Heatwave - Groove Line (live) on Revolver - August 12, 1978

[@josephsmoot1844]

Man I miss these days!!! Love Heatwave !!!

[@thurmanjackson4044]

I am so Glad that I grew up with the music of the 60s, 70s, and 80s!! They are->Never to return!!

[@flashtheoriginal]

They were bloody good. Live music. Reality. The 12" cut of Groove Line is still a club classic

[@kevingamble8861]

These guys kicked out some funky jams. They were about the best disco/funk group in the world. Great live, obviously.

[@joeyricci3796]

Bilbo playing those Ludwig Vistalites! Killer drummer he was! One of the very best on earth....

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

@joeyricci3796 Great drummer but, uh little late gett`in the SEE-THRU-WONDER LUDWIG. BONHAM played an orange VISTA 6 yrs. earlier. Guess those rock drummers get 1st dibs. Both percussionists are great.

[@longde]

indeed!

[@stephanieconsi4825]

The talent here is incredible! This song is insane.. they are live.. band is choreographed.. they sound amazing.. come on!

[@carlbowles1808]

My favorite heatwave song brings back happy memories 1978 was a wonderful time to be a teenager. ❤

[@LouieLouie3]

Bilbo is such an underrated drummer. RIP.

[@Swlabr61]

Oh man, when did he die?

[@LouieLouie3]

@@Swlabr61 some time last year I heard.

[@Swlabr61]

😢 I haven't yet been able to find any info on him. But I know there is a video here on KZbin from about two years ago where he was being interviewed by a lady from the Funk Music Hall of Fame, and he did not look to be in great shape. And a lady off-camera could be heard telling him what to say.

[@daveedmonds9717]

4 members of the original lineup Gone

[@LouieLouie3]

@@daveedmonds9717 😢

[@mcasao]

The 70's had the best music ever, Still listen to it.

[@malikkimanimaasai3703]

Definitely more creative

[@officegossip]

Best movies too.

[@aaronlewis5063]

One of the most underrated sensational bands ever. The talent and showmanship is off the charts. Great hit songs. I think they would of been bigger if they didn’t have to compete with Earth Wind and Fire, The Commodores, and other iconic bands of that era. In the 70’s the talent level in all genres of music was insane. Tons of gifted artist. So it was tuff. Unlike the ungifted garbage of today. These chumps would get smoked by the likes of Heatwave.

[@anthonytaylor7928]

Aw stop they were not underrated didn't u just say they had hits ?? Why do folks use the word underrated on KZbin so darn much

[@aaronlewis5063]

Yeah they were. Watch some documentaries. It’s stated by a lot of bands that were in that era.

[@bradleyhurlburt1568]

The keyboard player wrote some of Michael Jackson's biggest songs

[@lornestein7248]

RIP Ernest "Bilbo" Berger. A really good drummer from the disco era.

[@rickhope2825]

He was a great drummer

[@lornestein7248]

@@rickhope2825 Ok.. ok.. was he better than David Garibaldi, Steve Ferrone or Maurice White? ..No He Wasn't - so need to 1 up my respectful condolences - "really good" was accurate enough! 🙄

[@kelitamiles7270]

OMG he was in the pocket right along with that bass . Its so much FUNKIER than the record.❤❤❤

[@saanzacs]

RIP Johnnie and Keith Wilder (vocalists), Rod Temperton (keyboardist/songwriter) and Ernesto 'Bilbo' Berger (drummer)

[@stseinyt]

Heatwave were the first ones that made Whowa! Whowa! popular, before Wendy Williams

[@billdowhen703]

I believe that vocal riff you’re talking about came from the song “Let’s All Chant” by Michael Zager Band.

[@wmpetroff2307]

the guitars and the bassline are magical...

[@MrIrrepressible]

I gotta say that even the audience are good dancers.

[@richardarnold3812]

A great Rod Temperton composition Band Tight Vocalists absolutely on point White crowd loving it. Disco perfection

[@alanoffer]

Jeez I’ve been going through all the hits he wrote for Michael Jackson , George benson and many others ,

[@sylviamaua745]

Rod Temperton (RIP) was from one of the least soulful places in England - Cleethorpes Lincolnshire.

[@grega1972]

BILBO Burger definitly had knowledge on when to pick your spots and shine and when to fall back when your part of a collective . One of the most underated drummers since Ringo Starr !!

