FIRST TIME REACTING TO | Ohio Players "Fire"

[@clutch236]

Brit, anytime you hear black singers (Cameo, etc) or actors (Proud Family, Martin, etc) saying "Oww!" like that, they all get it from lead singer of The Ohio Players, (Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner)....Ohio Players - one of the G.O.A.T.s of R&B/Funk!! 🤘🏾

[@davidryan2669]

I graduated in 79. Our music is still the best. The 70s music was a constant experiment. No instrument or mix of instruments were off limits. It was always an amazing musical atmosphere. No music since can even come close.

[@greg2976]

I got you beat by two years. And I agree that we had the best music!

[@joy88867]

Me too! It was the best of times ❤

[@markcosenza3274]

Bicentennial baby!

[@ejtappan1802]

Yup... class of '79 here, too! And you are so right about 70's music! Getting a new album was like a surprise package because you never knew what kind of ride you were about to take. ((Good stuff, Maynard!))

[@oldguyhustle5941]

Class of 78. Agreed, best music ever. I spent twice as much for the stereo in my car than the car itself.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Welcome back kotter. And you really should hear their mega-hit Roller Coaster of Love. It was one of the hippest things to play at dance parties for so many years.

[@michaelangelo8038]

Love your videos, you have the best reactions. The part at the end where you said Sugarfoot was glitching/in reverse...you had me on the floor... If you listen closely, he was actually scatting the notes he was playing simultaneously on guitar... Badass guitarist and iconic vocalist... RIP Funkmeister...

[@oldguyhustle5941]

My first job was in a gas station in Dayton, Ohio. The Ohio Players had an account there. They would come in and fill up two conversion vans and a bigger truck when they went out on the road. A bunch of really cool guys.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

That's a great story!

[@debibailey2968]

So cool. I'm south of Dayton. Lots of talent from SW Ohio. ❤

[@clutch236]

Brit, very perceptive of you because the song you were singing (Thank you for lettin' me be myself again) is by Sly & The Family Stone, and when the Ohio Players were interviewed years ago, the host said: (You guys have influenced so many artists, who influenced you?)...lead singer Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner paused, shrugged and simply stated "Sly". 👌🏾

[@donaldhagee9018]

I have watch you while traveling across these states . I'm a 71 year old Vietnam Veteran. You always make me smile 😃. Thank you

[@VicEclectica]

Ah yes... some good ole funkadelic! The 60s and 70s were a wonderful time. Thank you for letting me be myself is by Sly and the Family Stone

[@timstewart9026]

That style of dance was called "Lockin'" VERY popular in the mid-70s, from the video I could not tell if they were Cambell Lock dancers (the most renown group of dancers in that style).

[@clutch236]

Billy Beck's vocal part: ("I'm 'bout to choke from the smoke, let me tighten up my stroke, can you feel it girl")...

[@Susie-j5i]

Love this song always have. Also love seeing you with your beautiful ring. : )

[@jackempson3044]

I wasn't big on funk but I really liked this song. Ohio players had a streak of hits.

[@MikeJones-oc7ch]

That dude playing the double guitar with that funky voice was named Leroy "Sugarfoot"Bonner" the band is from Dayton, Ohio He was one of the first if not the first to sing with that funky twang in his voice and he always sang like that.

[@Lovegun-w4s]

Midnight special was so much fun to watch back then. Life was so much better back then 😉

[@walterpanovs]

Fabulous '70s funk band that was known as much for its sexy album covers as for their fine music. Their best known tracks were the one above (which sounds a bit less hectic on the recording) and the lively "Love Rollercoaster." Both of these tracks went to #1 Pop AND #1 R&B in 1974 and 1975, respectively. Also notable are the funky early hit "Skin Tight" and the slinky, sexy "Sweet Sticky Thing."

[@IMheady]

Watched this as a kid staying up past bedtime... loved it.This has to be in the top 10 live performances ever.When Soul and Funk were real.Never been a band this good since. Andre 3000 stole his look from the keyboard player for sure.

[@Cheryworld]

Chaka Kahn and Rufus need to follow up soon. "Tel me Something Good!!"

