
The Commodores Live
The Commodores Live
5/30/2025 | 58m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Join the legendary band for hits like “Brick House,” “Three Times a Lady,” “Nightshift” and “Easy."
Join one of the greatest Motown and R&B/funk vocal groups of all in this 2024 concert featuring their biggest hits, including chart toppers “Nightshift,” “Lady (You Bring Me Up),” “Sail On,” “Easy,” “Too Hot Ta Trot,” “Three Times a Lady,” “Brick House” and more.
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The Commodores Live
The Commodores Live
5/30/2025 | 58m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Join one of the greatest Motown and R&B/funk vocal groups of all in this 2024 concert featuring their biggest hits, including chart toppers “Nightshift,” “Lady (You Bring Me Up),” “Sail On,” “Easy,” “Too Hot Ta Trot,” “Three Times a Lady,” “Brick House” and more.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome the Grammy Award-winning mighty, mighty Commodores.
WILLIAM: Woo!
Daryl!
♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Wild thing ♪ ♪ ♪ You wild thing ♪ ♪ ♪ Wild thing ♪ ♪ ♪ Wild thing ♪ JD: 100 minutes right there.
CODY: Here we go.
♪ Yeah ♪ How's everybody feeling?
♪ I feel sanctified ♪ Oh, no!
How is everybody feeling?
♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I feel sanctified ♪ All right.
Primm, check it out.
♪ I just left my baby's house ♪ ♪ Wild thing ♪ ♪ But I've got the strength that I need ♪ ♪ Wild thing ♪ ♪ Knowing that to be still a man ♪ ♪ Wild thing ♪ ♪ Is very hard to please ♪ ♪ Wild thing ♪ ♪ Yeah, I feel sanctified ♪ All right, I want somebody out there to say, yeah.
♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ I feel sanctified ♪ ♪ ♪ Sanctified, sanctified ♪ Come on.
♪ I feel sanctified ♪ ♪ Sanctified, sanctified ♪ ♪ See, I feel sanctified ♪ ♪ Sanctified, sanctified ♪ Oh, yeah.
♪ I feel sanctified ♪ ♪ Sanctified, sanctified ♪ ♪ Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Wild thing ♪ WILLIAM: You, girl, you.
♪ Wild thing ♪ Oh, my love, that's what you've done.
♪ Wild thing ♪ JD: Somebody, anybody, everybody scream right now.
CODY: Woo!
♪ Wild thing ♪ JD: Oh, yeah.
Come on.
♪ Wild thing ♪ WILLIAM: Oh, my lord.
You.
♪ Wild thing ♪ Come on, Jamie.
♪ Wild thing ♪ Woo!
♪ Wild thing ♪ ♪ ♪ Wild thing ♪ ♪ ♪ Wild thing ♪ ♪ Wild thing out there ♪ Woo!
♪ Ah, yeah ♪ CODY: Yes, thank you.
Wow.
JD: Thank you so much, everybody.
Right now, the Commodores would like to take you on a little trip.
We're gonna take you on a little excursion to Commodore country.
I want you to sit back and try to- try to remember, if you will.
Sure you can light those camera lights up if you want to.
Let me see those camera lights.
Come on, y'all.
Everybody, help me.
♪ ♪ I know it sounds funny ♪ ♪ But I just can't stand the pain ♪ Do you remember this one, y'all?
♪ Girl I'm leaving you tomorrow ♪ I love it.
I love it.
♪ Seems to me, girl ♪ ♪ You know I've done all I can ♪ ♪ All I can baby ♪ ♪ See I've begged, stole and I borrowed ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ I love it!
♪ Ooh, it's why I'm easy ♪ ♪ Everybody ♪ ♪ I'm easy like Sunday morning ♪ ♪ I'm gonna roll on, roll on, roll on ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm easy ♪ ♪ Easy like Sunday morning ♪ ♪ Wait a minute ♪ ♪ So why in the world ♪ ♪ Would anybody put chains on me ♪ I like that, I like that.
♪ ♪ I paid my dues to make it ♪ Listen, to me now.
♪ Everybody wants me to be what they want me to be ♪ ♪ See, girl, that I ♪ ♪ I'm not happy when I try to fake it ♪ ♪ No, ooh, I'm easy ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm easy like Sunday morning ♪ ♪ On and on and on and on and on ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm easy ♪ ♪ I wanna be easy ♪ ♪ I'm easy like Sunday morning ♪ Everybody sing with me right now, come on.
♪ I wanna be high ♪ ♪ So high ♪ ♪ I wanna be free to know the things ♪ ♪ I do are right, yeah ♪ ♪ I wanna be free baby ♪ ♪ Just me ♪ ♪ Oh baby ♪ Well, all right there, Primm, Nevada.
Come along with me right now.
He's gotta get this kid right here.
Ooh!
Talk to me somebody, talk to me.
♪ Uh-uh.
Yeah.
It's all right.
♪ He sounds so good, don't you think, right now?
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mr. Cody Orange on guitar right there.
I see you.
♪ Now this man right here, he got those holes, fake deep.
They ain't real deep, they're fake deep.
