Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 (Audio)

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@JuanPerez-zf8uq 27 күн бұрын

This man deserves a huge applause for writing a great song, definitely one of my favorites, thank you Shuggie 👍🏼👍🏼

@Tofu_Pilot 3 күн бұрын

I also love the cover by the Brothers Johnson they did back in '77

@GUITARTIME2024 3 ай бұрын

Hes still alive as of March 2024.

@mimi.b868 3 ай бұрын

Yayyyyyy

@wolfgang8225 3 ай бұрын

😮❤❤❤❤

@12BITSOUL 2 ай бұрын

Let’s give him his flowers

@maodonimega 2 ай бұрын

Hi Shuggie...I LOVE YOUR MUSIC! LOVE LOVE LOVE X

@geranwilson8813 25 күн бұрын

I really like his version the original but I think the brother's johnson done it best

@jackv2244 6 ай бұрын

All this time I thought The Brothers Johnson originated this song! This brother is highly underrated

@GregLowe-bg6tr 3 ай бұрын

Me too...💯

@jabrilhasan5335 3 ай бұрын

They brought the Black to it.

@kck2303 3 ай бұрын

So did I

@mamba00 3 ай бұрын

Glad you learned something today ♥️

@daendiznigh 3 ай бұрын

Same here - but the truth is , LSD or shrooms really created this song

@toddboudreaux8593 14 күн бұрын

Im 59 years old and im learning this today. He and George Johnson should get together and re-record it.

@greendavegietzen2824 13 күн бұрын

57 - same here

@bobbyplair9308 12 күн бұрын

Me too.

@isaacwilson7324 11 күн бұрын

56 and the same

@leohawkins3363 4 ай бұрын

How am I now just learning of Shuggie Otis and his being the original performer of this song? I am blown away!

@violetcarson5532 3 ай бұрын

So am I

@macewbee 3 ай бұрын

Same here if it was not for reelblack I would have never knew.

@wisdom1224 3 ай бұрын

It really is the year of truth...

@TheHundredEyes 3 ай бұрын

This album was unreleased for 25 years if I remember correctly.

@rockonguitar8117 3 ай бұрын

He played bass on Zappa's 'Peaches en Regalia'. Pretty cool dude!

@michaela8802 10 ай бұрын

I’m 56 years old and Brothers Johnson’s version has been one of my all time favorite songs. How on God’s green earth have I never heard this original masterpiece?? 🤯

@Jan_Mac 9 ай бұрын

I've only heard the Brothers Johnston's version too, which I absolutely love. Netflix ("Sex Education") sent me today.

@TeeRod095 4 ай бұрын

Same here and I'm almost 53

@SteelersFANinMA 4 ай бұрын

I just turned 54 and I can say the same thing. I must admit though, the bass line by Louis Johnson is playing in my head while I listen to this version. This is very nice, but it doesn't hit the same without the funky bass!

@violetcarson5532 3 ай бұрын

Right

@chrisconnors9449 3 ай бұрын

After listening to both I Like this original version way better than the more popular remake.

@cooldrop02 2 ай бұрын

Holy moly it is absolutely great to be in the comment section that is full of information and knowledge and not crazy talk. Thank you, previous generations.

@intisarsabree3947 Ай бұрын

Holy moly is right my friend.

@janeferguson4455 29 күн бұрын

😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉 we had GREAT music !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Tofu_Pilot 3 күн бұрын

I make artisanal puma sausage gravy to wear as an outfit.

@TheTwonne1 10 ай бұрын

It's 2023 I'm 61 years old and went through high school listening to The Brothers Johnson and never knew Strawberry 23 was a remake of this guy until 2 days ago.......Wow, amazing. His version original version sounds really good too, but I love the production of Brothers Johnson, so funky.

@bernadettegriffin8569 4 ай бұрын

Same here. The lyrics and music on both take me to a different universe. Sorry if that sounds a bit hippy dippy but it does still. I was 17 years old when I heard The Bros Johnson and it did then and Shugie singing it takes me even more. A true classic.

@markkennard861 3 ай бұрын

Same here... exactly same age too... I still have the 45..

