WAR - Low Rider (Official Video) [Remastered in 4K]

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  • Watch the original music video for WAR - Low Rider from 'Why Can't We Be Friends?' (1975) newly remastered from the original 16MM film reels.
    For our friends across the globe, sing along in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, or French by enabling subtitles!
    To watch in 4K, adjust your Settings ⚙️ to 2160p (4K)
    WAR burst onto the scene 50 years ago, capturing the heart and soul of America’s streets with its righteous, multi-cultural sound on hits like “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” “Low Rider” and “The Cisco Kid.” Avenue/Rhino is kicking off a year-long anniversary celebration that will begin with the introduction of a new colored-vinyl boxed set for Record Store Day, available at participating retailers. Find out more at www.wartheband.com
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    “We spoke out against racism, hunger, gangs, crimes, and turf wars, as we embraced all people with hope and the spirit of brotherhood. It’s just as apropos today.” - WAR
    WAR, the original street band, was founded by veteran record producer Jerry Goldstein and rock legend Eric Burdon in 1969. Together with the original band members Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, B.B. Dickerson, Harold Brown, the late Thomas “Papa Dee” Allen, and Charles Miller, they blended many musical styles and influences. The musical laboratory that is WAR yielded 17 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards, including the triple platinum ‘The World Is A Ghetto’ and double platinum ‘Why Can’t We Be Friends?’ and ‘Greatest Hits’, and hit songs "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", and "The Cisco Kid".
    WAR began playing live shows to sold-out audiences in the 1970s and continues their commitment to being road WARriors, touring over 150 dates a year to this day.
    Charles Miller Intro 0:00:00
    Low Rider 0:00:27
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  • @granthutchins2016
    @granthutchins2016 Před 3 lety +4308

    The coolest song ever with just the right amount of cow bell.

  • @Mouse01011
    @Mouse01011 Před 3 měsíci +622

    it’s crazy to think that this song is almost 50 years old, and it doesn’t sound dated. It’s just a classic song all around!!!

  • @robbymck1866
    @robbymck1866 Před měsícem +86

    The saxophone at the end is iconic

  • @helsinki4
    @helsinki4 Před měsícem +36

    B.B Dickerson gave me the money to buy my first drum set. I made my living performing around the world thanks to him. R.I.P BB

  • @butchcoolidge4448
    @butchcoolidge4448 Před rokem +3372

    One of the greatest grooves in the history of music.

  • @AvgDude
    @AvgDude Před 3 lety +3659

    I’ve always considered this song a masterpiece of rhythm.

    • @bullitt7544
      @bullitt7544 Před 3 lety +57

      Nothing like it. I lived Rock and Roll. This got a bad beat of it's own. Groove is deep as Santana yet the sound is like the Johnson Bros Funk. It's LARGE...

    • @MrTheHillfolk
      @MrTheHillfolk Před 3 lety +12

      @@bullitt7544 lol don't forget Cheech and Chong lost due to incompetence ,that's a badass jam too

    • @YuTuboTuTubas
      @YuTuboTuTubas Před 3 lety +8

      Aaaaannnnd COOLNESS

    • @joriankell1983
      @joriankell1983 Před 3 lety +20

      It is. The melody rides atop it like a wave. It's great

    • @ryhu5642
      @ryhu5642 Před 3 lety +11

      I play this song before I do anything challenging hahaha 🤣

  • @tommymann69
    @tommymann69 Před 6 měsíci +62

    THE ORIGINAL WAR BAND DESERVES TO BE IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

  • @rubedogg6969
    @rubedogg6969 Před 3 lety +16335

    Who else thinks WAR belongs in The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame!

    • @millardbusey221
      @millardbusey221 Před 3 lety +254

      F The RARHOF

    • @mauricejones1050
      @mauricejones1050 Před 3 lety +445

      They should've been in decades ago. What a bunch of crap.

    • @sidDkid87
      @sidDkid87 Před 3 lety +328

      the r&r hof is *NOT WORTHY* of WAR!!!

    • @alexrosales1175
      @alexrosales1175 Před 3 lety +86

      You said this on a George Benson song too and your right.

    • @dongray6834
      @dongray6834 Před 3 lety +171

      Rock n Roll should be just called music hall of fame .

  • @gregebert5544
    @gregebert5544 Před rokem +2104

    A hundred years from now, this will still be a beloved classic.

  • @Amber_Freeman_Unmasked1406
    @Amber_Freeman_Unmasked1406 Před 3 měsíci +208

    admit it every 70s and early 2000s kids woke up hearing this classic either by tv or by radio

  • @SassyKaren68
    @SassyKaren68 Před 2 měsíci +390

    Is anyone else still jamming out to this awesome song in 2024? ❤

  • @gliderider7077
    @gliderider7077 Před rokem +2190

    This song is literally backed by an entire culture of amazing people, no one cares what sex, color or religion, just low riders.. that’s our commonality. Much love

    • @elgrangadsby
      @elgrangadsby Před rokem +54

      Mexican power is low riders 💪🏼🤌🏼🇲🇽

    • @DreamyCreamyD
      @DreamyCreamyD Před rokem +16

      @@elgrangadsby bean

    • @kakz100
      @kakz100 Před rokem +34

      Yes big up the black peoples for starting it!