Ladies and gentlemen, the founding member of the Commodores, Mr. William King right here, show your love.
50 years already.
Come on.
♪ Oh!
I want to be high, so high ♪ Yes, sir.
♪ I want to be free to know the things I do are right ♪ ♪ Yeah, wanna be free baby ♪ ♪ Yeah, free, oh baby ♪ Primm, Nevada, you wanna know something out there?
Y'all wanna know something out there?
You came to the right house tonight, baby!
♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm easy, oh, I wanna be easy ♪ ♪ Easy like Sunday morning, babe ♪ ♪ Sunday morning, babe, Sunday morning, babe ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm easy, oh, I wanna be easy ♪ ♪ Easy like Sunday morning, babe ♪ ♪ Sha la la la la la la la la la la ♪ ♪ Easy like Sun-, easy like Sun- ♪ ♪ Easy like Sun-, easy like Sun- ♪ Come on now.
♪ Easy like ♪ ♪ Sunday morning on and on and on ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Easy like ♪ ♪ Sunday morning ♪ Everybody!
♪ Ooh!
♪ Right here, right here ♪ ♪ Is it all right out there?
♪ I said is it all right out there?
♪ I said is it all right out there?
♪ Commodores, is it all right up here?
CODY: Yes, sir.
It's all right.
JD: All right here, hold on, I got to hit this ball right quick.
♪ Hey, hey!
Yeah!
Thank you!
(cheering and applauding) WILLIAM: You know what?
Anybody who knows anything about the Commodores know that we came from a very small place, a small town where we went to college called Tuskegee, Alabama.
And while we were there, a young man came by and he said, "You know what?
"I think you guys ought to do a country and western song."
And that young man was Kenny Rogers.
And you know what?
We wrote a- we wrote a country and western song.
And that song sold over two million copies.
So we're gonna do that song for you tonight.
Ladies and gentlemen, just for you, "Sail On."
♪ Sail on down the line about ♪ ♪ A half a mile or so ♪ ♪ And I- I don't really want to know just ♪ ♪ Where you're going ♪ ♪ Maybe once or twice you said ♪ ♪ Time after time I tried not to ♪ ♪ To hold on to what we got ♪ ♪ But now you're going ♪ WILLIAM: Oh, yeah.
♪ And I don't mind about the things ♪ ♪ You're gonna say, Lord ♪ ♪ I gave all my money and my time ♪ ♪ I know it's a shame ♪ ♪ But I'm giving you back your name ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ I guess I'll be on my way ♪ Say what?
♪ And I won't be back to stay ♪ You need to step up.
♪ I guess I'll move along ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm looking for a ♪ ♪ Good time ♪ ♪ And everybody knows it, oh yeah ♪ CODY: Like he said, the Commodores come from a small town called Tuskegee, Alabama, but right here in Primm, Nevada, let me hear somebody say, "Yeah-ha!"
♪ ♪ Sail on down the line ♪ ♪ Funny how the times can go on ♪ ♪ My friends say they told me so ♪ ♪ But it- it doesn't matter ♪ ♪ 'Cause it was plain to see that ♪ ♪ A small town boy like me ♪ ♪ Just wasn't your cup of tea ♪ ♪ And I was wishful thinking ♪ WILLIAM: Oh, yeah!
♪ And baby, you know I gave you my heart ♪ ♪ And I tried to make you happy ♪ ♪ But you, but you gave me nothing in return ♪ ♪ You know it ain't so hard to say ♪ ♪ Would you please just go away?
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ I've thrown away my blues ♪ You did what?
♪ And I'm so tired of being used ♪ Not me!
♪ I want everyone to know ♪ ♪ That I'm looking for a good time ♪ ♪ Looking for a good time ♪ ♪ A good time ♪ ♪ Looking for a good time ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ CODY: All right, PBS, it's your turn.
Sing along!
♪ Sail on ♪ JD: Everybody.
♪ Honey ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Good times never felt so good ♪ You sing.
♪ Sail on ♪ CODY: Somebody say sugar.
♪ Sugar ♪ ♪ And you sound so good ♪ ♪ Good times, never felt so good ♪ ♪ Sail, sail on, yeah ♪ ♪ Ladies and gentlemen, show your love one more time Mr. Colin Orange on guitar.
♪ Sail on honey ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ Good times never felt so good ♪ It's your turn.
♪ Sail on ♪ Somebody say sugar.
♪ Sugar ♪ Oh, yeah.
♪ Good times never felt so good ♪ ♪ Sail on, honey ♪ Here we go.
♪ Oh, Lord ♪ ♪ This has never felt ♪ (cheering and applauding) ♪ This has never felt ♪ ♪ ♪ This has never felt ♪ (crowd noises) ♪ This has never felt ♪ ♪ This has never felt ♪ Woo!
(cheering) ♪ This has never felt ♪ (crowd noises) ♪ So ♪ ♪ Good ♪ Oh yeah.
Sail on.
Sail on.
Sail on.
Sail on.
Everybody, sail on!
Here we go.
♪ JD: We had a special request.
It was brought to us right before the show, so we have to honor this request.
