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@ms.chuckfu10884 жыл бұрын
I have my THROWBACKNESS shirt (in grey). Perfect for this song.
@Dervanism4 жыл бұрын
Try govt mules version it’s great🇨🇦✌🏻🇨🇦
@duanewilson39414 жыл бұрын
You want a good one with TOP and Sam Moore for a twofer? Ck this out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ26l5ujhruseac
@TonyTheBassPlayer14 жыл бұрын
Please check out a Steve Miller tune called Shabadu Ma Ma Ma Ma from the album The Joker. It is the funkiest thing you'll ever hear. The bassist is a monster. And PLEASE do the studio version.
@Innuendo1980Queen4 жыл бұрын
You should try "Soul with a Capital S"
@Ibreakboxes24 жыл бұрын
I’m here for Rocco! He’s my uncle and he passed this morning. One of the greatest to touch a bass and an amazing man. Thanks for reacting to TOP. I love the love!!
@IMCcanTWEESTED4 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss, Ibreakboxes2. Uncles are the greatest. Especially when they are legendary funk-masters on bass. I'm 3 years younger than your uncle and as a young man, I played my bass to my TOP record collection trying to emulate that impeccable staccato groove that he laid down. What a talent!
@Chad_Sandridge754 жыл бұрын
My condolences man. Rocco was a bass giant and the reigning King of 16th note funk! Speaking as a bass player; you are moved when you hear him play. Rest in peace our funky brother.
@donovanjones41753 жыл бұрын
You were lucky to have him for the time that starfire was here on this planet. Thank you for sharing. Bless
@bobbrown59513 жыл бұрын
ibreakboxes2 So sorry for your loss. Saw TOP many times when they came to Toronto area. When Rocco was not able to play a few years ago Emilio Castillo still mentioned him during introductions. You could tell Emilio loved the guy.
@jeffsutton47553 жыл бұрын
Just surfing around and came upon this. I'm always interested on how people react to TOP. Rocco played that bass like it was a drum. No one like him. It'll be a long time before another band like this comes around. Maybe never. One in a lifetime.
@MrPooch19674 жыл бұрын
With all respect to Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire, this is the baddest horn section on the face of God's green earth!! 👍🏻✌🏼💯
@gordoschmordo28264 жыл бұрын
Could give that .... Chicago wasn't (or shouldn't be considered) a horn band first --- it was Kath's guitar and the drums that drove Chicago musically
@oldschoolfunkster14 жыл бұрын
And the tightest brass too. There are some songs of theirs I compare to a machine. All the intricate instruments moving together, in and out, back and forth weaving their sounds to make one great sound. Like a fine watchs mechanism ticking away.
@timothyturner86344 жыл бұрын
Seawind Horns way up there to, if your hip to Seawind
@jimbothefishinmusician84824 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed it is.
@Squirrelconga4 жыл бұрын
...I think you mean: "God's luscious, flat-green Earth!" 💯📀
@jonathanpeters50274 жыл бұрын
This gentleman singing isn't Lenny Williams, the lead singer for T.O.P. who made this song famous. Check out the studio version, or better yet, the performance of this on Soul Train.
@no2all4 жыл бұрын
Lenny Williams was phenomenal.
@sueprator93144 жыл бұрын
I agree. I like Lenny Williams so much better just as the lead singer...
@yyyysguy4 жыл бұрын
Peter O I believe Lenny is still alive.
@no2all4 жыл бұрын
@@yyyysguy Yep...aged 75...but Lenny is still kicking as of today.
@MrVato534 жыл бұрын
Yes, absolutely, But Lenny Williams does have a live version where the audience joins in. There is a better version than this out there. One of my all time favorite bands. Sings What Is Hip live.. in this concert. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6qVf6ape82mbJY
@adriennepender6734 жыл бұрын
This 1977 version is not the original band lineup. What is Hip came out in 1973 and the original vocalist (Lenny Williams) left the group in 1975. This is one of those instances where I believe it is better to listen to the original version of a song first BEFORE you listen to a live version, for context. My opinion only is that you need to hear a song how it was originally released first, because it helps you appreciate how great a live version is; and live versions are usually altered to some degree from the original anyway. JMHO, but the single version of this is so much funkier.
