When I was a kid back in '74 I remember going down to the recreation center every Thurs. evening with music playing and all the kids dancing. That's when I first heard this classic. Kool and The Gang music always rocked this house. So many great memories listening to their music.
One of the photos used for the artwork of their album, Light of Worlds was taken during their appearance on this show. If you have the album, you'll see it plus at the corner is a NBC cameraman.
IM 27 years Old Soul......DAMN.... THIS IS THE BEST GENERATION EVER...WHERE MUSIC ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE SOUL....NOWADAYS ITS A BUNCH OF NOISES AND KLINGON LYRICS.........
@Humberto Ruiz ...Some of the world's greatest entertainers. Lost the battle of life to drugs! That makes them no less human. Let's give thanks to them for their talent. And all that good music.
@Humberto Ruiz I doubt it. The Bell’s were Muslims, so they do not take drugs. I do not think they would tolerate that behavior in their group. The guys all worked hard at their craft. Writing, recording, performing, raising families.
Now this is the real "Gang" with Rick West, Clay and Spike all RIP. Rick played those simple but funky riffs on clavinet and Clay was just a master guitarist probably the most advanced of any guitarist who played funk back then because of his knowledge of jazz chordal structures. A dominant seventh chord with a raised 9th as in Funky Stuff was unheard of back then in this style of music
dlonra65 Your right about Brother Claydes X SMITH the only other Guitarist known for this would be THE GREAT MR.JIMMY NOLAN who I know Brother SMITH listened to.
@@DJGary0910 Good question; I remember him from their very first album, and nothing is really known about him-never heard anything about him either, other than he was on their first album, and then he was no longer in the group. If he is still living, it would be nice to hear his story...1-1-23.
R.I.P. Ricky West, Spike Mickens, Ronald “Khalis” Bell, Dee Tee Thomas, and Charles “Claydes” Smith…..Kool & The Gang music lives on and is timeless. 💖✝️🙏🏾
With all respect to the man who moved my behind in the mid-eighties, KOOL & THE GANG was a different group in 69-72, the earthy, raw super horn-driven funk this group delivered is nothing but pure school book FUNK!
Those stages were just too small to contain such monster groups like Kool & The Gang, Commodores, New Birth and WAR. But the music..that horn solo!! And that "Ba-dah-do-ba-Dah" at the end? Everybody used to vocalize the Kool's horns. Even Kool.
Was searching for this song about 8 years. because of san andreas it was in my head but i couldn't find it anywhere.Now i have found it and my side quest is over.
Endless and Timeless as The Courage, Talent and Music of These Brothers Shall Live Through Eternity, Always Being on Our Hearts, Minds, Bodies and Souls... Back in the day where not easy, but they definitely where better than these days...
The most recent passing was of Dennis DT Thomas on tenor sax. Dennis was the father of the beautiful young lady who played Theo's first girlfriend on The Cosby Show. She, unfortunately, passed away while the show was still being filmed.
I was born in 1977 and my parents introduced me to soooo much truly truly good music 60s 70s 80s 90s music I love Kool and the Gang among so many groups THAT WERE TRULY TALENTED HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DAYS WHEN GROUPS WERE TRULY TRULY TALENTED YOU HAD TO BE ABLE TO SING AND DANCE NOT KNOW SOMEONE BE PRETTY OR HANDSOME AND LET MACHINES MAKE YOU SOUND GOOD BUT LIVE YOU SOUND LIKE SHIT AND THEY USE MACHINES TO MAKE YOU SOUND GOOD OR JUST DOWN RIGHT SOMEONE ELSE IS SINGING BUT THESE NO TALENT BOMBS GET PAID LIKE NOW OR SLEEP YOUR WAY INTO THE INDUSTRY THE 60s 70s 80s 90s ARE EXCELLENT YEARS FOR EXCELLENT MUSIC AND TALENT RIP TO THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED IN THIS GROUP INCLUDING WOLF MAN JACK INTRODUCING THESE STARS WHO SHOWED UP TO SHOW OUT 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
1974 went off to college and partied at the "Magic Moment" (nightclub) to this jam. Talk about take me back to a time when nothing hurt and I was a party machine. Thanks Cool and the Gang! You'll never be forgotten!
The story told by Ricky West at the beginning of " Hollywood Swinging " is the one he told to me on many occasions as we partied at the club " Cheetah " back in da day!!!
Gosh, I'm just old enough to remember Wolfman Jack -- so kool that the person who digitized this video and uploaded it chose to include his intro of the band!!!
