Heck yeah. Love that song. Wasn't there a rumor some girl got raped when they where recording it and you could hear it on the song? I don't know if there was any truth to that.
@@Herbert04 I remember the rumor except what I heard was that when they were recording the screaming on the roller coaster sounds that there was a girl on the roller coaster that was stabbed to death and that the screams you can tell that it's not a normal scream but I will have to say that I've never looked up to see if it was just an urban legend or not course that was way back in the seventies so now that we have Internet I think I'll investigate it.
You just opened a rabbit hole. They had so many great hits like "Skin Tight", "Love Roller Coaster" and "Sweet Sticky Thing". Just a great group all around. Leroy "Sugerfoot" Bonner is probably one of my favorite lead singers of all time. He's that voice you were raving about.
You guys have a lot to choose from when it comes to funk bands. Ohio Players, Parliament, Earth Wind and Fire, Sly & The Family Stone, Isley Brothers, Gap Band, Rufus/Chaka Khan, Tower of Power, Con Funk Shun, Bar-Kays, Brothers Johnson, Bootsy Collins/Bootsy's Rubber Band, and so many more.
I used to hear The Ohio Players practicing their songs in one of their member's house in north Dayton, Ohio. That would have been around 1977-1978. My girlfriend lived only 4 houses away and we both used to sit on her porch in the evenings and listen to OP's practice sessions. Good memories of the incredible music put out by so many back then.
What I find interesting about the Ohio Players is that most of their songs came from jam sessions. Hardly anyone came to the studio with anything written down. Love Rollercoaster is their most popular song. Also check out OHIO and I Wanna Be Free. P.S. Their album covers were epic! 😉
The Ohio Players are FIRE!!! Quite a few funk bands are from Ohio: The Ohio Players, Bootsy Collins, Zapp & Roger, Lakeside, The Isley Brothers Some awesome Ohio Players music: "Love Rollercoaster", "Skin Tight", "Far East Mississippi", "Fopp", and "I Want to be Free" is a nice ballad.
Love the syncopated rhythm of Funk! Gotta listen to The Ohio Players' "Love Rollercoaster" too! ...Listen to Isaac Hayes, "Shaft" and some more James Brown.
We partied hard to the Ohio Players back in the 70's! Other songs by them you'd love are Love Rollercoaster, Skin Tight, Sweet Sticky Thing and more. Got several of their albums and still enjoy them! Another song you'll like is I Can Understand It by New Birth! We danced all night to both groups!
Yes sir! Basement party Playlist right there! Bobby Womack never thought of doing I Can Understand It like New Birth did it! You can get down all night to that one! Too funky!
This 1974 song went to #1 on the charts in 1974-75, and they had an equally good hit in '75 with "Love Rollercoaster." An equally funky funk song that y'all may have heard in movies before, at least part of it, is "Jungle Boogie" by Kool and the Gang from 1973, also the case for Brick's 1977 funk hit "Dusic" and for the Bar-Kays' 1977 funk hit "Let's Have Some Fun." For some all-female funk, try "Which Way is Up?" by Stargard from 1977. Parliament had an all-female funk spin-off group called Brides of Funkenstein, too. And Stevie Wonder put out some syrupy funk too in songs like the 1972 "Maybe Your Baby."
OMG!! So many cool guys in one funky band! Those Afros, those outfits, those horns, those drums, those keyboards! Pure funk! Loved it!! Had to get up out of my seat & groove a little! ♥️The old white woman
The Ohio Players were THE funkiest. I used to stand for hours looking at their album covers in the store. Those of you who know what I’m talking about, know what I’m talking about.
Those of us growing up in the 70's were really blessed, weren't we? We expected music this good - because we were surrounded by it. I saw The Ohio Players in concert, as part of the Kool Jazz Festival. They brought the house down!
Whassup Jay & Amber! Hope you guys are well. Ohio Players is fire, pure funk music! Unmistakable vocal by "Sugarfoot". What about a slow dance? Please react to "Heaven must be like this", my favorite song from OP. Be safe! Greetings from Brazil!
