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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Any Otis Redding fans here? Dec 10^th, 2008 at 8:55pm 41 years gone on Dec. 10. http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Otis%2BRedding/video/x6xbrh_otis-red...
Back to top	“What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there,” he says. “All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they’re happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can’t tell one note from another.” - Keef IP Logged

platter Ex Member	Re: Any Otis Redding fans here? Reply #1 - Dec 10^th, 2008 at 9:15pm how can one not like otis?
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Reply #2 - Dec 10^th, 2008 at 9:36pm

almost the most soulful member of the 27 club...

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Ginda Rocks Off Regular Offline The ghost of Belle Starr Posts: 926 WA State Gender:	Re: Any Otis Redding fans here? Reply #3 - Dec 10^th, 2008 at 9:47pm Only someone who has never heard Otis could not love him. What a loss.
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Reply #4 - Dec 10^th, 2008 at 9:49pm

Otis Redding was one of the ultimate all-time most soulful singers, songwriters and performers. The 4-disc box set Otis! covers the essentials. It is an irony of music history that his best-known song, the posthumous hit, "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," is his least representative work. Here's what Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead said about seeing Otis at Monterey Pop in 1967: "I was pretty sure that I'd seen God onstage. Otis looked to be 12 or 14 feet tall, stalking the lip of the stage like a caged tiger, just shooting lightning and sparks. He was amazing!" Of course, Bob was probably tripping.

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Throwaway Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 826 MD Gender:	Re: Any Otis Redding fans here? Reply #5 - Dec 10^th, 2008 at 10:56pm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HLyyZwgS5k
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Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: Any Otis Redding fans here? Reply #6 - Dec 10^th, 2008 at 11:47pm Good lord, yes. Otis was the best. Hands down. I LOVE that RSG video of the Stones doing "That's How Strong My Love Is". I remember reading that Brian cried when they were recording it in the studio.....so very moving. Such a cold, terrible night when he died. I'll never forget hearing about it the next day....
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lotsajizz Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,790 Rhode Island Gender:	Re: Any Otis Redding fans here? Reply #7 - Dec 11^th, 2008 at 4:14am Otis, my Man!!
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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: Any Otis Redding fans here? Reply #8 - Dec 11^th, 2008 at 5:55am Otis doing Satisfaction/My Girl/Respect on this one, starts at about 1:45: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsT3_ZfaHxQ
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gimmekeef Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 5,753 Ontario Canada Gender:	Re: Any Otis Redding fans here? Reply #9 - Dec 11^th, 2008 at 8:06am If ya dont love Otis...ya dont love music.Huge talent and major loss.
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texile Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 935	Re: Any Otis Redding fans here? Reply #10 - Dec 11^th, 2008 at 11:42pm otis was the real thing... and a country boy. i love that his music incorporated not just southern gospel, but country.. porter wagner said otis was a great country singer - because he sang from his heart.
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Reply #11 - Dec 12^th, 2008 at 2:51am

Brainbell Jangler wrote on Dec 10^th, 2008 at 9:49pm:

It is an irony of music history that his best-known song, the posthumous hit, "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," is his least representative work.

While it's not my favorite Otis song, I'm still fond of it -- it shows that he had plenty of new musical paths ahead of him. A fantastic singer, and a very creative guy too.

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