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The World Just Got a Lot Less Funkier

Posted by TFG on December 25th, 2006

The Godfather of Soul has passed on.

UPDATED WITH BEST LINE I READ SOMEWHERE AND I’M PARAPHRASING HERE: “Of course, Death had to chase James at high speeds across the Georgia state line and shoot out all four tires on his pickup truck with a shotgun and then follow James driving for three miles on rims throwing sparks before Death actually took him.” Wish I could remember where, but I’bve had some Christmas cocktails. God bless you, James, for all you gave to us skinny, useless white boys. We will miss you.

JB BACKGROUND UPDATE: Mr. Hill of Dustbury fame does a beautiful writeup of James’ career from a record and label standpoint. Chuck’s stuff opens up a whole new window on the man.

ObYouTube UPDATE: I’m having some 21st Century fun trawling the PeeeblesVideo. This one is by far my favorite. Watched it a thousand million times on MTV back in the day. Always loved this song anyway for it’s over-the-top patriotism, and it fuckiing kills with the horns, man. Kinda ties in with the newest Rocky movie. Love these lines: All-night diners/keep you awake/on black coffee/and a hard roll and You may not be/looking for the promised land/but you might find it, anyway

10 Responses to “The World Just Got a Lot Less Funkier”

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  1. Otis Says:
    December 25th, 2006 at 11:56 am

    Horrible news. The man was a force. He was the King of Funk. No one moved Like James Brown

  2. Otis Says:
    December 25th, 2006 at 1:14 pm

    Hit Me

  3. LL Says:
    December 25th, 2006 at 4:00 pm

    Still have your James Brown Wig?

  4. TL Says:
    December 25th, 2006 at 5:12 pm

    We need a James Brown revival party! How about it, Otis?

  5. TFG Says:
    December 25th, 2006 at 6:17 pm

    The James Brown wig is somewhere in the garage in a box. Wouldn’t we be a sight now doing “Night Train”?

  6. Otis Says:
    December 25th, 2006 at 6:42 pm

    Nothing better than a James Brown party. Please, Please Please,. Sex Machine… Get on Up!
    I loved the way he named his songs. My all time favorite was “Baby let a man get up and fix the pop corn.”

    Get on the good foot….Take it to the bridge….let’s hit and quit

  7. Otis Says:
    December 26th, 2006 at 9:50 am

    That’s hit it and quit

  8. CGHill Says:
    December 28th, 2006 at 10:12 pm

    Then there was the time James Brown appeared at the Grand Ole Opry.

    I didn’t know this either; it came down a listserv this morning. Apparently it was in 1979:

    On the tape, what you hear is Opry announcer/WSM DJ Hairl Hensley finish a live commercial for Shoney’s restaurants, then toss it back to center stage and Porter Wagoner who intros JB. Despite other accounts that have an incorrect song order, James hit ‘em hard right out of the starting gate with a medley that began with “Get Up Offa that Thing”, and included “Cold Sweat”, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”, and another historical “first” for the Opry: a drum solo. No horns, but a great Hammond B-3 filled the gaps, along with BG vocals from JB’s band. After that medley, The JB announcer repeated “James Brown!” as JB headed off stage amid polite applause. But then, the announcer said, “James! Come back out here! Y’all want to hear MORE?” My dad said there a number of shouts from the audience of “NO!” while others responded with a tiny bit of polite applause. JB came back out and did “Tennessee Waltz” and another song.

    The Country Music Hall of Fame is said to have an audio tape of the performance.

  9. TFG Says:
    December 30th, 2006 at 12:58 am

    Video of that would be priceless. There’s got to be a way to pry it out.

  10. banjo jones Says:
    December 30th, 2006 at 11:55 pm

    great song that is

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