@jointhedarkside and @John1948Ten Boys (written by Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell) was originally recorded and released by New York girl group, The Shirelles in November 1960; The Beatles recorded it in February 1963. Ray Charles Recorded What'd I Say on February 18th, 1959; it was released in July, 1959.
According to musicologist Robert Palmer, Ray told him in an interview that he made this song up on the spur of the moment. He had gone through most of his songs at a live performance and the crowd wanted more. He told Palmer if you listen carefully, you'll hear the verses aren't connected. The crowd loved it so much they wanted to buy the record which of course didn't exist. Ray then decided to go into the studio and record it. Became a million seller...that's why he's called "the genius".
@jointothedarkside The Beatles took a lot of American R&B songs but they usually covered them with the same title. I'm not familiar with a Beatles song entitled "Boys."
@John1948Ten Please Please Me (released 1963 in the UK and in the US as "Introducing The Beatles" on the VeeJay label). It's track five on the album. I'm a collector and nerd.
It was off their first UK release, Please Please Me. It was originally done by The Shirelles. Ringo sang it. And yes, it's very similar to What I Say.
@jointothedarkside The Beatles didn't write "Boys". It was a song they covered back when they did a lot of covers. It was originally done by the girl band The Shirelles
@jointothedarkside The Beatles didn't write "Boys". It was a song they covered back when they did a lot of covers. It was originally done by the girl band The Shirelles
@jointothedarkside No. The Song "Boys" was actually a chick song, that Ringo sang. And it was common in that era for songs to sound like other songs. Just how it was. Boys was originally performed by The Shirelles, and released in 1960/61. It was the B-Side to "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" (great song). And while the songs sound similar they're different enough that neither The Shirelles nor Ray Charles sued the other over it so. Just enjoy this blast from the past spinnin at ya @ 45rpms.
@jointothedarkside Are you kidding me.....look around and notice how many songs use this same musical tune......MANY people cover the same tune and add their own style to it....
This Ray Charles at his very best. And that's sayin' alot. A music expert, named Frank Sinatra, once said that Ray is the only real genius in our business. That too is sayin; something.
Thanks for posting this classic. The sheet music for Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" can be found at manymidi.com/sheetmusic.htm - a note-for-note transcription.
You obviously don't have much of an ear for music. Not only is Ray Charles probably the greatest singer of our lifetime, he also has perfect pitch. The only person i've ever heard who could scream in key. A once in a lifetime talent.
What's gone wrong with music? I think the only reason Ray Charles made it in music, other than the piano, was that he was blind. He had among the most terrible voices for a singer I've ever heard. Willie Nelson was the same way, but a nasal singer.
@weippem Are you crazy? It's not the "Singing." It's his soul. His blues. He sings from the heart, and with the spirit of a person that knows pain, knows hardship and so forth. When a person can feel your story, then that's an impeccable artist.
As in Busted "My bills are all due, and Im down with the flu, Im busted...cotton is down to a quarter a lb, but Im busted"
It's relativity! His stories are more compelling, his rhythm, his soul, not his voice. Trust me.
Well done my friend! You have very good ears! Ray Manzarek (Doors' Keyboardist) did in fact state in many interviews when they wrote "Break On Through" that he stole that riff for the intro directly from "What'd I Say".
The music industry is no longer about music. It is about product and brand and what can be tied up in a nice homogenous little package. Every so often, some real musicians and songwriters get through, but the number seems to be getting smaller every year.
A Masterpiece! IMHO, this combines THE BEST of The Swing (Big Band) Era with the Rock Era of that time. Priceless classic! Those were the days! Five-stars-plus!
I love this. Thanks for the great vid. Hey, music is very much like cigars, some people like an 80 cent cigar over a 10 dollar one. FM radio, AM, new music, old music, you hear a song you like, and enjoy it. That's all folks. And if you ask me, the music fans are by far more corrupt than the music business. How many people do you know that are down loading music for a dollar on the net? If you like the music, support the artist, don't steal from them.
I can go on and on about people like the jonas brothers, or justin bieber and people like that ruining the artistic expression of music. I would'nt say i'm narrow minded either, cause i'm very well aware that there is talent in our generation, but alot of them don't get the attention they deserve. Keller Williams for example. A brilliant mind and musician, who is wayyyy underrated.
You're right they do not find radio glory like the great musicians of the past did, but that is a function of money, not question of quality, or rather a lack thereof.
