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Isaac Hayes — Walk On By
Album: Hot Buttered Soul
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Released: 1969
Length: 11:57
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If you see me walking down the street
And I start to cry each time we meet
Walk on by, walk on by

Make believe
That you don't see the tears
Just let me grieve
In private 'cause each time I see you
I break down and cry
And walk on by don't stop
And walk on by don't stop
And walk on by

I just can't get over losing you
And so if I seem broken in two
Walk on by, walk on by

Foolish pride
Is all that I have left
So let me hide
The tears and the sadness you gave me
When you said goodbye
Walk on by
And walk on by
And walk by don't stop

Walk on by, walk on by
Foolish pride
Is all that I have left
So let me hide
The tears and the sadness you gave me
When you said goodbye
Walk on by don't stop
And walk on by don't stop
And walk by don't stop
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 ArrayMac wrote:

Do you know the way to Isaac Hayes?


Is he Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa? 
Posted 11 months ago by ce    [ Reply ]
EPIC. But, contrived. He has better.
Posted 2 years ago by merobreno    [ Reply ]
Do you know the way to Isaac Hayes?
Posted 2 years ago by ArrayMac    [ Reply ]
 Iskaral_Pust wrote:

It was very weird for me when this turned out not to be Hooverphonic's 2Wicky.



Totally - definitely threw me off.
Posted 2 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Wow. Wow. Wow. Haven't heard you play this one before Bill. Bravo!
Posted 3 years ago by dbrandy    [ Reply ]
Nope.

Right down there with Willie Nelson reggae covers.
Posted 3 years ago by merobreno    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

Black Moses! Underappreciated, for sure, although quite a big star in his day. This one threw me off a bit at first. I mean, how can you possibly alter the brilliant Bacharach and David? But this rearrrangement is a true original. Really makes it his own here. Telling his own story through the melody and lyrics.

Love did a cover of Bacharach's My Little Red Book...Bert didn't like it...

Tony in NJ

W.A.S.T.E.



Posted 3 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by danoboy075484205    [ Reply ]
A solid 8.
Posted 3 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Whew. I thought for a while that Hooverphonic came up with funk in this song and I had to start liking them. Thank you Isaac!!!!
Posted 3 years ago by spacemanspiff    [ Reply ]
Bummer for whomever played the organ accompanied
Posted 3 years ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
I never knew Hooverphonic sampled this for their 2Wicky...
You can always count on the RP community to come through with details like this!
Posted 3 years ago by CarpePotus    [ Reply ]
Black Moses! Underappreciated, for sure, although quite a big star in his day. This one threw me off a bit at first. I mean, how can you possibly alter the brilliant Bacharach and David? But this rearrrangement is a true original. Really makes it his own here. Telling his own story through the melody and lyrics.
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
It was very weird for me when this turned out not to be Hooverphonic's 2Wicky.
Posted 3 years ago by Iskaral_Pust    [ Reply ]
Friday evening. After a very long day at work. Beer in hand. This tune hits the spot.
Posted 3 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
"You socked it to me, mama."
Posted 3 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
 AhhtheMusic wrote:


Perfect comment.  
 

Was thinking the same.
Posted 3 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
Hey baby, whas happenin?{#Cowboy}
 

Perfect comment.  
Posted 3 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Ah , yes, this is where I've heard that ,now way overdone, dangermouse sound!
Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Hey baby, whas happenin?{#Cowboy}
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I don't really care for Isaac one way or the other but I love a good long jam at the end of a song!
Posted 13 years ago by vnprc    [ Reply ]
OK well even this was released in 1969. 
Posted 13 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
fabulous truly corny schmalzy soul
Posted 13 years ago by caseynewton    [ Reply ]
please make it STOP!
Posted 13 years ago by seven7    [ Reply ]
truly corny schmalzy soul
Posted 13 years ago by seven7    [ Reply ]
Is this Bad Cover Friday?
Posted 13 years ago by eswiley2    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

The Stranglers did an excellent cover as well.  It's a great song which lends itself to many interpretations..
 
+1 The Stranglers

Posted 13 years ago by james_of_tucson    [ Reply ]
I have been thinking about this song for days. thanks for playing it.
Posted 13 years ago by cma-ct    [ Reply ]
made love for the very first time in my life to this s
ong.  It was almost long enough for us for both of us....LOL
Posted 13 years ago by tbaloney619    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:

When I DJ'd for the local college station years ago, I'd put on a long tune when I had to hit the boys' room.  Hey, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go...

 
For the length of this number, you could have had a long leisurely crap and read a good part of War & Peace. Boy, did Hayes'  band know how to pad a song out, or what?

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 xtalman wrote:
DJ's bathroom break song.
 
