Here is arguably one of the finest productions and disco songs to emerge from the whole 1970's. A masterpiece that will stand the test of time, from the brilliant and powerful vocalist, Thelma Houston. This is her shining moment showcasing the work of Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert, all part of Philadelphia's international library. For 1976, "Don't leave me this way'" speaks of production and vocal excellence. This recording will live on forever.
I couldn't have been too much more than 5 or 6 when my aunts took me to a block party down the street from my grandparent's house. It turned out to be more like a full blown disco right there in the street. There was a DJ set up at the end of the block with strobe lights going off, and the street was absolutely packed with people dancing to this song. They were going OFF! People were screaming and singing along with the chorus. Smiles and long hair flying everywhere. It was one of the most memorable musical experiences of my life.
Bigg bass speakers loved it .Those speakers pounds feel that thumping bass in ur chest. DISCO WILL NEVER COME BACK AGAIN. THIS GENERATION HAVE NO IDEA LIFE IN LATE 1970S.THOSE WERE GOLDEN DAYS .IF I ONLY HAD TIME MACHINE.
You can be anyone and love any music you want to. Right now that's more important than ever! Be yourself, live yourself, do your bad self! But above all else, LIVE!!! Enjoy, brother!
Used to go to dance clubs in Denver when this was THE song. It would be played at the start of the night, the 'rush hour' of the night and it was one of the last to be played before last call. Those were the DAMN DAYS!!!!!!
Top of the day to you. Right back at ya 🤗🆗. I agree with you A million percent WORD UP 👍 Yes in deed I feel what you felt about this Disco Master Piece 🆗 I have been there and done that 👏🤛 BOOGIEING 7: days 24 : HR 365 da yr. 😁👌 Back in the days of Disco Dad , we were totally Sprung 😁😳 Strung out 😳😲😀 Crazy funny Huh? Those memories will always be here with me 👏 U are very kind and special ❤️🤗 I really appreciate people like you who listens and ❣️ Music as much as I Do 🤛 Thanks for letting me share my thoughts with you and I really appreciate it very much 👏👌🔊📢 Your insight about this song is magnificent beautifully well said 👍 Have a bless day or night and stay safe JAH LIVES ONE LOVE ❤️GOD bless everyone who's listening to this song . Keep on Boogieing 💃🦶🙋
I just can’t get tired of Disco. Growing up in Ft. Lauderdale, Disco was everywhere. Born in ‘67, I started listening as soon as I could. I loved it and still do !! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
One of the best dance and club songs of all time IMHO. If this song doesn't stir something in your soul, then I don't know what to say. One of my top 20 favorite songs.
Kalihiwarhomes2177, the seventies, and, eighties, ARE, NECK-AND-NECK. I would give it to the seventies,(70's) because, they came BEFORE the, eighties.(80's) There's nothing like, "big brother."
@@stipetv1548 I don't think Johnno has ever been in a studio to see what technology exsists now....a real long note can be seen by James something or other "say what you will", he holds a note for a good 20-30 seconds live
Yeargh, I let her slip away like 30 years ago... 😞 She just slipped into a coma, and never came back again. She was so beautiful and was everything that I ever wanted, but yet she was not meant to be with me. What a cold, cruel, and harsh world this is; to see others tightly embraced in the arms of the ones whom they truly love, but yet NOT be able to do the same for yourself. 😥 This song has a gross and sickening beat, that goes straight to your head and makes people CRAZY. Now everytime whenever I hear this tune, I just get the urge to DESTROY something or KILL someone! 😫
40 yrs? Wow! I'm still running around clubbing and Rollerskating- back in the Day my g/f and I had a (skating) Dance routine to this that took uf from County to State Competition.....Oh, the best days....
❤ you know I can only really enjoy the music I grew up on and I love music it's universal I love all spectrums of it but I really don't know what the hell some of this music is really saying but who am I to judge every generation has its music movies and technology.
The lighted dance floor. Lights flashing...synced to the music. The bass throbbing to the beat. Thelma ' s intoxicating voice. My boy's arm wrapped around my waist, and our bodies moving together as one. He tells me not to leave him this way.Trust me, I won't.
You love it because the BASS is the lead! Holy shit! What a melodic miracle of syncopated joy! That electric piano is also like the voice of an angel on your shoulder… so funky and immaculate.
In the summer, I would stay up late and listen to far away AM stations. I was 11 years old. The first time I heard this song was played on WABC out of New York, that I could pick up all the way in central Michigan.
I love to listen to this and the version from Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, the song is so brilliant that there could never be too many versions. Thelma sings it like she means every word
Honestly, it's hard for me to accept in the mind that the 70''s and 80's are over. When something is the best why does it have to change. I wasn't thinking back then that it would never end, but I surely didn't think what has come along now to replace it, would become the norm. If there was a 70''s and 80's Planet or World you could go to and stay as long as you want....Lol I'd be outta here tomorrow!
Wouldn't it be great if there were 70's & 80's based theme parks, where everything was set at the prices they were then, fashions & technology were of the times & of course plenty of clubs playing this kind of iconic music?! God I'd never leave!
