Shotgun

[tomsscs]

a all time favorite

[dusanschorpion]

i heared this in movie AMERICAN ME bac when i was a kid , and since then its on top of every my playlist

[Abeille514]

Mon frère jezz sur cette chanson!

[JT3233391]

Reminds of the opening scenes of 'Misery'... That movie was a trip...

[bwanna23]

we always grooved to this song, trippn'.

[LORRIEVIVALASVEGAS]

HAD TO HEAR MY JAM THIS MORNIN!

LOV`N SHOTGUN!

RIP... JUNIOR WALKER !

[LORRIEVIVALASVEGAS]

Birth name Autry DeWalt Mixon, Jr. Born June 14, 1931 Blytheville, Arkansas, United States Died November 23, 1995 (aged 64) Battle Creek, Michigan Genres R&B, Soul, Disco Occupations Singer, saxophonist, musician Instruments Saxophone, vocals Years active 1945–1995 Labels Motown, Whitfield

[shop4sue]

This came out just as I was about to go to high school. When we graduated they played it to death at the graduation parties we went to....sooooooooooooooomuch fun

[altfactor]

I saw Jr. Walker and the All-Stars do this song on a TV show (I don't recall if it was Ed Sullivan, "Shindig", or "Hullabaloo") when I was a boy (around the time it came out), and I began dancing all over my living room, almost knocking everything over, much to the chagrin of my parents.

This is my all-time favorite Motown song.

And all these years later, it STILL makes me want to get up and dance!

[TiffyBear]

What year did this song come out?

[1365225]

@TiffyBear 1965

[joshjaccard24]

Like if Misery and wondering who sang this brought you here!

[Chingaoisimo]

Malcom X ??? the low rider community has kept the memory if this song alive Pendejo....



[Abeille514]

I said Shotguuuuun!

[suny123boy1]

MISERY

[Claris813]

My moms music ufff i was so young childhood.

[N2DEEP818]

American Me.

[2003fordmustang281]

FUNK BROTHERS !!!!!!!!!!!!

[ohtxin]

Too bad the young people today don't understand soul and rythm at all. And before I get nasty responses, just saying that that most music today, does not have that "umf" that makes you want to get up and express yourself dancing to the beat!

[williamcarter1993]

I bet lynchers in the Jim Crow era used to sing this before they go after a Negro.

[74142kokopelli]

Kadena, Okinawa. 824th Combat Supprt Group. Danced to this over and over till we almost passed out.

[chillcherokee926048]

Get it, get it!!!

[dbloom4866]

Saw them in person in Miami back in 1968! Love them.

[raidenudine89]

Misery!!

[therquinter]

@raidenudine89 hahahahaha me 2

[sammyslutrock]

the preacher had to hold me down & pray over me after dis un!

[Jadervason]

Two saxophones were destroyed in the making of this song

[djobien]

misery baby

[bloodyorgasm1]

Odaley holmes. Wheres the pisto??

[able506]

this song and a bowl of hash is what i call heaven

[6000cat]

really showcased the Motown sax...who doesn't love it?

[karmajunkie108]

written by Willy Woods who saw neighborhood kids in South Bend playing "shoot-em-up" in the street. He over heard one boy yell "shotgun- shoot him for' he run now" the line heard at 1:52, the rest, as they say, is history. Got this and so many other stories from directly from Billy 'stix' Nicks, Founder of the Rhythm Rockers who became Jr. Walker and the All-Stars

[Josedono]

Outstanding sax line. Absolutely perfect.

[lightwolf9]

Anybody seen The California Raisins!? XD If not you should!

[Youbic68]

"Shotgun! Shoot em before they run now"

Favorite song of a Pointman I knew who was with the 1st of the 52 infantry, 198th LIB, Quang Nai, Provence, RVN, 1968, 69.

Viet Nam Mai Mai!

[MrMinutemen]

@Youbic68 waa.. my stomach went funny after reading your comment.

[TheSGv13]

S hot G un!!

