i work at a nursing home and i have a resident there who was one of the dancers. he wanted me to show him this video, the pure happiness and euphoria on his face when he saw himself is something that will stay with me forever. if you have the opportunity to talk to your elders please do, they lived to and they will love to tell their story.
This is when men could wear stuff like that and not be labeled as gay. My boyfriend has a whole closet full of these clothes and platform shoes and he rocks it.
"The handkerchiefs were placed in your back pocket, essentially, and depending on the color, symbolized a sexual fetish or a position. ... If you wore your hanky in your left pocket, you were deemed as more submissive, or a 'bottom,' whereas the right pocket meant that you were a 'top' or more dominant."
Im Mexican and in the early 2000s wheni was 7 my family didn't have cable and a local channel used to play old tv shows and i used to always watch soul train and in highschool i used to go thrift shopping and i remember the joy when i use to find old pants from the 70s i used to rock them sadly i lost them but i still have this vest with the peace sign in the back all hipped out
I'm a white guy that went to an all white school. I watched Soul Train religiously to learn new dances and when I went to the high school dances after every football game people would stare at me, and some tried copying what I was doing. Thank you, Don Cornelius and Soul Train! Still love those funky tunes and dances. PS ... I wish funk would make a comeback.
realll funk is SO COOL! tbh its hard to find do u know any upbeat fun funk songs other than celebrate good times? Also I need Bootsy's outfits so bad theyre so glamorous
@@xx_d0ra3m0n_xx A few of my favorites are "Serpentine Fire" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Jungle Love" by The Time, and "Early in the Morning" by The Gap Band. Do a search for top funk songs of the 70's and you should find more.
It didn't matter. There was no silly comments from the peanut gallery about the funny clothes and moves. It was freedom. Real freedom. I miss my platform Pepsi sneakers.
@@d-man5991 SOUL TRAIN WAS THE SH.....T. MY MOTHER AND AUNT USED TO SEE IT. I'M SURE THEY ARE SEEING IT IN HEAVEN NOW. IT WAS FUN, TO BOTH OF THEM TRY TO DANCE LIKE THAT. GREW UP IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I LEARNED TO DANCE LIKE THE N - WORD. CAUSE THE BLACK GIRLS WOULD TEACH ME. WHEN MY WIFE AND I WENT TO A DISCO. HER , AND I WERE DANCING, SEVERAL AFRO AMERICANAS FRIENDS OF MINE FROM COLLEGE CAME TO THE DANCE FLOOR. THEY DANCE WITH ME AND MY WIFE. THE NEXT DAY AT COLLEGE MY SHIRLEY, SAID ART YOU DANCE LIKE A N - WORD. THAT'S WHERE I PICK THAT UP. I ASKED WHAT SHE MEANT BY THAT, SHE SAID IT WAS A COMPLEMENT. YES BROTHER THOSE WERE SOME BADASS DAYS. TAKE CARE BUDDY
BUT There were no judges and no judgement. It encouraged expression with no consequences. That's why it was great. No Simon Cowell or some bitch telling you you sucked. The people on the side are clapping and encouraging everything.
I use to watch Soul Train when I was a child. My cousins, sisters and I would make a "Soul Train Line Dance" and dance in our living room. We had sooo much fun! This video brought back soooo many good memories.
My dad was a traveling musician around this time and always told us he was on about 5 episodes of Soul Train. This was one of them. 00:49 on the right hand side was my dad. Miss him a lot. It’s good to come back here and see him in living color again. He’s probably dancing up in heaven now lol
Your dad was, AND IS, one cool dude!!! As a little white kid in small town U.S.A. he brought something to me very special. I'd dance and imagine I was him. God Bless you and your awesome dad!
@@shanewhitefeather6298 that brings such a smile to my face lol He’d love to dance with you ; he was a happy guy And after it was all over he’d probably say something like “ Say man that was alright!” You have a blessed day dude. Thanks for making me smile ☺️
I used to watch this with my uncle back when it was still playing on tv. I remembered this episode and watching this guy walk right out of his jacket like a boss!
I've just returned home from a '70s party and I put everything into my Soul Train dance. What I would have done to have been there for the real thing!!!!!
Last night I was an clinically depressed, alcoholic postal work contemplating a typical 'job separation' After watching this this morning, I'm a insanely happy CEO of a fortune 500 company who just sold his controlling interest to Elon Musk. Thank you, Soul Train for turning my life around.
* bet youre focusing on the women. Did you know men have had a 45+ weight gain compared to their original weights in the 50s? Peopel focus on women being fat but the men have gottten a lot more considerably fat and a mans body fat is supposed to be low. Yet look at all these fat/chubby guys> Tragic
Damn. Riz and class and style off the charts. These dudes had it going on. Every single one made looking like the coolest dude in the world seem effortless.
