Diamond in the back, sunroof top Diggin the scene With a gangsta lean, wooh-ooh-ooh
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@DJGRoc5 ай бұрын
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!" ✌🏼
@pebblessladebedrockinc.95065 ай бұрын
I just found out it's not Curtis Mayfield's song!!😮
@Jay-pc8gg5 ай бұрын
*You got
@DJGRoc5 ай бұрын
@@pebblessladebedrockinc.9506 I dunno who started that lie, but it's deeply rooted. 😕
@jcynical6525 ай бұрын
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 😂😂😡
@ggforeigner5 ай бұрын
Thank you. 👍
@SlimSlashie2 ай бұрын
Brother sings the same 6 lines over and over, and it's STILL better than most songs of this current generation. F'n brilliant.
@tlwalker87512 ай бұрын
💯🔥Truth
@THEINFAMOUS10112 ай бұрын
I never noticed this until now😂😂😂😂😂
@sinslap_2 ай бұрын
REAL TALK !
@mattiefeeАй бұрын
When you write 6 perfect lines... Why not turn it into 18 lines 🔥🔥🔥
@SlimSlashieАй бұрын
@@mattiefee Exactly. This song is so smooth it could go on another 5 minutes.
@Cheeks1l2 ай бұрын
If it wasn’t for 70’s music the 80’s & 90’s era of hip hop and R&b music wouldn’t exist.
@joannehines7806 Жыл бұрын
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.! ✝
@robertveltri85762 ай бұрын
amen
@scottfraser711824 күн бұрын
For Sure😘
@micperez819 Жыл бұрын
This is one of those songs that you never get tired of hearing
@deloreswillis92247 ай бұрын
Amen 4 real now!!!!!!!!!
@octofish2 жыл бұрын
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.
@jacknjill30002 жыл бұрын
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.
@andiestewart7423 Жыл бұрын
@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 ❤️
@Aucht52 Жыл бұрын
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.
@diarradunlap9337 Жыл бұрын
@Aucht52 Curtis Mayfield DID cover this song.
@celebratingtheclassicswithearl9 ай бұрын
Exactly the same 100%❤🎼
@raymondmalcuit83613 жыл бұрын
This Song Went To Number 4 On The Billboard Hot-100 Chart In 1974.
@moladhdodhia164 Жыл бұрын
And I was only 16 and a Motown girl but all the guys were into heavy metal.
@chrisbennett62604 ай бұрын
@@moladhdodhia164 your ears were obviousily robust
@SammyVideoPlex4 ай бұрын
My favorite era the 70's I wish I could have been an adult. Brothers & sisters we can still stand tall.
@biglosersowhat Жыл бұрын
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."
@davidwilliams8860Ай бұрын
My uncle played this at the cookout 4th of July
@user-eo5fl1ym8w5 ай бұрын
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
@kittenbrown24845 ай бұрын
Please give Mr. William Devaughn his flowers!!!💯
@peterlewis63243 жыл бұрын
Timeless it sounds more beautiful with age.
@sonicgrub2 жыл бұрын
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
@bobbygriz56482 жыл бұрын
Totally relate ❤🎤🎶👍🙏
@jonathandoelander61302 жыл бұрын
Good times.
@minib22003 жыл бұрын
Wow this was my hood in the late 70's was born in 1973
@arnelevans67792 жыл бұрын
My sister was born in 1973
@aceartdepot61985 ай бұрын
I was born in the wrong era the 90s was great but the 70s and 80s is what built our couture
@gregmiller97105 ай бұрын
oh it WAS great, but now you'd be as ole as we are....enjoy your time and the 70's music! :)
@aceartdepot61984 ай бұрын
@@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.
@dennismurillodennis30793 ай бұрын
Some day this song should be in a hymnal. Real church music.
@carltonstephenstewart2472 ай бұрын
Being thankful, living thankful..... Thank you father God!!
@TemisanAdoki6 күн бұрын
This song always reminds me to be thankful for what I got.
@dlklug7 ай бұрын
Usually, pontification within music makes me bristle with disbelief, yet the message of this song is truthful and on point.
@rosettaiovine72312 ай бұрын
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
@richbrake99102 ай бұрын
Glad you finally heard it. It's so good.
@user-dd8hp8uf5h4 ай бұрын
My dad always played this not in the caddy but the impala RIP POPS😢
@raya86339 ай бұрын
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!!!
@jerrybest34044 ай бұрын
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
@mmscuf3 ай бұрын
Wisely spoken, Sir!
@andiestewart7423 Жыл бұрын
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 ❤️❤️❤️
@tonygohagan276610 ай бұрын
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!
@jimmooter2 жыл бұрын
Be thankful we got this far.♥️
@Savvynlady2 жыл бұрын
This scene captured the essence of 70s NYC well
@juancarloscarrillo5094 Жыл бұрын
I still remember the day I bought the record. Timeless music. Timeless memories. Thank you.
