The World Is a Ghetto - War | The Midnight Special
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- October 19, 1973
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Who’s watching & listening in 2024👍🏽
I am
Me too.
Great stuff!! never saw this version before, pretty cool
YEP! YEP!
23 May 2024❤
Remember when talent was a requirement?
U are so right 👍😢
😂😂😂😂Word Bro!!!!!
Facts.
Real "artist."
BRUH!!!
Video killed the radio star.
No computers, pure talent we grew up in best era of music . Still love live music
And no autotune!
U got that right 👍
Then get off the internet and go out and support it.
Absolutely 💯 😊
We did...
Real music , live performance. Voice cracking , sweating 😂😂 . They just dont do this anymore on tv .
Midnight special was unique, because most shows back then didn't perform live either. The best part is they didn't use backing tracks on live performances then. Everything you hear is a person behind an instrument making the sound.
That's why this music will 4'Ever remain timeless. Glad I was able to experience these great groups from back then in concert.
I 100% agree. Everything has to be "perfect" now. Takes the soul out of the music.
I ACTUALLY saw And WATCHED the very first SNL ,..... Please forgive me
no lip sync, no auto tuned bs........
How in the name of all that is holy is this band not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame yet?
Absolute stupidity on their part !!!
Because they are full of 💩. Shouldn't be a RRHOF if you don't recognize a band like WAR who has numerous hits and longevity in addition.
It’s called RACISM!😡
@@andrethompson2034
AGREED 💯
The hall is kind of a joke, really. Lots of bands that should be in like Jethro Tull. Really?! No Tull? 🙄 But Kate Bush is in? I wouldn't even classify her and many others as rock and roll.
Sad thing is the world is still a ghetto in 2024 WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEOPLE
U got that right 👍
Thank you for that amen
Amen, from Indian Country.
Frankly, the world has always been a "ghetto" since the beginning of humanity. Still, this is my favorite song by the immensely talented War!
To quote the late Rodney King.
Why can't we ALL get along..😊
*Who is still in the Ghetto 2024!*
*Shaoooooooow!* 👏
One of my all-time favorites.
Right witcha Bro! That's my HS Theme Song!💪🏿
@@SaberMuslim
Hell to the yea! Class of 80 Bro
All day Music
May 2 , 2024
Lee Oskar can make a harmonica talk.
Sooo underated.
@@shotelco not amongst harp players! But yeah, he is very underrated.
@@BIZARBIES Didn't know that. Thanks!
One of my all-time favorite harmonica players, up there with Toots Thielemans, Stevie Wonder, and Maurício Einhorn.
With the possible exception of James cotton lee Oscar is about the best I’ve heard on a harmonica!
Grew up during the 70's
So much good music
Me too Donhos, love that time, but we got to experience it.
We were spoiled rotten by the talent. We enjoyed an _Embarrassment_ of Treasure. Some new and _meaningful_ jam almost every other day. Wouldn't trade that time for anything.
U got that right 👍
Pure talent no auto tune 😊😊😊
Absolutely the BEST ERA of Popular music
I got the chills listening to this man! Listen to it at least once a week, every day of life. I grew up on this. My world is no longer a ghetto, but my heart is still in there. Cisco kid, Spill the wine, Me and baby brother, must I go on?
Straight up badass
Very same thoughts Bootox, I miss it.
Inna league of their very own .... WAR baby
Slippin into Darkness
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🌺Aloha from Hawaii
Children. That's called instruments.. it's also called talent. TRUE TALENT. TRUE MUSIC!!!
Man that sax solo takes you to a whole different place
Charles Miller
Damn... I just read on Wikipedia that Charles Miller was murdered in 1980 while living in Hollywood, two days after his 41st birthday.
He was stabbed in a robbery on the street. No one has ever been arrested or charged for his murder.
He played saxophone, clarinet, and flute.😔🙏🏽👍🏿💗
Groups today could learn a lot from these talented artists.
Why do you even care about that?