Devotchka is a highly talented indie band that will never, ever see radio coverage. Just one example. Even artists that could see radio coverage, like Citizen Cope who has a marketable sound, does not get played on the radio. I find it confusing just as you do, AllKindsaGirls.
Not my fault. FM does not even get my listenership.
But if I had to blame a specific group it would be the young, female demographic mostly. It seems around the mid-90s when boy-bands become the frontal figure of FM it officially took a turn for the worst.
That's why weakly formed theory at least, what's yours?
mtb416--Mid-90s when boy-bands came to the fore? Honey, boy bands and the screaming teen girls who worship them have been around—and dominating the radio—since the 60s! Hello, Elvis? Beatles? The Monkees? They (the monkees) may seem like a joke now, but they were HUGE in their time.
@scarth123 You're comparing entirely different musical industries. The industry of the past is not at all like that of today.
The 90s boy bands were much more a product of the 'studio system' than The Beatles and Elvis. Back then we either liked it or we didn't, today media is much more collusive in terms of manufacturing a need or type of preference.
@John1948Ten well, even tho i tilt towards the second one mainly.. Then that kindy shows everything wrong with democracy.. Which is just sad thinking about..
did you guys know this song was completely improvised on the spot? i guess he was playing a gig and finished his set too early and pulled this song out of his ass. The band and the girls just followed his lead. a true brilliant man can improvise a charting hit! I was truly born in the wrong era. I would give anything to have been born along side a generation with genuine talent. todays music is a total joke.
@AllKindsaGirls i agree with everything you have to say other than your last 2 statements, this was not the only generation with genuine talent and todays music is not a total joke even though you might not like it. ray charles was an innovator and an amazing player, but he was just playing some simple blues over A E and B. excellent what he did with it, but hardly enough to say that what we make today is a joke,
@petevouk The fact that the notes were as "simple" as that is more as a testament to his greatness, and adds to the disappointment with today's popular music. Good music is subjective, and while you may think it's not trash, its a common sentiment that it is, at least the majority of it.
Oh did you know that for the rest his career he closed EVERY one of his sets with this song He said that "when I play What I'd say thats it Shows Over no more waiting for old me"
@loler4eva story goes that Ray Charles played his set and had about 6 minutes left and so this song was born. Thats why the lyrics don't really make sense its what he had in his head at the moment
@AllKindsaGirls It was originally improvised on the spot, but he cleaned it up and tightened it before he recorded it. The original improvised version - which was improvised, after all - was about ten minutes long and wasn't recorded. The recorded version is about seven minutes long and wasn't recorded until three months later. So what you hear on the record is not pure improvisation, but a polished and perfected rewrite of an improvisation. It's still a fucking great song, though.
@AllKindsaGirls Also, an awful lot of things come under the category of 'today's music'. If you mean 'today's music in the charts', I agree. But a lot of great music is being made these days. You just have to look for it.
@lexo30 yeah well i mean i figured that the album's version wasn't improv, but like you said 'tightened' and 'polished'. And yeah that's what i meant. Alot of what makes the charts today is a bunch of shit, but there will always be good music being made by those who know what music is really all about. just wish the good stuff would make it's way mainstream already.
Are you kidding? Today we have that Bieber boy, Eminem who shouts & communicates just anger & impotence, Britney Spears who's a total idiot, & Death/Doom/Thrash Metal, & Snoopy Doggy Dog & Dr Dre who are about "Look at me, I'm a lowlife pimp & all women are whores", etc.. & you dare comparing them to Elvis, Ray Charles, James Brown, Dylan, Lennon, Hendrix, The Doors, Velvet Underground, Zeppelin or Sex Pistols? You must be crazy!
@kidcalabria i think theres a misunderstanding. this conversation goes away back. you should probably read it from the beginning. haha theres no way i'd ever compare that bieber queef to the likes of hendrix or any of those dudes you mentioned.. though i could care less for the pistols.
No misunderstanding. No need to read previous comments either, your point was quite clear. I was joking, I thought it was obvious. You don't like the Sex Pistols? Shame, you don't know what you're missing. If it wasn't for them a lot of good stuff wouldn't have happened at all, on all kinds of levels, they single-handedly changed the course of things, but if one wasn't there might not realize it - apart from the fact that their records sound fantastic, if one likes Rock'n'Roll
@kidcalabria trust me, when i was younger i went through a 70's punk stage. johnny thunders, richard hell, slaughter and the dogs, the nipple erectors, the boys, the vibrators, generation x, the dead boys, the real kids,the undertones, eddie and the hot rods, the damned, the cockney rejects.. goes on and on. if you haven't heard of any of those, check 'em out, good shit.
@AllKindsaGirls No need to check them out, I was a punk rocker in '77, I know this stuff very well, and none of these bands would have existed (with the exception of Richard Hell and Johnny Thunders - with whom I was friends) if it wasn't for the Sex Pistols, but thanks for the suggestion!
We didn't even have subs but a set of Pioneer HPM-100s could shake down the house with rock or do a nice accurate job with classical music. Four ways with a tweeter, a super tweeter, a 4 inch mid-range and a 12 inch woofer. The frequency range was 30 to 25,000 Hz with sensitivity of 92.5 dB/W (at 1m distance). Some speakers today do better but many well regarded high range speakers do not. Mine got me through college and beyond. I wish I still had them.
@rillloudmother I would guess I got the speakers in about 1970. Those speakers were monsters and designed to give you everything a separate 3-way and sub-woofer does.
@John1948Ten The HPM-100s were basically evolved JBL Century 100s. Bart Locanthi, who was the vice-president of engineering at JBL, left JBL and was hired by Pioneer. He built the HPM-100s to be an improvement on what he had done at JBL. They were very nice speakers indeed.
@kikivr22 They were definitely parent killers! Of course technology moves on and they can't hold a candle to my ACI Jaguar 2000s - but I do use a sub with them.
@Wonderbread101 It's nature to enjoy loud music. Music, especially when loud is euphoric, no matter what type of music. When people have to loug "Big Subwoofer" that you are refering to, it's natural. A club wouldn't do justice on headphones, and neither would a movie at the theatre.
But...yeah, my grandma used to play this to shake the neighborhood. The speakers systems were huger then. Trust me! They came with the turntable, and equalizer and huge speakers! It was greater loud!
I'd bet the farm that this is from the old ABC show; SHINDIG, which was the baddest show ever on TV in the mid 60's! It was one of the fastest hours on TV. ALL the major rock stars of the era were on including Bo Diddley and others.
como gritan...
demoniosmill 1 week ago
I love it !!
JitsoKu 1 week ago
礼・茶ー留守：「和田ー生｣ :D
vivvpprof 2 weeks ago
Who were those cool guys at 1:08 sitting with their arms crossed
BallDangle1 2 weeks ago
@BallDangle1 The Jim Crow boys lol,
Batistamaniac1 1 week ago in playlist Stickam Live DJ
DAN MURPHY!!!!!
Mrguerraskates 1 month ago
Does anyone know who the guitarist is playing behind Ray?
67Stu 2 months ago
@jointhedarkside and @John1948Ten Boys (written by Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell) was originally recorded and released by New York girl group, The Shirelles in November 1960; The Beatles recorded it in February 1963. Ray Charles Recorded What'd I Say on February 18th, 1959; it was released in July, 1959.
67Stu 2 months ago
高校時代初めてのコンサートが彼でした!
KOTOARATA 2 months ago
I wish I was born back in these days. I'd rather take the old days over the new days. -.-
TheWeirdGuy000 2 months ago
According to musicologist Robert Palmer, Ray told him in an interview that he made this song up on the spur of the moment. He had gone through most of his songs at a live performance and the crowd wanted more. He told Palmer if you listen carefully, you'll hear the verses aren't connected. The crowd loved it so much they wanted to buy the record which of course didn't exist. Ray then decided to go into the studio and record it. Became a million seller...that's why he's called "the genius".
darc1362 3 months ago
Break on throught!!!
POMPETO1 3 months ago
I will always love you Ray. My father loved you, my grandfather loved you, and I love you too.
you're simply amazing! <3
ClaPazzini 3 months ago 2
imagine someone doing the furious dance in the background!
realtoyz13 4 months ago
And that Ladies and Gentlemen is how it should be done!!
midair55 4 months ago
Forget the music institution training
Forget the dance training KIDS!
This is natural pure artist
nayruto 4 months ago
This sounds awfully like the beatles song "boys" that's suspicious ¬_¬ the beatles took this song!!!! D:
jointothedarkside 4 months ago
@jointothedarkside The Beatles took a lot of American R&B songs but they usually covered them with the same title. I'm not familiar with a Beatles song entitled "Boys."
John1948Ten 4 months ago
@John1948Ten yeah I knew that but this one it's like a total rip
jointothedarkside 4 months ago
@John1948Ten Please Please Me (released 1963 in the UK and in the US as "Introducing The Beatles" on the VeeJay label). It's track five on the album. I'm a collector and nerd.
