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Billy Preston — Outa Space
Album: Ultimate Collection
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7.6

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Total ratings: 1598









Released: 1972
Length: 4:05
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(Instrumental)
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 Thebitchcunt wrote:

Magnificent hair.



i think it's the best i've ever seen. 
 rbrise wrote:


maybe there were six Beatles...have you seen the bit in the apple+ show 'get back' where Billy joins the group? It is amazing how everything just comes together.


Don't forget Clarence (the full skit is not up on youtube):
https://youtu.be/q3ilQZi_weI?s...
Magnificent hair.
Imagine thinking, "I know what! Let's play my clavinet through my wah pedal! Groovy, baby!" And the world is a better place for it.
 Edweirdo wrote:

The fifth Beatle is, was, and always will be, Sir George Martin.


The second beetle is J.B.S. Haldane
I used to help run a  disco (actually we called it a discotheque) club in Oxford between (about) 1968 and 1971. This was was one of our members' favourite dancing records (and mine). You can't get much funkier.
 todbothom wrote:

Whoa! Next thing You will play Bootsie And his Rubber Band!




That would be GREAT!!
 todbothom wrote:

Whoa! Next thing You will play Bootsie And his Rubber Band!


That would be cool.
 Edweirdo wrote:

The fifth Beatle is, was, and always will be, Sir George Martin.


maybe there were six Beatles...have you seen the bit in the apple+ show 'get back' where Billy joins the group? It is amazing how everything just comes together.
Went to the first run of Concert for Bangladesh film where Billy performed. That was also an excellent performance.
GODLIKE!!! ICONIC!!! Even better now in FLAC w/ great studio phones, amp & DAC! Thank You RP!  
What fun, would love to hear a Funk and Soul channel on RP!!
How about some FISHBONE ?
Did I see this on Top Of The Pops? 
ha...it still works...

listen to it with a stereo set of speakers 
 Ok_Sobriquet wrote:

Bill,
In the segue into this song, you said some people refer to Billy Preston as, "The Fifth Beatle." They can say that but everybody knows Pete Best is the rightful and only Fifth Beatle.

Billy can be the Sixth, though. I have no objection.


The fifth Beatle is, was, and always will be, Sir George Martin.
Bill,
In the segue into this song, you said some people refer to Billy Preston as, "The Fifth Beatle." They can say that but everybody knows Pete Best is the rightful and only Fifth Beatle.

Billy can be the Sixth, though. I have no objection.
Whoa! Next thing You will play Bootsie And his Rubber Band!
not enough funky music around anymore!
 shahin.po wrote:
Great funky music from 70s!
 
Another reason why I love RP. All over the place with the mix.  
What a Pedigree!!!    9
Great funky music from 70s!
I remember Billy Preston singing, "Will It Go Round In Circles?" on the radio back in the early '70s while my brother and I were riding our bikes down to the ice cream shop... In my opinion, some foundation was laid down here in these impeccably funky keys for The Charlatans' "Feel Flows" and Galactic's "Mercameron," not to mention keyboard-heavyweight acts like Medeski, Martin, and Wood...
I saw Billy Preston opening for Grand Funk back in the early 70's. He was a phenomenal performer in his white suit and platform shoes shakin booty (and his 'fro) while dancing on top of his white grand piano; an image I'll never forget! He brought the house down! Great memory.
The fros!  Cool. 
Perfecto!
 tnt_thomas wrote:
 OOn_The_Beach wrote:
Frank Cannon could hit a sniper at 300 yds with a snub nose .38. What a marksman!!

Cannon! Banacek! Kojak! Mannix!

https://images.zap2it.com/assets/p184579_b_h3_aa/mannix.jpg
BOOK'IM DANNO!

 

 


 hayduke2 wrote:
Billy got my little white ass movin back in the 70's!
Saw him on Soul Train shaking that massive 'fro and with the the transforming smile, very much enjoying his creations on the keyboard! 

 
still lovin it  : )
If this doesn't get your foot tapping...you may already be dead! So tasty...
 mgkiwi wrote:
This must have been the theme tune to a 70's US cop show!!

