RIP Richard Roundtree (July 9, 1942 - October 24, 2023), aged 81 And RIP Isaac Hayes (August 20, 1942 - August 10, 2008), aged 65 You both will be remembered as legends.
@clivenewman481010 ай бұрын
Greatest theme to anything, ever.A masterpiece
@Gexon10009 ай бұрын
And also Richard Roundtree
@stripedshirts9 ай бұрын
Richard Roundtree is/was/is Badass
@John-ob7dh9 ай бұрын
Jeez ,younger than me.
@mummyjohn9 ай бұрын
seriously two greatest of all time come together
@encourageone9 ай бұрын
Rest in absolute power Richard Roundtree (Shaft). You've now joined the incomparable Isaac Hayes as an ancestor... 🕊
@marlenenardi58539 ай бұрын
❤fantastica
@marlenenardi58539 ай бұрын
Rip Ricchard roundtree😢
@2013venjix9 ай бұрын
Together again.
@pablolsanchez40219 ай бұрын
Iconic American legends indeed!🙏
@bretkindell68877 ай бұрын
100 %
@binghamguevara68149 ай бұрын
The body dies. The accomplishment live on. RIP Isaac and Richard.
@tomstarwalker2 күн бұрын
Allahu Akbar!
@angusmerriweather15899 ай бұрын
RIP Richard Roundtree. You were one of the first fictional Black male heroes I looked up to.
@LoneLee20229 ай бұрын
Why? Because he was taller than you?
@angusmerriweather15899 ай бұрын
@@LoneLee2022 No. Because I was young when I first saw his movies. Your futile attempts at roasting are wack, so just stop.😒
@shanemcguire1709 ай бұрын
Richard Roundtree.... Excellent Actor! And... like several others I can think of, very under-rated by Hollywood. Which is very sad.
@KendalTheGamer9 ай бұрын
@@LoneLee2022bro shut it up...
@fredp85168 ай бұрын
@@LoneLee2022Non plus petit, pourquoi ?
@lauraapera60792 ай бұрын
I always loved this song Personally I don't care what anyone else thinks
@tiwaringpАй бұрын
Personally, I don't care what you love but just thought it was vitally important to let you know..
@larryparis92521 күн бұрын
Yu DAMN right.
@paulinechapman566912 күн бұрын
Be loud and proud..there’s only one you..🇨🇦
@PantheonLincoln4 жыл бұрын
Anyone who says they do not like this song, is not to be trusted.
@keithmccaslyn25274 жыл бұрын
Word!!! I was 12 when this hit the stage. dayuummm. awesome. YOU can thank Jimi Hendrix for that wha-wha-chucka-chucka..trheres where the guitarist on this song got that 'vibe' !! Play on Jimi...Shaft is a Bad Mutha.... and still is.. Like James Bond, Sean Connery there will ONLY ever ever be one shaft and that is Mr.Richard Round Tree. samuel Hell Jackson couldn't hold a damn, acting candle to him. Shaft is Top Shelf Class, Jackson is ghetto as hell!!
@musicworldnow3653 жыл бұрын
Who would even dare to say that? You can never go wrong with an Isaac Hayes song, especially with such lush guitar licks as this has.
@halogenie13 жыл бұрын
i am noreen from the UK i heard this at high school when i was 13 yrs old i totally revere it and isacc hayes
@seanspencer93963 жыл бұрын
Ben, I say the naysayers are running FROM Shaft! The criminals are scared, brother!!!
@johnpower80043 жыл бұрын
Anyone who says they do not like this song is wrong.
@user-wl6zu8nr9d28 күн бұрын
Einfach eine Melodie für die Ewigkeit...
@JamesLewis-mp9zn11 ай бұрын
Saw this with my family before heading back to South Vietnam in 1970 for a second tour. At 75 years old still feel the beat and am rocking!
@Phil4-1311 ай бұрын
🙏🙏🙏 💯💯 ✊✊ 🇬🇧🇬🇧. 🙏🙏
@goesfarfliesnear144710 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service! My cousin was in Vietnam too, said he was a "river rat" (navy). Again, thank you. I know you didn't and don't hear that enough. Rock on!
