Isaac Hayes
Walk On By
Hot Buttered Soul
(1969)

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sirdroseph
Sep 23, 2011 - 04:25
Hey baby, whas happenin? {#Cowboy}


vnprc
Jul 22, 2011 - 10:34
I don't really care for Isaac one way or the other but I love a good long jam at the end of a song!


martinc
Jul 22, 2011 - 10:33
OK well even this was released in 1969.


caseynewton
Jul 22, 2011 - 10:33
fabulous truly corny schmalzy soul


seven7
Jul 22, 2011 - 10:33
please make it STOP!


seven7
Jul 22, 2011 - 10:28
truly corny schmalzy soul


eswiley2
Jul 22, 2011 - 10:24
Is this Bad Cover Friday?


james_of_tucson
Jul 22, 2011 - 10:24
Proclivities wrote:

The Stranglers did an excellent cover as well. It's a great song which lends itself to many interpretations..

+1 The Stranglers



cma-ct
Jun 20, 2011 - 18:44
I have been thinking about this song for days. thanks for playing it.


tbaloney619
Jun 20, 2011 - 18:41
made love for the very first time in my life to this s
ong. It was almost long enough for us for both of us....LOL


fredriley
May 20, 2011 - 03:09
RedGuitar wrote:

When I DJ'd for the local college station years ago, I'd put on a long tune when I had to hit the boys' room. Hey, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go...


For the length of this number, you could have had a long leisurely crap and read a good part of War & Peace. Boy, did Hayes' band know how to pad a song out, or what?



RedGuitar
Apr 18, 2011 - 13:59
xtalman wrote:
DJ's bathroom break song.

When I DJ'd for the local college station years ago, I'd put on a long tune when I had to hit the boys' room. Hey, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go...



fitzworld
Apr 18, 2011 - 13:56
Rooney wrote:
I prefer Dionne Warwick's version. She makes it sound like walking, not a funeral dirge cadence. Too long, too cumbersome, too overly-dramatized. Sorry Isaac.


Warwick is fine if you're in the mood for happy, lighter fare, but if you want to groove then the rhythm on Isaac Hayes' version takes the song to a whole other level!!


kcar
Apr 18, 2011 - 13:50
Rooney wrote:
I prefer Dionne Warwick's version. She makes it sound like walking, not a funeral dirge cadence. Too long, too cumbersome, too overly-dramatized. Sorry Isaac.

I'm with you. The video for this cover has a nightmarish set out of the 70s. Still love the sisters backing Isaac.


derekd
Apr 18, 2011 - 13:49
P I M P. Back in a few...Gotta go pick my afro...


fitzworld
Apr 18, 2011 - 13:46
C'mon, people! Does it get any better than this? Me thinks not!!!!

I don't smoke pot, but if I did I would want a hit right about now...


MojoJojo
Feb 14, 2011 - 17:43
Kick. Ass.

Got. It. Cranked.


cirruss
Feb 14, 2011 - 17:35
thewiseking wrote:


um, Burt Bacharach doesn't require any help sounding cool.

not too sure about that statement



Proclivities
Feb 14, 2011 - 17:33
thewiseking wrote:
wow, this is pretty out there, although i prefer Dionne's original. Many covers out there, D Train's 80s Funk version another fave.

The Stranglers did an excellent cover as well. It's a great song which lends itself to many interpretations..




thewiseking
Jan 14, 2011 - 11:31
dboseman wrote:
He made Burt Bacharach sound cool. Awesome.


um, Burt Bacharach doesn't require any help sounding cool.


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