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.