Not just one of her best, one of the best of the disco era! Club Classic extraordinary. Originally part of the lyrics output of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Thelma Houston made this a global smash in March 1976
This song brings back so many awesome memories! The first time I heard this, I was at an amusement park on the beach at Wildwood NJ . I was getting on to a wild & crazy ride and this song started to play. Talk about a head trip! lol Excitement of the ride and this song....awesome! This is the song that got me into becoming a DIsco Queen! lol I went dancing for the first time after hearing this & didn't look back! lol
I forced my 15 year old daughter to listen to this. Under much sufference she finally agreed. Once it was finished i said to her "Well ? " Her reply..."Wow"
Hard to believe but the producer did not think this song would be a hit, muchless that it would end up being Thelma's signature hit. Just shows that the Public knows what it likes.
I loved this song, I was in the Navy and remember dancing to this in Naples, Italy along with these, my favorites also. Diana Ross - Love Hangover Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) The Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
One of my favorite disco songs. My late husband and I saw her perform as a surprise guest at the Trocadero Transfer in San Francisco several decades ago.
The greatest gay anthem of all time!! Never got to the Tracadero...... but I heard a lot about it from my late partner ...... We had 9 great years together......but I lived to love again....... hope you have, also!
When I hear this song I think of the warm summer nights hanging with my friends on a street corner. It brings me back to the cool air of a disco when you first get inside... by the time the music begins to pump up and get going the air is hot, full of fog and pretty girls dancing in their sexy dresses or bell bottom jeans. Great memories!!!! Leave politics out of this and just remember the times you had when this song was spinning on a platter of a dee jays turntable.
I remember this magical track played by Larry at the Paradise Garage… We were brought to our knees by the mercyiless throbbing beats of this masterpiece!!!! Wave after wave of Thelma's vocals were crashed over our writhing bodies, helpless we rhythmically moved to her command…. This track is a main line of the holy sprit to the core of anyone who is open to this magical beat!!!
Would give anything to jump in a time machine and go back to the Paradise Garage. As a 35 year old now it (and The Gallery) were 2 places I felt I should have been a part of 😥
I love Disco Music-I don't know why that era just faded out. It was so fun with great music. I keep it alive by listening to these great singers like Thelma Houston, Candi Staton, Yvonne Elliman, the Bee Gees etc.
I don't think disco really died, but it definitely went back underground then evolved to house in the late 80s to early 90s (eg CeCe Peniston, Robin S, LaBouche). Some of the dance-pop hits you hear on the radio are just watered down variations of disco to sell to suburban 10 year olds. But this is just my observation.
Ok-i let's not date ourselves -lol. Frankly, God bless you for surviving the next decade after. i remember dancing to this song at the Trocadero Transfer in S.F and in L.B. at the Beach House. God speed
During this pandemic I had the chance of reminiscing and to hear this amazing all time favorite, put me in a happier time and place in my life. Love this and it’s my anthem from my youth. ❤️. Thelma you rock baby 💖
+BKW USA I was a baby during this time era but What I would give if I could go back to the 70's & live & hear all this great disco music when it was brand new & live it up at the disco techs
+William B I was a pre-teen during the 70's and I remember going to the roller rinks hearing new stuff from the BeeGees, Michael Jackson, ABBA, etc. The 80's were my years, but I'm glad I remember those 70's
This was a lifestyle....for me....back in the day. We danced...we partied our asses off. We got high.....danced......sexed each other. We DID the damned thing!
no cabe duda los que vivimos esa decada del setenta lo mejor de la humanidad y miles de canciones en ingles y que me dicen los bailes que hacian en Guayaquil-Ecuador es para no olvidarlo jamas....gracias mi Dios por haberme permitido vivir esos lindos años los mejores de mi vida...1975..1976..1977...1978..1979..ahora en el 2022 ya cumpli 66 años y las escucho y veo por internet.
UPDATE MAY 16,2021..."Geeze, I never could have imagined so many comments and still coming three years later. Ive since been diagnosed with Lupus and Cancer and do not have much time left, but I wrote a book, a sit-com based on a period in the book and also the screenplay to the book and all were just purchased with my working title at this time being "Trapped in Paradise" , While I was negotiating those, I wrote and sold a 22 episode dark hour long drama called "Jon Doe: Barely Legal" and the pilot and 10 episodes will be produced at once, akin to many Streaming Services, however, one of the more, first Pay-Tv services purchased the rights and I wrote a 38K word stage play called "Blinded" which is very sad, but inspirational. Even though my credits range from Writer, Creator, Co-EP, (My lawyers fought, screamed and swore over shit like a parking spot near all production sites! WTF? I left the buildings and walked midtown Manhattan and went to an estate sale and let them duke it out. BTW, I had to sue a company with the letters "GAE" in there name, with a second name that looks like LOVE and they shouldn't be able to negotiate terms, but am I bitter? Absolutely, but I won every appeal THANK YOU 4TH DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALI JUDGES, I got almost 40% in Compensatory and a bit over Double in Punitive Damages, so even though much of my time has run out, many of my closest friends and charities will be well taken care of (ASPCA, Humane Society of Kanawha Valley, WV, Flagler County/Palm Coast, Fla, Volusia County, Fla, The Keys Humane Society, plus