The original master of the split-and-pop and slithering snake legs

uh huh

The best.

Man had some crazy energy!

MyLuv229 said:

Man had some crazy energy!

Timmy84 said:

MyLuv229 said:

Man had some crazy energy!

He is SO alive in this video. It is still hard to believe the man is gone.

I love watching him at the BET Awards that year with MJ too. Seeing

them jam....wow.

RIP James. And actually, I hope you aren't JUST resting, I hope

you are schooling some of those angels how to shake it. (MJ -

This goes for you too sir.)

Great compilation. Thanks for posting. JB was the originator.

Unbelievable A legend

great video

Let the church say: Amen.

That was a cold brotha

Always a pleasure.

Another act way under-represented on DVD. I watched 'The Night James Brown Saved Boston' again the other night. Incredible man.

Love James............but I suggest u also check out Jackie Wilson and Louis Jordan (pre James)

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Graycap23 said:

Love James............but I suggest u also check out Jackie Wilson and Louis Jordan (pre James)

Graycap23 said:

Love James............but I suggest u also check out Jackie Wilson and Louis Jordan (pre James)

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Problem is a lot of their footage has either been destroyed or depleted. I ain't found one video of them REALLY DOING THE THING. Fucking shame, otherwise I agree with you lol

Well, James always acknowledge Jordan as an influence...

funkpill said:

Well, James always acknowledge Jordan as an influence...

And Jackie and him used to be close buds back in the day lol

Timmy84 said:

funkpill said:

Well, James always acknowledge Jordan as an influence...

And Jackie and him used to be close buds back in the day lol

Now Joe Tex, that's a different story

funkpill said:

Timmy84 said:

And Jackie and him used to be close buds back in the day lol

Now Joe Tex, that's a different story

Oh yeah!

I found a nice photo of James and Jackie.

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Sad we can only imagine what he must've been like when he was in his 20's. LIke Sugar ray robinson

James Brown had a body like... POW! I don't think he ever got full credit for that. Not only did he have a strong, thick musculature, but he was tight and very agile. It's no wonder he could stick those moves the way he did; get up on the Good Foot and work that shit all the way across the stage, lol.

But yeah, I've always marveled at his physical fitness.

PDogz said:

James Brown had a body like... POW! I don't think he ever got full credit for that. Not only did he have a strong, thick musculature, but he was tight and very agile. It's no wonder he could stick those moves the way he did; get up on the Good Foot and work that shit all the way across the stage, lol.

But yeah, I've always marveled at his physical fitness.

I'm not going to be so PC, JB was damn chubby a lot of the time. That's ok though, he did his thing and did it the best.

Marrk said:

PDogz said:

James Brown had a body like... POW! I don't think he ever got full credit for that. Not only did he have a strong, thick musculature, but he was tight and very agile. It's no wonder he could stick those moves the way he did; get up on the Good Foot and work that shit all the way across the stage, lol.

But yeah, I've always marveled at his physical fitness.

I'm not going to be so PC, JB was damn chubby a lot of the time. That's ok though, he did his thing and did it the best.

I think he was more fit in his earlier days. Even for a chubby middle-aged man, he still had the POW factor and knew how to dance around the microphone pole. Basically, it allows you to see where folks like Prince and Nikka Costa get their inspiration from.

MyLuv229 said:

Marrk said:

I'm not going to be so PC, JB was damn chubby a lot of the time. That's ok though, he did his thing and did it the best.

I think he was more fit in his earlier days. Even for a chubby middle-aged man, he still had the POW factor and knew how to dance around the microphone pole. Basically, it allows you to see where folks like Prince and Nikka Costa get their inspiration from.

Nikka? really? i don't see that, i see alot of Janis Joplin in Nikka when she's playing live. But Nikka is a grab-bag of influences, so maybe.

Prince to an extent with the splits, but MJ had JB down more. Even JB acknowledged that in his autobiography. Mike was hitting the splits in his Motown audition and the Jacksons variety show, covering him as a kid in concert, plus lot of other JB inspired shit that folks conveniantly forget about.

Marrk said:

MyLuv229 said:

I think he was more fit in his earlier days. Even for a chubby middle-aged man, he still had the POW factor and knew how to dance around the microphone pole. Basically, it allows you to see where folks like Prince and Nikka Costa get their inspiration from.

Nikka? really? i don't see that, i see alot of Janis Joplin in Nikka when she's playing live. But Nikka is a grab-bag of influences, so maybe.

Prince to an extent with the splits, but MJ had JB down more. Even JB acknowledged that in his autobiography. Mike was hitting the splits in his Motown audition and the Jacksons variety show, covering him as a kid in concert, plus lot of other JB inspired shit that folks conveniantly forget about.

I agree, I was referring specifically to the microphone pole. Michael definitely did a lot of the leg work, not the microphone pole though. Prince did a lot of splits and microphone handling and tossing.

Nikka's singing style is like Janis - true - but ff you see her Like a Feather performance, you'll see James influence.

See 2:35

Marrk said:

PDogz said:

James Brown had a body like... POW! I don't think he ever got full credit for that. Not only did he have a strong, thick musculature, but he was tight and very agile. It's no wonder he could stick those moves the way he did; get up on the Good Foot and work that shit all the way across the stage, lol.

But yeah, I've always marveled at his physical fitness.

I'm not going to be so PC, JB was damn chubby a lot of the time. That's ok though, he did his thing and did it the best.

He was chubby in later years but he was a skinny thing when he started out. We don't have a lot of photos of that. He got muscular around the '70s though if you meant that lol

Sandino said:

Sad we can only imagine what he must've been like when he was in his 20's. LIke Sugar ray robinson

I know right? I mean he was bad enough in his 30s but the years between 1956 and 1962 we hardly know about and 1962 in particular because that's when he held that legendary Apollo concert and there's little footage of James in the very early '60s.

Timmy84 said:

Marrk said:

I'm not going to be so PC, JB was damn chubby a lot of the time. That's ok though, he did his thing and did it the best.

He was chubby in later years but he was a skinny thing when he started out. We don't have a lot of photos of that. He got muscular around the '70s though if you meant that lol

Right around the time they all went down to the "Rumble in The Jungle", with Ali & Foreman. All those brothers were bringing it! If you ever get a chance (...if you haven't already, knowing you, lol), check out the documentary Soul Power, which was released in June of last year. It captures James during what I'd call the peak of his career, along with a whole lot of other acts that were popular during the same time (1974/75).

Before watching this documentary, I had no idea that Phillipe Wynn from The Spinners was The Drill Sergent from Funkadelic's "Uncle Jams Army". Lot's of excellent footage and information with this documentary.

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