AL Green I'm .Tired of Being Alone

[@ThaRiddler]

Rumor is that this outfit made Al turn his life to Christ. I believe it.

[@LUVINEMBRACE]

It was the hot grits that did it lol

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Yes that outfit is kind of out there, to say the least.

[@promayes8186]

Lol😂

[@funkydank8207]

When music was so moving and soulful ( Chris Tucker scene in dead president’s still gives me chills)

[@amarvinwinansfan]

I was looking for this comment! I just watched DP this wknd!

[@KeithPonder21]

Watched it last night

[@christophertorrefranca8259]

Watching it now...

[@mrkenboosie]

Me too...

[@candiicaine]

Phewwww yesss

[@kennethbarron178]

I actually saw this Soul Train episode when it aired when I was a kid. Watching it now, 2023, I can't believe I never noticed his outfit in it's entirely. Whatever, Al still the man!😂

[@ginaharden2111]

...nice man bag LOL whew....the entire outfit...makes me want to be Al Green for Halloween

[@sewueseuvah162]

SAME!!! I just looked at this now (at age 42) and was like.... wtf does he have on?!

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Key word is "still the man". If he wore that outfit someone would surmise that he is "transitioning"

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

I meant to say if he wore that outfit today

[@LindaOliver-e8q]

I was watching this on Soul Train when it aired. I was a huge Al Green fan. However, I thought the outfit was a bit much. I told my boyfriend at the time I thought Al might be gay. My boyfriend got upset with me. He said just because a man was wearing hotpants didn't mean he was gay. My boyfriend had gorgeous legs and thighs, and a great body. However, he NEVER wore hotpants.

[@unrhu]

The movie Dead Presidents has forever etched the scene of Skip ODing sitting in front of the TV with Al Green singing this very song, on Soul Train.

[@EshaBby444]

It's the very reason this song makes me sad! I was a kid (not supposed to be watching that movie at the time) and that scene made me cry lol

[@mosaicmonk4380]

😂 facts.

[@dwanrobinson]

Yeah the Chris Tucker scene was tough.

[@forporter1]

For me, the etched in my mind to that scene was "Let's Stay Together". I could've sworn that was the song. I was watching the movie waiting for that scene thinking about "Let's Stay Together".

[@tonyp8153]

Who still loves real black music

[@berrysealey5628]

Always love it

[@charleswilliams8248]

Sho Nuff!👍🏾

[@raynasty184]

my favorite thing about this video is all the afros

[@Eternally888]

Captain Hook boots, Daisy Duke shorts, Pimpin Purple Hat, Halter top, gold jewelry dripping, Afros……..yep this is the 70’s…😊..we won’t mention the purse😳😳😳

[@sewueseuvah162]

The outfit made me raise an eyebrow... then the purse had my eyes bugged out! Love Al Green tho

[@GP_017]

Yeaaaa my first time seeing tht fucked me up I been seeing this since dead prez

[@gerahuey3706]

😂😂😂😂 ❤❤❤❤

[@dquyet1]

Watched Soul Train every week but I DON’T recall him wearing this!!!!! 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 WOW

[@dquyet1]

Captain Hook boots had me rollin 🤣😂😅😂🤣😭😭😭😭

[@tkotan295]

I think he just woke up from a party at nicky barnes house and grabbed whatever clothes were laying on the floor!

[@KingMe725]

Al Green would NEVER wear ANYTHING second-hand 😂

[@bearc1373]

Dope as fuck man

[@miarobinson847]

T kotan 😂

[@bertha8893]

Best comment🤣if your boyfriend dressed like this on a date would you go?! I love al green

[@tonymartin354]

This just was the era 💯

[@RosettisRevenge]

He was breaking barriers with that outfit 👏🏽

[@scienz]

looking like a shaw brothers movie character

[@illyagardner8980]

Breaking barriers for who Back in tha day he wouldn't walk through his neighborhood dressed like that lol

[@mosesthomas8499]

They was pushing the gay agenda then do your history

[@jackiegeritz5345]

So that's where man bags started!

[@Frederm]

Tank top, short skirt, hand bag and come fxxk me boots what more do you need? Aye

[@missayawk]

This outfit was so ahead of its time....NOBODY has rocked it since....this was a one of one

[@carolynforge8586]

That's because he was the man.

[@NoNo-ng9sl]

Only Prince stood next to the drip Mr Al Green had.

[@Slick-Wit-it]

Dude was wearing a 👜 purse

[@MarqueshaMartin]

The way That hat leaning tho.....the epitome of cool

[@marcustrice3246]

And to think this was years before T.I. was leaning his hat to the side

[@tonyd8771]

Can't get no cooler

[@mrwilliams9577]

dude in the yellow behind him is KILLING IT!!

[@turn5990]

He doing that Philly slop!!! Kind off what George Jefferson does!!!

[@mitchellwoods1188]

He's getting it

[@skinnyman1434]

And the girl behind Al looks like she wants to put a serious hurtin' on him.

[@mychannel-zu6tz]

@@skinnyman1434🤣

[@johnweldon7738]

You seem right he's in the feelings

[@talxel]

Al shocked us all that day. That style didn't catch on on the east coast. My grandma said he must be full of dope.

[@yvettegorham4672]

Grandma's cold...😂😂😂😂😂

[@jengriffin152]

She better say it then! Nd she was right! That didn't make it to the east coast nowhere. At least not uptown.

[@joynettiewalker]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@velshock]

Dope. I love that expression!

[@brendathompson2288]

😆 🤣 😂 I swear every older person back in the day used to say dope. Not weed, Marijuana, or reefer, but dope. 🤣🤣🤣

[@GoodnightIrieMon]

The woman behind Al at 2:25 looking at him like “Is that my purse?” LOL!

[@missayawk]

Yeah....she got that look on her face

[@phyllisreed6731]

I did not notice her at first but yes she did

[@jackiedavis4298]

FACTS LOL 😆 🤣 😂 😏

[@thechosenwatchman]

Every body on here is in shape.

[@HumptyMcFly]

They were in their early to mid 20s and were dancing for hours each day of taping. The food back then wasn’t ultra processed either. That’ll keep you in shape.

[@cathybutler1230]

No. That's just how big people were back then.

[@MrDomonique3]

One of my favorite Al Green songs. He had to be high wearing pleather booty shorts cuffed boots and carrying a purse! Lol

[@LUVINEMBRACE]

Heyyy don’t mock that outfit…. Prince’s earlier wardrobe was even worse😄😄

[@alkalinegod5680]

I've been laughing for 20 minutes off this comment 😂

[@velshock]

We were all high. 😂

[@daniellej7914]

That’s why people assumed he was gay

[@true1evanique]

@@daniellej7914 Yes the outfit did stir a little something when this first aired. But the record was such a hit.

[@amyjr7950]

I saw Mr. Green in concert in the 70s and he definitely didn't look like this 😮 He was suited and handing out roses 🌹

[@brendathompson2378]

Saw 3 performances live. Tailored suits and roses for the ladies.

[@aar1843]

Tina Marie says: Listening to Al Green on the way to Class Changed her life"....🤔👏👍💯

[@Kmarie-u3o]

Lawd have mercy this was my dad idol 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mrkenboosie]

Dead Presidents brought me here...

[@raleighexperts5554]

That's how I know you a real one. That's my favorite movie.

[@mrkenboosie]

Fasho..😅

[@imni5579]

Yeah, that scene caught me off guard

[@errolthomas9426]

Something tells me that the Hughes Brothers never realized this episode aired on WNEW-TV Metromedia Channel 5 before 1973

[@missayawk]

Al can wear whatever he wants...as long as it doesn't affect his singing....one of my favorite joints

[@bearc1373]

Pretty sure I been listening to this since birth. My fave

[@saturnnet1627]

Right On!

[@MrWorldfamous23]

I'm wearing that same outfit to Afropunk in Brooklyn this year !!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@huawietelcom4516]

r u still alive?

[@kewlgurrl]

Pictures please.

[@joseph401]

LOL, I will pay for the pics

[@velshock]

That outfit is from fun America. No one got canceled. We just enjoyed amazing music.

[@joeshmoe8952]

Paulie from The Sopranos in a cop uniform -"Don't move mister"

[@joynettiewalker]

Hey Mr. AL GREEN Wondering Minds Wanna Know Was You HIGH At This Performance. No Disrespect I LOVE YOUR MUSIC. We Just Wanna/Need To Know. AND I LOVE ❤

[@player4life11111]

Dead Presidents made this video extremely famous, but it was the sad reality of the Lost Generation of the 1970s.

