California Soul

2011 ж. 25 Қаң.
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This joint was in serious need of some proper footage. Wattstax gets a make-over from Marlena Shaw. Remix courtesy of Diplo. Enjoy... jf

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  • Remembering Marlena Shaw🌹1942-2024 was a great singer and loved her timeless classic beautiful song "California Soul". Thank you & RIP 🙏🏼 💗🎼🎙🎸

    @richardherrera1736@richardherrera17363 ай бұрын
    • Just discovered her tho I remember the song and heard the sample use... I'm the same age 67 she was when touring again w this... I must learn this but the arrangement from Cadet/Chess records BRINGS IT

      @patriciaadams4171@patriciaadams41713 ай бұрын
    • For me, a greatest Voice of the Black people in the world... 🇧🇷🇺🇸✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

      @dennyruffo2599@dennyruffo259928 күн бұрын
  • This brings tears to my eyes.... LOOK AT MY PEOPLE, DANCING, SMILING AND LOVING EACH OTHER!!!!

    @camlewis1418@camlewis1418 Жыл бұрын
    • AND NO SELF-ASORBED SELFIES!!!!!!!!!

      @MemoGrafix@MemoGrafix Жыл бұрын
    • @@MemoGrafix that’s only because phones weren’t a thing then

      @Emilyxx495@Emilyxx49510 ай бұрын
    • @@Emilyxx495 - Phones were a thing then. They were wired to a location. Of course, no handheld camera computer phones back then.

      @MemoGrafix@MemoGrafix10 ай бұрын
    • @@MemoGrafix that’s my point there was no handheld phones yet and certainly no phones with cameras so they couldn’t take selfies anyway if they were a thing then people would , it makes no sense to me when people slate young ones for taking pics and having their phones all the time but it isn’t their faults it’s just the time they’ve grown up in and has been invented

      @Emilyxx495@Emilyxx49510 ай бұрын
    • @@Emilyxx495 - Yes it is the times younger people are growing up in. I would like that people are not so self-absorbed and having the DumbPhones as the ONLY window to the world. People can talk about hardcore drugs all anyone wants, *_Digital Drugs_* are by far the most addictive for many _(not all)_ people. This is worse than TelLieVision addiction. At times I will not use any digital electronics for several days just to detox My mind from the Digital Pollution, except to answer My phone when some one calls. I rarely go on FaceBook, TikTok & YT Shorts. They make attention-spans equivalent to a mere Goldfish as a few Scientists, Biologists & Psychiatrists have researched & tested.

      @MemoGrafix@MemoGrafix10 ай бұрын
  • Legendary Watts Music Festival in 1972. It was all peace and love back then, dancing and grooving, no one packing heat. A different time, baby! California Soul indeed, baby!

    @joshuakatzman4560@joshuakatzman4560 Жыл бұрын
    • 💯❣️

      @tp5652@tp56522 ай бұрын
  • Marlena Shaw 1942-2024 🙏❤

    @sarahgraham3982@sarahgraham39823 ай бұрын
  • This was a groundbreaking concert. NO FIGHTING, NO BANGING, just great music from the great Stax Records provided as a gift to the town of Los Angeles. No East Coast/West Coast Rivalry... non of that Rapper crap! Just a great time! It lead to the Funk Festivals with Funkadelic, Parliament, Bootsy's Rubber Band, ConFunkShun, the BarKays, and so many more! with over 100,000 people!! When LA knew how to party on a nationwide level! I miss those days... CALIFORNIA SOUL INDEED!!

    @hollidayevery@hollidayevery9 жыл бұрын
    • hollidayevery yes sir

      @bethhoward1280@bethhoward12807 жыл бұрын
  • Black people having a good time! No guns no fighting just fun!

    @capnkirk6984@capnkirk69847 жыл бұрын
    • that's what we deserve

      @pedroalvesvalentim7652@pedroalvesvalentim76527 жыл бұрын
    • Cap'n Kirk Amen

      @bethhoward1280@bethhoward12807 жыл бұрын
    • Pedro Alves exactly

      @bethhoward1280@bethhoward12807 жыл бұрын
    • It's a bit of a shame you have to even say that.

      @Nater389@Nater3896 жыл бұрын
    • same no fighting fighting makes me dad

      @Novusa@Novusa4 жыл бұрын
  • Love this video. I've watched it so many times.

