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Isaac Hayes — Walk On By
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sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 04:25
 
Hey baby, whas happenin?{#Cowboy}

vnprc
(Raleigh, NC)
Posted: 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
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 10:33
 
OK well even this was released in 1969. 

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

seven7
(Glass City Ohio)
Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 10:33
 
please make it STOP!

seven7
(Glass City Ohio)
Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 10:28
 
truly corny schmalzy soul

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

james_of_tucson
(Tucson AZ)
Posted: 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
Posted: Jun 20, 2011 - 18:44
 
I have been thinking about this song for days. thanks for playing it.

tbaloney619
(The Lakeshore, NE Wisconsin)
Posted: 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
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: 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
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: 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
(The Big A)
Posted: 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
Posted: 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
(Mudball called Earth)
Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 13:49
 
P I M P.  Back in a few...Gotta go pick my afro...

fitzworld
(The Big A)
Posted: 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
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 17:43
 
Kick. Ass.

Got. It. Cranked. 

cirruss
(Curacao, Netherlands Antilles)
Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 17:35
 
 thewiseking wrote:


um, Burt Bacharach doesn't require any help sounding cool.
 
not too sure about that statement


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: 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
(New York, New York)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 11:31
 
 dboseman wrote:
He made Burt Bacharach sound cool. Awesome.
 

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

thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 11:25
 
wow, this is pretty out there, although i prefer Dionne's original. Many covers out there, D Train's 80s Funk version another fave.

Byronape
(Purgatory)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 11:22
 
The longer this song goes, the lower my rating.  Good songs are like fingernails.  Good things to have until they start getting annoyingly long.

shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 11:21
 
...and I love the drum bit at the end!

cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 11:20
 
 pcicatar wrote:
It breaks my heart to see that this, along w/ the Theme from Shaft, are the only two Issac Hayes tracks played here!  {#Snooty}  This is certainly a missed soul opportunity, dig!? 
 
Upload some Isaac Hayes songs and they might just get added.


pcicatar
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 11:18
 
It breaks my heart to see that this, along w/ the Theme from Shaft, are the only two Issac Hayes tracks played here!  {#Snooty}  This is certainly a missed soul opportunity, dig!? 



Photo-John
(Nor Cal to SLC)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 11:18
 
Sweet - I dig the Chef version of this song! My favorite lyrics: "You put the hurt on me. You socked it to me!"

spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 11:17
 
Issac could really cook up the grooves.





shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 11:14
 
Man, I used to listen to this LP with friends on Friday nights.  Crank up the volume and totally rock the place!  Excellent production and the BarKays!  My favorite track, though, is Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic.  Crank up THAT one!


Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 07:14
 
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. 

Relayer
(Gainesville, FL)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 06:08
 
I am totally digging this!!

kcar
Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 13:41
 
 ask wrote:
Is this song still playing??? Please, please please let it end
 

Wait...can't you dig it when the sisters go "Walk!Walk" in the background? 

{#Roflol}

"Hot Buttered Soul" came out at as Stax Records was in the process of re-inventing itself while also just trying to survive. As the Wikipedia entry on Isaac notes, Otis Redding (Stax's big name) had died in a plane crash in December '67, and Atlantic Records had taken control over Stax's back label by mid '68. 

The President of Stax told his artists that together they had to put out TWENTY-SEVEN albums in 1969 if the label was going to survive. "Hot Buttered Soul" was one of the big hits during this frantic push to re-start Stax.

This PBS documentary, "RESPECT YOURSELF: THE STAX RECORDS STORY"

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/stax/index.html?campaign=pbshomefeatures_1_greatperformancesbrthestaxrecordsstory_2007-08-02 

does a great job of telling the wild rise, fall and rise of Stax Records.  

The documentary of the WattStax concert is also great.  


xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 13:37
 
DJ's bathroom break song.

SinisterDexter
Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 13:33
 
I think I'll fire up Pandora for a while.

old_shep
Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 13:31
 
I was in exotic French Indochina when this song came out.  Glad I missed it.

Dinges,_the_Dude
(under sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 13:29
 
GREAT!!! First time I hear it and I like it. Surprised that it's from '69!

number7
Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 19:45
 
There were a lot of long songs on 1969.
Not all of them could have been released today & still sounded contemporary.
Yes, a few minutes shaved off the end would not have been missed but damn, it is a fine song.
Thanks, Bill & Rebeca

THE BEST STATION ON EARTH!

ask
(New Haven)
Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 19:16
 
Is this song still playing??? Please, please please let it end


januismer
(SW Michigan)
Posted: Aug 08, 2010 - 18:46
 
Wow... I thought Free Bird was long!

TerryS
(The other SW)
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 21:51
 
First 3 mins is fine, then it's all self-indulgent musicians getting paid by the minute.

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 21:46
 
 Egrey wrote:

OMG, I thought the record got stuck at RP.  This is interminable.


 
My wife probably has mixed feelings about this song.  I know I do.


Egrey
(WASH, DC)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 11:04
 

OMG, I thought the record got stuck at RP.  This is interminable.



nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 08:25
 
 WayUpNorth wrote:

No kidding.  Such a flashback.  Waiting to hear Don Cornelius' say "give it up for the great Issac Hayes" when the song ends ... I guess I watched too much Soul Train as a kid. {#Cool}
 
Shoot, I watched Soul Train up until grad school. The folks who own the rights have a great YouTube channel, subscribe and you'll get sucked into a few hours of old vids of the real masters of R&B.

 

Photo-John
(Nor Cal to SLC)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 08:24
 
Lots of good covers of this song. This one isn't my favorite, but it's fun. And I do love Isaac Hayes.

WayUpNorth
(Windswept Exile)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 08:24
 
 CaptTofu wrote:
This is a great beat for 1969. What happened to great soul music like this? So much R&B is just painful to listen to.
 
No kidding.  Such a flashback.  Waiting to hear Don Cornelius' say "give it up for the great Issac Hayes" when the song ends ... I guess I watched too much Soul Train as a kid. {#Cool}

rluking
(Underground)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 08:23
 
OK, every additional minute this goes on, I drop its rating a point.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 08:23
 
Fuckin' long, innit?


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 08:21
 
This is good as a 3-minute single, pretty dull and overstretched as a 6-minute (or longer?) jam/cover. Isaac doesn't really convey the misery and pain of the lyrics, hardly surprising as he does smooth sex, not pain.

RobMartin
(DC)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 08:21
 

From 1997 to 2006 Isaac Hayes, a renowned soul musician, provided the voice for Chef, a character on the animated television program South Park. The role introduced Hayes, who established himself in the 1960s and 1970s, to a new audience.



Tana
(Lancaster, PA)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 08:19
 
 Zep wrote:
Sex music. 
 
 
And not nearly as sexy when Dionne Warwick did it. It's a Burt Bacharach/Hal David song, for cryin' out loud.


Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 08:18
 
 Zep wrote:
Sex music. 
 
 
This bald wins