Kool and the Gang Glastonbury

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Hello. Welcome to the stage for the climax, party time at the end of

our coverage of Glastonbury, 2011, here on BBC Four. Our final act

tonight have been making hits since the late 60s. They are from New

Jersey. They are, in many ways, the ultimate party band - Kool is not

the singer, he is the bass player. You should know this. Party time

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How you doing tonight? Are you ready to party with Kool and the

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Gang? Come on, get your hands like # You work hard the way I do

# You work the way I do # Steppin' out

# Steppin' out, with my baby # Baby

# Power Hbghbg come on

# Don't stop till you get enough # Come on

# Don't stop till you get enough How's everybody doing tonight? It's

so good to be here with you. Are you ready to have a good time? Let

me see if I can start it off like this. Wait a minute. All those

ladies let me hear you scream. I've got the perfect song for the ladies

tonight. Ladies, tell me can you identify with this right here? Wait

a minute. # Fresh as the summer

# Ohh # She means so much to me

# I'll do whatever # Is going out to all the ladies

out there tonight # French ladies let me hear you

scream # Going round

# People talking about her come to town

# One thing I can say Ooh, she's very nice

# She's a lady One I really want to know

# Somehow I've got to let my feeling show

# She's fresh, fresh exciting She's so exciting to me

# She's fresh, fresh, exciting She's so inviting to me, yeah

# I've been thinking about the way you walk

# Baby, I like the way you talk

# Tell you something I really can't hide

# Heaven must have sent you to be by my side

# Fresh and lovely like a dream come true

# I'll give anything to spend the night with you

# What a feeling and I can't stop it baby

# Miss frisky lady take me away

# She's fresh, fresh, exciting She's so exciting to me, yeah

# She's fresh, fresh, exciting So inviting to me, yeah

# She's fresh as a summer breeze She'll take you by surprise

# She means so much to me

# I'll do whatever to make her mine, baby, oh yeah

# Oh yeah, she's fresh She's fresh, she's so fresh

# Oh yeah, she's fresh She's fresh, she's so fresh

# Fresh as a summer breeze She means so much to me

# Yeah, I want to take her by the hand

# And pray she'll understand Cos I love the way she walks

# And ooh baby I love the way she talks

# I've got something and I hope she'll understand

# Miss frisky lady She's fresh

# She's so fresh, she's so fresh She's so fresh, she's so fresh

Lady

Lady How

Lady How you

Lady How you doing out there? Ha-ha-ha. This is the place to be,

right? Come on, everybody.

# Tonight's the night # That's right

# This is the night you see the light

# Tonight That's right

# This is the night This is the night

# Music playing # I looked around I could hardly

# There she was moving closer to me She told me her name

# Before I could speak # Took my hand and said these words

to me # This is the night

# You see the light # Tonight's the night

# This is the night # A beautiful girl

# So lovely tonight # Show me the way

# Show me the light # Music playing

# People swinging # The next thing I knew

# We started to grove # Dancing and dancing

# Moving so free # That feeling of love has come

over me # I held her close

# And knew we were right # I have finally seen tonight

# Come on # Move your hands in the air like

this # This is the night

# That's what she said to me # Tonight

# This is the night # You see the light

# Tonight, you finally see the light

# Oh, baby, tonight # Tonight you finally see the light

# Tonight, tonight # How you all doing out there

tonight? # Tonight you see the light

# You will see # You will see the light

# Rock'n'roll # Mergey

# Emergency # Do you like rock'n'roll?

# I can't hear you? Emergency

# Emergency # Emergency, emergency

# The reaction # Give it to me

# Emergency # Emergency

# Woman hear me # Feel my heart beat

# Keep this body from a dangerous overheat

# # It to me Hash hash cause I need your love

# I need love # I need you

# I need a cure, what should I do? # Give it to me, urgent

# # Need your love, emergency # If you like rock'n'roll put your

hands up? # You know, we're so glad to be

here tonight # Got me out of bed

# Heard you call my name # You want to take me too

# Tell me what's the price # Even though it's you

# My heart # My soul

# My love # Love real

# Misled # Ha-ha-ha misled

# Misled, baby # Misled

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# Here we go CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Have you been having a good time tonight so far? I know you can't

help it. This is our first, our first

Glastonbury Festival. It's true, it's true! It is.

