My all time favorite thing about James Brown ever is actually a parody Celebrity Hot Tub on SNL but I also love him as Reverand Cleophus in The Blues Brothers. Favorite song: Sex Machine.
Occasionally I'm callous and strange.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Laga - Dec 25, 2006 9:27:59 am PST #4684 of 10003
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Tom Scola - Dec 25, 2006 9:52:22 am PST #4685 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Theodosia - Dec 25, 2006 10:31:41 am PST #4686 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I loved James Brown's cameo appearance in Undercover Brother which was pitch-perfect funny, especially his appalled expression in the limousine. He should have acted more!
Sean K - Dec 25, 2006 10:43:28 am PST #4687 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
He had a few cameos and bit parts over the years. He always did just fine. I think it would have been fun to see him act more, too.
Laura - Dec 25, 2006 11:45:10 am PST #4688 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Oh, thank you Theo for reminding me of the Undercover Brother cameo. He gave me many smiles through the years. If I name my favorite by the number of times I have imitated the man, I have to say
I feel good!
Nicklas - Dec 25, 2006 1:08:06 pm PST #4689 of 10003
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
James Brown and the JBs were great stuff, but I think his earlier pre-funk material deserves more attention than it gets.
My favorite: Try Me.
esse - Dec 25, 2006 1:49:41 pm PST #4690 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I'm amazed at how hard he was performing up until he died. He just had a massive concert in Dublin in October, I think, that was sold out months and months before that. Just incredible.
Hayden - Dec 25, 2006 6:58:01 pm PST #4691 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
"Superbad" is also my favorite JB track, and it's a stunner. It took me near forever to realize that the bulk of the track is played by a three-piece, with horn accents and the bridge, but almost everything else is on Bootsy and Catfish time.
Speaking of Bootsy and Catfish, my favorite JB album is Love Power Peace, the only live document of that version of the band, and maybe the best live album ever recorded.
My favorite JB thing was his tendency to come up with extremely odd shout-outs during songs, and the way that his band was so attuned to this that they could incorporate it into the music. For instance, I used to have a video of a live show from the mid-70s where JB somehow made reciting the zodiac into the centerpiece of "Sex Machine." I mean, the music was blazing, the momentum so powerful that JB could walk offstage for a full minute or two to switch to jumpsuit no. 4, and when he came back, he'd start this zodiac nonsense to a perfectly cued band: "Aries!" (horns: BLAT!) "TAURUS!" (horns: BLAAAAT!) "LEEEEEEOOOOO!" (horns: WAAAAABLAT!) SAGI-(music: stops on a dime) (pause pause pause) -TAAAAAAAAARIUS! (crazy sax solo). And this went on, and even though that tape is lost now, in my memory, it is still on of the most exciting things I ever saw.
Anyway, if I wasn't away from the drives holding my music collection back in Austin, I'd upload "Santa Claus, Go Straight To The Ghetto" for y'all. Merry Christmas, babies, sure do treat me nice.
DavidS - Dec 25, 2006 7:07:40 pm PST #4692 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'd upload "Santa Claus, Go Straight To The Ghetto" for y'all. Merry Christmas, babies, sure do treat me nice.
Oh, I can put it up.
eta: It's up. Merry Christmas, my fellow music fiends.
Hayden - Dec 25, 2006 7:16:08 pm PST #4693 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
You remain The Man, David. Happy holidays to you and yours.