    @SabeelCombatives@SabeelCombatives6 жыл бұрын
  • The Watts Stax Festival - I missed that one, but the Funk Festival in 1977 was awesome too! California Soul!

    @johnfleming510@johnfleming5103 жыл бұрын
  • Brilliant video of the Wattstax Benefit Concert, from 1972 and great remix of Marlena Shaw's California Soul. Pure people power.

    @conradvfr750@conradvfr7509 ай бұрын
  • We may have been stolen from Africa but the African Dance and Rhythm remains in us to this very day! Love It!!!

    @ddesign63@ddesign6311 жыл бұрын
  • I CRIED. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. FUCK. I LOVE BEING BLACK. I LOVE MY AFRICAN HERITAGE. I THANK YOU GOD FOR ALLOWING THIS. I LOVE ALL PEOPLE, BUT I SHO NUFF LOVE ME.

    @JapanzeeeTV@JapanzeeeTV10 жыл бұрын
    • i love this song from driver san francisco

      @Novusa@Novusa4 жыл бұрын
    • Lol chill

      @C_R_Z@C_R_Z3 жыл бұрын
    • @@C_R_Z You're 7 years late

      @jerrygil1965@jerrygil19653 жыл бұрын
    • I'm a 51 year old white man and this song hits me deep.

      @michaelmoore1386@michaelmoore13862 жыл бұрын
  • Black is beautiful!

    @songofasiren@songofasiren9 жыл бұрын
    • My first impression seeing the video, well said, thank U. Bless all

      @45holydiver@45holydiver3 жыл бұрын
    • and always will be👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

      @josephkofisam2307@josephkofisam23078 ай бұрын
  • Possibly the greatest song ever!

    @peterjarnes25@peterjarnes252 жыл бұрын
  • So many beautiful people dancing! Love it, love it, love it!!!!!

    @jakebarnes28@jakebarnes289 жыл бұрын
  • thanks for checking it out! spread the cali soul!

    @Telepathy1@Telepathy111 жыл бұрын
  • man I wish I could take a time machine back to these times. reminds me of blues brothers movie.

    @lovelycars1@lovelycars18 жыл бұрын
    • i wish i could ho back in time to the 1980s so i could experience just this song in concert and michael jackson concerts

      @Novusa@Novusa4 жыл бұрын
  • The production, riffs, orchestration and lyrics of this song are so freaking awesome. So otherworldly I can't even believe humankind created it.

    @jomocheatham@jomocheatham2 жыл бұрын
  • 70's best era someone can live .....

    @drankman001@drankman00111 жыл бұрын
    • No the best live an performance 🎭 it was the 50’s and 60’s ❤

      @teagiagiteakarotu7027@teagiagiteakarotu70273 күн бұрын
  • The intro , break before her voice and singing of " sundown to sunset , now ! " is soul stirring.

    @onehart99@onehart9910 жыл бұрын
  • Gives me chills everytime i watch this. The afros, the unity, good vibes...all of it🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

    @ngo7862@ngo786223 күн бұрын
  • Well dammit I just threw out my back, cramped up my thigh and threw out my elbow not expecting this video would get my old 58 year old body moving and dancing right in my bed seeing those beautiful Watts children brothers and sisters ande mothers and fathers too so proud so fnky perfection i'm gonna be laid up for a day now played tis over and over damn

    @jimwassumtate8083@jimwassumtate80838 жыл бұрын
    • Jim Wassumtate I love this video

      @bethhoward1280@bethhoward12807 жыл бұрын
  • I remember borrowing Driver San Francisco from a friend and while in a chase with the cops this song played. This song was the song that got me into 70s and 80s music.

    @aj.the.alright@aj.the.alright3 жыл бұрын
    • Can we get an update

      @marleyjanim5033@marleyjanim503324 күн бұрын
    • i returned the game like five days later if that’s the update ur looking for

      @aj.the.alright@aj.the.alright12 күн бұрын
  • I got to the end of the video and realized what a huge smile I had on my face. This was genius.

    @JohnnyBarbells@JohnnyBarbells Жыл бұрын
  • 70s was such a great decade more fun and just crazy

    @johnmorrison2113@johnmorrison21137 жыл бұрын
    • i know it was when songs were good before the 2010s

      @Novusa@Novusa4 жыл бұрын
  • Who is still rocking this video in 2017! Beautiful. Thanks so much for posting. Peace and love to everybody.

