Ep 59 - The Midnight Special | March 15, 1974

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  • @danielfalcon450
    @danielfalcon450 6 месяцев назад +20

    I always have liked the Pointer Sisters ever since I was a little child .

  • @anthonykimball7463
    @anthonykimball7463 6 месяцев назад +43

    Probably the only time The Strawbs were EVER on American television. This was during the period that MS still featured very unique weekly lineups of musical guests, unlike a few short years later.

    • @richardperusse4299
      @richardperusse4299 6 месяцев назад +5

      very hot to have Strawbs, also PFM and Focus , some place for prog bands was very appreciate....

    • @planomathandscience
      @planomathandscience 6 месяцев назад +3

      Great weren't they

    • @brycekirk5529
      @brycekirk5529 6 месяцев назад +3

      They were on there again in 1975, when The Midnight Special did a couple of shows at The University Of Chicago

    • @groovedohg
      @groovedohg 6 месяцев назад

      Same with Status Quo

    • @jackal59
      @jackal59 6 месяцев назад +3

      Back when they were really using a Mellotron, and what a use of it! Two of their darkest songs, though.

  • @brinsonopinion
    @brinsonopinion 6 месяцев назад +12

    Amazing timing, I've been on a vintage Pointer Sisters run for a few days now. Pitch a wang dang doodle, y'all!!!!🎉🎉🎉

    • @Music--ng8cd
      @Music--ng8cd 6 месяцев назад

      Only The Sisters can make counting funky
      ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=sesame+street+pointer+sisters+12

  • @michaelcase8574
    @michaelcase8574 6 месяцев назад +11

    More than 50 years ago. Time flies!

  • @lawrencebrissenden
    @lawrencebrissenden 6 месяцев назад +29

    Kreiger & Densmore after The Doors? Total surprise!

    • @John60s70s
      @John60s70s 6 месяцев назад +7

      I was wondering myself after seeing that guitarist who looks like Robbie Krieger. What a pleasant surprise!🙂 It would have been great if Wolfman Jack had mentioned them previously.

    • @DonaldWebber-o9v
      @DonaldWebber-o9v 6 месяцев назад +6

      I knew they put out albums after Jim passed, but I never heard of the Butt's Band until now

    • @shelbyvision
      @shelbyvision 6 месяцев назад

      ☆☆☆☆♤☆☆☆☆ruclips.net/video/4t2Q3sN4ORw/видео.htmlsi=6SYJC9V0eV62eLKc

    • @redhorse6652
      @redhorse6652 6 месяцев назад +2

      And they have a Chinese American bassist.

    • @avrahambentzvi
      @avrahambentzvi 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@redhorse6652actually Jamaican-British of Chinese descent

  • @stephenbudd3771
    @stephenbudd3771 6 месяцев назад +7

    Incredible to see The Butts Band !!! I’m bought that album when it came out and became a life long Jess Roden (singer) fan… he’s English you know …

    • @RollinCoco-Nut
      @RollinCoco-Nut 5 месяцев назад +1

      Man, hats off to him. He was really nailing those vocals!

  • @TheHiveTheBuzzTheSwarm
    @TheHiveTheBuzzTheSwarm 3 месяца назад +2

    OMG....Hocus Pocus......that dudes voice is unreal.....can't get enough....never gets old....amazing....one of my all time favorites...Focus

  • @WesleyEMARD-ih8gl
    @WesleyEMARD-ih8gl 6 месяцев назад +44

    The pointer sisters are the bomb

  • @rich56ca
    @rich56ca 6 месяцев назад +16

    I see some folks complain about the lineup for this show but I kind of like the fact you see some lesser known acts in their prime. Strawbs, Focus, Dan Hicks, Crusaders are all good in their own way. I like that they showcased a lot of different music genres every week.

    • @redhorse6652
      @redhorse6652 6 месяцев назад +1

      They sound just as good as the top ten bands. Sometimes the Top Ten was decided by Corporate policy and promotion, not quality.

    • @chriskroll4166
      @chriskroll4166 6 месяцев назад

      Hey man I like to see everybody because that's how I get turned down to new music. Every band on the show I thought was great.