@Leeshie1994 2 ай бұрын

I absolutely love both versions for their own uniqueness. Shuggie's gives that psychedelic feel and Brothers Johnson is the funk I need. I listen to both back to back

@JohnnyHurbonConnections 13 күн бұрын

No pro tools just pure talent and drive

@arashtadjiki 3 ай бұрын

This is one of my all time favorite songs. Going to play it at my wedding in a couple weeks

@digidrum2003 3 ай бұрын

Which version? Congrats on your marriage.

@sonquatsch8585 3 ай бұрын

u better play this version. this is wedding material fa reel.

@vxtribe 2 ай бұрын

Fook yea :-) congrats !!!

@Jlyn1985 Ай бұрын

Congratulations to you both ❤ Spectacular Song 🥂

@TechRight 3 ай бұрын

The song's chorus says "Strawberry Letter 22" instead of the actual title of the song. This is because the premise of the song is that a couple is exchanging love letters in musical form. ❤

@kutaydemirel101 Жыл бұрын

"All through the morning rain I gaze, the sun doesn't shine Rainbows and waterfalls run through my mind" hits different.

@darganx 2 жыл бұрын

1971. Wrote the song. Played all the instruments. Produced it as well. At 18. *1971.* Let that all sink in.

@canesvenatici4259 Жыл бұрын

He was a real maestro. But I do think that though he has that nice, gentle touch, his voice can be a bit weak and lacking.

@swinehorde9118 Жыл бұрын

amazing. 5 years Later The Brothers Johnson would come along with this cut and dramatically shape who I am as a human. Mad love to Otis.

@pentastarr666 Жыл бұрын

Mindblowing. What a talent

@COACHTY1 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like he was prince before prince

@sverkerolausson2252 Жыл бұрын

He released this album in September and he was born In November so he was actually 17 when he made this!

@darrinbaker00 5 жыл бұрын

Let’s not gloss over the fact that Shuggie Otis was only 18 years old when he wrote and recorded this.

@amponmex2727 4 жыл бұрын

did not know this. Two words - IMPRESSIVE

@sixnine365 4 жыл бұрын

DiscoR53 Lol! This is the original version. Brothers Johnson version is the cover version.

@DiscoR53 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Brickley Oh snap! I stand corrected. My bad.

@sixnine365 4 жыл бұрын

DiscoR53 😊 It’s all good.

@TrinidadPuppets 4 жыл бұрын

guys like Shuggie and Todd Rundren don't exist anymore

@PrometheusForever Жыл бұрын

I am 46 years and I have heard this song by the brothers Johnson a hundred times but this original I've heard for the first time tonite and it's magical man and I love it. Special stuff. 🌃

@montego9819 Жыл бұрын

My mom played the brothers Johnson version growing up a lot and I still enjoy that song as an adult now but am just discovering this gem as well!

@ckatheman Жыл бұрын

This is an interesting listen, but I do prefer the Brothers Johnson version, the backing harmony vocals in particular just give me chills.

@stevescontriano860 Жыл бұрын

Really ???

@aounibtissam8284 Жыл бұрын

@stevescontriano860 Жыл бұрын

Try Simon and Garfunkel

@fantastica9186 Ай бұрын

I love the original version. He is wonderful. I love the stripped down sound.

@tladiett1969 3 ай бұрын

Im 55 and NEVER heard of this guy..you live and you learn!

@marcuswilliams6840 6 ай бұрын

All you unknown artist out there who have wrote songs that have become iconic hits for more popular artists, I salute you. Without your contribution, there are a lot beautiful songs we wouldn't have.

@Drunkenmallsanta 5 ай бұрын

Fleetwood Mac made “black magic woman” not Santana

@marcuswilliams6840 4 ай бұрын

@@Drunkenmallsanta Didn't know that!!!🤔

@rogerblewett5595 3 ай бұрын

Real Spill 💯

@franz909 2 ай бұрын

After he walked away from Quincy the bootybandit . there was no way the masons were going to promote the more talented song writer Shugie , it was easier to copy the song and push Shugie to the side , but hopefully he got his royalties

@afisanaa 2 ай бұрын

But Santana elevated it to the great classic hit that it is.

