Shorty Long Motown "Function At The Junction" My Extended Version!

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  • Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2024

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  • @annmarierudolph2291
    @annmarierudolph2291 8 месяцев назад +12

    Absolutely they don't make music like this no more greatest good old Motown ❤

  • @carrienixon6663
    @carrienixon6663 Год назад +19

    Thanks mosogotam for the extended version. You are truly missed. R.I.P. 🙏🏾🤎

    • @sandrasanders706
      @sandrasanders706 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yes he is!! Still listening, Moso!!!💜💜💜💜RIP

  • @yolandayates6554
    @yolandayates6554 Год назад +14

    I used to sing this and would gather an audience I can still hear my friends chanting sing Landy THOSE WERE GOOD YEARS!

  • @gilloera8912
    @gilloera8912 3 года назад +32

    I'm 73 and still rockin to this

    • @Muziekgenot
      @Muziekgenot 8 месяцев назад +3

      I'm almost 76 and with you. Classic Motown.

    • @silkelegs
      @silkelegs 6 месяцев назад +2

      I am 75 and right there with you. Still doing the Slop-aka known as the George Jefferson!

    • @alimazimmer3819
      @alimazimmer3819 5 месяцев назад

      Me too!

    • @larrylewis6771
      @larrylewis6771 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yall youngsters 😊

    • @pamelacaldwell6055
      @pamelacaldwell6055 Месяц назад

      71 here turning 72 tomorrow (10/15/2024) God willing, and still rocking this song! 💃🕺❤️😊

  • @foxysil52
    @foxysil52 2 года назад +21

    Lol! I grew up to Shorty Long..love pur music. We're the Baby boomers of the good ol' days..

  • @cathleanjohnson675
    @cathleanjohnson675 9 месяцев назад +3

    Grew up with this, Shorty left us way too soon but he l eft us with this forever rump shaker..

  • @alanspagnolia9474
    @alanspagnolia9474 4 года назад +48

    Ok, whom else remembers this song from the 1960's ??!!

  • @songbirdnabors7400
    @songbirdnabors7400 3 года назад +19

    This Is My Favorite Song in the World!😀😀😀😀😀😀🎼🎼🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎹🎹🎹🎺🎺🎺🎺🎷🎷🎷🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎸🎸🎸🎷🎷🎷🎺🎺🎹🎹🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎼🎼💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

    • @music-e5e
      @music-e5e 14 дней назад

      One of my favorite songs in the universe! Only made it to #92 on Billboard. It was played quite heavily in rotation on SoCal radio stations.

    • @music-e5e
      @music-e5e 14 дней назад

      One of my favorite songs in the universe! Only made it to #92 on Billboard. It was played quite heavily in rotation on SoCal radio stations.

  • @chloeconniecarlton328
    @chloeconniecarlton328 2 года назад +5

    This is the way they did it in the 60's folks!! ....end of lesson...........

  • @lindabrown2090
    @lindabrown2090 4 года назад +40

    This was one of our favorite dance song. We use to get down dancing at House Parties. This song brings back so many memories of the 60’s early 70’s. That’s when it was real music. “ Function At The Junction” it was a hit.

    • @Muziekgenot
      @Muziekgenot 8 месяцев назад +2

      That's right. I grew up during the sixties in a small provincial town. There was little to do. So we were dependant on houseparties. On thursday we started to ask ''is there a houseparty anywere', and we got tips from our frieds. So more thans once I found myself at some house party in district I was was never before and in de house of someone I dit know at all. But all that didn't matter. Is was the sixties and it was de best music ever made.