When I DJ'd for the local college station years ago, I'd put on a long tune when I had to hit the boys' room.  Hey, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go...

Posted 13 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
 Rooney wrote:
I prefer Dionne Warwick's version.  She makes it sound like walking, not a funeral dirge cadence.  Too long, too cumbersome, too overly-dramatized.  Sorry Isaac. 
 

Warwick is fine if you're in the mood for happy, lighter fare, but if you want to groove then the rhythm on Isaac Hayes' version takes the song to a whole other level!!
Posted 13 years ago by fitzworld    [ Reply ]
 Rooney wrote:
I prefer Dionne Warwick's version.  She makes it sound like walking, not a funeral dirge cadence.  Too long, too cumbersome, too overly-dramatized.  Sorry Isaac. 
 
I'm with you. The video for this cover has a nightmarish set out of the 70s. Still love the sisters backing Isaac. 
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
P I M P.  Back in a few...Gotta go pick my afro...
Posted 13 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
C'mon, people! Does it get any better than this? Me thinks not!!!!

I don't smoke pot, but if I did I would want a hit right about now...
Posted 13 years ago by fitzworld    [ Reply ]
Kick. Ass.

Got. It. Cranked. 
Posted 13 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:


um, Burt Bacharach doesn't require any help sounding cool.
 
not too sure about that statement

Posted 13 years ago by cirruss    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
wow, this is pretty out there, although i prefer Dionne's original. Many covers out there, D Train's 80s Funk version another fave.
 
The Stranglers did an excellent cover as well.  It's a great song which lends itself to many interpretations..


Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 dboseman wrote:
He made Burt Bacharach sound cool. Awesome.
 

um, Burt Bacharach doesn't require any help sounding cool.
Posted 13 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
wow, this is pretty out there, although i prefer Dionne's original. Many covers out there, D Train's 80s Funk version another fave.
Posted 13 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
The longer this song goes, the lower my rating.  Good songs are like fingernails.  Good things to have until they start getting annoyingly long.
Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
...and I love the drum bit at the end!
Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
 pcicatar wrote:
It breaks my heart to see that this, along w/ the Theme from Shaft, are the only two Issac Hayes tracks played here!  {#Snooty}  This is certainly a missed soul opportunity, dig!? 
 
Upload some Isaac Hayes songs and they might just get added.

Posted 13 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
It breaks my heart to see that this, along w/ the Theme from Shaft, are the only two Issac Hayes tracks played here!  {#Snooty}  This is certainly a missed soul opportunity, dig!? 


Posted 13 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
Sweet - I dig the Chef version of this song! My favorite lyrics: "You put the hurt on me. You socked it to me!"
Posted 13 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
Issac could really cook up the grooves.




Posted 13 years ago by spigolli    [ Reply ]
Man, I used to listen to this LP with friends on Friday nights.  Crank up the volume and totally rock the place!  Excellent production and the BarKays!  My favorite track, though, is Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic.  Crank up THAT one!

Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
I prefer Dionne Warwick's version.  She makes it sound like walking, not a funeral dirge cadence.  Too long, too cumbersome, too overly-dramatized.  Sorry Isaac. 
Posted 13 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
I am totally digging this!!
Posted 13 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
 ask wrote:
Is this song still playing?? Please, please please let it end
 

Wait...can't you dig it when the sisters go "Walk!Walk" in the background? 

{#Roflol}

"Hot Buttered Soul" came out at as Stax Records was in the process of re-inventing itself while also just trying to survive. As the Wikipedia entry on Isaac notes, Otis Redding (Stax's big name) had died in a plane crash in December '67, and Atlantic Records had taken control over Stax's back label by mid '68. 

The President of Stax told his artists that together they had to put out TWENTY-SEVEN albums in 1969 if the label was going to survive. "Hot Buttered Soul" was one of the big hits during this frantic push to re-start Stax.

This PBS documentary, "RESPECT YOURSELF: THE STAX RECORDS STORY"

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/stax/index.html?campaign=pbshomefeatures_1_greatperformancesbrthestaxrecordsstory_2007-08-02 

does a great job of telling the wild rise, fall and rise of Stax Records.  

The documentary of the WattStax concert is also great.  