So, if you... We want to sing a love song for you. You sound good.

Can we do this for the ladies? Here we go.

# Ohhh-ohh # I love you

# You know I need you # I want you

# Oh, baby # Oh, baby, yeah

This is going out to all the ladies. And if your name happens to be

Joanne that, this is for you # She's my girl

# Never let me down Specially at night

# So I'm gonna do the best I can

# To please that girl and be her only man

# SheShe picks me up when I'm feeling low

# And that's why Baby

# I've got to let you know

# Joanna I love you

# You're the one The one for me

# Ah Baby

# She's the kind of girl who makes you feel nice

# Search so far Search so long

# To find someone Someone to count on

# Now I feel I got it right here

# Found it in you Baby

# You my dear

# We can do all life so nice We'll have it all

# And ev'r ything will be all right I'm promising you

# Take it from me Take it on

# Baby Take it on

# Baby Oh

# She's the one The one for me

# She's the kind of girl who makes you feel nice

# So I try my best To do what's right

# Take her for a ride Ev'rything's fine

# Ooh Joanna Ooh Joanna

# Ooh Joanna Ooh Joanna

# Joanna I love you

# You're the one The one for me

# Joanna I love you

# Joanna Joanna

# Joanna I love you

# Baby Believe me when I say

CHEERING

CHEERING AND

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Sweet

Sweet Joanna

Sweet Joanna Hey,

Sweet Joanna Hey, wait

Sweet Joanna Hey, wait a minute, man. You know that all the ladies,

all the ladies are really Joannas. All the ladies are Joannas?

means a gift. It means a gift from God. All the ladies, that' so true,

all the ladies are a true gift from God. You know what? Can I get you

to help me out with your hands tonight, something like this. Come

on. How you doing in the back? I see you back there. I want you to

keep your hands together, show your Once again on the lead guitar, give

it up. Can you get your hands up in the air. Let me see it. Come on,

come on. Let me see them, come on.

Come on. Is the party going on out here tonight?

That's what I'm talking about. Check it out. Check it out. Check

it out. Somebody yeah, say yeah. # So, oh, yeah

# Oh, yeah # Say yeah

# Say oh, yeah # Oh, yeah

# Check it out # We took the vows of man and wife

# Can't imagine that this love is through

# Feelin' the pain Girl when you lose

# It's too hot, too hot, lady Gotta run for shelter

# Gotta run for shade

# It's too hot, too hot, lady

# We gotta cool this anger What a mess we made

# So long ago you were my love Oh my love

# Flyin' high We never took the time

# Flyin' high We never took the time

# To stop and feel the need

# Funny how those years go by Changing you, changing me

# I remember love's feverIn our hearts, girl and in our minds

# Feeling the pain

# Oh it's too hot, too hot, lady

# Gotta run for shelter Gotta run for shade

# It's too hot, too hot, lady

# Gotta cool this anger From this mess that we've made

# It's too hot, too hot, lady

# Gotta run for shelter Gotta run for shade

Put

Put your

Put your hands

# Gotta run for shelter # Oh I've gotta cool

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# We were once lovers It's too hot. Isn't it hot out

here? It's getting hotter. It's getting hot. Ladies and gentlemen

let's hear it for lead vocals. It sound like you're having a good

time out there. And, listen, we've been all over

the world, you know. For some reason, we've been all over the

world. Right Kool? Ladies and gentlemen would you say hello to

Kool right here on base. Glastonbury, good evening. Now are

you ready to party? Are you ready to get down? Are you ready?

# Are you ready Yeah

# Yo are you ready to get down tonight

# Are you ready to bogey? -- boogie?

Hit me one time. Hit me two times

Hit me three times Hey, I think they're ready to party.

I think we've some James Brown fans out there.