@smithwesson18969 ай бұрын
This movie came out in '71, did you get to see it early?
@krich56949 ай бұрын
70!? I wasn’t born until 76. Thank you for your service sir 😎💪🏽🙏🏽
@awatfordgirl9 ай бұрын
Heading back to Vietnam for a second tour makes you more powerful than Shaft ❤
@johnbonardi98194 жыл бұрын
Even after all these years, this song still kicks ass.
@jamescress4 жыл бұрын
shut your mouth!
@meyergaelle81084 жыл бұрын
@@jamescress 🤣🤣
@kevincampbell57854 жыл бұрын
That's why I came.
@brianfreel74184 жыл бұрын
exactly
@JohnLegate4 жыл бұрын
@@jamescress I'm just talkin' about Shaft!
@brianmooney32912 жыл бұрын
I saw this film when I was 30. Back then UK cinemas still had continuous performances and I sat through the show twice just to hear Isaac Hayes' score all over again. Now I'm 82 and it still gets my blood fizzing. I hear the opening notes and wow! I'm 30 again!
@beltranvillagran75362 жыл бұрын
Keep going friend 👍🙂😂🙂😊😁😉🙏👌👍🙏
@ianhunter64182 жыл бұрын
I'm 68 next month. Saw the film in my late teens. It is still magnificent
@jabjones2165 Жыл бұрын
You too?🙂
@Berkcam Жыл бұрын
Bloody magic sir 🙏
@andrewbrown8205 Жыл бұрын
love this!
@freedomridermorty4459 Жыл бұрын
My Hero, I was 10 years old, and didn't know what racism was. We had a Black Family in our Neighborhood and as kids we looked up to Mr Thompson, he dress like nothing we'd seen before, he was the epitomy of KOOL. I know the mothers in our neighborhood secretly dreamed of him. RIP Mr Thompson
@TheTayedrums27 күн бұрын
yeah thats speaking the truth,,,different but all good!
@thewaterlessguy8752 Жыл бұрын
This will forever be a classic 👍🏾💯
@jayasreepremnath7146 Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@premnathdivakaran5222 Жыл бұрын
Yes .. a timeless classic.. this one no doubt.
@tomstarwalker2 күн бұрын
BAD MOTHER......
@Rellrell5150 Жыл бұрын
Proud to say my uncle is behind this master piece 💯
@purplesamurai5205 Жыл бұрын
Isaac Hayes is your uncle?
@Guitarsthatkill Жыл бұрын
@@purplesamurai5205He means the legendary Charles "Skip" Pitts on Guitar. That famous Wah Wah intro and rhythm was his. Up there with Voodoo Chile as the first thing you think of when you hear wah pedal to this very day...!! Glad to hear it, Derrell. You should be..!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rV7cpaabZa9jq5o
@purplesamurai5205 Жыл бұрын
@@Guitarsthatkill Ah okay thanks
@noorsam3134 Жыл бұрын
🌹
@bassicinstinct2144 Жыл бұрын
May your uncle rest in peace bro
@rasslem Жыл бұрын
Can you believe this wonderful track is 51 years old.........my goodness....and it still sounds as fresh as the day it was released in 1971.........long live Isaac.....a musical genius
@renatogama1401 Жыл бұрын
It's everlasting!!!!!!
@jacb630 Жыл бұрын
That’s when you know you were born to do what you do. RIP to the great one, Isaac Hayes!
@thomasb5773 Жыл бұрын
This time i hear it while i wait to Party with my girlfriend in my Living room .Every time.
@jayasreepremnath7146 Жыл бұрын
Very very true of what you said. The picturisation of this number in the movie along the streets of New York was a classic.
@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын
Isaac Hayes wow, I first knew him as Gandy on the Rockford files. That man could compose.
@benicerita9 ай бұрын
As a fan of the movie and the Actor, Richard Roundtree, I am very sad to learn of his passing away yesterday! His playing Shaft thrilled us all and we all felt that the genius of Isaac Hayes fit perfectly in SHAFT!
@fredp85168 ай бұрын
Moi aussi ils me manquent autant que toute cette epoque !