Dayton Ohio's Ohio Players are incredible. Below everyone has mentioned playing Love Rollercoaster and Skin Tight, but don't forget Funk-O-Nots, one of the funkiest songs ever!!!
Yes...Love Rollercoaster live...from the Midnight Special, I think...cause they had the first break dancers come put and do some moves...you'll love the outfits, too!
You guys MUST do a reaction to Peter Frampton - Do you Feel Like I Do !! You will BOTH BE SHOOK by this - Will become one of your favorites - 1975 Midnight Special vid !! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPOINTED !!!!!! ENJOY !!
When these songs were new in the 1970’s I preferred uptempo Ohio Players songs like this one- “Fire” and “Love Rollercoaster.” But in 2022, I gravitate their slow jam songs like “I wanna be free,” “Heaven must be like this” and of course “Sweet sticky thing.”
There must have been something funky in the water in the Cincinnati area back in the day -- the Isley Brothers, the Ohio Players, Roger Troutman and his brothers, Bootsy Collins from Funkadelic, the Deele, and Slave were all from that area. Check out the Ohio Players' "I Want to Be Free" (a heartbreak song that the lead singer can't explain without breaking up decades later), "Skintight" (smooth jazzy funk), and my favorite "Jive Turkey."
This the very favorite song of a good college friend in the winter of 74-75. I remember so clearly dancing to it at our department Christmas party that winter.
Saw the comment about “America”!! One of my all time favorite groups! Saw them in concert when I was 17 & again with my daughter at 62! Love it because my kids grew up listening to them & they love them too!! So many hits, all wonderful! ♥️The old white woman
Skin Tight is another popular song by them. That's Leroy Roosevelt "Sugarfoot" Bonner on the double-neck guitar. Funk Bands: George Clinton, Parliament, Parliament-Funkadelic, Funkadelic, Cameo, The Bar-Kay's, Brass Construction, Con Funk Shon, Rufus, Isley Brothers, Bootsy Collins, Sly & The Family Stone, War, James Brown & The JB's, Earth Wind & Fire, Instant Funk. :-)
Gordon Ramsey also uses Fire as his theme song for Hell's Kitchen. This was released 1974, the year my oldest son was born. The 70s were great for music.
Bobby Proud (voiced by Cedric the Entertainer, Arsenio Hall in the movie): Oscar's older brother, Suga Mama's eldest son, Trudy's brother-in-law and Penny, Bebe and CeCe's uncle. He is a fan of groups like Kool & The Gang among others. He sings and talks like the lead singers of the 1970s funk bands Cameo (Larry Blackmon), The Ohio Players (Sugarfoot) and The Commodores (Lionel Richie).
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus The Sylvers-Boogie Fever (Midnight Special 1976) GROOVELINE-HEATWAVE The Jackson-Enjoy yourself Heatwave-Boogie Nights Shalamar-Second Time Around Extended Version Peaches & Herb-Shake Your Groove Thing
My sister loved to dance to this. One of her favorites back in the day. Along with the Commodores "Brick House" and Parliament's "Flashlight", which of course you guys already know...
The Ohio Players were on fire in the 70s! Brings back some great memories! Thanks! Your next reaction for them should be "Love Rollercoaster" (link below). It was one of their biggest hits; although, there were many!
I love this song. When this came out, I had such a crush on Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner (that first singer with the guitar. There’s a live version on here from the Midnight Special that’s fantastic, but it’s 15 minutes long. It’s worth seeing/hearing though. They were an amazing band. “Love Rollercoaster” is their other huge hit. Great stuff. 💜💜💜
Back in the early 70's, the Jr. High my older sister attended held "sports nights." Kids were allowed into the gym after school for indoor sports games, snacks and off to the side a room for dancing. because she HAD to drag me around everywhere she went, I enjoyed watching her and the other kids dancing to the greatest sounds of the 70's! You could see them imitating the moves from Soul Train and so much fun watching them as they formed the Soul Train line........this song brings so much memories from then!.......not only does the Ohio Players have an amazing Funky sound, but listening to "Heaven Must be Like You" takes you to their sensual smooth side.