  • @sabrinabryant3597
    @sabrinabryant3597 4 года назад +34

    Was just minding my own business and this song hit me in my spirit like so. When this plague (COVID-19) has passed, somebody somewhere BETTER play this here 🙏💜🕺💃🌌

  • @michaelalexander43
    @michaelalexander43 4 года назад +7

    I have a big sister seven years older than me. When I wasn't being the bratty baby brother from age 4 to 9, I was my big sis dance partner. Function At The Junction came out a few months before her Sweet 16 B-Day Party in September 1966. For about five years, little precocious me was having great times dancin and hangin' with (what I thought were) my sister's 'women' friends. It all came to screeching halt at her party. As I told to keep out and away from the evening festivities.
    I stayed fixated on "Tell one, We gonna have a ball. Tell'em about the function at the junction..." I couldn't wait to throw a party the way I like it...and show my sister.
    We both relocated from Cleveland to Southern California during the late 1970's. Me turning 23 by 1980 (both our B-Days are in Sept), as full circle was achieved as I played this song and pointed at my original dance partner told her COME ON! We partied the night away with 30+ people in my 2 bedroom apt with a bit MORE than soda pop being served....

  • @chloeconniecarlton328
    @chloeconniecarlton328 2 года назад +4

    Excellent background vocals and organ...

  • @roderickjones1283
    @roderickjones1283 4 года назад +24

    James Jamerson killed it at the end with that bass!!! BEST PLAYER EVER!

  • @jamesa.hamilton269
    @jamesa.hamilton269 Год назад +3

    Shorty could jam! That Motown Sound with Earl Van Dyke, Choker Campbell, Hamilton Bohannon, et al. It's a Great Lakes thang! Partying on the Detroit River off Belle Isle unfortunately for Shorty (PBUH).

  • @raylopez7622
    @raylopez7622 4 года назад +5

    Today’s my birthday 60 years My family is taking me out to the function at the Junction

  • @isaiahthompson2065
    @isaiahthompson2065 10 месяцев назад +5

    THIS IS ANOTHER MOTOWN CLASSIC ! HE DID THAT !

  • @yolandarice4674
    @yolandarice4674 5 лет назад +26

    They'll never be another you shorty!!!! Function at the junction will never die!!!! I have 6 generations listening to this song.we play this song at every event and we party hard!!!! Thank you your highness!!!! 💋❤️🙏✌️

  • @robertvelez8485
    @robertvelez8485 7 лет назад +30

    The perfect July 4th song. Having a barbecue or cookout filled with spare ribs, corn on the cob, chicken wings, French fries, hot dogs and hamburgers! Now, I'm hungry!

  • @blastoff2022
    @blastoff2022 8 лет назад +45

    This is SUCH a great song. I gotta tell you- in the 60's we had a LOT of social problems----but DAMN~I remember going to high school in Brooklyn....and Sat. night was teen night. We danced to this and other Motown classics....mixed crowd and we danced and danced and danced...and had such a good time.

  • @music-e5e
    @music-e5e Год назад +5

    Tell him to tell them, to tell Paul to tell 'em all...GENIUS!

  • @mitchparel18
    @mitchparel18 2 года назад +7

    One of my favorite Motown songs.im talking all time.it helps me to function.🍷😌😋 Let's give the Drummer some.

  • @annettesolorzano5386
    @annettesolorzano5386 2 года назад +3

    Miss you shorty,here come the judge,I am 64 today and can't recall my exact age when your greatest hits came out, see you in street of gold

  • @richardclippardjr3472
    @richardclippardjr3472 4 года назад +7

    My mom & dad used to play this song at birthday partys you know the ones where you had to go to BED the good old days

    • @msanns6467
      @msanns6467 2 месяца назад

      Yes, ma'am 😂😂

  • @yolandarice4674
    @yolandarice4674 5 лет назад +4

    It doesn't get any better than this!!!! 5 generations are still listening to this song!!!! This is the sheeeit!!!! Bumping bumping bumping!!!! Shorty lo

  • @CheckMate657879
    @CheckMate657879 10 лет назад +55

    Thanks for the memories. To remember when these songs were played on the radio, at parties, and in our homes. To remember when 45's were a great, big deal. To remember everyone breaking to the dance floor to dance to this song. To remember a time when we lived for the next record to be released from Motown. How good the music sounded when it hit the air waves. How good the music made us feel. Everything was alright. Uptight! (Stevie's meaning, of course.)