 
The composers of those theme songs were emulating this song.
 OOn_The_Beach wrote:
Frank Cannon could hit a sniper at 300 yds with a snub nose .38. What a marksman!!

Cannon! Banacek! Kojak! Mannix!

https://images.zap2it.com/assets/p184579_b_h3_aa/mannix.jpg

 


 sici wrote:
If J.S. Bach or Pachelbel heard this, I think they would go "Whoa! funkalicious! That's the sound I have been looking for!"

 
Whoa Funkalicious fur shur  : )
Along with Stevie Wonder...God like master of the clavinet

I missed an opportunity to see a free Billy Preston concert in San Jose a few years ago—walking distance from my house—and a couple years later, he passed.  This is truly one of the biggest regrets of my life.  No way to ever recapture a missed opportunity like that.
 Jelani wrote:
This is one of the best tunes in the world.
No matter how shitty I feel, this picks me straight up and out of it!

 
{#Yes}
very , very good!!
 mgkiwi wrote:
This must have been the theme tune to a 70's US cop show!!
 
Cannon! Banacek! Kojak! Mannix!

https://images.zap2it.com/assets/p184579_b_h3_aa/mannix.jpg
Hahahaha! Groovy!!
This must have been the theme tune to a 70's US cop show!!
Image result for 1970s roller skating gif
THAT FUNK!
 vandal wrote:
funky chicken

 

Agree
Norah Jones just sang and we have Billy Preston.  What is the connection between the two you may ask?  Why Ravi Shankar of course.
 Jelani wrote:
This is one of the best tunes in the world.
No matter how shitty I feel, this picks me straight up and out of it!

 
Indeed!  Forever and for always.  Billy Preston reigns supreme on the electric organ. 
More cow bell!
outasight!
 ...and was supposed to play with the Band later on, but his legal entanglements (fooling around with a Mexican boy) prevented that.

junebaby65 wrote:
Played with the Stones and the Beatles!

 


5th Beatle
Hairy one! {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Cheers}
Man, you gotta love that afro!
Far out man!
Saw him with the Stones in 75. Funky!
Wawawawahhh
This is one of the best tunes in the world.
No matter how shitty I feel, this picks me straight up and out of it!
you guys are on a roll!  Isleys and now Billy!!
How to get your afternoon grooooooove back!

{#Bananapiano}   {#Drummer}
{#Dancingbanana}  {#Dancingbanana_2}  {#Dancingbanana_2}  {#Dancingbanana}
Git down baby! 
That is one interesting cat to say the least...
 
Now that's some organ playing right there!! RIP
oh I've been a good boy and this is the Super Doopa Gift of the Music Gods!!!  Billy is Utmost Boppin'est Keyboard player Ever!!!
FUN....ky!
 
Best Fro of all times!!!!
Funkiest song of all time!  
he changed the sound of music - and i wouldn't want to live on a planet where he hadn't exsisted
 
Joy on the keys. RIP, Billy.
I think Boogie Nights when I hear this tune.
Preston is apparently the only non-Beatle to be credited on a Beatles recording ('Get Back').
Something of a fifth Beatle.
Holy Cow! The music this past hour has been ON FIRE!
WOW. A 120% chance of a serious funk storm with this one!  Not used to hearing this much R&B on RP as I have this morning. I like it very much. {#Bananapiano}
 Krispian wrote:
Funkalicious!

 

I second that!
Love the slightly distorted bass notes on the Fender Rhodes...awesome sound.
Get ya' funk on!
 ccjemmett wrote:
Try to not move.  


I dare you 
 

{#Lol} Impossible!


{#Bananasplit}
Played with the Stones and the Beatles!
Try to not move.  


