Get On Up is on Netflix right now. That's a weird fuckin' movie. Sometimes it gets a little Walk Hard-ish, but Chadwick Bozeman as Brown talking directly to the camera never feels wrong, just unexpected. And if you're gonna pick only 2-3 concerts to recreate, 1962 at the Apollo, 1968 in Boston the night of King's assassination, and Paris 1971 are absolutely the ones to pick.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 10 May 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
i started to watch that once on tv, but dont think i can take anyone acting as JB seriously.
― candyman, Monday, 10 May 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
That's my favorite Boseman performance. Robert Christgau really dug it, and that convinced me to check it out. It's fun, but with any performance of someone this iconic, it can only be so great when you have plenty footage of the real thing.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 03:22 (two years ago) link
Here’s James at the Grand Ole Opry: https://digi.countrymusichalloffame.org/digital/collection/musicaudio/id/7384/rec/38
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 12 March 2022 22:32 (two years ago) link
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