    • @ethelstevenslove2957
      @ethelstevenslove2957 9 лет назад +6

      Motown was 'HOT' back in the day.....That record company, the singers, producers, musicians, songwriters, arrangers, composers, kept the hits coming back in the day.......

    • @ethelstevenslove2957
      @ethelstevenslove2957 9 лет назад +3

      Yes......

    • @ethelstevenslove2957
      @ethelstevenslove2957 9 лет назад +3

      CheckMate657879 I came by to hear this great classic once again.......

    • @gilloera8912
      @gilloera8912 3 года назад +3

      I had a record player, looked like a suitcase, it opened up
      And the speakers were on the side. My mom kept tellin me "Keep it down, the neighbors!"

    • @deborahmccoy3837
      @deborahmccoy3837 2 года назад

      I Couldn’t Have Said Any It Better; I Remember All….. Those Great Memories;Yeah…….Buddy!!!

  • @beverlyhoward3512
    @beverlyhoward3512 3 года назад +3

    So good to be able to go back in time in time

  • @jerryj920
    @jerryj920 6 лет назад +4

    May 20th: Happy birthday Soul-Funk Singer-songwriter Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long (1940-1969) Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Thank you and God bless. RIP. Thanks for the upload, mosogotam. Blessings

  • @Dan-n9m7z
    @Dan-n9m7z 4 месяца назад +1

    Shorty was ultimate multi talent.......love this song....can understand all the lyrics👏👏

  • @annfelder3576
    @annfelder3576 Год назад +4

    This was my favorite song back then. I was always singing and dancing whenever I heard it or played on my record player. Thanks for the wonderful memories!

  • @rebeccawinkler4840
    @rebeccawinkler4840 Год назад +2

    Ah the Funk Brothers ! I'd encourage anyone to find the RUclips vid of them for when they finally got recognition. I remember the song but not the man. Sorry, thanks for educating us.

  • @stevenquinn4641
    @stevenquinn4641 7 лет назад +50

    Detroit was everything The sound unique Strong dynamic sexy funky music Way over the top The way it's supposed to be This strong music made troubles seem less than what they were Thanks for this song This music brings everything back What a time to be young The party never seemed to stop Another time The world is so different now

  • @anthonyesposito8341
    @anthonyesposito8341 10 лет назад +21

    I am so happy I found Shorty again Oh how I've missed this gem pure gold!

  • @dipper9652
    @dipper9652 11 лет назад +45

    57 years old, my absolute favorite record in the world!

    • @michaelbostic9518
      @michaelbostic9518 6 лет назад +1

      david wooding im with you ...i used to sing myself to sleep off this song when i was a kid. Thinking about family gatherings ..good food errr thang

    • @brendacrawford-west6960
      @brendacrawford-west6960 4 года назад +1

      My favorite too. I played Junction at the Junction at a party and all the old school jumped up and the floor was crowded. I love the song❤💯

    • @cynthiar.5199
      @cynthiar.5199 2 года назад

      I'm 67 and it's still my jam!! Know every single word!

    • @sanidarryl7052
      @sanidarryl7052 2 года назад

      Yes,that old funk bass

  • @louiecolon9494
    @louiecolon9494 9 лет назад +21

    This was me when I was young. always looking for the Function at the Junction.

  • @joyceellis7612
    @joyceellis7612 3 года назад +7

    greatest party song.

  • @xaqaraequinox9608
    @xaqaraequinox9608 4 года назад +6

    If this man EVER, EVER sold his re-makes..I'd be in line to buy 'em ! I know - he can't..but I can dream!

  • @TheAteeyah
    @TheAteeyah 10 лет назад +6

    Yeah baby!!! My mommy,aunties,and uncles jam.They would tear the floor up to this.This is so funky.