Are you with us?
(cheering) All right.
(cheering) ♪ ♪ I want you to want me ♪ ♪ I'm going crazy ♪ ♪ Knowing he will be your lover tonight ♪ ♪ And when he comes, I'll let you go ♪ ♪ I'll just pretend as you walk out of the door ♪ ♪ Oh no, I can't think ♪ ♪ Oh no, I'm going crazy with love ♪ ♪ Over you ♪ ♪ My baby ♪ ♪ My love ♪ ♪ See girl, I need you ♪ ♪ To need me ♪ ♪ I wanna hold you but you're holding ♪ ♪ Someone else in your arms ♪ ♪ When I close my eyes ♪ ♪ I see your face ♪ ♪ I'm just not sure how much my heart can erase ♪ ♪ Oh, oh no ♪ ♪ I can't sleep ♪ ♪ I can't sleep ♪ ♪ Oh, no ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm going crazy with love ♪ ♪ All over you ♪ ♪ You ♪ ♪ You ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh no ♪ ♪ I can't think anymore baby ♪ ♪ Oh, no, I can't sleep anymore, baby.
♪ Oh, no, 'cause I'm going ♪ ♪ Crazy with love all over you ♪ ♪ Can't you see I'm over you ♪ ♪ I'm still dead over you ♪ ♪ Na-na-na-na baby ♪ ♪ Over you ♪ ♪ WILLIAM: Now these next songs, we have placed into a medley for you.
They're some of the first songs that we ever recorded.
And they're also some of the first songs we won awards for.
They were on the Motown label.
(cheering) ♪ And the name of the first song is... ♪ Just to be close to you, girl ♪ JD: Thank you, everybody.
♪ Just for one moment, yeah ♪ ♪ Just for one hour, yeah ♪ ♪ Just to be close to you, girl ♪ ♪ Just to be close to you ♪ ♪ Oh, really, baby ♪ ♪ You see, girl, what I'm trying to say ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ And we'll live our lives together, yeah ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ Girl, we'll be alone, you and me ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ And we'll spend our lives together, girl ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I just wanna spend my life with you ♪ ♪ Just to be close to you ♪ ♪ Girl, just to be close to you ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, baby ♪ ♪ You see, girl, what I'm trying to say to you ♪ ♪ I've been out there searching ♪ ♪ For so very long, baby ♪ ♪ All you see out there, searching to find ♪ ♪ Somebody just like you ♪ ♪ You, you, you ♪ ♪ And for some folks out there ♪ ♪ It takes a lifetime sugar, yeah ♪ ♪ To find in this world ♪ ♪ To find in this world a dream ♪ ♪ A dream come true ♪ ♪ Why don't you take my hand ♪ ♪ And we'll live our lives together ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ Girl, we'll be alone, you and me ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ And we'll spend our lives together, girl ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I just wanna spend my life ♪ ♪ Just to be close to you ♪ ♪ Girl, just to be close ♪ ♪ I wanna be close to you ♪ ♪ Yeah, you know what ♪ ♪ You see girl ♪ ♪ I've been searching all my life, all my life ♪ ♪ You know what ♪ ♪ And I think I found you ♪ ♪ Stop begging ♪ ♪ No, no, there she is ♪ ♪ Stop begging ♪ ♪ Might be over here ♪ JD: Excuse me.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
WILLIAM: What?
What?
Over here.
JD: She came here with him.
WILLIAM: No, let me look.
JD: She got a man.
WILLIAM: Move out the way.
JD: Stop begging.
WILLIAM: There she is.
JD: Stop begging.
WILLIAM: There she is.
CODY: Hey, y'all, how you doing?
JD: Stop begging.
WILLIAM: Yeah.
JD: Hey, girl, wave hi.
♪ 'Cause she might be over here ♪ WILLIAM: Oh, my.
There she is.
Come on, sing.
Sing.
Sing.
Sing.
♪ Because I've been out there searching, babe ♪ JD: I see you.
♪ Searching everywhere ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ I've been out there searching, babe ♪ ♪ Searching everywhere ♪ ♪ Looking everywhere ♪ ♪ I've been out there searching babe ♪ ♪ Looking everywhere ♪ ♪ I've been out there searching babe ♪ ♪ You know what, wait a minute ♪ ♪ I've been out there searching babe ♪ ♪ Well ♪ ♪ I still don't have such a name ♪ JD: Come on now.
♪ I want to be close to you ♪ ♪ I want to be so close to you ♪ What's wrong with you?
What's wrong with you?
This man right here, I got to tell you, This man right here got the biggest feet in show business right there.
Look at him.
Look at him.
MAN: Always up underneath mine.
JD: Hold it.
Hold it.
Listen.