MiniKirk 3 months ago
@John1948Ten
It was off their first UK release, Please Please Me. It was originally done by The Shirelles. Ringo sang it. And yes, it's very similar to What I Say.
DonGenarosDog 3 weeks ago
@jointothedarkside The Beatles didn't write "Boys". It was a song they covered back when they did a lot of covers. It was originally done by the girl band The Shirelles
losercubed3 4 months ago
@jointothedarkside The Beatles didn't write "Boys". It was a song they covered back when they did a lot of covers. It was originally done by the girl band The Shirelles
losercubed3 4 months ago
@jointothedarkside No. The Song "Boys" was actually a chick song, that Ringo sang. And it was common in that era for songs to sound like other songs. Just how it was. Boys was originally performed by The Shirelles, and released in 1960/61. It was the B-Side to "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" (great song). And while the songs sound similar they're different enough that neither The Shirelles nor Ray Charles sued the other over it so. Just enjoy this blast from the past spinnin at ya @ 45rpms.
MiniKirk 3 months ago
@jointothedarkside Are you kidding me.....look around and notice how many songs use this same musical tune......MANY people cover the same tune and add their own style to it....
KayWildcat 2 months ago
@jointothedarkside well, no... First of all is this a quite normal 12-bar blues form, and secondly was "Boys" a cover, it was Shirelles' song...
joriszsz 1 month ago
i can not like this video as i am watching this in 2014:))
TheNihit21 4 months ago
8 people dont see what started r&b
sammy30655 4 months ago
SIEMPRE VIVIRAS RAY CHARLES
xxslalonxx 4 months ago
OH!A GO-GO I LOVE IT SHAKE A TALE FEATHER LIL MAMA'S!
acu1inamillion 4 months ago
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Justin bieber says : God sent me to earth to teach you what is music
Ray Charles says : i didn´t send anybody :D
HELLOW from Romania !
BenLaDenDragon 5 months ago
1:23-1:27...The way Ray plays that...ur like "Oh Crap Here we go!"
Batistamaniac1 6 months ago
Best song ever!!! you must be rocking angels up there. GOD BLESS YOU RAY
iERICROCKS 6 months ago
what's the best tone to use for this song on a keyboard? please answer.
sethcril 6 months ago
this song makes me wanna get up and dance...some people in the audience are just sittin there .... #confused why they are just sittin there
Butterfly22797 6 months ago
If you don't start moving around and feeling great while listening to this song, call 911 because you don't have a pulse.
1olrocker 6 months ago
2:48 check the girl, explodes with these crazy moves hehe
Baciey 6 months ago 25
@Baciey That was pretty common for go-go dancers.
John1948Ten 6 months ago 10
@John1948Ten nice, I bet the guys loved it
SublimeAmiga 6 months ago
seven idiots!!!!!!!!!!
MrRezolve 6 months ago
ehhhhhhhh! ohhhhhhhhhhhh! hooooo!
niamja12345 7 months ago
The movie was great Jamie fox was awesome but nothing is better than Ray hisself he is amazing
billraggett 7 months ago
This is my song
TheKeeya22 7 months ago
very much crying girls at this video :)
Da7hom1 7 months ago
With an organ Vox Continental this should prolly would sound better
boliboy2299 7 months ago
love it, one of my favorite songs ever
kyoukilis20 7 months ago
Five idiots!!!
edsonpereira233 7 months ago 10
This Ray Charles at his very best. And that's sayin' alot. A music expert, named Frank Sinatra, once said that Ray is the only real genius in our business. That too is sayin; something.
richardmbowman 7 months ago
Guys can we stop talking about artists that have nothing to do with Ray Charles? For people who hate them you sure love talking about them.
eminemisinthemafia 7 months ago
did you think about, if bieber F gaga what kind of asshol ther will be? :D
600666gio 7 months ago
they really had a good time there
rushdie83 7 months ago
5 personas son ignorantes de la musica. xD
DaEvStyle 7 months ago
who is the guitar player ?
bobluman4 7 months ago
ray my favorite musicain
daelan9 7 months ago
Love this song.
lightitupsmoke8it 7 months ago
♥ #Liberty ☼ #Libertad ♫ #Freiheit ♪
TheOnionRoute 8 months ago
@AmberLonghv ☼ "This ♫ #music is way beyond ♥ #marketing ." ~ VAN MORRISON #quote
TheOnionRoute 8 months ago
I thought this was a amazing.
seductiveeyesgal69 8 months ago
Five people no, five justin biebers
guilsmit 8 months ago 2
I came here because of Walk of Life's Lyrics. And a thing I heard right now is GOOD!
