Cameo - 'Word Up' Reaction! Funky Song with Levar Burton Dancing! Can't Get Any Better Than That!

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[@OldMusicFan83]

I was a 20 year old soldier in Berlin. Heard this song constantly at the PX, in the mess hall and at the burger bar. It always takes me back to when I was young. What a golden age!

[@C-130-Hercules]

Yes! It was everywhere. 😊 Even in Mildenhall .

[@jameskirschling7887]

Same story at R.A.F. Upper Heyford.

[@DeAnne1233]

BAHS Class of ‘88. The Burger Bar, first Music Video Juke Box. It’s where I ended up if I ever skipped school. Music still in my head as I grab a Loop Bus to Dupple or Andrews. I worked at the Burger King across the parking lot from the PX. Good times.

[@OldMusicFan83]

@@DeAnne1233 my barracks was on Andrew’s 85 to 87z. Spent a lot of time in the burger bar there playing Galaga.

[@DeAnne1233]

@@OldMusicFan83 See President Reagan or attend the 3 Day Concert for Berlin before you left?

[@hadleygrass]

This would ALWAYS get people back on the dance floor.

[@NoAnimalLeftUnfedInc2015]

Cameo has a deeply rich catalogue of hits. They are incredibly underrated. Rhythm and Blues icons....

[@theinsightfulvisionary0197]

Yes, they are!!!

[@christarpley6861]

Takes me back to the good ole days when music was good

[@emmett-amber5456]

“Talkin’ Out the Side of Your Neck” by them is relevant today. I hope you guys have a wonderful Sunday. -Amber

[@TheDivayenta]

A dance floor banger! ❤ Corey- it’s a red codpiece. Codpieces were external cups worn in the Renaissance. Protection from swords and all! ❤

[@ianlove1215]

One of my favourite 80s songs!!! Next try Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc

[@elizabethfraser-dorney6915]

First reaction to Word Up I've seen that recognized Levar. 😄

[@brookehornback1896]

It never gets old.

[@GinnyRobertsonLLC]

This 72 year old was getting down to this back in the day. Still do. 😎

[@Paizley301Carwell]

My dad Tomi Jenkins is the original member of cameo

[@bridgethanna3046]

This song STILL works!! Gets us all singing and MOVING!! LOVE it! Thanks for reacting to it!!❤

[@TheDivayenta]

A suggestion: from that era - Terence Trent d’Arby - Wishing Well- official video. One of the greatest vocalists ever and funky as hell.

[@nfbody]

Ah yes that’s a good one!!!

[@KelM56]

Yes totally !!! Please react to it ❤

[@KristineMaitland]

​@tonyapoindexter2781No. That was James DeBarge.

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

This came out in high school. Played at every dance, it was one of the biggest floor tunes my whole four years. It was such a strong hypnotic beat that by the end everyone was dancing in synch almost mesmerized. It was a tribal experience.

[@grethe1956]

That red codpiece made me laugh every time this came on tv.

[@GodLovesComics]

That has to be one of the funkiest vocals ever recorded. And I like that the video has all the same insanity with weird lighting, dancing, some incomprehensible narrative featuring a special guest star, etc. that so many of the 80's New Wave and metal videos had.

[@jacqueline4514]

The reading rainbow guy!!! ❤LOVE

[@joecarcione6636]

Great song! One of those songs I totally forgot about until it was played at my 50th....it was great to revisit then, and NOW!

[@laraismyname821]

HAHA! I remember this video. It's still wild. But look at young LeVar Burton. Aw...

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

I loved this song as a kid. My old school Italian father didn’t appreciate the red cod piece. 😂

[@lisar3944]

that was the very best part of the video! A chef's kiss accoutrement :D

[@billdemotte7152]

This shit is still a jam today

[@jacqueline4514]

This song makes me SO happy! Cameo song that makes me even happier? “CANDY” 🔥

[@descantinginsalubrious]

I can hear that chorus right now

[@tonyaristide2582]

Stationed in Germany all through the 80s this video was on loop at The PX snack bar over and over etc with other videos like walk like an Egyptian... Saw this video 1000 times.. lol. Good song .

[@hadleygrass]

Same, the video jukebox in the PX cafe...

[@OldMusicFan83]

I was going to post the exact same thing! Was in Berlin and heard this constantly at the little PX and in the burger bar. Ha ha. This song always takes me back!