@ropes649 ай бұрын
My Dad played this me nearly 50 years ago.....i remember it like it was yesterday. It started my long love affair for soundtracks. Thanks for the memory Dad. Playing this today as a tribute to Richard Roundtree and to my Dad.
@jeanettefaijdherbe23496 ай бұрын
I was 22 years and a danz too this music😂
@Theomite3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: if you have this playing as you walk down the street, you become invincible.
@BladeRunner-td8be3 жыл бұрын
It's true, it's true!
@happydillpickle3 жыл бұрын
I tried it but unfortunately my hips were swinging so impossibly that I failed to notice the pothole...
@darrylbetts50313 жыл бұрын
Dont need no blunt now!
@maryingolfsrud9373 жыл бұрын
Love love love the colours of Peace.
@richarddrolet77463 жыл бұрын
I do agree......try and stop me.
@tattoogirl28604 жыл бұрын
I saw Isaac Hayes perform this song live at a FREE concert at the Overton Park Shell in Isaac's hometown, Memphis, TN. That night, he performed for two and a half hours...FREE OF CHARGE! Best concert ever! Thank you, Isaac Hayes. You showed up and showed out for your hometown.❤
@glennchamberlain31153 жыл бұрын
That would have been awesome for sure!
@BIGNESHO2 жыл бұрын
🦾🌈⚡️
@matthewboyd682 жыл бұрын
My grandmother met Isaac Hayes before at her old job
@charlenemitchell14992 жыл бұрын
@@matthewboyd68 l know that was a great time!!They got to meet each other ,God bless them and you too!
@matthewboyd682 жыл бұрын
@@charlenemitchell1499 that’s nothing she’s met HUNDREDS of celebrities at her old job which was being the head chef at the commissary where the performers ate at the Greek theater in Los Angeles and even before that she got to meet not one not two not three but ALL FOUR of The Beatles in fact when she met Paul and Ringo again when they performed they were quite upset when she was laid off
@LucySkywalker99 Жыл бұрын
After having been sick for a long time I coincidentally started listening to Shaft. I had already lost my faith in ever regaining my energy, love for life and fun, but I started dancing, felt like being reborn! and full of fun and positive energy. Thanks, Isaac,! ❤
@ExitDivision-xq9lp Жыл бұрын
I love that for you. 🙂
@rhondamc3642 Жыл бұрын
I hope you regain your strength and live a long, loving life, Lucy! Prayers and ((big hugs))
@francisrozuel496711 ай бұрын
The best groove guitar performance..with a background orchestra . Never such a beautiful thing was done from those days = THE MUSIC ..for real.
@cynthiafielder87463 ай бұрын
Yes, "Real music." Very little sounds touches me these days. Maybe too much politics in the business, or very little talent. God forbid Swift.
@georgeharleydavidsonrider1563 жыл бұрын
Who is listening in 2021 . I’ll never forget the TV show when I was a kid and always listening to it on the radio. The 1970s are gone forever.
@paulmoss6913 жыл бұрын
Spot on George, spot on 👍
@levonwolf12913 жыл бұрын
This was the only song our High School Band could play right.
@johnager94283 жыл бұрын
@@levonwolf1291 right on
@Suzyfromtheblock3 жыл бұрын
I was 12 in 71 begged my mom to watch shaft I loved the music ♥️
@Steelers75DDC3 жыл бұрын
I am listening too
@donaldfewell89083 жыл бұрын
Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield were the best! ;)
@ebntje3 жыл бұрын
Both classic soundtracks.
@ericwashington44703 жыл бұрын
You can say that again my Brother, and don't forget the Mistro Big Brother Barry White from that era!!!
@donaldfewell89083 жыл бұрын
@@ericwashington4470 Maestro White! :)
@johnmatthews4253 жыл бұрын
Yo check out this freestyle to tha song
@johnmatthews4253 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJzJoKtsfdqgrMU🧯🧯🧯🧯🐆🧨🥶🥶❄️
@andrewwillan3372 Жыл бұрын
I was a white 10 year old boy from Liverpool at the time, 1971 I got into pop music in a big way. I.loved this and still do. Isaacs Hayes, the man!!!😂😂
@dme10164 ай бұрын
Just wondering: Are you STILL a White 10 year-,old boy?