    • @baccgod942
      @baccgod942 Před rokem +10

      @@elgrangadsby
      Culture vulture talk

    • @johnnyhughes5534
      @johnnyhughes5534 Před rokem +8

      Oook it's a Mexican made this song it would be about Mexican power 😆 funny actors

  • @chrishorst6993
    @chrishorst6993 Před 2 lety +2146

    Can you imagine when they wrote this song they probably never imagined how much of an Iconic song it would become. And still be loved so many years later

    • @leonardweber2976
      @leonardweber2976 Před 2 lety +44

      Hopefully all the band members are getting royalties.

    • @ArturoRodriguez-xh3vk
      @ArturoRodriguez-xh3vk Před 2 lety +10

      Vamos a dar la vuelta en el lowrider.

    • @jermainelouis6291
      @jermainelouis6291 Před 2 lety +2

      Are these cars lowrider? is a survey for a video about lowrider czcams.com/video/jGuNRnswdWg/video.html

    • @natesmith5493
      @natesmith5493 Před 2 lety +10

      Yep they used it up and smoke And in gone in 60 Seconds

    • @TheInkPitOx
      @TheInkPitOx Před 2 lety +2

      How is it iconic?

  • @balaton1
    @balaton1 Před měsícem +61

    Tell me in 50 years a young man won't find this tune. Slow down to 10 mph , roll down the windows and blast this down the boulevard! I did it today, rolling down the job site and all the boys taking it in. The smiles! The smiles! It just grabs me.

  • @user-bv2bv5ru9n
    @user-bv2bv5ru9n Před 3 měsíci +169

    WHO know about this this right here is GROWN FOLKS MUSIC WHO'S STILL LISTENING IN 2024?.

  • @psychic-medium
    @psychic-medium Před 2 lety +946

    This song will never go out of style

  • @masterdoge987
    @masterdoge987 Před 2 lety +1031

    The fact that this was made nearly half a century ago and is still one of the boppiest songs in history really shows how ahead of their time WAR was.

    • @ferreira991
      @ferreira991 Před 2 lety +30

      They are not ahead of time, we just live in a more degenerat moment and it aplies to music as well.

    • @S3verusMyG
      @S3verusMyG Před 2 lety +34

      You have a black guy singing about Mexican cars published by a white record company. Equality people

    • @RicardoLopez-gl7fc
      @RicardoLopez-gl7fc Před 2 lety +5

      Hola alguien sabe. Que banda de regional la toca en español

    • @potatohead5910
      @potatohead5910 Před 2 lety +12

      The fact that this was made nearly halfa century ago and there's a trollface at 1:44

    • @pigeon51
      @pigeon51 Před 2 lety +4

      Boppiest! What a fabulous word 😊

  • @stephendorn6348
    @stephendorn6348 Před 4 měsíci +56

    Freakin Ted has this song stuck in my head more than ever before

  • @DozerMoto
    @DozerMoto Před 4 měsíci +40

    Dude with the harmonica belt knows the meaning of life .

    • @3kmek937
      @3kmek937 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Lee Oskar - the man behind the great brand of quality harmonicas! B)

  • @azpowerphxaz1237
    @azpowerphxaz1237 Před rokem +887

    I listened to this in 75. No tune's ever stood the test of time like this one.
    If you don't like Low Rider, we can't be friends.

    • @happyme3376
      @happyme3376 Před rokem +33

      I see what you did there!

    • @azpowerphxaz1237
      @azpowerphxaz1237 Před rokem +10

      @@happyme3376 👍👍

    • @happyme3376
      @happyme3376 Před rokem +15

      @@azpowerphxaz1237 , seriously though, great jams, and what a shame for all of us that Charles Miller was murdered. Such a loss!

    • @azpowerphxaz1237
      @azpowerphxaz1237 Před rokem +13

      @@happyme3376
      Yeah for real. That's a damn shame. Looks like to this day, no one has been arrested or prosecuted for his murder. Fortunately his music will live forever.
      Stay safe.. peace.

    • @rebeccaweil1
      @rebeccaweil1 Před rokem +5

      It’s just perfect

  • @IntergalacticSpaceKitten
    @IntergalacticSpaceKitten Před 2 lety +762

    His voice will always be the epitome of cool.

    • @overthenever4262
      @overthenever4262 Před 2 lety +6

      ✌️🥀✌️

    • @danortega6577
      @danortega6577 Před 2 lety +2

      @@overthenever4262 today

    • @marknc9616
      @marknc9616 Před 2 lety +18

      It's so sad that he was murdered five years later.

    • @Loverboy7789.
      @Loverboy7789. Před 2 lety +11

      @@marknc9616 i Didn't know he was Murdered what Killed him

    • @marknc9616
      @marknc9616 Před 2 lety +6

      @@Loverboy7789. Please refer to the Wikipedia article for Charles Miller (musician).

  • @TheRattyBiker
    @TheRattyBiker Před 22 dny +6

    Cheech's Lowrider "Love Machine" was the perfect homage to this perfect song!

  • @dikemavis666
    @dikemavis666 Před měsícem +45

    I can safely bet that this was playing in all the colourful vans during the 70's.

  • @br3akstuff
    @br3akstuff Před 2 měsíci +13

    This is so old and yet perfectly timeless sounding.

