All righty, it's the weekend. Time to kick out the jams and party.
Winter of 1969, I'm a 16 year-old, going to chaperoned parties with GIRLS! Whoo hoo. The sound system and lighting was my thing. Sometimes, I spent all my time at the party creating the ambience for everyone else. I did the oil and water shows, slide projector, etc. But, I'd also get out there and have some fun.
This was one of my all-time favorite party songs and it certainly blew up its share of home sound systems. Hah. "Wow, look at that, man. The speaker blew itself completely inside out!"
I also suspect, Phil Collins took inspiration from this ten years later.
If I'm not mistaken, this was the first non-black band signed by Motown. You can see why. These guys kicked ass.