Unfortunately, they have his bass too low in the mix on this song. It’s what makes this song the great song it is but you can barely hear it because it’s too low and the rhythm guitar is too loud. Sound guy didn’t do his job right. It the guys, as usual, didn’t miss a note! Perfect as always.
I always loved the lyrics to this song. Who writes a song about going to see a band perform and later joining them. RIP Ricky West along with Spike Mickens and Charles Smith
Man they had some good dope back then, how could you sit there, you had to get up and dance to this funky tune This tune is funkyer then 7 day old mustard green
We need to see more rare footage of performances like this one! Kool & the Gang brought their "A-Game" to the Midnight Special, as did other artist of that era
Brilliant Young Jazz Musicians from Jersey City NJ. Look at how they Shine!!! The Nation of Islam surely showing on their faces and in their dapper suits! RIP Spike-Trumpet and Charles-Guitar.
From 2022 to present, this song is played and covered by Miguel Candelman and his band as the main title theme from the 2022 FOX revival of the million-dollar music game, "The New Don't Forget The Lyrics" starring Niecy Nash. P.S. Thanks Kool and the Gang. I hope your song helps contestant on "The New Don't Forget The Lyrics" win $1 million and make history as the America's richest music millionaire. From Vietnam with ❤
No autotunes, no stupid sounds, only TALENT here.
Agree!! 💯 And no lip syncing
Man, sit your dumbass down!
@@saj8😂
Very nice
One of the greatest, most underrated bands of all time...FUNK IN THE HOUSE...
So true, by far the greatest BAND of all times.
Always at the TOP of my FUNK list!
100%
There was nothing underrated about them. Everyone loved them.
Back in the day, there was no faking it. You had to throw down on stage. Play it Sing it true Talent. Golden 👊 💛
For sure. I do remember watching Midnight Special almost every friday night. Every band it seem all wanted to be on this show.
God do I miss 1974 and this type of music!
You wish you could go back... ADMIT IT!!!!
Me too
When I was a kid back in '74 I remember going down to the recreation center every Thurs. evening with music playing and all the kids dancing. That's when I first heard this classic. Kool and The Gang music always rocked this house. So many great memories listening to their music.
I was 11years old when this song came out this is when music was good
My favorite Kool and The Gang song.
One of the photos used for the artwork of their album, Light of Worlds was taken during their appearance on this show. If you have the album, you'll see it plus at the corner is a NBC cameraman.
IM 27 years Old Soul......DAMN.... THIS IS THE BEST GENERATION EVER...WHERE MUSIC ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE SOUL....NOWADAYS ITS A BUNCH OF NOISES AND KLINGON LYRICS.........
Kai Khader yea
+Kai Khader right there with you never follow this wack generation we came up in thank god for youtube to let us know how dope the old school was.
+True Oracle no doubt About that, even live these cats where simply brilliant
sorry you missed out, youngsta. early 1970s were the bomb!
Good taste
They don't make music like this no more
Man I'm miss the midnight special with Wolf man Jack, every Friday night at 12 o'clock,
in the seventies it would come on and it was magical
RIP Ricky West - Keyboards, Spike Mickens - Trumpet, Charles (Claydes) Smith - Guitar. All original members.
Charles Flowers rip to them soulful brothas!!!
We lost Ronald Bell last year too!!!
And now Dennis "D.T." Thomas (alto sax & flute) 😥
@Humberto Ruiz ...Some of the world's greatest entertainers.
Lost the battle of life to drugs!
That makes them no less human.
Let's give thanks to them for their talent.
And all that good music.
@Humberto Ruiz I doubt it. The Bell’s were Muslims, so they do not take drugs. I do not think they would tolerate that behavior in their group. The guys all worked hard at their craft. Writing, recording, performing, raising families.
I was born in 74, and I think left my mum's belly for that.
Same here
Now this is the real "Gang" with Rick West, Clay and Spike all RIP. Rick played those simple but funky riffs on clavinet and Clay was just a master guitarist probably the most advanced of any guitarist who played funk back then because of his knowledge of jazz chordal structures. A dominant seventh chord with a raised 9th as in Funky Stuff was unheard of back then in this style of music
dlonra65 Your right about Brother Claydes X SMITH the only other Guitarist known for this would be THE GREAT MR.JIMMY NOLAN who I know Brother SMITH listened to.
Whatever happend to Woody
DO Gary I believe GUITARIST Mr.Woody Sparrow passed away some time back.
