Jesse Johnson is one of the koldest guitar players EVER..! Jelly Bean is a Kold drummer and needs respect . Terry and Jimmy Jam are still the best producers and made Janet Jackson, Brittney spears..etc Monte still rocking the keyboards Jerome JB is the original Robin to Morris Batman. funny vocal talent ... and my guy Morris Day is the epitome of C O O L.... that spells kool. Real band!!!!! Founded by Prince
It was a blessing to live in the time of Prince, The Time, Vanity 6, Sheila E. Jessie Johnson, Andre Cymone and Appollonia 6. They literally had music and entertainment on lock. Haven't seen any entertainers as creative and talented since
@Mani B - Not only did Prince write the song, he played all of the instruments on it. Morris Day’s singing is just an overdub. Same with the masterpiece “Get it Up”.
@@kensmechanicalaffair you must not know much. Prince created the time so that he can create more of his experimental music.label wanted more Minnesota sound. Insert time who is playing prince music. Prince is on all back ground vocal
Prince may have created the music and provided direction, but he personally could not pull the attitude or the sound. In the concerts I seen when they were together, the Time blew Prince off the stage. No denying Prince’s talent. But the “Revolution”, “New Power Generation”, whoever Prince fronted was no match for a Time show. Just my opinion!
40 years later and I still get chills watching this group. The original group only lasted for a short time. Keep in mind as a group they never reached their artistic peak which is fucking frightening because they were tight as hell. God had other plans for the Black Beatles. Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame what are you waiting for.
Saw Morris Day & The Time a couple years ago at my local casino. It was a PARTY! Can't wait to see them again this September. Taking my kid this time for his 20th birthday. The kid needs some old school 80s funk in his life.
Then Jam & Lewis couldn't make a concert date cuz they were snowed in so Prince fired them soon after but that pretty-much jump-started their Flyte Tyme production company... and the rest is history among the history!
That was a hell of a lot of talent gracing all of those stages at one time. What is also remarkable is that they got together and became one fine tuned machine.
@@antoniomitchell1883 Ohio was Funk town in 80's neighborhood in Hamilton ohio my neighbor two doors down from me Roger Troutman he tour with Prince. Bootsy and sugar foot all . Great time.miss the 80's.
Wow!!! I had no idea that after 7 years since uploading this I would be close to hitting a million views 🎉 Thank you so much for watching this clip. My intentions were just to post this for true funk heads. Let's hope more of the world will see this special piece of music history. Much love from New Zealand 💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️
Man I miss my youth... I had just turned 19 that summer of 1982 when I watched this on a sunny Saturday L.A. morning.... Back then, I rarely watched American Bandstand because I was more a Soul Train cat, but when I heard my favorite band at that time was gonna be on, I couldn't miss it. I still remember the goose bumps I felt when I saw them. Love these guys. It is a blessing that they are all still alive and kickin
For anyone paying attention, Morris Day and The Time just musically tore up an American Bandstand stage and rhythmically took the nails with them on their way out! SO cool and too funky!
Back in the day Greensboro NC...I had 6 Purple Circle seats...Free from Warner Bros. Radio promotion...Prince Emptied all Florist in Greensboro And Winston Salem...during Purple Rain Water Droplets and cut flowers rained from the ceiling...perhaps the best show ever...the sound incredible...Prince had the time of his life...that day...the girls had handfuls of flowers in the car...
It was Soul Train for black folks and American Bandstand for All America. You were big time if you made it to Bandstand. This was huge for any group or singer. Take me back to my childhood and teenage years. Thanks
Seriously The Time rocked back in the days! Talent all over the place Jesse Johnson , Jelly Bean doesnt get any better ! They didnt get the credit they deserve!
Need to get more stay that's why he went solo and did his songs and did a wonderful job I'm tired of people downsizing them yeah I don't know good music if y'all don't know this is music
Maybe not. You see any guitar cables? I'm thinkin' live vocals over pre recorded backing track. YOu'll also see that there's only a couple of shots where Jellybean is "playing" the hi hat pattern.
