Booker T. and the MG's - Summertime

[omarcodimarco]

komatara kai den argei to kalokairiiiXD

[RevRec1]

Amazing!!! I'm a writer and this really gives your creativity a jolt.

[Vee23Matt]

You know you have found an amazing song when the sounds blasts you off into another realm without the addition of drugs.

[bufumofo223]

Al, at 2:02 ... and again at 2:41, THAT's how you drive a band!

[starmizer2000]

Brings back memories, My mother use to sing this song to me when a was a little girl.

[woerdingsa]

luv it.

[loldotprd]

Damn!!...nowadays music will never have feeling like this..this tune has the greatest feeling i´ve ever heard :)

[phoenixrising7771]

Thanks guys,am from Memphis,tn.I used to go to the Peabody Hotel in the early 1990's and a striped down version of Booker T.and the M.G.'s would play there.The show was free to the public,and Donald"Duck"Dunne would "whip da'Bass".When they got good and warmed up.It was all "white-boys"in da' band;but they played that funky music......Have an outstanding day,Crazy Patti

[MoxieMightyDicks]

Hey everyone. Maybe some of you can help me. I am searching a song. I heard the passage at 0:25 on this video --->(watch?v=CJD-U8N_9Gk)

i am not trying to get clicks or something. its not even my video. but i dont know howelse to find the song i am searching. please check out the video, listen to 0:25 and tell me, if you know the song i am looking for. Thank you very much

[MrPeterified]

I would have an awesome time on mushrooms listening to this

[anklebreaka03]

@MrPeterified LOLLLL!!!! O man...2 steps ahead of ya...lol. Trust me its the SICKEST song you could listen to. It has become the theme song of being on shrooms for me thats why i rarely listen to it when im not on shrooms anymore...ull know what i mean lolll. I listen to it when im ripped tho sometimes, like now ahaha :)

[crazycracker1995]

@MrPeterified i heard that

[RAMLIA1]

Very nice!

[boozerwreckage]

Cant make money making music like this anymore.

[wrathallll]

@boozerwreckage i know, sad sad times :'(

[MeloNxHead]

WOW.

[zeber127]

невероятно прикольное звучит, неужели это было так давно?

[malvais2012]

talk about swag out the shower

[TheWalter1952]

Marvelous.

[music1831]

@TheWalter1952 One of the best songs ever written,played by one of the most brilliant groups of all time.

It's just PURE MAGIC!

[metalgearskalex]

I feel as though I should be walking outside in the city while its raining, while wearing a khaki trench coat and fedora. And I will be walking into the diner where I sit down at the counter and Rosemary the waitress pours coffee for me for 2 hours.

And everything will be in black and white

[MrMALLET22]

Quelle version merci à steeve et à booker t continuez à bosser chez STAX !

[oliveirantunes]

Booker T? Another professional wrestler is into music...

[FallenExpert]

SMOOTH. AS. FUCK.

[theGhostFacekillah92]

if you dont like this song you dont like music

[GraysMood]

Classic. Thank you. Saw a go-go dancer back then do a thing to this (a dance thing--easy, sportsfans) with special lighting, etc. Never forgot it. Call me, darlin' --i'm still in love with you.

[deekante]

shit, man....

[NY339]

Just AWSOME <3 What else ?

[remkinho]

*goes back listening to dubstep*

[rrsp60]

The power of soul.Man,music such as this just stirs the emotion and gives ya cold sweat.

[scottphree123]

aw staxmantim you make me GREEN with envy

[santabloxs]

2 people want winter so badly

[TheNorthernSoulKing]

Please be my organ teacher id give a year of my life

[730ian]

Oh my god!??

[t3asena7tamako1a0]

ああ。たまらない。楽器が鳴いているよ。

[t3asena7tamako1a0]

ああ。たまらない。楽器が鳴いているよ。

[tr0ttz]

seer sucka suit ... smooth mo pukka .. its ALL grins buh ..

[manchester2000ful]

Didn`t Jimmy Smith also play this tune on the organ, Anyone. Love it.

[Aqene1000]

Just adore that Picture/ Album Cover !

[ceilinggod]

I remember when I was young , my uncle had this . I would lay on the floor and let it repeat until I fell asleep . It was my uncle who turned me onto Jazz music . I can't listen to that crap they play nowadays . THANKS FOR POSTING !!! This is the one I was looking for , just couldn't remember the name of it .

