Green Onions

Alright, people

Rest of the hard working all star Blues Brothers

Are gonna be out here in a minute

Including my little brother Jake

But right now I'd like to talk a little bit about this tune you're hearing

This is of course the Green Onions tune

It was a very very big hit in the early sixties in this country

And of course

It was composed and recorded

In Memphis, Tennessee right here in the United States of America

You know people, I believe this tune can be equated

With the great classical music around the world

Well now you go to Germany you've got your Bach

Your Beethoven, your Brahms

Here in America, you've got your Fred McDowell

Your Irving Berlin, your Glenn Miller and your Booker T and the MGs

Another example of the great contributions in music and culture

That this country's made around the world

And as you look around the round the world today

You see this country spurned

You see backs turned on this country

Well people I'm going to tell you something

This continent, North America is the stronghold

This is where we're going to make our stand in this decade

Yeah, people

I got something to say to the state department

I say take that archaic Monroe Doctrine

And that Marshall plan that says we're suppose to police force the world

And throw it out

Let's stay home for the next ten years, people

Stay right here in North America

And enjoy the music and culture that is ours

Yeah, I got one more thing to say

I'm just talking about the music, people

And what it does to me

And that is

As you look around the round the world

You go to the Soviet Union or Great Britain or France

You name any country

Everybody is doing flips and twists just to get

Into a genuine pair of American blue jeans

And to hear this music and we got it all here in America

The land of the Chrysler 440 cubic inch engine