First Time Hearing Tower Of Power - “What Is Hip” Reaction | Asia and BJ

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[@jpace4608]

I've been a "metal" drummer since 1984 but after my first 12 years, I decided to take some lessons. My teacher put on TOP and said play to this. I was blown away and it changed the way I played forever. He then put on some Toto and I went from just a "metal" drummer, to a drummer. 30 years later, I still incorporate funk/fusion/jazz licks in metal songs. I'll always have a soft spot for TOP! I owe them so much.

[@maureenwagg5305]

That's what I love about some metal drummers. They get groovy.

[@Chilipotamus]

Funk and metal share a lot of the same musical DNA if you really break them down, it's not too surprising that a metal drummer with a good ear can fall into/understand the concept of "groove" and apply it well to their playing.

[@buddystewart2020]

Dave Garibaldi will do that to ya.

[@bayareathrasher666]

Dave is my friend. He just retired from the band

[@dabig25]

Check out Michael Shrieve from Santana as well

[@itzel1735]

Been hearing this song 1973. Still making me dance. 💃🏻

[@dansavoie5087]

They celebrated their 50th anniversary not to long ago. They cross several genres and generations. They are respected in Jazz family. From the 70's until now. I enjoy their music. Are you guys hip ? I have 2 hips. That's as close as I get. ✌️

[@waybackj]

55 this year

[@josephforsha637]

Get Hip U all, Tower of Power from Oakland, CA. I was in the USN in San Diego when this song came out. They have other great songs too.👍

[@davidgagne3569]

THIS SONG FRIGGING COOKS!. This album came with an "iron on" for T-shirt. It read "Oakland -They done found the stroke" I wore that shirt till it finally fell apart. GREAT song from a GREAT group. Thanks for sharing this.

[@bryanCJC2105]

I remember Tower of Power coming from the lowriders when I was around 12. Tower of Power was a neighborhood favorite. I loved them. "So Very Hard To Go" is one of my favorite songs and it's on my "Life Soundtrack" playlist. "You Ought to be Havin' Fun" is a fun party song.

[@TheDivayenta]

The boys from Oakland!!! Omg that bass!!!!

[@kimberleymonari7544]

***** The BAY AREA Sound!! Great Choice, Great Group, Great Song! How could you Miss with a Horn Section lik that & a Lead Singer like LENNY WILLIAMS??!!

[@kathyowens4811]

Lenny Williams " Cause I Love You "

[@stephenkittle6586]

Saw them numerous Times , AWESOME BAND!! 😁😍

[@bobschenkel7921]

"What is hip?" This song and this band. Also, TOP's guest spot on the Little Feat live album "Waiting For Columbus", and their appearance on "Spanish Moon", with Lowell George calling out "Tower Of Power Horns!"

[@ebenclukey7293]

discovered Tower of Power at nineteen when I was in a twelve piece band with a three piece horn section. Amazing.

[@andersgranstrom7128]

Great live band, seen them twice. One word comes to mind: Groove!! 😍RIP Master of the bass, Rocco Prestia.

[@curtisscarmon3267]

Also RIP Rick Stevens, Mic Gillette, and Bruce Conte.😊

[@roguealien]

My first concert at age 16. 10 Years After, Tower of Power with Billy Preston on piano. I was hooked.

[@davidbalderston2751]

The point of the song is that trying to be "hip" changes constantly so you just be you. That will not change! Asia, I think you have one of the most beautiful smiles I have ever seen. Every time I watch one of your videos that seems to be the one thing I notice every time. You be you, girl!

[@maureenloftus6717]

T.O.P. has so many great songs, I suggest “Down to the Nightclub “ as a follow up 😁

[@joeday4293]

Bumpty bumpty bump. 😎

[@vizzini589]

Was in the music business for many years. One of the best songs from one of the All-time great bands. Every musician was/is a master player.

[@brucedillinger9448]

This was part of the soundtrack of my teenage years. Damn!! I was so lucky!

[@gotrhythm1]

I attended a drum clinic with David Garibaldi in 1981 in Spokane Wa. Highlight of my young musical career!

[@markoneil2055]

David is The Best Funk Drummer Ever. He created it.

[@philhunter9134]

How ‘bout for giggles we mention the incredible musicianship of this group. This is the kind of music that doesn’t get played enough.

[@dabig25]

💯

[@blackprix]

I saw tower of power in 1974 I have been a fan since early 70s and they’re still going strong. A few people have changed over the years but they still have a great sound and that horn section is the best😊

[@brenthowell6148]

You guys gotta see them live in the late 70's singing this song! It's wicked sick!✌️🎸

[@richardjimenez7467]

Gotta watch a live version with Lenny Picket gliding across the stage!

[@jamesrobbison]

So the next TOP song y'all need to check out is "Just Another Day" definitely one of their best songs ever! Thanks for the reaction.

[@surlechapeau]

Asia & BJ, you’ll love their “Walking Up Hip Street”!!!

[@RedSinter]

One of them All Time Classics and it Be Hip! Then...and Still Hip... Today! Love Everthang about this Classic... I can see. JB's feet move'n and Groove'n...

[@rickpetersen1745]

I still have a copy of there Back to Oakland album on cassette.

[@GrumpyOldGuy534]

My favorite Tower of Power song is "Don't Change Horses in the Middle of the Sream"

[@v.2080]

I've always loved Tower of Power! Such an amazing band. Thank you.🎉❤

[@garrison7888]

Their LIVE LP's are where they really open up. Check out the LIVE LP's. Soul with a Capital "S" I saw that when they first came out with "East bay Grease" their first album. They destroyed the audience. This is a group that MUST be in the Rock & Roll Hall of fame!!! Over 50 years of FUNK.

[@Chris_Marrero]

Everytime I hear this song I can't help but picture the intro they did in one of the later seasons to the Drew Carey Show to this song......great music video for it.

[@DrnkTheWildAir]

LOVE T. O.P.

[@courtneywallace871]

You need to watch the live version of this.

[@heronpage3883]

When I was in high school in the Bay Area we start Tower of Power ALL. THE. TIME! We pretty much showed up anywhere they played, big venue, small club, always knew we would have the greatest time. The San Francisco Bay Area was a great place to be a teenager in the 70s, especially as regards music. Could not be beat.

[@SGED392]

Oh Man .. Y’all picked some Funk and Rockin stuff

[@abdullahfadullah]

Thanks for another great show! Two more hits: “You’re Still A Young Man”, and “Digging on James Brown”. Or, any of their live recordings, since TOP really ignites in front of a crowd.

[@robrobertson4619]

😆 “It’s Hip To Be Square”. It’s a Huey Lewis song! Check it out! 👍

[@brucedillinger9448]

Bj...you had me laughing! You are a born diplomat. Lol! ✌

[@shereerockdaschel9301]

Asia you and BJ your hip you are definitely hip.🤗❤️

[@RogerWyatt365]

"Sometimes hipness is what it ain't" - one of the greatest lines in music. Tower of Power is all that and a bag of chips.

[@827dusty]

Some good "Funk" from my high school days in the early 70s. Thank you for that.

[@WinstonToppin-l6d]

Hope you guys are blessed enough t see them do this LIVE! Just masters at their craft one and all!

[@DekeBlade]

Tower of Power remains hip! Tappin' into that groove is where it's at. And that is hip, y'all.

[@savannah505]

What can I say??? Graduated HS in 72 and tower of power was just coming on the air waves. What is hip is awesome, so tight and jamming. One of the greatest bands ever.

[@davidcampbell4174]

TOP is, and alway has been, a beautiful wall of music. There are a bunch of songs that are reaction worthy from them. They were part of the East Bay Grease music from the SF Bay Area. Keep up the great work you two.

[@Sam-lx9sc]

So very hard to go, Tower of Power!

[@danielbardier1372]

Hi Bj and Asia, doing the hip trip!

[@larrybarnes2512]

I so Tower of Power live, many times in the 70s. Sacramento California.

[@MARKB3946]

Love this blast from the past. 🎺🎸🥁🎤

[@JamesHenry-o8m]

I'm glad to see this younger generation getting hip with tower of power-nothing but a party, y'all😊😊😊😊

[@dabig25]

One of the greatest bands with the Greatest Horn Section . Check out another of their songs...Squib Cakes

[@maureenwagg5305]

There is a live video. You gotta check that out and see how massive this band is. They are amazing.

[@charlesgarner2177]

My dad loved horns. So I was raised on TOP, B S and T, Chicago, Edgar Winter, Santana, EWand F, etc. I saw them bout a year ago and they.have been together 54 yrs and they just kicked ass and took names. Soo tight.

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

Too sweet to be sour. Oooooh yeeeah!

[@roberta.6399]

This songs got it all. Outstanding

[@amandawade6148]

Tower of Power was the best!! The horn section was tight! I was blessed to be a teenager when they came on the scene!! They were such a fun band❤️

[@curtisscarmon3267]

RIP Rosco bass player, Mic Gillette- trumpet/trombone player and Bruce Conte- guitar player. 😢

[@Jonyringo]

Y’all need to know that these boys wrote this song when they were 19 etc. years old . They were just young bucks.!!! thank you for reacting and listening to an amazing bad ass band that has influenced Musick still today

[@waltw4537]

Tower of -what- Power! Indeed! Good answer, BJ.Mighty hot! Wow. Been a minute since last hearing this.. Great reaction, folks! Thank you.