U got that right 👍
These modern groups are too tallentless,imo...❤❤😊😊🫡🇿🇦
@@MIKECNW doesn't it sound obvious?
@@Jawn-t9p shut up!
I was blessed to grow up hearing all this great music ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🤎🤎🤎💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
😮❤🍺🍷💯💋
Ditto😎
I Agree 💯% good tunes with real musicians 😊
My dad use to play this in the basement for parties. I remember and love it all so much now. It makes me cry just listening to it.❤️❤️🔥🔥👌🏾
This is one of the best bands ever
I second, third, and fourth that👏👏👏👍
VERY Underrated
IF YOU HERE AND ANYWHERE CLOSE TO MY AGE OF 60 NOW,I KNOW YOU JAMMIN AND GROOVIN TO THIS JUST AS HARD AS I AM ALL OVER AGAIN.IF YOU HERE AND NOT CLOSE TO MY AGE OF 60 NOW,I HOPE YOU JAMMIN AND GROOVIN TO THIS JAM AS HARD AS I AM ALL OVER AGAIN.
U got that right 👍 !! Man l know this album is the sh***t 😂 . The album cover 📔 to 😅.
I'm 60 years young, and yes, we groved to the same tunes. Peace.
@@horaciodortona574 RIGHY ON
FOR SURE FOR SURE MY BROTHER (AND SISTERS)!!! ✊️🤝👏
53...70s music is absolutely LEGENDARY
RIP Charles Miller and B.B. Dickerson. You will never be forgotten.
I loved War
From Davy Wycoff ❤
And don't forget the great Papa D. Allen
😢
I got to watch War back in the 80's at a bar in Rocklin Cal. By that time only Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lonnie Jordan were the only remaining members. Charles Miller was murdered, Papa D Allen died of a heart attack, and BB Dickerson had left War and Lee Oskar was not there that night. Not very memorable with the other band members missing, and also Harold Brown could not stop saying the F word every chance he got. I thought it was embarrassing for the band and even Howard Scott told him to mellow out.
@@Memo-nd6fj It's super cool that you at least got a chance to see my boys Lonnie and Howard and whatever Harold Brown was on but there's nothing like seeing the original 7....it's outta sight 😊
This is a real, live concert. No lipsinc. I was a kid and loved this in the 70's ❤. Lucky few.
Does anyone do 💯 live anymore?
Yeah, at least 99.9% of live bands are live.
Everyone using auto tune now. It's all computerized music. It sucks. This is the real deal.
Yes. It happens every weekend in small clubs all over the country.
No it's all BS, since they took music out of school kids don't play musical instruments anymore thanks to call phones. From an old-school musician
I'm teaching my grand kids to play some kind of instruments.
@@HaitislaysActually through social media you can learn how to play instruments, record and mix, and learn theory. Couldn’t do that in the 1970s from your phone.
Midnight Special showcased some great performers.
U got that right 👍
They had some live music was absolutely amazing.
all live at that
The absolute definition of a "live" band. Superb musicianship and exquisite, authentic vocals.
..Can sing in tune, play a guitar in perfect rhythm, AND manage a Wah-Wah pedal perfectly - all simultaneously.
A total lost Art today.
This is the Real Deal!!! No fake studio cover up here...
What a fantastic band... so many epic hits that are still around and worth listening to today
War is seriously one of the finest bands ever, period!
They need to be in the r&r hof!!!
They’re not?
hOF is bs….if they never made a hit….they have as much talent as any band in history !
And they had dozens of monster hits !
A nearly 10 minute live masterpiece.
Yes
U got that right 👍
One of my all time fav 70's bands. You had to see these guys live. No pyrotech, costumes, or special effects just some amazing kick ass music.. Lee Oskar on harmonica !!!
That harmonica and sax solo... Hauntingly, beautiful!
Happy Thursday... thank you for sharing! 💖
Even the few squeaks were beautiful. They proved it was live !
Playing the harmonica like that is rare.
