Why would the new generation want to make old, out of date music? They have their own thing. You and I are of the older set and this is the music of our youth and we love it. Our parents were thinking why couldn't our generation sound like Sammy Davis and Count Basie! To each his own time.
Some of the greatest groove ever made, and I'm a 58 year old white dude who grew up with this along with all the other greatest music created in history. There will never be another time in music like there was from the mid to late 60's up to around 1988 or so!! Not possible to happen again in history!! Every music genre back then was pure fire!!!
Yes it certainly was a great time to be young in the 1970 & 80’s. Things were so much simpler before internet. We took our lives for granted always wanting to grow up fast now we long for those times. I would give anything to have life life it was.
And they sang and danced , nobody does that anymore they got into the song.and you could feel it in your soul ❤️ God bless everybody,stay safe, show kindness and pray 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Latter-day hip hop for sure, but the Native Tongue conglomerate featuring the likes of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and The Jungle Brothers was a golden time for rap!
Right there with you brother ! ... Been a 'Ray' fan from the beginning ... Still listen to 'HOT STUFF' 1 of my Favorite Cuts to this VERY DAY (5-9-23) ! ...
When you consider most of us heard this on AM--the level of the recording came through on a car radio. Then you get the answer was craftsmanship. We got it then.
Man this reminds me when my grandma use to be cooking in the kitchen and would have this smooth soulful music playing on a good Sunday evening, man I tell u music is definitely soulful & it can be weaponized for good or bad, this is good for the soul…
Yes this is a Classic , i can remembering hearing it in 1978 on a local radio station , when laying in bed at night before going to work on a night shift job, to me this was first of many good songs that came out over the 10 to 12 years during the late 70's through the 80's , there was something in music during that time . that is not in today's music , yes there maybe some good songs , but to me , it just seems to be missing something , that those old classics had .
@@PKSpearmanof How true , the soul is gone , and replaced by computerized Music , and Machines like computers , don't have souls , and the musics , with that reality , we may never see that type of wonderful soulful music of the past again ? thankyou for your reply
This vocals are unbelievable. This is so tight. This time period was full of very polished songs that you can tell were cared for and worked on for countless hours.
Hey Abbey Kroeter. I strive myself when I harmonize with myself on some 5 or 4 part harmony on Smule Sing. It’s fun. Hear me sometime. Thanks. _Kenny Allen_ on Smule Sing Let me know you were there. Leave me a message. 😊💐
Ray Parker Jr. has that fantastic smooth voice, but I just love Jerry Knight - pumping the bass and putting out those dominant vocals. Great production work. Background vocals are great as well.
I heard a few years ago somewhere (non black pop/top40) where they called him a one hit wonder (Ghostbusters). I was so insulted for him. They knew nothing about Raydio While that one song is enough for his great great great grandchildren to be rich, he has laid down some classic stuff and great collaborations in 70s and 80s R&B
I heard a few years ago somewhere (non black pop/top40) where they called him a one hit wonder (Ghostbusters). I was so insulted for him. They knew nothing about Raydio While that one song is enough for his great great great grandchildren to be rich, he has laid down some classic stuff and great collaborations in 70s and 80s R&B
@@deeerv4905 ur so right Dee . Ray Parker Jr to me gets no respect. He's not a one hit wonder. Ur right all u have to do is listen to his greatest hits n that shows how talented he is. He also wrote n produced songs for other groups. Great singer n writer. I love his music
Just like everyone else in the comment section, im going to say: what a fantastic groove, takes me right back to happier times when music was more (Organic) . Mostly crap today. Bring back the good music, Seventies funk/soul, everyone happy, smiles all around.!😎😃
@@bluetheory2 well good morning to you you say that my ears are full of crap I listen to anything and everything as long as it has meaning good sound good vocals and good melodies I take the time to check out the new bands and the new R&B groups as well I also check out The Rock bands and new heavy metal bands as well and I'm not afraid to mention the word country as well because that's also in my repertoire as well always will be but I will always Mentor back to the old school as well because I grew up listen to The Isley Brothers a group listen to The Commodores I grew up listen to The Stylistics and a whole host of others I want to say that my mind is full of crap I do listen to anything and everything but the only thing I will not listen to is a bunch of stupid rap crap music that's out today talk about calling women b****** and hoes and calling them skanks at 1 to do drive-by shootings murder and rape because that's all I hear and see why don't you do me a favor you pick up a guitar and start writing some songs that come from your heart let me tell you about me I've been playing guitar for 48 years I know about the music scene it's changed dramatically in fact it's real sad so don't tell me that my ears are full of crap because I listen to music that has meaning to me take the time to listen to it because that is my passion that is my first love is music my friend so don't come to me and tell me that my ears are full of crap I think you should take a step back in time to see what music was really all about I would love to support the new artists today and I will support them but unfortunately a lot of them don't have originality some of them I see they do their best and they try most of them have to put their best foot forward but I was support what they do and whatever they do I just won't support the rap artist that talk about the negative if that's what you like that's what you like I don't dig that cuz that's not my scene you dig on that foot note you have a great day
@@bluetheory2 yes. Greater. In yesteryears take me back in time when music was different and so were people yes but we still have some music today that is good but not as great as of yesterday's yes the song Jack and Jill Jill would not give enough love Jack indeed it is a crazy love song this music really forever 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
Jerry Knight is singing the main lead vocal on this track. He later had a hit of his own in the duo "Oliie & Jerry" with the song " Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us " from the "Breakin" soundtrack. You can also find some of Jerry's solo tunes here on TH-cam. Great singer and you're right, he killed it!