  • @saanzacs
    @saanzacs Před 3 lety +422

    RIP Charles Miller (saxophonist/vocalist) , Morris 'BB' Dickerson (bassist) and Papa Dee Allen (percussionist)

    • @freddieparrydrums
      @freddieparrydrums Před 3 lety +22

      May they rest in peace

    • @redbone7040
      @redbone7040 Před 3 lety +6

      👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

    • @Group_Anonymous
      @Group_Anonymous Před 3 lety +17

      Life is short

    • @saanzacs
      @saanzacs Před 3 lety +8

      @@Group_Anonymous Agreed

    • @patrickdrazen3574
      @patrickdrazen3574 Před 3 lety +14

      I think there's only one member of the original group still in it; they're still managed by Jerry Weintraub who kept it alive. Saw them in Chicago @ the House of Blues early in the 2000s...

  • @leemurphy3660
    @leemurphy3660 Před rokem +1095

    This has to be one of the most laid-back songs in the history of music. You can be having the crappiest day of your life until you hear this song. The feel good factor of this song is off the scale.

    • @1oldskoolluvr
      @1oldskoolluvr Před rokem +6

      this.....💯💙

    • @lynnwalters4801
      @lynnwalters4801 Před rokem +7

      Hell yes to that!!!!

    • @melancholiac
      @melancholiac Před rokem +6

      As a laid-back song it ranks with It's A Family Affair by Sly Stone

    • @DianeChick-tv2ot
      @DianeChick-tv2ot Před rokem +4

      @@melancholiac you are Right on😁👍‼️
      I play that alOT too ironically! You have great taste obviously 😃🎵🎶📀📻🎷🎧
      PS also *Dancing in the Moonlight🌓* by King Harvest
      And * Miracles* by Jefferson Starship🎵📻🌜✨🌖🌠🌛

    • @melancholiac
      @melancholiac Před rokem +2

      @@DianeChick-tv2ot You too, Diane! 🎵🎵🎶🎶

  • @thealyssonramon216
    @thealyssonramon216 Před 2 měsíci +9

    I'm sorry but this is my favorite song on the radio in GTA San Andreas

  • @Ironbat92
    @Ironbat92 Před 4 měsíci +406

    The perfect song to sing when you get high with your talking Teddy Bear

  • @joyceibanez8207
    @joyceibanez8207 Před 9 měsíci +396

    I'm 78 my MAN is 80 and to this day this is one of our favorites. When we're riding the Texas Hill Country on our Harley we have this blaring. We may be old, but damn we aren't dead yet. 😂😂😂 Be safe everyone, be happy and be kind. Life is to short to be old and grumpy. 🙏😊

    • @nildamata141
      @nildamata141 Před 7 měsíci +3

      👍❤

    • @Baldwin-iv445
      @Baldwin-iv445 Před 4 měsíci +7

      Wholesome

    • @user-yx3bb3im7n
      @user-yx3bb3im7n Před 4 měsíci +8

      Cruising down Whittier Blvd in ELA. So blasting fun. Even the cops cruising down this street you could tell they where having fun right with all of us back then. 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

    • @marshaalexander7781
      @marshaalexander7781 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @artemiasalina1860
      @artemiasalina1860 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Rock it!

  • @perrydavis3612
    @perrydavis3612 Před 3 lety +464

    200 years from now this song will still be popular

    • @sugarman08
      @sugarman08 Před 3 lety

      LBC

    • @Turboy65
      @Turboy65 Před 3 lety +10

      IT IS ETERNAL. And a true American cultural icon.

    • @kamuelalee
      @kamuelalee Před 3 lety +10

      Han Solo wannabes will be flying to Mars on this one.

    • @jimj275
      @jimj275 Před 3 lety +2

      Got that right

    • @c.galindo9639
      @c.galindo9639 Před 3 lety

      No doubt about that

  • @ralphschneider2967
    @ralphschneider2967 Před 3 měsíci +4

    The opening riff, you know exactly what song is coming on the air.Iam 67 and we played this in class in junior high, we had a cool teacher.

  • @Evetsocrate
    @Evetsocrate Před 4 dny +1

    I grew up in East St Louis the time this song came out was on heavy rotation and then later I worked with Charles's nephew Bobby, at a car wash in Kansas City! Lowrider forever! 🚘💥❤️

  • @carlhicksjr8401
    @carlhicksjr8401 Před 3 lety +923

    And THIS, boys and girls, demonstrates the difference between funk and disco.

    • @tommyjonq
      @tommyjonq Před 3 lety +22

      Down South, we call this "greazy."

    • @godisbollocks
      @godisbollocks Před 2 lety +37

      Yep. By 1975 the raw edge of funk was beginning to be replaced by the less funky, less syncopated and more produced sound of disco. But this song here is still pure funk.

    • @melchizedekful
      @melchizedekful Před 2 lety +7

      and which one is this?

    • @carlhicksjr8401
      @carlhicksjr8401 Před 2 lety +38

      @@melchizedekful Pure unadulterated funk.
      You can tell because a] it's a full, live band, b] there are actual lyrics [no 'ooh-ooh oogie-oogie' nonsense], c] the words 'disco' are nowhere to be found, and d] the stunning lack of polyester in the video.
      As you might surmise, I really do hate disco and I really enjoy funk.

    • @melchizedekful
      @melchizedekful Před 2 lety +3

      @@carlhicksjr8401 thx!

  • @SharksSJ408
    @SharksSJ408 Před 2 lety +1000

    His voice + the instrumentation is just… wow. What a masterpiece.

    • @loca-t4198
      @loca-t4198 Před 2 lety +6

      Great!!!!!

    • @alexford1785
      @alexford1785 Před rokem

      It's a shame the main vocals and saxophonist (Charles miller) was stabbed to death in 80 and no killer had ever been identified

    • @psychonaut1829
      @psychonaut1829 Před rokem +3

      They have a magic mountain of masterpieces. Unfortunately most people just know this this song.

