Robyn McG saw her at ravinia too! It was cold out for a summer night but the music was great!!!! I miss Ravinia this year! And of course another terrific reaction!!!
👍just posted the same; can't remember the circumstances(something about them being a track short for the album and Stevie was recording in the studio next to theirs if I recall correctly) but I do remember that story...love them both needless to say 😁
@@RobotChampionSC Cool. I didn't know the backstory. It's sort of like when Queen bumped into David Bowie while recording and it led to Under Pressure. Love those impromptu collab stories.
Actually Chaka and Stevie wrote it together. She said she was new in the business and excited to work with Stevie but didn't think to put her name as co-writer. That's from her book through the fire.
Rufus was so underrated. Guess that happens when you have a singer like Chaka leading the band. She ends up with all the credit. But these guys were great. I mean, check out that talk box. Only Frampton and Walsh were doing that. Awesome group for sure.
Wow. That was so freaking good. The studio cut is absolutely great, but that performance is so, so good. One of my favorite songs of all time, and I can’t believe I hadn’t watched that performance of it before. Love your vids, bro, keep it up!
Omg. This was such an amazing song and I completely forgot about it! It’s so great to hear it again I might have to put it on my playlist. Jamal, good stuff!
@@loki6253 boob tube Mate, thats all I remember them being called in Oz. If I said tube Top! People would be asking me Wtf are you talkn about 😵 anyway, in a world where everything is jst blending into one 'boring' thank Christ! There's still some differences 🙃
@@cgladlear2488 I know it appears they want everyone and everything to be the same. Grocery store will just have packages that say eat this. Oh yeah reminds me of that movie They Live.
This song came out during the year that I courted and married my sweet wife. Hearing Chaka sing this song sure brings back those wonderful and thrilling days of new love when we were still in college and had little to live on but our dreams. Friends told us that it wouldn’t last 6 months. Well, they were right - we’re still together, going strong and in love after 46 years! I’ve always had a special fondness for Chaka’s incomparable voice and style. If you want a real treat, find a video of Chaka singing jazz. She’s absolutely amazing! Best wishes to you, Jamal!
@Michael Asay really? Most of my childhood freinds that married young are still together. Nowadays its all about the wedding, not the marriage. People have grown selfish.
Jamel, Jamel!! You've been pulling me joyously through this pandemic, so THANKS! I see you found Rufus and Chaka Khan, but you MUST pull them up by name, and find "Once You Get Started" (TopPop). Trust me, you'll be glad. I saw Shaka in person when I was young, and never forgot what a sexy little lady she was!
My daughters(15 & 9 years old) watch most of these with me and they loved this one. As soon as it was over, my 15 year old said, “he needs to react to the S.O.S. Band’s ‘Take Your Time’ (Do it Right) and don’t fake the funk.”
I had just got back from overseas with Uncle Sams Deal. This was in the clubs everywhere. 1 month backpay and we was partying hard & going wild over Chaka Khan.
Man, back in the day, 1974, I was a senior in high school. And I wore those bib overalls the drummer is wearing. Toss on the puka shells, no shirt, and I cruised in an 69 Olds 442 back then. To be 17 again and listening to these great songs. RUFUS!!! Edit: I've been seeing so much of the Midnight Special on this channel, I've taken the plunge and bought The Midnight Special DVD collection. I agree, some of the uploads are poor quality, and since I'm an old man who used to watch this during my teen years, I thought why not? It's better than 99.9 percent of the stuff on tv now! Thanks for the ....prod! Keep On Truckin!
What a jewel. I remember the song, but I never saw the performance or the band. Really cool, and I never would have seen it without this channel. Thanks for that. Databyter
Jamel , as an almost 60 year old man I have been blessed to grow up listening to all of this music. Blue’s , Rock , R&B the Great sounds of Motown. I make sure I expose all of this music to my children and grandchildren. Music is Life !!! Thank you for keeping Great music alive !! Peace Brother !!
