Just giving y'all a heads up. Tomorrow night on Vh1, there will be a special "The Night James Brown Saved Boston." It's the 40th Anniversary of the concert the day after MLK's assassination.

How could anyone who watches VH-1 Classic like I do NOT know? I'm speaking about myself. Thanks LBC.

Great doc. Great performance.

WGBH (Boston PBS station) has a video on their site called The Politics of Soul providing background and performance clips.

A few clips from the Boston performance on April 5th...



...Marva Whitney - Tell Mama



...The Hardest Working Man In Show Business...still.



tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431
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still indeed

funkpill said:

BUMP!

Thanks 4 the heads up.

thanks for letting me know

Thank you for the information.

Yea, some kids got up on stage, but James kept cool; wonderful stuff.

I will never understand why irrational violence comes from pain. Until we progress, it will remain with us, until we solve many foolish economic and social ills.

2freaky4church1 said:

if people can commit irrational violence all in the name of God, I can totally see how people can irrationally react from pain..ESPECIALLY during the period of the late 60's...just because I can understand it doesnt mean its acceptable...but I can understand it

9/11 is the same thing.

LoveAlive said:

Exactly but James Brown was so cool and level-headed in the face of adversity at that concert that even seeing it now is mind-blowing. Of course there were a lot of more factors that led into why Boston didn't get a riot that night but James Brown having the concert aired on TV definitely had a lot to do with it. Even if he was scared himself - he tried to back off from doing the show and then when he heard that the show would go on live, he demanded $60K, money he stood to lose if he thought no one was showing up. They did and James was able to deliver a show and keep the peace. That was the magic of James Brown. Ironically, after that concert, he was seen as a social commentator of some sort.

Timmy84 said:

As well as a THREAT by a certain FBI Director.

Graycap23 said:

Wasn't he included on that COINTELPRO bullshit they were doing at the time?
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Timmy84 said:

Yes.....the program is still in effect.

Graycap23 said:

I can believe it.

Timmy84 said:

Why do u think every 4 to 6 months some high profile brother is in HOT water 4 some dumb ass shit? U think they are the ONLY one's doing certain activities?

Graycap23 said:

True.

theAudience said:

Oh! My! God! I've seen bits of the James set, but this is it! Blew! My! Mind! She makes it look sooo easy. Love the way the mike slowly drops down, time and time again.

This was great. I've seen most clips before but this was great.