ISAAC HAYES - SHAFT @ WATTSTAX 1973 [feat. Richard Pryor]

[@LPJack02]

RIP Richard Pryor (December 1, 1940 - December 10, 2005), aged 65 And RIP Isaac Hayes (August 20, 1942 - August 10, 2008), aged 65 You both will be remembered as legends.

[@tonycanabal1659]

And Richard Roundtree 1942-2023😢

[@jszoradi8650]

So true! Love & Peace ✌

[@SourKosher]

This is so beautiful my god it makes me wanna cry so much I can only imagine how empowering this was for my black family my black brothers and sisters so beautiful I can’t even begin to understand the emotions felt by all who attended this legendary concert… the 70’s will never be forgotten

[@Engeltjeuit1970]

❤

[@uryic000]

Man, I’m 66 years old this happened my senior year of high school. This was the ultimate cool and bad ass thang then. Even Jesse Jackson w his big Afro was cool. This event, this video just shows the absolute necessity of the arts, civil rights were fought for on many platforms and battlefields. This was one of them, though on the surface it appears to ONLY be entertainment, which it is, but this music, this master musician touches the soul. Lasting change always begins from the inside out. This music helped to heal souls, touch hearts, give hope. Those things are very intangible yet very real. They cannot be quantified as say $50 million dollars could, hence to the the casual observer, this only appears to be a bunch of mainly black folk out partying, having a good time. It is that, and far more. I would submit that the Jackson 5, The Temptations, James Brown, Sly Stone Earth, Wind, and Fire, and many others were just as important to the civil rights movement as Dr. King. What those artists contributed to the world and their people just generally wasn’t as quantifiable as what Dr. King and others did. When I see this video it is what “I” a 66 year old black man, and full time musician born and raised in segregated south La. Am see and am reminded of.

[@johnglennmercury7]

50-8

[@D4L_457]

I'm 60 I was in middle school.

[@gordon8463]

My first film i was 12 in 72......!!!! That's why a white poor boy in France loved The Funk and soul and jazz....and always do !!!!...

[@shellyjones7191]

RIP Richard Roundtree

[@carpenoctem775]

The 70’s were so groovy.

[@peopleunite78]

Isaac's intro is just too cool !!! R.I.P. Black Moses

[@Slimelord202]

This is the flyest performance I ever seen in my life😉😉😉😉 rip king

[@sandyprimus9831]

I liked the scene when Isaac took off his cape , no wonder the audience screamed, that chain vest and a nice strong body too. way to go .

[@clarebovingdon4357]

Hot 🔥

[@preciousbabydoll9793]

The mot soulful man to ever grace any stage , Mr. Isaac Hayes (RIP ). May his music live on forever.

[@patkelly3966]

Yeh I thought u meant Mr. Richard Pryor

[@6672able]

Sweet P you are sexy

[@D4L_457]

When that cape fell and I saw the chains on him and saw that he made an outfit out of it instead of being in change it was like he conquered the chains of the white man.

[@Wally-H]

Love the warning from the announcer at the beginning. This was most likely a result of what happened when Rufus Thomas was on stage earlier in the day, and the crowd invaded the pitch to dance when he did Funky Chicken. Stax executives were horrified because they'd promised the football club they'd look after the field so it wouldn't get damaged.

[@robertkuiper7066]

I am happy they did because the footage is awesome

[@Sarah-e8t1o]

That “announcer” was Jesse Jackson!

[@Wally-H]

@@Sarah-e8t1o Didn't know that.

[@enod9746]

That's Jesse Jackson.

[@Wally-H]

@@enod9746 There is an echo in here LOL. See above, someone else also pointed that out but thank you, when I made my original post I wasn't aware.

[@gregdark5203]

Live funky soul with bongos being played. Man you don't have anything like that nowadays. That music was raw back in the day.

[@hellokittycutie2003]

I LOVE MY PEOPLE! Ain't nothin' like my skin folk!!!

[@troysvisualarts]

"Theme From Shaft" makes my top ten of what I consider the most super baaaad-ass funk songs ever recorded, this song has been a favourite since I was a teen and still holds that wow factor for me to this day!!!

