I'm getting ready to be 65 & I love the music of the 70's. Ya know what's funny, when they played this song on the radio I can actually hear what song they played after this one. It was Rollercoaster! Remember that one? I really miss Wolf Man Jack!
I’m 63 too. Will turn 64 in May, God willing. Love these trips down memory lane, although it can put me in a melancholy state of mind. That’s ok. Anyway, the years went quick, didn’t they?
@@guitarttimman yes, saw them late 70s. Things were very different. Musicians were more down to earth. I was late teens and had to sneak to go. Good times.
I saw Sugar Foot and the Ohio Players in a small nightclub in Los Angeles in the mid 90's. They started playing and I jumped up on stage dancing with Sugar Foot! They were jamming and had the whole place dancing and singing! One of the GOAT bands in the 70's.
My parents were going through a stressful divorce in 1974. My Mom sent me with my older sister to see the Ohio Players in concert. Shut the front door! As a child I was impressed with the whole experience. It was a highly multiple sensory concert.
I remember when I was working at this hotel in Long Beach they stayed at our hotel cuz they were playing in Long Beach and I had to make a delivery to the bass players room and I got to sit and talk with him for a little bit. He let me play his base. Well attempt to try to play his base. It was such a wonderful time. They were so nice for those in the group who has passed on. May you rest in peace and Funk Forever!!!!
A song like "Fire" is the result of a lot of hard work not just spontaneous combustion. W.C. Handy, Louis Armstrong, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimi Hendrix on through the R&B/Funk bands these guys had music training. The number of members of this band of players is long, they were formed in 1959.
I would like to remind you that your generation was and still better than mines. I’m 26 years old but I always seem to go back to old school music for healing. Music back then felt more genuine.
This was the band in the 70’s.... played song to death in the 70’s as teenager and other Ohio Player songs. This is some of the best music ever when people played instruments and entertained you.
Heard this walking into TJ disco 1974 thought it was live band playing through some JBL what not, I thought this is going to catch on. Place was packed. Disco did catch on but I was in that club couple years later and it was dead loved the pinwheel lights. I forget the name.
I was young during the disco era, in college and grad school, didn’t get to experience it. Since i turned 65, officially out of the race and doing my own thing, this is what i listen to!
Ohio players still got it going on and they made this song back in the year 1974 and this song is going hard all the time and I like this music and I'm still listening to this song all the time
@@jayhooks6031 Thanks for adding Junie to the list. I'm from Dayton and Junie and Roger Troutman were the musicians that every musician from Dayton aspired to be as good as :-) They were truly "off-the-charts" creative/gifted and could play multiple instruments...very, very well. For us, I guess they were like Prince was for Minneapolis musicians :-)
How come no one is commenting about the OBVIOUS lip sync? It's comical, that, taking nothing away from these talented dudes.. I have been a fan since I was a youngster!
Still crushing on these guys after all these years....not used to them lip syncing.......and the faces they are making at each other are hilarious. Love them tho.....
This is back when you had to actually have talent to be in the music business! I wish these guys were still around I’d love to see them live. So sad all are gone.
One of the first songs I consider funk was Chairman of the Board Pay to the Piper 1970, they came out with Finders Keepers 1973. Soul Music from 1960s - the mid 1990s the best. Love you guys
This was a pure gold funk song of the 70s played hard in that decade Band was nothing but dynamite Was played in high school dances through out the years … 🎼🎸🎸🎸rock on Class of 76
The greatest band of all time and its not even close. Its unfair how good this sounds, the horn section so rich, so much rhythm and flavor. Ohio Players
An entire platoon on board the USS Vancouver of Marine grunts jammed, danced, got down to this just before we went in for the fall of Saigon, Vietnam and then Phenom Phenn, Cambodia. Blt 2/4, the magnificent Bastards, for real
67 and still love this tune.2024
That bass line... vocals... horns... sublime funk!
I like that ending bass. It sounded like going up. But yeah the whole song
This what funk is about
But where are those bongos coming from?
Are they actually playing?
@@Madasin_Paine uh yeh
I'm 63 and I love the music of the 70's! Still listening is right!!!! The best music ever! I can feel it in my soul !!!😂😂😂😂
Im 24 and I love music from the 70’s still listening to it right now !
I'm getting ready to be 65 & I love the music of the 70's. Ya know what's funny, when they played this song on the radio I can actually hear what song they played after this one. It was Rollercoaster! Remember that one? I really miss Wolf Man Jack!
I’m 63 too. Will turn 64 in May, God willing. Love these trips down memory lane, although it can put me in a melancholy state of mind. That’s ok. Anyway, the years went quick, didn’t they?
