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Gene Chandler covers James Brown's "There Was a Time"
I just heard this for the first time on The Story of Brunswick. The liner notes mention that "no singers covered James Brown songs" which isn't strictly true but I think Gene was pretty brave to cover this particular song.
Any other examples of artists covering James, particularly during his harder funk years? | |
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Not a lot, that's the only one that comes to mind. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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Gene never did any funk songs besides the cover anyways, did he? | |
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I don't know if they'd be called "funk" he had a few uptempo joints though. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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I see... | |
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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Huh, how have I been on the planet for thirty years without having heard Aretha tackle James? It's not exactly the most faithful cover song, is it? | |
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