Curtis Mayfield - Give Me Your Love (1972)

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  • Super Fly is the third studio album by American soul and funk musician Curtis Mayfield, released in July 1972 on Curtom Records. It was released as the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film of the same name. Widely considered a classic of 1970s soul and funk music, Super Fly was a nearly immediate hit. Its sales were bolstered by two million-selling singles, "Freddie's Dead" (#2 R&B, #4 Pop) and the title track (#5 R&B, #8 Pop). Super Fly is one of the few soundtracks to out-gross the film it accompanied.
    Super Fly, along with Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, was one of the pioneering soul concept albums, with its then-unique socially aware lyrics about poverty and drug abuse making the album stand out. The film and the soundtrack may be perceived as dissonant, since the Super Fly film holds rather ambiguous views on drug dealers, whereas Curtis Mayfield's position is far more critical. Like What's Going On, the album was a surprise hit that record executives felt had little chance at significant sales. Due to its success, Mayfield was tapped for several film soundtracks over the course of the decade.
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  • @camille368
    @camille368 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1224

    Homeless right now. Writing this from a McDonald’s. Times are tough and bills are tough. I’m not giving up and this song keeps me moving. Love y’all. God is good.

    • @steveharris434
      @steveharris434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Hope you're doing ok today

    • @tiffanymorgan917
      @tiffanymorgan917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      May u be blessed beyond measures! Love you my friend from another mother

    • @avatarhealing7057
      @avatarhealing7057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Man I feel you music really helps in hard times. I hope the universe shines on you with shelter! Hearts my heart to hear your story ! If I had it like that I would get you a place ! Peace and love!

    • @petermorton301
      @petermorton301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Blessed is he and she the endure till the end

    • @relaxationnation8926
      @relaxationnation8926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Send me your cash app name i will buy you lunch for tomorrow. May you be in Allah's blessings.. Keep safe.

  • @jongdavis9636
    @jongdavis9636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    I had the honor of providing medical care to Mr Mayfield in ATL.... he was the most kind and humble man I have ever met .... RIP

    • @noorgonzalez1076
      @noorgonzalez1076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🤭😩🙇🏻‍♀️🎶🕊

    • @noorgonzalez1076
      @noorgonzalez1076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BIBLE
      BOOK
      OF
      JOHN 5:28

    • @johnbenjamin2703
      @johnbenjamin2703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Wish u could held him up a little longer
      He is so missed
      jb.ok

    • @ericmatterson9905
      @ericmatterson9905 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Very tragic what happened in Central Park and he handled his condition with grace and class.

    • @zigzagzig7330
      @zigzagzig7330 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just saw your post! Thanks for thanking care of the Legend. If no one ever told you that!🙏🏿

  • @SuperCoolmack
    @SuperCoolmack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +681

    Curtis Mayfield should have received an Oscar for the music score!!!! There has never been a better music score !!!!

    • @johnmickns
      @johnmickns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Trouble man by marvin gaye is a close 2nd. Shaft also

    • @ram09568
      @ram09568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Amen!!! Straight 🔥!

    • @danielwilson160
      @danielwilson160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      This album was too mind blowing for the Academy! They were scared of revolution.

    • @gregorysmith8278
      @gregorysmith8278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      That shaft score was. Great. Bro

    • @nm202
      @nm202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I agree with everyone Curtis Mayfield Shaft

  • @gregoryburton1241
    @gregoryburton1241 5 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    Stevie Wonder, Isaac Hayes, Curtis, James Brown, Willie Hutch, Barry White, Lonnie Liston Smith, Roy Ayers, Grover Washington Jr., Aretha Franklin, Sly Stone , Van McCoy, Patrice Rushen and George Clinton were music game changers in the sixties and seventies. Their music still gets you off your ass and makes your head bop back and forth. Great music never dies!

    • @columbusohio72
      @columbusohio72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Say it again for the people in the back!!

    • @sirjuju4766
      @sirjuju4766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      The Dramatic, Manhattans, Emotions, Harold Melvin and the Blue notes, Temprees, Dells, Four Top, Temptations, OJays, Stylistics,
      Escorts, Heatwave, Smokey and the Miracles, Earth wind and fire, Diana ross and the Supremes, and of course many, many more. Timeless music

    • @Saoco325
      @Saoco325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks bro

    • @keefebaby
      @keefebaby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And of course donny osmond

    • @alancanham2956
      @alancanham2956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Lets not forget the Isleys, Stevie, Brothers Johnson and God Jimi!!

  • @donansell1864
    @donansell1864 5 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    This guy should go down in history as on of the most influential artists EVER !!

    • @MrDH360
      @MrDH360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was & they know, But he wasn't wit dat Bull & they Chose Quincy, he played their game ...

