(Sittin' On) The Dock of The Bay - Otis Redding | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!

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[@andyandalex]

What is the next Otis Redding song we should check out?! We NEED to know!! 🔥🔥

[@robny1461]

What makes it additionally bittersweet: it's the first ever posthumous single to top the charts in the US, released just one month after the fatal plane crash. Co-written with the great guitarist, Steve Cropper, who did the final mix after Otis' death including adding the seagulls and waves. It's an obvious S-tier song. One of the best-known and appreciated in popular music history.

[@lisaw5604]

Try a Little Tenderness is so powerful 😊

[@nickyfield137]

Try A Little Tenderness

[@mischiefmanaged444]

Loved that we got some winkage at the end there. 😉😊

[@racefreakmel]

Try a Little Tenderness, Love Man, These Arms of Mine…..

[@lisamorrison2149]

Definitely an S tier! "Try A Little Tenderness" next by Otis. He was known as the Crown Prince of Soul. His voice was pure, raw emotion.

[@midkingsteve]

The live one in black and white on KZbin is AMAZING

[@kiletansy7386]

Yes! Try A Little Tenderness is THE song; created the whole category of Soul to me at least.

[@andrewknight4746]

Outstanding song

[@jstpshply79]

Preach it!!! ✌❤😎

[@garymaidman625]

Try A Little Tenderness definitely, but also Hard To Handle.

[@jasondennison8911]

“Try a Little Tenderness” and “I Been Loving You Too Long” are musts for any Redding listener. Pure, unfiltered S tier.

[@musicandmoviefan9217]

How bout Love and Happiness from Al Green

[@jasondennison8911]

@@musicandmoviefan9217 That’s another one where the groove just makes the song perfect

[@fjbroman]

Both amazing songs.

[@lilamuzik3385]

Honestly, I think Cory Wells of Three Dog Night sings it better than Otis.

[@jasondennison8911]

@@lilamuzik3385 I won’t argue that he’s great but I think it’s two completely different types of singing. Cory sings amazingly. But Otis SANGS lol

[@DeepThawts]

Damn straight that's an S tier song. If "Dock of the Bay" isn't S tier, nothing should be.

[@allisonreed7682]

🙌🏻

[@GoodStuffForeverMore]

Word 😎

[@jlsage4059]

🙏🏼

[@josephbrowning4220]

Yep. One of the best songs ever.

[@alanmusicman3385]

In the Mono version its S+++ but the gutless 1970s stereo mix used here doesn't merit that.

[@nick92065]

These Arms Of Mine should be next. Otis died before (Sittin' On) The Dock of The Bay was released. He was killed in a plane crash into a lake in Wisconsin in 1967 at the age of only 26. How ironic. RIP Otis. He would have been 80 in September.

[@topgazza]

And he would still be singing. Utter tragedy

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

Yes! These Arms of Mine .. Killer song!!👍👍👍

[@garylarue3899]

Definately s tier song and artist. Try a little tenderness next.

[@jodidavis1178]

Add he disliked the whistle at the end and had planned to remove it after returning from his gig.

[@grahamstewart290]

Growing up I always thought Otis Redding was in his 40s/50s, when I found out he died at 26 I was completely floored. The amount of soul in his voice for such a young man is remarkable. By all accounts he was a genuinely great dude also. RIP.

[@grahamstewart290]

Also agree you should check out some of the live at Monterey Pop Festival next, I've Been Loving You Too Long or Try A Little Tenderness

[@jeffperdue5106]

Unfinished life is an incredible biography that came out about him. He lived a hell of life in just 26 years

[@peterquinones3522]

Otis Redding was the chauffeur for a guitarist who came to audition at Stax Records. During a break, he was sitting in the car singing and the owner of Stax Records, Jim Stewart, heard him and signed him on the spot and threw the guitarist out.

[@allisonreed7682]

@Peter Quinones I’m so ready for them to take a deep dive into the Stax vault!

[@larryg7126]

Great story, never heard that one, thanks.