[@dominiquejones3805]

COLD!!! ISAAC was a gr8 producer

[@angelavick5343]

Memories forever my fav decade 1970s. Born and raised in NC. Those singers was part of my family as far as I am concern Amen

[@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968]

This is the definition of art.

[@sherryjackson3806]

I was there right on ❤

[@ederrick987]

It look like the 70s black culture and music was at its zenith. I missed out on a powerful period in our culture.

[@robinceuleers]

Isaac Hayes is a real Warrior 😎 I call this the Evolution of RNB music and Hip Hop

[@ronnel8415]

When we were brothers and sisters !

[@javierguzman3421]

Isaac Hayes is the only man in the world that gets away with wearing sunglasses at night... and is still cool...

[@414MrMilwaukee]

Only Issac can wear that Babylonian outfit lol brother is smooth. He just inspired me to wear that to work

[@Paul-fq9pj]

Superb

[@helen6103]

@@Paul-fq9pj Absofuckinlutely!! Helluva Soul Brother 😎

[@helen6103]

414MrMilwaukee Brilliant comment & I hope your tribute to Isaac was appreciated 😉

[@roberthendrickson2939]

Where do you work, I want to see it.

[@DRLEWIS]

Isaac Hayes! WOWSERS!!!! This was a CONCERT for the ages!

[@johnalexander6869]

I was stationed at Travis AFB Fairfield ca. Three friends Samuel Crouch, Keith Bozeman and Larry Graves were there. Oh what a night.

[@shisley4]

I remember growing up in the 70's. Even thought we went through somethings, it was so different back then. For me those was the best years/era. Hot pants with a halter top, Afro puffs or cornrows/braids and some stack heel sandals and you thought you was the shish :-)!!!

[@jerryj920]

WATTSTAX was huuuge! Classic. NGO...Never Gets Old. RIP, Black Moses. RIP Richard. Blessings

[@robschannel4512]

I'm an old white guy. I wish I could be that cool for just a moment, but I do have his coolness to look at.

[@ashleywilliams8590]

There was some funky white people at this event who was down

[@marcfedak]

Isaac Hayes comes in like a prize fighter. What a great song. Finally he got Jesse Jackson off the stage.

[@2Niche4U]

🤣

[@acajudi100]

Marc Fedak August 20, 1942. I was born 2 months after him.

[@mt.treverest5465]

What’s wrong with Jesse Jackson?

[@Quad8track]

@@mt.treverest5465 Everything.

[@lil2177]

“Yeah yeah yeah!” -Jesse Jackson

[@sdean4816]

This is definitely one of the best movie theme songs ever !

[@Vonslik69]

Such a genius!! You can feel the spirit of Africa and Black Power all wrapped inside this remarkable instrumental comp. My fam were at this event. I wasn't able to go ( only three years old at the time:) but they took me to see the film at the Century Drive-In ( Inglewood, CA.) and I remembered this performance on the strength of Isaac Hayes classic theme...somethin' special!!!

[@halwarner3326]

Vonslik69 m

[@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968]

I believe in the power, but please don’t put Africans into this. This is specifically African American. Africa is diverse, and most of them stay away from Americans. This is a work of art from this man specifically!

[@Vonslik69]

@@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968 I never mentioned Americans not once in this post?? I'm talking music and instruments, and you're speaking politics! Let's just stay on music.

[@jonhilderbrand4615]

I've lived a hard life, bad decisions, bad parenting, bad a lot of things, but I was blessed to be born in 1960, and have lived a life in the golden age of music! So much, just so much, it's hard to comprehend the blessing music has been on my life! Thank you, Isaac Hayes, for being part of it!

[@melodysanger103]

REMEMBERING ISAAC HAYES (August 20, 1942 - August 10, 2008) [08/20/2022]

[@dagmarramgad5441]

I wish there was a full resurgence of funk and soul and that it would spread joy and healing and wash away all the awful garbage music

[@JoeMicroscope]

Peace to all people. Imagine to live in harmony with your neighbours. Be humble and humane to each other. I fear love is slowly being eroded from our relationships.

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

One of the handful of men who could get away with a chrome dome back then. I've been clean since '95.

[@justincase2271]

It doesn't get much better.

