Wow...and they say grunge didn't start till the 90's? That Hammond (or Vox, who cares? It's baaaad) and Fender Tele had serious attitude that would rival all the plaid-shirted whining that went on 20 yrs ago
Thanks for posting this great old classic. The sheet music for Booker T.'s original organ part for "Green Onions" can be found at manymidi.com/sheetmusic.htm - a note-for-note transcription of the main riff.
how can we conpare music from today to the one from the past , never.it seems as time goes by musicians lack of skill to make music what do they do now sample . sample
We danced to this song in 3rd grade at my teachers maternity going away party!!!LOL!! wE ALSO DANCED to HELP
!!! BY THE bEATLES AS WELL AS MANY OTHER SONGS FROM BACK IN THE DAY!!! Wish I had a video of that. No wait, no microwaves, no computers, no cell phones, or cordless land lines either! my godness, how did we survive? I am sure I am leaving quite a lot of things out,guess I am giving up my age! SO WHAT!!!I am 53!!! Wish I had my transister radio. Sounded like crap but music was great!
Top drawer live version. A little something different from the record. I love the smell of my seven inch!! Black n white striped sleeve, absolutely beautiful. Imagine Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and the like would walk on stage after this and blow the house away night after night. Massive Tune!
Does anyone know their album,"EVERGREEN"? Now that was bad !!! I have the album,but cannot post it .Let me know if youve heard Evergreen and how i can put it on here for us ,please !
I've seen the REAL footage not the youtube crap, and he DEFINITELY isnt holding down the key, you can see him hitting the key repeatedly YES THAT fast. It's not that difficult, it takes practice. Check out "Stax-Volt Records: Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story/The Stax-Volt Revue Tour 1967" for the proof.
Is it an L102 Hammond or a M100? I know it's being fed through a distortion of some sort... perhaps a valve amp overdriven? I would love to recreate this sound...
@alexisnihon1 Nah, the vox has a more reedy, breathy sound. The Hammond M1 and C3 can get a Vox-y-ish sound if you fiddle with the drawbars and switch the leslie amp to treble. Besides the Vox was alot smaller, even the dual manual versions. Plus the keys were reverse colored. These are regular.
The organ solo is so much better than that guitar solo! And people on other videos say that keyboards solos can never be better than guitar solos, in every song people are more interested in guitar solos than keyboards (organs, piano, etc...)... Booker T. proved them WRONG!
I am trying to identify a song which I thought was Green Onions, but now thin that it is not. The guitar tab for the riff would all be on the low E string and would go 0-0-2-0-3-0-5-3 .What song am I thinking of?
Yup I paid my millions of youtube friends to give you a thumbs down. Because it was first on my to do list today. half the things you typed don't even make sense, so I personally gave you a thumbs down. There's a difference between sarcasm and sounding like an idiot. It seems like others have noticed it as well...
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hey! coleman, it's you! got your messages. still following me about, are you? LOL! did i leave a bad taste in your mouth? LOL! and is it very witty to call someone an idiot? is that your best? you could try to be humerous. name calling is insufficient. for someone so thin skinned you certainly got it in for older guys. all i did was relate a simple opinion. you came out of left field with a jealous heart. did i hit a nerve? JOLLY GOOD, COLEMAN! don't stop now, you're on a roll!
Got my messages? I never sent you any except for these comments you crazy fool. I never knew I was trying to be witty when replying to you. It's just really easy to argue with you. I really have nothing else to say, you win crackerjack! I bet that puts a nice big smile on your face...
i didn't win shit, cole. i'm just an idiot like you said. and i ain't smilin' neither. i was just cryin' over old times n'er to return. you must have talked with war vets who lament the bad ol' good ol' days. glory days. i'm not putting down current players. they're brilliant and chasin' their sound. i'm very eclectic and scour today and yesterday for what's cool to me. the late '60's were my teenage years but i revisit music from every era, especially the '50's and early '60's, like booker T.
Everybody knows music is different now, it's not a surprise! You can acknowledge the passing of an era without bashing all the music that came after it. Thanks for letting me know you're rich, and what does that have to do with the argument? Or is arguing with a 21 year old what you like to do in your spare time? Do us all a favor and quit talking. You called someone else jealous of you a few pages back, you're nothing but an ego maniac who sees himself as a star in his own mind. Get a life...
ageism is not my problem, coleman. i'll argue with any fool. you couldn't feel sarcasm if it hit you on the head. in fact, i went to my doctor who said the only way i'd get fucked up is if i tied a porkchop round my neck and danced the hullygully in front of the junkyard dog.
cole, a man like you must be layin' them womans down like railroad ties, MOTHERFUCKER!! i'd bet they call you the train! Coleman ...The Train! that's why you ain't at Home Alone on Friday morn, ain't it! confess, brother..
How am I jealous of you? Because you're older? You make no sense, and your arguments make you sound like a 10 year old. I do have a job, but personal jabs over youtube are only for the desperate and weak (you). And just so we're straight old man, I'm not eager to "Contact" you everyday. I reply to your stupid comments because someone needs to put you in your place. Nobody cares if you had one night of stardom with BB King. Just shutup and watch the videos. You don't need to take up 10 pages
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looks like you paid some friends to give you thumbs up and the poor ol' man - thumbs down! have pity, coleman, please have pity!! you're so lucky, coleman, i think you look so much like tom cruise i wanna slap yo' face, motherfucker! you lucky ducky! if close gets a cigar i'd bet you're a smokin' fool!
as for me, coleman... i'm so bad and ugly (yes, the Old the Bad and the Ugly) that i couldn't get pissed on by a 12 dollar hooker if i were the last man on earth - ON FIRE!
