#402 Booker T and the MG's - Green Onions

Hittin' all the missed hits of the 60's.

There are lots of places you might have heard the title track, so now you know who does that song. The rest of the album follows roughly the same model, with a shuffly beat, strutting bass and the guitar and organ taking turns taking the lead over top. Some of them are thrillingly fast, some ballad-slow, but its all instrumental, and the lineup never changes, the sound of the instruments never changes, the production approach never changes. It's consistent and steady and holistic, which is strange compared to everything modern I've been listening to (the Neon Indian album seemed compelled to wiggle every piece around after every track just to keep you interested), but it leads to a good groove you can settle into. It reminds me of driving around Laguna with John, listening to The Meters, who have a similar sound, if a slightly different, funkier, MO.

I dig it. I like the overall flow of the album and I love that organ sound. Great work music, if nothing else, soothing and energizing all at once 4/5

You might like this if: you like a soulful rock organ, and want it to move you and serenade you over waving, rolling rhythms.