Haggletoe 8 months ago
Look, an extinct thing called musician!
Ferryballs11 9 months ago 2
por siempre ray idolo y genio del piano
gorositomatiasleonel 9 months ago
genio total ray charles!!
DaEvStyle 10 months ago
rock & roll
Ben67789 10 months ago
Genius
Phred7608 11 months ago
5 people don't now what he'd say. ;)
tempodelavie 11 months ago 55
@tempodelavie Five people no, five justin biebers xD
guilsmit 8 months ago 3
@guilsmit NOBODY IS PERFECT ! JUSTIN BIERBER IS NOOBOODY
MsRooni 7 months ago
@MsRooni Hey you're right!!! Who's that Justin Bieber anyway? Never heard of him. He must be awful... ~__~
RyoSaeba331 7 months ago
Thanks for posting this classic. The sheet music for Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" can be found at manymidi.com/sheetmusic.htm - a note-for-note transcription.
ElmoPiano 11 months ago
Now that's party right there!
comprehensiveboy 1 year ago
OMG why are you amaznig Charles:O
the screaming coulda been kept down too a NONE but it just shows how great he isXD
OhDangitsAng225 1 year ago
all that screaming people in the bg are really frustrating :\
RockNostalgic 1 year ago
TOMMY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
boxingglove32 1 year ago
all the girls look so pretty !
srtafk 1 year ago
666 like this song xD lol
chaos645 1 year ago
GENIUS
THESOULbornold 1 year ago
cool man cool
bigrider2806 1 year ago
grandma looks so sexy at 2:50
marcadiablocarlos 1 year ago
correct me if I'm wrong, but didnt he write this song on stage or something like that?
chelseaFCKalou 1 year ago
@chelseaFCKalou yep complete improv and look how good it is that tells you how good he was R.I.P
tingyuyan12 1 year ago
Love your mellow sound. All on the same page musically. Love it when it all comes together like this.
MrAtlantajazz 1 year ago
I love Ray Charles so much, it hurts.
bottleimp007 1 year ago
me encanta como bailan las chicas jejejejeje he tratado de aprenderme los pasos y no puedooo
kim6148 1 year ago
i wonder if some of those dancers look at this video now and say,"hey look thats me!"
trin75xx 1 year ago
You obviously don't have much of an ear for music. Not only is Ray Charles probably the greatest singer of our lifetime, he also has perfect pitch. The only person i've ever heard who could scream in key. A once in a lifetime talent.
gsdsteve 1 year ago
What's gone wrong with music? I think the only reason Ray Charles made it in music, other than the piano, was that he was blind. He had among the most terrible voices for a singer I've ever heard. Willie Nelson was the same way, but a nasal singer.
weippem 1 year ago
@weippem Are you crazy? It's not the "Singing." It's his soul. His blues. He sings from the heart, and with the spirit of a person that knows pain, knows hardship and so forth. When a person can feel your story, then that's an impeccable artist.
As in Busted "My bills are all due, and Im down with the flu, Im busted...cotton is down to a quarter a lb, but Im busted"
It's relativity! His stories are more compelling, his rhythm, his soul, not his voice. Trust me.
CALICOTV301 1 year ago
Super whooo powerful.
driepintenbier 1 year ago
Ray Charles will always be the master to the piano. He's like the updated Scott Joplin.
22013 1 year ago
Hail the master
poorboyz14 1 year ago
love those girls who are dancing :p
ludo0077 1 year ago
lol:P
propyropower 1 year ago
Genius. To start off doodling around with such a simple 12 bar blues and end up with one of the all time classics.
oldbloke135 1 year ago
muito bom... mile anos, eu me lembro como se fosse hj...
beirada 1 year ago
I have only one regret in my life..... not seeing the the legendary ray charles when I had the chance.
kingbob3009 1 year ago
MUSIC so well interpreted like this, makes even hardest hearts to open up, even during days when racism was big in America,
cgninoc 1 year ago
scooter boy music :D
RideToTheHills2010 1 year ago
красавчег!
HillUArocK 1 year ago
this is the stuff
i'm fourteen and love all of ray's stuff as well as louis jordan's
what's considered 'music' these days is terrible
flyingducks22 1 year ago
The Master :-) all time classic R.I.P
chabalabab 1 year ago
Oh sweet Jesus almighty.... This is what true music is! Loooooooooove it, absolutely.
