Merry Christmas To All
And to all a sad loss.
The Godfather of Soul is dead… long live James Brown.
About 18 years ago, I took my then-girlfriend to a Jame Brown concert at The Beacon in New York. Her eyes widened as she realized we were in a tiny ethnic minority in the room. I don’t think she had experienced anything like that before. But The Godfather made her feel good, like I knew he would.
A few weeks later, I shot a segment for a show I was working on in NY for “The James Brown Auto Alarm.” Someone would touch the car and it would start…. “Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh” as only JB could scream. It was one of the coldest days in NY that year when we shot it and I ended up having to act in it because someone didn’t show up. The line was, “Thank you, James Brown,” but it was so cold I couldn’t get my mouth to annunciate. I tried to improve on
I’m not even going to pretend I really know about James Brown. Obviously I know who he is, but I’m not that versed in his career.
I wonder when the biopic will be made. :/
Watch out Saint Peter…Heaven`s gonna be a lot more funkier!!!
Good bye James
Hopefully this movie wasn’t the truth.
Thank you, Tony Scott.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06NMiUR5mqU
The Godfather of Soul is one of the biggest titans in the history of American music. His influence on the overall landscape of american music is incalculable, and don’t think for a mintue that it doesn’t cross into all areas of music, including Rock And Roll. If you’ve ever seen a Bruce Springsteen concert you’ll know exactly what I mean.
If you aren’t familiar with his music I must say that a collection of it, in a box set called Startime! is one of the greatest collections of ANY music ever made. Go grab a copy, I saw it this holiday season discounted in Costco, and get lost in the funky groove!
Rest in Peace.
He was a very troubled and violent man. I hope he found peace before his death.
I love James Brown’s music, but I wouldn’t want to be a female in his life.
I would like his song “The Boss” played at my own funeral, (while I hope that’s long in the future…)
“Look at me
you know what you see…
you see a bad mutha!”
RIP Mr Brown.
Was that ‘show in New York’ SNL?
No, J-Mc… Good Day New York, which has since been reincarnated.
“Good Day New York, which has since been reincarnated.”
Really, you wrote for that show? I used to watch it religiously for years, I mean seriously every morning, but it really lost something after Jim Ryan left and then when Lyn left, it was obvious that the writing was on the wall for the show. I think I watched for a couple weeks after that and then I was done. Not sure what years you were there or how involved you were, but I found the writing to always be top notch at least during most of the ’90s.