams - Do what You Feel
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22bl4_deniece-williams-do-what-you-feel_music

Math class just isn't the same old bore when Deniece Williams visits.

lovin this thread, thanx everybody!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xK-6yUKyM

howard hewett - i'm for real

Chic rocking "Le Freak" on French TV

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HMgR-jGoSXQ

SOS Band "Just The Way You Like It"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSFgPKWt0NM&mode=related&search=

Woah. I was just about to post that Shalamar jam! I'm loving the keytar bassline ... and how this track magically transforms the clean-up-woman into a foxy dancefloor sensation. Good call.

Oops, I meant to say SOS Band ... but here's a vid for a Shalamar track, "There It Is," in which the main dood is wearing tiger tails hanging from his shiny black leather jumpsuit.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1x8ko_shalamar-there-it-is_music

Another lesson in love from ...

Ray Parker Jr. -- A Woman Needs Love
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1lyvv_ray-parker-jrraydio-a-woman-needs_music

The deele - 2 ocassions
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TOHEvfBLlIk
...and yes that is babyface

The whispers - Keep on lovin me
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BgvRKF6tP1U
toss up between this 'rock steady' or 'and the beat goes on'

shalamar - there it is
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gnyPv5RV7JQ
one of my favourite basslines and man could howard hewett sing or what !!!

D-Train-You're The One For Me
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2lap9_d-train-and-paul-hardcastle-youre-t_music

Mtume-Juicy Fruit
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2oumo_mtume-juicy-fruit_music

Break Machine-Street Dance
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5xuo_break-machine-street-dance_music

Five Star-System Addict
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9gcb_five-star-system-addict_music

Londonbest-Thinking About You <---OG Lo-Budget UK promo video
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbjlc_londonbeative-been-thinging-about-y_music

Londonboys-Requiem
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbwgv_london-boys-requiem_family

Rah Band-Clouds Across The Moon
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqu6k_rah-band-clouds-across-the-moon_music

Luther Vandross-Never Too Much
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2a8m4_luther-vandross-never-too-much_music

Herbie Hancock-You Bet Your Love
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xle5g_herbie-hancock-you-bet-your-love_music

Kid Creole-Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrdyc_kid-creole-the-coconuts-annie_music

The Gap Band-Party Train
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqlzk_the-gap-band-party-train_music

Jermaine Stewart-We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqas1_jermaine-stewart-we-dont-have-to-ta_music

Cashflow-Mine All Mine
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpkhb_cashflow-mine-all-mine_music

Bar-Kays-Freakshow
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpkdj_barkays-freakshow-on-the-dancefloor_music

Grandmaster Flash-White Lines
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpkau_grandmaster-flash-white-lines_music

Rene & Angela - You Don't Have To Cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxUNDyTqT_o

Rene & Angela - I'll Be Good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QldKk3DRFM

52nd Street - Can't Afford
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhAxDmRRo9A

Alexander O'neal & Cherelle - Saturday love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDVzaTMF-ps

Dennis Parker - "Like an Eagle"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AmYXgBnfZ4

Foxy - "Get Off" (the audio is more than a little off, sorry)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCQnVekTp7A

Sylvester - "Rock the Box"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJRqj9-xuX4

maybe I'm going too far off into an electro vein, but Man Parrish - "Heatstroke" is total WTF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoLkRtWpoOk

I can't watch that now from work, but apparently he wrote Heatstroke for a porno film and only released it later. It may be my favorite dance track ever.

Yes!

Now here's a funk/R&B thread where I actually like most of what's being posted. That kind of music was a lot better in the early 80s.

This thread needs "Genius Of Love" though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypVLtlXy_No

Cameo - Back And Forth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-I9E9X8aS4

Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQLgYoCKlE

New Edition - Cool it now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ1-KD7Hlqg

The System - Don't Disturb This Groove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWKKuF9wcDA&feature=related

The System - You Are In My System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqeQ_PfKMAo

Robert Palmer - You Are In My System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbMwEKcKTEk&feature=related

Timex Social Club -- Rumors <--- love the animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRte0S2a_dA

Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2akd4_grace-jones-pull-up-to-the-bumper_music

This one doesn't hold up as well as I'd hoped.

