Kool and the Gang - Open Sesame

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  • čas přidán 15. 09. 2014
  • Original video from 1976.
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Komentáře • 295

  • @FreshCreativeFrog25
    @FreshCreativeFrog25 Před 2 lety +122

    Such a complex and layered song. I’m amazed by how masterful musicians were back then. I love Kool & The Gang so much! Brilliant craftsmanship.

    • @chamboyette853
      @chamboyette853 Před rokem +6

      I agree.

    • @notmebutyou8350
      @notmebutyou8350 Před rokem +3

      Exactly!! From the strings, to the bass, to the horns, just everything!!!

    • @eugenemcgirt2357
      @eugenemcgirt2357 Před 9 měsíci +1

      The genie is getting down 🕺 🕺

    • @johnringoo756
      @johnringoo756 Před 8 měsíci +1

      What he said

    • @pbrown7142
      @pbrown7142 Před 7 měsíci

      You're amazed? Really? The 70s R&B and Soul music featured some of the best musicians and creators! Music and art should have never been removed from school curriculums and offerings. Outstanding arrangement!

  • @TheCaulfield1
    @TheCaulfield1 Před rokem +20

    "I Am The Genie Of Sound, Everybody Get Down.... HOOAH!!! Love that bit!! Pure 70's Funk Right Here... Love It!!!

  • @DevilDogDen1775
    @DevilDogDen1775 Před 2 lety +57

    Not one band today can even come close to the top notch musicianship of Kool And The Gang.....

    • @alxtnt57
      @alxtnt57 Před rokem +3

      no gahdamn way!

    • @thirabx6954
      @thirabx6954 Před rokem +5

      Yes this is music with real instruments. Not the fake crap from rap.

  • @AS495AS
    @AS495AS Před 3 měsíci +4

    This amazing song and the horn section was just amazing. Remember this one 48 years later. Kool was the best.

  • @mat.b.
    @mat.b. Před rokem +8

    this is the funkiest jam ive ever heard

  • @palexstarks5553
    @palexstarks5553 Před 3 lety +11

    Now that's a horn section....smoke machine for good measure...loving this

  • @clutch236
    @clutch236 Před 6 měsíci +11

    A Funk Masterpiece, with the most outstanding horn arrangement! 🎺🎷🎺🎶

  • @renalove2537
    @renalove2537 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This track is a masterpiece all around. The composition, arangement, production and performance. Amazing!

  • @lls3676
    @lls3676 Před měsícem +2

    Congrats to Kool and the Gang for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Well deserved. 👏🎉

  • @DRUMTOY2002
    @DRUMTOY2002 Před měsícem +1

    One of my absolute Top 5 favorite Kool & The Gang Jam’s of ALL TIME!!!

  • @jamesdelornhowlandjr.6516
    @jamesdelornhowlandjr.6516 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Kool and The Gang are the coolest Disco music groups I heard in 1970’s. I miss those days bring them back.

  • @graysonbr
    @graysonbr Před 7 měsíci +5

    This band is so overlooked in what they contributed to the music of my generation! I totally forgot about this one of theirs!

  • @REDD_BLITZ
    @REDD_BLITZ Před 4 lety +48

    A band that should definitely be up and included into the ROCK N' ROLL HALL OF FAME!!!!

    • @mfkool4827
      @mfkool4827 Před 27 dny +1

      Incluída ahora en el salón de la fama ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @cree8tive
    @cree8tive Před 2 lety +57

    The Horn Arrangement is so wonderful. It's almost beyond comprehension. It's certainly a dream come true if you're in the horn section to get some shine at a concert.

  • @cathydavies3526
    @cathydavies3526 Před rokem +35

    Amazing how every Kool and The Gang song is SO different from each other yet SO amazing.. encompassing SO many genres..jazz, funk , RnB, Disco..

  • @kjkr59
    @kjkr59 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Danced all night to this music back in the day. Yes ma'am, get on your camel and ride... to the disco!

