The real trippy thing is that the dancing banana emoticon keeps perfect time with the beat.

Rest In Peace, Mr. Hayes

Isaac Hayes - What a musical talent and what a larger-than-life character! The PBS Stax special had a nice summary of his career. May he rest in peace.

Howard

Zep wrote:

I'm thinking that's Baretta.

rascal420 wrote:
"Keep Your Eyes on the Sparrow" IIRC...

Kinda similar riff, especially if you haven't heard them in two decades...

Really surprised to hear this junk on RP. But I seem to be in a minority looking at the comments. So I'll just click on the '2' (to avoid egg sliding down my head..) turn the volume waaaay down and wait for something good to come on

I hear this song and I am 12 years old, living in Vancouver trying to get a handle on 70's "cop shows". Eh?

MCKY wrote:
Yeah, and he WHOMPED on Angel!

CLASSIC TRACK FROM A GREAT SOUNDTRACK

Yeah, baby... you know you love it!

Man...I mean...MAN! Sooooo cool.

Wackadoo guitar done right....

Was this a sort of Matrix of the 70s? or 80?... just asking for enlightment..

dmax wrote:
Maybe it was the bald man with the raw egg sliding down the back of his head.

Someone rated this a "1"?

All opinions are expressable - true - but if there isn't a gradiant of value, then all opinions are worthless.

This song just makes me slide down the back of my chair like a freshly cracked egg on a bald mans head. Smoooooooth.

Oh, this one is just not played nearly enough! Too cool, way too cool.

This is great-but I do think Sammy Davis Jr version nailed it better.

Anyone remember Issac hayes as gandolf on the Rockford Files. So cool.

Go Chef!

Badass sideburns too.

alright Chil'rens nah this here is Muzik. Dig it?
I do.

redeyespy wrote:

Well, Cybil Shepherd gets naked in one.

rcurrier wrote:

Me neither. That statement suggests that there are no high standards of art, no gold standard against which to measure.
What distinguishes Dom Perignon from Boone's Farm Strawberry? The Last Picture Show from Texasville? If you have to ask....

You may like a particular piece of media, but that doesn't make it "good." Your opinion and the quality of the piece may be mutually exclusive. There must be some baseline, some criteria for excellence, or that very quality would cease to exist. Who defines such a baseline for music, film, literature? Those who know the respective disciplines inside and out, backwards and forward, have a reverence and knowledge of historical works in the field, and create something which represents the discipline at its zenith. Or, the artist creates new rules, on occasion. Having a sensibility of quality also allows the artist to know when to hold back.

When someone is described as having "discerning taste," I take it to mean someone who has sampled many varieties, and discovered the pinnacle of quality. One may think Dave Koz is a better saxophone player than John Coltrane. "Better," hmmmm. Perhaps one may find Koz's smooth jazz stylings easier to listen to than Coltrane's notes, but if a knowledgeable person lays the charts side by side, and then listens comparatively, the answer as to what is of a higher quality should be patently obvious.

Perhaps some of my comparisons are an "apples and oranges" thing, but hopefully you get the gist.

Of course, one could get into a discussion of an individual's educational level (musically and otherwise) and environment and how such influence taste but I'll just stop right there.

mxdcec wrote:

Coolness is a completely nonpartisan thing.

Look around for the version that Sammy Davis Jr. recorded with Issac Hayes playing and producing. Even cooler than this version

This song could make a Republican feel cool!

Did anyone ever see Sandra Bernhard and Isaac Hayes do this together?mxdcec wrote: