Weekend Song - Lee Dorsey
A bit of New Orleans funk for you now from the mighty Lee Dorsey. Born on Christmas Eve and recording in that spirit of hope, this captures some with a bass line that could change the fortunes of most bad days.
The Weekend Song feature is a year old this week, which makes me think I may be drifting towards a formula. I’m an opening monologue away from two guests and a band, but David Letterman’s a hero of mine so I’ll steer into that skid if that’s how it’s looking.
I’m not doing the self-doubt thing, don’t worry, I’m over with that, but I will get nostalgic on you, because back in December 2007 I had Signed, Sealed, Delivered up as the Weekend Song, where I wrote:
And a sitar opening riff? Fuck. Fucking. Me. Who knew? Who has dared since? No one, that’s who, cause they ain’t Stevie.
Well, it turns out Tommy Dorsey knew it in 1969 with this song, a full year before Steve Wonder.
You got your thing together and I can’t wait too
and that’s the very reason I’m stickin’ here with you
Listen: Give It Up
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Related pages
Weekend Song archive
May 17th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Funky-licious! Off to google Lee Dorsey for some more..
May 17th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
This is the shit. (I mean that in a good way.)
May 17th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Those electric sitars are in songs all over teh place. Go find a book called ‘Guitar Heaven’, by Neville Martin ( yes, editor of all those guitar magazines ). this book is a collection of influential and noteworthy guitaers used over teh years and lists the peopel and songs that they were used on and by. The Electirc Sitar is listed, and there’s a whole list of songs along with it. I was quite surprised.
May 17th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
As a matter of fact…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_sitar
May 17th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Gordon - Google like the wind, man!
Katy - Yes. Yes it is.
Ed - I’m hearing them all over the place now. Tsumani by the Manic Street Preachers, for example. Sitar intros are the new fadeouts.