[@larryg7126]

@@allisonreed7682 I second that! I was coming of age in the sixties and Stax was a powerhouse. Motown was smooth & Stax was raw. Love 'em both.

[@allisonreed7682]

Yes! And Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas, Otis Clay...and countless others!

[@marygoodson4920]

This song was doubly gut-wrenching when it came out because, If I remember correctly, it was released soon after Otis died in a plane crash at 27 years old. He was the greatest.

[@robertcartier5088]

Best lyric ever: "Sittin' here restin' my bones... And this loneliness won't leave me alone."

[@robertcartier5088]

@@Great-Documentaries Ok, that's a very close second! ;-]

[@paulqueripel3493]

@@Great-Documentaries my only trouble with it, it was about him. He was right.🙂

[@skiprockjr.6881]

What about "Madman's drummers bummers Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat, in the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way in to his hat"?

[@robertcartier5088]

@@skiprockjr.6881 Very creative, but I'm thinking one of the criteria to make a lyric great is making some amount of sense, if only ironically. Something that can be understood to be meaningful by most anyone listening. Putting a bunch of words together without any meaning at all might be a disqualifier... But who am I to draw a line? Maybe The Boss is being way clever with his metaphors and I ain't seeing it... ;-]

[@Stringer13ell]

"Sh*tting on the dock of the bay, watching my t*rd float away"

[@fuzzylogicent]

"I've Been Loving You Too Long" is a must. The live version from the "Monterey Pop" film is sublime.

[@andreaschmall5560]

I would have recommended that as an introduction to Otis Redding as opposed to this one.

[@pigmeatmarkham898]

His entire set at Monterrey

[@kevinweakley2852]

@@pigmeatmarkham898 absolutely !!

[@justinestes6400]

GIVE IT TO ME ONE MORE TIME!!

[@dangabbert3944]

The first Otis Redding song I ever heard, and still my favorite. My older brother brought the album home, on leave from Viet Nam. Twelve year old me fell in love with it. I’ve been into R and B and blues since then.

[@thelawofficesofdeweycheatu7166]

Otis also wrote Aretha Franklin's hit RESPECT

[@justinestes6400]

And The Black Crowes, Hard to Handle.

[@MVonLang]

He did and when he heard Aretha’s version he said, I think I just lost my song.

[@laurawalkerJD]

Did not know that, wow

[@Roguedeus]

Wouldn't it be more correct to say, Aretha Franklin's RESPECT was a cover of his song? Changed the words a bit to shift it's core meaning as well.

[@davidspalten1304]

Didn't know that. Figures.

[@mrbwa1]

I knew Alex would go for the "That's It" at the end. When you find out the whistling was a placeholder until the last verse was written and was only there because Otis died before it could be finish, it'll cement that S rating. Steve Cropper finished the song by editing in the whistling as a tribute to his friend.

[@allisonreed7682]

It’s worth mentioning the musicians on this track - Booker T. Jones on keys, Steve Cropper (who co-wrote this song) on guitar, Donald “Duck” Dunn on bass, Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, with Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love on horns. These were no run of the mill musicians, and they weren’t just the “Stax house band”. These were the best of the best. The first 4 were members of “Booker T and the MG’s”, whose innovate instrumental hit “Green Onions” is something you should hear soon. The latter two were also known as “The Memphis Horns,” but were so much more. These guys played with everyone you can think of. Drummer Al Jackson, Jr. co-wrote Al Green’s hit “Let’s Stay Together”, and played on the track along with Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love. Booker T. Jones produced and arranged the strings for “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers. The other musicians on that track were Stephen Stills on guitar, Donald “Duck” Dunn on bass, and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums. Their fingerprints were on everything you heard back then and all that they touched turned to gold.

[@garyjohnson3081]

Otis was killed before he got to enjoy his song becoming number one.

[@arcturusmengsk1470]

He actually died before this recording was even released, I believe. So sad, but such a beautiful song.

[@huchlvr]

A piece of the plane is in the Rock Hall. It was one of their first major pieces.

[@chrisjoyce4357]

@@arcturusmengsk1470 I"m not sure, but I think it was a week after recording this. I heard an interview with Steve Cropper who helped arrange it when Otis walked in with the song.