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This music would not be produced now. Too many distractions. When this was produced life ( for young people) WAS music . Fantastic . 60’s,70’s,80’s,90,s … what a musical pop era. So much change❤
I loved it when music didn't need to be rude, harsh or vacuous to be great. Just good music you can take the entire family to see. I miss those days...
I was born in 1969.. I liked this song as a pre teen, not knowing it was about Jack cheating on Jill!!🤦🏾🤦🏾 This wasn't your typical nursery rhyme!🤣🤣🤣 Shit, Jill probably had her a sneak a link! Just do Poly now! Still like this song in 2023!!❤️
Working at Walmart they played this everyday. I could never remember the words to look it up but I finally found it. Love this, it calmed me down in that crazy place.
LOVE that part. I call it "California Music" since they still play the heII out of it in the Southland, and many other similar-era classics, on the raydio, today. (I didn't even mean to do that!) :)
April 1978, Suffolk, England, I'm 16 and just arrived at a new boarding school, and this song is playing all the time on the radio. The harmonies and falsettos sent shivers down my spine back then and still do. Every time I hear it, even today, I am transported back to my teenage self: a bit dazed and confused but full of emotion, excitement and hope! Love the virtuosity, the dance moves and the way the band smiles all the time!
IN 1978 I HAD JUST TURNED 21 AFTER SPENDING 3 MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. THIS WAS ONE OF THE SONGS THAT GOT ME THROUGH ALL THAT. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS SONG.
You know you're getting old when you haven't heard a particular song for 40 years...jeez, I was practically a kid when this tune was on the radio. Back when music really did have soul.
the harmony on the "why do you think" part is very tricky. if you try to sing it you realize it's not what's in your head. once you realize this you have to re-contemplate what the emotion of it is. it's downright genius. from the moment i first heard it in the unlikely setting of rural Wisconsin it has stuck with me as epitome of smooth urban soul. when Clive Davis signed Ray to Arista he KNEW something on instinct that not even Ray's biggest admirer's had in mind. He was exactly right . Also the male highlight vocalist in this group had some serious scare your ass off SKILLS. I should know his name and will fix that immediately but anyone who can sing like that should have been a solo star .
So many beautiful features on this track. The really inspired vocals, the arrangement, chord structures, instrumentation etc. One of those special records that transforms the listener for a few minutes. Purely romantic.
Man this reminds me when my grandma use to be cooking in the kitchen and would have this smooth soulful music playing on a good Sunday evening, man I tell u music is definitely soulful & it can be weaponized for good or bad, this is good for the soul…
This song always cheers me up. Ray's smile melts me. The other singers bring their game. 50s w/arthritis and all kinds a physical problems, Do Not try to stop me from dancing to this song.. lol Lifts me up immediately. Have to play it at least 5 times. One of my favorite bands❤️❤️
Do yourself a favor and find an online looping site, then just plug in this youtube link, and you can listen to this for HOURS with it automatically repeats.... I DO, it's just one of the most beautiful of so many beautiful songs that I grew up with during the 70's... ❤
@@MisterRichHarris PHENOMONAL ✨ Jam 🎶 u sure do know God music😁‼️👍 🎷🎼🎵 Was 13 when this was bursting onto the charts and it was SUDDENLY floating out of cars in my Lil Italian n hood (+ everywhere else😁👍🎵‼️) I~
Maybe not an all time great, yet that music from the 70's and 80's is timeless. Motown deserves their own station and ALL of those bands from the 70's. EW &F, Kool & the Gang, Tavares, O'Jays, Spinners, Stylistics, Love, Unlimited Orchestra and so on, I'll take that all day over this garbage of today.
