1969 single by The Meters
"Cissy Strut " is a 1969 funk instrumental by The Meters . Released as a single from their eponymous debut album , it reached No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 .[ 3] The tune was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011, which honors "recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old".[ 4] [ 5] The A.V. Club called the song a "classic" deeply rooted in New Orleans music tradition.[ 6]
The Meters also released another single, "Sophisticated Cissy", from the same album.
"Cissy Strut" was featured in the films Jackie Brown ,[ 7] Red ,[ 8] King Richard [ 9] and Another Round [ 10] as well as in the BBC television series The Pursuit of Love .
In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked "Cissy Strut" at number 158 on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list, one of the handful of instrumentals to make the list.[ 11]
Covers
According to a compilation set by WRTC-FM Digital Archive Project the song has been covered by Los Holy's , Johnny Lewis Quartet, Sunny & the Sunliners , KVHW , Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Robert Randolph , Dennis Chambers with John Scofield , U.S. Army Band with Steve Gadd , Los Masters, The Butch Cassidy Sound System , Joe Bravo, Earl Van Dyke , Willard Posey Reunion, Derek Trucks Band , King Herbert & The Knights, Lotus , Zero , and Steve Kimock Band .[ 12] Other bands that have covered the song are Dave Matthews Band ,[ 13] Big John Patton , Hypnotic Willie, Slightly Stoopid , Free Creek and Oz Noy .[citation needed ]
Cissy Strut album
Cissy Strut is a compilation album of thirteen songs released by Island Records in 1974.[ 14] All songs were originally released by Josie Records on The Meters ' first three albums from 1969 to 1970. Robert Christgau had a positive review and called Ziggy Modeliste 's drumming "the secret", adding "it's almost as if he's the lead".[ 15]
Track listing Title 1. "Look-Ka Py Py" 3:20 2. "Tippi-Toes" 2:29 3. "Darlin' Darlin'" 2:54 4. "9 'Til 5" 2:51 5. "Thinking" 1:45 6. "Funky Miracle" 2:28 7. "Cissy Strut" 3:04 8. "Chicken Strut" 3:14 9. "Live Wire" 2:38 10. "Here Comes the Meter Man" 2:54 11. "Ease Back" 3:13 12. "Ride Your Pony" 3:22 13. "Sophisticated Cissy" 2:55
References
^ Big Gigantic (September 20, 2016). "The 30 Best Funk Songs Ever" . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2021 .
^ Molanphy, Chris (October 15, 2022). "Give Up the Funk Edition" . Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate . Retrieved October 31, 2022 .
^ "AllMusic – The Meters album – awards" . Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015 .
^ "Grammy Hall of Fame" . grammy.com . The Recording Academy. 2018. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2018 .
^ "The Meters to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys" . denver.cbslocal.com . CBS Denver. January 15, 2018. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018 .
^ "The Meters remain the measure of New Orleans funk" . A.V. Club. March 5, 2014. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015 .
^ "IMDb – Jackie Brown (1997) – Soundtracks" . IMDb.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015 .
^ "RED (2010) - Soundtracks - IMDb" . IMDb.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2010.
^ "The soundtrack from King Richard, a 2021 movie" . December 9, 2021. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021.
^ "Another Round (2020) - Soundtracks - IMDb" . IMDb.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021.
^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" . Rolling Stone . September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021 .
^ "WRTC Digital Archive Project – All sorts of versions of 'Cissy Strut' " . wrtc.streamrewind.com. September 12, 2015. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2015 .
^ "DMB Almanac: 2009 International Summer Tour" . dmbalmanac.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019 .
^ a b "AllMusic – The Meters – Cissy Strut" . Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2015 .
^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M" . Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields . ISBN 089919026X . Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.{{cite book }}
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