A POLL OF HEAD HUNTERS BY HERBIE THE HANCOCK!

"Watermelon Man" is downright skanky!

Chameleon Chameleon Chameleon Chameleon Chameleon Chameleon

watermelon man > sly > chameleon > vein melter

"Watermelon Man" is downright skanky AWESOME!

bwam bwam bwam bwup bwup bwup

bwam bwam bwam bwup bwup bwup

(that's Chameleon, btw)

Hang on, you did that already!

I think they're more bwups than doops, though.

skanky was a complement, btw

It must be "Chameleon Man", which I expect to be one of the biggest ever landslide winners here.

"Chamelon", I mean.

"Chameleon"

lolz

chameleon man, definitely

A side question: what do you think is the best of Herbie's electronic reworkings of his 1960's acoustic hits? "Watermelon Man" and "Cantelope Island" are both quite good, but I think "Maiden Voyage/P. Bop" is the best.

"Maiden Voyage/P.Bop" is awesome!

Btw. TS: Herbie Hancock Vs. Tony Hancock? :)

skanky was a complement, btw

yeah i figured that after I hit post ;-) kind of givesthe word new meaning for me.

also this album cover rules, but i'm hopeless at posting pics

Yeah, it's a better cover than Thrust for sure, even though I actually prefer that one. And I'll take Man-Child over either of 'em - cover AND music both.

Anyways, "Chameleon".

chameleon man, definitely

― Uncle Shavedlongcock (max), Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:37 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

http://www.maskedavenger.com/MAfinal/images/comics/chameleonman/cm2_p1.jpg

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

anyone catch the headhunters tour several years back? band was kind of rusty but herbie smoked

I like "Watermelon Melter" myself, but it's hard not to go with "Chameleon."

watermelon man and chameleon have been ruined by the memory of a million bad high school and jam session versions

^^^ I could never get any of my band mates to play the damn breakdown. They just wanted to keep plugging away at that bassline.

Bwam-bwam-bwam-bwam. BWAM! BWAM!

Chameleon

Anyone going to see Herbie tomorrow?

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

It's all good, but for non Mwandishi/Sextant era stuff, "Chameleon" is pretty much his ultimate jam until Rockit.

Vein Melter would have won the best track name on Herbie Hancock's Headhunters poll.

It's all good, but for non Mwandishi/Sextant era stuff, "Chameleon" is pretty much his ultimate jam until Rockit.

Have you heard "Shiftless Shuffle"?

If you haven't, here you go:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/513497245ed295e6/

(It features the whole original Headhunters band, and it's pretty awesome.)

ur forgetting

http://dreamchimney.com/slvs/B000008U0X.01.LZZZZZZZ_20060809040117.jpg

It's all good, but for non Mwandishi/Sextant era stuff, "Chameleon" is pretty much his ultimate jam until Rockit.

― Nate Carson, Friday, November 14, 2008 6:41 PM (4 years ago)

hey nate you know what could kill is a witch mountain cover of 'hidden shadows'

a few months back after a party, me and three friends ended up in an apartment singing all the different parts of "Watermelon Man" together at like 2 AM

"Steppin' in It" from Manchild is my current favorite from the Headhunters era.

http://open.spotify.com/track/7KhDEHXsKCfod1QilTbYaf

Howard Stern praised 'Watermelon Man' on his show this week