Thread: James Brown Is Dead
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25th Dec 2006, 8:05 AM #1
James Brown Is Dead
What a bit of news for Christmas Day!
Rest In Peace. He was a huge influence on modern music.
Si.
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25th Dec 2006, 9:09 AM #2Pip Madeley Guest
Blimey!
I've just read he only ever had one top 10 hit in Britain. Madness, but his legacy will endure. Rest in peace Jimmy, you were the Funkmaster.
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25th Dec 2006, 9:16 AM #3
Did anyone ever actually call him "Jimmy"?
We heard "Get Up (I'm A Sex Machine)" a few weeks ago and it's amazing how such an influential song could be so terrifyingly unlistenable.
Si.
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25th Dec 2006, 9:19 AM #4Pip Madeley Guest
I did, just then.
And I like Sex Machine! Funktastic!
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25th Dec 2006, 9:24 AM #5
It's quite incredible someone managed to write a song with no verses and no middle eight.
Si.
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25th Dec 2006, 9:29 AM #6
I'm shocked, The Godfather of Soul, gone.
R.I.P. James Brown.
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25th Dec 2006, 9:55 AM #7
He was a legend and a genius.
Shame I can't stand his voice or music.
God rest ye Jimbo Brown.
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25th Dec 2006, 10:17 AM #8
have to say I was never a fan of his..
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25th Dec 2006, 10:28 AM #9
It's true that he was a jailbird, a tax fraudster and a womaniser. But there was no malice in it.
Si.
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25th Dec 2006, 6:12 PM #10Captain Tancredi Guest
"I Feel Good" has been sung after every goal Tranmere have scored at home for at least the last ten years and probably more...probably a good 500+ playings there.
As most folk will be aware, though, I know little about the context of popular music so can't add much more.
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25th Dec 2006, 11:11 PM #11
Phillip sent me an email about this earlier today.. tragic it be. Recently I've been getting into soul music, and James's stuff is a notable favourite.
Funnily enough, a week or so ago I picked up "James Brown's Funky Christmas" for a fiver...
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26th Dec 2006, 1:18 PM #12Trudi G Guest
Amazing they never mentioned his stints in prison for beating up his wife tho...
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26th Dec 2006, 1:23 PM #13
great tunes, but from what i've heard... not a nice man!
even so, he will be missed musically. RIP
Ant x
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26th Dec 2006, 2:13 PM #14
I thought his music, whilst undoubtably influencial, was utterly tuneless and unlistenable.
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26th Dec 2006, 8:38 PM #15
I have never been a big fan of soul or funk, but James Brown's influence on both genres and popular music in general cannot be denied. Records like 'I Got You', 'Papa's Got A Brand New Bag', 'It's A Man's Man's Man's World' and 'Sex Machine' must have sounded like nothing before back in the day. He was also an incredible showman too.
Despite this, he was, at best, a flawed genius, and, at worst, a tax dodger, a wife beater and a jailbird - on more than one occasion - and because of this, I think he will be remembered by many with mixed feelings.
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27th Dec 2006, 4:15 PM #16
Tuneless and unlistenable??! Get some soul!
Musically he will be missed, no doubt about it. RIP.I must admit, just when I think I'm king, I just begin!
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27th Dec 2006, 4:52 PM #17Pip Madeley Guest
Apparently Spike Lee is making a film about Brown's life.
Should be very interesting if they don't cover it with gloss...
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29th Dec 2006, 11:57 PM #18WhiteCrow Guest
Good lord I never knew, must have slipped under the news radar - I think Christmas day is the only one I'm not news addicted.
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