Isaac Hayes ~ Theme From "Shaft" 1971 Soul Purrfection Version

[@andytaylor5476]

This was such a tremendous hit! There was something very different in it's presentation; this was the genius of Isaac Hayes's musicality. Thanks

[@mikeysuzefour]

It must have turned some heads when Isaac said, "He's a bad mother------" and the backup ladies tell him to shut his mouth.

[@andytaylor5476]

@@mikeysuzefour At that time many things happened that were a shock to the traditional ways in society.

[@margiemurdock6871]

@@mikeysuzefour The funk rolls off of this track in mighty waves, but if I had written the lyrics, I would have changed one word to make it funnier. "He's a complicated man, but no one understands him but his mother."

[@jimlouizos1462]

& something very different in DJDiscoCat's extension ...well done mate !

[@starrcompany3275]

@@margiemurdock6871 lmao brilliant! But he had to keep it sexy lol

[@kahakookina2822]

No other decade could ever compare in music to the '70s.

[@55102]

all began in the middle of the 50 s, continued in the 60 s, and the climax was the 70 s, after that the music started to go downward, that doesn t mean that all new music was bad but in comparasion is 10 to four

[@gsutton78]

I don't know. The 80s were a great era in music too.

[@blackprix]

Amen many times over

[@TRCOnline1]

Right on.

[@Vendzor]

@@gsutton78 Doesn't even come close to the golden '70s my friend. But nobody cares to realize this, they will sit in their '80s bubble to the grave, never experiencing the beauty of the decade that preceded it. I guess ignorance is bliss.

[@JoshGellis-rp3cr]

Trey Parker and Matt Stone MADE A FANTASTIC CHOICE... Chef IS NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN. R.I.P. ISSAC HAYES! ONE OF MY FAVORITE BLACK SINGERS! ;.D

[@bobbyhorner1271]

Born in '61, the 70's were my formative years. Grew up to Zeppelin, Floyd, Clapton, Stones etc. This was the first album I bought. This is the most 70's thing ever I assure you!

[@freespirit21newyork]

I hear ya I was born in 1965 ☀️💕🎯💯

[@Becker306]

Music has no religion,no race. This is music . Simply.

[@brenda4437]

This is so true and DJDISCOCAT makes it golden 💜

[@bomtown]

That is so BAD ASS it brings tears to my eyes. The orchestra is beyond amazing. Its so dramatic.

[@mandingaprincess]

Gives me chills....I remember when this song came out...my dad use to play this on 8 Track...great memories.

[@beedettfree]

can you imagine this orchestra teamed with Barry White's orchestra??

[@anitawatkins954]

I can Dig It!!

[@reggiestarke437]

@beedettfree5342 W🤔W!!! I NEVER Thought Of nor Imagined That!!!!! THAT Would Have Been INSANE...👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@TheGeezzer]

Right on!

[@shave-a-thon3415]

Really nice mix. This song was a stroke of genius by Issac Hayes. There's so much going on in the original recording, from the great scratch guitar to the horn and string arrangements which are incredibly catchy and a disco beat before disco was even invented. A total masterpiece by Isaac Hayes.

[@rosiebrough4692]

50 odd years old, and what a classic.........

[@freespirit21newyork]

" ya damm right"

[@laurentroux2660]

🇨🇵🇨🇵 c'est çà !!! Vieux de fifty years 😘 it's M.a.g.n.i.f.i.q.u.e In france 🙏💕

[@bryanpotter3882]

@@freespirit21newyork can you dig it

[@markherron1407]

REST IN POWER Richard Roundtree Blessings and Hugs 💜💜💜

[@owensweetland342]

LOVE this song!! So 70s. Man, music was just right on then. I could listen to this over and over. In fact I will. LOL.

[@beverlydavis1854]

One the greatest Cinematic openings in Film history!!💥💥💥💥

[@rdg5233]

Isaac Hayes was the man!

[@chrisj8932]

Isaac Hayes will always be the Original Soul Brother, definitely has a major talent for soul music, I enjoyed listening to shaft when I was in grade school. I didn't know how much soul music would have a impact on my life. It's not just isaac hayes, but many other major black artists, from the 60's to now. RIP, isaac hayes, rest in power, Mr. Hayes !!! Right On, Finish Strong !!! 11:42 pm, CST, tuesday, 12-29-2020.

[@infantrycord]

This may be the best groove guitar in the history of groove guitars.

[@elvis616]

Yes

[@duhsa66]

concordo

[@thegreenbird795]

this SONG JUST JUMPED OUT OF THE RADIO!

