It took Isaac Hayes 12 minutes to write theme from shaft and it won him an Grammy award, bought this in 1975 on a 12" single with another bangin tune ' Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)' the man was a genius.
My father Richard "Johnny " Davis played lead trumpet on this and Hot Buttered Soul ! He played with the Memphis Horns, Otis Redding, Booker T and the MG's and many many others! Cool Cat !!
Yup. It was WAY more fun being 20 in the 70's than being 70 in the 20"s. Back in the day, we thought it would last forever. If there's an afterlife, I hope mine is the summer of '73.
Isaac Hayes led the orchestra. You must hear his I Stand Accused and By The Time I get to Phoenix. He was very talented as a songwriter, singer and producer. His interpretation of songs were creative and entertaining. RIP to a legacy..
Doc Rich, the layers that you are talking about are the horn and string arrangement by Grammy Award Winner, Johnny Allen. Johny Allen is a legend. Johnny Allen was a genius hiding in plain sight!
It always reminded me of the layering in "Poppa Was A Rolling Stone", which for my money is the best produced song ever recorded.....horns, strings and soul.
@@Martin.Wilson Clearly, you have a good ear. Johnny Allen and Paul Riser worked together at Motown in the 60's and remained very good friends for the next 50 years. Johnny Allen won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement for the Theme from Shaft and the following year Paul Riser won the same award for Papa Was A Rolling Stone.
I remember going down to our local record shop after hearing this tune on the radio for the first time, my brother and I bought all of the Isaac Hayes Albums we could at the time, about 5 of them I think. Great music, great memories, not a bad film too!
I am 62.5 our MOM went out and BOUGHT this record after hearing when out dancing. She even bought a record player from Fred Meyer MARKET TIME the forerunner of today's Fred Meyer's (FREDDIES)....A STEREO!!!!
you are VERY funny, this is the first time ive known a reaction like yours to - theme from shaft this was the way it was way back in the 70s. All part of hat makes this a clasic soundtrack and film. you should also listen to- SUPERFLY GUY by Curtis mayfield (also a film main theme)
DUDE! You didn't know that this was the theme from the movie..? Who were your parents/grandparents..?! I feel like Jack Black in 'School of Rock'... You need to listen to Isaac Hayes Live at the Sahara Tahoe. Came out of one of his first concerts after this movie. KILLED it!!! If you want to hear a Television theme, he also does the song from 'The Men' which he scored for TV. Hayes was a Musical Genius..!
Actually in the movie, Shaft was a private detective. Slang in the seventies for Private detective is Private Dick Probably from Dick Tracy. Not a reference to a cop.
Late 60's - early 70's movie soundtracks were off the chart funky. Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Galt MacDermot and Lalo Schifrin were on top of there game there. Even Japanese movies of this era were full of dope joints : th-cam.com/video/TA9LVzuC7z4/w-d-xo.html
My parent's would bring this record out and i knew it and would know as a kid it would be action time in the bedroom, hippie lady on a beanbag,and a crazy military man in the nude 😂 cleaning his gun😂 and the kids think they had it rough These days ,We were sent down to the park 😂
Well, I really wanna hit that like button, but you're wearing that Ohio State t-shirt (I'm from Michigan) so I can't be sure that we can be friends. *grin* yeah, I hit it anyway. Great video!
It took Isaac Hayes 12 minutes to write theme from shaft and it won him an Grammy award, bought this in 1975 on a 12" single with another bangin tune ' Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)' the man was a genius.
I can still remember Hayes coming up on stage at the Grammy's that year in his chain mail muscle shirt. That man invented cool.
My father Richard "Johnny " Davis played lead trumpet on this and Hot Buttered Soul ! He played with the Memphis Horns, Otis Redding, Booker T and the MG's and many many others! Cool Cat !!
That's cool man.
Your father is a legend!
Hot Buttered Soul is an absolute must for more Isaac Hayes. Soul music at it's very best.
We ran to our neighborhood theater when this came out. Our own black hero and Black Moses soundtrack. This was everything to us. Power to the People!
Isaac Hayes won a Grammy award for this track. Great reaction from you too !!
Isaac Hayes had insane levels of talent. Legendary
That is an absolute masterpiece.
In my opinion this score along with Curtis Mayfield's score for Superfly exemplify the best of the era.
Most definitely 💯💯
Got to be the longest musical intro in history.
Yeah, the Superfly soundtrack is even BETTER! Freddy's dead, that's what I sa-id
The 70's were wonderful to me in my prime...
Yup. It was WAY more fun being 20 in the 70's than being 70 in the 20"s. Back in the day, we thought it would last forever. If there's an afterlife, I hope mine is the summer of '73.
Isaac Hayes was the FIRST African American winner of an Academy Award for Best Original Theme for a movie (1972).
One of the greatest all time music drama themes of all times.
Instantly recognisable.
INSTANT.
Total class. And loved your reaction brother.
Isaac Hayes led the orchestra. You must hear his I Stand Accused and By The Time I get to Phoenix. He was very talented as a songwriter, singer and producer. His interpretation of songs were creative and entertaining. RIP to a legacy..
Facts
Three Tough Guys main theme.
It's 2023 and I'm still listening to this music. The 70's was the best for everything. It was fun to be a teen
Right On! I dig it!
He’s a bad mutha….
yep
This had entire movie theaters giggling and clapping. Wonderful theme.
A great, classic theme.
Doc Rich, the layers that you are talking about are the horn and string arrangement by Grammy Award Winner, Johnny Allen. Johny Allen is a legend. Johnny Allen was a genius hiding in plain sight!
It always reminded me of the layering in "Poppa Was A Rolling Stone", which for my money is the best produced song ever recorded.....horns, strings and soul.
@@Martin.Wilson Clearly, you have a good ear. Johnny Allen and Paul Riser worked together at Motown in the 60's and remained very good friends for the next 50 years. Johnny Allen won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement for the Theme from Shaft and the following year Paul Riser won the same award for Papa Was A Rolling Stone.
@@jallenjr1959 Very cool....thanks for the info!
definite classic...so many layers to it
Doc, this is a hard hitting timeless (50 years and counting), jam.
I was a Drum Major when this song came out and people knew when we were coming when we did this Isacc Hayes brought the smoke.
And it played [constantly] on every Jukebox in North America. .. I was -at that moment- a radio broadcaster.
Theme from Shaft, winner of an Academy Award for Best Original Song from a movie in 1972.
I have the 45 rpm record of this in my jukebox. One of my go-to records!
Still cool after all these years
Issac Hays and Sam Pitts are legends !
70s music 🎶 🎵 👌 was so AWESOME
I remember going down to our local record shop after hearing this tune on the radio for the first time, my brother and I bought all of the Isaac Hayes Albums we could at the time, about 5 of them I think. Great music, great memories, not a bad film too!
I am 62.5 our MOM went out and BOUGHT this record after hearing when out dancing. She even bought a record player from Fred Meyer MARKET TIME the forerunner of today's Fred Meyer's (FREDDIES)....A STEREO!!!!
Academy Award winner Isaac Hayes
Shaft is a series of movies from the blaxploitation era. The first film won an Oscar for this score.
And 7 tv episodes. Saturday afternoon at one time was Shaft afternoon with the movies and the tv episodes.
I would give my right arm to have been in the recording studio when this masterpiece was created.
Without seeing the movie, I know this is the theme song of the coolest brother in the world.
He was only 21 when he scored this
you are VERY funny, this is the first time ive known a reaction like yours to - theme from shaft this was the way it was way back in the 70s. All part of hat makes this a clasic soundtrack and film.
you should also listen to- SUPERFLY GUY by Curtis mayfield (also a film main theme)
Watch it this song is like "The Mecca" in our community🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
HORNS 😊Crazy.
Eh doc, perfect reaction to a beautifull song man.