♪ ♪ I may be just a foolish dreamer ♪ ♪ Oh, but I don't care ♪ ♪ 'Cause I know my ♪ ♪ Happiness is waiting out there ♪ ♪ Somewhere ♪ ♪ Searching for that silver lining ♪ ♪ Horizons that I've never seen ♪ ♪ Oh, I'd like to close my eyes for just a moment ♪ ♪ And dream my dream ♪ ♪ Oh, dream my dream ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Zoom, I'd like to fly far away from here ♪ ♪ Far, far, far, high, high, high ♪ ♪ And be fresh and clear ♪ ♪ And I know, yes I know who I wanna be ♪ ♪ You have, me, look at me ♪ ♪ Zoom, zoom, pick me, we're here ♪ ♪ Oh, don't you want to go ♪ ♪ Don't you want to go ♪ ♪ Don't you want to go somewhere ♪ ♪ It's our job to get it busy now ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Show me a river that's so deep ♪ ♪ You got that one ♪ ♪ Show me a mountain so high ♪ ♪ I'll show you love that'll last forever ♪ ♪ Flying high, so high ♪ ♪ Ah, show me a place where dreams are for dreamers ♪ ♪ And all the things you wish come true ♪ CODY: You know what JD.
JD: What's that?
♪ I wish the world had all happy, happy people ♪ JD: Yes, sir.
♪ And there'd be no more wishing to do ♪ CODY: Everybody now.
Please put your hands up just like this, with the Commodores.
♪ Sweet love ♪ Oh yeah.
♪ ♪ Oh ♪ JD: Everybody!
♪ Sweet love ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ Wave that hand girl, ♪ Oh ♪ you got it.
Right there.
Come on!
Wait a minute now.
♪ ♪ (cheering) ♪ CODY: Somebody snap your fingers just like this.
Oh, yeah.
♪ ♪ I ♪ ♪ I ♪ Somebody out there say I.
♪ I ♪ ♪ I know you're searching ♪ I know all of you out there looking back up here, I know all of you out there are searching.
What are you searching for, huh?
♪ For just a little love ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ A little peace ♪ ♪ Love, peace, and understanding ♪ But you don't have to tell the Commodores this because you see, ♪ We know it's been hard ♪ ♪ I said I know it's been hard for you ♪ ♪ And you and you and you ♪ ♪ All of you out there trying to find your way ♪ But you got to keep on searching.
♪ Harder ♪ ♪ Harder ♪ ♪ Harder ♪ ♪ Harder ♪ ♪ Day by day ♪ Am I right?
WILLIAM: Oh yeah.
CODY: Ladies and gentlemen, how's everybody feeling so far?
(crowd cheers) All right.
You know what?
I'm feeling really good too.
How about you?
WILLIAM: I'm feeling great.
CODY: Should we have some fun in Primm tonight?
All right, I want everybody out there, if you're able to, follow these directions, okay?
Step one goes like this.
You ready?
♪ Stand up, stand up ♪ JD: Wait a minute.
CODY: There you go.
♪ Stand up ♪ WILLIAM: Let me see.
CODY: Hey, y'all.
JD: What y'all gonna do now?
CODY: I'm talking to you, too.
♪ Stand up ♪ JD: Stand up.
CODY: Maybe you should.
JD: What you doing down there?
CODY: You look good.
♪ Stand up ♪ All right, the next step goes just like this.
Now, put your right hand in the air.
JD: Something about there.
CODY: There you go.
All right, it looks good.
JD: Baby, you gotta shake my hand.
CODY: Hey, hey, at the same time, put your left hand in the air, both hands.
Reach for the sky.
JD: 74 years old, I can't be down there all night.
WILLIAM: You know what this is?
CODY: What is this?
WILLIAM: This is a stick up.
CODY: Oh, okay, wait a minute, Primm.
Put those hands up, reach towards the sky.
Let's have some fun.
Hey, band, here we go.
One, two, everybody now.
♪ Bounce, bounce, and bounce ♪ WILLIAM: Oh, let me see you.
JD: Bounce, baby.
CODY: We see you.
♪ Everybody now bounce, bounce ♪ Oh my goodness.
♪ And bounce ♪ WILLIAM: I love it.
CODY: Oh, woo!
♪ Everybody now bounce ♪ JD: Come on over here.
CODY: You gotta put your knees into it.
♪ And bounce ♪ There you go.
Oh my goodness.
JD: What's up, baby?
♪ You look so good ♪ ♪ Everybody now bounce, yeah ♪ ♪ Bounce ♪ ♪ Woo ♪ ♪ And bounce ♪ CODY: All right, guys, bring it all the way down.
All the way down.
♪ Everybody now bounce ♪ So now, oh, you can stop bouncing, by the way.
WILLIAM: Thank goodness.
CODY: Yeah, all right.
Now the fun begins right here.
Right now, we want you to take your eyes off of the Commodores.
We want you to turn around to somebody you don't know that you did not come to the show with.
We want you to give them a fist bump just like this.
♪ Ooh ♪ There you go.
WILLIAM: Somebody you don't know.
CODY: Introduce yourself to somebody you've never seen before I promise, this is the best place to do it.
Turn around and say, "Hi, my name is such and such.
"How you feeling out there?
How you doing?"
Oh, my goodness.
Everybody upstairs, we see you.
Turn around to someone else and ask them, "Hey, listen.
"Did you have a good day?
Are you ready for a new week, right?"
Monday will be here before you know it.