[@yousexymf]

Yes. He is an underrated drummer and he's killing it.

[@youtubeillegallydeletesacc1525]

Quincy Jones said he's terrible. Says he needed one of the assistant engineers to do Ringo's fills for him, because he couldn't get it.

[@JulianoJMC]

He was a truly exceptional drummer, and QJ fucked heatwave up stealing rod.

[@aaronlewis5063]

His timing for his drum fills were perfect. He was one of those drummers who was so gifted he could make the simplest of drum rolls sound filthy. Amazing chops and grooves.

[@daryljordan5278]

Mario was putting a hurting on the bass. Awesome.

[@radarlove6283]

You Can Tell The Difference Between The Record and Live Music! Bilbo Nailed Them Grooves Down To The Ground! Daammmnnnn!

[@yousexymf]

YESSSSSS

[@gregoryingram7561]

It's hard to believe he spoke lil English.

[@yousexymf]

Exactly

[@TheROLLER1953]

Smokin' . . . They were SO GOOD live.

[@AdamFlintGuitar]

Groove Line is my all-time favorite song. I was a tad apprehensive when finding this live version, since the studio recording of the sophisticated arrangement is sublime. But wow - they played it even better live! Even without Rod Temperton, still great.

[@yousexymf]

I love this version better

[@nickalvarez8445]

Miss those days much. Real music and real good times that somehow never ended. 1977-1978

[@johncox2912]

When music was MUSIC!!!! SOUL!!!!!

[@sheneyquamercan1699]

No doubt!

[@evangelistkennyhamptonjr]

The Greatest Skating Record Of All Times

[@CarlstenProductions]

RIP to the entire band.. Bilbo just died!

[@miger1824]

Sad

[@yousexymf]

RIP to a great drummer

[@nathanrogers4018]

He was the last member

[@miger1824]

@@nathanrogers4018 Mario Mantese is still very much alive!

[@nathanrogers4018]

@miger1824 ok thanks

[@Wigster44]

You can see their joy!

[@meljrnone8608]

This song actually sounds better live than the released version...

[@10thFloorClown]

I agree!

[@shemcg7830]

@@10thFloorClown 💫✨ ✋😆 I CONCUR as well; Thx for the UPLOAD! 😁🤙 💫✨

[@galaxy-bw4oh]

you hit the nail right on the head.🎉

[@yousexymf]

I agree 1000 percent

[@sheneyquamercan1699]

I agree!

[@AbcDef-iq4no]

This song always makes me want to drag out my platform shoes and get on the nearest dance floor.

[@dalenadwodny2915]

JOHNNIE ALWAYS HAS THAT ICONIC SMILE ON HIS FACE. HIM AND KEITH ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THERE LIVING THERE BEST LIVE EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY. I LOVE THIS BAND. AND LEAVE YOUR WORRIES BEHIND. THE ENTIRE BAND HAD SO MUCH TALENT. WITH ROD WRITING ALL THE SONGS. GREAT BUNCH OF GUYS

[@jwashin4]

This band is unreal !!

[@gix2lee]

My favorite from Heatwave!! I was in 8th grade!

[@darylhall2198]

when music was good and people knew how to dance

[@elduderino2404]

…..and bands played 100% live

[@desmondmorrison7317]

Old School Classic Love it time to get down and Funky RIP HeatWave band

[@dhit6277]

Ok, singing and playing an instrument is hard enough. I couldn't imagine singing, playing and trying to keep time and match steps with 4 other dudes in front of a crowd. My mind is hurting just trying to think how they did this. Great job very talented. Thanks for posting!!!

[@Sivlelvis]

i thought this band was cool cause they represent the face of this country with music invented in america and fact they were just entertaining AF

[@johnbarron2269]

Keith Wilder sounds the same when singing "live," as does the record. He is the one who says, "we got the boiler burning," at 1:28. Only a few artists are that good.

[@carlosbright9615]

I was a student at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland when this song came out. We use dance and party to the song back in the 70's. I wish I had a Time Machine and I could go back into time. I miss those days and my deceased and living college-mates.😢 A shout out to the men of Groove Phi Groove Fraternity founded on the campus of then Morgan State College in 1962.