Oh, yeah, all right. We're going to get to that. Right now we're going

to do some Hollywood swinging. # Hey, hey, hey

# Hey, hey, hey # I went to the theater and I saw

# To sing my songs, sing my songs and become a bad piano playing man

# So here I am, here I am in this Hollywood city

# City of the stars, movies, women and cars

# Well I guess, I guess I have to stay, yeah

# Hey, hey, hey Oh what ya got to say?

# What ya got to say? Say hey, hey, hey

# Oh what ya got to say?

# Hollywood, Hollywood swinging Yeah, that's what they're doin'

# Hollywood, Hollywood swinging Yeah, yeah, Hollywood

# Hollywood, Hollywood swinging Yeah, yeah, Hollywood

# Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood now swinging

# Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood now swinging

# Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood now swinging

# Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood now swinging

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# Hollywood is swinging now Hollywood is swinging now

# Hollywood is swinging now

# Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood now swinging

# Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood now swinging

# Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood now swinging

# Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood now swinging

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Thank you. You

You know

You know what?

You know what? Boogie.

You know what? Boogie. The

The jungle

The jungle boogie.

The jungle boogie. Glastonbury,

Glastonbury, give

Glastonbury, give me

Glastonbury, give me some

Glastonbury, give me some of that. Give me some of this.

# Give me some of that # The way to boogie.

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# Give me some of that # Can't get enough of

# I said, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Yeah...

# I said, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Yeah...

# La de da de da

# La de da de da

# La de da de da

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Give it up for Mr Cutis Williams. On the saxophone....

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# Can't get enough of There's a lot of love in the house.

You know this, always. I mean right now I think this is the heart of

the world right now, right here at Glastonbury. You know, I've watched

from the stage before we came over. It's a phenomenon. You guys are a

phenomenon here. God bless the Glastonbury Festival.

OK, but you know what - we're going to this one. This is from the movie

Saturday Night Fever. You know that movie? We've got a

Grammy with this one also. We were happy to be part of the sound track.

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# Peace to the world # Get down with the genie

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Thank you. We've got to keep the party rolling.

This is one you might know... You know, back in the day, you know, we

ae been -- we've been coming back to England for a long time. There

used to be a place called the Rainbow Theatre, in London and we

actually recorded an album there. We're going to do one of the songs

that we did there. It's more like a little bit of jazz,

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a little cool jazz. # Let's take a walk together

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Put your hands tolgt together for One question. One question. Is

there one lady out there who would like to take my heart this evening?

# Has there ever come a time, # I'm offering satisfaction, darling

# Dear, anytime is the right time, baby Come on and take my heart

# It's all yours if you want it, baby

# My heart is tearing all apart, I say

# Ooh You can have it

# Yeah, if you want it If you want it

# Come and get it, baby But if you want it

# You can have it Come and get it, girl, yeah

# If you want it Yeah

# One night while I was sleeping, baby

# Had a dream of you and I Found myself asking you, baby

# Take my hand and be my wife There's no time for wasting, baby

# Cos we've gone all through those moves

# Cos I'm offering satisfaction, darling

# Girl, I'm giving you all my love

# You can have it Yeah, if you want it

# If you want it You can have it

# Baby, you really want my loving If you want it

# It's all yours, baby You can have it

# You can have it any time of the day

# You can have it Come on darling, satisfaction guaranteed

You

You know

You know what.

You know what. We need to do it one more time.

I don't know! We got to make it reach all the way to the back, one

more time. That's it.

Bring it down so I can talk to them for a second.

You know, when you go to the islands, they've got this dance

they do, they call it the shake. Now I don't know if you've ever

seen it before, but we're going to show you how to do it tonight, so

the next time you go to the islands you can do it again. Do you want to

see the island shake? How about in the back, do you want to see the

island shake? Come on, I need you. I want you to

put your hands together, give it up for Lewis Taylor. I saw you back

there. You can work your magic. Here's what I'm going to do. Do it

two times. You've got to give it to them two times. Here it comes. One,

two, shake it up. Whoa. Give it up!

All right! One more time give it upor Lewis

Taylor! -- it up for Lewis Taylor.

Let me see what else is going on here! Come on out here. Come on out

here. I want you to put your hands together for Michael Ray. How do

you feel? Let's see. I thought you were having a problem with this

yesterday, but it's oK tonight. Why don't we do it on this side over

here. We're going to start over here. It's not looking too good.

One, two, shake it up. Come on!

Give it up for Michael Ray. All right!

I said it was going to get ugly. I know I've got one more around here

somewhere. Here we go. Here we go! Hey, man, are you over here

flirting? You talking to who? The one down there? How you doing? All

right! I tell you what, I want you to put

your hands together and give it up for him. You can stand in front of

this lady right here. Right there. Right there.