[@orlandl.blanchard5423]

Baby Wah Wah pedal.

[@davidrosemale3573]

This is The Greatest Isaac Hayes Masterpiece ever in the history of music. Love Isaac Hayes.

[@analogsynthplayer]

My uncle was a very good friend of Isaac Hayes, he met him through a business transaction and they remained friends till the end of Mr. Hayes life.. he said there were so many ways used to describe everything that that man was the most important one I remember him using was Mr. Hayes was a really good man🙏🏻

[@smoothjay7311]

I believe that this song was ever brothers theme song. When this song played in my house as young boy. I remember my older brothers attitudes changed as if they felt stronger in some way. It's incredible what music can do for a person.

[@glgarfield]

You are absolutely correct. I was teen in NYC when this song debuted and we all brought leather jackets and (tried) to style our Afros to John Shaft’s cut. It was a phenomenon that proved the Black audience will support films with strong Black leads. I can’t listen to this song 50 years later without still puffing my chest out.

[@robertodominguez3278]

Excellent..! Forever..! Genius creative..! The Best Isaac Hayes..!

[@freespirit21newyork]

I remember the " STAX" record label , my goodness 1971 I was only 6 . Great job DJ Cat 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@alfredagain]

This is way ahead of its time.

[@pauraw.9068]

Isaac Hayes genius! DJ Disco Cat genius too! Thanks for your nice job! W. Paúra from Brazil

[@michaeljohnston6505]

I remember this as young child. As a 57 year old man. I really appreciate this Great music.

[@brucebratman3331]

Dedicated to my late and great friend Dave Harris; who used to play this song all the time...

[@billwynne3569]

WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT, I THOUGHT IT SHUDA WON A OSCAR. FANTASTIC, FUNKY, GREAT

[@sandrasanders706]

It did..Best Original Song 1972 Oscar's..and nominated for Best Score same year. Won three Grammys, and a Golden Globe. This song and its music score marked the start of modern era of soundtracks

[@callen1906]

Wah -wah got tears in my eyes my God this guys is amazing just 90s baby showing my appreciate for real music shaft ...

[@freespirit21newyork]

Thank you I'm a 1965 baby so glad a youth appreciates this gold music era 🎯💯🌟

[@carmeloleonfigueroa4574]

FROM PUERTO RICO 🇵🇷GOD BLESS YOU AND REST IN PEACE BROTHER, ISAAC HAYES !!! 🙁😔🙏

[@lennoxbraithwaite3847]

I remember seeing this movie in 73 on a double bill at my local flea pit the theme was and still is brilliant, Richard Roundtree was the coolest cat around. Happy day

[@thesoultwins72]

Lennox Braithwaite ....... The film 'Shaft' was originally released in 1971

[@sampuatisamuel9785]

The movie was outa this world

[@beedettfree]

cooler than the Mack or Superfly?? These cats were out about that same time.

[@HAPPYDESIGNER1]

Let’s not forget that Richard Roundtree was just So FINE in his Black Leather Coats. Women of ALL colors had to stop and take a look.😊

[@TheFevernight]

Beautiful suond of a unforgetable track timeless. I was a kid when this came out. Great memories about it!😊

[@fabrizio1752]

Original music

[@picklerick6759]

Who thumbs down to this?!! Really?? If you thumbs down you just have no soul...no taste, Isaac hayes just had that deep rich soulful voice, sing on Isaac sing on, if only you were here longer :(

[@mikeysuzefour]

@@rajeshkaran7800 33 lost souls at last glance...

[@richarddrolet7746]

One of the best movie themes ever.I had the double lp version and all the soundtracks are fantastic.....i was 12yrs old back then.....and now 62yrs....still fantastic in 2021.....rickxx.

[@Autista1100]

RIP Richard Roundtree one of my favorite actors.

[@silviemotheroflightgaiaqui4884]

Another blast from the past. Another great version, thank you for sharing your gift of making the old new again....

[@williambaysmore2701]

This is badddd great mix

[@joanietaylor-mitchell8559]

This is just 1 of the Top Sounds of that time now 70 and it still blows my mind

[@tedkenny1645]

I had chills when I heard this live! RIP Mr. Hayes!

[@chrisj8932]

I heard most of the Themes to Shaft, seems there's always something new about the variations to this theme. I enjoyed listening to all the shaft themes, Isaac Hayes is an excellent Musician, Long live the original Soul Brother, Rest In Power, Sir. 1:26 am, CST, saturday, 5-29-2021.

