Al Green - Take Me To The River (Official Audio)

[@beginningtosee7457]

At 74 years young -this song is dangerous for me to listen to - I want to dance so bad -but have to be content to tapping my foot because my hip goes out every time I give in. Peace and Love all from Alabama.

[@kg9831]

Rock on man! I feel you about the hip thing 😂 haha 💃💃 dance anyway

[@iChubbs_81]

I dont know how to dance,but ill give it my best shot for you,boss… I love all kinda of music.. Loud car audio and music are my drug of choice

[@Dutch1954]

With you here, back at ya with the same from California.

[@charlesleach667]

Yeah

[@skeric87]

Do you thang and keep tapping those feet... don't hurt nobody 🤣🤣💝

[@josephkony3993]

Got a fish on the wall and turns out he can sing. Craziest thing ever...

[@WereWolves13]

I Know it is I for many years I wonder who wrote it but now it shows

[@BradenTheBeaverHTF]

Those are called billy bass

[@killerjoe5628]

I wonder if Al Green gets a percentage from every fish that was sold, or just a flat fee for the rights to the song.

[@michaelbrunner8891]

No no lol no, that's a talking fish head.

[@dante441]

Anyway 4 dollars a pound

[@jmathieson15]

I only knew the Talking Heads version until right now. Always love finding original songs that I didn’t know had been covered.

[@KissMeStarlight]

Same here 😊

[@jtandph]

Happened to me this week, Hard to Handle by Otis Redding! Born after 1975 only know Black Crowes version

[@oldpoppy]

Does this pre-date the Talking Heads version?

[@danem2215]

@oldpoppy Yes. This is the original

[@puffnstuff12]

I don't really care for this original version but the Heads nailed it IMHO.

[@billwynne27]

I'M ONLY 77; STILL CAN DANCE SOMES, AND AL WAS THE KING! STILL THE MAN!😁😁

[@JosephSpataro-o8p]

You break a leg every time,,, how bout hearts

[@LegendarySoulVibes]

I am From Bosnia and Herzegovina my Grandmother used to play this song and dancing to it without knowing a word in English.. man I miss her so much, cheers from Bosnia folks

[@andrijabjeletic4208]

Cheers Bosnian from your Serb neighbour!

[@Noor_BM]

Take me to the 70s and 80s Music...My sincere condolences who missed it.

[@suzannefiedler5152]

I so agree!

[@Noor_BM]

@suzannefiedler5152 🤗🤗👋

[@kennethmacdonald8561]

I'm 77 , white and love this guy. Straight from the soul.

[@AlbLepRin]

no one cares boomer

[@cerezolarry1025]

I wasn’t born in the 70’s. I was born in the 90’s. In 1972 the movie “Blood In Blood Out” came out with his directer of film Taylor Hackford & they played this song when Paco Aguilar takes revenge. Ever since I was a kid I always wanted to listen to this specific song I didn’t know how to search up music back then. It’s been 30 years that have pass and up til now i get to listen to this song. It’s in the time of God 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@miho4066]

I like that this and talking heads’ version are very different energies but both very good.

[@krisbrandenburg6149]

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[@brianbadovin1919]

I had absolutely no idea Al sang this way before the Talking Heads until this past weekend when I was listening to a jazz station in D.C. Love it!

[@visionquest7870]

LOL. Yes the Talking Heads version is a remake.

[@williambeck6575]

We're you listening to WPFW?

[@brianbadovin1919]

@@williambeck6575 Yes.

[@williambeck6575]

@@brianbadovin1919 I listened to that station every Saturday for twenty-five years.

[@paulbuxton1326]

Als the best 🙏🎼

[@seanbaskett5506]

THIS SONG WILL NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE

[@tinytink]

💯💯💯

[@deloreswillis9224]

Amen yayyyyyyyyyyyy

[@jimshelley8831]

One of my favourite songs of all time. What a voice this man has.

[@deloreswillis9224]

Yepppppppppp❤

[@YvonneHarrison-k5v]

74 and going strong. If you can’t get up and dance, crawl around to the beat or tap your feet, raise your hands .. JUST KEEP MOVING. You lose what you don’t use!!! Get down.. Music can move an elephant to dance.. LOVE AND GOOD HEALTH!!!