Oh, my goodness.
My friends upstairs.
Hey, y'all.
Hey!
Turn around to somebody else and ask them, "Hey, listen, maybe after the show we can, uh, let's have a drink."
JD: No, no, we can't.
CODY: We can't do that.
JD: We can't do it, baby.
CODY: All right, well, let's drop that count.
Hey, listen, listen, listen, listen.
Hey, guys, I don't know about you.
WILLIAM: What?
CODY: Watch this.
WILLIAM: All right.
CODY: Hey, band, bring it all the way down, okay?
Ha, ha, ha, listen.
I don't know about you, but I feel the love out there.
WILLIAM: Oh, I feel the love right here on my side.
CODY: JD, you feel it over there on your side?
WILLIAM: I feel all the love.
CODY: I feel it from here all the way to the front to the back.
Now I want to ask you something.
WILLIAM: What?
CODY: And be real, because we're friends now.
We want to know from everybody out there, listen, does it make you feel good?
WILLIAM: Oh, yeah.
CODY: Hold on.
♪ Does it make you feel good ♪ WILLIAM: Yeah.
CODY: Somebody, let me hear you say yeah.
♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Say yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Say heck yeah ♪ ♪ Hell yeah ♪ There it is.
There it is.
♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ Because I'm talking about love ♪ ♪ Love ♪ ♪ Sweet love ♪ ♪ Sweet love ♪ ♪ Love ♪ ♪ Is the only way ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ JD: Everybody wave your hand like this right now.
CODY: All right, it's your turn.
Sing the song!
Say hey!
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ JD: Go ahead, girl.
Go ahead, baby.
Right here, right here.
Sing it!
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ CODY: I want to talk about it.
I'm gonna sing about it.
I want to reach out and touch the world with it.
All over the world, all over the USA, all over, Primm, Nevada!
WILLIAM: Yeah!
Yeah!
CODY: Now, if it makes you feel good, somebody say "Yeah!"
WILLIAM: Yeah!
CODY: If it makes you feel good, somebody say "Oh, yeah!"
♪ You want to know why it makes you feel good?
JD: Why, baby?
CODY: You want to know why?
WILLIAM: Why?
CODY: Because I'm singing and talking about love.
WILLIAM: Love.
CODY: Sweet love to your end.
Oh, yeah.
Sweet love to everybody.
Sweet love and peace.
♪ WILLIAM: Whoo-hoo!
Yes!
CODY: Somebody make some noise out there.
WILLIAM: Whoo!
CODY: Hold on.
Somebody say, "Whoo!"
WILLIAM: Whoo!
CODY: Whoo!
WILLIAM: Whoo!
CODY: Whoo!
WILLIAM: Whoo!
Oh, yes!
♪ Yes!
JD: Thank you!
This song, we dedicate to all the ladies in the house, 'cause when we wrote it, we wrote it for all the ladies around the world.
So, tonight, we're gonna do a little bit of a... Two, two, two, two... ♪ ♪ Too hot to trot, say what ♪ ♪ Too hot to trot, say what ♪ ♪ Too hot to trot ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Well you're too hot to trot now baby ♪ ♪ Well you're too hot to stop ♪ ♪ Woo, well, well ♪ ♪ Well you're too hot to trot now baby ♪ ♪ Well you're too hot to stop ♪ ♪ Come on, listen ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ The things that you do, the things that you say ♪ ♪ Makes me love you, baby, in the strangest way ♪ ♪ In the strangest way ♪ ♪ Way, yeah.
♪ Everybody over here.
♪ Too hot to trot, baby.
♪ Hey ya'll ♪ ♪ Too hot to stop, baby ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Come on, let's have a good time ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, come on, come on ♪ ♪ Whoo ♪ ♪ ♪ Primm, Nevada, y'all ready to party?
♪ CODY: What are we gonna do?
♪ Everybody, let's party ♪ ♪ Everybody out there, let's party ♪ ♪ ♪ Too hot to trot ♪ ♪ Wait a minute ♪ ♪ Baby ♪ ♪ Too hot to stop ♪ ♪ Yeah, you know you wanna ♪ ♪ Too hot to trot ♪ ♪ I see you ♪ ♪ Baby ♪ ♪ Baby ♪ ♪ Too hot to stop ♪ ♪ Oh, what's it-- give it to me ♪ ♪ My party section ♪ ♪ Too hot to trot ♪ CODY: Oh, my goodness.
♪ Baby ♪ ♪ Too hot to stop ♪ ♪ Oh it's like this ♪ ♪ Right at you ♪ ♪ Too hot to trot ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Baby ♪ ♪ Too hot to stop ♪ All right, Primm.
Oh, you having fun yet?
♪ Too hot, are you sure ♪ ♪ Oh no ♪ ♪ ♪ Too hard to trot ♪ JD: There it is.
(cheering) JD: Stand up ladies and sing your song.
Yes, I am.
Come on.
Here we go.
Come on.
Come on.
♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Pretty lady ♪ ♪ You bring me up when I'm down ♪ Where my girls at?
Where my girls at?
♪ Baby ♪ I see you.