[@toddstokes9909]

For all of you Isaac fans, he made plenty of appearances on the Rockford Files tv show back in the day! ...your welcome!

[@tuffycumigad7409]

I can still dig this sound shaft 70s in 2022

[@thomasbrown3356]

This version is what I've been waiting for for decades! Hell yeah, dance floor fiyah!

[@evelyncarbonell1]

70's was the greatest

[@freespirit21newyork]

Yeah glad I grew up with this music 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@johnbrandom5304]

Superb extended mix, bloody brilliant.

[@rickeyricardomatthews2147]

This was real music Too bad Barry White blew out his candle When rose to stardom

[@jontemple6465]

Me thinking the same sunshine 👌

[@paulsidaway4014]

A fantastic mix. I'm sure Isaac would approve of this ! My favourite soul artists by far. Isaac Hayes in my opinion is a genius. Pure and simple. Even his cover versions to me far outweigh the originals. RIP Isaac

[@ericindiongco6802]

Killer bass line, wah-wah and yes, brilliant remix as always 😎👂👍... Right On!

[@beedettfree]

doesn't this sound remind you of Barry White's 'Love Theme'...same instruments different result. Pure masterpiece!!

[@steveoshow4832]

In my Disco DJ days this track would create such a vibe I usually played it as one of the first tracks of the night and this was right into the 80s as it just didn’t date such was it’s timeless power. Classics like this were loved and enjoyed all by colours and creeds that’s the incredible thing about music it knows no boundaries. A brilliant new mix and Issac Hayes would have approved😎👌 Included in my Mashups & Remixes KZbin playlist.

[@tomb4568]

I need this on an endless loop playing throughout my house!

[@georgerivera8834]

Love the mix The shaft movie with this music was so awesome for that time and still is we all wanted to be like him

[@blackprix]

I wore this album out and got to love everything in the album and became a huge fan of Isaac Hayes. Great music never dies thank God we still have it

[@slyspy9819]

This beautiful piece of music could go on forever as far as i'm concerned ! Nice Job !

[@alessandromarchesini9039]

Oh man! What a feelin'! Oh man, oh man it's insane! Unconditionally love, breathless...❤❤❤❤❤

[@alski5963]

This whole album is a masterpiece. Love it!

[@malirabbit6228]

The arrangement , orchestration and performance is spot on! What else could anyone ask for of Brother Hayes!

[@keithherrington3410]

STUNNING VERSION!! It really made my day, many thanks

[@beverlymcnamara9483]

Shaft is timeless. One of a kind. I can dig it!

[@martinbarken2301]

I was not even born in the 70's, and i absolutely love it musically :)

[@jayelbee1111]

Isaac Hayes said this cat Shaft is a bad MoFo, so was the lead gituar player....Right on, I can dig it!!!

[@sandrasanders706]

The legendary Charles ,"Skip" Pitts. He also played that great guitar riff in the 1968 "It's Your Thing" by the Isley Brothers.

[@victorledesma5085]

I loved this song from the first time I heard it as a child and I only saw the movie many years later, all its versions seem fabulous to me

[@stevechabalik6985]

One of the greatest movie themes ever. Just a masterpiece. Great job, DJ DC!

[@jordyndisimone666]

Bond runs a close second😛

[@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber]

I always read your descriptions, my fine feline disco bro. So I saw the link and watch his Oscars performance. Absolute must see. His entrance through the hallway of living bodiy parts (!) in a jacket of gold chains.. is out of this world! Thanks for sharing!

[@Marcel_Audubon]

The Johnny Davis trumpet so nicely highlighted here!

[@juliacollins3598]

Great job with this. Bought the original when it first came out. Baddest music then and now. Thanks, I'll share this with my grands.

[@19Mako71]

Hadn't heard this in years and then it came on in the pizza shop last Monday. Now here it is in purr form! Awesome start to the weekend! Thank you always DC!

[@waamiq360]

This is easily one of my favorite mixes ever, now can you Dig it?!!! Keep up the good work please!

[@marknorris9524]

I can dig it. Thanks for yet another great mix🎶🎶🎶

[@markhammer643]

I won't take a single thing away from Ike Hayes, but the heart and soul of this wonderful tune is Mr. Skip Pitts on the wah-wah guitar. Back when I was working, I had two songs I'd play on the computer in my cubicle as I prepared to shut down for the week on a Friday. One was "Soulfinger" by the Bar-Kays, and the other was this tune.

[@bubbaschwartz]

This is bad ass mix thanks brother CAT.