[ceilinggod]

Com on man !! I feel every note from the guitar

dats my shiznik !!

[Jackel95]

Feel the rhythm, feel the music, feel the soul.

[stevenh915]

music today is in such a hurry to be somewhere, slow down, sit down, and dont just hear whats around you but listen. ahhh.

[lastnightsdinner100]

so chill mate

[blootmens]

Why is music nowadays so bad?

[meetthejuggalo]

@blootmens I'll tell you why, people got ignorant, and record companies took advantage of it. Nowadays they're pushing artists on us who have no talent and who everyone hates i.e. rebecca black. they just keep giving these attention wanting hacks more and more money, and they just keep punching out junk music... why? because people will listen to it that's why.

[bfnputz]

@blootmens AutoTune

[corpsemunger]

@bfnputz If you think all modern music is autotune rubbish then you are living with your head underground

[urbanminer3]

@blootmens Because there hasn't been any "education" of the next generations... There are no more good waiters, service stations, hardware stores, grocers, independent music stores, or independent anything really, anymore. The de-education of the people is almost complete... We have kids protesting in the street because they have been told it will be a great moment to remember when they get old. They have no idea what to protest. Just that it is finally bad enough to get people into the streets.

[blootmens]

@urbanminer3

If you are referring to the protests of the crisis of today, you can't deny that there is something fundamentally wrong with the society of today and the way it works. Economy depends on the fact that there is infinite growth, but we forget that we live on a finite planet. Economy is destroying us humans. I don't mind the protests. However, I cannot deny that there are a lot of jackasses who don't know for what they're protesting and just do what the rest does.

[urbanminer3]

@blootmens I am referring to the Occupy protests. I am a supporter of the movement. I just find many youth who are unaware of the real reasons we all OUGHT to be angry about.

[Beaudereck]

@blootmens Because you probably don't look far enough to find some.

[willardlockejr]

@blootmens Because you have a lot of no-talent individuals who are passing themselves off as "musicians", when a lot of them don't even write their own music. I don't know how to explain it, but most of the music today is just really crappy and I'll continue to stick with the classics: Motown, Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, just to name a few.

[TheViolinKid]

@blootmens I blame Soulja Boi. It all started with him. -____-

[miukuuu2k11]

@TheViolinKid LOL it started with Cher you dumbass. Check your facts^^

[Holz4xa]

@blootmens I don't agree. How old are you ? You have nostalgia. I'm nearer of 50 tan 40.

[gogleistscheise1]

@blootmens why are you so stupit? do you hear todays blues, folk or whatever? no you always talk about this justin bieber crap but thats not the whole music of nowdays. do you think everyone have listen to booker t? i guess as much as today...

[ciscodiablo]

@blootmens

Music is as good nowdays as it ever was. It is just that fewer people play it nowdays. Those that do play "music" are being squeezed out of mainstream media broadcasting by "noise" makers.

That is the way the power people (Rothschilds and their NWO sicko mates) want it.

Noise numbs the brain and destroys the soul......Music nutures the mind and soothes the soul.

[Rtoipasaluk]

@ciscodiablo goddamn, what a conspiracy!

[johnydeltablues]

@ciscodiablo well said.

[jrsygrl142]

low volume, but still tops

[NervouszYeah]

Amazinggggg:)

[BlackBeardDelight187]

This makes me cry.

[sungoddess5]

Jeez this is beautiful

[Zh0rik]

Lol Abbey Road picture. -_-

[Ashman370]

Omg that is sooooo soooooo sexy take me away in they sky and let me float with wind to this in my head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aardcore]

This is the shit. No listen. THIS. IS THE SHIT. Turn it up and get MAD lost in those subtle nuances, sonnn! Blues and soul combined to make one hell of an experience. This is the kind of stuff I live to love and love to live.

[violinsolo4000]

WoW ! So nice to hear this song. A few months ago, I mentioned this song to my neighbors' teenage kids recently as they were enjoying the movie 'The Blues Brothers' and had no idea of Cropper and Dunn and Booker T... now I can't dust this stuff off fast enough for these kids :) I didn't have Summertime.

They love Soul-Classic Rock & Roll-R & B....all the good stuff before Rap.

Thank You sooo much for posting this one.

[187Seph]

This is a great, i like to listen to this when im having a big fat joint, i also love the Billy Stewart version.

