
English: 
Good morning, John. I've heard a lot of guesses about what it is that makes humanity special.
Opposable thumbs, tool use, self-awareness...
But, it turns out, all those things... Other animals do those things, too.
One thing I can never stop thinking about, though, is music.
And of course there are other organisms that sing, but here is a thing that no other organism has ever done
[Quartet singing] Oops, I did it again
I played with your heart
Got lost in the game
Oh, baby, baby
[Hank] Layers of remix and
collaboration and historical context that go into that six second clip of
a barbershop quartet singing "Oops! I Did It Again" are just... *kisses hand in Italian gesture*
All the tools that we use to understand and manipulate the world
are built brick by brick by individual humans.
And, a lot of times, we can't see those bricks, but, with music,
oftentimes, we can.
Several times in my life have been listening to some old, interesting song
that I'd never heard before and then suddenly I realize I have heard it before.
Hundreds of times!
You could probably tell that that's about to happen with this song.
Ray Charles, obviously, is iconic.
This song, "I Got A Woman"', is one of the most covered songs of all time.

Spanish: 
Hola, John. Oí varias teorías de qué es lo que hace única a la humanidad.
Pulgares opuestos, herramientas, conciencia.
Todo eso ya lo tienen otros animales.
Pero algo con lo que me obsesiono es la música.
Muchos animales cantan, pero sólo nosotros hicimos esto:
Uy, lo hice otra vez,
Jugué con tu amor,
Perdí el control,
Oh, bebé, bebé,
Capas de remix y
colaboración e historia que hay en ese clip de
un cover de "¡Uy! lo hice otra vez" es... *besa su mano*
Todo lo que usamos para entender y dirigir
se hizo por humanos individuales.
Y cada aporte suele ser invisible, pero con la música,
es distinto.
Muchas veces oí una canción vieja y linda
que nunca había oído y de pronto me doy cuenta de que la he oído antes.
¡Cientos de veces!
Tal vez te pase esto con esta canción.
Ray Charles, obvio, es icónico.

English: 
And you probably know that "I Got a Woman" was sampled,
fairly recently, in a super popular song.
[Ray Charles singing] She give me money,
when I'm in need
[Hank] But you very well may have known that that was a sample from Ray Charles, and Kanye West's "Gold Digger"...
But you probably did not know about this.
[The Souther Tones singing] He know he threw my mother's name
Yeah, and he's left my heart in pain
The Southern Tones were a gospel group.
Ray Charles heard that song in the radio, and then immediately wrote
"I Got a Woman" using the same melody!
So, that, my friends, is the path from "It Must Be Jesus" to "Gold Digger"!
This, ridiculously beautiful lobby surfer track is wonderful to listen to.
It's called "I Got the..."
It has a lot of complexity, a lot of orchestration.
There's a lot going on and you probably have never heard of it except
[Song playing]
[Hank] Slim Shady!

Spanish: 
"I Got A Woman" es uno de los temas con más covers de la historia.
Fue sampleado
hace poco, en un tema muy popular.
[Ray Charles] Ella me da plata,
cuando necesito,
Y bien podrías saber que ese tema se usó en "Gold Digger" de Kanye West...
Pero tal vez no sabías nada de esto.
[The Souther Tones] Sabe que lanzó el nombre de mi madre,
Sí, y mi corazón empezó a doler,
"The Southern Tones" era un grupo de gospel.
Ray Charles oyó ese tema en la radio e hizo
"I Got a Woman" con la misma melodía.
Y eso, mis amigos, es el camino de "It Must Be Jesus" a "Gold Digger".
Esta ridículamente hermosa pista es también maravillosa.
Es "I Got the..."
Es muy compleja, muchos instrumentos.
Hay de todo y tal vez nunca la oíste, excepto...
¡Slim Shady!

English: 
I wanna know the story of how this track happened so bad!
Eminem, if you would like to email me, I'm very curious.
Speaking of super weird, this Timmy Thomas track
"Why Can't We Live Together" is like a weird mix of organ and percussion and
It probably sounds pretty familiar to you right now, and you may have figured out already
But, if you haven't, allow me to speed it up a little bit add some reverb and take the high end off
And suddenly...
*"Hotline Bling" by Drake plays*
Here's another song that you almost certainly have never heard before.
Singing in the background right now is Linda Lyndell
She was a backup act for Otis Redding and even James Brown.
And when she released her pretty spectacular R&B single
"What A Man", it went bad because she was white.
The KKK told her to retire,
otherwise, they would make her life miserable for being a white person who was
singing Black Music.
And she did that and the song was largely forgotten
until...
[Linda Lyndell singing] What a man, what a man, what a man
What a mighty good man
Say it again, now

Spanish: 
¡Quiero saber la historia de ese tema!
Eminem, si quieres hablar, tengo mucha curiosidad.
Hablando de rarezas, esta de Timmy Thomas,
"Why Can't We Live Together" es una mezcla rara de órgano y percusión y
tal vez te suene familiar y tal vez ya la hayas reconocido.
Si aún no lo has hecho, te ayudaré, suma un poco de reverberación y quita los agudos.
Y...
* "Hotline Bling" de Drake*
Aquí hay otra que seguro nunca escuchaste antes.
La cantante es Linda Lyndell.
Hizo coro para Otis Redding e incluso James Brown.
Y cuando lanzó su gran tema de R & B
"What A Man", no salió bien, pues ella era blanca.
El KKK le dijo que se retirara,
o harían de su vida un infierno por ser una mujer blanca que
canta música negra.
Ella hizo eso y el tema fue olvidado,
hasta...
Qué hombre, qué hombre, qué hombre,
Que hombre tan fuerte,
Dilo otra vez, ya,

Spanish: 
En 2003, luego de la canción de Salt-n-Pepa, Linda Lyndell volvió y cantó
su tema "What A Man" por primera vez en público.
Y ahora esa canción vuelve a vivir en otro hemisferio
luego de que el grupo coreano "I Oh I" hiciera su versión en el 2016.
Algunos odian los remix.
Dicen que no es creativo o que le roban a artistas.
Pero cuando miro esto,
veo el ejemplo de lo que realmente hace a los
humanos únicos y tan poderosos.
No hay nada nuevo. Robé cada una de las palabras
que digo ahora de la gente que hizo esas palabras y no recordamos sus nombres.
Así que esto me parece hermoso y amo ese proceso de creación humana
mientras todos reciban crédito.
Ahora te dejaré con el gran tema "Found A Child" de Ballin 'Jack, que nunca oíste,
pero sí lo hiciste.
* "Found A Child" *
Lo amo fuerte, John.
Te veré el martes.

English: 
[Hank] In 2003, after Salt-n-Pepa's song came out, Linda Lyndell actually came out and performed
her song "What A Man" for the very first time in public.
And now that song leaves on again in another hemisphere
after Korean pop music group I Oh I did a version of it in 2016.
Some people don't like samples.
They say that it shows a lack of creativity, or that they're stealing from other artists.
But, when I look at this,
I see the example of the thing that actually makes
humans unique and so powerful.
There are no new things. I stole every one of these words
I'm saying from the person who made the word up, and we don't remember that person's name.
So I find this beautiful, and I love to be able to see a little bit into that process of human creation
as long as everybody's getting credit.
Now let me leave you with an amazing funk track called "Found A Child" by Ballin' Jack, which you have never heard,
except that you have.
*"Found A Child" plays in the background*
Gets me every time, John.
I'll see you on Tuesday.
