Johnny Taylor - Jody's Got Your Girl

Johnny Taylor - Jody's Got Your Girl
From Mel Stuart Wattstax (1973)

[@georgesemper1139]

This was filmed at the Total Experience club in Los Angeles, California. George Semper was musical director and part of Johnnie Taylor's LA band! Legendary house band at Total Experience including guys like Ray Brother Puff Johnson, and Bob Farrell not in this video. Personell - George Semper - keyboards, James Gadson - drums, Phillip Bailey - Bongo's anyone know guitar? Not sure.There's one other televised performance of this same band minus some horns and with George's back to the audience on Soul Train! ENJOY!

[@marcelojorame4180]

How can I find more videos like this?

[@georgesemper1139]

@@marcelojorame4180 check my Instagram @george.semper

[@khalierobinson9904]

AL MCKAY OF EARTH WIND AND FIRE IS ON GUITAR

[@moneyman7836]

1~will sř2a\( )

[@TheSolitary1]

Thanks for sharing the memories. So cool 🌹

[@chico7469]

This sounds so much better than the recorded version

[@LPJack02]

RIP Johnnie Taylor (May 5, 1934 - May 31, 2000), aged 66 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@USBP464]

"Aint no use in going home, Jody's got your girl and gone...." Used to march to this in basic training back in 86 not knowing where it came from. Now I know!

[@braddockbulldog]

Ishmael Finn marched and drilled to this in basic in 99

[@Jtrain_Express]

95 myself. Unless you grew up during this era or had a family member that played this, most would not know where it came from.

[@rlped1791]

I marched to this in Basic Training also. In the summer of 1966 at Ft. Polk La. four years before this song came out. I guess my Drill Sargent should have gotten some credit for the song also. Just heard it on oldies radio today for the first time. Good song.

[@straightmalecaucasian1453]

RL Ped1 Your DS shouldn't have gotten any credit, the original person who wrote this should

[@tiwannacullins4603]

Ishmael Finn yes I was in basic in 92 singing this on marches never knew it was a real song either😏😏😏😏😏😒😒😒guess there will be a Jody long as we got people, Ain’t no sense in looking back cause Jody got Your cAdillac.

[@marcelojorame4180]

I keep watching this for the first 60 seconds. The cool..the style...the confidence of my forefathers is mindblowing

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

Oh you mean those men who were earning a living from women selling their bodies? Yeah…I can see why you’re so proud.

[@niggastilllyin4290]

When you see your grandma and realize she wasn't always in the church😔

[@dariuswoods4093]

😂😂😂

[@lakeabrown5061]

😂😂😂😂

[@sabrinanbelle]

This was my parents era. I knew they were in the clubs

[@georgesemper1139]

They got it from the church and then took it back..LOL

[@danaguillorysam1180]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jerryj920]

The 'whips' and the 'fits' (outfits) is this video...Playa's Ball right here....

[@MrCipha78]

Jerry Johnson and it was based on the commentary from Wattstax

[@sirresebethea]

Yup

[@willieperdue5583]

I Saw Frank Ward and his Bro's

[@bradleyanglin5873]

Pimp shyt at its best

[@johnsonpat.6186]

Right on Brother!! We are a Beautiful People & we always have had Plenty of Soul Baby

[@hardworkingdiva]

Johnson Pat. I was thinking the same. We are absolutely magic. ❤️

[@kingbee1500]

This is what goes down when you jam 25 great jazz/soul/funk musicians into a small LA club and front them with a soul master...Watts, meet Memphis!

[@DavidRichardson95]

I just stumbled upon this version right here. I dead wanna see _Wattstax_ in full. This version here rocks. Great thing that I gathered from watching the archival footages from these legendary and iconic artists was that during the '70s, _everyone_ had their own identity and sound: From Curtis Mayfield to Donny Hathaway to James Brown to Sly to J5 to the Tempts to Johnnie to Aretha and the list goes on and on. RIP Johnnie Taylor. He was a fellow Taurean just like me.

[@MrCarltonjsmith]

AMEN! I'm May 11th...we for James Brown May 3rd and Stevie Wonder May 13th. Yeah we bad!!!

[@rdewar4324]

It's an amazing document of the era. Taylor and Richard Pryor and the STaples and Albert King and Rufus Thomas..and the AA crowd at the concert.. And yes..so many of the artists had their own sound..like many jazz artists are identifiable after 3 notes from this era as well. Why? They didn't graduate from cookie cutter music programs (no slight against them, but they do tend to homogenize). They learned on the bandstands. at the clubs, on the STREETS! It came out in their music as surely as the soul came out of Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters when they sang..their experiences imbued their art with the reality of their existence. You used to be able to hear the regions of the USA in the artists. They were shaped by that. Modern artists are shaped more by a world wide aesthetic and are less distinctive. But change is always there...the pendulum may swing back. Nothing stays the same for long.

[@chrisjohnson4039]

Now that's a throw down performance

[@vmgarner09]

Yeah it was!

[@terrelll.howard8660]

You cannot get better than this--

[@melodysanger103]

REMEMBERING JOHNNIE TAYLOR "THE PHILOSOPHER OF SOUL" (MAY 5, 1934 - MAY 31, 2000)

[@anthonypaccione650]

Working HARD to memorize these song lyrics... imma be singin this on my Karaoke circuit! and guess what? Imma sing it and dance it just like Johnnie! And I can do it too!

[@Charlesbjtown]

That brother at :28....was MEANIN it!

[@shalahsmith4963]

😄😁😆😆 yes he was

[@bigpoppa3866]

Random Guy Asshole

[@chico7469]

💪🏾

[@bigpoppa3866]

Brother at .56! Ain’t no joke! Even the sista knew it!

[@ridewithme8515]

I love our music 😍❤️ and culture of this era.

[@philiphatfield5666]

I am a 65 year old white man and this is my music too.

[@georgesemper1139]

Personnel - George Semper ~ Organ/Piano, Basey Johnson ~ Bass, Al McKay ~ Guitar, Philip Bailey ~ Percussion, James Gadson ~ Drums...more! George and Basey Johnson made this band and soo many others happen! ENJOY!

[@abrou230]

George Semper right on Jody!!

[@bigpoppa3866]

Disco lady- PFunk!

[@rickyfranklin-qc2ii]

I was born in 1971, it's still hitting.

[@robcollins7064]

Wattstax version!! Love this!!! Thank you for posting!

[@mwjeep3139]

timeless music...still playing this in 2020...

[@mikesoundcity]

Wattstax was IT!!!

[@normanfulbright3529]

mike soundcity I was

[@donovanjordan3446]

Yes it was 1973 Wattstax

[@ElectricCool]

Most famous man ho ever!! Thanks Johnnie for a classic 😂😂😂

[@frankperez7885]

That song is badass I keep listening to it jam it ✌😎

[@soulbrother3299]

First time hearing this song today 10/25/24 real player shit...im riding this one

[@aimee2014]

Absolutely excellent

[@soulful70s92]

I have this live album! Johnnie Taylor got the soul!

[@rene9066]

I'm so jealous. I wondered if this version was on an LP!! Still looking for a copy! 😢

[@KimberlyReese-vi2or]

I love this song as a baby

[@bigpoppa3866]

I bought a Caddy after this!

[@srercrcr]

US Army Basic Training 1964.....marching

[@taajah]

srercrcr haha that’s what my grandpa said

[@NaturallyFitNow82]

1999 BCT still playing it...!!!

[@Jtrain_Express]

Damn! Jody's dead and gone!

[@terrelll.howard8660]

Me tooo

[@tiwannacullins4603]

srercrcr 1992 basic and I didn’t know it was a. Real song I was looking out for Jody .

[@MusicLoverPearson]

They were macking back in them days

[@daxterclark5092]

Classic Johnny Taylor!

