anyone know the name of this song that was sung in the blues brother movie?

Question

its a blues song and the only lyrics i can remember are "boom boom boom boom"

Answer 1

OK, here we go....

Boom boom boom boom
I'm gonna shoot you right down,
right offa your feet
Take you home with me,
put you in my house
Boom boom boom boom
A-haw haw haw haw
Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm

I love to see you strut,
up and down the floor
When you talking to me,
that baby talk
I like it like that
Whoa, yeah!
Talk that talk, walk that walk

When she walk that walk,
and talk that talk,
and whisper in my ear,
tell me that you love me
I love that talk
When you talk like that,
you knocks me out,
right off of my feet
Hoo hoo hoo
Talk that talk, and walk that walk

The much Loved, and Much Missed John Lee Hooker

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It's probably "Boom Boom" originally done by John Lee Hooker and later covered by the Animals.

You'd be better off listening to these versions rather than the Blues Brothers. They're not really a very good example of blues singers.

Answer 4

No doubt about it, the musician was John Lee Hooker. The track you're asking about was "Boom Boom", recorded live on Chicago's Maxwell Street, which sadly had been purchased and demolished by the University of Chicago (damn intellectuals).

The expanded version of the DVD has the complete Hooker performance, which made it worth buying for no other reason.
He was one of the fortunate few that was able to leave a legacy for his family, and his daughter is now recording and touring to glowing reviews.
It's about as classic a blues riff as you'll ever find. Thankfully he passed away happy, respected, and well paid....something most players can't say. And the riff lives on..

Answer 5

The name of the song is Boom Boom Boom Boom by the artist named Hooker

Answer 6

John Lee Hooker with his own "Boom Boom"
What are people who despise such a joyful celebration of the blues' contribution to modern culture as the Blues Brothers film doing on the blues page anyway?
If you like that, you'll probably like all JLH's stuff as he wasn't as versatile as he was good. I would recommend his double LP jam session Hooker 'n' Heat , and his one-off duet with Van Morrison on a remake of Gloria -super cool yet rocking too.

Answer 7

Probably "Boom, Boom" by John Lee Hooker.

Answer 8

Hi,

To clarify, it is Johnny Lee Hooker singing the song in the movie and the song is "Boom Boom". I recommend his greatest hits highly, the one with the burgandy cover and him with a pipe and a hat, with "One Burbon One Scotch and One Beer" also (later covered well by George Thoroughgood). BEWARE, there are lots of BAD greatest hits out there (in the CD cut out piles) for him since he was around his the 40's. I bought a couple of them by mistake. Avoid the "Real Folk Blues" and other things that call themselves "Greatest Hits".

He was from Detroit originally and influenced tons of musicians with his unique clawing/crawling rhythm guitar playing and stomping foot (ZZTop use "How how how how"...from "Boom Boom" in their songs). His later-in-life/comeback CD, "The Healer" won a grammy with his duets with Bonnie Raitt and Carlos Santana (before Santana's comeback CD lol). His favorite guitar model was the Epiphone Sheraton with his best work being electric. He played with the Rolling Stones on occasion too.

To the people hating on the Blues Brothers movie, get a clue, Jake and Elwood, even as characters, are just as faithful disciples as Clapton et al. Just because you don't play guitar doesn't mean you don't get the blues. Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn in your backing band with Matt "Guitar" Murphy...(not to mention...Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin....James Brown) that's respect from the blues community just by playing with those guys.

Bottom line, Hooker's gone, but I love his music and I'm glad you found it for your own listening pleasure. Enjoy.

Good luck...and peace.
B

Answer 9

Yes, John Lee Hooker; and just FYI he was the man that Billy Gibbons and one or two of the other ZZ Top members had heard live in Houston one evening, and then the next morning they were in the studio recording their next album, Tres Hombres, released in 1973, and as the producer came in, he heard the band imitating John Lee Hooker, showing the other guys what he sounded like, his voice, joking with the lyrics and the "hmm hmm" bit; which is a John Lee Hooker staple, so later the producer made them make a record of the stuff they were doing and it became "LaGrange". Interesting, eh?

Answer 10

Boom Boom....John Lee Hooker, and that was him in the movie singing it too!