@michaelarmstrong64832 ай бұрын
Right on ❤
@stephanies70139 ай бұрын
Richard Roundtree, Rest In Peace knowing you made a difference in people's lives on and off stage. You made us stronger...you taught us to stand in our own power and strengh. Condolences to your family, sir. 🙏🏼
@raftp78652 жыл бұрын
50 years old, and this score is still ahead of the game.
@olivercraig41482 жыл бұрын
Definitely.
@serenan920 Жыл бұрын
Kin brilliant!!!
@ianwall3645 Жыл бұрын
So so far ahead...👊
@MikeHalk1004 жыл бұрын
Every good hero needs a theme song.
@R-L-I4 жыл бұрын
I’m a get you Sucka! lol 👍🏾
@galewinds7696Ай бұрын
I'm a white boy.......but I love this song and always liked Richard Roundtree and Issac hayes RIP guys, we didn't forget ya.
@auldsk8r9 ай бұрын
I was 10 years old when this song was released and, of course, my friends and I loved it. Still do. R.I.P. Richard Roundtree! You were COOL!!!
@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont3 жыл бұрын
The 1970s officially began five seconds into this track.
@johnmatthews4253 жыл бұрын
Check out this freestyle to it
@johnmatthews4253 жыл бұрын
🧯🧯🧯🧯🧨🦧🧨🧨🥶🥶kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJzJoKtsfdqgrMU
@terrencesanders68183 жыл бұрын
@@johnmatthews425 🔥🔥
@kevincampbell57853 жыл бұрын
Be nice to relive that decade or live it for the first time. It was my childhood but I would have liked to see how it would unfold as my 20's.
@mrduuud2 жыл бұрын
@@kevincampbell5785 yes I relate to this comment
@kevinobrien27352 жыл бұрын
That opening scene with this tune playing.....Shaft crosses the street, full black leather jacket, cuts in front of a taxi, Cabbie honks and Shaft turns and flips him the bird...Classic.
@perrycomeau26272 жыл бұрын
In deed.
@UTubeAngelique2 жыл бұрын
Brown!😂
@illadrobici2 жыл бұрын
Sounds to me like Rose Royce ripped a little Shaft off for "Car Wash". Didn't notice at the time, but now seems obvious.
@wojciechpawowski5922 Жыл бұрын
Mr.O'brien this particular score saved many lives with it's unusual optimism. As to myself I enjoyed this in my dentists waiting room ,after a long break in listening. How it ended, cannot Tell, perhaps my dentists wife would.Wojciech z Obornik.
@redhouaneboulechbak8316 Жыл бұрын
@@illadrobici Norman Whitfield surely did
@samp70039 ай бұрын
Rest in Peace Shaft. I always loved this theme. Still have it on a 45.
@williamharpine18413 жыл бұрын
Love the slow buildup, the suspense. A composer w/ lots of patience, plays with emotions. Quite astonishing.
@chrisomondi46332 жыл бұрын
I admire his composition. He really plays with your ear drums.
@renegaderunner3322 жыл бұрын
It's funk and the big band sound combined!
@uncleruckusnorelation67052 жыл бұрын
@@chrisomondi4633 😆
@ennediend2865 Жыл бұрын
👍
@blondie7389 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisomondi4633 omg yassss🎶🪩🎶💃🏽❤️🔥
@2uewhdhheggdgdgeyy3 жыл бұрын
Can we have just take a moment and appreciate all of the incredible black session musicians who have gifted us with tracks like these?
@Laceykat663 жыл бұрын
Or we could just appreciate all of the incredible season musicians who have gifted us with tracks like these. We don't have to make "special categories."
@2uewhdhheggdgdgeyy3 жыл бұрын
Ok...
@2uewhdhheggdgdgeyy3 жыл бұрын
Though I'm just giving props where props are due...take care of yourself...live learn and love...hard...
@Losrandir3 жыл бұрын
I think in this case it's fair enough to specially emphasize black, but of course appreciate everybody else too
@johnmac913 жыл бұрын
@@Laceykat66 Thank you!