@M.C.Blackwell 8 ай бұрын

I was wstching, "Our flag means death," and this song played over a scene, and I had to look up who was singing this version, I've never heard it before. Shuggie is great!

@jonathandorr2234 6 ай бұрын

I’ve known, about Shuggie, since I was 19, and I’m 68 , now. No one compares with ‘Him’. 🇲🇱

@tal6624 4 ай бұрын

He is Him.

@83wasagoodyear 3 ай бұрын

🧢

@atlantisfunktions 3 ай бұрын

Jah!

@daendiznigh 3 ай бұрын

Is he Latino?

@abrahamjackson6019 Ай бұрын

@@daendiznighHe's Black

@TracyAllenVideos 4 ай бұрын

You live and you learn! I never heard of this man! I remember when The Brothers Johnson came out with this song and I fell in love with it! But I didn’t know someone else had written/sang it first🤷🏽‍♀️ And all of these years I thought it said “Hello my love… I (heard a kiss) from you“ 😆 I think it’s pretty cool when you hear someone else sing a song and understand lyrics that you got wrong all those years🤣💐

@natethan2204 2 ай бұрын

When I saw "Otis" in his name, I just knew this would be golden.

@beautifullybliss 2 ай бұрын

❤

@intisarsabree3947 Ай бұрын

😂❤

@mstyles2667 2 жыл бұрын

Shuggie is criminally underrated. This song is amazing and SO ahead of its time, unreal.

@paullevine1813 2 жыл бұрын

M, WE Blues lover know Shuggie was never underrated as a player & performer just like his famous dad.

@Jgeneraledger23 Жыл бұрын

Its definitely not "sexy" like the B.J.'s version is, but Thank God it exists!

@grahamsmith6210 Жыл бұрын

He was also only 17 when this came out

@mstyles2667 Жыл бұрын

@@grahamsmith6210 I know, its amazing. This was a letter to his high school girlfriend, responding to her letter which he is referring to as Strawberry Letter 22 in the song. His response, this song, is Strawberry Letter 23 😇

@josephkmartinjr6778 Жыл бұрын

Brothers Johnson... 🕊️

@harter517 4 жыл бұрын

Shuggie’s father was Johnny Otis, a pioneer and legend in the R&B music genre.

@user-br1os8nh7e 13 күн бұрын

Nice🙏🏿👊🏿🙏🏿 Praying That He Received Royalties

@Nanbebe7 12 күн бұрын

I was today years old when I found out about this version always enjoyed the brilliant lyrics ❤

@christineholter2195 2 жыл бұрын

Shuggie's original Strawberry Letter 23 makes the hair on my arms stand on end! 🔥❤️

@jasongist3791 2 жыл бұрын

Perfection in a song. This art is so perfect that it demands your attention. Plain and simple a perfect love song.

@michaelcap9550 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a song Hendrix might do.

@Smokinnnn 5 ай бұрын

Every fk'n time bro ✌🏽

@digidrum2003 3 ай бұрын

Made his hair stand up too!

@brianrupp9988 Жыл бұрын

The guitar duo and bells towards the last third of the song sound like the soundtrack to the journey to heaven.

@gabrielababel5096 8 ай бұрын

that is why i would love to play that piece at my funeral, truly love that song ❤

@darincampbell171 2 жыл бұрын

I think that The Brothers Johnson really did justice to this song! Their version is what made it a hit! I had never heard of this guy before. I thank him for writing a classic song! Peace.

@abemohsin8629 3 жыл бұрын

The bridge / outro of this song actually induces an out of body experience for me. Mind blowing.

@marcfedak Ай бұрын

I'm surprised at how closely the Brothers Johnson followed Shuggie Otis on their rendition of his song. I love both versions.

@VelhaGuardaTricolor 3 жыл бұрын

How the F**k I spent my whole life without ever hearing this man's name? The more I find out, the more perplex I am with the Radios, Media in general and all others for not treating this guy like they do Clapton, Hendrix, etc... This dude is the one. Thank God I found him by accident!