@MartyRenn4 жыл бұрын
Yes, should’ve done the original
@Craig_Fussell4 жыл бұрын
Right on! The original is fantastic!
@Bear784204 жыл бұрын
Gotta agree. Was bummed for J cause I feel like this doesn’t represent the song as well as it could
@Margar024 жыл бұрын
I agree the original had more funk. This one is faster and peppy like a party but the original has more stank. Lmao
@johnhoerl73264 жыл бұрын
Amen! This one is also missing David Garibaldi, one of the funkiest drummers ever. Not the best version to introduce Tower of Power
@glenncenter65794 жыл бұрын
If you look up "badass" in the dictionary, there is a picture of a Tower of Power album cover to illustrate it. Peace and Love always!
@mikeconstantine60844 жыл бұрын
" He's doing the Prince".... Actually Prince was doing the.. Tower Of Power!
@jamesbrownjr.50744 жыл бұрын
Prince doing Lenny Williams!
@JuanRamos-td3ws4 жыл бұрын
the James Brown?
@rpgthunderthudd28273 жыл бұрын
BUST that MOVE! It's the "TOWER OF POWER" baby.... this ain't R&B Jr. it's all O.G. Jamz yes!!
@aryehbarson4 жыл бұрын
Any one paying attention to how impossibly fast Rocco Prestia is playing this bass line, fingerstyle?
@ErikBAnderson4 жыл бұрын
It's playing at 2x speed at least.
@michaelfoxbrass4 жыл бұрын
And a groove so tight.
@21Danieltbs4 жыл бұрын
The baddest funk bassist to have played the instrument in my opinion. RIP Rocco 😢
@catmanpc91664 жыл бұрын
@@21Danieltbs Agreed 👍.
@TahoeNevada4 жыл бұрын
As a former DJ, you always knew the best shit came from multiracial bands (Doobie Brothers, Tower Of Power, The Specials, Rage Against The Machine, Sly And The Family Stone etc.)
@sueprator93144 жыл бұрын
SANTANA
@rydendurte4 жыл бұрын
Half of those bands are from the Bay Area, including Santana. Truly a melting pot Yeeee
@eileendobbs85744 жыл бұрын
Don't leave out War
@kenjohnston12574 жыл бұрын
LITTLE FEAT
@rikk3194 жыл бұрын
Fusion music works. Mixing those backgrounds and introducing new angles to old music styles...love it.
@tigerwilliams77234 жыл бұрын
Throw your hands in the air and wave 'em like ya just don't care. Somebody say oh yeah...oh yeah. Love it 💃🏻🕺🏾
@ThaddMcNamara4 жыл бұрын
OH YEAAAAAHHH!!!!!!
@cliffperkins23394 жыл бұрын
You should hear them with LITTLE FEAT on the Waiting for Columbus album. Song: Spanish Moon
@gillianzu4 жыл бұрын
My FAVE
@GrowingUpJersey4 жыл бұрын
I've been talking about LIttle Feat here for a few months now. He needs to get to Little Feat!
@517BigBill4 жыл бұрын
Actually, I like the version on the Join The Band CD a little better. The groove and improvisations are much stronger.
@derekbowbrick62334 жыл бұрын
@@GrowingUpJersey Feats don't fail me now. great album.
@eileenhenryselby-smith97624 жыл бұрын
yes
@inthebeast4 жыл бұрын
My friend Vincent says that when he was a kid, he used to sometimes hang out on San Pablo Avenue in Oakland where Tower of Power's practice space was just to get to hear them play.
@Philtration4 жыл бұрын
The lead singer later went on to join a NYC street gang called The Warriors. They liked his vest and they just let him in.
@meyerweinstock95674 жыл бұрын
...But can they come out to play?
@paddyofurniture7054 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂🌮🌯🇲🇽
@MyMomo174 жыл бұрын
Warriors are cool.
@donsylvester23724 жыл бұрын
Can you dig it?
@johnwescott15004 жыл бұрын
But then he got attacked by the Jets and the Sharks.
@mhlevy4 жыл бұрын
This is an incredibly difficult song to play properly on bass. The bassist, Rocco P. is one of the unsung great bassists around, and this is such a classic bass line.