ProximaOne 1 year ago
Great
sunset1954 1 year ago
This song is fantastic -The Beatles used to play this song in Hamburg in their set - they would even stretch it into a one hour jam
texman00 1 year ago 2
Pure gold.
homemmpa 1 year ago 2
Malade !!!!!
salutfacedecul6969 1 year ago
grande maestro !!!!!!!
reyber80 1 year ago
no esta mal la cancion ;)
shevchenko7M 1 year ago
this was top 10 in top 100 songs in Rolling Stone mag
aishaxoxobela 1 year ago
0:05-0:12 sounds like a piano version of the opening to "Break on Through (To the other side) by the doors :D
bucknut248 1 year ago
@bucknut248
Well done my friend! You have very good ears! Ray Manzarek (Doors' Keyboardist) did in fact state in many interviews when they wrote "Break On Through" that he stole that riff for the intro directly from "What'd I Say".
1olrocker 1 year ago
@bucknut248
youtube.com/watch?v=yfQAaK1pFM4
You can watch the whole thing or skip to about 1:30 - Ray give the whole story!
1olrocker 1 year ago
whats with all the screaming????
PetrolClock 1 year ago
Rest in peace, king of jazz!!
TazGamer 1 year ago
This song was in the top 10 in the world charts in 1959
LittleSweety 1 year ago
stupendo:) :)
oreste4287 1 year ago
thi song makes me want to get up and dance!!!
MrPhukyou 1 year ago
The music industry is no longer about music. It is about product and brand and what can be tied up in a nice homogenous little package. Every so often, some real musicians and songwriters get through, but the number seems to be getting smaller every year.
Kaalec 1 year ago
QUE SACADA LA DEL FONDO!
karenonsale 1 year ago
A Masterpiece! IMHO, this combines THE BEST of The Swing (Big Band) Era with the Rock Era of that time. Priceless classic! Those were the days! Five-stars-plus!
FanOfJanis 1 year ago
great song
789pequignot 1 year ago
simply the man
caitlinwyatt 1 year ago
Jesus Man! Awesome, Top Drawer Performance.
Long Live The King, Long Live Ray Charles...
Patrick (Ireland)
MusicMadGuy2010 1 year ago
I love!! :-)
Sneck072 1 year ago
i can't stop loving you ray charles - COVER CARLOS
(BRASIL)
CARLOS36325 1 year ago
I love this. Thanks for the great vid. Hey, music is very much like cigars, some people like an 80 cent cigar over a 10 dollar one. FM radio, AM, new music, old music, you hear a song you like, and enjoy it. That's all folks. And if you ask me, the music fans are by far more corrupt than the music business. How many people do you know that are down loading music for a dollar on the net? If you like the music, support the artist, don't steal from them.
vincecilli 1 year ago
WOW anyone know who the guitar player is setting behind Ray? Where was this?
VegasCLEARguy 1 year ago
THE GENIUS
unnepoi 1 year ago
and besides..
what we call music today, is profane or irrelevant lyrics thrown over a drum machine track.
AllKindsaGirls 1 year ago 3
Sounds like you're just talking about rap.
don't be so narrow-minded
mtb416 1 year ago
oh but i'm not sir..
I can go on and on about people like the jonas brothers, or justin bieber and people like that ruining the artistic expression of music. I would'nt say i'm narrow minded either, cause i'm very well aware that there is talent in our generation, but alot of them don't get the attention they deserve. Keller Williams for example. A brilliant mind and musician, who is wayyyy underrated.
AllKindsaGirls 1 year ago
Anything you find on FM radio is going to suck.
You're right they do not find radio glory like the great musicians of the past did, but that is a function of money, not question of quality, or rather a lack thereof.
Devotchka is a highly talented indie band that will never, ever see radio coverage. Just one example. Even artists that could see radio coverage, like Citizen Cope who has a marketable sound, does not get played on the radio. I find it confusing just as you do, AllKindsaGirls.
mtb416 1 year ago
So whose fault is it? The people that keep spooning out crap over FM radio or the listeners for having such bad taste that they take it?
John1948Ten 1 year ago 12
In a word: Both
Not my fault. FM does not even get my listenership.
But if I had to blame a specific group it would be the young, female demographic mostly. It seems around the mid-90s when boy-bands become the frontal figure of FM it officially took a turn for the worst.
