Found myself rambling round YouTube from Isaac Hayes (RIP, see below) and finding some cool old vids from the day...and, of course, now. Here are some of the best. I realize that watching the whole video may feel like a long time depending on the quality of the clip AND of your screen and sound, but they are sure fun to sample. Feel free to skip through, there are some cool moments, promise.
First, the Black Moses himself, Issac Hayes. Here he is performing "Walk on By" - which we THOUGHT Dionne Warwick owned. This is when it was new, 1969, on TV show Music Scene, which I don't remember. If you're a fan of British trip hop, not that the fuzz-toned guitar and high female vocal chant which were sampled extensively for "2 Wicky"by Hoover.
And one more great one from Hayes, "Never Can Say Goodbye," which was a much bigger hit by the Jackson 5, with Michael's squeaky voice, which sounds all the sqeakier after hearing Hayes' rich, experienced version of Clifton Davis' song. Plus the band is terrific.
Then there's this, not so many years later (1980). Marvin...
And the all-time master of his time, doing "Superstitious" on TV in, what, 1973?
But this here stopped me in my tracks. And he was as good as Marvin and Hayes and Stevie THEN, and he's absolutely brilliant NOW...Al Green.
And then here he is back in the day...
OK, work tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed...
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