I had a party, wanted it to be the talk of the town, well it was. My stereo was connected to a amplifier, Kool n the Gang was blasting shaking the walls, whistles blowing and then a Poppin sound replaced Kool the Gang , the Amp speaker busted, and we continued to dance to music we could hardly hear. Nothing can replace the fun we had back in the day!!!!!
One of the best bands of all time! Their music is just as fabulous today as it was in the 70s. Love the horns and the coordinated suit colors!! Kool's Brother, Ronald Bell, is too good looking!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️💜💙💚💛🧡❤
those members look like Real Madrid players: Real Madrid "black galacticos" future and future "kool & the gang" members: 🟩yes🟨probably🟥far Strickers: Vinicius jr🟩 Tammy Abraam🟥 Gabriel Jesus🟨 Rodrygo Goes🟩 Serge Gnabry🟨 Midfielder: Christoper Nkunku🟨 Aurelien Tchouameni🟩 Jude Bellingham🟨 Eduard Camavinga🟩 Gerson Santos🟥 Defenses: Ferland Mendy🟩 Eder Militão🟩 Antonio Rüdiger🟩 David Alaba🟩 Fikayo Tomori🟥 Reece James🟨 Goalkeeper: Mike Maignan🟥
WHEW 😅 these brothers were the epitome of a band,that brother Robert Bell was so under the radar on tenor saxophone 🎷 but man that brother wrote outstanding horn arrangements,as well as taking some breath taking solo's,also DENNIS THOMAS, ROBERT " SPIKE" MICKENS, CLIFFORD SOLOMON on BONE,so much pure music 🎵 in the horn section, and Cannot forget to mention the rythum section, brother ROBERT "Kool" bell on bass,RICK west on keys that funky, ferocious horner D6,clavinet, CLADYES E.X.SMITH on guitar,and brother and that funky drummer brother GEORGE " funky" BROWN,the O.G.s ,KOOL& the GANG
Dude haircut was tight. I was born in 72' My mom told me when I was a baby, everytime Jungle Boogie came on, I would dance with my bottle and she and my older cousins would dance with me. They did it to get a laugh. She said, I loved that song.
Kool & The Gangs funkiest jam of all time. this is one jam that could hang with the rest. when they crossed over with Celebration, I lost some interest and being a DJ, it fused with disco, but I was playing P FUNK and heavy RNB. So, I always went back to this one jam by them that would pack a dance floor along with Hollywood swinging.
The irony. Can't get enough funky stuff, all the while MAKING that funky stuff! Back when people used to actually play instruments to make music. This is the good stuff.
Robert Zeurunkl ,, thk you,, bk when we actually had REAL MUSICIANS, not this computer sampling crap that don’t even know what key they playing in,,,, but they r called a musician,, it’s hard to take, plus these ingnorant kids paying 100 plus dollars to hear their sorry azz ,, but life goes on,,,,
I'm 60 favorite jam when I was in junior high. For the young people that has the fortune finding this video. The people aren't dancing. The are " THROWING "
This song is so ill and funky, the Soul Train dancers are moving as if they are being shock with electric, all over their bodies. Yes, their music in those days was funky, jazzy with accents on instrumentals, improvisation with the whole band being lead and resting on Kools pulsating bass line. Summer Madness and Open Sesame are classics to this day. I personally don't think they sold out as someone said in their comments earlier. The times changed, and the music changed. The clothes we wore in the 70's, were out of style in the 80's. And even though their music may have changed, one thing remain constant and consistent; Kools funky bass line kept us dancing throughout the 80's. People wanted to dance, so they made music we could dance to, while keeping it tight with a soulful lead singer and rhythms, melodies and ballads that's better than 99% of the crap that's playing on the radio today.
Well.....the music being heard today is a result of what is in demand / desired - it's a reflection of people's music tastes of today - just wanted to make a note of it
It was a big pleasure not only buying them 8tracks to listen to these great bands in your rides and then you get to watch them on tv around Saturday mid day or late night on midnight special , American bandstand , etc. These days ....what’s out there on tv ? Hate ppl & Hip hop ... that’s a joke!!! In 70s it wasn’t like that that unless you come across ignorant stupidity. I’ll take Ohio players , kool & gang, Earth Wind Fire , etc over any hip hop BS ... This music created peace & love & dancing with each other among whites & blacks , Latinos around USA 🇺🇸 where hip hop created hatred , racism and victims from ignorance of words in hip hop..
The reason the VAST majority of so-called "music" today is crap is because it doesn't take much creativity to have some computer lay down a generic track, whereas back in the day, musicians ACTUALLY HAD TO PRACTICE PLAYING INSTRUMENTS, and that time playing with other musicians produced some incredible creativity and timeless classics, such as "Jungle Boogie" among other classic songs. Nowadays, it's some shitty genre called MUMBLE rap or Justin Beiber. Ugghhhhh! I'll always keep an open mind to something that sounds good, but finding music that has depth and sounds good nowadays is like waiting for Haley's Comet to reappear.
Kool -- resplendent in his mint green suit -- wrote himself a fabulous bass line for "Jungle Boogie" ... outstanding. tight, well rehearsed (even of this show was sync'd) band ... you can play this album forever
Damn straight! I saw the "oldschool" Kool & the Gang at Disneyland during this period and they were MINDBLOWING. Incredible rhythm section and overall a very sophisticated fusion of funk, rock, and jazz. When they took a sharp left turn into commercialism with "Celebration" the 'hood party was over. But God bless 'em, they paid their dues and it was time to make some big green.
One of the great disappointments of my life was the turn towards commercialism of Kool & the Gang during the '8o's. I never forgave them or the Pointer Sisters.
I love 💕 early Kool & the Gang forever! We jammed to their early sounds in Philly. Those timeless early jams had substance then & are still the "jaun"!
those members look like Real Madrid players: Real Madrid "black galacticos" future and future "kool & the gang" members: 🟩yes🟨probably🟥far Strickers: Vinicius jr🟩 Tammy Abraam🟥 Gabriel Jesus🟨 Rodrygo Goes🟩 Serge Gnabry🟨 Midfielder: Christoper Nkunku🟨 Aurelien Tchouameni🟩 Jude Bellingham🟨 Eduard Camavinga🟩 Gerson Santos🟥 Defenses: Ferland Mendy🟩 Eder Militão🟩 Antonio Rüdiger🟩 David Alaba🟩 Fikayo Tomori🟥 Reece James🟨 Goalkeeper: Mike Maignan🟥
Great tune Funky Stuff!!! I've always loved it! Brings back happy memories. I must have been 9 or 10 years old back then but always loved good music!!!
Ones Genius Band ever 👂 Hear Jersey City ,New Jersey 🇯🇪 GREATEST Dazzling Dance Dazz - Jazzy - Jazz Future Fusion 💃 Dancing /Harder Dazz/JAZZ/Funky Rocking/ Raw/ Rolling/Red Black Genius Green Flag. Really Rhymes & Blues/Update /Uplifting Future The Kool & The Gangs Genius Soulful Groove Sounds. 1968 -2020. Rest.in.Peace Ronald x Bell.
I just adore this band. Lucky I saw them live about 10 years ago with a lot of the original members. Top notch jazz cats - funk is what they're known for - but the technical / musicality smarts is what they have so much of w/ probably the greatest, most positive vibe I've ever known in music. Put them on to feel good. K & the G forever!
