Was Prince even into JB? I don't think I've ever heard him mention JB as an infuence or a friend.

I think it is selfish. It's only right to pay your last respects to somebody; by not attending owing to feeling uncomfortable with being in that situation, you're putting yourself first and being disrespectful to someone who is no longer around.

Rev. Sharpton said in his eulogy something about James Brown changing the world by putting us on the 1 and the 3, instead of the 2 and the 4. That made me think a little.

Even if I am myself involved with musical styles where the destruction of the rhythmic structures is a trademark strategy, it's hard to avoid the blueprint of funk music if you were exposed to it so strongly when you were growing up (like I was personally). In that sense you are still heralding the original innovation in its denial, it's inescapable.

Can someone explain how and when James Brown became "Dr." James Brown?

Can someone explain how and when James Brown became "Dr." James Brown?

Can someone explain how and when James Brown became "Dr." James Brown?

courtesy of Associated Press

BC-Obit-Brown,0123
URGENT
Singer James Brown, the 'Godfather of Soul' dies at 73
ATLANTA (AP) - James Brown, the legendary singer known as the
"Godfather of Soul," has died, his agent said early Monday. He
was 73.
Brown was hospitalized Sunday at Emory Crawford Long Hospital
with pneumonia and died around 1:45 a.m. Monday, said his agent,
Frank Copsidas of Intrigue Music. Longtime friend Charles Bobbit
was by his side, Copsidas said.
The agent said Brown's family was being notified of his death
and that the cause was still uncertain. "We really don't know at
this point what he died of," Copsidas said.u are truly the godfather of soul u will be missed and always remembered by all that u have touched and made happy we love u .
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

AP-NY-12-25-06 0256EST




U.S. soul singer James Brown. (CPimages)

I'm watching the Larry King interview right now. I don't know what went on between Tomi and James, but I think it's just wrong the way they treated her and her son at that funeral. In a circumstance like a funeral you know they should at least try to make peace about whatever is going on. Another thing....I just saw on ebay where people are selling his funeral programs and acting like only the family got them. That's false....almost everybody including people on the outside got them.I knew someone would try to cash in on it.

alan leeds gave mr. brown some props in mpls's city pages this week...ya'll can read the article here. i highly recommend that you do.

alan leeds gave mr. brown some props in mpls's city pages this week...ya'll can read the article here. i highly recommend that you do.

courtesy of Associated Press

BC-Obit-Brown,0123
URGENT
Singer James Brown, the 'Godfather of Soul' dies at 73
ATLANTA (AP) - James Brown, the legendary singer known as the
"Godfather of Soul," has died, his agent said early Monday. He
was 73.
Brown was hospitalized Sunday at Emory Crawford Long Hospital
with pneumonia and died around 1:45 a.m. Monday, said his agent,
Frank Copsidas of Intrigue Music. Longtime friend Charles Bobbit
was by his side, Copsidas said.
The agent said Brown's family was being notified of his death
and that the cause was still uncertain. "We really don't know at
this point what he died of," Copsidas said.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

AP-NY-12-25-06 0256EST




U.S. soul singer James Brown. (CPimages)

The aftermath isn't pretty.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hPzb8FA5M_o

http://www.dailymail.co.u...ge_id=1879