THEY'RE NOT BLACK?? First Reaction! Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
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I loved living in a time with diversity in every form of artistic entertainment. Skin tone was no big deal. Now it's all we hear about & the diversity has disappeared.
Lord please get us back to the 70's and 80's.
❤
Yes, please take us back to a time when "color" WAS NOT an issue! As a white man who grew up with the best music ever, I learned to love ALL kinds of music. And when I learned to dance, I danced with black, Latina, white girls, girls of every race. And believe it or not, most of the time they were asking me to dance, not the other way around. FUNNEST TIME OF MY LIFE! Unforgettable memories for sure!
I couldn’t agree more!
I'm 64, you have no idea how much partying we've done,
Mostly innocent fun.
All day, all night.
We were not constrained like today.
We could switch to rock, pop, country, funk, blues, disco, R&B, all the amazing solo artists
Eventually,
New wave, punk, metal, Rap, sync, house and so on!
Go back in time,
keep searching,
You have millions of songs from dozens of genres, you will NEVER hear them all or catch up,
Sit back and enjoy the ride!!!
Yeah, Saturdays were awesome. You had American Bandstand in the mornings, Soul Train in the Afternoons, and Hee Haw at night.
I'm 66 and we didn't care about who the source was or the genre or anything else. If the Grove was cool, "It Was Cool!" Even in comedy, we knew jokes were jokes (or ribs, as we called it), you just needed to be good enough to have good comebacks and everyone was ".... woow... that was a good one. Ha, Ha, Ha..." and go on and have a good time. Not like today.
I am 71 we did much more.
@@scrambler69-xk3kv......lol
the 70s caught up to us in our 70s.......lol
I'll be 60 in two weeks, and you, sir, are 💯 correct. There was NOTHING like the 70s. No era can touch it for all the things that we had then.
You play this at a wedding and the floor fills up! “Brick House” is another one.
Love it!!!!! Love Rollercoaster is another one. I was not a big disco fan. Way more into rock. But this funky, motown type of stuff was so cool.
Redbone!!!
same with a middle or high school dance.
Oh hell yeah! EW&F 'September' as well!!😄🎵🎶
I used to play them back to back when the dance floor needed packing
Remember when everything wasn’t about race? I do.
I do. Which is interesting to see reactions when younger people are surprised by this tune. Things were getting better all the time until... Thanks Obama. Now look around and see the tribal divisions.
@@kjisnot no kidding - the guy that put the D back in divisive. i was in my 20's in the 70's going to umass amherst and EVERYBODY partied together. every race at all the clubs and parties and no animosity at all. what the hell happened ?
Seriously? This song came out 1976 which was about 12 years after the civil tights passed in Congress. RACE has always been THE TOPIC of this country ever since the first African was chained on this shore. The 70’s were great for integrating music. It was the first time American society bridged the race gulf and funk bands broke the glass ceiling, Sly and the Family Stone most notably.
Listen to the lyrics of this song. You might have a deeper connection understanding of the what he is telling you.
@@tracyface69 And look where we are now. 🙄
@@NoneYaBidness762100 and this group is a great example of the progress, but saying race wasn’t an issue when this came was out, is just WRONG and not based in reality.
If you come back to read this, the story of this song; this is the overall story of an actual event/situation. This band was a rock band but booked in to a largely club patronized by a black clientele. The rock songs weren't going down so well and they were getting heckled a bit and one of these patrons yelled, 'Play That Funky Music White Boy!'. So they went back and wrote this. It's an actual story and why, when you listen to the lyrics, it's actually in something of a story form.
Thanks for the insight... it's nice to read civilized comments on a now Woke Triggering mindset using misguided ignorance... we are all brothers and sisters
@@fredericksharon7494 - We are brothers and sisters of the Human Race. People who don't obsess over skin tone and get on with enjoying good music in whatever textures, flavors and styles one prefers know where it's at. Be free to enjoy what you like with others doing the same thing!
I busted a smile when you said "did they just say what I thought they said". Good on you to get this song. Too bad you missed the best era of music.
We and the artists were being oppressed by corporate industry hogs.
I grew up back then. My neighborhood was all different colors.
Terms like White boy, Brothas, Hippies, it was just family man.
Back then different types of music were all good.
Sure there was bad too but music was one thing that strongly brought us together.
Now people just pulling each other apart and hatin. Honestly... we had it better.
