Monday, August 11, 2008

Isaac Hayes Was A Bad Mother...

As you've probably heard, soul legend Isaac Hayes passed away yesterday. I got to see him live once in Memphis and it was a badasssss show. It's kind of a shame that he is probably most well known now for being a voice on South Park, because as funny as Chef is, Hayes was an incredible songwriter, piano player, producer and performer.

I couldn't find any live clips from Hot Buttered Soul quickly, so here's a nice version of "Shaft." But make sure to track down HBS for probably the best example of his talent. His 18 minute cover of "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" is amazing and "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" may be the funkiest song ever. Just ask Chuck D. or the Bomb Squad or whoever had the idea to sample the piano riff for "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos."



RIP.

3 Comments:

At 11:12 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's good to see you writing about Mr. Hayes, here.

I haven't found any other blog article covering this loss.

 
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At 6:23 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

He is interesting to meet who is trainers of yoga so that they foment el study she practices and it of this action that improves muscles, mechanisms and conducts of each person who introduces yoga to her life, each person therefore must deal with practices the Yoga and Meditation.

 

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