    • @JumpShotsOverGunShots
      @JumpShotsOverGunShots 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      HE IS . . Top 5 easy

    • @keenkingjames
      @keenkingjames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Every musicians father figure or they’re tone deaf.

    • @noriwilliams4637
      @noriwilliams4637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely !!!!!

    • @rafb1661
      @rafb1661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely!!! OG Funk Specialist

  • @herberthoward4027
    @herberthoward4027 5 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    Curtis Mayfield should have gotten a Grammy for the best score for the movie Superfly .Every Damn song was bad ass.

    • @sheilaemoore4166
      @sheilaemoore4166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes, INDEED!

    • @eastermcdaniel4419
      @eastermcdaniel4419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes. 💯

    • @kostasplafountzis6602
      @kostasplafountzis6602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      my opinion:he should have won the oscar for best score and best song too...

    • @salayobrown8942
      @salayobrown8942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      yes he should have won a grammy. but they eventually (1994) gave him a lifetime achievement award.

    • @1computernew
      @1computernew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I thought Freddie's Dead won a Grammy. The whole album is Super Good. I was very surprised to hear "I'm Your Pusher Man," in the movie, "Hangover II."

  • @priceconsult5880
    @priceconsult5880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    This album swept the country, and still stands up! Curtis is a legend!

  • @kaymiddleton5130
    @kaymiddleton5130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    One of AMERICA's GREATEST poets ❤

  • @jongdavis9636
    @jongdavis9636 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Curtis Mayfield was my patient in Atlanta .... he was one of the kindest, humble and gentle man .... I was so nervous to meet him ... and be one of his physicians ...he is truly a Legend

  • @dollardv
    @dollardv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    Who in the Hell could thumb this down . This is a real timeless classic.

    • @KamKalambay
      @KamKalambay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      People mad that they didn't make it, and I promise they are all white.

    • @dollardv
      @dollardv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@KamKalambay That's funny I said the same thing.

    • @frankfroml.a.4104
      @frankfroml.a.4104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@KamKalambay After 8 years of hussein "his mama's white" obama, guess that hate for whitey runs deep.

    • @HatianHurricane
      @HatianHurricane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @beatricewoods8377
      @beatricewoods8377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thumb down person was on the Moon.

  • @mikepresto3050
    @mikepresto3050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Curtis mayfield was way a head of his time SUPER FLY still something I listen to for many years now . Never get tired of listening it’s a masterpiece.

    • @johnbenjamin2703
      @johnbenjamin2703 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      CURTIS RIP HAD TO BETTER
      ISAAC HAYES AND SHAFT!!!
      THAT'S A FACT..
      jb.ok

  • @realdalgayle1732
    @realdalgayle1732 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I've never heard anyone referencing to Curtis Mayfield as genius.. but this brother takes a back seat to no one when it comes to musical talent. you don't get more genius than this man..

  • @joannjohnson2481
    @joannjohnson2481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    Best soundtrack ever of the 70's the movie was Superfly .

    • @michaelserrurier9392
      @michaelserrurier9392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The best album in history is Superfly.

    • @frankfroml.a.4104
      @frankfroml.a.4104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If you're talking 70's, Claudine (Soundtrack and the movie) can give it a run for the money.

    • @joannjohnson2481
      @joannjohnson2481 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@frankfroml.a.4104 Curtis Mayfield did both soundtrack

    • @rhondaoutlaw3010
      @rhondaoutlaw3010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ron O'Neal.....😏

    • @rhondaoutlaw3010
      @rhondaoutlaw3010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Could live with you in solitude....and need no one else.....
      Gimme your love.....💕

  • @anthonyjones8366
    @anthonyjones8366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I wish i could give this a thousand likes i was 11 years old when this dropped and this was men where men and real women stood by their man through thick and thin.

    • @cesleybrown1266
      @cesleybrown1266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My big brothers wouldn't let me watch this movie for shit lol

  • @robertalexander1946
    @robertalexander1946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Curtis Mayfield was a genius.

    • @RayKing-tl2vc
      @RayKing-tl2vc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes he was, if only people would listen to his words, the world would be a better place. 😔🤝💖✌🙏🙏

  • @ronnieleach7032
    @ronnieleach7032 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Still rocking in 2024 🔥🔥

  • @user-qg7nm3rw5u
    @user-qg7nm3rw5u ปีที่แล้ว +44

    The best sound track of all time

  • @ShaAllahShabazzMBA
    @ShaAllahShabazzMBA 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1495

    Music will never be this good again. Sorry young bucks.

    • @ShaAllahShabazzMBA
      @ShaAllahShabazzMBA 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +jingooz oooooo I'm scared

    • @ShaAllahShabazzMBA
      @ShaAllahShabazzMBA 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      jingooz My fault I was distracted. I thougt you were the primate. Carry on...

