Gone are the days when a band can get on stage a play live and sound good without special effects, the horns, guitar, bass, and drums all sound awesome, and then you have the vocals to top it all off....real talent is a relic
I FEEL LIKE TODAYS ARTIST ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE TO BE ABLE GO MAKE MUSIC FROM THE HEART LIE THIS BUT SADLY THAT AINT WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOUNGINS TODAY
Let me tell you something, to be a teenager living in Brooklyn in the 70's with this great music was some of the happiest times of my life!! The 70's and 80's gave such great music, the kids nowadays are listening to it as well.
Those were the days! Friday nights we would watch Midnight Special on NBC and afterwards turn to CBS and watch Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert! Live bands, real music, the 70’s were awesome!
Usually when a singer in a big band is holding a guitar, it's mixed way down. But listen to the crucial, funky lines George is laying down while he sings!
But check the lead guitar riff with George doing vocals at the same time. I never understood how it was possible to go in two directions like that--never mind the smiling and dancing!
Summer of 1976 i was 15 years young and man the music from funk to led Zepp , it was all so freaking cool . I still listen mostly to late 60s thru 80s sweet music to my ears :)
Today's music can't hold a candle to music from back in the day and I wasn't even born when Brothers Johnson came on the scene, but I love their music.
On this day in 1976 {April 25th} "I'll Be Good To You" by the Brothers Johnson entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #88; and on July 4th it peaked at #3 {for 3 weeks} and spent 17 weeks on the Top 100 {and for 7 of those 17 weeks it was on the Top 10} And on June 6th it reached #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart... Between 1976 and 1981 they had only six records make the Top 100, but three of them reached the Top 10 {the other two were "Strawberry Letter 23" at #5 in 1977 and "Stomp!" at #7 in 1980}...
I couldn't agree with you more. Well said. I reminisce, and then shake my head, and wondered why music as whole has degenerated. What we are left with now are the good memories of that era of music and artistic greatness, which will never be duplicated.
They,made my teenage years happy.i love this group and this song is very beautiful and special to me. It's very dear to my heart. I will always love brothers Johnson.
Jane Wilson this my address 1702 Scobey ave .Donna Tx 78537 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁Do you still have their autograph maybe we can work something out they were ,are my favorite all time duo #2 is Hall & Oates much love from above John 3:16.
+T Elease Is that wrong a homeboy playing great music and a instrument ? fantastic sounds from what I think were talented musicians....loved it and miss it !
Anthony Man Cave - It is beyond beautiful! It is oh-so sexy on George, who was already too damn sexy then, but the fro made him even more sexy, if that was even possible. Listen to this beautiful man sing the first few words of this song - smoldering!
Indeed! I love that fros are back and that every other person on TV now is biracial. I was always ashamed of my ethnic frizz/curls, but now I let my freak flag fly, proudly! Hey, at 51 I'm finally feeling comfy as myself!
Love It, Love It, Love It!!! Thank you sooooooo much for posting this video! I fondly recall this song being played on the radio back in the mid-70's ALL the time, on the way to the pool, at the skating rink, everywhere... the incomparable, beautiful, melodic "R & B" hits of that era, my FAVORITE era, for black music: late 60's through mid to late '70's--- back when "brothers" used to play REAL instruments (guitars, HORNS, drums, keyboards...), heartfelt vocals... laying down a REAL sound!
I'M A ROCK DUDE AT 41,AND LOVE THIS FUNKY OLD SCHOOL R&B .....HAVENT LISTENED TO R&B IN YEARS...ITS HORRIBLE NOW...RIGHT ON BRO'S JOHNSON...I COULD BURN A PHAT DOOB TO THIS GROOVE
I saw this band back in 1977 at the old Birmingham Town Hall, which had wicked acoustics.. OMG !!! George and Louis in particular turned the Town Hall into a Funketeers Paradise. Never been so happy! My friends and I danced all the way back home. SENSATIONAL! Loved them!!!!! Real Old School, proper music.Those really were the days.
Friday nights like 12(EST) 9th grade.Used to watch The Midnight Special NBC and Don Kirshners, Rock Concert ABC on Saturday nights back then.Real musicians and singers and it was live no lips-sync.We only had 3 channels but there was plenty of classic music on tv.Even Soul Train,Saturday afternoons,was live until they started lips-syncing like American Bandstand......yall just dont know
Right there with you! The music of the 70's was cornerstone of the soundtrack of my youth. I'm sure your comment resonates with many. Thanks for the post!
Yes, some of us know. What we didn't know is that these musicians were creating masterpieces. We just took it for granted because that was the music that was out in popular back then.
Palomares Jr. High school in Pomona California, friends and family, a Dodge Super Bee in my uncles driveway, McDonald's around the corner only 10 minutes walking distance and the Brothers Johnson! I was one of the happiest kids on the planet!
MY FAVE YEAR OF THE SUPER 70'S. 10YRS OLD AND HAVING A BALL GROWING UP DURING THIS DECADE. WITH GREAT MUSIC ON THE RADIO LIKE THIS TUNE, IT WAS ALL GOOD!!! GEN XER'S , YOU KNOW WHAT TALKIN ABOUT!!!.
This particular song brings joy to me because it was release when I was a SR in HS... Brings back such positive memories... It so hard to comprehend Louis is gone but in a better place... When the calling comes it time to go and embrace the heavenly father... REST WELL IN HEAVEN, LOUIS JOHNSON... A FAN.
Boys and girls, those are REAL singers, REAL instruments, and REAL afros!!
When talent was necessary!
@@snoops5581: and, FEELING - just SO much of it.....
Sing about love not killing!!!!I miss my era
This is when music was music and you had to have talent
Gone are the days when a band can get on stage a play live and sound good without special effects, the horns, guitar, bass, and drums all sound awesome, and then you have the vocals to top it all off....real talent is a relic
So true
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I FEEL LIKE TODAYS ARTIST ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE TO BE ABLE GO MAKE MUSIC FROM THE HEART LIE THIS BUT SADLY THAT AINT WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOUNGINS TODAY
Studio version sounds better.........
Some of you aren't old enough to remember Midnight Special, but boy was it good
Often imitated, underrated, yet never duplicated, thank you Brothers Johnson !
One of the great FUNK/JAZZ fusion bands of all time. Real music played by real musicians.
and Rock
R.I.P. Louis. Thank you for the music.
It wouldn't have been the summer of '76 without this song.
RIP Louis Johnson. Thank you for sharing your gift of music with all of us.
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
...and what a gift it was
ABSOLUTELY!
This is the most underrated R&B act ever.
THEY WENT INTERNATIONAL. THE LEAD MAN" Louis Johnson " ON BASE PLAYED ON A LOT OF ALBUMS. STUDIO PLAYER AS WELL.
Paul Hogue
not by those who know.
I agree
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RIP Louis Johnson...the baddest of the baddest bass player to have ever performed!
Back in the old days good music ❤❤
Love The Brothers Johnson!
Those are freaking men demonstrating true soul and musicianship. Not a punk in the group.
I hear you, those brothers looked good, poised, and happy.
Loved the Brothers Johnson ... had a crush on Louis the originator of the thumping bass playing. I'm so sorry he passed on.
Larry Graham did it shortly before he did and Stanley Clarke adapted it around the same time
One of the most under rated bands. Loved them.
They bounce together like a funk band should. Groove personified!
They're probably keeping time like that.
...and we do the same, watching at. ADMIT IT ! :)
That’s because everything is on the 1.
THAT'S just how we (black people) groove.
Louis Johnson was a Mutha on bass! People don't know how good this cat really was.
Let me tell you something, to be a teenager living in Brooklyn in the 70's with this great music was some of the happiest times of my life!! The 70's and 80's gave such great music, the kids nowadays are listening to it as well.
I’m a 93 baby and I’m here
70s R&B is the best music freaking EVER!
EVER!
Oh YEAHHHH!!
RIP BROTHER Louis Johnson
Monster bass player, in a class of his own!
Talented group! Everyone actually playing their instruments, with lyrics that you can actually understand.... Priceless! Unlike today...... Lol
The whole band is rocking Afros love it 💘 the 70s
EastsideLo you’re so right!
Back when Blacks had pride!! 🙄
Those were the days! Friday nights we would watch Midnight Special on NBC and afterwards turn to CBS and watch Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert! Live bands, real music, the 70’s were awesome!
YES!!!!!
Love this band! The good ole days!💜
Pure old school funk. When artists knew how to sing and play.
And used real drums and bass
Usually when a singer in a big band is holding a guitar, it's mixed way down. But listen to the crucial, funky lines George is laying down while he sings!
The bass line holds it all together, and leads the melody.
But check the lead guitar riff with George doing vocals at the same time. I never understood how it was possible to go in two directions like that--never mind the smiling and dancing!
i miss that music
I'm 41 and I grew up on Brothers Johnson music. I'm a huge funk, jazz, soul fan espof 70s and 80s bands.
Loved them in the 70's, love them still. Thanks for posting.
I LOVED this song when it came out in 76. One of the most awesome bass lines to ever open a song.
George "Tweety" Johnson
Tweety's fro was EVERYTHING!!
