Who covered that song about James Brown

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Theres a song by a bunch of kids called Ghetto Reality or somethinglike that about James Brown (starts "born in agusta georgia/james brown/born in agusta georgia/james brown/bornin in agusta, georgia/he was the son...)with akids chorus and a piano...ive lost the mp3 so i can't post it.

the question is who covered it? it was some 90's indie-rock band. it was on a split 7"...with like eggs or someone -- hell, it might have been eggs -- and was part of one of the subscription series from K or Simple Machines...

― bb (bbrz), Monday, 30 January 2006 20:31 (twenty years ago)

The Tinklers (whoever that might be). It was one side of the Simple Machines single for April (part of the one year "Working Holiday" series where musicians performed songs pegged to holidays in each month, etc.) I don't know who was in the Tinklers and haven't heard a thing about them since. Maybe they were an indie rock supergroup of some kind?

― James, Monday, 30 January 2006 20:39 (twenty years ago)

Whoops, make that the February single (not April).

― James, Monday, 30 January 2006 20:42 (twenty years ago)

not the one you're looking for, but Was (Not Was) does a brilliant song called I Feel Better Than James Brown.

― J Arthur Rank (Quin Tillian), Monday, 30 January 2006 21:08 (twenty years ago)

I remember the Tinklers. They had an album or two on Shimmy-Disc back in the day and were regular contributors to their comps. They weren't a supergroup of any kind... The album title Casserole sticks in my brain.

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Monday, 30 January 2006 23:16 (twenty years ago)

Haha, The Tinklers track was fun. All the more so because until now I thought it was a parody of a certain type of song rather than a cover.

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 09:13 (twenty years ago)

any other songs about james brown? i like that shredder poem.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 09:16 (twenty years ago)

Cabaret Voltaire - James Brown

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 12:14 (twenty years ago)

Big Audio Dynamite, "James Brown," on which they sample "America" from West Side Story: "Life is all right in America/If you're all white in America." Genius.

― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 23:18 (twenty years ago)

yes that was it exactly...i couldn't recall if it was the working holiday series or the IPU. who was on the other side?

ill see if i can dig up the mp3 of the original...which im guessing is entirely better

― bb (bbrz), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 14:08 (twenty years ago)

ok so that wasn't so hard now that i recall the name.

http://www.showandtellmusic.com/pages/galleries/gallery_y/ghettoreality.html

― bb (bbrz), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 14:10 (twenty years ago)

The a-side was "Abraham Lincoln" by Lungfish. I have the CD collection of the entire Working Holiday series. Very neat. I haven't heard the original "James Brown," but the Tinklers' version didn't bother me. My favorite side in that series, though, was the very first one, "11:59" by Scrawl (a-side of the January single).

― James, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 14:23 (twenty years ago)

oh i remember the lungfish track now...i also forgot there was that cd comp.

― bb (bbrz), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 14:36 (twenty years ago)

P.W.E.I. -- "Not Now James, We're Busy"

― Rokovoko (Rokovoko), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 17:27 (twenty years ago)

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