@avianceslots4446 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@yama5182 3 жыл бұрын

It’s unbelievable isn’t??? 🤦🏾‍♀️😡

@1computernew 3 жыл бұрын

I think maybe his record label did a poor job of promoting him. I always thought the Brothers Johnson were the first to record this song. I found out today by looking at a Facebook post that I was wrong.

@samstyme4125 2 жыл бұрын

I second that..

@njper123 2 жыл бұрын

Word. I came across dude when jay z mentioned him in an interview.

@trarroyo 3 жыл бұрын

The Brothers Johnson version is magnificent. Shuggie’s is transcendent.

@jaye501 Жыл бұрын

shuggie was a friend of mine back in the day... i must have heard a hundred different versions of this song... he was always playing around with it.... btw he played every instrument on this album... shuggie was a genius that just wouldn't let the record companies dictate to him...

@seanoneil277 Жыл бұрын

I've heard the Bros Johnson version so many times over my lifetime, I remember when it was new/current on the radio. Much later I learned it was a Shuggie Otis song. Today I listen to it and think, Shuggie must have been born with music in his mind and heart. Musically it's a complex song and to put it together at 18, amazing really. I had HS friends who were good musicians but they weren't composing anything like this, not by many many miles. The Bros Johnson song is a great version, a great tribute that they make their own in small ways. A little better production, more range between the lows & highs and more prominent lows. It shows what a great song Shuggie Otis wrote at such a young age.

@jaye501 Жыл бұрын

@@seanoneil277 as i said i must have heard a hundred versions of this song as shuggie played around with it... But despite my loyalty to shuggie... I must admit that the brothers johnson version is by far the best version of it... The funk transformed it...

@Jay-gr9ij 11 ай бұрын

Totally agree

@Jay-gr9ij 11 ай бұрын

@jaye501 absolutely wonderful

@TheJustind97 4 ай бұрын

Bday tomorrow I’ll be 27 I learned something new today😮

@user-vm7zu8mv9y 3 ай бұрын

Me to my nigga

@bluebird3042 3 ай бұрын

I hope you had a really Happy Birthday 🎂 make the most of every day.

@yvette7676 3 ай бұрын

That is a beautiful age 🎉

@ronbo11 3 жыл бұрын

I loved catching Shuggie live in Oak Cliff, Texas a few years back. He still had that mojo working and had a great band backing him. Legend!

@bo2720 3 жыл бұрын

Otis is one of the most underrated musicians of all time. Its criminal

@nohatersallowd5709 3 жыл бұрын

Yo my name is Otis & I've never heard of this dude. So who did it 1st, him or the brothers Johnson?

@Meshagurl28 3 жыл бұрын

@@nohatersallowd5709 Shuggie did it first

@elysehfm8797 Жыл бұрын

@@nohatersallowd5709, Shuggie wrote it too.

@mstyles2667 Жыл бұрын

I agree but sadly his addictions derailed his career....

@eartherskit Жыл бұрын

Buggar :(

@deltonhutchins337 12 күн бұрын

Thanks Shuggie for a masterpiece of a song.❤

@jasonito23 2 ай бұрын

Just listened to this reading the lyrics. This man was higher than a kite when he wrote this.

@aj3974 2 жыл бұрын

I just learned that the Brothers Johnson version was a remake ( literally only a few minutes ago after watching a reaction video) not only was I shocked to learn that after YEARS of absolutely loving the song but I was also shocked by this version...the original. That breakdown actually brought tears to my eyes! Just incredible.

@YouTube-tied 2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I bought The Brothers Johnson album when it came out in 76 or 77 but I was only 11 or 12 and didnt check writing credits.

@AJ-on-youtube 2 жыл бұрын

I just found out about this version after checking to see if "Ms. Jackson" was using part of the Brothers Johnson song, only to discover that Outkast sampled THIS one, which the Brothers Johnson covered.

