DAMN straight. I saw this in small town New Zealand on the night after Oscars night and it blew my little 10-yr-old mind!!!! And now, of course, the ''glory holes'' visual gag as he makes his way to the main area of the stage makes it even more cutting edge LOL. Still an incredible tune, and the handclaps and discomix style version here make this a unique wonder. RIGHT ON, Chef!
Like so many here I saw it live on the Oscars as a 17 year old white kid from Brooklyn, and as 7927jackpark said, "this is still one of the greatest performances ever seen on the Academy Awards," especially for that era. The Oscars were definitely controlled by conservatives in Hollywood back then, people who made their names in the '30s, '40s and '50s and the show was a couple of years removed from the '60s civil rights and war protests. The dancers in provocative costumes must have jolted the live audience with the beat of "Shaft" but to see Isaac Hayes come out with a gold chain "shirt" and sunglasses... I can only imagine the looks on some of the old-timers' faces. It wasn't "The Sound of Music." I always remember the smoke at the end, and he's gone. I agree with Sammy Davis Jr.'s reaction. My only 2020 quibble is that there were too many white, blondish dancers. Should have been more black and brown dancers with a few token whites along for the ride. And yes, who was the choreographer?
For this being in 1971, this masterpiece was arguably one of (if not) the BEST Academy Award performances in history. Isaac Hayes was absolutely ahead of his time; blending soul, funk, and pre-disco. Everything about this truly exemplifies how amazing this really was.
@11dsw Issac Hayes music, especially this song, was NOT ever considered to be disco! Nor was disco in his mind when he wrote he composed every section. This was and is funk (with classical instruments).
@@tiwantiwaabibiman2603 of course, it wasn't in his mind… It didn't even have a proper name yet. It is existed though. Because here it is… Massive influence on the disco era. Massive. No denial. Sorry man… This is not Funk. Funk elements?...okay. Way too structured. The production alone, not funk... 16th note, hi hat cymbal … No Funk song would ever be this clean and smooth. String section and all of that in Funk?...NO WAY...Funk is raggedy and dirty. Come on dude. In the DJ world this music is a genre called (Old)Dirty Disco. Disco that didn't know it was disco. Don't be offended. Disco was awesome the first five years. It's a good thing. Yes, it's R&B. yes, it Soul. ..and yes, it's disco 😀💕 George Clinton of parliament/funkadelic (that's Funk, btw) said Disco was Funk with a bowtie. That is this song. Psychedelic Soul > Cinematic Soul > Disco...... Pursuit of the Pimpmobile even more disco-ey.
I will never forget as a kid watching Isaac Hayes perform this at the Oscars in 1971. He won the Oscar for Best Song, accepting it wearing a superfly tuxedo (the first black artist to win that category). I’d never seen anyone like him and for a nine year old white kid in little Potosi, Wisconsin it was like seeing someone from another planet. I’m sure my parents were shocked by him. And the song is one of the coolest tracks in music history. What a genius he was.
Isaac Hayes had performed this on another award show that Johnny Carson was hosting. After Isaac's performance Johnny quipped, "Isaac's wardrobe is courtesy of Ace Hardware."
This video is a treasure. I saw this live when it was first performed and even I realized it was something really special. IIRC this was THE first time that a "Best Song" performance was a fully-staged production number rather than a "singer with microphone." I still love the amusing/amazing 70s color scheme and vibe, Sammy Davis Jr.'s ecstatic reaction, and the undeniable fact that this song is and will always be a sleek, sexy, funky classic that will stand the test of time.
You're absolutely right and I certainly envy you for having seen this live but it looks as if, Sammy Davis' ecstatic reaction notwithstanding, the live audience was not particularly enthusiastic right after Hayes was done with his performance.
IMHO this has to be included in the list of all-time greatest Academy Awards Show performances. The soundtrack is in a league all to itself, the choreography was as innovative as it could get for early 70's, Isaac Hayes in gold chains and Sammy Davis Jr jumping up and down like a kid coming down the stairs at Christmas... all during a live performance... an absolute classic never to be equaled.
I think I'm just as blown away by how cool this is (& I also was around when this was first out) as Sammy Davis Jr. is. It has never stopped being the coolest thing.
I was a freshman in college watching this on the 1 black and white TV in the dorm and was blown away by the performance. It’s still a classic. Can you dig it ?
@@timothyball7502 Nobody ever called TV's Black, White and Gray. They were simply B&W (Black and White). Timothy, you must be a millennial with all the answers. 😄
I was barely 12 yo when I watched this performance on television, I was awestrucked by the music and the dancing and the theatrics of it all. I didn't realize at the time that I was witnessing the birth of Disco.
Oh. God..i was so young..😭TIME PASSES so quick..⌛️ My life was easy free Nice..i was happy.. Merci 👏 for this vidéo 📹..Lots of good souvenirs. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
i remember my dad telling me a story of when his twin brother was in band during high school. they worked for MONTHS on their performance, but one school played the theme from shaft and blew the judges away. imagine that feeling, knowing you already lost before the judges have even made a decision.
I cannot believe this was 48 yrs ago--the originality! I watched the movie last night and played the opening twice with a huge smile on my face! Surprised to see the Bar Kays part of his "rhythm" for the music too! This song is timeless!
If you saw this epochal performance when it was originally broadcast you remember exactly where you were, who you were with, and the feeling of true awe and shock at that moment.
this performance was wayyyyyy ahead of its time!! wth yo. looks like somethingg youd see on t.v today. gav eme chills not gone lie. came here cauuse my grandmother was listining to shaft wile picking me up from work.
I was entranced by Issac Hayes with this theme - I was 4 in 1971 - but so many years later, even with Hayes passing, he's still the essence of bad-ass here and the essence of smoothness to me always.
Thank you Issac for the song🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️🖤💚✊🏾❤️🖤💚you made it for the original Shaft Mr Richard Roundtree aka my homeboy from NNNEEEWWW YYYOOORRRKKK specifically New Rochelle, New York 😘🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 bless both of y'all's souls🙏🏽😘
Changing of the guard, grandparents had no clue but grandkids were all over that from the ghettos to the citadels. "Legit" sound now ... but always was
Isaac Hayes was a scientologist till his death, but did not broad cast that, his music was so well received that people like him for his flair and great singing ability. What a act of high value.
Un músico histórico, un gran compositor, una historia, un hombre memorable, un hombre un personaje Isaac Hayes, Shaft un personaje admirable, que siempre se escuchará
As many have stated, I watched this on the Oscar telecast that year & was blown away. I was overjoyed that Isaac Hayes actually won the Oscar for this song that year. It's probably one of the few "Best Song" performances that I remember after more than 5 decades of watching that particular awards show. Bless you Isaac!
My (much older) sister had forgotten to take her copy of the Shaft soundtrack album back to college with her. At the same time my 6 year-old self was itching to play something other than my limited array of 45s. The cover shot with the pistol cloud caught my eye, but that was nuthin’ compared to the 4-and-a-half minutes of mind-blowing beyond-imagination sonic freebase that was as mesmerizing as it was addicting. That theme played in my head constantly - right up to the moment when (true story folks), i was sitting between my parents, staring at the explosion of orange and yellow on the seat back in front of me on an Air Jamaica DC-8 at JFK in February 1973 when, you guessed it, the Theme from Shaft started playing over the Muzak during the boarding process. Such an odd choice of background music, but it sure livened the pre-departure routine a bit. By that point I had gotten into the habit of letting out a well-practiced and in-tune “Shaft!” chirp - my contribution to the backing vocal. Until now I was usually in the privacy of my own room for these little musical outbursts, but that day I somehow lacked situational awareness and at the appropriate moment let loose a full-throated and completely out of the blue “SHAFT!” , which I realize must have sounded like some form of musical Tourette’s syndrome. Startled the hell out of my parents: Dad - “JESUS CHRI…” Mom - “Charles!” Dad - “What the hell was that”? Me - (shrugs and tries not to make eye contact) Mom - “Well, whatever that was, at least he didn’t say (in an exaggerated whisper) ‘the mother f-word’”. Always a lady, that Geraldine.