[@oldskoolmusicforever0724]

THEY MAY NOT HAVE CALLED IT DISCO YET IN 1971,BUT SHAFT IS STRAIGHT DISCO TO ME,NAW IT'S STRAIGHT DISCO FUNK.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

I really believe it was this hit that was the start of disco with that funky tune and lyrics.

[@Babrossa1941]

Yeah, I can dig it!

[@georgerivera8834]

Love the music and the fashion plus the movie I remember seeing it in the movie thank you for the memories

[@theliteraltranslation]

Just discovered this channel and I've been jamming for at least an hour. Amazing.

[@tonysmith8852]

Black Moses was in full beast mode on this classic tune. RIP Isaac Hayes.

[@fabienagitato8051]

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh Excellent Love it 😊🤩👍👌😍👍👌😉😉

[@edwardstack7301]

Genius All Around!!! Isaac Rest In Peace.

[@josephpacheco5830]

You're taking me back in time again, get ready to been me up Scotty, jamming with Isaac

[@sharonmartin1522]

Wow ,great music that we can now enjoy for a lot longer with the top cat treatment ,you really are the best at choosing classic pieces and putting your spin on them ,pure enhancement ,thank you 😽

[@edwardstack7301]

LOVED HIM IN ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. CLASSIC ISAAC HAYES...COOOLCAT!!!

[@blujazz10000]

The coolest song ever written. Ever.

[@denisblanquet6096]

Cette version est une pure merveille!!! Notamment à 6:58 Je l'écoute en boucle, chapeau bas 🙏🙏💪✌

[@sheldonjames3431]

An exact classic;theme from Shaft - Issac Hayes R.I.P

[@samuelbelil9148]

THIS CLASSIC WON AN OSCAR IN 1971. HOOKED THE FIRST SECOND I HEARD IT!

[@user-gz8id4vf1i]

When I was a kid growing up here in rural South Carolina, there was a local roller rink that would play this tune. All us kids loved it and the skating was so fun. People of different color and walks of life would be out that rink tearing it up lol...awesome times then!

[@owensweetland342]

2:15 the horns enter. You can feel the suspense growing. Sweet! Undercover Brother.

[@saavosc]

Tremendo tema!!! Saludos desde 🇲🇽

[@louisp2502]

What a song and this extended remix version is all that. What I remember most about this song was it played at my kindergarten school’s commencement, this was around 72 as the movie and song had been out for awhile. I went to an all black school and this was also the hey day of black power movement. So the teaching assistants had created a routine where my class came out on stage wearing black vests, berets, and plastic tommy guns. The parents in the audience was tripping seeing these 5 or 6 year old black children stomping around and at the end we all did the raised fist and screamed black power!!! Man the parents lost it, laughing and clapping. You couldn’t dare try something like this today. Ah the memories.

[@JEMA56]

So very glad I grew up in the 70's

[@freespirit21newyork]

Me too born 1965 so glad I had exposure to the late 1960s & 1970s 🌟👑🌟👑🌟👑🌟👑

[@jpsned]

@@freespirit21newyork Me as well, born i 1959, got to experience all of the 60s and 70s music as well. 👍

[@richierich3377]

Im so cool. Jamin to shaft doing yard work. I love it.

[@leeburrows8009]

YOU HAVE TAKEN ME BACK TO A TIME OF GREAT MEMORIES BUT ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL WITH THIS MIX, GREAT WORK AS ALWAYS.

[@robinrichardson3814]

WOW, BLOWNNN AWAY. What a brilliant version, I Love this music the best (in my opinion) film theme ever and this version Fantastic. I play Shaft on the car CD every day, I never get tired of it, I've gonna put this version on get start to every morning.

[@rikz10]

Listening Isaac Hayes' theme from Shaft makes me remember all the black explotation movies I'd seen when I was a kid.

[@waterkid95chris]

Amazing man, I really love this version!

[@JohnGlass-hi1jd]

It's one of the greatest old-school songs ever and movie.

[@luisayala2440]

this kind of music will never be made again, long gone mr hayes, and mr barry white, its just to bad...dam

[@btsr2553]

Thank you. Pure gooooosebumps. A mastermix from a masterpiece of music history. Nobody mixes it better than you dear DJDiscoCat.