@EternalPhoenix33 2 жыл бұрын

You should hear the Cee Lo Green version when he plays Shuggi the Panda from the new Disney+ original “Proud Family: Louder & Prouder 🤩🤩🤩🥰🥳😍

@Tusskie 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up on the brothers Johnson version. Didn't know it wasn't the original lol

@iamjmunroe8102 2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@kateshaw1581 4 ай бұрын

Why am I 48 and just finding g out about this master of music?❤

@ah7910 3 ай бұрын

We are always students, at least the brightest people are 😁 however much we grow in years, if the heart is curious, we have so many new things to discover around the corner

@Gatorsfan601 3 ай бұрын

I’m 49 and I’m today’s years old in knowing this.

@maha77 2 жыл бұрын

*_'A present, from you - Strawberry letter 22'_* one of the most beautiful poetic lines ever. I love how the title of the song is inferred from this line, but never used in the song

@ryanmccolloch4734 2 жыл бұрын

This song is his response to that present, truly poetic

@davidkemery129 Жыл бұрын

I love how that just randomly pops into my head from time to time

@SmarterEgt 9 ай бұрын

Fully Agree.Only it's used in Both S L 22 tracks!

@Tony2Times-jn1jq 3 ай бұрын

What does strawberry letter 22 mean?

@timscott84 2 ай бұрын

22 straberry scented letters (assumed to be with the womans perfume), 23 is the reply from him back - continuing the title even without the perfume.

@1stthink236 4 ай бұрын

Prince before Prince.....Classic!!!

@zyxvwu 3 ай бұрын

😅❤ True

@mrluvit8232 3 ай бұрын

🤔 interesting...good to know about

@83wasagoodyear 3 ай бұрын

Hell no

@shareebrown4362 3 ай бұрын

@1stthink236 Same thing I thought 😊

@thedillestweed2644 2 ай бұрын

prince sucks ass

@christophercasarez5687 8 жыл бұрын

I'm high on Shuggie Otis. especially the bridge outro. mind blown

@josephnix2912 Ай бұрын

A timeless classic..And probably the coolest name in music!

@porflepopnecker4376 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't think that ethereal guitar part near the end would be as good in this version, but WOW. This version KILLS it.

@michaelbenson9518 Жыл бұрын

Full circle of an amazing song. First heard the Bros. Johnson in 1977 when I was ten and loved it so. Now, at 55 I learn about the creator of this song and , wow, Shuggie!

@thelastofthebrohicans 3 жыл бұрын

The last 20 seconds is what joy sounds like🔥

@louminisalouminios9559 9 ай бұрын

that's the part i wish i could edit out haha

@jkmsaturn 3 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest songs of the modern music era. Shuggie is so boss. The song really took flight when Quincy Jones & The Brothers Johnson reimagined the structure of the hit & turned a great song into gold.

@royaldigitalmedia 3 жыл бұрын

I heard Jay Z mention him in an interview. This is a lovely tune. Perfect.

@OfficialAfricanToto 3 жыл бұрын

Thats why im here

@porquefresco585 3 жыл бұрын

That’s what brought me here too!

@inganqwaba4338 2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@ATCDukes 2 жыл бұрын

Likewise

@njper123 2 жыл бұрын

Yooooo!! I watched the same interview hahaha Jay’s hair look electrocuted in that interview lol

@nyangel515 4 ай бұрын

He must have been high AF to write lyrics this beautiful.

@youngw1ze 3 ай бұрын

Everyone was on acid in those days....

@Calikaye 3 ай бұрын

Right

@vangelina09 3 ай бұрын

Hehe… yeah a trippy fever dream

@natethan2204 2 ай бұрын

Just the lyrics? No. The whole song.

@tonylamosa3 7 жыл бұрын

US Guitar Player elected this solo one of the 100 best guitar solos in history

@LaJoBa1 4 жыл бұрын

Wow!!

@1_Papa 3 жыл бұрын

I tend to agree. Even the Brothers Johnson's version (which had jazz artist Lee Ritenour playing that famous coda) isn't as amazing as this original version. Good call by U.S. Guitar Player! 🎸! 🐰

@deacontheseer4804 3 жыл бұрын

I definitely agree

@aj3974 2 жыл бұрын

I can see why

@LALakersNornIron 2 жыл бұрын

It's mesmerising isn't it??

@Mastermix1983 8 жыл бұрын

An I thought it was originally by The Brothers Johnson. I Love this one too.

@bman99ss 7 жыл бұрын

I didn't learn until today that The Brothers Johnson didn't originally do this song . . .

@tomwilson8607 5 жыл бұрын

wrong dick head,, shuggie wrote it ,,

@d.c.8828 4 жыл бұрын

@@tomwilson8607 Calm down there, big fella.

@lwmson 4 жыл бұрын

It was the other way around.

@richmod 4 жыл бұрын

@@tomwilson8607 why so rude and insulting?

@Ayushgoct 9 ай бұрын

This song was also played on Sex Education. The main character is named Otis too :)

@TonyVazquez8265 9 ай бұрын

WOW! How on Earth have I never heard THIS Original version?! I'm 58yo and I grew up with the Brothers Johnson's version which I love. But THIS is so beautiful! Well, I now have learned the origin of this song! 🤘🤩👍

@alexhiguera8753 4 жыл бұрын

And remember boys and girls: Shuggie was the one person who said NO to playing with the rolling stones.

@neckbone4941 4 жыл бұрын

Fuck man. Thw Stones would've went to a whole nother eclipse had he joined forces. Wow.

@naturalista74 4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@scatrrr 4 жыл бұрын

alex higuera The Stones, who were beginning to suck at that point, wouldn’t have wanted to be upstaged. Their choice of Ron Wood, who blended lifelessly into their woodwork, confirms that.

@rayjr62 4 жыл бұрын

And remember, that on the Brothers Johnson version of this song, that arpeggio laden solo (with a capo placed at fret #2) was played by Lee Ritenour.

@alphaelkdmt3525 4 жыл бұрын

Really?

@jumpropemf 2 ай бұрын

I’m sitting in Panera Bread right now and this came on the speakers. I’ve known about the Brothers Johnson version for years but I never heard this one. I looked it up and discovered this is the original. My mind has been blown. Great song.

@LALakersNornIron 2 жыл бұрын

Sitting relaxing, drink in hand, close your eyes, play this. Takes you on a journey. Amazing song. Amazing guitar sequence at the end.

@abrahamjackson6019 Ай бұрын

Well said ...

@estheruribe227 3 жыл бұрын

Those 103 people who disliked this video do not know what they are talking about. So good!!!

@sadiethreat 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t stop hitting repeat.

@dnate697 2 жыл бұрын

I first heard of him in 1981 in Germany! Love the Phase Shifter in this recording:)

@KillianStrange 9 ай бұрын

Otis and Maeve

@underratedchips8137 9 ай бұрын

Fr im sad that theres no happy ending for otis and maeve

@underratedchips8137 9 ай бұрын

Tuis song just reminds me of them and depresses me

@KillianStrange 9 ай бұрын

@@underratedchips8137 i know :(

@siddharthdilli 9 ай бұрын

🎉❤

@hermanphillips144 3 жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, he played all the instruments on this album as well. Amazing.

@DIEFDEXTER 5 ай бұрын

We need to start a campaign to get Shuggie to do a boutique tour of North America and please come to San Francisco

@mstyles2667 3 ай бұрын

I AM HERE FOR THIS

@misakiyoshida 2 жыл бұрын

Best version. The intro is worth its weight in gold alone

@stevescontriano860 10 ай бұрын

Wow. Amazing. He’s the most famous musician you’ve never heard of. That just great

@VictorPM1550 Жыл бұрын

The flanging sound effect! Almost 60 years old and it still gets me everytime. Even the slightest sound-a-likes, in any music. But when it's as long as this... 2:45 - 3:30 ... I completely drown and wish it never stops! 🙂

@edwardryce2618 7 ай бұрын

Lee ritenour did the solos and took it to a different level

@iamsagarbal11 9 ай бұрын

Landed up on here after hearing this song from the series called Sex Education. This song ran in a scene of both Otis and Meave laying down on a bed. ❤

@rubenperez3882 4 жыл бұрын

Truly a great song! Even more impressive that he wrote it when he was 18.