@suzanneglad46253 жыл бұрын
They've been blowing the doors off for 50 yrs! They've always been cool. They're all classically trained musicians and they just plain rock!!
@petertrotman77084 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Rocco. His contribution will be remembered Forever.
@catmanpc91664 жыл бұрын
I met him before a show at Toad's Place in New Haven, Ct. many years ago. I told him he killed it on bass, and cited the songs Monster On A Leash and Funk The Dumb Stuff. He was very cool and had a beer with my brother and I. I didn't know he passed away. Sad. RIP Rocco, and peace to you brother. ✌
@Sunyataji4 жыл бұрын
"He came out doing the Prince" -You realize that it was probably this performance that Prince saw as a young lad that inspired his moves. ;) Tower of Power was a progressive jazz-rock-pop band with horns much like Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, War, and Earth Wind & Fire in the late 1960s and 70s.
@sandrapalacio96144 жыл бұрын
was? they still Are! they are hotter than ever, yo!
@evilvet4 жыл бұрын
that all came from james brown.
@karlalethlean62144 жыл бұрын
They still are, not was.
@murraywestenskow28964 жыл бұрын
I saw T.O.P. back in 1976 - at the Paramount Theater in Portland. Nod to Tammy - my date that night - back when I was Still a Young Man.
@erikaskoch98064 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I’ve ever heard Tower of Power... wow! I’m now a fan. Awesome horn section!
@joeday42934 жыл бұрын
Oh, sugar. You have no idea. Get some East Bay Grease on ya! It won't hurt'cha. Feels so good.
@lydmarl.4754 жыл бұрын
So wright, they are something else, 52 years in business and still funkin it up!! I got to celebrate be part of their 40th anniversary, just amazing!
@inthebeast4 жыл бұрын
@@joeday4293 Bump City, Oakland California!
@Margar024 жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@johnhoerl73264 жыл бұрын
East Bay Grease, Back to Oakland, Urban Renewal ... lots of funk awaits you! Enjoy!
@juniorjohnson95094 жыл бұрын
Thightest band ever. These guys put on one hell of a concert!
@smithbros10004 жыл бұрын
I saw these guy in 2015 in Winterpark, Colorado. New singer, but the same band; all grey/ bald heads and perfect musicianship. Not so much dancing.
@bbullard0074 жыл бұрын
Amen
@ecarteringram4 жыл бұрын
Saw them In Nov. 2019. Still tight and funky.
@robertsaul2344 жыл бұрын
So many other artists used their horn section. They had some great ballads too: So Very Hard to Go, and You're Still a Young Man.
@leanderperalta83314 жыл бұрын
Santana picked up ToP's organist Chester Thompson
@yoyokum14834 жыл бұрын
Two different singer for those 2' songs...
@timhudson69th4 жыл бұрын
Thankyou really great watching/hearing this, with your infectious enthusiasm & on the day i learn Rocco has passed away too! You made me smile and feel privileged to have this band's music in my life, absolutely wonderful stuff.
@jonfan86784 жыл бұрын
RIP (and groove) Rocco Prestia 🙏
@ΑπόλλωνΘηρευτής4 жыл бұрын
You finally tried good soul-funk music, I hope one day you will react to "The World is a Ghetto'" by WAR.
@SuperLawz4 жыл бұрын
A must, love WAR, still sounds good all these years later !
@Hippiekinkster3 жыл бұрын
@@ValkyrieZiege - He's gotta hear "Low Rider" and "Spill the Wine" with Eric Burdon. And the long version of "Time Has Come Today" by the Chambers Brothers... "my soul has been psychedelicized!" Double back to Lydia Pence and Cold Blood "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" at the Fillmore 1970?
@jackempson30443 жыл бұрын
I forgot how great these guys were. The tightest band ever.
@jupiterlegrand48174 жыл бұрын
RIP Rocco Prestia. So sad the way TOP had to end (small gigs in lousy clubs) an equally as sad is the recent passing of Rocco, one of the GREAT bass players. He DROVE that band!
@phillipcloutier68844 жыл бұрын
Jamel, Thanks for this reaction to "What Is Hip" by Tower of Power one of the best funk/jazz bands ever. Glad you enjoyed it. One of my favorite bands. Peace Out from Phil from Massachusetts
@bobbiholcomb18774 жыл бұрын
On Sly and the Family Stone; EVERY DAY PEOPLE.
