Midnight Star - Freak-A-Zoid (live)

Midnight Star live in Los Angeles, 1983. Breathtaking performance.

[@merin797]

Still DOPE in 2024🎉

[@anthonybeyond]

40+ years after the fact, and THIS live version still works! :)

[@Breakbeats92.5]

Analog synthesizers were very temperamental in the 80's. That they could make it sound this good live is amazing.

[@panhead537]

Wouldn't know. I wasn't born in the 80s.

[@rickyrydell]

Midnight Star had so many hits. What a great band!

[@williamrawls4680]

No overdubs, no autotune. They did it LIVE and KILLED it!!!! Today's music regardless of genre just SUCKS!!! Back then, bands had soul!!!!

[@mastatoulok555]

They had talent. The entire band went into the studio and played the song once and left and sounded better live than recorded.

[@1995arv]

Wait! No autotune ???

[@warrenbuchanan2718]

i just have a question for you since you sound like you know something about music production or whatever they call it . what is "autotune" ? i think i know what overdub is that is where they add prerecorded audio over the video and sync them together , am i right ? i don't know hardly anything about music as far as the way it is reorded and edited or whatever . i like this song because of the synthesizer/electric keyboards in it , the syntheisizer is my favorite musical instrument , with the electric guitar being a close second

[@gorringeman]

Spot on brother

[@jaypoison]

@@warrenbuchanan2718 autotune is a software that corrects the pitch of a note, but if you use it on a voice and turn the correction up, it makes it sound like the voice has been synthesized. It's been a staple of popular music for a decade, you hear it a lot in modern hip hop, pop and electronic music. Some people can't stand it when they hear it, and others just point it out as a token insult when they're too lazy to actually look for good music today :p.

[@snoopyace44]

80’s baby! Da best decade!

[@wagonfielddl2]

WOW!! I still have the vinyl record for this album! 80s music was the best and Freak-a-Zoid was the jam! It would be a disappointing evening if a dj didn't play it LOL! It will never grow old!!

[@dinaprowell]

Back then you had live bands and knew how to sing people actually put the work in from instruments to singing. Todays music is crap I listen to my old school jams any day. ❤❤❤.

[@paulking7701]

I just got abducted by aliens in the middle of this video. They got side tracked dancing and I managed to escape. Midnight Star knew how to lay down the funk!! And that vocoder was always on point.

[@yvettekelley2155]

This is a rocking throwback Jam I just was dancing in my chair the whole time. Thank you Midnight Star🎉

[@SuperNolaguy]

12 shows, 6 states, 2 countries over the course of 30 years I was blessed to see them perform 😀

[@marisoldiaz2832]

Thanks for posting in the house 2023

[@ronniebeagles5914]

In 2021 this song and group is still hitting

[@TescoVee]

Such an amazingly tight group on stage. You can tell this would have been a badass concert to be at!

[@MichaelWilliams-bd5vy]

One of the most underrated songs ever!

[@MusicLoverPearson]

How could this be their most underrated it song when it was a very big hit for them? Their album No Parking On The Dance Floor album hit No. 2 on the Billboard magazine Top Black Albums chart and No. 27 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape and it went double platinum in the U.S. Its first single, "Freak-A-Zoid", went to No. 2 on the U.S. Black Singles chart.Other singles from the album included "Wet My Whistle", and the title track. The album's three singles all charted on Billboard's Hot 100, Black Singles and dance charts.

[@raulcapetillo1087]

First time I see it 07-14-2024

[@anthonymann3413]

This is one of the best r and b performances of all time MIDNIGHT STAR from still listening radio2021 amann(l love u Belinda) yessirrr

[@mastatoulok555]

Vinyl to cassette to CD to Ipod.....Midnight Star goes with me through tecnology and time. I can't cut the grass without them.

[@manuelballes2446]

I was at this concert funky!

[@arlenacampbell200]

They Jammed. My favorite funk band ever. Loved it.

[@BLACKPOLO14]

I have always loved this song. It still holds up after all these years! I played it at party recently and people went wild. I have never seen this live, extended version, thanks for posting!

[@djjustdave]

9 years later, I’m here to report it still absolutely smashed the dance floor last night!

[@anthonymann3413]

Wowwwwwwweeeeee lady s and gentlemen here they r the best funk band of all time yeah I said it

[@markmnorcal]

This was the break dance jam 1984.

