including the remakes, I'd like to add. If they wouldn't have it on as background filler, I wouldn't be as likely to play this tune as much. Either on vinyl or over here, it only depends where I'm located. But every time I hear this tune I want to hear Ronnie's version. Still brings me tears of joy, always at/after the second drop (as dj's would call tt. It's the second chorus if I'm not mistaken, or for anyone else, around the 3.24 mark) Man, it's amazing what music can do with human beings
My dad is a professional bass player. He was the only white guy in the band when playing for DJ Rogers. Most of the music played in my house in the 70's was jazz fusion and this song was one of the best. He flipped over to the blues in the 80's but this is the music of my childhood.
This came on while I was waiting for a fill at the gas station. Other folks came by to find out what I was listening to because they said I was jamming too hard 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
Yes! When music was music! This song take me back to when I was in the fourth grade ,living in Pasadena California. My mother made us clean up and rake leaves. We , me and my sister heard this playing two or three times EVERY Saturday, along with some Denise Williams, Norman Conners, and many other greats. A simpler time, and a better time and place.
Been listening a lot to Incognito recently, I forgot that this was Ronnie's song originally. Theirs is a very good version, but really, there's nothing like the original
When I was 12 or 13 years-old, I lied to my mom and told her that I was going to play soccer with some kids at school. But I bought a ticket for $3.75 and took 3 buses to go see Ronnie Laws at the Rainbow Music Hall. It was a fantastic show! I didn't tell my mom till I was 17-years-old. She was pissed that I didn't take her! 😁
I was working the night shift , listening to the jazz station KBCA FM in L.A. and when I heard this for the 1st time I had to buy this album and I was a fan for life. Then , I found out about his talented family and their musical colaborations, The Jazz Crusaders, Hubert Laws and Joe Sample, Eloise Laws " Love comes easy" I saw Ronnie at a club in Redondo Beach, Ca. called the Golden Bear. It was a great show. I feel so blessed to have been there in that era. I am still groovin to this in 2019! Peace and Love
Had the opportunity of meeting Ronnie Laws in the late 90s/early 2000s. He played at a Boys and Girls Club jazz event in Pasadena, CA. He seemed to be a very nice, down to earth person. My dad knew Wilton Felder of the Crusaders. He grew up in Houston, TX with an older brother of his. And I (coincidentally) went to high school with Wilton's son. He & I kinda felt like cousins after realizing our families knew each other. It's a shame we lost contact after we graduated. They were cool people.
Erica Daniel Lol that's alright,but I assure you this was played well after that. This piece is def a classic and as you know music is timeless so 40 years later it still jumps...
mookeychase0907 This will probably sound weird but it seems I have a better appreciation for music at 43 than 23. I probably at 23, would not have listened to this song one minute but at 43 I am really taking my time to listen at the joy of music all music. I love this tune.
I'm a few years ahead of you(70).I'm glad to read that you still put in work on the floor. What not a better way For me its the best way to honor a great song,artist,group,band.Much Respect and (Enjoy The Rest Of Your Life)😊😊😊
Love this jam from the first day it came out. One word of warning, though: Don't...do not...EVER...play this song in your car and then get on the freeway! Guaranteed speeding ticket!
Really? For me, this kind of stuff makes me more likely to angle the seat back a couple of notches and adopt a more leisurely cruising pace. But, I've had to ban myself from listening to hardcore techno, drum and bass or metal in the car for the same reason. 180bpm and I start tailgating every mofucka in sight...
My first 3 albums in high school . ..were Jeff Beck blow by blow, EWF Gratitude and Ronnie Laws Pressure sensitive. Thankyou for posting this!! This groove will never get old!!!! Awesome jam!!!!!
This was the hit off this LP , as I remember it was played on the radio. I bought this LP along with Brezzin by George Benson at the time , a " Win -Win ". I haven't heard this song in 35 years , whoa Im getting old .
At work, 6:00am private duty nurse, my patient and his family are sleeping. I got both the ear buds in to get the full effect. Song started and it rose all up in me and I had to control the holler. All I can do is chair dance and enjoy my brain marinating in all this perfection. Thank you so much.
I agree! Ronnie Laws and Siro Gira were my favorites back in the day. Hard to believe this classic was recorded 46 years ago ! OMG where has the time gone?
