6/3/2023 0 Comments Dock of the bay mp3If you listen carefully, you can hear a bird that tweets quietly at 0:55, and again at 1:50.ģ. The chords in the verse slowly rise and fall, like the tides that Redding is describing in the lyrics.Ģ. But the sound effect is still there, and as lovely as the song is, it creeps me out just a bit.Īnyway, the song went on to reach #1, a first for a posthumously-released record.ġ. And you’ve got to imagine that somebody would have thought that opening the song with the sound of waves was a bit eerie, considering the circumstances of Redding’s death. So you’ve got to figure there must have been plenty of discussion about when to release it. Only one passenger survived, and Redding’s body wasn’t found until the lake was searched the next day.Īt the time of the accident, this track had been recorded but not released. Redding and his band took to the air anyway, and the plane ended up crashing into Lake Monona in Wisconsin. One foggy day, his good friend James Brown advised him not to fly, since conditions weren’t great. Relaxing because, well, who wouldn’t want to be sitting on a dock, wasting time? But it’s eerie because of the backstory.īy the late 1960s, Otis Redding was successful enough to be touring in his private plane. To me, this song is simultaneously relaxing and eerie.
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