Thank you for a good and honest reaction. I have been a fan of the Ohio Players since 1975. Also, I do not know of a single person who can stay in a bad mood after listening to 'Fire'. The whole album is good as well. Again, thank you for your reaction. The dude in the middle on the trumpet is Marvin 'Merv' Pierce. After he left the Ohio Players, he moved to Australia and started a career in computers. The keyboard player, Billy Beck was one of my first influences (because of this song) on the keyboard/piano. I still play to this day because of Billy Beck. My church has never been the same hahaha.
I know that you guys have been getting into rock and that kind of music but you’ve been kind of forgetting about Funk glad you got to this song and please I’m sure you’re gonna get many suggestions great job guys. The gap band which you already discovered the Dazz Band , Roger, And although they’re not 100% funk but they have great music the brothers Johnson and who can forget about Rick James!!!!
In addition to the oft-mentioned "Love Rollercoaster" (my fave OP song), another helping of pure old school funk is Kool & the Gang's "Jungle Boogie". You'll love both tunes!
In 1974 when I moved to Atlanta, I worked part time for Fulton County Stadium, and that summer get to see live and in person the Ohio players… Talk about put on a show oh my God, and the stadium was rocking. What great memories
I’m from the capital of Ohio and was about 13 or 14 when this song hit. When it came on at the roller rink we ALL hit the floor-jamming to the funk HARD! Oh the 1970s. Peace ✌️
I bought this album without knowing a single song on it because I’d already worn out their Skin Tight album. Soon as I heard that siren I loved this song! Other Ohio Players songs you might like: Skin Tight, Jive Turkey, Love Rollercoaster, Heaven Must Be Like This (slow jam), and even some “sermons”: Is Anybody Gonna Be Saved, and Running From The Devil. I’ve already warned you about the long back-to-back slow dance songs It’s Your Night / Words Of Love unless you want to give Luca a baby brother. 😆😉
"ROLLERCOASTER OF LOVE" is another GREAT song from them too !!! 🥰
Red hot Chili Peppers did a decent remake of the song but the original is still best.
Heck yeah. Love that song. Wasn't there a rumor some girl got raped when they where recording it and you could hear it on the song? I don't know if there was any truth to that.
@@rray848 Was it on the Beavis and Butthead do America movie ???
I love ❤ that song 🎵
@@Herbert04 I remember the rumor except what I heard was that when they were recording the screaming on the roller coaster sounds that there was a girl on the roller coaster that was stabbed to death and that the screams you can tell that it's not a normal scream but I will have to say that I've never looked up to see if it was just an urban legend or not course that was way back in the seventies so now that we have Internet I think I'll investigate it.
Damn, we had the BEST music growing up!!! Didn’t we??? 👍🏽💖🥰💃🏻
Absolutely!!!
N decade can touch the 70s
Yes we did!
That would be the late 60s And them 70s BABY
Sh💩t Yeah!!
Ohio Players pure Gold &
Fabulous Musicians! 1975🤩
❤️🎧🎹🎺🎸🥁🎼🎶😎✌🏼
You just opened a rabbit hole. They had so many great hits like "Skin Tight", "Love Roller Coaster" and "Sweet Sticky Thing". Just a great group all around. Leroy "Sugerfoot" Bonner is probably one of my favorite lead singers of all time. He's that voice you were raving about.
Sweet Sticky thing, love that song 🎵
I had their albums
Isn't this magnificent? From the soundtrack of my youth, funk was simply a wonderful time in our music history! I love Ohio Players!
Their album Skin Tight was/is the best!
I THINK prince may have liked this band be for he got pop ular
You guys have a lot to choose from when it comes to funk bands. Ohio Players, Parliament, Earth Wind and Fire, Sly & The Family Stone, Isley Brothers, Gap Band, Rufus/Chaka Khan, Tower of Power, Con Funk Shun, Bar-Kays, Brothers Johnson, Bootsy Collins/Bootsy's Rubber Band, and so many more.
Commodores also. Before they went too pop sounding...
Great list... don't forget r&b/funk group, Cameo!!
Joe Tex was another favorite of mine. That guy had some seriously funny songs like Aint Gonna Bump
No More. That song is hysterical.
You punched a lot of buttons this old man really grooved on. Lol! Still do.
Tower of Power with 'What is Hip' & 'You Got to Funkifize'
You can't play "Fire" without it's companion "Rollercoaster (of Love)"
Yes !!!!
In my opinion, the 70's was the best decade for black artists. The songs, the vocals, the musicianship - all just so amazing.
Nothing beats 70s FUNK No way
We really did!
I used to hear The Ohio Players practicing their songs in one of their member's house in north Dayton, Ohio.
That would have been around 1977-1978.
My girlfriend lived only 4 houses away and we both used to sit on her porch in the evenings and listen to OP's practice sessions.
Good memories of the incredible music put out by so many back then.
What I find interesting about the Ohio Players is that most of their songs came from jam sessions. Hardly anyone came to the studio with anything written down.
Love Rollercoaster is their most popular song. Also check out OHIO and I Wanna Be Free.
P.S. Their album covers were epic! 😉
The Ohio Players are FIRE!!! Quite a few funk bands are from Ohio: The Ohio Players, Bootsy Collins, Zapp & Roger, Lakeside, The Isley Brothers
Some awesome Ohio Players music: "Love Rollercoaster", "Skin Tight", "Far East Mississippi", "Fopp", and "I Want to be Free" is a nice ballad.
I forgot about Fopp. "They wouldn't let me stop." 💛
Lakeside!
They say James Brown invented Funk, that may be true, but BOOTSY wrote the book ❗️
The Ohio Players amongst others were huge when I was in High School….I believe this was 1974…I wish I had a penny for every time I danced to it!!!🤗❤️
If you ,,,,,,,, dont ,,,,hear PRINCE IN HERE YOUR DEFF
This song NEVER gets old.
Fire is FIRE!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Love Rollercoaster next, please!!! ❤🎢
Before the 80's was putting the roof on fire, us 70's folk had this.
Love the syncopated rhythm of Funk! Gotta listen to The Ohio Players' "Love Rollercoaster" too! ...Listen to Isaac Hayes, "Shaft" and some more James Brown.
I love it when I see our grand kids lovin the music we put out. I can't get enough 😂😂😂😂😂
So many things missing from today's music and that includes Funk.
I believe we would have World Peace if everyone listened to P-Funk.
We no longer have music. We have to go back to the past.
Thank you from Italy ! Funk ! Funk ! Funk ! Collective music for collective people !
This is the funk de la funk! If this doesn't fire you up you don't have a soul.
I'm from Ohio and we were so proud of this band. They could really bring it!
We partied hard to the Ohio Players back in the 70's! Other songs by them you'd love are Love Rollercoaster, Skin Tight, Sweet Sticky Thing and more. Got several of their albums and still enjoy them! Another song you'll like is I Can Understand It by New Birth! We danced all night to both groups!
YES!! Gotta have It's Been a Long Time, Wildflower and Dream Merchant if they delve into New Birth. 💛
@@GoldenLady1007 Yes indeed!!!👍🏻
Yes sir! Basement party Playlist right there! Bobby Womack never thought of doing I Can Understand It like New Birth did it! You can get down all night to that one! Too funky!
@@arthurlangford5861 Oh yeah!!! Party down!!!
Don't forget I Want to be Free....
They're from my home town and I'm still here. THANK YOU!!!
Lead singers name is Sugarfoot.....and Ohio Player album covers are absolutely ICONIC
That’s what I was going to say. I remember being a kid looking at those album covers like 👀. 🤣
Oh wow. The greatest skating music ever as a child in the 70s.
I was on the dance floor ( so was everyone else ) on the first hint of the siren! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Oh, yeah!
Yes! A mass rush to the dance floor !!
Truly one of the greatest songs of my 70s childhood.
Isaac Hayes - “Theme from Shaft”…… what a voice…
These guys were huge. You need to hear more!
This 1974 song went to #1 on the charts in 1974-75, and they had an equally good hit in '75 with "Love Rollercoaster." An equally funky funk song that y'all may have heard in movies before, at least part of it, is "Jungle Boogie" by Kool and the Gang from 1973, also the case for Brick's 1977 funk hit "Dusic" and for the Bar-Kays' 1977 funk hit "Let's Have Some Fun." For some all-female funk, try "Which Way is Up?" by Stargard from 1977. Parliament had an all-female funk spin-off group called Brides of Funkenstein, too. And Stevie Wonder put out some syrupy funk too in songs like the 1972 "Maybe Your Baby."
Ohio players - heaven must be like this . Awesome
OMG!! So many cool guys in one funky band! Those Afros, those outfits, those horns, those drums, those keyboards! Pure funk! Loved it!! Had to get up out of my seat & groove a little!
♥️The old white woman
Me too
@@michelefaucher4180 @Linda Gaudin me too!
me too!
We all loved to watch Soul Train for music and dancing like this!
Old School Must Hear Classics,, Heatwave "The Groove Line",, "Boogie Nights" & "Always & Forever"
Hell Yes … Now you’re getting into some Old School sounds …
I have this on my phone and I am 61 years old. The bomb!!!
New Artist Suggestions:
America - “Ventura Highway”
James Taylor - “Fire and Rain”
One of the best bands for years!!!
“Stomp!” by Brothers Johnson is another funky classic!
Brothers Johnson, "Strawberry Letter 23", was one of my favorites.
Underrated.
So is The band Brick and their song DAZZ Its at the top of the list ,, Its from 1975
NOT as Funky as this 70s FUNK or Funky music white boy 1976. 70s RULE
The Ohio Players were THE funkiest. I used to stand for hours looking at their album covers in the store. Those of you who know what I’m talking about, know what I’m talking about.
"THOSE WHO KNOW KNOW"!!!!
This song has also been heard for years as the theme song for "Hell's Kitchen", one of Gordon Ramsay's many TV cooking competition shows.
One of my favorite songs. Does anyone remember KTEL RECORDS?? I WAS IN 4TH GRADE.
@@amyshoemaker2200 I still have a number of the K-Tel compilation LPs.
I Love the Ohio Players. So much talent in this group.❤❤
I am hoping you have reacted to Earth Wind & Fire. My favorite band ever!
Those of us growing up in the 70's were really blessed, weren't we? We expected music this good - because we were surrounded by it. I saw The Ohio Players in concert, as part of the Kool Jazz Festival. They brought the house down!
The 70s were the atomic BOMB
Whassup Jay & Amber! Hope you guys are well.
Ohio Players is fire, pure funk music! Unmistakable vocal by "Sugarfoot".
What about a slow dance?
Please react to "Heaven must be like this", my favorite song from OP.
Be safe!
Greetings from Brazil!
Dayton Ohio's Ohio Players are incredible. Below everyone has mentioned playing Love Rollercoaster and Skin Tight, but don't forget Funk-O-Nots, one of the funkiest songs ever!!!
Some great bands out of Dayton.. something in the water!
@@sukie584 I've always thought so. Love Dayton!
Great memories!!! Played every time at the high school dances!! Did the bump!🤘🔥
The BUMP!!! 😄❤🕺
Yes!
Yes, the bump!! How much fun was that!!
The only dance I could do with my two left feet.
Great song! "Love Rollercoaster" is another funky jam from the Ohio Players.
THE OHIO PLAYERS
* FIRE
* SKIN TIGHT
* I want to be free
* A thing called love
* You dont mean it
* Trespassin
* Its a crying shame
* Tell me why
Who'd She Coo was a club favorite in my area back in the day
I would recommend "Sweet Sticky Thing"...great song! The guitar player's name is Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner...
Their albums covers were legendary... Epic
More Ohio Players! "Skin Tight", "I want to be free"
"Love Rollercoaster" is their other big hit from the 70s.
Yes...Love Rollercoaster live...from the Midnight Special, I think...cause they had the first break dancers come put and do some moves...you'll love the outfits, too!
Check out some more Debarge next..."All This Love" or "Time Will Reveal." Y'all will LOVE those!
Love, Love, Love Ohio Players! My favorite is Love Rollercoaster…
The 70's was the BEST decade for all music.