@@Pupsweet Your dad was a genius. When Isaac performed bare chested with thick gold chains on the Jack Benny First Farewell show in 1973 I was blown away
@@Pupsweet then your dad was brilliant, that is the most amazing design in the history of TV musical performance, made even more amazing by how it was the first time the Oscars staged numbers. i wonder how he worked with the choreographer, where the ideas came from . . . from all directions, probably. The silver tube with body parts greeting Hayes is right out of Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast.
Watched this live in 1971 with my mom, aunt, and grandmother. I was 12. We were amazed. Never saw the movie. This was the beginning of "disco" IMO. We were getting away from the "hippy" hard rock and into a big change in music...again. Over the next 5 years we saw country rock, soft rock and disco take hold. Even the beginnings of punk and "new wave" that would dominate the early 80's.
The performance at the Oscars was so EPIC for me as a twelve-year-old and I'm always bummed that that performance cant be found online anywhere! The intro with the drummer was so awe-inspiring to me as a kid... This isn't bad though, but I really just want to relive seeing it like it was the first time I saw it.
His greatest performance of this song was not at the academy awards but the historic Los Angeles Coliseum in front of tens of thousands of Black folks in 1972.
We all watched this when the Academy Awards were on that night and were glued to the TV set. He looked like a god when he came out and performed. One of the greatest things I have ever seen.
I remember seeing this when it aired. What gets lost in the reminiscing is that this was before Black performers were allowed to be showcased this way at the Academy Awards. The fact that he was even allowed to perform was huge. The fact that nobody had ever seen anything quite like THIS, took it it to a whole ‘nother level.
a few years ago they bitched they didn't have 'black moments' at Oscars, and I pictured Issac sitting somewhere in his living room saying 'bitch please'
More like they pointed out that, although the movie-going public had a large non-white segment, the Oscars were skewed waaaaaay over to the white end of the spectrum. I pictured Isaac Hayes agreeing with that assessment.
One of my top 3 movie soundtracks of all time to one of my 2 number one movies of all time! Shaft is tied with The Shawshank Redemption as my top 2 films of all time! This is an absolute masterpiece by my main man Issac Hayes! R I P. Issac. You were & still are one of the greatest musical artists of all time!
This is my favorite production number ever! So exciting every time I watch it! Followed by Toni Braxton "Unbreak My Heart" on Billboard Music Awards (1997) and Ricky Martin "Cup of Life" on Grammy Awards (1999).
I can bet the audience's reaction to this was just like the Ricky Martin Grammies performance: "What the hell did I just see...and could I please see it again?!"
Almost 50 years later, this is still one of the greatest performances ever seen on the Academy Awards.
Damn right.
@@MrLoaded2012 A bad mother...............
DAMN straight. I saw this in small town New Zealand on the night after Oscars night and it blew my little 10-yr-old mind!!!! And now, of course, the ''glory holes'' visual gag as he makes his way to the main area of the stage makes it even more cutting edge LOL. Still an incredible tune, and the handclaps and discomix style version here make this a unique wonder. RIGHT ON, Chef!
Like so many here I saw it live on the Oscars as a 17 year old white kid from Brooklyn, and as 7927jackpark said, "this is still one of the greatest performances ever seen on the Academy Awards," especially for that era. The Oscars were definitely controlled by conservatives in Hollywood back then, people who made their names in the '30s, '40s and '50s and the show was a couple of years removed from the '60s civil rights and war protests. The dancers in provocative costumes must have jolted the live audience with the beat of "Shaft" but to see Isaac Hayes come out with a gold chain "shirt" and sunglasses... I can only imagine the looks on some of the old-timers' faces. It wasn't "The Sound of Music." I always remember the smoke at the end, and he's gone. I agree with Sammy Davis Jr.'s reaction. My only 2020 quibble is that there were too many white, blondish dancers. Should have been more black and brown dancers with a few token whites along for the ride. And yes, who was the choreographer?
Frozen in time, right?
For this being in 1971, this masterpiece was arguably one of (if not) the BEST Academy Award performances in history. Isaac Hayes was absolutely ahead of his time; blending soul, funk, and pre-disco. Everything about this truly exemplifies how amazing this really was.
Great comment...I was just thinking... this is arguably Discos fantastical grand entrance ...😀🪩💕
@11dsw Absolutely, still too many urugu dancers tho.
@11dsw Issac Hayes music, especially this song, was NOT ever considered to be disco! Nor was disco in his mind when he wrote he composed every section. This was and is funk (with classical instruments).
@@tiwantiwaabibiman2603 of course, it wasn't in his mind… It didn't even have a proper name yet. It is existed though. Because here it is… Massive influence on the disco era. Massive. No denial. Sorry man… This is not Funk. Funk elements?...okay. Way too structured. The production alone, not funk... 16th note, hi hat cymbal … No Funk song would ever be this clean and smooth. String section and all of that in Funk?...NO WAY...Funk is raggedy and dirty. Come on dude. In the DJ world this music is a genre called (Old)Dirty Disco. Disco that didn't know it was disco. Don't be offended. Disco was awesome the first five years. It's a good thing. Yes, it's R&B. yes, it Soul. ..and yes, it's disco 😀💕 George Clinton of parliament/funkadelic (that's Funk, btw) said Disco was Funk with a bowtie. That is this song.
Psychedelic Soul > Cinematic Soul > Disco......
Pursuit of the Pimpmobile even more disco-ey.
You know you're implying that modern music is much better.
R.I.P Issac Hayes and Richard Roundtree to two legends who made the movie score and the movie Shaft a master piece that will never be forgotten.❤❤❤
I will never forget as a kid watching Isaac Hayes perform this at the Oscars in 1971. He won the Oscar for Best Song, accepting it wearing a superfly tuxedo (the first black artist to win that category). I’d never seen anyone like him and for a nine year old white kid in little Potosi, Wisconsin it was like seeing someone from another planet. I’m sure my parents were shocked by him. And the song is one of the coolest tracks in music history. What a genius he was.
Same.
In deed....
Same here. Those gold chains and the dancers sticking their arms, heads, and legs out while he came through that corridor. So cutting edge .
same with me
Great piece of music
I still remember seeing this on TV back in 1971. I damn near 70 year old. I can't believe it.
I was 11 but remember my parents watching it and they bought the single. Good days.
4 minutes and 22 seconds of Ultra Cool, ROARING from the '70s!!!
Isaac Hayes had performed this on another award show that Johnny Carson was hosting. After Isaac's performance Johnny quipped, "Isaac's wardrobe is courtesy of Ace Hardware."
One of all time best movie theme’s. ⭐️
“Rest In Peace”
Isaac. 🙏🏻
Superfly
Themes, not "theme's"
"Right on!" for the one&only 'BLACK MOSES'☻😎
One of the most memorable and innovative performances ever seen on the Oscars! 51 years ago! Thanks for posting this!
One of those songs that one hears and it goes straight to the root of your soul and cries out, "This is Great Music!" A masterpiece. RIP Isaac Hayes.
This song has the longest intro of any #1 song in the history of Billboard (two minutes, thirty seconds).
Hayes was the king of long intro's. Check out "You've Lost That Loving Feeling," among others.
And it's a badass intro.
@@cyndianderson7056 Yes it is. We used to use it in modern dance class in 1972, I think. It made doing plies and moving across the floor so exciting!
Long enough for me to get my biness in before he speaks. 😉
If you watch the first few minutes of the film, this is played over the opening credits, so you're plunged right into the story. It's so good.
I,am 79 still listening and loving it Right on❤️❤️❤️
Best Oscar song in history!
This video is a treasure. I saw this live when it was first performed and even I realized it was something really special. IIRC this was THE first time that a "Best Song" performance was a fully-staged production number rather than a "singer with microphone." I still love the amusing/amazing 70s color scheme and vibe, Sammy Davis Jr.'s ecstatic reaction, and the undeniable fact that this song is and will always be a sleek, sexy, funky classic that will stand the test of time.
@@Pupsweet Wow. That's wonderful that you have that memory in your family!
"Talk about heavy!" love it
You're absolutely right and I certainly envy you for having seen this live but it looks as if, Sammy Davis' ecstatic reaction notwithstanding, the live audience was not particularly enthusiastic right after Hayes was done with his performance.
A moment of silence observec for the late Richard Roundtree( John Shaft). R.I.P. with Isaac.