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and if your claim that "one cannot compare then and now" is true, there'll be a lot of historians out of work, too! LOL! "people still have it" vs. "the music ind. sucks"?? hmm... you sound confused. i guess anyone who doesn't agree with you is "close minded"? then why aren't you "trolling" after someone else's comments. you're becoming a tad tedious, coleman.
Tedious? Are you kidding? You've filled up 10 pages of pointless babbling of how the music industry is dead. You've listed great legends and amazing music but I must say... You sound like an old fart who can't take in any new music. I won't even bother wasting my time, since it would be impossible to convince you that there is newer music that is just as great from all genres.
if my comments don't meet your expectations, then why are you so eager to contact me everyday!? as for "old", i guess you're referring to my 55 yrs. well, what can i say. do you consider your father & grandfather to be old farts also? i hope not. and did you think that your immature expletives crushed my feelings? thanks to God, i am hale, healthy, wealthy and talented. what do i care about the jealousy of a young, faceless coward? you sound jealous and frustrated (a young man's disorder).
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you should just listen to your "new" music and relax. if you seen my playlist you'll find that i listen to whatever i like. besides, i wasn't comparing musical works. i was commenting on the passing of an era (musicology, not music). it's you who can't seem to let it go. i enjoy YouTube as a discussion place. but then i'm old and settled in. most young men are busy working towards their future life, and thinking of a family, not "trolling" the internet after the comments of "old farts"! LOOOL!!
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coleman, especially at 10:30 on Friday morn! don't you have a job? you're twenty years old, are you not? if a young man is not at work in the morning, then he must be with a woman. (now there's a thought!) coleman, if you're with a woman what in the fuck are you thinking of that you would be trying to pick an argument with an "old fart"?!!!
coleman... Get a life, Find a wife, Play guitar, Be a star, Don't be dick, Make people sick, Make her horny, It's Friday morny, Be like me, MotherFuck, CRACKERJACKLEE!!!!! oh man, coleman you are so lame!!! LOLOLOLOLO!
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even myself, as a young lad, backed up John Lee Hooker on a double bill with B.B. King. these kind of things happen less and less now as the greats die off. have you not heard of the dumbing down of America? don't take my word, read about it.
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lamenting the passing of an era doesn't make one a Luddite! the musical profession was more widespread and populated in the pre and post war eras. almost as respected as doctors. certainly in Montreal, in La Petite-Bourgogne and Downtown in general. why, just down the street from where i was born, lived Oscar Peterson on Derivieres Street. Montreal had many big O's: Olympics, Metro, Expo, the Expo's, Mayor Drapeau, and Oscar.
all I hear is someone that is upset that it's 2009. I never once denied that music was more of a profession back then than it is now. Because I know it was. But the fact of comparing then and now is USELESS. The sole purpose of music is to express yourself, and until I see people that aren't doing that anymore I'll stick to my views. The music industry SUCKS right now, but I live right outside NYC and I go to jazz gigs all the time. People still have it, don't be so close minded...
i'll say, brother! i clock them at 162 beats per minute! they do 136 BPM on the record. that's a 20% increase. no wonder Dunn's movin' out a joint! this tunes's played in the key of Fm, which is a huge stretch at the low end of a precision bass. he really moves this tune along, though, Groove Genius that he is.
music isnt about math or science it s about rythym man and if you aint got no rythym you aint got no groove and if you aint got no groove you aint no musician. good musicians got groovesounds like you need to stop thinking and start plaaying.
sounds like mumbo jumbo, like something special fell on you and made you the Rhythm Queen. aren't you just being a little jealous - accusing someone you don't know of having "no rhythm" and "no groove"? LOL! maybe YOU gave up on thinking a long time ago. an intelligent fellow said "if you can't measure it, then you don't know what you're talking about." i guess you don't. but then any faceless coward can slam people having innocent conversation on YT about their passions, such as music. troll on
They backed up many famous soul artists, including Sam and Dave and Otis Redding, both live and in the studio. Just search YouTube for more videos and you'll see BT&tMGs in the background. The guitarist, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, co-wrote "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" along with Otis. Cropper and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, were part of the Blues Brothers Band. Individually, as a group, and as studio/live back-ups, they were very successful. They were the backbone of the Stax label.
Dig this: Booker was only 16 years old when you see him playing this! Just like Jeff Beck was only 16 when he played in the Yardbirds! Can you dig it?? Better yet can you play it as good as that now?
music became a commercial product of much music, solos died, making songs for fun died, and all thats left now is making music for the money and fans.. its sad really
right. many good players are just doing it for their own pleasure. but recorded music killed the music profession. all those musicians in the 50's had to pick up a hammer or a shovel. and subsequent generations produced less musicians. their calibre required years of training, experience, and sacrifice. the art died away. we can't produce Oscar Petersons like they did. there's less reward. one guy with a synth, computer and studio can cover it all.
Booker T & the MG's used to pump out great music for Stax ALL THE TIME - for peanuts. same with the Motown guys. can you imagine James Jamerson dying with less money than you and i have? so true. anyway, i'm glad you're playin'. musicians to the end...
Sorry dude, you're stuck in the past. Recorded music killed the profession? WTF!? There's nothing better than listening to a full album. A full album is like a piece of artwork. And even though there are kids in their basements making music by themselves with a computer, you have to understand that this doesn't account for everyone. Sure the musician's union has dwindled, but you can still go out on fri/sat nights and have a cocktail, in comfortable seating, etc. your arguments are invalid.
i just saw a documentory on Stax records with alot of stuff with these guys and Otis Redding. After the show, i switched to MTV and some rap thing "P.Diddy" or somthing, and i say to myself.. P.Diddy back then woulda been lucky enough to shine Otis Redding's F-ing Shoes!! where has the great music like this gone???
i hear ya'. as a kid in Montreal (1960) i recall musicians with careers raising families. recorded music killed that. then (1970), studio sessions killed live performance. then (1980) synthesizers eliminated brass & strings. punk unravelled rock&roll's rhythm. then (1990), rap pushed out melody. in 2000, vocals became shouting unison and guitars became growling walls of fuzz sound. and everytime something gets pushed out, we lose their expertise forever. somewhere there's music...but not here.
studio sessions didn't kill live performance in the 70s at all...if you listen to herbie hancock amongst others, the synthesizer was used in great ways. I'd erase all of those years you listed and just place the year "2000" in all of them. =) Even 80's synthpop and 90's rap had its moments. This decade is the worst that music has ever seen. A gem pops out every once in a while...
being in my fifties, i must insist that from personal experience, that the late 50's and early 60's contained jobs and careers for musicians. i'm talking horn players, pianists, drummers, organists - grown men with families to raise who made their living from playing music; union men paying dues. you could see them carrying their instruments all over downtown Montreal. it was a profession.
you can deny this all you want, but its history. check it out for yourself. i'm sure that NYC and Chicago offered way more jobs. the musician's union was big then. recorded music ended that. it's pretty obvious if you think about it. as for the following decades, the professsion tapered off until there were only the few "big names". you have the "stars" mixed up with "working musicians".
i can still remember many bars, clubs, and restaurants with regular live music and shows (and girls): the All American, Rockhead's Paradise, St. Michel Club, The Black Bottom, The Esquire Show Bar, The Blue Angel, The Moustache, The Forum... more i can't remember now. if you're talkin' recorded music or big name concerts, we're not talkin' the same routine.
North American society has changed. Friday or Saturday night meant something different in those days. cocktails, dancing, sociable venues with comfortable seats and dinner. whatever is happening today or in the past 25 years does not replace all that. it is something else, valid, but something else.
just as my father used to tell me that on Saturday in the 30's he would go to a show that lasted all afternoon, with burlesque, Danny Kaye, and a movie and a hot dog for 25 cents! i believe him, but i can't feel it cuz i was never there. one thing i will finish with is that things have changed, but i am certain that they have not improved! (only the technology has).
This is the thing; chimps CAN'T play this simple song, and make it sound this good; that is the magic of Al Jackson Jr. (drums), Booker T., Donald "Duck" Dunn and Steve Cropper and the Stax Studio sound.
Most of not all other bands that try this, don't get it right; usually the drummer puts too many beats in, etc. etc.
Yeah, Led Zeppelin copped this no doubt and mixed it up with "How Many More Years" by Howlin' Wolf to get "How Many More Times" and cash in.
This is the best instrumental music I have ever heard. There is no one who can out perform Booker T & the M.G.s. playing 'Green Onions'. Their music transports me straight to heaven for the duration of the entire record. Love this music so much, thanks for posting it on You Tube, cheers
This is from a Stax On Tour-show in the Njårdhallen in Oslo, Norway on april 4th 1967.Norwegian Broadcasting was there and recorded both afternoon and evening shows on the same date. About an hour plus has survived and will in few days'time be released on a double DVD together with a documentary about Stax Records. Other artists were Arthur Conley, Sam & Dave (HOT!!), Booker T & The MGs and Otis Redding. This (best)version of GU may be from the second show - both versions were recorded.
Hi, the full title for the 2dvd is Stax-Volt Records: Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story/The Stax-Volt Revue Tour 1967 and is out now through Universal. Should therefore be available in any good store by now. Three wonderful hours divided between the Oslo show (17 songs in all) and the story of Stax. Hey, I should get my own free copy for promoting it as much as I do!
it does sound like a wurlitzer electric piano, now that i think about it...
booker t and the mg's tried to immitate the sound of ray charles, and they do a good job. just listen to "What'd i say" by ray charles, you'll see what i mean.
I heard a big band play this tune and to be honest it sounded better than the original, no disrepect. Love the tune/artist, it just sounded better to me played in a big band context.
The gay Englishman is Eric Clapton who has had more sex than you. He is admired by BB and vice versa, Hopefully your child/wife/mother dies in the same way so you can feel the pain you hatefull hillbilly fuck!!! Answer! you cur!!!
I like this vid because it shows close ups of the leads playing. Awesome song.
lennieblue 3 weeks ago
My daddy played this song all the time in ever bar he played in
dillinger9999 4 months ago
This has to be the best riff ever played in the name of rock-n-roll.
ronelvis 4 months ago
link for the full video
watch?v=ZLfQ9SIRPP0
ejdbk 9 months ago
Wow...and they say grunge didn't start till the 90's? That Hammond (or Vox, who cares? It's baaaad) and Fender Tele had serious attitude that would rival all the plaid-shirted whining that went on 20 yrs ago
jotacalvo 9 months ago 3
What a brilliant instrumental. Please also check out the new version of Telstar. TELSTAR by THE DUELLING PIANOS
robrusdavies 10 months ago
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Thanks for posting this great old classic. The sheet music for Booker T.'s original organ part for "Green Onions" can be found at manymidi.com/sheetmusic.htm - a note-for-note transcription of the main riff.
