@meanminpin I beg to differ. If you can move you can dance. When I partied in the clubs in the 70s during the disco, my friends and I danced with anybody who asked. Male, female, black, white, gay, or straight. We had a great time. The line dances made it easier to blend in, but who cared??? In those days we loved to go out and have fun. Our crew was popular and we were great dancers. We just wanted everyone to have a great time. You would have and still have fun with us!!
Children now don’t realize the importance of soul train and our dances of today. Soul Train was the premier avenue of bringing black dance to the white world. Soul train dancers said to the WORLD this is how we do! This is how we dance! And then everybody wanted or did dance that way.
Now, 70 and lived for "soul Train" I remember, going to what they call social center, a little before "soul Train" became nationa, but when soul Train came on; our generation explored! Still live by the words in each song! Will die, and as far as this generation,enjoy!
And young and white. The highlight of my week was watching ST. I came from a po-dunk town in the Midwest. I couldn't even get R&B music on the radio. This taught me there was a wonderful world out there full of beautiful people, great music and cool clothes.
IKR ... that is the jam ... it stays on rotation in my house right next to "Flowers" ... love the message and the feel of that one "we hold the key to the world's destiny" ... the music was awesome, aspirational, beautiful and brilliant
That is so true. Back then I used to make all of my outfits that I wore when I went out. Made sure that nobody looked like me. My roommate was a seamstress by trade. She worked for a private airline altering uniforms. Then she took hat making classes and leather wear classes. So you know we were looking good when we stepped out! Lol!
@@adc2327 your own unique style, that's great! Lots of young women could sew back then. There were a few who had exceptional skills. There was Home Economics classes and people worked in factories sewing clothes.
@@sbella6719 Believe it or not we had two guys in our sewing home economics class in the 70s. No one made fun of them because their clothes were so cool. They even made their suits/tux for the prom.
@@adc2327 Hello ADC. My 17 year-old daughter is currently in a professional high school learning and training to sew as part of her higher education in the fashion industry. What you said about your experience back in the 70s could be copied and pasted today: in her class of 23, 2 of her mates are male, the rest is female, but those two guys are very respected because of their uniqueness in what they design and make. Funny how some things remain the same in time!
Fit looking beautiful people. Stylish clothes, Great Music, innovative dancing, beautiful women, and extremely handsome men, and that's why I watched soultrain every Saturday!
AFTER FAMILY UNIT BECAME ABSENT OF FATHERS AND DRIVE SHOOTINGS THE SAFEST PLACE FOR XHILDREN PLAYINGPLAYSTATION AND COMPUTERS CHANGE LIFE LIKE COVID IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND DRUGS.
@@DD-d6d3 As a 70s teenager we where ALL thin back in the day. There were NO fat people except for one or two people. We were active, rarely ate fast food and smoked a pack a day.
@@pjhey947 You are so right I too was a teenager in the '70s and we ate very little fast food if any had to eat what Mom cooked and we stayed out and about
This was my parents and my generation it was the absolute best! Never, never does this become old nor outdated. The women were beautiful, the men were strong and handsome. They were and are the coolest of the cool, the Afro Black Americans! Say it resoundingly loud, "I'm ABA lol proud!"
The way we danced back in those days were the most true to our culture and who we were as black ppl. Rhythm at it's finest, always in step with the beat, and very smooth. Before drugs and fast food took us over.
there weren't many. I remember 2 or 3 fat people in high school and that's in all four grades because they stood out because there were so few. nowadays its the opposite. obesity is nowhere close to what it is now
Now those were definitely the good ol days for me as a kid! Getting up early on a Saturday morning watching Soul Train! A lot of the outfits the ladies were wearing I would rock today! Love it!!
That whole scene back then was beautiful: The style...the dances...the music. I am a heavy metal musician and when I need inspiration and escape from this crazy world....I tune in to RUclips and watch these videos clips. God bless Don Cornelius...he had an awesome "vision" for music and the youth.
We were a more HEALTHIER PEOPLE, back then. Natural hair. Height and weight Proportionately. Not Fat and out of Shape. 2 Parent household. Black Love ❤
True, but remember that these dancers were screened prior to being chosen as part of the dancing bunch. Otherwise, it's totally true that we were much, much leaner in these days, and not only in the US, but across the whole western world.