@@woodygould True. There were no live mikes or instruments at all. Watch how the music fades at 3:17. Every _American Bandstand_ performance that I have ever seen was lip-synced to the actual record, including this one. _Soul Train_ , _The Midnight Special_ and the british show _Top of the Pops_ did exactly the same thing. These were dance shows where the artist/band lip-synced, pantomimed instruments, and danced to their record audio. The _Tonight Show_ , _David Letterman_ , _Arsenio_ , and others actually had live performances.
@obrioko: not always true of Midnight Special; check out the Ohio Players playing "Fire", which appears to be real and live. THe British "Old Grey Whistle Test" actually made people play and sing, too!
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!
For all the non-musicians watching this... that drum beat in 777-9311 is nothing to take lightly. It was a programmed drum machine track in the studio version, and is still to this day known by drummers as one of the most difficult beats to play. Jellybean Johnson is sitting back there nailing it without breaking a sweat with that "I wish you would" look on his face. Amazing.
777-9311 first time i ever heard this song i was walking to middle school in cedar rapids, Iowa one cold mourning. (Mckindly jr high) Some dude stopped at a stop sign and this was playing in his car. I just remembered hearing 7779311. I already knew alittle about prince from my father who had his Contoversy album on 8 track a year or two before.it all came together sometime after that. And the rest was history.
I keep coming back to this man!....Jellybean playing a drum riff that few can even play today. That beat Prince created on a drum machine!!…..Jesse Wood Johnson on that lead guitar,.....str8t fiyah!!!. I know I am a devoted married woman and please God, forgive me!!….but If he could get it all day if I was single!!…..except he couldn't wear the pink to bed!!…..lol
if you are talking about 777-9311 it's actually a combination of live drumming and a drum machine done by prince. Jelly bean has mentioned in many interviews that it's almost impossible to play with just live drums. Many people on youtube have tried but don't quite get it!
You are partly correct. It is a combination of live drumming and drum programming on 777, but it was not Prince. It was another guy. Morris was in L.A. on a radio station some years back and was asked that very question. he gave the guys name, but I have since forgot his name
Man, I wish I could remember the name.... This was back in the 90s... I was in High School in 1981 when The Time started and I remained a Die hard fan even after they broke up... So when Morris and Jerome came to the radio station, I was glued to the interview and I was greatful that the caller asked that question.... I'm going to try to research it
Man I'm just learning how freaking awesome the drums were on this track. The other replies made me recall how Michael Jackson ended up with his drummer (last name Moffet) He was first hired for the Jackson Triumph Tour after being able to play the drum piece from The Jacksons' song "Shake Your Body Down". After his audition he was told by the brothers that that had not found anyone who could play that because it was actually recorded in 3 seperate parts (i think part electronically) and no one had been able to catch all of it at once until he had done it.
I know right im bless to be related to him i always look forward to seeing them come to Sacramento ca he always puts on a hell of a performance every time
Never got to see them in concert but just watching them perform I see why they were really Prince's only comp! They were just like him...gotta be able to play and do the steps..stage presence and all that.
I have time revisit this video often. I loved me some "Nicie". She could plat piano too. I played my trumpet with her. We sang and played with LOTS ministries in Augusta Ga. You'll never be forgotten my friend.🎉
Doesn't GET a-n-y cooler....Dick Clark/AB, Morris Day & The Time (and an early introduction to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) - this was a treat!! Thank u Prince!! And thanks for sharing this = ))
Now this is what a black band look like, we had many awesome black bands like Morris Day and the Time back in the day now you can count on one hand the black bands today.
I definitely remember this song Walk by Morris Day and The Time. I was only 5 years old when this was first released. They really did a really good job when they were performing on stage and they really put alot of work into making this song The Walk and they really enjoying what they were doing by performing on stage and they really knocked it out the park with their performance. To this day I still love Morris Day and the Time. They are the best.
