Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's

[progjazzfusion]

the first 'jam band' ever.

[Millerced]

Groovey sounds

[boganlessons]

5 people play ball like a girl :P

[ronetteloverz]

Excellent lip sync...can't hardly tell...

[savetheearthkillme]

4 people don't get the lyrics

[SgtBradleyJ]

believe or not, i was looking for a good 4.10 long jazz song. just gonna borrow this.

[bobbbb1963]

that bassplayer looks so these days

as is if this clip is made now with a 60ties look

I mean the fasion is so nowadays

[WolvesNBAplayoff]

amazing bass ling throughout the song



[harlesslee]

Weird to see Cropper using Marshalls here and BF Fender Twin style amps lately, when its been said that he favored the Fender Tweed Harvard Amp for so many years. What should I believe? Steve, I'm so confused.

[staplezlleachoo]

@harlesslee look at you and your knowledge for stuff. no need to show it off.

[harlesslee]

@staplezlleachoo I'm a fan. Just making comments in the comments section.

[MrMusiclover66]

SO SIMPLE, SO EASY, SO COOL, JUST JAM, NO NEED TO MOVE, JUST CHILL AND GROOVE.

[awe3tado]

The Sandlot brought me here.

[overlordspencerman]

Count Basie, you were a genius, and these gentlemen recognized it.

[andrejurado]

THE REAL THING! DEEP PURPLE'S INSPIRATION?? I REALLY THINK SO! LOVE IT!

[HarveyJohnWillmott]

epic!

[nickybul62]

Génial ce morceau de 1962 et avec les moyens de l'époque !!!

amazing , I love this song and players !

Booker T. Jones made a comeback with "potato Hole " and "Road from Memphis" since 3years ago

[wweuniversewwe]

I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG!

[pevargas]

Ahead of their time; period.

[itowedin]

I don't know what was heavier....This take of Green Onions, or Stevie Wonder coming on after... Are you kidding?

[aituaitz]

need to get a telecaster n plug into my marshall

!!RIGHT NOW!!!

[lestergirls]

Love it! And who plays the bass cooler than Duck Dunn?



[darbuka1]

what a masterpiece - just great...I am sure in 1000 years still some guys will be cruisin' around listening to this great piece...

[adamjanusz]

Basist looks like "Finch" from "AMERICAN PIE", no?

Its ok for me to say that, because I am also blessed with those good looks! :P

This' a great song, great performance! Remember to "Like" it everyone! Thx for the upload!

[Aniva66]

the year of that gig? '66?

[vitameat]

@Aniva66 no...appears to be Stax/Volt tour of Europe, spring of '67 The video is apprently from Oslo....was it on Norwegian TV???

[Krmaca]

fuf too good

[UberDood777]

Charlie Sheen is absolutely ripping up the Guitar on this track.

[Ssejhog]

I had no idea Tim Robbins played bass in the MGs!

[MDS1958]

1:38 ....... oh yes.

[MatijaJimiZabaKasaic]

2:27 John Bonham

[youtrev]

DON'T MOVE

[musiclover9361]

"We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline!" - Duck Dunn. Classic line!

[Querencias7]

Really like the video but the tempo on this audio version is too fast for my taste. Thanks for the vid. 

[garyhallgren]

I've been waiting about 51 years to hear this live. Thanks be to YouTube.

[andy131481]

Dig the continental clothes!

[biggarfish]

What a great video of a classic played live and how about all those Marshall Plexi amps behind them.

[Krehyv]

Killer track !

The bassplayer has the perfect look for it :)

[MichaelHansenFUN]

al jackson? is he a news reporter?

[BassmanII]

Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

steve cropper?

[BassmanII]

@MichaelHansenFUN Yup!

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@BassmanII i heard he lived because he was not on the same flight as otis redding

[gorthar30]

Love it!!

[saanzacs]

RIP Al Jackson Jr (drummer)

[greenmean1]

@saanzacs The Human time keeper!!!

[Krehyv]

@saanzacs Was Al Jackson a lefty or ambidextrous ?

[disjoinedchip2]

@saanzacs greatest timekeeper ever. like clockwork.

[drmmrboy88]

I think of baseball everytime I hear this song.

