Ray Parker Jr performs 16 minute long version of 'Ghostbusters' live at Ghostbusters Fan Fest!

Ray Parker Jr hits the stage at Ghostbusters Fan Fest with an extended rendition of the classic theme song!
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[@CameronAllOneWord]

This crowd paid to go to a Ghostbusters convention and didn’t react to a live performance of the theme song from Ray Parker Jr himself? There’s going to be people for hundreds of years wishing they lived in a time period where that was an option. These people CHOSE TO PAY TO BE THERE! GIVE THIS GUY ALL OF YOUR ENERGY!

[@dominiquawharton]

Right?!?! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@paulbendikas2313]

Because they've had 15 jabs

[@shelbyavant5081]

@@paulbendikas2313 dude I'm dead! 😂

[@armybeef68]

They thought they were going to see the female Ghostbusters, they're probably thinking "Who is this old black guy?"

[@PershingOfficial]

@@paulbendikas2313 wtf does that even mean?

[@PLAYwithGregg]

The crowd didn't deserve this. Epic.

[@cmpenny2011]

Agreed

[@francissiu9549]

The red t-shirt kid was not impressed.

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

Let's be honest, the world never deserved The Ghostbusters in the first place. 😉 Always trying to lock them up in jail cells & mental hospitals LOL 😂

[@teddymoulin906]

I was there and it was a moment I will never forget. What a awesome time I had.

[@plfarinha]

True...True... so sad...😔

[@heltons.carvalho165]

Sou seu fã grande homem

[@user-jz6to8md3c]

He's awesome great musician.

[@haydenmatthews5547]

I don't get how a ghostbusters fan would pay to see this and not be losing their shit throughout the entire performance

[@specialagentchungus6632]

Because Nerds ruin everything.

[@GORDIOUS]

@@specialagentchungus6632 fuck u we rule

[@arlenacampbell7671]

I would have been dancing and singing

[@amyicy9333]

they saw the abomation all female cast one 🙄 thats how me at this would be screaming top of my lungs ☺️ and fan girling

[@eligebrown8998]

So true cause id be jumping around every where. This is cool as hell.

[@JustSaturn]

1:12 “If there’s somethin strange, in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call?” [SCREAMS OF THE DAMNED]

[@404TVfr]

Just bad monitors.

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

Yeah, what the fuck happened there? 😂😂😂

[@KungFuMestreAlexSerra]

HEMAN

[@luzmesa5714]

Oh my! Fantastic!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Not_Tennant1999]

Bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin'bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin 'bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin 'bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin

[@bashcrash9148]

Huge props to Ray Parker Jr. for doing this as he very easily could’ve phoned it in, played the original theme and walked off stage. Thank you for uploading this as it’s very cool.

[@ironbison1357]

Exactly! This was very cool of him to give it more flair. 16 minutes is a long time, too! (See you on the wfigs forum!)

[@edwinsilvestrequitianrodri8742]

@@ironbison1357 00

[@Originolley]

iT'S TIME....ITS TIME.....ITS.....VADER...TIME! TIME! TIME!

[@KK-gl3ds]

@@Originolley ,,,,,,,,,’🏄🤾‍♀️🤣😎🤓kk. him Kn Km

[@ncb6487]

@@trealsteve ^this^

[@daviddorward7684]

This is GREAT! Ray Parker Jr. is simply awesome!!

[@Olin8891]

Amazing!

[@lillianthompson6247]

dang the saxophone guy is awesome sauce and y'all were too

[@KennyPolaris]

Are there even any real fans there....we would've sang along and cheered our hearts out to this legend with this legendary song , and it's LIVE!

[@wozniack]

I would have loved to have been in that crowd!! How cool is that?!

[@Hydrochoerusisthmius]

I definitely have it! Well done to those who danced!!!!!. In a performance at the highest level possible!. There is no pleasure for the ears like punk music! .WOR OVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.^-^

[@maulago]

Hello from Yucatan!!!!!!

[@callmepistol]

The man has embraced what he’s famous for and ran with it. Good for him

[@dekugh64]

Kinda sad

[@Owen741.]

It's a convention

[@Rashy225]

He’s not a one hit wonder though.

[@pizzalover346]

tough crowd, you can tell they're enjoying it but no one was in on the excitement and energy they had on stage

[@predatorhunter725]

I would've been jumping up and down

[@pizzalover346]

@@predatorhunter725 For sure!

[@freddydingo]

That girl sat down at the front! Face like thunder 😂

[@francissiu9549]

Only a few kids were excited the rest of the crowd was boring and sticking their phones out.