    • @Dragondave1000
      @Dragondave1000 5 месяцев назад +2

      I see nothing wrong with the line up, especially The Strawbs and Focus. They might be the only reason I'd watch :-)

  • @DavidLopez-jl2ug
    @DavidLopez-jl2ug 4 месяца назад +2

    I have been waiting to see this for so long. Thanks for the upload in great quality. I'm a huge Pointer Sisters fan.

  • @fueledbylove
    @fueledbylove 6 месяцев назад +16

    Wow, I don't remember the Strawbs being on the MS. Fantastic band in their Prog-rock prime with Hero and Heroine.

  • @DannyHaralson-ol1io
    @DannyHaralson-ol1io 6 месяцев назад +23

    Next week Bill Withers, and Montrose. Hard rock and oldies soul. Does it get any better?

    • @groovedohg
      @groovedohg 6 месяцев назад +3

      Come on Man!!!! No mention of Rory? Shame on you ;)

    • @DannyHaralson-ol1io
      @DannyHaralson-ol1io 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@groovedohg And let's not forget Rory Gallagher!

    • @groovedohg
      @groovedohg 6 месяцев назад

      @@DannyHaralson-ol1io Read above. I already mentioned the omission. Who's on Members tommorow?

    • @DannyHaralson-ol1io
      @DannyHaralson-ol1io 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@groovedohg I did read Your comment, that's why I added a comment. Mondays Member Only Page is, Hosted by Billy Preston, guest appearances are. Jeff Beck, Labelle, Rufus ft. Chaka Khan, Tonto, Ollie Brown, Max Middleton, Buddy Miles, Willy Weeks, and Wolfman Jack.

    • @groovedohg
      @groovedohg 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@DannyHaralson-ol1io Its the Ted Nugent hosted show with Thin Lizzy, Golden Earring etc that I am holding out for

  • @freeconvention
    @freeconvention 6 месяцев назад +8

    I'm loving watching this series there's always something great to watch and you capture bands in their prime in a great live setting with appreciative audiences .. thanks for all your postings

  • @matthewbaduria
    @matthewbaduria 6 месяцев назад +12

    I can't wait for The Midnight Special.

  • @GeeBee909
    @GeeBee909 6 месяцев назад +12

    Oakland's own: The Pointer Sisters

  • @ernestcruz6316
    @ernestcruz6316 6 месяцев назад +20

    The Pointers close the show with a smoking rendition of the Howlin' Wolf/Koko Taylor standard "Wang Dang Doodle".

  • @loilt5091
    @loilt5091 4 месяца назад +1

    I applaud the eclectic grouping of this particular episode, with it's jazz, (and bits of big brother, Blues) tinged set from a wide array of artists. This time capsule may not be the hits package many seek, but I certainly appreciate a snippet of yesteryear.
    🇨🇦

  • @pollyfoofoo8703
    @pollyfoofoo8703 6 месяцев назад +12

    I wonder if Focus completely blew the minds of ppl in the audience.

    • @jeremyc9593
      @jeremyc9593 4 месяца назад

      Probably the people at home watching as well

  • @dolemite72
    @dolemite72 4 месяца назад +2

    Bonnie was a Major talent who didn't get to achieve her potential. Her scatting and phrasing are Brilliant. She does sound like Ester Phillips. Love this performance!

  • @lauriebarnes2999
    @lauriebarnes2999 6 месяцев назад +9

    Can't wait, The Midnight Special!

  • @badbadleroybrown
    @badbadleroybrown Месяц назад +1

    Billy Paul could really give it some, what a performer.

  • @robmatlock7675
    @robmatlock7675 6 месяцев назад +13

    Looks like another grand trip in the Way Back Machine! The Vocals of the Pointer Sisters, Focus, as noted by Grand Funk "Is insane", Billy Paul, Dan Hicks, The Crusaders, The Strawbs, I know I've heard their works, but my old fart brain will require a refresh, LOL! Can't hardly wait!!