  • @LindaGallowayMD
    @LindaGallowayMD 12 лет назад +9

    This made me get up from my computer and dance! Definitely good memories. Heard this at many parties although I was only "2" when it came out (lol).

  • @DGsKattKatt
    @DGsKattKatt 2 года назад +10

    Makes me think about my grandparents. I heard stories about them rockin to this back in their day! Rip Grandmommy and Grandaddy.🌹❤❤❤

  • @edwardwilliams2438
    @edwardwilliams2438 6 лет назад +5

    Real lyrics....funky beat......good times had by all. Block parties,cold Dr.Pepper,Banlon shirts,Belle Isle,bar-b-que...lots of dancing,...young and old..The Funk Bros...are jamming!!!!

  • @Sweetpjoe
    @Sweetpjoe 4 года назад +6

    This song reminds me of my roller skating days from the late 60’s and early 70’s. When they dropped the needle on this jam the place went wild.

    • @sanidarryl7052
      @sanidarryl7052 2 года назад +2

      Yes,at this roller rink in Ohio " The Heights " every friday from 12am to 6am old heads use to kill this on on everybody skate.

  • @adriennerobinson1180
    @adriennerobinson1180 Год назад +2

    I absolutely loved Shorty Long and this Classic,Wonderful Song,And here comes The Judge .The BEST! Miss those years and Shorty.❤❤❤❤❤SIP

  • @ThaBrooklynHurricane2
    @ThaBrooklynHurricane2 10 лет назад +24

    this was the ultimate cook out song! Everybody was jammin this in Brooklyn at cook outs back in the day. This is my memory of this awesome song. I can still see my Daddy doin his little dance step. anybody remember the dance called the Popcorn!

    • @bigdrobbie1
      @bigdrobbie1 10 лет назад +5

      JAMES BROWN, JAMES BROWN---MOTHER POPCORN!!

    • @ThaBrooklynHurricane2
      @ThaBrooklynHurricane2 10 лет назад +7

      that, too! can't forget HOT PANTS, and we wore them and still kept it classy....can it be that it was all so simple then? the way we were!!! smh!

    • @loveyouall66
      @loveyouall66 10 лет назад +3

      THE POPCORN? WE DID ALL NIGHT LONG.

    • @harmonichebe
      @harmonichebe 9 лет назад +2

      +BROOKLYNDOT DAVIS brooklyn, USA!!!! no better place in the country; the good old days when the hitters were three deep on flatbush south of church near erasmus, listening to wmca's "good guys" RIP, b. mitchell reed

    • @ThaBrooklynHurricane2
      @ThaBrooklynHurricane2 9 лет назад +1

      yup! I was right up the street at Martense & Rogers!!!

  • @chrystal0411
    @chrystal0411 6 лет назад +7

    This is about the funkiest song Motown put out, this and Love is Like an Itching in My Heart by Diana Ross and the Supremes. Love it!

    • @cynthialightfoot5337
      @cynthialightfoot5337 4 года назад +1

      and
      most Marvelettes and lo ve and peace songs by the
      four tops
      also

  • @cynthiar.5199
    @cynthiar.5199 Год назад +3

    This is a roller skater's NATIONAL ANTHEM!!

  • @bettyharrison6852
    @bettyharrison6852 3 года назад +7

    When music was worth listening to and you could not sit down on these kind of jams the floor would be rockin'

  • @bobreda676
    @bobreda676 6 лет назад +5

    oh, if I had only kept my 45 collection! He died at age 29 but what a talent.

  • @kc23
    @kc23 11 лет назад +40

    This song swings like crazy! My five year old absolutely loves it!

    • @bvwhite1858
      @bvwhite1858 10 лет назад +6

      @Kevin Cartwright, I love this one. It's a fun song. Better come on na-na! Peace. :)

    • @CC-ti3ry
      @CC-ti3ry 10 лет назад +7

      You are so right...why oh why can't anyone write music THIS good anymore???? I miss the 60's and 70's...damn!