    • @rokit430
      @rokit430 Před měsícem

      😂😂😂😂❤

  • @johnringoo756
    @johnringoo756 Před 8 měsíci +4

    One of the best songs of all time🎉

  • @dashriprock9060
    @dashriprock9060 Před rokem +8

    Outrageous horns!!!🤯😆👍

    • @clutch236
      @clutch236 Před 6 měsíci +2

      👍🏾🎷🎺🎷

  • @BAFFLing752
    @BAFFLing752 Před 3 lety +19

    I loved this song when I was a kid. Brings me back to those days when music was really good.

  • @americannative4122
    @americannative4122 Před 2 lety +3

    HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH KOOL & DA GANGS props to the ancient black Egyptians..

  • @bigpalmore
    @bigpalmore Před 3 lety +5

    R.I.P. Ronald Khalis Bell thank you for giving us the best music of our lives

  • @JS-ls8oj
    @JS-ls8oj Před 5 lety +34

    The horn section is amazing ! This song was also featured in the movie "Saturday Night Fever" during the dance contest.

  • @anitawatkins954
    @anitawatkins954 Před 2 lety +6

    Just think these cats were in their 20s playing real instruments. My Generation was truly BAD ASS BABY

  • @eddiemerc1986
    @eddiemerc1986 Před rokem +3

    got hooked with this song back in 1977, when I got in 1st grade and did not know a word in english but could not forget the name of the band like many others. In time I learned english thanks to the name of the bands I memorized. Thxs Kool &,The Gang.

  • @stevenbarton7809
    @stevenbarton7809 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This track is so clever by kool and his gang i would have loved to see and hear them live never had that funky pleasure i ive missed out.luv their groove.

  • @donansell1864
    @donansell1864 Před 5 lety +103

    This is how the good groove should be played ... Timeless quality

  • @charlestonchanming9251
    @charlestonchanming9251 Před 7 lety +122

    Kool and The Gang are Funk/Rnb/Disco legends . I grew up listening to these cat's and Earth Wind and Fire , Shalamar , Rick James , Ray Parker Jnr with Raydio , Gap Band , Sister Sledge , Geraldine Hunt etc

    • @shadowpawn
      @shadowpawn Před 3 lety +1

      Teena Marie
      One of the most gifted female vocalists, It Must Be Magic is such a great album

    • @terinasargeant138
      @terinasargeant138 Před 2 lety +3

      Yeh I was born in '73 but grew up listening to all those bands and being amazed how funky the brass was. I still love all the old tunes like this. Compared to now these are solid gold

  • @elmagnanimo724
    @elmagnanimo724 Před 9 měsíci +5

    It was quality, talent, masterpiece.

  • @KOMET2006
    @KOMET2006 Před 7 měsíci +3

    For those of us who lived through the 1970s, we had some of the most incredibly AWESOME & EXCITING MUSIC ever made.

  • @JohnBrown-ff6ez
    @JohnBrown-ff6ez Před 8 měsíci +3

    *SOUNDS AS FRESH TODAY, AS IT DID THEN!. LOVE THIS!. **#BLESSINGS*

  • @3MUnique
    @3MUnique Před 10 měsíci +2

    Horns going foolio. Takes me back 2 being a very young kid. My earliest memories of soul music.✊🏾💪🏾

  • @bernicelewis2468
    @bernicelewis2468 Před rokem +4

    My Middle School marched to this song, I played xylophone. We got down, everybody was dancing.

  • @mmoshinski
    @mmoshinski Před rokem +3

    Pure complexity and richness. I love the brass section. Amazing song and band.

  • @victorialevy431
    @victorialevy431 Před 3 lety +10

    They were dressed so cool. That was definitely the style back then. I'm 59 and I remember this well. The song is tight. It's really the fire. Love you Kool and the Gang. God bless you always.

  • @robertbrown-qf8xy
    @robertbrown-qf8xy Před 2 lety +8

    The best song from Saturday Night Fever, and one of the greatest hits of the 1970s.

