Finally someone has the right song! This is William De Vaughn's "Be Thankful for What You've Got!" This ain't Curtis Mayfield, & it isn't called "Diamond in the Back!" ✌🏼
Timeless classic. Memories of living in the hood in the 70s as a young boy. Greatness. Those times, memories and people. This brings it all right back.
@eman67rpforum27Amen! Hood people were nice to us kids as long as we lived in their hood😂 Never experienced any other “gangsters” until later in life ❤️
For years I thought this was Curtis Mayfield! Back in the '70's (we in the UK) had no idea who the singers were, it was the music at the clubs. Best days back then. Man we had so much fun, carefree and dancing to this & all the others on a Friday & Sat.
Ever thankful to Father God for EVERYTHING!!! This song comes to mind when I become pessimistic about what I do not have!! God's reminder to me to be thankful for the MOST IMPORTANT THINGS: love, family, loved ones, food to eat, a warm home to live in, bills paid, good health & healthy, strong family, kids prospering & achieving, etc.! ✝
Man! My jam! I was 5 living with my cool parents! My aunts and uncles came over with my cousins and we played outside and life was sooooo good! Thank you for the memories ❤️❤️❤️
@@gregmiller9710 😂😂😂 touché my friend, im 100% sure it was awesome & unforgettable. I just wish the humanity and integrity was still intact that you guys laid down.
Nice Vibes, Great Song. William DeVaughn wrote this. It was first called "A Cadillac Don't Come Easy." Then rewritten and changed to "Be Thankful For What You Got."
Brings back loving memories of camping with family and friends in '74 and '75. Cutoffs and 0 SPF tan lotion. Sunburn and vinegar. Hot links and rich potato salad with deviled eggs. Dad drinking Tuborg and Olympia beer. Rum and coke and VO and 7. Good times
It's only since late last year that I discovered this song, from a LFDH video with Rumer. I love this song! From that, I discovered where the song came from. I play it almost every day. We should all be thankful every day, at least here in America. I know I am. As a poor senior citizen, I'm still rich compared to many, around the world. I love my country, always have, always will. I'm not arrogant or prideful; I just appreciate what I have and where I live. Is that success? I think so
I think of this so often. Times have changed so badly, and nobody is thankful for what is important. Now it's all about making $$$ on the internet, selling their souls.
Bought the original pressing of this LP today in a lil corner store in Chattanooga, TN called For The Record. I've been looking to add an 'affordable' original press of this to my collection for over 40 years... salute! PEACE
I'm 36, came from a non English speaking country and just heard this song last week, thought I was a bit late to fall in love to this song but seems I'm not alone. Literally like of digging a piece of gold, sir !
Powerful song powerful lyrics . I remember my mum playing this didn’t understand the words back then but as a grown man I get it what a song . And I love the images seeing how people looked before my time , and to me they looked a lot more healthier than today everyone slim, beautiful skin, hair glowing wow .
Thanks to William DeVaughn and all the DJ's who wove this into the Social Fabric of the very, very many communities they played it in; (usually as the last song of the night, in the 70's here in the UK) exhorting us, encouraging us, uplifting, inspiring and blessing us with a reminder to give thanks, and to hold on steady to our shared hopes, and faith, despite all of our earthly sorrows. This Song reinforced our humanity b'cos it pointed us to the heavenly realm, and to He who loves us all. - And that's what makes us beautiful!
GM edagdwg God bless this man for sharing this special truth life is sooooo real.pay attention to what you do to get what other people have that thank God for what we need love THIS special story of life Linda j.peace
Feeling extremely blessed & grateful this Thanksgiving Holiday season❤Doubly blessed to be a Thanksgiving Season Baby❤ Eternally thankful unto Father God
Even tho the video is NYC, this song and video reminds me of growing up in San Francisco in the 70s and 80s. Miss those days and great time to grow up in and helped make you who you are today. ❤️
@@DannyLinden the clip was perfect for a perfect song. It took be right back to the '70s. I grew up in Detroit not NYC but the pics and editing were on point! THX.