Corrine Evans you knows who control all the music & what types of clothing they wear the Bosses wants a feminine look He want the man to have a women appeal no strong man are aloud no strong bosses that’s why we got the car museum we got an FYI the guys were close they were trying to make them all family and all the tough guy was gone all the time talking is gone now you got a sweet though can I get too much and I just
always loved this song! You would hear it occasionally on a local light rock station and it was a real treat because you would almost forget about it and then here it was playing.
very well said.the music 🎶 now is pure crap, i don't even know alot of these singers, thay didn't work for it.and it shows.God bless you stay safe peace ✌
On a Sunday evening in 1979, the night before the start of a new school year, Gleason Stadium, Gary IN, Raydio played. Absolutely the best begining to another year of school ever!
I'm a 60's baby and I tell you this song is golden Ray Parker Jr doesn't get enough props for his artistic accomplishments the music of the 60's 70's and 80's are golden and are the soundtrack to my life love this music takes me back to a simpler time
I wish they had oldies night. And played all the music from the late 70s and 80s. They used to years ago on his station and now they don't do it as often but none of these songs which they should I miss that error so much I guess we just have TH-cam there's so many groups from back then and so many songs. I keep finding more and more on TH-cam. I feel so sad this world has gotten so cold. People have changed everything's about money. Now we dealing with this virus, and everything else I pray that we get better. God bless everybody peace out🙏💃👍😷🙌
They play it like once a week on Sirius XM Ch. 50! I can't listen to regular radio anymore, been on Satellite for like 10 yrs now and of course TH-cam when home Jones-ing good shit!
This is one of the most addictive songs ever. Sometimes I will listen to this 6 or 7 times in a row before I stop, and I am just as likely to listen to Rage Against the Machine. Super smooth, and almost perfect!
The 70s music will put you on another planet that no one will understand unless you have a love of the 70s music. You don't need drugs or alcohol to appreciate the best music ever. God....take me back to the 70s and leave me there....I'll be just fine.
The new generation couldn't make this type of music even if we gave em a cheat sheet.
Why would the new generation want to make old, out of date music? They have their own thing. You and I are of the older set and this is the music of our youth and we love it. Our parents were thinking why couldn't our generation sound like Sammy Davis and Count Basie! To each his own time.
@@charlesm7589 True
I know huh!😃@@charlesm7589
@justinesportsmedicine9379 I know huh 😄
That's FACTS!
Who else is still listening to this great song 2024 no one makes great music like this anymore
Me, from Croatia.
I am & they still sound great..
Saudações do Brasil.
Here!
Im from Brazilian
This isnt black or white music . Just great music.
I agree.it is just music,why do people have to judge, color DOESN'T matter.!!! God bless everybody 🙏🙏🙏❤️🎶🎵
Some of the greatest groove ever made, and I'm a 58 year old white dude who grew up with this along with all the other greatest music created in history. There will never be another time in music like there was from the mid to late 60's up to around 1988 or so!! Not possible to happen again in history!! Every music genre back then was pure fire!!!
I agree 💯
@@scotabot7826no there won’t
@@scotabot7826I Agree with you, they had substance
Someone listening in the year 2024?
Love it
Yessss!❤️
Here for this!🙌🏽
Yes
🙋♀️
I'm a 60 yrs. Old white guy. I lived during the era of Motown....greatest music ever. Still love it
I am 61 I love this music
Try to tell ya
Ditto
❤
I was in Houston..when they came out with their ablum..always admire u guys...much love and good memory!❤
Back when music was about music. Musicians & Singers were as serious as doctors or lawyers about their work. And it showed...
😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Such Cool smooth stuff 😊😊😊😊
The 70's Motown was the best. Glad to have been teens to 20 during the best music ever. From an almost 70 year old white girl. Miss those days.
Indeed it did 👍
Yes, Dan this was poetry coming from the most unlikely sources.
And actually had members that played real instruments, not like that fake crap they have now.
Always makes me kinda sad that those days in the 70s are gone. Had such a blast, some of the best times of my life.
Me too!
but they live on in our memories and we have youtube - you can visit anytime - just sit on your porch and turn the music up; and relive
Those days aren't gone yet cause we still have the music in us all.
Yes it certainly was a great time to be young in the 1970 & 80’s. Things were so much simpler before internet. We took our lives for granted always wanting to grow up fast now we long for those times. I would give anything to have life life it was.
I love how this band is so into their music. Smiling and dancing while playing their instruments and singing
This is heavenly music . Loved the 70s and 80s i wish i could go back.😢
Yes
Me too x
FACTS 💯. I was living my best life during that era 💖🎉
Yup. Born in 68. Grew up in the 70's and became a man in the 80's. Miss those times. Unparalleled IMO...
This song was made at a time when entertainment was fun, you can hear the artists enjoying themselves while making music.