Food and music unites. I grew up in a mixed neighborhood in Michigan in the 70s and 80s.
All of us kids were kids. We played together. We ate lunch together and listened to much of the same music. Motown was popular among both black and white families.
It wasn't a perfect time. There was a lot going on. We were kids and allowed to be kids in spite of whatever else grown ups delt with. We stayed out of grown-up business.
The music was great, and we all liked many of the same artists.
I grew up in a military family so I was always exposed to every race and nationality from the time I was born and I never really thought about any of us being different just because of our skin color. I think it’s so sad that we’ve gone so backwards in recent years! Everyone should be able to peacefully integrate because we can ALL learn something from each other and from other cultures. Skin color is only superficial! I’m a paramedic and I can tell you from experience that we’re all the same on the inside
This video was chopped. Check out the one from The Midnight Special - and you’ll see the horn players doing lots of tricks! ❤
It's great!
This is like the 45 short version musically. But why is the video not showing the horn section, that was some to the best part cause they were pointing at the rest of the band during the chorus. Sigh.............
people can't leave historic media alone.
Glad I got to see this when it aired, and every band I was in afterward did this crowd pleasing song.
I always got to be the one singing it while being the drummer too.
Good times, guess I should dig the drums out of storage.
you are right
Fire by The Ohio Players is absolute funk FIRE!
I forgot about them. They could jam, I'll give them that.
Most rock n roll people from the 70's were into funk, still are! There really was no race involved in the music back then. The best stations played all genres, you either gave it a listen or change the channel, so we all had an appreciation of all kinds of music. shit man, I saw Queen in 75' in concert and they played half punk and half opera music during their shows! By the way Thin Lizzy was the backup band that night. Thin lizzy was fronted by a black man from Ireland who played lead guitar and was the lead singer. P.S. Queen could do it all! Even back in 75'! Thin Lizzy kicked ass also!
Ain't that the truth. If you liked it you played it.
Phil Lynott the lead singer of Thin Lizzy played Bass, and also had a nice solo career.( he was black, but he was also quite proud of being Irish).😉
His death is another reason I hate heroin.
@@phildicks4721 yes Bass, my bad. its been a few decades lol
Couldn't agree with you more. My HS was 60% white, 40% black and for the most part we enjoyed or at least respected the other groups music. I am 64 this year and all the young black kids at my job are often amazed that I was listening to music their parents and uhm, grandparents listened to back in the day. I think disco overshadowed funk and people from later generations sort of jumbled it together. Now, I didn't hate disco like others, but dam if I wasn't saying "disco sux" with all my other friends too. LOL.
Why I disliked disco is because all the girls we knew wanted to go to discos all the time. But the problem was, even though the drinking age was 18 then, the dam discos wouldn't let the dudes in unless they were 21-23, depending on the club. But our gf's could get in at 18. So here we are sitting in the parking lot drinking beers, while dudes 5 years older than us with much more money than us, are trying to pick up our gf's inside the club. So you get a strong dislike for anything at all to do with that. Including the music. LOL. But, I live on Long Island not far from Queens and Brooklyn. When Son of Sam started shooting up the people making out in their cars outside the discos, that almost single handedly killed disco in the NYC area by itself.
Much more a Zeppelin fan than Queen but I saw Queen for the "Fat Bottom Girls" tour and they killed it.
One of my favorite bands is Parliament. George Clinton is a god.
And we ALL danced our as$es off when this came out!!! 😂
Back in that day a lot of people initially assumed they were black.. Then the funky white boys came out
Kinda like the BeeGees.
I am 63 and we loved this and nobody got mad about anything like today everyone is so soft we just shook shit off back in the day laughed and went on.
71 years old. Danced in a lot of clubs to this song.
I am 68 years old, thanks for playing this... I have not heard this in so long, one of my very favorites, love your voice.
He wrote it himself, ran it by his dad who said, you can't say white boy like that. He went ahead anyway, and his dad said you were right. Look for this on the midnight special, they also had some horn players on that one.
That was THE funky white boys from the bustling metropolis of Steubenville, Ohio ! 😂
I'm laughing my a$$ off at your reaction. The look on your face after discovering what us "OG" people knew 50 years ago. When this song came out, we thought nothing of the title. We all just loved the music.......
My senior year in high school ..life was good back then. 1976...
If you enjoyed this, I think you’d love KC and the Sunshine Band ! “ I’m Your Boogie Man”! ❤ They had everybody up on the dance floor!
Stay tuned 👀
I was 15 when this came out in 1976 and got to experience all of the great music of the 1960s-80s as a kid, teenager and young adult … it was the *BEST* time for music and even today, the music of that time still holds up … and is actually better than 99% of music today!
And we listened to all types of music, pop, jazz, folk, rock, comedy, spoken word and country on a regular because the stations played a bigger variety of music at the time, so everyone was influenced by everyone.
I’m glad the younger generation gets to enjoy good music and keep it alive!
Early in their career they played in predominantly Black clubs in Philly. One time someone yelled up to the stage, “Are you white boys gonna play some funky music?”....and this song was born!
In this context, "white boy" is a compliment.
In most other contexts, it's an insult.
I love this song.
Same with Foreigner song "Dirty White Boy" lol
I was a kid in the 70s and my mom and auntie would move the furniture out of the living room and have dance parties with my siblings and cousins!! Great memories!!
Disco has NEVER died for me!!!! ✨💖✨
Back in the day when this song played everyone hit the floor , danced and shouted the chorus . So much fun .
When I was young, I thought music would always be this good. Boy, was I wrong! You might want to check out some early ZZ Top or Led Zeppelin, as they both started out as blues bands. 💙 We can't refer to blues without mentioning Stevie Ray Vaughn playing with BB King.
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I thought that too! Dang. From zappa to the cowsills and many others. I got to teach at a school where the band directors college group played the theme song for tv show happy days! His thrill was playing driveway basketball with Phil and don Everly. I said wtf! Peace from Northern Michigan.
LMAO!! The look on your face at 3:31 was priceless! Back in 1976, this song was out for almost 2 months before we realized these dudes weren't black!🤣 EVERYBODY was jammin' to Rob Parissi and Wild Cherry!! Music crosses all boundaries man!😍👍👍 They didn't show it in this video clip, but on the one where Helen Reddy introduces them, they actually have a couple of black guys on horns in the back.. strange that they don't show them on this one.🤷♂
I've seen the one with the horns. Those guys are awesome!
Its short because radio songs back then had a time limit of about 2 to 3 minutes with a few exceptions
Shame we didn't get to see the black guys on horns too much
I definitely didn’t see them!
@@KingGreatnessKG They are usually on the side jamming blowing dancing And spinning... Kind of like KC and the sunshine band
That bummed me out too. The horns add a lot to this song, but they don't get shown.
The version from the "Midnight Specia" TV show displays the horn section.
Where I grew up black+white=tons of fun for sure. Hope we see those great times again soon! ❤❤❤
THIS is the song that has me questioning my whole childhood! I'm biracial; mom was black, pops was white. Growing up I thought that the only Caucasian artist my mom listened to was Elvis! I was so wrong! There are several and you'll probably run across them on your musical journey. I thought these dudes were black until I was 25, even though they say "white boy" in the song
People were getting along a lot better than they do now, especially among different ethnicities. It was a peace and love era. People were groovy. Lol musicians did a lot of crossover and were inspired by each other. It isnt and wasn't as weird or as strange as you imagine. It was a different vibe. People were a lot nicer and more respectful of each other. Of course, there were place were people were racista, not too kind or nice but, overall, they were really friendly and looked out for each other. We used to have huge block parties in the streets and we'd get together, eat, dance, sing. It was different.
Oh we were smooth
Play that funky music 🎶 white boy. Yes, they sang it. My older brother had this album in 1976. I was 10. This song is still a jam.
I was 15 man and this was the bomb!!!🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵🥰🥰
Around this time was KC and The Sunshine Band.
I was a teenager when this came out. I got the feeling these dudes were inspired by the black funk artists at the time. Black artists made the best dance beats.
71, we didn't think about race ....it was music
Back in the day we wasn’t as soft about words like people are today it was what it was and we all got along I’m 63 and we loved this music lived in the greatest time of music.
70's and 80's - best music evva! We were sooo lucky!
Excellent reaction!!! GREAT song!!!
You should see a live performance of Wild Cherry playing this song.
They are/were a lot of fun.
Great reaction.
that was FUN...you nailed it right off!!!
Thanks Matt
everyone thought they were black, we were wrong and loving the tunes
The best version is them live on The Midnight Special and they extend and jam the end. It was a ‘70’s show that showcased big bands from that time. It’s a must to check almost any band from the ‘70’s performing live on that show. Good stuff!
Man did that bring up some good memories, thank you ! Have you ever thought about looking into Wolfman Jack from the Midnight Special ? We all used to watch that show when it aired and I think every band at the times played on it. I think if it wasn’t for that show, nobody would have known what color anyone was because there wasn’t any internet or cable tv. Everyone just enjoyed the music and really didn’t care about color back then. Heck, most people never knew and probably still don’t know that Thin Lizzys lead was a black man lol. It was just great music. The blues influenced so much music and it can be heard in almost every band back in the day
Good music brings everyone together
Here we go......back then it was not a racial diss!....it was a compliment!
Your reaction was fire! "Did he just say what I think he said?" 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks!
This is my generation mid 70s until children in the 90s. This was a time when people actually got along. The absolute best ERA/
MUSIC EVER!
My fav dance tune back in the day! Still know every word
We had a blast in 70s the decade of love, big change, and some of the best music. Thanx, Peace
Peace ❤️
Oh we had the best
That might be the smoothest reaction I've seen.
Good work, sir.
Thanks Dan 😎
Hey. This was played by a band WildCherry that was played in Pittsburgh....where I'm from. They were playing a few songs then a black guy in the audience says play some funky music white boy. The bands leader stopped, wrote the song down and turned around and got the band to follow him.
The rest is history. Made Pittsburgh proud 👏.
What? You all didn't think we were paying attention?😏
It’s funny, in an odd way, how everyone used to get along but somewhere around the mid 2000’s someone had to bring it all back up. Then things got really crazy. Check out Mother’s Finest.
Ooooo…they’re going to be playing close to where I live in a couple weeks, and I can’t wait to see them!
Yes. he said "White Boy".!! Yes. We didn't whine about mentioning color back then. We laughed and embraced our differences.
Worked at a place. I was the token. When we ate lunch together they said "We a Oreo". Can't talk like that today.
❤, your realization and reaction!
Thanks Kim ❤️
Wait til he catches wind of #BobbyCaldwell 🎶 🎵
I heard this song when it came out, and I thought the same thing m8.
P.S. that time period? What the? This was the time of musical genius the likes of which you will never see again!
I caught these brother's live in concert in the 70's
KC & the Sunshine Band next. Get Down Tonight, Shake Your Booty, etc. Party tunes.
Those were simpler times.
This was actually a true story..it was the lead singer when he was in a rock n roll band and a black person shouted the exact title to him.. Later, he thought that would make a grest song title..
This is my ringtone!!!!😂😂😂
The lead singer was playing at a venue and a black dude shouted out "Play that funky music white boy" - then the singer wrote this song. Read about it decades ago.
I was sixteen years
Music 🎶 is life. Back in the day, we’d go out Saturday night and never sleep but still make our Sunday morning service with the family.
Huge dance song in the disco clubs. You can't help but move to that beat.
I love your reaction to this video King! My first time watching you but not the video. Will definitely watch you some more 👏🏻🥰‼️
Thanks Diane. Welcome to the community! ❤️ 👑
@@KingGreatnessKG … You’re welcome King 😊‼️ Happy to be part of your community 🥰‼️
Yes They Did that's how cool we were back in the 70's now we are expected to be so PC. When you have funky in the title , either you own it or fail
The words to this are true, they were just a rock n roll band, going knowhere, disco was starting to take over and the manager suggested they make a funk song, and they came up with this, and got signed right away.
This was a edited/ short version.
Good times!
That was a good show 😊
I miss those times
Saw them in concert. They opened for Head East in Alabama summer of 1977
You have a great radio voice, warm and good diction, clear. Yes, we partied all together in the clubs in New York during the seventies. A time to remember!
“Respectfully.” 😝
You’re so dry, I love it.
Everybody thought they were a Black group until we saw them on TV.
This one was super popular in the clubs.
Thanks for your support Frankie 😂 👑 ❤️
I grew up in the 70s. Music was diverse back then and we loved it!! Songs were shorter for radio airplay. I loved your reaction. 🎶🎶
Yep, play that funky music white boy. I've always loved thid song and we never thought anything about it - just good music. They played all the time & everywhere! Clubs, radio, bars, roller skate rinks. There played it on a live music show (Midnight Special) on tv.