[@BEENIECRIS]

Blessings !!!! LEGENDS ❗️

[@thamnosma]

What - no sampling or overdubbing....how EVER did they make music back then :-)

[@TazzMania985]

Stephen Dreher It's called talent mixed with SOUL!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ggallintedtalk]

Stephen Dreher Stfu you old fuck.. like you know anything about the genius of sampling

[@mic187x2]

This song was rearranged from the original version.

[@ggallintedtalk]

@@nathans1068 Disagree

[@OESLifeEstar7]

0:26 my kinda NUQQA LOL car still rollin and he hopped out and not ONE hair of his Ike Turner mushroom was messed up!0:56 snakery at it FINEST LOL - bet her dude just ran to get her a drank! LOVE IT!

[@theodorejohnson1746]

He was booked during the watts Stax concert film like some other artist that was on the staxx label but he did this shooting which was awesome

[@melodysanger103]

REMEMBERING JOHNNIE TAYLOR MAY 5, 1934 - MAY 31, 2000) [05/31/2017]

[@gwendolynparadise3174]

Love it

[@C3nja71]

🎶Jodys got ya girl and gone!🎶 LOL

[@dthang9081]

All thumbs down lost they girl to jodie

[@jeanheard4615]

That’s what guys use to say about being in the military they’d say ain’t no need in going home cause Jody got your girl and gone or if you were cheating and somebody saw you they’d tell your man hey your old lady got a Jody lol

[@rainertrebbin-vf7nt]

❤

[@LLMelvinL]

RIGHT ON!!!!

[@snoolee7950]

+LLMelvinL You know Jody?

[@LLMelvinL]

+Snoo Lee jody was a smooth dude.

[@snoolee7950]

LLMelvinL I'll tell you what, it is a real skill to be smooth like Jody

[@josephford3619]

Johnny still the coolest person in the entire video😂

[@mr.c3rtifi3d23]

True Song Life Lesson

[@donovanjordan3446]

Wattstax brought me here 1973

[@SolaarJNR]

My real name is Jody and I have, indeed, got your girl and gone.

[@patrochism7700]

Jody Ruth e

[@robdisner]

Ain’t no sense!

[@plot229]

😂😂😂😂

[@rochellehendrix2267]

Was this a pimp convention? Johnny was the man.

[@toppfade5892]

Absolutely

[@jodylecompte]

The accusations made against me are heinous and can not be confirmed or denied.

[@Dablkwid0w2008]

😂😂

[@robdisner]

Ride on, Jody. Ride on.

[@MissSuperHottie]

😂😂😂

[@ifinallyfoundthebeef]

say it aint so .... Jody.

[@misteralvinstone]

You know you did it Jody. Just admit it. (LOL...I just couldn't resist.)

[@blaquenguni9249]

Around 2:50 onwards you can hear Al McKay of Earth Wind and Fire killing those guitar licks

[@summerwolfe1415]

He is my parents age...but I love Johnnie so much...I would have been one of his younger track girls...anything for Johnnie❤😂😂

[@mic187x2]

The best part of Wattstax.

[@viralbuthow000]

"Had enough sense to espress hissef" 😎

[@jasonpfinch]

He ruled with the ladies.

[@JohnTope-s5p]

Pimps.Playas..Part.time.MovieStars😂😂😂❤❤❤❤JT❤

[@terrelll.howard8660]

Wow---look up Jody Is in town

[@montesledge6252]

I this song

[@richarda7346]

Better than an alarm clock .

[@MrCarltonjsmith]

Johnny was so FONKY!!! I love that stank leg stomp on the one he does at 1:10. James Brown did it also but James was more forceful and determined. James did it to lead his band and keep his drummers focused on the one, Johnny did it because it felt good and let them put it wherever they wanted.

[@mr.c3rtifi3d23]

Tku Mr. Jonnie Taylor

[@henryreed6162]

GOOD OLD DAYS COME ON JOHNNY

[@iamroderickharper5994]

Comedian lil Duval look just like Johnny taylor. WOW

[@iloveanime2993]

No

[@terrylaissy3313]

Super soul 70 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@Dawityisrael]

Good song. This is the music my parents listened to. Grown folk music lol. And by the way, I killed Jody. Jody dead lol.