    • @inwoodliver
      @inwoodliver 6 месяцев назад +2

      Hocus pocus by focus

  • @randyw.9916
    @randyw.9916 6 месяцев назад +4

    I never missed Midnight Special but I know for a fact I missed this one. I joined the USAF on March 13 so this was my second day of basic training.

    • @epet513
      @epet513 6 месяцев назад +1

      You're excused.

  • @CoolGuyMarr9687
    @CoolGuyMarr9687 6 месяцев назад +10

    best channel ever

  • @charmerci
    @charmerci 5 месяцев назад +2

    Wow. The Pointer Sisters were great. Too bad I've only known them when they got into disco. 😞

  • @chancebrown106
    @chancebrown106 6 месяцев назад +24

    The Pointer Sisters “Yes We Can Can” is top 20 deepcut funky baselines.

  • @Tristanrgreene11
    @Tristanrgreene11 6 месяцев назад +6

    Dude, the pointers section at 52 mins or so…. So interesting to me that some of those harmonies during that medley the slow parts remind me of some early queen tracks as well the genres all over the board. Tell me freddie did you love the pointer sisters? I’m sure he loved it. I can even hear parts like bohemian rh. would have and then all the rag timmy show tune type styles like seaside rendezvous etc.

  • @andytaylor5476
    @andytaylor5476 6 месяцев назад +8

    Tops for me-The Pointer Sisters and Focus!

  • @deweygill1973
    @deweygill1973 6 месяцев назад +2

    I remember seeing this one air. I already had the Strawbs album Hero and Herione and the Hocus Pocus single, but I was taken by the absolutely manic Thijs Van Leer on this performance, along with seeing Jan Aackerman. Van Leer’s vocal gymnastics and range are impressive. Strawbs were at their peak here, too.

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 3 месяца назад +2

    Pointer Sisters were so pretty and could sing too!

  • @gordonspond
    @gordonspond 5 месяцев назад +2

    Those Pointer sisters! Wow! So talented!

  • @Seventysongs
    @Seventysongs 6 месяцев назад +12

    A young Larry Carlton on guitar with the Crusaders. I can't wait for Rory Gallagher on the next show. In the chat they asked who the singer of The Butts Band was. His name is Jess Roden and he had his funk soul rock band in the 70s called the Jess Roden Band.

    • @eric_in_florida
      @eric_in_florida 6 месяцев назад +2

      Cool! Didn't know that was Larry.

  • @larryduplechan3546
    @larryduplechan3546 6 месяцев назад +11

    I have been waiting and hoping you would post this episode. Thank you!

    • @edgefan4437
      @edgefan4437 6 месяцев назад +5

      That's great you finally got to see it and hopefully can see it here on youtube again and again if you want to. I go through that with old movies that I want to see again or for the first time so I know about the anticipation of waiting for something.

    • @larryduplechan3546
      @larryduplechan3546 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@edgefan4437 , got to see it AGAIN: I saw it in 1974.

    • @edgefan4437
      @edgefan4437 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@larryduplechan3546 Wow, and you've been wanting to see it again since youtube started posting them I assume. I'm a pretty big fan of Olivia Newton-John's and they have now started posting early performances of hers in good quality. I really enjoy them. I didn't really watch Midnight Special until the late 70's because I was a kid and didn't stay up that late then. I need to watch the ones that are posted though. I have watched a few.

  • @ciji6706
    @ciji6706 5 месяцев назад +1

    Man, I remember being around 10 I watched the Pointer Sisters when there were four 'sisters'. They were so funky and original! Both they and the Manhattan Project were so dynamic.

  • @DannyHaralson-ol1io
    @DannyHaralson-ol1io 6 месяцев назад +4

    I don't know much abought these people. I'll be here to watch the premiere. 👍

  • @Tristanrgreene11
    @Tristanrgreene11 6 месяцев назад +8

    Wow this episode is epic for musicianship….wow where the music business? Oh, yeah it ate itself, so sad. Look at these groups, all so different, but showed off it’s unique differences so great.

  • @peggysmyth6110
    @peggysmyth6110 6 месяцев назад +11

    Im here for the Pointer Sisters and Dan Hicks

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 3 месяца назад +1

    Focus, The Pointer Sisters how amazing is that?