    • @mindsigh4
      @mindsigh4 Před rokem +3

      understated, clean, clear, that trumpet,
      so cool that they caught the vibes on tape, almost sounds live.

    • @johnbear9205
      @johnbear9205 Před rokem

      @@mindsigh4 it's not a trumpet. it's harmonica and sax. i always thought it was a trumpet, too.

  • @44murdoc
    @44murdoc Před 18 dny +12

    If you don't dig this song, I don't dig you.

  • @lildoge7100
    @lildoge7100 Před 6 měsíci +14

    Few songs are this perfect. And few songs are this perfectly accompanied by their visuals. Forget MTV: this was ahead of its time!

  • @paulmcginn5146
    @paulmcginn5146 Před 2 lety +863

    absolutely, undoubtably one of the finest pieces of music in history.

  • @DavidRichardson95
    @DavidRichardson95 Před 3 lety +334

    When the song and video looks like it could've dropped last week. The magic of 4K is surreal.

    • @Nature-ef4qp
      @Nature-ef4qp Před 3 lety +8

      So magical

    • @MegaKamandi
      @MegaKamandi Před 3 lety +16

      it was shot on actual film negative 4k just brought out the magic of film

    • @n2cable
      @n2cable Před 3 lety +3

      Nah..it is nice but think you sheep..it wasnt filmed in 4k! Let that sink in 4k Fad boy

    • @manfail7469
      @manfail7469 Před 3 lety +7

      it looks really nice, but nothing like modern film. Too much grain, and it's in 4:3, too. If you really want to see a music video that looks like it could've been filmed last week, take a look at The Who's performance at Shepperton studios in 1978.

    • @rodbonios
      @rodbonios Před 3 lety +4

      The magic of timeless music is unreal.

  • @peckos1985
    @peckos1985 Před 6 dny +3

    Low rider donny....low rider....❤

  • @jeshun7071
    @jeshun7071 Před 29 dny +2

    The electrically multircial band never failed to disappoint with their album releases, this funky raw rythmic select track is from their 1975 album Why Can't We Be Friends

  • @qrplife
    @qrplife Před 2 lety +1461

    Why has America become so uptight? We need to loosen up with more music like this. This was such a groove!

    • @howardlemaster8454
      @howardlemaster8454 Před 2 lety +48

      Because of big money!

    • @BigDaddyDunes
      @BigDaddyDunes Před 2 lety +56

      Ole school back in the day when black and brown where down for each other. We all rolled together.

    • @ChildofLight777
      @ChildofLight777 Před 2 lety +41

      The information age. For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. - Ecclesiastes 1:18

    • @ShainAndrews
      @ShainAndrews Před 2 lety +61

      It was pretty fucking uptight when this song came out. Vietnam. Race wars (yeah segregation was still a fucking thing in '75). No such thing as legal weed anywhere. Cleaning up after Nixon. Oil shortages. USSR. Batamax. Assassination attempts. So much nuclear testing...

    • @shogunate2022
      @shogunate2022 Před 2 lety +13

      @@BigDaddyDunes true, i am an old guy that grew up in the barrio, true statement you just made.

  • @Ireland831
    @Ireland831 Před 3 lety +227

    '70's dope culture, with Chicano Low Riders meet with a comedy duo of Cheech and Chong to cement a time and place and culture. THIS is the west coast in the late 1970's captured in one song.

    • @davidblankenship2720
      @davidblankenship2720 Před 3 lety +14

      Going low in East L.A.

    • @MrTheHillfolk
      @MrTheHillfolk Před 3 lety +6

      I ain't got a low rider but I got a low car , and I can feel the spirit when I'm in that car.
      I ain't kiddin,every time I hear this tune in that car I think of times I was a little too young for and how cool the car scene was back then.
      (I'm only 48)

    • @gvgv3515
      @gvgv3515 Před 3 lety +5

      My Dodge Stealth RT sits about 8 inches off the ground. It don't bounce but this song sounds great and I get the looks when driving to this song!! I'm 50

    • @personal5305
      @personal5305 Před 2 lety +3

      kids today aint got on nuthin!70s were the BOMB!

    • @michaelmccaffery6798
      @michaelmccaffery6798 Před 2 lety +3

      this culture hasn't gone anywhere, still alive and well!!

  • @travisbickle1951
    @travisbickle1951 Před 6 měsíci +27

    Absolutely these are real rock and rollers! I love all their tracks even as a millenial, you boomers were so lucky to have the era of great tunes you had! I envy you so deeply for the creativity and honest showmanship and downright skill musicians had back then! I know plenty of greats from my time, but in your era, everything was gold!

  • @BrianBoese-im8jm
    @BrianBoese-im8jm Před 10 dny +5

    Awesome times back then

  • @freedomfirst5557
    @freedomfirst5557 Před 2 lety +871

    An iconic Mexican-American song, writen and sang by a black groovy dude, now that is America.

    • @rbeck3200tb40
      @rbeck3200tb40 Před 2 lety +43

      from Kansas

    • @RichardBrown-fw5iy
      @RichardBrown-fw5iy Před 2 lety +102

      Some of ya’ll got it twisted War was a mostly Black group They are based out of Los Angelos Black People we’re the original low Riders in the early 60’s to the present….We we’re low riding long before this song and low rider magazine came out….Don’t get me wrong my Mexican Brothers came on strong to dominate pretty much…..But everybody contributed to the culture…..❤️

    • @rbeck3200tb40
      @rbeck3200tb40 Před 2 lety +37

      @@RichardBrown-fw5iy
      There are black guys and Mexican guys in the low riders in this video

    • @dreamwithinadream
      @dreamwithinadream Před 2 lety +46

      ​@@RichardBrown-fw5iy I'd like to see a source for that claim. People lowering their cars was a trend well before 1960 with people of all races. It was just that Chicanos were the first to popularize hydraulic lowered cars.

    • @i_mav09
      @i_mav09 Před 2 lety +15

      This isn't Mexican.

  • @christophersantana5895
    @christophersantana5895 Před 3 lety +243

    THIS SONG IS STILL A TIMELESS CLASSIC AFTER 46 YEARS.

  • @6pauljt
    @6pauljt Před 7 dny +5

    American cars! The last luxury item of a collapsing empire.

  • @rtgray4188
    @rtgray4188 Před 7 měsíci +12

    Who in the band is still around in October 2023? Got this on CD in my pickup now..Great memories from years ago, thanks a lot!

  • @thepassenger6499
    @thepassenger6499 Před 10 měsíci +551

    If you ever feel miserable, listen to that song!
    It's a masterpiece! ❤

  • @dougtull4594
    @dougtull4594 Před 2 lety +439

    An American treasure. A band that represents the diversity of America and our music.

    • @happyme3376
      @happyme3376 Před rokem +7

      Truth!!

    • @bananka4905
      @bananka4905 Před rokem +14

      There was no division when it came to music back then..

    • @happyme3376
      @happyme3376 Před rokem +7

      @@bananka4905, and that was beauty personified. Just people coming together and making great music that still sounds fresh and solid nearly a half century later.

    • @bananka4905
      @bananka4905 Před rokem +3

      @@happyme3376 oh yes!! I can name so many bands .. when i hear that music it brings me joy.. and the intstruments that they all shared and played to the max was unbelievable. I would sit and listen.. to say.. sly and the family stone over and over.. pretending i was playing bass guitar.. then i would play again and pretend i was one of the vocalists... and so on. Just as when i listened to sister sledge. I pretended i played bass in We are family' and sang. And all the blues bands that had no colour...i tried to play on my piano accordion by (we didnt have the room for piano) and i could take it anywhere i wanted to strapped on my back like a napsack riding my bike. I jammed with my brothers who loved the band 'war' along with the Doors.. so many memories. I was so into funk as well.. because i loved the bass . I ended up playing bass for a while because of the funk bands.. and Robin Trower was a rock band but played funky stuff.
      All the lyrics were something we shall never hear again.
      Love .. peace.. togetherness. Music had a reunion of people.. i love Gospel. Black gospel i was the only white girl besides my mom , that was around who respected and loved Mahalia Jackson. Andre crouch.
      I did a school report on Mahalia . Amazing voice. I sat and listened to her album over and over.

    • @EddyVs0
      @EddyVs0 Před rokem +6

      diversity and politics has poison yo mind, it's just an awesome song, listen and enjoy

  • @caveygaming
    @caveygaming Před 3 měsíci +8

    Its amazing that they play this song on classic rock radio. Love it!

  • @pinkfloydfan92
    @pinkfloydfan92 Před 3 měsíci +6

    This song was ahead of its time!

  • @Trancegirl1966
    @Trancegirl1966 Před 2 lety +274

    I'm 55 years old and I finally know who sang this tune! Thank you CZcams!!!

    • @ireneguillory544
      @ireneguillory544 Před 2 lety +13

      Right. I always thought the singer was Hispanic/Latino 😆

    • @zabaleta66
      @zabaleta66 Před 2 lety +3

      Haha yeah, same!

    • @Chuckclc
      @Chuckclc Před 2 lety +2

      I always thought it was ZZ Top for some reason

  • @MoonlightDawnMoolightDawn
    @MoonlightDawnMoolightDawn Před 2 lety +344

    How in the hell can you not like this song?! -- Still freaking awesome all these years later. I was 3 when this hit the airwaves.

    • @igandikasigit
      @igandikasigit Před 2 lety +5

      How old are you now mann???? I was born in 1999 and i like it

    • @apparit10n
      @apparit10n Před 2 lety

      Great memories of hotboxing a car in the 90's to this tune as a teenager lol.

    • @DavidOrtiz-xx4ly
      @DavidOrtiz-xx4ly Před 2 lety

      So...is this still rock? Or a hot jazz.

    • @Aero1492
      @Aero1492 Před 2 lety

      no one wants to know your 0ld A$s. But thanks for sharing your opinion!

    • @cerroportenodepy5222
      @cerroportenodepy5222 Před 2 lety

      Es la mejor😍

  • @charlielack8359
    @charlielack8359 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Thank you Mom for introducing me to War when I was just a small fry. I lost her back in March but listening to War brings her back for a few minutes.

  • @Scott__360_
    @Scott__360_ Před 4 měsíci +35

    I love when this plays in the scene where John and Ted are high and then it cuts to the actual scene where they sing. it. It's so good!

  • @keokiainokea1115
    @keokiainokea1115 Před 3 lety +670

    Without a doubt that the 70s & 80s were the best of times in music!

    • @Sarvagya4
      @Sarvagya4 Před 2 lety +28

      60's as well without even mentioning.