[@donskeezy4042]

It certainly doesn't

[@Jj-ty7qh]

This is when black folk were black and proud and loved and were supportive of each other

[@laupernut]

Then drugs happened.

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

According to his friend Dionne Warwick, the impact of that costume can't be underestimated. I paraphrase... "Here was a successful. attractive black man wearing chains not as a symbol of oppression, but as a symbol of success and power!"

[@christopherprice3955]

This intro gets me emotional!! wow man WOW!!!

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Talk about "The Funk" (the band, those musicians) W O W - I met him shopping in Bloomingdales NYC = super nice guy. RIP Legend.

[@michaellam2508]

Mr. Isaac Hayes (bless him) truly has soul! 😎

[@JacoZawinul]

The wah-wah guitar @ 03:25 is wicked!

[@playsbass1969]

i love guitars strat wah-wah

[@winstrola.d3282]

Sounds almost like Industrial Rock, just insane.

[@dorothymays-pitts3834]

Issac Hayes Miles Davis and brothers of that caliber R a typical example of what a real good great and talented man is minus the curly hair bright eyes and skin those 2 were dark with big nose and lips 👄 which is another example of beauty in its greatest form it’s all about what floats your 🚣‍♂️ boat Don’t loose a good man because your eyes R cloudy. DPitts 😀🤙🏾🤜👍🏻😁

[@KeithCanisius]

Wow, what an entrance 🎉❤

[@nikkidoug78]

Black Moses...sho nuff. Rest In Soul...

[@eazy-cheez-e8033]

Man everything in the 1970s looks gangsta as fuck. From the clothes, the accents, the way things were directed, the dirty rough looking environment, everyone looked gangsta with a cigarette in there mouth, or alcohol bottle just loitering in the streets without anyone recording you on there social media for clout

[@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968]

I can tell you’re part of my sheltered generation. These wonders still exist, but won’t be able to see that modern social media.

[@cominroitover80]

@@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968 This rap is true. There are still gangsta times to be had you just gotta be bad enough. You ever stay in a motel and just walk out at 2am with a gun in your pants and stare at the parking lot for 30 minutes. Ever do that bitch nigga!!!!????

[@onlyone23km]

SUPER FLY!

[@x_men1312]

WoW. Isaac ❤❤❤2024 ❤❤

[@SlaughterSkorzenyJamesViceroy]

I'm mexican but i love this song is just a masterpiece i can say 🚬😎🍺

[@ericmaldonado9352]

El padre del Funk y de la música disco Mister Isac Hayes (RIP)💪👍👌💃💃💃

[@DerekLyons]

I love this man! Met him in the mid 1980's in London!

[@johnhuxley165]

Nothing Jessie loves more than a microphone and an audience. I would also like to say that is an amazing afro.

[@pockahantiss]

This makes me feel like cooking. How bout some black eyed peas, ham hocks, cornbread, collard greens, fried chicken wings, candied yams, Mac n cheese, and Turkey wings. Good fuh da soul!✊🏾💚✊🏾❤️✊🏾🖤💯💯💯💯

[@MindBodySoul-Hiceeb]

That Generation when the Blackman and Black people here in America were on Top Of World 🌎

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

Back during the seventies sporting a shaved bald head was the ultimate sign of confidence.

[@Jevezy]

Black Moses in Chains, WATTSTAX, something that only happens once in a lifetime. To the Jesse Jackson Haters out there, step aside.

[@maryj4738]

Isaac Hayes is a bad........How can you not remember that gold maxi chain vest. He’s 1 of the GOATS❤️

[@geriko1]

1:06 "Brothers and Sisters" sample has been sampled in many rap tunes.

[@lex.cordis2]

"I don't know what this world is coming to!!" kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGSYaYyIbp6FqMk

[@kaylao.3326]

geriko1 I’ve never heard it any rap songs

[@keanoyyf]

@@kaylao.3326 listen to the legendary public enemy and you'll hear da sample

[@bluerealmwonder9615]

Kayla O. 2-PAC - If my homie calls

[@chimchimchow]

Yessir heard it immediately

[@maryferrero7]

The gold chain, this is black history! We are kings

[@jeffconway8729]

Yea, but even back then he stayed on the stage as long as he could, basking in the attention, well after he had introduced Hayes. A sign of things to come.

