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Otis Redding — (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
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norrie
Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 22:48
 
 dave216j wrote:
That segue from Amy Winehouse to this song was sublime.
 
Thanks for the Amy Winehouse flip again. It was great.

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 11:17
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Oct 20, 2012 - 16:06
 
Completely classic. Perfect in its own way. American R & B at its finest. But played too much everywhere. Bordering on cliche. 

Clark_Novato
(Novato, CA)
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 14:58
 
First heard this song when I was six years old.  It had such a groove - temporarily turned my attention from the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel.  Also made me want to check out San Francisco.  Moved there 20 years later.

lunatic
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 14:58
 
Needed this, thanks RP.

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 14:56
 
The song is the epitome of excellent songwriting and performance.

dave216j
(DC)
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 14:56
 
That segue from Amy Winehouse to this song was sublime.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 16:31
 
this song has been ruined a little bit for me by foul-mouthed comics.  but at least i got some laughs out of it.  :)

CWKeeney
Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 22:56
 
Never listened to this one with headphones on before.  What a well put together song it is!

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 11:45
 
Damn.

gpcracker
(London, UK)
Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 02:51
 

Reminds me of drinking beers in La Jolla, CA. Good enough for a 10 in that respect.



-Cor-
Posted: Aug 14, 2011 - 12:59
 
I got introduced to this song by my girlfriend after spending the evening sitting on the dock, wildly in love, staring at each other and the setting sun. It became 'our song'.

Three years later, the relationship was over. Going to France, leaving the madness behind, I stopped for a pizza at a restaurant in a tiny village in the middle of the French Alps. It turned out the place had live music that evening.

The band opened with this song...

Life's strange and beautiful like that I guess. :-)


woodchuk
(Lunar Lagrange point L1)
Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 04:37
 
Beautiful song..  The lighthearted whistle at the end belies the profound sadness of the story of this lost soul from Georgia...

9



bluecshells
(EARTH)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 14:19
 
This song will be played at my funeral.  I hope I can hear it in my head as I pass through.  I love this!

RadioFlyer219
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 14:17
 
maybe the most 'played out' song of all time...

bluecshells
(Texas)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 09:22
 

Today has been blessed with great tunes from RP!  Thanks for tugging my heart strings and letting my soul sing along.  Love it!



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 10:20
 


What a great song...  the story of my life...  love it...

 

Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 10:19
 
I have scaled back the 10s I give, happy to say this track still gets a 10.

sailorgirl
(Vancouver)
Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 14:25
 
Ahhhhh  {#Sunny} {#Cool}

Mugro
(My body is in Dubai, my heart is in Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Nov 16, 2010 - 01:40
 
 tallman wrote:
This is a great song. I never need to hear it again. Let KFOG have it.
 

{#Lol}

tallman
Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 09:29
 
This is a great song. I never need to hear it again. Let KFOG have it.

scrubbrush
Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 09:29
 
i feel bad that my rating of 9 could actually drag down this songs overall rating of 9.2

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Sep 16, 2010 - 03:58
 
Now this is a good track!

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 14:47
 
Wow, when I was 12 this song use to be my favorite......now, its still appropriate at 55!

bachbeet
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 14:08
 
Another great song by Otis!  Another talent taken too soon.

netstv
(Martinez, CA)
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 14:08
 
Three in a row I've commented on.. WOW!  Not bad for a thursday.

Xstar
(Florence, Kentucky)
Posted: Jul 11, 2010 - 16:40
 
 ziggytrix wrote:
 MinMan wrote:

BTW no natives of The SF Bay Area have ever called it "Frisco"... just one of my pet peeves.


 
 
Kindly note the song is about a guy who moved there from Georgia.  So, he ain't no native of The SF Bay Area. ;)

 
SNAP Ziggy!!! {#Clap}

jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth)
Posted: Jul 11, 2010 - 16:39
 
Sheer awesomeness!

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: May 11, 2010 - 15:07
 
 MinMan wrote:

BTW no natives of The SF Bay Area have ever called it "Frisco"... just one of my pet peeves.


 
 
Kindly note the song is about a guy who moved there from Georgia.  So, he ain't no native of The SF Bay Area. ;)


Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Apr 09, 2010 - 21:20
 
Nostalgiaslurpanicious song. A fav of mine.



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 09, 2010 - 21:18
 
 sirdroseph wrote:

 You so funny{#Tongue}, but yea this is a great song...{#Sunny}

 

Innit?  This song is soooo fantastic...  love it...

hope life is grand for you...  {#Angel}

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 09:09
 
Getting better and better, have a nice day all of you.

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 06:40
 
MinMan wrote:

BTW no natives of The SF Bay Area have ever called it "Frisco"... just one of my pet peeves.

Interesting. Is it anything like Nu Or-LEENS? Nobody there uses that pronunciation unless it's for rhyming purposes in a song. Then, strangely, it's okay.



sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Mar 06, 2010 - 18:19
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This really is a great song...
 
 You so funny{#Tongue}, but yea this is a great song...{#Sunny}


gregr79
(If you chooose not to decide you still have made a choice)
Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 06:19
 
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Ba
Jimmy Cliff - Sitting In Limbo
Otis Taylor - Ten Million Slaves

{#Lol}

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 07:47
 
 MinMan wrote:

BTW no natives of The SF Bay Area have ever called it "Frisco"... just one of my pet peeves.


 
Word. We call it "The City." Frisco is a little resort town on North Carolina's Outer Banks.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 02, 2010 - 19:42
 


This really is a great song...



FrankMc
Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 11:13
 
Maconga.

 unclemrbig wrote:
A fellow Maconite
 



MinMan
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 11:12
 

BTW no natives of The SF Bay Area have ever called it "Frisco"... just one of my pet peeves.



unclemrbig
Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 13:06
 
A fellow Maconite

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 12:16
 
 k_trout wrote:

only solution is lobotomy
{#Cowboy}

 

A bottle in front of me, or a frontal lobotomy.

nevar23
(Georgia)
Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 12:25
 
Great song. When I used to work in a record store, we'd make bets before playing this song as to whether at least one customer would whistle along. Nine times out of ten, someone would. It's almost impossible not to, hehe.

k_trout
(Dream State)
Posted: Aug 30, 2009 - 00:15
 
 crowhog2000 wrote:

 Tree_Hugger wrote:
tom cruise killed my love for this song. I still love it, but I still see tom's face decades after that dumb movie. :(
 
My same thought too!!!!
 
only solution is lobotomy
{#Cowboy}


flyboy
(Sarah Palin's Hometown)
Posted: Jul 29, 2009 - 11:07
 
 Tree_Hugger wrote:
tom cruise killed my love for this song. I still love it, but I still see tom's face decades after that dumb movie. :(
 
That dumb movie was the way I first heard this song.  Of course I was six when it came out in theaters and I thought it was far from dumb at the time (eww, their tongues are touching, gross{#Hug}).  But long term the best part of seeing that movie was being introduced to Otis.



Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Jul 29, 2009 - 10:55
 
This use to be my absolute favorite song in those younger years......

Painted_Turtle
(Sitting on a northern iceflow waiting for the Spring thaw)
Posted: May 29, 2009 - 10:28
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is good for the ears...
 
..and good for the soul


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 29, 2009 - 10:26
 


This song is good for the ears...



lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Apr 27, 2009 - 18:03
 
 unclemrbig wrote:
We recently dedicated a park in Macon to Otis Redding.  His wife and children still live here. 
 
bless you, City of Macon


ProgFusion
Posted: Apr 25, 2009 - 05:09
 
No matter how stressed out I am, this song will relax me. Aaaaaah, that's better. {#Meditate}

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 05:39
 
 bluedot wrote:
too bad for otis that this song only went to the top of the charts AFTER he died in an airplane crash. sigh.
 
This recording wasn't even released until after his death.  The "story" I had always heard was that he still considered the song "unfinished" and that the whistling at the end was filler for some more lyrics that he hadn't finished yet and was apparently going to punch in later.  I don't know if that part is really true or just one of those "myths", I just remember hearing it many times.