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James Brown — Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
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neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 11:53
 
Damn ...

colt4x5
(east of eden)
Posted: Jan 19, 2005 - 20:22
 
dpjag wrote:

OK, he has a good band. But that guy screaming in the foreground - him I can lose.


hey, j.b. IS half the band. his feet, his voice, his hips ... wake UP. (or go back to sleep.)

("But that guy screaming in the foreground - him I can lose." ... kinda like saying "i like the drummer, but that guy playing the guitar ... what's his name? hendrix? ... him i can lose.")
sans
(philly)
Posted: Jan 19, 2005 - 20:18
 
colt4x5 wrote:
i read he used to go through drummers (playing live) the way other drummers go through sticks.


Star Power! 10.
colt4x5
(east of eden)
Posted: Jan 19, 2005 - 20:16
 
i read he used to go through drummers (playing live) the way other drummers go through sticks.
sub-arctic
(63°50' N)
Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 02:31
 
(pimp)
trekhead
Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 02:26
 
...HeHHH!
RParadise
(New York, NY)
Posted: Dec 21, 2004 - 07:05
 
Hannio wrote:


Northern bigot?

C'mon, both of you. James is from the south anyway, and this kind of crap isn't needed here. We can disagree about musical taste without vilifying each other.

Or just dance!
Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Dec 21, 2004 - 07:03
 
StuBotNYC wrote:


Legal analist from the deep south?

NO WONDER


Northern bigot?
MtnGoat
(Dix Hills, NY)
Posted: Dec 06, 2004 - 13:03
 
God...
DAMN!
How does he do that!

I need a respirator just listening to him.

DAMN!
Perfect 10's.
StuBotNYC
Posted: Dec 06, 2004 - 13:01
 
dpjag wrote:

OK, he has a good band. But that guy screaming in the foreground - him I can lose.


Legal analist from the deep south?

NO WONDER
rah
Posted: Dec 06, 2004 - 13:00
 
namesbenny wrote:


Hey, you can't write 5,500 songs (as opposed to Irving Berlin's meager 1,100) if you waste time worrying about lyrical content.


thing is, they're not even really lyrics so much as direction for the rest of band -- he's keeping them together and on-tempo like a conductor in front of an orchestra.
cruella_d
(Minneapolis, MN)
Posted: Dec 06, 2004 - 13:00
 
artmarcia wrote:
Well........................this is definitely a change of pace from Air - Alone In Kyoto. :)


hells yeah! more funk! we all need a dance break now and then. :D/
StuBotNYC
Posted: Dec 06, 2004 - 12:59
 
JB IS THE MAN!

More James Brown, ad some Maceo Parker too....awesome job!!
Al_Koholic
(Toms River, NJ)
Posted: Dec 06, 2004 - 12:59
 
How can someone give him a 1? His sneezes are worth at least a 6.
Beastie
(Rye, NY)
Posted: Dec 06, 2004 - 12:56
 
I wish RP would offer A LOT MORE OF him! "President of the New Super Heavy Funk" is what I remember he called himself in one of his first albums.
This is a nice version of sex machine, though.
blue-ice
(Chicago-ish, USA)
Posted: Nov 21, 2004 - 18:11
 
DoooooooO NooooooooT StooooooooooooooooooooooooooP!

Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Oct 08, 2004 - 09:46
 
dpjag wrote:

OK, he has a good band. But that guy screaming in the foreground - him I can lose.

"THAT GUY???" Never heard him called that before!
Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Oct 08, 2004 - 09:46
 
Stompafeeta! Keepabeeta! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEYYYY!
Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Oct 08, 2004 - 09:45
 
Mashpa Tayta. Doody Alli Gaytah. Heeehhhh!
dpjag
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Oct 08, 2004 - 09:43
 
Mihai wrote:
If this one doesn't make you move, you are DEAD.