    • @junglemayne4057
      @junglemayne4057 Před rokem

      Also 'kjee' by MFSB. czcams.com/video/M_R6u1Cd1Us/video.html

  • @robertnelsonjr4648
    @robertnelsonjr4648 Před 3 lety +6

    Real instrument Real musicians No Drum Machine

  • @NitavTrueDreams22
    @NitavTrueDreams22 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Revolutionary for the 70s! ❤❤❤❤❤ it! Thank you! Been hearing this 🎵 in my head this week! ❤💃🏽🎼

  • @crenshawblaster3982
    @crenshawblaster3982 Před 6 lety +50

    RIP Spike Mickens & Charles Smith & Clifford Adams and Ricky West... May your souls rest in eternal tranquility and funkiness...

  • @jeshun7071
    @jeshun7071 Před 4 lety +20

    Robert Kool &his Gang takes us all on that magic carpet ride, feeling the spirit of the boogie, with this brassy led funky haven of a track, released at the time Kool was cool, constantly throwin down some phat phat beefy joints on a regular basis before commercialism took over

  • @cheripiez67
    @cheripiez67 Před 3 lety +5

    my favorite track from the saturday night fever album 🧞‍♀️

  • @robertortiz8540
    @robertortiz8540 Před 3 lety +4

    I remember this song in 1976 when I was 16 years old.

  • @dandyhiphop
    @dandyhiphop Před 2 lety +2

    Legendary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • @IvanChapman79
    @IvanChapman79 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Those chromatic music arrangements are brilliant!!! 🤩🎶💯👍🏼

  • @pamelacairns289
    @pamelacairns289 Před 2 lety +26

    I choreographed to this in the mid to late 80's. An absolute blast. We captivated audiences and had standing ovations. So much fun! Kool and the gang!

  • @TLovetoDance012
    @TLovetoDance012 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Fabulous song! The horns are so good!

  • @tommy9693
    @tommy9693 Před 4 lety +22

    still 🎵🎼 "groove with the genie" 🎼🎵 in 2020 👌

  • @geminilover9526
    @geminilover9526 Před 5 lety +7

    This joint turn's the dance floor out, Kool & the Gang is straight track masters of all time 70s..... for Damn sure.😎

  • @donansell1864
    @donansell1864 Před 5 lety +17

    One of the greatest ever tunes finally got every version of this

  • @retrobaseballjunkwax5302
    @retrobaseballjunkwax5302 Před 2 lety +3

    Never gets old! Those horn charts though...

  • @stevethompson1958
    @stevethompson1958 Před 3 lety +4

    The Best Funk track ever. 🎷🎺🎶

  • @starbird1111
    @starbird1111 Před 3 lety +3

    Nothing can touch this

  • @phillipclark5798
    @phillipclark5798 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Just a terrific song. Brings back some sweet memories of laying pipe.

  • @anonymoususer6683
    @anonymoususer6683 Před 5 lety +11

    I had the Saturday Night Fever double album and this songs brings back the memories! Funkadelic baby!

  • @renecruz8973
    @renecruz8973 Před 4 lety +13

    🎤🔊📣📢📺 I was only 10yrs old when this came out, KSOL used to jammed it on the radio!

  • @bribriny
    @bribriny Před 6 lety +45

    Saturday Night Fever Anniversary today (november 15th) it was 1977, and this was on the soundtrack! We need more of this today!

    • @terinasargeant138
      @terinasargeant138 Před 2 lety +1

      Just watched SNF on chnl 5. Still as good as the first time I watched it all those years ago. I'm 48 on aug 12th and 1977 only seems like 5 years ago to me🥲🕺

  • @brianjackson6472
    @brianjackson6472 Před 2 lety +2

    This was a great song in the 70s

  • @jcronanj71
    @jcronanj71 Před 4 lety +5

    Saw them yesterday and was like "whatever." Then they broke this shit out. MIND BLOWN

  • @michaelstrlight445
    @michaelstrlight445 Před 4 lety +24

    Some of the most funkiest horn players of all time!

  • @vickywilliams9444
    @vickywilliams9444 Před 2 lety +2

    After catching an interview on SiriusXM Real Jazz with Mr Bell, I was reminded of how much I needed This Wonderful Band in”The Soundtrack of my Life”!Thank you!!!!!❤️🎶💯

  • @JoseAntonioAyalaMorales
    @JoseAntonioAyalaMorales Před měsícem

    Increíble, es una de las canciones que más me gustan, escucha los instrumentos de viento, las percusiones, el bajo, los coros, simplemente SENSACIONAL. Mágico 👍♥️🎼🎵

  • @benjaraelzekiah4583
    @benjaraelzekiah4583 Před 6 lety +22

    Masters of funk. wha wha gtr, horns, kool-on bass , drummer george.

