Luv'd this record back in '86. Still listen to it on CD. One of the few Prince-alikes who were able to distinguish themselves as having their own sound...
best-known hit "Oh Sheila,". This song in the US went to number one on the R&B, Pop Charts, and the Hot Dance Club Play charts that year, becoming the first ever single to hold the number one spot on all three of these charts simultaneously. Ready for the World is an American R&B band from Flint, Michigan who scored several moderate pop, soul, and dance hits in the mid- to late-1980s.
Zulu swashbuckler. Dope song and video can't tell you how many times I click on it🗣📢‼️ 🗣📢and I'm going to say this many more times beware of a.i. keep it human ‼️‼️‼️‼️
a lot of people call rftw Minneapolis wannabes I wouldn't go as far as saying that but you can tell they were heavily influenced by the Minneapolis sound and they were damn good especially without the help of Prince or Terry Lewis And Jimmy Jam!!!
INDEED YOU ARE FUCKING RIGHT...THEY WERE A BAD ASS BAND...INFLUENCED BY THE SOUND BUT TOTALLY THEIR OWN FUCKING BAND....TOTALLY...THESE GUYS ARE MOTOWN NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT...FLINT ROCKS...THANKS RFTW....
This music defined an era and offered more than what was on the surface? Was the world ready??? I do not know, all I know I was and still am, love is the music we make,peace is a dream you can not fake,ready for the world they know what is the best cake,to them theyre is no second rate. First class musicians everyday...
I was born in '87 and my brother 15 years prior so we didn't grow up together. The little I knew of his tastes coming up were contained in shoe boxes-a cache of cassette tapes! I would listen and be exposed to this and tons of other mid 80s too early 90s music and I'm so thankful 😩🤘🏽
I keep hearing the Minneapolis sound comparison ..And For me It's a resounding "No" ..They had a unique sound to me .It was youthful , bouncy , and different then Prince's deep dark sexual vibe ..Melvin had a great voice, which sounded nothing like Prince .Stop all the comparing , and give credit where credit is due .Stop lumping everyone who sounded different into the same space ..And I'm Prince #1 fan .But I could also vibe out to RFTW without saying purple rain ! Lots of bands had this vibe Toni Tony Tone , The Deele ,Mint Condition , ..and the list could go on .Every artist has someone they vibe to , like the sound off , but that doesnt mean they dont have there own voice .Underrated dope band , and Unsung does need this one under their belt .Peace out
In my opinion it did have the Minneapolis sound which was Prince's sound. And not the sound he created for himself but the sound he created for the Time. RFTW just added to it. The chords, basslines, and synths is what gave it that sound Minneapolis was known for.
@@pooneyheat exactly!!! Homegirl ain't understanding and it seems like she has a problem with ppl thinking no one tried to emulate what was hot then. If you remember Ebonee Webb they had a song Something about you which was basically Prince's Head and Detroit's Dreamboy who's songs were "Timey" as well. It ain't like other bands were copying even Zapp made a song Itchin for your twitchin which I think was homage to Prince and Minneapolis. And Stephanie I give em MAJOR credit they were one of my favorites I liked LTC better than their debut album the next album Ruff & Ready was average imo.
Long Time Coming is the second album by American R&B group Ready for the World. Three hits were scored from the album, including "Love You Down". It was released in September 30, 1986 on Lyrick Studios and Warner Bros. Records.
Robgee..this was hitting in those days...song has incredible energy.they never got the credit,I also believe that da new jack swing came out of this style.
It sure feels good to see a RFTW video where all the members of the band are shown and are smiling and having fun. I know Melvin was the unquestioned star of the group (he played instruments too and he wrote most of the group's songs in their run before the New Jack Swing era and after that era), but like I said, this video was a trip for me and other RFTW fans to see the other members of the group getting a chance to shine or be seen.
Dear Jesus please take me back to this. I really want to believe I’m just getting old that’s why I think new music is trash but it’s not me. Young people don’t know what they are missing.
