About This Song
About "Green Onions" by Booker T. & The M.G.'s
'Green Onions' remains a masterclass in simmering restraint. Booker T. & the M.G.'s lay down a Hammond organ riff that curls like smoke from a cigarette left burning—cool, ominous, and impossibly tight. The groove is a slow boil, all swagger and menace beneath a deceptively laid-back surface.