@lestranged4 жыл бұрын
Keep it on the bay area groove!
@linnymaemullins33194 жыл бұрын
😍
@bobbiholcomb18774 жыл бұрын
@@linnymaemullins3319 My first song on them. Was always one of the first songs as I was getting ready for school.
@andrewgarcia73024 жыл бұрын
The Tower of Power horn section played on many albums for various artists that horn section was highly sought-after
@RichKolasa4 жыл бұрын
And Joan Jett's version too!
@CharCanuck144 жыл бұрын
Saw T of P in 1974 and you're so right Jamel, amazing stage presence! Lenny Williams vocals and moves as well as Lenny Picketts (sax) dancing feet and wild tuxedos. A joy for the ears and eyes.
@darrylcarden18514 жыл бұрын
What is hip? Well, according to Huey Lewis it’s hip to be square (another great band/artist that would be fun to see reaction to).
@BenNawrath4 жыл бұрын
Darryl Carden funny they were buddies with Huey! Played on Small World.
@sallycrane63174 жыл бұрын
T of P supported Huey Lewis when I saw them at Wembley in the UK back in late 80s. They were so good
@BenNawrath4 жыл бұрын
Paulonbass75 oh hell yes he is. Fantastic harp player.
@manlioyllades4 жыл бұрын
RIP Francis "Rocco" Prestia. A great loss :(
@jrusso47534 жыл бұрын
Francis "Rocco" Prestia. Bass. Ain't nothing more funk/greasier than Rocco!
@woodygould4 жыл бұрын
J Russo RIP Rocco.
@MrKikoboy4 жыл бұрын
RIP Rocco
@caroliamurri38724 жыл бұрын
RIP ....
@21Danieltbs4 жыл бұрын
Rocco and Garibaldi!!! RIP Rocco 😢
@everylittlecrapshedoesismagic4 жыл бұрын
Rocco Prestia, the bass player just passed away yesterday. May he rest in peace ❤️❤️
@scottsabino29034 жыл бұрын
Saw them live at a Free Yes, Free concert back in Connecticut! They jammed for two hours and tore the place down man!! What a show
@denisesoberanis36654 жыл бұрын
Loved these concerts! Everyone was dancing and knew all the words to all the songs. Lol Please review T.O.P.’s songs: “Going to the Nightclub” and “You’re Still a Young Man” Always put on a great show!
@supasoulproductions4 жыл бұрын
I think you mean "Down to the Nightclub' and yea, that's a banger for sure!
@BenNawrath4 жыл бұрын
Down to the nightclub is the best!! I played it with my college buddies. Soooooo fun
@robertdowler33474 жыл бұрын
Squib Cakes, is a Instrumental to go down in the Library of Congress Archives.
@markcaton90564 жыл бұрын
Jamel, Please do not stop exploring Tower of Power- you will NEVER be disappointed!! They were and still are the ultimate musician's band. Doesn't matter what era or what lineup, they are always tight and funky!!
@lorijohnson35674 жыл бұрын
Tower of Power Horns used to tour with Huey Lewis and The News in the 80's and they were just as funky!! Speaking of 80's...I HIGHLY suggested you check out The Robert Cray Band....Blues, Blues, and more Blues. 🎧 Smokin Gun 🎧 I Guess I Showed Her 🎧 Right Next Door I promise...you won't be disappointed. Thank you once again for keeping great music alive✌❤🎶
@deepfreezevideo4 жыл бұрын
Oh Hell to the Yeah on Robert Cray, and don't forget Robert Randolph and the Family Band!
@johnvenable56384 жыл бұрын
The composers of this are musical, rythmic geniuses. And this take is so damned FAST!! TIGHT!! The brass arrangement and trumpet solo is out of this world. Superhuman performance all around. No one but Tower of Power can pull this off so perfectly. And to think that they actually performed at this level for decades is truly a gift from the gods.
@RockDocNeal4 жыл бұрын
Jamel, if you've seen the musical director for Saturday Night Live, out in the front of the band, that is the dancing sax player (monster sax player), Lenny Pickett.
@jerryconnors17034 жыл бұрын
Also a professor of jazz saxophone at New York University. No one knows his real height because of the three inches added by both his hair and his platform shoes.