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear1985 6 месяцев назад +1

    Looks like another good lineup for the next episode from March 22, 1974. It was hosted by Bill Withers, and also features appearances from Cliff de Young, Bobby Womack, Buddy Miles, Rory Gallagher, Melissa Manchester, and Montrose.

  • @davidraymer397
    @davidraymer397 5 месяцев назад +2

    Great to see Dan Hicks playing at 15:00 and 56:00! The studio band does a great job behind him too! The bass player looks a little like Jaime Leopold - could it be?

  • @WesleyEMARD-ih8gl
    @WesleyEMARD-ih8gl 6 месяцев назад +5

    The concert was the bomb

  • @BuddyBteakfield
    @BuddyBteakfield 6 месяцев назад +3

    I watched every one of these first someone TV was the best shows ever

  • @funkpill
    @funkpill 6 месяцев назад +3

    Ruth is missing. Corrections: I meant June.

    • @funkpill
      @funkpill 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@woohooboy dang, you're right. i meant June. 🙂

  • @monkface
    @monkface 6 месяцев назад +8

    If I was the keyboardist for the Butts band I would've immediately started playing Light my Fire once their song ended!

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 месяцев назад

      Haha! Good One! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @pejaguilar30
    @pejaguilar30 6 месяцев назад +4

    Fantástic!

  • @Fordham1969
    @Fordham1969 6 месяцев назад +17

    So that's Robbie Krieger and John Densmore of The Doors with The Butts Band, who I'd never heard of I'm embarrassed to say. Will have to Google them now.

    • @StephanieJeanne
      @StephanieJeanne 6 месяцев назад +4

      Yeah, pretty big surprise!!

    • @John60s70s
      @John60s70s 6 месяцев назад +5

      I was wondering about that guitarist who looks like Robbie Krieger. It would have been great if Wolfman Jack had mentioned them previously.

    • @henryhoward8341
      @henryhoward8341 6 месяцев назад +1

      The band formed in England with former Bronco vocalist Jess Roden. Ray Manzarek was initially in it too. But didn't like living in the UK and quit before they recorded the album.

    • @StephanieJeanne
      @StephanieJeanne 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@henryhoward8341 That's amazing! What might have been...

    • @billiondollarbaby3276
      @billiondollarbaby3276 5 месяцев назад

      Their 1st album is fantastic....look it up on RUclips. 2nd album was a complete change of direction and DUD

  • @mikewest1542
    @mikewest1542 6 месяцев назад +3

    Focus were brilliant on this !

    • @jsims149
      @jsims149 5 месяцев назад

      Jan Akkerman a total monster on his guitar.

  • @shadowstalker1515
    @shadowstalker1515 6 месяцев назад +3

    This version of Hocus Pocus was slightly different edit than I remembered

  • @planomathandscience
    @planomathandscience 6 месяцев назад +12

    Focus and Strawbs, THAT'S why we love TMS.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 6 месяцев назад +1

    Strawbs, really had a Cat Stephens sound going on there

  • @umeng2002
    @umeng2002 5 месяцев назад

    Y'all encoded these video very well.

  • @JamieAndersonMusic
    @JamieAndersonMusic 6 месяцев назад +4

    Not enough Crusaders. They killed it. Some of the best players in the business.

  • @arthurwatt5162
    @arthurwatt5162 6 месяцев назад +2

    It was on too late for me in 1974. 😅 caught glimpses though once in a while.

  • @Mr_Gray_Sky
    @Mr_Gray_Sky 6 месяцев назад +1

    Jan Akkerman is a severely underrated guitarist.

  • @stevenphillips400
    @stevenphillips400 6 месяцев назад +3

    This was the second time Focus performed on the Midnight Special. They did the same 2 songs. I thought the Pointer Sisters were great as host. This was very entertaining.

    • @groovedohg
      @groovedohg 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah. I have also mentioned it in the comments here. They appeared on G;adys Knight episode on 5 Oct 73 and played 4 songs. Its confusing.

  • @Ofinfinitejest
    @Ofinfinitejest 5 месяцев назад +1

    Focus was completely above and beyond the skills of 99% of popular music groups, then and far more so now.