[@turn5990]

Dude in the yellow shirt smooth killing it back there!!!

[@KennettaXMoon]

It’s 40+ years and I am still confused about this outfit! But this is still a classic jam!

[@joseph401]

Sometimes, you just gotta roll with it.

[@juanitawilliams6631]

Was that a shoulder bag he has on

[@DJGary0910]

The couple in the back was eyeing Al Green like Cuh got a purse 😁😂😂

[@DJB1PlanetFunksville]

Bro in the yellow shirt smooth as hell

[@LENTS909]

Mf braking them knees

[@polotrey]

Forget the outfit.. I want that hat

[@cariannette1]

That HAT tho!!! That's what I want!! Lol Gimme it here!!!

[@myratravin9588]

Performance: sublime. Wardrobe: epic.

[@TheQcrxb204]

If someone wore that today you would hear about how these modern kids have lost their way and we should go back to the good ole days lol

[@garcel1251]

Mr. Green first dude I seen with a men purse….. That’s some supreme confidence to pull off that outfit… respect

[@itsokitsok5020]

Back in the early 1970s that was known as the pimp look! Tina Turner's husband Ike also rocked that look back in the early 1970s

[@mychannel-zu6tz]

In his other performance on this episode he changed into a white suit.

[@MilanChantelBordeaux]

I love Al grew up listening to him with my parents but Lawd what did he have on 😂😂😂

[@chandrascott4219]

He is legendary for a reason..only a legend could off that outfit and still rock dat crowd to sleep..🔥💓🙏💪👑

[@aar1843]

Al Green was 30-40 years ahead of his time...would be right at home today!!

[@radioactivehalafat5028]

Al Green was dressed back then, how rappers are dressed now

[@jerrynavarro9580]

I wounder if those ppl are still alive? Man only if they saw what future look like ! Man the 1970z wear such innocent times compared to now smh ! The clothes the times the music everything!

[@rcdesil]

Great song. It fit perfectly with the scene in Dead Presidents.

[@alwanthony6910]

How?

[@mauricioreal7384]

@@alwanthony6910 skip was lonely towards the end. No woman, no family, just him drugged out in his trashed broken down apartment.

[@ariley06]

I promise

[@DJB1PlanetFunksville]

HOMIE IN THE YELLOW SHIRT BEHIND AL GOING IN

[@Phred7447]

DJ B-1. Check him out.😆

[@kurtcer]

Bah ha ha ha ha

[@oluap7573]

Lmaoo I would too if I was gettin down to some AL

[@blissandraarmstrong695]

Dead Presidents brought me here😍 And if I was around back then...He coulda got it 😜

[@msolomon1781]

🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ pretty sure he wouldn't have wanted it. 🤢🤮😏

[@raynasty184]

one of my favorite movies!!

[@irenebaldwin8933]

@@msolomon1781 You write like a weekend warrier ... when you grow, up, you'll experience all that yourself. Probably. And then you won't have to be so afraid. Maybe.

[@joseph401]

Al is rocking in that swag and that purse full of coke and cash. Damn this was the good ole days. Don comes up to him and says he loves the hat. Too bad all that is cut out.

[@laquisab]

I swear I was gonna ask what did they carry in those men bags back then?

[@JoannHines-g6f]

Happy Birthday Great Al Green!! The movie, " Dead Presidents" immortalized this song!!❤ RIP Skippy!!

[@carvitale1028]

Damn that man can sing. Grew up watching Soul Train on Saturdays but I missed this episode. I love him❤

[@redtrooper7622]

This would be an AWESOME Halloween costume!!

[@shante70sb]

Them 70’s was tha truth coolest era🔥Al swag was on 💯

[@truthseeker7233]

This performance gives me chills 1971 what a year for music Al The King 🤴 🙌 💛🙏🏼🎼

[@Davoice00]

Al shout-out for having them lil az shorts on 😂

[@gerahuey3706]

😂😂😂

[@calmnrelaxed]

When you feelin ya self a little too much, you might come out on Soul Train dressed like Cam Newton

[@6foot8aquarius]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TravelingTal]

Pure....Soul Music, No Fillers, No Preservatives, No Naked Women, No Twerking and No Bullsh't Just Soul.

[@darm.8172]

Sound Likes Your Describing His Home-Life...Way Back When. He Did Admit To Living With Prostitutes When His Dad Threw Him Out Of The Family Home For Listening To Secular Music (Sam Cooke) In His Dad's Home. Let The Fun Times Begin...Yeah Baby!!! I Still And Will Always Love My Baby!!! 🙂😍😘💚

[@ronsejour]

Crazy how the hat is NOT the most outrageous thing he is wearing.

[@adamrobinson2078]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug!

[@micheledawson6249]

😂😂😂❤

[@jermainesmith6315]

We now learn it wasn’t necessarily the drugs but the devils that run the music industry.

[@christaldunaway1256]

I still have a crush on this man!

[@gerahuey3706]

Me toooo -- Sooooo sexy 😂❤❤

[@garys.whytecasac2890]

RIP Skippy (Dead Presidents)

[@kathleenmuchka2559]

Al was pimping this one.

[@Kre8iviT27]

hot! He had so much swag.I'm an 80s baby and I still love his music. His music never gets old for me.

[@Gexxon]

THAT OUTFIT AL...... damn~ He was straight up pimpin that day. LOL I Love it! In the 70's we could get away with it though. I remember my dad wearing a pair of matching "HOT PANTS" to my mom's. I thought nothing of it back then. But looking at this today, i can't help but giggle. lol

[@Slick-Wit-it]

Dude was wearing a purse 👜

[@cynthiagrier8720]

This video is so part of my teen years, 70s the best, great memories

[@anaalban8836]

Al Green, forever.

[@keeploc34]

Al the original jewelry king.... dressed for the playa’z ball

[@Itcool2beu]

Sweet dadddy

[@DavidRichardson95]

If you take a look at the fashion today, he's not far off. And this is from 1971? Way ahead of the fashion. Although Al looking like a high class male escort. I hope they recreated this, Don dissing Kurtis Blow (about the emerging first era of hip hop) after he performed "The Breaks" a J5 cameo and Mary Wilson dancing with Don down to the _ST_ line. I hope one way or another those key moments were recreated for the show. I can't wait for it to premiere in one month!!

[@gdmofo]

Left coast white dude! Who didn't love Soul Train ❤ Al Green the goat

[@tbxtroll]

A time capsule of a song ...I remember where I was when I first heard it .Uptown Manhattan

[@tbxtroll]

He had to dress the way record companies wanted him to . But fitting for those days

[@darm.8172]

@@tbxtroll ...NOT!!! I Was A Teenager In The Mid-Seventies...I Never Saw Anyone In My LIFE (Besides...You Know Who) Dress Like That...In My Town. Maybe Some Guys Tried Getting Away With Short Shorts... But...I Don't Know About The Rest Of This. 🤔🥺

[@jengriffin152]

@@darm.8172 I was definitely about to write almost the same damn thing. That hell to the naw, was not the damn look...

[@carbon.the.christ5626]

has AL ever explained this outfit. You gotta give it to em,that he still is more masculine than men nowadays even in this outfit. The food got men losing testosterone out here smh.

[@jacb630]

Now I gotta’ go back & watch the movie Dead Presidents! 😂

[@elchantajista]

He’s got an unique voice he’s gifted

[@jeshun7071]

This track is so suited to Rev Al's warmly compressed vocal chords, heavenly Memphis soul music doesn't get more heavenly than this, Al at the peak of his powers & at the height of his fame & with classics like this which made him a household name

[@darm.8172]

WOW!!! What A Cutie Pie... YOU Are!!! 🙂😍😘💙

[@jengriffin152]

Poetical!

[@ajnixon2977]

He was from Memphis?

[@monicabella7894]

Finally an intelligent comment 💯

[@jordanslingluff287]

I remember seeing this when I was little. It was a rerun cause it was the 80s. Still mad me think Al Green was so cool. Of course it was on a black and white TV. Guess things have changed so much it seems like lifetimes ago.