@showmethem5ney 4 ай бұрын

Intro sounds like an acid trip 🤤

@TheHolyGoldyOG 7 ай бұрын

🎂Happy Birthday SHUGGIE OTIS! *November 30* Strawberry Letter 23 is an extremely Important work of art in the Universe. Thank You for Your Magical Musical Gifts. 🏆

@MzMarrow 13 күн бұрын

Just discovered this hidden gem today.

@kendrajackson7271 3 жыл бұрын

Growing up in the 70s! This was my jam.

@dantean 3 жыл бұрын

Probably the more famous cover by the Brothers Johnson, though, right?

@kendrajackson7271 3 жыл бұрын

@@dantean of course.

@RJPaul-px6vt 4 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I have ever heard this song and I am in a very glorious and beautiful state of complete shock. What a moment! Right, reload......

@estheruribe227 3 жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you mean!

@patrickmccarthy5462 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@isadore1969 3 жыл бұрын

I had know idea

@beatricelombard1554 Жыл бұрын

Shuggie should have been a superstar -- his "Inspiration Information" album (which includes this song) is a brilliant, intelligent musical masterpiece!

@SmarterEgt 9 ай бұрын

Indeed only most brilliant creative talented artistic musicians etc.have timelessly arrived regardless!

@_sinxseer 3 ай бұрын

its on freedom flight album actually

@gbrown4x4 12 күн бұрын

This brings me back tp my Sr yr of high school. Just graduated and the Brothers Johnson had just come out. May '76 They came to my hometown Lake Charles, La that summer and then i went to college at GSU and they came there for homecoming !!!!!! If anybody reading this was there and remember they lost power for a min midway through a song.......then power was restored. But wish i'd heard this dude back then......Makes me feel like im 18 again just listening to this....LOLOL

@Marquan1988 3 ай бұрын

Thank you random KZfaq recommendations. I too did not know this was the original. Masterpiece

@adrianabvitucci5856 4 жыл бұрын

Hello my love, I heard a kiss from you Red magic satin playing near, too All through the morning rain I gaze, the sun doesn't shine Rainbows and waterfalls run through my mind In the garden, I see West purple shower bells and tea Orange birds and river cousins Dressed in green Pretty music, I hear So happy and loud Blue flowers echo From a cherry cloud Feel sunshine sparkle pink and blue Playgrounds will laugh If you try to ask "Is it cool?" If you arrive and don't see me I'm going to be with my baby I am free, flying in her arms Over the sea Stained window, yellow candy screen See speakers of kite With velvet roses diggin' Freedom flight A present from you Strawberry letter 22 The music plays I sit in for a few Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh A present from you Strawberry letter 22 The music plays I sit in for a few Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

@RJPaul-px6vt 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude

@forevershampoo 4 жыл бұрын

Good prose

@kdm1074 2 жыл бұрын

Man can you break down the meaning of this poetic fusion? These lyrics are unlike any I've ever seen.

@reesetorwad8346 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shite why isn't this pinned? Gj ABV

@zoejackson1604 Жыл бұрын

Those lyrics make this an all-time great song... and to think, I had always assumed the Brothers Johnson were the originator. Silly rabbit!

@sparkybonehead 5 жыл бұрын

...progressive soul music.

@lenr7137 4 жыл бұрын

Yep. The outro sounds like a mix of Roundabout by Yes and Return of the Giant Hogweed by Genesis.

@brazilchem 3 жыл бұрын

That was my exact thought

@DLaveaux Жыл бұрын

Yes 🔥❤️

@dhananjaydayanandan982 3 жыл бұрын

Having born in 1988, i am so glad that i found this beautiful music on KZfaq. Thank to the movie jackie brown. Both this original one and the brothers johnson version are beautiful. Loads of love to the never ending beauty of timeless music ❤️ Cheers :)

@GiannoKlein9 9 ай бұрын

Heard this song on Sex education Season 4 and it sounded way too familiar. Then I realized metro booming sampled it for the song “No hearts, No love” with Big Sean. Absolute banger. Spend all night looking for the “sampled” song🤣🤣🤣

@ProbablyNotLuv 9 ай бұрын

i just searched "hello my love" and here i am 😂😂

@curtishawkins8052 2 жыл бұрын

This is really good, from a man I have never heard of. I need to hear more from this guy.