@@DJGary0910 Good question; I remember him from their very first album, and nothing is really known about him-never heard anything about him either, other than he was on their first album, and then he was no longer in the group. If he is still living, it would be nice to hear his story...1-1-23.
@@DJGary0910 Woody died over 50 years ago.
R.I.P. Ricky West, Spike Mickens, Ronald “Khalis” Bell, Dee Tee Thomas, and Charles “Claydes” Smith…..Kool & The Gang music lives on and is timeless.
💖✝️🙏🏾
And George "Funky Brown," one of the funkiest drummers ever.
I love this song
Thank you so much
This is Ricky Westfield's Kool & the Gang, before James J.T. Taylor!!
Funky!!
With all respect to the man who moved my behind in the mid-eighties, KOOL & THE GANG was a different group in 69-72, the earthy, raw super horn-driven funk this group delivered is nothing but pure school book FUNK!
Facts
Afros n bell bottoms!
Funky & Good Times
Rest in Peace Ronald Bell
Those stages were just too small to contain such monster groups like Kool & The Gang, Commodores, New Birth and WAR. But the music..that horn solo!! And that "Ba-dah-do-ba-Dah" at the end? Everybody used to vocalize the Kool's horns. Even Kool.
Keep in mind this is '74 and this was shocking never before type of funk!
1974 back in the day was like 2022 to us
Was searching for this song about 8 years. because of san andreas it was in my head but i couldn't find it anywhere.Now i have found it and my side quest is over.
Live at the Rainbow is the record to pick up
Love George Browns hot drumming!!! Also digging DT's moves while he's playing that sax!
Still fire 🔥 😍
The bass line OMG 😱
WOW! Hollywood Swinging in 2023. 😎
Loved this band...on my
playlist and still love it!
Love Kool and the Gang! They were an unstoppable funk force in the 70’s!
Love this song!
Class here...
Mustache, first time seeing Robert "Kool" Bell without one, lol, grew up wit dis music in the 80s, Real Funk, Real Talk
Richard "Ricky West" Westfield, signature style on clavs and vocals he had on those early hit lps.
Endless and Timeless as The Courage, Talent and Music of These Brothers Shall Live Through Eternity, Always Being on Our Hearts, Minds, Bodies and Souls... Back in the day where not easy, but they definitely where better than these days...
Love the original members of Kool and the gang
This is better than the album version. 4:48 What a funky group! Love Kool's swagger handling that bass. Great guitar rhythm 5:23
I usually dont like live but this was good
They did a live album called Love and Understanding in 1976 that featured this song live. Best version of all, by far!
I wish the bass was more louder in the live version
Pure talent
No one today can kick the funk this hard
Man this band is tighter than a rubber band on a nappy hea'd love it 😁😂🤣😆
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 MrVb66 you got me lmao I needed that one
Wanna try out for Live Mike night you’re funny 😄
I like to blast this song when I'm rolling down the main drag in los santos
Rest in peace Funky George Brown
Man this mission was hard
is because you not played in cellphone ._.
ederson31 GD it was because I was a kid at that time and ot was on pc. oh sweet gta memories
BFFs Engineer I can be 15 now, but it wasnt hard for me
@@Ederson31 AOOOOO É 17
Genius of a band💫
The most recent passing was of Dennis DT Thomas on tenor sax. Dennis was the father of the beautiful young lady who played Theo's first girlfriend on The Cosby Show. She, unfortunately, passed away while the show was still being filmed.
Excellent love it !!
Midnight special. Banging show
hey hey hey! what you got to say
I’m glad my father puts me on to this type of music cause it is truly amazing lol
I was born in 1977 and my parents introduced me to soooo much truly truly good music 60s 70s 80s 90s music I love Kool and the Gang among so many groups THAT WERE TRULY TALENTED HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DAYS WHEN GROUPS WERE TRULY TRULY TALENTED YOU HAD TO BE ABLE TO SING AND DANCE NOT KNOW SOMEONE BE PRETTY OR HANDSOME AND LET MACHINES MAKE YOU SOUND GOOD BUT LIVE YOU SOUND LIKE SHIT AND THEY USE MACHINES TO MAKE YOU SOUND GOOD OR JUST DOWN RIGHT SOMEONE ELSE IS SINGING BUT THESE NO TALENT BOMBS GET PAID LIKE NOW OR SLEEP YOUR WAY INTO THE INDUSTRY THE 60s 70s 80s 90s ARE EXCELLENT YEARS FOR EXCELLENT MUSIC AND TALENT RIP TO THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED IN THIS GROUP INCLUDING WOLF MAN JACK INTRODUCING THESE STARS WHO SHOWED UP TO SHOW OUT 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
1974 went off to college and partied at the "Magic Moment" (nightclub) to this jam. Talk about take me back to a time when nothing hurt and I was a party machine. Thanks Cool and the Gang! You'll never be forgotten!