Rosilyn Smith,a lot people didn’t know why they didn’t played more with Prince,the fact of the matter was they made it so very hard for Prince too follow and by the “TIME” they got 2 NY ON THE PURPLE RAIN TOUR,THEY WERE NO LONGER ON THE TOUR...it was a dam shame because when the tour started ( n DETROIT) it was the very best showing of the tour..so good they added 4 more dates and couldn’t get out of Detroit and that became like that in a few cities..together they were the bomb💯💯💯💯..please know I was there for whole tour..just some information and for those in the know what really happen,it was no secret
@@johnwgrossiii6647 P said himself, that The Time was the only band he was afraid of-and we ALL see why! They ain't no joke-Prince created a monster!💯💯💯💯💯💯yessss!
Rosilyn Smith,yes in more ways than you would know or guess...HINT,EVERYONE needed me before and after the show,couldn’t do without me ..I always had the “BADDEST BITCH ALL THE TIME”
Late 70's early 80's. Prince and Morris wrote the music. Prince used his ghostwriter name Jamie Starr. Minneapolis was poppin musically in the late 70's and all of the 80's. If you listen to The Time's song you hear Prince vocals. Really listen to the music and you hear all of Prince style in their songs.
"You know I got to be cooler than this cat you're sitting with!" Thirty years hearing 777-9311, and this is the first time I heard that line clearly. Damn, that's some cold game!
For those who don't know "777-9311" was Revolution guitarist Dez Dickersen's phone number. During the recording of the Time's album, he had already told Prince that after the "1999" tour ended he'd be leaving the Revolution. Now Prince and Dez were as close as brothers and would play pranks on each other, so Prince took Dez' phone number and made it into a song title, resulting in Dez getting a shitload of unwanted phone calls.
@@bigkeezo Nope according to Dez' own autobiography which has the telling title "Confessions of a former revolutionary" The name "the Revolution" began to float around during the "Controversy" era. Before being officially unveiled on the 1999 album cover.
Morris day is the coolest player to ever be in Hollywood morris is one smooth mtf and guest what jerome so smooth he found away to get to. Out the back to the for front you cant say morris with out jerome.
I saw Morris Day n The Time when they opened up for the one n only Purple One Prince...concert of a life time. I still have a t-shirt i won't wear Sooo glad to have these memories. The Time n Prince can't get any better than that...miss the 80's.
Jesse Johnson is one of the koldest guitar players EVER..!
Jelly Bean is a Kold drummer and needs respect .
Terry and Jimmy Jam are still the best producers and made Janet Jackson, Brittney spears..etc
Monte still rocking the keyboards
Jerome JB is the original Robin to Morris Batman. funny vocal talent
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and my guy Morris Day is the epitome of C O O L.... that spells kool.
Real band!!!!! Founded by Prince
clark hodges They are and still is THE undisputed Heavyweight champions of COOL 😎
clark hodges truth
Off the hook
They got ""PIMP JUICE"" now 2018. Hes a baaaad man too!!!!!
NOW THAT'S A BAND!!
The Time should be in The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Morris Day and the Time wasn't just music it was image and style! Anyone who was around back then knows what am talking about
Say that oh yeah
I was only a little kid.
@@antoniomitchell1883 To learn what Morris Day and the Time were about you can just watch the Purple Rain movie.
Absolutely, my father taught me how to speak to a lady, it was Morris who showed me how to walk in a room....
nope ! It was just about music
It was a blessing to live in the time of Prince, The Time, Vanity 6, Sheila E. Jessie Johnson, Andre Cymone and Appollonia 6. They literally had music and entertainment on lock. Haven't seen any entertainers as creative and talented since
Most of whom you mentioned were Prince’s creations!! He was a genius.
@@mariarich9827 Yes he was!
Growing up in the twin cities during that time was absolutely AMAZING!!
Jess Johnson started his own group , Jellybean and also Jimmy Jam with Terry Lewis were HIT makers after this
YES 🙌👍👍 especially ANDRE CYMONE I MEAN THE ONE PLAYING THE 🩷🗼 PINK GUITAR 🎸🎶🎙️🎤🖋️🎵🥊🇺🇸💯%
Jesse Johnson is rocking the he'll out of that pink suit he's wearing. Now, that's a man who has a lot of real self confidence within himself.
Morris Day and the Time, don't get enough credit. These brother were smooth.
