As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

#95 Melting Pot -- Booker T. & The MG's (1971)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8wvt-HuZ4c (short version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10NLGNzEly4 (long version)
This is for those of you who may have thought that “Green Onions” was the only song they did.  ;-) This one didn’t get nearly as much attention or radio airplay; I believe the first time I heard it was when I purchased The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG’s compilation. I’ve always thought it would be a great lead-in track for a musically eclectic radio show (or blog, perhaps). 
 
The version on the Best-Of CD is 3:50 – presumably the “single” version. The version on the original Melting Pot album is considerably longer, and I hadn’t heard the whole thing until a week ago. To me, the shorter version really says it all.
 
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