Two for Tuesday.
I have discussed previously my thing for women in white (click here.) In the video here, Sheryl does nothing to disavow me of that attraction. Plus, I always thought Walk on By was a great song.
Dionne Warwick’s original 1964 version caught my ear and I sort of liked it then. But this was during my rock and roll years and I couldn’t really bring myself to admit I liked a “big band” tune regardless how catchy it was to my ear.
However, a couple years later I heard Isaac Hayes do a 12 minute soul version of it and I lost any reservations about liking the song. (Please note though, that when I heard Isaac’s version I was sitting in an Army barracks in Germany high as a kite and that may have had some influence on my favorable reaction to it.)
Regardless the age or the drug, Walk on By is still a great song. Sheryl does it justice but the white dress just makes it all the better. Isaac’s version is just as good with no drugs as it was when I first listened to it all those hazy years ago. Isaac used the Bar Kays (Soul Finger) as his back up band and they nailed it. Catch the lead guitar here played by Michael Toles.
