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This video has been seconded as a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof seconded with isdupe by Trancecoach.

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This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by chicchorea. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

This has to be a dupe.

edit: I found it finally:
http://music.videosift.com/video/70-Year-old-Subway-Singer-belts-out-some-Otis-Redding

Search doesn't find anything with "sing otis redding"... Dunno why.

edit²: And of course. That piece is simply amazing. Great performance!
Please keep it alive for promotionary purposes...

I watched the whole thing (though I'd love to see the whole unedited material) and I'd agree that Gervais as a stand-up doesn't really measure up to these guys. In the context of a chat about comedy it works but he's only there because he's high profile enough. But he's making Hollywood movies now and I wonder how many years of stand-up the other guys had in the bank when Gervais did his first gig. It's interesting that this clip starts with Gervais worrying about the need to have a stand-up identity, a voice and it's arguable that he has never had that.

Personally while I love Louis CK, Bill Burr remains my favourite comic. That guy is absolutely sensational.

And if you watch the whole thing that bit about the Otis Redding song had me in stitches.

1. Juicebox - The Strokes
2. Locked Out - Crowded House
3. Fancy Footwork (Crookers Remix) - Chromeo
4. Painkiller - Turin Brakes
5. Eternity One Night Only - Cut Copy
6. Pieces Of You - Islands
7. Tessellate (Field Music Remix) - Tokyo Police Club
8. Mr Pitiful - Otis Redding
9. Brainy - The National
10. An End Has A Start - Editors

Otis Redding, standing by!

*nochannel
*comedy
*cinema
*music

This is the Otis Redding version of "Try a little tenderness"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try_a_Little_Tenderness#Otis_Redding_version

Are you people blind?

Camel = cigarettes,
cigarettes = & coffee,
cigarettes & coffee = Otis redding
Otis Redding = #1 out of Time magazines 100 best songs of all time
Time with midget = joy

Q.E.D

Congrats to you both.

grimm - best avatar ever.
aceofclubz - old school gold.

Some great under-appreciated vids:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Respect-by-original-composer-and-singer-Otis-Redding
http://www.videosift.com/video/Jimi-Hendrix-performing-Wind-Cries-Mary-1967
http://www.videosift.com/video/SWINGWING-1960s-trainging-tool-for-future-headbangers
http://www.videosift.com/video/Real-Men-of-Genius-A-Compilation

For some Tracey Ullman trivia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey_Ullman


An excerpt from the article on Irma Thomas - since the Ullman article doesn't have it:

"She then began recording on the Minit label, working with songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint on songs including “It’s Raining” and “Ruler of my Heart”, which was later reinterpreted by Otis Redding as "Pain In My Heart". Imperial Records acquired Minit in 1963, and a string of successful releases followed. These included "I Wish Someone Would Care” (her biggest national hit), its B-side "Break-a-Way” (later covered by Tracey Ullman among others), "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is”, and "Time Is on My Side" (a song previously recorded by Kai Winding, and later by the Rolling Stones)."

For the rest of the Irma Thomas article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Thomas



I had hoped to find a video with Irma Thomas singing this. The one I did find didn't have very good audio.

THANK YOU!

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“Sorry Mlx, it's *dead "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation" (plenty of replacements on YouTube though).”

Sorry Mlx, it's *dead "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation" (plenty of replacements on YouTube though).