Who was the better showman/entertainer?

Tough one.

Both of them were just incomparable. Sammy could do it all almost and James led his band like a tight battleship.

I don't know, I'm gonna say it's a tie.

MickyDolenz said:

I was just about to fucking post that.

Thank you.

MickyDolenz said:

Sammy doing the Camel Walk was so cool.

Two real legends.

MickyDolenz said:

Watching that just put the biggest SMILE on my face! Thanks for posting.

To answer the OP's question. There is no comparing them. That's like comparing water to air.

two different fields of entertainment.

ok...i'll break this mess up

James Brown

ok....let me correct som'n

James was THHEEE most dynamic performer....EVER!!!!

Sammy, I liked also...

A true entertainer

LittleBLUECorvette said:

two different fields of entertainment.

That's like asking who was better between Bill Cosby and Marvin Gaye. ????

Spinlight said:

That's like asking who was better between Bill Cosby and Marvin Gaye. ????

I think she meant in terms of performance value though.

Timmy84 said:

I think she meant in terms of performance value though.

How do you compare the value of an orange to the value of an apple?

Timmy84 said:

I think she meant in terms of performance value though.

Thank you.

Spinlight said:

Timmy84 said:

I think she meant in terms of performance value though.

How do you compare the value of an orange to the value of an apple?

What? Both are ranked as two of the greatest performers in history. I just asked who was better which isn't an impracticable question.

musicjunky318 said:

Spinlight said:

How do you compare the value of an orange to the value of an apple?

What? Both are ranked as two of the greatest performers in history. I just asked who was better which isn't an impracticable question.

So which one do you choose???

HuMpThAnG said:

musicjunky318 said:

What? Both are ranked as two of the greatest performers in history. I just asked who was better which isn't an impracticable question.

So which one do you choose???

I have no idea. That's kinda why I through the question out to see what people would say.

musicjunky318 said:

Spinlight said:

How do you compare the value of an orange to the value of an apple?

What? Both are ranked as two of the greatest performers in history. I just asked who was better which isn't an impracticable question.

Why does one have to be better? Why can't they have equally in their own ways, just been two of the greatest performers in history, period?

James Brown

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

musicjunky318 said:

What? Both are ranked as two of the greatest performers in history. I just asked who was better which isn't an impracticable question.

Why does one have to be better? Why can't they have equally in their own ways, just been two of the greatest performers in history, period?

Cuz that's just too boring.

musicjunky318 said:

Spinlight said:

How do you compare the value of an orange to the value of an apple?

What? Both are ranked as two of the greatest performers in history. I just asked who was better which isn't an impracticable question.

Because they don't even perform the same genre.

musicjunky318 said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Why does one have to be better? Why can't they have equally in their own ways, just been two of the greatest performers in history, period?

Cuz that's just too boring.

Oh, ok.

Bait thread!

Not trying to take this thread in another direction but you know, if two black men huggged that much on a stage nowadays, the headlines the next day would be full of gay rumours.

Its just a marker of how society has changed in such a short time.

Peace be unto the souls of both of these brothas who are legends in their own respective games. I have an admitted James Brown bias, but Sammy was a great entertainer as well.

Close call. But my vote goes to James.

fast forward, if you wanna see the J5 do 'there was a time'... it's still 'hollywood palace', with sammy davis jr.

and sammy doing 'bad', and mentions that michael is like a son to him:

and one of the greatest songs michael's ever written, dedicated to sammy- he even does the 'sammy pose' at the end:

and this is pretty much one of michael's main teachers in dance:

both sammy davis jr. and james brown were both teachers to michael. it's really hard to say who was the best. they were both great in their fields.

and THIS is one of the GREATEST performances of ALL times:

and you gotta love this- choreographed by bob fosse, another one of michael's teachers:

and this is the album where he gives the girl the tab of acid:

this is on the MOTOWN label.

BlaqueKnight said:

if two black men huggged that much on a stage nowadays, the headlines the next day would be full of gay rumours.

i agree. and people would be like, 'yo, pause, man!' we can't even show affection for one another. so sad.

BlaqueKnight said:

Not trying to take this thread in another direction but you know, if two black men huggged that much on a stage nowadays, the headlines the next day would be full of gay rumours.

Its just a marker of how society has changed in such a short time.

Peace be unto the souls of both of these brothas who are legends in their own respective games. I have an admitted James Brown bias, but Sammy was a great entertainer as well.

I noticed how they kept calling each other "Brother" or "my Brother" and I could tell that they really felt that way about each other. There was such a sincerity about it, that was very endearing.

We're sorely lacking that kind of love and compassion for one another, in the world we live in today.

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