    @ahermens@ahermens6 жыл бұрын
    • Goovin’ in 2021

      @Pegeen2014@Pegeen20142 жыл бұрын
    • 2023

      @ngo7862@ngo78624 ай бұрын
  • Jesus, how beautiful it is! Probably one of my fave songs of all times. Genius!!!

    @annadmakeeva@annadmakeeva10 жыл бұрын
  • I'm a white guy who was only a year old in 1972. I heard about the Watts riots in the 60's but don’t ever recall hearing this time period being a bad time for anyone of any color or nationality. Everyone here just looks so happy and in the right vibe of everything! Everyone may be one race here but good vibes are contegeous. Inside we are all the same people and we should all be loving and respectful of each other. RIP Mrs. Shaw

    @JamesBond-py8xs@JamesBond-py8xs3 ай бұрын
  • the energy and groovy sound are off the charts!! Wish I could've been there but alas I was a kid and way too far away.

    @michellebeckstrom6110@michellebeckstrom6110 Жыл бұрын
  • This is just beautiful. It's a far cry from the original and just beautiful music is just amazing because it connects us in so many ways. LOVE IT.

    @antdan5787@antdan5787Ай бұрын
  • OMG this reminds me so much of my 1975...I wanna go back!

    @donnak6668@donnak66682 жыл бұрын
  • Everything about this is beautiful!!!!!

    @mscalculated3218@mscalculated32187 жыл бұрын
    • Ms W I agree with you

      @bethhoward1280@bethhoward12807 жыл бұрын
  • WHOA. Watching this made me feel a way iv never felt before. I dont even know how to explain it.

    @dirtyalamander1700@dirtyalamander17003 жыл бұрын
  • F***KING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

    @TheAdeleLonestar@TheAdeleLonestar12 жыл бұрын
  • That is so g'damn awesome!! Why can't people be cool like this ALL the time??? Awesome re-mix, btw! Love it, love it, love it!!!

    @zzyzxx13@zzyzxx1311 жыл бұрын
    • Culture and attitudes drastically changed and not for the better. There is so much that people of different races, cultures could share like this music that is phenom.

      @michellebeckstrom6110@michellebeckstrom61107 ай бұрын
  • I just love this I miss those days we had so much fun

    @geraldinepurvis8170@geraldinepurvis81708 жыл бұрын
  • Youve remixed my fave tune of all time..and its FUKIN BRILLIANT ! ! ! Love it

    @Govanmauler@Govanmauler10 жыл бұрын
  • Лучшая песня, слушаю на полную громкость!!! Россия 2023 !!!

    @MegaTootsi@MegaTootsi Жыл бұрын
  • Tears..I know we will rise up!

    @WeBoogie28@WeBoogie289 жыл бұрын
  • 2015, what in hell has happen to us, no gangsta-gangsta no shots fired no cosmetic surgery and very little Police presents. Wattstax was during the time when Blacks from every class came for the cosmic vibration. We're has the love gone.. Aw, The Most High help today..

    @abrahamjackson6019@abrahamjackson60198 жыл бұрын
    • pre crack, pre olde English 800. little did we know while we were dancing and having fun, the devil was in the lab inventing ways to sic the fire hoses and german sheppards and nooses on our asses on the downlow.

      @germxv@germxv7 жыл бұрын
    • Abraham Jackson I love gangsters

      @bethhoward1280@bethhoward12807 жыл бұрын
  • Coliseum full of Soul

    @bobmartin760@bobmartin7609 жыл бұрын
  • The music industry is often more interested in capitalizing on America's musical heritage than celebrating it. Although the two can co-exist, industry executives found it more profitable to co-opt a sound and cross it over to a larger, more affluent audience. I'm sure these artist's could empathize with the frustration of being left out of the American dream or played out in it's pursuit.

    @Telepathy1@Telepathy112 жыл бұрын
  • This was an absolutely amazing video, I feel in love with it. I play this video constantly when im studying. Real smooth and very easy to listen to. Thanks for this gift

    @125541000@12554100011 жыл бұрын
  • Diplo nailed that remix.