During a five-year period beginning in '85 --- these Flint, Mi boys were just killing Black Radio with their style, sound and complete masterful musicianship! How do I know this . . . because I was there, and I lived it! #soimpressive #boyswasbad #facts
@MegaMrbass ...mannnnnn.......I always loved their musical craftsmanship. Good luck getting a group of brothers together to do r&b/funk and they actually PLAY their own instruments.
+Levi stgermain Oh shit...you're right about the hair! That's gonna be a tough one to pull off. tons of hair gel will be required and even then still not gonna get the same effect...LOL! Fuck it...hair implant it is!!
I was hooked on these guys day 1. I was a young teenager, who had the biggest crush on Melvin ever. When this album came out, I believe Tone Loc had just came out with Wild thing. My aunt took me to Westwood and we brought RFTW's tape. She was not a fan, but she was like let's pop it in the deck lol! She was loving it. I still love these guys! Melvin still fine and aging like wine!
Takes me back to 1985 in the Army. My wingman and I put many miles on my Subaru between Lawton Oklahoma and Sheppard Air Force Base….it was definitely worth the trip
We use to dance to this shit.....that synthesizer was and still is so cold....RFTW was one of the last bands in R&B then came the Tonys and Mint Condition....BIGUPS!!!!!! 4 the post
Michigan is shaped like a glove for a reason and its because we cold with it 🤓🤓 dude on the keyboard in the back doing the schoolcraft if you from Detroit you know about that
What a lively video and a lively song, which makes you wonder why and understand why MCA made this song the title of the album it was on. Even though Love You Down was the biggest single from the Long Time Coming (1986) album, this song was the albums' most lively and up-tempo single.
RFTW FOREVER!!!!..I remember going to the flea-market a block from my home in Lubbock Texas and bought their first album (cassett tape) back in 85. Tyrone Walls aka "Tigar" was my love interest ,damn them were the good ol days!!!!!!
The power of the jerhi curl.....😊
I mis it...
Real musicians, real talent!!
Tell ‘em again
Hell yeah!
Ready For The World need's a movie!
Stick yaself first!
💯🆒
Zulu swashbuckler.
Kota kid I wouldn't mind seeing it‼️
Hell yeah
This looks like A Goofy Movie during the concert!
Still playing this y'all 2022,2023& so on.
How does this not have more views? So underrated!
That is some killer bass. Fantastic!
John Eaton killing that bass
The bass line on this song is killer
You AIN'T Lying!!!!
This rhythm section is on fire!!
I would love for UNSUNG to an episode about RTFW.I would watch that
Yes!
He'll yeah.
That's what I'm sayin bruh!
An unsung will NEVER happen..... Gordon Strozier made that clear......
Larry Hawthorne Really? Wow
Those curls were on point!
Love that bass and keyboard playing combined with the unique voice = RFTW still in 2018 !!
When people were talented enough to actually play instruments. All hail RFTW.
dumbest comment ever
@@4Brazy Naww nowadays all they do is use them damn from loop packs..lol fake ahh beats
@@rashadharris4700 true but most usually use real instruments when performing live
End of an era
that bass line is awesome man.. ready for the world held it down
My friend Willie is jamming hard on this one... these young brothers threw down.... I am waiting to see them in concert again...
Willie Triplett
💯
The greatest Minneapolis band from Flint, Michigan.
What a jam!!!!!!!! Can't beat the old Skool when people had talent and it showed.
Tim Davis I didn't know that. I was disappointed to see that the lip and band synced their performance at the Montreaux Jazz Festival.
totally 80's and I'm here for it!!❤
oh man ...i am so glad i grew up with good music, real music, rhythm, great lyrics and with soul.
Ready for the world was the mint condition of that time. Melvin is Stokely lol
Larry Brown Yaaaasssssss!
I agree! I can see Stokely and Melvin, and the bands just onstage jammin together, havin fun!
