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(YouTube) Cool The very definition of cool: Bill Withers performing "Ain't No Sunshine" on The Old Grey Whistle Test   (youtube.com) divider line 26
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Pocket Ninja [TotalFark]
2009-10-29 06:05:00 PM
You know, I think Fark needs a new category of contest similar to the Photography and Photoshop ones, except for this contest you find old audio clips like this and tweak them with Autotune or some other bit of audio editing software. We could call it Farkotune or something. Just like with the Photoshop ones...the link gets greened, submitters post their entries for a week or so, and then it gets posted to the Main page for everyone to vote. I think that would be good for lots of laughs, and I think this clip would be a good launch for it.
 
Cewley [TotalFark]
2009-10-29 06:20:13 PM
i used to know how many times he says i know.
 
jekxrb
2009-10-29 06:57:22 PM
Thanks subby, that was rad.
 
MorrisBird [TotalFark]
2009-10-29 07:51:27 PM
I'm going to assume this was submitted by Dancin_In_Anson, until told otherwise. But, thank you for the blast from the past. What a great performance.
 
Midnight Rambler [TotalFark]
2009-10-29 09:39:35 PM
Cewley: i used to know how many times he says i know.

I was thinking it was 24. The Wiki says otherwise:

When thirty-one-year-old Withers recorded "Sunshine," his first chart hit, he was still working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s.

He originally intended to write more lyrics for the portion of the song where he repeats the phrase "I know" twenty-six times, but the other musicians told him to leave it the way it was. "I was this factory worker puttering around," Withers said. "So when they said to leave it like that, I left it."
 
Bad bit in the bit bucket [TotalFark]
2009-10-29 09:48:50 PM
Is there anyone in the current music business with this man's level of talent?
 
gilbyguy
2009-10-29 09:53:42 PM
Thank you subby ... just thanks.
 
Chuckie2d0pe
2009-10-29 10:13:02 PM
 
Jimmy Scheisskopf
2009-10-29 10:38:09 PM
Use me.

Link (new window)
 
Combustion
2009-10-29 11:33:27 PM
Jimmy Scheisskopf: Use me.

Link (new window)

Awesome. I've only heard the regular album version, that one smokes!
 
captmingus
2009-10-29 11:48:53 PM
For the times and the fact that it was a TV show the audio is great. It was clean and well mixed which is rare for those older TV productions.
 
karmaceutical
2009-10-30 12:38:18 AM
Awesome.

That drummer is completely high on drugs.
 
Dumbear
2009-10-30 12:45:49 AM
That's what I'm talkin' about. The Old Grey Whistle Test was always first rate, and that scene was perfect. A few musicians just sitting down and groovin'.

Peace.
 
vudukungfu
2009-10-30 01:03:54 AM
Pocket Ninja: you first.
put some spankies and whips cracking with sighs and moans in "Use Me" for a first challenge, tho.
 
PerfectlyCromulent
2009-10-30 01:08:41 AM
Goddamn I love the BBC. I spent all summer watching these old concerts on VH1 Classic. Never saw this though, thanks for the submission, subby!
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2009-10-30 01:15:08 AM
Midnight Rambler: Cewley: i used to know how many times he says i know.

I was thinking it was 24. The Wiki says otherwise:

When thirty-one-year-old Withers recorded "Sunshine," his first chart hit, he was still working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s.

He originally intended to write more lyrics for the portion of the song where he repeats the phrase "I know" twenty-six times, but the other musicians told him to leave it the way it was. "I was this factory worker puttering around," Withers said. "So when they said to leave it like that, I left it."

"they" were right.

The song didn't really need more lyrics.

Hell, that was a lot packed into 2:03 anyway.
 
DundieAwardWinner
2009-10-30 01:47:52 AM
www.3click.tv

Old Grey Whistle Theft?
 
durmer
2009-10-30 02:51:42 AM
My girlfriends name is Sunshine, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies. Actually, her name is Crystal Sunshine; as in Crystal Meth and Orange Sunshine. Needless to say, every time I visit her family there is some serious weird shiat that goes down.
 
Ishkur [TotalFark]
2009-10-30 04:14:26 AM
ooh, I loves me some Bill Withers.

From that same performance, Use Me, my favourite BW song.
 
Ishkur [TotalFark]
2009-10-30 04:16:54 AM
Jimmy Scheisskopf: Use me.

Link (new window)

annnnnd I should read the thread first.
 
Bob Silver
2009-10-30 06:40:08 AM
Another classic...

Harlem (new window)
 
cwheelie
2009-10-30 10:25:07 AM
Drummer's mom told him to smile cuz he was gonna be on the teevee
 
Chulainn
2009-10-30 10:53:59 AM
This is all very awesome, and helps with the phillies loss and ensuing hangover.
 
StubePT
2009-10-30 11:18:10 AM
Ain't No Sunshine and Use Me...

2 songs in my top 25 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME
 
binkyman
2009-10-30 05:54:46 PM
Yes, but can he sing with his eyes open?
 
NewHairGrowth
2009-10-30 06:36:13 PM
A much better choice would have been "Use Me (Up)", one of the best tunes of 1972 (and that's saying something, as 1972 was an unbelievable year for music). One of the earliest tunes I can remember to make excellent use of the Hohner Clavinet, although Sam and Dave already had "And I Thank You", another killer clav song. Of course, Billy Preston nailed it for all time with the ultimate clavinet song "Outta Space" in the summer of 1972. If you've never heard that one, well, you should and soon.

I've owned 5 clavinets in my life and wish I owned one now. Sure, I have some great clav samples but nothing beats the feel of playing those keys that bounced pencil erasers on guitar strings.
 
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