[@judex3226]

Heatwave were without doubt one of the best live bands or any genre from early 1976 to the end of 1978. Look at the musicianship and dancing while singing & playing live. Their joyous and boundless energy was infectious. I love these guys. They were at their peak when tragedy struck just a few months after this performance in February 1979. I won’t elaborate I think everyone that loves Heatwave knows what happened. They are gone but their music lives on. Thanks for the memories ♥️ 🎶

[@ezekielmajor5511]

Nothing like the sound of a live drum set. Awesome!

[@joeyricci3796]

NOTHING sounded like Ernest "Bilbo" Berger.... PERIOD! TOTALLY ONE OF A KIND DRUMMER. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@gregoryingram7561]

Hard to believe he spoke lil English.

[@juniormint3136]

Also you gotta include Mario on bass guitar, it must've been awesome to hear right there in person.

[@Khultan]

Thank you for this never seen this before, people dancing having big time fun ❤🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🇺🇲

[@MrIrrepressible]

The crowd is loving it.

[@miger1824]

'Revolver' had an eclectic mix of live acts and here the New Wave /Punk fans are standing at the back and not dancing -- this was how it was!

[@MrIrrepressible]

In which country was revolver made?

[@miger1824]

@@MrIrrepressible Birmingham UK.

[@edwardramirez8550]

I was in Germany when they brought those Disco Techs down!

[@aubreytaylor7942]

This song kicks ass LIVE

[@yousexymf]

Exactly

[@woodchuck40]

Damn, I miss Keith so much! He was a great friend! I'm happy I got to play bass for him one time. He was really a good dude.

[@ullibaumgarten6212]

Eine phantastische Band!❤ Die Musik der 70er/80er Jahre war meiner Meinung nach die beste aller Zeiten.

[@JoeFerber]

that was PHENOMENALLY AWESOME!!!!!

[@Swlabr61]

Wow, this was awesome. I've never seen this before and have never heard them perform it live. Man, for Mario Mantese, Roy Carter, and Billy Jones to be able to play their guitars, sing, and dance at the same time, it must've been a lot of work to get it down. But they made it look easy.

[@mtfbwm1796]

This is how bands used to do it back in the day. They put in the work. Sadly, bands fell off with this work ethic during the 90s. None perform on this level today. It's a shame.

[@Homoclite]

*True !!!!!*

[@debraparker833]

Oh my gosh, my soon-to-be husband played this song and Always and Forever in his 73 Cadillac El Dorado Coupe. RIP until we meet again.

[@susanhenry5517]

Love this song

[@gregdolecki8530]

These guys were tight.

[@Jaxjonboy]

I'm rediscovering this song for the second time, and I just can't believe how amazing it sounds!!🤯🥹. This song came out the year my older brother was born, and 3 years before I was born, but I love it just the same!!😱. And to see them perform this song live is unbelievable!!😍🤩✨🥳

[@aquariaaustin2077]

LOL The people doing the bump dance at 3:18 makes this vid the ultimate in 70s authentic.

[@waynefoote3781]

WOW! Thank you for the REAL Heatwave!! Vintage LIVE! Who is that on the keyboard? It doesn't look like the great Rod temperton here! But Man they sound fantastic! The energy is unreal!

[@rwfrench66GenX]

This was a decade before Morris Day’s Jungle Love!

[@elisasilva-r9c]

Alpha Disco Classics 📻

[@daydayh7671]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️so many members gone. Groove Line in Peace. And thank y'all so much for my Childhood Years🌹

[@terrylaissy3313]

Super disco 70 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

[@neilcallan1039]

I was at school in the 70s when Boogie Nights came out. Checkout Upfront for a history of this little known band, then Musikladen - mad routines & outfits. One of the best live.

[@polyscroll]

Wow! I have never seen this live recording before! Thanks for the upload!

[@TheWanderingGenie]

Absolutely amazing

[@toddmitchell7701]

Finally a live version

[@jr82sporty]

The more I watch this band the more I love them they were around back in the seventies when I was growing up I love all the bigger brother has a deep voice hardcore voice and then the baby brother comes in with big smiles singing his part it's great

[@billdowhen703]

Except Keith Wilder, with the deeper voice, was the younger brother. Johnnie Wilder, with the falsetto, smiles, and fine dance steps, was the older brother and founder of the band.

