Soul Train BOTBs Round 1 (1960's) - #4 Otis Redding vs #5 Dianna Ross and the Supremes

YellowSnow

chuck

#4 Otis Redding

I had a hard (lol) time not voting for the ladies here.

Swaye

#4 Otis Redding

Otis Redding is the fucking GOAT.

YellowSnow

#4 Otis Redding

Swaye said:

Otis Redding is the fucking GOAT.

I loved Otis from the moment Maverick talked about how his mom listened to Dock of the Bay over and over and over.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_tOx4dN-hI

Swaye

#4 Otis Redding

YellowSnow said:

Swaye said:

Otis Redding is the fucking GOAT.

I loved Otis from the moment Maverick talked about how his mom listened to Dock of the Bay over and over and over.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_tOx4dN-hI

Top Gun. Auto-chin in effect.

YellowSnow

#4 Otis Redding

Swaye said:

YellowSnow said:

Swaye said:

Otis Redding is the fucking GOAT.

I loved Otis from the moment Maverick talked about how his mom listened to Dock of the Bay over and over and over.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_tOx4dN-hI

Top Gun. Auto-chin in effect.

I basically think of you at the Injun Maverick. I think so far as a movie goes, it's cheesy as fuck (but so was much of the 80's), but when one grows up 10 mins up the road from Miramar NAS and F-14s are constantly flying over head it's essential.

YellowSnow

#4 Otis Redding

This might be my favorite Otis live video...his take on Satisfaction at the 1967 Monterey Festival (shout out to @BearsWiin ) . Few humans ever had this much soul. Booker T and the MGs were the backing group, of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvtbiHYa-LI

Baseman

#5 Dianna Ross & The Supremes

http://youtu.be/xQ9X8q_JKEw

Jimbo, as the opening lyrics in this track demonstrate, would have picked Otis.

YellowSnow

#4 Otis Redding

Baseman said:

http://youtu.be/xQ9X8q_JKEw

Jimbo, as the opening lyrics in this track demonstrate, would have picked Otis.

Of my best row boat frens lived on the lake in Madison (shout out to @Mad_Son ) where Otis sold the couch.

LebamDawg

#5 Dianna Ross & The Supremes

the only reason I voted this way was longevity - Otis did not have longevity

YellowSnow

#4 Otis Redding

LebamDawg said:

the only reason I voted this way was longevity - Otis did not have longevity

Otis’s commercial peak of 1965- 68 was pretty short. The Supreme’s sold far more records than any other artist in this bracket but their peak was short too: 1964- 67. But Diana Ross went on to remain a popular solo act. Personally, I think she’s nothing special compared to the other greats.

Mad_Son

#5 Dianna Ross & The Supremes

YellowSnow said:

Baseman said:

http://youtu.be/xQ9X8q_JKEw

Jimbo, as the opening lyrics in this track demonstrate, would have picked Otis.

Of my best row boat frens lived on the lake in Madison (shout out to @Mad_Son ) where Otis sold the couch.

Your fren looking for more frens?

YellowSnow

#4 Otis Redding

Mad_Son said:

YellowSnow said:

Baseman said:

http://youtu.be/xQ9X8q_JKEw

Jimbo, as the opening lyrics in this track demonstrate, would have picked Otis.

Of my best row boat frens lived on the lake in Madison (shout out to @Mad_Son ) where Otis sold the couch.

Your fren looking for more frens?

He left and never went back to WI. Sad.

Swaye

#4 Otis Redding

I hate everyone who voted for Dianna Ross.

Gilbystaint

#4 Otis Redding

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

Mad_Son

#5 Dianna Ross & The Supremes

Swaye said:

I hate everyone who voted for Dianna Ross.

Tribal warfare

YellowSnow

#4 Otis Redding

Otis my man, pulling into a comfortable lead. I was worried this might be out Rod Stewart over Neil Young moment of the tourney (hi @RaceBannon )

Dennis_DeYoung

#5 Dianna Ross & The Supremes

My friend used to make me mix tapes in the early 90s and he would always end them with the first stomp/clap bit of this song and then fade it out as they start to sing like 'fuck you - as soon as you hear those claps you want the rest of that shit, but I'm an asshole so i'm going to give you some pain at the end of this tape.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1FFOMshiO0

YellowSnow

#4 Otis Redding

This was their best song IMO. Some of the sickest tambourines ever.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nV72YrB1454

Dennis_DeYoung

#5 Dianna Ross & The Supremes

YellowSnow said:

This was their best song IMO. Some of the sickest tambourines ever.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nV72YrB1454

Fucking China Beach man. First time I heard this song. Actually really a huge influence on how I thought about music after that.

Tequilla

#4 Otis Redding

I get calling out "peaks" or active periods for acts ...

I draw a line though when the reason for the short time period was because of a band breaking up or if it was tied to a death. And if tied to a death, was it a self-inflicted death through something like drugs or an accident.