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Bro, my mind is blown that uncle Charlie laid vocals on Computer love. Can’t even listen to it the same again.. such a classic and yes, should have won a Grammy because this song transcends music.

Pakeha (Honky) late 60s.... East Tamaki Primary, Fergerson Intermediate, Hilary College. Ms Carney, George Gidiona, Douglas Brown, Mark Puke at East Tamaki Primary) Maori classes with Pita Sharples and Tom Roa (Hilary) Lived on Ivon Rd then moved to just down the road from Flying Jug ( ET Tavern) Never patched with the Stormies but drunk with them - Barbs etc all the time at ET Hung with Bid Thompson, Marty Mason, Sub (Salu) did a lot of running from the Daniels and Tobys, Brian Bunyeon etc LOL Good mate Pounoa Cecil and Taut and knew Mutz...lot of Barbs, Space, Zeb, Bomb, Starr. So many names coming back Gregory Baggs, Snake and Sam Maka, Nin Beasly, Boasa Teinakori, Peter Tofilau, Peter Christiansen, Peter Savage, Danny Shortland, Vern Wilson, Cristine Kemp, Katherine Marsh, Christine Tenamu, Margret Roundtree...and so many more!! Was there when Otara boys attacked Ngati Otara park in Oct 1978, and was the start of Stormies again. Uncle was in originals that fought with Hells Angels. Vern was Prez of Stormies but was killed up north while riding with Danny Shortland (old guy with a trailer that swiped Vern off his bike while overtaking Grrrr!!!) I was the fastest runner in Otara (Albert Collins was close LOL) due to being so damn cheeky! Moved to Aussie when 18yrs old but never forget Otara...life on the edge styles!!!

And I and my family still go out to Grey Lynn for church sometimes and we still live here in the area; well, now called Clover Park 🫥 used to be called East Tamaki / Otara / Wiri? Well for the area I’m in 🥴. Sometimes I wonder about why my parents would never leave South Auckland 😴 oh well ♥️

But that just shows you that the record companies don’t know nothing. You heard this song and fell in love with it from the very beginning because you know hits, and thank goodness that the man, Mr. Roger Troutman, one of the baddest man to every his own sound asked you to jump on that song and you jumped on it and wrote it all the way to a great hit God bless you, Charlie Wilson. I hope I get a chance to work with you one day.🫡🙏🏽🏁🔥

Seriously regressing back to the '80's, Y'all!!❤

But computers weren’t even a thing for 10+ years after this song? How did they know

WOW I remember this song!😎👏

Had to sneak and listen to The Time as a teen. He's still my biggest crush❤❤❤❤ Morris

Jelly bean killed 7779311 baw that’s hard to keep that cadence

A band of legends!! 🥰

Jesse Johnson also had the star quality "IT" factor. The unfortunately came along when Rap had begun to dominating the air waves and flipping popular culture into violent chaos.

THE TIME. A group of Genius gentlemen creating R&B Funk with a unique Mood and Style. Brilliant. ❤

He was nice to do this for fans this definitely did turn out good..

why has doesnt changed? Thank you Rawiri for being truth in 1970's .. humans may grow up and be wiser? To be honest.. I walk your path shaking our head. No Rawiri.. humans are not that wise. They keep excusing themselves... God is made in the image of a human. .. the 2 legged species are ordinary and slow. Thank you Rawiri for your fight un heard . Can only wish them all the best for the next 1000yrs or whenever

Auckland is now one big Otara full of gang members, drug addicts and bludgers.

Terrica Williams princess

Incredible and amazing❤❤❤

9:56 is that you Harry Akuhata 😂. The brown afro hair dude

My mannnnnnn❤🎉

Wow this was 40 years ago, the Maori and Pacific Islanders are confident and articulate about their future. I hope Otara is still strong and thriving . There is such a strong community spirit among the children of Maui here.

Why did him and Prince get nose jobs?

B Glad when gentlemen return to class and sophistication like MD put away those hoodies and baseball caps. Puuuhhh Leeeeaaase!

Dick Clark was fantastic.

DONT BLAME THE SYSTEM SOME OF THE BLAME NEEDS TO FALL ON THE PARENTS ????

Who remembers Zoot Suits? And the Zoot Suit Riot?