I was just going to recommend this! It's a sadly overlooked song of hers...I know she was still with Rufus. Her solo work of "Through the Fire" is fantastic, and the original " I'm Every Woman".
I remember seeing her singing this someplace else . What sticks out in my mind was me a 10 or 11 year old white kid so taken with her I said “ I think I found my first girlfriend “ my older brother replied “ are you crazy .... she’s my girlfriend “😃😃 The music and the way she sung the song was amazing .
I was about 12 when this came out. Seeing them perform on TV at that time was amazing. They seemed like they were having a blast. The band just seemed like they had so much love for each other, littke Chaka Kahn well,, she was cherished by one and all. Her voice goes through my body like radiation. So pure and so beautiful!!
The "tube thing" is called a voice box. It's basically a little speaker covered by a cone, which then leads to a tube which you put in your mouth. The guitar sound is projected into your mouth and you can make it "talk" by moving your mouth, tongue, etc like when you form words. The microphone picks up the sound and amplifies it through the PA.
The syncopation is great! This reminds me of when David Bowie got into a bit of a funk phase, 'Young Americans' with Luther Vandross on backing vocals.....is one great song. ' Heroes', while not funk, is also worth a reaction!
That whole Young Americans album has some incredible ‘plastic’ soul. Win, Fascination, Right, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Can You Hear Me?, Fame. Great stuff!! Bowie is a huge wormhole that Jamel needs to go down!
Wow! I haven't heard this in such a long time! This takes me back to those summer days in the projects (it wasn't all bad). My Mom, Aunties and the neighbors bbqing and this song blasting out! I know it sounds crazy - people always ask "How in the heck could you miss the hood?" I guess I miss the "family-like" relationship with the neighbors. Sometimes it didn't go well if one of the neighbors reported back to my mom that I was disrespectful in any way! They had my mom's permission to whoop my behind and then my momma would get me! Thanks for this reaction! I had forgotten about this classic!
I remember being 8 years old and seeing this on the Midnight Special and absolutely falls Ng in love with Chaka!!! And that crush has continued for almost 50 years!!! Such an underrated funk band!!!
In 1975 I was a young artist and lived in an old building with beautiful studios my neighbor was named Charley he was a small black man looked like Sammy Davis Jr. he was a photographer, he told us he was chaka’s father but we didn’t believe him. Then one day he asked if I wanted to go up to LA and have lunch with his daughter Chaka. So we drove up to LA and met Chaka at this Hollywood restaurant and sure enough it was Chaka Kahn. We had lunch then we road around in her silver and blue rolls Royce being chauffeured by a tall white red head guy while we in the back drinking wine and letting Charley and Chaka catch up on things. She cut Charley a check for 5 grand dropped us off at my old VW and we drive home. Charley kept telling me see I told you I was her father. It was a pretty cool day.
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She's always been SO beautiful. ..one of the best female voices ever ever ever... love it
Could not agree more beautiful and beautiful voice 🤤 bless Pete 🙏 SW18.
I watched that on television in 1974 - this is an incredible song! Thanks!
Oh man. Never wanted a woman to "Set my stuff on fire" but when Chaka Khan says it it don't sound too bad.
😂😂😂
💃🔥😀💕
Awesome song 💃
😂😂😂😂😂
😂
There are songs and then there is Chaka Khan songs, its that simple.
I Saw Rufus & Chaka Khan Open For The Eagles & The Rolling Stones in The Summer Of 1975 !!! They Were Smokin It !!! Fantastic Band & Performance !!!
I saw her at Ravinia last year! She still got it! And with Michael McDonald. Double treat!
I saw her also with Michael McDonald last year in Portland, OR. Great show.
Wow!! I bet that was amazing!
Me jealous!!
Brother Jamel would go nuts for that! lol
Robyn McG saw her at ravinia too! It was cold out for a summer night but the music was great!!!! I miss Ravinia this year! And of course another terrific reaction!!!
I saw Chaka live twice, once in 81 and again in 97. Awesome both times.
She opened for the Eagles, who opened for the Stones at County Stadium in Milwaukee. What a day !
As a senior in high school in 1974, OH MAN, this was the very, very, very best sound! I have always loved this song, even as an old lady now!
One of my favorite artists at that time. Loved when she was with Rufus. So funky. And "Sweet Thing".
Lets not forget Roger Troutman and his taking the talkbox and simply making it his own!!!
Love me some Zapp!
@@babaoriley1 Check out this guy called GoRemy parodies, their good..
At last! My fave singer from the 70s. Love Chaka with Rufus. Stevie Wonder wrote this track. 💖💖💖
👍just posted the same; can't remember the circumstances(something about them being a track short for the album and Stevie was recording in the studio next to theirs if I recall correctly) but I do remember that story...love them both needless to say 😁
@@RobotChampionSC Cool. I didn't know the backstory. It's sort of like when Queen bumped into David Bowie while recording and it led to Under Pressure. Love those impromptu collab stories.
Actually Chaka and Stevie wrote it together. She said she was new in the business and excited to work with Stevie but didn't think to put her name as co-writer. That's from her book through the fire.
@@MrBg76 Cool! I have to read that book!
Awesome, Jamel! I saw Rufus at Wembley Stadium in '75, had never heard them before. What an experience! Thanks!
@@IslaSkye123 th-cam.com/video/KldSglCoYaU/w-d-xo.html
@@Grateful_Dad_54 Ha. Nice promo, never knew about that performance and this advert for it.
@@HidingFromFate Well, that was way back last century! ;-)
I was at Wembley too!!!! Amazing, Stackridge, Rufus, Joe Walsh, Beach Boys and Elton John.....it was an incredible day!!!
Rufus was so underrated.
Guess that happens when you have a singer like Chaka leading the band.
She ends up with all the credit.
But these guys were great.
I mean, check out that talk box. Only Frampton and Walsh were doing that.
Awesome group for sure.
Wow. That was so freaking good. The studio cut is absolutely great, but that performance is so, so good. One of my favorite songs of all time, and I can’t believe I hadn’t watched that performance of it before. Love your vids, bro, keep it up!
Omg. This was such an amazing song and I completely forgot about it! It’s so great to hear it again I might have to put it on my playlist. Jamal, good stuff!
You ever hear a song and just wish it would just go on and on...
She leaves the audience wanting more, which is the sign of a true professional. She told us something good!!
Jamel, that's called a tube top, because it's just a tube of fabric. "Disco ball shirt," LOL!
I had a light blue one. My mother HATED IT. Of course now at 51 it aint a tube top it's like a LaBra on a car..... Geez gravity sux....
Boob tube in my land.
@@cgladlear2488
Now there's a visual
@@loki6253 boob tube Mate, thats all I remember them being called in Oz. If I said tube Top! People would be asking me Wtf are you talkn about 😵 anyway, in a world where everything is jst blending into one 'boring' thank Christ! There's still some differences 🙃
@@cgladlear2488
I know it appears they want everyone and everything to be the same. Grocery store will just have packages that say eat this. Oh yeah reminds me of that movie They Live.
Throwbackness for sure! Chaka Khan and Rufus, gotta luv it ❤
Everytime I hear this song I can't help but smile the whole time, great song and she's a doll. Rufus was extra funky on this version!
This song came out during the year that I courted and married my sweet wife. Hearing Chaka sing this song sure brings back those wonderful and thrilling days of new love when we were still in college and had little to live on but our dreams. Friends told us that it wouldn’t last 6 months. Well, they were right - we’re still together, going strong and in love after 46 years! I’ve always had a special fondness for Chaka’s incomparable voice and style. If you want a real treat, find a video of Chaka singing jazz. She’s absolutely amazing! Best wishes to you, Jamal!
Love this story. Met my hubby in 1978, and was told we wouldn't last 6 months!
@Michael Asay really? Most of my childhood freinds that married young are still together. Nowadays its all about the wedding, not the marriage. People have grown selfish.