Especially for the ladies who was hating on Morris Day
Prince made that happen he wrote it all
@@charleswashington1946 wrote sang and played everything
@charleswashington1946 Prince took ideas from when he was listening to these guys practice.
Morris Day and Time was off da chain
Morris Day is another legend gone too soon, still love dancing and listening to all his music❤
He’s not dead!
He’s alive
Jesus! Where did Morris Day go? When?
He’s gone? I’m even more out of the loop than I thought ! 😮
He is about to do his last tour ! He said he is going to retire ! He is 67 years old!
This is R&B, people! Jesse Johnson on that Lead Guitar!
My Babes Jesse!
That 777-9311 beat is still ridiculous in 2019. Lord that high hat!
Facts
Yep. That's why Tupac borrowed it. Morris Day and The Time was the sh*t.
Dave Garibaldi drum program on the Linn drum machine...
7779311 is a song you just KNEW prince wrote before confirmation. It’s got his entire style! RIP a to a legend & pioneer❤️
@Mani B -
Not only did Prince write the song, he played all of the instruments on it. Morris Day’s singing is just an overdub. Same with the masterpiece “Get it Up”.
@@lrvracer3515 🤯🤯 it just gets even better
It's crazy to know that he played all instruments with characters in the band who could play the song just as good
Prince was beyond great once you realise that the time is playing versions of music and instruments that one man created alone.
Facts! 💯
Shut up. He didn't create everything alone, casual.
@@kensmechanicalaffair you must not know much. Prince created the time so that he can create more of his experimental music.label wanted more Minnesota sound. Insert time who is playing prince music. Prince is on all back ground vocal
@@Currency12345 Prince did not create and write every single song alone, that's a fact.
Prince may have created the music and provided direction, but he personally could not pull the attitude or the sound. In the concerts I seen when they were together, the Time blew Prince off the stage. No denying Prince’s talent. But the “Revolution”, “New Power Generation”, whoever Prince fronted was no match for a Time show. Just my opinion!
40 years later and I still get chills watching this group. The original group only lasted for a short time. Keep in mind as a group they never reached their artistic peak which is fucking frightening because they were tight as hell. God had other plans for the Black Beatles. Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame what are you waiting for.
Correct Marselluwalla what is The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame waiting on it long over due they definitely deserve it!!!
One of the baddest groups to ever walk the stage!!!!
I’ve seen the time in concert the original seven they had out of my seats dancing
Prince said The Time was only band he feared.
Saw Morris Day & The Time a couple years ago at my local casino. It was a PARTY! Can't wait to see them again this September. Taking my kid this time for his 20th birthday. The kid needs some old school 80s funk in his life.
Where?
And it was his creation.@@Breakbeats92.5
The best childhood ever. 80'ds . Music and bands were real. Real singing. Not this mess now. Killing and more Killing in Music.
Imagine being able to go see Prince, The Time and Vanity 6 all on the same card for just $25.
That's straight up stealing.
C Monster : Ole'🌷SKOOL'!!! HELL ' YA '.......7779311.....
I remember that fondly👍🏾👍🏾💯💯
My 1st concert.
I did in Dayton, Ohio in 1982.
Jesse Johnson: Most Underrated Guitar Player Period! The Time: Epitamy of COOL!!! 1982.
Facts 💯%👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Word up
Joker has on a pink suit and he KILLIN it.
he was good.
@Juanita Wright did you not read the part where I said he's killin that suit? That's a compliment. Get over yourself.
Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam are the baddest dudes out there producing and playing music. But PRINCE WAS THE MASTER OF IT ALL.
A-men sister Shaw....Prince was pure genius
Then Jam & Lewis couldn't make a concert date cuz they were snowed in so Prince fired them soon after but that pretty-much jump-started their Flyte Tyme production company... and the rest is history among the history!
@@b.rodclark7349 I respect Prince, but as talented as he was, he was also a controlling, selfish dick!
@@memyself4ever1 Hell yea fuck him Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis firings made them the legends they are today.
@@memyself4ever1 PREACH!
That was a hell of a lot of talent gracing all of those stages at one time. What is also remarkable is that they got together and became one fine tuned machine.