    • @Voodoo-420
      @Voodoo-420 Před 2 lety +11

      @@Sarvagya4 You ever listened to some 40's/50's swing & juke box music

    • @cindyburrell8426
      @cindyburrell8426 Před 2 lety +16

      70’s better than 80’s,just another person’s opinion 😁

    • @novatare
      @novatare Před 2 lety +1

      I literally lol'd at this comment.

    • @natalied9022
      @natalied9022 Před 2 lety +1

      100%

  • @goodgirlgonesouthsc4340
    @goodgirlgonesouthsc4340 Před 2 lety +423

    My dad loved this song so much we played it at his funeral

    • @PuffKitty
      @PuffKitty Před rokem +41

      your dad had good taste 🙂

    • @sharone420
      @sharone420 Před rokem +15

      Excellent Tribute to how COOL your DAD was! R.I.P. !!!!!! So happy to hear you did this for him - You will rock on with your DAD - FOREVER for doing that!!!! Love & Peace !!!

    • @williamthegunnut3839
      @williamthegunnut3839 Před rokem +7

      Rip

    • @SlightlySentientbreadloaf
      @SlightlySentientbreadloaf Před rokem +7

      Rest In peace to your dad he had good taste.

    • @fl366
      @fl366 Před rokem +4

      Rocks!

  • @smelv
    @smelv Před 4 dny +1

    Ted reminds me to watch this song every day. Have watched this for 521 days straight

  • @erickgonzalez7383
    @erickgonzalez7383 Před 2 dny

    one of my favorite things is that not that many artist can sample such a groove like this and get down to it

  • @Turboy65
    @Turboy65 Před 3 lety +451

    Is there anyone on earth who doesn't at least like this song a hell of a lot? I was at a 7-11 a few days ago and this started playing on the radio and the whole waiting line started bopping to it! True story!

    • @smartluck100
      @smartluck100 Před 3 lety +18

      Fucking love this song! I wish it was six minutes long!

    • @agentorange2554
      @agentorange2554 Před 3 lety +20

      My bar band covered this song. EVERYBODY loves this song. More cowbell? You got it, baby!!!!!

    • @franksworld9922
      @franksworld9922 Před 3 lety +12

      This song reminds me of good times with my father. R.I.P Dad.

    • @saurabhrane1462
      @saurabhrane1462 Před 3 lety +12

      Lovely song.. lovely story.. the world needs more grooving, jiving ✌🏼

    • @vinnycalabrese7823
      @vinnycalabrese7823 Před 3 lety +7

      Love it but it's NOT rock .. AMEN

  • @Sgt-xw5lx
    @Sgt-xw5lx Před 3 lety +406

    10 years old when this came out and still Loving it as a 60 year old

    • @tonyromano6220
      @tonyromano6220 Před 3 lety +3

      14

    • @allenbeck7321
      @allenbeck7321 Před 3 lety +3

      I was 12 AND still say it's in the TOP 20@!!!

    • @cclip46
      @cclip46 Před 3 lety +8

      I think it was released in 1975. I'm 60 yrs of age as well so this was before common core mathematics. I was in 9th grade and the song is still timeless.

    • @Bigbadwhitecracker
      @Bigbadwhitecracker Před 3 lety +3

      11 for me. I bought the greatest hits album the following year (I think) which had my favorite, Summer.

    • @MrSmiley1964
      @MrSmiley1964 Před 3 lety +4

      I'm 57, but I feel you brother.

  • @user-py8tf7fz8p
    @user-py8tf7fz8p Před 23 dny +2

    Timeless. Roll down the windows and cruise around town

  • @normahernandez355
    @normahernandez355 Před měsícem +3

    All ways loved it!! ❤

  • @brianmcnary9997
    @brianmcnary9997 Před rokem +550

    This tune is a timeless rock anthem. Still love it after all these years.

    • @nikyszalma8846
      @nikyszalma8846 Před rokem

      Uu

    • @Sylvia-ti5uj
      @Sylvia-ti5uj Před 8 měsíci +4

      Here in the hospital home it's all crappy but goodie oldie song bring me happiness and go with the flow 😊

    • @EresirThe1st
      @EresirThe1st Před 7 měsíci +3

      Are you off your meds? This isn’t a rock song.

    • @DeepDeepSpace
      @DeepDeepSpace Před 6 měsíci

      @@EresirThe1st depends on how you define rock.

    • @futuretimetraveller8677
      @futuretimetraveller8677 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@DeepDeepSpace technically it was first called "rock and roll" a slang term for s%x in the black neighborhoods so ... rock was black peoples music period at first
      in the racist u.s. it was even called "n*gro music" by white people at first until the "cross over' white rockers came and began doing it e.g. elvis presley and the of the famous british rockers

  • @wainerollins2587
    @wainerollins2587 Před 9 měsíci +195

    WAR definitely belong in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, just for this record alone.
    An absolutely timeless classic that never fails to put a smile on your face.

  • @Billytomtom18
    @Billytomtom18 Před 4 měsíci +10

    Most Definitely War Should Be In The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 💫⭐️✨🤩

  • @thhhhms
    @thhhhms Před 5 měsíci +11

    Truly an all time classic, they'll be playing this on the radio in 2075 and beyond!

  • @officialdropnation
    @officialdropnation Před 2 lety +442

    The best song ever

  • @mariolibertad9972
    @mariolibertad9972 Před 3 lety +69

    One of the most underrated bands that ever played

    • @meabob
      @meabob Před 2 lety +3

      With 9 gold and 2 platinum albums, I wouldn't say they were underrated by any means.

