One of my all-time favorites. The original by Shug Otis is pretty good too, just more of a rock song than a Funk sound. In case you're wondering Strawberry Letter 22 referenced in the song is his girlfriend's letter to him. His response is the song itself, making it Strawberry Letter 23. The guitar solo is iconic and considered one of the most difficult to play. The guitarist is actually Lee Ritenour, and I'm sure I spelled that wrong.
The power of music and reinterpreting a song performed by another group is an OPPORTUNITY to broaden your music catalogue and veer out to other genres and artists. Seriously, that was Lee Ritenour? Lee is still performing and has concerts scheduled in the PNW this month.
Shuggie Otis's 1971 original also has a sort of psychedelic feel to it. This 1977 one does, too, kind of. And Otis's original contains the same impressive guitar solo, copied line for line by the Brothers Johnson, but with maybe dual guitars or layered production to give a fuller sound.
Sometimes, I get emotional when I hear this psychedelic funk masterpiece. I just start daydreaming about my childhood in the 70s, and the memories just come pouring in. I'm so glad y'all finally reacted to this. Peace! ❤
The Brothers Johnson never disappoint, always a solid groove and creative arrangements. Funky and melodic in just the right mix. Their tracks, like this gem, still sound fresh, even in the future now. ✌️
Quincy Jones co-produced this phenomenal groove. Some of the best musicians in the business played on this track and the epic album this song came from. Thank you Jay & Amber for doing a 1st reaction on this great cut 🎶
Shuggie Otis originally recorded this on his 1971 album “Freedom Flight”. He wrote it at the age of 17 for his girlfriend describing the feelings evoked by "Strawberry Letter 22," the title indicating the hopes of another letter. It is commonly believed that she wrote to him on strawberry-scented paper but Otis told Spinner in a 2013 interview that the song has nothing to do with the smell of strawberries. "What I pictured when I was writing that song, was a girl handing a guy a pink envelope," he explained. "A love letter. The guy and the girl had written each other 22 letters so far. And the 23rd one he writes is a song. But no scents." - Songfacts
As told many times, it wasn't Shuggie himself writing for HIS girlfriend, but, rather: him using his brother (who went to war in Korea)'s relationship and experiences with HIS girlfriend. ...Either way: a total classic. 💜
Another vote for their song, I'll Be Good To You. There's also a remake of it with Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan. And yes, you should check out the original Strawberry Letter 23 version from Shugie Otis.
This came out in 1977, and it was a nice hit. That was during my house party days, as a teenager. The bass player was one of the best. Louis could use his teeth to play the bass. They called him thunder thumbs. One of the brothers, Louis Johnson sadly passed away in 2015.
Thanks for playing one of my suggestions! I'm sure others have also suggested it since it's such an amazing tune. Way too cool...reminders of younger years!
All right my babies.... Big time banger ‼️ If you noticed in the lyrics it said "Strawberry Letter 22" it's a reference to a 22nd letter that he got from a woman. His response back to her and makes it the Strawberry Letter 23. And check this out...If you purchased the lp record back in the seventies, the album was see-through red in color, the label in the middle of the record was a scratch and sniff and it smelled like strawberry ‼️ Most definitely a collector's item for sure ‼️💯🔥😎👍🏼
This song is amazing! I remember at the time it seemed like the love child of Parliament Funkadelic and Yes. Everyone loved this song and it always filled the dance floor.
I absolutely love this song! I have this on my current playlists! The Brothers Johnson were so smooth! Love them! Next time you should react to their song “Get The Funk Out Ma Face” or “I’ll Be Good To You”! ❤❤
One of my all time favorite song from that era as well. Their "I'll Be Good To You"" and "Stomp" were big hits and were my two other faves by them. Do "I'll Be Good To You" next because the groove is so smooth. By the way, Louis Johnson, the bass player here, was one of the first followers of Larry Graham of Sly and The Family Stone, the originator of the funky slap bass, which Johnson uses so well here.