Once for me.. Cardiff in Wales.. they really got around.. so GLAD they didn't leave us out.. I've NEVER forgotten the thrill of the brass section synchronised moves while making incredible music..
those members look like Real Madrid players: Real Madrid "black galacticos" future and future "kool & the gang" members: 🟩yes🟨probably🟥far Strickers: Vinicius jr🟩 Tammy Abraam🟥 Gabriel Jesus🟨 Rodrygo Goes🟩 Serge Gnabry🟨 Midfielder: Christoper Nkunku🟨 Aurelien Tchouameni🟩 Jude Bellingham🟨 Eduard Camavinga🟩 Gerson Santos🟥 Defenses: Ferland Mendy🟩 Eder Militão🟩 Antonio Rüdiger🟩 David Alaba🟩 Fikayo Tomori🟥 Reece James🟨 Goalkeeper: Mike Maignan🟥
Dennin...in the grape suit & the whistle, was the most recent to pass away, in his sleep at home. Spike, in the orange, passed around 2010 in a nursing home.. Ronald, Kool's brother, in the red, passed last year or 2020. This original horn section gone, as is Claydes Smith, the guitarist. R.I.P. all
Robert "Kool" Bell aka Muhammad Bayyan, Ronald Bell aka Khalis Bayyan, "Funky" George Brown, Dennis "DT" Thomas, the late great Spike Mickens, the late great Ricky Westfield aka Ricky West, and the late great Charles Smith sometimes misspelled as Claydes Smith. Classic Kool & the Gang form their Funk period, following their jazz era and preceding pop superstardom. From Jersey City, New Jersey they were pioneers of Funk along with Funkadelic (Plainfield, New Jersey), the Ohio Players (Dayton, Ohio), Sly & the Family Stone (Oakland, CA) and James Brown (Augusta, GA). Their 1974 album Wild & Peaceful is a landmark.
Don't matter 70s or 80s Kool and the gang knew how to rip shit up! You can't f with JT Taylor s vocals. He put Kool and the Gang on another ride. But hey, it's all good! You got your 70s. I got my 80s
Remembering Ronald Bell (1951-2020), aka Khalis Bayyan. The composer-songwriter-tenor saxophonist was a co-founding member of the group. As-salamu alaykum.
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I had a party, wanted it to be the talk of the town, well it was. My stereo was connected to a amplifier, Kool n the Gang was blasting shaking the walls, whistles blowing and then a Poppin sound replaced Kool the Gang , the Amp speaker busted, and we continued to dance to music we could hardly hear. Nothing can replace the fun we had back in the day!!!!!
One of the best bands of all time! Their music is just as fabulous today as it was in the 70s. Love the horns and the coordinated suit colors!! Kool's Brother, Ronald Bell, is too good looking!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️💜💙💚💛🧡❤
Can we just take a minute to appreciate how color coordinated their suits are ✨✨✨😎😎🤩🤩
R.I.P RONALD BELL, founder of the iconic Kool&The Gang
Co- founder and music director
THIS IS THE FOR REAL KOOL & THE GANG - and the dance here with our arms flailing... everyone is dancing on the one...
Can't get enough of those horns!! 💘
Hell yeah listening to this all the time in 2022! #FifteenLtd
those members look like Real Madrid players:
Real Madrid "black galacticos" future and future "kool & the gang" members:
🟩yes🟨probably🟥far
Strickers:
Vinicius jr🟩
Tammy Abraam🟥
Gabriel Jesus🟨
Rodrygo Goes🟩
Serge Gnabry🟨
Midfielder:
Christoper Nkunku🟨
Aurelien Tchouameni🟩
Jude Bellingham🟨
Eduard Camavinga🟩
Gerson Santos🟥
Defenses:
Ferland Mendy🟩
Eder Militão🟩
Antonio Rüdiger🟩
David Alaba🟩
Fikayo Tomori🟥
Reece James🟨
Goalkeeper:
Mike Maignan🟥
WHEW 😅 these brothers were the epitome of a band,that brother Robert Bell was so under the radar on tenor saxophone 🎷 but man that brother wrote outstanding horn arrangements,as well as taking some breath taking solo's,also DENNIS THOMAS, ROBERT " SPIKE" MICKENS, CLIFFORD SOLOMON on BONE,so much pure music 🎵 in the horn section, and Cannot forget to mention the rythum section, brother ROBERT "Kool" bell on bass,RICK west on keys that funky, ferocious horner D6,clavinet, CLADYES E.X.SMITH on guitar,and brother and that funky drummer brother GEORGE " funky" BROWN,the O.G.s ,KOOL& the GANG
Growing up in the 70's they had real music that you could dance too
Thank you for that!!!!🎷🎺👍😊
Too bad this was lip synced.