@joycefreeman5628 Жыл бұрын
Watching this 2 years later, love this song and Tower of Power. Would love a Throwbackness shirt and some Good Human slides but cannot afford.
@EastCoastGal664 жыл бұрын
“So very hard to go” My favorite Tower of Power song ! And “ You’re still a young Man!❤️
@EveryoneProfit4 жыл бұрын
I saw Tower of Power live in 1974 as they opened for Santana in NYC. I saw them again in a smaller club in Greenwich Village called the Bottom Line. Years later at the Roxy on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. Love, Love, Love, TOP...
@dennisnoland44054 жыл бұрын
Tower of Power- Soul with a Capitol 'S' from Soul Vacation- Great music!
@robertdowler33474 жыл бұрын
Vaccinate,get ready for the injection,cut down on the infection,soon you got Soul Perfection,Roll up your sleeves.
@stevenroach68094 жыл бұрын
Don’t sweat the audio glitches because the energy of this live performance is worth it! Damn! I grew up during these times but this song slipped under my radar - thanks for bringing it back!
@mikeking77104 жыл бұрын
There's yer time travel right there. Perform in the 70's, and you're still getting applause over 40 years later 😁. There were several bands in the late 60's and 70's with great horn sections such as Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago, and Earth Wind & Fire, among others. But none were better known as a separate entity above and beyond the band that they were part of, than these guys here. The Tower of Power Horn Section, with numerous different musicians participating over the course of decades of performance, even appeared as guests on other artists' albums as well, and were sometimes even credited as such. Your clapping showed that you enjoyed this, so for their next cut I'd suggest "You're Still a Young Man", for some great horn and vocal performances.
@robertdowler33474 жыл бұрын
Cold Blood,too.
@davidhunter8014 жыл бұрын
Tower of Power is still doing it! Celebrated 50 years in 2019 (with a tour)
@rennkafer134 жыл бұрын
Started in 2018 since they formed in '68... and I wasn't able to go. Did go to the 40th though at Filmore East in Oakland in 2008.
@christinoumel22914 жыл бұрын
Look at the good things that can happen when Black and White come together.
@robertdowler33474 жыл бұрын
It's a Gray thing.
@deepfreezevideo4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, miss those days so much and hoping with all my heart that we find our way back again. We are all a lot closer than we realize. Light the flame and let's hang together so that we do not ever hang separately.
@Hippiekinkster3 жыл бұрын
@@deepfreezevideo - nice touch, brother.
@lauraflores46834 жыл бұрын
I love their songs, You're Still Young Man and So very Hard.to Go
@robertdowler33474 жыл бұрын
The National Anthems it is,along with Sparkling In The Sand.
@eugenebraig4134 жыл бұрын
Have you heard, friends? Iconic bassist Rocco Prestia died today.
@mysterj14 жыл бұрын
Oh no...
@charlesevans92044 жыл бұрын
Since the first Celtic Woman concert 15 years ago ( and they were only going to do one concert for PBS)they have covered Enya to Celine Dions My heart will go on. ENYA IS AWESOME and paved the way for the Celtic Woman greatness.
@ZedralZ4 жыл бұрын
I remember playing this in pep band during basketball games.
@Margar024 жыл бұрын
Yes! My sophomore year marching band show was all TOP. This song, so very hard to go, and attitude dance :) so much fun! I was a flag line gal
@robertdowler33474 жыл бұрын
We did Hawaii Five-O theme.
@tammieparrishmiller36694 жыл бұрын
I was working in a parking lot in Oakland, CA installing vinyl decals for AT&T. Everyone was crabby cause it was late and we had been working out A$$'s off all day, when I hear this sound coming from across the parking lot and had never heard it before. I dropped everything and went to find where it was coming from. The man told me who they were and that they were based out of that very place and then gave me the CD! I was so excited to get turned onto something new that was old! Still have it.