[@roberthendrickson2939]

That was the coolest entrance I’ve ever seen. I wish I could be that cool once in my old white life. I just have to be happy to see it.

[@hackerloko4215]

Tocar essa música ao vivo, tem que ser muito bom, parabéns aos tocadores... Se tiverem vivos ainda.. hahaha

[@Dc7383-f9u]

Isaac Hayes was awesome as voice character for chef on South Park

[@moehammondmedia]

I miss those two legends. Richard and Isaac. Jessie is crazy.

[@dominiquejones3805]

Isaac is 1 9f my favorite producers ever

[@andreedowns4561]

What a lovely place😮

[@SolarRadioFM]

The Man The Legend... Shaft is the name... Shaft is the game !

[@jackwyatt4184]

Love me some isaac hayes The one the only

[@prayingmantis6777]

Cooler than cool. 💙

[@buttacudawey]

a beautiful black man..BLACK MOSES...

[@Lessie52]

A real man here! Love Isaac Hays!

[@christopherhall1021]

Still untouchable!

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

The man could go from smooth to funky without breaking a sweat.

[@skyone4950]

When blacks entertainers had funk and soul. Memphis soul and funk in the house, better than anything today.

[@lindacalton5815]

I was in California in 1973 when the WATTS STAX FESTIVAL THERE.I WAS AT WILL ROGERS PARK

[@bryanatsck]

1:09 One of the most used samples in all of hip hop

[@petehobson1054]

I was looking for a comment on that! Good shout!

[@theobserver1320]

And the powerful Jesse Jackson is a sick man…so sad 😢 this was black Power.

[@athorpe630]

Not like this anymore.It was fun then.Good music growing up. Kids loved to dance and have fun with friends. School dances, parties.I miss this music.

[@jmarcguy]

I just watched a bit of the 2019 Grammy awards. There was nothing even close to as cool as this video!!

[@charlesnwarren]

50 years ago. Cool.

[@dorothymays-pitts3834]

Isaac Hayes was a bad bad brother who was the inside type of beauty he is missed. DAMP

[@SpiritualPoetDivine]

I love Isaac Hayes growing up in the sensational 1970s!!

[@markwithers9468]

this is where Jessy Jackson got his start Isaac Hayes hype man

[@arthurwatt5162]

Loved Issac. Lol. Chef!. 😅

[@starrcompany3275]

2:57 I fainted seriously

[@jszoradi8650]

I would do anything to go back to the style of the early 70's when black people were the coolest and I'm a white girl!

[@Hillers62]

This is the most 70ed song ever!!!!!!!!

[@Jevezy]

Black Moses in Chains, talented brotha. We miss you Isaac.

[@ThereseJanssen]

I am a white woman of ertain age 74 and into this ….❤️

[@קוביבר-ס1ע]

Love love love from israel❤❤❤❤

[@nagone11]

The memories are just too strong!!

[@terrylaissy3313]

Super disco funk 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@teffahilarbi2064]

isaac RIP big hello from oran algeria

[@grahamhutton2756]

Love this music

[@robertroddy]

First album I bought SHAFT !!!

[@kyaanderson8071]

Whoa man i was six, I remember this music! My my!!!

[@annieharris1772]

KYA ANDERSON I'm doing a report on Wattstax. Were you actually there? Wow! My instagram is: @ wattstaxproject. And, my email is: [e-mail] or [e-mail]. I would like to ask you questions about your experience at the concert.

[@jakelee1357]

The guy playing the White Fender Telecaster in isaac hayes band is,..............Al Mckay of earth wind and fire,....this is before he joined earth wind and fire,...so when he finally joined earth wind and fire he knew exactly what to do,...he was seasoned already.

[@AugustMedia]

Thanks! He's playing this tune damn good!

[@keithrice9639]

The film must be inverted because Al plays left handed.

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

Good looking out. Never noticed McKay until you mentioned him.

[@ustuppy]

What a boss.

[@roselynmclean4797]

The Black Moses was ❤❤

[@antoinebatiste3267]

Iconic!!! Still listening in 2022!