[@johnchauvin2183]

actually he died just days after recording it.

[@alanoakley3242]

He never even got to hear the finished recording. The ocean/bird effects were added in his absence and arranger/producer Steve Cropper of (Booker T and) the MGs never got to play it to Otis

[@danl.909]

That voice. Wow; the definition of “smooth.” His earlier love ballads are killers. Do “I Been Loving You Too Long.”

[@tgforty5]

Soul doesn't ever get more soulful than Otis Redding.

[@arthurgoerner488]

Otis was an S tier performer, period. The epitome of what people talk about when they talk about soul.

[@kengray606]

My wife passed away four years ago thus past Sunday. This was one of her favorite songs. Back in the day, she traded a whole Turtles album for this one single. She'd have loved that you loved it.

[@alanmusicman3385]

Oh, the original mono single (not the same as this 1970s remix) would merit several Turtles albums!

[@jamesmichael5475]

Now this is ICONIC, released posthumously, following Otis Redding untimely death. Check out the Otis Redding "Try A Little Tenderness", then Wilson Pickett "In The Midnight Hour" Then you can say you have touched upon SOUL and R&B. Don't forget the classic instrumental by Booker T. and MG's "Green Onions". You must also listen to Sam Cooke a little deeper "Bring It On Home" with Lou Rawls adding the Back-up vocals. How about Etta James "At Last" and "I'd Rather Go Blind", Freddy King "Going Down"

[@otisdylan9532]

Great suggestions here, especially "Try A Little Tenderness", "In The Midnight Hour", and "Bring It On Home to Me".

[@kateg7298]

Great comment. You are so right on with all of your suggestions! Great song progression.

[@jgsrhythm100]

Wilson Picket - Land of A thousand Dances!!!

[@helgar791]

Everything you've just said is "S+".

[@gmanvidz]

add Eartha Kitt to this list - Let's Do It

[@richardryan5826]

Otis considered this song to be unfinished but, due to the plane crash, he didn't get a chance to complete it. His vocals are perfect, and I love Steve Cropper's guitar work. There is some disagreement as to whether the whistling is performed by Otis or blues musician Sam Taylor.

[@leonardshevlin7260]

He recorded several complete takes in addition to this one.

[@bagelj]

RIP Otis

[@jeffperdue5106]

No one seriously disputes him whistling since the outtakes exist. You can listen to him flub the first try for yourself. Dock of the Bay Outtake One

[@s216674]

Otis Redding is a national treasure. Amazing.

[@monicabradley3081]

Otis had so much soul. ‘Try a Little Tenderness’ is also ‘s’ tier.

[@ewoe21]

That’s the one!

[@allisonreed7682]

I’m so excited that y’all are finally checking out Otis Redding! Sadly, he perished in a plane crash only a month prior to this song’s release. Although his life and career were short (he was only 26 when he died!) his legacy of music is vast. Other Otis Redding standards are “Hard to Handle” and “Try a Little Tenderness”. Otis is the perfect gateway into the world of Stax Records. I can’t wait for you both to check out more!

[@John_Locke_108]

Unless I'm mistaken the whistling was added because the song wasn't complete.

[@kennethrandolph2495]

@@John_Locke_108 Yup!!

[@Shadowrider1872]

🥰

[@lorrilewis2178]

I can't believe that all this time, I never knew this!!!

[@tommathews3964]

@@John_Locke_108 Steve Cropper added it and the "bay sounds" after the initial track was recorded. Otis never heard it in it's final form.....

[@WhiteRaven1955]

“Try a Little Tenderness” and “I Been Loving You Too Long” Yes

[@DM-hk4cw]

Being a Georgian, Otis is legendary. Every time I cross Otis Redding bridge in Macon, Ga, I sing this song. Also, check out Sam and Dave from same label: Soul Man. They are the original Blues Brothers. Dave Prater was from my home county in Georgia. Georgia has great blues singers and writers.

