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.)

Monday, October 27, 2014

#13 Try A Little Tenderness -- Otis Redding (1966)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnPMoAb4y8U

There aren’t any “really old” recordings (defined here as “a lot older than I am”) in this list, but there are a few really old songs. Most of them, such as "Georgia On My Mind" and "Beyond The Sea", are generally recognized as classics. That’s not so much the case for “Try A Little Tenderness”, although it has been recorded by Bing Crosby and numerous other folks starting in 1932. No one, however, did such a radical reworking as Otis – not particularly tender, but definitely soulful.
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