I was there and lived to tell the tales. Funk, New Wave, Punk and its permutations, Early Hip Hop, Trip Hop, House music and its many permutations. What a time to be alive. I was old enough to go to the clubs. You never stopped being amazed by the different scenes. It seemed endless
Someone just called their grandparents "lame" having no idea they were once on TV shredding the dance floor like they could never imagine, being cooler than they will ever be.
currently watching this as i’m going to a soul train themed party and getting inspo for my entrance, however, this brought me pure joy. to see our community with so much happiness & bright energy makes my day. sm love to you all, whoever reading this. we are beautiful.
All I can do is smile !! I can only imagine how fun this was in those days . I really wished I could have got to experience the soul train era. I love my people ! ❤️✊🏾
used to watch this every weekend at military school, can't remember if it was sun or sat mornings it came on, but never missed an episode. our adult barracks councilor Craig, who was black (very cool dude) turned me on to the show. and from there i got heavily into Disco, lived and breathed Disco up until 80. good times, good memories! ☮
I was a teenager in the 70's, westside Pomona,Ca, Pattytrack right next to SinTown. At the the house parties, instead of singing," Get down, get down, they would sing, SinTown get down! Poly double nit, Kakis and Levis (7 dollars a pair) platform shoes with horseshoe taps, waist length leather coats, bell bottom slacks (Fred Astairs if they had cuffs), croca-sak shoes from Zodys, God fathers, Ace-dueces, baseball caps turned back-wards and Derbys, all the hair you could grow on your muthafuckin head and you didn't have to worry about gett'in shot at a house party. I'm so glad I was a teenager at that time.
That's the damned truth. From coast to coast clubs, dances, house parties were all about fun. Dancing, slow-dragging ( I noticed no young people today even slow dance anymore-let alone have slow songs to dance to) dance offs....we danced long & hard. And everyone every Saturday watched Soul Train that afternoon ( after cleaning the house) so you could get the latest hairstyle, fashion sense, and dance moves for the party that evening. Glad to be a teenager back then.
I’m waiting for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice brought me here” and I’m okay with that! I remember my mom would play this when I was growing up, many re-runs. I’m glad to see younger people being exposed to an amazing era of American music and culture! ❤
How could anyone give this a thumbs down? You’re crazy. It’s beautiful to see people enjoying themselves and having a good time. I couldn’t keep from smiling and dancing when I saw this, and I’m talking about five mins ago.
Seriously groovy, love it. You can see how breakdancing came not long after this. There's already some uprocking going on and a few glimpses at some poppin' and lockin'. I was expecting someone to start spinning on the floor and then remembered it hadn't been invented at that point!
Tons of toprock for sure... that funky soul rythm really gets your body moving in some seriously creative ways, you can totally see the natural evolution in action
Paul Siamas Oh yeah you got it. Sky rocketing crime rates, inflation in the double digits, failing economy, heroin epidemic, inner cities smelled like open sewers, American morale in the toilet due to our failure in Vietnam, half the world enslaved by totalitarian communist regimes, three pathetic excuses for president:Nixon, Ford, and Carter. Don’t forget the toxic levels of pollution of all kinds. Yeah those 70s were great weren’t they?
Love this song! My dad used to play this song out. I was about 8 or 9 years old. Kool and The Gang sang this on the Old School cruise (May 2024) and the crowd went crazy! It’s one of those songs you want to get down, get down! 💜
I love how the girls are smiling appreciatively at dude dancing with those platforms. How in the world can anybody TWIRL in those shoes is beyond me. Incredible.
At the wedding of a young Italian couple a few years ago. They were introduced and came out dancing to this song. The crowd went wild. This song transcends generations and race.
Wow !! Brings back alot of fantastic memories from my childhood !! Takes me back to being 8yrs old !! Thank you soul train and all those fantastic music artist ! 💘
I was in elementary school when this song came out. I liked it so much, I bought the record. This would have been the song I would have loved most to do a line dance. Good times back then.
I use to watch this every Saturday morning, right after, American Bandstand. I always wanted to dance in the line. Life was so cool back then. I miss the shit out of it. I liked this song so much when it first hit the airwaves, that I went out and bought the record. Then I did my own dance moves in my bedroom 👍😁.
I can't really say it was good times for myself (as I was not born) but boy.. if I had a time machine, one of the places i'd go to is Soul Train Line for this dance. :D
The Seventies, baby! Nothing like it. The platform shoes, huge afros, flare-legged high-waisted pants, and my favorite incarnation of Kool & The Gang, before they had a lead singer, but were New York's own nominee for Funkiest Band on Earth.