[@tonyaristide2582]

i was in wiesbaden!@@OldMusicFan83

[@justinjohnson6452]

Great song remember being a kid riding with my dad jamming cameo lol 😂 fun times early 90s good bit after this song came out but it was still being played

[@melissar8304]

Sooo many great songs from them. She's strange, single life, candy, shake your pants, sparkle....... I could go on and on. Great rabbit hole to travel down. You should check out when Larry Blackmon was on the drums in the late 70s

[@descantinginsalubrious]

Absolutely..I second this.

[@nomnomnomJon]

Dope track, as he flexed in the song they did their own thing music and style wise...

[@loisrogers9042]

Oh yeah! I remember this! Great dance tune😊

[@descantinginsalubrious]

Cameo made some of the most amazing jams...She's strange, Candy, Back and Forth, Single Life...Larry is a musical genius. Word Up was a POP hit, but they had several R&B chart hits. As Larry said..."I don't have nothin' to hide. I want the world to see."

[@josephmichelli2441]

Straight FIRE!!!! Should be like this now..

[@renelpatat]

I was in my mid 20’s when this was released! It got me to the dance floor every time it came on! I didn’t care who was on the floor, my white ass had to be moving!!! It’s not for just toe tapping, it was full on butt shaking time!!!

[@johnlong9534]

I had just bought a used car and was on my way to work. I saw a cassette was in the player. I pushed it in and this song was on. I cranked it up all the way while flying to work. Good memories, thanks.

[@TheSmokey999]

She’s Strange , and also Candy are bangers by Cameo.

[@AEM-le7uy]

song ALWAYS makes me smile 😊

[@Patti-sg1fv]

Have danced many a time to this song 😊💃

[@deborahpaley21]

Such a snappy tune.

[@juneevans8647]

Rollerskating is what I remember to this song and Cameos music in general.

[@christinewaide5249]

Our dancing in the bar song.

[@Lisa44445]

I was 15 when this came out loved it

[@Calinicus72]

I was in High School(Freshman Year) when this came out. It got a lot of airplay, and was a popular song at the time.

[@ronniecorbett6306]

Deadly Cod Piece. 😁 This song gives me goosebumps. Peace

[@bossfan49]

Classic 80s R&B. Hot fire.

[@lzzy8262]

shook my butt many times to this in the club

[@Elizabethselby]

My eldest daughter went to boarding school with the video's director. I asked him, because I was a teen when this song came out, and I loved it so much, who came up with the red cod piece idea. Literally he did. And went out and bought it for the video. Just a little side note. I always found that fascinating.

[@Elizabethselby]

Love this channel

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

I had totally forgotten that Levar was in this.

[@jom7604]

Love this!!!❤

[@wifeoftim]

I can't believe you guys never saw video! I couldn't wait for it to come on VH-1 or MTV. This wad on of my fave vids back then.

[@gesundheit602]

Y’all need to do the music video to their hit “Candy” if you haven’t already. It was the very first music video ever recorded in High Definition!

[@jaquettajones]

This Video is EPIC! Classic for the Ages! :-D

[@MarvinGray-f8p]

Word Up was NOT Cameo's first hit, it was their first POp crossover hit in 1986. They dominated the R&B charts starting in 1975 . Word Up is their most recognizable song because of Pop radio crossover.

[@descantinginsalubrious]

Ditto

[@Abri412]

I *love* this song, but I only saw the video in the last couple of years when I was here on YT just pulling up stuff I hadn't heard in forever. So so so funny to see what I missed out on in childhood by being too broke for MTV.

[@chrisjarvis2287]

Cameo is in my top 5 Funk groups. Larry Blackmon sounds like Michael Cooper the lead singer of Confunktion.

[@CdnTrader1]

I clearly remember the locker room dance off to this song after Freshman football practice.

[@Bricameron]

Iconic tune iconic cod piece. Still funky as fuck.

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

The 80s were so weird. Love this song. I never realized that was LeVar Burton. It's been so long since I saw the video that I just never put that together.

[@tomhiggins875]

I love the Bob Dylan reference. I think he doesn't have a great voice but he is a great singer. His voice with its gritty realism just works with the songs he writes and/or sings.

[@TheDivayenta]

Damn, dudes! This came out one year before Smooth Criminal. So MJ must’ve been inspired- the same set, camera angles, similar costumes and even the group choreography!

[@thomasshreve750]

I suggest listening to Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" as an introductory song. At one point Billboard said this song was the #1 most popular song in history. This may be hyperbole, but indicative of his tremendous influence Dylan had over multiple generations. He received the Nobel prize for literature in 2016. Just a couple of accolades to highlight the importance of his long and productive career. He also played with the supergroup Traveling Wilburys. BTW, Word Up is a great song.