@martyemmons1859 Agree! I love to hear it. It's one of those instruments we don't get to hear enough of. Thank you for sharing! 😊
U got that right 👍 . I love 💕 it
Walkin' down the street, smoggy-eyed
Looking at the sky, starry-eyed
Searchin' for the place, weary-eyed
Crying in the night, teary-eyed
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Wonder when I'll find paradise
Somewhere there's a home, sweet and nice
Wonder if I'll find happiness
Never give it up now I guess
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Paradise is in Heaven defending not gonna find it here on this flat earth
Classic 70s! One of the best groups of all time! Great lyrics, Great musicians!
Unquestionably, on of the defining songs of the era. Blacks in the USA made absolutely great music. What an honor it has been to know this era in real-time.
Watching in 2024
No auto tune or delayed responses. Just good ass music
Screaming at my IPAD, “Give them a standing O, people!”, You just witnessed a Masterpiece! I graduated HS in ‘76. Have the vinyl album. Let’s Go! How do you write sheet music for what we just witnessed, you don’t. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. 🤓🥳🤘
My Father passed away in August 2002.
He love this song!!!!
I love you Dad (I miss you so much) 💕
I pray we can all get along 🙏🙏🙏🙏
In this WORLD 🌎
IN JESUS CHRIST NAME AMEN 🙏🙏🙏🙏
My condolences. I lost my Dad in 2019 and he introduced me to War. Like you I miss him terribly.
I have listened to this song hundreds of times. On the long version of this song, Charles Miller plays the most hauntingly beautiful sax that I have ever heard, coupled with such a beautiful melody. One of my all time favorite tunes from a band that is so unique. I hope they make it to Paradise and play for us all!!😊
U got that right 👍 !! I think 🤔 my father still has this album 😅
Going to find the long version
BRB
@@conniemoore3848 Ha ha I still have mine, I have "WAR Live", "All day music", "Deliver the Word",
"Why cant we be friends", "Galaxy" and I think "The Music Band". For a real treat, listen to War Live, song "Sun O Son" one of their best live recordings.
Charles was a fantastic sax player and a really nice guy! I lived in Santa Ana in the late 60s and before he joined War he played with a band called Señor Soul who used to play at a local R&B there. He dated my roommate for a while. Unfortunately he was murdered in a robbery attempt in 1980. It's too bad that the group split up in a contentious legal battle later.
@@janicestayshich9108 True...so sad. He was considered a musical child prodigy from what I read of his bio.
Wow! That performance gave me chills!! The instrumental part, especially!! I love this lineup of War. B.B. Dickerson had a great, soulful voice, and their harmonies were beautiful!😊💜
Lee Oskar on harmonica too. Great performance.
@@BIZARBIES Oh yeah! He's incredible!!😎
I’m virtually speechless. Absolutely stunning.
Great harp every thing I did not appreciate or realize how how good this is.
There is another live version that is recent, on TH-cam. Look for "The Low Rider Band" The World is a Ghetto Live. It's better... As Adrian Monk would say, "You'll thank me later." Enjoy ✌️
When music was real 😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌
One of the GREATEST bands of all time👏👏👏👍
Saturday's after cleaning; the house is neat and fresh, and momma got the windows and doors open, glass of wine, smoking a joint and this music blaring. kids outside playing, adults laughing and communing - ahhh, the happy hippie days
Love War...all day music is the most chill song of all time
WAR AND EARTH WIND&FIRE THE BEST CLEAN 8TRACKS TAPE I EVER HAD
U got that right 👍
Was trying to think of All Day Music but couldn't. Had to go to comments and there you were. Thanks
War had the best chemistry of any band, one man's perspective.
Nine minutes of network airtime. This is a masterwork!
U got that right 👍
I was a kid then, but to my memory, War chose to play this song in its entirety rather than the usual 2 song medley of bands on Midnight Special allotted about 10 minutes uninterrupted. This footage is incredible of the immense height of War with original members live in concert recorded.
