Kool and the Gang - Open Sesame

Original video from 1976.

[@AS495AS]

This amazing song and the horn section was just amazing. Remember this one 48 years later. Kool was the best.

[@FreshCreativeFrog25]

Such a complex and layered song. I’m amazed by how masterful musicians were back then. I love Kool & The Gang so much! Brilliant craftsmanship.

[@chamboyette853]

I agree.

[@notmebutyou8350]

Exactly!! From the strings, to the bass, to the horns, just everything!!!

[@eugenemcgirt2357]

The genie is getting down 🕺 🕺

[@johnringoo756]

What he said

[@pbrown7142]

You're amazed? Really? The 70s R&B and Soul music featured some of the best musicians and creators! Music and art should have never been removed from school curriculums and offerings. Outstanding arrangement!

[@TheCaulfield1]

"I Am The Genie Of Sound, Everybody Get Down.... HOOAH!!! Love that bit!! Pure 70's Funk Right Here... Love It!!!

[@DevilDogDen1775]

Not one band today can even come close to the top notch musicianship of Kool And The Gang.....

[@alxtnt57]

no gahdamn way!

[@thirabx6954]

Yes this is music with real instruments. Not the fake crap from rap.

[@clutch236]

A Funk Masterpiece, with the most outstanding horn arrangement! 🎺🎷🎺🎶

[@cree8tive]

The Horn Arrangement is so wonderful. It's almost beyond comprehension. It's certainly a dream come true if you're in the horn section to get some shine at a concert.

[@kjkr59]

Danced all night to this music back in the day. Yes ma'am, get on your camel and ride... to the disco!

[@rokit430]

😂😂😂😂❤

[@cathydavies3526]

Amazing how every Kool and The Gang song is SO different from each other yet SO amazing.. encompassing SO many genres..jazz, funk , RnB, Disco..

[@charlestonchanming9251]

Kool and The Gang are Funk/Rnb/Disco legends . I grew up listening to these cat's and Earth Wind and Fire , Shalamar , Rick James , Ray Parker Jnr with Raydio , Gap Band , Sister Sledge , Geraldine Hunt etc

[@shadowpawn]

Teena Marie One of the most gifted female vocalists, It Must Be Magic is such a great album

[@terinasargeant138]

Yeh I was born in '73 but grew up listening to all those bands and being amazed how funky the brass was. I still love all the old tunes like this. Compared to now these are solid gold

[@JS-ls8oj]

The horn section is amazing ! This song was also featured in the movie "Saturday Night Fever" during the dance contest.

[@mat.b.]

this is the funkiest jam ive ever heard

[@donansell1864]

This is how the good groove should be played ... Timeless quality

[@palexstarks5553]

Now that's a horn section....smoke machine for good measure...loving this

[@FrankMartinez-p5y]

This song will always remind me of the black couple in the dance contest on Saturday night Fever that lost to Tony & Stephanie. 🎉💃🌐🕺🎵🎶🎵🎶😅

[@a.b.s_productions]

I feel the black couple and the Spanish couple getting down to K-Jee were 100 times better than Tony and Stephanie.

[@REDD_BLITZ]

A band that should definitely be up and included into the ROCK N' ROLL HALL OF FAME!!!!

[@mfkool4827]

Incluída ahora en el salón de la fama ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@graysonbr]

This band is so overlooked in what they contributed to the music of my generation! I totally forgot about this one of theirs!

[@kevinbouck3613]

I AM THE GENIE OF SOUND EVERYBODY GET DOWN HWAH!

[@marc_simmons]

Allakaszam!

[@bpabustan]

when I was a kid I thought "I am the genie of funk"

[@rustykuntz94]

The "HWAHHHH" really sells it

[@bribriny]

Saturday Night Fever Anniversary today (november 15th) it was 1977, and this was on the soundtrack! We need more of this today!

[@terinasargeant138]

Just watched SNF on chnl 5. Still as good as the first time I watched it all those years ago. I'm 48 on aug 12th and 1977 only seems like 5 years ago to me🥲🕺

[@pamelacairns289]

I choreographed to this in the mid to late 80's. An absolute blast. We captivated audiences and had standing ovations. So much fun! Kool and the gang!

[@jamesdelornhowlandjr.6516]

Kool and The Gang are the coolest Disco music groups I heard in 1970’s. I miss those days bring them back.