[@TheSyl1970]

Bamm The SuperPredator But he still had your girl 😜

[@apachette07]

Wattstax!!!

[@misskelly9184]

you didnt have to question mens sexuality back then. men were men.

[@Dawityisrael]

Wow! Too true. And though I was just a baby, women were women. Straight that is.

[@Graymenn]

lol.... so I guess everyone just went gay in the 80's?

[@misskelly9184]

More early 90s

[@Johnblaze1]

+kel lee 2000s

[@Jtrain_Express]

Smedley Butler nooooo. People been gay, no pun intended. Most people married to hide who they were. It's nothing new.

[@maxkaplanmusic]

there has to be a full video of this concert somewhere

[@localcandidate]

Right on

[@josephthompson5708]

Good

[@lanelle.delina]

The ladies at 3:07-3:10 used the universal body language of knowing who Jodie was. 😅

[@willieperdue5583]

I saw Frank Ward and his Bro's there

[@countessratzass5408]

PETA would not allow this...Johnny mah man!

[@tmarq170]

Pimptation

[@DontKnowNoSnakes]

B Roll footage for Black Dynamite film.

[@darrenclark125]

Jodi ride her ride her

[@xxkillorbekilledxx1565]

After Prison Show brought me !!!

[@kjames1551]

Jody got yo.girl and he gone dam😡😡

[@topfade1403]

It’s me Jody

[@MsGio59]

top.....!!!

[@stevecollinsjr4]

pimpin

[@williamsims383]

Can't believe stuff like this went down. This actually happened, black people...

[@dylanlabiak]

This is the shit!

[@playsbass1969]

you're not fibbing night shift justice

[@coreyoliphant3268]

Thats the Ward brothers in a few cameo's

[@mickiyelly1960]

When I get a hold of Jody, I'm gonna cut him! lol. As for my woman, she ain't gonna fare much better! lol.

[@TheSolitary1]

🖤🌹🖤

[@BuddhaBites]

With the great James Gadson on drums!

[@jennyjordan5277]

Check da video.Pimps goin on dey girls easy dat night.Racc

[@bmorephasion]

JT was a PIMP

[@Kingjay_ATL]

Facts

[@brianmaye9827]

A lot women got in trouble that night

[@Dablkwid0w2008]

Where the beginning where Rufus Thomas intros him?

[@PatsBooks]

Dablkwid0w2008 Go buy the video. It's on Amazon. Peace.

[@snoolee7950]

+PatsBooks The Wattstax concert video where this came from is on KZbin, too.

[@Dablkwid0w2008]

+PatsBooks no im good seeing it on YT...thanks anyway

[@rosewelt2523]

+Snoo Lee id like to see the whole thing.. where do I look?

[@chrisjohnson4039]

That intro was classic

[@carolynbaker7995]

Play Soul Heaven

[@sirresebethea]

Playa’s Ball

[@HeavyBeam]

Who's here from APS?

[@nariwhite5629]

Pimp song

[@smoothiota4]

That dude in the white mink (at 50 seconds) looks like a black snowman or Pillsbury Dough Boy.

[@Dablkwid0w2008]

lool

[@georgesemper1139]

Pimp of the year...and that's about $1M worth of material goods you are looking at!..hahaha

[@sirresebethea]

🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewbanfield706]

is this Pimp of the year?

[@georgesemper1139]

No this is Total Experience night club! This was all around the Wattstax film and concert. BUT the one inthe Rolls Royce at the beginning....he was indeed the pimp of that year 8-)

[@lorenzoellerbee1188]

Diy

[@lordsams]

Im jody sams

[@SoulFromSaturn]

You didn't have to question women's sexuality then, women were definitely women , guys, do you know what you can call a woman today ! No I thought not, lol.

[@sirresebethea]

Wella Bella so true and they had class the good and bad girls