    @jamorains@jamorains4 ай бұрын
  • Late 60s Early 70s is when R&B exploded

    @jerrygil1965@jerrygil19653 жыл бұрын
  • Love this!

    @yasminamelia9571@yasminamelia95712 жыл бұрын
  • Another incredible artist here on KZhead. The essence of the video clip

    @geraldolassance6007@geraldolassance600724 күн бұрын
  • chris, I love this piece superimposed on this footage of Watts. Fascinated by diplo's imagery in his visuals for the exact same piece of music, with the disc brake action . Just love everything about this, including the legendary event, and the Ashford and Simpson original. Captures the mood of that time and Wattstax sooooo well. A fleeting moment of cultural transformation, ecstasy, and hope.

    @tartuttest@tartuttest4 жыл бұрын
  • If I only had a time machine to go to these events

    @northislandguy@northislandguy Жыл бұрын
  • I can't tell you how refreshing it is to see a mass celebration of music like this. Fast forward 30, 40 years and crowds today are now celebrating Lakers Championships by overturning and/or torching cars and lighting dumpsters on fire. For as bad as things sometimes were back then, it seems they indeed were the good old days compared to what we now have in 2013. Unfortunately.

    @zzyzxx13@zzyzxx1311 жыл бұрын
  • Que tempo bom, tempo de ouro que não volta nunca mais!

    @Kanaldopinto@Kanaldopinto4 ай бұрын
  • Love this video rework and proper footage indeed!!!

    @Sambarella@Sambarella10 жыл бұрын
  • This was a concert called Wattstax in the L.A. Coliseum in the late 60's. Dig the Sistas with the fro's. Not a weave in sight...!!

    @howardrussell3919@howardrussell39195 ай бұрын
  • Black is beautiful!!! :D

    @Jossette888@Jossette8883 жыл бұрын
  • Rest in heaven beautiful Queen🌹 🕊

    @steviejrvsilluminati4933@steviejrvsilluminati49333 ай бұрын
  • This is awesome.

    @TheCrocCobra@TheCrocCobra12 жыл бұрын
  • Such a great tune

    @mattdonut@mattdonut3 жыл бұрын
  • What an innovation to soul music

    @steveslater26@steveslater263 ай бұрын
  • one of the Soul greats

    @SydBarrettsGhost@SydBarrettsGhost3 жыл бұрын
  • Oh my goodness looks like one heck of a festival and concert...unfortunately I wasn't there because I am almost certain I had too be around thee or four back then❤️♥️💯💢

    @Suri-A_@Suri-A_8 ай бұрын
  • wow this is so beautiful I wish I could just go back in time to this era

    @donn372@donn3727 жыл бұрын
  • I love everything about this. great post. thank u.

    @Lubeinel@Lubeinel7 жыл бұрын
  • I dig it man! Great video and cool vibes on that hit song "California Soul" baby......!

    @azloungelizard@azloungelizard10 жыл бұрын
  • Jesus saves!!; amen for all colours,no matter what What a fine music!

    @kapiteinsjemanovzegtneeteg6166@kapiteinsjemanovzegtneeteg61666 ай бұрын
  • Thanks for this video it was amazing! Think I watched it 5 times in a row

    @pontiva420@pontiva42011 жыл бұрын
  • Right on ausaurwest! Much love from Cali...

    @Telepathy1@Telepathy111 жыл бұрын
  • So beautiful

    @aaa5aaa3@aaa5aaa38 жыл бұрын
  • @Grendelmonster8u Yeah- I chose this version because it synched up so well with the video and it is also a tasteful remix. Marlena is still out there performing live. Last I heard she was bouncing around Europe a bit. I'd buy that for a dollar... and quite a few more...

    @Telepathy1@Telepathy112 жыл бұрын
  • Аж в глазах потемнело

    @user-mm3qp9dv9q@user-mm3qp9dv9q3 жыл бұрын
  • gorgeous people

    @cosnniran@cosnniran3 жыл бұрын
  • So much beauty in one videos

    @bernie1740@bernie17403 жыл бұрын
  • its gonna grab hold on you x thats good music x

    @tarapowers79@tarapowers798 жыл бұрын
  • Looks like paradise...

    @deteod486@deteod4863 жыл бұрын
  • This brings me back to Tarron Ave, Holly Park CA. 7th grade Henry Clay days.