And they sang and danced , nobody does that anymore they got into the song.and you could feel it in your soul ❤️ God bless everybody,stay safe, show kindness and pray 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
68YRS YOUNG AND I AM SO HAPPY TO HAVE ENJOYED THOSE YEARS OF REAL MUSIC AND SONGS 😂 😅 ❤🎉
Absolutely this music will never die🖤💜🖤💜💯🥰🤩🙏🏼🌹🌹🌹
Who's out there listening to this song. Love Ray Parker Jr
Spring 1978, junior year of high school... born at the right time. 🥰 To Raydio: thanks, fellas.
Me, graduated 76, some of the best, freest years of my life!
Spring 1978 Hill Juinor High School, Winston Salem NC. Go Hornets!!
I graduated that year! I was a senior, good times
🎓🤩Class of ‘78 Birmingham High School, Van Nuys, California GO BRAVES! This was great music!
Ray wrote, produced, arranged and then sang. Talented dude
I always loved that backup singer's voice
I always thought the back up singer singing “Jack! Jill! “Was a woman so I was completely surprised when I first watched this video!
@@liamsmom6177 hahaha, same!!
God the black community used to have such talent it’s sad how hip-hop has become their new identity what happened to the soul
Colonialism, freemasons choose the WORSE of every community of Black's, Hispanic, Etc and give them DEALS SO THE MASSES CAN USE AS ROLE MODELS.
Very Sad!
Latter-day hip hop for sure, but the Native Tongue conglomerate featuring the likes of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and The Jungle Brothers was a golden time for rap!
No just the youngsters, That does not include us old schoolers..
Get real. We're more than just whatever music is currently being played on the radio .
This is one of the coolest and most underrated songs in r&b history.
Absolutely 💯
💯
Love the screaming in the background...'JACK!' 'JILL'
Right there with you brother ! ... Been a 'Ray' fan from the beginning ... Still listen to 'HOT STUFF' 1 of my Favorite Cuts to this VERY DAY (5-9-23) ! ...
It really is a special one.
A nursery rhyme that’s all so true when you can’t get the love you need from your companion.
70s / 80s still way ahead of today
Man you don't realize until you get older the quality and fun we had I guess why they call them good memories
I have to listen to this at least 3 x a day!
67 now and realise what a wonderful time I had
So glad I grew up during this era. Music was written with so much feeling.
Me too!
ABSOLUTELY!
you know it!!!! to me real music pretty much died after the 80s
@@loyevangelists that is the Truth
You and I both
*THIS IS....SOUL MUSIC* ❤❤❤❤❤
Nothing like the music 🎶 of the 70’s and 80’s ❤️
OMG You just hit a homerun with those comments 🎯😘🎉💃💫💥🤟The 70"s and 80's were my best golden years carefree INDEED ❗️💞💖🙌🏿👏🏿🫠🌟😘🎉💃💫💥🤟💋
60s too
When you consider most of us heard this on AM--the level of the recording came through on a car radio. Then you get the answer was craftsmanship. We got it then.
Some songs just sound BETTER on AM. This is one of them. 'The Things We Do For Love' a total FM song.
Amazing how, as an adult, you understand songs you heard as a child.
Yesss
Yes, specially when they are great songs of the time. Also, it is only natural for most that they cherish the times in their youth years and 20s.
I loved them at that time but I do truly understand them now life experiences.
So why do u think jack snuck down the Hill cause he needed love he couldn't get from Jill😳😳😳🤦🤦🤦😂😂😂😂😂😛😛
I was seven back in 81, loved it then,love it now..
Those threads are out of sight! The 70s still rule for best on-stage outfits to match the all the multitalented musicians.
Parliament Funkadelic 😎 ... Earth Wind & Fire 🌎🌬🔥 ... Ohio Players 🍯 ... Kool & the Gang 📯 ... The Commodores 🚢 ✈️
This song is so smooth. It's so good. I wish music was still like this. 2023
I couldn’t agree more💯😀
You’re 100% right!
Right on..RPJ
Man this reminds me when my grandma use to be cooking in the kitchen and would have this smooth soulful music playing on a good Sunday evening, man I tell u music is definitely soulful & it can be weaponized for good or bad, this is good for the soul…
@bmoney2560 I've always found it to be an escape to anywhere. The past especially.
Ray could dance, sing, play keyboard n the tambourine very talented man!
don't forget the guitar too
He has had a great solo career
A GREAT guitarist. Marvin Gaye took Ray Parker Jr on the road when he was 14 years old. Rhythm guitar
It doesn't matter if it's 2021, GOOD music is still GOOD music! Timeless classics like this will never die.
Yes.
Yes this is a Classic , i can remembering hearing it in 1978 on a local radio station , when laying in bed at night before going to work on a night shift job, to me this was first of many good songs that came out over the 10 to 12 years during the late 70's through the 80's , there was something in music during that time . that is not in today's music , yes there maybe some good songs , but to me , it just seems to be missing something , that those old classics had .