@kiwirebelo9 ай бұрын
RIP Richard Roundtree and Isaac Hayes You both will remembered as a legends Thank you for everything Enjoy in heaven 🙏🏾🕊️❤️
@ericwinston9121 Жыл бұрын
At age 60 and being an offspring of father that majored in music at an HBCU ( North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University)AggiePride. My father was the Band Director of a predominantly white school( Wake Forest Sr. Highschool in Wake Forest N.C . That being said he arranged this for the band who was about 100 members including flag girls and majorettes They put on a show at a Friday night football game playing the theme from shaft in 1972. I was only 10 at the time but I'll never forget that performance and the musicianship. Thank you Issac Hayes for the original composition and thanks to my father Robert Winston for transitioning into the Director that you became!
@roquefortfiles4 жыл бұрын
Isaac was DIALED IN on this. Totally in the groove. Owning it. This is BAD ASS. This is when music was made. I am as white as sour cream and I absolutely love this.
@colinclarke42852 жыл бұрын
Over 50 years old and still as good to hear as when it was first released
@steve206642 жыл бұрын
Damn right......😎
@colinclarke42852 жыл бұрын
@@steve20664 can you dig it?
@juancastro19442 жыл бұрын
Yeah and He had coolness the New shaft couldnt bring over He wuz harder
@fritterfoof51462 жыл бұрын
Better .
@damonwebb813 Жыл бұрын
True classic , stands on its own regardless of time And usually cultivates new listeners when they hear it way down the road Exciting listeners every time they hear it Side note: iconic intro into a movie, with great music, camera work
@lawrencenjawe98758 күн бұрын
This MASTERPIECE should inducted in the Hall of Fame for it's attistic brilliance and The US Library of Congress as part of Americam Cultural and Musical Heritage...
@kmashers1 Жыл бұрын
BrianMooney, ty for that. I am only 65. But this music is so fantastic. How can you not listen to it over and over!!
@jeanesingsjazz3 жыл бұрын
in the 70's we used to play this in marching band and the audience would sing along. it was a blast.
@hymntalk2 жыл бұрын
We played it in marching band in the early 2000s too! Classic marching band number!
@jorgetapia48102 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@fluidwings2078 Жыл бұрын
Good times.
@jeansenn7536 Жыл бұрын
Omg so did we for halftime. This and The Horse.
@jeanesingsjazz Жыл бұрын
@@jeansenn7536 and the "Stripper".
@annalisamandell35812 жыл бұрын
As a 120lb, 5’3” woman, when I play this, I feel like I’m 6’2”, 180 and full of power. Love the symphony.
@angelacooper26612 жыл бұрын
How heavy are you in stones? We weigh in stones AND pounds.
@giuseppezingariello4408 Жыл бұрын
1971👍💥🍒👌
@jalijah03 Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the thick puffy Afro
@mrthiem1627 Жыл бұрын
you need to loose weight
@triumphdave2449 Жыл бұрын
@@angelacooper2661 8 1/2 stone.
@filleduvent66 Жыл бұрын
J'adore cet air! Cette année là, j'allais danser au Thiffany's à Canet Plage. Souvenirs, souvenirs d'un autre temps.
@user-jx1dr3yk8q11 ай бұрын
This is so groovy ,bring it on that funky music i just love
@danhines22962 жыл бұрын
This kicked my ass when I was 11 now that I'm 60 it's still kicking it!!!!!
@fuckingstabyouintheface56493 жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece.
@BladeRunner-td8be3 жыл бұрын
Yup
@alundavies84023 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@mikehill75873 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree 💯😊🌺🌼☸️👍
@ericwashington44702 жыл бұрын
Right on!!!! And I mean it bad assss!!!!
@fritterfoof51462 жыл бұрын
No really .
@grantmaxwell53616 ай бұрын
Damn, I just heard about Richard Roundtree's passing from all of you. I loved watching this show alongside Starkey and Hutch growing up, I'll have to give it a rewatch. Rest in Paradise sir!
@jefferycocroft25209 ай бұрын
Isaac Hayes music & Richard Roundtree made Shaft one of the greatest movies there ever was Rest in Heaven my Brother ❤️🙏🥺
@nicholasmedovich67294 жыл бұрын
RIP Issac Hayes. Your music will always live on, and NEVER be forgotten.