@petetj3332 жыл бұрын
Captures the nostalgia of a time and place that some of us-even with hardship-were lucky enough to experience. Gold beyond words.
@alexwood22197 ай бұрын
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 .
@christopherallen95802 жыл бұрын
Brings me back to PG county Maryland in the early 70s. Wish I could go back.
@starsapphirelee5714 Жыл бұрын
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.
@brianjames21922 жыл бұрын
A TRUE TIMELESS MASTERPIECE THE EARTH 🌎 HAS MUSIC 🎵 FOR THOSE WHO LISTEN 👂 THE MESSAGE IS ALWAYS IN THE MUSIC
@hapexamendar1093 Жыл бұрын
Wow... you want to FEEL the connection to the past? This song is it!
@user-mb1sy9uz6z8 ай бұрын
Feeling extremely blessed & grateful this Thanksgiving Holiday season❤Doubly blessed to be a Thanksgiving Season Baby❤ Eternally thankful unto Father God
@jacquelinerogers29972 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of Chitown, my hometown in the 70's
@thyliasmoss96722 жыл бұрын
Always Thankful for Robert Bob Holman, so glad and thankful we, Thylias Moss and Robert, continue to have each other!
@whatever7362 жыл бұрын
Message in the music.
@fredconforti1902 жыл бұрын
Nice - and my childhood sports hero “Clyde” represented - NYC ‘70’s
@MrMannface2 жыл бұрын
Me too. Good memories
@Manifest-Guru Жыл бұрын
Makes me long for the 70's. What a great time that was.
@user-vx2qw2vx2o4 ай бұрын
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
@benitarobinson75246 ай бұрын
The greatest music Era ever 60s and the 70s nothing will ever come close ❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩
@rhondafountain6485 ай бұрын
Yes indeed, glad to see the correct info re artist & name of the song. I know many thought it was Curtis Mayfield's song
@roserichko94522 жыл бұрын
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
@jacknjill30002 жыл бұрын
You and the speakers put out in the widows and the whole block can hear and feel the energy. 🎶🎶🎶
@mikerevill61713 ай бұрын
Remember buying this brilliant song .
@johnlewisofficial10 ай бұрын
The music and the pics…man I wish I could’ve experienced those days….
@gloriamarquez3020 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Roxy54JАй бұрын
You should listen to Pepe Marques rendition 🩷🩷😎 fabulous
@CurtisWhitehead-wn5bs9 ай бұрын
I know it's hard sometimes good people. But Trust and Believe. You have at least one thing to be Thankful for EVERYDAY. 💯💖✌🏼
@mrlopez-pz7pu2 жыл бұрын
Yasss......NY was still NY in tha Sebneez!
@junglejim994 ай бұрын
Brilliant imagery to accompany this brilliant song
@kevindare31133 жыл бұрын
Another great song
@ronaldbell3788 Жыл бұрын
Danny, you did an excellent job with the images you used to drive home the powerful message of this timeless song.🙂
@DannyLinden Жыл бұрын
Thank you Ronald for watching and commenting!
@ronaldbell3788 Жыл бұрын
@@DannyLinden you are certainly welcome and have a great weekend, Danny.🙂
@williamcfatheree7289 Жыл бұрын
William c. Fatheree . William devaughn and mfsb you just can't lose with that groove
@carlosm5272 жыл бұрын
Just maybe the greatest pop song ever recorded -- I you don't feel this soul well then your dead
@heatherlane58862 жыл бұрын
Just be thankful for what you've got.enough said.🌹💖
@yellowmistystardust2 жыл бұрын
I love everything about this video….thank you!
@alex-E7WHU3 ай бұрын
How dafuq did I get to 60 yrs old and just heard this in 2024..? Brilliant song ❤️
@nadinecamille2 ай бұрын
You were probably only 10 when this song came out
@krestaleonard21282 ай бұрын
Whaaaaaaat!😮
@djairalert4222 ай бұрын
you and me both I'm 48 and been djing since I was 6 🔥
@JoeTi882 ай бұрын
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 !
@TheANDYURRY2 ай бұрын
62 yrs here, very familiar with CM version but this rocks ...!!!!
@jacknjill30002 жыл бұрын
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. ❤️
@DannyLinden2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@Undercoverbrotherfromanother6 ай бұрын
@@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.
@DannyLinden6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for listening! @@Undercoverbrotherfromanother
@Undercoverbrotherfromanother6 ай бұрын
@@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?
@kellyf50042 жыл бұрын
One of the Best videos I ever saw! Man do I miss those days
@PhlesheBone8 ай бұрын
'94 baby raised on this greatness!