*_'A present, from you - Strawberry letter 22'_* one of the most beautiful poetic lines ever. I love how the title of the song is inferred from this line, but never used in the song
That album cover is so nostalgic for me. As a 7 year old, I would have my sweet mom play this song over and over while I stared at the cover. Same thing with the Isley Brother and Atlantis. This takes me back to my childhood, which is a beautiful thing.
This was one of my all time favorites! I was just sitting here and the song popped into my mind and I had to come on here to listen to it! Glad you guys enjoyed it! ❤
My all-time favorite by The Brothers Johnson. Y’all taking me back I was young, but I swear I could remember when this came out the album smelled like strawberries, it actually smelled like strawberries.
I never get over how lucky I was to be growing up in the 60's and 70's~ the diversity in the music that was out there hasn't been topped (imo) in the decades that followed, until quite possibly now!! Thanks for taking me back~ ❤
I was 8 years old in 1977 when this came out. My parents didn't listen to these types of bands, but my aunts did and I remember dancing around to this song! Fun times. That is when I fell in love with Funk/Soul/R&B music. Great song and great reaction! ❣️✌🏻
This brings back a lot of memories from 77-78, it was also used in the movie "JACKIE BROWN" which would be a great movie for Jay and Amber to watch and react, with, Robert De Niro, Samuel Jackson, Pamala Greer
I graduated college that year and remember blasting this on Route 81 on a summer day from Scranton to Penn National Racetrack..Oh the good old days ❤❤❤
My sister had this on 45 and I admit that I stole it from her (she still doesn't know!), and I still have it! I played it out and out and out to the point of wearing it out. I especially love the middle bridge because of how it is so unique and quirky and how it builds on itself each time it repeats with different and more complex instrumentation. Amazing SONG!
Awesome music. My neighbors were all black my entire life. If I was visiting this would be playing and I always loved it then and I still love it now. Know it WORD FOR WORD
I love me some Brothers Johnson. They had so many hits they used to be session players for I believe Quincy Jones but once they were playing everybody hit the floor. Rest in peace, Louis Johnson . You should check out "Get the Funk Out My Face"
It is amazing how music can transport you back to a specific place and time. For me, this song takes me back to my time in navy basic training in the late summer and early fall of 1977. If the day went well we were allowed to listen to the radio. We agreed on a Top 40 station in order to try to please everyone. This song and Rita Coolidtge's cover of Boz Scaggs' Were All Alone always take me back to that time.
The first time I heard this was on an 8-Track tape my sister borrowed from this guy she was seeing in 1977. I was immediately impressed. Two months later, my local radio station played the 12" version.
You were blessed with the amazing Lee Ritenour solo and Harvey Mason's incredible beat. And yes, Louis Johnson was called 'Thunder Thumbs' for a reason.
This song is timeless... One of my all time faves, although it takes me right back to Summer 1977 as a 6 year old people running in our house asking if we heard Elvis died. As a 6 year old, I'm like who's this Elvis everybody is crying over and I sat down and watched his memoriam. Such a sharp memory in my mind, but this song still shines on that sunny Summer day
Oh yes the Brothers Johnson. Remember playing this on 8 track in my 1972 Chevy Malibu thru Kraco speakers and a power booster. The women loved Louis because he had the perfect afro for the times. Those brothers were funky. I would to you react to Tom Browne Jamaica Funk. Needs to be the video version since it adds so much to the song.
FINALLY! I've been asking for this one for months. It's one of my favorite songs and the Brothers Johnson are some of the most creative musicians of the 70's. Now let's get a song by The Time under our belts. Start with Cool or if you have to, Jungle Love.
A glorious interpretation of the Shuggie Otis original -- Quincy Jones did a masterful production job here. Another good Brothers Johnson tune is their first big hit, "I'll Be Good To You" from 1976. Bassist Louis Johnson went to play on Michael Jackson's Thriller album. That's his famous bass line at the opening of "Billie Jean."