H.G wells better come back pronto with that time machine.I need to ease through the 70's wormhole and illuminated halcyon memories of the past to attend this wonderful music scene.Thanks for the upload yours sincerely, Marty Mcfly.
used to buy my platforms at Flagg Brothers and Chess King clothing stores back in the 70''s. your flares had to cover the tops of your shoes... they were actually quite easy to dance in as I recall.
Best show of the 70's boogie down James Taylor & Company also one of my favorite's is Open Sesame & Tonight; RIP Don Cornelius you were the man thru-out the decade. I had my eyes glued to the T.V. every Saturday morning; me & my friend Raynelle. I knew most of the steps' & was almost as good as Demita-Joe; Ha ha. Hey!!!
I would do my chores and run to my friends house to watch Soul Train @ 1:00 on Saturday to learn new dance moves, it truly was a great time in the 70's
I'm a 80s baby and I loveee watching my parents dance and have parties. These were good days. Even having kids in this new error we let them embody what real soul is. They loveeeee it.
Back when young blacks could go somewhere and have fun and dance without worrying about someone fighting and shooting up the place over some stupid nonsense. Back when black women were so fine and natural and stayed in shape. Back when music was real, no calling women bitches and hoes, and praising material objects. Back when women respected themselves in public, no tattoos all over their bodies, and twerking for attention. This new generation sucks and it's very depressing that this era is never coming back. Thanks for the memories!
You have to keep in mind the older and wiser people back then must have looked down upon them as well with all their "boogieing" and "grooves". We look back now with nostalgia but in 30+ years from today's culture will be looked at the same way. Who knows in 2046 people will say back in 2015 maaaan those were the days, kids today are so wild with all they're naked parties and virtual reality lives.
MickyMicky Mike I mean I can't fault you for thinking that way. But you have to keep in mind things are always changing you can't tell me in the next 20 years the young people are gonna behave the same way as the young people now. I will admit black peoples morals have changed but whos to say it'll stay that way with the next generation. I'm staying optimistic about the future.
Try To Say Swedish Fish 5x Fast It's only going to get worse with the next generation. If you have a whole bunch of irresponsible dumb fucks raising the next generation then common sense will tell you that it's not good. I see young kids cursing their parents out and disrespecting adults, smoking cigarettes, and shooting guns.
MickyMicky Mike It could get worse or better. No one knows. And the world is a bigger place then just black people. Not saying all black people are bad though!
Try To Say Swedish Fish 5x Fast I'm just going by the facts not optimism. If you're raised by an idiot, more than likely you'll be an idiot too. And yes the world is big but I'm talking about blacks in America. I'm black so this concerns me.
I loved Rerun! And Rog and Shirl. This video is the best. It’s from the year I was born. My mother was a go-go dancer at one point in her life (college) and she always played the funkiest grooves and some of these moves remind me of her - back in the day when she would dance with my sister and me, when we little kids. Soul Train, Showtimes, and the Gong Show. Now I’m all ready-eyed!
YES! The clogs! The splits! The robot! The Boogie was really working overtime in this line! Oh man, to be a teenager once again. Are 'clog' shoes even made anymore?
The dancing is wild and captivating, the fashions match the attitude, the first guy down the gauntlet with the amazing black-platforms is watch-worthy as a demo showing that dancing in them while not easy is doable and for that time in which I was a part, off-the-hook!!! Thank you for posting this groove, it makes for a moment in time, a repeat of, pure all out fun and funkiness that deserves life!!!
I wish I were alive and old enough for this time period. It looks like sooooo much fun and just wholesome too, nothing overtly sexual or degrading! Compared to today smh.
💫✨ @milanicks2628 : It was def sumthin’ to look (💃🏽👀🕺🏽) forward to on Saturday and ev’bdy stopped playing or talking on the phone ☎️ or whatever when it came on! I used to sneak my big sister’s stacks (platform shoes that many of the ST 🚂💨 dancers are wearing) out of her closet, put ‘em on and wobble through the house tryna dance . . . Her shoes were suede, rust-colored w/ faux gold 🔸 buttons down the sides ; the introduction to the various musical 🎤 artists was an educational and rhythmic treat for me . . . Enjoyed your comment, btw!!! 💫✨
i work at a nursing home and i have a resident there who was one of the dancers. he wanted me to show him this video, the pure happiness and euphoria on his face when he saw himself is something that will stay with me forever. if you have the opportunity to talk to your elders please do, they lived to and they will love to tell their story.
Sure
Ohh wow great memories
That's so cool , bet you brought a smile on his face.
That’s awesome! Thank you for the reminder!
Time is a killer. I wish these folks lived forever.
The first guy's stacked shoes!!! Not only could he walk in them, but he was spinning in them!!
He looks like he about 6'5" wearing them shoes
This is when men could wear stuff like that and not be labeled as gay. My boyfriend has a whole closet full of these clothes and platform shoes and he rocks it.
