Thursday, March 01, 2018

Your Thursday Moment of WTF?

From 1973, and the b-side of "Think," please enjoy the Godfather of Soul and his, shall we say, highly personal cover of the Beatles' "Something."



Yes, this was actually released to a largely unbelieving world.


It's never been on an album or CD, however, so I think we can be excused for having overlooked this for all these years. In any case, it's a lot more idiosyncratic than, oh, Al Green's relatively faithful cover of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand."

8 comments:

steves said...

Cocaine is a helluva drug.

Blue Ash Fan said...

Never liked the song. Now I think I like it even less.

FD13NYC said...

I remember this from the time, and I laughed. His version is certainly a little different, and I'm still laughing.

Anonymous said...

I'm lucky to have a Hot 100 Billboard chart book. The number of singles James Brown released is insane. So I guess this can fall thru the cracks.

Knucklehead record collector that I am, I always grab covers of "Something" when I find them. The guitar solo is so much a part of the song I always like to hear how others employ it. A moot point in this case....

Billy B said...

Methinks Soul Brother # 1 was snorting the PCP by this time.

Apologies to Steve for stepping on his line.

pete said...

He did a similar take on "Georgia on my Mind" back in the day. Lots of percussive asides and little giggles. Very little sense that he knew where the hell he was. Not a great ballad singer.

buzzbabyjesus said...

Maybe because I danced 3 feet in front of him with a couple black girls while being drenched in his sweat I think this is anything but funny.

Dave said...

“Not a great ballad singer.” ??? “Please Please Please” “it’s a Man’s World” “Try Me”. More by request.

Like Blue Ash Fan, I’m not a fan of the song or the record, so I prefer this to the original, even if it is only tenuously connected to the song as published.

Dave F