  • @henryhoward8341
    @henryhoward8341 6 месяцев назад +2

    Focus and Strawbs for me. I had high expectations for the Butts Band. Big fan of vocalist Jess Roden (formally in the UK band Bronco).

  • @groovedohg
    @groovedohg 6 месяцев назад +2

    Surprised that Pink Floyd, Yes and Jethro Tull didnt appear on TMS given that King Crimson and Genesis etc did. Prog bands that were in their prime at the time like Barclay James Harvest and Moodie Blues would also have been good additions. Would also loved to have seen The Pretty Things when they were at their peak in 1974 make an appearance given that they were touring USA at that time. Other bands that I would have loved to have seen on the show are Grand Funk, Blue Oyster Cult, Hawkwind and even Led Zeppelin

  • @zibbyzubb
    @zibbyzubb 6 месяцев назад +3

    Love The Pointer Sisters. I wonder why June was not there.

    • @TheFLOWMAC
      @TheFLOWMAC Месяц назад +2

      June was gone for able 6 month when they first start due to stress.

  • @FORTYFIVERECORDINGS
    @FORTYFIVERECORDINGS 17 дней назад

    The pointer sisters are the most talented group of women in history

  • @freeconvention
    @freeconvention 6 месяцев назад +2

    I've always thought that the house of the king was a song that Ian Anderson wished he'd had written

  • @matthewhutchinson7366
    @matthewhutchinson7366 6 месяцев назад +4

    haha the audience is so hip that on 'yes we can' they are actually clapping on the offbeats- and in double time! you would never be able to get people to do that now. fellow musicians might know what I mean.😉

  • @matthewclark9652
    @matthewclark9652 2 месяца назад

    The group Focus 2 song performances were repeated on Episode 36 (Gladys Knight & The Pips were the host)!!!

  • @stevebrooks4th
    @stevebrooks4th 6 месяцев назад +2

    Half of The Doors in the Butts band!

  • @HughCorbyCruick
    @HughCorbyCruick 5 месяцев назад +1

    Wouldn’t it be great if there was a weekly series where various artists could just strut their stuff like this?

  • @brucethomson168
    @brucethomson168 5 месяцев назад

    Love the Dan Hicks as well, big fan.

  • @johnkoval1898
    @johnkoval1898 6 месяцев назад +1

    1:38
    “These brown babies gonna boogie for you”!

  • @zorrpop
    @zorrpop 6 месяцев назад +1

    The Butts Band with Robby Krieger and John Densmore from The Doors

  • @mikehammond7277
    @mikehammond7277 5 месяцев назад +1

    FOCUS be Jammin’!!!😲🤩

  • @ravynskye1310
    @ravynskye1310 6 месяцев назад +2

    Great Show...excited for Rory Gallagher next week 👏

  • @firebleeder
    @firebleeder 6 месяцев назад +4

    The Blue Thumb Records' Day!

    • @kevingoins9858
      @kevingoins9858 6 месяцев назад

      I picked that up as well. The Pointers and Crusaders

    • @Onteo1
      @Onteo1 6 месяцев назад

      And the second Butts Band LP.

  • @PlayingInVestapol
    @PlayingInVestapol 6 месяцев назад +2

    In 1974 I was 14 years old and I used to fantasized about being with all three Pointer Sisters after seeing this Episode

  • @MPKleiman
    @MPKleiman 6 месяцев назад

    Love the PS’ colorful outfits!

  • @babyboomerrodg
    @babyboomerrodg 6 месяцев назад +1

    always were a class act proved by the fabulous version of black coffee

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne 6 месяцев назад +6

    Wow, I don't recognize a lot of these folks! It will be an educational episode!😸 I do know The Pointer Sisters, though!🎉😄💜

    • @garyhenson117
      @garyhenson117 6 месяцев назад +2

      Focus on Hocus Pocus. 😉

    • @gregoryduncan3067
      @gregoryduncan3067 6 месяцев назад +3

      The Midnight Special educates as well as entertains.