@@DannyLinden Thank you! You had some badass car pics in the vid. My eye sight is not what it used to be. I am only 58 and can still hit the tragets at 300 yards but cannot read a pill bottle. LOL. No offense inteneded if I am wrong, only super jealous, is that you in the thumbnail pic?
Dude, I don’t usually get on here to comment, but this is one of the very best songs of all time. But just look at how much this channel seems to love it too-you don’t just get this song, you get some of the best and most descriptive photographs of not only the 60’s & 70’s,but of all time (and the only way to capture what we’re all going through: this is life)-but you get them in order, in order to show you the feeling. This person lived there, and I can tell you that this is what the 70’s felt like. Smooth, rocky, and fun-all sorts of fun.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments! The tune just takes me back home to New York during the early-mid 70's and what it felt like to be surrounded by music, artful decay, street folks, abandoned music, graffiti and the normalcy of it all. Music was and continues to be a lifeline and connection to wonderful memories!
I love this song Diamond in the Back sunroof top digging the scene with a Gangsta Lean I don't drive no Cadillac I drive a Toyota but it it don't cost them that much money it's paid off I love❤❤❤
This song takes me back to my teenage days workin' in a gas station and some of the brothers was drivin' Volkswagen Beetles with the Rolls Royce grill and one group of guys drove dropped 63 chevy with the brown fuzz paint job with the Fuzz Mobile written on the side.. Even saw one cruising the High School parking lot at lunch time with Grass growin on the top. It was some crazy sht back in those days. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything.
In 2022 I am reminded how visionary and ahead of it's time this song really is. This is truly a Master Class on such an iconic, rythemic master piece. T....if you're listening...🙏💖
You may not have a car at all,but remember brothers and sisters you can still stand tall , just be thankful for what you got... great message.. grateful for that CTA bus..no car for me 😊
Recognized Blondie on the beach right away. Then all the greats like the Rolling Stones, Kiss, the Village People, Andy Warhol, Jerri Hall, and got excited when I saw the Ramones!!! I think David Byrne from Talking Heads may have been the last guy walking in, but I'm not sure.
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Finally someone has the right song! This is William De Vaughn's "Be Thankful for What You've Got!" This ain't Curtis Mayfield, & it isn't called "Diamond in the Back!" ✌🏼
I just found out it's not Curtis Mayfield's song!!😮
*You got
@@pebblessladebedrockinc.9506 I dunno who started that lie, but it's deeply rooted. 😕
I'm pissed off now! All these years, I saw this song as Curtis Mayfield's. Somebody lied to us and got some explainin to do 😂😂😡
Thank you. 👍
Brother sings the same 6 lines over and over, and it's STILL better than most songs of this current generation. F'n brilliant.
💯🔥Truth
I never noticed this until now😂😂😂😂😂
REAL TALK !
When you write 6 perfect lines... Why not turn it into 18 lines 🔥🔥🔥
@@mattiefee Exactly. This song is so smooth it could go on another 5 minutes.
This is one of those songs that you never get tired of hearing
Amen 4 real now!!!!!!!!!
Timeless classic. Memories of living in the hood in the 70s as a young boy. Greatness. Those times, memories and people. This brings it all right back.
Me too and my childhood in the hood. Looking back now, I miss those days hanging everyday with friends and going through growing changes together.
@eman67rpforum27Amen! Hood people were nice to us kids as long as we lived in their hood😂 Never experienced any other “gangsters” until later in life ❤️
For years I thought this was Curtis Mayfield! Back in the '70's (we in the UK) had no idea who the singers were, it was the music at the clubs. Best days back then. Man we had so much fun, carefree and dancing to this & all the others on a Friday & Sat.
@Aucht52 Curtis Mayfield DID cover this song.
Exactly the same 100%❤🎼
If it wasn’t for 70’s music the 80’s & 90’s era of hip hop and R&b music wouldn’t exist.
Timeless it sounds more beautiful with age.