[@greg2976]

Definitely!!!!!

[@Laura_Martin42]

I love them! I had the Honey album. Fopp was my favorite. Love Rollercoaster was good, too. Growing up in the 70's was the best, but if you had been born back then, you would be old like me now lol!

[@theodoreritola7641]

Im 63 and your right

[@josephamigliore9249]

You have a beautiful soul and you make my day. Thank you

[@roberthunter4884]

Ohio Players were one of the masters of funk, my favorite of theirs is Love Rollercoaster. Anyway, loved the review, love you, take care and stay safe ❤️

[@sukie584]

🎶🎶”I can tell by your game you’re gonna start a flame! gonna choke from the smoke, gotta tighten up my stroke!”🎶🎶

[@blackmanrving5288]

I love watching you react to my generation’s music well, my mom‘s generation music it makes me feel so good to see somebody your age looking wide at this shot and happy to listen to that generation of music does this heart good? Thank you so much. Thank you.

[@how2c123]

Those dancers were called Pop-lockers and the dance is the pop-lock.

[@BIMB0oinLIMB0o]

God. I’m only 33 but live close to where they’re from. They’ve been one of my favorite bands since childhood.

[@Gaspipenicklioni]

My reaction to seeing Britt "Good Lord she's gorgeous!"

[@olavl8827]

Ohio Players would have made a song about her.

[@asheeran]

I’m 61 years old. I have this song on my phone to this day!!

[@matthewdever2118]

It's possible I've listened to Love Roller Coaster every day since the 70s. lol. Ring tone, alarm. All the things. Vinyl, tape, CD, MP3...

[@kenttaylor9238]

Love Rollercoaster, FOP, Funky Worm

[@cog4life]

Love rollercoaster…yes

[@BruceAquila]

Who'd She Coo !!

[@sukie584]

One of my fave live performances. The late, great Sugarfoot killing it on guitar & vocals. The dance is locking. They were called The Lockers!

[@HBFTimmahh]

You're thinking Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself - Sly and the Family Stone. Yes, quite similar.

[@hobbypassion]

Ohio Players and this song in particular was hot at parties when I was in college.

[@jeffgale5307]

Hottest, most provocative album covers ever.

[@chrino21]

Oh those Ohio Players album covers... Changed my life. That's all I'm gonna say.

[@olavl8827]

The bass player (Marshall Rock Jones) is the real hero in this. Pay attention to him in the video. Amidst all the mad chaos and "fire" he stays super cool and stoic and just keeps driving the whole thing forward with that tight loop that he plays. Fiiii-re! Boom-boom-boom.

[@StatsJedi]

1975, I was 15. Music was never better.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Not even close and im 63

[@jpcantrell1]

The intro on this live performance was from the sitcom "The Munsters" and not on the studio recording

[@greg2976]

The 70's were the best to be young! Motown, Rock. You name it!!!!

[@theodoreritola7641]

Yes indeed the best 10 years ever for great secular music Period.

[@bakercarl8518]

Oh yeah, a great live entertaining band. Back in the day we were " Bumping" to this!!!🔥🔥🔥 Lead singer, double headed guitar player name is Sugarfoot. Rip. The dancing group where named The Locker's. Their dance was called Pop Locking.

[@jamescole8355]

David Lee Roth of Van Halen said he got his trademark screams from The Ohio Players!!!

[@docsavage8640]

Love this group

[@svanakulesza8635]

Hi Baby girl 72yrs old and digging the players it’s music for getting down with. ❤️🇮🇸

[@garytom1935]

Saw them on TV, Midnight Special, awesome cool song, always on the radio 📻👍😎👌

[@butterflymama0838]

I love dancing to this song so much! I dated a guy from 2002-2007 who was a drummer of a local band in my area. He also sang the more soulfoul songs. He was a black man with extra soul! When he sang this the whole venue would be up dancing and his drum solo to it ..top notch! 🙌🏼🤌🏼 Edit: you qere having too much fun with this one! We had such great music in the 70's & 80's. I was a teen in the 80's (born in 1969). I listened to all of this music though. I had many aunts and uncles on both sides of my family and they listened to everything! My parents loved music so much! My Dad sang and played guitar in a garage band when he was a teen in the mid to late 60's.