[Phallafets]

this version sounds a little like 'We're Going Wrong' by Cream

[woerdingsa]

This is music- soft & loud

[rocknrollporn]

hey!! was that pic of them crossing the street b4 or after that beatles album came out?

[basedee]

Wheres my arc !

[Melkitzedeq79]

this is my song it's soooo hot

[xXMcMuffinXx1]

Im 1 of few 17 year olds who like this kind of music :D

[CadillacCoupe65]

@xXMcMuffinXx1 dude im 14 nd i listin 2 this!

[bedward93]

@xXMcMuffinXx1 That's just not true though is it. Everyone has a different opinion and it's comments like that that piss everyone off. You don't have to be middle aged to appreciate a masterpiece

[xXMcMuffinXx1]

@bedward93 There wont be many teenagers listening to this......My point is that im glad i listen to this kind of muic instead of this new age shit they call music! I dont care if someone is 50 and listening to this, thats not my point!

[bedward93]

@xXMcMuffinXx1 Did I suggest you care if "someone is 50 and listening to this"? I'm saying everyone is entitled to an opinion and this "new age shit" may not be your first choice but other people clearly enjoy it so there is really no need to comment on it at all because that's not anything to do with this video. It's really just pointless and there are thousands of comments like that everyday, the same applies to remarks about Justin Beiber.

[xXMcMuffinXx1]

@bedward93 I dont go for thumbs up like those other people im just telling it how it is! Couldnt give a shit if someone mentions Justin Bieber in a video! Im only stateing that there are few teenagers that listen to this! Stop over looking comments! And making pointless disagreements about FUCK ALL!

[bedward93]

@xXMcMuffinXx1 I'm not starting disagreements I'm saying comments should be relevant to the video. Yours was just another generic, annoying comment stating how old you are and how terribly original that is. I'm being liberal for saying that it's your opinion modern music is a waste of time and that it doesn't really matter here anyway. Don't get mad because you can't maintain a good argument.

[xXMcMuffinXx1]

@bedward93 Wow.....Dont read the comments then, You will probably get a "Generic comment" in every video! Mine was'nt intentional to be one of those comments! I said it because thats what i think! If it's true or not i dont care!

[headcase01]

That's some warm clean sounding vinyl there, sir. Excellent stuff.

[stopdong22]

I think this was the fllp side of hip hug her,,, that was a great track,,,, but this makes the hairs stand up for me....

[davidrheap]

What we foget is it was black guys and white guys in a mainstream band. They were unique and wonderful

[songey101]

I sense the heat of summer in this one. along with lonliness

[kakos4653]

very soothing...... man ,brings back the good old days.......Pops

[rollinthunder68x1]

wicked song i remember hearing this the first time when i was high on coke ,wicked tune it blew my mind

[charger807]

all I have to say is... WOW.

[danles25]

this song goes well with a martini....watchin how the sun's comin out

[johnlarson2012]

I love this band, man!

[OBigCheese]

its sorta almost sad sounding, yet also sorta happy, its weird to explain how i feel when i listen. all i can say is its definately worth listening to

[10Bones01]

The perfect song to drive home to after one of those classic summer nights.

[10Bones01]

Seeps right into me this song. Like resin inside a tree.

[bitlowtothebone]

His kill'in that hammond B3 organ.....the guitar oh my God>>BOOKER T!!!

[ovechkin100]

im gonna go be a criminal and smoke illegal marijuana to this song.

[mollysangelique]

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[jonbcaliman]

That guitar is simply from another planet....



[valeriedesjardins]

on the side B single Hip Hug-Her 1967

[subject1337NG]

is this from napolean dynamite?

[BasementBeginnings]

@subject1337NG Rofl.

No, dumbass Newgrounder.

[subject1337NG]

@BasementBeginnings i may be a dumbass newgrounder but........ nevermind

[OBigCheese]

@subject1337NG haha youd think, it does sound like it, that chill sound. but nah, john swihart does napoleon dynamite

[melvinsmate]

This is beauty. It is mouth-to-mouth for the soul.

[TheHyde55]

This would make great elevator music.

[ryan7494]

Just kidding, this is serious.

[espinoza2110]

where's my ark?

[Laquavia18]

I cry every time I hear this song because it was my father's request to be played at his funeral; that was five months ago.

[44eelz]

this is great..any one know any other great hammond players?

