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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three months ago) link
https://www.aetv.com/shows/james-brown-say-it-loud
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 February 2024 17:05 (three 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 (three 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 (three months ago) link
Some of the live music clips feel a bit short.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:19 (three 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 (three 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 (three months ago) link
Questlove is in it too
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 February 2024 19:16 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three months ago) link
Just because I recently re-discovered it and can't see it in the thread...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ4ztL7dBKE
(James Brown, Live in Rome March 1971)
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 1 June 2024 12:28 (one week ago) link
always fascinating
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 3 June 2024 12:25 (one week ago) link
I thought I had watched all the '71 Euro tour footage out there but don't remember seeing this before. It purports to be the actual Love Power Peace show, but it's not. Still incredible of course, it's cool to see how different the shows were.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FkVyVByk8w
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 3 June 2024 15:07 (one week ago) link
This one too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIvrfWGGSwU
Seeing the Live in Rome reference has me thinking about the James Brown with Pavarotti collaboration in Rome excerpt that is in that recent James Brown doc
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:14 (six days ago) link