[@dadmateryn8092]

When they recorded Roller Coaster in the studio a girl got murdered and it was caught on the recording. I remember my sister would play the murder over and over on the record. The band has neither acknowledged or denied this allegation. BTW that was Sly and Family Stone you were thinking of.

[@suzieredfoxfur6982]

Legend. No one knows what happened other than those that were there

[@JeffreyTheTaylor]

"about to choke from the smoke, gotta tighten up my stroke..." Well, I can tell by your game, you're gonna start a flame In my heart, baby, baby I'm 'bout to choke from the smoke, got to tighten up my stroke Can you feel it, girl? Yeah

[@bakercarl8518]

Thanks!

[@pamelarex1877]

The seventies was like that.....a big love fest... no matter the race..I was in the class of 74

[@joy88867]

The 70s was nothing but 🔥

[@buckeyegirl16]

If you've ever watched Hell's Kitchen with gordon ramsey this is the theme song

[@324cmac]

I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s in California and it was even better than you imagine.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Me also i was born in 1960 \AND WAS RAISED IN Kodiak Alaska And in my midd teens in Oregon.

[@VikingJeff]

Maybe try some Earth, Wind and Fire. Not quite as funky but they do have "a lot going on".

[@enriqueirigoyen156]

I believe those dancers you were wondering about were an act called "The Lockers" and that style of dance was known as locking...pop and locking. Reun from the TV show "What's Happening!" was a member. Toni Basil was the founder of that group of dancers that also included a guy known as Shabadoo who later gained fame in the "Breakin' " movies. These are the guys that brought breakdancing to the masses.

[@jeffin8127]

70's RnB and Funk black bands were fun to listen to and created some really fantastic and under-appreciated music. Sadly, rap pretty much killed this type of music. Today it seems no one can play anything more than a drum machine, and I think Black music has suffered because of it. because there are no Black BANDS (Though Bruno Mars is making a valiant effort to change that).

[@BruceAquila]

Glorious time to be a teenager and he always sung like that!!!

[@TZ61]

A blend of Sly and the Family Stone and War, they were clearly influenced by both groups. I remember watching this on whatever show it was. Nice upload.

[@cog4life]

🔥 for sure!!! A classic favorite!!! 😊Fire…uh huh!😅❤

[@pointcreditsolutions2203]

You saw it in the movie Road House.

[@kevinfitzpatrick8532]

Looks like a live version filmed from either a Soul Train show or Midnight Special, a fun time 🎶🎸😆👍

[@joelhammond4162]

Good Times!

[@KillerNetDog]

I was never into the disco stuff in the late 70's, but I did like a few bands, Ohio players are one of them.. This tune and "Love roller coaster" were radio standards.

[@joshehrendreich4058]

I was judging you on O-H-I-O, but only because I got it a few seconds before, and felt like a silly goose.

[@brittreacts]

😂😂😂😂

[@joshehrendreich4058]

@@brittreacts Also, it was Sly and Family Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" you were trying to recall. Oooo, please react to this gem.

[@clutch236]

@@brittreacts I didn't think that you liked to say anything in the comment section.

[@dreamweaver8913]

Good Times, with J.J., Jimmy Walker

[@josepharnold1345]

You heard it in the movie Roll Bounce. Great song, fun movie.

[@jamescole8355]

I was a little boy in the 70's... It was great!!!! I remember all this SH@$!!

[@michaelcalvert1954]

The Ohio Players were so hot, funky, and just frigging great. I personally like the original lp version. Next check out Rollercoaster. I agree with another commentor- check out the album cover. You'll totally understand what the 'fire' was about.

[@robertmillar8246]

Sticking with the theme of Ohio how about a song from the Ohio Express called Yummy, Yummy, Yummy...

[@tjtampa214]

Tv show with JJ (Dyno-mite) - Good Times. I know you thought of it right when you hung up! Lol. Yeah FIRE 🔥 that was a huge song that was always on the radio. I remember first hearing it in high school on Fridays during the pep rally in the gymnasium. I think some of these dancers in the very early days were still putting together their slick moves and weren't quite all the way there yet. But they did get there. ✌😉 and you better know, Sly and the Family Stone is the group that you would be thinking of for that song I Want to Thank You fa' Lettin' Me By Myself Again. 💜🌷 That would be fantastic to hear from them and get your review. Sly Stone was a stand-up guy all the way through his life. Thx Britt. The baby noises. 😊

[@williamkash7162]

Corduroy was a big fabric choice back in the 70's too; not just denim.

[@loveloochay]

Hi Britt .. I like 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 fire !! Nice

[@achigurh]

That there dancin' was _Locking_

[@francisedwards4069]

The dance move is called Poppin and Lockin, and the group is called The Lockers

[@jeffreymassey5541]

"Sugar Foot" is on guitar and lead vocals. And "Junie" Keyboard and vocals"🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@kenneth2875]

Good Times

[@kevinvernon5851]

I remember cranking this up as loud as I could get it.

[@jackieannsims2871]

Girl I have this record 🔥🔥🔥

[@patrickannunziato9473]

I could be wrrong but I think the dance is called the Rerun.

[@eishunken]

Yes, you are wrong 😊. The dance is called Locking. The original group that danced in this style was The Lockers. One of their members was was Fred Berry who played the character Rerun in the show What’s Happening.

[@teenaguajardo4773]

❤❤❤ school dances of my youth!

[@garytom1935]

Was in a Movie with Kurt Russell 📽️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@gpxo11]

You're thinking of Good times-By the way there's a song by Bazuka called Dynomite based on JJ's signature call released in 1975 when good Times was popular.

[@roberttompkins6489]

When music was actually good.

[@how2c123]

Ohio Players were an early introduction to Go-Go music of the 80s and 90s.

[@OlleStahlberg]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 👌🏾Time for some Cameo. "She's strange" video for example.

[@BamaGuyInWashington]

You may have heard it on the cooking show, Hells Kitchen. Its the theme song for that show.

[@serpentinefire77]

Sly & the Family Stone and The Ohio Players created the blueprint for future funk success by the Commodores, EW&F, Cameo, Funkadelic, Faze-O, Slave, Dazz Band, Zapp, Prince, etc

[@guillermomartinez2339]

Hey...today is my daughter's birthday..and so is Michael McDonald's...so a song of his is in order..."What a fool believes " one of my favorites and daughter's too...thank you ill be waiting...

[@Lulabee2024]

The studio version tho I know you'll look it up

[@trishriley9681]

❤

[@nf-ol5ge]

Saw them live Birmingham, England 1976

[@Lulabee2024]

Good Times ...

[@Modes9]

Go for "Love Rollercoaster" and "Who'd She Coo" if you dig this. I'm sure Sly and the Family Stone' "Thank You" and "Sing a Simple Song" will also work for you. I'm eager to see your reaction.

[@robblaber6655]

That was Sly and the Family Stone 😎👌

[@GunsmithSid]

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Sly and the Family Stone

[@MaureenBaker-k5p]

too funny, I had to look him up uncle bobby-don't think we have that one here in Canada

[@cackalackcowboy2127]

That was a SHOW!

[@donadams9496]

I think part of the song is the intro to Hell's Kitchen.

[@joy88867]

I couldn’t think of it!!

[@davidcrotts4977]

You are so pretty! Enjoy your videos!

[@greg2976]

Funny and pretty!!!!

[@cackalackcowboy2127]

That’s straight Sugarfoot

[@mindigd]

This makes me want to get up and do the bump!

[@alansmith7626]

OMG, disco days! Disco got a bad rap but that was where the ladies were back in the day! I have No regrets! Had a Ball...

[@Lori-db8vl]

This is funk

[@Russ_Keith]

Actually the freedom and love era and the music that went with it was between mid 60s and mid 70s. Maybe arrange to be born a little earlier. I was born in late 1949 and my teens and 20s were magical. Didn't need money. Just needed to be hip and cool. Then, of course, came the 80s. Don't talk to me about it

[@djinnee1792]

If you aren't sure if or where you heard it, especially the hook, have you seen Roll Bounce?