@cookingwitcalvin2 ай бұрын
This song makes time travel possible
@PieterJSam Жыл бұрын
Glad to be born in 1970🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
@vibzesandroark50472 жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece, love it so much 💖
@matthewfoley2522 жыл бұрын
wow
@jonnybandtheeternalgallery Жыл бұрын
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.
@DannyLinden Жыл бұрын
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!
@roz8057 ай бұрын
This still holds 🥰
@sinslap_2 ай бұрын
Real music !
@pammiller9428 ай бұрын
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❤❤❤
@nicklegg615 ай бұрын
Just class.no more said.
@nyckid1958Ай бұрын
1974 in high school and living in the projects (NYC)
@redmoneylady2213Ай бұрын
Omg sitting in my brother's Cadillac jam packed cruising the scene, this song blaring as we pass by people on their front porch...waving, laughing, singing "What's Happin y'all?"
@moniquecavard745 Жыл бұрын
j adore cette chanson!!! merci William Curtis ....and all the others...
@clurkroberts26502 жыл бұрын
This song reaches people’s soul… god it’s soooo cool, it hurts.
@DeeJayA7Ай бұрын
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
@nicklegg615 ай бұрын
Just class ,and you know it.
@felyrivasmartinez74522 жыл бұрын
Bella canción , recuerdos inolvidables del año 1974.
@PanPeter19663 жыл бұрын
Wonderful Song. Thatˋs Music.
@ShalemAhava19 күн бұрын
This song helps me as college student working 2 jobs without car ❤️. I'm thankful for what I got ☺️
@user-yj9br6eq4k10 күн бұрын
Song is very meaningful song to this day 🎉
@get2dachoppa249Ай бұрын
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.
@MN-dt2kq2 жыл бұрын
Love this….time seems so relevant.
@merc00492 жыл бұрын
Love this video with the coolest tune ever made . 😎
@ericagreene700 Жыл бұрын
This was my granny song ❤
@gerardfenn39884 ай бұрын
Someone posted this video on Bring-A-Trailer auctions in reference to the 1971 "Willie Dynamite" Cadillac Eldorado that is being auctioned off today on April 12, 2024. I remember these streets. Grew up in Fort Greene Brooklyn at this time and NYC had a lot more Character then as compared to today in 2024. How can it possibly be NYC anymore without it's "Twin Towers" We Will Never Forget. Love NYC Baby!!!
@PlanetAriomАй бұрын
This song is just so 🔥
@barryfitzgerald20772 жыл бұрын
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.
@Qweston19782 ай бұрын
Wow learn something new everyday
@RiteshPatel9020 күн бұрын
One of my all time fav choons - groovy
@dannyboyd94624 ай бұрын
In 1974 My Parents Drove Cadillacs. B4 This Joint I Never Heard Of A Gangsta Leen.
@DonnyNoMarie4 ай бұрын
In the 70s and 80s, owning a Cadillac was a big deal.
@gerardfenn39884 ай бұрын
Thanks For Posting This. It's NYC History For Sure.
@kevinfranklin6382Ай бұрын
In my top song list if alllll time!!! I love this song. Amazing visuals whoever did this. Thank you. 🫶🏿🔥
@johnbarnett6924Ай бұрын
Does anyone recall the SEVENTIES❤ and Blacksplotation ❤ I do , But thanks for these memories Dobie Wan Kanobie ❤❤❤❤❤revisted July 1 2024 ❤❤
@caribman1014 күн бұрын
I saw the first real Pimpmobile in New York City in 1971. It was a black-on-white '67 Cadillac Eldorado; wide whitewalls (stock hubcaps), fake front fender spares (made, not bought), and a padded landau top with the rear window opening reshaped into....a diamond shape.
@breonnadevaughn3322 ай бұрын
🏃🏾♀️FRONTLINE BLOODLiNE FIRST🤞🏾almost Rap (DISS) Song! ❤😂 Yall wouldn’t believe I was in all Black Cadillac 87’ On Halloween Night. “96”. 111🔥
@Riva20252 жыл бұрын
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.
@catherineharrison402410 ай бұрын
love this song, fantastic footage on this video. We will never have anything like it again classic, classic, classic!!
@jackb.7409 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful video
@scalacontabilidadegerencia3901 Жыл бұрын
tHIS song sooooooooooooo beautiffullllllllllllllll, original and cover , driving my car going to the north of MINAS GERAIS somewhere in brazil.
@octaviajohnson69892 ай бұрын
Lord someone knows that this is not Curtis Mayfield and the damn song is not diamond in the back. William DeVaughn "Be Thankful For What You've Got". Awesome Job Danny Linden. This man has not received his flowers and he has not been financially compensated.
@69fastback8 Жыл бұрын
great song, and great video, thanks...
@DannyLinden Жыл бұрын
Thanks for listening
@insearchothetruth3 жыл бұрын
Though you may not driiive...a great big Cadillac...
@moladhdodhia164 Жыл бұрын
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 😊