@@kidhickey1659 Agreed👌🏽💯 I believe what music is missing today is SOUL!
@@PKSpearmanof How true , the soul is gone , and replaced by computerized Music , and Machines like computers , don't have souls , and the musics , with that reality , we may never see that type of wonderful soulful music of the past again ? thankyou for your reply
@@kidhickey1659 No, thank you for your reply. Bless you ❤️
I heard this song as a kid & was hooked every since. Ray Parker Jr is iconic 💪🏾
Me too
Man, I was in 6th grade in Chicago
😂
OMGosh..Having 3 older Sisters...I remember this an it's pure 🥇🥇..Absolutely ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💯💯💯👏👏👏👏👏👏😊😊✌
Nothing better than growing up with older sisters, they had the best music
This vocals are unbelievable. This is so tight. This time period was full of very polished songs that you can tell were cared for and worked on for countless hours.
FACTS! Unlike the fast food music of today.
Hey Abbey Kroeter. I strive myself when I harmonize with myself on some 5 or 4 part harmony on Smule Sing. It’s fun. Hear me sometime. Thanks. _Kenny Allen_ on Smule Sing Let me know you were there. Leave me a message. 😊💐
Yeah I no
Ray Parker Jr. has that fantastic smooth voice, but I just love Jerry Knight - pumping the bass and putting out those dominant vocals. Great production work. Background vocals are great as well.
And music like this is/was an antidote for so many messed up situations, unlike way tooo many popular songs today, which feed the destruction.
Ray Parker, Jr. has had a legendary career. He's one of the most gifted people ever in music.
Ur so right Kevin. Ray's a great writer composer n a awesome singer. I have his greatest hits every song a hit. God I miss this music
I heard a few years ago somewhere (non black pop/top40) where they called him a one hit wonder (Ghostbusters). I was so insulted for him. They knew nothing about Raydio While that one song is enough for his great great great grandchildren to be rich, he has laid down some classic stuff and great collaborations in 70s and 80s R&B
I heard a few years ago somewhere (non black pop/top40) where they called him a one hit wonder (Ghostbusters). I was so insulted for him. They knew nothing about Raydio While that one song is enough for his great great great grandchildren to be rich, he has laid down some classic stuff and great collaborations in 70s and 80s R&B
@@deeerv4905 ur so right Dee . Ray Parker Jr to me gets no respect. He's not a one hit wonder. Ur right all u have to do is listen to his greatest hits n that shows how talented he is. He also wrote n produced songs for other groups. Great singer n writer. I love his music
Facts. No lies detected.
Lord, how did we lose this kind of music? How and why?
The seventies were the best time ever.
The Seventies was an Amazing Decade for Music TV And Movies
This is music man
@@johnjustice8976 agree I was on high school man this was music
I can't imagine living through the '70s and watching them end, and all the fantastic music along with it... What a tragedy.
Just like everyone else in the comment section, im going to say: what a fantastic groove, takes me right back to happier times when music was more
(Organic) . Mostly crap today.
Bring back the good music,
Seventies funk/soul, everyone happy, smiles all around.!😎😃
Today's music is absolutely full of crap and I have to agree that the music from back in the 70s and 80s was and always will be phenomenal
and at 54, I hear lyrics much differently through the eyes of experience. Never knew it was about cheating
.
@@andrerone8208 your ears are just crap. Plenty of great artist today.
@@bluetheory2 well good morning to you you say that my ears are full of crap I listen to anything and everything as long as it has meaning good sound good vocals and good melodies I take the time to check out the new bands and the new R&B groups as well I also check out The Rock bands and new heavy metal bands as well and I'm not afraid to mention the word country as well because that's also in my repertoire as well always will be but I will always Mentor back to the old school as well because I grew up listen to The Isley Brothers a group listen to The Commodores I grew up listen to The Stylistics and a whole host of others I want to say that my mind is full of crap I do listen to anything and everything but the only thing I will not listen to is a bunch of stupid rap crap music that's out today talk about calling women b****** and hoes and calling them skanks at 1 to do drive-by shootings murder and rape because that's all I hear and see why don't you do me a favor you pick up a guitar and start writing some songs that come from your heart let me tell you about me I've been playing guitar for 48 years I know about the music scene it's changed dramatically in fact it's real sad so don't tell me that my ears are full of crap because I listen to music that has meaning to me take the time to listen to it because that is my passion that is my first love is music my friend so don't come to me and tell me that my ears are full of crap I think you should take a step back in time to see what music was really all about I would love to support the new artists today and I will support them but unfortunately a lot of them don't have originality some of them I see they do their best and they try most of them have to put their best foot forward but I was support what they do and whatever they do I just won't support the rap artist that talk about the negative if that's what you like that's what you like I don't dig that cuz that's not my scene you dig on that foot note you have a great day
@@bluetheory2 yes. Greater. In yesteryears take me back in time when music was different and so were people yes but we still have some music today that is good but not as great as of yesterday's yes the song Jack and Jill Jill would not give enough love Jack indeed it is a crazy love song this music really forever 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
Ray was obsessed with the Jack and Jill story (TOO FUNNY)
The lead singer is killing it!🔥
@Gee Cee Ray was/is REALLY smart, and did write/produce most of his hits
Yes,I loved this as kid, im old I still hear it.