@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra4 жыл бұрын
East bay grease, baby [Straight outta Oaktowns 'n' whutnot! 😜] T.O.P. were bad-asses and, although, they seemed to disappear for over a decade, during that time they were, still the hottest, most in-demand horn section, maybe in all of music. [In the '80s.]. From 1970-around 1976, though?? they could DO no wrong! 🤘🤘 Founded by Emilio Castillo and Stephen "Doc" Kupka the band were an R&B/Funk/Soul groove powerhouse (and Lenny Williams could sing him some ballads too, Y'uh-huh!!!) They never were as good with any other vocalist, (besides Rick Stevens [the original lead-vocalist] or Lenny Williams) but, even in the latter years, they were pretty monstrous!| The horn section could: bake a loaf of bread, slice it, make you a sandwich and shoot mayo & mustard into it while playing a solo. : "Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream)" "Squib Cakes" "You Got To Funkifize" "Down To The Nightclub" "Soul Vaccination" "Knock Yourself Out" "The Price" "Below Us, All The City Lights" "Back On The Streets, Again" "Walkin' Up Hip Street" "It Can Never Be The Same" ...are, I think, all necessary listens. ...Back To Oakland is a LEGENDARY drum album! 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🔥🔥🔥🔥🧡♠ and, I think, Bump City may be the finest album they ever created, other than that. ...but, the first 5 or so albums are, all, the tops! ...Radically good!
@paulwarren70184 жыл бұрын
If you like this, Graham Central Station's 'Release Yourself' is a similar tempo and vibe.
@ryokinor62234 жыл бұрын
What is hip? We may never know. Great song and band.
@ryokinor62234 жыл бұрын
@Bill McKay Well that's news to me.
@ryanhallwrites4 жыл бұрын
It is the eternal question after all.
@deantait83264 жыл бұрын
@@ryokinor6223 the opposite of being square... is to be "hip". Are you hip to the scene etc. But you knew that, didn't you
@johnwescott15004 жыл бұрын
It ain't hip to be hep any more.
@robertdowler33474 жыл бұрын
Smoking not only the best weed,but dropping Pep pills,too,etc.
@queefreak6664 жыл бұрын
And after all these years, Doc on baritone sax and Emilio are still funking it up on tour and they are still one of the greatest live acts around
@TahoeNevada4 жыл бұрын
YEEEEEESS! Did not know how much I needed this!
@johncrafton83194 жыл бұрын
Saw these guys in 1990 at the opening of the Portland Convention Center, and they were just as electrifying in 1990 as they were in 1977. Tons of fun. EVERYONE was dancing throughout their entire set - even my parents.
@Saturday2884 жыл бұрын
This song is banging. This is the music that I like best.
@wesleyhackney4 жыл бұрын
I love Tower of Power a big influence on my music taste in high school in 1974. Please do more of this group just a fantastic sound
@dniehuser37604 жыл бұрын
So much good stuff on their Bump City album: 'Down to the Nightclub' 'You Got to Funkifize', 'Skating on Thin Ice', 'You're Still a Young Man' and more.
@robertdowler33474 жыл бұрын
What Happened To The World & Of The Earth,too.
@BenNawrath4 жыл бұрын
I saw these guys live about 15 yrs ago with Average White Band (pick up the pieces), and holy cow they can rip. Me and my buddies used to play their songs whenever we could (I play the big Sax). Sooooooo good. Also the tenor player with the Afro is Lenny Picket from the Saturday night live band.
@zappafan-eu4wp4 жыл бұрын
I saw them 2 years ago and they still got it.
@robertdowler33474 жыл бұрын
So did I,Super !
@alzenno43333 жыл бұрын
Unity! You got that right, brother! The great Tower of Power had white, black, and brown all on the same page speaking that same language of music...and getting the audience into it, too!
@antarcticorb91974 жыл бұрын
I saw this band at least four times and they were on a double bill with The average White band what a hell of a show funky is all hell
@BenNawrath4 жыл бұрын
antartic orb I saw that double Bill too!
@antarcticorb91974 жыл бұрын
@@BenNawrath I think I saw you there haha just joking but yet I might have!
@BenNawrath4 жыл бұрын
Haha I saw them in Hartford CT.
@yoyokum14834 жыл бұрын
Yup..AWB, TOP and Cold Blood
@wessparkmon23954 жыл бұрын
TOP has so many great songs. You're Still a Young Man. Down to the Nightclub/Bump City (particularly from the Live and in Living Color album). Soul Vaccination. Squib Cakes. You Ought to be Having Fun. From their 40th anniversary concert, there's a song by one of their former saxophonists called Boys from the Bay that is a fantastic instrumental.
@bobbiholcomb18774 жыл бұрын
How's about a little of Sly and the Family Stone? SHOUT OUT!!
@coryspang75484 жыл бұрын
This song was utilized by my high school's marching band, the Centerville Jazz Band/CJB in their competition show for 1992, which was entitled "Tower Of Power". "What Is Hip?" was the closer song of their show. Every year they perform at the Bands of America Grand National Championships as a 4A/Open Class competition marching band. In 1992, they were the Grand National Champions. It was a great year for the small suburban town of Centerville, Ohio, and for the CJB.
@cdiaz554 жыл бұрын
Legendary T.O.P. bassist Rocco Prestia just passed on 9/30/2020🙏🏽
@markbranson37233 жыл бұрын
TOP!!!!!! Ya baby’. These guys are so funky badass. I grew up in Fremont CA, about 15 minutes from Oakland where these guys are from. My mother loved them. She would go all around the East Bay to see them live. I got to meet them in Sandpoint ID about ten years ago. Quality people.
@ZacCostilla4 жыл бұрын
Throwback to 1972 for “Radar Love” by Golden Earring!
@lisavargo58824 жыл бұрын
Saw these guys at a jazz festival in DC about 11 years ago, and they did this. Seeing them live was awesome! I don't remember them from the 70s.
@rat4204life4 жыл бұрын
This version was a horrible idea. Check the original recording
@marygoodson49204 жыл бұрын
I agree...listen to the original!
@billr37244 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this version is way too fast and the lead singer sounds like comedian Chris Tucker.
@robertdowler33474 жыл бұрын
1973 Studio Version Style The late great Ed McGee was sure something Onstage way back in the day.
@NeutronDance4 жыл бұрын
I have to agree, too much cocaine here maybe and it's too fast
@jeffp34154 жыл бұрын
@@NeutronDance was about to say the exact same thing
@leonardstallworth67674 жыл бұрын
Just saw them at North Central College in Naperville last year. Dave Garibaldi was on drums and Rocco (RIP) was there. Been loving these cats for decades!
@andaddy13204 жыл бұрын
RIP Rocco Prestia, absolute master of funk
@dniehuser37604 жыл бұрын
Look up some Cold Blood (later known as Lydia Pense & Cold Blood). They were Bay Area contemporaries of Tower of Power and similar in style. Lydia was too often compared to Janis Joplin. This super-tight horn-heavy band deserves a whole lot more recognition! 'Down To The Bone', 'You Got Me Hummin' ', 'Under Pressure', 'Watch Your Step'.
@SEIDAHO714 жыл бұрын
Check out the Chambers Brother's, Time has come today.
@harolddottin104 жыл бұрын
If you love that song the you should love... Its Time for Me to Love You by Eric Mercury his other album The Electric Black man is out of this world.
@jimbrentar4 жыл бұрын
I saw Tower Of Power on The Midnight Special back in the 1970s. Thank you for bringing back the memory.
@TK-fk4po4 жыл бұрын
Do their tune “There is only so much oil in the ground”. FANTASTIC.
@garyhopkins4 жыл бұрын
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@thomasmcintosh3904 жыл бұрын
Bloodstone-Natural High. I remember doing guard duty at the Airmen's Club at Lackland AFB when I first heard it, Ended up dancing while on guard duty. OOPSY
@pianoman71514 жыл бұрын
If you haven't played it yet you should give, "Down to the Nightclub" a listen.
@kenjohnston12574 жыл бұрын
YES
@flimnap48413 жыл бұрын
Playing bass on this song is an aerobic workout.
@joeday42934 жыл бұрын
Aww, you done did it now. You done got all slicked up with "East Bay Grease" and fell into the Tower Of Power rabbit hole. You need a "Soul Vaccination." Once you're feeling better, "You Ought To Be Having Fun." Maybe you could go "Down To The Nightclub," bumpty bumpty bump, and dance the "Oakland Stroke."
@sibkiss20094 жыл бұрын
Squib Cakes, baby!
@scottboswell64064 жыл бұрын
"You ought to be, You ought to be . . . You ought to be, You ought to be!"
