In the Areth Franklin tune “Respect,” the chorus is as follows: “R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me/R-E-S-P-E-C-T, take out T-C-P”
What the hell does “take out T-C-P” mean?
TCB = “takin’ care-a (care of) bidness (business”
And, if you do take T-C-P out of it, you get R-E-S-E.
Q.E.D.
…but when you get blue, and you’ve lost all your dreams, there’s nothing like a campfire and a can of beans!
I read somewhere that the line is actually “take care of pleasin’ me.” I’m still skeptical; I don’t hear those words clearly, even though I’m listening for them specifically.
Could it be that Aretha just fumbled the line? Nahh, I guess not.
I thought she was telling her man to stop using drugs.
PCP - drug
TCP - communication protocol
PVC - plastic.
MTSM - Mr Thin Skin, Moron.
Off-topic, but divemaster’s comment reminded me:
Once, Ella Fitzgerald was performing “Mack the Knife.”
Only problem was, she didn’t know the words.
So, she just made 'em up.
It actually was pretty neat. Wish I had a copy.
Well I’ll be damned, this is actually quite an interesting question. Unca Cecil !!! Where are you ? Save us from this alphabetical madness !!
“Solos Dios basta” . . . but a little pizza won’t hurt.
Actually, we’re singing that for our show choir this year and the arrangment says, “Take care, T.C.B.” I know this doesn’t explain it, but I figured I might clarify.
Well, either you’re closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge or you are not aware of the power of the presence of a pool table in your community. Ya’ got trouble my friends! -
Prof. Harold Hill
Gary Conservatory
Gold Medal Class
'05
I read an interview with Aretha Franklin where she said the line is “Take care, TCB” and that “TCB” stands for “take care of business”.
The closest thing to a cite that I can give you is that I read this in an issue Rolling Stone from sometime in the 80’s. It was one of those special issues where they pick the best billion songs of the last trillion years or some such.
I believe the “TCB” is correct. “Takin’ care of business” is slang for having sex…at least that’s what Priscilla Presly said, and that’s why Elvis’ jet had TCB and a lightning bolt on the tail. “Takin Care of Business in a flash.”
Respect was written by Otis Redding. The line in question wasn’t in his live Monterey version of the tune (I’ve not heard his studio version), nor was it in the Vagrants’ cover, released about a month before Aretha made the song a smash hit. Apparently, “Take care, TCB” was Aretha’s addition.
You’re only as old as you look.
And the song is not about a woman and her man (although it was used that way in the Blues Brothers) it’s about civil rights.
Unless Aretha sang completely new lyrics replacing lyrics now lost to time, the song is a love song, not a civil rights song.
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does not match the sentiments of any civil rights song that I ever sang.
Tom~
Rob, Aretha didn’t even sing “Respect” in Blues Brothers. She sang “Think”, as I recall.
I used to rock and roll all night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I’m lucky if I can find a half an hour a week in which to get funky.
On a related note, it was rated the #2 rock song of all time by VH1.
http://cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/07/vh1.top.100.ap/list.html
It’s a great song, but I wouldn’t consider it a great ROCK song. Reba has covered it, does that make it a country song?
The lyrics make it sound like she’s supporting her man, I assume in the original that Otis was supporting his woman. Interesting twist, especially since the Otis version wasn’t a hit.
I’ve heard the Otis version, but not for some time (and not nearly as much as the Aretha version). However, it’s correct that Mr. Redding is bringing his money home to someone, and that his earnest desire is for that someone to respect him.
The only real difference in the lyrics that I specifically remember is that Otis sings “when I get/come home” and Aretha sings “when YOU get/come home.”
Unfortunately, I can’t recall what he sang in place of “take out easy pea” or if that part was even in his version of the song.
Right. I have the soundtrack, and Aretha sings Think on it. No one covered Respect.
Probably not: it wasn’t in his live version, it wasn’t in the Vagrants’ cover, and another band (the Rationals? SRC, maybe?) had a minor hit with that tune, without the line. It seems to be unique to Aretha.
No real answers here, but I did search for “T.C.B.” on the All-Music Guide (from a half-memory that it was the name or nickname of somebody’s backing band, or maybe a semi-regular studio ensemble).
What I got was two bands with the name T.C.B.: one with one record in 1998 called Tingles and one with one record called Taking Care of Business. No other information was available, but neither of these groups seem to be what I was remembering.
Searching for album titles, I found something called TCB credited to Diana Ross & the Supremes/The Temptations in 1968. The first song on that record was also called “T.C.B.,” aparrently by the Supremes.
“Respect” first appeared on I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You), one of Aretha’s 1967 records. The timing seems significant, but I don’t know what it means. Maybe “TCB” was just a common phrase in pop-music circles at the time? We’ve already got an Elvis citation.
…but when you get blue, and you’ve lost all your dreams, there’s nothing like a campfire and a can of beans!