Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft

Shaft (USA 1971)
Directed by Gordon Parks
Original Soundtrack by Issac Hayes
"Theme from Shaft"
Richard Roundtree as John Shaft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0jjxDPZYYk

Lyrics:
Who's the black private dick
That's a sex machine to all the chicks?
(Shaft!)
You're damn right
Who is the man
That would risk his neck for his brother man?
(Shaft!)
Can ya dig it?
Who's the cat that won't cop out
When there's danger all about
(Shaft!)
Right on
You see this cat Shaft is a bad mother--
(Shut your mouth)
But I'm talkin' about Shaft
(Then we can dig it)
He's a complicated man
But no one understands him but his woman
(John Shaft)

Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An action film with elements of film noir, Shaft tells the story of a black private detective, John Shaft, who travels through Harlem and to the Italian mob neighborhoods in order to find the missing daughter of a black mobster. It stars Richard Roundtree as Shaft, Moses Gunn as Bumpy Jonas, Charles Cioffi as Lt. Vic Androzzi, Christopher St. John as Ben Buford, and Gwenn Mitchell and Lawrence Pressman in smaller roles. The movie was adapted by Ernest Tidyman and John D. F. Black from Tidyman's 1971 novel of the same name.
The movie is widely considered a prime example of the blaxploitation genre. The Shaft soundtrack album, recorded by Isaac Hayes, was also a success, with the "Theme from Shaft" winning the 1971 Academy Award for Best Original Song, and according to the American Film Institute is the 38th best song from a movie of all time.
In 2000, Shaft was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Shaft
• Issac
• Hayes
• Richard
• Roundtree
• Gordon
• Parks
• Blaxploitation
• Soundtrack
• Private
• Eye
• PI
• Detective
• Moses
• Gunn
• Charles
• Cioffi

[griz312]

If there was a way to make me Black, this song would be the reason.

[blickumblickum]

Best use of a wah-wah pedal in history.

[TheMissBeki]

@legendofzelda101 LOLz

[legendofzelda101]

That picture makes it look like he's putting out a fire with his penis.

[95batmanlover]

@MTCaptain lmao great comment

[MTCaptain]

My speakers just got pregnant.

[psycopower90]

In the picture it's like Shaft has a monocle on the left eye lol

[shocobb]

I'm surprised president Obama hasn't made this our national anthem yet.

[619kade]

@118agent its a guitar using a wah wah pedal

[GathGealaich]

@elpuime Congratulations, your ears are certified clean. ;)

[118agent]

What's that special sound called, it sounds like a guitar, it's keeping playing from 0:05? I've heard before, especially in 70' discos and tv themes???

[elpuime]

does it say "who's the black private dick thats a sex machine to all the chicks"?