9. Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs 1962

In 1979 I was in London on holiday at a time when England was going Mod and ska crazy. There was record shop just off Leicester Square and I was browsing through the records when this record came on. Suddenly the shoppers started dancing. Nothing pre planned, just a bunch of Mod girls reacting to one of the best Stax records ever.
The Mod thing was just starting in Melbourne when I went to England for Christmas. In England my girlfriend and I went to see Mod bands like the Purple Hearts, caught Quadrophenia in a small cinema in Soho and bought plenty of records. the real stuff was a load of r & b and soul records that you'd never see in Melbourne. I also picked up a Union Jack Coat from Paul Weller's tailor. I also brought back a load of Ska. By mid 1980 the Melbourne Mod scene was in full fling.
Green Onions came out in 62 but never loses currency. A friend of mine gave me a live version a few years back and it's faster and just rocks. But the original is still the greatest.