[@thesoultwins72]

'Theme from Shaft' is arguably one of the most influential pieces of music ever produced. Based on a repetitive wah-wah guitar line set against 16-note hi-hat drum sequences - interspersed with Hayes voicing film director Gordon Park's immortal lines [''black private dick, who's a sex machine, to all the chicks.... SHAFT! Ya damn right!'' …….''They say this cat Shaft is a bad mutha - SHUT YOUR MOUTH! - I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft.....THEN WE CAN DIG IT! '] it literally took the music world by storm when it was first released in the autumn of 1971. Nothing had ever sounded like this before and to illustrate just how dramatic the song's effect was - let me relate a quick story. I was still at school in 1971 and Saturday mornings were always bliss! I could lay in bed late and although it was not my 'cup of tea', listen to the BBC's Radio 1. The morning show was presented by well-known British DJ Noel Edmonds - whose taste in music could best be described as 'bland'. As a young 'Soul' fan I often despaired at the fodder the BBC insisted on playing, and especially DJ's of the ilk of Edmonds. Yet that morning I was in for a total shock. Edmonds suddenly went into this meandering yet impassioned eulogy about a song he had just heard. And with that - he played 'Theme from Shaft'! I was stunned - but even more so by what happened next. Edmonds played it a second time! [which is strictly against the BBC's 'one-play per show' policy]. In fact, Edmonds kept playing it again and again - and actually ended his show with the song. This was simply astonishing and had never happened before in the history of Radio 1 - much less with such an utterly 'mainstream' DJ as Noel Edmonds. Yet throughout the rest of the day, several Radio 1 DJ's did exactly the same - from Dave Lee Travis and Tommy Vance right through to Alexis Korner! I cannot think of a single record that has been given this kind of special treatment by the BBC. Of course one of the reasons may have been that despite the song being powerfully infectious - it was comparatively short [3mins 15seconds]. To the extent that before you had taken in its uniqueness, it was over. You were instantly left craving to hear more. So it was only natural to play it again. I immediately got up, got dressed, went into the town and bought the UK release on the Stax Record label - banana yellow in colour, with the infamous 'clicking' fingers logo displayed in a black box on the left hand side. [This was the 'standard' 3min 15 second version]. I also bought two copies of film soundtrack LP. But even better, and after several weeks of searching I managed to acquire the extremely rare full 4mins 34 seconds long album version 'single' 45. [This edition is lemon-yellow in colour and the 'clicking' fingers black box is replaced by a light blue one to denote the difference]. A year later, I added Joe Bataan's very creditable Latin version of the song. 'Shaft' revolutionised modern music - leading to a plethora of copy-cat imitations that borrowed heavily from Haye's masterpiece. From the Temptations 'Papa's was a Rolling Stone' to Curtis Mayfield's 'Superfly'. It was also a massive 'crossover' hit in the both the Black and Popular music charts. It was covered by numerous singers and bands, parodied on shows as diverse as the 'Simpsons' and 'Sesame Street'. It was even claimed to be one of the first 'disco' songs. [Hayes even re-issued a highly 'discofied' version in 1978 - 'Shaft II']. Although I already had several of his pre-Shaft recordings [ie; 'Hot Buttered Soul', 'The Isaac Hayes Movement' and 'To Be Continued'] I became one of Isaac Hayes' biggest fans - buying anything and everything I could from the great man. Then in the late 1970's, I was lucky enough to see him in concert - and was completely blown away. [I had expected a raucous, foot-stomping gala. Instead it was an evening of sublime musicianship, arrangements and composition]. I just sat back and let Hayes' beautiful music wash over me. Genius is a much over-used expression. But Isaac Hayes WAS a genius. He is greatly missed and his legacy to the world of music could be no more finely demonstrated than with the remarkable 'Theme from Shaft'. RIP Isaac Hayes [1942 - 2008].

[@willierice7456]

This is always you will be the man right here may he rest in peace

[@mackpines]

That guitar is legendary.

[@starbrightspaceracer1757]

ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING SONGS IN HISTORY!

[@mr.arthurb.2166]

Them last 20 seconds are pure ass hell!!!!💯

[@miurasvlamborghini]

Memphis represent! It may be a shitty city now, but I'm thankful I grew up here b/c of the immense music history that's been made here.

[@jimlouizos1462]

this remix/extension is extremely well done ....

[@jackieobrien-murphy320]

An outstanding masterpiece then and now. 🍀🌹🌹🍀

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very very well old man....................................................................................

[@antoniohernandez948]

Extraordinario Track Músical para este 10 de Mayo día de la Madre!! Saludos desde México!! Gracias por Compartir!!!🎸🎤🎵😎🎧🎼🎶💜👍😁Dj.Disco Catv2***