Umm did you see the handkerchief in his back pocket? The guy actually WAS gay. Lol. The hanky in the back pocket was gay code back then.
@@roccoz2231 No Shiz. LMAO! Wow...I had no idea but I was born in 1983.
"The handkerchiefs were placed in your back pocket, essentially, and depending on the color, symbolized a sexual fetish or a position. ... If you wore your hanky in your left pocket, you were deemed as more submissive, or a 'bottom,' whereas the right pocket meant that you were a 'top' or more dominant."
1:45 That was hands down the smoothest jacket removal of all time.
@bserper....oh baby!👍
Jimins inspiration
@@parkkooklietjeonjimeo6214 I was thinking the same
Probably not
@@parkkooklietjeonjimeo6214 ??? what the fuck is jamim?
Im Mexican and in the early 2000s wheni was 7 my family didn't have cable and a local channel used to play old tv shows and i used to always watch soul train and in highschool i used to go thrift shopping and i remember the joy when i use to find old pants from the 70s i used to rock them sadly i lost them but i still have this vest with the peace sign in the back all hipped out
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Same. It was Saturday morning soul train reruns for me not cartoons.
I'm a white guy that went to an all white school. I watched Soul Train religiously to learn new dances and when I went to the high school dances after every football game people would stare at me, and some tried copying what I was doing. Thank you, Don Cornelius and Soul Train! Still love those funky tunes and dances.
PS ... I wish funk would make a comeback.
realll
funk is SO COOL! tbh its hard to find
do u know any upbeat fun funk songs other than celebrate good times?
Also I need Bootsy's outfits so bad theyre so glamorous
@@xx_d0ra3m0n_xx A few of my favorites are "Serpentine Fire" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Jungle Love" by The Time, and "Early in the Morning" by The Gap Band.
Do a search for top funk songs of the 70's and you should find more.
That moment when you realise no matter what you do you'll never be as cool as that cat rockin' the stacked shoes.
+sparky6899 hahahah your comment made my day
true
I want those shoes.
When people just enjoyed the music and had fun. No 'cop killing' lyrics and such.
It didn't matter. There was no silly comments from the peanut gallery about the funny clothes and moves. It was freedom. Real freedom. I miss my platform Pepsi sneakers.
There was NOTHING cooler than Soul Train.
ohsnapiam59 Except the other side of the pillow.
Uhm try again bucko. Have you heard of the 2004 hit movie, soul plane?
YOU ARE RIGHT ON, RIGHT ON. LOL
you know it man!! I miss those days..
@@d-man5991 SOUL TRAIN WAS THE SH.....T. MY MOTHER AND AUNT USED TO SEE IT. I'M SURE THEY ARE SEEING IT IN HEAVEN NOW. IT WAS FUN, TO BOTH OF THEM TRY TO DANCE LIKE THAT. GREW UP IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I LEARNED TO DANCE LIKE THE N - WORD. CAUSE THE BLACK GIRLS WOULD TEACH ME. WHEN MY WIFE AND I WENT TO A DISCO. HER , AND I WERE DANCING, SEVERAL AFRO AMERICANAS FRIENDS OF MINE FROM COLLEGE CAME TO THE DANCE FLOOR. THEY DANCE WITH ME AND MY WIFE. THE NEXT DAY AT COLLEGE MY SHIRLEY, SAID ART YOU DANCE LIKE A N - WORD. THAT'S WHERE I PICK THAT UP. I ASKED WHAT SHE MEANT BY THAT, SHE SAID IT WAS A COMPLEMENT. YES BROTHER THOSE WERE SOME BADASS DAYS. TAKE CARE BUDDY
This is a great example of confidence and self-expression. It always improves my mood.
BUT
There were no judges and no judgement. It encouraged expression with no consequences. That's why it was great.
No Simon Cowell or some bitch telling you you sucked. The people on the side are clapping and encouraging everything.
Totally agree. Better than a morning ride and this, every day.
This a way better version of soul train compared to the one ybn nhamir dropped
LMAOOOO
Yeah
wow youre right, yikes that song blows!
Let me check… least he got hit with that forever feeling from watching this and being inspired.. way better than sitting around commenting
I use to watch Soul Train when I was a child. My cousins, sisters and I would make a "Soul Train Line Dance" and dance in our living room. We had sooo much fun! This video brought back soooo many good memories.
My dad was a traveling musician around this time and always told us he was on about 5 episodes of Soul Train. This was one of them.
00:49 on the right hand side was my dad. Miss him a lot.
It’s good to come back here and see him in living color again.
He’s probably dancing up in heaven now lol
Awwww r.i.p to your dad... He is a Legend now... BE PROUD 💞
Bless him and you. Beautiful Legacy
God bless!
Your dad was, AND IS, one cool dude!!! As a little white kid in small town U.S.A. he brought something to me very special. I'd dance and imagine I was him. God Bless you and your awesome dad!
@@shanewhitefeather6298 that brings such a smile to my face lol
He’d love to dance with you ; he was a happy guy
And after it was all over he’d probably say something like “ Say man that was alright!”
You have a blessed day dude. Thanks for making me smile ☺️
I AINT EVER SEEN SOMEONE TAKE THEIR JACKET OFF WITH SO MUCH SWAGGER. JESUS.
Lord Bills HE TOOK THAT JACKET OFF SO SMOOTH
I used to watch this with my uncle back when it was still playing on tv. I remembered this episode and watching this guy walk right out of his jacket like a boss!
2:05 you mean like this?
@@Legittuber 1:45
That movement left me totally astounded!
Its like they are dancing on air. those slick floors and the platform shoes.. I love the clothes. I wish we can go back to the day with real dancing
yes, and they were truly professional dancers.
Yes MA'AM.
The music the clothes the way everyone danced everyone is beautiful the 70s were the greatest decade for life Nothing really compares
The 70’s and 80’s were the best decades!
The 80s was pretty special as well.
Wonder if the Russians say the same
@@msmc5379 it was.... unforgettable
be so fr it wasnt
I am from that generation
And loved to dance
I am 80 now and thank God I can walk 😅❤😅❤😅❤
Peace, sir
My people have soooo much Soul and comes so naturally.
Much love to the Brothers and Sisters. I love you.
I'm not black, but I love your people's soul too
luis alcala RIGHT ON!!
c'mon, white guys also know how to dance! Michael Jackson was a beast! ;D
I thank God for black people everyday.
I love when anyone enjoys music at this level. Letting it speak to their soul, pun intended lol. Can I be your sister too? 😭
I cry real TEARS watching these... such a beautiful and unique heritage we have. So proud to be who I am ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Now you're tatted up baby mama's and gangstas. Shame
@@wileecoyote5749 dawg what 💀
I'm from a place near Liverpool and the clip even makes ME proud, to be part of the same species 🙂
Proud to be black - everyone applaudes
Proud to be white - you're a racist
@@user-oo8xp2rf1k no you're not
I've just returned home from a '70s party and I put everything into my Soul Train dance. What I would have done to have been there for the real thing!!!!!
I want to create my Soul train night session one day !!
This made my life better in 1973! Every Saturday...my mom and me doing The Bump💃! Good times!
I cannot wipe the smile of my face when I watch these beautiful, stylish, talented, happy people. Pure joy ❤
If your depressed... Soul train dance line...works every time.
yea definitely, stream Soul Train if u depressed
The impact that the fine arts (music, dance, theatre, etc) has against depression is one that is very powerful!
Last night I was an clinically depressed, alcoholic postal work contemplating a typical 'job separation'
After watching this this morning, I'm a insanely happy CEO of a fortune 500 company who just sold his controlling interest to Elon Musk.
Thank you, Soul Train for turning my life around.
We took Soul Train for granted that’s for sure.
You’re right. This morning I woke up depressed, and watched this…my mood has definitely improved
That settles it, I will never be as funky fresh as anyone in this video. More swag in 2 minutes than I can hope to produce over an entire lifetime.
These kids helped teach America how to dance.
If you totally disregard the big ban era.
Us white kids looked up to the black kids!They taught us!
@@johnnyangel9163 How old are you sir ?
@@nancym3041 I'm 62.
@@johnnyangel9163 no they dont
This show was so iconic! The hair, the fashion, the dancing, the music… Everything was amazing. They need to do a revival with Snoop as the MC.
Idk why, I just really appreciate stuff like this. These folks could really move..🕺🏾
This was before the HIGH FRUTOSE CORN SYRUP era! TRUTH
* bet youre focusing on the women. Did you know men have had a 45+ weight gain compared to their original weights in the 50s? Peopel focus on women being fat but the men have gottten a lot more considerably fat and a mans body fat is supposed to be low. Yet look at all these fat/chubby guys> Tragic
almost everyone was just beautiful, happy and healthy!
You assumed they were making a comment about women, with no basis, then proceeded to preach on their comment. Tragic.
No kidding!!!!
PpsyP that’s right
Tik tok "dancers" ankles would snap trying to pull these moves off
Kino lmfaooo
Faxxxx
Right. They don’t even deserve to even be called dancers 😆
💀💀💀
😂😂😂😂
An era of the youth having talent, style, personality and FUN! Glad I grew up with all of this!
First thing I notice watching all these old videos is how slim people were. And grooving.
Damn. Riz and class and style off the charts. These dudes had it going on. Every single one made looking like the coolest dude in the world seem effortless.