That's why weakly formed theory at least, what's yours?
mtb416 1 year ago
mtb416--Mid-90s when boy-bands came to the fore? Honey, boy bands and the screaming teen girls who worship them have been around—and dominating the radio—since the 60s! Hello, Elvis? Beatles? The Monkees? They (the monkees) may seem like a joke now, but they were HUGE in their time.
scarth123 1 year ago
@scarth123 You're comparing entirely different musical industries. The industry of the past is not at all like that of today.
The 90s boy bands were much more a product of the 'studio system' than The Beatles and Elvis. Back then we either liked it or we didn't, today media is much more collusive in terms of manufacturing a need or type of preference.
mtb416 1 year ago
@John1948Ten i agree it is crap but some of it is alright i suppose :P
FluffynessIsRick 1 year ago
@John1948Ten Thanks John, I totally agree with you.
TheSunRecords 1 year ago
@John1948Ten well, even tho i tilt towards the second one mainly.. Then that kindy shows everything wrong with democracy.. Which is just sad thinking about..
skvakagud 10 months ago
did you guys know this song was completely improvised on the spot? i guess he was playing a gig and finished his set too early and pulled this song out of his ass. The band and the girls just followed his lead. a true brilliant man can improvise a charting hit! I was truly born in the wrong era. I would give anything to have been born along side a generation with genuine talent. todays music is a total joke.
AllKindsaGirls 2 years ago 51
@AllKindsaGirls i agree with everything you have to say other than your last 2 statements, this was not the only generation with genuine talent and todays music is not a total joke even though you might not like it. ray charles was an innovator and an amazing player, but he was just playing some simple blues over A E and B. excellent what he did with it, but hardly enough to say that what we make today is a joke,
petevouk 1 year ago
@petevouk The fact that the notes were as "simple" as that is more as a testament to his greatness, and adds to the disappointment with today's popular music. Good music is subjective, and while you may think it's not trash, its a common sentiment that it is, at least the majority of it.
sparks199 1 year ago
It was one of the Greatest Accidents in Music History. Rolling Stone Voted this as the 10 greatest Rock song in History
marlin3 1 year ago
Oh did you know that for the rest his career he closed EVERY one of his sets with this song He said that "when I play What I'd say thats it Shows Over no more waiting for old me"
marlin3 1 year ago
@marlin3 what was an accident O.o?!
loler4eva 1 year ago
@loler4eva story goes that Ray Charles played his set and had about 6 minutes left and so this song was born. Thats why the lyrics don't really make sense its what he had in his head at the moment
marlin3 1 year ago
@AllKindsaGirls It was originally improvised on the spot, but he cleaned it up and tightened it before he recorded it. The original improvised version - which was improvised, after all - was about ten minutes long and wasn't recorded. The recorded version is about seven minutes long and wasn't recorded until three months later. So what you hear on the record is not pure improvisation, but a polished and perfected rewrite of an improvisation. It's still a fucking great song, though.
lexo30 1 year ago
@AllKindsaGirls Also, an awful lot of things come under the category of 'today's music'. If you mean 'today's music in the charts', I agree. But a lot of great music is being made these days. You just have to look for it.
lexo30 1 year ago
@lexo30 yeah well i mean i figured that the album's version wasn't improv, but like you said 'tightened' and 'polished'. And yeah that's what i meant. Alot of what makes the charts today is a bunch of shit, but there will always be good music being made by those who know what music is really all about. just wish the good stuff would make it's way mainstream already.
AllKindsaGirls 1 year ago 2
@AllKindsaGirls
I am with you on that one, It depresses I missed all the talent
TheTessaD 11 months ago
@AllKindsaGirls yeah i know i read about it i am doing a research project on him and i love his music now
hardrockman911 11 months ago
@AllKindsaGirls totally agree :)
MGDragonfree 11 months ago
@AllKindsaGirls just watching the movie about him now, and you're spot on
valedima91 11 months ago
@AllKindsaGirls No, this is improvised. That is crazy. Man he was a genius.
Topg1 10 months ago
@AllKindsaGirls
Are you kidding? Today we have that Bieber boy, Eminem who shouts & communicates just anger & impotence, Britney Spears who's a total idiot, & Death/Doom/Thrash Metal, & Snoopy Doggy Dog & Dr Dre who are about "Look at me, I'm a lowlife pimp & all women are whores", etc.. & you dare comparing them to Elvis, Ray Charles, James Brown, Dylan, Lennon, Hendrix, The Doors, Velvet Underground, Zeppelin or Sex Pistols? You must be crazy!