[@AS-yp4ti]

Pure funky music. Funk rules

[@deepspacepilots]

Always has been and always will be one of my favorite bands and every time I listen to them or watch them it leaves me with a feeling of longing to go back to those days again.

[@paolaginelli5277]

MASTERPIECE !!!!

[@ursulaneira9759]

Qué bonita canción.❤❤❤

[@MyJwiz]

The Light From Within ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@uyorormane8724]

My favourite group.

[@davidvalenzuela5104]

Great band

[@stefaniapartini5825]

Dear Johnny...❤

[@MalikCrawford-r1n]

this the greatest secular song of all time! Second place...My Prerogative!!

[@herbsnead5092]

These guys were definitely in the groove .

[@michaelcummingsherrera1232]

In sync and in tune with the "hoot! hoot!" Good going, audience!

[@miguelmolina.]

🎧🎧🎶🎶💕💕🎵🎵😎😎💯💯🙏🙏✌✌📷📷🎻🎻🙌🙌still here lisenting this beautiful song from my childhood 70s 🙏✌✌a lot fun carefree good old days 💯💯miss forever good memories at school birthdays party 💯💯✌✌ a lot fun carefree 🎶🎶💕💕🎵🎵😎😎🙏🙏📷📷🎻🎻🙌🙌💯💯✌✌

[@milesfrench4671]

Just unreal musicianship , wow

[@Crawler1978]

it is a damn shame what is called "music" by black artists today. This white Ohio rural country boy growing up in the 70's loved this tune.. Gladys Knight and the pips, the O'Jays, the Commodores, Stevie Wonder, Al Wilson I know everything changes and nothing stay the same. Right now as I write "grove line" is going through my memory now.

[@thebordernow]

Great [dance] music has no lock on color.

[@JUNIPER21126]

🤘🔥💪. Real music. Talent. Songwriting. Musicianship. RAP IS CRAP

[@Matt-nm8pj]

simply.. classic.

[@albertocorrea7414]

Espectacular. Nunca los había escuchado en vivo, suenan increíbles, igual o mejor que en estudio. Saludos desde el hermoso sur de Chile.

[@AbuBakrislam]

Amazing performance! True musicians!

[@HyakuMusicOohbaby]

Wow amazing!

[@kurtcarson8911]

Does this look like fun or what! These guys delivered.

[@ObamAmerican48]

My favorite disco song. Brings back the best memories 🥹

[@thornbird6768]

I loved this band , they were brilliant ❤

[@gregoryingram7561]

Shortly after this Johnnie Wilder one of the lead singers in this band was paralyzed from the neck down in a car accident, the group was never able to reach the same level of success after that and they disband.

[@joannehines7806]

Wow!! This cut takes me back to 3rd grade & yep, I was a party animal lil Sagittarian Princess then, too!! ♐ 💃 💘 👗 👡 ⛸ 😍 👩 📖 👪 🎼 🎸

[@johnringoo756]

Excellent

[@ursulaneira9759]

La mûsica,buena nunca pasa de moda.🤩🥰😍

[@joantrezza]

Especially the HeatWave band members! Go guys!

[@cbarnette56]

❤❤❤ baddest song ever

[@sheneyquamercan1699]

Yep

[@altagraciagonzalez5765]

Just amazing song that year 1978 special year👍👍👍👌👌❤

[@idafutrell1649]

Rest in peace❤

[@CHRISTINEAZ]

My first 45 ❤️

[@garysmith8073]

This is so cool !!!!! Wish I could see footage from their first US Tour.

[@gaeseal277]

Thanks for posting this blast from my wonderful past! OW!

[@fnk101]

Passing through again to feel & watch.. Heatwave Forever Babe, In Jus We Trust

[@DanielBruzzivaz]

Sou de 1967 tinha 11 ou 12anos tempo brilhante 💖

[@rastanz]

Wow! 1978 I was 11... cool childhood memories and groovy music!

[@monicabell1264]

MAGNIFICA , FANTASTICA,,,,EXCELSA ,, CANCION SUPER FUNKY,,,,ME ENCANTA !!!!!!

[@PatrickWilliams-g3z]

0:03 is when the music really gets good…

[@feliciacoby5321]

Rod Temperton

[@JG-he6kh]

great performance