Jerry Knight is singing the main lead vocal on this track. He later had a hit of his own in the duo "Oliie & Jerry" with the song " Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us " from the "Breakin" soundtrack. You can also find some of Jerry's solo tunes here on TH-cam. Great singer and you're right, he killed it!
@@ShadeB93 Poor Jerry... Died so young...
Fuck cancer! 😖
Tight and relevant lyrics now and forever!! Raydio is so underrated!! Nothing compares to this in 2022!!
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AGREE 100%
This music would not be produced now. Too many distractions. When this was produced life ( for young people) WAS music . Fantastic . 60’s,70’s,80’s,90,s … what a musical pop era. So much change❤
I loved it when music didn't need to be rude, harsh or vacuous to be great. Just good music you can take the entire family to see. I miss those days...
I sure miss them also.
agreed
When the men ran the show it never got trashy like today. So very sad to see. Talent sold music not underdressed woman like today.
Me to miss them!!!!!
Couldnt agree with you more my friend. wish we could bring those days back.
I met the co-lead singer, Jerry Knight on bass while walking my dog in NOHO in 1979. Super nice guy. Brilliant vocalist, too.
Is he the one who died young? I heard one of the guys in RAYDIO died very young
@@Jgeneraledger23 Yes, he was only 44-years-old.
The memories, the memories, the sweet memories of many great songs from the 80's and 90's
knocks the crap out of todays so called artists
Still sounds as good now as it did back in the seventies.
Smooth
Hell yeah.Thanks to TH-cam.
Like so many songs from that decade.. a decade of timeless classic music
1078 was a good and special year for me. This was one of the songs I played a lot on my stereo turntable. 😁
I meant 1978.
The frikkn harmonies are so tight👍💪
I ignore the message and just enjoy this as a classic, which it is...JUST GREAT MUSIC.
I was born in 1969.. I liked this song as a pre teen, not knowing it was about Jack cheating on Jill!!🤦🏾🤦🏾 This wasn't your typical nursery rhyme!🤣🤣🤣 Shit, Jill probably had her a sneak a link! Just do Poly now! Still like this song in 2023!!❤️
Working at Walmart they played this everyday. I could never remember the words to look it up but I finally found it. Love this, it calmed me down in that crazy place.
I believe that this song is on rotation at all Wal-Marts in America.
Ditto Walmart
I always thought it was saying “ooooh put your pants oh heeerre” and then some old people singing but i guess that’s not it
Home Depot also
Beautiful
Probably the smoothest transition to chorus in music history,,, Now why do you think,,,,,, Beautifully smooth!
LOVE that part. I call it "California Music" since they still play the heII out of it in the Southland, and many other similar-era classics, on the raydio, today. (I didn't even mean to do that!) :)
I heard this song completely by chance in an oldschool funk and R & B compilation. Now I can't stop listening to it.
dam this song blows away anything made in the last 30 years
Facts 🎶🎶🎶🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I loved this song back then and still do !
It brings back great memories.
This is talent
Yes sir🗽😇💝
Ray Parker had a unique twang he created that makes his guitar recognizable on all of his music.
Ray Parker Jr just has that kind of voice that is smooth and velvety-effortlessly ❤
Perfect Warm-Weather music
Heard this song the other day. Hadn't heard in years. I just love it! So cute and refreshing!❤
April 1978, Suffolk, England, I'm 16 and just arrived at a new boarding school, and this song is playing all the time on the radio. The harmonies and falsettos sent shivers down my spine back then and still do. Every time I hear it, even today, I am transported back to my teenage self: a bit dazed and confused but full of emotion, excitement and hope! Love the virtuosity, the dance moves and the way the band smiles all the time!
Nice. I Love the UK.
Did u say boarding school? That wasn't the music sending shivers down your spine, that was the Athletics coach fingers.
IN 1978 I HAD JUST TURNED 21 AFTER SPENDING 3 MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. THIS WAS ONE OF THE SONGS THAT GOT ME THROUGH ALL THAT. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS SONG.