[bpclips]

0:49 Ellen Page

[bshorta]

@bpclips and joaquin phoenix

[98bigbutt]

This reminds of the movie The Sandlot.The part where th sandlot kids and the little league kids face up together.

[howardtheyankee]

superb

[Shagofull]

0:49 - 0:41 There is a woman with a nice nose  :-)

[PatrikDeLogne]

@Shagofull its cute nose :D

[Shagofull]

classic

[witchman67]

Now, THAT was COOL!

[MrSteve24fps]

As a teen of the '70's, images of American Graffiti and the great race are conjured up.

[chrisrave]

Ah, the percussion from the organ sounds HEAVENLY!

[cooluncle69]

Probably the coolest piece of music to dance to, although you can look a bit of an arse if you try to copy Sting in Quadrophenia.

[Flangzor]

great

[MrInstrumentalist]

This group was one of my main inspirations for getting into music

[mannaz37]

Awesome!!!

[nRoy70]

This is from Oslo 1967.

[Daddyflinno]

That's the bass player in the Blues Brother right.

[chefmickeyw]

@Daddyflinno Donald 'duck' Dunne and Steve Cropper (the guitarist) were both in the Blues Brothers

[mobin0]

that bassist was a balller

[polkapete]

hell yeah !

[mobin0]

dude i love the way the guy smiles in the beginning XD!!

[jjjred1987]

FREAKIN' ASTONISHING!

[1xDannyHey1x]

pianist reminds of chris tucker

[Exakta66]

Thanks for posting...

[paddyhyland]

looks like the stimulants are kicking in..... hence the up beat tempo.... the duck looks like hes out his nut. great footage thanks for sharing

[keithmasterson1]

3star, if you think that drummer looks like Denzel Washington then the bass player looks like Mike Meyers, the lead guitar like John Cusack, guy on keyboards is Keenan Wayons and the hippie smokling a cigaret in the front row is Tom Cruise. And I think Shelly Long was there too.

[wildalb]

@keithmasterson1 Funny.

[don56texas]

I teach History of Rock and Roll at the university level and I made sure I played this each semester. You gotta teach 'em right. If you want to hear more Booker T, he was married to Priscilla Coolidge, Ritas sister, and plays on their album 'Walela'. He also played on Bruce Cockburns ' Nothing But A Burning Light.' I gotta do a pilgremage to Memphis, man.

[darraghtank]

@don56texas

jack black is it really you ?

[MaharishiMahaYogi]

This Booker T fella fuckin rules.

[nagyzoltan008]

0:20 Tim Robbins 

[smithfan31]

I wish I could find this version to download. This one is faster and sounds a lot better.

[3star2nr]

drummer looks like denzel washington

[zebidee44]

@3star2nr What, because he is black?

[3star2nr]

@zebidee44 why would you ask me that? What does being black have to do with anything.

Look at his face he totally looks like denzel washington

[mikemikeyf]

If youre in a fast elevator going very high up or down fast

I can see this being played. lol.

Otherwise this was one tight band and number and an organ by itself

had some excellent power chords of its own played by BT.

[reccaphoenix]

modtastic good music <3 Never heard it played this fast before!

[TheWordhammer]

im 14 and this is making me roll. really people, turn off your timeless rubbish and listen to this REAL MUSIC! This is a brilliant tune. spark of genius!

[oskaboy123]

@TheWordhammer i agree id love to have sex while this song is on lol

[JustAFocus]

I've tried to do that fast one-note stutter that Booker T. does, and I just can't do it that insanely fast. This song still kicks the crap out of pretty much anything out there these days. I wish there were more guitarists around like Steve Cropper. Zero flash, ultra-economical, even minimalist at times -- but no notes wasted. All killer no filler.

[MrToorude]

Steve Cropper has of the coolest guitar sounds!

[pb999999999]

Best music ever

[TheJessehoffman]

booker t used to be my neighbor when i used to live in california his son and daughter are stil good friends today with my sister we would go over to his house once and a while and they would come over to ours it wass nice thoughs weere the days my dad and booker where good friends

[wick2107]

Green Onions + The Sandlot = cultural orgasm

[Jhehl]

Hot Damn. That turkey does jive.

[HackneySack]

I saw Booker T live about a month ago. It was awesome!