[saron380]

@44eelz Um Herbie Handcock used them occasionally, but he used rhoads mainly

[ppsuperswede]

@44eelz My favorite Hammond player is John Lord, from Deep Purple, played overdriven B- and C-3s. as far as i know, he was the first to do that. by the way, all those hammond guys who don't know the drawbars for these songs-- i'll figure them out eventually.

[zenbooter]

@ppsuperswede take a listen to Charles Earland play "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" with Buddy Miles&George Duke

[MrFangole]

A time when music was about music ! I just wished I could of stayed stuck in time, for the shit that I hear today makes me wish I was deaf

[pibevic]

One of the most interesting, gorgeous versions of "Summertime" I've ever heard.

Pure soul!

[chucke0115]

staxmantim you forgot to mention Alan jr's amazing drums

[staxmantim]

@chucke0115 Tragically, Al Jackson, Jr. was murdered 3 years before I was born. I never forget him.

[rastaR00STER]

there is no such thing as a bad genre of music, but there IS bad bands

[Proliyfic831832]

Chills....

[adultstorebob]

Duck Dunn was a Beast the bass lines he lays are extraordinary

[jaworcyk]

Excelent sound.

[Wiseguy453]

This song is so soothing. I listen to it while I lay in bed whenever I don't feel good.

I first heard this song in the "Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" episode of The Sopranos.

[TheMrrick58]

Booker T, you guys know how to play my favorite song with this splendid cover!!! The guitar solo is tasteful and the organ adds the mellow touch!!! A beautiful piece of music from a soulful band!!! You go boys!!!!

[cajunstix]

zero dislikes. just the way it should be.

[FRSyndicate2]

@cajunstix There will be always people who dislike music.

That doesn't means you should make lame jokes about the dislikes, or even worse, insult them.

You dislike other music genres, deal with it.

[cajunstix]

@FRSyndicate2 Shut up stupid bitch

[FRSyndicate2]

@cajunstix Lol, you can't handle the truth, don't you?

[zellersboy]

@cajunstix You just HAD to say that didn't you?

[gio230032]

isnt booker t a wrestler?

[KristianTNA]

@gio230032 You're right sucka! 

[duhs8878]

@KristianTNA hahahahahahaha

[RussellAthletics]

Play it Booker T.lol

[ladytsprts]

Awesome music!

[WEBTRAIN]

bad ..reminds me of Jimmy Smith..freaking bad ass Hammond..just has it's own distinct sound that you can't reproduce

[staxmantim]

The greatest musical experience of my life was when I stood on the banks of the Mississippi river on a warm May night hearing my heroes play "Summertime", I told myself never forget this. With Steve Cropper's guitar cutting through the air, Booker T. Jones's masterful organ playing, and Donald "Duck" Dunn's tasteful bass playing, I was in Soul Heaven.

[singinjohnny]

@staxmantim I'm sure that is a most beautiful memory for you. I have the same memory-association with music as it brings me right back to an entire event in my life, depending on the song or passage I hear. I always loved everything this band came out with. I first heard their "Green Onions" when it came out in late '62. I was 12 and it would come on my tube clock radio on a cold early morning when it was time to get ready for school. I can still picture the entire scene in the dark of my room.

[staxmantim]

@singinjohnny Nothing better to get your day going than Stax.

[singinjohnny]

@staxmantim Indeed! It would always set the day off well, no matter how the day would go...

[Gargolian1]

@staxmantim You lucky b.. ;-)

[fredfosterx]

Perfect song for a summer night like tonight. Smoke a cigar, have a shot of vodka and light that candle!

[abtecas]

@fredfosterx hells yeah!

[98bigbutt]

Sounds like either a Tarrantino or a Scorscesse movie.

[abtecas]

@98bigbutt nah, that be a sacrilige! :-)

[edn172]

@98bigbutt my thoughts exactly

[ralph774]

Heard this track on one of the "Soprano" series with christopher and paulie in Chris' apartment. Just had to find this track, and thanks for making it available. Booker T and the Mg' are indeed one of the all time great bands. Thanks again

[TooSlick93]

@ralph774 Same d;)

[Kawabic]

@ralph774 WOW i never realized this was in the sopranos, and it's one of my favorite songs

[snakeskin2u2]

Many thanks for posting this early and very much overlooked soulful Booker T track.

Much appreciated !!

Excellent.