Really? I hated Brick House for some reason and I was a toking rock chik/funkadelica back then. The days when you could be both. Wild Cherry for sure got us up and AWB Pick up the pieces; more blue eyed soul from Scotland should you care to look them up. They were huge at one time. (70s). You could dance to anything you wanted to; Friday go clubbing; Saturday: go see a cool rock band in London. Simples.
@Carolyn Feldman It's not that racism is worse now, it's that victimhood is more prevalent than ever. People perceive everything as racist now. Everybody is offended.
Racism was never an issue back then...in the 70s n 80s...wasnt till the Democrats in America told us we have racism , that we thought we did. But until then, race didnt matter. Love this song.
when I was in high school, in the late 70s I moved from a two horse farming town to another state in into a big city. where I met people not my color, and became best friends with Pookie. Pookie took my a concert. My first funk concert. Wild Cherry. The Ohio Players. and Earth Wind and Fire. that night Changed my life forever, the next day I bought a bass and Bootsy Collins found a new fan. This music open my eyes and new doors to world of wonderful people I would have never had the opportunity to meet otherwise. Also led me to the land of jazz and then later hip hop. Thank you Pookie! Oh how wonderful seeing these bands in the 70s was. Thank you for the reminders of how priveledged we were to see these artists.
I know this to be true, No one knew who they were, But when it was time for them to play, Some one yelled, 'PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC WHITE BOY" Was down in the FLATS of Cleveland Ohio
I was in high school when this came out. I was already into Tower of Power, Parliament Funkadelic, Isley Brothers... Also Zeppelin, Sabbath, Rush...😂 my hair looked just like the Singer/Guitarist!! Hilarious!!!😂😂😂
@@modelnutty6503 I always find it funny when I read a "Disco Sucks" post. The reason being, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack became the number 1 selling album of all time... So if Disco was as bad as some say it was, how did that happen? 😊
This was at the height of some of the best soul music ever, bands like earth wind and fire, gladys and the pips, Commodores, drifters etc....greatest days of music....EVER. 🇬🇧🎶🇬🇧
It's kinda funny the first time I saw a video for this cos no matter how many times I heard and sang along with this growing up, I never really believed they were actually "white boys".
@@danpeakYOU MAY BE RIGHT, i did see them in CLEVELAND and took for granted they were from their since it was so early in their careers, I STAND corrected , i apoligize fine SIR , Regards Brenda
73 y/o here. Can u top that?! What I love about all these reaction vids, is how open-minded the younger gen is to "our" music. Sadly, I can't say the same about myself when it comes to theirs. I stopped back in the mid to late '90's. Every now and again, I catch myself feelin' a modern song. But, it's few and far between.
@@JazzDrummer1946 Can you imagine if people had this discussion over 300 years ago - "Ya I love Bach and from way back when and then Mozart from a few years back but this new Beethoven stuff I just can't get into ..."
This makes me want to break out some Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, Cameo, Bar-kays, Morris Day and the Time, Mandrill, etc and I am a mid 60s white guy.
Traveling to Washington DC, back in 1976, I came across several members of Wild Cherry at Dulles. Nice guys who didn’t have an issue giving a 19 year old kid and autograph
Jamal thanks for you’re wonderful comments, I love you’re reactions! You are always so positive,and infectious with you’re reactions! If the world was more like you it would be such a better place! Thanks for always being so positive! Christian
Wild Cherry is one of the best things to come out of my Hometown of Steubenville, Ohio in a long time. It was also the hometown of Dean Martin. The town basically died after the Steel Mill shut down and pretty much has not recovered, unfortunately.
I love this song. When we were on our honeymoon at Disney World, one of the employees played snippets of various songs, and you had to guess. I was the only one who guessed it, ever. She also did the 80s, which I aced. So proud of myself ❤️
I am a 61 year old white woman, 5'2" who grew up on cklw motor city radio. My husband (RIP) is of Hispanic Descent...6' 2" We discoed..and Discoed...all the way from Gloria Gaynor to KC & The Sunshine band.. Love it..thanks for getting me up and boogyin'..... .I'm gonna subscribe..right on Brother..🤘👍🙏
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t dance to this on the first note! LOVE THIS SONG!!!! Give Dr Hook and the Medicine Show a shot. Cover Of The Rolling Stone.
If we're gonna whip out Dr. Hook, there are much better songs. Get My Rocks Off, Penicillin Penny, Everybody Loves Me, The Turn On, Levitate.... Rolling Stone is alright, but that seems to be the only song that people know, and is, thus, overplayed (to the extent that Dr. Hook is played at all, anyway)
The backstory on this song: The band was loading there stuff into the venu they were playing. A black guy said to them, "Hey, you gonna play that funky music, white boy?" So they wrote the song.
@@tleroi7182 Since i was very young, I can only tell you what I SAW and was told, But I DEGRESS, It has been some 40 years, I Did see AWB in CLEVELAND FLATS, & WILD CHERRY, I'M SURE WILD CHERRY Is from OHIO, But AWB, Not as sure, Thanks for the info, Allways like to know the REAL STORY, We need some older people to help us out in the real facts, Again THANK YOU, I STAND CORRECTED SIR ! Regards Brenda
Omg! I was a teenager when this song came out. 'They were singing and dancing...play that funky music white boy!" Awesome! Thanks so much, that was fun. Can you also React to MARCELITO Pomoy ' The Prayer' on AGT? Thanks. 😍😘🎈
Yes, definitely one of the greatest dance songs. I remember doing "the bump" with my friends during junior high days. I think this is a one-hit wonder? I could be wrong.