[Ezdduf4kuZ]

It sounds very much like the original single, but you know that it isn't. It obvious that it isn't, but it sounds okey. It's a unusual title for an instrumental, and you got to wonder what it would sound like if it was put to words. I heard "Velvet Waters: & "Wild Weekend", put into words...both were  inst. on the pop charts in the same era. It was on my laptop, as I've never heard 'em before, they sounded okey, but Green Onions...perhaps as a novelty like Alley Opp. Thx4 postin'

[RedSonja09]

...i'm digging the coolcats in the audience ;)

[VelvetPunk4life]

I think it's cool that they're a multiracial group...they stand out in such a good way compared to other groups of the 60s

[VelvetPunk4life]

Booker T is such a beast in the first couple seconds of the vid...love to meet the guy in person

[Metrognomic]

60's = WAY effin cooler than the 70's

[skkiittllezz]

what a kickass song

[H0spitaller]

This song is far out cool. I with my band mates doing cover of it no shreds, no overexaggerated hard rock shit, just pure kickass rocknroll. Ok, take it easy folks ...

[bmxlife81]

dude perfect hot rodin music

[doire1962]

A classic track!

[cleckheatoncentral]

Love this song. I hear it play once in a seedy club where most of the locals were smoking weed!!! Great!!!!

[DavFin9]

As dirty filthy funky as it gets-marvellous

[justaman6972]

the hammond organ is the sh!t ,if you guys like this I know you'd dig robert randolph and the family band the most. steel git fiddle, hammond organ,sweet assed bass and a percussionist that is amazing,see the track "i need more love"

love peace and hair grease!!

[UncleMcCrustyPoo]

Wrestle And Play A Mean Piany, is there anything King Booker Can't Do?

[jdmapple]

Who's the a-hole that comes to front stage before the song is over, what a douche.

[metrorollah]

The best thing about this video is the lack of any showmanship from the performers. Its all about jammin.

[catdog420]

damn look at the "Duck " jam!

[catdog420]

LONG LIVE STEVE CROPPER!

[gob345]

the dude on the bass..his face looks hilarious when he plays:D

[noisesoundtonevibe]

This is their best performance of the song (in my opinion). Al Jackson Jr. had his most inspired grooves, variations and fills while being so musical you barely notice it. Donald Dunn just pins the notes of his bassline perfectly on the beat. Steve (one of my heroes) has the most wicked solo I've ever heard. Truly mean, the way he keeps bending the strings while scratching them with the pick. And Booker T, man, that was I have no word for that.

[TheBarbapoo]

this song is the best :) :) old songs are so cool :D

[clumseygenius]

great tune....

[TheRatpack54]

Sandlot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eaSomeLegend]

awesome the skate. 1 tune :)

[davidtheguitarman]

that's what a call Blues.

[slippysam1]

once again another classic being revived on tv adverts just shows they never die

[Scorcho44]

R.I.P Al Jackson jr., you were great!

[mcbawbaggy]

GODS THEME TUNE!!

[TheCakeIsASpy0o]

One of the best tunes ever, period.

[msrabakok]

i love it so much! :D

[therealraybaby]

Let's get HIGH 2 this!

[TheDjpops]

hee hee yah I thought that too

[chasebizzy]

The front row of the audience is composed entirely of beatniks.

[covGuk]

what are beatnic?

[SgtDonuts]

for senior talent show my pals had no bassist but everything else in order, so I did them a nice little favor and blasted this bass line out on tuba, muthatruckas. oh God was it ever fun.

[tednugentlives]

You shouldn't tell people you play the tuba, or play in high school., band. Maybe just admitting youre gay will explain everything.. Pathetic indeed.

[ssergiopaezz]

sandlot. haha

[juustohoyla]

Probably the coolest song ever made

[10ioio]

we played this in my schools jazz band but the piano player couldn't do it so we had to slow it down

[dmk7700]

this is TITZ

[Moordendvermaak]

I wished jimi hendrix did this song with lotas of feedback !! altough this is still a great song

[LucasMarquesGHC]

@Moordendvermaak

right on

i wonder how it would be a version like this

[jondanet]

Check out Roy Buchanan's version.

[MyysErnst]

haha

[UNDEADxNINJAX]

WOAH this is nice.

[SgtDonuts]

i'm 15 and my friends call this elevator music......

I'm getting me some new goddamn friends.