[@charlescotham228]

Sheeeeeee-itttttttt! This is the most awesome thing I've seen in a long time! This song was, is, and always will be THE JAM!! Midnight Star were the meeting point between the great large funk bands like Parliament and Kool & The Gang - and the electronic groups like Kraftwerk. Throw in some amazing show costumes for the days before mile high monitors and you have this awesome video!

[@liahorn6229]

They need to bring the brothers back and Jeff cooper

[@gsotoaz]

This blew my mind away

[@owenjackman426]

Kraftwerk couldn't hold Midnight Stars jock! Kraftwerk are no talent ass clowns compared to the great funk bands: Midnight Star, Parliament and Kool and the Gang rule Kraftwerk on musicianship ALONE!!!!

[@oscara.alvarado7471]

This band knew and had the tools ,the beats , the form and it's audience!! And they created masterpieces that vertebrates an invisible energy that demands to move ,shake and dance!!! Bad ,bad ,bad to it's core!!! Remember not everyone in society felt comfortable listening to this jam out in the open . Only those considered from the hood and or outlaws ,misfits the Rowdy bunch... Now music is enjoyed by everyone. But back in the days this was and is the energy of the "Hood"... That's how I remembered it ...but everyone loved their energy....midnight star- thank you for the feeling and energy of being ALIVE with your masterpieces!!!

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

@@owenjackman426 Ridiculous. Kraftwerk were brilliant and innovative. This song right here is directly influenced by Kraftwerk as were many tunes of the early hip hop era (Afrika Bambaata etc). Kraftwerk were doing so-called electronic music in the SIXTIES! Far ahead of their time and extremely influential.

[@BBoyBiff]

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen ❤️

[@jerrycao9747]

the great Midnight Star! Hope them all well, respect from China

[@GetsumJ]

OMG, I can't believe how good they reproduce live. I was floored watching this.

[@nicholasjolt6200]

Incredible live performance.

[@jasonchace494]

This is one of the best live performances I've ever seen, and still one of the very best songs ever recorded!

[@csmcrckrs]

FACTS

[@rubygrooms137]

Yesssss

[@jujjy]

I wish I could like this more than once.

[@raulsaenz9085]

I just love the way Belinda Lipcomb (Lead Singer) moves. He is great! And more importantly Beautiful then, and NOW. Overall, this band is the best.

[@fab3r316]

Funk mixed with electrobeat i love that,this remenber me hip hop breakdance

[@rickeaton5288]

They freaking jam there asses off.

[@2koolj]

Truly a party not a concert. Bad azz!

[@michaelkusch3376]

2019....still love it!!!

[@simonemiliogarridorivas7682]

cuando oigo y veo esta cancion mi cuerpo siente la energia que transmite,,melodia que te hacen viajar al tiempo jamas mueren

[@ffejbboc]

Miles of Jeri curls and shoulder pads...Let's ROCK this sucka!

[@solara3443]

“Everybody, please report to the dance floor! Z-O-I-D-S!” The 1980s....when music was fun and innovative! Midnight Star made my high school years! 🤩

[@owenjackman426]

Does Kraftwerk have anything close in regards to audience interaction??? Obviously Kraftwerk and musicianship are an oxymoron but everything I have seen Midnight star is it's own class!

[@eddiemckie153]

Got damnit that was awesome they was lit 🔥🔥🔥🚒🚒

[@vasosandrea3532]

That's what we call a great performance ❤

[@michaeldevose8923]

Live Long And Prosper!

[@tonisanoedelacruz9754]

Loved them! Had that cassette 😆👍

[@elipro427torres7]

awesome awesome awesome band...imagine if they tour again...what a treat that would be...

[@dinaprowell]

My era jamin in the club

[@americadjtony]

MOST ENERGIZE CONCERT E V E R !!!!

[@KortKramer]

Live and lovin' it!

[@79devo]

This whole show is here in KZbin.

[@aleshascott2673]

I only seen this version on BET back in the day

[@raulsaenz9085]

Just love this song. Great Music at Its BEST!!!

[@onceIhadalove]

+Raul Saenz YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!! THIS IS OUTSTANDING!!! MADE ME JUMP UP AND DANCE!

[@SuperNolaguy]

2021 and still jammin!

[@racozinni]

this is so classic. Awesome.

