Booker T. And The MG's - Green Onions 1964 Atlantic (Stereo)

[tonicannon]

This song reminds me of one moment in time; summer time in Chicago in the 60's. I was 10 years old walking around a huge baseball field surrounded by a high chain link fence. [Keep I'm mind that in Chicago in the sixties in the summer there was always music playing from some apartment, car, or park.] when I heard this song, I stopped in my tracks and was memorized by this new sound. It was a hypnotic feeling that came over me. Decades later while watching a music program on TV it said that when

[luvtrvllady]

You have this song for 1964 but the billboards have number 4 in the top 10 in September of 1962

[patsie00]

@M0vement1988 fucking vet nummer

dubstep remix ??? :P

[throovest]

Steve Cropper..... simply the best

[VinimasterVlog]

28 PEOPLE DON'T LIKE GREEN ONIONS!

[VinimasterVlog]

Grand Thefht auto theme!

[ginoyanna1]

Depues de 32 años de casados , con mi esposa salimos a bailar rock y americanos , y este tema te exita,y te hace mover la piernas solas.Una de las grandes joyas.

[1961boss]

I love this song, how can you not want to bop to this?

[BootedAlien]

SANDLOT!

[youngst327]

27 people bob for apples in the toilet... and they LIKE it!

[Evangames88]

They play this at angel stadium during commercials or during batting practice, keep rockin'!

[NLB90805]

Why do you make corrections to the Pitch and Meter on your videos?

[Ptylersworld]

GTA San Andreas :D

[irishdan2007]

MGs we coming for you nigga!

[WSSStef]

the best 2:36 minutes of my life

[ChrisYonts]

Too fast.



[PhuckmeAgain]

Great Tune but your turntable is out by a good 2 rpm.

[gilbert20]

@PhuckmeAgain HAHAHAHA You are damn right!

[lemmon57]

Awesome!......wish I could go back to my chilhood times and listen to it again while Dad was playing it.......

[JACgaming69]

This makes me want to get a nice suit and walk down the square, with some really nice aviators on....yeah....

[BlackShades1977]

Tonight I will party like it's 1964

[antblencoe123]

mods



[FirstUsedBooks]

One of the finest pieces of pre-orgastic rock, played by a studio band yet. It almost gets there but pulls back just in time. Delayed gratification. Reminds me of Ravel's Bolero.

[wowjack1]

Now i see why it gets called soul music... cos when played it takes over your soul!

[Drum252525]

Great!!!

[Liazonbassplayer]

played way toooo fast..

[WildmanBorneo]

@Liazonbassplayer Who gives a fuck as long as it gets played !

[MRrem210871]

who's the guy on bass ?????? pls heip...

[cky12qxz]

@MRrem210871 lewie steinberg

[jlpmatematik]

@MRrem210871

Duck Dunn my friend

[jlpmatematik]

@MRrem210871

Duck Dunn my friend

[BOOST15673]

Who knows this from the movie American Graffiti? That's a pretty cool movie :D

[zephyr935]

it's a song that we all heard of but never the title. we all heard it on those stupid cat food adverts and backing tracks coz it's awsome

[StefanR10]

Pink Panther

[gerby90]

Whats the point of this upload?? sound is pretty bad man... wrong pitch, wrong tempo, bad audio quality. The original is to your right, right there in the suggestion box :)

[argoonify]

man those were the days!!!!!!

[rmendel100]

masterpiece

[RonSafreed]

Booker T And The M.G's were one group that had a mixed white/black musicians like another group-The American Breed back in the sixties.

[laslo1499]

TEMAZOOOOO!!!!

[wiganmadlad]

makes one bad ass ringtone quality song!

[TC07TC]

I love the lyrics ;D

[Themdcpro]

Its fastforwarded in the begginig then slows down but still this song rocks

[cooldaddyjames2814]

used to own the 45 I would play it like 5 or 10 times in a row.

[TC07TC]

I know this song of a game but can't remember which one :S

[skavendudes]

@TC07TC skate

[Rollerblader1]

@TC07TC Probably Skate. That game had the song play every time you entered a menu.

[unixordie]

i love the lyrics ;)

[fredsavagegarden]

my favorite part was between 0:01 and 2:36....

[Guerillaradio13]

one of the best songs ever haha love it

[porlie23]

why pitch it up? because you can?

[LukeSniper]

@porlie23 it's not pitch shifted... it's sped up!

I also wonder why he would do this. It sounds weird... kinda wimpy. It doesn't have the same cool thuggish groove anymore either.

[HenryTheHoover32]

@LukeSniper Personally I prefer the faster version. Its like im on speeeee.eeeeeeedddd.

[MetalUpYourAssFuck]

@LukeSniper he did this to avoid the Youtube UMG crap

[zivoderac]

That is The Music ! :)

[looloorex]

I am guilty for raping the replay button on this song...LOVE it !!

[maxpowers518]

2 minutes and 32 seconds of pure awesome.

[dwes49]

still amazing, but better with the tempo slower

[bettyhopple]

I wish someone would record side B

[MrJamesCaster]

SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNND LOT!

[MrKratos1911]

thx now i can play it on my guitar

[goblingouger]

@mrkratos1911 bass*



[streetfightchamp07]

slow this shit down!!!!!

[unionofonion]

This song is so underrated.

[cinehypo]

@unionofonion I'm with ya Bro!!

[wutang3323]

The greatest:

[castlecan]

Flower power!

[daredfoxchick889]

SLOW DOWN!!!!!!!!!

[TheWanker52]

WHAT A GREAT MOD SONG, I WAS THERE

TODAYS BANDS CRAP

[ryanbednarik]

@TheWanker52 i agree with the crappy bands today, 60's RULEE!!!

[gva0917]

Love "Green Onions." one of my aunts played this a lot. I have always loved the sound of this. Thank you for this post.

[ScottCrott]

Booker T. and the MG's is a ef'n classic and you tube says lady gaga Poker Face is next??????????????????

[Randomfyers]

SANDLOT! SANDLOT!

"The great bambi?"

"THAT WIMPY DEER!!?"

fools...

[MrHippymoose]

Which film is this in?

[joshuashanewoodbury]

@MrHippymoose American Graffiti

[joshuashanewoodbury]

@MrHippymoose American Graffiti

[Randomfyers]

SANDLOT SANDLOT!

"Oh shi-"

(bite)

"Ahhhh!!!"

(starts to run)

[Querencias7]

Tempo too fast on this version. I like the recording on the Green Onions album.

[12Jakeyboy]

Just goes to show you don't need lyrics to make a song epic.

[lutiniano]

:)

[cmyates42]

Pop Quiz: Who's who in this band?

[jferg7159]

@cmyates42 The original line up was Booker T Jones; keyboards/piano, Steve Cropper; guitar, Lewis Steinberg; bass, Al Jackson, Jr.; drums. In 1965, Steinberg was replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn. Jackson was murdered in 1975, various drummers have filled in since. Pop quiz for you - in 1986, Atlantic records co- ownerJerry Wexler asked Booker T and the MG's to be the house band for their 40th anniversary celebration. The night before, Booket T got food poisoning. Who replaced him for the session?

[jerry420884]

i love listening to this song when im high .. 

[SEROTONlN]

wow, slow it down daisy . . .

[MrMotownmanny]

It's a little too fast : p

[JAREDTHECOOL1]

I'm 13 and I play this song on my guitar almost everyday :)

[Pagio994]

Try listening this song during a motorbike ride in summer, with sunglasses on. It's epic!

[mammita00]

@Pagio994 GREAT ONE

[pixel319]

GTA:San Andreas Master Sounds 98.3 ;)

[purposephil1]

this is to fast

[1994AlexJohnson]

im listning to ths at college n im high lol :D

[smokeymcpot42027]

LOL @ Diehard.. Just spits out we made naplam in the '60s, but doesn't even really know when it was invented... xD

[thememopad1]

21 people have never seen green onions

[Shanethefilmmaker]

I think of this song when I watch a movie bar fight

[jazzswingsoulblues]

Favorite tune ever

[2011birch]

I want this to be played at my funeral, but Roys way. (Roy Buchanan). Its preeeemo

[bigrider2806]

got the first press . god knows why , im a rocker !

[TheDieHard777]

60's were the bomb. We went to space, made napalm, and all kinds of things

[wutlolski]

@TheDieHard777 We had napalm during WWII.

[TheDieHard777]

@wutlolski My bad. We did do alot of great stuff in the 60's though.

[porterico999]

Don't know why, but i feel like making a video of me robbing a bank with a checkered suit on, all in slow motion

[deepfriedb8con]

@porterico999 lmao wtf!?!?!?!XD

[deepfriedb8con]

@porterico999 LMAO WTF!?!?!?!XD.....me too....

[Lovetosloge]

fuckin cool



[georgechimp]

I wish i had a time machine to go to a time where great music is the norm.

[cazmatron123]

this reminds me of "The Sandlot Kids" <3

[HaRMoNicA7701]

gotta` love the 60`s !

[Foodtastesgood1]

spy song



[Kathy0851]

I love this song but it seems to be a tad too fast ... !!!

[gtafan110010]

@Kathy0851 lol i had the exact opposite feeling, but i guess that's because i'm a drummer, the quarter beat line on the ride becken is so slow that for me it's almost slowmotion. (srry if you don't understand those terms, i'm dutch and just translated the ones i use here)

[byramadam]

@gtafan110010

what kathy meant, is the this version is faster in tempo than the original...

[susieinthesky98]

love it.! just a simple classic tune!

[Naroon201]

This is just a slightly different version. They played it live at this speed as well.

[surfmost]

before Depends got a hold of it....

[MRBLU13]

Think I'm gonna pop a squat and jive with you cats..

[ClaraLaraBombara]

@MRBLU13 oh dear please never ask an irish girl to pop a squat haha

[tutti1331]

THE SANDLOT....,..,.,.,........

[cooknthyme]

@tutti1331 American Graffiti

[mhz888]

@tutti1331 american graffiti

[IceWalrusProductions]

i found this song out by playing skate

[BigKatz]

Going downtown in the 'lac

[TubeGunner]

Why was this "pitched up" and sped up at all? This sounds like a different take with Booker and the band on Speed.

[justdoitasshole]

Will someone PLEEZ post the song "Pygmy" on here? Can't find it, can't tell you the name of the album it was on, but I can tell you that it's one of the spookiest, nastiest things I have ever heard. Anyone?

BTW, the song is playing too fast. That's why digital is dung and analog is the shining crown of audio perfection. Or mebbe yr record player needs a service. I'll stop now.

[azaraangelwings11]

@justdoitasshole

Was on the Booker T album Hip Hug Her..... I downloaded it.... Beginning of it sounds really weird I agree....hehe

[Bu113t4myVal3nt1n3]

everytime i hear this song i think of American Graffiti

[JeffW77]

TY for post...but it sounds like it is at about 112% normal speed. ????  ty....

[supercam342]

Booker t is a wwe wrestler

[MinayNguyen]

@supercam342

it's a different booker t

[pinchold]

Who cares if it's stereo. It;s not the original, actually it's shit. Too fast etc. loses the magic of the original

[theicychick]

Now this music!

[hastaelfondo]

This is music.

[theicychick]

@hastaelfondo exactly!!!

[MadSunProductions]

@FenrirLupus I don't even think they are vampires. They live in the forest and they sparkle. They're faires.

[postalzebra22]

i want this to be played at my funeral.......

[Silvannetwork]

@postalzebra22 D:

[Airmasterrubikz8998]

@postalzebra22 me 2

[moogyboy6]

Man, this DOES sound way too fast!

[msls24x7]

Saw Booker at Madison Square Garden in 1969. They were the lead-in act for Credence.

[TheThecountereffect]

lol skate 2 brought me here

[adamclinch38]

makes me wanna go for a drive down main st

[MadSunProductions]

20 people are vampires. they can't stand how good these green onions are!

[benrichardson16]

This is way too fast though right?

[RSZeCke]

cocaine music

[STUBDEPNice]

cooooooooooool as a cucumber.

[TonyRedgrave1501]

This music makes me want to smoke weed^^

[CalumAnder]

i listen to this on my way to the casino for the poker!!!!!

[brdodjandje]

yea baby ... thats wat im taliking about

[ShadowDethTank]

i love the Hammond organ.

[4everEddie]

great Atlantic version

[FirstfromtheRiver]

Unspeakably classic.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

a little fast and overmodulated

[ganja4205]

this shit reminds me of the sandlot when the kids start talking shit and then the classic "you play ball like a girl!" hahahaha

[pokerlord27]

xlnt

[axelnemeth]

It might be faster due to the pitch elevation without the lenght correction.

[MD29888]

a bit too fast...

[jjjred1987]

FREAKIN' ASTONISHING!

[gamester57]

the pitch up kills the vibe for me, the reason this tune is so good is the pulsating muscular bass and the dynamic tension between the hypnotic drone-like rhythm and the sexy organ and guitar licks. how about you do another post at original speed as well, that would be great!

[tcfrombn]

@gamester57 this.

[Andymanpr]

sound quality is excellent, but tempo is too fast, which is common when people rerecorded their hits

[gimmeshelter1969]

dam that shit gooood!

[newziggles3]

i am 15 and i listen to booker t and everyones playing that new shit and they got nuthin' on the good old music.

[devilcry95]

@newziggles3 Same here.

[ChrisKiffmayer]

THE BEST SOUND EVER FOR THIS SONG!!!!! MAN, I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

[ZombeiJesus]

You couldn't leave it as it was? this kinda sucks. kinda really sucks...

[ChrisKiffmayer]

@ZombeiJesus It's the classic vinyl sound of early '60... Moron.

[21ldis]

Amazing!!!

[ggdvd]

bravo

[Ardbug]

Oh bluddy nice, on the original 45rpm vinyl even ....but with a 33rpm spindle lol :)

this upload is above and beyond, thank you :)

[BasementBeginnings]

The best rock and roll instrumental I've ever heard. Down to a fuckin' T. Green Onions.

[erykahbadu172]

i loove this song soo smooth, best song ever created.

picture a slick man in a suit with sunglasses smoothly walking down the street in rhythuum of this song, ahaha.

though i prefer it muuch more slowed down. :(

[MIMI88998899]

THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THERE ARE SO MANY OFF VERSIONS.