Disco Days!....We had so much fun dancing to all the incredible music from back then. Do people go dancing anymore on the weekends? What a shame if they don't.
Also,we had maybe 3 or 4 channels and we could always find something interesting to watch. Nowadays we have a thousand channels { Sarcasm } But,we have so many channels and not a thing to watch on Television. The reasoning for me canceling that pesky Cable.
Those were the days. We lost all the grooming, grace and joy that was so common throughout the community. EVERYONE from the toddler to grandpa could do the bump, the dog, the robot… which really made dancing a COMMUNITY legacy. Also, most folks wanted to show PRIDE. Tragic cultural losses.
And up first, is my childhood crush Adolfa Quinone aka Shabbo Doo!😍 Loved watching him dance such an Energetic Spirit and so so Handsome! Peace Be Upon HIm. Also, the sexy brother @1:49 is just so so fine with the sky high Afro and the poppin chocolate melanin 🤩. Miss those days.
43 year old suburban white woman who can't stop watching these line dances. I just love the dancing and the beat, and the FUN everyone is obviously having. We need those times back...ALL of us. And look how physically fit everyone is! If you go to the Bandstand clips, it's the same thing. People were fit because they moved to the beat and had the good times doing it. Please, Lord, take me back.
smoothcollected "Naw" - it's because we were more active then, not sitting around commenting on the internet. We also hadn't quite peaked in our over top dinner portions and ridiculous sized sodas, to which corporations like McDonald's were partially to blame. You have no way of understanding this unless you were there. I agree BettinaBalser.
Nah, they might come back again someday, but I guess something serious might happen before we start appreciating life for what it truly is, just like these kids did back in the 70s.
*B ANGIE B KILLED THIS❤❤❤FIREEEEE 🔥 🔥FIRE 🔥* *I LOVE THIS. I LUVVVVVVV SOUL TRAIN, THE DANCERS, STYLE, MUSIC, NATURAL HAIR AND BEAUTY, THE NUBIAN PRIDE AND THE DIVERSE MEMBERS , TOO & ALLLLL THAT MAGNIFICENT TALENT /GUESTS BEFORE TOO MUCH RAP RUINED SOUL TRAIN AND CHOKED THE LOVE OUT OF MUSIC THUS ENDIING THE RUN OF R&B*
For me, the best entertainment i have ever been exposed to. The music, the style of the clothes, the moves of the soul train dancer's, in the end we were all soul train dancer's..Don Cornelius, a true visionary and he had great taste in music and he put it out there. Love, Peace, and Soul to all but especially to Don Cornelius!.......R.I.P.
This song is fun, and the dancing is great. I really dig everybody's style. One love that you'll never lose is the love of Jesus Christ. Give Him your life today. Read the gospel of John. Find out who He is, why He came, and who you really are. God the Father loves you all so much. I do too. God bless you.
...growing up in the 70's my sisters and I seriously LIVED for Soul Train...Saturday Morning at 11:00 am (back to back with American Bandstand)...the dance moves, the fashion, the attitude, and the all around basic PRIDE TO BE BLACK, resonates in every episode of Soul Train!!....In Loving Memory of Mr. Don Cornelius!!...
We watched for the fashions as much as the dancing. Once in awhile mommy would get me an outfit that was on the show, like the handkerchief dress (2:03). I COULDN'T WAIT TO WEAR MY SOUL TRAIN OUTFIT TO SCHOOL!!!!
Precious Pearl me too! This was my favorite time in LA. My family was in Baldwin Hills and the Jungle...everybody lived off Crenshaw. They are still there but LA is so different now...
@@FunkyBruja Nobody believes in anything anymore these days. The Boomers have killed the notion of sacred, they have shot down spirituality to its core. The only thing we are left with is the act of consumption, I guess, which is by nature a short lived source of satisfaction and a debilitating way of evolving. We take everything for granted, we despise the notion of effort. Smiling is seen as a childish way of expression and/or a source of dillusion. My opinion only...
I had forgotten that on these dance lines it was the men that were the showcase and by far the best dancers. Nice to see that for once we were not upstaged by the women.