    • @loveyouall66
      @loveyouall66 10 лет назад +9

      YOUR FIVE YEAR OLD HAS GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC.

    • @CC-ti3ry
      @CC-ti3ry 9 лет назад +6

      DAMN! what a great song!

  • @carolynaskew9734
    @carolynaskew9734 9 лет назад +3

    Just as funky now as it was back then......Good job on the extension.

  • @CC-ti3ry
    @CC-ti3ry 8 лет назад +66

    Another incredible fantastic song...why oh why can't ANYONE write music THIS GOOD today????!!!!

    • @carolynntubman1461
      @carolynntubman1461 6 лет назад +3

      C C I hear ya

    • @patrickdullea6991
      @patrickdullea6991 6 лет назад +1

      @@carolynntubman1461 : it was the golden age of raw talent and musicianship. The "beat box" killed it all. So now all we have is hipHop canned garbage.

    • @williegordon6734
      @williegordon6734 5 лет назад

      +C C Have you ever heard of Justin"THE BIEB" Bieber?. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

    • @LizbethPlenty
      @LizbethPlenty 3 года назад

      What I always say. Check out Tuck and Patti for some stellar music and songwriting.
      Grateful for the true musicians may they prosper. Peace

  • @ramoncitoelbueno9631
    @ramoncitoelbueno9631 11 лет назад +3

    Mosogotam! Came back for another dose of your magic...Shorty Long must not be forgotten.

  • @ganymeade5151
    @ganymeade5151 5 лет назад +4

    Peary High School Cafeteria 1968-69. Loved this song then; love it now.

  • @rollerchickable
    @rollerchickable 8 лет назад +19

    I LOVE THIS SONG IT IS MY SKATING JAM RIP SHORTY LONG ,YOU ARE GONE BUT YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. THANK YOU FOR SHARING, AND I LIKE YOUR EXTENDED VERSION. NOW THIS IS A BLAST FROM THE PAST FOR SURE.

    • @sanidarryl7052
      @sanidarryl7052 2 года назад +2

      This is an old school skate jam hard core roller skating no standing in the way.

    • @jeanetteivy5229
      @jeanetteivy5229 2 года назад +1

      Skating rink memories. Pimped out skates with tongue out covered in fur, sometimes metallic flakes. California !

  • @craigbeasley1
    @craigbeasley1 8 лет назад +26

    What a brilliant soul single! It really didn't need to be extended, yet it keeps 'dancing' in my mind!

    • @mosogotam
      @mosogotam  8 лет назад +7

      Awwww....SURE it did!

    • @msech1816
      @msech1816 3 года назад +2

      @@mosogotam yea it did

    • @bbm8215
      @bbm8215 2 года назад +1

      @@mosogotam Sure DID!!! Sounds Sooooooooooooo Amazing!!

    • @Jauquinia-if7in
      @Jauquinia-if7in Год назад

      It really didn't need to be extended, true

  • @markherron1407
    @markherron1407 6 месяцев назад +2

    SHORTY LONG is Queen of Clubs ♣Happy Birthday to SHORTY LONG REST IN POWER Blessings and HUGS! 👑💜

  • @ritarichardson6222
    @ritarichardson6222 Год назад +2

    Sweet ✅ memories👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  • @theNomadz
    @theNomadz 12 лет назад +3

    Just heard the guy for the 1st time, due to his Complete Motown Masters release, sounds amazing. Thanks for the little history lessons

  • @mgsqueen
    @mgsqueen 11 лет назад +10

    I LOVE THIS!!!!! I had all but forgotten this song that I grew up loving. Then I found your re-mix and I am in love all over again!!! This brings back so many memories of growing up in Detroit with the Motown Sound. I attended the Motown Revues for many years and Mr.Shorty Long MC'd a couple while he was here. His untimely death on the Detroit River was tragic...but his music lives on! Thank You for this re-mix. I Love It!!!