Posted 14 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
DJ's bathroom break song.
Posted 14 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
I think I'll fire up Pandora for a while.
Posted 14 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
I was in exotic French Indochina when this song came out.  Glad I missed it.
Posted 14 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
GREAT!!! First time I hear it and I like it. Surprised that it's from '69!
Posted 14 years ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
There were a lot of long songs on 1969.
Not all of them could have been released today & still sounded contemporary.
Yes, a few minutes shaved off the end would not have been missed but damn, it is a fine song.
Thanks, Bill & Rebeca

THE BEST STATION ON EARTH!
Posted 14 years ago by number7    [ Reply ]
Is this song still playing?? Please, please please let it end

Posted 14 years ago by ask    [ Reply ]
Wow... I thought Free Bird was long!
Posted 14 years ago by januismer    [ Reply ]
First 3 mins is fine, then it's all self-indulgent musicians getting paid by the minute.
Posted 14 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Egrey wrote:

OMG, I thought the record got stuck at RP.  This is interminable.


 
My wife probably has mixed feelings about this song.  I know I do.

Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]

OMG, I thought the record got stuck at RP.  This is interminable.


Posted 14 years ago by Egrey    [ Reply ]
 WayUpNorth wrote:

No kidding.  Such a flashback.  Waiting to hear Don Cornelius' say "give it up for the great Issac Hayes" when the song ends ... I guess I watched too much Soul Train as a kid. {#Cool}
 
Shoot, I watched Soul Train up until grad school. The folks who own the rights have a great YouTube channel, subscribe and you'll get sucked into a few hours of old vids of the real masters of R&B.

 
Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
Lots of good covers of this song. This one isn't my favorite, but it's fun. And I do love Isaac Hayes.
Posted 14 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
 CaptTofu wrote:
This is a great beat for 1969. What happened to great soul music like this? So much R&B is just painful to listen to.
 
No kidding.  Such a flashback.  Waiting to hear Don Cornelius' say "give it up for the great Issac Hayes" when the song ends ... I guess I watched too much Soul Train as a kid. {#Cool}
Posted 14 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
OK, every additional minute this goes on, I drop its rating a point.
Posted 14 years ago by rluking    [ Reply ]
Fuckin' long, innit?

Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
This is good as a 3-minute single, pretty dull and overstretched as a 6-minute (or longer?) jam/cover. Isaac doesn't really convey the misery and pain of the lyrics, hardly surprising as he does smooth sex, not pain.
Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]

From 1997 to 2006 Isaac Hayes, a renowned soul musician, provided the voice for Chef, a character on the animated television program South Park. The role introduced Hayes, who established himself in the 1960s and 1970s, to a new audience.


Posted 14 years ago by RobMartin    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:
Sex music. 
 
 
And not nearly as sexy when Dionne Warwick did it. It's a Burt Bacharach/Hal David song, for cryin' out loud.

Posted 14 years ago by Tana    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:
Sex music. 
 
 
This bald wins

Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
Hey Baby, what you doing? Come on over here, yea, that's it baby.......{#Whisper}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Sex music. 
 
Posted 14 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Should be followed by You Keep Me Hangin' On - the Vanilla Fudge rendition.
Posted 14 years ago by Anax    [ Reply ]
 Xeric wrote:
Jesus!  Just END already!

Huh.  Guess I said more or less that already.  Oh, well—at least I'm consistent.
 
I see what you mean ....

but what a great name for an album {#Cool}
Posted 14 years ago by plaice3    [ Reply ]
boring Kitsch
Posted 14 years ago by thediceareloaded    [ Reply ]
What a classic jam!!!!
:)
Posted 14 years ago by pdjpirate    [ Reply ]
Jesus!  Just END already!

Huh.  Guess I said more or less that already.  Oh, well—at least I'm consistent.
Posted 14 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]


Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
"Butter, it's just like butter. A big ole stick of butter". Coffee Talk
Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Hey,Bill,,why doncha play the live version,you know the long one !{#Smile}
But I'm OK with this short one, as well,,once in a while.  # 10
Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Loving the bass line - nothing too flashy, just smooth and competent.

Posted 14 years ago by AndyC    [ Reply ]
 toterola wrote:

He was cool enough that Elvis Costello wrote/played/sang with him.
And he was married to Carol King. That's not to shabby, 'round here anyway. {#Wave}
 
Actually, Burt Bacharach was married to Angie Dickenson.

Posted 14 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 CaptTofu wrote:
This is a great beat for 1969. What happened to great soul music like this? So much R&B is just painful to listen to.
 
It sure went off the rails somewhere along the way.

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
way too long
Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Jesus, that was endless.  But at least it was incredibly repetitive along the way.
Posted 14 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
This is a great beat for 1969. What happened to great soul music like this? So much R&B is just painful to listen to.
Posted 14 years ago by CaptTofu    [ Reply ]
 Montyontherun wrote:
This song needs to be 6 minutes shorter.. Gah!
 
Yup.

Posted 14 years ago by MiketheKnife    [ Reply ]
 dBdwg wrote:
this sounds like a visit to the dentist
 
this feels like a visit to the dentist
Posted 15 years ago by treehugger    [ Reply ]
Is the song melodramatic and full of emotional flourishes? Absolutely!