Jesse Johnson f/ Sly Stone, "Crazay"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9ki4GUz5Qwg

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS -- "Danger Zone"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go-0xtORN0U

THIS SHIT IS MIND-BLOWING. The track is mega-dope, and the video is on some crazy psychedelic public access tip. And check out the local news footage of Robbie M in his studio at the end.

Apparently, it's one of those giga-rare 45s that French boogie hoarders pay hundreds for. Those dudes spoil all my fun, but, oh well, this video has actually made my weekend a lot less crappy. enjoy.

loving this boogie track. lol at robbie m with bowtie and no shirt on.

totally. more lols in this one too:

Toney Lee -- Reach Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LefQ_yF_mGY&feature=related

Ol' Toney really hams it up on the vid for this classic.

and one more ...

Charlie Singleton - "Make Your Move On Me baby"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGXD2oBEPvQ&feature=user

acrobatics and beepers

romeo jones for president

thanks for the revive -- been trying to find this thread but couldn't remember the name. ah if only there was a video for "searchin to find the one" by unlimited touch I would provide a link.

I really like this kind of music.

Right now I'm listening to S.O.S. Band's "No One's Gonna Love You". Holy shit.

thanks this thread

Evelyn Champagne King folks. I know I've bored the whole board with this already but man...

S.O.S. Band - Just The Way You Like It holy hell folks this is the shit

been trying to find this thread but couldn't remember the name. ah if only there was a video for "searchin to find the one"

lolz

I just clicked on the Kool & The Gang link...oh god. Dude, there is LOVE on this thread, man. You must FEEL THE LOVE on this thread. Peace, etc.

I love that Oran' Juice Jones track, too. I don't know where to begin on this thread. Have we had Evelyn Champagne King's "Love Come Down" yet? Yes we have! Oh my god the music on this thread I don't know where to begin. We've even got fucking Juicy Fruit on this fucker.

OMG the Rick James "New York" on this thread. Jesus.

FUCKING ROBERT PALMER "YOU ARE IN MY SYSTEM" I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU WANT FROM A R&B THREAD THAN THAT

I remember when that song was played on the radio. I'm serious. Robert Palmer was not yet a household name when that hit. There was no "Addicted To Love" yet. And I remember that song on the radio.

That Dennis Edwards clip is weird. It's the same music drumbeat that Eric B. & Rakim did with "Paid In Full" wow.

Soul II Soul, Back To Life (sorry if this one has already been posted)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvC1ijiyv1c

Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0ruEpA9GmI

Milli Vanilli can go suck it.

^^^^ Seconded!
Also this thread is giving me all sorts of fever YOU ARE IN MY SYSTEM!. GOOD LOOKING OUT PEOPLES!

A Taste of Honey - Sayonara (Al McKay but sounds like Kashif/Ray Parker Jr tag teaming)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG81kx6RNro

Advance - Take Me to the Top
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htTzNJ94X4k

HoJo - Much Too Much
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTRWdL-cwco

That Dennis Edwards clip is weird. It's the same music drumbeat that Eric B. & Rakim did with "Paid In Full" wow.

Milli Vanilli can go suck it.

http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/2008/05/this-is-the-sou.html

Prince Charles and the City Beat Band - "Cash Money"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpZvjFgNJxA

"you without me are like cornflakes without the milk!"
I cry, I cry, I cry everytime.
Richard 'Dimples' Fields 'She's Got Papers On Me'
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gYv7YyY3qwU&feature=related
Do you not FEEL the monologue near the end? Classic.
"From now on, this house is where you USED to live. My my my don't we look so pretty in that suit I bought...I gave you the best years of my life...I MADE you what you are. Right now I'm in no mood to be number 2...you hear me?"