  • @reg7000
    @reg7000 Před 2 lety +2

    Rest In Power DT

  • @crystalmason829
    @crystalmason829 Před 6 měsíci

    Block party music from another era in time 😂❤❤❤❤

  • @user-ze2vt4on3v
    @user-ze2vt4on3v Před 4 měsíci +2

    This song will always remind me of the black couple in the dance contest on Saturday night Fever that lost to Tony & Stephanie. 🎉💃🌐🕺🎵🎶🎵🎶😅

  • @danielegruppioni1029
    @danielegruppioni1029 Před rokem +1

    Disco stupendo grandiosa storica Band!!!!. Fortissimo "unisono" di fiati Miti!!!!!... W. Disco 70's. Ragazzi, però che nostalgia....

  • @richardarnold3812
    @richardarnold3812 Před 2 lety +2

    Funkiest horn section ever!

  • @kevinbouck3613
    @kevinbouck3613 Před 7 lety +155

    I AM THE GENIE OF SOUND
    EVERYBODY GET DOWN HWAH!

  • @MrChazzarelli
    @MrChazzarelli Před 2 lety +4

    Serious nostalgia. I still remember when this song came on during pool scene in the movie Shazam. Hands down Sinbad's best movie from the 90's.

  • @SouffBeac
    @SouffBeac Před 7 lety +100

    Wish they made music like this now!!!

    • @miger1824
      @miger1824 Před 7 lety +2

      Never heard of the band Incognito ----give them a blast!

    • @bayanbaree8638
      @bayanbaree8638 Před 7 lety +4

      SouffBeac There is an old saying. "what goes around comes around" Check on CZcams for Ronald Bell's Kool Baby Brotha Band and check out "My Soul in the Breeze" , Poinciana. Or even check out Kool & the gang's newest single (May 8th 2017) "So High"

    • @robertortiz8540
      @robertortiz8540 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes I agree.

  • @richardramirez3586
    @richardramirez3586 Před 4 lety +20

    One of my favorite songs by Kool and the gang used to tear up the Dance floor

  • @starrcompany3275
    @starrcompany3275 Před 2 lety +16

    3:30 best break in music history 🔥

    • @nukeman444
      @nukeman444 Před rokem +3

      One of the best parts of the song.

  • @rodrickthompson2799
    @rodrickthompson2799 Před 2 lety +1

    I remember this song, but just found out KG made this. I'm 51 years old.

  • @JulieT..
    @JulieT.. Před 7 dny +1

    What an awesome dance tune 🪩🕺

  • @Armitage112a
    @Armitage112a Před 3 lety +11

    I will never forgive Will Smith for not sampling this and making a song for the end credits of the "Aladdin" remake. He would have made an awesome song with this.

  • @samirahstanford432
    @samirahstanford432 Před 2 lety +1

    Fabulous classic

  • @notmebutyou8350
    @notmebutyou8350 Před rokem +9

    Never knew there was a video for this song!! I love it!! Man, they are straight JAMMING!!!
    Thank you for uploading!! ❤️

  • @kendu1327
    @kendu1327 Před 4 lety +9

    when i was little i loved the shit out this song! all horns and instruments blow my mine.

  • @proplayer566
    @proplayer566 Před 2 lety +3

    Gotta be crazy not to groove with the Genie!

  • @ECMRMIG
    @ECMRMIG Před 7 lety +38

    let us not forget the jazz of kool and the gang.

    • @nathan900130
      @nathan900130 Před 7 lety +4

      this song is more funk than jazz.

    • @bayanbaree8638
      @bayanbaree8638 Před 7 lety

      nathan900130 Listen to the song "Wild and Peaceful " from the group's 1973 album titled "Wild and Peaceful or the 1974 studio version of "Summer Madness " on the "Light of Worlds" album. Or the 1977 live version of "Summer Madness" from the " Love and Understanding " album.