[overclockeador]

Your friends are gay...

[SgtDonuts]

not so much gay, more with the whole horrible taste in music thing. some of my friends are gay, but they also happen to appreciate this song; i'm in the process of sending my idiot exfriends emails detailing the evils of the jonas brothers, fallout boy and Panic! at the disco, rest assured.

[tednugentlives]

you wont know what music is if it bit you in your hip-hop ass. Go play your skin flute, your main instrument.

[SgtDonuts]

@tednugentlives did you actually read my comments? im white as cream and hate hip hop, ignoramus.

[akistsatrapatra]

@SgtDonuts man you are so young and listen so old music.. that means that the song is classic and that you got taste ;-)

most 15yo think that lady gaga is better.. lol

[catdog420]

@SgtDonuts , at 15 I wasent familar with this song . 4 years ago I listened to this song for 3 days straight (on repeat! ) Its hard to describe what this song does for me ! Even now "Green Onions" is on my mp3 player and i listen to it several times a day! peace , you have a damn good taste in music!

[skezness]

@SgtDonuts thats the attitude

[smitty54017]

@SgtDonuts You've got a GREAT taste in music! Makes me feel better about today's youth!

[gillesbertacco]

Hey... I am 32 (...damn) and it was the same for me. But no one can deny the power, brilliance, and the sheer timelessness of a whole bunch of songs of that particular era...

To convince even the rest of your "die-hard-we're-y2k-and-the best" of your friends, get the loudest stereo in town and play THE OHIO EXPRESS "First Grade Reader", then GONN "Blackout of Gretely" and finally THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN "FIre"... all 3 here on YouTube. Well, that's the way I did it! ;-) Good luck!

[GeneralKenobiSIYE]

@SgtDonuts Yeah, your friends suck. Glad you're getting new friends. lol

[wildalb]

@SgtDonuts i know what you mean. smart kid. i like where your head is at.

[sweetfly66]

@SgtDonuts .... what do your friends listen to

[number9train]

@SgtDonuts i hope you got some new friends man! wave on wave on!

[miguelcontrol]

a huevo! es uno de esos clasicos perfectos un rololonon

[sadbreak]

i love it :D

[daplayer]

Telecaster!

[Kilu71]

"Duck" Dunn has the funniest facial expressions. That's what I call groovin' to the music.

Steve Cropper - the coolest guitarist ever.

Booker T. - What a legend! Wicked organ sound.

Al Jackson Jr. - one of the greatest drummers ever.

Legendary!

[Theniteride]

wow, its good to see white people with a black pianoist and a black drummer, in this time period! :P

[Juggeryness]

What do you mean? It was 1979.

[Outerson]

No way this was 1979, Al Jackson Jr. was shot and killed in 1975.

[Breatherable]

@Outerson The suits and the hairstyles say around 1967..

[mfzimsen]

Stax 1967 see full version

[MCgtgt]

nice song!

[overclockeador]

This song is a great classic, and is very cool! :p

[egyptianminor]

you can hear clearly how this song is a direct influence on Pink Floyd´s "Money"& on David Gilmour in general

[11ICONS]

Steve Cropper (b/w telly), Donald Duck, Booker T and the late drummer all have black and white clothes on, and they're black and white. That's why they played in black and white in those days.

[LinkBulletBill]

I like Booker's trick of playing a key super fast, hitting the key with your thumb then index finger, then thumb, but the unbelievable part was that he did it REALLY super fast, unbelievably fast...

[sanmarcus26]

im only 26 and i love this sound why can't one play like that any more music had a lot more to it then now got to have me some green onion every morning it helps start a good day

[mrjagreeez]

the thing is.. music of today hasn´t got that style.. well im only 19 y o but when u really love good music you can see what comes from inspiration, and what comes from the want to make money.. this example here is coming from booker t´s heart ;)

[dabigdikdangler]

I've heard this song on every 60's documentary and never would'a thought it'd be called "Green Onion". Dats cool.

[angrynelie]

I love this song every time I here it I want to move around randomly

[liberty1913dreams]

he played this at bonnaroo

[InaBiskit]

he tore it up at blues and roots festival in byron bay, had the cheekiest look on his face, just like the start of this. priceless.

[volasadan]

this is my favorite song, every time i here it i want to go race somebody :-)