Commodores - Machine Gun (live 1974)

[@JohnThomas-cb1fv]

One of the best instrumentals ever!

[@shannonlucas2980]

This and Outta Space

[@spoonful1018]

yeh

[@davidhines4252]

This,Outta Space and For Those Who Like to Grove by Raydio

[@AJJohnsonIII-z2z]

Mr. Lionel Richie firin' 🔥 off clips galore with the ARP 2000 synthesizer. BADASS !!!!

[@virgiliopalacio5196]

This is the wildest Machine Gun Performance Ever, really a Machine Gun with the Keyboards , Congrats Lionel Ritchie

[@cbreal5469]

They were having a blast! The crowd loved it too.

[@aaronharvey7523]

Oh wow... 😮 This a least a beat faster than normal.... Just goes to show how good The Commodores are at playing their chosen instruments... Great Band man... ❤

[@davidhines4252]

Lionel is a talented brother.

[@terrymize5888]

So it's October of 2018, and for 44 years this song still has me dancing whenever and wherever. Of course, now I may throw a hip out......

[@dukecraig2402]

Disco Fever!!! You catch it, then you get better.

[@RaiderRSupastar]

5-27-24 50 years ago with this masterpiece 😎 🥁 🎸

[@sjorlando7282]

The Keyboard player with his back to the drummer - Lionel Ritchie... who also plays Sax :)

[@srpdesigns]

You couldn't possibly fit any more talent on that stage!!!!...The 70s were truly an incredible time in musical history!!?

[@timpenfield5]

70S RULED PERIOD

[@srpdesigns]

@@timpenfield5 LOL!!!...YES THEY DID TIM MY BROTHA!!!!

[@timpenfield5]

@@srpdesigns YES, BROTHA FROM A DIFFERENT MOTHA.

[@torsch69]

If anyone ever finds a 75 minute version of this tune, please let me know.

[@phapart]

Hell yeah

[@christophermcmillan5336]

Truer words.

[@antonioperre8239]

Me too

[@antonioperre8239]

​@@djavidianmx1832 how do that

[@djavidianmx1832]

@@antonioperre8239 more technology than I have 😁

[@provost5752]

Dancin my ass off cleaning up my kitchen right now

[@aaronharvey7523]

Sweet..... ❤ The Commodores live... Funky bass and drums track, live.... 😊😊😊

[@essiejames9492]

Thank you for posting this 2024 still listening 🎶

[@robertzemko6590]

Now this is TALENT! sadly it's all long gone now.

[@fuzztubeyou]

This song is so much fun! Love it!

[@ecayari]

I listened to this song since i was a kid in the 70 and only now that i found out that this was made by the Commodores. Never knew they had a non lyrical song till today. Still great

[@eixor]

I remember this song! So funky. 🥰

[@CJH71587]

Classic from 1974! ❤️‍🔥

[@mickthemerciless9694]

All those great black bands and musicians and now we have lifeless computer music, samplers and rappers. Such a shame.

[@ChristianHegele]

It's true. This is a 3 chord song, but those three chords are put to fantastic use. So much movement between all the interlocking parts. That's what funk is about.

[@samiam7342]

"proof enough of how uninspired modern-day so-called funk is by comparison!" - THAT SAYS IT ALL RIGHT THERE! thanks for posting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dukecraig2402]

This is why the 70's were so much better.

[@bkkersey93]

No contest!!

[@oholm09]

I born in the 80s I missed the era but I studied everything all history

[@EconAtheist]

i'm a '70s/'80s kid and i never get why my so many of my peers insist the '80s were better. the '70s were just fun as hell, across the board, and were far less superficial. the vibe was so right. i do have more '80s albums overall in my pile of music though ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ ah well none of us are perfect but anyhow i can't imagine anyone outdoing 'songs in the key of life'. at least not in my lifetime. whatever there is left... ope

[@dukecraig2402]

@@EconAtheist That's probably because your albums from the 70's had one more decade of opportunities to get trashed and thrown away, like me, in the 80's since my Led Zeppelin albums were for the most part already trashed they were far more likely to be sacrificed when I needed an album cover to make a gasket out of for my Harley, I can't think of a better way for one to serve me one last time.

[@EconAtheist]

yeah true, in part.

[@melodysanger103]

REMEMBERING KEYBOARDIST MILAN B. WILLIAMS (MARCH 28, 1948 - JULY 9, 2006) [03/28/2018]

[@ChubbyChecker182]

amazing tune

[@citrus.mixer1]

I always felt like this should've been a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (like Billy Preston's "Outa Space" was) but it only peaked at #22 somehow in 1974.

[@cristianov100]

STUNNING, IT'S LIKE A FIREWORK

[@rulezraprecords]

sorry about that was hacked -sounded like they lost a beat onstage and recovered out of sheer greatness live

[@toddmitchell7701]

They killing it

[@_JellyDonut_]

If you mean butchering I agree

[@mac5561]

Jelly Donut How the hell do you mean butchering the song??? This is a Milan Williams original dumb ass

[@bkkersey93]

@@_JellyDonut_ Only butchering if you're a deaf moron.