It was a quick transition once the 80s rolled.If you watch the early 80s Soul Train women were starting to let loose,the dancing were more revealing with the shaking of asses,gyrating,cleavage,short shorts and hair weaves and frizzy dos were starting to take place and men were showing more hairy chest.Still a great show but the 80s Soul Train were far less conservative and more progressive than the 70s.
@@umarbentley4953 I noticed the change too, the look became flashier and yes more sexualized. MTV came along and perhaps Don Cornelius felt he needed to make the show more progressive in style to compete. I graduated HS in '81 and by that time the magic of ST had started to wear off for me. This clip here exemplified the best of ST for me- conservative but more polished.
Cori Robinson wow! I had to go back and watch. Can’t believe I didn’t notice at first! I still love him too and still have both Breakin’ movies in rotation.
The memories!!! Shabadoo, Jeffrey and Jody, Tyrone Proctor, Cheryl Song! I went back to Saturday morning in my bedroom watching the television and in the mirror practicing all these moves. Precious memories!
@@trinamcdonald8139 ok cool. I just remember the 70s as not so prosperous times for most families I knew. They were still good times though. Good music and Soul Train helped get us through
@@sbella6719 No problem! Now I grew up in the projects in a single parent home but my step-father was a truck driver and father retired military and Detective with a metropolitan police force. So I had some provisions for a while. It was the best of times and the worst (challenging times) as well. You're right! times were challenging as well.
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I am a 62 year old who can't dance at all. But when I hear this song I do my best to embarrass myself and I don't care who is watching.
I’m 62 years old too. When I was amazing and shocking by their beautiful voice.
It's the beat...like, ballero
@meanminpin I beg to differ. If you can move you can dance. When I partied in the clubs in the 70s during the disco, my friends and I danced with anybody who asked. Male, female, black, white, gay, or straight. We had a great time.
The line dances made it easier to blend in, but who cared??? In those days we loved to go out and have fun. Our crew was popular and we were great dancers. We just wanted everyone to have a great time. You would have and still have fun with us!!
I'm 62 grew up listening to this female group greatest ever! No comparison hands down!😊
I’m sure you’re amazing! No need to embarrass yourself.
Children now don’t realize the importance of soul train and our dances of today. Soul Train was the premier avenue of bringing black dance to the white world. Soul train dancers said to the WORLD this is how we do! This is how we dance! And then everybody wanted or did dance that way.
Yes. And Saturday Night Fever and John Travolta became a mainstream hit because of Soul Train and the incomparable Don Cornelius and these dancers
RIP all those folks that are not with us anymore..
Now, 70 and lived for "soul Train" I remember, going to what they call social center, a little before "soul Train" became nationa, but when soul Train came on; our generation explored! Still live by the words in each song! Will die, and as far as this generation,enjoy!
I LOVE watching this Soul Train line, dude with the boxing 🥊 gloves on…DAMN he did that 😂😆👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
😂
And me a grandparent can still throw down when necessary. Never underestimate a grandparent that went to a James brown concert 10 times
Alright then 👍🏾
Sho u right!
I know that's right ✅💯💃🙂
This was a great time when people knew how to have fun.
You had to know HOW TO dance properly (at least in Peru), otherwise people looked you badly.
I was a teenager during this time! Soul Train was in every Saturday at 12:00! It was a great time to be young and Black!
And young and Brown:)
And young and white. The highlight of my week was watching ST. I came from a po-dunk town in the Midwest. I couldn't even get R&B music on the radio. This taught me there was a wonderful world out there full of beautiful people, great music and cool clothes.
It was a great time just to be YOUNG....I'm so grateful that was my time.
Thank Brothers and Sistas for showing this white kid how to dance I still bust it out at weddings !!!! Love ya guys
As someone who has no rhythm, I always enjoyed watching the dancers, Especially Damita Jo Freeman!!!!!
"Dinner's ready...and the wine is chilled" HONEY! YAAASS
I want them days back! Great times! House & Block parties were the best!
