Pusherman by Curtis Mayfield from the original movie from 1972. super cool super mean feeling good for the man superfly here i stand ;) I'm your pusherman
Matteo Garza That's a bad beat. I used to play that beat on my congos as a kid. Your grandfather was that dude. Wouldve loved to had played a set with him WOW!
We lived vicariously through this man portrayed in this black hero and the Curtis Mayfield soundtrack was an artistic musical portrait of the action and life of Superhero aka Superfly, my man !!! … !!✨
Curtis Mayfield really help to make, this Movie ' Superfly ' the best it could be. And now today years later it is still one of my favorite movies of all time. And it brings back some good memories.
One of the first bass lines I ever learned 45 years ago. Lucky Scott is the bass player on that groove. Never heard much from him other than his work with Curtis. But his bass in the movie kept the pulse of the hustler's creed...do it now, do it quick, and don't get caught!
Heads up on the great Bobby Timmons at 1.32 laying down the funkiest off beat head nod ever! To know the man who introduced the soul/funk into jazz was digging Curtis is such a beautiful sight.
wow thats Bobby Timmons such a funky piano player. BTW my Dad use to run with Art Blakely when he came to St. Louis and my uncle use to provide uumm items for Mr. Blakely!!!😂😂
If you look at the movie closely, Superfly is NOT a happy guy! He's smart,but he's not slick. He's too honorable,too straight forward. And he opens his mouth when he shouldn't. His boy Eddie is a snake! BUT.... Superfly has the balls, determination and the resources to CHANGE his life. Superfly would've been a good general. He's charismatic and a born leader.
The guy in the "white suit and red hat" is "K.C.". He is the #real owner of the same/exact 1971 Cadillac Eldorado that is in the movie "Super Fly". He let the film makers borrow his vehicle for the film, and in exchange, he got a appearance in this club scene. That exact Eldorado was customized/built by "Dunham Coach" , a shop that is located in Boonton, New Jersey.
This was definitely Gary Indiana and the southside of Chicago back in the early 70s! Brothers had a moral code they didn't fuck with civilians and they show love to kids is in the hood. They dressed the part and acted the part! They were criminals but they were also icons in our neighborhoods. Flukey Stokes, Betting Good, Sonny Peterson, No Coins Carter, Reggie B., Red Wilson, Fred Mackey, Definitely the men back in the day!
HE WAS A GENIUS ....INCREDIBLE .....IVE BEEN LISTENING TO HIS STUFF ALL MY LIFE ....ALL FROM THE "MAYFIELD SINGERS TO THE IMPRESSIONS ...TILL HE PASSED ...
Fun fact: @1:08 that fella is a real pimp. Bonus fact: supaflys car is actually the pimps real car who someone on the set saw and offered him a part if they could use his car in the movie.
"Haven't seen you in a while. You didn't square up on me, did you?" On the one hand, probably hoping he did clean up. On the other hand, one less addict is bad for business.
The opening scene showing the two junkie robbers walking the streets of NYC with the knit caps and army surplus jacket reminds me of that era; had the jacket ad the cap and unemployed for a while so we get up and go up on the "Block" and hang see what's going on.