Well, I like Jeff Lorber, I like Incognito, and Willy Bobo... meh. None will ever come close to the one and only Ronnie Laws playing this tune. Still sounds fresh, and the late great Roland Bautista made it so funky.
C. TODD MCCORMICK I was also turning 13 by December 1975...Heard this on the radio in Philadelphia PA , and I wanted to jump out my skin....AWESOME GROOVE. ..PEACE BE WITH YOU ALWAYS. ..
It is one of the most beautiful tracks I've ever heard!!! I used to be a contemporary dancer a long time ago and a friend of mine bought the vinyl version as my lovely mum was dying and it reminds me that she will always be there! I dance the best solo ever in my head! We always are own best DJs!!! xxxxx
Man, can you imagine walking into a studio with this song and management asking for your resume? And your answer is "Well, I played sax for Earth, Wind and Fire and my producer is Wayne Henderson". As if somebody was gonna say "no".
One of the best get up off your ass and get busy tunes ever! Been loving this since it came out. This & Stevie's Songs in the Key of Life, about a year later, both just have a wonderfully positive bounce to them. Almost seems heretical since gump came to power.
There are some songs that tickle you deep down inside and send you into ecstasy, this did this to me in my 20s when I first heard it and it still does at 70, hey some music is magic ❤️🤗❤️
RONNIE LAWS IS ALSO A TRUE MASTER AT HIS CRAFT AND I STILL ENJOY ALL HIS MASTERPIECE WORK OF ART, & YES HIS MUSIC CONNOISSEURS WILL CONTINUE ENJOY FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Shout out to my pops-William Shane for playing jazz music at home when I was growing up in the mid 70's!!! Today, I have a number of friends that thank my dad for being who is was with the music and being a cool cat!! I am happy
I remember dancing to this song at a party while attending Howard U on a semester program from my college. I did some fancy handwork as I was dancing and the guy I was dancing with said, "ooo, are you from Philly?" I always thought that was a gas and remember it almost every time I hear this song, lol!
dont take it too literally man ;) i could start name dropping contemporary musicians who i think are incredible but i dont want the hipters to latch on and tarnish them ;) lol *besides that, we are talking about funk in this discussion
monogramadikt some of the best music came out of the 70s. todays music has nothing on it. hate to think about music 20 years from now how awful it will be
+Roy Byrd III - You get a thumbs up for having a Marantz....rich high class so&so....I had a Luxman L85v amp myself - still got it...yeah, I'm old...what of it? LOL I had this as the very first 45 i bought after school some 40 years ago...the other side was tidal wave. yeah brah...we BOTH had good taste!
Hearing music like this growing up gave me early exposure to jazz so it's only natural that I have always had an appreciation for it. This is awesome! The soundtrack playing in the background of my youth!
Although some people say it's before my time this is a song my mother played when I was 13 years old and I caught the groove. I'm 60 now and still enjoy this song instrumental or with words. Its nice you can still hear it with you tube because over the years the album she had has disappeared.
This is the first I ever heard of Ronnie Laws. It's the song I bought the album for. It's the song that brought Ronnie Laws to our attention...at least here in New York City. And all other versions pale by comparison. Dare I say it, yes even Chaka's and I love her. Thanks for the post.
picture it, 1976. i was a freshman in high school getting off the public transporation bus in birmingham to transfer to the 9 smithfield. i've got 20 minutes before it rolls by, so i go to newberry's dept store to the music section AND THIS SONG WAS PLAYING...that moment was indelibly etched in my mind, even to this day. i didn't know who was playing as i had never heard it before, so i had to ask. i bought it for about 95cents...was a dark blue record. caught the 9 and COULDN'T WAIT to get home. that was THE VERY FIRST jazz record i ever owned. it received greater rotation with my other soul 45s (AWB, EW&F, chaka, war, george duke just to name a few.) and so my affinity with jazz began...eumir deodato, the crusaders, bobby hutcherson, grover, michael franks, lonnie liston smith, roy, boz, sergio, nancy, sarah...you get the idea. the 45s are LONG GONE, but i STILL HAVE my LPs and a victrola (LOL, jkjk, a newmark turntable, Denon tuner amp & bose speakers)...@ 57 years of age, i look back and realize HOW LUCKY some of us were to have had the exposure. Fortunately for the young pups, they too can reach back and listen to what came before. sigh... i can remember ALL THAT ISH, but W H E R E did i put my KEYS?!! don't laff...you're up next boo. LOL, uncle tinsley