The best dressed Funk Band of ALLLLLL TIME!!!!
Man, I really miss the 80's!!!
Me too
I’m from Ohio
@@antoniomitchell1883 So am I! Born and raised on the streets of Cleveland!!!
@@SewerMan69 we started out on e. 115th & Superior rd.
@@antoniomitchell1883 Ohio was Funk town in 80's neighborhood in Hamilton ohio my neighbor two doors down from me Roger Troutman he tour with Prince. Bootsy and sugar foot all . Great time.miss the 80's.
Wow!!! I had no idea that after 7 years since uploading this I would be close to hitting a million views 🎉
Thank you so much for watching this clip. My intentions were just to post this for true funk heads. Let's hope more of the world will see this special piece of music history. Much love from New Zealand 💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️
This is an amazing video. Dick Clark is having a great time with Morris and the guys.
Thank you for posting it, I still have this album on vinyl!!!
I think I paid $10 bucks to see Prince, The Time, and Vanity 6 in a gym in Dayton, Ohio. It was the 1999 Tour.
Jealous 🏴
Man I miss my youth... I had just turned 19 that summer of 1982 when I watched this on a sunny Saturday L.A. morning.... Back then, I rarely watched American Bandstand because I was more a Soul Train cat, but when I heard my favorite band at that time was gonna be on, I couldn't miss it. I still remember the goose bumps I felt when I saw them. Love these guys. It is a blessing that they are all still alive and kickin
Lee Tate I was 7 years old when this was broadcast!
Wow....How time flies....
Good memories! AB & SouTrain were my shows. This music is timeless. Feel good music; now today it's so plastic and without any soul.
+ToonieMama 只剩下出现
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Lee Tate...tell me about it!!! It's a shame youth is wasted on the young! I saw these cats along with Vanity 6 and Prince in 82 annd 83!!
For anyone paying attention, Morris Day and The Time just musically tore up an American Bandstand stage and rhythmically took the nails with them on their way out! SO cool and too funky!
Morris day sooo fine he has and swag like no other and the time had it going on to Jamie still listening in 2020
True Sagittarian Cool Emperor!!❤
Jesse!! Best Dressed Time Bandmember!!❤
I'm surprised Morris gave her the comb: his conceited self!!❤
This is when men dress for women . Now young men dress for each other. No sagging pants !!!
Exactly , no plain white t shirts & gym shoes shirt 👕, they are dressed to impress!
I miss the 80's best time in my life for sure
I wish I had a time machine to go back to 1982!!!!
What will you do different?
I would give anything to go back life was so much better then
I stayed. Never left. Now "Take a Walk". It's on the right.
Same here.
Me too!! Wow
Dope i miss this era of music.
RIP PRINCE ROGERS NELSON. MORRIS DAY AND TYME... STILL FUNKIN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
Still in Nov. 2019.
DAYUUM!! Those were the days. Morris & Prince sounded so much alike! You don't see talent like this anymore.
ToonieMama this was the Minneapolis sound, Prince quarterbacks this whole era. Great live music
I agree and Morris Day doesn't get enough credit for his Awesome voice!
That’s because Prince is singing background, listen, you hear him?
Thank u Prince for creating so awesome music
morris could have made it as a comedian he was always so spontaneous and quick on his remarks.
👍THISSS!!☺️🎯💯👍
The time is one of the funniest and coolest bands of all time.
Even the they’re funny, they are no joke.
Prince was soo talented with instruments 🎺
He’s not on this.
@@antoniomitchell1883 He wrote 777 9311
@@mikepietrusko5775 Yeah but people act like The Time was like Milli Vanilli or something. Prince wrote it, but THEY performed the F out of it...
Back in the day Greensboro NC...I had 6 Purple Circle seats...Free from Warner Bros. Radio promotion...Prince Emptied all Florist in Greensboro And Winston Salem...during Purple Rain Water Droplets and cut flowers rained from the ceiling...perhaps the best show ever...the sound incredible...Prince had the time of his life...that day...the girls had handfuls of flowers in the car...
