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Ray Charles — Hit The Road Jack
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NewFee
(Toronto - Beaches)
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 09:31
 
Listening to RP during a four hour train ride (another advantage of rail!), and although there has been lots of great music, this is the first one that has me bopping in my seat in public. Just can't stop...

If this isn't godlike, no music is...

joelbb
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 16:18
 
 WonderLizard wrote:
Walked into The Little Grill in Harrisonburg VA for breakfast on Sunday, and this was blasting away on the house system. If you have a chance  to visit Harrisonburg, seek out The Little Grill. Tiny, funky, and the best restaurant breakfast I've had since Mama's Royal Cafe in Oakland many years ago.
 
Wonderlizard, you actually had breakfast at MRC?  The BEST omelets in the world.  OMG, I didn't know there was anyone else out there old enough to know of the place.  Also a Godlike 10.

joelbb
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 16:16
 
Godlike.  Just no question.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 11:55
 
Walked into The Little Grill in Harrisonburg VA for breakfast on Sunday, and this was blasting away on the house system. If you have a chance  to visit Harrisonburg, seek out The Little Grill. Tiny, funky, and the best restaurant breakfast I've had since Mama's Royal Cafe in Oakland many years ago.

joelbb
Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 22:28
 
Play it as often as you want, Bill.  It's one of THE all-time great soul-rock cuts.  Utterly nonpareil.

GalileoCoffeeCo
Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 19:39
 
I always think of the movie The Fisher King when I hear this song.

cenesizo
(Montreal)
Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 11:26
 
This is the first time I hear the same song on RP in a two hour span. It was played for the first time at 10:42 am and for the second time at 11:24 am. Strange. 

leafmold
Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 11:26
 
Please! We heard this about 10 minutes ago!

Stingray
("ANONYMOUS INTERNET")
Posted: May 04, 2012 - 11:58
 
A song about Dr. Kervorkian!

ThePoose
(Ottawa, capital of Canada)
Posted: May 04, 2012 - 11:58
 
Bill is on a ROAD TRIP !!!!!

meinthecorner
(Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries)
Posted: Jan 07, 2012 - 21:57
 
 Hannio wrote:
 
Oh, damn, how i do love a joy ride!

Lighten up, people! 

Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 10:12
 
 Hannio wrote:

 
Wow...  way to inject politics into something that is completely without a political message.  Typical.


Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Nov 27, 2011 - 22:36
 
Every time I hear this great tune I see little Shane Heal wiping away a tear as he fouls out of the NBL semi finals at an ecstatic Croc-pit and it makes me smile. 

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 17:09
 
I Like!


Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 17:06
 
Awwwwwwright!

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 07:21
 


katiediddler
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 07:20
 
Love you Luke. Remember - you do the girl part, I'll do the boy. Well...............

Where_and_When
(Kingston)
Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 08:23
 
Perfect for working in the garage on a project.

bachbeet
Posted: Jul 24, 2011 - 22:48
 
Another great one from Ray.

iTuner
Posted: Apr 30, 2011 - 11:53
 
From what I remember this was in a shampoo commercial.

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Feb 17, 2011 - 06:44
 
From what I remember, this tune won a Grammy.  Bill plays only the classiest music!

katiediddler
(one of the dominoes, hopefully near the back)
Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 08:56
 

My 5 year old son and I do a great version of this.



4merdj
(donde el viento se devuelve)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 10:39
 
This is part of what the US has legated to the world in terms of musical excellence! Here is to the great Mr. Ray Charles! forever alive through his ageless music! {#Cheers}

buzmaggie
(AZ, US)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 10:39
 
yeah girls make em cry, poor old ray!  Love these girls! Yeah, what you say! Sweet tunes!

Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 10:39
 
What you SAY???!!!!



osbyec
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 10:39
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Ray Charles by ~photoart1
William Harris   ©2005-2010 ~photoart1

Ray Charles in concert at a California Central Valley County Fair


 
Now there was a man who could rock a bowtie.


Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 16:30
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

This is a classic song. You join 4 others out of 823 who've rated this song "1".....think about that. That's a minority of  0.0061%, one of the smallest minorities I've ever seen.

 

Your math may be off, but your point is right on.

Tiik
Posted: Jul 10, 2010 - 12:56
 
Great

calypsus_1
Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 21:03
 

Ray Charles by ~photoart1
William Harris   ©2005-2010 ~photoart1

Ray Charles in concert at a California Central Valley County Fair






danmcminn
(L'viv, Ukraine)
Posted: May 23, 2010 - 07:21
 
Just had Bob Brozman, Down the Road.
Now Ray Charles, Hit the Road.