Summer of 1976 i was 15 years young and man the music from funk to led Zepp , it was all so freaking cool . I still listen mostly to late 60s thru 80s sweet music to my ears :)
One of the best songs ever recorded! I had this on 8-track in my car way back when!
childhood memories
im your faaaaan Ari Lennox
It doesn't get any better than well produced live music.
RIP, Louis Johnson. Another GREAT player takes his final bow.
Louis, not George.
Lin Ross Thx for the clarification.
Lin Ross Silence is golden.
Amen.
+Lin Ross thats cool.......now and forever and till the ages of ages..
These guys were smooth, love all the instruments, so talented, glad I lived through these years of music.
The Afros are cosmic.
NOBODY funks better than the Brothers Johnson. Rest in peace "Thunder Thumbs" Louis Johnson....:(
Today's music can't hold a candle to music from back in the day and I wasn't even born when Brothers Johnson came on the scene, but I love their music.
Oh the memories !! The Brothers Johnson's music really got me through some rough times.
On this day in 1976 {April 25th} "I'll Be Good To You" by the Brothers Johnson entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #88; and on July 4th it peaked at #3 {for 3 weeks} and spent 17 weeks on the Top 100 {and for 7 of those 17 weeks it was on the Top 10}
And on June 6th it reached #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
Between 1976 and 1981 they had only six records make the Top 100, but three of them reached the Top 10 {the other two were "Strawberry Letter 23" at #5 in 1977 and "Stomp!" at #7 in 1980}...
This cats were like Earth, Wind, and Fire, in that everybody loved them...color aside.
I couldn't agree with you more. Well said. I reminisce, and then shake my head, and wondered why music as whole has degenerated. What we are left with now are the good memories of that era of music and artistic greatness, which will never be duplicated.
Just simple, pure, clean, fun music.
My favorite soul song, probably ever. It still holds up all these years later.
what about Al Green???
Me too. My fav is Strawberry Letter 23. LOVE IT!!!!
oh man, oh man, they don't make music like this anymore, live bands, wow, I bought this cd back in the day. Atlanta, May 2017.
RIP Louis "Thunder Thumbs" Johnson - you will always be remembered
They,made my teenage years happy.i love this group and this song is very beautiful and special to me. It's very dear to my heart. I will always love brothers Johnson.
His fro is perfect.
Thunder Thumbs and Lighting Licks debut hit! What a duo they were.
i love how these guys can come off as chill and baaaadass all at once!
My brothers were so beautiful and soulful back then. Whatever happened to that?
We were leaner too.
What ever happened to Al Green?
He's a minister.
Music was deliberately corrupted, that's one reason why the Brother's Johnson got out of the game..
Rap
Midnight Special was great, because they were all about playing live...never missed a show!
I met these guys and got their autograph when I worked at Heathrow Airport in the 70's. Haven't heard this for ages. Great song.
Legendary !
Jane Wilson this my address 1702 Scobey ave .Donna Tx 78537 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁Do you still have their autograph maybe we can work something out they were ,are my favorite all time duo #2 is Hall & Oates much love from above John 3:16.
Must really take you back
The 70s those were the times long gone, George fro was as big as a house. This was one bad band that put out some terrific sounds🥰🥰🥰
i;m a white Irish dude form the southside of chicago and i love this
These guys sure were "super good to us"!!
Thanks for the music ,rip Louis , will cherish your albums
Love the Afros!! Our people have lost something...
Loved those guys! Rest in peace, Mr. Louis Johnson.
Homeboy playing that tambourine like he at church! Go head then!
+T Elease Is that wrong a homeboy playing great music and a instrument ? fantastic sounds from what I think were talented musicians....loved it and miss it !
Neil Pender
Heck nawwww it ain't wrong. Just means the man have some rhythm. And that's a good thing! LOL
+MonkPunch LOL he is!!!
sho is!
T Elease he sho was!! I love watching this, they were into it!!
Remember when my stepmom bought this song for us ❤❤
音楽、テンポ、ノリ、服、髪型、時代感、すべてがいい！
まさにI'll Be Good To You。
That FRO is beautiful.
Anthony Man Cave - It is beyond beautiful! It is oh-so sexy on George, who was already too damn sexy then, but the fro made him even more sexy, if that was even possible. Listen to this beautiful man sing the first few words of this song - smoldering!
Indeed! I love that fros are back and that every other person on TV now is biracial. I was always ashamed of my ethnic frizz/curls, but now I let my freak flag fly, proudly! Hey, at 51 I'm finally feeling comfy as myself!