Real Soul Music fan's
WAR is one of the tightest bands out there that can do natural fade in and outs.
As a teenager in the 70s, The Midnight Special was the best please to listen to music of every genre from country and Western, the blues, Hard Rock to rhythm and blues, rock and roll, "The Midnight Special" showcase them all. Host by the late great; (Wolfman Jack)! THAT'S WHEN MUSIC WAS AT IT'S BEST!
Excellent performance from WAR! Midnight Special was a great show because it showcased so many different artists. (Tower of Power was a great show too )
So far, WAR doesn't have plans to do any shows in the NY-NJ-PA region this summer.
When i was a young kid growing up, in Fayetteville Nc, my mom pop played these songs. I was too young to appreciate the soul music that encapsulate your body, music that touches your inner soul! Now i have become my dad at a ripe age of 63”. I love oldies but goodie’s. A lifetime of memories
This is the kind of music that just brightens up your day. Don’t matter what’s going on. Imma 70’s baby for life
They brought the house down
How in the hell did he make that alto sound like a soprano? I have been playing sax for over 40 years, and I've never been tricked by a saxophonists' sound so much
I thought the same thing. Kudos to the late-great Charles Miller!!! Reedman extraordinaire!!!
I remember that album - The World is a Ghetto. Great album. Part of the Soundtrack of my youth in the early 1970s.
U are so right 👍. I love 💕 that album cover 📔 l think my father still has that album 😅
My favorite war album without Eric burden. Just wow. Didn't think I'd be able to see such performance.
Platinum jazz ain't too shabby either
The band had much more success AFTER his stint... Record sales, touring and every measurable metric
When did Eric Burden pass?
@@malcolmpayne-hu2gdI'm sure he is still alive, living in the Los Angeles area.
This was one of the best albums start to finish of all times. PERIOD.
1973. I was 20 years old. Riding around on hot summer nights with the windows down listening to this song. 2024. Still doing it!
1973 12 yrs old. Still growing and grooving.
Rewind the hand of time, take me back to the 70's. We had very good music back then. My favourite by war was " Summer " l
lee Oscar did a mean job on the harmonica.
Talk about a bunch of dudes in the zone my goodness!!
Thanks for putting the song up
I love the music of the 1970s. It was raw, and it was real. ❤
U got that right 👍
WAR is a group that transcended the color barrier as well as brought meaningful lyrics to music. They just don't have the talent like these guys had, today
A truly beautiful song. I grew up on this as a teenager. Now in my 60s, this song can be sad. Well you understand the truth that you didn't understand as a kid
U got that right 👍
They were speaking to us now, from back then. Look at the world NOW and this song is not just for the folk in the ghetto, it's for EVERYONE!!!!!
This is unbelievable. Incredible live performance.
A timeless five star classic that made #1 in 1973 and contains top musicianship with added genius lyrics that hold true thru all these decades.
The title track from one of the best albums ever recorded.
Their harmonica player, a Danish guy named Lee Oskar, was amazing in the way he used his instrument as an inside voice of the "War" R&B fusion horn section. Nobody else has ever really done that, and it absolutely makes so much musical sense. Once you mic the "harp", the sound can be colored in many ways, but the breathiness is always there in the background. Every once in a while, it peeks up out of the inner texture, but he seldom has it in your face as a constant solo instrument, the way that most blues harp players do. Through most of their songs, you'd swear it was a saxophone.
Sometimes you really hear it more as a harmonica, like in this one .... but it always serves the needs of thesong! A real musician's musician!
Reminds me of my high school days. Awesome band
what a great live performance ❤
💥💥 "The Midnight Special" wad the BEST LIVE FREE CONCERT in the days of great Concerts
The midnight special didn’t care what color you were if you were good you were on there
I’m 74 years old. Loving every ounce of this song. Know what I’m saying? Fuck the world.😮
Born in the 60s I grew up in this/ my era the best 60s & 70s I remember this like yesterday!
