Topic: Rest in peace James Brown.
- Dec 25, 2006 08:35am by maclethal
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Died today. 73 years old. 🙁
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!! I didnt know JB died !! dang rip
- Dec 25, 2006 01:59pm by trez260 - http://www.myspace.com/trez
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- Dec 25, 2006 03:45pm by DR.T - nuts .. haha Location: KCMO
He had a pretty long life. I'm pretty sure he got done pretty much everything he ever wanted to do.
RIP
- Dec 25, 2006 05:23pm by DEMENCHA
RIP
- Dec 25, 2006 06:47pm by Atilla_Beatsmith - [email protected]
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RIP
- Dec 25, 2006 06:51pm by yady - amateurs practice till they get it right, professionals practice till they cant get it wrong.
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I was laying in bed last night watching tv and cnn reported this just a few hours after he passed. I was so sad, Just thinking about The impact this man had on not only the music of his time but the music of ours also. then i chuckled cause that one crazy mug shot picture popped into my head.
R.I.P. james brown you will be missed. Thank you for some of the best records in my collection.
- Dec 26, 2006 10:07pm by mythik - www.myspace.com/mythillogical
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Rest in Peace Godfather.
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JB had a huge impact on Hip Hop.
He'll definitely be missed.
I too was in bed watching the news when I saw the report.
It's eery because he'd been on my mind the entire week prior to his passing.
God bless his family and friends.
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Godfather of Soul, and C.E.O. of His Band
By KELEFA SANNEH
Published: December 27, 2006
What did James Brown do?
James Brown, the ‘Godfather of Soul,’ Dies at 73 (December 26, 2006)
Even now, half a century after the release of his first single, “Please Please Please,†and days after his death of congestive heart failure, at 73, early on Christmas morning, that’s a surprisingly difficult question to answer.
He was a singer, of course, though he was perhaps better known for his grunts and his patter. “I wanna get up and do my thing. (Yeah!) Can I get into it? (Yeah!) Like a ... (What?) Like a ... (What?)†With an introduction like that, who cares if the song never starts?
He was a dancer, too, though that seemed less like the cause of his appeal and more like an effect of it. He moved as if he simply couldn’t help himself, and he toured that way too. His scheduled New Year’s Eve concert in New York was to be just one more date on his latest tour; tonight, for example, he had been scheduled for a concert in Waterbury, Conn. (Now that’s dedication.)
Most of all, he was an old-fashioned, hard-driving bandleader — which is to say, an anomaly. In an era of rock stars he often seemed like the second coming of Cab Calloway; the old big band had gotten smaller, but the man in front had only grown.
And while his rock ’n’ roll counterparts chafed at the idea of being mere entertainers, Mr. Brown never stopped bragging about being “the hardest-working man in show business.â€
He was black and proud, he was a sex machine, but he was also a brilliant conductor, known for coaxing great performances out of the singers and musicians behind him. That, most of all, is what Mr. Brown did.
So celebrating the James Brown sound also means celebrating the musicians who created it. When he delayed the fourth and final beat of a measure, the drummer Clyde Stubblefield warped time in a way that helped inspire a whole constellation of rhythm-obsessed genres. Bobby Byrd (he of the famous “Yeah!†and “What?â€), Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Bootsy Collins, Lyn Collins, Vicki Anderson: to love James Brown is to love them too. And not enough has been written about Jimmy Nolen, the visionary guitarist whose spidery licks helped inspire two generations of post-punk bands. (When people talk about “angular†guitars, they often mean “Jimmy-Nolen-ish.â€)
In this sense the bandleader was also a brand leader: in the 1970s, especially, “James Brown†was not just a star, but an executive, a producer, a franchise. His name (sometimes his face too) on the record label meant you were getting a James-Brown-approved product. And if you went to see the J.B.’s, the backing band that morphed into a terrific stand-alone group, you were also seeing a reflection of Mr. Brown, even if he was nowhere near the building.
Bandleaders have always (of necessity) been businessmen too, but Mr. Brown was wise enough to be unembarrassed by the echo. There was a hint of corporate precision in the way he led those musicians onstage: each wiggle of the hip or flicker of the hand was an urgent memo from top management; each post-show conversation was a performance evaluation. Even his political program reflected this obsession; his vision of black power was in large part a vision of black spending power, and he saw no reason why a black nationalist shouldn’t also be an eager (and successful) black capitalist.