[@_JellyDonut_]

@@bkkersey93 Hahaha I have no idea why I said that. They're out of sync in a few spots but it's still funky. Mea culpa! I just hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY 68TH BIRTHDAY GUITARIST THOMAS MCCLARY (OCTOBER 6, 2017)

[@tylerstillday9997]

I'm a metal head. Having said that, THIS is my favorite song of all time. This may be thought of as funk but it's actually a metal song masquerading as such. I hope some metal band covers this song properly so we can hear it as it needs to be.

[@burtonrivera5253]

Ya yet right! Listen to k.c. and sunshine band. Get down tonight. Whaddya know, the track is double-sided and its pentatonic scale.... Only one needing drugs are those with tin ears....brain power doesn t 3xist anymore

[@burtonrivera5253]

Its double-speed....

[@tylerstillday9997]

@Muzik Michael Well, triggered much are we? That's okay. Metalheads are the most peaceful fans. We love you all even if you hate us.

[@burtonrivera5253]

This particular version is lacking in sound quality, obviously....but the use of the synth is like the 5th Beatle for this number. Similarly, EW and F s version of Gotta Get You Into My Life shines because they happen to specialize with the horn sound....good music has high replay value, irrespective of genre

[@tylerstillday9997]

@@burtonrivera5253 Get Down Tonight! That's a great one as well. I hear the metal in it.

[@ernietetrault3403]

I never cared much for their material in general, but this is one "F-ing" jam!

[@warrenbeer2737]

I asked Siri to play me something funky and from all the songs ever made she played this....for once she fucking done something right!

[@matthewchapman2494]

Man... If I could just be there!

[@stephaniecannon410]

Aww❤❤"Machine Gun."🍓

[@GregPiperWriter]

This is the best thing America ever made

[@honeychildlor]

THEY BE JAMMIN ! : D Love that song I can get jammin to this one !

[@emmanuelwilliams6004]

WOW!!!! Commodores Getten Busy !!!!

[@rickhope2825]

I play this at work and they didn't know who it was 😂

[@gab9099]

Hey ladiesssss!

[@JHollowayNetwork]

trumpeter William King on the bongos

[@magmaraiser]

全日本プロレス時期シリーズ来日外国人選手予告テーマ曲だよ！ All Japan Prowrestling Time Series Foreign Players Coming to Japan Notice Theme Song！

[@marcelogalvani5784]

Esse som teve grande repercussão e influência no Brasil.

[@midnightspecialband]

Lionel Richie is killing that synth lead.

[@MzJanuary]

Actually that was Milan Williams doing that....it was his composition

[@Brad5161]

Lionel on synth, Milan crushing on the clavinet.

[@noelzwiseman7750]

This song was a band effort but Clyde and Captain Quickdraw (RIP) ruled.

[@Paul-dz7xi]

The clothes! They’re fuckin cool! 😎

[@pgdarling301]

THE jam many different genres on display!

[@elouanp4588]

If cocain was a video

[@matthewchapman2494]

Do it all. Encore.

[@surplussean3364]

It's crazy to think that people actually used to play instruments to make music

[@oholm09]

It's all creatively

[@CR-8888]

Talk about rocking out! Fck!!!

[@rulezraprecords]

LIVE MF

[@spider_hoss]

Drummer playing his ass off.

[@MzJanuary]

Clyde Orange is a beast on the drums!! Fabulous drummer!!!

[@NZtrillion]

wow! on fire!

[@bulterriersanromangomez2152]

Soberbios acojonantes ......

[@vernonandrews6310]

Lady was feelin' it 1:05 j/s.

[@evaguerrero813]

The robot....I love it

[@bobgomez9481]

These niggas rock.

[@Thereishope664]

Fantastic piece of 1970's Funk at it's finest. I preferred the less well known track by them called Zoo, Human Zoo.

[@condimentking7039]

DIRK DIGGLER!

[@youma2996]

Drummer needs reattaching to floor.Amazing.

[@RonaldCharlesEpstein]

Great way to end the show!

[@spoonful1018]

funk

[@jaycarlo308]

your good

[@tommylove9270]

Only thing missing is the mean machine!!😎

[@rooseveltb996]

Rappers don't play instruments so why are they considered artist. Playing soundtracks while rapping isn't in the conversation of musical artist/ Genious.

[@EconAtheist]

Whoa! This is epic! TY @slydogmania

[@櫻澤達朗]

木野市ほ〜。。りいいあ。

[@delhurworth6001]

Where’s Dirk Fucken Digler?

[@erichill7560]

Great of course, but rough from either too much coke or Kirshner's people edited it badly for broadcast.

[@gregboyd5653]

Before Lionel got white on me

[@giaa3473]

Greg Boyd lol like Barry Manilow of soul!

[@bobinbud]

This is punk, pardon me..FUNK

[@drinkinslim]

OMG, the timing is sloppy and the synth too loud, but still an amazing track none-the-less.

[@tommylove9270]

DrinkinSlim ....VHS....😀😁😂😣

[@gway3079]

It's good your opinion doesn't matter!

[@davanmani556]

That’s what a drummer and rhythm section is for.

[@johnhenningfield4360]

"that's funk music for ya'...one big improvisation till it all locks in 🎶🎹🎺🎸🎷"

[@nileswillis7992]

Use that spanish accent...

[@swallows_golden_age_2022]

It is lip sync isn't it?

[@slydogmania]

No it is live