OK, he has a good band. But that guy screaming in the foreground - him I can lose.
namesbenny
(West Kootenays)
Posted: Sep 23, 2004 - 20:46
 
philarktos wrote:
are all his lyrics this inane and inarticulate ? Probably a lot more interesting live.


Hey, you can't write 5,500 songs (as opposed to Irving Berlin's meager 1,100) if you waste time worrying about lyrical content.
Mihai
Posted: Sep 23, 2004 - 19:07
 
If this one doesn't make you move, you are DEAD.
Xeric
(Along the Madison)
Posted: Sep 23, 2004 - 19:01
 
Give it up.
ediTed
(Phoenix, AZ)
Posted: Sep 08, 2004 - 22:31
 
Great...
I was just about to turn the PC off and head for bed...
and then you started playin THIS!
Now, sleep is not an option anymore...
Shaken_Bake
(Mile High City (or is it just me?))
Posted: Aug 10, 2004 - 12:36
 
Get down! Get funky! Get back up again! HEH!

This song should be played every day to get me UP! HEH! :whip:
RichardPrins
(z­­³)
Posted: Aug 10, 2004 - 12:02
 

Ain't it funky...
Johray63
(The middle of Meppel, Holland)
Posted: Jul 28, 2004 - 01:30
 
Highly recommended: 'Living in America: the Soul Saga of James Brown' by Cynthia Rose.
skhooly
(Nairn, Scotland)
Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 12:16
 
philarktos wrote:
are all his lyrics this inane and inarticulate ? Probably a lot more interesting live.


Saw him a few years ago in Aberdeen on one of his extremely rare visits to Scotland and yes the lyrics are at best nonsensical.

But the concert itself (thanks mainly to his amazing band) was a glitzy extravaganza full of fab funky sounds - still dancing to those rhythms to this day.

:D/ :D/

Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 12:15
 
rascal420 wrote:
I understand it:

Edda Munka! Huh! Ha! Keepit Lim! Eat-a-Beat-a! Aaaaay! Eeeeee!

Like the singing version of Pootie-Tang.


I couldn't have said it any better than that! Hah! Unnh! Yeaaah YeaaaaH!
artmarcia
(Derby, KS)
Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 12:13
 
Well........................this is definitely a change of pace from Air - Alone In Kyoto. :)

resonator
Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 12:12
 
The man is on fire. Great drums & rhythm. Wish my colleagues weren't around so I could turn it up & loose.
ciscochasbro
(Petaluma, CA)
Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 12:12
 
help me someone - I can't stop myself.... heh - hey! eeeeeeeee!
rascal420
(Truckee, CA - 5000 feet above Paradise)
Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 12:11
 
I understand it:

Edda Munka! Huh! Ha! Keepit Lim! Eat-a-Beat-a! Aaaaay! Eeeeee!

Like the singing version of Pootie-Tang.
ciscochasbro
(Petaluma, CA)
Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 12:10
 
philarktos wrote:
are all his lyrics this inane and inarticulate ? Probably a lot more interesting live.

It's like Louis Armstong once said when someone asked him a similar question about jazz -
"If you gotta ask, you'll never know".

Groovacious, heavy groovocity - he's President Groovage!

Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 12:10
 
Hot Tub! Burn ma Toe! Yeeeeoooow! Heh!

If you interpret inarticulate as FUNKY, everything will fall into place. Heh!

Go buy ANY of his greatest hits collections, get loaded, crank it up and lay back and groove. If you can sit still.

In case you had never heard it, this kind of rythm and singing are why he has been called the "Godfather of Soul."
RParadise
(New York, NY)
Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 12:09
 
Now you've made me have to turn down my volume or I'll get fired!
mig7
Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 12:09
 
philarktos wrote:
are all his lyrics this inane and inarticulate ? Probably a lot more interesting live.

Yes, why?
Darlington
(Columbia, South Carolina)
Posted: Jul 27, 2004 - 12:07
 
"Good God"

It's James Brown!
philarktos
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Jul 13, 2004 - 17:27
 
are all his lyrics this inane and inarticulate ? Probably a lot more interesting live.