Had to watch this twice because I just cant get enough of that funky stuff
RIP Ronald Bell. Thanksgiving for all the musical inspiration.
We all love your funky music.. (chair dancing )
Dude haircut was tight. I was born in 72' My mom told me when I was a baby, everytime Jungle Boogie came on, I would dance with my bottle and she and my older cousins would dance with me. They did it to get a laugh. She said, I loved that song.
Kool & The Gangs funkiest jam of all time. this is one jam that could hang with the rest. when they crossed over with Celebration, I lost some interest and being a DJ, it fused with disco, but I was playing P FUNK and heavy RNB. So, I always went back to this one jam by them that would pack a dance floor along with Hollywood swinging.
The irony. Can't get enough funky stuff, all the while MAKING that funky stuff! Back when people used to actually play instruments to make music. This is the good stuff.
TRUTH
However I think they're lip-syncing to their album on this performance.
Robert Zeurunkl ,, thk you,, bk when we actually had REAL MUSICIANS, not this computer sampling crap that don’t even know what key they playing in,,,, but they r called a musician,, it’s hard to take, plus these ingnorant kids paying 100 plus dollars to hear their sorry azz ,, but life goes on,,,,
@@abaneyone That was my take on it.
word up
its sad what has become of music
So funky it hurts! What a stonkingly good track from the greatest era EVER for music - The 70s!
Well said!
AMEN!
Is that the coolest guitar player in the world!! 💘 him & his coolness!!
Danced like crazy to this. Back in the day.🎵🎵
Uooouoooouooooo yeaaaaaahhhh!!!!!don't live this years but i feel like was made for me,LOOVEEEE FUNK!!!!
Can never get enough of that Funky stuff 🎱😎 EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS 🤣
I'm 60 favorite jam when I was in junior high. For the young people that has the fortune finding this video. The people aren't dancing. The are " THROWING "
In 12/22 I still can't get enough that funky stuff! Funk NEVER gets old.
(too bad I can't say that! Haha. Approaching a funky 61this April)
This song is so ill and funky, the Soul Train dancers are moving as if they are being shock with electric, all over their bodies. Yes, their music in those days was funky, jazzy with accents on instrumentals, improvisation with the whole band being lead and resting on Kools pulsating bass line. Summer Madness and Open Sesame are classics to this day. I personally don't think they sold out as someone said in their comments earlier. The times changed, and the music changed. The clothes we wore in the 70's, were out of style in the 80's. And even though their music may have changed, one thing remain constant and consistent; Kools funky bass line kept us dancing throughout the 80's. People wanted to dance, so they made music we could dance to, while keeping it tight with a soulful lead singer and rhythms, melodies and ballads that's better than 99% of the crap that's playing on the radio today.
Well.....the music being heard today is a result of what is in demand / desired - it's a reflection of people's music tastes of today - just wanted to make a note of it
TRUTH INDEED
It was a big pleasure not only buying them 8tracks to listen to these great bands in your rides and then you get to watch them on tv around Saturday mid day or late night on midnight special , American bandstand , etc.
These days ....what’s out there on tv ? Hate ppl & Hip hop ... that’s a joke!!!
In 70s it wasn’t like that that unless you come across ignorant stupidity.
I’ll take Ohio players , kool & gang, Earth Wind Fire , etc over any hip hop BS ...
This music created peace & love & dancing with each other among whites & blacks , Latinos around USA 🇺🇸 where hip hop created hatred , racism and victims from ignorance of words in hip hop..
The reason the VAST majority of so-called "music" today is crap is because it doesn't take much creativity to have some computer lay down a generic track, whereas back in the day, musicians ACTUALLY HAD TO PRACTICE PLAYING INSTRUMENTS, and that time playing with other musicians produced some incredible creativity and timeless classics, such as "Jungle Boogie" among other classic songs. Nowadays, it's some shitty genre called MUMBLE rap or Justin Beiber. Ugghhhhh! I'll always keep an open mind to something that sounds good, but finding music that has depth and sounds good nowadays is like waiting for Haley's Comet to reappear.
Greatest funk song ever written!
KOOL was always in the background. Once Don asked him why? KOL'S reply" they know who I am 👑
😁
Kool -- resplendent in his mint green suit -- wrote himself a fabulous bass line for "Jungle Boogie" ... outstanding. tight, well rehearsed (even of this show was sync'd) band ... you can play this album forever
Rest in peace, Ronald Bell a.k.a. Khalis Bayyan. Chilltown JC legend.
They’re some baddest group!
These guys dominated the Funk game for 10 years them dominated the contemporary pop game for 10 more.
Wow, Robert Cool & the Gang.
The band of the times.
The ultimate 70's party band.
If blacks could unite like we do music. . . . . . WE WOULD BE SO AWESOME
TRUTH INDEED AMEN
Pan
@Dio Dio What better music lol
Dat's 💯🎶
Unite and do what...?
Damn straight! I saw the "oldschool" Kool & the Gang at Disneyland during this period and they were MINDBLOWING. Incredible rhythm section and overall a very sophisticated fusion of funk, rock, and jazz. When they took a sharp left turn into commercialism with "Celebration" the 'hood party was over. But God bless 'em, they paid their dues and it was time to make some big green.
Precisely.
Bro, I was there at that show. I think it was 74', the good ol daze! Peace , Love and Soul!
@@sammyflores6607 : High five!
One of the great disappointments of my life was the turn towards commercialism of Kool & the Gang during the '8o's. I never forgave them or the Pointer Sisters.
@@GarthAstrology: They needed to make some money to survive! :)
The SOULLLLL TRAIN !!!! One of the BEST BANDS OF The 70 's💖💖💖💖💖
I wish I was born during this time just to hear this song and dance and sing. Songs nowadays give me heart attacks and ear infections.
still can't get enough!!!
of that funky stuff!
@@pepe6666 cause I tried and I tried...
Such Great Memories! I'm from the "Soul Train" era, and I must've missed this episode!
The 70's!
I love 💕 early Kool & the Gang forever! We jammed to their early sounds in Philly. Those timeless early jams had substance then & are still the "jaun"!
When I think of old school funk/Soul Train this says it all...
This was great music before the 80's!!!
I miss these talented instrumental groups like KATG, Tower of Power, War , etc.... magical time in music🎶✨.
I can totally pass on Celebrate, Ladies Night, & Get Down On It....
THIS is the Kool & The Gang I love to death.
Peaceful Journey Kool, thanks for some GREAT music!!🎶🎵
Ronald "Khalis" Bell passed away. RIP.
In James Brown's autobiography he refers to Kool & the Gang as the "second-funkiest band in the world"
“They the SECOND best thing out there!” 🤣👏🏽
That's high praise right there . . .
3rd place I would give to Parliament
@@DominiqueVanheusden Great call- it's a crowded field of contenders!
My sister & I loved watching Soul Train on Saturdays after cartoons and before going outside to play!!
those members look like Real Madrid players:
Real Madrid "black galacticos" future and future "kool & the gang" members:
🟩yes🟨probably🟥far
Strickers:
Vinicius jr🟩
Tammy Abraam🟥
Gabriel Jesus🟨
Rodrygo Goes🟩
Serge Gnabry🟨
Midfielder:
Christoper Nkunku🟨
Aurelien Tchouameni🟩
Jude Bellingham🟨
Eduard Camavinga🟩
Gerson Santos🟥
Defenses:
Ferland Mendy🟩
Eder Militão🟩
Antonio Rüdiger🟩
David Alaba🟩
Fikayo Tomori🟥
Reece James🟨
Goalkeeper:
Mike Maignan🟥
I was just in junior high school I remember when this jam came out, amazing even today the funk lives on!!!!
Me too
Beautiful
Great tune Funky Stuff!!! I've always loved it! Brings back happy memories. I must have been 9 or 10 years old back then but always loved good music!!!
This is how Funk was meant to be. Glad I grow up in the 70s.
Talk about Cool....This is the koolest band ever🎸🎤🎼🎶🎷📯🎺
👍
Can’t get enough 🤩🎧🤩☝🏽
The glory days of funk and soul!! Kool and the gang is as good as it gets!!!!!!
...!JUST SIMPLY
SMOOOOOOTH...
THE CAMBELLOCK ALWAYS WENT GREAT WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL FUNK SOUND!!!...
Anybody else feeling that whistle? lol
Are you high?
Cause I am very high
Yes, & I was feeling that brief opening bass that lead the way,have mercy.
I sure felt that whistle. My son likes ole school
it started a trend at discos in74
Hell yeah. I’m a percussionist and my whistle is one of my favorite toys!
Partayyyyy!! Heyyyy! Jam jam jammin' on the right! Jam jam jammin' on the left!.... 😀
Ones Genius Band ever 👂 Hear
Jersey City ,New Jersey 🇯🇪
GREATEST Dazzling Dance
Dazz - Jazzy - Jazz Future
Fusion 💃 Dancing /Harder
Dazz/JAZZ/Funky Rocking/
Raw/ Rolling/Red Black Genius
Green Flag.
Really Rhymes & Blues/Update
/Uplifting Future The Kool &
The Gangs Genius Soulful Groove
Sounds. 1968 -2020.
Rest.in.Peace Ronald x Bell.
A time before disco.a band was in every garage .and kids actually played instruments in school
Well Put
ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME Legends 2023.
Bass line is killer
I just adore this band. Lucky I saw them live about 10 years ago with a lot of the original members. Top notch jazz cats - funk is what they're known for - but the technical / musicality smarts is what they have so much of w/ probably the greatest, most positive vibe I've ever known in music. Put them on to feel good. K & the G forever!
The bass player in green is Robert "Kool" Bell. His brother, Ronald Bell, on saxophone, passed away a few weeks ago. R.I.P. brother Ronnie
And the one in purple is the father of "Myra" on Family Matters
@@phylliswatson8231 WOW....I didn't know that. She was so pretty.
Ooowheeeee!!! The funk here is almost fatal. Dammmm this is hot stuff!
NOW THIS KIND OF GANG IS A KOOL GANG.
Legendary right there ,so many rap song been sample from this song .
One friday night at the Huber Heights Roller Rink 12am to 6am the old heads wore this jam out,folks took off their skates,jamming.
Damm good music
I have this on the original LP , 8 TRACK !! , Cassette and CD..
One person thought they had enough of that funky stuff. Soulless measle. Kool & The Gang is Hollywood swingin'!
The dancer at 4:28 was lit in the background lol!
Notice how they don't rush their playing....they just let the groove sink in....
I was a kid then, and this music was much fun for dancing.
Saw them open for Van Halen in 2012... they were FANTASTIC!
Fantastic ! Funk Will Never die !
Wow that sounds sooo good!!! I had the pleasure of experiencing seeing their live performances many times in Philly!!!!
Once for me.. Cardiff in Wales.. they really got around.. so GLAD they didn't leave us out..
I've NEVER forgotten the thrill of the brass section synchronised moves while making incredible music..
Saw them last year at “The Taste of Colorado!” They were fantastic
My favorite whistle 😍
Let's go Lakers!!!!!! And love this one
Lakers 70s
The real Kool & The Gang !!!
Facts
Precisely.
Got that right
With Donald Boyce !
Me and my dogs LOVE IT!!!!
those members look like Real Madrid players:
Real Madrid "black galacticos" future and future "kool & the gang" members:
🟩yes🟨probably🟥far
Strickers:
Vinicius jr🟩
Tammy Abraam🟥
Gabriel Jesus🟨
Rodrygo Goes🟩
Serge Gnabry🟨
Midfielder:
Christoper Nkunku🟨
Aurelien Tchouameni🟩
Jude Bellingham🟨
Eduard Camavinga🟩
Gerson Santos🟥
Defenses:
Ferland Mendy🟩
Eder Militão🟩
Antonio Rüdiger🟩
David Alaba🟩
Fikayo Tomori🟥
Reece James🟨
Goalkeeper:
Mike Maignan🟥
These black lives truly mattered.
Mis respetos desde México para ese grupo. Tengo 19 años y pues me encanta como se siente ese tipo de música. Sas. Puro jalisco compa
Funk at it's best!
All I needed was Hollywood's swinging and Nirvana is within touching distance,top quality music
Wow so Kool and the Gang performed “Jungle Boogie” twice on “Soul Train.” The first with with the cool guy with the hat making all the sounds.
Drops EVERYTHING
Starts PopLockin...
Oh no! They are miming! What a shame. I didn’t know that happened back then. 😮
Te Best música old the times, Kool & The Gang...RIP Dennis Thomas
WHO IS LISTENING 2 THE KOOL AND THE GANG! 2021.
My lost his mind! Had to have the album! Yes! The album.
The 70's, when black folks all had the same hair.
Nobody will believe this but I was the first president of Kool & the Gang's fan club in 1971 in New York
Very cool
FEEL THE FUNK Y'ALL.LET IT FLOW.
🔊🎶🕺💃😄😁
Dennin...in the grape suit & the whistle, was the most recent to pass away, in his sleep at home. Spike, in the orange, passed around 2010 in a nursing home.. Ronald, Kool's brother, in the red, passed last year or 2020. This original horn section gone, as is Claydes Smith, the guitarist. R.I.P. all
R.I.P. Dennis "Jay Tee" Thomas. The Koolest! 💔
" The only music worth calling music, I'm talking bout the Funk!"
This Gentlemen are known as Kool&the Gang.😄
Man would Id loved to be at that jam, lucky people to be at that, funk at its very level best. Iconic
Robert "Kool" Bell aka Muhammad Bayyan, Ronald Bell aka Khalis Bayyan, "Funky" George Brown, Dennis "DT" Thomas, the late great Spike Mickens, the late great Ricky Westfield aka Ricky West, and the late great Charles Smith sometimes misspelled as Claydes Smith. Classic Kool & the Gang form their Funk period, following their jazz era and preceding pop superstardom. From Jersey City, New Jersey they were pioneers of Funk along with Funkadelic (Plainfield, New Jersey), the Ohio Players (Dayton, Ohio), Sly & the Family Stone (Oakland, CA) and James Brown (Augusta, GA). Their 1974 album Wild & Peaceful is a landmark.
This ain't no damn "Celebration" or "Joanna", bruh. This is the real thing here!
TRUTH INDEED I LOVE THEIR FUNK SONGS BETTER
ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY, before they went "COMMERCIAL " they used to put it down hard like this !!!
The real Kool and the Gang, so soulful and funky!
Hell Yeah!
Don't matter 70s or 80s Kool and the gang knew how to rip shit up! You can't f with JT Taylor s vocals. He put Kool and the Gang on another ride. But hey, it's all good! You got your 70s. I got my 80s
Saturday morning the had better have been cleaned!! For Those Who Understand!! SOUL TRAIN was must see. Our parents had us in serious check!
Remembering Ronald Bell (1951-2020), aka Khalis Bayyan. The composer-songwriter-tenor saxophonist was a co-founding member of the group. As-salamu alaykum.