drummer on I've Got Money is out of this worldhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLUmCV6I-HA
― corrs unplugged, Saturday, 26 November 2022 10:23 (one year ago) link
Hell yeah. I'm not familiar enough of his pre-Clyde recordings, aside from the big ones.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 28 November 2022 17:24 (one year ago) link
Wiki says re “I’ve Got Money”
Biographer R.J. Smith describes "I've Got Money" as "one of the less-known great records of Brown's career":
It's a song whose time has yet to arrive, and it's barely a song. It's like a blueprint of some uncanny object. It's an assemblage of parts: a scimitar guitar chord coming down on the One, a show band horn chorus quoting Judy Garland's "The Trolley Song," and [Clayton Fillyau's] stampeding drums. The parts are arranged in a line, one beside the next - an incomprehensible rebus.[2]Both Smith and Allmusic's Richie Unterberger point to the song as a stylistic precursor to Brown's later funk recordings.[3]
― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 November 2022 22:24 (one year ago) link
Great song . Need to read up on drummer Clayton Fillyau
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 20:27 (one year ago) link
I hear an HBO doc is in the making
hope it features lots of live footage, this is blowing my mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRubq5D-3kMThe Payback - James Brown - Live - Zaire 1974
― corrs unplugged, Saturday, 14 January 2023 12:32 (one year ago) link
An A & E doc debuts tonight Monday with 2 episodes and 2 more episodes on Tuesday. Nelson George wrote about it on his Substack, and I saw the below also
https://www.wjbf.com/news/an-ae-documentary-on-james-brown-tells-of-a-black-man-and-musician-in-america/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 February 2024 18:34 (two months ago) link
Episodes 1 & 2 were interesting. They addressed Brown’s issues as well as his musical genius. Alan Leeds, various professors, musicians, Brown’s children all interviewed.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 17:01 (two months ago) link
I would very much like to see this, although it looks like it will be tricky without a cable/tv provider
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 20 February 2024 17:17 (two months ago) link
Some friends of mine made the same complaint. Crazy me is throwing away money at my cable provider so I am lucky enough to be able to watch it .
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 23:01 (two months ago) link
The first episode is streaming on the A&E website; maybe they'll put the second one up soon.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Tuesday, 20 February 2024 23:16 (two months ago) link
That’s good. I have watched first 2 , and dvr’d 3rd and 4.th
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 23:12 (two months ago) link
https://www.aetv.com/shows/james-brown-say-it-loud
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 February 2024 17:05 (two months ago) link
I watched first ep last night on my phone through cable provider. Hopefully will watch rest soon. Ads are slightly annoying though.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:03 (two months ago) link
Yeah they said they're only unlocking ep1, I'll check it out though. Tbh I'm only really interested in watching through the '70s peak.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:05 (two months ago) link
Some of the live music clips feel a bit short.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:19 (two months ago) link
I'm sure it will just frustrate me that the full footage presumably exists but is not available :(
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:23 (two months ago) link
And I am a fan of LL Cool J, and I get having he and Chuck D represent for rap, but sometimes he just offers enthusiasm in his interview clips in this more than knowledge. Sometimes this works as a counterpoint to more staid professors who are interviewed, but sometimes it does not.
I wonder if Brown's family who are involved in the making of this, didn't like RJ Smith's book. He is not in the portions of doc I have watched. Alan Leeds and an older white reporter from Georgia whose name I don't recall are interviewed in this a fair amount. Mick Jagger a bit . Christian Mcbride seems to be the current jazz rep in this.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 February 2024 19:15 (two months ago) link
Questlove is in it too
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 February 2024 19:16 (two months ago) link
Isn't Questlove one of the producers? I thought I remember him mentioning on his podcast that he & Black Thought were some of the main movers behind this.
Christian McBride makes sense as he's Questlove's school days buddy and a certified JB obsessive.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 22 February 2024 19:28 (two months ago) link
Executive Producers Mick Jagger and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson iirc.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 February 2024 19:40 (two months ago) link
McBride was actually in Brown's band at one point (or at least backed him at a single concert; I forget the story).
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 22 February 2024 19:43 (two months ago) link
I think it was one concert, he tells the story of being in Brown's orbit here (1:11):
https://app.podscribe.ai/episode/83381179
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 22 February 2024 19:49 (two months ago) link