Otis Redding


Just wondering about people's takes on Otis Redding, how he did and what his performance meant to the concert.

Never, Ever, *beep* with the King.

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I haven't seen it but from what I've heard and read, Otis Redding took the house down.

It's just so sad that this was his last big live show.

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he was awesome. i think jimi was a little better, but they were by far the best parts of a concert that included tons of great parts.

go go go

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He was amazing. Absolutely fantastic performance, such energy. The theater I saw the movie at burst into applause when he finished.

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The "love crowd" ate him up. His performance is probably one of the most soulful moments in music history.

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Strange notes on Otis Redding's performance.

The last time I saw this on DVD I started to cry because the performance was that spectacular -- one of those brief flashes of magic.

I saw Booker T and the MGs last summer for free in lower Manhattan outdoors. (They were the back-up band for the Otis Monterey performance, along with the Bar-Kays horn section)

The show I saw was on a dark cloudy day when things were not going particularly well for me. Got there too early, and sitting in the third row on the aisle. But while I'm there Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn from the band are standing around, off the stage, about two feet apart from each other, and they just started playing "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay," on which they were the original musicians. No lyrics; but the whole song -- just guitar and bass. One of those moments -- one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard, and can't believe I was there for it OK.

Of course the other bookend is near the end of this great show (Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, Booker T, and Anton Fig on drums...) they bring out a local soul singer, and she proceeds to sing the entire Otis Redding set from Monterey. Nightmare spook! There are some songs that you should NOT *beep* with, and this was worse; an ENTIRE SET you should not *beep* with. Ugh.

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Without a doubt THE best performance that weekend!...He showed the crowd AND the other bands how it should be done...and Booker T and the MGs could match any of the other musicians any day of the week.

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Having never seen Otis Redding perform until I watched this last night, I can honestly say the man was a dynamo. As good or better than any of his contemporaries - such as James Brown, Ray Charles, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone etc...

It is truly a tragedy that the man's life was cut so short, he would have had a legendary career as a performer and a showman.

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Obviously the performance was fantastic, that goes without saying, but what bout how it was photographed. I mean talk about guts. To stick with that shot while it flows in and out of a bleached out white frame. It is absolutely brilliant. The whole sequence shot from behind with that angelic silhouette blows me away every time...I can’t get enough.

Keep Rockin'
-G

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So if you had to choose between Otis or Wilson Pickett, who would you choose? I go back and forth...

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yes the performance and music are amazing, but whoever shot and edited the performace for the film did not do a good job in my opinion. as i was watching it in the dark, the white flashes came on. it was such a beautiful shot of him in the silouette of the light, but when he and the camera did not match, the audience gets stuck with the bright white light...ugh awful awful.

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epic!




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NO ONE was better than Marvin Gaye. NO ONE else was as good as Marvin Gaye. NO ONE. Period. Marvin Gaye DEFINED Motown.

It’s good to be enthusiastic, but get a grip.

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