  • @rodgergilbert2064
    @rodgergilbert2064 7 лет назад +60

    Motown's party song of all-time!!

    • @johngreenback1232
      @johngreenback1232 6 лет назад +2

      Rodger Gilbert

    • @ganymeade5151
      @ganymeade5151 4 года назад +4

      Used to play on the juke everyday in my HS cafeteria back in 67.

  • @jeanetteivy5229
    @jeanetteivy5229 2 года назад +5

    Memories of teen house parties. Colored lights. Red, blue and green in Los Angeles. Dance called the Philly dog!

    • @mahalkita7351
      @mahalkita7351 6 месяцев назад

      don't say the PHILLY DOG, please don't say the PHILLY DOG ,..😀😀😀

  • @simonholmes891
    @simonholmes891 6 лет назад +2

    Decades since i heard this, brought back some good memories and made me smile,God bless youtube.

  • @lindabrown2090
    @lindabrown2090 4 года назад +3

    Look at the Funk Brothers, they were the sound of Motown.🎹🎸🎺🎷🥁🎻🎹

  • @carolynntubman1461
    @carolynntubman1461 6 лет назад +52

    I can't believe young folks can't give this props - this is when music was music and danceable

    • @bretkindell6887
      @bretkindell6887 2 года назад +3

      true story ms tubman..so true !

    • @blastoff2022
      @blastoff2022 2 года назад +3

      You said it!

    • @cathygrisby408
      @cathygrisby408 2 года назад +1

      That's just it Ms Tubman they don't know what good music is much less know how to dance.

    • @michaelb8821
      @michaelb8821 Год назад

      Hey their loss

    • @jamiepo777
      @jamiepo777 Год назад +1

      Find comfort in knowing im 18 and I think this is a great song. Im a musician myself and I like to consider my music good but in order to make good music you must listen to good music

  • @carolynaskew9734
    @carolynaskew9734 7 лет назад +7

    this is one soulful song! piano is crazy...

    • @mosogotam
      @mosogotam  7 лет назад +2

      Yes....love that piano!!

  • @jeromeholly6783
    @jeromeholly6783 6 лет назад +4

    They use to play this at the Dome in the East Village in the early 70's. The dance floor would be packed. What a good time back then.

  • @phyllisharris2766
    @phyllisharris2766 4 года назад +4

    My first time ever hearing this song...thank u for sharing the pictures as well!

  • @sistervluv3556
    @sistervluv3556 4 года назад +2

    Don't know why this came up on my timeline but so glad that it did!

  • @fadetoblackalone
    @fadetoblackalone 4 года назад +4

    Remember the TEXAS HOP my mom taught it to me. It really works with this song!

  • @darnellwebb7609
    @darnellwebb7609 5 лет назад +6

    He he the Court's in session now here comes The judge mr. Shorty Long function at the junction Motown memories

  • @carrollbaxter2504
    @carrollbaxter2504 7 лет назад +13

    back in the day when that song came on everybody got up and danced but mainly to sing this song I'm 66 and still moving to this song lo LL. this song is timeless

  • @ramoncitoelbueno9631
    @ramoncitoelbueno9631 11 лет назад +9

    This re-mix does so much justice for Shorty! I like the fact i can boogie for a few extra minutes, thanks to your talent. Sound and presentation are spectacular! I love the organ and drum fade-out the most, so i'm going to replay the whole thing again.

  • @tammybrinklee2505
    @tammybrinklee2505 7 лет назад +17

    This is a very exciting song and areal toe tapping hand clapping sing along jam rest in peace shorty long n the pictures of the Motown crew is amazing great job

  • @PattyHinrichs
    @PattyHinrichs 10 лет назад +23

    OMG !!!! I still love this song...after all these years...

  • @a.b.s_productions
    @a.b.s_productions 8 лет назад +22

    Lord, I remember sneaking to listen to my dad's 45 to this song. I was about 11 and I was like this is perhaps the greatest music ever made. So sad that Shorty Long died so young.