[@Dreznik88]

The only man i respect with those shorts... History

[@brendathompson2378]

Some of the mess we do when young. 🙏🏾 RUN TO JESUS. So glad Al did

[@fernee909]

This is soul!!! Dam

[@garrdavies]

This is a timeless track that's kept me going through some crazy times over the years, but that outfit is absolutely out of this world.

[@mariobrown2471]

Al just KILLED IT up there!!!!

[@kiwanishinton9410]

his outfit is why the 70s were the best time in human history

[@jamesbrown3509]

You know, i didn't want to feedback on your comment because it's too stupid. And im a true believer that everybody is entitled to their own ignorance. But Nevertheless, and growing up as a 70s child i always thought the music of that era was like someothers, also one of the best of times in history and music. I never thought, dreamed or believed even to this very day that any man dressing up in a woman's outfit couldever be or become the best of times in human history, and i feel the sameway about same-sex marriages. 🤔

[@c79891]

ONE OF THE GREATS!!! SO GOOD...THANK YOU...

[@lillharvee2213]

Big pimpin Al ❤️ 😍🤩🙂

[@aar1843]

My mother 💕 loved herself some Al Green 💚!!

[@missayawk]

This look like something you would wear on a dare. Don Cornelius: " I bet you wouldn't wear that the next time you come on my show" Al Green: " You wanna bet?"

[@darm.8172]

LMAO!!!

[@dwanrobinson]

Man dresser was disgruntled. Just pointed at anything on the clothes rack that night. Then said this hat gon set it off. 😂😂😂

[@gerahuey3706]

Crying laughing at your comment 😭😭😭😂😂

[@sandi21515]

And I NEED that outfit!! stylin'!

[@kingofdacourt]

Legendary... the look, song, culture, love, ... the black culture is legendary

[@vicgonzalez1687]

I wish there was still music like this today 🎤🎵😥

[@gfunkmadness]

I play this song every time I’m OD’d and dead on my couch as the police are breaking down my door

[@figgsxyon3392]

87' 88' CARL ALBERT JR COLLEGE POTEAU OK 👌 LISTENING TO GREEN wit My FOLK from YATES HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON TEXAS. LIFE STILL GOOD 🙏

[@XoxoMoot]

Hot pants a purse and knee high boots!😂😂😂😂 but they talk about kids today!😂😂

[@pokemovieguy]

He was the first Cam Newton! 😂😂😂😂 But I always loved Al Green music

[@rooffire3380]

This song says it all about a man being a player kind and a women being betrayed but they both do it over and over

[@1980Triumph]

This was not the fashion of the time. What we see is an Al Green going through something that he quickly changed and got out of. This is probably just one of the other many things that pushed him into the gospel.

[@tyliekinc.]

BADAZZTHANG it was the hot grits incident in ‘74

[@darm.8172]

@@tyliekinc. ...JESUS Was Waiting!!! Hope He Didn't Let Himself Down!

[@jengriffin152]

@@tyliekinc. You better say what u said! I been saying it since a kid.

[@jacklynjackson2754]

How you know that😮

[@GreatGownsBeautifulGowns2018]

One thing Auntie Aretha taught us is to get that money up front in cash and keep that purse within a birds eye view while performing.

[@darm.8172]

... Too Funny!!! I'm Sure Her Preacher Daddy Taught Her That!!! 🤔

[@themagnificentscoundrels6104]

I'm guessing this was during the chapter of Reverend Greens life entitled "Cocaine"

[@tanyaflemon1870]

Al let the stylist get over on him 🤣🤣🤣

[@briansmith8122]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug. Thanks to tega and Al for the hits

[@lanabeth645]

nobody can sing tired of being alone. like al green nobody!!!those days were the best!!!! as I remember waiting for soul train to come on truly the best!!!

[@darm.8172]

DUH...I Guess NOT. IT'S HIS SONG. NOTHING EVER BEATS THE ORIGINAL -Eh 🤔🥺

[@golsbieross1564]

Al Green needed Jesus that Day!

[@earvetta]

I'm not gonna comment!!! every comment had me ROLF!!!! Love ya Al

[@Pistons2024]

Legendary performance

[@MellD-pg5dh]

Dat heroine had al on sum fly shit,who thinkin boit skip in dead presidents

[@teresataddeo4388]

There’s just not enough soul train left in the world 😢