Thanks so much, Jay & Amber, for your great reaction videos! I especially enjoyed this one; I still have my 45 of "Strawberry Letter 23" that I bought when it came out in 1977... It even came in a strawberry-scented picture sleeve, which still smells very faintly even after all those years.
This was my first song I ever remembered hearing when I was 2 1/2 years old. THE MOST SPECIAL song I know in my life. Will always cherish the groove that got my life long interest in music
A couple of other Brothers Johnson for you to react to are the very pop oriented huge hit for them called I'll Be Good To You and the song Get The Funk Out Ma Face, which sounds just like the title suggests it will.
Love this song so much! I didn't have a 45 of it, but I did of "Stomp!" ... which I pretty much wore out! I still have it. ETA: Woohoo, y'all are almost at 500K subscribers!
The Brothers John have always been a favorite of mine for for almost 50 years now and their music has never gone out of style......................and never will. I was a DJ back in the mid-to-late 1970's and three of their songs were on every playlist I put together. You've already reacted to Stomp, and now Strawberry Letter 23. Then next one you should react to is the third in my trifecta, another great song "I'll Be Good To You". There is a very nice live video on The Midnight Special page on YT. I still have quite a few of my vinyl from that time and one of the best is an extended version of the song, and is struck in pink clear vinyl. It's very cool.
I was working in radio at the time...the record company sent us a '45 to promote this song...and it was impregnated with a strong strawberry scent! You could find it in the stack of records with your eyes closed.
Hadn't heard this in a while. One of my all-time favorites!!! Yeah, summer all the time!!! Top down, chop down, ride into the sunset or the dawn..whatever ya want!!!
Really love this song. It just makes me feel I'm in the 70s with Bell bottoms and Big hear. I was born in 1974 turning 50 a little later this month. I can't remember practically anything about the 70s must have been a good time to live in though.
4:47 - Yeah, I DO know you love the bass, Jay! That's why I keep on, keeping on suggesting Don Blackman to you! LOL. Don't know why you just haven't gotten to him yet??? I boggles my mind. If someone loves the bass guitar, and funky riffs, they've GOT TO get to know Don Blackman. Funk without Don Blackman in your life is like a master chef without cutlery, or a Christian without his Bible, lol. Songs: "Heart's Desire", "Never Miss A Thing", "Holding You, Loving You", "Yabba Dabba Do". TRUST ME!! The people have spoken, LOL. 😄
The guitar interlude is played by session guitarist Lee Ritenour. Louis Johnson, who plays the bass, is an acomplished session player, who also plays on Michael Jackson´s "Off the Wall" and Quincy Jones´ "The Dude"
And just like that, it's the summer of 1977 all over again
Yes, right from that all-time great opening riff!
Rewind!
WOOOOW JUST THE THOUGHT
This single came out in red vinyl and strawberry scented.
FANTASTIC 70s 4 sure
My favorite Brothers Johnson song
One of my all-time favorites. The original by Shug Otis is pretty good too, just more of a rock song than a Funk sound. In case you're wondering Strawberry Letter 22 referenced in the song is his girlfriend's letter to him. His response is the song itself, making it Strawberry Letter 23. The guitar solo is iconic and considered one of the most difficult to play. The guitarist is actually Lee Ritenour, and I'm sure I spelled that wrong.
The power of music and reinterpreting a song performed by another group is an OPPORTUNITY to broaden your music catalogue and veer out to other genres and artists. Seriously, that was Lee Ritenour? Lee is still performing and has concerts scheduled in the PNW this month.
Shuggie Otis's 1971 original also has a sort of psychedelic feel to it. This 1977 one does, too, kind of. And Otis's original contains the same impressive guitar solo, copied line for line by the Brothers Johnson, but with maybe dual guitars or layered production to give a fuller sound.
The Shuggie Otis original is better IMHO and that entire Shuggie album is fantastic.
I’ve always wondered about the 22/23 difference with this song. Cool tidbit.
Wow! Never knew that was Lee Ritenour. Thanks!
