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Reader Comments(1 of 2)
bolyat 8-27-2007
You've got to be kidding me! THIS line is in at #15?
Puh-leeze!
It's decent enough, but I'm thinking 20..., 25... tops.
deesjointat 6-10-2009
and you've gotta be kidding me---you're actually smart enough to turn on a computer? you're certainly not smart enough to recognize a classic...
lemonsmoothieat 8-27-2007
Its so easy to get lost in this song, I love it!
MPat 8-27-2007
1. You've got to be kidding me! THIS line is in at #15?
Puh-leeze!
THAT'S BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T THERE!
BIG JOHNat 8-27-2007
GREAT SONG
Lisaat 8-27-2007
One of the great soul singers, Otis, I miss you!
Richardat 8-27-2007
The opening lines are simple, yet powerful, because they tell the outline of the story at the outset. They prepare our minds for what follows; they make us ready to feel the sense of hurt and abandonment conveyed in the unforgetable words of this song, brought to us by the immortal voice of the artist Otis Redding.
Susanat 8-27-2007
One of the all time classics from the 60s. Even now, when I hear it, I can imagine myself somewhere on a beach ... hearing the waves at the beginning of the song takes me there and then that first line draws you right into what Otis is singing about. It's great! Beats some of the other songs on this list by a mile!
Pixieat 8-27-2007
not of my era in music but it tends to give one a glimpse of how slow and easy life was back then even if you had troubles. nowadays we still have to keep up with the running pack, no time to sit, collect outselves, and reflect.
Jimat 8-27-2007
Man. Just one of those classics that take you to a specific place and time. Otis was the man!
Clashat 8-27-2007
Pixie....slow and easy life? What about not being allowed to vote until 1965 and what about the race riots? And Viet Nam....yea life was slow and easy. Now go play your horses and tell people about how much you make when discussing music. Tedious ass.
elephantmanat 8-27-2007
A GREAT SONG by a GREAT SINGER
doggggzat 8-27-2007
Otis is among the greatest rock n' roller ever. He is doubtless in the top 5 of all time. Light years ahead of most on this list. Right up there with Elvis, the Beatles, Rolling Stones........
This great song is by far his most famous, but not his best. If you like this, find some of his other stuff. Listen to "I've been loving you too long", or "These arms of mine", "I can't turn you loose". "Dock of the bay" was released after he died at age 26 in 1967. He barely had a chance to get his career going. Otis also composed Arethia's greatest hit, "RESPECT"
ladydiat 8-28-2007
doggggz is right: Otis is among the greatest rock n' roller ever! He died in a terrible plane crash into Lake Mendota in Madison Wisconsin where he was to perform in conceert that night. My friends and I had tickets to see him but the concert never was to be.... what a loss of a fabulous artist.
sweets4tlrat 8-28-2007
Agree with Susan #7. I hear this song and wish I was sitting on the beach with a cool drink listing to waves. Love this song so soothing.
Dawnie Wahlbergat 8-28-2007
Think he could swim if someone pushed him in?
Coralynat 8-28-2007
One of the older songs for me, but on my top favorites. Slow and easy? one of the lines in the song say "I can't do what ten people tell me to do, so I'll just remain myself". Collect yourself and reflect that. No doubt Otis was one of the greatest! I'm going to go to that bay someday just because of this song.
nicknmemphisat 8-28-2007
I must say that first Otis wasn't a Rock & Roller he was a soul singer. I personally thing that his "Try A Little Tenderness" is the greatest soul song ever performed but I would have to say the greatest Soul Singer is Marvin Gaye. It's sad the he died before this song became a hit. I had the pleasure of talking to the man that signed Otis and was there for the recording of every song he did except this one. He said Otis was magic in a studio whenever the song ended you just knew it was a hit. He said that Otis almost always got it right the first time but he also seemed to just instinctivly know what voice to use on each and every song he did. A Genius!!!
corkyncat 9-01-2007
I was born in 61,so I was just a little kid, but I remember this song well. I hate the beach, but love the song. Just sit back and relax and enjoy it - that's what Otis would have wanted everyone to do I am sure. What a voice. I did not know he died a such a young age = again, someone taken way before their time, well, the time we on earth think they should have been given. Only the Good Lord knows when we will be taken away. Make the best of every day - just like sittin on the dock of the bay.........
Friarmacat 9-30-2007
First of all... with the line "Sitting in the Morning Sun" you immediately picture the scene, the feeling, the emotion, even before the "dock" is mentioned. What really takes this opening lyric to another level of importance is that he died in a plane three days after recording this track.