Hi I by
IKR ... that is the jam ... it stays on rotation in my house right next to "Flowers" ... love the message and the feel of that one "we hold the key to the world's destiny" ... the music was awesome, aspirational, beautiful and brilliant
Aw, Gurl Yu kno it☺️
0:05 I see you Shabba Doo! Rest in Peace Shabba✊✌️
He's good! Just googled him. See that he recently passed in 2020. RIP 🙏🏾
My grandparents dancing @25 seconds with the one peace and white sweater they were getting down
Wow! Thanks for sharing that.
I bet u feel a bit jealous cos these days we only c naked people dancing on tv
Oh nd another thing is = u have cool grandparents.just check out ur grandma she is extra cool😘
Awww I just posted 0:26 that couple was doing the stankie leg. How special to see your grandparents on Soul Train.
Was this in a Chicago or LA?
RIP Shabba Doo, Tyrone Proctor & Lil' Joe!
R.I.P. Legend Shabba Doo 👑❤ What a gorgeous man!!
Real Gorgeous man yes gosh he passed on as well 😞
I thought that was him in the opening segment - yes, I pray he’s resting peacefully 🕊️❤
This is how u pass down generations of confidence ♡ DANCING!!!!! ♡
The 70's was best decade ever for music. I think this generation is beginning to embracing that good music from the 70's.
My favorite Emotions jam.
70's fashion remains undefeated!! I wanted almost every outfit the ladies had on lol
That is so true. Back then I used to make all of my outfits that I wore when I went out. Made sure that nobody looked like me. My roommate was a seamstress by trade. She worked for a private airline altering uniforms. Then she took hat making classes and leather wear classes. So you know we were looking good when we stepped out! Lol!
@@adc2327 your own unique style, that's great! Lots of young women could sew back then. There were a few who had exceptional skills. There was Home Economics classes and people worked in factories sewing clothes.
@@sbella6719 Believe it or not we had two guys in our sewing home economics class in the 70s. No one made fun of them because their clothes were so cool. They even made their suits/tux for the prom.
@@adc2327 Hello ADC. My 17 year-old daughter is currently in a professional high school learning and training to sew as part of her higher education in the fashion industry. What you said about your experience back in the 70s could be copied and pasted today: in her class of 23, 2 of her mates are male, the rest is female, but those two guys are very respected because of their uniqueness in what they design and make. Funny how some things remain the same in time!
@@fr-tigerfangs7039 That is good to hear. Best of luck to your daughter. I hope she does well in whatever she chooses to do in the fashion industry. 😊
My Two Older Sisters use to watch this back in the day.
Lord just one request...please take me back to late 70's and I'll handle it from there.
One of the greatest records ever made, grooved to by some of the greatest dancers ever born.
my favorite emotions song
It’s the Friggin BEST..
Peace; and respect to Don Cornelius and the soul train line dancers.↗😚
Always loved Jody Watley. She has such a unique style and an energy that resonates with me.
Fit looking beautiful people. Stylish clothes, Great Music, innovative dancing, beautiful women, and extremely handsome men, and that's why I watched soultrain every Saturday!
AFTER FAMILY UNIT BECAME ABSENT OF FATHERS AND DRIVE SHOOTINGS THE SAFEST PLACE FOR XHILDREN PLAYINGPLAYSTATION AND COMPUTERS CHANGE LIFE LIKE COVID IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND DRUGS.
Back then there was no talk of being vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, etc. and we were more fit and healthier back then than today. 💙 Soul Train...
Lol. These people had to audition. No fugly ppl on TV.
I agree! And no one was spending all their time in the gym either
Yes very fortunate back then before all the additives and unknowns were being put into food products😒😔
@@DD-d6d3 As a 70s teenager we where ALL thin back in the day. There were NO fat people except for one or two people. We were active, rarely ate fast food and smoked a pack a day.
@@pjhey947 You are so right I too was a teenager in the '70s and we ate very little fast food if any had to eat what Mom cooked and we stayed out and about
1:17 my man came equipped with the boxing gear. Beast.
This was my parents and my generation it was the absolute best! Never, never does this become old nor outdated. The women were beautiful, the men were strong and handsome. They were and are the coolest of the cool, the Afro Black Americans! Say it resoundingly loud, "I'm ABA lol proud!"
RIp Adolfo “Shabba Doo” Quiones .... Good God was he a fine thang!!
dammm...we black people are beautiful!!!
Fun times. I’m still listening in 2023. Anybody else?
2024 from L.A. Ca. home of the Soul Train dancers!
The boxer is a genius
That boxer was hot and not wearing a jockstrap jejeje 😹
Loving the gaucho pants and the boots!
Thank you Don Cornelius!!!!!!!
The boxers moves were outstanding,he always was on point every week.✊🏾💥
Good looking black couples
The girl at the end in the satin dress/jacket. She looks fabulous!
Peggy Stoute Morin she's FLAWLESS
Classy.
I think that was Cheryl Song
The way we danced back in those days were the most true to our culture and who we were as black ppl. Rhythm at it's finest, always in step with the beat, and very smooth. Before drugs and fast food took us over.
jaybethatdude preach!!
jaybethatdude Very few people on the soul train were fat. Who would want to see that? But there WERE fat people back then.
there weren't many. I remember 2 or 3 fat people in high school and that's in all four grades because they stood out because there were so few. nowadays its the opposite. obesity is nowhere close to what it is now
So true! Our generation was the last to enjoy being young in dance and fun. These younguns today have no clue!
Amen to that brother.
I'm 51 Feel Good Music ❤
Now those were definitely the good ol days for me as a kid! Getting up early on a Saturday morning watching Soul Train! A lot of the outfits the ladies were wearing I would rock today! Love it!!
NOON SATURDAY,the threads,the heels, the moves,the MUSIC!!!
That whole scene back then was beautiful: The style...the dances...the music. I am a heavy metal musician and when I need inspiration and escape from this crazy world....I tune in to RUclips and watch these videos clips. God bless Don Cornelius...he had an awesome "vision" for music and the youth.
🤘😎
Thanks for the reminder that people actually used to know how to dance.
Yeah! Stylin' and profilin'!! 💯 my era
Back in 1977 wow still love💯💯💯💯💋🌹
in 2023, I still miss Soul Train!!!!!
We were a more HEALTHIER PEOPLE, back then. Natural hair. Height and weight Proportionately. Not Fat and out of Shape. 2 Parent household. Black Love ❤
True, but remember that these dancers were screened prior to being chosen as part of the dancing bunch. Otherwise, it's totally true that we were much, much leaner in these days, and not only in the US, but across the whole western world.
@@fr-tigerfangs7039 I agree! Everybody that came down was best dressed and looked good!🤗
@@fr-tigerfangs7039 They we’re screened but nobody was fat in the 70s..
But... the girls who were considered to be *really* "fine" usually weren't skinny.
MAN I AM SO ENJOYING THIS WHAT A DIFFERENT WORLD I MISS IT SOMETIME WAS BORN IN THE 1960 S. SO THIS WAS THE WORLD I'M FROM
1961 baby! I'm right there with you. Our times were the best!
me too.. i really miss it .. we were blessed to be young for the best decade ever !!
Oy! ...the third couple at 0:24-0:40....That was some badass moves 😎...love that walk.
*_I just love to watch these old clips of Soultrain.The brothas and sistahs had hella rhythm.The first man dancing is fione!_*
that was Shaba Doo from those "Breakin" movies
These old clips is better than rap.
nationofmillions he's actually from Chicago too.
I take you didn't see the last one dancing with the chinese girl in all white! Now that's Fine!😊💕
Thank you!😊
two of Chicago’s 70s influences on the world, Soul Train and the great Emotions.
It's amazing that the average person back in the 70's was slim (not just the soul train dancers) compared to the average size person today.
Despite a ton of exercise infomercials and wack diets people are fatter than ever nowadays.
Jody W and maybe Jeffrey dancing in the red sweaters?
Yes, Indeed!
Gorgeous!
As a 10 yr old white kid from the burbs in 1979 I used to watch these and get DOWN in front of the tv
Beautiful, talented young people. Gosh!!! Glory days. Please come back!
These Soul Train line dances put a smile on my face.
Disco Days!....We had so much fun dancing to all the incredible music from back then. Do people go dancing anymore on the weekends? What a shame if they don't.
Before high fructose corn syrup, drive thru meals, 20 oz sodas, supersize everything, gaming and 24 hour/500+channels .....
love your comment these young African Americans look great
Exactly
HA! And our parents believed in home cooked meals.Well my parents did in the 1970s
Also,we had maybe 3 or 4 channels and we could always find something interesting to watch. Nowadays we have a thousand channels { Sarcasm } But,we have so many channels and not a thing to watch on Television. The reasoning for me canceling that pesky Cable.
@@lastdays3148 PREACH!!
My beautiful mom danced on soul Train in 1978....i saw old video of her dancing i tripped out....😂
Those were the days. We lost all the grooming, grace and joy that was so common throughout the community. EVERYONE from the toddler to grandpa could do the bump, the dog, the robot… which really made dancing a COMMUNITY legacy. Also, most folks wanted to show PRIDE. Tragic cultural losses.
My face lit up when Shabba Doo was the first one dancing down the line. That was a gorgeous man
And up first, is my childhood crush Adolfa Quinone aka Shabbo Doo!😍 Loved watching him dance such an Energetic Spirit and so so Handsome! Peace Be Upon HIm. Also, the sexy brother @1:49 is just so so fine with the sky high Afro and the poppin chocolate melanin 🤩. Miss those days.
Saturday morning Captain Crunch & Soulllllll Train! Good times.
Our 70s style was ON POINT! Man i miss those days!
Such a positive vibe. And that guy with the boxing gloves!
43 year old suburban white woman who can't stop watching these line dances. I just love the dancing and the beat, and the FUN everyone is obviously having. We need those times back...ALL of us. And look how physically fit everyone is! If you go to the Bandstand clips, it's the same thing. People were fit because they moved to the beat and had the good times doing it. Please, Lord, take me back.
Plus we taped 4 shows per weekend then danced at clubs after :-)
smoothcollected "Naw" - it's because we were more active then, not sitting around commenting on the internet. We also hadn't quite peaked in our over top dinner portions and ridiculous sized sodas, to which corporations like McDonald's were partially to blame. You have no way of understanding this unless you were there. I agree BettinaBalser.
The good old days, gone forever 😥
Nah, they might come back again someday, but I guess something serious might happen before we start appreciating life for what it truly is, just like these kids did back in the 70s.
Who knows?
I LOVE this!!!!!!! Real disco funk music!!!! No uptown funk can't beat this classic genre!
*B ANGIE B KILLED THIS❤❤❤FIREEEEE 🔥 🔥FIRE 🔥*
*I LOVE THIS. I LUVVVVVVV SOUL TRAIN, THE DANCERS, STYLE, MUSIC, NATURAL HAIR AND BEAUTY, THE NUBIAN PRIDE AND THE DIVERSE MEMBERS , TOO & ALLLLL THAT MAGNIFICENT TALENT /GUESTS BEFORE TOO MUCH RAP RUINED SOUL TRAIN AND CHOKED THE LOVE OUT OF MUSIC THUS ENDIING THE RUN OF R&B*
Don had the most unique voice I have ever heard. Soulllll Trainmnnn lol
Yes! That unmistakable voice of a legend!
For me, the best entertainment i have ever been exposed to. The music, the style of the clothes, the moves of the soul train dancer's, in the end we were all soul train dancer's..Don Cornelius, a true visionary and he had great taste in music and he put it out there. Love, Peace, and Soul to all but especially to Don Cornelius!.......R.I.P.
Watching these old video clips reminds me when we were Kings!
Sol W you still are
This song is fun, and the dancing is great. I really dig everybody's style. One love that you'll never lose is the love of Jesus Christ. Give Him your life today. Read the gospel of John. Find out who He is, why He came, and who you really are. God the Father loves you all so much. I do too. God bless you.
Amen!
Amen.
and God Bless you too Brandon. 🙏🙏💕
...growing up in the 70's my sisters and I seriously LIVED for Soul Train...Saturday Morning at 11:00 am (back to back with American Bandstand)...the dance moves, the fashion, the attitude, and the all around basic PRIDE TO BE BLACK, resonates in every episode of Soul Train!!....In Loving Memory of Mr. Don Cornelius!!...
Everybody so happy..smiling up something
Great music and everyone having a good time, time machine me back.
We watched for the fashions as much as the dancing. Once in awhile mommy would get me an outfit that was on the show, like the handkerchief dress (2:03). I COULDN'T WAIT TO WEAR MY SOUL TRAIN OUTFIT TO SCHOOL!!!!
Soul train pre 1975 is the best! This is a great song but it's when it started going down.
The Emotions 💛🎶💛🎶💛🎶💛🎶💛🎶
I so miss these times in Los Angeles!
Precious Pearl me too! This was my favorite time in LA. My family was in Baldwin Hills and the Jungle...everybody lived off Crenshaw. They are still there but LA is so different now...
I am not even black and I love this sound
OMG!!! I love it. What a wonderful sight to see. Everybody look fly as hell and doing their thang😁😁😁
Yes to Soul 🚂 Train Line
💕 Love the 💃 🕺
Damn folks we need to smile more. What the hell happened!!
America
@@FunkyBruja Nobody believes in anything anymore these days. The Boomers have killed the notion of sacred, they have shot down spirituality to its core. The only thing we are left with is the act of consumption, I guess, which is by nature a short lived source of satisfaction and a debilitating way of evolving. We take everything for granted, we despise the notion of effort. Smiling is seen as a childish way of expression and/or a source of dillusion. My opinion only...
Mean mugging gangsta mentality took over
I was living in DC but I went nd house at 12:00 on Saturday to see Soul Train RIP Don🌹💥🙏Amen
Thank UUU 4 Bringing me Back, Great 2 See those Beautiful Young People Again, I thought it Would Last 4 Ever, Soul Train 🚂,🥰.
Old girl mushroom sounding oooffff❤❤🤣🤣🤣
MAN O MAN WHAT A THROWBACK. I WOULD DANCE EVERY SATURDAY IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH MY MOM WATCHING THIS ON TELEVISION.
Was waiting for the boxer dude.. he didn’t disappoint!
I remember when this song came out in 1976 I was 16 years old.
I love watching the Soul Train Dancers doing their thing
Hello Barbara, How are you doing?
Saturday mornings at 11 am all black people were watching this show!
so was this Chicano!
I had forgotten that on these dance lines it was the men that were the showcase and by far the best dancers. Nice to see that for once we were not upstaged by the women.
Everybody was CLASSY!!! No thongs, nakedness, just there to dance and have a good time
It was a quick transition once the 80s rolled.If you watch the early 80s Soul Train women were starting to let loose,the dancing were more revealing with the shaking of asses,gyrating,cleavage,short shorts and hair weaves and frizzy dos were starting to take place and men were showing more hairy chest.Still a great show but the 80s Soul Train were far less conservative and more progressive than the 70s.
@@umarbentley4953 I noticed the change too, the look became flashier and yes more sexualized. MTV came along and perhaps Don Cornelius felt he needed to make the show more progressive in style to compete. I graduated HS in '81 and by that time the magic of ST had started to wear off for me. This clip here exemplified the best of ST for me- conservative but more polished.
Look at Shabba Doo (aka Ozone) opening the Soul Train line!!! I still love him!!! :-)
Cori Robinson wow! I had to go back and watch. Can’t believe I didn’t notice at first! I still love him too and still have both Breakin’ movies in rotation.
And lo key voguing..
The memories!!! Shabadoo, Jeffrey and Jody, Tyrone Proctor, Cheryl Song! I went back to Saturday morning in my bedroom watching the television and in the mirror practicing all these moves. Precious memories!
You had a television in your bedroom back then!?? Lol
@@sbella6719 I did! I was 11 or 12 years old when the record first came out.
@@trinamcdonald8139 ok cool. I just remember the 70s as not so prosperous times for most families I knew. They were still good times though. Good music and Soul Train helped get us through
@@sbella6719 No problem! Now I grew up in the projects in a single parent home but my step-father was a truck driver and father retired military and Detective with a metropolitan police force. So I had some provisions for a while. It was the best of times and the worst (challenging times) as well. You're right! times were challenging as well.
if I only knew how short the good times would be i would have enjoyed them more. but more good times for me and us
Leonard Bailey 😂😂😂😂I know how you feel!!
Amen
Leonard Bailey amen
Yo The Brother With The Boxing Gloves Though Lol
0:06.....a very young Shabadoo (The Lockers and later "Breakin'"). Peace.
The boxer is amazing !!!!