[@marthalowe1556]

Sam and Dave...doing "Hold on I'm Coming"

[@SG-js2qn]

It IS S-tier. 🔥🔥🔥

[@bodhisattva3774]

OTIS - MY MAN!!!

[@AGrox646]

It’s hard enough feeling your own regrets, but to have a song hit so hard you feel someone else’s, that’s genuine. So good.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Such a classic. R.I.P. Otis. Please do "I've Been Loving You Too Long."

[@nightbird1314]

Andy nailed it "timeless classic" Ain't too proud to Beg is a must hit! Much love 💚💚

[@jeffmorse645]

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area I heard this song a lot. My parents liked it. They moved there from Oklahoma and my Dad was a shipyard worker in Oakland and Richmond. He was always homesick for OK and I think he could kind of relate to the lyrics. Mom wasn't - she loved California. lol

[@girl_overthinx]

Me too Jeff. Otis has always been part of the background music of my life, Tower of Power, too. Grew up in the East Bay, my Dad worked at Standard Oil in Point Richmond.

[@jeffmorse645]

@@girl_overthinx Dad finally ended up in construction and he was all over the Bay Area working mostly on road projects. We lived out in the Sunset in The City for a few years but eventually ended up in Benicia.

[@girl_overthinx]

We moved from Ketchikan to Benicia, then moved to San Pablo, then bought a house in El Sobrante. Funny thing about those days, my parents had lifelong friends from both Benicia and San Pablo, even though we lived in each place for months.

[@jgsrhythm100]

Suggested poll (Roots of funk) 1) James Brown- I Got the Feeling (68) 2) Sly and Family Stone- I Wanna Take You Higher (preferably live Woodstock video) (69) 3) Curtis Mayfield- Move On Up (70) 4) Parliament- Give Up The Funk( Tear the Roof of the Sucker) (75) Every track A or higher, can't go wrong and can't expire!!!

[@meeeka]

In the Netflix doco "1971" Sly and the fam Stone is translated for the kinds of folks who though Sly was just another stone black man, when he used to sit in his 4 track home studio, where he had a studio in his attic and must layered tracks on tracks, in ways never considered before let alone actually done. While the Stones were in the south of France being targeted by the French Connection heroin dealer for non-payment of the tons of smack they did , Sly was living a similar life; well stocked with Peruvian Marching Powder, taking everyone "higher, higher"

[@adriennepender673]

Damn straight it’s S tier. Written and recorded before he died, released posthumously. Brilliant tribute to his talent.

[@robertcartier5088]

Otis died too young in a plane crash... William Bell, another artist with Stax Records, did an homage song called, "Tribute to a King". To this day, I cannot sing it without tearing up!

[@brendahhstiles9992]

Yes Alex! You got it. Next”Try a little tenderness”✌🏻♥️

[@shauner1108]

Otis Redding is my favorite soul singer and one of my top 5 singers of all time. These Arms of Mine is the next track you should really check out. Tramp with Carla Thomas is great, and the live version of 'Shake' that he performed at The Monterrey Pop Festival will give you goosebumps. They played it doubling the tempo of the song. Simply amazing!

[@seansullivan7955]

“Sounds so nice have to play it twice” claimed the DJ when I heard Tramp for the first then second time. Stayed in the parked car hoping to hear it thrice.

[@stacie9689]

S Tier ABSOLUTELY! It’s amazing you’ve never heard this song….try a little tenderness ❤️

[@thomasreyes2432]

Sooooooooo much soul in that man. I remember guys like him and Percy Sledge. Their voices could make you cry.

[@evanpenn1]

Last week, explorers stumbled across an uncontacted tribe deep in the Amazon Rain Forest. They crept closer to try to detect the language of the natives. When they got close enough they heard them singing... “Sittin’ in the mornin sun...”

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Seriously?