Which boarding school was it? Brandeston? Framlingham?
Woolverstone?
You know you're getting old when you haven't heard a particular song for 40 years...jeez, I was practically a kid when this tune was on the radio. Back when music really did have soul.
Not "old", just "older" : )
I wasn't a kid 40 years ago, but this song makes me feel like one now.
This is one of those sleeper, awesome songs of the 70's
And I still listen to this song!!!
One of my favorite all time, greatest song! first heard it back in the spring of 1978,as a kid. Bring back the 1970s please! Great old days 😢
Let's start to build a Time machine.😉😊❤
Absolutely paula!😊👍✌
These fine musicians leave a beautiful soulful imprint in your heart❤❤. Fantastic song!
Smiles, hi Susan 🤗
Timeless late 1970s soul beat classic.
the harmony on the "why do you think" part is very tricky. if you try to sing it you realize it's not what's in your head. once you realize this you have to re-contemplate what the emotion of it is. it's downright genius. from the moment i first heard it in the unlikely setting of rural Wisconsin it has stuck with me as epitome of smooth urban soul. when Clive Davis signed Ray to Arista he KNEW something on instinct that not even Ray's biggest admirer's had in mind. He was exactly right . Also the male highlight vocalist in this group had some serious scare your ass off SKILLS. I should know his name and will fix that immediately but anyone who can sing like that should have been a solo star .
"He snuck down, he snuck down... broke his crown" - I totally dig the way that lyric was sung.
I dig the whole dang song.
Jerry and Arnell have Amazing vocals, on this brilliant song... 2021 still brilliant!
A song you never get tired of listening to, I was pretty young when it was released but loved and still love it
So many beautiful features on this track. The really inspired vocals, the arrangement, chord structures, instrumentation etc. One of those special records that transforms the listener for a few minutes. Purely romantic.
Complex simplicity so much for
Steven Andre. Julio woodson
Understand for. It. Yeah. Man
Complex simplicity so much for
Steven Andre. Julio woodson
Understand for. It. Yeah. Man
I went to see these guys live about 40 years ago and they were a support band to Bootsy Collins.WHAT A NIGHT🤩
Drinking Age 18, Ray and Bootsy playing, that must've been a fun night
Man this reminds me when my grandma use to be cooking in the kitchen and would have this smooth soulful music playing on a good Sunday evening, man I tell u music is definitely soulful & it can be weaponized for good or bad, this is good for the soul…
Classic Gold……utterly fabulous!
This band was a class act. Fantastic, creative story-telling and easy-listening love song!
This song always cheers me up. Ray's smile melts me. The other singers bring their game. 50s w/arthritis and all kinds a physical problems, Do Not try to stop me from dancing to this song.. lol
Lifts me up immediately. Have to play it at least 5 times. One of my favorite bands❤️❤️
Do yourself a favor and find an online looping site, then just plug in this youtube link, and you can listen to this for HOURS with it automatically repeats.... I DO, it's just one of the most beautiful of so many beautiful songs that I grew up with during the 70's... ❤
@@MisterRichHarris PHENOMONAL ✨ Jam 🎶 u sure do know God music😁‼️👍
🎷🎼🎵 Was 13 when this was bursting onto the charts and it was SUDDENLY floating out of cars in my Lil Italian n hood (+ everywhere else😁👍🎵‼️) I~
WHEN WE HAD GOOD MUSIC
If you ever need a partner to dance with, I'm game! Still the best music ever created!
You can tell Ray is enjoying what he does best.
The first time I heard it. I went out & bought it.
One of the first songs I remember as a kid.. Still love it now
I listen to it every day. It was my favorite, next to Sugar. sugar by the Archivez
Me too
Ushered in a new era of fantastic music starting 1978 with Raydio and this absolutely amazing song a lyrical masterpiece Ray Parker Jr a major talent
Classic from 1978 Raydio "Jack n' Jill" featuring the talents of Ray Parker Jr he of Ghostbusters fame 😎👍.
Maybe not an all time great, yet that music from the 70's and 80's is timeless. Motown deserves their own station and ALL of those bands from the 70's. EW &F, Kool & the Gang, Tavares, O'Jays, Spinners, Stylistics, Love, Unlimited Orchestra and so on, I'll take that all day over this garbage of today.
Bring back this music I miss it sooooo much
Mw too Corinne
I'm with you Corrine.
Ok.🇧🇷😉
I Sooo agree !!
Corrine Evans you knows who control all the music & what types of clothing they wear the Bosses wants a feminine look He want the man to have a women appeal no strong man are aloud no strong bosses that’s why we got the car museum we got an FYI the guys were close they were trying to make them all family and all the tough guy was gone all the time talking is gone now you got a sweet though can I get too much and I just
Ray Parker, Jr. and Raydio. We were so young!
c/o 85
Was in middle school when this came out and I sometimes find myself singing and humming this tune...