two new charities for teenage suicide prevention and homes for children that have been kicked out of their homes by their parents with 2 years of college and rent paid, as well as a new charity that promotes the adoption of older, maimed or just plain...not that cute cats and dogs, please adopt the ugly but loveable pets, they never get adopted, everyone wants pretty pets. "Linda's Cottage" in my moms memory, will be a real home, that can be rented out with real furniture and with whole property is screen enclosed and animals will live the rest of their lives in these homes with TVs and a kitchen for people to use, as if it was a real home, for the ones that no one finds pretty anymore or perhaps only has three legs, lol. ) sorry got off track,...continuing....and have pretty much Carte Blanche with Creative Control, I probably wont last to see them air (Perhaps the stage play), "Trapped" is based on my life, focusing on my life as a DJ in Central Florida (Daytona Beach/Yum Yum Tree, Landmark Complex, ORLANDO/P-House, Full Moon Saloon, Firestone Club, Cellblock M, Disney's Mannequins, Jacksonville/College Station Ft Lauderdale/S.Fla, The Copa, Backstreets, Tackys, Shangra la, Club 21, The Warsaw Ballroom, Fire and Ice, I-Beam, Eagle, Ramrod, Cubby Hole, Cathode Ray, Club BC, Montreal, Que/TRAXX, La Marielle, I Bar Ste Catherine, NYC/Tunnel, USA, Limelight, The Saint, Windows on the World NEWHOPE/BUCKS COUNTY, PA/PHILLY, The Cartwheel, Key West, The Bike Stop, and other clubs in Allentown, Pa , Hyannis, Mass, P-Town, Rehoboth Beach, De, Savanah, Ga, Backstreets, Atlanta, Atlanta Eagle, and too many I cant think of but much of it focuses from age 16 to 33. It all stops in 2000, I'm trying to finish the most crazy part of my life that included my spouse poisoning me for life insurance, going to jail for someone I cared for (Until I went to bond out and realized they did shit in 7 counties and I was like, NOPE, I'm not THAT kind! God Bless Everyone... and remember, tell your momma you love her every day. Stop having so much hate, I know its hard, especially with half the country losing their effing mind in the past 4 to 5 years. (WTF was/is that shit about? People literally elected an airhead that went on camera and said the wildfires in Cali were started by lasers in space made by Jews! When I hear all of this, I kind of feel bad for you all when I go. I will tell you, If some of these haters are correct (Yeah, that was me coughing a lung up) and I end up in hell, then one of two things will happen. I know who I am, what I have done, havent done, what breaks my heart and whos back Ive always had and Im not saying any of us deserve God or Heaven, perhaps something else, but if I go to hell, then that wasnt the God I thought he was and I can assure you, all of you with the hateful, usually closeted mouths, you now who you are, the ones with the families but are at your local BK Gl** Hole on your way home to the kids, while myself, I simply was getting a burger and fry, so Im sure I will see you all as well. And please, dont give me no lip, Im dying, I dont give two sh"ts what you think, you are most likely a closet case, miserable in life, hurt animals and children or worse. See ya on the Flip Flop and dont forget to ..."Let the Music Play, Turn the beat around and a white witch enchantress once said, "There are Poets, and they are Priests of Nothing, but they are Legends" ORIGINAL These kids don't know what fun is... This was when clubs were fun, no ID, no law, no attitude, no REALLY dangerous drugs, $3.35 per hour and we were rich. 25¢ drink nights, $2 beer bust, 99 cent Dennys Grand Slam Breakfast after the night. Strippers and drag queens doing shows down the aisle at Dennys or Waffle House.... NO HATE... GOOD TIMES... ALL GONE
Clubbing still exists and the kids are alright, and far more informed than your generation ever was at that age. No "really dangerous drugs"? LMAFO, pretty sure coke, quaaludes, and whatever that shit Cosby used to take advantage of people in the worst way possible were dangerous.
The first time I heard this song, it was in the summer of 76, I think, I was on my way fishing and it caught my attention, I fell in love that instant. Been in my heart ever since! This song was before it's time! Magnificent hit!!!!!!!
This brings back the Disco days and the parties at Studio 54 and The Ice Palace on 57th Street, NYC. I am getting chills up & down my spine listening to this song. It was great then and it is still great.
When they played this song at our 30th reunion it warmed my heart to see all those former classmates of mine shaking our drunk,middle aged asses off to this song. For just those few minutes,we were all young again. It was a magical moment.
I dedicate my listening and re-listeing of this track to my lovely late partner of 25 years. RIP 💞 xoxo. I miss you so very much, and I can't wait until we're together again my beautiful sweet man 💞 xoxo.
Here is arguably one of the finest productions and disco songs to emerge from the whole 1970's. A masterpiece that will stand the test of time, from the brilliant and powerful vocalist, Thelma Houston. This is her shining moment showcasing the work of Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert, all part of Philadelphia's international library. For 1976, "Don't leave me this way'" speaks of production and vocal excellence. This recording will live on forever.
Yes Steve, a real musical masterpiece that will last forever.
i am 72 this song still move me to do dads dancing happy days
Agreed!
Still right, 7 years later!
THE BEST
I couldn't have been too much more than 5 or 6 when my aunts took me to a block party down the street from my grandparent's house. It turned out to be more like a full blown disco right there in the street. There was a DJ set up at the end of the block with strobe lights going off, and the street was absolutely packed with people dancing to this song. They were going OFF! People were screaming and singing along with the chorus. Smiles and long hair flying everywhere. It was one of the most memorable musical experiences of my life.
The way you described it made it so easy to see and feel. Thanks for sharing a beautiful memory
Debió ser muy bonito esa época de finales de los años 70S y principio de los 80S. Yo no lo viví porqué soy de los 90S. Y por cierto es buena música!!!
Talk about an impromtu flash mob! What a description.
Nothing in modern rock touches this!!!
I fucking wish I was there! Too dope!
46 YEARS OLD TUNE and still rocking!!!
57 years old and kickin it old school :)
Imagine being in a packed Disco with this music cranking out of huge speakers. Feel the bass!
Bigg bass speakers loved it .Those speakers pounds feel that thumping bass in ur chest. DISCO WILL NEVER COME BACK AGAIN. THIS GENERATION HAVE NO IDEA LIFE IN LATE 1970S.THOSE WERE GOLDEN DAYS .IF I ONLY HAD TIME MACHINE.
Heck yes 🙌 it'd be awesome ,so good
The feeling of the coke wobbles as you're surrounded in Denim aftershave and Vanderbilt perfume
A Huevo
Disco heaven!
I'm straight and I love disco, I don't care what people say..full of energy
Valeu querido manda ver
You know what, this is true of myself. stereotyping is cruel.
You can be anyone and love any music you want to. Right now that's more important than ever! Be yourself, live yourself, do your bad self! But above all else, LIVE!!! Enjoy, brother!
This isn't a song... It's an ANTHEM. An anthem of the 70's
Good Point. So true
Pure 70's!!!! Love it!
Used to go to dance clubs in Denver when this was THE song. It would be played at the start of the night, the 'rush hour' of the night and it was one of the last to be played before last call. Those were the DAMN DAYS!!!!!!
Top of the day to you. Right back at ya 🤗🆗. I agree with you A million percent WORD UP 👍 Yes in deed I feel what you felt about this Disco Master Piece 🆗 I have been there and done that 👏🤛 BOOGIEING 7: days 24 : HR 365 da yr. 😁👌 Back in the days of Disco Dad , we were totally Sprung 😁😳 Strung out 😳😲😀 Crazy funny Huh? Those memories will always be here with me 👏 U are very kind and special ❤️🤗 I really appreciate people like you who listens and ❣️ Music as much as I Do 🤛 Thanks for letting me share my thoughts with you and I really appreciate it very much 👏👌🔊📢 Your insight about this song is magnificent beautifully well said 👍 Have a bless day or night and stay safe JAH LIVES ONE LOVE ❤️GOD bless everyone who's listening to this song . Keep on Boogieing 💃🦶🙋
True story !
They don't make good music like this anymore.
Yes, they do, dip shorts. Oh, wait, that was just your opinion.
AND YET THEY COULD..........BUT WONT???????? its the best
U kinnit' good youks😂
My dad owned a bar when i was a kid i would clean on Saturdays he always played this song on the jukebox great memory i was 10!
I just can’t get tired of Disco. Growing up in Ft. Lauderdale, Disco was everywhere. Born in ‘67, I started listening as soon as I could. I loved it and still do !! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Yes, it's in the blood lol
Yea Ft. L beach 18yrs old dancing all night 78 cost me nothing oh wha a night
August 21 , 1967
We Rule
Me either sexy and beautiful
Yes!
These was the good old days.... when you could go out and have fun and enjoy the moment...😂full of energy....
You betcha! Not like today when kids stay inside and stare at their phones and hang around Facebook. Haha
One of the best dance and club songs of all time IMHO. If this song doesn't stir something in your soul, then I don't know what to say. One of my top 20 favorite songs.
Totally agree, girl friend just turned me onto it, a couple years ago. Lol🤷🖖👍
Back in 79 the clubs in Panama City beach Florida, this song played quite a bit . I love the music from back then
Dear Sean Closs: I agree: Good song, well arranged and performed.
most definetly one of the original songs responsible for the disco phenomenon. A good time to be alive !!!
Last Call!
That humming she dose in the beginning of the song is what gets me.
The bass line does it for me. Just a tremendous song!!
Nothing beats the '70s in music; this hit by Thelma Houston proves it.
Kalihiwarhomes2177, the seventies, and, eighties, ARE, NECK-AND-NECK. I would give it to the seventies,(70's) because, they came BEFORE the, eighties.(80's) There's nothing like, "big brother."
😮
Party. Boogie. A short disco nap and repeat!
The way she holds that note @ 7:18 is one of the most majestic pieces ever of vocal artistry
I'm sure it's stretched a little..
@@HendrikD67 Sure, but still what a beauty 💎
@@stipetv1548 I don't think Johnno has ever been in a studio to see what technology exsists now....a real long note can be seen by James something or other "say what you will", he holds a note for a good 20-30 seconds live
@@stipetv1548 it is
its been extended,,,, she didnt hold that note that long,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I can't stop dancing this is still everything in 2022 thank you Thelma Houston
If the 70s and 80s ask me to go back, I'm oughtta here!!
Not trying to sound dramatic but this played in the supermarket today and I'm being honest I had to stop myself walking in a strut rhythm
To the one ..r u listening??!!
I love your reaction to it!
strut that funk
😂
Not enough drama if you ask me😊
Timeless anthem and is still rocking in 2022, awesome jewel of Disco music💯💯💥💥💥💥👌👌👌👌👌
to be perfectly honest, out of all the disco songs that we've lost track of, because there's so many of them...this is truly one of disco's anthems.