All kindsa girls, I'm falling in love again...
kidcalabria 10 months ago
@kidcalabria i think theres a misunderstanding. this conversation goes away back. you should probably read it from the beginning. haha theres no way i'd ever compare that bieber queef to the likes of hendrix or any of those dudes you mentioned.. though i could care less for the pistols.
AllKindsaGirls 10 months ago
@AllKindsaGirls
No misunderstanding. No need to read previous comments either, your point was quite clear. I was joking, I thought it was obvious. You don't like the Sex Pistols? Shame, you don't know what you're missing. If it wasn't for them a lot of good stuff wouldn't have happened at all, on all kinds of levels, they single-handedly changed the course of things, but if one wasn't there might not realize it - apart from the fact that their records sound fantastic, if one likes Rock'n'Roll
kidcalabria 10 months ago
@kidcalabria trust me, when i was younger i went through a 70's punk stage. johnny thunders, richard hell, slaughter and the dogs, the nipple erectors, the boys, the vibrators, generation x, the dead boys, the real kids,the undertones, eddie and the hot rods, the damned, the cockney rejects.. goes on and on. if you haven't heard of any of those, check 'em out, good shit.
AllKindsaGirls 10 months ago
@AllKindsaGirls No need to check them out, I was a punk rocker in '77, I know this stuff very well, and none of these bands would have existed (with the exception of Richard Hell and Johnny Thunders - with whom I was friends) if it wasn't for the Sex Pistols, but thanks for the suggestion!
kidcalabria 10 months ago
this is the real deal.. a good rock n roll kick in the ass. nowadays it's about how big your subwoofer is to see who can get the loudest bass.
Wonderbread101 2 years ago 23
yea.. newbies.. all they can think about is size. Gotta have soul,gotta have touch. Gotta have Ray.
virheeton 2 years ago
We didn't even have subs but a set of Pioneer HPM-100s could shake down the house with rock or do a nice accurate job with classical music. Four ways with a tweeter, a super tweeter, a 4 inch mid-range and a 12 inch woofer. The frequency range was 30 to 25,000 Hz with sensitivity of 92.5 dB/W (at 1m distance). Some speakers today do better but many well regarded high range speakers do not. Mine got me through college and beyond. I wish I still had them.
John1948Ten 2 years ago
@John1948Ten jeez 30-25k is a huge bandwidth. When did you have this system?
rillloudmother 1 year ago
@rillloudmother I would guess I got the speakers in about 1970. Those speakers were monsters and designed to give you everything a separate 3-way and sub-woofer does.
John1948Ten 1 year ago
@John1948Ten The HPM-100s were basically evolved JBL Century 100s. Bart Locanthi, who was the vice-president of engineering at JBL, left JBL and was hired by Pioneer. He built the HPM-100s to be an improvement on what he had done at JBL. They were very nice speakers indeed.
kikivr22 10 months ago
@kikivr22 They were definitely parent killers! Of course technology moves on and they can't hold a candle to my ACI Jaguar 2000s - but I do use a sub with them.
John1948Ten 10 months ago
@Wonderbread101 It's nature to enjoy loud music. Music, especially when loud is euphoric, no matter what type of music. When people have to loug "Big Subwoofer" that you are refering to, it's natural. A club wouldn't do justice on headphones, and neither would a movie at the theatre.
But...yeah, my grandma used to play this to shake the neighborhood. The speakers systems were huger then. Trust me! They came with the turntable, and equalizer and huge speakers! It was greater loud!
CALICOTV301 1 year ago
Fabulous! Thanks for posting - I think this was the first 45 I ever bought.
anthonypepitoneVideo 2 years ago 3
Esta cancion me encanta
jersonmajin 2 years ago 3
They didnt know what to do with the music back then.Because you dont sit to it.
pwarren1010 2 years ago 2
VERY EXTREME,luv it!!!!!!!!
lotec51 2 years ago 2
sample source for the doors break on through. among thousand others!
mcreminisce 2 years ago 2
sensacional
gcarvalhoc 2 years ago
FABULOUS
gstuart01 2 years ago 3
All those kids sitting there, the ones not clapping - just wishing they could approach being that cool.
universalradio 2 years ago 6
I'd bet the farm that this is from the old ABC show; SHINDIG, which was the baddest show ever on TV in the mid 60's! It was one of the fastest hours on TV. ALL the major rock stars of the era were on including Bo Diddley and others.
bigdancd 2 years ago 2
Your no spring chicken then I gather.
pwarren1010 2 years ago 2
isnt there so much noise for doing music?:S
valentinoguy 2 years ago
long live Ray Charles!!!
jchann09 2 years ago