    • @paulph12002
      @paulph12002 Před 2 lety

      I don't think so.....

  • @hilarygarza301
    @hilarygarza301 Před 14 dny +84

    2024 anyone ?

  • @timscanlon6323
    @timscanlon6323 Před 20 dny +4

    If I had a time machine. ❤

  • @crookedzebrarecords
    @crookedzebrarecords Před 2 lety +706

    As a musician myself, freaking A+ creativity, what a unique sound.

    • @ajm2360
      @ajm2360 Před 2 lety +11

      I agree 100%. I play the drums/percussion(im much better at this than the other) and keyboard percussion(think like a vibraphone or xylophone) and I absolutely love the percussion in this song. Also I feel the melody is so concrete yet flexible that there could also be a marimba or vibes solo in there. Brilliant. BTW, what do you play?

    • @crookedzebrarecords
      @crookedzebrarecords Před 2 lety +5

      @@ajm2360 The xylophone adds such a great dynamic to songwriting, I have a fisher price one, I definitely need to upgrade and get myself a PROPER one, those harmonic dings add so much punch to a song. Guitar and bass mainly, various genres.

    • @H-Vox
      @H-Vox Před 2 lety

      Thanks

    • @trappenweisseguy27
      @trappenweisseguy27 Před 2 lety +2

      Cisco Kid as well.

    • @M0butu
      @M0butu Před rokem +1

      @@crookedzebrarecords If you ever get enough dough, organize a marimbaphone. Would do this style justice.

  • @MucusArt
    @MucusArt Před 8 měsíci +149

    This video is such pure fun. No discord, no feuding, no problems. Everyone's having a good time making good music and showing off their rides. This video always makes me happy.

    • @subwaygoddess1
      @subwaygoddess1 Před měsícem

      🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @samdajellybeenie14
      @samdajellybeenie14 Před 29 dny

      You said it. And to think Charles Miller was murdered in a botched street robbery 2 days after his 41st birthday…
      To this day, there have been no arrests. What a shame.

    • @splitsee2526
      @splitsee2526 Před 28 dny

      no discord from mlp 😢

  • @MicheleWilloughby
    @MicheleWilloughby Před 3 měsíci +6

    This cat is badass! I listen to it everyday!

  • @RebeccaJean60
    @RebeccaJean60 Před 3 měsíci +5

    They are the rock and roll Hall of FAME!!!!!!

  • @foxycarm1
    @foxycarm1 Před rokem +720

    How these dudes captured a Latin sound and culture is genius. It's like trying to capture the wind.

    • @Shel230
      @Shel230 Před 10 měsíci +31

      No wtf it's similar to black music and this is funk and latin rock rock music is black music

    • @foxycarm1
      @foxycarm1 Před 10 měsíci +36

      @@Shel230 I don't even know what you tryna say fool. But this much I do know tho - that ain't NO funk music. It's a Latino street sound! And WAR captured it.

    • @Shel230
      @Shel230 Před 10 měsíci

      @@foxycarm1 bruhh look up the song u clown

    • @Shel230
      @Shel230 Před 10 měsíci +23

      @@foxycarm1 it's funk mixed with Latin rock music

    • @jorgedelgadotoxotrofogo
      @jorgedelgadotoxotrofogo Před 10 měsíci

      @@Shel230 Keep wtching anime weaboo we dont need your foolish opinion .

  • @wendyzorn5887
    @wendyzorn5887 Před 11 měsíci +217

    This band definitly belongs in the R&R hall of fame.

  • @Andybandy
    @Andybandy Před 3 měsíci +6

    This video is like a time capsule

  • @joejoe3011
    @joejoe3011 Před 3 lety +45

    2:12 I love that utility belt full of harmonicas

    • @chrispile3878
      @chrispile3878 Před 3 lety +8

      Lee Oskar was THE MAN for blowing harp. Now he owns his own harmonica company.

    • @5PercentTint
      @5PercentTint Před 2 lety +2

      Iron on his hip

    • @Dan4x2282
      @Dan4x2282 Před 2 lety +2

      He may need more then one !

    • @nelsonhibbert5267
      @nelsonhibbert5267 Před 2 lety

      @@chrispile3878 Unfortunately he's also a first class egotistical asshole.

    • @ronaldpeters5483
      @ronaldpeters5483 Před rokem +1

      Lee Oskar Harmonicas, I bought one, my daughter LOVES it

  • @junkandcrapamen
    @junkandcrapamen Před 3 lety +113

    There's something about the drums and percussion that make this amazing tune completely unique. Pure magic.

  • @maddsthegamer
    @maddsthegamer Před 6 dny +1

    been tryin to find this for years i'm actually so damn happy

  • @JoyfulBeachChairs-tp1ke
    @JoyfulBeachChairs-tp1ke Před měsícem +8

    "THE GEORGE LOPEZ" (his old stcom) brought me here, folks! 😂

  • @kuiper6926
    @kuiper6926 Před 2 lety +20

    0% crime apology
    0% drugs
    0% violence
    100% low riding.

    • @wouter4730
      @wouter4730 Před 6 dny

      0% bitches and whores
      0% obnoxious bling

  • @handcraftedhobbies4992
    @handcraftedhobbies4992 Před rokem +97

    48 years later and this song is still a banger.

  • @thalleshoward3962
    @thalleshoward3962 Před 6 měsíci +9

    This song is what legends are made of definitely a pure classic.