Disco is a league out of now...
💋 Those of us who were there, know what you say is true..
Taught Disco Dance to this song and has always been my go to for performance...Still rocks and feeds mu soul..
Agreed!!!
Awsome song
This song is the best of the best of Disco. It never gets old.
Who needs drugs when you've got music like this!!!!
Eu dancei muito essa música na época da discotecas tenho exelente lembrança daquela época
Yeargh, I let her slip away like 30 years ago... 😞
She just slipped into a coma, and never came back again.
She was so beautiful and was everything that I ever wanted, but yet she was not meant to be with me.
What a cold, cruel, and harsh world this is; to see others tightly embraced in the arms of the ones whom they truly love, but yet NOT be able to do the same for yourself. 😥
This song has a gross and sickening beat, that goes straight to your head and makes people CRAZY.
Now everytime whenever I hear this tune, I just get the urge to DESTROY something or KILL someone! 😫
well this plus some good drugs is even better though ✨✨✨✨
Me!
A real soul delivery from a REAL disco era woman . Thelma, I love you !!
N.Y. was the place to be! So many concerts, the hustle and bustle with friends, block parties and non stop good times! I miss those days!
Never been to N.Y. But in New Orleans, Louisiana and London, England in 60's and 70's, it was awesome.
I'm 61 and still love this song like in the days ;) XX In my head, I'm stuck at 28 years old ;)
40 yrs later and this song still brings the kids out into the dance floor. true blue classic, one of my favorites.
it sure does
Richard Sanchez yes!
Def makes me feel like i were 16 yrs old all over again, before NYC became Disneyfied
Richard Sanchez
40 yrs? Wow! I'm still running around clubbing and Rollerskating- back in the Day my g/f and I had a (skating) Dance routine to this that took uf from County to State Competition.....Oh, the best days....
The first time I heard this son I immediately thought "Perfection!" This is the perfect disco song. Will live forever!
❤ you know I can only really enjoy the music I grew up on and I love music it's universal I love all spectrums of it but I really don't know what the hell some of this music is really saying but who am I to judge every generation has its music movies and technology.
Fuck it 60s 70s 80s music was the best hands down ❤
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The lighted dance floor. Lights flashing...synced to the music. The bass throbbing to the beat. Thelma ' s intoxicating voice. My boy's arm wrapped around my waist, and our bodies moving together as one. He tells me not to leave him this way.Trust me, I won't.
I love this song. Outstanding. I was 11 years old when this song broke on AM radio and It shook the airwaves. It still does. Its part of me now.
11 years old? I was dancing since 5!💃
I first heard it at 16. I can remember the night! I danced like crazy to this song!!!
You love it because the BASS is the lead! Holy shit! What a melodic miracle of syncopated joy! That electric piano is also like the voice of an angel on your shoulder… so funky and immaculate.
This song is a spiritual experience, whether sung by Thelma or Teddy. Absolute masterpiece.
In the summer, I would stay up late and listen to far away AM stations. I was 11 years old. The first time I heard this song was played on WABC out of New York, that I could pick up all the way in central Michigan.
My frigen FAVORITE!!!! I'm in my 50's now but will dance to this great music till I can't move anymore!!! Have to dance now! BYE
I agree! In my 50’s also. Classic, this song will never be forgotten
One of the hottest dance songs during the fabulous disco era. I spent many fond hours dancing to this hot song!
I'm back!! I need a dose of this every once in a while!! Takes me right back to a much happier time!
One of the best!!😉
Thelma was seriously underrated. She had one of the most gorgeous vocal instruments. Perfection...and this song is EVERYTHING.
Where do you think Whitney Houston got her Soul voice?
Near end she holds ME FOR 60 SECONDS OR MORE. WHO DOES THAT?
She's singing about a personal experience , GOD BLESS HER ! SHE MADE HER MARK, NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT FROM HER. AMEN ! 🤷🖖👍
@Brett byars if it wasn't, it should have ! just sayin, love Whitney's must retake as well. 🤷🖖👍😎
@@billsteinbach1254 FROM GOD, AMEN. She set the bar, another gone too soon. Rock on sweetie.
Not a disco lover, but this song is AWESOME!!! Been lovin' since the 70's!!!
This is what disco is all about. Happy i was there to live it.
S am I I was 10 but I got it
iI WAS JUST 9 YEARS OLD WHEN THIS SONG WAS RELEASED AND I STILL LOVE IT NOW IN 2024!!!!! 😄😃😀😁😆
I was 10 my dad played this song on jukebox in our bar while we cleaned on Saturday am's.
I was 16 when it came out. Loved it then, love it now in 2024!
Me to… heck yeah!
She was the queen of disco until Donna came and took it over in a massive way ,I liked to hear both of them .Two A1 singers for sure.
I just received the 45 record today off of eBay , brings back a lot of memories on my vintage stereo set up.
I am 65 years old and for some reason this song makes me want to get out of my chair and move. oh hell yes !!
The definition of a classic.
I love to listen to this and the version from Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, the song is so brilliant that there could never be too many versions. Thelma sings it like she means every word
Such a great song!!!!! Both versions Teddy
Would have to be one of the best songs from its era. Never tired of listening to it. Timeless
Who would not want to relive these moments?