@paulk.7942 жыл бұрын
Long live chef
@pabloignacioscaletta2 жыл бұрын
@@paulk.794 -Hello, children! --Hi, Chef!
@marshamunger60042 жыл бұрын
Damn Right
@bonniegarrison18344 жыл бұрын
Play this really loud. Let the neighbors call the cops. Then watch as the cops start to boogie in front of your house.
@anja93033 жыл бұрын
Damn right! Good idea. Iĺl try. Can U dig it?
@anja93033 жыл бұрын
@Antoine Gordon Hast du Blei gekifft, oda wat?
@Yungtacosss3 жыл бұрын
Facts LOOOL
@DhiaMedina3 жыл бұрын
They'll arrest the neighbor for complaining about this shit 🔥
@jamescunningham62513 жыл бұрын
LMAO WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@janesgems7 Жыл бұрын
Some songs just don't age...this is one of them. It will never seem dated.
@transitdude3352 Жыл бұрын
This song will never get old! A true classic!
@darrylsmith14712 жыл бұрын
This song still sounds as great as it did when it was released in November of 1971.
@writerforlifeify2 жыл бұрын
Given what today passes as 'music', this sounds even better now than it did then.
@muffs55mercury612 жыл бұрын
I remember that time. Song never gets old or dated.
@angelacooper26612 жыл бұрын
@@muffs55mercury61 I don't remember that time as I was just a toddler in the pushchair then. The music was played on 4 Tel on View years later, when I first heard it. 4 Tel is the equivalent of BBC Ceefax, by the way.
@angelacooper26612 жыл бұрын
Shaft song is almost as old as me, because I would have been just 17 months old and in the pushchair. My friend Windy (Gail) was born in November 1971, around the Shaft release date!
@TheTavares80 Жыл бұрын
j avais 2 ans 😂😂😂 terrible morceau
@jeffthewhiff6 жыл бұрын
This has to be the coolest movie theme song of all time. A true classic!
@cfoe12125 жыл бұрын
EVER!
@NeillR5 жыл бұрын
I remember buying the cassette of the soundtrack and listening to it constantly on headphones. Music has barely been as cool since.
@davehammond7435 жыл бұрын
Bonanza? Hawaii five-0? Brady Bunch? Ok, now I'm just having a laugh with you ;-)
@davehammond7435 жыл бұрын
I can't believe writing the theme to The Brady Bunch could elude anyone as being a joke
@BOOMERANGULA5 жыл бұрын
@@NeillR amen brother!
@pablolsanchez40219 ай бұрын
Timeless masterpiece! Condolences!💐 God Bless Issac Hayes and Richard Roundtree.👑👑🙏
@libertelibre Жыл бұрын
This tune is incredible.
@ranjanmadhavi3 жыл бұрын
50 years - and this still rocks!!
@bernadettegriffin85696 жыл бұрын
Oh still sounds classic 47 years later, cannot explain the high this gives me to listen. Classic, class, class track and the film is gold. RIP Isaac Hayes.
@denisecooper33255 жыл бұрын
We played this on band. I am 58 and it still sounds awesome.
@thvan33575 жыл бұрын
I'm like you !!
@Westyrulz5 жыл бұрын
Sounds even better after a cone or three!
@unperritoconadidas68454 жыл бұрын
He is still alive IN OUR HEARTS
@stephenwalsh1332triumph Жыл бұрын
Black private dick on a mission, shaft 😜🤣
@davidjhitztaler-mrrocklight9 ай бұрын
To the Great Richard Roundtree and The Great Isaac Hayes. One of the greatest songs and movie ever made to me ❤
@user-Dr.Ай бұрын
Man that brings back memories, I was born in 58, so I got to live the 60's 70's and 80's at the perfect time, I am so lucky, there was no racism where I grew up, didn't even know what it was, we were just people back then, I don't know why there seems to be so much now, but still non where I live.
@elisabethrehlein72583 күн бұрын
Das freut mich sehr für sie und ihre Familie so soll es sein🙏💓🕊️liebe Grüße aus Germany
@johnfoley7074 жыл бұрын
This is real music; genius, never gets old.