  • @Qetuo24681
    @Qetuo24681 Před měsícem +1

    His voice is one of a kind and he plays it perfectly with the beat and melody i wish i was alive for this era of culture

  • @tms-fx9zs
    @tms-fx9zs Před 2 lety +63

    The group War was AUTHENTIC ARTISTS!
    Everybody dug these cats and their sound.

    • @billcox8870
      @billcox8870 Před 2 lety +5

      They play the music they want to play. No corporate executive telling them what to do. That is the way music should be. No corporate interference. If they made a new Blues Brothers movie war should be in that movie along with living color doing cult of personality. I got to see them do that song in Victoria as well.

    • @tms-fx9zs
      @tms-fx9zs Před 2 lety +1

      @@billcox8870 Mr.Cox, for you for responding to my comment. I am not sure if the group War had the musical freedom you said they had? Still, to this day, very few artists have the musical freedom to record whatever they want. It is also why Prince had problems with the Warner brothers company decades back. It is why I stated they were authentic and did not go any further. Overall, I have no doubt that you are a TRUE FAN of the group WAR!

    • @nickwilmoth7881
      @nickwilmoth7881 Před 2 lety

      MAN YOU AIN'T KIDDING, I KNOW HE AIN'T LYING. ... THE BLOOD OF MY LIFE

    • @billcox8870
      @billcox8870 Před 2 lety

      @@tms-fx9zs I don't know anything about the business side of music I just know that I enjoy the music.

  • @goudagirl6095
    @goudagirl6095 Před 2 lety +309

    This one and Cisco Kid (was a friend of mine) are two of the absolute classic BEST!!!

  • @luissalas110
    @luissalas110 Před 8 dny +2

    Advertencia: no escuchar esta musica, si no te vuelves adicto y no vas a parar de repartirla 😵‍💫

  • @sergeleroux2000
    @sergeleroux2000 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Man, the funkiest song ever.... nothing else sounds like it...

  • @brianaira9613
    @brianaira9613 Před 2 lety +99

    War is one of the most incredible group of musicians ever, period.

    • @itzmelesliec3353
      @itzmelesliec3353 Před 2 lety +2

      the only band I've been to see multiple times, each concert better than the last! love them still!

  • @scottambrose2885
    @scottambrose2885 Před 2 lety +156

    This is transport music. It transports me into a better mood, even when I'm down. Love WAR.

    • @PhilloTBillo
      @PhilloTBillo Před rokem +1

      Fact

    • @jamesgonzales565
      @jamesgonzales565 Před rokem +1

      Yep, me too! It transports me in to the car with with Guy Mariano, Rudy Johnson, Jason Lee, and Mark Gonzales, or I'm transported in to the car with Cheech and Chong, and we are all having a great time.

  • @-crow._bones-
    @-crow._bones- Před 16 dny +5

    I’m here from Gone in 60 seconds!!

  • @truthseekerKJV
    @truthseekerKJV Před 4 měsíci +5

    One of the best driving songs there is.

  • @birdzilla106
    @birdzilla106 Před 2 lety +170

    These guys are among the coolest bands ever. The fact that Deacon Jones was somehow involved at the beginning, makes them even more fantastic.

  • @doggonemess1
    @doggonemess1 Před 3 lety +101

    This is fascinating! In 1975, some of the cars they were using were from the 30's and 40's, which mirrors today pretty well, as far as modding cars from the late 60's and 70's. But I had no idea they put hydraulics in them that long ago. It's amazing looking at how things were different then - this is a slice of America I've never seen.

    • @rbeck3200tb40
      @rbeck3200tb40 Před 2 lety +14

      The Mexican American community in Southern California started putting hydraulics in cars in the late 1950s . They used old inexpensive cars that were from the 30s 40s and 50s

    • @jerroldkazynski5480
      @jerroldkazynski5480 Před 2 lety +9

      Before hydraulics, it was the family piled into a high mileage car having saggy springs. My HS buddy's family in mid-60s had a 4-door '58 Impala with Continental kit spare on rear bumper, in Marina Blue, with chrome wheels that was the BOMB around town. The whole family rode along, so it was a tail dragger.

    • @doggonemess1
      @doggonemess1 Před 2 lety +4

      @@jerroldkazynski5480
      My dad had an '81 Olds Custom Cruiser with faux wood paneling. When we went on road trips, two of us would sit in the rear facing back seat and it would grind over speed bumps. On a trip to King's Dominion, the muffler ripped off when we pulled in to the parking lot. Not nearly as cool as a '58 Impala throwing sparks.

    • @bodyme
      @bodyme Před 2 lety +5

      Ya know what the haters say today are lies cause songs like would not even been created - America is the greatest country cause of us Americans citizens.

    • @thetruthchannel349
      @thetruthchannel349 Před 2 lety +1

      This is the America I wish Id live in. Its the America we were promised as kids but were robbed of by disgusting D.C. politicians.

  • @rhetawellman2425
    @rhetawellman2425 Před měsícem +1

    Of course this group should be in the Hall of Fame❤❤❤ I remember the cruise night on Van nuys boulevard. It was so cool. All walks of life were there.

  • @devin1991pulley
    @devin1991pulley Před 4 měsíci +9

    One the greatest songs ever created this get anybody moving 💯💯🔥🔥

  • @bartjacobs3394
    @bartjacobs3394 Před 2 lety +444

    I still get that same feeling as I did over 40 years ago when I first heard it.