[@joescott8877]

Right on, man! I'm 59 and dance alone in my room to fav playlists like a damn spaz sometimes, lol! SO fun and also augments other exercise I get. My Dad used a walker the last five years of his life (he died at 81). Would like to avoid that!

[@sgp5274]

Oh yeah. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@mathlover2299]

I love Al Green. What a great voice.

[@deloreswillis9224]

1 of a kind voice❤

[@FabienSchori-uo7mg]

The song the voice the rhythm section the production ... unbeattable !!!

[@annettefitzjohn1761]

The horns!!!

[@blissfulbaboon]

I had no idea Al Green wrote this MASTERPIECE!it is such an amazing composition in every way.

[@jimshelley8831]

I'm sitting in a clinic in Bangkok where I live and listening to this amazing track which I never get tired of listening too. What a voice this man has. Could make ice melt.

[@ScarlettChuo]

I live near Bangkok and I heard about him for the first time yesterday. Now I can't stop listening to his songs whenever I have time.

[@jimshelley8831]

@@ScarlettChuo ok an old man so familiar with his music .

[@jdawg2515]

Man who goes thru turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok ! Great tune for sure

[@marcustrice3246]

Does anyone besides me get the urge to go on a road trip down south whenever they hear Al Green.

[@feliciawhite8190]

I do I sure do...I did last year most of the way there listening to The Great Reverend Al Green!🎵🎼✝️🎧❤

[@factsnotfeelings4901]

Nope, cuz I'm already here!

[@jonslyker2267]

I eat fried fish greens you get the rest

[@johngalyon8934]

@@factsnotfeelings4901 same here, brother!

[@stephanep7354]

One of the very best songs of all time, written and delivered by a powerhouse of a musician

[@tinytink]

Such a smooth soulful cat🥰🥰🥰

[@raymundo366]

I'm 73 and can move just fine! I am blessed. My great-great-great grandfather lived to be 113, so maybe I have many more years to go?

[@jacquelynsmith6259]

I wish Al Green would sing again for all of us who love ❤️ him.

[@lazetterushing4214]

Al green lol I went to his church in Memphis,Tnn I get to the alter because he was praying for ppl guy's in this same singing voice he ask me this question what u doing up here what u won't lol I couldn't say a word 😂 I couldnt tell him what I won't him to pray for me about. I froze up.. but, after I couldn't speak he decided to sing precious Lord take my hand to me then he said gone sit down I die laughing y'all. Thanks Al green that was heart warming.

[@blizzardbaby]

What is his church? I would love to go.

[@deloreswillis9224]

What a wonderful cheerful testimony!! Be BLESSED ❤✝️

[@lovontaburks2379]

The Album Saved My Life Chicago 1997 Locked Up Love Al

[@katemurray8201]

I didn’t recognize the song until it hit the chorus! I haven’t heard this song since I was younger-my grandpa had a big mouth Billy bass that sang this song!

[@mischr13]

lmaoooo

[@mikeo8830]

This song really rocks......When I was a kid my friends and I would listen to Al Green The Reverend.....

[@treetablesandwichpaper3608]

Al

[@twalk6164]

Love this and also Talking Heads versions. Great funk here.

[@Amick44]

If there are any ol time hoop fans catching this, Al Green is the George Gervin of song. Beautiful, elegant and original.

[@siscoochoa4]

Blood in blood out brought me here i love al green ♥️♥️

[@rasoto83]

Hey Joker you gotta Fine Mamacita Homes, MUAH!!😘 Save me some!!

[@madeleinehague3247]

Lawd, this man can sing.

[@shutterbug_713]

I like how he and Annie Lennox sang "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" better!

[@barbs3134]

SANG!!!!🎶💞🎶

[@MadAboutBrows]

Agreed, and nice name!!

[@williamcurtin5692]

He and Toots Hibbert were the last great soul singers.

[@larryjohnson2371]

No doubt the brother can sing!!we loved Al in Memphis!! One of the greatest singers ever!!!

[@megalon73]

Between Al Green and Talking Head both have amazing version's of this incredible song.

[@BrentBrown]

Don’t forget Big Mouth Billy Bass’s version too!

[@megalon73]

@@BrentBrown I shall hear that!