😅🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🥁🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I grew up in the '70s and the brothers always was stylin' and profilin'! Great time to be alive!
(SO!, FOR, VERY REAL!,)-(❤!-😂!-❤!-😊!)
The Very Best!!!!! CB
Nuttin’ like dat’ 70’s funk!
Straight Up Truth My Brotha! I Was 13 Years Old When The Ohio Players Dropped This Funky Groove!
I'm 75 years-old and I can never forget listening to this tune and doing 'the bump' back in 1974, when I was a young man of 25!
The Bump ...the memories...😂 i was 9
Ditto on the 74!
I learned to only do the bump with gay men who carried purses. The straight guys had keys and change in their pockets that gave me bruises!
@@cjwehner You always ask them to unload first. 😂👍
Yea, young man, I was 23 in 1974
OBVIOUSLY HANDS DOWN ONE OF THE BEST FUNK BANDS EVER!!
Hands UP !!
Soul Bands
Very true one of the best bands ever
Ohio, and I'm not from there so no bias, put out the best fonk of any state...quite easily. Too many bands and artists to name.
Really maybe for you, what about Earth wind and fire? 😅
I'm 68 great music never changes!
This was a great band. I seen 'em in the 70's. They jumped in to the audience and started partying with us. They're a great bunch of dudes.
Vincent Steele thanks 😎
That's interesting and different. Never knew they were so personal. I heard different of them
@@tammaywilliams5513 I seen them in the 70's. Times were different then. I seen a lot of great bands during that era.
That’s excellent !
@@guitarttimman yes, saw them late 70s. Things were very different. Musicians were more down to earth. I was late teens and had to sneak to go. Good times.
I saw Sugar Foot and the Ohio Players in a small nightclub in Los Angeles in the mid 90's. They started playing and I jumped up on stage dancing with Sugar Foot! They were jamming and had the whole place dancing and singing! One of the GOAT bands in the 70's.
IkinDiggIt
😂😂 I would have like to have seen that. What a great time & A forever memory for you.
I was 18! Doing the bump, lol, I’m 64 and still listening! ♥️♥️🎶🎼🎵
Me Too SaMe age ..
You go girl.....
I just turned 64 February 17th and this song is still 🔥 somebody please called the fire department. Because this song is on fire. 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Me to I'm 66
Me too... hahaha ☮️❤️🎸🎸🎸
Ohio Players, one of the Greatest R&B/Funk Bands from the past and even in today's society 2024 era.
They Have Forget Music Made Like O P !
This was the jam. Good lord.
Gotta give Ohio its respect! Best soul/funk groups are from that state!!! ❤
Yep!
The Ohio players were ahead of their time . 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I'd say ... wireless, nonexistent microphones.. Exceptionally great miming and lipsync skills .. Right up there with Millie and Vanilli..
My parents were going through a stressful divorce in 1974. My Mom sent me with my older sister to see the Ohio Players in concert. Shut the front door! As a child I was impressed with the whole experience. It was a highly multiple sensory concert.
saw them in 74 w pfunk.. w my dad o was 10.. only whites in audience
Wow
@@frankclinton8798 music 🎶🎵 has no boundaries
I remember when I was working at this hotel in Long Beach they stayed at our hotel cuz they were playing in Long Beach and I had to make a delivery to the bass players room and I got to sit and talk with him for a little bit. He let me play his base. Well attempt to try to play his base. It was such a wonderful time. They were so nice for those in the group who has passed on. May you rest in peace and Funk Forever!!!!
Most of these black bands had no formal music lessons!! Raw talent!!! Self taught!!
Exactly! Just what I was thinking about earlier. Pure talent and a love for singing and performing!! ❤
A song like "Fire" is the result of a lot of hard work not just spontaneous combustion. W.C. Handy, Louis Armstrong, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimi Hendrix on through the R&B/Funk bands these guys had music training. The number of members of this band of players is long, they were formed in 1959.
@@johnnydelmar
Yeah I agree…but the special creative, artistic aptitude and natural endowment is embedded dogg.
Absolutely!!!
Dang !!!.. Never thought of that ! 🤯
I grew up with a friend who looked just like the lead singer. Brings a 😊 to my face and fond memories.
Rest In Peace!.
I would like to remind you that your generation was and still better than mines. I’m 26 years old but I always seem to go back to old school music for healing. Music back then felt more genuine.
Yeah me too
The greatest music was from the early 70s to about mid to late 80s in my opinion, of course I'm biased cause that's when I grew up during that time.
@@billybeason350😂
I'm 63...We thought it would always be this way!!!! Had we known we would've enjoyed it more. 🤭🤭🤭
@@mariahardy1201 I was born in 10000 bc
Underrated definitely, but bad never ever. Still listening in 2024.