ElmoPiano 11 months ago
Thank you for posting. Have you ever listned to the song Cool Dude by Booker? One of my favorites
TheNorthernSoulKing 11 months ago
Best rhythm section EVER!
radiobeefan 11 months ago
O som do Booker é contagiante, adoro !
PBPHOTOS 1 year ago
Duck Dunn is the Beatles of Bass-no one touches that
pillroller88 1 year ago
how can we conpare music from today to the one from the past , never.it seems as time goes by musicians lack of skill to make music what do they do now sample . sample
nachingonboy 1 year ago
My all time favorite instramental and a great goin down the road son.
MrMusic1948 1 year ago
i saw Booker T at a festival a few months ago... he puts on a hell of a show
Zeppelindude628 1 year ago
era solo il 1962
pulcradomina 1 year ago
We danced to this song in 3rd grade at my teachers maternity going away party!!!LOL!! wE ALSO DANCED to HELP
!!! BY THE bEATLES AS WELL AS MANY OTHER SONGS FROM BACK IN THE DAY!!! Wish I had a video of that. No wait, no microwaves, no computers, no cell phones, or cordless land lines either! my godness, how did we survive? I am sure I am leaving quite a lot of things out,guess I am giving up my age! SO WHAT!!!I am 53!!! Wish I had my transister radio. Sounded like crap but music was great!
TheMustangsally75 1 year ago
gr8 song to get stoned 2 xD
michealmyers55 1 year ago
how can you not like this?
damn so nice!
Wgvm 1 year ago
Top drawer live version. A little something different from the record. I love the smell of my seven inch!! Black n white striped sleeve, absolutely beautiful. Imagine Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and the like would walk on stage after this and blow the house away night after night. Massive Tune!
ilsonowl 1 year ago
I can play this on bass
rcdrifter95 1 year ago
what documentary is this from? anyone?
tyleryesta1 2 years ago
Red, White & Blues, you can buy it in a box with other music documentaries, i don't now if you can buy it with only this DVD
jbroek1994 1 year ago
The bass really makes this song.
johnvuc 2 years ago
Does anyone know their album,"EVERGREEN"? Now that was bad !!! I have the album,but cannot post it .Let me know if youve heard Evergreen and how i can put it on here for us ,please !
salsera59 2 years ago
I like the attack on the organ solo.
cyberfan5 2 years ago
the slow version is better
The5thZone 2 years ago
faster the better
docterherb88 2 years ago
Die klingen fantastisch!
dearmalika 2 years ago 2
Can someone please tell me the names of the guys? Thanks they are great!
StewedTomato 2 years ago
Booker T. Jones on Hammond organ,
Steve Cropper on guitar,
Al Jackson, Jr. on drums,
Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass
erdavis7 2 years ago 2
I didn't realise Tim Robbins played bass... :-)
hmshyperion 2 years ago 3
It's from the mid 60's
altimer 2 years ago
how old is this? from the 50's or something, cool song
davyaelmans 2 years ago
How did Brooker T. got that sound?
And how did he do that trick, he hold a a key and it sounded like he was playing it fast... that fast? He was holding the key?
LinkBulletBill 2 years ago
I've seen the REAL footage not the youtube crap, and he DEFINITELY isnt holding down the key, you can see him hitting the key repeatedly YES THAT fast. It's not that difficult, it takes practice. Check out "Stax-Volt Records: Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story/The Stax-Volt Revue Tour 1967" for the proof.
damo2222 2 years ago 2
Is it an L102 Hammond or a M100? I know it's being fed through a distortion of some sort... perhaps a valve amp overdriven? I would love to recreate this sound...
damo2222 2 years ago
This was originaly played on an M3
drewdlebug92 1 year ago
@damo2222 DEFINATELY NOT A HAMMOND..IT SOUNDS LIKE
THE DOORS ORGAN...VOX OR SOMETHING ELSE
alexisnihon1 1 year ago
@alexisnihon1 Nah, the vox has a more reedy, breathy sound. The Hammond M1 and C3 can get a Vox-y-ish sound if you fiddle with the drawbars and switch the leslie amp to treble. Besides the Vox was alot smaller, even the dual manual versions. Plus the keys were reverse colored. These are regular.
Wonka275 1 year ago
@alexisnihon1 hammond m100 custom made
HalForD666GOD 1 year ago
one quick question: how in god's name does he play those notes so fast?
MovieguruThe 2 years ago
easy. Is T. Booker T. XD
penezinho 2 years ago
take a look at his legs about a minute into the song. He holds down the key and kicks it with his feet
altimer 2 years ago
This Solo is incredibly cool! SWEET! Booker T. Jones, Man! A KILLER HAMMOND PLAYER! let me be the first to say that!
MovieguruThe 2 years ago
The organ solo is so much better than that guitar solo! And people on other videos say that keyboards solos can never be better than guitar solos, in every song people are more interested in guitar solos than keyboards (organs, piano, etc...)... Booker T. proved them WRONG!
LinkBulletBill 2 years ago
i agree with you, i play guitar but the guitar cant be always better then other instruments.......
DW00000 2 years ago
cruisin music
frenchharp1 2 years ago
Haha, I'm loving some of the comments posted here.
About the track itself, I just have one word:
Solid.
jaimeraim 2 years ago
Amazing track, great performance, cool as flying fuck.
babyshambler 2 years ago 21
reminds me of quadrophenia. classic tune
k3llz67 2 years ago
I think Jeff summed it up well - and Steve Cropper co-produced the Jeff Beck Group's Orange Album
mrhosehose 2 years ago
My jazz band played this and it was awesome
Bladerun85 2 years ago
This groove would cause a rock to roll on level ground!
init4mojo 2 years ago 29
Haha.. clever!
johnniVEGAN 2 years ago
esta buena la rola!
chango004 2 years ago
Hammond B3, Fender guitars and Marshall stacks . . don't get any better than this !
JustChiminin 2 years ago
What is Duck on? lol
davidstripling 2 years ago
Stax records had such great talent. Always loved Booker T. Steve Cropper, you are great too.
Cosmorainian65 2 years ago
Just -Y-E-A-H- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TLaurito 2 years ago
did i hear some body say turn it up??!!
1singularity 2 years ago 2
this is not directed by martin
losey88 2 years ago
this song is so good, man i love just groovin to it
turduckenband 2 years ago
Was that Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green @ the very beginning?
saanzacs 2 years ago
Yes.
40gms 2 years ago
heavy soul.Look out!Thats Al Jackson Jr. greatest drummer EVA.Shot by a woman...
skaworld509 2 years ago
I am trying to identify a song which I thought was Green Onions, but now thin that it is not. The guitar tab for the riff would all be on the low E string and would go 0-0-2-0-3-0-5-3 .What song am I thinking of?
IAMBOG 2 years ago
peter gunn
instalectual 2 years ago
i play this song in jazz band at my school and it my favorite songg
chrisisawsome235 2 years ago
ya first trombone and first tenor sax gets the solos =)
lamtartarus 2 years ago
love it, but where is next button i am in the mood 4 something else? dont get me wrong he is bad ass but i need something else.
Damnitsam 2 years ago
very hip for the time it was recorded.
it is still so fine. one of my favorites,
sweetytwome2 2 years ago
Man, I would have loved to be alive back then. People looked so damn cool! :P
ladySEGOVIA 2 years ago
Is that Dylan Thomas on bass???
neilus 2 years ago
No.
AvrilLavignesDad 2 years ago
It's The Duck!
smautomat 2 years ago
Donald Duck Dunn
dickkwikkwek 2 years ago
CrackerJacklee I love you man you're so funny !
You're definitely not old but just inspired.
unreals500 3 years ago
you fuck tards and your squablles..call each other up and spit, please don t spit here when we re all listening to booker
crimephotos 3 years ago
Yup I paid my millions of youtube friends to give you a thumbs down. Because it was first on my to do list today. half the things you typed don't even make sense, so I personally gave you a thumbs down. There's a difference between sarcasm and sounding like an idiot. It seems like others have noticed it as well...
C0leman 3 years ago 3
haha! punked whoever you talked to!
BluesRaconteur 3 years ago
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hey! coleman, it's you! got your messages. still following me about, are you? LOL! did i leave a bad taste in your mouth? LOL! and is it very witty to call someone an idiot? is that your best? you could try to be humerous. name calling is insufficient. for someone so thin skinned you certainly got it in for older guys. all i did was relate a simple opinion. you came out of left field with a jealous heart. did i hit a nerve? JOLLY GOOD, COLEMAN! don't stop now, you're on a roll!
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
Got my messages? I never sent you any except for these comments you crazy fool. I never knew I was trying to be witty when replying to you. It's just really easy to argue with you. I really have nothing else to say, you win crackerjack! I bet that puts a nice big smile on your face...
C0leman 3 years ago
i didn't win shit, cole. i'm just an idiot like you said. and i ain't smilin' neither. i was just cryin' over old times n'er to return. you must have talked with war vets who lament the bad ol' good ol' days. glory days. i'm not putting down current players. they're brilliant and chasin' their sound. i'm very eclectic and scour today and yesterday for what's cool to me. the late '60's were my teenage years but i revisit music from every era, especially the '50's and early '60's, like booker T.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
Everybody knows music is different now, it's not a surprise! You can acknowledge the passing of an era without bashing all the music that came after it. Thanks for letting me know you're rich, and what does that have to do with the argument? Or is arguing with a 21 year old what you like to do in your spare time? Do us all a favor and quit talking. You called someone else jealous of you a few pages back, you're nothing but an ego maniac who sees himself as a star in his own mind. Get a life...
C0leman 3 years ago 3
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ageism is not my problem, coleman. i'll argue with any fool. you couldn't feel sarcasm if it hit you on the head. in fact, i went to my doctor who said the only way i'd get fucked up is if i tied a porkchop round my neck and danced the hullygully in front of the junkyard dog.
cole, a man like you must be layin' them womans down like railroad ties, MOTHERFUCKER!! i'd bet they call you the train! Coleman ...The Train! that's why you ain't at Home Alone on Friday morn, ain't it! confess, brother..
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
How am I jealous of you? Because you're older? You make no sense, and your arguments make you sound like a 10 year old. I do have a job, but personal jabs over youtube are only for the desperate and weak (you). And just so we're straight old man, I'm not eager to "Contact" you everyday. I reply to your stupid comments because someone needs to put you in your place. Nobody cares if you had one night of stardom with BB King. Just shutup and watch the videos. You don't need to take up 10 pages
C0leman 3 years ago
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looks like you paid some friends to give you thumbs up and the poor ol' man - thumbs down! have pity, coleman, please have pity!! you're so lucky, coleman, i think you look so much like tom cruise i wanna slap yo' face, motherfucker! you lucky ducky! if close gets a cigar i'd bet you're a smokin' fool!
as for me, coleman... i'm so bad and ugly (yes, the Old the Bad and the Ugly) that i couldn't get pissed on by a 12 dollar hooker if i were the last man on earth - ON FIRE!