    • @theodorehuxtable6001
      @theodorehuxtable6001 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +Shah-Allah Shabazz The thing about it, you gotta be l o o k i n g for the good music today, cause it definitely ain't on the radio. I mean, I'ma assume it was an everyday thing to hear hear Curtis croon like this on W3SOUL or WBLS or KJLH back in your day. But today, music is not just a business...it's an i n d u s t r y. Most of today's music ain't art...it's product. So, while I do agree that music will never reinvent what artists like Curtis and Donny and Marvin and Stevie and James brought to the game, there are still a w e s o m e artists out there who will continue to tread waters these legendary old heads never touched. I'm talking about Jesse Boykins III, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Charles Bradley, Kamasi Washington, The Internet, etc. How d i d I find out about these artists? I dig, homie.

    • @jazzydj6051
      @jazzydj6051 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Theodore Huxtable
      also check out LEON BRIDGES. there are some others but they are not mainstream. and you have to search for them because they're few and far between. but they are out there and could use the support to be around for a while.

    • @ShaAllahShabazzMBA
      @ShaAllahShabazzMBA 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      BF6ct Your mother...

  • @Charles-tt3dr
    @Charles-tt3dr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    RIP to the ancestor Curtis Mayfield who transitioned 20 years ago today 😢😢😢

    • @beeboy6967
      @beeboy6967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      20 years wow. How times fly's. Never got to see Curtis live but have a few greats along the way. R.I.P. Mr Curtis Mayfield. Gone but not forgotten !

    • @Charles-tt3dr
      @Charles-tt3dr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@beeboy6967 Yeah time sure went by fast!! It seems like yesterday when i got the news of his passing..

    • @A_RealONE49
      @A_RealONE49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TRANSCENDED* I corrected that for you
      😎👍🏿

    • @craigstephenson9608
      @craigstephenson9608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great Music!....Classic movie!

    • @vr788
      @vr788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have cousin who looks like he could be Mayfield's son

  • @fendiboots4481
    @fendiboots4481 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "Could live with you in solitude and need no one else." That's grown love.

    • @Jjstier
      @Jjstier ปีที่แล้ว +1

      People I knew took a certain way strutted around with that album under their arm

  • @BWynn-eb8qn
    @BWynn-eb8qn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +738

    There had to be a conspiracy to change black music! Listen to this! Powerful music with LIVE Instruments! Pure talent!!! The message behind the music was powerful too!

    • @emprssnubia8679
      @emprssnubia8679 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      You're rite, it was and is controlled by the white Jewish ppl. True facts
      the musical artiste of today have to be controlled conditioned and confined to what the money suppliers want, so that they will always managed/slaved them.
      Hence the beautiful one, (Prince) wore the Slave symbol
      Documentaries exist on this topic

    • @miltonknapp278
      @miltonknapp278 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      B. Wynn

    • @ENEN54
      @ENEN54 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      you answered your own question black musiq to powerful too spiritual they wanted too break all that up so they kill off certain artist poison few, give few cancer

    • @sugeandpopsdailyadventures7244
      @sugeandpopsdailyadventures7244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Right on baby...right on!

    • @carverbearify
      @carverbearify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes indeed, where's the instruments the passion

  • @truckerbone
    @truckerbone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    When you hear this all you can think about how much pride and love we had for our own self as black men and women
    I do remember how much fun it was to be in love and happy.

  • @msclipnendz
    @msclipnendz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Do yall hear those instruments...2020 where r they doing this...The sound is impeccable carrying us into a new decade

    • @RS-rd7dm
      @RS-rd7dm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The true inventor of the "WALL OF SOUND"

    • @sergiochacon509
      @sergiochacon509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eqssss1w1

    • @rodrickhenderson7861
      @rodrickhenderson7861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's all I listen to

    • @sergiochacon509
      @sergiochacon509 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Real music

    • @davidthompson6149
      @davidthompson6149 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cuba Gooding Sr had one of the most unique vocals of that era along with David Ruffin. Many of these groups had major, top shelf lead singers...Intruders, Dramatics, Spinners, Blue Magic all had these incredible Lead singers. Oh and the instrumental arrangements where 2nd to none

  • @ogbranbran8062
    @ogbranbran8062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Rip Curtis Mayfield in he was a real one

  • @siddiqahmad5193
    @siddiqahmad5193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    R.I.P. Curtis... Timeless composition and execution. A truly impressive work of art (the entire album) which, to my ears, sounds even better nearly 50 yrs. after release.