Sometimes, I get emotional when I hear this psychedelic funk masterpiece. I just start daydreaming about my childhood in the 70s, and the memories just come pouring in. I'm so glad y'all finally reacted to this. Peace! ❤
Me too. I've always loved this song
Makes me so wanting to relive those times, the music, the fashion, all of it.
Trust me you aren’t the only one who gets emotional. At 58 this song just takes me back!
That was a Quincy Jones production. Dude was untouchable in the 70’s and 80’s!
1977 just sensational...
Also do "I'll Be Good To You", it delivers a funky love song.
Yes!!!
YES !! I love the bass "slap".
The Brothers Johnson never disappoint, always a solid groove and creative arrangements. Funky and melodic in just the right mix. Their tracks, like this gem, still sound fresh, even in the future now. ✌️
Quincy Jones co-produced this phenomenal groove. Some of the best musicians in the business played on this track and the epic album this song came from. Thank you Jay & Amber for doing a 1st reaction on this great cut 🎶
Shuggie Otis originally recorded this on his 1971 album “Freedom Flight”. He wrote it at the age of 17 for his girlfriend describing the feelings evoked by "Strawberry Letter 22," the title indicating the hopes of another letter. It is commonly believed that she wrote to him on strawberry-scented paper but Otis told Spinner in a 2013 interview that the song has nothing to do with the smell of strawberries. "What I pictured when I was writing that song, was a girl handing a guy a pink envelope," he explained. "A love letter. The guy and the girl had written each other 22 letters so far. And the 23rd one he writes is a song. But no scents." - Songfacts
As told many times, it wasn't Shuggie himself writing for HIS girlfriend, but, rather: him using his brother (who went to war in Korea)'s relationship and experiences with HIS girlfriend.
...Either way: a total classic. 💜
Never realized this was a cover, just listened to it on Spotify,almost beat for beat, even the guitar solo is the same. Thanks for the info.
I'm glad you mentioned Shuggie Otis because if someone hadn't, I was going to. Shuggie was one of those artists who was ahead of his time.
Thunder-thumbs and Lightening Licks: The Brother’s Johnson, I love them!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Another vote for their song, I'll Be Good To You. There's also a remake of it with Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan. And yes, you should check out the original Strawberry Letter 23 version from Shugie Otis.
I am 67yrs old and when this came out I danced to this song over and over, night after night. When you hear this ya gotta dance!
This came out in 1977, and it was a nice hit. That was during my house party days, as a teenager. The bass player was one of the best. Louis could use his teeth to play the bass. They called him thunder thumbs. One of the brothers, Louis Johnson sadly passed away in 2015.
He is buried at rose hills cemetery in Whittier CA
The Brothers Johnson "I'll Be Good To You"
...R.I.P. Louis. 🙏❤️
Thanks for playing one of my suggestions! I'm sure others have also suggested it since it's such an amazing tune. Way too cool...reminders of younger years!
1978..im close..this one all funky!
I beat you to it a few years ago, but I'm glad they listened to you because they've never listened to one of my suggestions.
Their song Get The Funk Out My Face will absolutely blow your mind.
Got the next reaction by them
Originally written and performed by Shuggie Otis. I believe he wrote this song for a girlfriend at the age of 17 💜
Love the original it’s more dreamy than this version
-amazing- !
Yeah Shuggie’s version is better
1 of the best and most original singles of all time.
Takes me straight back to high school in the 70s...love it!
I know y'all do movie reactions as well. If you've watched Jackie Brown (film by Quentin Tarantino), this song plays during a crucial scene.
With Quincey Jones producing the Brothers Johnson jams they couldn’t help but be epic !!
All right my babies.... Big time banger ‼️ If you noticed in the lyrics it said "Strawberry Letter 22" it's a reference to a 22nd letter that he got from a woman. His response back to her and makes it the Strawberry Letter 23. And check this out...If you purchased the lp record back in the seventies, the album was see-through red in color, the label in the middle of the record was a scratch and sniff and it smelled like strawberry ‼️ Most definitely a collector's item for sure ‼️💯🔥😎👍🏼
I don't remember that.