The musician as executive: this is the not-quite-new notion that defines the current musical era. Pop stars flaunt their corporate ties; rappers brag about their business acumen (real or, more often, imaginary); rock bands cheerfully acknowledge that they are brands on the run. And while some listeners may be nostalgic for a time when pop music was untainted by corporate chic, Mr. Brown’s career is a reminder that the old-fashioned bandleader and new-fangled pop-star C.E.O. really aren’t so far apart. When he called himself “the hardest-working man in show business,†the emphasis was on “working†and “business.â€
If James Brown, the musician, has also been influential and enduring, it’s not just because of his evergreen hits, which still sound vigorous, even though they have been reissued and covered and sampled ad nauseam. And it’s not just because of all the styles he helped inspire, from Nigerian Afro-beat to Brazilian funk-rap.
It’s also because, decades before the rise of computer music, he proved that some virtuosos do their best work with no instruments at all. In that sense his true heirs today are producers like Timbaland: knob-twiddling masterminds who program sounds instead of conducting them, beat-obsessed visionaries who keep reinventing Mr. Brown’s propulsive templates, serial collaborators who understand the business of pop music.
No one could ever do all the things Mr. Brown did. But here is what’s more impressive: musicians are still finding new ways to do some of them.
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Spike Lee to Direct James Brown Movie
Dec 27, 3:25 PM EST
Spike Lee, who directed the film about controversial leader "Malcolm X," will try his hand at a more widely popular figure.
The filmmakers has signed on to shoot a movie about the recently departed James Brown, reports Daily Variety.
Brown died on Monday, Christmas Day, of congestive heart failure at the age of 73. He was known for his colorful performances, shouting lyrics and driving rhythms and influenced countless musicians and musical styles.
A biopic about the late singer is a no-brainer considering his iconic status and that films such as "Walk the Line" and "Ray" have earned critical acclaim. This particular project had been in the works prior to Brown's death and even had the musician's input during development, especially regarding music rights.
The Paramount Pictures production is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2008.
Lee most recently directed "Inside Man." Highlights of his film career include "Do the Right Thing," "Jungle Fever," "Crooklyn," "Summer of Sam," "Bamboozled" and "25th Hour."
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Dec 29, 6:41 PM EST
The Associated Press
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- In life and in death, James Brown should be remembered for his impact on music and on the world, not for the many people that surrounded him, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Friday in a passionate eulogy befitting the godfather of soul.
"When he started singing, we were sitting in the back of the bus. When he stopped singing we were flying Lear jets," Sharpton told about 300 mourners during a private funeral service for Brown at Carpentersville Baptist Church.
It was standing-room only in the tiny red brick church in a neighborhood of dilapidated homes — some with boarded up windows — on a street just inside the South Carolina line from Augusta, Ga., the place Brown called home.
One day after thousands bade farewell to singer James Brown at the Apollo Theater in New York, friends and relatives filed past the solid gold casket containing Brown's body, dressed in a black jacket with white studs on the lapels, black pants and red shirt.
During the 90-minute service punctuated by prayers, gospel music, and Brown's favorite hymn, "His eye is on the sparrow" by Cynthia Moore, mourners clapped, danced, waved their arms and cheered.
But Sharpton also had harsh words for people who have put themselves in the spotlight since Brown died of heart failure Christmas morning at 73. While he didn't name specific people, as he made those comments Sharpton glanced in the direction of Brown's companion, Tomi Rae Hynie, who was sitting in the front row with her and Brown's 5-year-old son.
"If you really are all that you say you are, you don't place yourself in the story, the story puts you in your place," said Sharpton, a confidante who had accompanied Brown's body to New York City and back. "We don't want to hear your story or your mess, we're here because of James Brown. The reason I am here is because I walked with James Brown."
Brown's lawyer has said the late singer and his 36-year-old partner weren't legally married and that she was locked out of his South Carolina home for legal reasons involving Brown's estate.