I 100% agree even though I was born in 1980. This is literally the music I heard as a kid
Great Band seen them in concert .Long Ago 1977 I was in High School ! Enjoy
You guys MUST do a reaction to Peter Frampton - Do you Feel Like I Do !! You will BOTH BE SHOOK by this - Will become one of your favorites - 1975 Midnight Special vid !! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPOINTED !!!!!! ENJOY !!
Love Rollercoaster, Fopp, Funky Worm and for a teenage boy in the 70s the hottest album covers in the store
When these songs were new in the 1970’s I preferred uptempo Ohio Players songs like this one- “Fire” and “Love Rollercoaster.” But in 2022, I gravitate their slow jam songs like “I wanna be free,” “Heaven must be like this” and of course “Sweet sticky thing.”
‘Sweet Sticky Thing’ is a groove/vibe with a lot of flute. Syncopation off the charts.
Ohio Players. I love Funk!!
There must have been something funky in the water in the Cincinnati area back in the day -- the Isley Brothers, the Ohio Players, Roger Troutman and his brothers, Bootsy Collins from Funkadelic, the Deele, and Slave were all from that area. Check out the Ohio Players' "I Want to Be Free" (a heartbreak song that the lead singer can't explain without breaking up decades later), "Skintight" (smooth jazzy funk), and my favorite "Jive Turkey."
My Dad used to say the same thing. So much talent in Ohio
My 9 year-old self is happy hearing this again! Such great music.
This the very favorite song of a good college friend in the winter of 74-75. I remember so clearly dancing to it at our department Christmas party that winter.
Got to see them in 2018 for my hometowns annual summer 4 day event. They gave an AWESOME performance and had many of the original band members still.
I had 3 of their albums. The song "Lets Love" love it but then I love all their music. Total FUNK!
Saw the comment about “America”!! One of my all time favorite groups! Saw them in concert when I was 17 & again with my daughter at 62! Love it because my kids grew up listening to them & they love them too!! So many hits, all wonderful!
♥️The old white woman
It might have been my comment because I saw America in concert with Christopher Cross. Awesome!
This is some Funk that's good for the Body and Soul I'm over 60 yrs old and this still gives goose bumps
Skin Tight is another popular song by them. That's Leroy Roosevelt "Sugarfoot" Bonner on the double-neck guitar. Funk Bands: George Clinton, Parliament, Parliament-Funkadelic, Funkadelic, Cameo, The Bar-Kay's, Brass Construction, Con Funk Shon, Rufus, Isley Brothers, Bootsy Collins, Sly & The Family Stone, War, James Brown & The JB's, Earth Wind & Fire, Instant Funk. :-)
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. You absolutely cannot sit still when it’s playing…and I play it a LOT! Best funk song in my opinion.
I live in Ohio and always feel a sense of state pride when I see those guys. The roller skating rink use to play their songs to skate with.
Gordon Ramsey also uses Fire as his theme song for Hell's Kitchen. This was released 1974, the year my oldest son was born. The 70s were great for music.
Love Rollercoaster next!!
Saw them in Memphis! OMG! Dance floor was always packed!
Thank you for jamming!
Bobby Proud (voiced by Cedric the Entertainer, Arsenio Hall in the movie): Oscar's older brother, Suga Mama's eldest son, Trudy's brother-in-law and Penny, Bebe and CeCe's uncle. He is a fan of groups like Kool & The Gang among others. He sings and talks like the lead singers of the 1970s funk bands Cameo (Larry Blackmon), The Ohio Players (Sugarfoot) and The Commodores (Lionel Richie).
I'm getting flashbacks of my 9th grade school dances and our dance floor was on fire when they played this song!
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus The Sylvers-Boogie Fever (Midnight Special 1976) GROOVELINE-HEATWAVE The Jackson-Enjoy yourself Heatwave-Boogie Nights Shalamar-Second Time Around Extended Version Peaches & Herb-Shake Your Groove Thing
Love The Ohio Players! Sweet Sticky Thing is one of the best songs from this fantastic group. The horns in this song are outstanding!
My sister loved to dance to this. One of her favorites back in the day. Along with the Commodores "Brick House" and Parliament's "Flashlight", which of course you guys already know...