    • @nathan900130
      @nathan900130 Před 7 lety

      I don't have time to check those yet since i'm working on my school project, but are those you mentioned their jazz hits?

  • @geerefamilyusa
    @geerefamilyusa Před 5 lety +4

    Best. Horn. Lines. Ever.

  • @nadinewebster5861
    @nadinewebster5861 Před 7 lety +15

    Saw these Guys in Concert in 1980!

  • @ruthferguson3927
    @ruthferguson3927 Před 4 lety +29

    Yeah. This Is Still The Shit. Kool & The Gang Had A Sickkk! Horne Section! Brings Back Good Memories. There Will Never Be Another Band Like Them.😎💕

  • @itperdition
    @itperdition Před 4 lety +5

    So tight, love everything about this groove

  • @brianjackson4191
    @brianjackson4191 Před 10 měsíci +1

    THIS SONG IS AWESOMNE 70S FOREER GROOVY

  • @ddrums001
    @ddrums001 Před 3 lety +6

    The Kool & the Gang Horns can go with the best of them! Open Sesame! FUNKY!!

  • @actionjacksonful
    @actionjacksonful Před 3 lety +1

    First got to see this amazing band at their first U.K. concert at the Rainbow Finsbury Park 1975.

  • @AprilGalamin
    @AprilGalamin Před 14 dny +1

    Totally AWESOME song!!

  • @tick441
    @tick441 Před 4 lety +8

    real music played by real artist

  • @chriscrawford8167
    @chriscrawford8167 Před 2 lety +4

    Thanks for posting. I have never seen the actual live video. Back when talent/lyrics were meaningful!

  • @sammyscooters2077
    @sammyscooters2077 Před 4 lety +3

    Damn I love this man!! Hell's yeah!!!

  • @mlh4711
    @mlh4711 Před 4 lety +4

    that Genie was one cool dude! One of the defiining groups of the 70's and involved in the soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever and were re-invented and still big in the 80's. Very under-rated imo.

  • @imbatman3620
    @imbatman3620 Před 19 dny

    Pure musical genius 🙌 massive talent 💯😎

  • @DesertPepper
    @DesertPepper Před 4 lety +3

    Great music!

  • @williebowen1043
    @williebowen1043 Před 3 lety +1

    My favorite song from Kool and the Gang

  • @frankieglossman5699
    @frankieglossman5699 Před 6 lety +17

    I thank god for the funk he gave me!!!

  • @ilhankac3633
    @ilhankac3633 Před rokem +4

    I am the genie of sound, everybody get down hooah!!!

  • @bedlumproductions3826
    @bedlumproductions3826 Před 3 lety +2

    This song and video are epic

  • @epluribusunum9692
    @epluribusunum9692 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Verdaderos músicos, impresionante.

  • @josecunha6974
    @josecunha6974 Před 3 lety +6

    If I had to explain funk to an alien, I'd just give him a Kool and the Gang album.

  • @peterdarrylslaughter7390

    Yes, " Kool and The Gang " even FUNKED up Disco

    • @clutch236
      @clutch236 Před 6 měsíci +2

      More like (Funk that Disco enjoyed!). Kool & The Gang were primarily a "Funk" band who did danceable music because they like othe Funk bands had a lot of infectious "rhythm", therefore, the Disco lovers enjoyed borrowing some of the more (upbeat, danceable "Funk"). Then many years later, some of the younger generation starts erroneously calling (upbeat/danceable Funk, "Disco". HOWEVER, it "is" true that when Disco became super popular, many Funk groups certainly tried to "cash in" by attempting to make records that would do TWO things: (1. cross-over to capture Disco fans.........2. while maintaining enough R&B/Funk to KEEP their Funk fans). The one that probably had the most success doing that was probably (Earth Wind & Fire with "Boogie Wonderland"). Kool & The Gang changed from Funk to cross-over (R&B/POP) and made a ton of money with songs like "Celebration" - good for their bank accounts, but I enjoy their earlier R&B/Funk such as: (Open Sesame...Jungle Boogie....Hollywood Swinging....and certainly last but not least, "Funky Stuff").🤘