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Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft (Vinyl)
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| 4/15/2016
| mig well
Posted on 02/12/2019 11:22:45 AM PST by simpson96
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Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft (Vinyl)
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Written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971 for the MGM film 'Shaft'.
The song begins with a sixteenth-note hi-hat ride pattern, played by Willie Hall, which was drawn from a break on Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness", a Stax record on which Hayes had played. Also featuring heavily in the intro is Charles Pitts' guitar, which uses a wah-wah effect common in 1970s funk; the riff had originally been written for an unfinished Stax song. The synthesized keyboard is played by Hayes. Even on the edited single version, the intro lasts for more than one and-a-half minutes before any vocals are heard. The arrangement was by Hayes and Johnny Allen.
Stax Records 1971
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:22:45 AM PST
by
simpson96
To: trisham; hoosiermama; Dawgreg; OddLane; Fiji Hill; originalbuckeye; Southside_Chicago_Republican; ..
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:23:00 AM PST
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simpson96
To: simpson96
To: simpson96
“That cat Shaft is a bad mother....”
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:26:34 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
To: mbarker12474
Great intro. On par with Lou Reed’s Sweet Jane and Mellankamp’s I need a Lover.
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:26:49 AM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Psalm 73
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:26:56 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: simpson96
Great song. RIP Isaac. Sure miss you on South Park.
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:27:02 AM PST
by
willk
(everyone)
To: dfwgator
“Just talking about Shaft...”
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:28:54 AM PST
by
shotgun
To: simpson96
To: simpson96
I remember Isaac Hayes performing the theme at the Academy Awards. Very cool.
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:40:24 AM PST
by
karnage
To: simpson96
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:41:10 AM PST
by
V K Lee
("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
To: karnage
Didn’t see it, but saw a video of it. That was quite a spectacle.
To: simpson96
Perfect 3:13 cut, just right for radio.
Brings back some memories, most not that good.
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:44:09 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: simpson96
I enlisted at 17 in 1971 and was in USAF Tech School at Lowry, AFB (Denver, CO).
First time in "the big city" for me.
So this music resonated for me as John Shaft walked the city streets, I related it to my walks in downtown Denver.
Loved the movie!
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:44:40 AM PST
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: Psalm 73
That cat Shaft is a bad mother....
“Shut your mouth...”
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:45:13 AM PST
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Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: simpson96
Maybe I’m just getting old, but movies were more fun back then...
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02/12/2019 11:46:45 AM PST
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karnage
To: V K Lee
“Honestly, most music these days just fails me. Age? Tastes change?”
Neither...most pop music these days is totally unremarkable and therefore sucks. Mellow/cool jazz is still pretty good.
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02/12/2019 11:48:11 AM PST
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Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: simpson96
I was looking at theme music from old shows yesterday morning, off on a rabbit trail started by listening to old radio plays.
A show called “Consider Your Verdict” used the same theme as “Ironsides.”
Ironsides had a theme composed by Quincy Jones who later came out with a four minute version for the album “Smackwater Jack.”
Now we need someone to make an old style detective show for Melody Gardot’s “It Gonna Come.”
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posted on
02/12/2019 11:51:15 AM PST
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: Bonemaker
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posted on
02/12/2019 12:01:09 PM PST
by
V K Lee
("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
To: simpson96
Thanks for the post; The 70s was bad fashion but great for music and movies.
BTW - If you love commercial free 60s and 70s music (from Mott the Hoople to Isaac Hayes) you may enjoy Yes2day radio on TuneIn OR over the net.
https://tunein.com/radio/Yes2day-Radio-889-s9307/
www.liveonlineradio.net/uk/yes2day-radio.htm
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posted on
02/12/2019 12:17:52 PM PST
by
Kid Shelleen
((Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong))
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