Anthonys Man Cave its totally on.point
Anthonys Man Cave yes girl it was perfectly shaped I love the Jackson fros too they had the best hair back in the day
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What a great live performance. Every man in this bad was tight. The best. Thanks for sharing.
Nothing can even approach the excitement and artistry of this music...
Love It, Love It, Love It!!! Thank you sooooooo much for posting this video! I fondly recall this song being played on the radio back in the mid-70's ALL the time, on the way to the pool, at the skating rink, everywhere... the incomparable, beautiful, melodic "R & B" hits of that era, my FAVORITE era, for black music: late 60's through mid to late '70's--- back when "brothers" used to play REAL instruments (guitars, HORNS, drums, keyboards...), heartfelt vocals... laying down a REAL sound!
Damn!!! This is good music.
fantastic brothers johnson
I'M A ROCK DUDE AT 41,AND LOVE THIS FUNKY OLD SCHOOL R&B .....HAVENT LISTENED TO R&B IN YEARS...ITS HORRIBLE NOW...RIGHT ON BRO'S JOHNSON...I COULD BURN A PHAT DOOB TO THIS GROOVE
Ahhhh the good old days before rap.....need I say more?
Such a great song, groove and vibe, - and ereally how on earth can anyone dislike this? Classic Bros. Johnson!!!
These brothers rocked big afros and the finest music!
Louis, thanks for great bass playing!!! RIP!!
An amazing group...brings back wonderful memories ❤🎶💯
This version has so much more energy than the studio one.
I find that live (real) music always does
I love this!! George Johnson, you're just amazing.
I saw this band back in 1977 at the old Birmingham Town Hall, which had wicked acoustics.. OMG !!! George and Louis in particular turned the Town Hall into a Funketeers Paradise. Never been so happy! My friends and I danced all the way back home. SENSATIONAL! Loved them!!!!! Real Old School, proper music.Those really were the days.
I love the Brothers Johnson. I had the biggest crush on George Johnson when I was in junior high school.
Friday nights like 12(EST) 9th grade.Used to watch The Midnight Special NBC and Don Kirshners, Rock Concert ABC on Saturday nights back then.Real musicians and singers and it was live no lips-sync.We only had 3 channels but there was plenty of classic music on tv.Even Soul Train,Saturday afternoons,was live until they started lips-syncing like American Bandstand......yall just dont know
Right there with you! The music of the 70's was cornerstone of the soundtrack of my youth. I'm sure your comment resonates with many. Thanks for the post!
The brothers should have stood closer
Yes!
Yes, some of us know. What we didn't know is that these musicians were creating masterpieces. We just took it for granted because that was the music that was out in popular back then.
Facts!
nothing like a live band!
Thunder thumbs and Lightening Licks. Baddest bass player I ever saw in concert! St Louis 1980.
Rest in Peace, Brother Louis Johnson! Wow.
Love this song!! Met my husband 1976, married in 1980. Lots of good memories with this song.
LOVED this show on Friday nights back in the day. You saw ALL the greats on there. RIP Louis. #thatbasslinetho
Brothers Johnson has a good catalogue of music… The band, the lyrics, the singers, their productions exceptional… Decades gone by the best music ever
can't stop dancing ,moving like 'em, while sittin' on my armchair listening to this .....RIP L.J.
One of my favorite songs of the 70's!!!
They're so hot
I love the way Louis slap' his bass
Palomares Jr. High school in Pomona California, friends and family, a Dodge Super Bee in my uncles driveway, McDonald's around the corner only 10 minutes walking distance and the Brothers Johnson!
I was one of the happiest kids on the planet!
MY FAVE YEAR OF THE SUPER 70'S. 10YRS OLD AND HAVING A BALL GROWING UP DURING THIS DECADE. WITH GREAT MUSIC ON THE RADIO LIKE THIS TUNE, IT WAS ALL GOOD!!! GEN XER'S , YOU KNOW WHAT TALKIN ABOUT!!!.
Louis Johnson playing his Alembic bass!
This particular song brings joy to me because it was release when I was a SR in HS... Brings back such positive memories... It so hard to comprehend Louis is gone but in a better place... When the calling comes it time to go and embrace the heavenly father... REST WELL IN HEAVEN, LOUIS JOHNSON... A FAN.
I was a senior as well. And amen to that!
Amen to that 🙏
oh man ....I love it!!! Atlanta, May 18, 2017.
Smooth and mellow. Just like I remember it. A class act.
R.I.P. Louis ..one of the top 5 bass players ALL TIME.
George and Lewis gotta love them
The brothers brought me here an I love it!!
THIS IS A GOOD SONG TO LISTEN WHEN YOU’RE DOWN. BARS! 😀😀