Ever thankful to Father God for EVERYTHING!!! This song comes to mind when I become pessimistic about what I do not have!! God's reminder to me to be thankful for the MOST IMPORTANT THINGS: love, family, loved ones, food to eat, a warm home to live in, bills paid, good health & healthy, strong family, kids prospering & achieving, etc.! ✝
amen
This Song Went To Number 4 On The Billboard Hot-100 Chart In 1974.
And I was only 16 and a Motown girl but all the guys were into heavy metal.
@@moladhdodhia164 your ears were obviousily robust
This song has always been attributed to Curtis Mayfield and in all actuality this is who actually wrote and sang this song. #JUST FOR THE RECORD
Please give Mr. William Devaughn his flowers!!!💯
This scene captured the essence of 70s NYC well
Wow this was my hood in the late 70's was born in 1973
My sister was born in 1973
Message in the music.
My dad always played this not in the caddy but the impala RIP POPS😢
My favorite era the 70's I wish I could have been an adult. Brothers & sisters we can still stand tall.
Man! My jam! I was 5 living with my cool parents! My aunts and uncles came over with my cousins and we played outside and life was sooooo good! Thank you for the memories ❤️❤️❤️
Captures the nostalgia of a time and place that some of us-even with hardship-were lucky enough to experience. Gold beyond words.
I was born in the wrong era the 90s was great but the 70s and 80s is what built our couture
oh it WAS great, but now you'd be as ole as we are....enjoy your time and the 70's music! :)
@@gregmiller9710 😂😂😂 touché my friend, im 100% sure it was awesome & unforgettable. I just wish the humanity and integrity was still intact that you guys laid down.
Nice Vibes, Great Song. William DeVaughn wrote this. It was first called "A Cadillac Don't Come Easy." Then rewritten and changed to "Be Thankful For What You Got."
Growing up in the 70’s in ela barrio this was our culture in the hood thanks to our African American brothers for the gift of MoTown music!!!
Brings back loving memories of camping with family and friends in '74 and '75. Cutoffs and 0 SPF tan lotion. Sunburn and vinegar. Hot links and rich potato salad with deviled eggs. Dad drinking Tuborg and Olympia beer. Rum and coke and VO and 7. Good times
Totally relate ❤🎤🎶👍🙏
Good times.
Usually, pontification within music makes me bristle with disbelief, yet the message of this song is truthful and on point.
Another great song
This is a masterpiece, love it so much 💖
wow
Be thankful we got this far.♥️
Never heard this song and I love now I was 1973 .. great song i appreciate it now .. am just turn 50😮😅 am very thanksful ! Ty ox
Glad you finally heard it. It's so good.
Some day this song should be in a hymnal. Real church music.
A TRUE TIMELESS MASTERPIECE THE EARTH 🌎 HAS MUSIC 🎵 FOR THOSE WHO LISTEN 👂 THE MESSAGE IS ALWAYS IN THE MUSIC
It's only since late last year that I discovered this song, from a LFDH video with Rumer. I love this song! From that, I discovered where the song came from. I play it almost every day. We should all be thankful every day, at least here in America. I know I am. As a poor senior citizen, I'm still rich compared to many, around the world. I love my country, always have, always will. I'm not arrogant or prideful; I just appreciate what I have and where I live. Is that success? I think so
Wisely spoken, Sir!
Brings me back to PG county Maryland in the early 70s. Wish I could go back.
Being thankful, living thankful..... Thank you father God!!
This still holds 🥰
I love everything about this video….thank you!
Just class.no more said.
I still remember the day I bought the record. Timeless music. Timeless memories. Thank you.
Just be thankful for what you've got.enough said.🌹💖
This song reaches people’s soul… god it’s soooo cool, it hurts.
I think of this so often. Times have changed so badly, and nobody is thankful for what is important. Now it's all about making $$$ on the internet, selling their souls.