If you play Beatles Abby Road next, Bill, you have to forfeit at least three of your (admittedly large number) of accumulated coolness points. Too straightforward. {#Mrgreen}
_________________

Update: Pixes: Here Comes Your Man. Bill's all-time coolness point high score holds. {#Wink}

sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: May 06, 2010 - 05:15
 
There is a 70's Cambodian; Laotian; Vietnamese style cover of this that is just outstanding; good song.{#Clap}Great song to sing with your kids too.{#Bananapiano}

DD hellorich
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 13:52
 
enough of this clown... dated, tired, just plain O L D !  I'm hep and groovy not slick and oiley. Tell old sightless to hit the road and please don't come back...ever!!!

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 13:51
 
Don' t care if you do cause it's understood, you ain't got no money and you just ain't no good . . . 

lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Jan 10, 2010 - 16:06
 
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
What you say!
 
that's right!


ambrebalte
(Beijing)
Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 23:21
 
 stevematic wrote:
{#Bananapiano}
 

Yeah - I'd like to do this right now

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Dec 10, 2009 - 07:36
 
What you say!

stevematic
(sandy eggo)
Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 09:17
 
{#Bananapiano}

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 09:20
 
 rdo wrote:
Trust me 007, it is a silent minority.  No puns intended.
 
My comment had an unfortunate accusatory tone, but, in truth, I was really just amazed by the numbers. There is, normally, nothing wrong with being in a minority, unless it's some violent extremist group. I love that Sci-Fi classic movie "Minority Report", it's an action movie for adults. The central idea of the movie, a 'Pre-Crime' squad - stopping crime before it happens, certainly resonates with the today's (much debated) notion of the preemptive strike to prevent terrorist attacks.


EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 08:42
 
Netto wrote:

OST of The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam, who is remember..

 



I is remember



Netto
(Himki, Russia.)
Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 15:25
 

OST of The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam, who is remember..

 




rdo
(DC)
Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 15:20
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

This is a classic song. You join 4 others out of 823 who've rated this song "1".....think about that. That's a minority of  0.0061%(rounded), one of the smallest minorities I've ever seen.
 

Trust me 007, it is a silent minority.  No puns intended.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 15:17
 
 rdo wrote:
Hate it.  Yes.  That's right.  I hate it.  Sue me.  I give it a 1.  I would give it a lower rating if I could.
 
This is a classic song. You join 4 others out of 823 who've rated this song "1".....think about that. That's a minority of  0.0061%, one of the smallest minorities I've ever seen.


rdo
(DC)
Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 15:11
 
 romeotuma wrote:


Love it...
 

Hate it.  Yes.  That's right.  I hate it.  Sue me.  I give it a 1.  I would give it a lower rating if I could.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Sep 13, 2009 - 03:50
 
Very nice !

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Aug 12, 2009 - 15:48
 
 jonahboo wrote:


NOT A WOODY - BUT HERE IS OUR CRUIZER

  Outstanding! That is a gorgeous car. I have two 90's wagons, a '91 Olds and a '94 Caprice, I hope to turn them into one showstopper like yours. Wow.



jonahboo
(in a corner)
Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 08:19
 


NOT A WOODY - BUT HERE IS OUR CRUIZER


Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Jul 12, 2009 - 00:26
 
 Stefen wrote:
Fouled out!
 
Damn straight!  I will never forget seeing Shane Heal cry as he fouled out of the NBL finals up in Townsville and like the kind fans we were we danced on our seats to this one and did a lot of pointing and laughing.

FrankMc
Posted: Jun 26, 2009 - 12:29
 
Reminds me of riding in the back seat of our woodie station wagon with the rusted out floorboard going to the beach singing along like crazy to Ray coming at us from the AM radio. The radio was a miracle of technology. It had a knob type tuner but you could actually push a little lever and it would find a channel. Holy cow. This was in 1961, mind you, when the song came out. (So car must have been about a 1956 or so to have had time to have the floorboard rust out—even an old Ford occasionally driven along the ocean's edge would have taken a while to achieve that trick.)

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Jun 26, 2009 - 12:23
 
Fouled out!

Bazooka
(Mountain View, CA USA)
Posted: Jun 26, 2009 - 12:23
 
This song is so good.