It was Soul Train for black folks and American Bandstand for All America. You were big time if you made it to Bandstand. This was huge for any group or singer. Take me back to my childhood and teenage years. Thanks
Broke my leg at a Morris day n the time concert new years two thousand five Las Vegas nevada. He makes people wild......
Seriously The Time rocked back in the days! Talent all over the place Jesse Johnson , Jelly Bean doesnt get any better ! They didnt get the credit they deserve!
Need to get more stay that's why he went solo and did his songs and did a wonderful job I'm tired of people downsizing them yeah I don't know good music if y'all don't know this is music
The songs of my young adulthood. The Time. Their style. Their cool. I dressed like them too. Many of my friends did.
Jesse Johnson was really a favorite of mines growing up the whole band was 🔥 the original Time.....
#LEGENDARY
The tightness and swag in this is straight unmatched....!
They were so smooth! Performance was always Tight!
The original UPTOWN FUNK....!
Let me remind people that The Time is a band that Prince put together and wrote all the music. It was his band.
Thank you!!!!
And these individuals executed amazingly
RIP MY BROTHER PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
Open
RIP OUR BROTHER IN CHRIST.. PRINCE ROGERS NELSON.
Amen! Still missing him💜💜💜
My oldest son born in 1985 his name is Jesse...his mom named him after Jesse Johnson...she was born and raised in Minnesota
Brother's had together back then when they could dance, and play the guitars and drums.
ruben Calderon YES INDEED AMEN
Maybe not. You see any guitar cables? I'm thinkin' live vocals over pre recorded backing track. YOu'll also see that there's only a couple of shots where Jellybean is "playing" the hi hat pattern.
@@woodygould True. There were no live mikes or instruments at all. Watch how the music fades at 3:17. Every _American Bandstand_ performance that I have ever seen was lip-synced to the actual record, including this one. _Soul Train_ , _The Midnight Special_ and the british show _Top of the Pops_ did exactly the same thing. These were dance shows where the artist/band lip-synced, pantomimed instruments, and danced to their record audio. The _Tonight Show_ , _David Letterman_ , _Arsenio_ , and others actually had live performances.
@obrioko: not always true of Midnight Special; check out the Ohio Players playing "Fire", which appears to be real and live. THe British "Old Grey Whistle Test" actually made people play and sing, too!
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!
Real music with real instruments and real people that can sing imagine that. The time was the best
Prince is great thanks for making The Time RIP Prince
Now that's how you entertain a crowd! They were the headliners of the first concert I saw at ten years old. Loved them
Seriously regressing back to the '80's, Y'all!!❤
Dynamic! A band that plays instruments and bust the dance moves is unheard of now
I'm 18 and this is like paradise to me. I wish I was there to enjoy it as I do now :(
For all the non-musicians watching this... that drum beat in 777-9311 is nothing to take lightly. It was a programmed drum machine track in the studio version, and is still to this day known by drummers as one of the most difficult beats to play. Jellybean Johnson is sitting back there nailing it without breaking a sweat with that "I wish you would" look on his face. Amazing.
Prince had Linn lm1 drum
Jellybean Johnson was extraordinary
drum machine or not...that beat is kold...
You're so on point
What he’s saying is Jelly bean was able to bang it out.
777-9311 first time i ever heard this song i was walking to middle school in cedar rapids, Iowa one cold mourning. (Mckindly jr high) Some dude stopped at a stop sign and this was playing in his car. I just remembered hearing 7779311. I already knew alittle about prince from my father who had his Contoversy album on 8 track a year or two before.it all came together sometime after that. And the rest was history.
I keep coming back to this man!....Jellybean playing a drum riff that few can even play today. That beat Prince created on a drum machine!!…..Jesse Wood Johnson on that lead guitar,.....str8t fiyah!!!. I know I am a devoted married woman and please God, forgive me!!….but If he could get it all day if I was single!!…..except he couldn't wear the pink to bed!!…..lol
This is when music was music. My all time favorite band. The TIME!!! LOVE THESE SONGS!!!!
The drum player is on point . The Band of skills .
if you are talking about 777-9311 it's actually a combination of live drumming and a drum machine done by prince. Jelly bean has mentioned in many interviews that it's almost impossible to play with just live drums. Many people on youtube have tried but don't quite get it!
You are partly correct. It is a combination of live drumming and drum programming on 777, but it was not Prince. It was another guy. Morris was in L.A. on a radio station some years back and was asked that very question. he gave the guys name, but I have since forgot his name
Lee Tate was it David Garibaldi?
Man, I wish I could remember the name.... This was back in the 90s... I was in High School in 1981 when The Time started and I remained a Die hard fan even after they broke up... So when Morris and Jerome came to the radio station, I was glued to the interview and I was greatful that the caller asked that question.... I'm going to try to research it
Man I'm just learning how freaking awesome the drums were on this track. The other replies made me recall how Michael Jackson ended up with his drummer (last name Moffet) He was first hired for the Jackson Triumph Tour after being able to play the drum piece from The Jacksons' song "Shake Your Body Down". After his audition he was told by the brothers that that had not found anyone who could play that because it was actually recorded in 3 seperate parts (i think part electronically) and no one had been able to catch all of it at once until he had done it.
I can hear Prince, all over this.. But-- respect for the Time. 💪🏽💪🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I know right im bless to be related to him i always look forward to seeing them come to Sacramento ca he always puts on a hell of a performance every time
Never got to see them in concert but just watching them perform I see why they were really Prince's only comp!
They were just like him...gotta be able to play and do the steps..stage presence and all that.
The '80's were THE GREATEST!! 💘
Dam right that two step leg shimmy at the hook shut it down. The coolest band of all-time!!!
Hell yeah! I concur....one hunnid percent💯!
Back in the day(60's), there was a dance called "The Four-Corners". That is the dance they're doing.
@@rodders5625 Many thanks for sharing this information. 👍🏽
I have time revisit this video often. I loved me some "Nicie". She could plat piano too. I played my trumpet with her. We sang and played with LOTS ministries in Augusta Ga. You'll never be forgotten my friend.🎉
The TIME, Cool personified. Nuff said!
Indeed!! Massive props to Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on this
Prince wrote and produced it.
brandon2521 Yep sure was!!
NAAAAH... You're expressing it wrong: it should be
"The Time C-O-O-L personified!"
Skip Alston yes indeed
I ALWAYS Loved The Time. THEY WERE THE BOMB,AND THIER CLASSIC, WONDERFUL MUSIC 🎶. LOVE YALL ♥️
Doesn't GET a-n-y cooler....Dick Clark/AB, Morris Day & The Time (and an early introduction to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) - this was a treat!! Thank u Prince!! And thanks for sharing this = ))
No shit the 80's, the Time of my life ❤🎉
The WALK IS the most FUNK Tune!! DOPE!!
Had to sneak and listen to The Time as a teen. He's still my biggest crush❤❤❤❤ Morris
i loved this time of my life more than anything other time I've lived, it was cool ,fun and real only 8 yrs old
I was only 2. 😂
Now this is what a black band look like, we had many awesome black bands like Morris Day and the Time back in the day now you can count on one hand the black bands today.
I remember listening to this album at 8..9 years old knowing every word! Thanks for the classics and inspiration. The Time Baby!!
I definitely remember this song Walk by Morris Day and The Time. I was only 5 years old when this was first released. They really did a really good job when they were performing on stage and they really put alot of work into making this song The Walk and they really enjoying what they were doing by performing on stage and they really knocked it out the park with their performance. To this day I still love Morris Day and the Time. They are the best.
One of my favorite groups of all time! Danced with them at BBKings in NY. Never lost a step!
THE TIME. A group of Genius gentlemen creating R&B Funk with a unique Mood and Style. Brilliant. ❤
Man I miss the 80's
The Time was EPIC 😄
Rosilyn Smith,a lot people didn’t know why they didn’t played more with Prince,the fact of the matter was they made it so very hard for Prince too follow and by the “TIME” they got 2 NY ON THE PURPLE RAIN TOUR,THEY WERE NO LONGER ON THE TOUR...it was a dam shame because when the tour started ( n DETROIT) it was the very best showing of the tour..so good they added 4 more dates and couldn’t get out of Detroit and that became like that in a few cities..together they were the bomb💯💯💯💯..please know I was there for whole tour..just some information and for those in the know what really happen,it was no secret
@@johnwgrossiii6647 P said himself, that The Time was the only band he was afraid of-and we ALL see why! They ain't no joke-Prince created a monster!💯💯💯💯💯💯yessss!