This song makes time travel possible
In my top song list if alllll time!!! I love this song. Amazing visuals whoever did this. Thank you. 🫶🏿🔥
CLASSIC I THINK A LOT OF US THAT KNOWS THIS SONG HAS A BAD ASS MEMORIES HANGIN IN THE HOOD BLASTED JAMMING TO THIS>>>>LOVEEEEEEEE THIS
You and the speakers put out in the widows and the whole block can hear and feel the energy. 🎶🎶🎶
Bought the original pressing of this LP today in a lil corner store in Chattanooga, TN called For The Record. I've been looking to add an 'affordable' original press of this to my collection for over 40 years... salute!
PEACE
Real music !
Remember buying this brilliant song .
This reminds me of Chitown, my hometown in the 70's
Just class ,and you know it.
How dafuq did I get to 60 yrs old and just heard this in 2024..? Brilliant song ❤️
You were probably only 10 when this song came out
Whaaaaaaat!😮
you and me both I'm 48 and been djing since I was 6 🔥
I'm 36, came from a non English speaking country and just heard this song last week, thought I was a bit late to fall in love to this song but seems I'm not alone.
Literally like of digging a piece of gold, sir !
62 yrs here, very familiar with CM version but this rocks ...!!!!
Powerful song powerful lyrics . I remember my mum playing this didn’t understand the words back then but as a grown man I get it what a song . And I love the images seeing how people looked before my time , and to me they looked a lot more healthier than today everyone slim, beautiful skin, hair glowing wow .
Brilliant imagery to accompany this brilliant song
Thanks to William DeVaughn and all the DJ's who wove this into the Social Fabric of the very, very many communities they played it in; (usually as the last song of the night, in the 70's here in the UK) exhorting us, encouraging us, uplifting, inspiring and blessing us with a reminder to give thanks, and to hold on steady to our shared hopes, and faith, despite all of our earthly sorrows. This Song reinforced our humanity b'cos it pointed us to the heavenly realm, and to He who loves us all. - And that's what makes us beautiful!
This song is just so 🔥
Danny, you did an excellent job with the images you used to drive home the powerful message of this timeless song.🙂
Thank you Ronald for watching and commenting!
@@DannyLinden you are certainly welcome and have a great weekend, Danny.🙂
The music and the pics…man I wish I could’ve experienced those days….
Wow... you want to FEEL the connection to the past? This song is it!
Yes indeed, glad to see the correct info re artist & name of the song. I know many thought it was Curtis Mayfield's song
The greatest music Era ever 60s and the 70s nothing will ever come close ❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩
FANtastik Supersong✨💎☀️👌
Just maybe the greatest pop song ever recorded -- I you don't feel this soul well then your dead
GM edagdwg God bless this man for sharing this special truth life is sooooo real.pay attention to what you do to get what other people have that thank God for what we need love THIS special story of life Linda j.peace
Feeling extremely blessed & grateful this Thanksgiving Holiday season❤Doubly blessed to be a Thanksgiving Season Baby❤ Eternally thankful unto Father God
Yasss......NY was still NY in tha Sebneez!
Nice - and my childhood sports hero “Clyde” represented - NYC ‘70’s
Me too. Good memories
William c. Fatheree . William devaughn and mfsb you just can't lose with that groove
One of the Best videos I ever saw! Man do I miss those days
I know it's hard sometimes good people. But Trust and Believe. You have at least one thing to be Thankful for EVERYDAY. 💯💖✌🏼
A Puerto Rican living in west Los Angeles at 14 family of 7 kids ..Crip gang low riders ...Chicano's inlow riders ..I was 14 ..gigi m.
You should listen to Pepe Marques rendition 🩷🩷😎 fabulous
Makes me long for the 70's. What a great time that was.
Always Thankful for Robert Bob Holman, so glad and thankful we, Thylias Moss and Robert, continue to have each other!
LUV THIS SONG
'94 baby raised on this greatness!
Does anyone recall the SEVENTIES❤ and Blacksplotation ❤ I do , But thanks for these memories Dobie Wan Kanobie ❤❤❤❤❤revisted July 1 2024 ❤❤
Wonderful Song. Thatˋs Music.