God the 70 and 80s fashion was everything..I wish I was a teenager back then in those days just for one night.
I was there and lived to tell the tales. Funk, New Wave, Punk and its permutations, Early Hip Hop, Trip Hop, House music and its many permutations. What a time to be alive. I was old enough to go to the clubs. You never stopped being amazed by the different scenes. It seemed endless
that first dude's shoes!
Those platform shoes were epic. I have no idea how he could move like that in them….Id break my neck LOL
Lol!!! My uncle Scootie used to wear shoes like that back in the day but even his werent THAT tall! LOL!!!
Look at everyone is looking at him and the shoes LOL !!!! Now truth be told I had a pair almost that tall !!!!! Loved em !!!!
Someone just called their grandparents "lame" having no idea they were once on TV shredding the dance floor like they could never imagine, being cooler than they will ever be.
currently watching this as i’m going to a soul train themed party and getting inspo for my entrance, however, this brought me pure joy. to see our community with so much happiness & bright energy makes my day. sm love to you all, whoever reading this. we are beautiful.
I wish that they would bring this style of music shows back on air. It made it really fun to see the new cool music stars.
When people had class...
They would ditch class to go do something they were passionate about
He means swag
Absolutely lost today.
When people did crack..... nah I’m playing lol
Dabby McDabbington Crack wasn’t until the 80s.....
All I can do is smile !! I can only imagine how fun this was in those days . I really wished I could have got to experience the soul train era. I love my people ! ❤️✊🏾
Better than every episode of every reality TV show, ever.
I wouldn’t go that far but yea lol
Agree 1000% percent
used to watch this every weekend at military school, can't remember if it was sun or sat mornings it came on, but never missed an episode. our adult barracks councilor Craig, who was black (very cool dude) turned me on to the show. and from there i got heavily into Disco, lived and breathed Disco up until 80. good times, good memories! ☮
Warms my soul to see our elders out there happy and healthy having a good time. We are so unique and unequal.
I was a teenager in the 70's, westside Pomona,Ca, Pattytrack right next to SinTown. At the the house parties, instead of singing," Get down, get down, they would sing, SinTown get down! Poly double nit, Kakis and Levis (7 dollars a pair) platform shoes with horseshoe taps, waist length leather coats, bell bottom slacks (Fred Astairs if they had cuffs), croca-sak shoes from Zodys, God fathers, Ace-dueces, baseball caps turned back-wards and Derbys, all the hair you could grow on your muthafuckin head and you didn't have to worry about gett'in shot at a house party. I'm so glad I was a teenager at that time.
That's the damned truth.
From coast to coast clubs, dances, house parties were all about fun. Dancing, slow-dragging ( I noticed no young people today even slow dance anymore-let alone have slow songs to dance to) dance offs....we danced long & hard.
And everyone every Saturday watched Soul Train that afternoon ( after cleaning the house) so you could get the latest hairstyle, fashion sense, and dance moves for the party that evening. Glad to be a teenager back then.
So jealous of yall!!! It’s hard to be young these days... it’s near impossible to find anyone with decency or good taste!!! Sigh.
That means you're in your 80s now. Damn
@@wileecoyote5749 Naw' almost 65
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE! GOD BLESS THE 70'S 80'S AND 90'S!
Saturday mornings were all 'bout Soul Train !!!!
YES!
Hello 👋
How are you doing ?
@@happydad7567 Not sure if you were talking to me, but I'm fine Happy Dad! Hope you are too :)
I prefer this soul train
Lol
Would that make you happyyyyyyy
@@peeledrat3568 ?
Ybn Nahmir ? 💀
which is the other?
It’s so cool they had a show for people to dance in! This needs to be back on TV or streaming, we need more people dancing!
I’ve now watched this 8 times back to back and still can’t get the smile of my face... cool beyond words!
I was born in 1981 before the technology era but man how I wished I could have been a teenager or young adult in the 70's ... so much soul
I truly love our peoples creativity and how it has evolved over the years. Keep it nappy yall.
I’m waiting for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice brought me here” and I’m okay with that! I remember my mom would play this when I was growing up, many re-runs. I’m glad to see younger people being exposed to an amazing era of American music and culture! ❤
How could anyone give this a thumbs down? You’re crazy. It’s beautiful to see people enjoying themselves and having a good time. I couldn’t keep from smiling and dancing when I saw this, and I’m talking about five mins ago.
Seriously groovy, love it. You can see how breakdancing came not long after this. There's already some uprocking going on and a few glimpses at some poppin' and lockin'. I was expecting someone to start spinning on the floor and then remembered it hadn't been invented at that point!