    • @caradelavine1891
      @caradelavine1891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rest in peace

    • @fraziercarolyn4
      @fraziercarolyn4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Never ever will the be artist like Curtis Marvin Gaye an it goes on and on Motown 💯

    • @fraziercarolyn4
      @fraziercarolyn4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THE BEST

  • @filmoeskrawts3539
    @filmoeskrawts3539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Curtis Is one of the coldest to ever do it. His life story is that of legend

    • @Solodolo84
      @Solodolo84 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts, too 🥶 🧊, the man had true diamond hands. His arrangement and pen game is top tier

  • @jahkeyp5270
    @jahkeyp5270 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Just listening to this tune is giving me the shivers. This is what you call music.. Hearing the string instruments playing, the percussionist doing their ting, mmmmm the bass, the horns, rhythm guitar and the soulful sounds of the late great Curtis Mayfield just does it for me.. He made some great stuff and he WILL be sadly missed by US all. May his music live on forever 🙏🏾✊🏾❤

    • @monte7270
      @monte7270 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This was when music was real & romantic. Monte Bermuda.

    • @RayKing-tl2vc
      @RayKing-tl2vc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Totally agree with you, he was so inspired by so many different people. 👍💖🤝✌🙏🙏

    • @generfeld
      @generfeld 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      because he mixed soul and funk, it was done perfectly. soul has the orchestra sound, funk has the easy listening groove to it, perfectly done

    • @childrenofthesun9089
      @childrenofthesun9089 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      His music speaks to the soul that why shivers happen

  • @crazyloppinrock6143
    @crazyloppinrock6143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Im a white man but I grew up in the Intercity with this amazing music. ✌️ to all my brothers, love don't have a color...

    • @JBHAYES
      @JBHAYES 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Show ya right my soul brotha 💪

    • @joec6172
      @joec6172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SAME HERE. THE PEOPLE THAT I GREW UP WITH IN THE PROJECTS ARE AND WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAMILY. MUSIC TODAY JUST KEEPS ON LOOPING AROUND AND AROUND. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY SOUL TO IT. ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

  • @samlondon7430
    @samlondon7430 9 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    Rest in peace Curtis Mayfield & Ron O'Neal who played Superfly, Great Legends.

    • @ninaharris7307
      @ninaharris7307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sam London didn't know Ron passed

    • @sandranelson4601
      @sandranelson4601 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      yes superfly passed away RIP GUY❤💕💯🌹👍

    • @kerryfarria2767
      @kerryfarria2767 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Respect

    • @eastermcdaniel6714
      @eastermcdaniel6714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ninaharris7307 He passed away in 2004 Pancreatic Cancer😪 He had passed 10yrs before I knew.❤❤RIP Ron & Curtis❤

    • @jaygasper4853
      @jaygasper4853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @aka goldfinger was Superfly TNT as popular when it came out in theaters?

  • @sent357
    @sent357 6 ปีที่แล้ว +580

    194 dislikes 194 people who do not know the meaning of real music🎶

    • @kelabell6330
      @kelabell6330 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      357k lion I know right stuck on stupid this is a straight classic.............................

    • @kelabell6330
      @kelabell6330 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      357k lion I know right stuck on stupid this is a straight classic.............................

    • @tooblessedmiller6937
      @tooblessedmiller6937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ...Hey, here's a quote, "those who gave a thumbs down, need to wake up in the morning, with no thumbs, bc they don't deserve them". How bout dat!😂😂😂....it's a joke okkkkk.🙂

    • @montimiller2743
      @montimiller2743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just pray for those 194 or 950 now and counting as we speak, that the good Lord would open the hearts as well as their ears so they can finally know the real meaning of soul!!!

    • @RODDASTEELER932
      @RODDASTEELER932 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's what happens when you have no soul....

  • @jfgjomad
    @jfgjomad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Curtis Mayfield. Genius musical God.

  • @Faceless777
    @Faceless777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Music don't get any damn smoother than this.

  • @annetteharrison1039
    @annetteharrison1039 6 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    This is phenomenal and classic. These young people today don't nothing bout real music. Music and words for your soul. Ole' school music will always be the BEST!!!

    • @bill6delfonicsmusicdelfoni883
      @bill6delfonicsmusicdelfoni883 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Break up in the brown Ray Goodman and Brown Reverend Brown Ray Goodman and Brown

    • @melvinwatson5547
      @melvinwatson5547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aint it the dam truth..this song here 50 years ol almost 72 it came out and its still a classic and dam great

    • @tinyktriggk8967
      @tinyktriggk8967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Im 15 and listening to this

    • @sereneamani1713
      @sereneamani1713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tinyktriggk8967 That's great to hear!

  • @deekaymusiclover2481
    @deekaymusiclover2481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    They picked the perfect man to score this movie...PERFECT

  • @kateetakea2285
    @kateetakea2285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    No one can even begin to make this kind of music anymore. It was a thing special to that time....

  • @geraldwmson
    @geraldwmson ปีที่แล้ว +20

    One of the greatest Soul Legends of all time! RIP Curtis

  • @jerrylane3188
    @jerrylane3188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This is one cool cat. As a white man that grew up in the bay area with the brothers and sisters listening to their music. I GET. IT! Most peckerwoods don't. Oh yeah ( I can dance too ) amazing artist from an amazing time. Miss you brother.