[@HunterJoyner-q9s]

Talking Heads not Head

[@megalon73]

@@HunterJoyner-q9s relax On the comments. We all type fast!

[@jacquelynsmith6259]

This song has a lot of feelings and emotions.

[@JohnWick-zo9km]

Love the brass section

[@JamesKovacic]

Don’t you mean the BASS?

[@williamsambolich8461]

This song has such a soulful intensity that refreshes me every time I hear it. I call it the "baptismal song." Thank you, Reverend Green!

[@sakaridis]

Al Green is a GIANT!!!

[@holysquire8989]

I've seen the land of paradise through al green's music.

[@lapaulyfresh8223]

I can't believe this wasn't a hit for AL such a great song!!!

[@daxterclark5092]

It was

[@lapaulyfresh8223]

@@daxterclark5092 Bigger than the Talking Heads?

[@domenicleone8051]

Al is one of God's beautiful flowers

[@bbrosser694]

Yes, Thank You Al Green for each and every song! And, many blessings to you.

[@StoneyzGaminn]

G4eat music🎉

[@deloreswillis9224]

Amen

[@davidhoskins4435]

What a rhythm section!

[@jimbear1706]

who voted negative?????? Al Green reached the apex of soul

[@atheistconservative6211]

They're the ones who think that Snoop Doggy Poop is "good music"

[@a2theron744]

@@atheistconservative6211 it is tho 🤔 but so is Al Greenie Green

[@sbbudj]

Snoop takes it in the poop shoot.

[@janebartles9582]

Cool as. OMG this blows me away xx

[@venongogo3610]

The feeling of love 😍 everytime I jam to this song ❤❤❤

[@markalexander6517]

Grand Rapids loves Al Green! Thanks for some great music, Mr Green!

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

This is another iconic, R&B tune. In Jersey, rivers are everywhere, especially after Ida.

[@rainertrebbin-vf7nt]

❤SOUL❤

[@MrOggiogburn]

I love this tune soulful down and out funky, take me to the river.

[@jcolehooker]

every component of this song is so divine

[@kimbei51]

Magic, Tres Puntos like Spider

[@deloreswillis9224]

Singgggggggg REV… still sound good❤ stay BLESSED

[@davidwaterston5515]

Pure Brilliance

[@chrispearson7951]

One of a kind❤️

[@tedhansen3846]

I have been walking to the beat of "The Talking Heads" version of this song. I'm going to have to pick up the pace to Reverend Al! 😊

[@pianoplayer2692]

WOW! Once of the greatest singers ever.

[@tomcampbell9645]

Indeed!!!!

[@JamesVandevanter]

😊❤🎸🎵all respect to talking heads, AL Greens version is the the BEST.😊🎸🎵

[@tomkormushoff5241]

You got that right ✅️

[@glenchapman3899]

The thing that amazes me with this song. I have heard so many covers, and none of them bad. Everyone who performs it, seems to get what Al Green was trying to say

[@jackshizt6670]

I don't care who you are or where you're from. This is better than the talking heads version. But I like that one as well.

[@patriciavalentine2251]

This is one of my my favorite songs by Al Green he can SANG!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@charlielinville1384]

I don't know who the studio dudes were, but DAMN! I can hear everything on that recording!! 👍

[@scottiejordan48]

Such a positive song… thank you 🙏

[@happy5811]

Marvelous, 孝一関根! Excellent sharing. Stay safe. God bless.

[@carloslozada470]

Absolutely perfect

[@ruthdixon7807]

by 1974, as green moved further towards the church, the gospel elements in his secular work were becoming ever more pronounced.

[@millisiagardner5863]

You just have to love Al Green. I immediately started gooving. My 30 year old said you are so crazy. 😂❤

[@LindaHuff-n9x]

Had to see him live when I was about 17. My dad saw his album cover, shirtless with all those gold chains. My dad, stern, but loving, saw how much it meant to me and I played him a few of Al's most popular songs and he relented. Glad he did. Glad I was living in this time of great music. Anyone who thinks there was a great racial divide in music with the fans was wrong. Maybe with critics or radio stations or promoters, but Motown songs were blaring from everyone's car white and black If music is great, it doesn't matter who sings it.