@@johnwgrossiii6647 Ummm...you were there?? Do tell..✔
Rosilyn Smith,yes in more ways than you would know or guess...HINT,EVERYONE needed me before and after the show,couldn’t do without me ..I always had the “BADDEST BITCH ALL THE TIME”
@@johnwgrossiii6647 You ain't even *CLOSE* to finished talking to me....lol
So....and....??
Sometimes it's hard to believe that this sound came out of Minneapolis. Man what an era
Minneapolis makes the best music. No other place compares
Ikr great sound of Minneapolis
@@ykos66 Minneapolis sucks balls.
Late 70's early 80's. Prince and Morris wrote the music. Prince used his ghostwriter name Jamie Starr. Minneapolis was poppin musically in the late 70's and all of the 80's. If you listen to The Time's song you hear Prince vocals. Really listen to the music and you hear all of Prince style in their songs.
@@note9isboss767 😝😂 too funny
Jesse Johnson is THE vision of loveliness
☺️🎯💯👍💕
A real band, they were just the epitome of cool. I had Stacey Adams, baggies and skinny ties. I patterned my high school life after these dudes.
"You know I got to be cooler than this cat you're sitting with!" Thirty years hearing 777-9311, and this is the first time I heard that line clearly. Damn, that's some cold game!
It’s all about confidence
For those who don't know "777-9311" was Revolution guitarist Dez Dickersen's phone number. During the recording of the Time's album, he had already told Prince that after the "1999" tour ended he'd be leaving the Revolution.
Now Prince and Dez were as close as brothers and would play pranks on each other, so Prince took Dez' phone number and made it into a song title, resulting in Dez getting a shitload of unwanted phone calls.
During the release of the song it also was someone's number in Saginaw, Mi but the area code was 517 at the time.
Except one thing The Revolution was not formed until after Dez left Prince’s band
@@bigkeezo Nope according to Dez' own autobiography which has the telling title "Confessions of a former revolutionary" The name "the Revolution" began to float around during the "Controversy" era. Before being officially unveiled on the 1999 album cover.
Really? 😯 wow!☺️(that’s too funny that Prince did that) lol 😆😊😁😂👍
Jellybean is slammin, bammin those drums and sizzling those cymbals.
I been waiting my whole life to see a live version of the drummer going stupid on 777-9311 FUKN AMAZN
Me too. 😆 Aint God Good.
There's nothing like the Minneapolis sound.
Big influence on Mint Condition. The Minneapolis Sound 🎶
Terry Fear yes indeed.
Terry Fear
RFTW
@Joyce Williams Exactly. That's why The Time influenced Mint Condition like the initial comment said.
Bruno mars
@@TT-fl8jt yeah, not sure how she messed that one up but..........
Morris day is the coolest player to ever be in Hollywood morris is one smooth mtf and guest what jerome so smooth he found away to get to. Out the back to the for front you cant say morris with out jerome.
Damn this song is so old and I loved it and still do. The base music was wild.
dam this was my era. now I know how old I am
So here.😊
Ain't nothing like a fresh pair of baggies... now I know that's right!
zip, snap and drop. easy access baby.
Prince we miss u man
Dang I miss the days of actual bands!
i was in American Bandstand.. i missed this taping by 1 week.
It don't get any cooler than the Time baby.
Classic R&B Funk
AN ALL ⭐️ STAR BAND!!!! JUST AN AMAZING CAST💪🏿💯💯👍🏿
I saw Morris Day n The Time when they opened up for the one n only Purple One Prince...concert of a life time. I still have a t-shirt i won't wear
Sooo glad to have these memories.
The Time n Prince can't get any better than that...miss the 80's.