@jesusmaldonado34063 жыл бұрын
5.8 million viewers we all have something in common, THIS MASTERPIECE
@Bigskyguy56 Жыл бұрын
Good Music is timeless , as is the theme from SHATF & Isaac Hayes.
@bewitchedk Жыл бұрын
8.5 now :D
@nicolaidisnicolareis48395 ай бұрын
Over 10 million now!
@aishaa3099 ай бұрын
RIP Richard Roundtree aka John Shaft. Both you & the late great genius Isaac Hayes aka Black Moses made & continue to make us African Americans proud. Not to mention Mr. Roundtree could pass as my beloved Daddy's twin. ❤❤❤
@user-oo8mb6el5j Жыл бұрын
❤WHAT A SONG WHAT AN ARTIST!!!
@victoralexander21315 күн бұрын
I was 11 years old when this song came out I'm 63 now and this mash hit classic steal sounds awesome!!
@LindaEvansQueenofRadio3 жыл бұрын
You know when a powerful man has stepped into the building when this song is playing. From 1971 to 2020. It's ALL GOOD!!!!!!
@angelayancey16869 ай бұрын
Thank you Richard Roundtree for making Shaft a legend!! You will always be The Original Shaft!! May you rest in peace 😞🙏💔🌹⭐
@thebrummierailenthusiasts53293 ай бұрын
RIP Richard roundtree and Isaac hayes you two will be sadly missed by us all
@abrahamjackson60199 ай бұрын
56 yrs of age now listening to the sound track and movie brings back to a time and place i still remember so vividly, the hair styles, cars and slang. Shaft was our 'James Bond'
@camillevictoria17714 жыл бұрын
Real music, real instruments, and a real classic! 🙌
@stephenwalsh1332triumph Жыл бұрын
Black private dick on a mission, shaft 😜
@berniepringle37434 жыл бұрын
This Theme will never grow old; This is SHAFT.
@Juliaflo4 жыл бұрын
Nearly 50 years, and Shaft remains a bad mother...….
@kevingreen72664 жыл бұрын
Damn Right!!!!!!!!!!!!
@BadBobV654 жыл бұрын
Shut yo mouth. ..lol.
@peggyfranzen61594 жыл бұрын
Always😎.Where's the transmission?
@MrAlbalto4 жыл бұрын
You’re damn right❗️
@jaimewalls84169 ай бұрын
An incredible song from an extremely talented man for another extremely awesome man, and actor RIP Richard and Isaac, but you both live on forever cause of this amazing song and movie. Godspeed.
@deborahdilly34179 ай бұрын
I was in high school when we saw it first time. My sisters and I were some Shaft dancers in pretend and loved it. Good, Good memories. Love to your art Mr Roundtree.❤ Bless your family.❤
@barrybradshaw67511 ай бұрын
I was 18 when I saw this in the UK. Next morning when straight to the record shop to buy the soundtrack. Absolutely superb
@kevinlilly56286 жыл бұрын
Before black panther,before blade,before django,John shaft was the first black superhero to hit the big screen. This movie revolutionize cinema.
@conradford74935 жыл бұрын
Yes, so true.
@dwightlove37045 жыл бұрын
@@conradford7493 Chadwick Boseman would have been perfect to play this ' 70s character.
@KonElKent5 жыл бұрын
Undeniably larger than life, but does Shaft really qualify as a "superhero"?
@caperights5 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Quentin Tarantino intended Django and Hildi von Shaft to be John Shaft's ancestors.
@MrKeithwelsh5 жыл бұрын
good song by gandolph finch, hayes character in the Rockford files, did ,the movie revolutionize cinema, ? no
@teresasmith89469 ай бұрын
I had the 45 and played it over and over in my room I felt so grown up. Rest now Mr. Roundtree you were loved and admired by so many.
@ojimamaha135828 күн бұрын
This was a TV jingle in the eighties, it triggers serious Nostalgia😢, just wanna go back to those days
@garychapple7255 Жыл бұрын
This will never be surpassed, a truly epic piece of music, given to us through the genius of Mr Issac Hayes!