@daisywrabbit Жыл бұрын

I really dig his song Sweet Thang. I just discovered him too.

@mabelmabel2954 2 жыл бұрын

Its his voice..every time it goes up or down it makes my heart flutter

@stevescontriano860 10 ай бұрын

Maybe you should get a dog

@omaramer846 2 ай бұрын

I’m 56 & this is the first time I ever heard the original version. Of course I love the Brothers Johnson version more but this is nice !

@josephgray8722 2 ай бұрын

This song is a perfect example that you're never too old to learn something!

@stormbringercoming8105 2 жыл бұрын

He was Prince before Prince was Prince!

@AutomatikSystematik 3 жыл бұрын

Wow what an amazing song writer he is! This song is like something I would hear in a dream.

@ESCjukebox 9 ай бұрын

I AM HERE FROM OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

@DavidMartinez-ec8yq 2 ай бұрын

Legendary scene

@MadMaxBS 3 жыл бұрын

seriously insane the way the solo just takes over and flies away, shuggie fuckin had it without a doubt

@SmarterEgt 9 ай бұрын

He more than likey knew the real score,from just playing around with it inside his studio.Only they had to clean it up with cut on it in production to make it a real for sure fire commercial hit.Bcs such an enigmatic track from some home pre- production studio on an original four track recorder was already pure dope.

@marquis911 8 ай бұрын

"Objection." 🏴‍☠️

@Cypeadelic1 10 ай бұрын

talk about stood the test of time. He recorded this at 18 years old in 1971. It is still to this day the hardest arpeggio to hit and hit right

@Cypeadelic1 6 ай бұрын

Amen! I got the arpeggio right one time and I’ve only seen three people that can hit it

@GizmoGary 11 ай бұрын

the last twoish minutes of this song is my second favourite piece of music of all time. i just get lost in that swirly guitar riff and all those phasing effects on the ahhhhhh vocals. so trippy and pleasant. they'll bump this at a grocery store and i'll just be on pause for 100 seconds while looking at an avocado

@forevertwentysix 10 ай бұрын

what`s your favorite piece?

@GizmoGary 10 ай бұрын

@@forevertwentysix Thank you for asking, it’s the first 16 seconds of Sweet Jane by The Velvet Underground. I love that trippy lil intro.

@erikaevelinherreradiaz2662 8 ай бұрын

OBJECTION

@aquafunk07 4 жыл бұрын

This song is deep and not because of what it says but because of the way the beat and the song in general makes me feel beautiful 💗

@dougsweldingfabrication953 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite songs of the time.... Now I get to hear it from the writer... amazing

@mentinementine310 8 ай бұрын

Edward Teach, babygirl, you will always be famoud for this 🤧

@glowwythecreator Жыл бұрын

2:21 Love that guitar solo❤🎸

@glowwythecreator Жыл бұрын

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@jeffreywaters9906 Жыл бұрын

I loved this song every since I heard it 1977 when I was 5,but never heard the original,or ever knew of it until now. This original is on fire. Much props to Shuggie Otis. He should've gotten all the credit for this gem.

@waltonbruchs852 10 ай бұрын

If the pink cherry gelato had a sound this would be it . . This guy was way ahead of his time

@peterg5383 2 ай бұрын

Now why would you take a song called Strawberry and go talking about cherry? That ain't right...

@nitrous36 4 жыл бұрын

This song encompasses so much more than love. Like hope for humanity.

@thebestcentaur 3 жыл бұрын

I was today years old when I learned that both versions of this song slap. I was introduced to the Brothers Johnson version at an early age, but wow, the original. Argue with yourself if you disagree, no time for that negativity

@rubyparchment5523 3 жыл бұрын

This song just does something to me.

@johnnytyler5685 3 жыл бұрын

LMFAO! Came here to write the exact same thing. Usually when a cover version is a much bigger hit than the original, it's because the cover is a masterpiece and the original is trash. DEFINITELY not the case here. I still think the Brothers Johnson version is better but this is still surprisingly great.