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R.I.P. James Brown

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:10 am
by 325_fan
Dead on Christmas Day.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:48 am
by cheyenne
Wow!! Bad news. Image

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:32 am
by j_gary
Jump back!

Now Heaven has a hell of a band.

Big favorite of mine. Who is ever going to fill this void? Spears, Backstreet, Snoop, Green Day?

Live, NOBODY was close.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:10 am
by will_nesbitt
Pappa's had a brand new bag, now heaven's got a brand new personality to deal with...

On Christmas day though... well at least he passed on in style... My best wishes go out to his family at this hard time for them

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:34 am
by Scastles
The Hardest Working Man in Show Business has got himself a brand new stage.

What a showman!!

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:42 am
by rictified
Too bad and only 73, he looked frail the last concert I saw him in (TV) and thought he was older than 73.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:36 am
by ram
Sad personal life, but man what he helped do for music was amazing. He, Ray Charles and Sam Cooke were the foundation of soul music… followed by funk, rap and disco. WOW! The ‘hardest work man…’ can now rest a little.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:05 am
by wints
A true musical giant. One who changed and defined the culture of people and the music.

Peace JB.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:06 am
by jnbass
Living in America...

RIP

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:50 am
by kenposurf
I always admired the fact that James picked the very best musicians for his bands..Bootsy Collins was an alumni. There is a James Brown box set "The Star Box" along with the Stax box and the Atlantic Records boxes are gotta haves.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:17 am
by ozover50
RIP, JB. A star if ever there was one.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:55 am
by winston
RIP James. You were an inspiration to me and many others.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:06 pm
by blazer
The best examples of his genius, "Sex machine" and "Super bad" were both recorded in one take.

As for who James Brown's own influences were: in "sex machine" he quotes Elmore James's "Shake your money maker" giving props to him.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:28 pm
by jingle_jangle
As is so often true with great art and groundbreaking ideas and their execution, their creators can be difficult souls.

Misfits who have strength of personality create their own reality and through sheer genius and force of will, can show us a new way. By our acceptance, we fit them, on their terms.

Occasionally they clash with society, as in the "stay out of my bathroom/pickup truck chase" incident which sent him to prison while he was in his 50s.

An amazing and unique force in Soul.

He had amazing hair, too.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:04 pm
by jps
"He had amazing hair, too"

You probably did, too, once! Image