Pretty cool movie too. The great Richard Roundtree
@@gypsygirl3255 He didn't know that it was a movie? Why not look it up on TH-cam just to be sure?
One of my old faves.
Love your funny reaction. My first laugh for today. Thanks. LOL!
My thoughts about 30 secs in when you were already rockin' was "You ain't heard nothin' yet."
DUDE! You didn't know that this was the theme from the movie..? Who were your parents/grandparents..?! I feel like Jack Black in 'School of Rock'... You need to listen to Isaac Hayes Live at the Sahara Tahoe. Came out of one of his first concerts after this movie. KILLED it!!! If you want to hear a Television theme, he also does the song from 'The Men' which he scored for TV. Hayes was a Musical Genius..!
I own an original 1971 audio cassette of the soundtrack to this day.
Never watched the show, but always loved the theme. The one from the movie is interesting.
@The Dan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft_(TV_series)
@@ThatShyGuyMatt Thank you for stating that, because I do indeed remember the tv series as well. It was short-lived ,but I enjoyed it.
It isn't a show it's a movie
@The Dan Actually it was a TV show later on.
Multi talented. Ahsneeze from "Robin hood men in tights " the prison scene is priceless
"Feat of strength??! Ah, now that you are here, and I am here. What we have is great strength of feet!!"
Yes.
This sounds like the 2002 version. You need to hear the 1971 version.
"Private Dick" is a reference to "Dick Tracy" a popular comic strip police detective. The term "Dick" is like using the term "cop."
Actually in the movie, Shaft was a private detective. Slang in the seventies for Private detective is Private Dick Probably from Dick Tracy. Not a reference to a cop.
BARRY WHITES🔥Love Ballad🔥Got Next, Right❗
thats barry white on vocals
No it's not Barry White
Great reaction! Thanks!
I bought his to be continued album when I was stationed in Korea in74
I always think its chef from south park singing
BTW he was Chef on South Park
This is NOT the original, but a remake of the original. Find the album version from the soundtrack. Glad it was Issac who redid this.
Late 60's - early 70's movie soundtracks were off the chart funky. Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Galt MacDermot and Lalo Schifrin were on top of there game there. Even Japanese movies of this era were full of dope joints :
th-cam.com/video/TA9LVzuC7z4/w-d-xo.html
My parent's would bring this record out and i knew it and would know as a kid it would be action time in the bedroom, hippie lady on a beanbag,and a crazy military man in the nude 😂 cleaning his gun😂 and the kids think they had it rough
These days ,We were sent down to the park 😂
Just found your channel, You should do Superfly by Curtis Mayfield if you haven’t done so
Memphis 1971!
This go dumb everytime 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Well, I really wanna hit that like button, but you're wearing that Ohio State t-shirt (I'm from Michigan) so I can't be sure that we can be friends. *grin* yeah, I hit it anyway. Great video!
Hey Doc this is the 2000 version film not the1971 version check up on that
Not sure if this is the original recording. Great theme song nonetheless!
👍 ❤
not the original version but still good
Similar to the intro to Papa is a Rolling Stone by the Temptations. I wonder if it's the same backup musicians.
Hayes help put the "FUNK" into the funkin' seventies.
Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man?
Black Moses! 🖤
My body hair grown 5 cm meanwhile i ear this song.
Put some respect on his name…Issac Hayes
Nice 👍
Shaft is a BAD Motha-... Shut cho mouth!! ---- I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft...
In this context, "dick" is slang for "detective".
This is not the original version from 1971.
It is the 2002 remaster.
Dr evil sample this song
React to this: "Isaac Hayes-Chocolate Salty Balls" Live: th-cam.com/video/tM9rnqdAx00/w-d-xo.html
!971 and 72 were years of great, but called Black exploitation films.
We gettin robed nowadays.
Not the original.
Hey doc I have a lump on my nut sac. Can you please cure me?
Issac Hays and Sam Pitts are legends !