Let’s do some travelin’ on board the Soul Train!
You knew where we were going this week, didn’t you? And you knew how we were going to get there, too, I’d bet.
Hop on board the Soul Train, courtesy of your conductor, the late Don Cornelius, who passed away this week at the age of 75. I gotta say, I got a real kick out of going through the Youtube videos for Soul Train, especially the line dance segments. Somewhere, I bet, there are a lot of grayhaired men and women dipping into those videos to show their grandkids just how fly they were they were back in the day.
Love peace and soul, Don. Love peace and soul.
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Progressives are Evil
February 3rd, 2012
3:18 pm
RIP Don, Love the Soultrain show growing up. It’s was fun and a delight to watch.
Peadawg
February 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm
Thanks goodness. Everyone have a good weekend!
Mick
February 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm
One of my favorites-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG-hD81o6Rs
Granny Godzilla
February 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
La Belle
HDB
February 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
Jay….thank you for remembering one of the few icons of both music AND TV; because of him, I got hooked on Ckaha Khan and Rufus……..so…time to listen to “Hollywood”….
Mick
February 3rd, 2012
3:26 pm
One more for the road…catch up later…boogey on-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wKyXA_nMVQ
Brosephus
February 3rd, 2012
3:27 pm
R.I.P Bro…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5_oM8rU1jk
Patrick
February 3rd, 2012
3:28 pm
Great video Jay! Lots of fun!
Brosephus
February 3rd, 2012
3:28 pm
GG
That’s one of my favs… I can groove on that one all day.
JamVet - My god man, protect the billionaires!
February 3rd, 2012
3:28 pm
…just how fly they were…
Now dig this, I had purple bell bottoms, with a white belt that had to be three inches wide, some gawdful LOUD polyester shirts, a dapper jacket and platform shoes.
Oh yeah baby, those and the stylin’ felt hat.
I wasn’t just fly, I was Superfly!
(And I’d be mortified if I ever saw any photos of me in that garish garb. Oh the foibles of youth…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66UUgH5k1eo
Finn McCool (Class Warfare = Stopping Rich People from TAKING MORE of OUR MONEY)
February 3rd, 2012
3:30 pm
Man, i’ve tried so hard to forget the late 70’s
larry
February 3rd, 2012
3:30 pm
The Sooooooooooooouuuuuuul Trainnnnnnnnnnnn
They BOTH suck
February 3rd, 2012
3:31 pm
R.I.P Don
“And you can bet your last money, it’s all going to be a stone gas, honey! And I’m Don Cornelius, and as always in parting, we wish you love, peace and soul!”.
Jay: Great selection
Everyone have a fantastic weekend
Brosephus
February 3rd, 2012
3:32 pm
I wasn’t just fly, I was Superfly!
Damn, so this was all about you????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyaoHd6ffMw
Granny Godzilla
February 3rd, 2012
3:33 pm
JamVet
Please don’t….I think about the platform shoes and the dresses either
so short I couldn’t bend over or so long I tripped over them.
JamVet - My god man, protect the billionaires!
February 3rd, 2012
3:34 pm
Cornelius always seemed like kind of a strange cat to me.
Very reserved, almost aloof. Even with his guests.
I didn’t really care because all I wanted to hear was that monster soul, R&B and funk. And the occasional white boy gone to the dark side! LOL!
Check out the crowd gettin’ off on Bowie…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy80bUKt54I&feature=related
Brosephus
February 3rd, 2012
3:34 pm
GG
Got pics??
They BOTH suck
February 3rd, 2012
3:34 pm
Jamvet
If truelly “Super Fly”
You would have provide this tune for us to jam too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cmo6MRYf5g
Fred
February 3rd, 2012
3:34 pm
Can i get a little love for Frankie Smith?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaUBzyJPXyw
St Simons - we're on Island time
February 3rd, 2012
3:36 pm
Go Re-Run!
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
February 3rd, 2012
3:37 pm
Well, I don’t do soul train stuff on account of it’s Those People, you know. But I thought I’d leave you all with one by a guy even other singers called The Voice. You know when you’re called The Voice you got a serious set of pipes. Old Vern’s been gone now close to three years and sometimes I don’t feel so good myself. Anyhow, soon as I finish work, I’m heading to Billy Bob’s and I might could put a few quarters in the jukebox and listen to Vern some more, especially Set ‘Em Up Joe. But for now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKaIzzOPyEA
Granny Godzilla
February 3rd, 2012
3:37 pm
Bro….
My high school yearbook and it’s under lock and key in an underdground bunker in an undisclosed location.
Brosephus
February 3rd, 2012
3:37 pm
JamVet
Occasional white boy??? I’m guessing you’re discounting Hall & Oats, The BeeGees, AWB, War, and so on, and so on, …
There might not be many white folks with rhythm enough to dance, but there’s many who have soul.