    • @StephanieJeanne
      @StephanieJeanne 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@gregoryduncan3067 Indeed! 😊

    • @StephanieJeanne
      @StephanieJeanne 6 месяцев назад +2

      Wow, the Butts Band was a surprise!! Maybe their name did them in, I don't know. They were good though, as were the Sisters, and Billy Paul...all of the bands! 😎

  • @johnkoval1898
    @johnkoval1898 6 месяцев назад +1

    ‘Hocus Pocus” by Focus.

  • @spacesurfer87
    @spacesurfer87 6 месяцев назад +3

    WEATHER REPORT PLEASE

  • @kurtmax
    @kurtmax 6 месяцев назад

    The Butts band featuring Robbie Krieger from The Doors! Wow.

  • @JayBird911
    @JayBird911 6 месяцев назад +4

    TGIF!!!

  • @grouchosays
    @grouchosays 6 месяцев назад +1

    No entertainment like this anymore

  • @bene.divinocordeiro6196
    @bene.divinocordeiro6196 6 месяцев назад +2

    ❤ Aguardando

  • @matthewclark9652
    @matthewclark9652 2 месяца назад

    Focus "13" just came out!!

  • @inwoodliver
    @inwoodliver 6 месяцев назад

    Fab drummer

  • @jegor011
    @jegor011 6 месяцев назад

    This is the best episode for me. I'm just curious about that guitar that Focus guitarist used. It looks like Les Paul, and it is a Gibson, but if you look closely there is a lot of different stuff on there. The fretboard ending is slanted, the cutout is rounded and not pointy etc.

    • @jsims149
      @jsims149 5 месяцев назад

      Did he use Hagstroms?

    • @jegor011
      @jegor011 5 месяцев назад

      @@jsims149 The body shure looks like Hagstrom, but look at the headstock on 41:02

  • @matthewclark9652
    @matthewclark9652 2 месяца назад

    Both albums by The Butts Band are NOT available on Apple iTunes. I bet the reel to reel master tapes were damaged & burned by the Universal Studios fire in California between June 1 till June 8, 2008. Too bad.

  • @ChannelingJohnBonham
    @ChannelingJohnBonham 5 месяцев назад

    Producers told Focus they'd have to play a shorter version of Hocus Pocus. Focus said no, we'll just play the song faster. lol (True story.)

  • @kurtweiand7086
    @kurtweiand7086 5 месяцев назад +1

    Was that larry Carlten playing for the Crusaders?

  • @hor2kulture
    @hor2kulture 6 месяцев назад +2

    No June 😢.

    • @woohooboy
      @woohooboy 6 месяцев назад +1

      She took periodic absences from the group during the 70's because of personal struggles she was dealing with. Sadly, these would haunt her for the rest of her days.......

  • @groovedohg
    @groovedohg 6 месяцев назад

    Whos on the members episode this monday?

  • @czarevich
    @czarevich 6 месяцев назад +1

    Butts Band!!

  • @jackal59
    @jackal59 5 месяцев назад

    I'm surprised that "Hero and Heroine" made it on the air, given that it's clearly about heroin addiction. Spellbinding song from a great album.

  • @czarevich
    @czarevich 6 месяцев назад +1

    Whoa please post the following week-- Montrose, Rory Gallagher etc.

  • @umeng2002
    @umeng2002 5 месяцев назад +1

    Also, The Pointer Sisters are pretty hot.

  • @DylanWhite-k5j
    @DylanWhite-k5j 6 месяцев назад

    It was nice of Jesus to fill in on the drums after Hudson left.