[@janicez2630]

So fun live, great horn section! I was lucky to see them my first time in Maui back in '77 when I was 15. Such a fun show.

[@ronaldburns3083]

Cannonball Adderly said hipness is not a state of mind, it's a way of life !

[@shellymarquez9320]

One of my husband and my first dates! Love us some TOP!

[@rosemarywatson1231]

This the jam from the day!

[@curtisscarmon3267]

That 3rd album went as high as 17 on the hot 100 music charts in 1974. Lenny Williams just joined the group. 😊😊😊

[@daleamaral5195]

Your Still a Young Man and So Very Hard to Go. Some of their best.

[@debraconaway6763]

" you've got to funkifize" is also an excellent song

[@devlinallistair-zx5by]

The bassline is SICK.

[@htm1600]

Go see them "Live" It will change your outlook on music. Like having a Soul Vaccination! Love your channel ❤❤❤

[@bobblethreadgill4463]

Jamming out '73, Hell Yeah Y'all!!! It hasn't become pasei..

[@Jonyringo]

What they mean by What Is Hip? in the lyrics?… it means do not let materialistic things govern you and how you live in judge selves. Life is more beautiful without materialistic things. You don’t need them.. all you need is each other 😌

[@MichaelB12345]

The very best way to listen to TOP is their live versions. A amazing

[@icmman7]

i saw them live waaaay back when, they have a pretty deep catalog.

[@gillesdegrandpre4803]

Rocco Prestia was no doubt the beast funkiest bass player ever. many wanna bassist idolized him. saw him like in a smaller theater venue the band was great, when it came to introduction on of the musicians Rocco was the only one who got a major standing ovation he was genuinely embarrassed about it.

[@brendawierzbicki5030]

❤FINALLY! thank you❤

[@AsiaandBJ]

You're welcome 😊

[@bassvibasics479]

Rocco Prestia lays down one of the FONKIEST bass lines ever committed to tape. Tower of Power are superb.

[@tonyguarascio4901]

I love Tower Of Power and I love your reactions! You guys continue to crack me up! Way to backtrack, BJ. And by the way, both of you are pretty hip. Hipness is, what it is. But sometimes hipness is, what it aint! TOP are still going strong, and better than ever! Check out a recent version of them doing this classic live!

[@acpiper]

Glad to see the studio version being reviewed. Too many reaction vids using a disco-era version with a lead singer who may have been good for disco, but ToP was NOT a disco band. You ought to hear what they sound like NOW, 50 years after that song came out. They're tighter now than they ever were. I know - I've been listening (and attending their concerts) the whole time.

[@jimmoore8951]

Everybody just got a little hipper by listening to this song.

[@richardlewismcmullen5980]

Sounds great 😊

[@richardjimenez7467]

Asia … you ARE hip!!

[@arjaylee]

This was part of the soundtrack of my young adulthood.

[@marthaz]

Tower of power was a force back in the day. 👍 Here's another "hip" song for you - Joan Osborne, "hip shake." 🔥

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

GREAT LIVE BAND!!! S AW THEM TWICE!!!😍😍😍

[@artemiasalina1860]

BJ has it exactly right. The song was a criticism of people who feel like they have to chase fashion and always be hip.

[@brendawierzbicki5030]

There are vids out there with them that feature the drummer Worth your while💪

[@RichardDickson-to7zg]

The Kinks had a similar take on trends in 1966 of course it's a little Kinks skewed, "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion". If you spend all your time trying to be hip or cool you've already lost.

[@Suppy3014]

The Drew Carey show had a dance scene to this song! haha So good!

[@gregrodriguez5697]

Saw them in 1973 opening for Sly and the Family Stone

[@arthurpendragon1610]

What is hip is being hip to yourself. Same as it ever was.

[@DrnkTheWildAir]

Hi Bj and Asia ❤

[@tylerhackner9731]

Classic

[@blkbass1958]

About time someone played TOP. They were the shit in Northern Cali back in the day.

[@sammartinezduarte2639]

TOP is one of Oaklands best ! What is hip is from 1973 and the lyric is still relevant.

[@roberta.6399]

You guys crack me up. Enjoying you.

[@geneforte9038]

Please play Holding on to Yesterday by Ambrosia

[@debraconaway6763]

Saw them A LOT in the bay area. Danced til i dropped everytime

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR "HIP".😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@curtisscarmon3267]

Glad to hear the original version with Lenny Williams as the lead singer. 😊

[@stevebuhagiar5093]

TOP was from the era with Blood,Sweat and Tears, Chicago, Earth, Wind and Fire, all great bands with horns but Tower of Power was still clearly the best of the all

[@brianvernon249]

Yes! Thanks for this. Made my day.

[@adam872]

Few bands have ever been funkier than TOP. One of the best horn sections in the business too.