What y'all doing up there?
♪ You're gonna change ♪ Ladies night, baby.
♪ My life around ♪ ♪ Woo, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ You came to me when I was lonely ♪ ♪ And no one cared ♪ ♪ You made me see that I was only ♪ ♪ Just a-running scared ♪ ♪ I saw your face and something told me ♪ ♪ You were the one ♪ ♪ You were the one now ♪ ♪ You smiled at me and now I see ♪ ♪ My life's begun ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Ever since I saw your face ♪ ♪ I knew you were the one now ♪ ♪ Right on ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Pretty lady ♪ ♪ You bring me up when I'm down ♪ ♪ Up when I'm down ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ You're gonna change my life around ♪ ♪ Woo ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Pretty lady ♪ ♪ You brought me in from out the rain ♪ ♪ Out of the rain ♪ ♪ Baby ♪ ♪ Baby, baby ♪ ♪ My life will never be the same ♪ ♪ ♪ Once I was filled with desperation ♪ ♪ A solitary man ♪ ♪ But you gave me hope and inspiration ♪ ♪ Like only true love can ♪ ♪ Now I believe in what you're saying ♪ ♪ I'm ten feet tall ♪ ♪ This love don't need no explaining ♪ ♪ 'Cause we've got it all ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Pretty lady ♪ ♪ You bring me up when I'm down ♪ ♪ Up when I'm down ♪ ♪ See you ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ You're gonna change my life around ♪ Ladies, sing the song, "La La."
♪ La la la la la la ♪ Come on, girls.
You know the words.
♪ La la la la la la ♪ ♪ Just a little bit louder for me ♪ ♪ La la la la la la ♪ ♪ Just a little bit louder for me ♪ ♪ La la la la la la ♪ ♪ Everybody sing it ♪ See ya, girl.
♪ La la la la la la ♪ I hear you, baby.
I hear you.
♪ La la la la la la ♪ You got it, baby.
You got it.
All right.
Yes, sir.
♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Pretty lady ♪ ♪ You bring me up when I'm down ♪ ♪ Up when I'm down ♪ ♪ Baby ♪ ♪ Baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ You're gonna change my life around ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Pretty lady ♪ ♪ You brung me in from out the rain ♪ ♪ Out of the rain ♪ ♪ Baby ♪ ♪ Baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ My life will never be the same ♪ Ladies, I want you to sing it one more time.
La, la, la, la.
♪ La la la la la la ♪ ♪ La la la la la la ♪ Just a little bit louder for me, baby.
It's your turn.
♪ La la la la la la ♪ Sing the song, girl!
♪ La la la la la la ♪ CODY: Right here.
♪ La la la la la la ♪ (indistinct) ♪ La la la la la la ♪ Sing that song baby!
♪ La la la la la la ♪ ♪ Woo ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Pretty lady ♪ ♪ You bring me up when I'm down ♪ ♪ Up when I'm down ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ Baby ♪ ♪ Maybe, maybe ♪ ♪ You're gonna change my life around ♪ ♪ You look ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Pretty lady ♪ ♪ You brought me in from out the rain ♪ ♪ Out of the rain ♪ ♪ Baby ♪ ♪ Baby, baby ♪ ♪ My life will never be the same ♪ Everybody, let's dance.
♪ JD: Wait a minute.
♪ I know.
I know.
♪ ♪ Woo hoo ♪ Listen.
♪ CODY: Hey fellas, listen.
We love the ladies.
♪ Clap your hands ♪ We need the ladies.
♪ Clap your hands ♪ We can't live without them.
♪ Clap your hands ♪ We have to leave.
We need to leave.
♪ Say lady ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Say lady ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Say lady ♪ JD: Come on now.
CODY: Just a little bit louder.
♪ Everybody say lady ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Say lady ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Say lady ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Here we go, here we go.
Come on ♪ ♪ All right.
What's the name of the song?
Say what?
♪ Woo ♪ ♪ Lady ♪ ♪ Woo ♪ Thank you.
Good love.
♪ Oh, yeah ♪ Good love.
Thank you, my lady.
♪ The ladies scream ♪ Oh, yeah!
♪ Woo ♪ ♪ WILLIAM: Still!
(cheering and applause) ♪ Oh, my God.
You know what?
Just for a moment here, I want to take one minute.
Colin?
Cody?
Wherever you are come on out here quickly, quickly.
Now there's a lady over here wor- she was just worrying me to death and you know what you're right, they are twins.
But more importantly than that these are Commodore babies.
(cheering) They're the sons of Mr. Walter Clyde Orange the original singer of "Brick House."
Oh, yeah.
You know what?
I've been telling them all along that one day this is gonna be theirs.
I'll be gone.
I'm going home.
I don't mean gone where you talking about thinking about going.
(laughing) But you know what?
They keep pushing me and pushing me and trying to push me.
But as long as these feet can do this right here, and these hips can do this right here, (cheering) I'm going to be here another 75 years.
Lord have mercy.
(applauding) Okay, that's it.
Go on back, go on back, go on back.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, one of my favorite songs.
A gentleman is coming here now that's been with me for 41 years.
And- where is he?
Oh, there he is.
God Almighty.
Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to meet my friend, Mr. JD Nicholas.
♪ ♪ Thanks for the times ♪ ♪ That you've given me ♪ ♪ The memories are all in my mind ♪ ♪ And now that we've come ♪ ♪ To the end of our rainbow ♪ ♪ There's something that I must say out loud ♪ ♪ ♪ You're once ♪ ♪ Twice ♪ JD: Come on now.
♪ Three times a lady ♪ ♪ ♪ And I love you ♪ ♪ Yes, you're once ♪ ♪ Oh, you're twice ♪ ♪ Three times a lady ♪ ♪ And I love you ♪ ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ ♪ ♪ When we are together ♪ ♪ Oh the moments I cherish ♪ ♪ With every beat of my heart ♪ Mmm, I see you.
♪ To touch you ♪ ♪ To hold you ♪ ♪ I want to feel you ♪ ♪ To need you ♪ ♪ There's nothing to keep us apart ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ You're once ♪ ♪ Twice ♪ ♪ Three times a lady oh yes ♪ ♪ And I love you ♪ ♪ You, you, you, you, you ♪ ♪ Yes you are once ♪ ♪ Ah, you're twice ♪ ♪ Oh, ooh, three times a lady ♪ ♪ And I love you, you, you ♪ ♪ Oh, yes ♪ ♪ ♪ I love ♪ (cheering) ♪ You ♪ ♪ (cheering and applauding) Thank you.
You're so kind!
We love you back.
That's right.
What's up?
MAN: Hey baby.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Marvin, Marvin, Marvin ♪ ♪ He was a friend of mine ♪ ♪ And he can sing a song ♪ ♪ His heart in every line ♪ CODY: Somebody repeat after me.
♪ Say Marvin, Marvin, say Marvin ♪ ♪ Sang of the joy and pain ♪ ♪ He opened up our minds ♪ ♪ And I still can hear him sing ♪ What did he say?
He said, ♪ Talk to me so you can see ♪ ♪ What's going on ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Say you will sing your songs ♪ ♪ Forevermore, evermore, evermore ♪ ♪ It's gonna be some sweet sounds ♪ ♪ Coming down on the nightshift ♪ ♪ I bet you're singing proud ♪ ♪ I bet you'll pull a crowd ♪ ♪ Mm-hmm ♪ ♪ It's gonna be a long night ♪ ♪ It's gonna be all right ♪ ♪ On the nightshift ♪ ♪ Baby on the nightshift ♪ ♪ You found another home ♪ ♪ And I know you're not alone ♪ ♪ On the nightshift ♪ ♪ Baby yeah ♪ ♪ You found another home ♪ ♪ And I know you're not alone on the nightshift ♪ ♪ ♪ Jackie, Jackie, mmm ♪ ♪ Hey, what you doing now ♪ ♪ It seemed like yesterday ♪ ♪ When we were working out ♪ ♪ Oh I wanted to know that ♪ ♪ Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, oh ♪ ♪ You set the world on fire ♪ ♪ You came and gifted us ♪ ♪ Your love it lifted us ♪ ♪ Higher and higher ♪ ♪ Keep it up and baby, baby we'll be there ♪ ♪ At your side ♪ ♪ And oh say you will ♪ ♪ Say you're gonna sing your songs ♪ ♪ Forevermore, evermore, evermore ♪ ♪ Right there ♪ ♪ There's gonna be some sweet sounds coming down ♪ ♪ Nightshift ♪ ♪ Oh, on the nightshift ♪ ♪ I bet you're singing proud ♪ ♪ Oh, you're singing proud ♪ ♪ I bet you'll pull a crowd ♪ ♪ Yeah, I bet you'll pull a crowd ♪ ♪ All right ♪ ♪ It's gonna be all right ♪ JD: Ladies and gentlemen, when we wrote the song "Nightshift," we dedicated it to Mr. Marvin Gaye.
Come on, now.
Mr. Jackie Wilson.
Come on, everybody.
Mr. Luther Vandross.
We thought about Prince.
We thought about Michael Jackson.
We thought about Miss Whitney Houston.
We thought about the queen of soul, Miss Aretha Franklin.
And don't forget, please don't forget, the queen of rock, Miss Tina Turner.
Show your love, everybody.
Show your love up there.
♪ Night ♪ Hey, I know where they're right up there, y'all.
♪ Shift ♪ Yes sir, nightshift.
Hey, on the nightshift, that's all.
Well, all right, all right, all right.
Scotty, show me what you're working with, baby.
Come on now.
♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Ha, ha, uh ♪ ♪ That's right ♪ ♪ ♪ Wait a minute, uh, uh ♪ ♪ ♪ Uh, uh, yeah ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Ow, she's a brick house ♪ Sing it to me!
♪ Yeah, she's a- mighty, mighty ♪ ♪ Just lettin' it all hang out ♪ ♪ Now, she's a ♪ ♪ Brick house ♪ CODY: Ya'll come on down.