I dare you 
oooh, shades of the seventies baby. What's your sign? ....
There is superoutaspacious writing on the wall. 
Funkalicious!
There it is!  A sleeper blast from the past!!
If J.S. Bach or Pachelbel heard this, I think they would go "Whoa! funkalicious! That's the sound I have been looking for!"
blast from the past
Sehr schon!
Outa Sight!
Where IS Romeo? 
I bet my hotel room is more rockin' than his right now!! 
FUNK YEAH!!!!


Blimey, someone's been dusting off their old vinyls!! {#Stop}
 johnjconn wrote:


Guess who co-wrote this song?
 
I am sure it was earlier 



Funkalicious awesomness!!!! Thankzz!
Extra rating point for the afro.
 renegade_X wrote:

LOL good call.

I am so glad that this instrument is never used anymore. It sounds ridiculous!
 
Maybe it sounds ridiculous to you, but scores of musical artists have used the clavinet, and still use it.  Great song.
This *&^% makes you shake and groove!! {#Bananapiano}
FUNKY!!  {#Devil_pimp}
 chebucto wrote:
Keep expecting someone to jump and start singing about chocolate salty balls
 
LOL good call.

I am so glad that this instrument is never used anymore. It sounds ridiculous!
Keep expecting someone to jump and start singing about chocolate salty balls
 rpdevotee wrote:
Billy Preston is a true master at the keyboard—funk keyboard...
Good enough to play with the Beatles.
Don't forget he played with the Beatles at their last live performance atop the Apple building in London. 
 

And pretty much throughout the whole "Get Back/Let it Be" recording sessions. I think he's also on "Let it Be," and maybe a few more songs of "Let it Be."
Allllllllll Riiiiiiiggghhhttttt
OMG, so great, so classic. Billy Preston, a true master of the keyboards! Love it. 
Billy Preston is a true master at the keyboard—funk keyboard...
Good enough to play with the Beatles.
Don't forget he played with the Beatles at their last live performance atop the Apple building in London. 
Far out...and awesome. Hey Ray Manzarek this is how to make a Rhodes keyboard sound fun and interesting. 
Funkaye!!!
Billy got my little white ass movin back in the 70's!
Saw him on Soul Train shaking that massive 'fro and with the the transforming smile, very much enjoying his creations on the keyboard! 
That is one awesome fro!!!!!!!!
Get Outa Here!  Big 8.

  Damn ...
This song makes me happy.{#Dancingbanana_2}
 a_genuine_find wrote:
1972 - Why are release dates such a ? mystery here Bill? {#Stupid}

 
It's probably due to some combination of sunspots and El Niño.  Great song!

Oh yeah! Billy Preston on the Hammond organ. Played and recorded with Beatles at the end. Got to see him with George Harrison in Tucson doing Will It Go Round in Circles, Ravi Shankar filled the rest of the bill. Peace to the world is the mantra we all need to sing.
Outta site!
Try to sit still...just try {#Dancingbanana}
Nice!
Right on. I think Bill followed SanFranGayMan's advise a couple of songs back to "do some drugs, slow down and listen fer godsakes!"

I'm diggin' it!

Rockin!! I am re energized again!!!{#Dancingbanana}
1972 - Why are release dates such a ? mystery here Bill? {#Stupid}

boogie woogie...{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam}{#Kiss}{#Notworthy}
FUNKALISCIOUS
{#Bananajam}
FUNKADELIC
Nice segue from Black Keys.
 MusicIsMotion wrote:
Mmmmmm.  70's porn music.  Stimulating!

No pun intended.
 
70's porn music generally wasn't this up-tempo and funky. 
At least not as far as I remember.



Billy Preston is also the ONLY good thing (with the possible exception of Steve Martin) in the "Sgt. Pepper" movie. If you see it listed on TV, tune in for the last 15 minutes to catch Preston (as the reincarnated Sgt Pepper), doing "Get Back". Other than that, the movie is drek. It doesn't even work on a camp level.
 vandal wrote:

 
This choreography is perfect for the music.  RIP, Billy - you were awesome!!  {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajumprope}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananasplit}