Can You Handle It - Graham Central Station

[@mynitagoodson7053]

One of the most gifted and talented musicians EVER ...He doesn't get his just Recognition

[@cyndeemiller9695]

He SUCKS

[@carmenortiz3737]

Digdat!

[@redacted2275]

The entire Family Stone doesn't get the recognition it deserves... including Sly. The Family Stone broke musical and social-political barriers but I guess revolution only matters to people when it divides, not unite.

[@morrisparrish76]

Sorta like wilt chamberlain

[@morrisparrish76]

A WNC if you will?

[@davidverge7857]

The Voice, The Range, The Control!!

[@a.makalani6131]

Thank you! I have always said Graham is one of the all-time great Baritones. The versatility in his voice is otherworldly.

[@kyethecreator59]

I'll be 24 this year....thank you mom for showing me real music my whole life

[@youlandaanderson5111]

A very underappreciated and underrated musician and band

[@mcmike100]

By who?

[@addisonmath9869]

Larry was hot even when he was with Sly Stone In the 70's Larry n Graham was running neck and neck with EW&F on the charts..... GCS WAS FILLING UP THE STADIUMS IN USA (I WAS THERE) 🎶

[@nedwomack2936]

I’ve been jamming Graham central station, since the 7th grade, I’m 61 now , still GCS🎼🎼🎼💨💨💨

[@rorybrewster292]

I DISAGREE TOTALLY HE WAS IN SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE..........

[@DarLoveify]

I love Larry Graham & Grand Central Station. Larry is so handsome and has a great voice and is an awesome bass player. Patryce Banks is so beautiful and has a great voice as well. I have to also mention that in this video, Larry Graham looks a lot like Damon Wayans with a lot of hair :) RIP Robert "Bruce" Sam & David "Dynamite" Vega.

[@MsJFaye1]

This song came in my car radio today and I almost lost it! The funk in this song, nevermind the lyrics, is the bomb. I'd forgotten how great the guitar riffs are and how the bass dominates. Love me some Graham Central Station♥️

[@weareallastronauts5066]

DAMON WAYANS? DONT TELL GRAHAM THAT< HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SEX MECHINE BY SLY STONE?

[@anvil777]

That bass...omg. Mr. Graham has to be one of the best bass players in the whole wide world...

[@havable]

All while singing with that gorgeous voice and with such range and tone. People keep comparing him to Prince but I see some Hendrix here too.

[@dannalondon903]

HE IS THE BEST!

[@dannalondon903]

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[@stephaniejones4749]

​@@havableabsolutely right You ought to hear his song one in a million. I love that song. Larry Graham just did not get the recognition he deserved

[@CBoyd-ir5pe]

I had the opportunity to see Larry Graham when I lived in Little Rock Ar. It was a Prince concert that I went to only because Larry Graham was the opening act!!! I was so elated to finally get to see Larry Graham!!! I love, love, love me some Larry Graham!!!

[@Carv5playacowboys5rings]

RIP Willie Wild Sparks GCS drummer . I had the privilege of playing bass in Willie’s band the wild bunch from Oakland . A great experience for a 17 year old I tell ya ! Willie you will be missed my brother . A drum and funk legend !

[@joanngorham-richardson2555]

1974 I was in high school, 👍 this is a funky song 🎵🎶🕺💃😍😘

[@beigenegress2979]

I was about 10 yo at the time. The local radio in my town played this (seemed like) every 15 minutes, at the time! 😂

[@barryfitzhugh8739]

One thing you have to admit about 70s PFunk, it just doesn't get old, decades later, you find yourself still enthusiastically playing your Air 🎸 whenever "Can you handle it ⁉️" floods your 👂👂 channels.

[@azraelblick4117]

What an incredible era in general. Music these days ain't shit compared to this.

[@MrAliquippawill1]

1974....my senior year in High School...the year Mr.Larry Graham dropped this little nuclear bomb of funk on the world of R&B/SOUL. Damn.....the memories! Every "Soul Train" clip I've seen on KZbin was special in it's own right (God bless the memory of Don Cornelius). This video featured the original version of Graham Central Station....which made it even more special. I don't give a dead rat's ass that this performance was "lip-synced"...It's good to see Larry Graham under ANY circumstances.