Love, love, love this song! 💕The 70’s were an amazing time to come of age! My friends and I loved going to the clubs to “get down”. This song always had the dance floor packed!!! Great memories. It was fun watching you enjoy it. Another great song in the same vein was “Pick Up The Pieces” by The Average White Band. It has a great bass line and you cannot stay sitting down when listening to this song.
Taco meat?!?!!!😂 I've never heard that😅 This song makes me feel funky and a little old. Lol! I was probably 10 or 11. This may have come from Midnight Special with Wolfman Jack or Don Kirchner's Rock Concert. They were both late night music variety shows in the 70s. That might explain a quiet crowd and maybe even a fade out. Wouldn't it be cool if we still had a show like that?!
Loved watching those shows when I was younger..My dad ran a radio station during this time(my dad was a Dj and my mom even had a radio show)so they never minded me and my brothers staying up so late to watch it,99% of the time they watched too☺🎶❤
Diana Jemison - it would have to be a show you could stream because the kids today are NOT giving up their phones to stop and watch a show! I see them in the dance floor texting! It’s crazy!
I am a woman. I used to do drag, as a man. This was my song to preform to as someone would always jump up and shout "play that funky music white boy!" Which gave me a moment to get in to the act instead of focusing on how many problems (pain and breathing) to have my chest taped down.
Back in my party days we had a bowling alley bar we used to hang out at. When the DJ put this song on EVERYBODY would start dancing. I'm talkin' EVERYBODY. People at tables, pool players would stop their game, bowlers, bartenders, servers, bouncers(door security). EVERYBODY was Movin' to the Groovin' !!! This was back in the '90's!!! It became a regular thing every night we were there. The regulars that hung out there started it. And, the word got around, and it became the thang at this club.
Got invited to a corporate party at a convention in Chicago. Walked in to the party hall with the live band blasting this song and maybe 500 people crowding the stage and dancing. Yes, it was a great night.
You should have watched the "live" performance from the Midnight Special, and the two black fellas are off to the left with their brass pointing at the white singer when they say play that funky music white boy, it's hysterical! One of the guys twirls his brass so fast you are sure it's going to go flying but it never does, please check it out!
@veronica carlson i'm a huge AWB fan from back in the day! Hamish is and has always been my favorite member from the band. Your right, that song is indeed epic on so many levels!
This band is from a few towns over from me, Steubenville Ohio, about 20 minutes from Pittsburgh, these guys were a fantastic blues rock band that played locally in the 70s the story goes that rock in the clubs started to die off because of the Disco craze that was building and at the club gigs almost every weekend a brother would ask "Hey do you white boys know any funk" so eventually the singer decided if they didn't adapt to the changing music scene the band would die so they wrote this song and ended up scoring one of the biggest hits of the 70s
If I remember right I saw a interview with one of the original members of Wild Cherry several years ago. He said the inspiration for this song came from when the band was on tour and their agent booked them down south at a blues bar. The band did not know what to do as they were trying to decide what to play someone in the audience yelled come on play that funky music white boy. So they just threw it together and the people loved it and the rest is history as they say.
Yes,You are so right.. From the second that guitar riff starts,I'm personally snapping my fingers & hitting the dance floor .. Seat dancing if I'm in my Car.. Lol 😅
Some BAD AZZ funk, RICK JAMES ,-- FLAMETHROWER, COMMODORES, -- BRICK HOUSE, , , I was young and a Brick house, myself, i loved to dance, had moves that had not yet been named , Since I was HOT, My girl crew and I got into clubs when I was only 16, ( I had already graduated ), We danced till the club closed down, Great times, Great music, Regards Brenda
Yep, and the chorus of "play that funky music, white boy" was sung in a higher key than in the usual version so there's most def something wonky with the vocal track, it sounds like a hybrid i.e. edited together from two different sources because the lead singer's vocal is identical to the more common version of this song.
May I suggest Jump Into The Fire by Nilsson. It is a real bangin' track. He is enjoying a revival just now, so right now would be the perfect time. Thanx !
Oh man I seen this an then looked for other video on it found him performing on Harry Connick Jr when he was retired he sounded good I can totally believe he was singing the hell out if that song when was younger.
Yes, this was a video of them playing live, but over the recorded version. Back in the mid 90's went to see a local band one night, 1st time seeing them. They started playing a song with a funky groove, and I knew it sounded familiar, but couldn't place it. I had all but forgotten about this song until they went into the chorus, and it all came flooding back.
Wild Cherry was up for Best New Artist and lost to that one hit wonder, Starland Vocal Band. They also lost Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus to Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. (formerly with The Fifth Dimension). Anyhow, they performed this at the Grammys and brought the house down. Great memory.
@@johneldridge8678 OMG!! Not many people remember "Flashlight"??!! I loved dancing to this song back in my teenage year's.. Also Freakout,Anything Bee-Gees,KC.& The Sunshine Band too many great ones..
@@johneldridge8678 We absolutely do have great taste!!! Damn,no wonder I was thinner back then I was always dancing on Wednesday Ladies night,oh of course mucher younger too!!!
You want FUNK ? Check out Sly and the Family Stone : "Dance to the Music" "Higher" "Stand!" "I Want to Take You Higher" "Sing a Simple Song" "Everyday People" "You Can Make It If You Try" "Family Affair"
@@laura-gt3zc FUNK is ALIVE and well Laura. Don't forget about Parliament-Funkadelic with George Clinton! And currently there's "Bootsy" Collins who was base player with Parliament-Funkadelic. Check out his 2017 album "World Wide Funk
Just heard this on the radio and had to see if you did a reaction to it. Yes! Like you, I'd never seen them but I'm "old" and used to hear it back in the day. Great, thanks for posting. 😊