    • @clarencebland4861
      @clarencebland4861 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Good music and good times knows no bounds!

    • @janx9170
      @janx9170 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Much love Soul Brother ❤️

  • @sherronroberts909
    @sherronroberts909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    You said it well Grown Folks because it's grown folk that loves this music! Off the chart! Under rated Curtis - one of the most prolific song writers, singers and musicians of OUR time!

  • @PRGTOman
    @PRGTOman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    One of the Greatest movies and soundtracks of all time, I grew up at this time, in this neighborhood in NYC, and watching this takes me back. Rest In Peace To Curtis Mayfield and Ron O'Neal and Thank You Gentlemen for this Amazing Masterpiece ...

  • @DavidJones-dg3qv
    @DavidJones-dg3qv 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    A masterpiece 💪💪💪💪💪💪

  • @mslolithab
    @mslolithab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Curtis Mayfield was one of the best legacies of the 70s

  • @ernestinenorfleet5460
    @ernestinenorfleet5460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    What happened to those days when there was love and peace. When men and women truly loved and respected one another. This was the jam! Every time I hear it I am on top of the world!

  • @constantreader7944
    @constantreader7944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My god, this man channeled magic.

    • @geraldwomack8203
      @geraldwomack8203 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We roll the stroll each and every night while Curtis talk to us he was a legend and still is

  • @michaelaustin3362
    @michaelaustin3362 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Still Hittin in 2023!!!

  • @wallacebrown2632
    @wallacebrown2632 6 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    1972 was a very good year!!!!

    • @DetroitLives313
      @DetroitLives313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @wallace brown It was! I remember. I got a "Superfly" winter coat with fake fur grey collar and black crush velvet that came down almost to my ankles! I was only in the 6th Grade! LOL!

    • @edeck889
      @edeck889 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Wallace brown Yes the year of my birth, I was born the day after the "Godfather" film premiered in theaters March 16th

    • @arthurswanson3285
      @arthurswanson3285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yup. My dad got lucky that year with my beautiful mother and made me.

    • @mynameisyumyumgivemesum1412
      @mynameisyumyumgivemesum1412 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edeck889 2 yrs older than me lol

    • @terrelljones2512
      @terrelljones2512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yup the year I was born, my uncle's use to put headphones on me playing this type of music. That's how they got me to fall asleep before they hit the club and streets 😁

  • @MrStLouis1000
    @MrStLouis1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    U can hear and feel ever note from the instruments

    • @cd6243
      @cd6243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @SHUN Don Duce bin Laden Curtis is brilliant-- this song gives me chills

    • @TimeForElohim
      @TimeForElohim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yessir!

    • @mariamiller8645
      @mariamiller8645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed

  • @marcuss1526
    @marcuss1526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Curtis Mayfield a musical genius. Gone way before his time!!!

  • @salayobrown8942
    @salayobrown8942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    almost half a century old!!!!! Still soundz good today as it did back then!!!! REST IN EVERLASTING PEACE, BROTHER CURTIS!!!!!

    • @morrisparrish76
      @morrisparrish76 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wherever you are; i hope your restin at ease!

  • @damrightigottheblues
    @damrightigottheblues 8 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    A great human , beautiful man , songwriter and musician , missed very much by all .

  • @ar2481
    @ar2481 8 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    can't be faded.......the musical arrangement is something out of another world.........i want you so bad can't even get mad at you!!!!! A POET...A LEGEND...A KING!!!!!!!!!!!!! could live with you in solitude and need no one else.......R.I.P. Mayfield the KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @susanprimeaux3441
      @susanprimeaux3441 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      could live with you in solitude and need no one else,give me your love

    • @w.d.jennings8824
      @w.d.jennings8824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hi Aljenard, nothing for me to add, as you really, covered Curtis Mayfield's greatness, and pure superiority, as a natural gifted musician, composer, and singer. My all-time favorite.

    • @mzmaryd6452
      @mzmaryd6452 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Aljenard Ross What a genius the epitome of blackness!!

    • @tonyagratton4927
      @tonyagratton4927 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@w.d.jennings8824 , I know that's right !!!!!!

    • @w.d.jennings8824
      @w.d.jennings8824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tonyagratton4927 Hi Toyna, thanks for your reply, I, sene that, this Curtis Mayfield love ballad would fit your appreciation, of expression of love by Curtis, go to
      Curtis Mayfield - "The Making of you" and -My Deceiving Heart" press HERE ON YOU TUBE search bar. take care. Walter D. J.

  • @luvofmylife
    @luvofmylife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    A real"GOAT" brilliant , just listen to lyrics 💜

    • @davidtaylor524
      @davidtaylor524 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Carolyn,hope you’re okay ?

  • @valendanewell5901
    @valendanewell5901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Soooo SMOOTH ...this song just FLOWS into one’s SOUL ......it’s a SOULFUL VIBE 😎

  • @a.c.harris1898
    @a.c.harris1898 8 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    My Era....My Kind of Music! And one Badass soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield! :-) R.I.P. Curtis.

    • @ronnieredding2985
      @ronnieredding2985 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ac you one badass give me your love. lol

    • @barbarabush7964
      @barbarabush7964 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A.c. Harris

    • @arnoldramson5694
      @arnoldramson5694 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      my era also, when this flick came out my mother wouldn't let me go see it, so it's my kind of movie era

    • @marilynhudson9879
      @marilynhudson9879 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      A.c. Harris..I, feel you really had some gooood times.. We, Ladies and the Dude's, were dressed to the nine's..The, club's, car's, music.. Peace ~~~

    • @hookherny3483
      @hookherny3483 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A.c. Harris o

  • @SouthSideRalph1
    @SouthSideRalph1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    MAXI COAT WITH LARGE WING COLLARS, TURTLE NECK SWEATER, SLACKS & A
    FRESH PAIR OF FLAGG BROTHERS.......NOW WHERES 125TH STREET? (r.i.p Curtis & Ron O'Neal)

    • @1trucxhondamov589
      @1trucxhondamov589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😀

    • @samuelrhodes9053
      @samuelrhodes9053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I hadn't thought about Flagg brothers shoes in years . They were the bomb back in the day . Thanks for the memory.

    • @JamesSmith-tb7is
      @JamesSmith-tb7is 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wore the Cape coat and hat ensemble to the Oakland California clubs during late 1974.

    • @mistafreeze7241
      @mistafreeze7241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You forgot the Pork Chop sideburns and flawless perm🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

    • @noorgonzalez1076
      @noorgonzalez1076 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🕊🎶🎶🎶🕊🕊🕊🕊🎶🎶🎶

  • @jermainebarnes9460
    @jermainebarnes9460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    this song is just perfect. sound. skill. talent. just perfect

  • @dnjazz6840
    @dnjazz6840 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My god he orchestrated the hell out of this cut! Have Mercy!

  • @FLAWDAJAY2003
    @FLAWDAJAY2003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This my shit gets me through a long night working that night shift. So smooth. 70s music had so much meaning and heart and soul in it. Makes u wanna get in a glass house and go out and get some money.

  • @taviraglayva
    @taviraglayva 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A fabulous and unique singer song writer.

  • @countryboyfletcher489
    @countryboyfletcher489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This movie was cold as ice, but the Superfly Soundtrack was like a movie in itself. I was one years old when it came out.now I’m 51 [2021] and I’ve ALWAYS had it [Superfly Soundtrack] in EVERY car I ever owned. Thank you Curtis Mayfield for writing for the ghetto and those who live there. [posted November 29, 2021]

  • @sejlali1704
    @sejlali1704 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I never understand how Curtis Mayfield songs get even one dislike?

  • @marilynhudson9879
    @marilynhudson9879 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Omg...I'm, really miss the good times we, had in 1972!!..The, dudes, car's, clubs.. Everything, from that era I, went to the show to see the movie 3 times. ~~~

    • @gemeni3000
      @gemeni3000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow I wish I was born early to experience that golden era

  • @darryldurrets5242
    @darryldurrets5242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This score is a Masterpiece. In my opinion 1 of the greatest ever and the film a classic. Ron O'Neal played the role to the hilt

  • @chrystalwells1816
    @chrystalwells1816 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Sexy, passionate, classic! Grown folks music! Curtis was GENIUS!

    • @AL-TitoVidal
      @AL-TitoVidal ปีที่แล้ว

      Ol folks music 😊🎶🥂

  • @andre7250
    @andre7250 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Musical genius!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @marcolove2011able
    @marcolove2011able 7 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    *One Of My Dopest Songs Of All Time*

  • @salishwindjoseph6030
    @salishwindjoseph6030 9 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    June 3 Grew up with Mr Mayfield in our house, tho I was young that mystical voice of yester years still brings my loving late sister Carolyn whom suddenly died in 1969 back home in my heart she did not go home before meeting all the greats as the late great man Mr Curtis Mayfield May he remain in Sweet Peace with my late beautiful sister and all those gone too soon,

  • @henryearlamerica4342
    @henryearlamerica4342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The epitome of real solid music! Curtis Mayfield one of the most talented musicians that ever lived!!!

    • @melrowood3784
      @melrowood3784 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      'Beautiful Brother of Mine'

  • @sejlali1
    @sejlali1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the greatest recordings ever! 👍

  • @Leo19Lady
    @Leo19Lady 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I love listening to my 70s music this is real music at its best!!!

  • @shamikspatel
    @shamikspatel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Those first 15 seconds - so ahead of time

    • @danablake6863
      @danablake6863 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shamik Patel no doubt! A little thing called foreplay.

