Ray, I'm gonna tell you something and I don't want you to take it the wrong way. Well,...
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Ahmet Ertegun:
Ray, I'm gonna tell you something and I don't want you to take it the wrong way.
Ray Charles:
Well, then give it to me right then.
Ahmet Ertegun:
I signed you because I sensed something special in you not because you sound like Nate Cole or Charles Brown.
Ray Charles:
But I thought you liked what I do.
Ahmet Ertegun:
Look we love the tenor of your voice, your vituosity, your energy...
Ray Charles:
But not my music.
Ahmet Ertegun:
Man, I didn't say that.
Ray Charles:
Look, Ahmet, this is what I do. I gotta make a living. This is what the people want. I don't know no other way.
Ahmet Ertegun:
Well we gotta help you find one. Look, let's try a little change of pace. Your familiar with stride piano?
Ray Charles:
You kidding me, man? The man I learned the piano from was a stride player.
Ahmet Ertegun:
Okay, I've got a song. It's called the Mess Around.
Ray Charles:
Mess around. Cute title. Who wrote it?
Ahmet Ertegun:
I did.
Ray Charles:
Oh. You wrote it. Well, sing it to me, man.
Ahmet Ertegun:
Sing it?
Ray Charles:
Yeah, it's not like I can read the lyrics.
Ahmet Ertegun:
Alright. It's in the key of G.
Ray Charles:
Key of G.
[Begins playing]
Ahmet Ertegun:
No. More like a Pete Johnson kind of thing.
Ray Charles:
Pete Johnson.
[Begins playing again]
Ahmet Ertegun:
Yeah, yeah. That's good.
Ray Charles:
Oh, you like that? Okay, let's go.
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Ray I want to tell you something and I don't want you to take it wrong
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Then give it to me right
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I signed you because I sensed something special in you
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not because you sound like Nat Cole or Charles Brown
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I thought you like what I do
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We we love the timbre of your voice
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we like your virtuosity your energy
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But not my music
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Come on man I didn't say that
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Ahmet this is what I do man
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I gotta make a living This is what the people want
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I don't know no other way
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We got to help you find one
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Look let's try a little change of pace okay
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You're familiar with stride piano
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You kidding me man The man who I learned the piano from is a stride player
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Okay I got a song It's called The Mess Around
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The Mess Around Cute title Who wrote it
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I did
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Ah you wrote it
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Yeah
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Well sing it to me man
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Sing it Yeah
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It ain't like I can read the lyrics
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Okay Well it's the key of G
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Okay Key of G
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Uh huh
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Yeah
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Yeah but it's a kind of Pete Johnson thing
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Pete Johnson
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Yeah yeah that's it
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Clip duration: 74 seconds
Views: 252
Timestamp in movie: 00h 43m 18s
Uploaded: 20 November, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, music
Summary: The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
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