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
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and if your claim that "one cannot compare then and now" is true, there'll be a lot of historians out of work, too! LOL! "people still have it" vs. "the music ind. sucks"?? hmm... you sound confused. i guess anyone who doesn't agree with you is "close minded"? then why aren't you "trolling" after someone else's comments. you're becoming a tad tedious, coleman.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
Tedious? Are you kidding? You've filled up 10 pages of pointless babbling of how the music industry is dead. You've listed great legends and amazing music but I must say... You sound like an old fart who can't take in any new music. I won't even bother wasting my time, since it would be impossible to convince you that there is newer music that is just as great from all genres.
C0leman 3 years ago 2
if my comments don't meet your expectations, then why are you so eager to contact me everyday!? as for "old", i guess you're referring to my 55 yrs. well, what can i say. do you consider your father & grandfather to be old farts also? i hope not. and did you think that your immature expletives crushed my feelings? thanks to God, i am hale, healthy, wealthy and talented. what do i care about the jealousy of a young, faceless coward? you sound jealous and frustrated (a young man's disorder).
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
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you should just listen to your "new" music and relax. if you seen my playlist you'll find that i listen to whatever i like. besides, i wasn't comparing musical works. i was commenting on the passing of an era (musicology, not music). it's you who can't seem to let it go. i enjoy YouTube as a discussion place. but then i'm old and settled in. most young men are busy working towards their future life, and thinking of a family, not "trolling" the internet after the comments of "old farts"! LOOOL!!
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
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coleman, especially at 10:30 on Friday morn! don't you have a job? you're twenty years old, are you not? if a young man is not at work in the morning, then he must be with a woman. (now there's a thought!) coleman, if you're with a woman what in the fuck are you thinking of that you would be trying to pick an argument with an "old fart"?!!!
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
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coleman... Get a life, Find a wife, Play guitar, Be a star, Don't be dick, Make people sick, Make her horny, It's Friday morny, Be like me, MotherFuck, CRACKERJACKLEE!!!!! oh man, coleman you are so lame!!! LOLOLOLOLO!
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
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even myself, as a young lad, backed up John Lee Hooker on a double bill with B.B. King. these kind of things happen less and less now as the greats die off. have you not heard of the dumbing down of America? don't take my word, read about it.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
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lamenting the passing of an era doesn't make one a Luddite! the musical profession was more widespread and populated in the pre and post war eras. almost as respected as doctors. certainly in Montreal, in La Petite-Bourgogne and Downtown in general. why, just down the street from where i was born, lived Oscar Peterson on Derivieres Street. Montreal had many big O's: Olympics, Metro, Expo, the Expo's, Mayor Drapeau, and Oscar.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
all I hear is someone that is upset that it's 2009. I never once denied that music was more of a profession back then than it is now. Because I know it was. But the fact of comparing then and now is USELESS. The sole purpose of music is to express yourself, and until I see people that aren't doing that anymore I'll stick to my views. The music industry SUCKS right now, but I live right outside NYC and I go to jazz gigs all the time. People still have it, don't be so close minded...
C0leman 3 years ago 2
(you're not on the same page as all these guitarists, are you?) however, you do have some kind of evil axe to grind. makes life interesting, anyway!
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
man are they jammin
kramerspadowskiki 3 years ago
i'll say, brother! i clock them at 162 beats per minute! they do 136 BPM on the record. that's a 20% increase. no wonder Dunn's movin' out a joint! this tunes's played in the key of Fm, which is a huge stretch at the low end of a precision bass. he really moves this tune along, though, Groove Genius that he is.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
music isnt about math or science it s about rythym man and if you aint got no rythym you aint got no groove and if you aint got no groove you aint no musician. good musicians got groovesounds like you need to stop thinking and start plaaying.
faceman1995 3 years ago
sounds like mumbo jumbo, like something special fell on you and made you the Rhythm Queen. aren't you just being a little jealous - accusing someone you don't know of having "no rhythm" and "no groove"? LOL! maybe YOU gave up on thinking a long time ago. an intelligent fellow said "if you can't measure it, then you don't know what you're talking about." i guess you don't. but then any faceless coward can slam people having innocent conversation on YT about their passions, such as music. troll on
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
this song flows so nicely, amazing :)
nitrousxxxcam 3 years ago 4
Is there an mp3 virson of this a can get somewhere?
Beefgog 3 years ago
Hi. Download Video Piggy it lets you convert you tube videos into all types of formats.
harmonysovereign 3 years ago
Limewire.
fattyhoeman 3 years ago
I can play a lot of booker t's songs. I love his band... Im going to see him next friday
doubbleoseven 3 years ago 2
Check out my harmonica version of this great song. It´s quite powerful harmonica. I hope you like it.
Hakan
HakanEhn 3 years ago
Hands down, this ROCKS !
...charges out at ya like nothing else.
Maybe, the greatest little tune ever crafted. It captures the 1960's mood and tempo, nicely.
Recently,it's a favorite pick for movie sound tracks.