Goddamnit I wish I could mainline everything on this thread to my iPod.

How has this thread gone on so long without any STEVE ARRINGTON?!

Feel So Real:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILcj62zemYs

Dancin' in The Key of Life:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGBfga5s_AY

I can't get over his shiny bluge toga get-up. Maybe it has something to do with the religious subject matter in these songs. I dunno, but's its priceless. Stve was also the lead singer of the group Slave, btw.

Salt N Pepper: Push It

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCV5yGKWjv4

I LOVE THIS MUSIC I WANT IT ALL I WOULD PAY YOU TO PUT IT ALL ON MY IPOD RIGHT NOW

What about early Stereo MC's???

Heatwave - Too Hot to Handle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XVJk1M4U4Y

mega dance moves. this performance KILLS.

Bimble, glad you got the boogie infection. I'm not sure if Stereo MCs would fit in here though.

Things that do belong on this thread :

Coogi Sweaters
Jheri Curls
Afros
Slap Bass
Keytars
Drum machines
Synths
Talkboxes
Vocoder choruses
Weird, shiny outfits
Rolled-up white blazer sleeves
tight white pants (worn in non-ironic manner preferably)
Big gated drums
matching dance moves

Libcrypt has just sent me a James Brown-alicious set of FUNK trax!!!!

I'm a lucky motherfrucker.

I've been feelin the boogie flavorz in this mix, btw:

http://djelwood.blogspot.com/2007/03/sweaters-mix-colorful-sweater-mix.html

Hey, did somebody say Coogi Sweaters?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=P7qYKd9-wtE

It's sweetness that I'm thinking of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EQCOshGwPI

This is all well and good but we need a helluva lot more sensual seducation up in this piece...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eAs0sF3Fe7o&feature=related
MELBA MOORE-Loves Coming At Ya
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mdnmCBGj7qo&feature=related
KASHIF-Lover Turn Me On

Feel it

Slowing it down some more. RFTW stole some moves here:

Dreamboy - Don't Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3JKBYeLgcg

Dreamboy - I Promise (I Do Love You)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLmrSD4QBDw

Dreamboy - I Want 2 Know Your Name
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VoX9Zlt2Jg

(And of course both groups stole from Prince. RFTW, who came along a little later, were from Flint. Dreamboy were from Oak Park and released a couple albums on Qwest. Obscure enough to not be on Discogs, but they are on a couple Smooth Grooves comps. One of the members is one of the Bass brothers (Eminem).)

Throw some links on that Switch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmNztRHEnzc

"I used to think about immature things. You know, like, do you love me? Do you want me? Are you gonna call me like you said you would? Is this really your real phone number? But you know, I'm a man now, baby, a grown man. And I came a long way. And experience taught me one thing. It taught me to hold on to my love."

Hey, did somebody say Coogi Sweaters?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=P7qYKd9-wtE

-- Display Name, Monday, June 16, 2008 5:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

Great use of "Dub Love" in the First Lady commercial.

Who needed MTV or BET when there was WGPR?

Here's a double shot of Champaign:

How Bout Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziQBMIBdB9g

Of and On Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEeTwJpE_to

actual videos and performances are way better than static shots of record covers, btw.

not to be a jerk here, but I really prefer seeing people movin and groovin (and it's even better if they are "acting"), and i get a little bummed every time I click on a link anticipating seeing an actual video only to find a still picture with music.

It definitely sucks though that there is a severe lack of videos for many classic early 80s RnB/boogie tunes. Just drives home the point that MTV was pretty damn white-washed in the pre-MJ era. 80-84 were probably the best years for these kind of jams, and it would be awesome if more of these tunes had vids. I mean, why is there no video for Jeffrey Osborne's "Plane Love"? Just one example of many, unfortunately.

Still, I love youtube. Reason # 2,648:

AARON BROOMFILED - I'm gonna miss you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1HP9MGh6iE

check out Aaron a band faking it through this slinky little number. Sucha jam!

Jeffrey Osborne Stay With Me Tonight

this video makes me glad to be alive

Inner City Good Life

I wish I could throw down some Betty Wright, there's no proper vid for 'You're A Hoe' but that lady is FIERCE.
you're a hoe and you don't know

Things that do belong on this thread :

Coogi Sweaters
Jheri Curls
Afros
Slap Bass
Keytars
Drum machines
Synths
Talkboxes
Vocoder choruses
Weird, shiny outfits
Rolled-up white blazer sleeves
tight white pants (worn in non-ironic manner preferably)
Big gated drums
matching dance moves

-- Romeo Jones, Monday, June 16, 2008 12:14 PM (Monday, June 16, 2008 12:14 PM) Bookmark Link

poll?

some of u dudes are really stretching the definitions of the thread heading. 'good life'??? salt n pepa??

Romeo needs to spend less time policing this thread and more time sourcing the collections of former acid house DJ's... :)

You know it is party when Andy K peeks into a thread. I am going to post this in his honor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWR09VsSW4w

DELICIOUS bit at the 18sec mark that makes me so ridiculously happy. Check out the guy thrusting in the back playing the sax.
LTD 'Back In Love Again'
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eXpa0Ef25XQ

the brothers johnson-light up the night:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F8PuGftLjOE

You haven't said anything since my last post Romeo. I need this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LNMDsdtLFc

some old dude in Iowa has doubles of this, find him!

Gap Band - Burn Rubber On Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndBZtFtrC0M

And Mike, I have no "Jaquarius" records but I believe I have some "Jamiroquai" ... and that's close enough, right? Shit is PHONKAY, baybay! And that guy has the craziest hats! Virtual insanity!

If I can loop that shit over some fly 707 drums...

Jenny Burton - Bad Habits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-20O9KSIjwY

Killer midtempo electro-boogie jam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUKkYBLNSog
Jeffrey Osborne 'You Should Be Mine (The Woo woo song)' Love the title, love the voice, love the funk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVC2j_Kdw8c
The O-Jays 'Backstabbers'
I want more Melba Moore so..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7kXgFHX39k
'Keeping My Lover Satisfied'
*BREAK*
I'm still hype that someone mentioned Oran Juice Jones, I showed it to my younger siblings and it slayed them.

Curtis Hairston -- I Want Your Lovin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQsW7PRvHQg

more good electro soul from 85.

O'Jays, Melba Moore ... nice!

The Unfunky One:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYk337XZSI

The track is pretty by-the-numbers, but the video here is a perfect time-capsule of 1985. Pretty hilarious. And there's little kids breakdancing in it. Always a plus. FRESH85!

Soul Train Dancers gettin down to Brass Construction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9D7sXxlW8c

^^^ YES.

FULL FORCE 'Love Is For Suckers'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFpkeXZIipQ&feature=related

-Can't make this shit up.

UNIQUE 'What You Got Is What I Need'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NBSb3O1LdU&feature=related

Man, how the hell did Full Force ever happen!? And those Top of the Pops dancers are so damn nutty.

Here's some more TOTP dancing to ...

Gary Byrd - The Crown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFZ0su_Jzj4

I love this afro-centric boogie-rap jam featuring an awesome guest appearance by Stevie Wonder.

Paul Hardcastle: Master of the Keytar

King Tut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk171kMKS64

Don't Waste My Time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDJsJCAcRkQ

The Earons - Land of Hunger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RuVa3Snbgc

More Brass Construction on Soul Train:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUfEg4Ht73Q

Goodness you folks are gonna wear me out again like you did last weekend aren't you? Sigh...I can't keep up!

another version of Full Force:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05_etdKVPyg

nice picks, this is a good way to pass an afternoon.

Mary Jane Girls - Candy Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ZNVRgWGOU

Yeah synthesizers are just about a must. But I'm gonna do a poll of those things Romeo named that should be in this thread. Just watch.