She is so beautiful 😍 Her voice is so perfect & reminds me of my childhood - I remember this song when it was brand new!! I was 7 🥰😆
Chaka is a rocka that disco ball shirt and bellbottoms. I got me a throwback crush!
I was 13 when this came out, and I fell head over heels in love with Chaka Khan. Seriously, look at the face on the girl! Damn.
This woman would have me so excited, I'd scratch my own back!
Throwbackness at its finest! Love that man’s breathing that he does. Have mercy.
Performed Totally Live !!! No Backing Tracks and No Auto Tune Just The Reliability of Their Talent !!!
Jamel, thanks for bringing us the funk. There's more funky throwbackness to do...Bootsy Collins, Mandrill, Ohio Players, Cameo to name a few.
I love these old midnight specials! This one is awesome! Chaka Khan!
Jamel, Jamel!! You've been pulling me joyously through this pandemic, so THANKS!
I see you found Rufus and Chaka Khan, but you MUST pull them up by name, and find "Once You Get Started" (TopPop). Trust me, you'll be glad. I saw Shaka in person when I was young, and never forgot what a sexy little lady she was!
My daughters(15 & 9 years old) watch most of these with me and they loved this one. As soon as it was over, my 15 year old said, “he needs to react to the S.O.S. Band’s ‘Take Your Time’ (Do it Right) and don’t fake the funk.”
We have a car rally every Wednesday night, and the people dress up like the year of their cars. I love it.
That sounds so fun!
I can’t hear this song and not sing/dance. It’s physically impossible.
For real. I'm sitting in bed, butt-dancing like a fool, lol.
Colleen Mahony it’s the only way to be, honestly. 😂
Thank you for always bringing a smile to this face. Peace.
Chaka is my girl! I had all of her records back in the day. Saw her in concert a few times too!
I remember when this song came out. Me, my brother, and his girlfriend at the time, sitting on the roof, and smoking a doobie.😂😂😂
right on. ;)
I had just got back from overseas with Uncle Sams Deal. This was in the clubs everywhere. 1 month backpay and we was partying hard & going wild over Chaka Khan.
Isn’t it funny the things we remember? I was only 8 but I do remember the song! Great times!
I grew up in Chicago. When I was a teenager in the early 70’s, this band played a couple of gigs at our teen club dances.
Ain't Nobody is another classic by Chaka and Rufus and there's also I Feel for You when she went solo. I Feel For You To Chaka.😍
she's gorgeous....the million watt smile....the bass beat...it makes waking up tolerable
Man, back in the day, 1974, I was a senior in high school. And I wore those bib overalls the drummer is wearing. Toss on the puka shells, no shirt, and I cruised in an 69 Olds 442 back then. To be 17 again and listening to these great songs. RUFUS!!! Edit: I've been seeing so much of the Midnight Special on this channel, I've taken the plunge and bought The Midnight Special DVD collection. I agree, some of the uploads are poor quality, and since I'm an old man who used to watch this during my teen years, I thought why not? It's better than 99.9 percent of the stuff on tv now! Thanks for the ....prod! Keep On Truckin!
Brother J, I saw them live in 1976 along with The Who, Yes, Foghat and Little Feet at the Big A in Anaheim.
It was EPIC!
This is a classic. One of my favorites by them is "You Got the Love", but I doubt they ever performed it on Midnight Special.
And on a side note, check out Chaka Khan doing Prince's "I Feel for You" ... an amazing late 70s' soul transition to the 80s'! : - )
Chaka Khan Chaka Khan, let me rock you Chaka Khan
Poppin' and Lockin' ...Shabadoo and Boogaloo Shrimp!
All I wanna do
Awesome awesome tune! Has the 80’s all over it
Chaka Chaka Chaka Chaka Chaka Chaka Chaka Chaka Chaka Chaka Khan!
Michael Loveland hell yeah.
That's the one I know.
Yes!!!
I love, in “The Wedding Singer”, when John Lovitz does a bunch of songs and ends it with, “Chaka Khan!”. Classic.
I remember that one.