[@evanpenn1]

@@marymargaretmoore9034 No, Mary :p

[@alanhynd7886]

As David Livingston pressed on into the depths of Africa in his search for the source of the Nile, he camped at a bend in the river and his entourage halted in fear at the sound of relentless drumming coming from the opposite bank. Livingston asked a local guide what was happening. "The drumming is indeed frightful and it will continue for a long time, but it is when the drumming ends that we must really dread," came the reply. "What happens then?" "Bass solo"

[@SaverioP]

@@marymargaretmoore9034 Oh Mary. . . 🤣

[@letno3662]

LMAO

[@SteelyDaddy59]

Great song. Recorded right before his death.

[@evanpenn1]

Yeah, not even an existing video of him singing the song, tragic.

[@chrisjenkins6120]

Yeah… Otis died in 1967.

[@michaelwells9420]

All his songs are emotionally charged. Check out "These Arms of Mine" or "I've been Loving you too long" or almost any song he's ever put out. In my opinion the best vocalist that ever lived!!

[@ChristopherMmmm]

There's a 70s soul song called If You Don't Know Me By Now. Just heard it a few months ago for the first time and oh man....I think you'd like it a lot.

[@otisdylan9532]

Yes, by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Great song.

[@scottboswell6406]

i find that hilarious, because I grew up listening to that song, but that's a perfect example of how not everyone has heard what we assume everyone knows.

[@barky5]

Many people might remember Simply Red's version that was a big hit in the late 80s.

[@ChristopherMmmm]

@@scottboswell6406 I'm young-ish lol. I haven't heard a lot of the songs A&A review.

[@scottboswell6406]

@@ChristopherMmmm You should check out their other videos. It's mostly Classic Rock from the 60's and 70's, but now they're tiptoeing into r&b.

[@fredhall6525]

The Stax label had a little harder edged soul sound than Motown. They had many classics including - "Green Onions" Booker T. & the MG's "I'll Take You There" The Staple Singers "Soul Finger" The Bar-Kays "What a Man" Linda Lyndell

[@avonlave]

All great songs. I feel "I'll Take You There" is the one surefire S tier.

[@johnbowen8238]

Motown vs. Stax would make a great livestream

[@janesharp4341]

GREEN ONIONS! BOOKER T and the MGs. It makes you cooler just listenin' to it.

[@salhaney]

An all-time classic. "And this loneliness won't leave me alone." What a chilling line.

[@jgsrhythm100]

Soul Poll 1) Otis Redding- Try a Little Tenderness 2) Wilson Pickett- Land of a Thousand Dances 3) Etta Janes- I'd Rathr Go Blind 4) Aretha Franklin- Rock Steady BTW early Bob Seger hugely influenced by Wilson Pickett and other Stax artists.

[@garyschill7923]

All good, but the Wilson Pickett tune kills.

[@jgsrhythm100]

@@garyschill7923 Yeah that would be my choice, though can't go wrong with any of them.

[@jasonmoss7990]

“Dreams to Remember” and “Hard to Handle” are crazy to not have ever heard before, the man made soul without trying and was sorely missed after he went away too soon

[@cmadams7]

I heard or read, that the song wasn't complete. Otis couldn't get the ending right , it was late and he was getting frustrated, so he just whistled the last few lines and would get back to it in a week or so. He died in a plane crash as everyone knows and wasn't able to finish the song. So they put it out anyway, and the rest is history. That's what I heard anyway.

[@darsteckelberg]

I've heard that as well--the third verse was still a work in progress, so the whistling was a placeholder. Then Otis died, and this is all we'll have ever have--but it's BEAUTIFUL and CLASSIC.

[@photographerjonathan]

I've listened to this song for my entire life and it never gets old or boring. it still reaches me everytime i hear it.

[@lisaw5604]

Perfect start to weekend. I love that Otis wow'd ya... Another soulful, yummy singer. Takes ya away! Greatness! Happy weekend fellas & thrilled re: New job - So exciting!! 🙌🙂 Loved this week. Till next time. 👋🌺✌ woo hoo!!

[@tallykev6608]

yeah, but don't you prefer the michael bolton version???

[@lisaw5604]

@@tallykev6608 haha. You!! 👀 Simply put... No.🤣😂 Have a great weekend, Kev. 👋😃🌺

[@brendamcd704]

this song is forever burned in my memory. So Simple. So Real. One of the best and def a S tier.

[@Gordy63]

100% no doubt about it “S” tier!!! So smooth.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

♥ this song! All time classic!

[@Lightmane]

I 100% agree with you both. It's a timeless iconic masterpiece. At one point it sounded like he amped it up without amping it up. Not sure if that makes any sense, but that's how it sounded to me as I listened to it again with you guys. It's just a perfect song.

[@doplinger1]

Absolutely “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long”

[@mikep-9995]

This came out at a time when you needed to be under 3 minutes to get radio play. This was a universally loved hit. Absolute S tier, all time classic. Decades later and I still get into this song.

[@bodionafun3441]

'A change is gonna come'. (Otis Redding, 1965). Astounding vocal.

[@rubenduran9517]

This is my all time favorite song. A timeless classic. I get goosebumps everytime I hear it. So happy you both got it. Otis Redding is must listen. Can't wait to hear the next one.

[@gibbo6985]

He's most rock fans favourite soul man. Amazing vocalist and talent.

[@miltonslocum8957]

I was in the college rec when I first heard this song. The song was so haunting since we knew he had just died a month before. And to know that he died not far from a dock made it more so. What a talented artist, gone to soon.

[@neildonley9626]

Rate the song as you will, but as a performer Otis was S-tier.

[@mspfinney]

Took a vacation to San Francisco a few years ago. Went to Pier 39 on the wharf. Sat on a bench overlooking the bay and put this song on my phone. Iconic song and a lifelong memory.

[@kcw]

One of the biggest songs of that era. His voice is incredible.

[@RenR70]

Otis came up with this song while out in the Bay Area for the Monterrey Pop Festival, which is definitely worth a watch. Song was released after he tragically was killed in a plane crash.

[@Ldastro]

I agree they need to watch the Monterey Pop movie. Then get on KZbin and watch the stuff from the shows that didn't make the movie AND listen to Eric Burdon's Down in Monterey.

[@dwc1964]

As a San Francisco Bay Area native and a kid when this song came out, I've been hearing and loving this song basically all my life. So glad you both went straight for the *S* on this.

[@uncledenny2570]

Same here. 1st heard it while living just below the dam in Los Gatos. ✌

[@johngravett4638]

So glad you guys are getting to listen to some of the all time greats on this channel. This is a classic that you will definitely go back to and it only gets better the more you listen to it

[@sinenominecc]

Hit the top of the charts after his death in a plane crash, the first posthumous number one single in the US. That "noodling" is Steve cropper the co-writer of this amazing song. Most of the backing personnel are from Booker T and the MG's. You may know them as the band in the Blues Brothers movie. Always a little sad when I hear this song. RIP Otis.

[@suzan5533]

It IS a classic. I love how it pulls on my emotions from the first note he sings. Eyes close, body sways … mmmm.

[@jimmayors2315]

Shout out to Steve Cropper here, a cowriter and producer. Steve Cropper was the guitarist for the STAX studio house band (aka, Booker T and the MG, who I believe are the musicians on this song).

[@arthurgoerner488]

Yeah Boys, now you are on track! LOVED to see the appreciation for a legend. Otis! My Man! (sorry, mixed my references a little there).

[@deborahmetoyer8664]

Ahhhh…hearing Otis, my childhood memories come alive!

[@dwaynemcdougal2067]

This song is an absolute 100 percent masterpiece!!

[@pauleilerman3]

Proud of you guys. I can't agree more. This is a top 5 all time song for me. The big o has so much pain in his voice in this song you just feel it.

[@daryldarichuk2149]

My favorite artist of all time. Have huge framed paintings of him on my wall like he's family. Gone at 26. Never forgotten. R.i.p true king of soul

[@shortysasquatch2289]

Otis never even heard the final version of this song. When they recorded the vocal track, Steve Cropper was playing acoustic guitar.

[@robrobertson4235]

I knew that was him!

[@tommathews3964]

There's a couple of great interviews with Cropper talking about this very thing, among other Otis stories. Pure Gold!

[@shortysasquatch2289]

@@tommathews3964 Ronnie Wood show is my favorite Cropper interview.

[@tommathews3964]

@@shortysasquatch2289 Yes, that was a great episode! I miss that show! I guess it was too "real" for tv today.

[@lovman]

This song was released posthumously after Otis tragically died in a plane crash. Keith Richards said that Otis' cover of Satisfaction is how he heard the song being played in his head. So, listen to Redding's cover of the Stones Satisfaction.

[@loriedwards4953]

Just like to say a big THANK YOU! My 26year old,just gave me the biggest hug! I showed her your videos, she gave me a hug for raising her on great music! At 2 her favorite song was gimme the beat boys, as she would say when she wanted to hear Drift Away. I'm glad you guys are learning about great music, but, I enjoy your videos alot better with out the critics! The music speaks for itself , just sit back & enjoy!🤘♐

[@anthonybird4173]

One of the greatest singers and performers of all time. An immense talent.

[@izzywong7027]

Was in a funk this morning, so hearing this was healing, mostly because I love Otis so much. Thanks, guys!

[@todvball]

You're right. 'S' tier all the way. He paints a "feel" in your mind....slows down time for a few minutes. When I first heard this song...the message was clear: slow down; enjoy the life before you. So cool.

[@leannwebb1762]

I grew up with this song in the background. It was cool then and it's still as cool as when I first heard it.

[@triciadevine1831]

I’ve always loved the faint hint of gull cries with the guitar.

[@heathermackinnon9527]

"You Don't Miss Your Water" from the album 'Otis Blue' is a definite deep cut.

[@jeffperdue5106]

Love that song. William Bell wrote and recorded and same say that is start of the Stax sound.

[@kw99190]

I'd go with those saying "I've Been Loving You Too Long." And please heed their advice about watching the Monterey Pop movie! True blossoming of late 60's with mass American exposure of Otis (doing that song), Janis, Jimi, the Who, and many more.

[@sherryheim5504]

Super mellow bluesy song. His voice was so haunting and beautiful. I still remember all the lyrics to this song. I can listen to this song every day and never get tired of it. S Tier for me. Thanks for the reaction.

[@darrenmoore1305]

For such a simple song, it is one of the greatest ever made. Smooth, mellow, controlled. It touches your soul.

[@evanpenn1]

There is no way they haven’t heard this song before.... If they haven’t, I will rush to Home Depot and buy a ladder and drive down to find them and rescue them from the deep well they are living in. :D

[@AJfanboy1]

😆

[@alanhynd7886]

This song came out over half a century ago. These guys are in their early 20s. I was in my 20s back in the 1970s, so it's a bit like me being up to speed on Eddie Cantor or Vernon Dalhart. But surely you must know them, they had some of the top-10, best-known hits of the 1920s? Fancy a sing-along to The Prisoner's Song, or Blue Yodel anyone?

[@AJfanboy1]

@@alanhynd7886 , Yes, I was probably just a bit younger than you, as I graduated in 1972. It does seem odd to me that they never heard this song, because of it's popularity, but I could understand if they don't. I don't recognize either of the singers you mention, but my Dad would sing Hank Snow's version of The Prisoner's Song, and a lot of Jimmie Rodgers' Blue Yodel Songs. (or any that had yodeling) I enjoy seeing them discover these songs for the first time, and would love to see them delve in to some of the older stuff, even though I understand they couldn't be described as "Bangers". LOL

[@Mr05Chuck]

@@AJfanboy1 hey I graduated in 72 also you old fart.

[@eeduranti]

Have you seen the rest of there channel?!?! Look at some of the other songs they are hearing for the first time. They are at the bottom of the Kola Superdeep Bore hole.

[@DawnaJD]

Hard to Handle is a great Otis Redding song - Sauce defined.

[@tjtampa214]

Yes! I thought that was an original by The Black Crowes. "Too hard to Handle." Today I learned that actually the original is by in Astro this reading! They both do the similar style and it is very good. Pretty hard driving compared to some of his other famous ones.