    • @daphnethomas3831
      @daphnethomas3831 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! That’s what a musical Genius is capable of doing! It just tugs at your Heartstrings 🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @kennethbrown3647
    @kennethbrown3647 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is great song by one of the greatest artists of all time!

  • @barbarahenderson7611
    @barbarahenderson7611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Multi-talent, play the guitar, write songs, piano, Sang out of this world.

    • @davidtaylor524
      @davidtaylor524 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Barbara,hope you’re okay ?

  • @rhettbogan5829
    @rhettbogan5829 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Curtis (The Story Teller) was one of our greatest. This is back when all the entertainers had their own style. Not like today where everybody tries to sound alike. Damn I miss those days.

  • @talisa3988
    @talisa3988 6 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Sublime. So talented. What a fabulous time to be alive in the 70's. My parents educated me on his music and they had a wonderful time in the 70's.

    • @sheronettawilliams5023
      @sheronettawilliams5023 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed...

    • @ronnieredding7483
      @ronnieredding7483 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lindsey I want you so bad can't get mad at you, give me your love 😁😆😉😎

    • @flatulenceone
      @flatulenceone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ????????
      Aren't the 70s like the late 60s, in that, if you can remember those days, you weren't there? ;-)

    • @RayKing-tl2vc
      @RayKing-tl2vc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ABSOLUTELY 100% correct, those were the best years ever... people were more loving back in those days. 😔💖🤝✌🙏

  • @justtracy7175
    @justtracy7175 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Ain’t NOTHING like the this REAL MUSIC❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @andresmith6591
    @andresmith6591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    Only Gangsters and Players know about this game in 2019.

    • @clarenceholmes6547
      @clarenceholmes6547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right on Clarence Clyde 129.lenox

    • @terrencehayes5723
      @terrencehayes5723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Real Player Classic

    • @cat77757
      @cat77757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We found a way to survive,

    • @thabesttheris
      @thabesttheris 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      On god!

    • @tjtaylor3446
      @tjtaylor3446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Andre Smith FACTS!! Him and the Dramatics said they only made their music for hustlers!!!

  • @edwardharcum3297
    @edwardharcum3297 9 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    In 1972 Curtis gave me the line "could live with you in solitude and need no one else" I met my wife in high school Lake Clifton 40 years later were happily married Curtis you were the man no one ever did it better

    • @tonyhinston5487
      @tonyhinston5487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Edward Harcum you from B more

    • @MichaelBrown-lm3vd
      @MichaelBrown-lm3vd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It worked see you loved your woman Peace to you both

    • @mobbcreep956
      @mobbcreep956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Tony Hinton He gotta b

    • @bjshaw900
      @bjshaw900 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mr. Harcum, I ain't mad at cha....

    • @mcfirebug
      @mcfirebug 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      only folks from baltimore know about lake

  • @dallasdan6336
    @dallasdan6336 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    OMG. This is what real music sounds like. It's called instruments and singing. Curtis Mayfield was one of the greatest musical talents we've ever had.

  • @h.patriciablackshire6003
    @h.patriciablackshire6003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Curtis Mayfield. The. Soul. Singer. Brilliant lyrics, timeless. This record played ALL OVER Chicago! People would actually go into a trance on the dance floor. Mr. Mayfield made us a Better Version of ourselves. We are FOREVER grateful.

    • @angeloacosta9411
      @angeloacosta9411 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      South Side !!! Stay strong ...

    • @rashard4
      @rashard4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And an underrated rhythm guitarist as well. He plucked some sweet sounds from that axe🎸

    • @h.patriciablackshire6003
      @h.patriciablackshire6003 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rashard4 His music was God-sent. I have so many precious memories. Rest in LOVE, Mr. Mayfield. I thank God for you!!!! 💟💔💟❤

  • @Jan12756
    @Jan12756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    👍😃💕1972. Chicago Street music hell yes bring it back the best of the best. 60& 70& 80 OhYeah 😃👍💕💕 We all lived & loved each other 🙏. 🌍. 💕💕

  • @diasdonegan6475
    @diasdonegan6475 8 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    This brother was the man. Watch this movie Super Fly a few weeks ago and it always take me back to the smooth music of the 70's. Chilling outside in the summer time and hearing my brother play this on his record player. Yeah I said record player. And we b outside dancing to the tunes of some Smooth Mr. Curtis Mayfield. U were the man and still is the man. Thanks a million times for ur music Mr. Mayfield.

    • @ronnieredding2985
      @ronnieredding2985 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      dais give me your love you sexy thing that's 70s talk lol

    • @diasdonegan6475
      @diasdonegan6475 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it was Ronnie. The best of times.