Tons of toprock for sure... that funky soul rythm really gets your body moving in some seriously creative ways, you can totally see the natural evolution in action
Spinning on the floor and even on the head was already invented decades prior, it just wasn't a popular dance move yet.
Those were the best off times , everyone was happy and enjoyed life to the fullest
Paul Siamas Oh yeah you got it. Sky rocketing crime rates, inflation in the double digits, failing economy, heroin epidemic, inner cities smelled like open sewers, American morale in the toilet due to our failure in Vietnam, half the world enslaved by totalitarian communist regimes, three pathetic excuses for president:Nixon, Ford, and Carter. Don’t forget the toxic levels of pollution of all kinds. Yeah those 70s were great weren’t they?
except Vietnam
@@JohnSmith-mk3hj lol right you are and a tad sarcastic!
@@JohnSmith-mk3hj And still they enjoyed themselves more than all the depressed spoiled kids these days lol.
Overdose of class, style and elegance.
Look at these people, they are just amazing !
That was the time people prodly grooved down the lane and showed off their afro-hairstyle !! Fantastic !!
Love this song! My dad used to play this song out. I was about 8 or 9 years old. Kool and The Gang sang this on the Old School cruise (May 2024) and the crowd went crazy! It’s one of those songs you want to get down, get down! 💜
I love how the girls are smiling appreciatively at dude dancing with those platforms. How in the world can anybody TWIRL in those shoes is beyond me. Incredible.
At the wedding of a young Italian couple a few years ago. They were introduced and came out dancing to this song. The crowd went wild. This song transcends generations and race.
I just love that there is no set way to dance it’s just going with it and working on it until it becomes it’s own thing.
I really could watch this all day. The elegance, the dancing, the vibrant colours and creativity is through the roof. Amazing.
Damn those were fun times. We partied hard, and we were all happy!
Wow !! Brings back alot of fantastic memories from my childhood !! Takes me back to being 8yrs old !! Thank you soul train and all those fantastic music artist ! 💘
Hello Lisa, How are you doing?
I was in elementary school when this song came out. I liked it so much, I bought the record. This would have been the song I would have loved most to do a line dance. Good times back then.
I never missed a show when I was a kid. Loved it!
This one program I never missed on television in the 70s
Whew Chile. I remember learning the Soul Train dances when I was young. Looked forward to watching Soul Train on Saturday.
No one gets down better than the soul train dancers!
Absolutely, even by "simple" clapping across the railway tracks these dancers have more grace than me in a wedding vals
This helps beat the blues. I love it. Please bring it back!!!
Soul Train was truly something beautiful to witness.
Always enjoy looking back at the clothes and the dances. Way better than most of today's sad efforts.
I remember Saturday watching with my brother and my dad. I love soul train. When tv was still amazing 😊💯
When tv was black and white
WHEN TV HAD SWAG.......GREAT MUSIC AND PEOPLE JUST HAVING GREAT FUN.... DAMN....BRING THAT BEAT BACK......
I use to watch this every Saturday morning, right after, American Bandstand. I always wanted to dance in the line. Life was so cool back then. I miss the shit out of it. I liked this song so much when it first hit the airwaves, that I went out and bought the record. Then I did my own dance moves in my bedroom 👍😁.
Hello Laure, How are you doing?
I can't really say it was good times for myself (as I was not born) but boy.. if I had a time machine, one of the places i'd go to is Soul Train Line for this dance. :D
The Seventies, baby! Nothing like it. The platform shoes, huge afros, flare-legged high-waisted pants, and my favorite incarnation of Kool & The Gang, before they had a lead singer, but were New York's own nominee for Funkiest Band on Earth.
Watched the show every week!!! Loved it very much
H.G wells better come back pronto with that time machine.I need to ease through the 70's wormhole and illuminated halcyon memories of the past to attend this wonderful music scene.Thanks for the upload yours sincerely, Marty Mcfly.
big fros and big shoes!!!!
Big 70s
used to buy my platforms at Flagg Brothers and Chess King clothing stores back in the 70''s. your flares had to cover the tops of your shoes... they were actually quite easy to dance in as I recall.
I LIKKE THESE SONG SO MUCH, REMIND ME, THANK YOU!!!
Suddenly, I want platform shoes, bell-bottom jeans, a butterfly-collar, and some good music. Take me back!!
This is every bit of knowledge you need to know about the 70s and how it was everywhere!
Best show of the 70's boogie down James Taylor & Company also one of my favorite's is Open Sesame & Tonight; RIP Don Cornelius you were the man thru-out the decade. I had my eyes glued to the T.V. every Saturday morning; me & my friend Raynelle. I knew most of the steps' & was almost as good as Demita-Joe; Ha ha. Hey!!!
So, am I the only one bopping my head like fool watching this?
