Bobby Womack, Check It Out | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 189^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Check It Out” by Bobby Womack. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 189th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “Check It Out”, performed by 🎙 Bobby Womack. 

“Checking out see what I’m all about / And in your mind, you can have no doubt / All ya gotta do is check it out.” WOO! If, for some reason, you never checked out the late, great 🎙 Bobby Womack, you’re totally missing out.  Womack possessed ample soul, particularly in his heyday in the 1970s.  On 🎵 “Check It Out”, which appears on his 1975 album, 💿 I Don’t Know What the World is Coming To, he excels with his gritty instrument.  Furthermore, he performs with incredible authenticity and personality as he desires her to check him out.

“How can I love you

If you keep runnin’ away?

I’m doin’ everything in my power to make

To make you stay.”

He has a legitimate point.  Also, in order for a relationship to work out between them, both parties must be willing to indulge.  In the case, Womack asserts, “Oh, I was tryin’ to be a stubborn kind of fellow / But I kept holdin’, holdin’ back my pride.” Word.  Beyond the entertaining lyrics, the music itself is excellent.  The groove is nothing short of infectious.  The production is marvelous with rhythm section, horns, and supporting vocals. Adding to the top-notch musicianship are the harmonic underpinnings, melodic lines, and the arrangement. Sadly, 🎵 “Check It Out” wasn’t a significant pop hit for Womack.  Despite this, it is easily one of the best songs from his catalog.

🎙 Bobby Womack • 💿 I Don’t Know What the World is Coming To • 🏷 Capitol • 🗓 1975

Bobby Womack, Check It Out: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 189 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Capitol; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via  Pixabay]