Wow learn something new everyday
Thanks!
Glad to be born in 1970🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Even tho the video is NYC, this song and video reminds me of growing up in San Francisco in the 70s and 80s. Miss those days and great time to grow up in and helped make you who you are today. ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it
@@DannyLinden the clip was perfect for a perfect song. It took be right back to the '70s. I grew up in Detroit not NYC but the pics and editing were on point! THX.
Thank you so much for listening! @@Undercoverbrotherfromanother
@@DannyLinden Thank you! You had some badass car pics in the vid. My eye sight is not what it used to be. I am only 58 and can still hit the tragets at 300 yards but cannot read a pill bottle. LOL. No offense inteneded if I am wrong, only super jealous, is that you in the thumbnail pic?
Love this….time seems so relevant.
Thanks For Posting This. It's NYC History For Sure.
Bella canción , recuerdos inolvidables del año 1974.
j adore cette chanson!!! merci William Curtis ....and all the others...
Dude, I don’t usually get on here to comment, but this is one of the very best songs of all time. But just look at how much this channel seems to love it too-you don’t just get this song, you get some of the best and most descriptive photographs of not only the 60’s & 70’s,but of all time (and the only way to capture what we’re all going through: this is life)-but you get them in order, in order to show you the feeling. This person lived there, and I can tell you that this is what the 70’s felt like. Smooth, rocky, and fun-all sorts of fun.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments! The tune just takes me back home to New York during the early-mid 70's and what it felt like to be surrounded by music, artful decay, street folks, abandoned music, graffiti and the normalcy of it all. Music was and continues to be a lifeline and connection to wonderful memories!
I love this song Diamond in the Back sunroof top digging the scene with a Gangsta Lean I don't drive no Cadillac I drive a Toyota but it it don't cost them that much money it's paid off I love❤❤❤
This was my granny song ❤
This song takes me back to my teenage days workin' in a gas station and some of the brothers was drivin' Volkswagen Beetles with the Rolls Royce grill and one group of guys drove dropped 63 chevy with the brown fuzz paint job with the Fuzz Mobile written on the side.. Even saw one cruising the High School parking lot at lunch time with Grass growin on the top. It was some crazy sht back in those days. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything.
In 2022 I am reminded how visionary and ahead of it's time this song really is. This is truly a Master Class on such an iconic, rythemic master piece. T....if you're listening...🙏💖
Holy shit, the electric shock I got at 0:41... I was right there at Radio City during the 1977 holiday season, and did indeed see Pete's Dragon.
Though you may not driiive...a great big Cadillac...
You may not have a car at all,but remember brothers and sisters you can still stand tall , just be thankful for what you got... great message.. grateful for that CTA bus..no car for me 😊
🏃🏾♀️FRONTLINE BLOODLiNE FIRST🤞🏾almost Rap (DISS) Song! ❤😂 Yall wouldn’t believe I was in all Black Cadillac 87’ On Halloween Night. “96”. 111🔥
Love this video with the coolest tune ever made . 😎
What a classic song 🎧.
EPIC … in it’s own right❤ love THIS❤
🙏🏿♥️🙏🏿♥️🙏🏿♥️🙏🏿✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️
2021 Thanksgiving..... sent this message
Beautiful video
love this song, fantastic footage on this video. We will never have anything like it again classic, classic, classic!!
The message is timeless just like the music, "just be thankful for what you got".
This brings back so many beautiful memories
In 1974 My Parents Drove Cadillacs. B4 This Joint I Never Heard Of A Gangsta Leen.
In the 70s and 80s, owning a Cadillac was a big deal.
I need a documentary on this song.
"Gangster white walls"..damn
Recognized Blondie on the beach right away. Then all the greats like the Rolling Stones, Kiss, the Village People, Andy Warhol, Jerri Hall, and got excited when I saw the Ramones!!! I think David Byrne from Talking Heads may have been the last guy walking in, but I'm not sure.
beautiful soul tune
love the uptempo 1980s version