War - 'Low Rider' Reaction! Funky Horns, Distinct Singing! Showing Love to the Low Rider Community!

[@catserver8577]

I have never, in my whole 50+ years, met a single person who didn't like this song. If you've heard it, you like it. Period.

[@kathybwell]

Amen!

[@quincee3376]

Agreed.

[@bernardk5189]

No doubt, gotta love it. Then again I haven't heard anything by War that I didn't love.

[@Shoeshineman24]

👆💯Fact

[@suzannebaker5270]

YESSSS!

[@lorilxn1597]

I remember when my daughter was about 15, back in the 80's and she came home and wanted me to listen to a new song she heard, I laughed so hard because I'd been listening to this song for years and years

[@vincecramer7950]

This one hands down is always been one of my favorite songs of all time 🤘😎

[@chrisjarvis2287]

Lowriders with hydraulics have been around since the 50's

[@workingman6681]

I had the privilege to meet Lonnie Jordan ( Singer, piano , guitarist) of WAR. He was at the Friendly Hills Country Club in Whittier playing the piano. My father in law was also a musician and starting playing piano while Lonnie sang. It was an incredible night.

[@deantait8326]

I was a Surfer and Drag Racer but still loved this show…. I was in LA then

[@lindamarlow4756]

That style isn't mariachi, it's boogaloo. Puerto Rico black music. Absolute fire!

[@willynilly2545]

It's a blend of it

[@anthonyhedberg6471]

If you haven't already, you guys really need to check out "Summer", "All Day Music", and "The World Is A Ghetto" by these guys. I'm telling you now, they will blow your mind. When I was a much younger guy, I got to see them perform with Parliament/Funkadelic, and to this day it is one of the greatest concerts this pasty white boy ever attended...outside, in the cool summertime breeze. Everyone was there...black, white, Puerto Rican, you name it, and we were all havin' a gooood time! Why? Because we had it like that back then. It was all about the music. Peace out! ✌😎

[@kimberelyanngunter6341]

Native born Angelino here ..I grew up hearing this constantly on the radio & still love it to this day.

[@drainbramagebrandon1047]

One of my favorite bands in the 70's. The Cisco Kid is another great one!!!

[@loisrogers9042]

Yes!!! "Why Can't We Be Friends " next?

[@philchurch1115]

Back when I was a teenager you could hear this blaring out of my bedroom and a lot of TURN YOUR MUSIC DOWN..loved it.

[@bobschenkel7921]

I well remember the Summer of 1975, the album "Why Can't We Be Friends?" was everywhere, especially on the radio. The title track and "Low Rider" were BIG hits, and it made me vary happy every time it came on. The only band member of WAR I know for sure is the Harmonica player, Lee Oskar. Great song, great reaction.

[@jimmoore8951]

Big memories of hanging at the beach and hearing this play out of car windows as they cruised by... extra bonus points for hydraulics then

[@Mike-pi2bo]

This song was first on the movie "Car Wash" with Richard Pryor and George Carlin. Great vibe song.

[@debbiewallace4907]

I am pretty sure it was also the theme song for the George Lopez sitcom.

[@suemitchell6291]

This one was in our , my brother's 45 collection. I was in grade 6 . Loved it

[@aldobelli8300]

One of my all time favorites bands when I was in my early 20's!!!! Definitely a Southern California sound. I was also a big fan of their harmonica player, Lee Oskar, who started playing at 5 years old. Lee Oskar also came out with 3 solo albums, all of which were very good.

[@christinewaide5249]

We had the best cars in the 70’s. Thats why when you see pictures, we were always standing next to them. Nowadays, all the cars look the same.

[@Ilikeryche]

And they were American cars, not this global junk posing as American cars that we get now.

[@ffjsb]

Mmmmm, some of them were absolutely crap. Rust was a HUGE problem. Had a '72 Vega that was completely rusted out when I bought it in early '79. Only paid $50 for it though.

[@theodoreritola7641]

77 FIRE BIRD SMOKEY N THE BANDIT WAS TOTAL🔥

[@philipmccarthy6175]

They looked good but mechanically pieces of s**t.

[@christinewaide5249]

I disagree. Like anything else, you have to take care of it. I have friends that still have their old cars because they’ve maintained them. 🤷‍♀️

[@michaelwebster8389]

Such a great song. Always great to find the originals to some of these songs that had big covers, and find they're even funkier.

[@DocLong1]

War were just effortlessly cool. And what a catalog!

[@revaflowers3115]

In a lot of states your car couldn't have bumpers higher or lower than a certain specified standard.In 1959, a customizer named Ron Aguirre developed a way of bypassing the law with the use of hydraulic Pesco pumps and valves that allowed him to change ride height at the flick of a switch. Ron Aguirre developed this modification with help from his father, after conceiving of the idea. And so the birth of lowriders was born.

[@vinceaaron8921]

slippin into darkness is some fine funk

[@holysmokes5817]

A time and place. No doubt. Cheers! 🌲🌲💥✨🌈🌲🌲

[@chapo0815]

LEE OSKAR... BEFORE THE RAIN... IS A MUST.

[@spacecardinal]

"Whose Cadillac is that" is a fun time too!

[@waynethorn7218]

Not heard this in years. Thanks for playing it. The colour film in this video is also great. They don’t use colour film like this no more😢 Great channel Gentlemen✌️

[@quincee3376]

Yeah baby. Classic stuff!!! I remember The Beastie Boys sampled Low Rider on their Slow Ride track from Licenced to ill. Have a great weekend!!!

[@gdubbya804]

Lee Oskar, harmonica extraordinaire.

[@ThomVial]

The great Lee Oskar played harmonica in the band, and yes that is the signature sound you hear during the break in vocals!

[@stephenlesliebrown5959]

Wow! Never knew that was a harmonica for all these years. Thank you 🙂

[@weezy8029]

Cisco Kid, Why Cant We Be Friends, Spill the Wine is a good one, a collaboration with Eric Bourden from The Animals. Lots of good tunes out there.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

The big 9 minute The world Is A ghetto fantastic tune great album

[@ffjsb]

All Day Music is a great one too.

[@HoraceAymett]

Every time I hear this song, I think of Up In Smoke scene when Cheech drives to the house right across the street. LOL

[@paulmurphy8993]

There are a few "perfect" songs in the past fifty years. This is one of them!

[@genaseidenschwarz2119]

It was wonderful to have good music on the radio, like when this was made. Much obliged. I enjoy visiting about music with y'all.

[@vampfashions]

Remember turning on the AM radio in the car and inevitably a great song was playing in one of the 5 presets. And, disco and rap had not even been dreamt of yet!!!

[@mzliz1249]

The song “WAR” by WAR is a great song!

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

I'm 70. My dad was in a Detroit Car Club in early 50's...drove a 1949 Mercury Coupe...about 4 inches off the ground!!!! He LOVED that car❤❤❤😎😎

[@rosemarywatson1231]

Every song by WAR is fire!

[@kikivon3501]

This song is a whole mood

[@dalenikolitch4627]

Fricking Loved this song Forever😊

[@Jolinga]

I was born in 1975, great year 😂

[@Serai3]

I remember sitting on the quad with a group of my high school friends in 1975, singing this song _a capella,_ each of us taking an instrumental part. I did the bass line. (Exhausting!) Great times, great memories.

[@kellahella5286]

All Day Music is 🔥 Great layed back groove

[@sueprator9314]

MY FAV ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jhas727]

Cruisin' around always got better when Low Rider came on.

[@EverendeverGroup]

That video is a priceless time capsule.

[@bernardk5189]

War always had it going. They fit in to so many genres, rock,funk, soul. You gotta check out Me and Baby Brother... I never hear anyone request it. Now that's soulful, funk, shaking your ass song

[@kikivon3501]

This song is a whole mood!!!!!

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Cheech & Chong's "Up in Smoke" is one place you can hear it.

[@Roadtrip635]

I was a kid growing up in the 70's and I have an older cousin that had a El Camino lowrider called "Sweet & Low". I thought that was the coolest thing ever!

[@singluna888]

I was in Southern California in the late 70's when i saw my first low riders. I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. I love WAR.

[@vampfashions]

I saw a few at a car show in the mid 70s and was hooked. I also love the paint jobs, the engraving, the chrome everything... I still kind of prefer a 200+ spoke normal size wheel and standard suspension, but hey, you bought it you can break it. Also really really miss the custom vans from the 70s into the 80s.

[@kentzepick4169]

Love this song. So funky.

[@vampfashions]

I was 9 when this song came out, I got the 45 the day it hit radio (cool cousins). I hadn't a clue what a low rider may be. Fast forward to the ripe age of just past 13, and I bought 2 baby blue 64 Chevs for $500, of my own money (good taste is maybe a gene thing). I then also bought a 53 (1st hemi) Dodge, and later a 53 Chev. I was a damn Mexican lowrider before I ever saw one, and I'm a Scot Canadian Prairie boy. Still love this song, still love the cars, still love the music, the culture, and the vibe. Miss all my old cars though.

[@SavageSniperGirl]

This such a hot summer day song. This was definitely part of my soundtrack growing up :)

[@leemorgan4799]

I remember this song..it5good

[@t.s.9656]

My teenage years cruising the main. It was wonderful.

[@jimmoore8951]

What a scene that was

[@elitetrainercynthia7394]

It has an infectious groove

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

LOS ANGELES IS A CAR CULTURE ONLY SECOND TO DETROIT...❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@steelers6titles]

Great band.

[@artemiasalina1860]

I think that was a harmonica and an alto sax playing together. I love that sound! Did you notice all the harmonicas on that guy's belt? He's into it.

[@johnnyallen5736]

Great group, great song , and great reaction! Thanks

[@freeforever6971]

Great song 1975!

[@Cchan53]

Saw this group in a high school gym ( in the late 60's) WITH Alice Cooper, The Velvet Underground AND Roy Orbison!!!!! And the tickets did not cost any kind of Taylor S prices ...those were the good days of music, concert going ,etc....

[@vickiz6076]

It was the opening song for Cheech & Chong’s “Up in Smoke”. I was in 7th grade when this came out and didn’t know what a low rider was until the 90’s lol

[@SoniT]

Oooh, I love War! They are one of my favorite bands along with Earth Wind and Fire and Parliament. I was just listening to War's The World Is a Ghetto album today.

[@jimmoore8951]

I don't play the bass but I grab a guitar and play the bass line whenever this song comes on. If you grew up with the lowrider culture you can still picture the 60s Impalas cruising by

[@vampfashions]

I bought 2 64 chevs when I was barely 13, never got to cruise them lol, but they were likely the best polished cars in North America for a few months lol.

[@glassontherocks]

I think of Cheech and Chong every time I hear this.

[@cotadog4472]

Sir where's your license ? Isn't back there on the bumper man ?

[@glassontherocks]

@@cotadog4472"I rescued a burning baby and I got burning baby all over me" -Cheech

[@Serai3]

The Love Machine!

[@Serai3]

@@cotadog4472 "What do you guys want? Can I have a bite of your hot dog?"

[@whaleoilbeefhooked62]

Hey,dont take those man!

[@vickihirsch8340]

The harp player is Lee Oskar. Excellent harmonica player. Has a great solo album called Before the Rain. Check it out.

[@kathybwell]

I went to a WAR concert a couple of years ago-they still had some original members and sounded amazing!

[@MrCharon1965]

Vibe of the times :)

[@christinawoolley6206]

Such a classic! Love! 😽💋🎶🖤

[@neverettebrakensiek8771]

This song will forever remind me of my daughter as a teen who would make up her own lyrics to songs. From her bedroom one morning I heard her singing to this song as she dried her hair : Blow- dry-er- blow a little harder. Blow- dry-er- dry a little hotter. Use a lil gel -use a lil gel, use a lil gel and see-ee. I died laughing and now her lyrics are what I hear when this song plays. I have this on the best of WAR cd and its one of my fav cruising cds to play.

[@vampfashions]

Your daughter was relentlessly cool!

[@neverettebrakensiek8771]

@@vampfashions LOL Was and is, she still crackin me up

[@sotexsailor]

The soundtrack of my youth!!

[@flyingardilla143]

This song can never be stopped before the Take a Trip part.

[@charlottedixon6628]

Oh yeah..Like this funky sound..⭐️

[@GinnyRobertsonLLC]

I love War and have seen them in concert 5 times or so and once with Eric Burdon. Thank you for doing this reaction today because I then searched to see if they're still touring. I discovered they'll be in Ocean City MD, 3 hours from us, in January and just got tickets. The beach and War - can't miss.

[@philipmccarthy6175]

Check out their back catalogue , great band.

[@christinawoolley6206]

Used to listen to the album All Day Music on repeat and dance! In fifth grade I definitely felt too cool for school (in my mind anyway!) 😹

[@flogg8635]

War, Outlaw is badass too !

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

Went to BBQ in LA....with WAR!!!! THE 70'S WERE AWESOME!!!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼✌✌✌✌😎😎😎

[@stewpot6998]

The very beginning features a misplaced beat. You can hear the drummer stumble right out of the gate. But it funks it up and is essential to the song.😎👍 Awesome.

[@patrickmcevoy5080]

My favorite War song has always been "The World is a Ghetto", from the album of the same name. Very Jazzy, very funky, and really complex.

[@hippylong]

Top 100 greatest song!

[@kellyb.3600]

Love ❤ for War! Excellent song. Always reminds me of Cheech. 😂

[@daveking9393]

Love it! Must watch movie Up in smoke....

[@morbiouslenoir]

Seen thee guys about 4 times. A great show!

[@StevenNewcombe-gd7rd]

Loved dancing on this song back then!!!

[@SIXX2772]

Ahhhh...Our golden days!!

[@MrTech226]

Guys I love this song especially when Cheech of Cheech & Chong getting his low ride to drive in 1978's Up In Smoke.

[@KLStorer]

One of the greatest grooves ever!

[@robpannell390]

70’s man they were the best and the worst for music….this is great

[@vampfashions]

Sadly listening to this, knowing just several months later dreaded disco was coming to kill your soul.

[@tenjed4224]

First time I could remember hearing this song was when my pops was playing it in the stereo. We had a record player/TV combo, back then.

[@hog7203]

War has a bunch of great songs. I need to check out your previous reaction to the band.

[@sgholt]

I was in High School at the time, this was a big song in South Texas back in the day , thanks guys

[@tomcurtis8431]

Four Cornered Room is awesome!

[@mamaflush9945]

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[@stevenaleman7454]

Great song! Thanks for sharing a classic song by War…this song is my new ringtone..✌️

[@AttackChefDennis]

These guys were way before the Chicano lowrider scene.

[@nealtircuit9373]

The part you were discussing was played through most of the song by both the saxophone and harmonica, as shown here 4:07. At 5:13, is when it is just the harmonica by itself during the sax solo.

[@kierstenridgway4634]

I went Fresno High School in the late 70s early 80s. Every single day we had low riders out in front. The ones with the little tires and hydrolics and the dumped down low with fat tires. I was in the fat tired ones with suicide doors. ❤️✌️😆

[@jamesmusisca7547]

that's that old school shit out of the 70's

[@pamelabanin5212]

Low Rider....you cannot sit still for that tune! Very cool video! Love it!!

[@whenthen1498]

opening track to CheeCH an Chong s movie "Up in Smoke"

[@kimbixler6821]

Power of tower.