I remember seeing this live on the Oscars and thinking "this is the most amazing song I've ever heard". And i was a scrawny white kid.
same kind of feeling
Yup me too
So what does being a white kid have to do with it? You're race baiting yourself,fool
One of the greatest performances in Academy history
Out of all the Oscars music performances I’ve seen on tv this performance I still remember even today this was a performance.
Thank you, for allowing me to think back on my youth. It brings joy to my soul.
Every kid in america that could get hold of a guitar wanted to hit that lick ,the ultimate success in life at that LOVE SHAFT RESPECT.
Brilliant!! Amazed!!! There will never be a performance like this again in our lifetime!!!
“Naatu Naatu” _(RRR),_ maybe?
John Shaft on keyboard as Isaac Hayes. One of his best ever performances. 🎉 He was there to party and everybody knew it.
IMHO this has to be included in the list of all-time greatest Academy Awards Show performances. The soundtrack is in a league all to itself, the choreography was as innovative as it could get for early 70's, Isaac Hayes in gold chains and Sammy Davis Jr jumping up and down like a kid coming down the stairs at Christmas... all during a live performance... an absolute classic never to be equaled.
I think I'm just as blown away by how cool this is (& I also was around when this was first out) as Sammy Davis Jr. is. It has never stopped being the coolest thing.
@@Pupsweet How in the world did he (or his boss) convince the notoriously conservative Oscar producers to go with this?
I was a freshman in college watching this on the 1 black and white TV in the dorm and was blown away by the performance. It’s still a classic. Can you dig it ?
7-6-2022
JFC you must add gray to the other two colors. Any show from that era has gray as the dominant color.
@@timothyball7502 Nobody ever called TV's Black, White and Gray. They were simply B&W (Black and White). Timothy, you must be a millennial with all the answers. 😄
We're gonna miss you Chef
I remember watching the Oscars and thinking this was the most amazing performance I'd ever seen. Still energetic and magnificent decades later.
Legendary sound, timeless sound. Funk never sounded better.
Theme from Video España
R.I.P Sammy Davis Jr. 1925-1990
These are some of the best musical performances ever amen.I would like to give my thanks to all of the dancers that made this possible.
I was barely 12 yo when I watched this performance on television, I was awestrucked by the music and the dancing and the theatrics of it all. I didn't realize at the time that I was witnessing the birth of Disco.
Probably the GREATEST movie.score Ever.May you both RIP.
Watching this as a kid in 1971, I was mesmerized. It looked like something from the 21st Century back then.
I Just Love This Song 🎵
RIP Isaac Hayes (August 20, 1942 - August 10, 2008), aged 65
You will be remembered as a legend.
Oh. God..i was so young..😭TIME PASSES so quick..⌛️
My life was easy free Nice..i was happy..
Merci 👏 for this vidéo 📹..Lots of good souvenirs. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The 70' s were so funky man.... outta sight!!!!
i remember my dad telling me a story of when his twin brother was in band during high school. they worked for MONTHS on their performance, but one school played the theme from shaft and blew the judges away. imagine that feeling, knowing you already lost before the judges have even made a decision.
At least they lost to a class tune
Was my favourite song of that TV SHOW THIS SONG IS A LEGION Awww😊
I cannot believe this was 48 yrs ago--the originality! I watched the movie last night and played the opening twice with a huge smile on my face! Surprised to see the Bar Kays part of his "rhythm" for the music too! This song is timeless!
Yeah. This song is incredible
Just play the whole album. Never been a better original soundtrack.
So sad that Richard Roundtree has passed away…. May his memory be eternal
I remember. Watching this at the time and thinking how incredible!
my days, the 70s when the music was REAL. grad 1973, just makes me cry
Where has this gem been all my life. I loved the gritty "blaxplotation" art from the early 70's.
My first time seeing this performance in 2024. I got goosebumps just hearing the slinky intro to this song!
This was so cold!
Saw this great performance that night on the Academy Awards and we were all jumping around the house it was so amazing
My 15 year old self was firmly convinced there was nothing cooler on this planet than to be one of those dancers.
This is a time capsule.. What a production.