I loved Wild Cherry getting spun when I was a doorman at a disco in the late '70's, had everyone up dancing no matter who they were, great tunes!
One of the best songs of the 1970's.
If you want to go down into a rabbit hole.. “A Country Boy Can Survive “ by Hank Williams Jr. (the official video if possible ). Hank Jr, a legend in his own right, is the son of Hank Williams Sr. one of the original country legends. Sr and Jr both are outstanding songwriters. Sr’s “I’m so lonesome I could cry” is a classic. Many more hits from both of them. Sr died at an early age … I just subscribed, like your willingness to expand your musical library. 👍👍👍👍👍
Welcome to the community. 👑 ❤️
Thanks for the recommendation John. I’m gonna add it to the list
Great recommendation. New subscriber too.
Welcome Martin! 👑 ❤️ thank you
I'm 59 and grew up listening to all sorts of music. We definitely did still have "black" and "white" music, but we had gotten to the point where skin color really didn't matter. If you could play a style well, you were accepted. This is what the song is all about. A white band playing "funk?" The answer back then was, if you can play it right, then play it and we'll all cheer and dance along.
Great reaction! Your comment about why so short of a song. Almost all music was short to fit radio format. Some music was longer, but radio stations would Eddie. On Midnight Special version watch hocus pocus play focus, they squeezed a 7 min song into 3:30. Only standing ovation ever given there. Peace from Northern Michigan.
Peace from Washington DC
We are more alike than different.
This was one of the biggest, most popular disco songs back in my day (I'm 68 now). It was played at least twice a night. Oh, those were the wonderful misspent days of my youth. Wish I had the stamina I had then, and wish they still made music like this. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Great reaction. Had a bad day, you made me laugh a bit. Thank you.
Thanks! Hope it gets better for you 👑 ❤️
Australian Renee Geyer had a 'black' soul voice. The American music machine would not put her photo on the record album because she was white (a Caucasian Jew) and that wouldn't sell to 'black' listeners in the USA. She insisted that they did and the deal fell through. This was 'reverse racism' on the part of the Americans involved. Such a pity at the USA missed out on a brilliant singer ! Some are discovering her now through You Tube.
Haha this is my time period!
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Growing up in the 70's we had awesome music...
❤ I was waiting for your reaction when it lyrics were play that funky music white boy. Lol
That was great. Lol
😁 thanks Ronny
Your reaction made me lol. Thx bro.
Glad you enjoyed lol
While brainstorming for new song ideas, Ronald Beitle (drums) recounted hearing a fan shout, "Are you white boys gonna play some funky music?" Rob Parissi (vocals) was inspired to write a song based on the phrase, so he began writing on a drink order pad with a pen borrowed from the bartender. "Play That Funky Music" became a huge hit when released in 1976, peaking at number 1 on both the Billboard R&B and pop charts.
Rob Parissi Wrote and is the Lead singer for the band Wild Cherry "Play That Funky Music" Back in 1976...
This song is awesome! Love it. This was when music was music! Love your reaction!
Ron Parisse wrote the song, based on actual events. Its funny but both the record label and his Father thought the term "White Boy" was too much and would offend people. Rob stuck to his guns and kept it in the song. Later that year at the Grammys he brought his parents out to be with him. That night the Rob and the Band won an Grammy for the song. Afterwards, his Dad told him that he was glad that Rob didn't listen to his advice about the song.
The royalties from this song have pretty much paid for Rob's rather comfortable retirement. He even endowed his High School with a scholarship for HS Seniors to study music in college.
Okay if you're serious about listening to some crazy wild music try guitarzan. The streak. And smoke on the water smoke on the water is played by deep purple 💜💜💜
Deep Purple reaction
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@@KingGreatnessKG right on but I was talking about smoke on the water I like hush hush sung by David Cassidy 💖💖💖
Guitar-zan and the streak was by Ray Stevens. Who alternated between clean but naughty comedy and Gospel music.
Join the club. I was equally suprised when I first saw a video of 'In Living Colour's "Cult of Personality". Another terrific song you may want to take a look at.
BTW, groups had to keep their songs
Here ya go Peter! 👀
Living Colour - Cult of Personality Reaction
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@@KingGreatnessKG Thanks
One of the greatest songs ever. Was about great music back then.