This reminds me of riding down Main Street as a teen played this song every time
This song is amazing! I remember at the time it seemed like the love child of Parliament Funkadelic and Yes.
Everyone loved this song and it always filled the dance floor.
I absolutely love this song! I have this on my current playlists! The Brothers Johnson were so smooth! Love them! Next time you should react to their song “Get The Funk Out Ma Face” or “I’ll Be Good To You”! ❤❤
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The LEGENDARY Iconic Brothers Johnson 💯
My favorite Brothers Johnson's song. #1. Love them. 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
This song is perfection. 😍
One of my all time favorite song from that era as well. Their "I'll Be Good To You"" and "Stomp" were big hits and were my two other faves by them. Do "I'll Be Good To You" next because the groove is so smooth. By the way, Louis Johnson, the bass player here, was one of the first followers of Larry Graham of Sly and The Family Stone, the originator of the funky slap bass, which Johnson uses so well here.
*_'A present, from you - Strawberry letter 22'_*
one of the most beautiful poetic lines ever. I love how the title of the song is inferred from this line, but never used in the song
The funk kicks in right after the epic guitar solo ! Rainbows and waterfalls run through my mind 🎶🎶🎶 My brother was high AF when he wrote this jam.
Great great song, Get the funk out of my face, and Stomp are also great songs by them.
That album cover is so nostalgic for me. As a 7 year old, I would have my sweet mom play this song over and over while I stared at the cover. Same thing with the Isley Brother and Atlantis. This takes me back to my childhood, which is a beautiful thing.
Yeah, I'd like to have a T-Shirt of the album cover.
Voyage to Atlantis 💞 Two of my favorites, too, You have good taste!
@@ohjoy6 Thx. You, too.
I still remember hearing Voyage to Atlantis when I was kid. Such a hypnotically beautiful song. ❤
This was one of my all time favorites! I was just sitting here and the song popped into my mind and I had to come on here to listen to it! Glad you guys enjoyed it! ❤
Jay & Amber, you'll love their "I'll Be Good to You"!!
Agree, they should.
Me teen years , the brothers and EWF my favorites.
Yassss!!
😝😘😁FOR SURE!!!!!!
And STOMP 😊
Louis Johnson R.I.P. one of the best slap bassist ever. Stomp and Get The Funk Outta My Face really show case his bass playing.
I had this album in 1977. So many memories listening to it in the summer with the windows down and my friends singing
Such a killer tune! Not just a funky piece of music, but a very creative work of art!
My all-time favorite by The Brothers Johnson. Y’all taking me back I was young, but I swear I could remember when this came out the album smelled like strawberries, it actually smelled like strawberries.
I never get over how lucky I was to be growing up in the 60's and 70's~ the diversity in the music that was out there hasn't been topped (imo) in the decades that followed, until quite possibly now!! Thanks for taking me back~ ❤
I was 8 years old in 1977 when this came out. My parents didn't listen to these types of bands, but my aunts did and I remember dancing around to this song! Fun times. That is when I fell in love with Funk/Soul/R&B music. Great song and great reaction! ❣️✌🏻
I was 9! I was so obsessed with this song. I wore my sister's 45 of this OUT and finally just swiped it from her. LOL
Love this song!
Thanks so much for doing a Brothers Johnson song! You should also love Brothers Johnson - Get The Funk Out Ma Face
That ol summertime jam. First hit for them
Despite its simplicity, that's one of the coolest guitar solos ever.
This brings back a lot of memories from 77-78, it was also used in the movie "JACKIE BROWN" which would be a great movie for Jay and Amber to watch and react, with, Robert De Niro, Samuel Jackson, Pamala Greer
This song is magic.
Great tune the Brothers Johnson are brilliant. Their song STOMP is one of the greatest dance tunes in my opinion, the bass WOW.