All right? Can I get you to take Is there any young lady out there

who would like to have this buckle right here? I want you to keep your

eye on that buckle. Here it comes. Come on!

One more time, one more time. Give it up.

All right! I think we are all done. Here's what we're going to do.

We're going to hit them one time together and get out of here. We've

got to make this reach all the way to the back. In the back, can you

Shake it up. Wait a minute. You've If you feel like you want to sing

along to Kool and the Gang, it's all right. Here we go. Come on.

Move your hands in the air Move your hands in the air

# Wave them like you don't care # D say Ha-oh.

# Somebody scream # Ohh, la, la, la, let's go dancing

# Ooh la la la # I went down to the park -

# All of a sudden on came the lights and everything was feelin' right

# The people started dancin' they call me over to join in

# They said: "T. T. Don't you feel good man?

# Come on and join the reggae jam I heard them singin'

# Ooh la la la Let's go dancin'

# I wanna get to know you

# Come on Let's reggae down

# Ooh la la la Let's go dancin'

# Get better acquainted So that everything will be fine

# What's your name? Is it a Missis or a Miss Eh?

# If you're by yourself I'd like to take you for a ride

# We could check the scene and we can reggae down

# And we'll be singing

# Ooh la la la Let's go dancin'

# Ooh la la la Ooh, let's go dancin'

# Reggae dancin' Ooh la la la

# Ooh la la la Let's go dancin'

# The people started dancin' they call me over to join in

# Come on and join the reggae jam I heard them singin'

# Ooh la la la Let's go dancin'

# Get your dancin' shoes Get your dancin' shoes

# Reggae dancin' Ooh la la la

# Ooh la la la Let's go dancin'

# Ooh la la la Reggae dancin'

Let's go dancin'

Reggae dancin'

Let's go dancin'

# Ooh la la la Reggae dancin'

Let's go dancin'

Reggae dancin'

# It's a special occasion Such a happy occasion

# Joyous occasion

# Ooh la la la Let's go dancin'

Reggae dancin'

# Ooh la la la Let's go dancin'

# Ooh la la la Reggae dancin'

# Fellas are

# Fellas are you

# Fellas are you out

# Fellas are you out there # You know the ladies...

I need you to put your hands up in the air and put them together like

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Keep your hands together. Show your Now what we need on top of this

tonight.... Come on. KG! Give it Mike Ray.

This is going out to all the ladies # Mm oh yeah, oh what a night

# Girls, y'all got one # It's ladies night

# Oh yes it's ladies night Oh what a night (oh what a night)

# Oh yes it's ladies night And the feeling's right

Oh what a night

# Romantic Lady, single baby Mm sophisticated mama

# Come on you disco lady yeah Stay with me tonight, mama, yeah

# If you hear any noise It ain't the boys, it's ladies night, uh huh

# Gonna step out ladies night Steppin' out ladies night

# Gonna step out ladies night Steppin' out ladies night

# Oh yes it's ladies night And the feeling's right

# Oh yes it's ladies night Oh what a night (oh what a night)

# Oh yes its ladies night And the feeling's right

Oh what a night

And the feeling's right

Oh what a night

# On disco lights your name will be seen

# You can fulfill all your dreams Party here, party there, everywhere

# This is your night, baby You've got to be there

# This is your night Tonight, everything is gonna be all right

# Come on let's all celebrate

# Come on let's all celebrate

# This is your night Tonight, everything is gonna be all right

# This is your night Tonight, everything is gonna be all right

# Oh yes it's ladies night And the feeling's right

# And the feeling's right Oh yes it's ladies night

# Oh what a night (oh what a night) Oh yes it's ladies night

# If you wanna party, ladies

# It's ladies night

# If you wanna party, ladies

# It's ladies night

# Come on let's all celebrate

# If you wanna party, ladies

# It's ladies night

# Come on let's all celebrate

# If you wanna party, ladies

Are

Are you

Are you ready

# What you gonna do? # Tell me, what you gonna do?

# What you gonna do? You wanna get down?

You wanna get down, tell me?