  • @olliesdollies7832
    @olliesdollies7832 3 года назад +2

    Man, this was my JAMMM! Love that ole school rap sung, to music!

  • @ramoncitoelbueno9631
    @ramoncitoelbueno9631 8 лет назад +3

    And then today, i actually had time to see, witness, and experience again all those photos you collected to achieve the fine and final result. The music will always be great, but i think your personal vision will stand the test of time. It is your genius tribute to a long-forgotten time that needs to be remembered, now. Groove on mosogotam! And a huge hug from Denver, CO, Estats Units!

  • @anitawatkins954
    @anitawatkins954 5 лет назад +9

    10/13/2019 Function at Junction is still the jam.

  • @terranceevans521
    @terranceevans521 7 лет назад +39

    Another masterpiece! Your artistry is a gift.

    • @michaelwoodward9894
      @michaelwoodward9894 3 года назад +2

      I believe the art of funk started with this songs sounds

    • @cynthiar.5199
      @cynthiar.5199 2 года назад +1

      Masterpiece after Masterpiece

  • @mr.loudandwrong2647
    @mr.loudandwrong2647 8 лет назад +20

    I LOVE THIS MIX!!! More Junction for my function

  • @2004mojo
    @2004mojo 10 лет назад +6

    Does it get any better than this? Wow! Thanks for the memories.

  • @hygeia511
    @hygeia511 11 лет назад +6

    This song makes me think of my parents and family elders partying up back in the day.
    They've all gone on now. I miss them all.

  • @Sepulchre_Gate
    @Sepulchre_Gate 5 лет назад +4

    This is one of those classics that somehow escaped the play list of the White Boy Radio station i used to listen to as a kid . Glad it finally caught up to me .

  • @Cabque
    @Cabque 7 лет назад +35

    I have in my will to play Function At The Junction at my funeral.

    • @johnmcgovern6330
      @johnmcgovern6330 4 года назад +1

      Cabque by the time they read your will you will be 6 feet under,

    • @SagesseNoir
      @SagesseNoir 4 года назад

      And when you enter the pearly gates you may hear ole Shorty Long singing and playing "The Function at the Junction",will all the heavenly hosts dancing and boogying t the soulful soundss

    • @clarissacoby2653
      @clarissacoby2653 4 года назад +2

      I know that’s RIGHT!!!

  • @bigeman25
    @bigeman25 9 лет назад +21

    One of the most soulful songs ever , don't know how you did it but you made it better.
    Shorty Long would have liked this!

  • @donnameansyoucancallmelala1800
    @donnameansyoucancallmelala1800 Год назад +2

    I have not ever heard this song. I feel that I truly missed out on something great.
    Thank you for posting this video!

  • @Hadassah29
    @Hadassah29 4 дня назад +1

    I remember I was at teenpost upstairs dancing 🎶 to the beat , mind you the teen post was all over in the 60's 70's we always had somewhere to go 🎉here come my mama hollering bring my ass down from and was these dishes lol someone said somebody mama down stairs, lol , the iconic part is my mama threw parties every weekend in Compton Ca. Los Angeles, that's where I got it from, I just took it further, Hunted House, Cressey Park hop in Compton near Rosecrans, You remember the movie Strictly business with Halle Berry in it , that was me before the movie I knew what was shaking and moving, the jungles , oh how many remember the Heaven and Hell parties, I was there, some best all clubs I just kept going, 🎉🎉🎉

  • @MrManleyman3
    @MrManleyman3 9 лет назад +25

    I was in a mood to reminiscence after speaking to my older sister (cousin) who I grew up with. She now lives in Delaware since she retired 5 years ago. I remember a party she had in my aunt's basement / rec-room - Jamaica Queens, 1965 I was 13 Y.O. that was the first time I heard Function at the Junction and learned a dance called "the goose and the Gander".
    My big sister really knew how to dance: all the dances from the 60's 70's and 80's and she could Mambo (Latin we used to call it). just as good as the Latinos from the old neighborhood. Funny how a song and a phone call can trigger a memory. She also introduced me to my second wife in 1997 who I'm still married too.
    Love you Sarah Jane

  • @francesrush1342
    @francesrush1342 5 лет назад +2

    Classic Shorty Long! My Jam here! Played this one endlessly in my house growing up! A lot of parties to this one also! Much Love!