[@DawnaJD]

@@tjtampa214 Otis Redding co-wrote the song in 68. It’s a testament that it still holds up in newer bands covers. Otis definitely has music that resonates across generations and genres.

[@Wordsmyth8]

It’s always a kick to watch you guys listen to the songs I grew up with. By now I’m sure you’ve gathered that there was a tremendous variety of styles and types of music in the 60s and 70s. Everything from fantastic instrumentals, like Soulful Strut and all the stuff by Booker T. & the M.G.’s and on and on, to psychedelic stuff, British Invasion tunes, straight up rock and roll to blues and country-influenced music. It was a great time to grow up and as a young kid, I used to have my transistor radio glued to my ear, even at the dinner table. My family was very patient with their music loving youngest daughter, lol! Anyway, if you like Otis and voices dripping with soul, you really need to check out a gal named Dusty Springfield - in particular her song Son of a Preacher Man. It doesn’t get any better.

[@maryklacik5358]

One of the greatest songs ever!!!!! ❤️

[@janpowell9957]

Otis is **the GOAT**. He could've sung ANYTHING and I'd dig it. Best male vocals, ever. I'd forgive you for ditching protocol and listening to his full catalog, stat. Your ears, your soul, will thank you for it. If you're doing one song at a time, throw a dart and whatever it hits, you're good.

[@RockyMtnRebecca]

Love this so much my entire life. “Try a Little Tenderness” is a must listen. Sara Bareilles has a great cover of this tune btw.

[@krislvzep]

Otitis Redding had the most beautiful voice

[@mikemac7196]

The whistling at the end of the song were placement holders that Otis planned to fill later with words but he died in the plane crash. The record company was stuck with an unfinished song. They wisely released it as is.

[@chadleabo]

I love Otis. we got robbed with him leaving the rock so soon.

[@blanetalk]

+1 for "Try A Little Tenderness" as the next Otis Redding song you listen to.

[@adamtiger9443]

I suggested Otis and this song months back to someone maybe you guys or others hoping someone would do it.. 1987-88 I was in the Navy and stationed a few months on Treasure Island Naval base (i believe its no longer some years back i think became another development).. Across from San Fran and the Golden Gate to the right and Oakland bay bridge to the left.. There was a kid I was friends with and I just remember one night we had a radio (or boom box as we called) and we were chillin sittin drinkin and singing this song lookin over the bay to the city lights.. He was from Georgia and every time the line came on I left my home in Georgia, he would sing louder with more passion.. Sure Otis took some time and figured his next move in Frisco after leaving his precious roots Georgia home and returned in time.. Thanks for this, you guys mix things up good with variety of artists and time.

[@shemanic1]

"Mr. Pitiful" is the tune I spin most & one of my favourites, his emotion & energy make it a positive tune. Then "I've Been Loving You Too Long" "Try A Little Tenderness" "Happy Song"

[@jgsrhythm100]

"Muscle Shoals" Documentary a must film for Patreon! Free on You Tube!!! One of the best docs I've seen!!!. Lynyrd Skynrd lyric (From Sweet Home Alabama) " In Muscle Shoals they Got the Swampers" watch the trailer!!! You'll see why!!

[@susanklasinski1805]

Hi J! Great suggestion!!

[@chrisbloomfield3350]

Check out "Watching the Wheels" by John Lennon. It has the same aesthetic vibe (complacency, hanging out, etc.) and is a really good transition for this!

[@frankphillips5660]

great song

[@allisonreed7682]

@chris bloomfield Ironically, “Watching the Wheels” was also a posthumous release. Great song.

[@spicy321]

Some solo Lennon would be good to tackle.

[@GTRxMan]

Short songs were the rule during the 50s and 60s. The AM dial was crowded and there was no room for longer pieces. It wasn't until the late 60s/early 70s when FM really started to take hold. Most cars didn't have FM until the mid 70s. Once FM took hold, albums rather than singles became the focus and longer songs started to gain prominence.

[@brianmiller1077]

The audio quality of FM is much much better.

[@nancyandrews398]

This is a very good tune, my mother used to sing this, this is Otis, I love Otis. - Duckie