Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put A Spell On You (An absolute classic performance): Reaction

[@flip8702]

Totally nuts in an awesome way.

[@YobboBear]

Screaming Jay Hawkins was quite popular with the ladies after his gigs. A website was set up so that his kids could one day meet. Allegedly he has somewhere between 57 to 75 kids.

[@EmoBearRights]

There's a documentary called 75 Screaming Kids about it.

[@TheThamesmen]

No way

[@sharlene6591]

Mr Hawkins is oddly hypnotic to watch .....perfect choice for Halloween week. Creedance Clearwater Revival also does a great version of this song. Thank you George and Alex for your very entertaining and eclectic channel.

[@TheThamesmen]

:) Be well!!

[@Toobeegort]

You have got to do Screamin Jays "Constipation Blues", you will never forget it for as long as you live, it's that good.

[@stevenwetherbee7573]

Seconded

[@wallypeake6579]

Jay wrote this song. My personal favourite version is Samantha Fish with Kingfish Ingram & TY Curtis

[@scifimonkey3]

Finally a track that is entirely consistent with the vibe of the channel…….😂

[@TheThamesmen]

What mad?

[@JaniceSimmons-oz5gf]

Saw him in Adelaide Australia in the 1990,s i think... fantastic...coffins and all.

[@BeeLineEast]

I would love to see him and Arthur Brown perform together. But anyways Arthur Browns Fire song would be a good reaction

[@BrianR.]

The whole Fire suite would be even better because you the context for Fire.

[@BeeLineEast]

@@BrianR. Yeah I'll say only musician I know of that had fire on top of his head.

[@lencooke944]

This was a perfect song for Spooktober. I knew the song, but not the version. I loved it. Is it just me, or does anyone else love comedic performances where pianists leave the pedals alone? This fella could be Tim Minchen's Spirit Animal. They both play keys with limited sustain or soft pedals; kinda like guitar without the Whammy Bar. On a different subject, if a bloke was inclined to send some music for your consideration, what is the email address they would send it to? Just asking for a friend...

[@christhecurator]

Send it to the [e-mail] and you know...I might look at it for a friend...Look forward to seeing what you have Len!

[@lencooke944]

@@christhecurator Thanks Chris, I will just get my ...egchhhm.. friend, to tidy up a few things and send it through for your consideration.

[@andrewbayada2475]

Just that little touch of crazy madness I needed right now. Cheers 🍻!

[@mcasualjacques]

well we can see the Opera influence in the theatrics so Rock-Opera

[@margretalbrecht95]

You should do the Version of this song from 9 year old Angelina Jordan.

[@bengelman2600]

I love Alligator Wine

[@JaniceSimmons-oz5gf]

Alligator wine... is great

[@BrianR.]

Really enjoyed this, although I prefer Arthur Brown's version from The Crazy World of Arthur Brown's debut album. The Fire suite from the previously mentioned album would be a great reaction idea at some point in the future.

[@BeeLineEast]

I agree. I also like the Fire Poem he did in 2010 video.

[@BrianR.]

@@BeeLineEast The Fire Suite contains all the parts, it's like 4 or 5 parts.

[@BeeLineEast]

@@BrianR. Ok cool I did not know that. Yes reactors don't react to him to often. And I don't know why Arthur is a very talented musician.

[@EmoBearRights]

I was just thinking the Crazy World of Arthur Brown had to have been influenced by him.

[@BeeLineEast]

@@EmoBearRights That's possible Arthur is know by doing some off the wall songs and performances. He put on some interesting and different shows thru the years past.

[@חנהלוק]

Please watch Joss Stone's cover! She is amazing, and Jan Pierre's guitar solo is mind blowing. Thank you, I enjoyed This very much! ( As always) 🔥

[@TheThamesmen]

I'll check it out!

[@davelewin59]

@@TheThamesmen While you are checking out covers of this classic take a look at 9 year old Angelina Jordan's version.

[@sean---the-other-one]

Three parts bonkers. And that’s it.

[@annmills3163]

☠️☠️☠️

[@davidbale55]

please listen to Angelina jordan sing this, you wont believe a 9 year old could do this, it has over 10million views

[@gingermeggs2]

I have to agree with this suggestion, and it has to be the B&W version. It's an absolute masterclass! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKipnaJ5hb2tedU.

[@bella-xp7qd]

I like Creedence version better. I know this is the original.

[@TheThamesmen]

Be well

[@sean---the-other-one]

Is the reason he didn’t get much money from it because he couldn’t spell the lyrics? How do you spell wydmblblblbly-y-y-ymoooowww? (sic)

[@elvwood]

There's an absolutely fascinating podcast called The History of Rock Music in 500 Songs. The creator doesn't have the best voice for an interesting delivery, but the content makes me forget about that very quickly. If you're interested, here's the episode on this song: 500songs.com/podcast/episode-53-i-put-a-spell-on-you-by-screamin-jay-hawkins/

[@TheThamesmen]

Listening nbow, in the background whilst working.... My god great stuff but hard to listen to his voice eh. Thanks John