# who is the man...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 1999, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669 "1999-09-30T04:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tipiwoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@tipiwoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tipiwoo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/1 "1999-09-30T04:33:00Z")
alright, I already did a lyrics search, and now I am going crazy (not literally…don’t worry). My mom raised me on 70’s music (woo hoo), and I always remember hearing songs from some guy… shaft or shaff maybe? Well, they involved a definite disco sort of feel and a lot of wa wa pedal guitar and some bass. The singer guy kind of leads with his back-up vocals answering his “questions”. I think late 70’s maybe? Please tell me who this is! 🙂 * * * tipi 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/2 "1999-09-30T04:37:00Z")
Isaac Hayes. The song is the Theme from _Shaft._ Catchy little ditty, that one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/3 "1999-09-30T06:36:00Z")
Incidentally, the same Isaac Hayes provides the voice for “Chef” on South Park (but then, you knew that…) * * * TT “Believe those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it.” --Andre Gide ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/4 "1999-09-30T06:59:00Z")
Yeah, that Issac Hayes is one bad mother… * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/5 "1999-09-30T07:52:00Z")
Shut your mouth! * * * ‘They couldn’t hit an Elephant from this dist…!’ Last words of General John Sedgwick ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/6 "1999-09-30T10:12:00Z")
I’m talkin’ about Shaft, John Shaft. * * * Ayesha - Lioness * * * I’m out of my mind, but, feel free to leave a message ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/7 "1999-09-30T11:34:00Z")
We can dig it. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/8 "1999-09-30T11:35:00Z")
The black private dick that’s the sex machine to ALL the chicks…Shaft. Can you dig it? ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/9 "1999-09-30T11:36:00Z")
So you’re answering my questions now before I can even ask them, huh? Are you psychic? ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/10 "1999-09-30T20:10:00Z")
Damn Right! ---
**Author:** ![Kakkerlak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@Kakkerlak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kakkerlak)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/11 "1999-09-30T20:22:00Z")
I lived down the hall from a guy in college who wouldn’t tell anyone his middle name, but always signed his name with the middle initial “S”. It was even “S” in the published press guide for the athletic department (he was a football player and sprinter). Because of his size and speed nobody gave him much public grief when we found out… evidently his parents were big Isaac Hayes fans. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/12 "1999-09-30T22:35:00Z")
tipiwoo, you didn’t recognize the Theme from _Shaft_? Any other old timers just feel their hair turning gray? ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/13 "1999-09-30T22:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Any other old timers just feel their hair turning gray? I actually felt a little bit of pride when I answered Tipiwoo’s question. I don’t get too many of them right, ya know. Then I popped my Geritol, & washed it down with a shot of Ensure, and moved on to the next thread. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/14 "1999-09-30T23:08:00Z")
As further assistance for the OP, I believe that I can state with some certainty that he is the man that would risk his life for his brother man. * * * Livin’ on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![gary\_horaczek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@gary\_horaczek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gary_horaczek)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/15 "1999-10-01T00:43:00Z")
The best cover version was done by Bart and Lisa on The Simpsons. * * * “Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans”-John Lennon 1980 ---
**Author:** ![lvick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@lvick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lvick)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/16 "1999-10-01T05:01:00Z")
and no one understands him but his woman. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-man/8669/17 "1999-10-01T13:51:00Z")
Hey, this could be the first thread to get a group copyright violation. I’ll contibute a line: bud-a-dump bud-a-dump bud-a-dump dum