  • @bob4analog
    @bob4analog 5 лет назад +7

    Why can't soul be like this today.

  • @CC-ti3ry
    @CC-ti3ry 11 лет назад +29

    Dang I miss old Motown....what fantastic music came from Hitsville, USA-- music sucks today.

    • @bvwhite1858
      @bvwhite1858 10 лет назад +5

      Yep! That was The Funk Brothers!!! They are the music behind Motown.

    • @blackerthanblue
      @blackerthanblue 5 лет назад +3

      Sad to have to agree, today's music really does pale in comparison.

  • @clarkwashington6052
    @clarkwashington6052 2 года назад +2

    At this time Jitter Bugs, and Young Jr.. Flips. Use to meet up at. Ernie D's Campus Ballroom. And turn a floor show. Located on the coner of Fenkel and Petoskey. And it was on and popping. The new dance steps was seen in they true form. These are memory to me, of days gone bye.

  • @yolandarice1994
    @yolandarice1994 8 лет назад +3

    awww sheeeiiit!!!! philly dog was the dance when this came out!!!! l.a. was rocking!!!! this is still the cut !!!! let's jam my people!!!! GREAT times. :-)

    • @justme374
      @justme374 8 лет назад

      I remember the Phiilly dog, after school dances, at empire junior high

    • @elliekarol3202
      @elliekarol3202 3 года назад

      Sho U right shak'n head ☝& down!

  • @srercrcr
    @srercrcr 6 лет назад +3

    I never heard of Shorty Long in the SIXTIES. I guess radio stations couldn't keep up with the flood of Motown records. Smokey was writing hits in his sleep,..

  • @eyvonne-ln3zu
    @eyvonne-ln3zu 9 лет назад +1

    Good old and new Soul Food.can this video be found .brings back good old down home fun

  • @Honeycone28
    @Honeycone28 9 лет назад +39

    I love this song then and I love it now oh my goodness it is definitely one of those old school feet tapping finger snapping songs!

    • @ethelstevenslove2957
      @ethelstevenslove2957 9 лет назад +5

      Vertella James Tyson What a great classic........

    • @Honeycone28
      @Honeycone28 9 лет назад +1

      I Agree!

    • @DGsKattKatt
      @DGsKattKatt 8 лет назад +5

      Yes!! I'm 37 and I got it beating LOUDDDD in my car!!!! Oldies where today's music comes from!

  • @mignyettaramnani6947
    @mignyettaramnani6947 10 лет назад +6

    One of my favorites. Brings back memories of high school, LA HIGH.

    • @loveyouall66
      @loveyouall66 10 лет назад +1

      I REMEMBER THAT YOU COULD DANCE TO YOU DROPPED WHEN THIS SONG WAS ON THE TURNTABLE.

    • @ethelstevenslove2957
      @ethelstevenslove2957 9 лет назад +1

      Yes, I remember this song as well... Great classic!

    • @ericg.harpersr7081
      @ericg.harpersr7081 9 лет назад

      Mignyetta Ramnani You're a Roman?....I met a guy years ago that was probably there bout the same time you were. His name was Lem; not to good with last names.

  • @bruceedwards6505
    @bruceedwards6505 10 лет назад +5

    Back in day we use to party off this song

  • @robertgoodman1867
    @robertgoodman1867 6 лет назад +3

    IT''S ON!!!! This is how it's done...
    Made my day... (feels SO GOOD!)

  • @robertminkler4696
    @robertminkler4696 4 года назад +6

    Such a cool song. I could never hear it enough. Thanks for the great stretch.