Why, yes, please Mr. Brown, by all means, take it to the bridge.
January 1, 2014 7:38 AM Subscribe
Here's forty four minutes and forty four seconds of James Brown: said to be the total of all his appearances on Soul Train.
Oh man, this is just what a cold and snowy January day needed. Do you have something against the first couple of songs, though? Your link jumps 7 minutes in, and they're fantastic.
posted by Kyol at 7:58 AM on January 1, 2014
posted by Kyol at 7:58 AM on January 1, 2014
Your link jumps 7 minutes in
Whaaa? No, it's supposed to start from the top. There's been some weird time-stamp glitch happening when I post to MeFi. I'll ask a mod to fix it. Thanks for the heads up!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:00 AM on January 1, 2014
Whaaa? No, it's supposed to start from the top. There's been some weird time-stamp glitch happening when I post to MeFi. I'll ask a mod to fix it. Thanks for the heads up!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:00 AM on January 1, 2014
Fixed!
posted by cortex at 8:09 AM on January 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by cortex at 8:09 AM on January 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
Oh, thank you. Happy New Year, too. :-) I love this sound!
posted by Goofyy at 8:48 AM on January 1, 2014
posted by Goofyy at 8:48 AM on January 1, 2014
This video makes me want to kiss myself.
posted by box at 9:01 AM on January 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by box at 9:01 AM on January 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
I have to do some quick deep-cleaning today, and now I have a souuuuuuuundtrack! Thanks, flapjax!
posted by Room 641-A at 9:24 AM on January 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Room 641-A at 9:24 AM on January 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
I swear the guy doing the intro is the inspiration for The Gong Show's Chuck Barris
posted by zippy at 10:06 AM on January 1, 2014
posted by zippy at 10:06 AM on January 1, 2014
Can he kick it?
posted by humboldt32 at 10:34 AM on January 1, 2014
posted by humboldt32 at 10:34 AM on January 1, 2014
"On 'Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine' he creates a dance track even more compelling than the single out of the same five elements: light funk-four on the traps, syncopated bass figure, guitar scratched six beats to the bar, and two voices for call and response. When he modulates to the bridge it's like the Spirit of God moving upon the face of the waters." Robert Christgau, 1970
posted by How the runs scored at 10:48 AM on January 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by How the runs scored at 10:48 AM on January 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
speaking of Soul Train (arguably the greatest music TV show ever), I had Jeff Lynne's 2012 "improvement" of classic ELO tracks pegged as one of the most unnecessary albums of the millennium so far ... until I saw this video ...
Funky Birmingham.
posted by philip-random at 10:58 AM on January 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
Funky Birmingham.
posted by philip-random at 10:58 AM on January 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
tl:dw?
Watch this girl rock the Hell out.
posted by timsteil at 12:56 PM on January 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
Watch this girl rock the Hell out.
posted by timsteil at 12:56 PM on January 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
Holy shit where in the fuck was I while this was going on oh right I was eight
If I live to two hundred I'll never see all the amazing stuff that happened in my own mere lifetime
which makes the moments I do somehow catch all the sweeter
So thank you
posted by bigbigdog at 1:23 PM on January 1, 2014
If I live to two hundred I'll never see all the amazing stuff that happened in my own mere lifetime
which makes the moments I do somehow catch all the sweeter
So thank you
posted by bigbigdog at 1:23 PM on January 1, 2014
Oh my god that band entire snap complete flip jump in an instant how can anything in this universe be that pure sweet achingly tight
posted by bigbigdog at 1:30 PM on January 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by bigbigdog at 1:30 PM on January 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
The Japanese subtitles are amazing.
I am told the Japanese translation of Public Enemy's "Bass, how low can you go?" is "Bass, is it possible that you may decrease?"
posted by jonp72 at 1:42 PM on January 1, 2014 [4 favorites]
I am told the Japanese translation of Public Enemy's "Bass, how low can you go?" is "Bass, is it possible that you may decrease?"
posted by jonp72 at 1:42 PM on January 1, 2014 [4 favorites]
He sang at my prom. Good God.
posted by elmaddog at 3:20 PM on January 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by elmaddog at 3:20 PM on January 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
He sang at my prom. Good God
OH YOU CAN'T JUST
posted by louche mustachio at 5:45 PM on January 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
OH YOU CAN'T JUST
posted by louche mustachio at 5:45 PM on January 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
Thank you so much, flapjaxatmidnite. If there's a better way to ring in the new year....but there isn't.
The great thing about JB's music is that it gets better and better all the time, with each new listen.
posted by davidmsc at 5:55 PM on January 1, 2014
The great thing about JB's music is that it gets better and better all the time, with each new listen.
posted by davidmsc at 5:55 PM on January 1, 2014
Amazing, thank you. I've been IN a funk for the past week or so, but I think this funk is getting me OUT.
posted by Mizu at 11:54 PM on January 1, 2014
posted by Mizu at 11:54 PM on January 1, 2014
I swear the guy doing the intro is the inspiration for The Gong Show's Chuck Barris
That would be one Danny Ray, who is still doing his thing.
posted by TedW at 8:58 AM on January 2, 2014 [1 favorite]
That would be one Danny Ray, who is still doing his thing.
posted by TedW at 8:58 AM on January 2, 2014 [1 favorite]
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