Beautiful music when groups played their own instruments, great song, yes Peggy we were so young.
Yes we were peggy...great memories
...And we stay "young" with every cherished songs we hear and hold!!!
2024 and it's every bit as good as the first time I heard it long ago!! Love the funky bass and synth sounds. Reminds me of better times.
This song is a brilliant masterpiece! Thanks Mr. Ray Parker Jr.
Took a nursery song and killed it! That’s creativity!
Exactly😊
44felonzu yea but the sequel with humpty dumpty just bombed
@@keefebaby Too funny 😂😂😂🤣
They turned it into a funk masterpiece about infidelity. That's genius.
Ditto!
Wow what a tune brings back. Memories
Ray Parker Jr looks like he is having the time of his life.
He was @ his very best w. Radio after all
@@johnharris4899 No doubt
@@johnharris4899 It was Raydio, but I understand the sentiment.
Ray Parker Superb Session Guitarist.
always loved this song! You would hear it occasionally on a local light rock station and it was a real treat because you would almost forget about it and then here it was playing.
Guy's Love this Song.
Satellite video plays Jack n Jill all the time
The whole Raydio marketing schtick was pure genius
Who listening this in June 2020 .My mom bless you soul loved this what true talent .It a shame Radio didnt win a Emmmy
True, Byron you would HEAR (NOT HERE) it playing
What a great song, even crossed over from the soul charts to the pop charts.
Still tight
Because back then no matter what you looked liked great music was great music
Damn I miss those days . The days of peace and laughter 👍
Priceless..I Love This Song as a kid and still do.❤❤❤❤
Smiles, hi Jacqueline 🤗
This is an "old saying" but this song is a great example of what a great song is and don't hear these days
true!
Yes
I think it's the music business that ruined music, not the artists themselves. But they go along with it, though.
Boyfriend stuck watching to much news I can relate to this song I'm gonna sneak down that hill and find some one else 😀
very well said.the music 🎶 now is pure crap, i don't even know alot of these singers, thay didn't work for it.and it shows.God bless you stay safe peace ✌
ANOTHER GREAT FROM RAY PARKER.
Ray parker had such upbeat songs and his voice so smooth and was fine as could be!
Never knew the bass player did the kick a$$ vocals at the end. That synth bass line, with the layered harmonies, is the whole thing for me.
Talented brotha!!
@@lionelkennedy1394 AMEN !
The vocals in this group are fantastic
On a Sunday evening in 1979, the night before the start of a new school year, Gleason Stadium, Gary IN, Raydio played. Absolutely the best begining to another year of school ever!
I'm a 60's baby and I tell you this song is golden Ray Parker Jr doesn't get enough props for his artistic accomplishments the music of the 60's 70's and 80's are golden and are the soundtrack to my life love this music takes me back to a simpler time
Oh, my god. I haven't heard this in sooo long. Wish radio stations played real music.
Lee Thomas Absolutely
Do smooth 👌
Solar radio ❤️👍🎶
I wish they had oldies night. And played all the music from the late 70s and 80s. They used to years ago on his station and now they don't do it as often but none of these songs which they should I miss that error so much I guess we just have TH-cam there's so many groups from back then and so many songs. I keep finding more and more on TH-cam. I feel so sad this world has gotten so cold. People have changed everything's about money. Now we dealing with this virus, and everything else I pray that we get better. God bless everybody peace out🙏💃👍😷🙌
They play it like once a week on Sirius XM Ch. 50! I can't listen to regular radio anymore, been on Satellite for like 10 yrs now and of course TH-cam when home Jones-ing good shit!
This very moment when Ray Parker Jr. introduced himself to the mainstream music scene is a sight to be seen.
Pure 80’s pop fluff…loved it in the 80’s and still do in 2023!
Poor old Jack. Man you leave that Jill . Go and find you some love. Good song.
Lol
Yes Sir🤗
Still looking for Jill...lol
Poor Jack, he'd be better off without Jill.!
This is one of the most addictive songs ever. Sometimes I will listen to this 6 or 7 times in a row before I stop, and I am just as likely to listen to Rage Against the Machine. Super smooth, and almost perfect!
Does anyone know what Jerry knight is doing these days
Same here. This song is pure 🔥
Jerry passed on in 1996. RIP.
Same disease too
Man this is the 5th time today 😅
The 70s music will put you on another planet that no one will understand unless you have a love of the 70s music. You don't need drugs or alcohol to appreciate the best music ever. God....take me back to the 70s and leave me there....I'll be just fine.
I remember I loved this song. So sweet, simple and innocent. It stayed on REPEAT!