[@Baffled-f9d]

I loved this song when I was a kid. Brings me back to those days when music was really good.

[@renalove2537]

This track is a masterpiece all around. The composition, arangement, production and performance. Amazing!

[@DRUMTOY2002]

One of my absolute Top 5 favorite Kool & The Gang Jam’s of ALL TIME!!!

[@anitawatkins954]

Just think these cats were in their 20s playing real instruments. My Generation was truly BAD ASS BABY

[@crenshawblaster3982]

RIP Spike Mickens & Charles Smith & Clifford Adams and Ricky West... May your souls rest in eternal tranquility and funkiness...

[@abdur-rahmanmuhammad9429]

And now we sadly add Ronald “Khalis” Bell. 9/9/2020

[@reg7000]

And now Dennis "DT" Thomas....RIP

[@unique74muzik]

​@@reg7000SIP Funky George 🌹🙏

[@stevenbarton7809]

This track is so clever by kool and his gang i would have loved to see and hear them live never had that funky pleasure i ive missed out.luv their groove.

[@jeshun7071]

Robert Kool &his Gang takes us all on that magic carpet ride, feeling the spirit of the boogie, with this brassy led funky haven of a track, released at the time Kool was cool, constantly throwin down some phat phat beefy joints on a regular basis before commercialism took over

[@NitavTrueDreams22]

Revolutionary for the 70s! ❤❤❤❤❤ it! Thank you! Been hearing this 🎵 in my head this week! ❤💃🏽🎼

[@SouffBeac]

Wish they made music like this now!!!

[@miger1824]

Never heard of the band Incognito ----give them a blast!

[@bayanbaree8638]

SouffBeac There is an old saying. "what goes around comes around" Check on KZbin for Ronald Bell's Kool Baby Brotha Band and check out "My Soul in the Breeze" , Poinciana. Or even check out Kool & the gang's newest single (May 8th 2017) "So High"

[@robertortiz8540]

Yes I agree.

[@vickywilliams9444]

After catching an interview on SiriusXM Real Jazz with Mr Bell, I was reminded of how much I needed This Wonderful Band in”The Soundtrack of my Life”!Thank you!!!!!❤️🎶💯

[@eddiemerc1986]

got hooked with this song back in 1977, when I got in 1st grade and did not know a word in english but could not forget the name of the band like many others. In time I learned english thanks to the name of the bands I memorized. Thxs Kool &,The Gang.

[@donansell1864]

One of the greatest ever tunes finally got every version of this

[@mmoshinski]

Pure complexity and richness. I love the brass section. Amazing song and band.

[@victorialevy431]

They were dressed so cool. That was definitely the style back then. I'm 59 and I remember this well. The song is tight. It's really the fire. Love you Kool and the Gang. God bless you always.

[@rodrickthompson2799]

Might I add the women of the 70s !;; ❤️ 🔥 💯!!!!

[@mybuddy1013ful]

You sound like Don Cornelius lol

[@GrenvilleBS]

Less inhibited times.

[@bigpalmore]

R.I.P. Ronald Khalis Bell thank you for giving us the best music of our lives

[@KOMET2006]

For those of us who lived through the 1970s, we had some of the most incredibly AWESOME & EXCITING MUSIC ever made.

[@ilhankac3633]

I am the genie of sound, everybody get down hooah!!!

[@anonymoususer6683]

I had the Saturday Night Fever double album and this songs brings back the memories! Funkadelic baby!

[@benjaraelzekiah4583]

Masters of funk. wha wha gtr, horns, kool-on bass , drummer george.

[@michaelstrlight445]

Some of the most funkiest horn players of all time!

[@richiebear1969]

Earth Wind & Fire?

[@tommy9693]

still 🎵🎼 "groove with the genie" 🎼🎵 in 2020 👌

[@lls3676]

Congrats to Kool and the Gang for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Well deserved. 👏🎉

[@notmebutyou8350]

Never knew there was a video for this song!! I love it!! Man, they are straight JAMMING!!! Thank you for uploading!! ❤️

[@briangarrett9820]

Neither did I... the horn section is magnificent!☺

[@notmebutyou8350]

@@briangarrett9820 It sure is!!

[@bernicelewis2468]

My Middle School marched to this song, I played xylophone. We got down, everybody was dancing.