[@dorisjimerson8649]

This song used to get em hyped like crazy. I took the kids to the skating rink. Lord they played this song and those kids went totally CRAZY on that rink they was jamming n screaming GHOSTBUSTERS..I had a ball watching them.

[@leilanisunsets1362]

I remember watching this movie the very first one at the movie theater the very first show. Oh my god this is so badass Ray Parker Jr. You are the movie. Love it! Love it. Love it! We got lucky to have you in our movie. Keeps singing dude you still got it

[@sevegnani08]

im just another fan from brazil, but i love da ghostbusters since i was a lil kid, if i need to choose someone to meet i will of course choose ray parker jr

[@cash5092]

This man, this skilled and talented man has a huge catalog of funk and r&b behind him. He's criminally underrated in my opinion. But, it's cool he got no problem givin' the folks what they want ... 15 minutes of it no less.

[@cash5092]

@Michael Versace And you "sir" need to work on your reading comprehension. Your arguing with someone who agrees with you.

[@cash5092]

@Michael Versace It's all good homie. Keep on funkin'

[@hdofu]

watching this 14 times in a row is time better spent than watching Ghostbusters: Answer the Call.

[@DerekHundik]

Who ?

[@Fektthis]

takes a lot of skill and talent to rip off the number one song from the year before. it boggles the mind how hard it is to just change the words. don't take my word for it. he had his day in court and lost because it was apparent what he did.

[@diment0857]

Funk guitar masterclass at 7:30, 9:45 & 10:55. Ray Parker Jr. is walking the road of excellence for the last 50 years with his velvety voice, amazing guitar chops (he has played with everyone from Stevie Wonder to Herbie Hancock), compositional and production skills, a complete musician in short. Thank you Ray.

[@robertjames7389]

WONDERFUL! ❤

[@tonyacosta4574]

This is most excellent performance

[@Arthurian.]

Hearing it live on the sax is so wild. Sounds so different, more raw and real

[@SovereignKnight74]

This is Epic. Who's ready for Ghostbusters Afterlife? I am!

[@stevenhuynh1999]

I just hope it will be better than the women Ghostbusters!

[@xxshadow-_-gamerxx1932]

@@stevenhuynh1999 how fair you im a women and we are great

[@stevenhuynh1999]

@@xxshadow-_-gamerxx1932 Well, sorry didn't mean it that way. I love every women. I think the Ghostbusters 2016, failed because of the bad story line.

[@xxshadow-_-gamerxx1932]

@@stevenhuynh1999 jokes bro was just showing you that it can be like that with some women 😅

[@xxshadow-_-gamerxx1932]

@@stevenhuynh1999 but truth to be known ghost busters 1 and 2 was godly can't argue with that

[@osirisoshi277]

Love this song

[@matthiaskochsiek3746]

Increadable.i Love IT.

[@4stringz.]

This song never gets old and always puts a smile on my face. This is an awesome rendition!

[@v.dargain1678]

Yeah . They had some fun with it .

[@maverickhunters1403]

This song is a classic from 80's never hear or seen played live.There are so many band that played original setlist.

[@MrEchoes1962]

Huey Lewis and the News should be credited for this also as the sampled riff is from the 1983 song "I Want a New Drug".

[@607i]

Legend

[@antonunltd3713]

THIS IS SO SICK!!!!!!!!!!

[@ravenskarm6968]

one of the greatest OST ever made on Hollywood history

[@gowoe]

More than 2 thumbs up...that show/song made him immortal...one of the best Songs in human history. Thx for that Ray and greetings from Germany...May you live forever at least in our hearts. Yeah, yeah, yeah...Ghost Busters😄

[@user-gv2th9rw8z]

This songs the kids like it very crazy

[@noerivera]

Wow! The sound of that riff at the beginning of the song! I had the pleasure to meet this guy at The Baked Potato and he is an absolute gentleman

[@DarthAbyss316]

This is awesome but I also gotta give major props to the saxophone player. He’s gotta have a hell of a set of lungs on him. 👍🏻

[@6Man666666]

Man I want a studio version of this. It’s awesome

[@user-qt5vt4ov7h]

You guys are AWESOME

[@user-magevalirikki]

The Ghostbusters Return 2022👍👉

[@XMattingly]

This was surprisingly epic! Props to the bassist: the unsung hero who thumped out that slippery funk bass line, the bedrock of the entire performance. ✊🎸🎶

[@professorkaos2781]

you mean the bass line Huey Lewis wrote right?