A masterpiece signed Isaac Hayes
If you saw this epochal performance when it was originally broadcast you
remember exactly where you were, who you were with, and the feeling of true
awe and shock at that moment.
this performance was wayyyyyy ahead of its time!! wth yo. looks like somethingg youd see on t.v today. gav eme chills not gone lie. came here cauuse my grandmother was listining to shaft wile picking me up from work.
Still love this . Never get tired of this.
I was entranced by Issac Hayes with this theme - I was 4 in 1971 - but so many years later, even with Hayes passing, he's still the essence of bad-ass here and the essence of smoothness to me always.
Watching “Is That Black Enough For You”. I love Isaac Hayes. I was born in 1983, so this is my first time seeing this. Amazing
this melody leads you through fabulous musical atmospheres ,no doubt a music master piece.
Thank you Issac for the song🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️🖤💚✊🏾❤️🖤💚you made it for the original Shaft Mr Richard Roundtree aka my homeboy from NNNEEEWWW YYYOOORRRKKK specifically New Rochelle, New York 😘🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 bless both of y'all's souls🙏🏽😘
Most amazing musical presentation on tv ever!
I remember watching this performance live and how exciting it was!!
Wow!, very futuristic for its time. Great choreography.
It is S-U-P-E-R-B !!! How could the current Oscar ceremonies haven't learned about how to do a great gig like that ?
I'm 65 years old with ms. I can still groove to this.
The very first disco song which incidentally won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
Changing of the guard, grandparents had no clue but grandkids were all over that from the ghettos to the citadels. "Legit" sound now ...
but always was
Isaac Hayes was a scientologist till his death, but did not broad cast that, his music was so well received that people like him for his flair and great singing ability. What a act of high value.
Awesome performance and song..
I was 9 years old and I still remember being mesmerized watching this performance saying wow seeing him come out in those gold chains
Un músico histórico, un gran compositor, una historia, un hombre memorable, un hombre un personaje Isaac Hayes, Shaft un personaje admirable, que siempre se escuchará
El padre del Funk 👌👏👌
MONUMENTAL hit from Isaac Hayes.
As many have stated, I watched this on the Oscar telecast that year & was blown away. I was overjoyed that Isaac Hayes actually won the Oscar for this song that year. It's probably one of the few "Best Song" performances that I remember after more than 5 decades of watching that particular awards show. Bless you Isaac!
Shaft is another of the greats.
Seriously,when's the last time you saw anything like that ? 👏👏👏👏
My (much older) sister had forgotten to take her copy of the Shaft soundtrack album back to college with her. At the same time my 6 year-old self was itching to play something other than my limited array of 45s. The cover shot with the pistol cloud caught my eye, but that was nuthin’ compared to the 4-and-a-half minutes of mind-blowing beyond-imagination sonic freebase that was as mesmerizing as it was addicting. That theme played in my head constantly - right up to the moment when (true story folks), i was sitting between my parents, staring at the explosion of orange and yellow on the seat back in front of me on an Air Jamaica DC-8 at JFK in February 1973 when, you guessed it, the Theme from Shaft started playing over the Muzak during the boarding process. Such an odd choice of background music, but it sure livened the pre-departure routine a bit. By that point I had gotten into the habit of letting out a well-practiced and in-tune “Shaft!” chirp - my contribution to the backing vocal. Until now I was usually in the privacy of my own room for these little musical outbursts, but that day I somehow lacked situational awareness and at the appropriate moment let loose a full-throated and completely out of the blue “SHAFT!” , which I realize must have sounded like some form of musical Tourette’s syndrome. Startled the hell out of my parents:
Dad - “JESUS CHRI…”
Mom - “Charles!”
Dad - “What the hell was that”?
Me - (shrugs and tries not to make eye contact)
Mom - “Well, whatever that was, at least he didn’t say (in an exaggerated whisper) ‘the mother f-word’”.
Always a lady, that Geraldine.
This is absolutely hilarious. And very well written! *tips hat*
Reminds me so much of my childhood..
Growing up in Flushing Queens New York..
Oh so long ago...
It was 1972, the song was released on 1971 but this live performance was on '72.
I remember watching this live. I was blown away then, and it still resonates in my [much older] mind. Revolutionary at the time.
