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There is an amazing contradiction to Issac Hayes: He wrote for Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Sam and Dave, basically, anyone on Stax in the 1960s. This masterpiece does. Motown was sugar. These four tracks are soul, but if soul could be progressive rock, this album would be such.
(Ok. These four tracks, "Walk On By," "Hyberbolc." "One Women" and "By The Time I Get To Phenoix" open soul up in new ways. "Hyberbolic." has a bending guitar riff that makes you question who inventived Hardcore Funk jolies--George Clinton or Hayes. Maybe the progressivism of Earth Wind and Fire does) Soul seemed to get softer and funk definately got louder. "By The Time I Get To Pheonix" is soul as cinima.No one really picked up on the mandate Hayes set on this album. These singles are the example of stripped, driving, Southern soul.
Taken beyond the three minute soul singles Hayes helped invent, soul could be wide open spaces, filled with endless sounds and textures: Listen to the phased guitar on "Walk On By," the way it bulids--slowly--into an orchestral epic. As art rock, soul possibilites were never really explored.But this album is pure invention, and reminds us all, again, when you think outside musical boxes, virtually anything is possible. Stax was salt.But Hot Buttered Soul is Hayes going in the completely oppisite direction. It is almost as if Hayes set out to do the antithisis of his behind the scenes work at Stax.The reason does not matter.
Hayes. Alas, poor Isaac, you have left our humble world of Teegeeack (or 'Earth', as the humans call it). L. It would take me an entire millennio'grop to get to the Galactic Confederacy core planets. May your immortal thetan vigilantly await rebirth, my gurk'lok. Hayes' funeral service on August 18, 2008)"Singer, voice actor and stalwart follower of Scientology, Isaac Hayes, has unfortunately passed away. Maybe when you are reborn (and turn 21) we can hang out, toss back some Pangalactic Gargleblasters with Zaphod Beeblebrox, and watch Battlefield Earth on Blu-ray. I should vaporize him for his insolence.He'd better pay up soon because the murgliock-to-dollar exchange rate is going to hell in a handbasket.
It would be a shame if you weren't Clear of all those nasty engrams and body thetans before you took flight.Give my regards to Xenu, Mr. (Originally delivered at Mr. You know what. Just tell Xenu I would be fine with a wireless supergalaxo megatransfer to my bank account here on Teegeeack. The only ship I have is an ArgoTech® GL-55C Ultra Rocket-Sedan with Ionized Quasi-Hyperspace Magnothrusters.
And it's not like I can just meet him on Burgagulos Prime to get my money back. You were truly a bad mutha-.shut yo mouth. Ron would be proud, my dear gurk'lok."-Tohn Jravolta, General of the "Loyal Officers" on Ragtalon IV Godspeed, 'Isaac Hayes' (or 'Bleepgoo Razzlefrazz' as you were known on the moon of Yazmo XII). He is 'okay' for an evil alien dictator.but he needs to give me my cash back. But I digress.A-hem. So it is with this final holographic galacto-net transmission that I mournfully send him off.
I would be dead from old age by the time I dropped out of quasi-hyperspace into the Burgagulos System. Foolish procrastinating Galactic Confederacy overlords. I do hope you were thoroughly audited before you blasted off to space in your spirit-shuttle. The guy owes me fifty murgliocks from a past life.
It'll get under your skin. It may sound corny but I believe Hayes lisetning to this album, I feel he really believes and feels how this album sounds, and not many albums can do this to me to the same level, especially considering the state of modern R&B / soul artists. Apparently after Otis Redding's death Atlantic pulled all funds out of Stax records and the head of Stax got the whip out and demanded like 25-30 records from the Stax crew in 6 months or something. R.I.P. Hayes is really able to make the two covers (Walk On By & By The Time I Get To Phoenix) his own while showing he can bring his own two songs (Hyperbolicnahasapeterwhatever & One Woman) with the same feel and standard. Hot Buttered Soul is pretty much a perfect album.
And to think this album may have never been. You have to give this album a go, infact give it multiple goes. What else could someone want. I especially like track 2, its funky to death. Isaac Hayes It's got soul, it brings the funk, it is arranged with strings, guitar, organ etc beautifully, it's provided sample sources for such great artists such as Public Enemy and Wu-Tang, and that VOICE - what a voice.
However the story goes.The thing I especially like about this album is there are only 4 tracks and they really extend over the 3.30 radio-play type song.
Soul music has experienced a slight resurgence through the efforts of artists like Maxwell, Angie Stone, Jill Scott, John Legend and Erykah Badu, but nobody does it like the old cats did. The only negative is that it serves as a reminder of what music has devolved into in this day and age. If you don't like this, you just don't "get it". This album, as with other work by Isaac Hayes, is the epitome of soul music; music that makes you just kinda bob your head and feel it as you're listening to it.
A very good drummer and of course a good voice, nice chorus and good keyboards. Long songs. Impressive. Excellent CD by Isaac Hayes. This is maybe one of the best records of soul music from the 70's.
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