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 6 месяцев назад +5

    Would have thought the Butts Band were the ones who sang 1975s “The Bertha Butt Boogie” funk song? Learned it was the Jimmy Castor Bunch band - it achieved #16 on the US pop chart & #22 on US R&B chart. Anyone else remember it and it’s zany lyrics? 🤪
    “The party was jumping
    When Bertha got off of her stump
    The whistles were blowing
    And everybody did the bump
    But all the time Bertha
    Had been working on a goodie
    Now folks call it the
    Bertha Butt Boogie
    When Bertha got moving
    Her hips were humming in the wind
    The ground started shaking
    No grass grew where she'd been” 😂

    • @curtisphilumalee1447
      @curtisphilumalee1447 6 месяцев назад +2

      I don’t remember that one but I do remember Joe Tex’s song (Ain’t going to bump no more) when the bump dance was super popular in the mid seventies.
      I’ll have to look that one up.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@curtisphilumalee1447
      Haha! I LOVE that song & dancing the “bump” at the disco, it gave me bruised hips.
      “She came over to me, snatched me out of my seat
      She wanted to get on down, still wanna get on down
      I told her to go on and leave me alone
      I ain't gettin' down
      You done hurt my hip once”
      “I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman”
      So dang funny!! 😀

    • @curtisphilumalee1447
      @curtisphilumalee1447 6 месяцев назад +2

      I took a listen to the Bertha song and can say I honestly never heard it before. Pretty wild lyrics that caused me to giggle.
      Yeah Joe Tex’s song at the time was being played more in the roller skating rinks and disco dances than on radio. At the time I really never thought about it but now I listen to it and it cracks me up.

    • @AldousHuxleysCat
      @AldousHuxleysCat 6 месяцев назад +1

      The Bertha song was a follow-up to an earlier song called Troglodyte.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@AldousHuxleysCat
      Thank you! For mentioning the Cave Man song “Sock it to me - Sock it to me - Her Name Was Bertha, Bertha Butt, She Was One Of The Butt Sisters” 😂 😆 that’s the tune I remember from my youth, the lyrics “she was one of the Butt Sisters” stood out to me and I haven’t heard it since - until now. Just watched Jimmy’s smokin’ hot FUNK version, what a song and what a performer!! 😎

  • @executivedecision6141
    @executivedecision6141 6 месяцев назад +7

    The Pointer Sisters were embarassing in their early years, with this 1940s-style bebop act. Yet it caught on and they were later on The Carol Burnett Show a few times. Ruth, Anita, and Bonnie Pointer all improved by their third album in 1975 -- going with soul and funk along with the R & B. Of course none of that is anything compared to what they were doing in the 1980s. "I'm So Excited" is their best-known song, and it still holds up well in this century!

    • @zibbyzubb
      @zibbyzubb 6 месяцев назад +10

      Embarrassing? That's a matter of opinion. Actually, they had 6 singles that charted higher than I'm So Excited. Both Fire and Slow Hand reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The remix of I'm So Excited peaked at #9. But you are right about their 80s output. I love that stuff.

    • @vegasbaby3669
      @vegasbaby3669 6 месяцев назад

      Where is June Pointer during this performance? Anyone know?

    • @kevingoins9858
      @kevingoins9858 6 месяцев назад +9

      Embarrassing to you maybe. The 1940s image worked.

    • @carolynharveyfoxtrot
      @carolynharveyfoxtrot 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@zibbyzubbThank you, that’s their opinion. 🙄 One of my favorites was “Chick on the side”. They sang that song.

    • @shadowstalker1515
      @shadowstalker1515 6 месяцев назад +5

      BS. This era of their career was wonderful

  • @Music--ng8cd
    @Music--ng8cd 6 месяцев назад +2

    What if Focus and Jethro Tull combined their talents?

    • @inwoodliver
      @inwoodliver 6 месяцев назад

      The world would never be the same

  • @vegasbaby3669
    @vegasbaby3669 6 месяцев назад +2

    Where is June Pointer during this performance? Anyone know?

    • @loribrown4129
      @loribrown4129 6 месяцев назад +2

      June had to sit out for a bit because she was worked so hard to the point where she had a mental breakdown.

    • @AdrianDeVore
      @AdrianDeVore 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@loribrown4129 Wow!😮

  • @groovedohg
    @groovedohg 6 месяцев назад

    The Focus tracks (And dates) are confusing. On the Gladys Knight an Pips full episode on 05 Oct 1973, Focus played 4 songs including the 2 songs played here. They are the same performances. Can someone tell me if the performances were from 1973 or 1974

  • @covers_girl
    @covers_girl 6 месяцев назад +2

    Jan Akkerman, focus on the 🎸