I graduated college that year and remember blasting this on Route 81 on a summer day from Scranton to Penn National Racetrack..Oh the good old days ❤❤❤
My sister had this on 45 and I admit that I stole it from her (she still doesn't know!), and I still have it! I played it out and out and out to the point of wearing it out. I especially love the middle bridge because of how it is so unique and quirky and how it builds on itself each time it repeats with different and more complex instrumentation. Amazing SONG!
Awesome music. My neighbors were all black my entire life. If I was visiting this would be playing and I always loved it then and I still love it now. Know it WORD FOR WORD
Amber, I love your Thin Lizzy shirt! How can you not love The Brothers Johnson???
I love me some Brothers Johnson. They had so many hits they used to be session players for I believe Quincy Jones but once they were playing everybody hit the floor. Rest in peace, Louis Johnson . You should check out "Get the Funk Out My Face"
One of my favorites and throws me right back to being a younger teen in the late 70s.
Beautiful song. Glad you reviewed it!
It is amazing how music can transport you back to a specific place and time. For me, this song takes me back to my time in navy basic training in the late summer and early fall of 1977. If the day went well we were allowed to listen to the radio. We agreed on a Top 40 station in order to try to please everyone. This song and Rita Coolidtge's cover of Boz Scaggs' Were All Alone always take me back to that time.
My generation but it never gets old.❤❤❤❤❤
The first time I heard this was on an 8-Track tape my sister borrowed from this guy she was seeing in 1977. I was immediately impressed. Two months later, my local radio station played the 12" version.
One of my favorite 70s song jams
I remember this from the time, haven't heard it in decades. Thank you, job done today, have a giant smile on my face 😊
You were blessed with the amazing Lee Ritenour solo and Harvey Mason's incredible beat. And yes, Louis Johnson was called 'Thunder Thumbs' for a reason.
Hit "Get the funk outta my face " A banger !!!
In a sense back in the day I thought this song was the sister song to ‘I’m not in love’ by 10cc.
Just a good , great feeling vibe!!!
This song is timeless... One of my all time faves, although it takes me right back to Summer 1977 as a 6 year old people running in our house asking if we heard Elvis died. As a 6 year old, I'm like who's this Elvis everybody is crying over and I sat down and watched his memoriam. Such a sharp memory in my mind, but this song still shines on that sunny Summer day
Brothers Johnson were amazing!!!! Super super talented!!!!!
Oh yes the Brothers Johnson. Remember playing this on 8 track in my 1972 Chevy Malibu thru Kraco speakers and a power booster. The women loved Louis because he had the perfect afro for the times. Those brothers were funky. I would to you react to Tom Browne Jamaica Funk. Needs to be the video version since it adds so much to the song.
One of my favorite songs. Haven't heard it in a long time. Not even on the oldie stations.
I remember blasting this on my car radio driving down the highway in the 70's. :)
One of my first concerts was the Brothers Johnson! 'I'll Be Good to You' is my favorite song from them.
FINALLY! I've been asking for this one for months. It's one of my favorite songs and the Brothers Johnson are some of the most creative musicians of the 70's. Now let's get a song by The Time under our belts. Start with Cool or if you have to, Jungle Love.
A glorious interpretation of the Shuggie Otis original -- Quincy Jones did a masterful production job here. Another good Brothers Johnson tune is their first big hit, "I'll Be Good To You" from 1976. Bassist Louis Johnson went to play on Michael Jackson's Thriller album. That's his famous bass line at the opening of "Billie Jean."
Thanks so much, Jay & Amber, for your great reaction videos! I especially enjoyed this one; I still have my 45 of "Strawberry Letter 23" that I bought when it came out in 1977... It even came in a strawberry-scented picture sleeve, which still smells very faintly even after all those years.
My favorite song from them
The first time 13 year old me heard this I knew this was special!! A true banger!!
This was my first song I ever remembered hearing when I was 2 1/2 years old. THE MOST SPECIAL song I know in my life. Will always cherish the groove that got my life long interest in music
This was one of my favorite songs during my teenage years, and I still love it when I hear it come on.