Check out the Hilary principles voice, gave me the creeps , i was always on the sign off sheets, every period had teacher sign off

Check out Southside rising and Stormtroopers NZ for some real history of Otara, insight into how and why Stormtroopers helped S/A evolve and give its locals some mana

Yeah sure was one of the first Ghettos but as you see here, it didnt start that way and i always felt at home in Bolton pl, our street of owner occupied families mostly, yeah the Islanders moved in and took over, by share numbers and the rest left on their way to a better life, we had poms and dutch as well as Kiwi neighbours, always remember the Islanders choir singing and the volleyball at Hillroad park next door, they demolished our fence helping themselves to our orchard , but that was the way it was , i left and came back many times , the missionaries , be it the Otara Convent and church helped educate us( the lucky ? few thousand )and later De La Salle(boys) and McCauley (girls) Also 99% islanders by 1980, so we were not all illiterate, having spent a year at Hillary( most students had no real teachers and were not interested , just waiting for factory job, my mate a pom was just intent on causing mischief and we would scab money for lunch usually or go home as i did and watch tv with mum who was on DPB on account my dad was in and out of work as he was diagnosed as schitzo as youth and had lots of shock treatment throughout his life and liked to drink , but they did their best and we had a home. Later on, after leaving area, things got worse with kids street gangs and my brothers dog was killed because the youth gangs liked to cut through our property i think , anyway cops were there one night with guns im told ,to stop the youth gangs being violent Funny too , our quiet street became Notorious overnight when a neighbours youngest son , who i knew , that had a troublesome life , with gangs , alcohol and drugs ended up killing his dead Dads Tai second wife and her brothers life was in balance because he felt house should have been left to his Family!( used a maori club(stick) or similar and was probably under influence Also talking about Notorious , The guy who ended up in prison for most of his life probably, was at one stage sent to the Maori ? run Military School up Preston rd way, for wayward youths and i think he learnt how to use War club(stick) there and im sure if someone did research they would find the worst offenders including rapists and violent offenders were there too , which probably had a bad effect on the Neighbour in Question( i have a feeling the Mangere rapist? was one of them or maybe the Parnell Panther ? but i read it somewhere or saw documentary, Anyways was probably not a good idea to chuck all the bad eggs in one basket (isnt that what they do in prison) and thats why the gangs run it, maybe thats what happened later on in Otara, or was The Otara Chopping mall named after the axing of a gang member during a brawl in 70s when i was kid and i didnt realise how cheap life was in South Auckland , i suppose being bottled and going to Otahuhu Police to make complaint and being told to go away , wasting their time ! Shows how inadequate the system is and was, now the police presence in South Auckland is huge compared to any other area aside from maybe West Auckland and i dont know if thats a good thing as a lot of new migrants choose better areas to live now and the Police presence in better areas is spread pretty thin, as rich people as we know? dont commit violent crime , just fraud and paedophilia?

Why I hear Prince? 🤔

Love this documentary ❤

Omg is that miss manapori?

You can’t have a discussion about funk and not mention the time. I mean you can but that convo wouldn’t be truthful. Not at all. Finest baggies that money can buy ! Zip snap and drop baby

Morris Day is another legend gone too soon, still love dancing and listening to all his music❤

Remember helping as a kid in the Korkiri gardens with my Papa Paul Grace he was a hard man but fair as they were back then. The good old days❤

From 9yrs old I grew up in Otara, lived in Clayton Ave. Flatbush Primary school, Hillary College. we're one the first pupils going to these. schools, whoo 2023 and im watchin this David. Rita. Francis. Gavin whoo 😢 all good friends, Stormtroppers I think Ken was the leader, Mr Johnson, and Mr Hammer 😅 old now forgot his real name. He would hav been called Hulk. if Hulk was out then lol congratulations to yous 👏 ❤so proud of yous all...we all around 70yrs old now thanku for these memories , I ended up buying a home in Wiri but now I live in Melbourne, Australia Bessie Hohepa our other mate lived her too, (that's Ken with helmet on ) , Ben Dalton ,is he Micheals brother ❤️ my brother still lives in Otara on Harwood Cres. and all my nieces and nephews still go to school there and play league for Otara..so proud ❤xx

Ok ok I know prince did the nuts and bolts ..... But this band really tore it up .... Hence they got kicked off the tour with Prince .... Sometimes you can be too good and too sexy 😂😂😂😂

C O O L

Still can jam to it.

I thank God everyday for bringing me into this world at the same time as Prince. He created the soundtrack of my life.

Its all timeless its amzing god bless the both of you both ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

OMG the memories!! I was 6 years old listening to this and the album is sitting on my turntable right now. Jellybean on that hi-hat, Jessie on that guitar. Phew!

Wore baggy slacks and skinny ties in 7th and 8th grades cause of these dudes!!! ICONIC LOL

The coolest thing ever is the Time

Aww shittttt you got your TH-cam on 🫵🏾🥃👑

I thought I was From Otara Until in my Late 20s found out I'm really from the Hokianga 😅 So loved Growing up with All our Otarian Whanau 🎉🎉

I never change computer love when its on. I get transported back to being a young teen again in the sunshine figuring life out

Cur cur from Paeroa 🎸😎 cost me seven dollars from Paeroa to Papatoetoe get of the bus then cross over the bridge to Otara.😂❤ . thankyou for sharing ❤

I really don't know what would have happened to me and my life if Prince and the Minneapolis sound hadn't come to detroit michigan...I WANT ALL OF DETROIT CITY STAND UP CLAP YA HANDS🕴

A super live tune they jam the whole tune wow

Morris was Cool before it was Cool!