    • @ronnieredding2985
      @ronnieredding2985 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Dias Donegan yes it was dias wish I was there with you doing that time give me your love lol! :)

    • @diasdonegan6475
      @diasdonegan6475 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      U had nothing but big love back in those days. Everyone in ur neighborhood was one big family known as a village and one love. Travel back. LOL.

    • @ronnieredding2985
      @ronnieredding2985 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Dias Donegan I was there doing the same thing .peace out one love

  • @jamesthreatt5018
    @jamesthreatt5018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Again something great by Mr. Mayfield. A great writer and singer. Miss you my brother. R.I.P. 12/20/19

  • @terrymanning2285
    @terrymanning2285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Dope movie , Dope soundtrack, Dope album cover.

  • @88omair
    @88omair 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I never get tired of this soundtrack

  • @FLAWDAJAY2003
    @FLAWDAJAY2003 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    man this shit starts out so smooth. I could listen to that intro all day. just takes me back to the 90s. even tho it's before that it was released but it's when I first heard it. man to be young again with the knowledge I have.just miss when people put real emotions into their music. Kenny Williams. back than they was going thru something and had to go in the booth and tell it.

  • @1trucxhondamov589
    @1trucxhondamov589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    48 years later, that's still a mean ride!

  • @noahholcomb4666
    @noahholcomb4666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Over 40 years old, and is one of the best Stepper's sounds in Chicago!!!

  • @ralphmichaelsneed6059
    @ralphmichaelsneed6059 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I still play this album to this day.

    • @fgs2732
      @fgs2732 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      its timeless

  • @lindahanley5042
    @lindahanley5042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Some people dont know good music, if it ran over them..

  • @antonioscott8741
    @antonioscott8741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Curtis Mayfield. One of our greatest iconic Artists..

  • @HollywoodScoob
    @HollywoodScoob ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This was SOUL music at it's finest. History lessons morphed in classic, timeless, soul music. His lyrics still speak for us and to us.

  • @AFRICANSWON
    @AFRICANSWON 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Curtis Mayfield was about The Truth and still is!! Still have his music ❤❤❤ A Legend in his own right. Spreading the word!

  • @LibraGoals
    @LibraGoals 7 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Curtis "The Gemini" Mayfield scores again with this sweet classic!

  • @2phillysangel
    @2phillysangel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +598

    I ordered Superfly on ON Demand for $2.99 last weekend and damned if I'm not going to do the same thing this weekend! I just loved this movie and the soudtrack was nothing short of phenominal. Gotta love Curtis Mayfield...

    • @backinvault
      @backinvault  9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Angel McKnight It never gets old

    • @2phillysangel
      @2phillysangel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You are right about that. Watched it on Friday and then Saturday before the rental expired...

    • @BF6ct
      @BF6ct 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      STOP BEING A DUMBASS AND GET THE DVD!!

    • @2phillysangel
      @2phillysangel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It is my money and I spend it how I like. Keep your negative comments to yourself. You don't even know me. You are name calling so I am sure you are very immature!

    • @michaeljackson8180
      @michaeljackson8180 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Angel McKnight I bought the movie from the itunes store. I love the scene in the club with Curtis playing! Listening to this song up there first thing this morning.

  • @melrowood3784
    @melrowood3784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Curtis was the epitome of an ORIGINAL Soul Brother, followed by Otis Redding. Two brotha's PROUDLY to have sported the NATURAL afro hairstyle throughout their careers. Not given in to the conk and processed hair-do so MANY black male singers/ groups who did to adopt what was THEN, one of the MANY classification of being beautiful by black standards.

    • @louwilson0906
      @louwilson0906 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget Isaac Hayes 🤟

  • @claudesledge9102
    @claudesledge9102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    DAMN...CURTIS MAYFIELD WAS A"BAAAD-BOI"!!! In any relm this is a kick-ass track!

  • @moneyclaude2500
    @moneyclaude2500 7 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    You will never hear good tunes like this again in this lifetime. Something these young bucks will never understand.

    • @missthaisdt
      @missthaisdt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Never... Different times...different stock!...

    • @manuelrocha9762
      @manuelrocha9762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It would help if somebody used real musical instruments. Wtf? Nobody wants to commit their life to learning how to do something difficult. Always the easy way. And the music rings false because of it.

    • @rodneybanks8283
      @rodneybanks8283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @claude Moreno look up Durand Jones and the indications " is it any wonder"

    • @stormyweather4489
      @stormyweather4489 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You think? More of us appreciate and know good music than older people think

    • @c-maack4185
      @c-maack4185 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Craig Mcmullen>>> the best on the Guitar

  • @alvinsimmons7633
    @alvinsimmons7633 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This that shit never will leave you.Good music something you never forget

  • @energyasylum997
    @energyasylum997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow! What a trailblazer! Rest easy Mr. Mayfield 🙏🏻👌🏼!!

  • @lesliebatts9910
    @lesliebatts9910 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There has never been a better musical score than this, ever.