Davett53 3 years ago 2
Brilliant. Always loved this instrumental. Great too finally see a video of it. Strange they never did anything else as successful. One hit wonder.
Pheenomenous 3 years ago
They backed up many famous soul artists, including Sam and Dave and Otis Redding, both live and in the studio. Just search YouTube for more videos and you'll see BT&tMGs in the background. The guitarist, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, co-wrote "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" along with Otis. Cropper and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, were part of the Blues Brothers Band. Individually, as a group, and as studio/live back-ups, they were very successful. They were the backbone of the Stax label.
jokerman326 3 years ago 2
love this shit man always what a fecking classic . HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY tune ta feck :-)
ulsterbluenose 3 years ago 3
Just keep practicing and maybe you can!!! Genesis-chapter 4-verse 21.
hippitybippitybop 3 years ago
Dig this: Booker was only 16 years old when you see him playing this! Just like Jeff Beck was only 16 when he played in the Yardbirds! Can you dig it?? Better yet can you play it as good as that now?
hippitybippitybop 3 years ago 2
booker was 16 in this?
sixties65 3 years ago
i think you got the Beck part wrong, he wasn't in the original lineup and the formed in 1963. He was 19 then, and joined in 1965
manfred62493 3 years ago
i agree what happen to good music like this.
slydog122 3 years ago
music became a commercial product of much music, solos died, making songs for fun died, and all thats left now is making music for the money and fans.. its sad really
nitrousxxxcam 3 years ago
im a musician and i do it for myself, i love music and could never do anything like that:]
sixties65 3 years ago
yes. i bet there's lots of good music going on in living rooms, back yards and front porches as people entertain themselves.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
right. many good players are just doing it for their own pleasure. but recorded music killed the music profession. all those musicians in the 50's had to pick up a hammer or a shovel. and subsequent generations produced less musicians. their calibre required years of training, experience, and sacrifice. the art died away. we can't produce Oscar Petersons like they did. there's less reward. one guy with a synth, computer and studio can cover it all.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
Booker T & the MG's used to pump out great music for Stax ALL THE TIME - for peanuts. same with the Motown guys. can you imagine James Jamerson dying with less money than you and i have? so true. anyway, i'm glad you're playin'. musicians to the end...
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
Sorry dude, you're stuck in the past. Recorded music killed the profession? WTF!? There's nothing better than listening to a full album. A full album is like a piece of artwork. And even though there are kids in their basements making music by themselves with a computer, you have to understand that this doesn't account for everyone. Sure the musician's union has dwindled, but you can still go out on fri/sat nights and have a cocktail, in comfortable seating, etc. your arguments are invalid.
C0leman 3 years ago 2
i just saw a documentory on Stax records with alot of stuff with these guys and Otis Redding. After the show, i switched to MTV and some rap thing "P.Diddy" or somthing, and i say to myself.. P.Diddy back then woulda been lucky enough to shine Otis Redding's F-ing Shoes!! where has the great music like this gone???
salvationcreation 3 years ago 3
sometimes i wonder too
bobmostwanted 3 years ago
sometimes i wonder too
bobmostwanted 3 years ago
i hear ya'. as a kid in Montreal (1960) i recall musicians with careers raising families. recorded music killed that. then (1970), studio sessions killed live performance. then (1980) synthesizers eliminated brass & strings. punk unravelled rock&roll's rhythm. then (1990), rap pushed out melody. in 2000, vocals became shouting unison and guitars became growling walls of fuzz sound. and everytime something gets pushed out, we lose their expertise forever. somewhere there's music...but not here.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
studio sessions didn't kill live performance in the 70s at all...if you listen to herbie hancock amongst others, the synthesizer was used in great ways. I'd erase all of those years you listed and just place the year "2000" in all of them. =) Even 80's synthpop and 90's rap had its moments. This decade is the worst that music has ever seen. A gem pops out every once in a while...
C0leman 3 years ago
being in my fifties, i must insist that from personal experience, that the late 50's and early 60's contained jobs and careers for musicians. i'm talking horn players, pianists, drummers, organists - grown men with families to raise who made their living from playing music; union men paying dues. you could see them carrying their instruments all over downtown Montreal. it was a profession.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
you can deny this all you want, but its history. check it out for yourself. i'm sure that NYC and Chicago offered way more jobs. the musician's union was big then. recorded music ended that. it's pretty obvious if you think about it. as for the following decades, the professsion tapered off until there were only the few "big names". you have the "stars" mixed up with "working musicians".
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
i can still remember many bars, clubs, and restaurants with regular live music and shows (and girls): the All American, Rockhead's Paradise, St. Michel Club, The Black Bottom, The Esquire Show Bar, The Blue Angel, The Moustache, The Forum... more i can't remember now. if you're talkin' recorded music or big name concerts, we're not talkin' the same routine.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
North American society has changed. Friday or Saturday night meant something different in those days. cocktails, dancing, sociable venues with comfortable seats and dinner. whatever is happening today or in the past 25 years does not replace all that. it is something else, valid, but something else.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
just as my father used to tell me that on Saturday in the 30's he would go to a show that lasted all afternoon, with burlesque, Danny Kaye, and a movie and a hot dog for 25 cents! i believe him, but i can't feel it cuz i was never there. one thing i will finish with is that things have changed, but i am certain that they have not improved! (only the technology has).
