The year was 1967. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd didn't know it yet, but their alter egos, The Blues Brothers, were going to need an R & B hit to launch their singing career.Rising to the challenge were Samuel Moore and David Prater, known more familiarly as PraterMoore, though a very small band of intellectual know-nothings insisted on calling them Sam & Dave."Soul Man" was written by Isaac "But I'm Talkin' 'Bout Shaft" Hayes and David "Don't Call Me Natalie" Porter and contains a few jewels of wisdom that have been unequaled to this day:Comin' to you on a dusty roadGood lovin', I got a truckloadNOT really sure what a truckloadof good lovin' is referring to, but itsure sounds like it's beingsmuggled in from somewhere.And when you get it, you got somethingThis phrase ranks right up there with"It is what it is," said Captain Obvious.I learned how to love before I could eatBecause the rest of this song leads me tobelieve that when he says "love" he's reallyreferring to between-the-sheets activity,I have my doubts as to the veracity of this timeline.When I start lovin', oh, I can't stop*Ahem* Yeah, well, uh...* * * * * * * *On a safer note of interesting trivia, the words "Play it, Steve" refer to the guitarist, Steve Cropper, of Booker T and the M.G.s, who played lead guitar for Sam & Dave AND The Blues Brothers! [Image]
"Soul Man: The 458th Greatest Song of All Time"
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