Loved Wolfman's show back in the day.
The story told by Ricky West at the beginning of " Hollywood Swinging " is the one he told to me on many occasions as we partied at the club " Cheetah " back in da day!!!
Oh wow, thanks for sharing this! I miss the Wolfman and loooove this song :) hey hey hey!
hanging out with my boys.....jamming to K & T G!!
Suburban white lady here and Imma tell you: This is my jam.
RIP Uncle Spike 💙 and all your homies.
all you had to do is to follow the damn train cj
all you had to do was dance the dawn music cj
Dammit, Smoke, I got soap in my eyes!!
Charif Hasni GTA San Andreas
One with cheese.
Gosh, I'm just old enough to remember Wolfman Jack -- so kool that the person who digitized this video and uploaded it chose to include his intro of the band!!!
Love these old chapters of music .
i see why they call Robert Bell "Kool", he's in the yellow suit and basically in the background doing his thang.
Facts
Unfortunately, they have his bass too low in the mix on this song. It’s what makes this song the great song it is but you can barely hear it because it’s too low and the rhythm guitar is too loud. Sound guy didn’t do his job right. It the guys, as usual, didn’t miss a note! Perfect as always.
@@srcastic8764 you’re right I agree with you, that guitar too damn high
hollwood swinging......my jam!!! Hey, hey, hey
Is that Wolfman Jack introducing?
Yes!!!
Really great 🗣️⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡
this was the funky stuff i could get into!!
Kool and the Gang❤️one of my favs
Still listening 🎶 in 2024 and still swing ❤
earth wind and fire pure gold
RIP, Ronald Bell.
This is good, I miss Kool & the gang.
old school and I love it
I always loved the lyrics to this song. Who writes a song about going to see a band perform and later joining them. RIP Ricky West along with Spike Mickens and Charles Smith
Damn ricky was soo funky
Excellent 🔥
Classic.................great............if you don't move, tap your foot, dance, whatever to this you are probably dead
Wolfman Jack kickin it old school in Heaven.
Man they had some good dope back then,
how could you sit there, you had to get up and dance to this funky tune
This tune is funkyer then 7 day old mustard green
We need to see more rare footage of performances like this one! Kool & the Gang brought their "A-Game" to the Midnight Special, as did other artist of that era
party in the beach!
Boy's and girl's this is music
Brilliant Young Jazz Musicians from Jersey City NJ. Look at how they Shine!!! The Nation of Islam surely showing on their faces and in their dapper suits! RIP Spike-Trumpet and Charles-Guitar.
Wow.I thought I seen that underscrbible look.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Thank you for sharing RockShorts.
This is the beat Nile Rodgers from Chic made “ Good Times” True Fact!
And Rick James, "Superfreak" That's not a diss to Rick James either. It's that you can hear the influence in the bassline
Respect from Romania!
My heros started out when they were little kids!
Gta San. era muito foda anoite pelos desertos de "Las Venturas" sdds ;-;
Hollywooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood
RIP TO ALL THE TALENT INCLUDING WOLFMAN JACK MUSIC IS NOT THE SAME ANYMORE. IT UNIFIED PEOPLE TODAYS MUSIC DIVIDES... NO LIP SYNCING GOING ON HERE
bow wow Un roman care stie sa aprecieze adevarata muzica.
RIP Ronald Bell
Incredible
From 2022 to present, this song is played and covered by Miguel Candelman and his band as the main title theme from the 2022 FOX revival of the million-dollar music game, "The New Don't Forget The Lyrics" starring Niecy Nash.
P.S. Thanks Kool and the Gang. I hope your song helps contestant on "The New Don't Forget The Lyrics" win $1 million and make history as the America's richest music millionaire. From Vietnam with ❤
Yes!!!!!!!
that is my jam
wow memories . real music !
Hollywwwoooooooood, Hollywood swinging!
Cj dancing #GTASanAndreas
Damn, that was good!!!
Funky masterpiece
"Groove 4 life"
COOL. DON'T TELL ME TO BE COOL! I AM COOL!!!!!!!!
Play that flugelhorn Spike!! (RIP)
HAPPY 68TH BIRTHDAY DRUMMER GEORGE "FUNKY" BROWN (JANUARY 15, 2017)