Im sti chilling up. It just takes me back! It was my best life!!!
Always LOOOOOVED this song...especially this version!
Gamble&Huff the heart of Tamla Motown, pure soul an' spirit. And Mrs Thelma oh what a voice!
Honestly, it's hard for me to accept in the mind that the 70''s and 80's are over. When something is the best why does it have to change. I wasn't thinking back then that it would never end, but I surely didn't think what has come along now to replace it, would become the norm. If there was a 70''s and 80's Planet or World you could go to and stay as long as you want....Lol I'd be outta here tomorrow!
Me too life was fun everyone did their on thing.
I AM WITH YOU ...I HAD THE LOVE OF MY LIFE BACK THEN,
Iam there when i play stuff like this
Look behind you, I'm going back with you.
Wouldn't it be great if there were 70's & 80's based theme parks, where everything was set at the prices they were then, fashions & technology were of the times & of course plenty of clubs playing this kind of iconic music?! God I'd never leave!
Not just one of her best, one of the best of the disco era! Club Classic extraordinary.
Originally part of the lyrics output of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Thelma Houston made this a global smash in March 1976
This song brings back so many awesome memories! The first time I heard this, I was at an amusement park on the beach at Wildwood NJ . I was getting on to a wild & crazy ride and this song started to play. Talk about a head trip! lol Excitement of the ride and this song....awesome! This is the song that got me into becoming a DIsco Queen! lol I went dancing for the first time after hearing this & didn't look back! lol
Glass of wine, some cheese and this song...Got me out of my chair and dancing like it was 1976...WOOHOO
I forced my 15 year old daughter to listen to this. Under much sufference she finally agreed. Once it was finished i said to her "Well ? " Her reply..."Wow"
The production on this song...the orchestration...outstanding. You will never see this again. Anywhere. Ever.
Hard to believe but the producer did not think this song would be a hit, muchless that it would end up being Thelma's signature hit. Just shows that the Public knows what it likes.
9 minutes of pure bliss....there's no doubt
southernman429
There's no doubt......... That you have good taste!
I loved this song, I was in the Navy and remember dancing to this in Naples, Italy along with these, my favorites also.
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame
A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)
The Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
It was so much fun dancing at the discos back then. The pounding bass, the hot shirtless guys on a crowded dance floor, passing poppers around...
Those were the days...... a little MDA and acid.......🤤
I was there.. amazed im still here
Sweet memories of Oxford St
These Youngsters Today will NEVER know how GREAT We had it without Cell Phones
Curse on soceity
Except for the ones who are seeking😊
Amen to that... still rocking in 2024!
Excited with our notes instead of a phone.😅
One of my favorite disco songs. My late husband and I saw her perform as a surprise guest at the Trocadero Transfer in San Francisco several decades ago.
The greatest gay anthem of all time!! Never got to the Tracadero...... but I heard a lot about it from my late partner ...... We had 9 great years together......but I lived to love again....... hope you have, also!
The strings are just gorgeous...
When I hear this song I think of the warm summer nights hanging with my friends on a street corner. It brings me back to the cool air of a disco when you first get inside... by the time the music begins to pump up and get going the air is hot, full of fog and pretty girls dancing in their sexy dresses or bell bottom jeans. Great memories!!!! Leave politics out of this and just remember the times you had when this song was spinning on a platter of a dee jays turntable.
Yep in Brooklyn 😁😊👍👍
Boy I miss all the good music and times back then ,today's music is so disappointing ☹️
This version is hot again ❤❤❤❤
I remember this magical track played by Larry at the Paradise Garage… We were brought
to our knees by the mercyiless throbbing beats of this masterpiece!!!! Wave after wave of
Thelma's vocals were crashed over our writhing bodies, helpless we rhythmically moved to her command…. This track is a main line of the holy sprit to the core of anyone who
is open to this magical beat!!!
Awesome experience. David Morales played it at Stereo Nightclub in Montreal.
Yes! The Garage!
Mmmm................
Would give anything to jump in a time machine and go back to the Paradise Garage. As a 35 year old now it (and The Gallery) were 2 places I felt I should have been a part of 😥
You missed the best parties on Planet Earth: The Paradise Garage, The Loft... omg. You kids know nothing about good times.
Great hustle dance classic for couples, a forgotten golden era of class and fashion for the in crowd 73-77.
I love Disco Music-I don't know why that era just faded out. It was so fun with great music.
I keep it alive by listening to these great singers like Thelma Houston, Candi Staton, Yvonne Elliman, the Bee Gees etc.
I don't think disco really died, but it definitely went back underground then evolved to house in the late 80s to early 90s (eg CeCe Peniston, Robin S, LaBouche). Some of the dance-pop hits you hear on the radio are just watered down variations of disco to sell to suburban 10 year olds. But this is just my observation.
Oh I totally agree with you on this , Yvonne Elliman had a smash doing if I cant have you !
@@danbozo and disco was poppified soul, and soul was... and so it goes
Add Jocelyn Brown, Deniese Williams, Melba Moore, Irene Cara. What an array of vocalists
It was a grand time. I fondly recall the sounds, lights, people, and energy.
2019- July 8, 1:08 AM . . . I played this a lot in 1976 and 1977, two albums to extend the great Thelma Houston.