Okay. I want every single fucking DJ in this world who has that Brass Construction record (the second one posted) to come over to my house RIGHT NOW.

After about ten minutes of agonized brain-searching, I just realized that it was 808 State that sampled Unique's "What I Got Is What You Need". I feel such a terrible sense of relief. I think I'll have to play that 808 State cassette now and try to chill. I thought I would never figure that out. In any case, the original track by Unique is a corker! Thanks VeronaInTheClub.

You folks have got me checking out some Rick James tracks again, too. He might not prove to be all I want him to be but it never occured to me before just what a fantastic voice he had.

The Source featuring Candi Staton -- You've Got The Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdHfbd2W1Vo

CAN U FEEL THE FORC~E??????
\http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHZJKct7pgU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwobZWQIAiU
^^^BETTER VIDEO

good one, deej.

Double Exposure - My Love Is Free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4jVPWLsBOA

I want to thank this thread for bringing me to this amazing band called The Brass Construction. I bought this CD called "Classic Masters" and it has driven me out of my mind. I don't know what the hell I would do without ILM, I really don't.

Brass Construction is the bomb. You also might wanna check out BT Express, Bimble.

great jam & lewis track, hilarious chippendales-inspired video. for all u party people freeks & funkateers.

cheryl lynn encore

^^^^nice one, m.

Rufus & Chaka Kahn - "Ain't Nobody"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA1IRDc5JXw&

This thread cannot die peoples. Lets bring it back with a little bit of funky funk

The Fatback Band '(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeeOPR8bxac

smooth 80s mode
Linda Di Franco - TV Scene (Extended 12")
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uEy01vXjtiU

Marcus Miller - Much Too Much
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QY9KMfRddIw

and the other half of Jay-Z's 'Can't Knock The Hustle', Meli'sa Morgan's 'Fool's Paradise'
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sVUvZDmABdI

Zapp - Dancefloor (Live)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LlXCcrPmG8Q

Keni Burke - Risin' To The Top

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - SAVE THE OVERTIME FOR ME

MUSIC FUNK FROM 80

Midnight Express "Danger Zone"

easily the greatest song, ever!

revive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvy_RxdHS5g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Z3b-uEjY8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db7OK8nDDR4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlWvIuxZUEY

fuck, only that last one is a video, sorry

omg the dancers in this in video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6XH3eYQBtA&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRnBfA-Bn20

treated myself to a little disco video mini-binge yesterday, this thread revive seems like the right place to share. happy holidays!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OU7Hka_--U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xay4S_3oWu4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCP1m2ly_r0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw10I3qtvRA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgGK4qBTwpw

this is an r&b thread but whatever

How did I go this far in my life without having seeing this video until a few weeks ago?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6aRvVTSC0I

SOLAR Sound forever!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m8HiuCOhDE

The Whispers "In The Raw"

Track of the year for me...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M3RwCBF3ubM

Ze-Brass - Feels So Good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8jTBEI9MxU

This track makes me wanna change me life around.

sry didn't mean to embed.

Michael Baker - Don't You Want My Lovin'

https://youtu.be/UU0FiKzrk7M

Ate some weed crackers the other night and grooved on this for hours.

Clarke/Duke Project w/Herbie Hancock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWJfyUk9Gps

found a batch of abandoned boogie in the RSCPA store. loving this SHERRICK track. executive producer Benny Medina, who i didn't realise was the real life inspiration for the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFZNPRSmyns

also in there was Mel'isa Morgan - Fool's Paradise. used by Jay Z in Can't Knock the Hustle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay5dPFpyQ5M

and this excellent Paul Hardcastle single Don't Waste My Time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euw4fxJCMC0

...the b-side to which is the outstanding instrumental called Moonhopper. caught my ear on NTS recently. can't help but smile when this is playing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHEl4WqoGJc

Love Sherrick's Do you baby
But no vid clip