@joeday42934 жыл бұрын
@@sibkiss2009 Available at the snack bar. LOL
@21Danieltbs4 жыл бұрын
So very hard to go!!
@kenjohnston12574 жыл бұрын
Yep DOWN TO THE NIGHT CLUB please Jamal
@brianclausen23444 жыл бұрын
Thank you soo much for enjoying this Tower of Power suggestion whether from me or other subscribers! I love the funkadellic vibes that band gives out still to this day! Keep the throwbacks going, Brother!
@darrylbaker2734 жыл бұрын
Pressin' like during the intro.
@buddhaluv1234 жыл бұрын
I had the honor of getting to play music with William McGee (the singer) before he passed away. Great man!
@kemaniiwu85234 жыл бұрын
You're still a young man and Willing To Learn are two other good ones by them.
@carmensandiego7749 Жыл бұрын
And Jamal is still a young man and willing to learn. Good choices.
@JamesHenry-o8m29 күн бұрын
50+ years and STILL blowing us away!!! Keep it up, T O P😊😊😊😊😊
@kevinminne14604 жыл бұрын
Studio version is great also! Seems a little up tempo for my taste. These guys are still touring!
@thedocofrock18904 жыл бұрын
funk , jazz and soul all wrapped in one killer package. saw these guys in '77 in springfield mass. nobody could sit still for the whole thing
@mchristr4 жыл бұрын
The tempo is a little fast and the groove doesn't have time to breathe. But TOP is without equal when you're talking funky horn music.
@patriciastewart22394 жыл бұрын
This band is one of my favorites to drive to on a road trip. Chicago did not mess around, friend. So much blues and jazz attached, Chicago style. All. Those. Instruments.
@johnwescott15004 жыл бұрын
"I can take about an hour on the Tower of Power as long as I gets a little golden shower..."
@Margar024 жыл бұрын
Bobby Brown, is that you???
@johnwescott15004 жыл бұрын
@@Margar02 Yep, and I'm a handsome son of a bitch!
@B30pt874 жыл бұрын
@John Wescott, Ooh God, wait till Jamel discovers Frank!
@Margar024 жыл бұрын
@@B30pt87 I hope he starts with Trouble Every Day
@johnwescott15004 жыл бұрын
@@Margar02 Classic, and still true today. Sadly.
@snilloc524 жыл бұрын
This is party music with one of the finest horn sections ever assembled and a rhythm section that could start a four alarm fire in less then 12 bars, HOT HOT HOT!!!!!!
@ronnybriley97744 жыл бұрын
Govt Mule did a great remake of this
@Margar024 жыл бұрын
Ooooh gotta check it out
@IMCcanTWEESTED4 жыл бұрын
Hi Jamal-I'm a white boy that grew up listening to XERB on my transistor radio in SoCal mid 1960's. The Wolfman introduced me to James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Etta James and I was hooked. Nagged my parents to buy me a tenor sax so I could play soul music. My friends asked why I liked "colored music" so much. I just smiled and turned up the volume. 5 years later when Tower of Power came on the scene, I spent all night standing on the sidewalk outside Funky Quarters on El Cajon Blvd listening to both of their sets that night. I came unraveled when I heard Soul Vaccination for the first time. Had to stay to hear it one more time.
@lindamathias62304 жыл бұрын
What year is this from? That is not "LENNY WILLIAMS!"
@rennkafer134 жыл бұрын
He said it was '77 so ya, not Lenny, it was Eddie McGee who passed away in 2017.
@unndunn14 жыл бұрын
I saw them live at Toad’s Place in New Haven, Connecticut in the late 80’s and they kicked ass! Great musicians and a lot of energy.
@l_Live_In_Oregon4 жыл бұрын
I said it before and I will say it again, they stole the show in Seattle 1977. A show that headlined Heart and Foreigner, Stephen Bishop and Prism for $8 bucks. Tower of Power performed after Stephen Bishop and before Foreigner and Heart ! I was exhausted after the show!
@sueprator93144 жыл бұрын
What an awesome lineup!! Was that Bumpershoot by any chance?
@l_Live_In_Oregon4 жыл бұрын
Sue Prator No, it was just before, it was on a Sunday August 28. Bumbershoot was the next week.