Those vocals!!! Love live versions when the musicians make new artistic choices to make the songs unique. Chaka was bringing it!
She's a QUEEN! I didn't realize I was only 11yrs old singing this SO LOUD along 2 a record!😂
This was my favorite aunt favorite song. She would make my cousin play it every time she came upstairs to our house.
Miss you Aunt Ida. 🌹
I was a young man from not a very diverse suburb.Chaka was my fantasty girl.Still is!
I saw her last year and she SOUNDED. THE. SAME. My personal fav, Through the Fire.
What a jewel. I remember the song, but I never saw the performance or the band. Really cool, and I never would have seen it without this channel. Thanks for that. Databyter
I love RUFUS!! And Chaka Khan can sing anything!!
This song just jumped out of the radio everytime :)
Her voice is fierce.
Jamel , as an almost 60 year old man I have been blessed to grow up listening to all of this music. Blue’s , Rock , R&B the Great sounds of Motown. I make sure I expose all of this music to my children and grandchildren. Music is Life !!! Thank you for keeping Great music alive !! Peace Brother !!
Finally someone is reacting to Rufus and the gorgeous young Chaka Khan. I saw the performance in Soul Train. You should find that performance.
What a voice on Chaka. What a beauty. She got better as the years went on.
That whole outfit she rocking, I'd wear today!! 70s and 80s clothes are hot today. You'd Rock it Jamel 🔥
chaka knan"sweet thing"a must hear,oh by the way fine as hell
“I wish you were my lover, but you act so undercover, love you Chile the whole night long, be it right, or be it wrong!” Yes sir!
@@KathySandru that's what i'm talking bout
I was just going to recommend this! It's a sadly overlooked song of hers...I know she was still with Rufus. Her solo work of "Through the Fire" is fantastic, and the original " I'm Every Woman".
I just remembered "Ain't Nobody"... she's done some great work.
Oh.........hell.......yeah.
Check out the O’jays Smiling faces and Backstabbers
Chris Moorhead oh yeah, definitely!
Smilin' in your face! All the time, they wanna take your place...
I think I've heard him mention Backstabbers on another react.
Smiling Faces Sometimes is by The Undisputed Truth not the O'Jays. Good suggestions though.
Love the piano intro to Backstabbers
Jamel it has all your favorites, great key board and the talk box with the guitar, not to mention Chaka Kahn!
I saw her live. She's from Chicago Southside. I remember seeing her in Hyde Park before she was famous. You don't forget a sight like her.
Excellent reaction!!! Great, great song. Took me back to my youth. Thanks
Always a great rock-out!
Love Chaka!!!!!! Excellent song that brings back great memories
I remember seeing her singing this someplace else . What sticks out in my mind was me a 10 or 11 year old white kid
so taken with her I said “ I think I found my first girlfriend “ my older brother replied “ are you crazy .... she’s my girlfriend “😃😃
The music and the way she sung the song was amazing .
I was about 12 when this came out. Seeing them perform on TV at that time was amazing. They seemed like they were having a blast. The band just seemed like they had so much love for each other, littke Chaka Kahn well,, she was cherished by one and all. Her voice goes through my body like radiation. So pure and so beautiful!!
The "tube thing" is called a voice box. It's basically a little speaker covered by a cone, which then leads to a tube which you put in your mouth. The guitar sound is projected into your mouth and you can make it "talk" by moving your mouth, tongue, etc like when you form words. The microphone picks up the sound and amplifies it through the PA.
Chaka Khan can sing jazz, and rock, and funk, and pop, and all with style.
Jamel’s just smooth groovin’ and then his eyebrows take an upward hike at about 1:33! Made my night. 😂
Nancy, 🤣🤣🤣 Yes, I LOVED that look he gave!
Nancy, LOL
One Voice, his wife needs the disco ball shirt, hahahaha.
This song brings back memories! Love this song!
She delivered the funkiest, sexiest R&B we ever had.
Jamel love this song. Gotta get up and dance. Ty for doing this song.