@duanekrueger5970 Жыл бұрын
Outfuckingstanding music. No it's, ands, or buts. Top ten in every way
@YaLittleFriend Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!!👏🏾👏🏾
@yh.b83704 жыл бұрын
Looking at the comments on this makes me feel great, all nationalities enjoyed this track. Love you Isaac Hayes
@alexcrawford73510 ай бұрын
All of 66 years old and boy was I rocking when I stumbled across this masterpiece while searching Papa was A Rollin' Stone and all the great hits of yesteryear. Awesome classic!
@fredfarkle-bp9en Жыл бұрын
The 70's were a great time for music Disco anyone ?
@No1BRC9 ай бұрын
RIP, Mr. Richard Roundtree and thanks for the memories❤💪🏾🙏🏾
@LoneLee20229 ай бұрын
He was a bad mother..................
@fullplate1005 жыл бұрын
In 1971, I remember getting into a friend's car. He had a new cassette play & it was blaring! With this tune! It sounded GREAT!!
@yh.b83704 жыл бұрын
71 was an awesome year
@lobowolf94064 жыл бұрын
I was born in the year 1971
@Mrjohnboyd19594 жыл бұрын
I had the 8-Track....lol
@handlehouseflamingknights6913 Жыл бұрын
Wow I love it. Cant believe its that old. I am 55 and this was my brother and sister time. What a movie
@docace94459 ай бұрын
Works of a legend remains a living footprint throughout history.Your were indeed an inspiration to the new generation...RIP
@justinarazo88572 жыл бұрын
I'm only 36 but my mom used to play 70's/80's funk/soul music when I was a kid. I can't help but return listening to the real music!
@YouKevo4 жыл бұрын
I played this for my 6-year-old son. Now he has a moustache.
@yashijishinhawkins9424 жыл бұрын
Lol
@superblip93724 жыл бұрын
Soul music does that. This is what expression looks like....
@siliconesal4 жыл бұрын
YouKevo and me ...
@okaakaammuo14554 жыл бұрын
What about the sideburns..!
@YouKevo4 жыл бұрын
@@okaakaammuo1455 They're growing slowly. Lol.
@alanhumphrey41989 ай бұрын
RIP Richard Roundtree, my brother from another mother.😢😢 Can't believe it was 1971 when it came out...😮
@carmelacaporossi Жыл бұрын
Love all the films and music! Can’t get enough of it! Never gets old!!!
@830JJ9 ай бұрын
RIP Richard "Shaft" Roundtree. We can ALL dig it ✌🏾
@brianboisguilbert69859 ай бұрын
Right on
@miaowminx9 ай бұрын
"Damn right."
@annahshoffner18719 ай бұрын
Rest In Heavenly Peace Richard "Shaft" Roundtree 🙏🏽✝️🕊️🎬🎥☮️
@Svr2021playit9 ай бұрын
We dig it...... RIP Isaac Hayes and Richard Roundtree
@Honey_Moon_Delight9 ай бұрын
Richard Roundtree e Isaac Hayes, descansen en paz y gracias por haber inspirado a generaciones😢
@anthemmakersmusic2 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest theme songs ever!
@ethanhill94602 жыл бұрын
IT is the greatest theme song.
@georgethorne1722 Жыл бұрын
The best
@Zalpater3 жыл бұрын
Incredible outpouring of pure funk. And after 50 years has stood the test of time, 😎👍👍
@robertleewilliamsjr. Жыл бұрын
Truly, the greatest movie theme song in any decade!!! Richard Roundtree is still the man!!!
@wsdmrtst9 ай бұрын
RIP Richard Roundtree... a legend...
@pegg3754 Жыл бұрын
Talk about an oldie. And for sure a goldie.
@Berkcam Жыл бұрын
It's Autumn of 2022, I'm drinking wine 🍷 at home and Isaac is giving me goosebumps yet again 👍
@phillyp56089 ай бұрын
R.I.P Richard Roundtree. The man who walk down the streets when cars driving by, the man who gets the job done, the man with the walk, the man with style. SHAFT
@edfranklin26 ай бұрын
His strong film performance influenced me greatly as a freshman. Forever grateful.
@joshualee70069 ай бұрын
Legends will never die. R.I.P Richard Roundtree and Issac Hayes