# Get your back up off the wall, tell me?

# How you gonna do it if you really don't wanna dance

# Get your back up off the wall cos I heard all the people sayin'

# Get your back up off the wall, tell me?

# Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it

# Come on and get down on it, baby, baby

# Get down on it, get on it, get down on it I say people, what?

# Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it

# How you gonna do it if you really don't wanna dance

# By standing on the wall?

# Get your back up off the wall, tell me?

# How you gonna do it if you really won't take a chance

# By standing on the wall?

# Get your back up off the wall, cos I heard all the people sayin'

# Get down on it, get down on it

# Get down on it, get down on it, when we're dancin'

# Get down on it, get down on it Get down on it, get down on it

# Shaa-da-ba-ba-da-ba-dooo

# What you gonna do? Do you wanna get down?

# What you gonna do?

# How you gonna do it if you really won't take a chance

# Get your back up off the wall, tell me?

# How you gonna do it if you really won't take a chance

# By standing on the wall?

# Get your back up off the wall, cos I heard all the people sayin'

# Get down on it, get down on it

# Get down on it, get down on it, when we're dancin'

# Get down on it, get down on it Get down on it, get down on it

# Shaa-da-ba-ba-da-ba-dooo

# What you gonna do? Do you wanna get down?

# What you gonna do?

# Get your back up off the wall, dance come on

# Get our back up off the wall,

# Get our back up off the wall, dance come on

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# Get down on it, get down on it

# Get down on it, get down on it Get down on it, get down on it

# Get down on it, get down on it

# Get down on it, get down on it Get down on it, get down on it

# Get down on it, get down on it

I

I want

I want ru

I want ru to put your hands together for Mr Lewis LT Taylor.

Are you having a good time? In the back, are you having a good

time? Let me tell you what I need for you

tonight, we've got to sing out here. Here's how we're going to do this.

I'm going to start this grove off. You all in with me? Are you ready?

# Get your back up off the wall, # Get your back up off the wall,

# Get your back up off the wall, Get down, Glastonbury. Are you

ready to celebrate out here tonight?

Are you ready to celebrate out here tonight?

All right! Glastonbury, this is the one right here. We've got to make

# Yahoo! # Get on up

# Get on up # Yahoo!

# Celebrate good times, come on! Let's celebrate

# Celebrate good times, come on! Let's celebrate

# There's a party goin' on right here

# A celebration to last throughout the years

# So bring your good times, and your laughter too

# We gonna celebrate your party with you

# Come on now

# Celebration

# Let's all celebrate and have a good time

# Celebration

# We gonna celebrate and have a good time

# It's time to come together

# It's up to you, what's your pleasure

# Everyone around the world Come on!

# Yahoo! It's a celebration

# Yahoo! Celebrate good times, come on!

# It's a celebration Celebrate good times, come on!

# Let's celebrate

# There's a party goin' on right here

# A dedication to last throughout the years

# So bring your good times, and your laughter too

# We gonna celebrate and party with you

# Come on now Celebration

# Let's all celebrate and have a good time yeah yeah

# Celebration

# We gonna celebrate and have a good time

# It's time to come together

# It's up to you, what's your pleasure

# Everyone around the world Come on!

# Yahoo! It's a celebration

# Yahoo! It's a celebration

# Celebrate good times, come on!

# Let's celebrate, come on now

# Celebrate good times, come on! Let's celebrate

# We're gonna have a good time tonight

# Let's celebrate, it's all right

# Yahoo! Celebrate good times, come on!

# Let's celebrate, it's all right

# Yahoo!

# Yahoo! Celebrate good times, come on!

# Come on and celebrate (tonight)

# Celebrate good times, come on!

# Cos everything's gonna be all right

# Let's celebrate Celebrate good times, come on!

# Jump up, jump up to get down

# Jump up, jump up to get down

# Come on and celebrate

# Celebrate good times, come on!

# Celebrate good times, come on!

# Celebrate good times, come on!

# Cos everything's gonna be all right

# Celebrate good times, come on!

# Cos everything's gonna be all right

# Celebrate good times, come on!

# Come on and celebrate

# Yahoo! Celebrate good times, come on!

# Let's celebrate Woo hoo ooh ooh

# Celebrate good times, come on! It's a celebration!

# We hope you had a good time

# We hope you had a good time We hope you had a good time

# We hope you had a good time We hope you had a good time

# We hope you had a good time We hope you had a good time

Glastonbury,

Glastonbury, did

Glastonbury, did you