Not quite stokely but yeah still the shit... the band was tight
@@jayskywalker5049 Always one...
Considering that Mint listed them RFTW as one of the bands that inspired them on the Definition of A Band Album. I have to agree
Luv'd this record back in '86. Still listen to it on CD. One of the few Prince-alikes who were able to distinguish themselves as having their own sound...
This song is so awesome!!!
I listen to it everyday now.
best-known hit "Oh Sheila,". This song in the US went to number one on the R&B, Pop Charts, and the Hot Dance Club Play charts that year, becoming the first ever single to hold the number one spot on all three of these charts simultaneously. Ready for the World is an American R&B band from Flint, Michigan who scored several moderate pop, soul, and dance hits in the mid- to late-1980s.
These guys were the greatest...I had all their albums back then...I have all these songs memorized..sure miss the 80's!!!!!
Are you male or female?
Prince, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Jesse Johnson influences are here!
I agree
I love these guys!!! I'm surprised that there's not many actual music videos of them on here!! Just a handful!!
Zulu swashbuckler.
Dope song and video can't tell you how many times I click on it🗣📢‼️
🗣📢and I'm going to say this many more times beware of a.i. keep it human ‼️‼️‼️‼️
The bass line on this song is killer
I had this album I was 14 years old, but I never seen this video on video soul !!!!
Listen Kids, this!!! Is music!!!
WOW how did I miss this cut back in da day??
Morrisman Smith I know. My first time hearing it as well.
The drummer, bring that 4 on the flo bottom hammer! Underrated band...
Morrisman Smith You didn't by the album. That's how.
Morrisman Smith I remember this
New wine & New creature Right!
I got to see Ready for the World, Midnight Star and Klymaxx all on one bill back in the 80s. Talk about dancing all night!!! ❤❤❤
Randomly discovered this song on Spotify and now I am hooked ❤😍😍 (sn: watching this video and I am mesmerized by Melvin's smile 😁😍😊)
I'm 17, and this song along with Oh Sheila are my favorite songs!
What do you listen to now that you're in your mid 20s?
@@KiDCRuDi_ probably billies eyelash and other modern garbage lol
They may be from Flint, Michigan but the city I associate in this song is Cincinnati. Cincinnati jams!
Flint Michigan's greatest band...thank you Flint!!
a lot of people call rftw Minneapolis wannabes I wouldn't go as far as saying that but you can tell they were heavily influenced by the Minneapolis sound and they were damn good especially without the help of Prince or Terry Lewis And Jimmy Jam!!!
INDEED YOU ARE FUCKING RIGHT...THEY WERE A BAD ASS BAND...INFLUENCED BY THE SOUND BUT TOTALLY THEIR OWN FUCKING BAND....TOTALLY...THESE GUYS ARE MOTOWN NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT...FLINT ROCKS...THANKS RFTW....
Jerry Kirby Good observation, cause Jam and Lewis ruled the 80's. So glad I was a kid at that time. 😊 Great music and great memories. 👍🏾
This band is so underrated..
Yes this was my jam and still is
hi there are
They need an unsung episode, along with Slave.
This music defined an era and offered more than what was on the surface? Was the world ready??? I do not know, all I know I was and still am, love is the music we make,peace is a dream you can not fake,ready for the world they know what is the best cake,to them theyre is no second rate. First class musicians everyday...
''IF I LOVE YOU, IF I HOLD YOU, WOULD YOU LOVE ME TONIGHT... THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE FAST JAMS BY ''READY FOR THE WORLD''.
First...great musicians, that bass line & drum beats. Of course those Jheri curls!! Love the 80's!!
I was born in '87 and my brother 15 years prior so we didn't grow up together. The little I knew of his tastes coming up were contained in shoe boxes-a cache of cassette tapes! I would listen and be exposed to this and tons of other mid 80s too early 90s music and I'm so thankful 😩🤘🏽
I keep hearing the Minneapolis sound comparison ..And For me It's a resounding "No" ..They had a unique sound to me .It was youthful , bouncy , and different then Prince's deep dark sexual vibe ..Melvin had a great voice, which sounded nothing like Prince .Stop all the comparing , and give credit where credit is due .Stop lumping everyone who sounded different into the same space ..And I'm Prince #1 fan .But I could also vibe out to RFTW without saying purple rain ! Lots of bands had this vibe Toni Tony Tone , The Deele ,Mint Condition , ..and the list could go on .Every artist has someone they vibe to , like the sound off , but that doesnt mean they dont have there own voice .Underrated dope band , and Unsung does need this one under their belt .Peace out
Its funny though. Many folks thought the song Seventeen Days was RFTW.
In my opinion it did have the Minneapolis sound which was Prince's sound. And not the sound he created for himself but the sound he created for the Time. RFTW just added to it. The chords, basslines, and synths is what gave it that sound Minneapolis was known for.
@@pooneyheat exactly!!! Homegirl ain't understanding and it seems like she has a problem with ppl thinking no one tried to emulate what was hot then. If you remember Ebonee Webb they had a song Something about you which was basically Prince's Head and Detroit's Dreamboy who's songs were "Timey" as well. It ain't like other bands were copying even Zapp made a song Itchin for your twitchin which I think was homage to Prince and Minneapolis. And Stephanie I give em MAJOR credit they were one of my favorites I liked LTC better than their debut album the next album Ruff & Ready was average imo.
I so wish I could’ve been old enough to see this stuff live
Classic 🎶
I recently discovered this song and I really like it
That's great 😁
Long Time Coming is the second album by American R&B group Ready for the World. Three hits were scored from the album, including "Love You Down". It was released in September 30, 1986 on Lyrick Studios and Warner Bros. Records.
Robgee..this was hitting in those days...song has incredible energy.they never got the credit,I also believe that da new jack swing came out of this style.
💯🏆✊🏾🤞🏾💪🏾🤞🏾long life black peoples 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This was great music. But now, Rap destroyed your culture.
Great song. A long time coming. Funky!
It sure feels good to see a RFTW video where all the members of the band are shown and are smiling and having fun. I know Melvin was the unquestioned star of the group (he played instruments too and he wrote most of the group's songs in their run before the New Jack Swing era and after that era), but like I said, this video was a trip for me and other RFTW fans to see the other members of the group getting a chance to shine or be seen.
Love everything about this song!!! Go Ready For the World!!!!
will always be one of my faV groups...
Robgee....I love this song and video...the whole thing is a feel good vibe.ready 4 da world rock dat era.. peace
Dear Jesus please take me back to this. I really want to believe I’m just getting old that’s why I think new music is trash but it’s not me. Young people don’t know what they are missing.
I will be a RFTW fan 4ever! my homies from Flint,Michigan. Would have loved to have personally known them too!
Whats stopping you from meeting them? They are doing the old school concert thing nowadays so check them out.
Gregory Reynolds thats true but i wish i was around during the 80s to meet there younger selves with the bad ass jeri curls & 80s fashion
RFTW4LYF! THIS is real music right here...forget that mess on the radio!
Dude on Bass reminds me of Bernard Edwards....sounds like him too!😎🎸
The True Rock stars of The Late 80s n 90s
Prince actually had to compete with these guys here but he never had a problem with them because of the style and sound
During a five-year period beginning in '85 --- these Flint, Mi boys were just killing Black Radio with their style, sound and complete masterful musicianship! How do I know this . . . because I was there, and I lived it!
#soimpressive
#boyswasbad
#facts
Still one of my fave JAMS by my homies from Flint, RFTW!!
@MegaMrbass ...mannnnnn.......I always loved their musical craftsmanship. Good luck getting a group of brothers together to do r&b/funk and they actually PLAY their own instruments.
That's it!! I am forming a RFTW tribute band...who's with me?