[@dashriprock9060]

Outrageous horns!!!🤯😆👍

[@clutch236]

👍🏾🎷🎺🎷

[@geminilover9526]

This joint turn's the dance floor out, Kool & the Gang is straight track masters of all time 70s..... for Damn sure.😎

[@cheripiez67]

my favorite track from the saturday night fever album 🧞‍♀️

[@YGardenRose]

Fabulous song! The horns are so good!

[@americannative4122]

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH KOOL & DA GANGS props to the ancient black Egyptians..

[@elmagnanimo724]

It was quality, talent, masterpiece.

[@IvanChapman79]

Those chromatic music arrangements are brilliant!!! 🤩🎶💯👍🏼

[@phillipclark5798]

Just a terrific song. Brings back some sweet memories of laying pipe.

[@MrCarltonjsmith]

LMAO!!!!!!!

[@crystalmason829]

Block party music from another era in time 😂❤❤❤❤

[@robertbrown-qf8xy]

The best song from Saturday Night Fever, and one of the greatest hits of the 1970s.

[@junglemayne4057]

Also 'kjee' by MFSB. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5C1Z6hneMlki9U

[@DElainWashington]

Thanks, Christian Bascunana, for posting this song! While I'm a Kool and the Gang fan; I've never heard this particular song. However, this is in par with all of the Kool and the Gangs songs that I have heard. It's rocking with the 70's groove! I'm dating myself as you can probably guess my age! Thanks sir!

[@chrisbascu]

DElain Washington You're welcome mister. Check my other Kool and the Gang videos on my channel!

[@Dablkwid0w2008]

You should watch Saturday Night Fever...thats when I first heard this song. The dance number whowhooowee!

[@ruthferguson3927]

Yeah. This Is Still The Shit. Kool & The Gang Had A Sickkk! Horne Section! Brings Back Good Memories. There Will Never Be Another Band Like Them.😎💕

[@chriscrawford8167]

Thanks for posting. I have never seen the actual live video. Back when talent/lyrics were meaningful!

[@JohnBrown-ff6ez]

*SOUNDS AS FRESH TODAY, AS IT DID THEN!. LOVE THIS!. **#BLESSINGS*

[@jcronanj71]

Saw them yesterday and was like "whatever." Then they broke this shit out. MIND BLOWN

[@richardramirez3586]

One of my favorite songs by Kool and the gang used to tear up the Dance floor

[@robertortiz8540]

Disco was a good era.

[@ECMRMIG]

let us not forget the jazz of kool and the gang.

[@nathan900130]

this song is more funk than jazz.

[@bayanbaree8638]

nathan900130 Listen to the song "Wild and Peaceful " from the group's 1973 album titled "Wild and Peaceful or the 1974 studio version of "Summer Madness " on the "Light of Worlds" album. Or the 1977 live version of "Summer Madness" from the " Love and Understanding " album.

[@nathan900130]

I don't have time to check those yet since i'm working on my school project, but are those you mentioned their jazz hits?

[@johnringoo756]

One of the best songs of all time🎉

[@3MUnique]

Horns going foolio. Takes me back 2 being a very young kid. My earliest memories of soul music.✊🏾💪🏾

[@nadinewebster5861]

Saw these Guys in Concert in 1980!

[@peterdarrylslaughter7390]

Yes, " Kool and The Gang " even FUNKED up Disco

[@clutch236]

More like (Funk that Disco enjoyed!). Kool & The Gang were primarily a "Funk" band who did danceable music because they like othe Funk bands had a lot of infectious "rhythm", therefore, the Disco lovers enjoyed borrowing some of the more (upbeat, danceable "Funk"). Then many years later, some of the younger generation starts erroneously calling (upbeat/danceable Funk, "Disco". HOWEVER, it "is" true that when Disco became super popular, many Funk groups certainly tried to "cash in" by attempting to make records that would do TWO things: (1. cross-over to capture Disco fans.........2. while maintaining enough R&B/Funk to KEEP their Funk fans). The one that probably had the most success doing that was probably (Earth Wind & Fire with "Boogie Wonderland"). Kool & The Gang changed from Funk to cross-over (R&B/POP) and made a ton of money with songs like "Celebration" - good for their bank accounts, but I enjoy their earlier R&B/Funk such as: (Open Sesame...Jungle Boogie....Hollywood Swinging....and certainly last but not least, "Funky Stuff").🤘

[@FearlessMuslimah]

You can have the Bee Gees. As far as I'm concerned, this masterpiece is the REAL star of the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack! 🕺⭐🔥

[@starrcompany3275]

3:30 best break in music history 🔥

[@nukeman444]

One of the best parts of the song.