But then that's how it tends to be at the end of a relationship......reason sorta flies out the window. As far as I'm concerned, they nailed this one.
Posted 15 years ago by Dirktooth    [ Reply ]
this is when the dj goes out for a smoke
Posted 15 years ago by schtan    [ Reply ]
not portishead ... Hooverphonic sampled this in their song 2Wicky... love that song
Posted 15 years ago by Dalebarely    [ Reply ]
Good example of how to demolish a Burt Bacharach song.
Posted 15 years ago by soundprison    [ Reply ]
interesting, but this will always be a "dionne warwick" song.
Posted 15 years ago by stevematic    [ Reply ]
He made Burt Bacharach sound cool. Awesome.
Posted 15 years ago by dboseman    [ Reply ]

I am a little kid again... watching a 70's cop drama on a black & white tv in my parent's rumpus room... probably a love scene on Starsky and Hutch...


Posted 15 years ago by Thistle    [ Reply ]
Wow!  Bill's playlist is excellent today!  New Massive Attack slips into this!  Yum! Yum!
Posted 15 years ago by iscoot4peace    [ Reply ]
Very, very cool.  The segue from Massive Attack makes perfect sense (and Madrugada a few tunes earlier).


Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
this sounds like a visit to the dentist
Posted 15 years ago by dBdwg    [ Reply ]
F-u-u-u-u-u-c-k... this is one intensely powerful, emotive gem of a song.
Posted 15 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
 fatcatjb wrote:
I heard that too, same guitar part that's in Glory Box, from the Stealing Beauty soundtrack

 xy wrote:
Some parts of this song has a Portishead influence..... intriguing
 
 
I'll have to compare the two side-by-side to be sure, but that may very well be a sample of this Portishead used in Glory Box.

Hot buttered soul, indeed!

Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
 toterola wrote:

He was cool enough that Elvis Costello wrote/played/sang with him.
And he was married to Carol King. That's not to shabby, 'round here anyway. {#Wave}
 
I don't think Burt was married to Carole King.  That would be Gerry Goffin, also a songwriter.

Posted 15 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
This must be the 3 lifetime long version...
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 Art_Carnage wrote:
Did this ever not age well. Sounds laughably cheesy today. Not the way I'll remember him, for sure.
 
I guess you gotta be in your 40's ...at least

Posted 15 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]
This song needs to be 6 minutes shorter.. Gah!
Posted 15 years ago by Montyontherun    [ Reply ]
Me n' god would cut off a lotta time to this song

Posted 15 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
this song needs to be 3 minutes shorter. gah
Posted 15 years ago by kundera    [ Reply ]
I heard that too, same guitar part that's in Glory Box, from the Stealing Beauty soundtrack

 xy wrote:
Some parts of this song has a Portishead influence..... intriguing
 

Posted 15 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
 xy wrote:
Some parts of this song has a Portishead influence..... intriguing
 
{#Eh} ahhhhh....this album came out in 1969. The members of Portishead probably weren't even born yet. If you meant the other way around, yes that makes sense.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Bliss! Pure bliss!
Posted 15 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
Some parts of this song has a Portishead influence..... intriguing
Posted 15 years ago by xy    [ Reply ]
 dboseman wrote:
Awesome cover of a beautiful melody.  As uncool as it may be to say, Burt Bacharach wrote some amazing tunes in his day.
 
He was cool enough that Elvis Costello wrote/played/sang with him.
And he was married to Carol King. That's not to shabby, 'round here anyway. {#Wave}
Posted 15 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
 BlueHeronDruid wrote:
How many hours has this been playing?
 


Posted 15 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
How many hours has this been playing?
Posted 15 years ago by BlueHeronDruid    [ Reply ]
WTF?
Posted 15 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
 Bridieboo wrote:
Nothing says the 70s like a song containing the words 'you socked it to me momma'.  Love this song.
 


Posted 15 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
 dboseman wrote:
Awesome cover of a beautiful melody.  As uncool as it may be to say, Burt Bacharach wrote some amazing tunes in his day.
 
Heck, he wrote The Look of Love. 'Nuff said.

Posted 15 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
Chef! I only picture him teaching Stan, Kyle, Eric, and Kenny how to treat a woman. Too bad about the scientology connection though.
Posted 15 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
Did this ever not age well. Sounds laughably cheesy today. Not the way I'll remember him, for sure.
Posted 15 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
The Black Moses of Soul 
Posted 15 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
God Like.                  {#Notworthy}                            



Posted 15 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Oh the organ! He's socking it to me! 
Posted 15 years ago by graemea    [ Reply ]