[@fuzzylogiceire]

It's Freddie Washington. He wrote and played one of the greatest basslines of all time on Forget Me Nots by Patrice Rushen.

[@NC5B]

@@fuzzylogiceire I like that although he's more than capable of slapping and popping and it getting all fancy, he kept it simple and thumped the groove.

[@davehacker7427]

R.P.J. is such a great musician. A super guitar player and a great songwriter. Plus a super cool soul voice. One of my faves!

[@jaynvius1]

Legendary

[@brenthenson5339]

37 years for me

[@jeffdugger3276]

This right here is how it's done, y'all. Lovin' this...

[@drdre1006]

1:17 Zuul just took over the speaker.

[@bastianvelazquez7769]

Young Dre piano guy is like, not my fault this time

[@gator_productions]

What happened their

[@MrGoodinton]

Hahaha. Yeah. Someone didn't do proper soundcheck before this.

[@dimebagdarrell2390]

This speaker is toast!

[@Studio55DavidV]

3:42 watch the legendary ready Freddie Washington on the bass almost dive for cover when a speaker erupts... the sound guy seems pretty clueless 😆

[@matthiaskochsiek3746]

Best rythmn.perfect.

[@pentegarn1]

Thank you sir........

[@qXxFabixXp]

funky guitar part starting at 7:30 got me... damn

[@SRDXXF]

You must forgive the crowd, they had just endured a screening of ghostbusters 2016, they were still in shock.

[@TheBbtlegit]

EXACTLY.

[@Unit-01_]

man. If it were now everyone would be so exited

[@jimmyferris]

Awful

[@rik6725]

Who ya gonna call Wokebusters, why oh why did they make that movie.

[@bimmyfrizzo3988]

I'm glad I never watched that movie. The previews says it all. Its shit!

[@deanwalker870]

Next level epicness.

[@TKDBRAZILL]

GHOSTBUSTER!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@bombarde1701a]

I was there for this! And was so grateful to meet him and get him to sign a couple CD albums

[@pjincho]

Why was the crowd so subdued?

[@petey80]

@@pjincho That’s what I’m saying. The crowd is more responsive at an Opera. It blew me away, and they were trying to get the crowd activated. Like it was at a retirement home or something.

[@MrJB8383]

Hope you were the only one cheering, if not you probably didn’t deserve being there.

[@bombarde1701a]

@@MrJB8383 and why is that?

[@abrimfulofasha]

To the people saying why the crowd wasn't going ballistic, it's probably cause they were taking it all in. Just cause you're at a performance doesn't mean you have to go nuts, just enjoy the experience.

[@billy1673]

Best version I’ve ever heard! Nice to see he’s getting better with age!

[@ELVENGADOR858]

80S FOREVER GHOSTBUSTERS AFTER LIFE

[@davie96667]

This is awesome 😎

[@TruckerReena]

Guy on the sax was waaayyyy too funny and those line dancers were amazing 👏 🤣 😄 👌

[@max.fetter]

Love the bass player who yells at the sound opperator

[@PRODUCEDBYKEV]

I'm a bass player who loves to yell at the sound person. Where's it at, I missed it...

[@ads5663]

Amazing ❤️👍

[@tonyacosta4574]

Totally epic great job

[@nathanroberts355]

I grew up around the original theme of Ghostbusters in the 80.s and now and I'm a ghostbuster fan also

[@kung-fuhustle5755]

This was so epic, unfortunately the crowd sound like they’ve seen a ghost.

[@hdofu]

Maybe they just saw answer the call... I mean that would explain the lack of enthusiasm.

[@alienproductions9679]

Probably most are kids that dont get it

[@caseyrice768]

I know it's impossible to tell from a video but it sounds like the mix is wretched, which can heavily influence an audiences feelings of a show

[@millthor]

Nowadays, everybody’s reaction is more about thinking how much they are going to post it on Instagram and all their friends are going to react to it!

[@assistidor2023]

United States crowd.... If this guy goes to play in South America they will destroy thenplace dancing and jumping... Anglo saxons...

[@fabiomonteirocantor]

Amazing.

[@HowlingMad86]

I love this.

[@MarcBarkyMarta]

Ray and his group slayed it! The sax player was just that bit of paprika on top; gave it something to punch beyond the studio version's sound.

[@bimmyfrizzo3988]

Awesome epic live performance. When I was a kid I thought the cartoon came before the live action movie. 😂

[@zecadames]

This is Epic!!!

