OT: Isaac Hayes dead at 65

by Rodney on Aug 10, 2008 3:49 PM CDT

Not that big bad mutha! It just ain't fair. I guess the Lord needed some funny & soulfull brutha's upstairs.

Snap, what a bummer!

Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. He was 65.

A family member found Hayes unresponsive near a treadmill and he was pronounced dead about an hour later at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, according to the sheriff's office. The cause of death was not immediately known.

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He was Chef from SP also right?

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by Agreen07 on Aug 10, 2008 4:17 PM CDT 0 recs

Yup...

not a good week for comedic middle to late aged african americans. First Bernie Mac, now Isaac Hayes.

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by rangers85 on Aug 10, 2008 4:25 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yes.

His career hit another high in 1997 when he became the voice of Chef, the sensible school cook and devoted ladies man on the animated TV show “South Park.”
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But Hayes angrily quit the show in 2006 after an episode mocked his Scientology religion. “There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins,” he said.

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by Rodney on Aug 10, 2008 4:27 PM CDT up 0 recs

Right Isaac

As long as you are getting paid for making fun of Catholics and Mormons it’s satire but when it’s making fun of you it’s bigotry….

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by DaheelzCM on Aug 10, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up 0 recs

Very, very true

"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley

by boomer1 on Aug 10, 2008 4:44 PM CDT up 0 recs

his reasoning isn't correct

but those south park guys also kind of sucked for making fun of him. they knew he was a scientologist and he was their friend and they sold him out for a cheap laugh. i’d be upset about that too

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by ab03 on Aug 10, 2008 6:19 PM CDT up 0 recs

Cheap?

It was hilarious.

Also, that’s bullshit. They also satirized racism against blacks. By your reasoning they couldn’t have done that because he was their friend and black. Not to mention the fact that they doubtless had/have several Christian/Islamic/whatever else friends (Parker himself has said he believes in God).

Hayes was a baby about the thing. Once you’re afraid to offend some group of people, you’ve pretty much damned yourself to comedy hell.

by brettgardner on Aug 10, 2008 7:03 PM CDT up 0 recs

Exactly

They joke about Jews all the time too despite one of the creators being Jewish. Isaac Hayes was a part of it when they made fun of blacks all the time. What they did with Scientology was no different from what they have done with the Mormans and many other religions and specific people.

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by Gdawg1 on Aug 10, 2008 8:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

My favorite scene ever with Hayes....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWrjVRvW608

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Aug 10, 2008 4:52 PM CDT 0 recs

Haha

Love me some Fresh Prince. Sad to see him go…

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by sprite on Aug 10, 2008 5:13 PM CDT 0 recs

C'mon children...

What could be so bad? It’s salisbury steak day!

by bhudson on Aug 10, 2008 5:19 PM CDT 0 recs

The world

Got a sudden intro to Isaac Hayes in 1973. Theme from Shaft. I was totally unaware he had anything to do with South Park.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhxMWm1_s3w&feature=related

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by Ed Coffin on Aug 10, 2008 5:41 PM CDT 0 recs

Au contraire...1969 was the birth of an entire genre:

His career took off in 1969 with the landmark “Hot Buttered Soul” album, which stayed on the pop chart for 81 weeks and forced the music industry, for the first time, to conceive of soul music as an album art form.

by Rodney on Aug 10, 2008 6:14 PM CDT up 0 recs

Good call

I was going by memory and looked up the ‘classic’. Come to think of it, I was in northern Iowa in 1969 and had only two sounds commonly available: hogpen squealing and Lawrence Welk :-P

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by Ed Coffin on Aug 10, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up 0 recs

You could listen to

“By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and almost be there, driving from DFW…18:42.

In fact, I’m gonna fire that up in a minute or two!

by Rodney on Aug 10, 2008 6:49 PM CDT up 0 recs

which is different from John McCains favorite...

By The Time I Get To Arizona

"I’m sure you’ve seen Kiker before but I’ll just reiterate that the kid is mean on the mound. He is only 5’10’’ but he is an intimidator. He looks like he hates hitters. He has the juice for pressure situations."
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by Jayslick on Aug 11, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up 0 recs

Bummmers

Love both those guys. If you ever get a chance to go to Ike’s club in Memphis, don’t pass it up.

I wonder who the third celeb will be to drop in the next couple of days…

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by Brian Thomas on Aug 10, 2008 6:56 PM CDT 0 recs

Been there, way back when, 1997 mebbe.

Also, if you visit KC, swing on by Jimmy’s Jigger. Great place, even though I got kicked outta there…it was really a simple misunderstanding, I swear.

by Rodney on Aug 10, 2008 7:27 PM CDT up 0 recs