I feel like part of me is still back there. I lived in San Jose, CA from 1965 through 1975 (9 years old until 19 years old). The San Francisco Bay Area was the best place for the best music ever!
@@324cmac Me to 💯
War was a Tight Band and made Great Music! Love The World is a Ghetto! And it still is!
U got that right 👍
A great performance
U got that right 👍
This song plays in my head when I walk through the streets of Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles.
Stellar performance!!
U got that right 👍
Yes, the sax, harmonica and Hammond great trio.
A terrific live performance of the title song to a great album it was my privilege to own back in those days. A pleasure to watch them doing their thing.
Oh man, nothing compares to real message musicians
Like Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield.
@@thankthelord4536 - Absolutely
U got that right 👍. I love 💕 it 😊
One of the realist songs ever 🙌
U got that right 👍
That harmonica, damn!! The harmony . when i was a preteen i didn’t understand , but knew them, from older siblings,Now a ripe old grown man This classic songs seems to melt in my consciousness awakening vibes of years gone by, Gone forever music for a lifetime
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This is one of the best groups of the musical 70's, that has 🎶 that you want to listening to!!💿
I was 14 in '73 and this played on the radio and at high school dances...life was very good...🎆🌹💖🌌☀️
REAL MUSIC 💯💯💯 Thank God that I saved all my records and albums!!!!
U got that right 👍. I think 🤔 my father still has this album 😂 .
@@conniemoore3848 Right on 👍👍👍
My favorite from this group was "why can't we be friends".
U got that right 👍. Yeah l think 🤔 my father still has this album 😂
This is absolutely awesome! War is a fantastic band! I grew up on this music in the 70s. This was the standard then... So many incredible bands.
There are the virtually NO black bands in mainstream music today. (I'm not including old school bands and groups that are on the old school circuit still).
Think about it... There aren't even any black groups or duos anymore, male or female. 🤔
So far ahead of there time real musicians like me can so respect them
Glad to see so many people appreciate this
That some didn’t……shows how fucked up much of the world has become!
Another timeless classic being played on the Midnight Special 🎉🎉, kudos you rock🎉🎉
U got that right 👍
What a treat.The mood,lyrics,vocals and of course the sax solo.Love it
U got that right 👍
Pure Fire
I was a young girl when this song hit the air waves.
U got that right 👍. Yeah I think 🤔 my father still has this album 😅
That is the best performance ever of WAR
Opinions vary!
War❤❤❤❤Watched this as a teenager Fantastic show Phenomenal Group should have been inducted into Music hall of fame❤😊
Love this band. One of many great performances on MS.
Wow! These brothers did their thing. Thanks for sharing this footage.
I'm in my 40's...fully conviced I should've been alive during this era...
I'm in my 40's as well and I constantly think the same!
Us folks from back then partied for y'all 😊😊😊.. not to worry!
We did have, and still have, great music.
Lee Oskar and his harmonica belt.. yes!!
I’m in my 60’s…and I wish I could relive it, at least music wise.
I hate to tell you but you did miss out. But, thank God for TH-cam!
Monday, lunch time specials were all about Friday night, Mid Night Specials, Let the Light Shine on you….
MASTERPIECE
U got that right 👍
One of my favorite songs by War. This song has so much meaning. I miss the music of the 70's. Pure Talent!!!!
Real music no bad talk to prove a point 💯
EPIC Blues...MEMORIES From long ago ....🔥🥰💋🔥😎
I grew up on this music. Seems that was a better time in America. People had differences but they respected each other. HEY gas was 50 cent a gallon. Lol
Wow . Wasn't prepared to listen for ten minutes but this was an amazing performance. Its a beautiful song haunting and melancholy. Fantastic
U got that right 👍. I love 💕 it 😊
@conniemoore3848 such a great song and band
This song is still relevant today
Absolutely magnificent 👌 👏 😍 ❤
Along with everything else that was perfect about this performance, I loved how the cameraperson spent just about equal time on every musician when it was their time to shine.