But I never saw this video.



"Possibly War’s best known song, it’s an homage to the Chicano culture practice of hydraulically hot-rodding classic cars — extends the image to a lifestyle. The song was also heavily influenced by the gas crisis that the United States was suffering at the time (i.e. in the late 1970s). The song’s most distinguishable feature is its driving bass line, which is present for nearly all of the song. It also ends with a siren-like noise that then becomes a saxophone solo – which years later would inspire the sample that drives Flo Rida’s “GDFR (Goin' Down For Real)”. "


https://genius.com/War-low-rider-lyrics

Neat video. Cool cars.

Low Riders aren't Hot Rods, they're cruising cars.

Hot Rods are made to go fast, Low Riders are made to go slow.

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:
Low Riders aren't Hot Rods, they're cruising cars.

Hot Rods are made to go fast, Low Riders are made to go slow low .

But they could be slow too.

Fun Fact: Eric Burdon (The Animals) was part of the original band.

At 2:20, does the harmonica player have a.....harmonica holster for many harmonicas?

Was that a Vega wagon? Never imagined one of those as a low rider.

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Originally posted by Russ59:
At 2:20, does the harmonica player have a.....harmonica holster for many harmonicas?

Yep. Harmonicas come in different keys so you need a bunch of them if you play a bunch of different songs.

Had the LP, played it all the time...

I never knew Danny Glover played sax and did vocals... or was that Samuel L. Fishburn?

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Originally posted by Tonydec:
Was that a Vega wagon? Never imagined one of those as a low rider.

Summer of ‘77 four of us drove from OKC to Chicago for a fraternity school. 4 of us guys, with luggage, cooler and other stuff rode in a Vega station wagon, and yeah, it did ride a little low on this trip. If you know the Vega, rode in one, you knew. One of the guys got it as a High School graduation present.

My 1st College Semester, Fall ‘76, and this was my favorite song Low Rider. Yes, I had the 33&1/3rd LP. If you had a Marantz receiver and a separate Marantz turntable and Marantz speakers you were THE MAN. LOL. I had a crappy all-in-one stereo, 8-track, record player, with crappy speakers, from TG&Y, but it worked.
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My 1st College Semester, Fall ‘76, and this was my favorite song. Yes, I had the 33&1/3rd LP. If you had a Marantz receiver and a separate Marantz turntable and Marantz speakers you were THE MAN. LOL. I had a crappy all-in-one stereo, 8-track, record player, with crappy speakers, from TG&Y, but it worked.
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I had (and still have it) a Kenwood tuner and amp.