Hell nah most certainly not
I used to watch it all the time back in the day
Say you not a fool you just caught a slight case of the fink baby . Yeaaa *bootsy Collins voice
“Till ya feel it, y’all!”
I would do my chores and run to my friends house to watch Soul Train @ 1:00 on Saturday to learn new dance moves, it truly was a great time in the 70's
Hello Linda, How are you doing?
I'm a 80s baby and I loveee watching my parents dance and have parties. These were good days. Even having kids in this new error we let them embody what real soul is. They loveeeee it.
Back when young blacks could go somewhere and have fun and dance without worrying about someone fighting and shooting up the place over some stupid nonsense. Back when black women were so fine and natural and stayed in shape. Back when music was real, no calling women bitches and hoes, and praising material objects. Back when women respected themselves in public, no tattoos all over their bodies, and twerking for attention. This new generation sucks and it's very depressing that this era is never coming back. Thanks for the memories!
You have to keep in mind the older and wiser people back then must have looked down upon them as well with all their "boogieing" and "grooves". We look back now with nostalgia but in 30+ years from today's culture will be looked at the same way. Who knows in 2046 people will say back in 2015 maaaan those were the days, kids today are so wild with all they're naked parties and virtual reality lives.
MickyMicky Mike I mean I can't fault you for thinking that way. But you have to keep in mind things are always changing you can't tell me in the next 20 years the young people are gonna behave the same way as the young people now. I will admit black peoples morals have changed but whos to say it'll stay that way with the next generation. I'm staying optimistic about the future.
Try To Say Swedish Fish 5x Fast It's only going to get worse with the next generation. If you have a whole bunch of irresponsible dumb fucks raising the next generation then common sense will tell you that it's not good. I see young kids cursing their parents out and disrespecting adults, smoking cigarettes, and shooting guns.
MickyMicky Mike It could get worse or better. No one knows. And the world is a bigger place then just black people. Not saying all black people are bad though!
Try To Say Swedish Fish 5x Fast I'm just going by the facts not optimism. If you're raised by an idiot, more than likely you'll be an idiot too. And yes the world is big but I'm talking about blacks in America. I'm black so this concerns me.
Big man dancin' at 0:55! You Go!
That looks a lot like Fred "Rerun" Berry. He was on Soul Train a lot as a member of The Lockers (as "Mr. Penguin") before going on to What's Happening
I loved Rerun! And Rog and Shirl.
This video is the best. It’s from the year I was born.
My mother was a go-go dancer at one point in her life (college) and she always played the funkiest grooves and some of these moves remind me of her - back in the day when she would dance with my sister and me, when we little kids. Soul Train, Showtimes, and the Gong Show. Now I’m all ready-eyed!
Before GMO's and Corn Syrup Cola. These people looked great! Look at their energy.
You forgot to add all of the f'ing government free cheese during the 80's
it's called drugs.
God, I wish I was there! I was a 7 year old kid from the burbs, and watching puzzled, and now, if I could go back, I'd be glued to the set!
no dance floor in the world could ever compare with them .. they had grooves and moves that most people can only dream about
YES! The clogs! The splits! The robot! The Boogie was really working overtime in this line! Oh man, to be a teenager once again. Are 'clog' shoes even made anymore?
Check out the brother. 39 doing what we called the washing machine
Pure energy, celebration, pure heart and SOUL!
The dancing is wild and captivating, the fashions match the attitude, the first guy down the gauntlet with the amazing black-platforms is watch-worthy as a demo showing that dancing in them while not easy is doable and for that time in which I was a part, off-the-hook!!! Thank you for posting this groove, it makes for a moment in time, a repeat of, pure all out fun and funkiness that deserves life!!!
I wish I were alive and old enough for this time period. It looks like sooooo much fun and just wholesome too, nothing overtly sexual or degrading! Compared to today smh.
💫✨ @milanicks2628 : It was def sumthin’ to look (💃🏽👀🕺🏽) forward to on Saturday and ev’bdy stopped playing or talking on the phone ☎️ or whatever when it came on! I used to sneak my big sister’s stacks (platform shoes that many of the ST 🚂💨 dancers are wearing) out of her closet, put ‘em on and wobble through the house tryna dance . . . Her shoes were suede, rust-colored w/ faux gold 🔸 buttons down the sides ; the introduction to the various musical 🎤 artists was an educational and rhythmic treat for me . . . Enjoyed your comment, btw!!! 💫✨
These people LIVED! Bless them wherever they are now ❤
I miss wearing my platforms and bell bottoms. Still got the tunes too.
If i gave u all my love 😩😩
Would that make you happeyyyyyyyyy
Soul train has taught the world how to dance.
Our people back then was fully in shape back then compare to now.. Love this amazing
Thanks for the morning boogie Soul Train… I loved your show 🎈
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