♪ Come on, with that lady stack ♪ ♪ That's a fact ♪ ♪ But it ain't holding nothing back ♪ ♪ Oh, she's a brick house, yeah ♪ ♪ Well, put it together, everybody knows ♪ ♪ This is how the story goes ♪ ♪ She knows she's got everything ♪ ♪ That a woman needs to get a man, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ How can she lose with what she used ♪ ♪ 36, 24, 36 ♪ ♪ What a winning hand ♪ ♪ 'Cause that girl's a brick ♪ ♪ Say what?
♪ House, right on, man ♪ ♪ Yeah, she's a- mighty, mighty ♪ ♪ Just a-lettin' it all hang out ♪ ♪ And now she's a brick ♪ ♪ Everybody over here say ♪ ♪ House, uh, uh ♪ ♪ But that lady stack ♪ ♪ But that's a fact ♪ ♪ And it ain't holdin' nothin' back ♪ ♪ Ow, she's a brick ♪ ♪ House, yeah ♪ ♪ I said she's the one, the only one ♪ ♪ Built like an Amazon ♪ ♪ Listen ♪ ♪ The clothes she wears ♪ ♪ And her sexy ways ♪ ♪ It makes an old man wish for younger days ♪ ♪ Well, she knows she's built ♪ ♪ And knows how to please ♪ ♪ Sure enough can knock a strong man to his knees ♪ ♪ Because that girl's a brick ♪ ♪ Everybody say what ♪ ♪ House ♪ ♪ Well, well ♪ ♪ Yeah she's a- mighty, mighty ♪ Just a-letting it all hang out ♪ ♪ And now she's a brick ♪ Say what?
♪ House ♪ ♪ But that lady stack, that's a fact ♪ ♪ And it ain't holding nothing back ♪ ♪ She's a brick house ♪ ♪ I said she's the one, the only one ♪ Primm, let's shake it down... ♪ Shake it down, shake it down, shake it down now ♪ ♪ Shake it down, shake it down, shake it down now ♪ ♪ Shake it down, shake it down, shake it down now ♪ ♪ Everybody out there now shake it ♪ ♪ Shake it down, shake it down, shake it down now ♪ ♪ Shake it down, shake it down, shake it down now ♪ ♪ Shake it down, shake it down, shake it down now ♪ Ow!
Primm, are you ready to partay?
JD: Yeah!
CODY: Are you ready to partay?
WILLIAM: Ooh yeah!
CODY: Then if you sure you're ready, everybody follow me.
♪ Put your hands up, put your hands up ♪ ♪ We want to see you put your hands up ♪ ♪ Put your hands up, put your hands up ♪ CODY: Somebody-- JD: I want to.
I want to.
CODY: Somebody say yeah.
♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Say yeah, he, he ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Try it one more time.
Somebody say yeah!
Say oh, yeah.
Now somebody, anybody, everybody scream!
♪ ♪ ♪ Listen, somebody out there say... Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.
JD: Go ahead.
Go ahead.
CODY: Louder.
Tyrone can't hear you.
You got to say, go ahead.
JD: Go ahead.
Come on.
Go ahead, go ahead.
CODY: Hey guys, from the top, here we go!
♪ Ow, she's a brick ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ House, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh my goodness ♪ ♪ Yeah, she's a- mighty, mighty ♪ ♪ Just a-lettin' it all hang out ♪ ♪ Now, she's a brick ♪ ♪ Say what ♪ ♪ House ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ But that lady stack ♪ ♪ That's a fact ♪ ♪ And it ain't holdin' nothing back ♪ ♪ Oh, she's a brick ♪ ♪ House ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ I said, she's the one, the only one ♪ ♪ Built like an Amazon ♪ ♪ She's the one, the only one ♪ ♪ Built like an Amazon ♪ ♪ She's the one, the only one ♪ ♪ Built like an Amazon ♪ ♪ She's the one, the only one ♪ ♪ Built like an Amazon ♪ Did you have a good time?
Did you have a good time?
Then if you're sure, somebody say ho!
♪ Wait a minute, ha, ha, somebody say ho!
♪ Oh no, I said somebody scream!
Somebody out there get loud and make some noise!
♪ Hey, band, give me five hits like this.
♪ God bless you.
Oh, my goodness.
Thank you so much!
Thank you!
Woo!
CODY: Come on.
♪ Ow, she's a brick ♪ Sing it to me.
♪ House ♪ ♪ Yeah, she's a- mighty, mighty ♪ ♪ Just a-lettin' it all hang out ♪ ♪ Now she's a brick ♪ ♪ Y'all come on down ♪ ♪ House, come on ♪ ♪ But that lady stack ♪ ♪ That's a fact ♪ ♪ And it ain't holdin' nothin' back ♪ ♪ Oh, she's a brick ♪ ♪ House, yeah ♪ ♪ Well, put it together, everybody knows ♪ ♪ This is how the story goes ♪ ♪ She knows she's got everything ♪ ♪ That a woman needs to get a man ♪
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Preview: 5/30/2025 | 30s | Join the legendary band for hits like “Brick House,” “Three Times a Lady,” “Nightshift” and “Easy." (30s)
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