    @shovelhead56@shovelhead56 Жыл бұрын
  • The Lincoln Lawyer brought me here. This song is now on my Spotify playlist.

    @porgy@porgy Жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for the update! still going strong no doubt... cc

    @Telepathy1@Telepathy111 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for this, we are all the same...

    @bradpertner1035@bradpertner10353 жыл бұрын
  • I AM THIS GENERATION !!

    @lamerimedhem5743@lamerimedhem57433 ай бұрын
  • Miss those days!

    @annettegrind2689@annettegrind26899 жыл бұрын
  • Our grandparents were live .. True Gangstas

    @superoharra3456@superoharra34562 жыл бұрын
  • Fabulous!

    @robertbrown-qf8xy@robertbrown-qf8xy2 жыл бұрын
  • Got to get up to get down! Way to represent kid dynoooo mite!!

    @Telepathy1@Telepathy111 жыл бұрын
  • Black and Beautiful!!!

    @Boss6907160@Boss690716010 жыл бұрын
  • Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the feedback!

    @Telepathy1@Telepathy112 жыл бұрын
  • Epic Song and Video.

    @andre3860@andre38602 жыл бұрын
  • The best music ever

    @robertmcstravock9149@robertmcstravock91494 жыл бұрын
  • footage of The Bar Kays performing "Son of Shaft"...

    @asheyblacq@asheyblacq8 жыл бұрын
    • A good family friend was dating the lead singer of the Bar Kay’s back then and used to go on tour with them. The stories she tells about that time...smh😂

      @sabrinaphillips916@sabrinaphillips9164 жыл бұрын
  • IMAGENS DO FILME WATTSTAX ...EVENTO IMPORTANTE DE REAÇÃO !!!

    @betobrother1@betobrother1 Жыл бұрын
  • Strong Soul 🖤😭

    @angel_darkness4565@angel_darkness45652 жыл бұрын
  • THE GOOD OLE DAYS

    @EarthWindandFirepower0990@EarthWindandFirepower09904 жыл бұрын
  • the song we know ... but what a video ... WAAAUUUW thanks

    @briancaby9279@briancaby927911 жыл бұрын
  • THIS IS WHO WE ARE!!!!!! Stand up!!!!!!!

    @johnritdog9179@johnritdog91796 жыл бұрын
  • We don't Jam no more like this people. Listen to what I'm saying. 😎✊

    @MrFat.@MrFat. Жыл бұрын
  • To this generation. Look close at this video. No guns ,no violence,no crazy crap. What u see is young an old black American folks having a good time. Take some lessons from the video.

    @Afrocentricpoet@Afrocentricpoet3 ай бұрын
  • right on... hope the cali soul gets you through your exams... good luck! I appreciate the feedback... made my day...

    @Telepathy1@Telepathy111 жыл бұрын
  • my pleasure!

    @Telepathy1@Telepathy111 жыл бұрын
  • sho nuff... well said!

    @Telepathy1@Telepathy110 жыл бұрын
  • Also a nice version.... Keep the soul

    @McCain997@McCain9972 жыл бұрын
  • Huge fan of the 5th Dimension, but this version rocks!

    @shadeseeker8484@shadeseeker84844 жыл бұрын
  • ♥♥♥♥♥

    @Mia7189@Mia71898 ай бұрын
  • Black people are Beautiful. No question.

    @Boss6907160@Boss690716010 жыл бұрын
    • You must not read stats. Look up O'Reilly.

      @johnnygoode3021@johnnygoode30219 жыл бұрын
    • Yes we are the Gods of the planet and that fact makes our albino children so mad. That is why they do all they can to hold us back.

      @pookienempooky9339@pookienempooky93397 жыл бұрын
    • great

      @charlesmitchell5121@charlesmitchell51217 жыл бұрын
    • Pookienem Pooky no we aren't

      @darksonicpowr3158@darksonicpowr31587 жыл бұрын
    • Depends from person to person. No matter where in this world. Be it from the inside or the outside. Some people look beautiful outside but don't have a beautiful soul (unfortunately). Not all "blacks" are "beautiful", not all "hispanics" are, not all "whites", not all chinese people etc. etc. etc. ;)

      @warequalsnofuture@warequalsnofuture7 жыл бұрын
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