[@imar3248]

lol every performance on Soul Train was lip-synced. We were just lucky to have the show. I’d take a weekly lip-synced show today.

[@andrethompson2034]

​@imar3248 No some were live, I can name 3 off the top of my head. AL GREEN, SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE ISLEY BROTHERS performed live.

[@imar3248]

@@andrethompson2034 oh yes you’re right about all 3💕💕💕

[@andrethompson2034]

@@imar3248 just a little history fact for you, When Smokey performed Baby Come Close he was backed by members of LTD with Jeffrey Osborne on drums. Go back and take a look, he performed that song twice on there but you can pick out Jeffrey

[@imar3248]

@@andrethompson2034 thx for the little known fact. Will do.

[@kevinlawrence1212]

Larry Graham is the Godfather of the funk bass.

[@eternal1blue]

Who is Boosie ? ..... old post i know 😅

[@fruityblack]

I'm 55 and this is still my shit !!! I duno what that shit is these days even today's kids love this music and vocals can ya blame them???

[@kayrobbie5840]

I love this band. Especially Larry and the way he played the guitar. No wonder Prince gravitated toward him.

[@fatcat1967]

Bass

[@tracyskins7854]

Definitely influenced prince

[@willx_1]

Bass

[@marw9541]

@@fatcat1967 A bass what?

[@fatcat1967]

@@marw9541 baas guitar!!!🙄

[@shaunc.8747]

Larry Graham the voice fantastic, So much style, The greatest, The best, The living Legend 🌹🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤❤❤

[@tialongvzzz2293]

❤ this. Instruments sound amazing. I would pay to see them perform today 2024 ... this still sounds G.R E.A.T. MUCH RESPECT 💋

[@wptaries]

This takes me back to my grandmother’s house as a little kid sitting on the living room floor watching Soul Train in awe of what I was watching absorbing it all in complete joy! What a time to be alive!

[@BenjaminDeCruz]

One of my favorite singers and bass players. Larrys voice just expressed soul like wow! I noticed how he dressed in the mid to late 70s reminds me of how Prince dressed from late 90s to early 2000s. That was the last phase of the jumpsuits and long hair. After that was the stylish suits! So fly!

[@christinagraham2915]

Larry was princes mentor he got him to convert to the Jehovah's witnesses

[@niqulusviii987]

@@christinagraham2915 brown Mark actually introduced Prince to the faith in the 80s

[@niqulusviii987]

Larry was Prince's idol! Loved everything about him especially the falsetto. Your Love and Ive Got A Reason reminds me alot of Prince's falsetto.

[@BenjaminDeCruz]

@@niqulusviii987 Oh yeah! Larry's voice is definitely unique singing in the bass or falsetto as well!

[@kayrobbie5840]

Larry Graham was the one who in 2001 persuaded Prince to convert to being a Jehovah's Witness and the two seem to have remained extremely close over the next 15 years. This was confirmed by Prince himself on The Sinbad show where he and Larry Graham and Chaka Khan were on at the same time.

[@cecilea6617]

Real music, real talent. A true original. I learned about GCS in college. Many years later now, I shared them with my daughter. She loves the funk.

[@mommaro26]

THIS WAS MY SONG!!!!.. Great old days!

[@tracyskins7854]

F a c t s!!!

[@sharoncobb9334]

Me too

[@sharoncobb9334]

Good memories 👌

[@gabewilliams9862]

This so funky, I smell it from my phone.

[@jazzysam9590]

David Overton 😂😂😂

[@leonardodorsett3335]

Need to bring that MUSIC back Now that's Funk

[@TheBLACKboard65]

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 👃 👃 👃 👃

[@tracyskins7854]

Alright now!!!

[@tracyskins7854]

@@leonardodorsett3335 y es!!!

[@sharonhaywood2818]

Get it Larry! Bumb it on down Can You Handle That! 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃 Drake can never be this good!

[@SheriLive]

This gentleman is truly a gift from above. ❤️

[@YaoEspirito]

He was always spiritualized and positive. While others were getting into drugs and foolishness, he was always about affirmation.

[@rjam1974]

I loved when that rhythm guitar player made that guitar sound like it was screaming a few times. Mr. Graham plucked that bass like it was being disrespectful lol

[@lyricsforever]

The hollering I just did! LOL

[@willx_1]

that sound always got my attention

[@robertgoodman1867]

Roger James lol....yeah, he played that m/f.....

[@aizabeewalken]

That’s my good ol buddy David dynamite Vega on guitar 😊

[@efrainrodriguez9550]

That group plays & sing so so well & they play their instruments very well, thank you Tube Tube for the Post.

[@ArnitaBlo]

I love Larry's vocals on this song... :-)

[@kfolksr]

Hey Anita this was the song in the 70's tell me did you live in Boleyn at this time.?

[@kfolksr]

Brooklyn

[@tracyskins7854]

F a c t s!!!

[@ritareeves7774]

REMARKABLE HAIR AND VERY CLASSY WITH THE FUNK

[@ms.sukiwashington2726]

LARRY GRAHAM'S hair was SLAYED & he was SEXY 2!

[@donnashelton8560]

his wig was slayed! but yeah, looked and sounded sexy

[@chriscooks5437]

@@donnashelton8560 I don't think that's a wig. It moves too fluid.

[@kendrascott6144]

Fine as all outdoors❤❤

[@keithjohnson4016]

RIP Robert Vega, we need more music like this.

[@victorgallardo2693]

David Vega, my neighbor.

[@deedee-pt5ky]

Can you handle it love that song.

[@deedee-pt5ky]

Yes Larry, IAM from Memphis TN, what can I say, handsome you are fine, all that hair.

[@anneadamson2561]

Just great old funkin Soul........... Love it

[@meika2020]

Even though I am an 80's baby I love this song!!!

[@mackjigger6030]

Why? are 80's baby's stupid?! LoL

[@homoerectus744]

@Nanjimoy Al Kursi what's your story...you've commented twice ( so far) with the name calling.this page is not that sorta party,mr.kursi...or whoever.

[@rtp1968]

meika2020 you know good music when you hear it!!!

[@BL3SSed-Bliss]

Right... Age has absolutely no bearing on taste. 🙄

[@DooWops4U2]

Oh Santa please give me a Time Machine for Christmas I know my first stop to make right at front stage with this badass band

[@sano1062]

Sly and the Family were never the same again without Larry Graham!

[@gilbertboldenjr.3797]

Man what happened to music. All you needed was a lady some good smoke, nice bottle of wine, magic!

[@elnoralewis6194]

THAT'S how I got my husband in 1975 STILL strong

[@88meat]

Wine coolers.

[@glennicefryson9638]

What happened to the voices? Those voices back then were unique and so sexy!

[@dmonk2545]

PREACH BRUHHH!!!

[@morrisparrish76]

Newsflash: there’s no such thing as a “good” smoke!

[@justiceprevails8511]

That bass, that bass...it always grabs me.

[@miteyc]

Sir Larry & Group did a round table of free concerts back in the mid 70's ala East Bay at several high schools. I was fortunate enuf to catch them at Berkeley High Ca. Wonderful funk memories!

[@btinsley1]

wow, i haven't heard this in over 4 decades! I was a pre-teen when this came out and it used to get airplay on the soul stations.

[@Adrienne-w1o]

Loved Graham Central Station, reminds me of Union Station Where people go in and out!!!

[@jaycooper7398]

In response to "The Pulse of Boston"I saw them in the U.K. in the mid-seventies on a "Multi Show" called "The Warner Bros Music Show(Self explanatory) along with The Doobie Bros,Little Feat,Tower of Power,Montrose and Bonaroo.Now there's a show the like of which we could never see again-Awesome night!!

[@niqulusviii987]

So that's where the lyrics from It Ain't Nothing But A Warner Brothers Party came from!!!!

[@maxrico6660]

GCS, seen them twice @ The House of Blues and they were the baadest, funkiest band I've ever seen!!! Larry Graham is baad to the bone!!!

[@chriscooks5437]

I saw them open for Prince at the Arrowhead Pond circa 1997-98.

[@francesrush1342]

Classic Larry G. & GCS! My Jam here! Played this one endlessly! Loved the whole Album! Much Love!

[@quietstorm2919]

Saw them at Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island...They were part of a "Multi-Show" along with The Commodores and Earth, Wind & Fire.....Never see that type of concert ever again...The "REAL" back-in-the day

[@AaronGraySellsHomes]

Quiet Storm that was a great concert based upon those you mentioned. All of them make good music.

[@frankfrank7921]

Those were the days. I saw them in 73 at the Hollywood Bowl on a bill with Rare Earth and War.

[@glammom1373]

I know every generation says their music is the best but, at least these guys are playing real instruments, and not sampling on top of that.

[@SinCityMadBaker]

Larry Graham looking delicious!

[@tadd8210]

SinCityMadBaker: Nutritious and delicious...

[@turallynnushry3165]

Yesss lawd!

[@thebarkaysfan1100]

mhmm

[@jamesbutler8226]

I was in Junior High School when this jam came out

[@deedee-pt5ky]

Larry Graham, so handsome, and yes, this Tenn woman can.

[@yowash7297]

Love me some Larry Graham

[@bromancollins]

Song still gives me the chills! Much Respect!!!!

[@eddieedwards8679]

OUTSTANDING VOCALS , INSTRUMENTS , BACKUP PLAYERS & SINGER , RHYTHM, LYRICS AND THEIR STYLE ❤❤❤❤

[@charlesr8851]

love the old school jams

[@tracyskins7854]

F a c t s!!!

[@cyndeemiller9695]

Ignore Graham and listen to Prince then.

[@Leo55BabyBoomer]

"You see what you did...now can You handle it?....You made it was it is."

[@RosDC]

Love it!

[@vinmarde]

"See what you did" " YOU MADE A FOOL OUT OF ME BOY NOW CAN YOU HANDLE IT" HA!!!!.LOL

[@edennard1]

Larry Spanking the S..t out that Jazz Bass. I saw GC when I was in the 7th grade and I've been the same since. !

[@homoerectussemenallyretent6638]

erik dennard sho nuff

[@virgilrobertsjr7870]

I saw them in concert and Graham Central Station was sensational! ☆☆☆☆☆ 😎 At the Capital Center in Landover MD in the mid 70's!

[@kwameaboagye5147]

Graham Central Station are a pure funk group with Brother Larry Graham and the lovely Sister Patryce Banks on pure fire.

[@jazzysam9590]

Sounds as good today as it did 40 years ago when I first heard it. Music from back in the day still kicks.

[@denisehicks9461]

Boy do i remember that song i use to get down larry has a heck of a voice

[@smoton2]

Martin Lawrence's character. "PLAYA FROM THE HEMALAYA" LOLOL!! NICE GROUP THOUGH!

[@JBlingBling03]

Oh My Goodness!!! i had the BIGGEST CRUSH on this man EVER around this time. I saw him when I was a teen at NYC'S Beacon Theater back then and they put on the best show ever, They had te original Babyface( a female singer and guitarist) that was introduced at one of their shows in the late 70's. Larry was singing "Babyface...Cutest little Babyface "before her guitar solo. they let some of us fans go backstage and I looked at him and gave him the biggest smile ever and he gave the biggest smile ever right back to me. i also got his autograph which I lost years later, I was also thrilled that we have the same birthday August 14th. I know that he doesn't celebrate it though due to his religion. I STILL LOVE YOU LARRY GRAHAMlll

[@helenbestman5338]

Where prince definitely got his influence from. The legend Mr. Graham.

[@TheLovePowerGoddess]

Yeah oooooo! Yes you made a fool, outta me girl, yeah! But that made me the man I was trying to be girl yeah yeah eaaah!! TELL ME NOW! Can you handle that? ~ Larry Graham

[@CT-cb3kb]

👏👏👏👏👏💯

[@mauricemason7135]

Great footage!!

[@andrethompson2034]

This band was so underrated

[@jamiesivad6443]

The very first major concert I went to at 14.. That band were Fire back in the 70s... G!..CS! " THE BADDEST GROUP FROM EAST TO WEST"

[@kwameaboagye121]

Big up to you Brother Larry Graham and the lovely Sister Patryce Banks Graham Central Station what a funk group Your love Feel the Need in me I can’t stand the Rain All forty eight years ago and forty seven years ago.

[@audioslave001]

Larry Graham... just.... WOW!!

[@tracyskins7854]

For real though

[@lesliehuggins1423]

This was my favorite band in the day. "Can You Handle It, baby?" Of course, I had that album. Can you handle that???

[@rodtrues1]

The legacy of Don Cornelius,,,,, even thou it wasn’t LIVE,,,, AT THE TIME,, we got up at Saturday morn to jam,,,

[@chriscooks5437]

Don Cornelius would often allow real bands to play live.

[@rodtrues1]

I learned to dance better,, we all did,, if u were payin attention,,,, they did the latest dances, American bandstand was done after DC and ST got in dat AZZ!!!, and this is 2023, it’s still GREAT,,, HEY, THIS IS WHAT longevity looks like, u have to study music and not just be a sampler because don’t have a foundation to build on is all I’m tryin to say,,music is a science, so that means among other is sound, vibration,harmony, math, feelings, passion, art,,I’ll STFU 🫤💕🤬

[@steveluberda295]

I still listen to these guys today I have a vinyl from 1974 I put on once in awhile.

[@ghurley2269]

Discovered this great band only recently and am amazed going through their albums. The quality is wonderful; vocals, musicianship, the irresistible funk - awesome band.

[@tagereapple213]

This is so awesome! The off lip sync and all. Nobody else could sport that wig but u Larry Graham and have me glued to the screen. So funky, so crazy and I love it. Your over the top phrasing and your underrated bass genius at its best. Cleaning the house music right here. I love my brown people - nobody can handle it - so much talent. Thanks for posting this. It took me way back......

[@chriscooks5437]

Don Cornelius let real bands play live. And I think that his hair!

[@chriscooks5437]

His hair looks real. Walter Hawkins & Bart White wore similar styles.

[@sharoncobb9334]

TOC"HE

[@rcardosanders2885]

​@@chriscooks5437Youngblood we all had long hair like that back in the day mines was the same way too. S ame look

[@daryltaylor2992]

1974 Germantown High School 12th grade boy o boy!!!

[@sidneyjones6905]

Dobbins, 11th grade

[@briangarrett5108]

I went to G-town also!

[@homoerectus744]

Know it well.

[@MykeFord950]

Germantown 1979! "79 is right on time" was our slogan

[@sylviawilliams1120]

This is NEVER GONE..... LUV TO THE WORLD.

[@ulyssesmcneill4385]

Bass playing and vocal range impressive. Became a big GCS fan after hearing this one.

[@noelbusterz.wiseman7718]

Larry's first hit after his Sly & The Family Stone days with his own Graham Central Station....now can you handle the best decade of music?

[@jefferylakes388]

80’s only era that gives 70’s a run for #GOAT

[@Gwen3344]

Memory: Seeing Graham Central Station at a small club called The Joint in the Woods, Parsippany, NJ in 1974. Hard to believe that was nearly 50 years ago! That place was a hot mess; the town was in an outrage over the double meaning of the name. They forced a name change; not long after the club burned to the ground, but this was all after I'd left NJ and returned to my native GA. Anyway, I absolutely loved this song. The music intro is so bittersweet and poignant; always evoked those feelings in me. Loved Larry Graham's voice. And gosh was he handsome, or what?!

[@leahmackgay1713]

oh How I Love this!

[@shawn4ever77]

He's the best thing ever!!!

[@morrisparrish76]

Sorta like wilt chamberlain

[@sauquoit13456]

Here's some obscure trivia: On this day in 1913 {February 2nd} Grand Central Station in New York City officially opened at 12:01 AM; more than 150,000 people visited the largest terminal in the world on its opening day... And sixty-one years later on April 28th, 1974 Graham Central Station's debut charted record, "Can You Handle It?", entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #91; six weeks later on June 9th it would peak at #49 {for 1 week} and it stayed on the chart for 8 weeks... The Larry Graham led sextet had three more Top 100 records; "Your Love"* {#38 in 1975}, "It's Alright" {#92 in 1975}, and "The Jam" {#63 in 1976}... R.I.P. Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012} and Larry Graham, Jr. will celebrate his 70th birthday this coming August 14th {2016}... * "Your Love" reached #1 {for 1 week} on August 24th, 1975 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...

[@op80op1]

Thanks for that very informative post! He's one of my favorites the captain of the squad for sure! They were funky as they wanted to be! 🤓

[@homoerectus744]

Uh.....solid

[@benniesagittarius2865]

This really brings back in memories

[@annabellademus9719]

THEY THE POWERS, TOOK AWAY THE MUSIC IT'S ABOUT THE FREQUENCIES, THE MUSIC IS THERAPEUTIC HEALING, THE VIBRATIONS, , INSTRUMENTATION , WHAT HAPPENED CRACK AND RAP THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.YES YES.

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATRYCE "CHOC `LET" BANKS (OCTOBER 21, 2022)

[@bigfinewomanful]

Reliving my high school days.....this group was the bomb!!!

[@stinsonv]

Tina & Larry Graham will forever be Oakland's Funk Badasses!

[@CC-ul3qo]

Crazy skunk funky!

[@debrawilliams162]

I loved this as a teenager!!!

[@timdilnutt6983]

Thundercat talking his favourite bass lines and players led me to Larry Graham and this pearl. Love that shift in mood from verse to chorus.

[@meemeethecat7391]

This was my group. Went to all they shows in my state. Love them . Were is Larry graham now. Met them in person at the skating rink.

[@LloydMajor]

To funky!

[@brendagrant9382]

💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 GCS !!!

[@akualezlihope7301]

loved them! The music of my partying youth!

[@RichardGardee-eq9qi]

My Cuz' COMPTON California jammed in 2 dr coupe CRUISER...😅❤❤❤

[@calvinbealer7264]

Classic Classic Summer 🥇 Soul From 1974. Can you Dig it.

[@craigperkins441]

this music from the 70 s. is one of the many reasons y most of ur ol school people weren't so on edge, not mention all other things we had to keep us hapoy

[@lindacoffee1593]

Love dem funky beats

[@elishabhaeaton8356]

His hair is layyyyeeed!!!

[@bad2dabone397]

I do believe that is his real hair....handsome ain't he!!!

[@Deep42Thought]

People ask me everywhere "Is that really all your hair?" I just tell 'em, "If it ain't Then it sure don't mean That now I can't

[@nicholeroyster2658]

yesss INDEED

[@TheLovePowerGoddess]

I just dont believe it fair to judge a mane by the length of his hayar!

[@adc2327]

@@bad2dabone397 It is a wig. Take it from someone who knows.

[@rosalindwilliams196]

I can count only two entertains that sang live .Al,and James

[@pousse-cafe8749]

音を聞いて忘れられなくなったGCSだけど、ビジュアルも超かっこいい！！この頃のちょっと宇宙人ぽい衣装とか、ギラギラしてるのが素敵！Larryだから着てもカッコいい。ここまでギラギラだと、普通の人が着ると本体がショボくて恥ずかしい。モリモリヘアスタイルもカッコいい👍❤🎇派手なのがポジティブだったいい時代。

[@cynthiagilliam4132]

That man is SO fine! And that voice!!

[@erictucker4412]

Amazing!!!😊😊😊

[@JeezWhiz1]

Kids today missed all of this and they live blissfully listening to only what is shoved at them at present. They need to do their homework using KZbin

[@MrSilkydrew]

The Funk has many surprises, up those sleeves