Ok-i let's not date ourselves -lol. Frankly, God bless you for surviving the next decade after. i remember dancing to this song at the Trocadero Transfer in S.F and in L.B. at the Beach House. God speed
This music is from one of the greatest musical eras of all time, an era when your car did not have to have an 8 track, just a radio, am or am fm.
This song is so powerful and strong you could walk on it even in 2018 thank you for posting.
This is the best version of this particular song. I remember dancing in discos to this back in the 70's! Great fun and memories!
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes version is awesome also.
Disco night for me. It's gonna be Thelma, Donna, Sylvester, Spinners, Gloria for a start.
During this pandemic I had the chance of reminiscing and to hear this amazing all time favorite, put me in a happier time and place in my life. Love this and it’s my anthem from my youth. ❤️. Thelma you rock baby 💖
Along with 7,000 other new year's eve party-goers, I saw Thelma Houston sing this song live on Dec. 31, 1984 in San Francisco.
this is a great version to me because I LOVE that Bass line . . .
BaBa Booey and that goddamn tambourine too LOl!! That's when Miss Houston is about to start REALLY gettin' down!!!
+BKW USA I was a baby during this time era but What I would give if I could go back to the 70's & live & hear all this great disco music when it was brand new & live it up at the disco techs
+William B I was a pre-teen during the 70's and I remember going to the roller rinks hearing new stuff from the BeeGees, Michael Jackson, ABBA, etc. The 80's were my years, but I'm glad I remember those 70's
BaBa Booey killer bass line. Just like Love hangover by Diana ross
Bring back great memories
Makes me cry happy tears :') I love this song!
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deadseriousforsure, wow! I thought that I was the only one to shed tears to this song! I love this song to the bone.....my favorite!
Yep.
deadseriousforsure Yes. Hi. No. Good. Bye
This was a lifestyle....for me....back in the day. We danced...we partied our asses off. We got high.....danced......sexed each other. We DID the damned thing!
Common sense & great taste brought me here !! 💃🕺🏿🎸🥁🎷🎤🏴 😍🥰
no cabe duda los que vivimos esa decada del setenta lo mejor de la humanidad y miles de canciones en ingles y que me dicen los bailes que hacian en Guayaquil-Ecuador es para no olvidarlo jamas....gracias mi Dios por haberme permitido vivir esos lindos años los mejores de mi vida...1975..1976..1977...1978..1979..ahora en el 2022 ya cumpli 66 años y las escucho y veo por internet.
UPDATE MAY 16,2021..."Geeze, I never could have imagined so many comments and still coming three years later. Ive since been diagnosed with Lupus and Cancer and do not have much time left, but I wrote a book, a sit-com based on a period in the book and also the screenplay to the book and all were just purchased with my working title at this time being "Trapped in Paradise" , While I was negotiating those, I wrote and sold a 22 episode dark hour long drama called "Jon Doe: Barely Legal" and the pilot and 10 episodes will be produced at once, akin to many Streaming Services, however, one of the more, first Pay-Tv services purchased the rights and I wrote a 38K word stage play called "Blinded" which is very sad, but inspirational. Even though my credits range from Writer, Creator, Co-EP, (My lawyers fought, screamed and swore over shit like a parking spot near all production sites! WTF? I left the buildings and walked midtown Manhattan and went to an estate sale and let them duke it out. BTW, I had to sue a company with the letters "GAE" in there name, with a second name that looks like LOVE and they shouldn't be able to negotiate terms, but am I bitter? Absolutely, but I won every appeal THANK YOU 4TH DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALI JUDGES, I got almost 40% in Compensatory and a bit over Double in Punitive Damages, so even though much of my time has run out, many of my closest friends and charities will be well taken care of (ASPCA, Humane Society of Kanawha Valley, WV, Flagler County/Palm Coast, Fla, Volusia County, Fla, The Keys Humane Society, plus two new charities for teenage suicide prevention and homes for children that have been kicked out of their homes by their parents with 2 years of college and rent paid, as well as a new charity that promotes the adoption of older, maimed or just plain...not that cute cats and dogs, please adopt the ugly but loveable pets, they never get adopted, everyone wants pretty pets. "Linda's Cottage" in my moms memory, will be a real home, that can be rented out with real furniture and with whole property is screen enclosed and animals will live the rest of their lives in these homes with TVs and a kitchen for people to use, as if it was a real home, for the ones that no one finds pretty anymore or perhaps only has three legs, lol. ) sorry got off track,...continuing....and have pretty much Carte Blanche with Creative Control, I probably wont last to see them air (Perhaps the stage play), "Trapped" is based on my life, focusing on my life as a DJ in Central Florida (Daytona Beach/Yum Yum Tree, Landmark Complex, ORLANDO/P-House, Full Moon Saloon, Firestone Club, Cellblock M, Disney's Mannequins, Jacksonville/College Station Ft Lauderdale/S.Fla, The Copa, Backstreets, Tackys, Shangra la, Club 21, The Warsaw Ballroom, Fire and Ice, I-Beam, Eagle, Ramrod, Cubby Hole, Cathode Ray, Club BC, Montreal, Que/TRAXX, La Marielle, I Bar Ste Catherine, NYC/Tunnel, USA, Limelight, The Saint, Windows