[@user-zf3um6zb8i]

Iam a fanatic of the 90s I wish they could make this songs with the fresh new rythim I keep praying for this song so it can come with new rythim for 2024 electronic music 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@hrlyiiiiii]

How is this band not in the Rock & Roll HOF?

[@bishdizzle67]

Love this jam.

[@mfuji02]

2023

[@DANIEL-mr7br]

INCREÍBLES, Y en directo vaya pasada de concierto, gracias por colgarlo tengo el disco, pero es la primera vez que los veo en vivo, un pedazo de grupo 8 tíos y una piva FLIPANTES BESTIALES, VIVA el ELECTROFUNK GRACIAS

[@hiramvargas5005]

WOW....2019......FELT LIKE I WAS AT THE CONCERT. ....

[@aleshascott2673]

I still love 💕 Belinda

[@SafaAlkan]

Just wow!

[@stacyhollis2763]

I use to love when this came on video soul ❤️

[@michealfairley4212]

All the way live roof on fire dam i and all my home boys. hit floor with me in front i did that shit stack big leg jean

[@HENRYROCKS911]

amazing song the group

[@edwinortiz350]

I love this song

[@steadyglamourcosmetics]

The smells of spandex, glitter and coke! ❤ The 80’s ruled!!!❤❤

[@pedrorivera8970]

Nice

[@neosneos3680]

Midnight Star

[@judex3226]

This is just incredible. Look at the audience, why can’t people have fun like this anymore… I guess I can answer my own question, it’s a few things, music is overly sexualised these days and an audience today would be trying to record the best angle on the iPhone to share on social media rather than just fully taking in and appreciating an incredible performance like this…

[@charlesoliva8174]

Wow!!!

[@Sealust50]

Ever noticed that there weren't hardly any fat people back in the 70's or 80's? They were too busy dancing to gain any weight. Having a freakin' good time at that. Where or where did the good stuff go? Can't we PLEASE get these kind of jams back?

[@dilbertdoe601]

No internet back then.

[@djrex9]

I just saw this yesterday in Indianapolis at black expo, 30 years of midnight star

[@6BLAZE1T9]

This what I call a fuckn performance!! fuck the bullshit today

[@buttyscott1]

sounds just like the record

[@CarlosAndrade-er2cx]

Curto demais MIDNIGHT STAR!

[@susanallen6536]

They were my 1st concert!

[@eyezmontoya]

AHHH !!WHAT A TREAT!!! THANK YOU....USTA BREAK TO THIS...:)

[@stevecarew717]

Pure talent 🎉

[@edgaresteban398]

I can’t wait

[@BBoyBiff]

Imagine seeing that LIVE ❤❤❤

[@goblinb]

Well said, I agree.

[@charleineibiangamavoungou9094]

Une musique inoubliable

[@arboledadelacruz]

I love the old school music and you never heard of people being obese and being diabetic

[@donnabey4511]

Shit, I can smell the curl activator and spray...Yas👍😂

[@bidders77]

sweet roundhouse

[@razrramone]

FUCKING ..OFF .. THE ..HOOK ....

[@simonemiliogarridorivas7682]

las chicas bellas que sera de su vidas,,me daban choques electricos a ver sus movimientos,,

[@viralsheddingzombie5324]

Off the hook.

[@kennethwilson7354]

my choice of music set the stage to reevaluate your life and personal love Life

[@josephthetech04]

Question: What kind of microphone do singers use to make their voices sound electronic?

[@taramar212]

Vocoder Roland svc 350

[@wantq2000]

zapp influnced track..love this live version

[@kepler240]

Now where's my speedskates?

[@SunnyIlha]

1:26 ... !!

[@tompipps3383]

TOM PIPPS . FOAM - BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA USA . HI HELLO . I LINK LINK LOVE LOVE THE MUSIE .

[@BrooklynAvenue]

I always figured Spock was a freak.

[@csmcrckrs]

Haha - well spotted!

[@simonemiliogarridorivas7682]

Aquí se oye el efecto vocal en vivo y asi verán que no es un truco amistades tengo una pana que casi lo hace igual con solo la voz.

[@RSTAR2009]

Yueah! Check out my KZbin freestyle dance video RAMON HART'S PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME.

[@frankbriggs6547]

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[@cashcurry9978]

This is a tape

[@RandyOvercash-qt9yx]

Cone to gateway. Gids calling you Christ is calling you. All his own are calling you isreal to be delivered don't heed a gid destroys all who sought not Christ face

[@mfuji02]

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