[JamesChris87]

this beat is the shit......

[DupaDupna]

Limp Bizkit better !

[LORRIEVIVALASVEGAS]

OLSKOOL BABY! LOV`N IT!

[PatrickL5351]

@LORRIEVIVALASVEGAS MY MOM USED 2 DO EVERY LINE THE SONG REQUEST FOR! THEM FINGERS FOR SHOTGUN! WHAT A TIME FOR FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS

[kungfurabbit71]

@LORRIEVIVALASVEGAS GO LORRIE GO!!! i was going to , think i threw my hip out. BUT I'M STILL GOIN!!!

[Gentalwave61]

Do you remember the dance called the shot gun.man those were the days. Look at what time has done.

[jboogie554]

Breakout the skates!!!!!

[1eightball1]

Vietnam - 1966-67 Shotgun with a M-60, the good ole days.

[anthenriqe909]

shoot that leva b4 he runs now!!!!!!!!!!!

[VincentTPackhorse]

Good cugalooga mooga. E tidlia dee, a looka pooh, aw foo. Listen to the Fat Papa show stoppah. It's Junior Walker, the Midnight Stalker, blowin' sax to the max between the cracks and that's a fak. Hey, Morgan keep playin' that organ. Hit the keys, shake your knees, stomp the pedals till the dust don't settle. Got to say it's all right, boss boot and hite. Shake it, break it but don't fake it. Have mercy Mr. Percy. Say it proud, I'm black and I'm loud. I'm smokin but not croakin.' Later on....

[jdpatterson100]

WAIT!!Let me get my skates!!! ;-]

[dreadlocke12]

Know from the Malcolm X Movie

Best Movie I've ever seen

[awarren92]

@dreadlocke12 For a long time I couldn't listen to this song because it always made me think about those last few depressing scenes of that movie...even though I use to watch the movie like everyday smh lol

[nollieflip1]

@awarren92 sorry what movie?

[awarren92]

@nollieflip1 Malcolm X

[Sieffy13]

Heard this in 'Misery' great film

[nfl972]

i prefer th los lobos version better

[MultiMixa1]

Couldn't even look at the album cover, it was making me dizzy.

[28Irishhugs]

Why do I get the eerie feeling that a part of this song is talking about murder...just put all the pieces together and pay attention to what he says at the end ....."put on your high heel shoes...we're goin down here to listen to'em play the blues"? After commiting the murder he talks about going to the funeral. I like it.

[mariothepookster]

I remember in the 60's going to high school, Friday nite dances held in the girls gym, trying to dance my ass off, doing the twine with all the other teenagers. Jr. Walker is an unheralded American Genius that deserves his due props. His version of Cheri Amor is great, too.

[MrCancer1965]

Nice hit from the 60s. I was a toddler when this song came out. Still like it though. I love classic hits. Real music back then.

[2maxxjazz]

All Junior Walker music are masterpieces .

[bsm6776]

this song must be played at full volume

[dls99]

all u need is a 65 caddy deville droptop, 1500 watts of sound, and this sound . Complete!

[Oregonmw]

This is on my favorites..

You know you can't sit still when listen to this (*

[dirk9567]

Probebly one of the best of Jr. What a sax sound!!

[KHooksMixer]

Is it just me or does this song always make me think about the Cosby Show? Lol.

[batucada358]

@KHooksMixer

It's just you.

[scarryterry]

@batucada358 It's not just them, since I was thinking the exact same thing. One of the seasons of the Cosby Show had a theme that sounded very similar to this song. You can find it on youtune if you look up "Cosby Show extended theme".

[batucada358]

@scarryterry

Nah, that's alright.

[coolwafferman]

@scarryterry That was the theme used during season 6&7. I believe it was Grover Washington, Jr playing the sax on that theme. It sounds very much like "Shotgun".

[KHooksMixer]

@batucada358 I guess I just think of bill cosby making random faces then. I just recall this being used in a old commercial promo for the show

[6000cat]

I was there in the day...big dance on Friday nights. You ran down to the rest room to check your look and fix your hair...the floor was moving and sound was booming! Nothing short of AWESOME!!!!!

[claybeach117]

Where has all the funk gone?????????????

[ohtxin]

@claybeach117  Do you think it went to the Moon because it sure isn't here anymore!

[xuanfengtui]

man, those 7ths hitcha right in the kidneys... love this funky stuff

[MisBEAhavior]

Excuse me while I do the 'Jerk"

[mikeedorsey]

@MisBEAhavior And the Hitchhike and the Bugaloo and the Slide!

[Nancyjean24]

@mikeedorsey Yeah..we went to the Sat night dances,and EVERYONE got on the floor when they played this. Partner,or no partner..come ON!!

[mikeedorsey]

@Nancyjean24 Who needed a partner?!? Even now, this song makes you want to get up and dance!

[InspectahDeck718]

LMS if you loved when the Cosby Show played Shotgun as their show opening!!

[imagofly9]

mkaes you want to dance !!!!!

[sweetlove1171]

do u still know know how to do the "Shot Gun Dance"...i do?

[Valentine993]

the cosbys :)

[TheOrganiston9th]

LOVE that organ!

[Lovesoldsongs]

Can you just feel the vibrations!

[eastbaybochat]

ey ese...where ju from ese

[TheHazardLife]

@eastbaybochat East Los foo.......

[sandralawson18]

Sandra Dee Lawson.

[BeautelligentDiva79]

Listening to music makes me wish that I was born before 1979:)

[ChenStylish]

oh my god this is a sassy-ass song..

[MyCherie09]

anyone still know how to dance the "jerk"? I'm doing it right now listening to this classic. I was only a little tyke when this came out...but thanks to my mom for loving music and the arts I was exposed to a lot of music. Thanks, mom!

[cianamja]

they played this before denzel got killed as malcolm

[silentevil77]

I'm a damn Metalhead an love music like this so shut up people

[mumbojumbo766]

this should have been in the blues brothers , i can just see jake and elwood playing it

[thehighwayman12]

Here because of Misery, great song!

[Leeskicitizen]

I was switching stations on the car radio when I caught this song. That's when I discovered "Black Radio" in Chicago in 1966 and heard music I didn't hear on WLS.

[thomasbt08]

I always think of the movie Misery when I hear this song.

[LedZeppelin420x]

yall are crazy any music can be liked by anyone, gender age color whatever.

[groovylocks]

@LedZeppelin420x i fucking LOVE this song and i'm a little cracker hipster kid from a fishing town.

Can't get much more random than that.

[amrcnzero]

@groovylocks u kno what the term cracker means right.. slaves refered to whites as crackers b/c they cracked the whip across their backs. just sayin.

[ChenStylish]

@amrcnzero i don't think she takes herself that seriously :)

[ChenStylish]

@amrcnzero i personally prefer the term "honkey".. that's just me.

[mannyamaya]

i always see denzels head spinning when this plays

[CxHxRxIxSxTxIxAxN]

Reminds me of the Season 6 opening for the Cosby Show X-)

[MrErnie408]

back in the day that area was coolest area in all of san jose

[kwdrm1]

One of the all-time greatest "grooves."

[MrErnie408]

its what you like mrkenndawg

[MrErnie408]

STORY ROAD 1968 RIGHT ON WITH THE RIGHT ON.

[davidanthonykaten2]

@MrErnie408 story and king rd? thats where my pops is from. back in the day it was the shit!

[shutterbuggfan]

Thumbs up if your still listening to this in 2011

[akira2196]

@shutterbuggfan This is my jam right here, just one of those songs to wear out the play button LOL

[shutterbuggfan]

@akira2196 Most definarely.



[LenaMariAyala]

@shutterbuggfan Oh, Hell yea, still!

[jazz1bro]

@shutterbuggfan My Dad used to play this alot. Finally saw JR.Walker the year before he died! 

[shutterbuggfan]

@jazz1bro That must have been cool.

[superstaris1987]

@shutterbuggfan This will always be that deal!! Mom put me u on this..

[shutterbuggfan]

@superstaris1987 what are you talking about? LOL

[superstaris1987]

@shutterbuggfan lol.. Mom put me up on this

[shutterbuggfan]

@superstaris1987 LOL sorry Not with it today.

[flyingspacepotatoes]

@shutterbuggfan really?

[MrKenndawg]

...and cross over is only a term created that means; 'White People Get It Now?!'

[sandinyourshoes]

@MrKenndawg, actually, that is not quite true. It can refer to a country music song that goes "top 40." As a basic rule, only white people listen to country music. If I go to a Lady Antebellum show, I doubt that I would find anyone black. Music has that much power.

[francisico362]

Freakin nice song...reminds me when i was a cholo

[MrKenndawg]

Dam! Motown was hitting to all parts of the field!!

[dal4018]

@MrKenndawg Motown played crossover music that white and black ppl enjoyed because they weren't making enough money just catering to just black ppl alone.

[MrKenndawg]

@dal4018 Au Contrair...I don't really remember Motown playing crossover music during those years. African-Americans diffinitely were the real supporters of the Motown Sound. As with most music created by African-Americans during the 50's and 60's, whites had a hard time excepting our music. Our music did'nt begin to 'crossover' until white profiteers saw that in re-directing and promoting Black music to the white masses, there was 'gold in them there hills'. Thus the term CrossOver was created.

[wonderboyjoy]

@MrKenndawg i agree to some extent but here in australia we do not have a huge african-american population...way less in the 60's. australia at the time was a rock-n-roll place mostly but motown did well with we 'whites'. motown is still loved here.

[wonderboyjoy]

@wonderboyjoy the reason tina did well here is because she is a rock chick, so i think it took a while for to accept motown because it was essentially dance music....a dirty word still to this day in the eyes of the majority of the population.

[MrKenndawg]

@wonderboyjoy Your words are well taken, however, the Motown sound was-as was most African American music, excepted in most other countries as it was frowned upon by 50's and 60's America's white establishment. So it is no surprise that in Australia, Europe and Asia this music was ecepted and revered in these areas. Whereas African American music was influencial to these countries' youth-these young bands were able to listen and learn, and immulate. Rolling Stnes & Beatles come to mine.

[wonderboyjoy]

@MrKenndawg no arguement from me. i loved it from the start. we did not have the history that you guys had over there. all we knew was the music sounded bloody good. we do not have 'black' music, 'white music' etc here. all the music is played on tv and radio as one big blend. we do not have black stations, white stations etc etc so it is hard for us to relate to the racism, both black and white, that influenced your music scene.

[MrKenndawg]

@wonderboyjoy No arguement from me neither. The wonderful thing about being able to share these thought's and ideas is that this great music is still upon us and we can and do enjoy this stuff! i've enjoyed our interchange and I'd like to add; have you listened to the Amy Winehouse stuff they we now have access to? If you hav'nt-tune on to Amy Winehouse Alcoholic Logic on youtube. If you have never heard this, bro'-you will be impressed. PEACE!!

[wonderboyjoy]

@MrKenndawg likewise...peace

[dal4018]

@MrKenndawg Hey I beg to differ Barry Gordy stated himself that they played crossover music to appeal to both black&white America as stated before because they were not making any money playing in front of mostly black audiences.I think he saw this before the white profiteers came along.

[Rocksteddybelmont]

cosby show intro lolo

[633studio]

haven't heard this in decades. they were a great band!!

[weatherman386]

bend her over like a shot gun

[Fizzy5pringwater]

Seen "Misery"? Paul Sheldon is about to go over the edge of the road to save his manuscript before he meets "I'm your number one fan"..... oh how quickly atmosphere can change!!! Awesome song.

[GDS4VR]

In the sockhop dance gym at ole Bayside High this song was fairly new. It kicked a - - then and still does.

[MpowerdAPE]

my god, that sax.

[mimimusic570]

21 people caught the business end of a shotgun ;)

[sandinyourshoes]

I love this classic hit, but it needs to be this studio version. The live ones I hear are always played too fast, which kills the original feel heard here. Why?

[chiledoug]

just watched MALCOM X one of the songs

[MrKenndawg]

...and all these years i thought all that sweating they did while recording this was because of that super heavy duty soul groove. RIP Lawrence Horn-and thanks!

[mancetrakk01]

The Producer of this song, Lawrence Horn was convicted of three counts of first degree murder in the shooting death of his quardiplegic son, wife, and overnight nurse. He was actually sentenced to the death penalty, but that was overturned.

[recovering16]

Have always loved this song, and now I know that part of the magic was the Funk Brothers backing (as well as songs like "You Beat Me to the Punch" and so many others.  James Jamerson doing the funky bass behind Jr. Walker's driving sax.

[slapjax28]

first time i heard this song i was out of the NAM. Heard the song and went nuts with the beat and the organ.every time i hear it i roll a spliff

[DoubleVisionandco]

Music just don`t get any better than this. If this don`t make you move you don`t have a pulse.

[TheAudivisioner]

This the stereo edit of this song. Somewhat hard to find. Sometimes the radio stations just play the mono version of it.

[ohthemoonandstars]

saw Jr Walker and Allstars with Bill Cosby-1969 Homecoming University of Louisville. Awesome.

[candipie07]

Totally bustin' a move right now!

[ELJohnnyo]

Reminds me a lot of the Bill Cosby show intro.

[tsujoy]

I'm 25, but sometimes I know I was born in the wrong generation. This has been my song for years!!!!

[robertleflore]

STAXX , M-TOWN

[nhwd1]

.OLD MEMORIES CAR CLUB

[evanbrown2]

THUMBS OF IF YOU HAVE THIS SONG STUCK IN YOUR HEAD CAUSE YOU JUST WATCHED MISERY

[InfamousRecords760]

This jam is one of the est around, alongside with many other great songs. You sold all here the one that Lil Rob did to this song, it's pretty cool, also called Shotgun.

[7ven1973]

@doctorwhofan1980 lol, same here

[gunneralquist]

Biff Burger had an outside jukebox, with a huge woofer - songs were a nickel - on hot summer nights, I'd ride my bicycle up to the joint and blast out 'Shotgun" on the jukebox - you could hear it for blocks - nothin' like it

[SwitchbladeKitty]

Yeah, baby! I'm 18 and this is my jam!

[FirstChok]

Thx Misery ;)

[petelopez67]

dis is kick ass jam!el loco dreamer de orange county !

[Silverbirch4444]

Ha that was my introduction too to Jr Walker and the all stars - the film 'Misery.'

[MyMovieLove]

I heard this song in the movie Misery. :)

[FACtion581]

@MyMovieLove and Malcolm X (1992)

[dal4018]

@FACtion581 Yes heard this in that classic Malcolm X may music like this live forever

[sandinyourshoes]

@dal4018, it was terrific to hear this in the Malcolm X film. I believe it was when our hero was getting harassed by a bunch of thugs who said he was going down.

[dal4018]

@sandinyourshoes This took me back to my childhood in the 70's

[sandinyourshoes]

@dal4018, that must have been quite a time.

[dal4018]

@sandinyourshoes YOU GOT THAT RIGHT LOL!!!!!

[sandinyourshoes]

@dal4018, I need to see the Malcolm X film again. It still amazes me to think of how outraged Malc was when those bullies kept calling him on the phone to make those ugly threats. At a certain point, he had to just ignore them.

[dal4018]

@sandinyourshoes Hey read his bio he said he knew he would die a violent death as did his father and four uncles before him.

[dmissbee]

grew up with this..and I still love it...and Im knocking at 60 door real soon, lol

[MultiPattyc]

One of (many many) of my "favs" great upload...patty.