CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

ha the last post's talk of "a cappella singalong" made me wonder "pretty mama come and take me by the hand" song, and lo & behold it's the song you're talking about

one of the odder moments of classic rock in pop culture: Owen Wilson muttering the lyrics of "Black Water" after crashing his fighter jet in Bosnia (at 1:42)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ-oT36mWdI

Oh, THAT song. ("funky dixieland") Yeah, major CR airplay up here in Canada.

That shoulda been "(Play Some) Funky Dixieland (Pretty Mama)"

Come and Take Me By The Hand

^^Their first #1 on the Hot 100!

i hate that song so much

I was keeping my mouth shut because positivity but lol

you guys that song suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks

and I can't believe I forgot to nom it on most hated but

DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND

The movie looks good though.

Oh god I hate that song too.

great song

heard swingtown in hale & hardy soup today

yeah, I put 4 doobies songs on my ballot and i hate that song.

My first exposure to "Black Water" was via an a cappella singalong of the end part in a school bus. I thought it was an 1930s negro spiritual or something.

I have a strange story about that song. When I was growing up, the Doobie Brothers were scheduled to put on a concert at my high school. But the tickets went so fast, I couldn't get any. Then this guy named Al gave me some great seats. I don't know how he scored them. Anyway, the one condition was I bring in a tape recorder and record the show. I was a little worried, but Al assured me it was OK.

So I get to the show, and they start playing Black Water. I start dancing around like a madman and wouldn't ya know it, my tape recorder falls out of my shirt, and smashes onto the floor. The Doobie Brothers stopped the music and glared at me furiously. What made it particularly awkward was the fact that I had just interviewed them for my school newspaper, and they said the number one problem they faced was illegal concert bootlegs.

Fortunately, we figured out a way to catch Al Dunbar in a sting operation, and he got a life sentence for illegal bootlegging. So it had a happy ending.

That shoulda been "(Play Some) Funky Dixieland (Pretty Mama)"

― a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Come and Take Me By The Hand

― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seriously, this song gives me brain damage. it's pretty cool up until the acapella crap, then it's like 'what the fuck just happened, now i have to break a chair or something'

the unspooled cassette tape that littered highways all those years ago: Doobies Greatest Hits, ejected & chucked out windows at that ecact moment on the exact same song every time

:D

I'm surprised that youtube doesn't turn up more versions of the song by high school choirs.

<i>you guys that song suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks

and I can't believe I forgot to nom it on most hated but

DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND

― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:02 (2 days ago) Permalink</i>

All that but you left out WANNA DANCE WITH YOUR DADDY ALL NIGHT LONG

Heard yesterday and I believe overlooked during nominations:

CAUSE YOUR EYES HAD A MIST FROM THE SMOKE OF A DISTANT FIRE

No idea what the actual title is but I used to hear it all the time when I was a kid

I've singing "Funky Dixieland (Pretty Mama)" around the house (bc of this thread dammit) and now my youngest, who's never heard the song except from me these last few days, is singing it too. thanks Pretty Mama

kornrulez, your doobies anecdote sounds strangely familiar

HEY HEY HEY

xxxpost "Smoke From a Distant Fire", Sanford-Townsend Band

i heard "let my love open the door" on the radio yesterday and it sounded GREAT
it started right as i turned on my car and i felt like the sun was shining right on me

the phrase "funky dixieland" remains one of the most repulsive musical collocations i can think of

lol otm

I'm pretty anal about musical categorizing and therefore don't believe that dixieland can even BE properly funky (didn't even have a bass or drums much of the time!)

yall are mad, "Black Water" is good

who let this guy in

:)

i blame pretty mama

It sounds like a horrible drug party as experienced by the kid of the hosts.

pretty mother dance with your father

the phrase "funky dixieland" remains one of the most repulsive musical collocations i can think of

especially when the song is neither funky nor dixieland

thx thread for evoking a hideous earworm, must seek treatment immediately

To have smoked grass in 1976, start going, "hey, this song has a nice little groove going," and then get hit with that extended acappella funky dixieland breakdown from out of nowhere must've been alarming.

How did the Oak Ridge Boys never cover this. They've done Seven Nation Army, for godssakes.

i'm gonna post this here instead of the furgeson thread bc hell yeah

http://i.imgur.com/XuHz8mj.png

oh man that is awesome

I'm pretty anal about musical categorizing and therefore don't believe that dixieland can even BE properly funky

the term "funky" was used by New Orleans jazz + R&B musicians long before the days of James Brown, and the most definitive funk elements (heavy backbeat + bass, syncopation/Latin rhythms) can be traced back to the early 20th century music of New Orleans

yall are mad, "Black Water" is good

― some dude, Friday, August 15, 2014 8:51 AM (1 hour ago)

^^^

Also, way to go Mike McD

Ferguson, MO: B There

Oh it is so refreshing to like someone's music and find out that person is also a good, thoughtful person.

omg xp

The song is characterized by the melodious a cappella section, with lyrics that are perhaps the most well known in the entire song: "I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland/Pretty mama, come and take me by the hand." These lines are also featured in the Train song, "I Got You" (from Save Me San Francisco) on which Simmons received a co-writing credit.

true horror

god they are THE WORST

the term "funky" was used by New Orleans jazz + R&B musicians long before the days of James Brown, and the most definitive funk elements (heavy backbeat + bass, syncopation/Latin rhythms) can be traced back to the early 20th century music of New Orleans

I realize that, but to my ears the post-JB definition of (capital-f) FUNK basically overwhelmed all that came before

i also like how Michael McD said "seems to me"

i def have a new appreciation of joe walsh after this poll

:)

I've gone into the BOC deep end thanks to this poll.

And I've got a new appreciation for Michael McDonald now (still think he ruined the Doobies though lol)

never ever listen to his version of "down by the river"