A couple of other Brothers Johnson for you to react to are the very pop oriented huge hit for them called I'll Be Good To You and the song Get The Funk Out Ma Face, which sounds just like the title suggests it will.
Love this song so much! I didn't have a 45 of it, but I did of "Stomp!" ... which I pretty much wore out! I still have it.
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Stomp is fantastic
I have their song “Stomp” on a 45 record. I have wore that record out too. This is real music. Today’s music is totally crap.
@@robinbailey5715 stomp was co written by Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones. Such a groovy duo.
All through the morning rain I gaze
The sun doesn't shine
Rainbows and waterfalls run through my mind
The Brothers John have always been a favorite of mine for for almost 50 years now and their music has never gone out of style......................and never will.
I was a DJ back in the mid-to-late 1970's and three of their songs were on every playlist I put together. You've already reacted to Stomp, and now Strawberry Letter 23. Then next one you should react to is the third in my trifecta, another great song "I'll Be Good To You". There is a very nice live video on The Midnight Special page on YT. I still have quite a few of my vinyl from that time and one of the best is an extended version of the song, and is struck in pink clear vinyl. It's very cool.
I was working in radio at the time...the record company sent us a '45 to promote this song...and it was impregnated with a strong strawberry scent! You could find it in the stack of records with your eyes closed.
One of my absolute favorites! I remember buying this 45 record and it smelled like strawberries!❤
Hadn't heard this in a while. One of my all-time favorites!!! Yeah, summer all the time!!! Top down, chop down, ride into the sunset or the dawn..whatever ya want!!!
A roller coaster of emotions in just one funktastic song!
Oh I was hoping you’d play the live version, but I do love this song!
That guitar solo in the middle gives me goosebumps every time.
Just a great song.
Lyrical and melodic mastery.
I've been waiting for you guys to get to this one! One of my FAVORITES from '77!!!
Saw them live with Commodores in the late seventies. Awesome concert.
My older brother had this album. Think I wore ot out playing it everyday in the 70's. I miss Funk music.
I had the album and loved it so much! Thank you for sharing this song.
Man, this was FUNK!!! My mom and dad wore the eff out of this record and 8 track. Like it literally could not be played anymore. Them boys SLAYED!!!
Really love this song. It just makes me feel I'm in the 70s with Bell bottoms and Big hear. I was born in 1974 turning 50 a little later this month. I can't remember practically anything about the 70s must have been a good time to live in though.
Prince introduced me to the Brothers Johnson, and I will be forever grateful to him for this. 💜
Us 70s brats sure had some great music in them sweeeeeet 70dz lol
Thanks guys! I'm a big white metalhead.....and until just now, I didn't know that I need the funk too! Wifey and I really dig your show.
Used to deliver newspapers as a kid in Brooklyn NY when this song came out. Love it. AM jamming
great song, loved this song since it came out... some good old fashioned funk in the middle of disco... thank you :)
Yessss! You are starting off the new year with some GREAT music!!
4:47 - Yeah, I DO know you love the bass, Jay! That's why I keep on, keeping on suggesting Don Blackman to you! LOL. Don't know why you just haven't gotten to him yet??? I boggles my mind. If someone loves the bass guitar, and funky riffs, they've GOT TO get to know Don Blackman. Funk without Don Blackman in your life is like a master chef without cutlery, or a Christian without his Bible, lol.
Songs:
"Heart's Desire", "Never Miss A Thing", "Holding You, Loving You", "Yabba Dabba Do".
TRUST ME!! The people have spoken, LOL. 😄
The summer of '77. Dyett HS Chicago daycamp. I heard this every day. Fun Times!!!❤❤❤
The guitar interlude is played by session guitarist Lee Ritenour. Louis Johnson, who plays the bass, is an acomplished session player, who also plays on Michael Jackson´s "Off the Wall" and Quincy Jones´ "The Dude"
another fun fact: in the Blues Brothers Movie Louis is playing bass on the James Brown track, The Old Landmark