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
man i wish today's music could be as good as this
thesoulman573 3 years ago 6
i think 'green onions' was the theme music in an old mercedes benz commerical a few years back
mistered44ed 4 years ago
yeah it was
nitrousxxxcam 3 years ago
This is the thing; chimps CAN'T play this simple song, and make it sound this good; that is the magic of Al Jackson Jr. (drums), Booker T., Donald "Duck" Dunn and Steve Cropper and the Stax Studio sound.
Most of not all other bands that try this, don't get it right; usually the drummer puts too many beats in, etc. etc.
Yeah, Led Zeppelin copped this no doubt and mixed it up with "How Many More Years" by Howlin' Wolf to get "How Many More Times" and cash in.
robhowe88 4 years ago
is that dr. john with some hot chick at
raphkicksdrums 4 years ago
the solo from booker around 1;05 onwards is 4kn unreal!! great shots of all the band tho!
is there a bad version of this track??
I reckon chimps cud play this and it wud STILL 4kn rock!!!!
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stOOpid68 4 years ago
cool tune
DrWoody2 4 years ago
when i hear this I see where Zeppelin got "how many more times"
funklecasey 4 years ago
wonder what snare he's playing. probably an old luddie. it pops.
7spqr7 4 years ago
DUCK DUNN!!!
lazyisajob 4 years ago 3
ha, cool tune. propper 60s. his smile makes me laugh at the begining heh
poshtommys 4 years ago 2
It's a pretty funny smile indeed :D
thetukter57 4 years ago
like he knows that its way faster than normal, but what the hell!
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
dude your commenting faster than theyre playing though hehe
kramerspadowskiki 3 years ago 4
Oh god, this is so EPIC
thetukter57 4 years ago 2
Well ALRIGHT.....!
Abdurazz 4 years ago
i saw peter green in 1997 supporting bb king in birmingham he was good but the rythum guitarist tried to take control all the time
mansell1 4 years ago
M.O.D.
harrythebastard1 4 years ago
I know how to play this song on the organ
.. great song
doubbleoseven 4 years ago
very cool
koplup 4 years ago
hammond m3 organ... mmmmmmmmm
DoctorNumber46 4 years ago
yeah geil ..
Saccara89 4 years ago
hey its peter green at the beginning isn't it?
iunnodiapeys 4 years ago
Right! Peter "Albatross-is-he-dead-or isn't-he?" Green.
gillesbertacco 4 years ago
and Black Magic Woman!
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
This is the best instrumental music I have ever heard. There is no one who can out perform Booker T & the M.G.s. playing 'Green Onions'. Their music transports me straight to heaven for the duration of the entire record. Love this music so much, thanks for posting it on You Tube, cheers
kennyjpaul 4 years ago
1:07
thats what it feels like.
MaxZorinVsMajorTom 4 years ago
yeah. and at 1:43 they take off!
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
Like Sir Jeff says.. a milestone.. and what a great Tele tone!! Takes your breath away this tune does.
hafstrat 4 years ago 2
This is from a Stax On Tour-show in the Njårdhallen in Oslo, Norway on april 4th 1967.Norwegian Broadcasting was there and recorded both afternoon and evening shows on the same date. About an hour plus has survived and will in few days'time be released on a double DVD together with a documentary about Stax Records. Other artists were Arthur Conley, Sam & Dave (HOT!!), Booker T & The MGs and Otis Redding. This (best)version of GU may be from the second show - both versions were recorded.
diddywahdaddy 4 years ago
where can i get this DVD?
nitrousxxxcam 4 years ago
Hi, the full title for the 2dvd is Stax-Volt Records: Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story/The Stax-Volt Revue Tour 1967 and is out now through Universal. Should therefore be available in any good store by now. Three wonderful hours divided between the Oslo show (17 songs in all) and the story of Stax. Hey, I should get my own free copy for promoting it as much as I do!
diddywahdaddy 4 years ago
i love the hammond b3 organ...
it does sound like a wurlitzer electric piano, now that i think about it...
booker t and the mg's tried to immitate the sound of ray charles, and they do a good job. just listen to "What'd i say" by ray charles, you'll see what i mean.
005davidragon 4 years ago
honestly, i think they got this from John Lee Hooker. just my opinion.
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
Very similar to the Jon Lord sound between 69-73.
Sycsa 4 years ago
The organ sounds like shit and yet he makes it sound great. Unbelievable, one of the tightest bands ever!
benzman69 4 years ago
Like shit? C`mon, don`t be such a dumbass.
Sycsa 4 years ago
I heard a big band play this tune and to be honest it sounded better than the original, no disrepect. Love the tune/artist, it just sounded better to me played in a big band context.
TenorClef 4 years ago
Henri Mancini does a good version, but tamer than this. this is tribal, brother!
CrackerJackLee 3 years ago
Drummer Al Jackson RIP. He could out groove anyone.
cacarl56 4 years ago
LOL
lolioe555 4 years ago
There's some kind of rattling sound over the organ. Definitely not a B Hammond organ.
VinnieBlues19 4 years ago
That`s just the overdrive sound.
Sycsa 4 years ago
Hello psvwoodshoven.
The gay Englishman is Eric Clapton who has had more sex than you. He is admired by BB and vice versa, Hopefully your child/wife/mother dies in the same way so you can feel the pain you hatefull hillbilly fuck!!! Answer! you cur!!!
EBC68 4 years ago
Duck Dunn is feelin it, i love this clip
funklecasey 4 years ago
..and that is Jeff Beck making the closing comments.
Y'all know who Jeff Beck is, right ?
pcollenYT 4 years ago