on the World NEWHOPE/BUCKS COUNTY, PA/PHILLY, The Cartwheel, Key West, The Bike Stop, and other clubs in Allentown, Pa , Hyannis, Mass, P-Town, Rehoboth Beach, De, Savanah, Ga, Backstreets, Atlanta, Atlanta Eagle, and too many I cant think of but much of it focuses from age 16 to 33. It all stops in 2000, I'm trying to finish the most crazy part of my life that included my spouse poisoning me for life insurance, going to jail for someone I cared for (Until I went to bond out and realized they did shit in 7 counties and I was like, NOPE, I'm not THAT kind! God Bless Everyone... and remember, tell your momma you love her every day. Stop having so much hate, I know its hard, especially with half the country losing their effing mind in the past 4 to 5 years. (WTF was/is that shit about? People literally elected an airhead that went on camera and said the wildfires in Cali were started by lasers in space made by Jews! When I hear all of this, I kind of feel bad for you all when I go. I will tell you, If some of these haters are correct (Yeah, that was me coughing a lung up) and I end up in hell, then one of two things will happen. I know who I am, what I have done, havent done, what breaks my heart and whos back Ive always had and Im not saying any of us deserve God or Heaven, perhaps something else, but if I go to hell, then that wasnt the God I thought he was and I can assure you, all of you with the hateful, usually closeted mouths, you now who you are, the ones with the families but are at your local BK Gl** Hole on your way home to the kids, while myself, I simply was getting a burger and fry, so Im sure I will see you all as well. And please, dont give me no lip, Im dying, I dont give two sh"ts what you think, you are most likely a closet case, miserable in life, hurt animals and children or worse. See ya on the Flip Flop and dont forget to ..."Let the Music Play, Turn the beat around and a white witch enchantress once said, "There are Poets, and they are Priests of Nothing, but they are Legends"
ORIGINAL
These kids don't know what fun is... This was when clubs were fun, no ID, no law, no attitude, no REALLY dangerous drugs, $3.35 per hour and we were rich. 25¢ drink nights, $2 beer bust, 99 cent Dennys Grand Slam Breakfast after the night. Strippers and drag queens doing shows down the aisle at Dennys or Waffle House.... NO HATE... GOOD TIMES... ALL GONE
Clubbing still exists and the kids are alright, and far more informed than your generation ever was at that age. No "really dangerous drugs"? LMAFO, pretty sure coke, quaaludes, and whatever that shit Cosby used to take advantage of people in the worst way possible were dangerous.
No drugs ..lmao juat club 57 and good coke out the wazu
I remember making $3.35 per hour. I saved $4000 in the bank during that time. How did that happen? I can't save hardly anything now.
@@annabellem.4014 Cost of living far exceeds wages..
Absolutely sendsome me down memory lane to the good ole days!
The first time I heard this song, it was in the summer of 76, I think, I was on my way fishing and it caught my attention, I fell in love that instant. Been in my heart ever since! This song was before it's time! Magnificent hit!!!!!!!
OMG, I am about to lose my mind!!!!!
Man if could have been in NYC in the disco era, I'd be out every weekend
I was!!
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Seriously why would anyone 👎this?!? I give it 100! 👍😍
The Disco years were the greatest years of my life. But the best is yet to come!
👍 Great 💃 Disco remix version! The 💃 Disco-Era Of The 1970’s Lives On Forever!
im a 79 baby and i danced to this in my onesee! all up and down the halls!
In your onesee? That's hilarious!!
I think I love your spirit dance on and on and on
I remember this from going downtown in Fort Pierce FL. I'm a 72 baby boy Jam!
HAHAHAHA, that''s so funny!
Yo crecí escuchando esta canción y me trae recuerdos fabulosos...
This brings back the Disco days and the parties at Studio 54 and The Ice Palace on 57th Street, NYC. I am getting chills up & down my spine listening to this song. It was great then and it is still great.
Yeah my house no. is 54 same my age 🎉 with a puff and some good speaker cerwin vega sounds brilliant
Studio 54..aah! Different scene every couple hours, Different flavors of people. Oh, let's not forget the purest coke back then! LOL
True 😃😃 LOL@@rubenascenciojr6223
When they played this song at our 30th reunion it warmed my heart to see all those former classmates of mine shaking our drunk,middle aged asses off to this song. For just those few minutes,we were all young again. It was a magical moment.
God gave us Thelma to sing my #1 favorite jam. I was 7 when i heard this song on my cassette/radio boom box🕺🏻
wow makes me think of my first love
in 1977 whata sweetheart she was.
Remember me Cheryl. Dan
I dedicate my listening and re-listeing of this track to my lovely late partner of 25 years. RIP 💞 xoxo. I miss you so very much, and I can't wait until we're together again my beautiful sweet man 💞 xoxo.
Love this song 👍🌹💯
Still gives chills in 2018
My wife and I were Seniors in high school. Remember like if it were yesterday.
Eternal blessings to you and your family!!!!
this song...oh...talk about dancing, one of the best
Great TASTE Flavors this WORLD! Tune-Luv @ U from 'me!'
Monica Violette yeah baby
yeah me too of course
My clubbing days!!
Best feeling was to dance to this!
Who's still listening in 2019...I am💕...oh well. Here's 2021 January anyone listing if you are a legend..blessed and😷
Always,
I sure am!
I am too
EVERYBODY.
Me too RT
Sing it Thelma, sing it!!😎😎