I’m 12 in 2020 and this music is unreal🤯
Thanks brother for this treasure, thanks Isaac Hayes for this performance.
yep, Isaac,s chain vest did it for me, he had a nice strong body to wear it .
I've earned the right to enjoy this song to its fullest today; I helped a friend today, and I didn't " cop out" .
Whoever gave this performance a thumbs down should break their neck
Wasnt Sammy the coolest? Wish they had the entire show.
R.I.P. Richard Roundtree
I wonder who choreographed this number? It was extremely innovative. I remember it vividly.
@@Pupsweet Your dad did a great job with this.
@@Pupsweet Your dad was a genius. When Isaac performed bare chested with thick gold chains on the Jack Benny First Farewell show in 1973 I was blown away
@@Pupsweet omg i LOVE your Dad!! i remember seeing this as a kid, TOTALLY knocked me out!
@@Pupsweet You mentioned he was Art Director for this number. Do you happen to know who choreographed it?
@@Pupsweet then your dad was brilliant, that is the most amazing design in the history of TV musical performance, made even more amazing by how it was the first time the Oscars staged numbers. i wonder how he worked with the choreographer, where the ideas came from . . . from all directions, probably. The silver tube with body parts greeting Hayes is right out of Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast.
Watched this live in 1971 with my mom, aunt, and grandmother. I was 12. We were amazed. Never saw the movie. This was the beginning of "disco" IMO. We were getting away from the "hippy" hard rock and into a big change in music...again. Over the next 5 years we saw country rock, soft rock and disco take hold. Even the beginnings of punk and "new wave" that would dominate the early 80's.
The performance at the Oscars was so EPIC for me as a twelve-year-old and I'm always bummed that that performance cant be found online anywhere!
The intro with the drummer was so awe-inspiring to me as a kid...
This isn't bad though, but I really just want to relive seeing it like it was the first time I saw it.
His greatest performance of this song was not at the academy awards but the historic Los Angeles Coliseum in front of tens of thousands of Black folks in 1972.
I'm sure that was Magnificent!! ❤❤❤❤❤
We all watched this when the Academy Awards were on that night and were glued to the TV set. He looked like a god when he came out and performed. One of the greatest things I have ever seen.
I remember seeing this when it aired. What gets lost in the reminiscing is that this was before Black performers were allowed to be showcased this way at the Academy Awards. The fact that he was even allowed to perform was huge. The fact that nobody had ever seen anything quite like THIS, took it it to a whole ‘nother level.
a few years ago they bitched they didn't have 'black moments' at Oscars, and I pictured Issac sitting somewhere in his living room saying 'bitch please'
More like they pointed out that, although the movie-going public had a large non-white segment, the Oscars were skewed waaaaaay over to the white end of the spectrum. I pictured Isaac Hayes agreeing with that assessment.
This certainly wasn't a black moment! A bunch of white folks dancing around the Black Moses??? Gtfoh.
@@SuperHedidit cry little sheep.
@@mitchdrew9005 tough guy I'm shivering
One of my top 3 movie soundtracks of all time to one of my 2 number one movies of all time! Shaft is tied with The Shawshank Redemption as my top 2 films of all time! This is an absolute masterpiece by my main man Issac Hayes! R I P. Issac. You were & still are one of the greatest musical artists of all time!
This is my favorite production number ever! So exciting every time I watch it! Followed by Toni Braxton "Unbreak My Heart" on Billboard Music Awards (1997) and Ricky Martin "Cup of Life" on Grammy Awards (1999).
I can bet the audience's reaction to this was just like the Ricky Martin Grammies performance: "What the hell did I just see...and could I please see it again?!"
Beauthifull presentation
My heart and soul... 70’s baby girl 🔥
Greatest theme tune of all time.
I loved Isaac in his chain vest❤
A vinyl record we had years ago had this on it and i thought it was great and it still is, i could listen to this all day
BLOODY MARVELOUS PIECE OF MUSIC. THANKS FOR LOADING.
This is one heck of a song
I played this album everyday
I just started working and chose whatever music I'd like, this was one that fullfill my thirst
Great choice
Right on.
I love the costumes. And those dance moves!