Ayyyyyy!! Love this song!
This was on my outside playlist! For sittin outside, wine in glass, rocking chair, maybe a small brandy cigar.
Always loved this song! I think I still have the 45 record. But daaaammmn! - the way Chaka Khan fills out those jeans!
@@IslaSkye123 Oh ya!
You MUST review: “Feel For You” by Chaka. Awesome!!!
Yes this is a must!
Definately Jamal be dancin up a storm on that one!!
THE 70s were soooo SPECIAL ,,,
What about I'm every woman!!! HELLO!!!
The syncopation is great! This reminds me of when David Bowie got into a bit of a funk phase, 'Young Americans' with Luther Vandross on backing vocals.....is one great song. ' Heroes', while not funk, is also worth a reaction!
The Thin White Duke phase
Young Americans is a great tune!
That whole Young Americans album has some incredible ‘plastic’ soul. Win, Fascination, Right, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Can You Hear Me?, Fame. Great stuff!! Bowie is a huge wormhole that Jamel needs to go down!
@@vaporman442 Station to Station tour has some great performances on here!
I was 16 when this came out. Great memories !
Goosebumps. The funk is kickin with this song, love it!
Wow! I haven't heard this in such a long time! This takes me back to those summer days in the projects (it wasn't all bad). My Mom, Aunties and the neighbors bbqing and this song blasting out! I know it sounds crazy - people always ask "How in the heck could you miss the hood?" I guess I miss the "family-like" relationship with the neighbors. Sometimes it didn't go well if one of the neighbors reported back to my mom that I was disrespectful in any way! They had my mom's permission to whoop my behind and then my momma would get me! Thanks for this reaction! I had forgotten about this classic!
One of the absolutely FUNKIEST groves of ALL TIME!!!
Goose bumps! I saw them at Circle Star in the SF Bay Area back in the day. Most awesome!
Yaaassss!!! Love Chaka Khan and Rufus!! This song and "Sweet Thing" are my absolute favorites!! : - )
Thanks man, you made my night. I've loved this song since it was released. Can't remember seeing this version. Me likey.
I sang this night I met my husband. And almost twelve years later we're still going strong 😊
Damn, Chaka Khan is so effortless. That’s talent, making it look easy!
Love this song. This is my favorite version with background singer tell me tell me tell me! Love the throwbackness!
This woman can sing! Always loved Chaka.
Chaka was my "hottie" back in the day. She is still an amazing vocalist! (and she's still real easy on the eyes!)
One of my all time fave songs! I don't think I've ever seen this particular Throwbackness vid tho 😀 Thanks!
I remember being 8 years old and seeing this on the Midnight Special and absolutely falls Ng in love with Chaka!!! And that crush has continued for almost 50 years!!! Such an underrated funk band!!!
She was so beautiful.
In 1975 I was a young artist and lived in an old building with beautiful studios my neighbor was named Charley he was a small black man looked like Sammy Davis Jr. he was a photographer, he told us he was chaka’s father but we didn’t believe him. Then one day he asked if I wanted to go up to LA and have lunch with his daughter Chaka. So we drove up to LA and met Chaka at this Hollywood restaurant and sure enough it was Chaka Kahn. We had lunch then we road around in her silver and blue rolls Royce being chauffeured by a tall white red head guy while we in the back drinking wine and letting Charley and Chaka catch up on things. She cut Charley a check for 5 grand dropped us off at my old VW and we drive home. Charley kept telling me see I told you I was her father. It was a pretty cool day.
I saw her on tour last summer and she still sounds amazing! She killed it.
Her funk and voice, loved this song since it hit!!
Anyone remember the episode of That 70s Show where Eric caught his parents doing it to this song? 🤣
Aweesome Groove...sound quality was amazing...
We need true music back in this generation.
Chaka Khan is Amazing! You need to here Watcha Gonna Do for Me" II Know You, I Live You!, Ain't Nobody ....endless
Could she have been any cuter?
But boy, talk about having the voice of a goddess!