[@luzmesa5714]

I love them!What an epic theme!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@DanyTV79]

Oh, man! He's a great musician! In wish I could have been there!

[@cpsmeeyt959]

Wow, 35 years

[@user-jx8pv5ut5e]

I really enjoy this song.

[@earlybird3]

Banger JAM! Nice.

[@Ghostbustersfan64513]

3:42 to 5:46 should be a fully released as a Ghostbuster remix its soo good ive tried to find it everywhere but it dosent exist giving me more reasons to keep coming back too this video

[@joshwizinsky1979]

I'm about 90% sure it took inspiration from this kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqXHqoiVnLxpjac&ab_channel=NeilCicierega

[@grawakendream8980]

you're a good person

[@RadicalSharkRS]

@@joshwizinsky1979 LOL

[@bhavikasicka7871]

Loool

[@zeramoke]

It sounds like an edit of after the drop in the track by Far Too Loud - Banana Boy and remixed have a listen kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnaQn2xspNdopas

[@kathymartin7724]

Great performance by Ray Parker Jr.

[@bigsatanloaf]

This happened on June 8, 2019, the day bustin' made us feel good.

[@josedias5978]

I appreciate and like this content

[@aaronsoto9100]

The Sax guy steals the show!!! Those moves!!!!

[@joeolivas8811]

I think he comes in a close second

[@Excalibur2112]

🎷

[@GuyMcPherson69]

I agree

[@pr_tr4p_g4wd20]

Thank you sir for part of my childhood this song and that movie was a match made in heaven.😝🤟🏽👻🚫

[@J-Pol]

C'est un super souvenir. Merci😍👍🏼

[@johnlewis3358]

Awesome!!!

[@Nortic111]

Best private party performance ever!

[@v.dargain1678]

Same .

[@Ghostbustersfan64513]

Wish i could have gone to Ghostbusters fan fest

[@SoapNugget]

Me too

[@thescorpionsy9011]

Man, me too!! Ghostbusters Mega fan here....for the last 35 years...and counting!!!

[@doge2629]

Me too.

[@Andrew-ml1xr]

Same

[@matthewmegonigal247]

yeah I went to California a few weeks after it went on and I bugged me so much. it would have been awesome to go

[@Momsdailyagenda]

Still loving his sexy voice in 2022! 💕🥰

[@_Only_Zuul]

😎😎😎 sax dude killin' it like it's 1984 all over again 👌👌👌

[@A82B]

10:32 it’s good to see Stay Puft out n about and enjoying himself. He looks happy here and at peace. ❤️🙌

[@babylonhasfallen5338]

Puff and the Ghostbusters mustve been able to work it out while filming the Real Ghostbusters

[@redprince1000]

Ray Parker already a dude for writing this classic but he also has a Fender tele in butterscotch blonde.He just went up another level for me for that.Props to you Mr Parker.

[@rhymeskill]

Awesome song'!

[@Mankcam]

Totally epic!

[@therabidscorpion]

I have a feeling he could turn around and lay down a REALLY great blues album!

[@timothysmith2724]

"Who ya gonna call!" "HEMAN!" XD

[@TANKTREAD]

Good stuff, "Ghostbusters 2" was just as awesome as "Ghostbusters".

[@TANKTREAD]

@Michael James Yup both him and his sister are in the movie.

[@konorequiemda]

That brings memories back

[@petergallagher6441]

This guys a legend. Why didn't the crowd react? Or did they just stand there like tubes who don't appreciate good music?

[@sc00tersteve]

I love the Key & peele skit

[@matthoyt7451]

The bassists reaction to that ear rape at 1:18 has me absolutely dying 😂

[@RennieAsh]

Also 3:41

[@loringbush3319]

Wow! I didn't know that they we're still doing concerts. This is amazing!

[@experimentwithme686]

Wow, it just feels so amazing to hear this, even though I watched the first movie the other day.

[@ashleysmith640]

Got me in the memory’s now 38 😂😂

[@Five_31]

This song used to be played at the gym during Halloween dance at school. The good days 👍

[@brinkybrinkz]

@TheMusicPoint We went to the same school, those dances were great sneaking in peach schnapps. Good times!

[@kxngshyicide6886]

I swear my proton packs just came to life and danced around the room. Mood slime maybe?

[@GetRekt-bw6pu]

Did your toaster dance, too?

[@doge2629]

@@GetRekt-bw6pu Mine did and toasted himself a bread.

[@MrClazzclown85]

amazing!!!!

[@anisBasEdanwkwkwk]

Wow amazing 😲