Welcome aboard, youngsters! Ohio Players and Earth, Wind, and Fire, were the most popular party bands , of the '70's and early '80's.
Speaking of 'FIRE', you gotta check out 'Fire' by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Arthur Brown being the Grandfather of Shock Rock!
Love Ohio Players!! Havent listened to them in years!! I loved them in the 70s.
The Ohio Players were on fire in the 70s! Brings back some great memories! Thanks! Your next reaction for them should be "Love Rollercoaster" (link below). It was one of their biggest hits; although, there were many!
RIP Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner...The guitar player singer.
I love this song. When this came out, I had such a crush on Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner (that first singer with the guitar. There’s a live version on here from the Midnight Special that’s fantastic, but it’s 15 minutes long. It’s worth seeing/hearing though. They were an amazing band. “Love Rollercoaster” is their other huge hit. Great stuff. 💜💜💜
Back in the early 70's, the Jr. High my older sister attended held "sports nights." Kids were allowed into the gym after school for indoor sports games, snacks and off to the side a room for dancing. because she HAD to drag me around everywhere she went, I enjoyed watching her and the other kids dancing to the greatest sounds of the 70's! You could see them imitating the moves from Soul Train and so much fun watching them as they formed the Soul Train line........this song brings so much memories from then!.......not only does the Ohio Players have an amazing Funky sound, but listening to "Heaven Must be Like You" takes you to their sensual smooth side.
Thank you for a good and honest reaction. I have been a fan of the Ohio Players since 1975. Also, I do not know of a single person who can stay in a bad mood after listening to 'Fire'. The whole album is good as well. Again, thank you for your reaction. The dude in the middle on the trumpet is Marvin 'Merv' Pierce. After he left the Ohio Players, he moved to Australia and started a career in computers. The keyboard player, Billy Beck was one of my first influences (because of this song) on the keyboard/piano. I still play to this day because of Billy Beck. My church has never been the same hahaha.
SKIN TIGHT PLEASE
Ohio Players....here in Dayton, Ohio, we are all very proud of this band! A bunch of Daytonians!
🔥🔥🔥"SKIN TIGHT", "PAIN", and "ROLLERCOASTER of LOVE" are also serious jams from them. Yeah, funky is how they roll!
Great album great band!!! One of my favorites!
I know that you guys have been getting into rock and that kind of music but you’ve been kind of forgetting about Funk glad you got to this song and please I’m sure you’re gonna get many suggestions great job guys. The gap band which you already discovered the Dazz Band , Roger, And although they’re not 100% funk but they have great music the brothers Johnson and who can forget about Rick James!!!!
Funk music was so great. I remember a room full of everyone dancing. Thanks for the memories.🧡💛💙
In addition to the oft-mentioned "Love Rollercoaster" (my fave OP song), another helping of pure old school funk is Kool & the Gang's "Jungle Boogie". You'll love both tunes!
In 1974 when I moved to Atlanta, I worked part time for Fulton County Stadium, and that summer get to see live and in person the Ohio players… Talk about put on a show oh my God, and the stadium was rocking. What great memories
I’m from the capital of Ohio and was about 13 or 14 when this song hit. When it came on at the roller rink we ALL hit the floor-jamming to the funk HARD! Oh the 1970s. Peace ✌️
Brings me back to my disco days, I was about 16 years then. A real fine dance classic 🎶🎶💕💕👍
These 70s guys set the tone for the 80s funk generation.
I feel sooo lucky to have grown up from the early 60`s on up. So much great music to absorb.
I bought this album without knowing a single song on it because I’d already worn out their Skin Tight album. Soon as I heard that siren I loved this song! Other Ohio Players songs you might like: Skin Tight, Jive Turkey, Love Rollercoaster, Heaven Must Be Like This (slow jam), and even some “sermons”: Is Anybody Gonna Be Saved, and Running From The Devil. I’ve already warned you about the long back-to-back slow dance songs It’s Your Night / Words Of Love unless you want to give Luca a baby brother. 😆😉
This was the number 1 song in the country in December 1974! One year later, Love Rollercoaster hit #1 as well!!