[@Abri412]

I genuinely think you guys would like "Like a Rolling Stone". It sounds good, it's well-written (duh) and so snarky. Not quite as snarky as "Positively 4th Street", but close, and a better song.

[@SIXX2772]

FIRE!!!!!!!

[@Barnes466]

I was hammered on the dance floor as a non dancing white youth in some bar lol when this lick hit so much fun times!

[@weezy8029]

I forgot LeVar was in the video! 🔥❤️😄

[@katestewart1984]

i was 15 in gay clubs, no race, gender difference, we just danced!

[@leonardlynxx]

please react to "Candy" by cameo you guys will like it.................

[@benb6535]

Korn did a Great cover of this song!!

[@kevinstewart449]

Word Up, an all-time favourite of mine. Glad you all like it.

[@paulboserup463]

Candy, next👍

[@RMiles-jd2ze]

The Rock band 'Korn' did a version of this that is very tasteful - you simply must listen to it and make a comparison.

[@geli-anton]

Funk révolution the real 80's signature. Not Biaised but Based on Bass, repeat over & over😮

[@randychampion184]

Olli is hilarious..not the helium lol

[@victorbloom8286]

Lavar Burton from Star Trek

[@ShawnBrown-x8c]

Helium voice. Lol!! 😂😂

[@dunbarf2413]

Actually Larry Blackmon was wearing a codpiece not a cup or jockstrap. The codpiece is a 15th and 16th century Renaissance era European men's fashion accessory that is WORN OUTSIDE THE LEG GARB or pants in modern vernacular to protect the genitals. The Cameo in this video is the 2nd wind of Cameo. Cameo started out as a 1970s band the likes of the Isley Brothers, EWF and Larry Blackmon was the drummer and vocalist. They changed their music style and their look during the 1980s. Music became more energetic, funkier, eclectic and creating their own visual eclectic appearance which breathed new life into Cameo for the changing 1980s culture.

[@nycsue]

Listen to Fenom dammit...Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone. Listen to it. He has a nasal voice and a "voice that sounds like it came from you & me". Yet it works and the fact that he wrote it makes it that much sweeter. Give it a try..you never know and you've nothing to lose. Word up!

[@jaquettajones]

Fenom is correct. - Bob Dylan, Cher, Stevie Nicks - no can fk with them. Modern ears are weaned on Power Singers for better or worse but Larry's voice SLAPS! 80's voices were much more about the vibe and they were GREAT vibes :-D

[@jeffreyworthen7033]

I can't believe oldhead at the upper left corner never seen the video from "Word Up"...🤔

[@pattimcneill7531]

Y’all should check out Korn’s cover of this song.

[@DeAnne1233]

Skinny jeans and spandex. 😂🤭 But nothing’s better than the red boxers’ glove jock strap. Zero Chucks Given - GenX

[@whostheblackprivatestick8565]

This was 1985. If you were “cool” …you understood. If you weren’t “cool”? …you probably STILL don’t understand.

[@GhostyTMRS]

I’ve been watching you guys for a few months. Great stuff. You should give Bob Dylan a try. Recommended: “Subterranean Homesick Blues” - one of the most influential ‘videos’ of the 60’s, “Hurricane” - message song, “Not Dark Yet” - deep late period Dylan.

[@janetsilverhawk7204]

Yes please do some Dylan

[@vonbass1300]

Now do Korns version of this. Haha

[@marceldagenais1893]

They probably play this at diddy parties

[@rebeccalipps23]

I would describe the red garment as a codpiece similar to outerwear during the 1400s- 1600s for males. King Henry VIII made them popular because he had syphilis & his genitals were very tender to material brushing against them.

[@lillired857]

cod piece

[@raqamsonofmanasseh]

If you don't move to this, you ain't got a soul.

[@jaysanchez5804]

Please add k7 come baby come to your list

[@angelskunk2206]

IMO, I think you’re wrong to rule out listening to Bob Dylan’s music. You’re missing some really good songs if you skip him.

[@ginawhisnant9966]

It is a red cod piece, not a cup.

[@kkampy4052]

Check out Zaap and Roger

[@ManuelVerzola]

Larry wore that cup to remind himself to , keep it check, cause all P ain't good P. Do yell realize how many thousands of women they could have and 100s they've already had? Instead of clowning his red cup, think about how much different his life is than yours. 💯

[@hadleygrass]

Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues is bar after bar after bar after bar...

[@michelehood7014]

She’s Strange

[@HeidiSvenson]

I can lip sync every single work of this...and I'm a white girl from CA

[@Befree898]

I never heard this song before today, and l am very glad about that 😜