Fred
February 3rd, 2012
3:38 pm
And we can’t forget the Donster dancing the line…………
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFBo5hHMUZM&feature=related
Brosephus
February 3rd, 2012
3:39 pm
They BOTH
Great minds??
Fred
You would have thought I won the MegaMillions when I found that and downloaded it a few years back. Even my 3yr old gets down on that one.
GG
Sounds like a job for Homeland Security.
Fred
February 3rd, 2012
3:40 pm
Just for you Brocephus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe1ScoePqVA
(I can make collards too)
Granny Godzilla
February 3rd, 2012
3:42 pm
Bro
After my steak tonight and maybe a couple of Jack and Cokes I can talk
my old Mr. G into playing “airport security”…..
wink wink
nudge nudge
Mudfoot
February 3rd, 2012
3:42 pm
RIP Don
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ2UcO-nQKw
Matti's Soul Train Moves
February 3rd, 2012
3:42 pm
I always liked Soul Train better than Bandstand! Much better dancing around the living room!
Here’s one that Don Cornelius seemed to really enjoy! Heh… (I’m dedicating it to Karen Handel’s political career.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvDh1zHLAjU
JamVet - My god man, protect the billionaires!
February 3rd, 2012
3:43 pm
GG, too funny. I was gonna add that the girls dressed even wilder than us crazy guys.
And Lordy Be, doncha know that we just ate up those microdresses and low cut sweaters!
Bro, LOL. What can I say? I was an early adopter!
And yeah, the list of white artists who played Soul Train is pretty damn long.
One world, brother.
Blue-eyed Philly soul meets one of the true geniuses of Motown soul…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDVceKdx1UY&feature=related
Fred
February 3rd, 2012
3:44 pm
More proof that says white boys got no soul has no brains lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy25CK8phrI&feature=related
Brosephus
February 3rd, 2012
3:45 pm
GG
Fred
February 3rd, 2012
3:48 pm
Matti: WOW. That one definitely got added to a favorite list……….. thanks.
Brosephus
February 3rd, 2012
3:48 pm
Fred
No soul. Hell, I’m still groovin’ to the Wild Cherry!!! I’ll probably have to let my lil sidekick sit in with me this evening. At 3, sister girl knows she’s got soul.
stands for decibels
February 3rd, 2012
3:48 pm
Bros, add this thin white duke to the list…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37EIOuKiWw8
Granny Godzilla
February 3rd, 2012
3:50 pm
Jamvet
And in Chicago in winter on the “EL” platform a micro mini in a cold wind was a chillin’ experience.
They BOTH suck
February 3rd, 2012
3:51 pm
Bro
Mayfield was a Super Star………. One more for the road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peChXys7FcY&feature=related
Peace
Bud Wiser
February 3rd, 2012
3:52 pm
I like the Coor’s ad better.
Jay
February 3rd, 2012
3:53 pm
Mudfoot, that Donna Summer could “sing” like no other.
Finn McCool (Class Warfare = Stopping Rich People from TAKING MORE of OUR MONEY)
February 3rd, 2012
3:53 pm
The 2016 Election, Already Upon Us
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/sunday-review/the-2016-election-already-upon-us.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Oh yes I did!
Brosephus
February 3rd, 2012
3:56 pm
dB
Surprised nobody’s thrown this white dude in either..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh5c7omveSI
JamVet - My god man, protect the billionaires!
February 3rd, 2012
3:58 pm
Good old RC, that boy really does march to a different drummer!
Matti, yumbo…
The first melanin challenged artist on the show…
(I’m guessing even the sisters loved them some Italian stallions!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmM1tid2AkM
Thulsa Doom
February 3rd, 2012
3:58 pm
Well if that don’t get you started for the weekend nothing will. The best dancer was the guy at the very beginning. Back when people were fly…
Thulsa Doom
February 3rd, 2012
4:01 pm
I forgot Don Cornelius died of late. RIP Don. Even us white boys watched and loved ya.
Tommy Maddox
February 3rd, 2012
4:02 pm
My eight year old boy has all these moves [except the butt flop]. I don’t get it.
They BOTH suck
February 3rd, 2012
4:04 pm
Bro
This is the real last one, but figured I’d throw in a bad white dude of my own to match the others listed
This dude can do it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65EoK4OelZU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTipl7FbIWI
The “Bozz”
Thulsa Doom
February 3rd, 2012
4:06 pm
JamVet,
I liked the Davie Bowie one on Soul Train but damn if I didn’t think it was Willem Dafoe instead of Bowie up there. The 2 musta been separated at birth. Anyway, nice one. Doomy out.
ByteMe
February 3rd, 2012
4:07 pm
OMG, the hair….
ByteMe
February 3rd, 2012
4:08 pm
Hey, Jay, movement in the legislature concerning ethics. Not everything that should be done, but movement nonetheless.
Brosephus
February 3rd, 2012
4:10 pm
They BOTH
LOL!!!