I'm I was thinking about it when I hit college 😂😂👍🏾,
+Levi stgermain I am dead serious! If there's people out there who can actually pull off this type of music....i am in!
+Alex Van Hagar you got to pull of the hairstyles too 😎
+Levi stgermain Oh shit...you're right about the hair! That's gonna be a tough one to pull off. tons of hair gel will be required and even then still not gonna get the same effect...LOL! Fuck it...hair implant it is!!
+Alex Van Hagar bro the hair is easy, just go to the salon and ask them for Jheri curls 👌🏾😮. And tape up fade the sides a little 🔥, not the back 🙅🏿
Use to sing this in a cover band I was in back in the 80s. Fun times.
Them young guys was really into their music..
STILL JAMS IN 2019!!! :D!!!! Miss these guys alot!
That bass, damn.
Still one of my FAVE JAMS by RFTW! My homies from Flint!
Yessir!
I went high school with these guys.
Never knew these guys were like teenagers making these records
This was THE JAM from this lp in 1986! It still IS in 2018!
Discovering quickly how UNDERRATED these guys were!
I was hooked on these guys day 1. I was a young teenager, who had the biggest crush on Melvin ever. When this album came out, I believe Tone Loc had just came out with Wild thing. My aunt took me to Westwood and we brought RFTW's tape. She was not a fan, but she was like let's pop it in the deck lol! She was loving it. I still love these guys! Melvin still fine and aging like wine!
@@princelover1 Unfortunately, he's not with RFTW anymore. :(
😂 I love this kind of music man it reminds me when I was a young man 55 is the new 30
Melvin Riley's curl was TIGHT! Great song too.
RFTW my favorite group of all time.... Still!
Hi ready for the world love your first hit single and yall platinum album long time coming
Legendary Group Their Songs were Amazing
Bro remind me of Power Line 🔥
They need to COME BACK--long time ago! I met one of them years ago!
That is so...80s. Awesome song, great video. Glad that i have found RFTW. Definitely not a mayfly. There are already 3 songs in my favs.
I use to love this group in elementary & junior high school!
I GET READY 4 THE WORLD OFF THIS JAM!
Prince's twin sounding band.Loved them boys.They were my favorite.
I Love the old school!!!
This is THE CUT!!! I LOVE IT!!!
Takes me back to 1985 in the Army. My wingman and I put many miles on my Subaru between Lawton Oklahoma and Sheppard Air Force Base….it was definitely worth the trip
I use to be in love with Melvin Riley. One of my favorite childhood group singer😊
Still listening in August 2024
Yeah, now this is ready for the world at their best!
The drummer is bring that 4 on the flow ! bottom hammer,!!
We use to dance to this shit.....that synthesizer was and still is so cold....RFTW was one of the last bands in R&B then came the Tonys and Mint Condition....BIGUPS!!!!!! 4 the post
Michigan is shaped like a glove for a reason and its because we cold with it 🤓🤓 dude on the keyboard in the back doing the schoolcraft if you from Detroit you know about that
What a lively video and a lively song, which makes you wonder why and understand why MCA made this song the title of the album it was on. Even though Love You Down was the biggest single from the Long Time Coming (1986) album, this song was the albums' most lively and up-tempo single.
Yes , the club , the party, lit God bless you.
Man!!! this was jam back n day, my life has changed and time has flown by!!!
Heard they are finally getting an Unsung. Bout damn time
RFTW FOREVER!!!!..I remember going to the flea-market a block from my home in Lubbock Texas and bought their first album (cassett tape) back in 85. Tyrone Walls aka "Tigar" was my love interest ,damn them were the good ol days!!!!!!
I had almost forgotten about this Gem.
It's been a long time coming 4u 😽
Killing the bass 🔊 😎
Still Rocking With RFTW…Real Talent 2024
I miss the music,the style of clothes, turning 21 and clubbing back in '86
Now that's a throwback jam!! I remember listening to this jam back when I was hangin' with the homies in the hood, chillin' & jammin' out!!