Iam white and 65 always liked these guys. These were talented and classy musitions. Great time in music.
Music has no color
@@isidorembianda7504 You nailed it!
Yes, Yes, Yes, brings back so many great memories, so many, many Memories!!!!!!!!! Thanks for The Memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was the band in the 70’s.... played song to death in the 70’s as teenager and other Ohio Player songs. This is some of the best music ever when people played instruments and entertained you.
My FAVORITE GROUP of ALL TIME! #RIPSUGARFOOT!
@@kendrickjones3115Hell's Kitchen theme song
I am jamaican but I just love their music nothing but the funk
Style beyond description!!! That music that style will never die.
Great band is an extreme understatement. So much music and talent.
Yes listening in 2024.
Heard this walking into TJ disco 1974 thought it was live band playing through some JBL what not, I thought this is going to catch on. Place was packed. Disco did catch on but I was in that club couple years later and it was dead loved the pinwheel lights. I forget the name.
Of course 😅❤❤
I was young during the disco era, in college and grad school, didn’t get to experience it. Since i turned 65, officially out of the race and doing my own thing, this is what i listen to!
Same here. Loving The Ohio Players
Is there a Disco song about Puerto Rico because the radio diel just fell off. 😄
White Boi Curt here........loving it playa-plays. ---- Semper Fi!!!!
White people love music too.
Ohio Players and the Commadores were my favorite groups when I was a teen and now I am 64 years old 💕💕
That and Graham Central Station.
Classic!!!! Still jamming 2023!!!!
My favorite when I was a teenager.
These guys represent the best in FUNK back in the 70s', this tune was a huge hit and still is. Thank you fellas... Peace ✌⚓
I would put Parliament into that equation too.
@@justme307 Yeah this one, skintight and who'd she coo are all good dance jams.
Love this song many great memories
Real music...we need more bands like this
Wolfman Jack, rollerskating, Jr. high dances. This song brings back some fun memories.
Used to love this song when I was a little kid 💃🏽🔥🔥🔥
I Saw them in concert in 1979 at Hampton Colosseum in Hampton VA with Rick James , Raye Parker and Radio. What a Wild Collection of FUNK !!!!!!
lucky you !
Now that's real music 🎶 🎵. Still listening 🎶.
Wore out this and the Commodores Brick House on the juke box. YEARS ago!!!!
70’s funk really stands the test of time! AWESOME!😎🤩
Great Song…back in the day we said Fired Up. Ohio Player was the Truth!!!
My mom used to play this when I was about 4 or 5 years old when I first heard this song, to this day it’s still a classic
These guys were the music of my time , CANNOT BE BEAT , look at that soul !
Ohio players still got it going on and they made this song back in the year 1974 and this song is going hard all the time and I like this music and I'm still listening to this song all the time
Dancing to this in high school growing up in Kankakee Illinois .. the best music back then!
God ,this what dance to in 70's missed it so much !!!!❤
this song is DOPE back then and still is... they don't make music like this anymore.. love these guys ... always liked R&B and Funk and I'am white lol
I agree. Most stuff today sucks.
It's like going to a hynosis session. It fills your mind. Gorgeous funk like no other. Super talented
Hypnotic session
😱🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
@@100aceswid Agree. But check out Christone Kingfish. The kids an old soul blues player.
STILL jammin these brothers in 2020!
Me to and it is 2022
@@ayndowney9401 Me too and its 2024
What a band; everything that they did was awesome. Not to mention GOLD yeah! 2024❤
RIPP Satch, Sugarfoot, Pee-Wee & Jones. Your legacy of funk will never die
And Junie too.
@@jayhooks6031 Thanks for adding Junie to the list. I'm from Dayton and Junie and Roger Troutman were the musicians that every musician from Dayton aspired to be as good as :-) They were truly "off-the-charts" creative/gifted and could play multiple instruments...very, very well. For us, I guess they were like Prince was for Minneapolis musicians :-)
I must go at this time, see you when you get there 🥰🙏
Forever may they Funk In Peace.
Old day... THIS GROUP IS SOLID GOLD!!! ❤👍🏾
A real band! They played instruments unlike many of today's singers!
At the Daily-Double Disco in Ft Worth Texas 1978 and 1979 we played this song and Grooveline constantly. 2 of my favorite songs when bartending.
Ohio Players were excellent. They're album covers were tastefully styled.
Great band from the legendary 70s and look no electric leads on the guitars ect and the miming is top notch.
The coolest funk song ever recorded...The Ohio Players are Funk Gods
I wouldn't go that far, there's only one God Elohim no one else! Amen!
Blasphemy 😆
How come no one is commenting about the OBVIOUS lip sync? It's comical, that, taking nothing away from these talented dudes.. I have been a fan since I was a youngster!
I remember this song from when I was a kid. Funk is among the best genres of music
Oh my, when the siren came on in the beginning...you knew it was time to get up and dance!! I had this album and cranked it loud on the turntable!
Summers in the late 70's. WOW.
About to choke from the smoke got to tighten up my stroke can you feel it baby!!! That’s some deep, funk poetry.
This was popular when I was stationed in Germany. 75-76
Aah man the way the horns start this track off is amazing I can just listen to the music the horns the drums the bass
Saw them live in Brighton in 1975 - never to be forgotten, just immense
How could anybody not like this band sugar Foot so Funky So cool RIP bro.
One of mY FAVE groups of all time! Nobody makes music like this anymore!
Still crushing on these guys after all these years....not used to them lip syncing.......and the faces they are making at each other are hilarious. Love them tho.....
Cheryl Carney yeah, these guys were FIRE
These are a great funk/ soul band & my dad brought me up on this great music.
Beautiful funk and hair.
LOOK AT THERE SMILES THEY ARE TRULY ENJOY THIS MOMENT IN TIME....THANK YOU OHIO PLAYERS FOR THE FUNK N FUN
This is back when you had to actually have talent to be in the music business! I wish these guys were still around I’d love to see them live. So sad all are gone.
I was 16 when I first head the track fire by the Ohio players and I am 66 and still love them all,God Bless!
Our hearts are bleeding for the Heartland ~ and our Home State.
One of the baddest bands that came out of Ohio along with the Isley Brothers
That was the jam back in the day! I loved that song! They were one of the funniest bands but they didn't get their due but they were very great!
Haven't heard this in YEARS and I just now noticed the modulation to C#.
Some good ole funk..takes me back.
Oh p
Use to drive to Dayton to hear these dudes. Lots of years ago but the tunes are still funk.
I'm 62 and still can do The Bump! FIRE 🔥 is still 🔥 FIRE 🔥 OHIO PLAYERS LEGENDARY 🏆 ❤ 🙏🏽 💐
yea me too.
I’m almost 68, can do it if anyone asks!
🤣🤣🤣💃🏽🕺🏽
One of the first songs I consider funk was Chairman of the Board Pay to the Piper 1970, they came out with Finders Keepers 1973. Soul Music from 1960s - the mid 1990s the best. Love you guys
This tune has always been 🔥🎶🎶
And it's going to stay fire! It's timeless baby.
I'm listening 😅
My brother brought home an OP album and it was on blast for days. Mom bought him headphones
I played drums in a college band and we wore this song out....whew!
I played concussion in High School this song and skin-tight we rocked it 1974 ,75,76 Jack Yates High Houston, Texas 3rd Ward TX
Still listening bru
I SOO MISS MUSIC LIKE THIS ALONG WITH EARTH, WIND AND FIRE... GREAT MUSIC..
@tracy Smith io pure!
I recalled having that album. So many songs to remember.
Yes, add the Commodores, Con Funk Shun, Roger Troutman, Isley Brothers, Parliment. So many more!
@@Marsx4 si'🇮🇹🙋🎸💢💯👊✊🚀✈️🎵🎼🎤🎧🤳✍️🙏👍🤣sud
This was a pure gold funk song of the 70s played hard in that decade
Band was nothing but dynamite
Was played in high school dances through out the years …
🎼🎸🎸🎸rock on Class of 76
I love this group and this song...still listening at 63 years old in July 2024!!!!
I saw them in concert at Disney World back in '79 or '80. They were fantastic!
Seen them four times magnificent got better each time one of the best bands of all times
The greatest band of all time and its not even close. Its unfair how good this sounds, the horn section so rich, so much rhythm and flavor. Ohio Players
What a big funk song!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
To my father who knew how to dance to this kind of music passed away over 6 years ago. Miss you Pop
The Masters of Funk!
My favorite bands Parliament Funkadelic, Earth Wind & Fire, and the Ohio Players !
My jam me and my brother used to dance back in the day on this jam
je viens de découvrir ce group musiciens avec le style de musics des années 1970 où méme les années 1960 soooo gooooo d !!!!!🤣🤣🤣😘😘😘😎😎🎤🎤🎷🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎹🎺🎺
An entire platoon on board the USS Vancouver of Marine grunts jammed, danced, got down to this just before we went in for the fall of Saigon, Vietnam and then Phenom Phenn, Cambodia. Blt 2/4, the magnificent Bastards, for real
❤this song! It will
Make you move!!
Tyrone of Chester PA 😊