The partner, one of Brown's backup singers, has said the couple was married and she can prove it. The funeral program listed Hynie as a "companion" and said Brown was survived by seven children, though his publicist has referred to only four.
Sharpton also praised the way Brown, who didn't have any formal singing education, emerged to change the way music was performed and the way people listened to it.
"The James Brown that I know, he started singing in the woods of South Carolina," Sharpton said. "What made James Brown so great was his commitment to a beat that some people tried to kill."
Boxing promoter Don King, was also on hand, along with comedian Dick Gregory and singer M.C. Hammer. Even though media were not allowed, an AP reporter was invited to attend the private service.
A who's who of celebrities — perhaps including Michael Jackson, who's been invited — is expected to attend a public viewing of the singer's body, followed by a public funeral service, Saturday at the James Brown Arena in Augusta.
Already on Thursday, thousands of people danced and sang in the streets outside New York's Apollo Theater in a raucous celebration of the music legend's life as his body was displayed on the stage where he made his 1956 debut.
At Friday's service, a pastor said that Brown's representatives are working with a congressman to try to get Brown's face on a postage stamp.
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Dec 29, 3:50 AM EST
The Associated Press
NEW YORK -- James Brown didn't move. He didn't sing. But even in death, the soul legend made thousands of people who streamed past him at the Apollo Theater feel good just to be near him.
Many danced in the aisle before they reached the open casket on the same stage that introduced him to the world in 1956. For seven hours, fans streamed past the casket, some tearfully, as Brown's music blared from the sound system.
"This man stood for something. This man stood for us, the common man," the Rev. Al Sharpton said Thursday during the viewing.
Sure, he pioneered the half-beat, as Sharpton said Brown called it, triggering an explosion of hip-hop, funk, disco and rap music imitating his rhythmic inventions. But his style also inspired new techniques in musical genres from rock 'n roll to gospel.
Sharpton, as close as any friend Brown had, cited the chorus of Brown's anthem, "Say It Loud — I'm Black and I'm Proud," when he said the ultimate soul singer "with one song erased the word Negro from our vocabulary forever."
It was that achievement in particular that led Norman Brand, 55, of Harlem, to bow his head reverently as he touched the white horse-drawn carriage that carried Brown's casket on a 20-block procession through Harlem to the Apollo.
"It really changed the attitude of most black people. It was like a wake-up call. Before that, if you were called black, it was like an insult," Brand said.
Some among the thousands who passed close enough to the casket to see Brown in his diamond-studded blue suit and silver shoes had waited for up to five hours, occupying themselves by singing and dancing in the streets outside the historic theater as music thumped from storefronts and portable stereos.
At the stage, they saw two large posters of the singer flanking the casket. An arrangement of red roses on a white background formed his nickname: Godfather.
Musicians and celebrities slipped in to pay their respects.
Boxer Joe Frazier and Ali-Ollie Woodson, who once sang with the Temptations, were among them.
Some hugged Brown's six children and friends, including three band members, most of whom sat in front of the stage throughout the viewing.
Bass player Fred Thomas said he was honored to be called upon to help carry the casket.
"I wouldn't have missed it for nothing," he said.
Sharpton had accompanied the body on an overnight drive from Georgia after a delay in the arrival of the golden casket made air travel impossible.
Sharpton spoke all week of how Brown loved to see long lines outside the Apollo when he played. As he walked behind the casket through Harlem streets to the Apollo on 125th Street, Sharpton said, he spotted the huge crowds outside the theater, looked at the casket and said, "Mr. Brown, the line's all the way up to 130th Street."
A private ceremony was planned for Friday at a church near Augusta, Ga. A second public viewing of the singer's body was scheduled for Saturday at the James Brown Arena in Augusta.
Saturday's memorial was expected to be a star-studded affair, but Sharpton said the Apollo tribute was intentionally modest.
"We didn't ask the big names to come today," he told friends and family. "This crowd didn't come for anybody but James Brown."
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a Tribute to James Brown
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"Sex Machine" James Brown and Bootsy Collins
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James Brown & Pavarotti "It's a Man's World"
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- Feb 16, 2007 02:10pm by Talysman
Do you know they still have not buried JB? He passed on 12.25.06 (RIP) - and it is 2.16.07?!?! What's up with that?