[@thatslife208]

I love this song, listen to all the covers. This one and Eva Cassidy’s very different, but two of my favorites.

[@alexkessel5980]

Oh...so beautiful...🤩 WOW 🙏

[@MadMan731]

I love both versions

[@jacquelynsmith6259]

This is a great, great song. It makes me want to dance.

[@ginanan7981]

Rhythm to all beats. Know to all the senses of delight and happiness. Makes my day, enduring great!

[@JackB59]

Quite simply brilliant

[@midnightrider7648]

THE REVEREND AL GREEN!🙏

[@jota2m]

Tell me if there is anything today that comes close to this wonderful music? God bless you Al

[@ianaldridge1702]

Oldies are the best agree folks.All the black people I,ve met are gracious and sincere.Black life's matter they got soul.

[@juliemcalister2557]

Ohooooo hadn't seen this handsome for a while now. Luv u Mr Al Green always🎀

[@Bongofurry]

Impeccable.

[@velvethammer9211]

Awwwww mate! You are a gift! I had no idea that Talking Heads did this!!!!! For real??!! So excited, I'm texting you first, even b4 I check it out and!😁

[@nancycabrera8887]

What wonderful song. What a Treasure Al Green is. This song instantly makes me feel Happy.

[@berthahutton3373]

That one song you play before getting baptised.

[@strictlynorton]

Memphis TN in the house! That magic Willie Mitchell made with Reverend Green is eternal.

[@Rick-wx4md]

This is such an amazing composition. ty (liked)

[@imaramblins]

Ain't nothing like the real thing....

[@davetheelasticgoose4838]

a certain fish introduced me to this gem

[@teresaswilliams3750]

I was pleasantly surprised to hear this song on the radio today. I love it, strings/horns on point, tight baseline w/ Al's soulful, intensified range.

[@gussiewilliams7712]

Take me to the River❤🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@johnkowloon8187]

My mom worked at fisher body with al green in the late 60's

[@LansingJP]

Where that at? Over in Lansing?

[@johnkowloon8187]

@@LansingJP yes

[@johnkowloon8187]

@LansingJP I'm from dimondale / eaton rapids myself

[@brendarosemond1902]

This is a work of art,the creator created an Al Green masterpiece.Such a body of art.Thanks to the master of the game..❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Stonkingly good song from the iconic Al Green! I've heard many covers, but Al Green is the best and unbeatable!

[@DiamondCutter423]

OUTSTANDING!!!!....I LOVE YOU AL!!

[@beercrazy8492]

This song is magnificent.

[@charlesleach667]

Smooth as hell, ain't it.

[@Amick44]

​@@charlesleach667Smooth with rhythm and a bit o' funk. 🎺

[@eec589]

I listened to the Lynda Carter version but this one is pretty great. Blood In Blood Out brought me here when I recognized the lyrics.

[@tamarajohnson5771]

I live in Memphis, I'm about 20 minutes from the Mississippi river!

[@phyllisallison1681]

I love you Al Green ❤ much love and Respects 🙌 🙏❤ Happy Holidays everyone, many blessings 🙏 12/2020 still listening and dancing 💃 to it!! 🙏💙✌❤💜 Great song 🎵 👌 👏 love&light

[@charlesleach667]

Much love

[@timothykerr3450]

What a great song Al.Talking heads.Annie. can't even pick a fav

[@charlesclark3840]

Foghat.

[@janeabbott5379]

You can’t but dance to this. What a vibe!

[@HunterJoyner-q9s]

When I play this song at Lake Percy Priest in Nashville it’s like how can I be at a river when I’m at a lake like Take Me To The River when I’m at the lake

[@TheBlackUnfold]

RIP to his label mate at the time Syl Johnson who also penned this song.

[@velvethammer9211]

I am singing this and am feeling this. 🥰🥰🥰

[@yvonnemendez3075]

Oh yeah we all need to go to the river sing it Rev AL Green take us to church

[@janecarbone1504]

I can't believe I never knew you did this when I kept telling these kids who do reaction videos to do take me to the water drop me in the river I was talking about the Talking Heads. I've been listening to Al Green for so long you learn something new everyday.

[@janecarbone1504]

Dedicated to your cousin Little Junior Parker you're talking my music.