[@robertnelsonjr4648]

Real instrument Real musicians No Drum Machine

[@MrChazzarelli]

Serious nostalgia. I still remember when this song came on during pool scene in the movie Shazam. Hands down Sinbad's best movie from the 90's.

[@Armitage112a]

I will never forgive Will Smith for not sampling this and making a song for the end credits of the "Aladdin" remake. He would have made an awesome song with this.

[@tylerlately]

Ouuu that would've been good

[@retrobaseballjunkwax5302]

Never gets old! Those horn charts though...

[@charlessmith263]

Disco-funk is BACK! This disco fusion number combines Middle Eastern themes, and the three wishes that Aladdin would have on you if you had been in those 1970s discotheques...........

[@danielegruppioni1029]

Disco stupendo grandiosa storica Band!!!!. Fortissimo "unisono" di fiati Miti!!!!!... W. Disco 70's. Ragazzi, però che nostalgia....

[@robertortiz8540]

I remember this song in 1976 when I was 16 years old.

[@josecunha6974]

If I had to explain funk to an alien, I'd just give him a Kool and the Gang album.

[@TsepoLetsunyane]

The horn section of this track ❤ made me start playing the trumpet 🎺, l stopped some years ago but I have to start again!!!!🎺🎼🎵💯💗😊✅💪

[@kendu1327]

when i was little i loved the shit out this song! all horns and instruments blow my mine.

[@zahleempreiteira2852]

One of the best lineups of this wonderful band and incredible songs and excellent vocals

[@ddrums001]

The Kool & the Gang Horns can go with the best of them! Open Sesame! FUNKY!!

[@mlh4711]

that Genie was one cool dude! One of the defiining groups of the 70's and involved in the soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever and were re-invented and still big in the 80's. Very under-rated imo.

[@TheRiboka]

I think I'm gonna overdose on funkiness

[@klefthoofrobert787]

The correct word was coke :)

[@dd317]

It's not a bad thing. All these decades later I'm still loving this song. Carry on and let the partaaaay continue!!!

[@frankieglossman5699]

I thank god for the funk he gave me!!!

[@paulozdan]

Uma das melhores músicas instrumentais que já rolou em todos os tempos! "Open Sesame" é uma aula de arranjos espetaculares, com vocais femininos incríveis, e uma apresentação apoteótica da Banda "Kool & The Gang! Destaque para o cantor que tira muita onda no palco dançando! É emocionante de ver e ouvir!

[@richardarnold3812]

Funkiest horn section ever!

[@brianjackson4191]

THIS SONG IS AWESOMNE 70S FOREER GROOVY

[@a.b.s_productions]

This was definitely a different Kool and the Gang. Still had them bad ass horns! ✊🏾🙌🏾

[@itperdition]

So tight, love everything about this groove

[@0therun1t21]

Why couldn't I find this video the last time ai looked? Hell yeah! This is simultaneously the dorkiest and coolest thing from them, I love it.

[@CrowdPleeza]

I bet a lot of people were locking to this back then :)

[@leonguisburg413]

Kevin Bell (Amir Bayyaan) out front on keys and Kevin Lassister in the rear on keys. Both former members of the KayGees---Kool And The Gang protégés. Kevin is Kool's and Ronald's younger brother and was the KayGees' guitarist

[@reg7000]

Rest In Power DT

[@actionjacksonful]

First got to see this amazing band at their first U.K. concert at the Rainbow Finsbury Park 1975.

[@jakejoselitoramirez5988]

Back when things were FUNKY AND FRESH!

[@stevethompson1958]

The Best Funk track ever. 🎷🎺🎶

[@starbird1111]

Nothing can touch this

[@ECMRMIG]

superband, one of many supersonic

[@tick441]

real music played by real artist

[@georgiavela5276]

The visuals are awesome, too.Donald Boyce is a master entertainer.

[@dickbuelow8968]

Great group and song

[@Arturo7881]

Open Sesame Get down with the genie "Shazam" "Groove with the genie" Open sesame of love Fly - open up your mind Get down with the genie Get down with the genie Get down with the genie "I am the genie of sound" "Everybody get down hooah!" Open sesame of love "Abracadabra" "Get on your camel and ride" Open sesame of love 'Alakazam" Get down with the genie!