The Godfather is dead

just read that JB died today…a sad moment in the history of popular music.

a good quote from the article i read:

he knocked down many of the barriers facing black artists of his time.

The hardest working man in show business is gone…

“Get on up, stay on the scene, like a sex machine”

R.I.P.

[quote=“Hondu Grease”]just read that JB died today…a sad moment in the history of popular music.

a good quote from the article i read:

he knocked down many of the barriers facing black artists of his time.

The hardest working man in show business is gone…

“Get on up, stay on the scene, like a sex machine”

R.I.P.[/quote]A great musician indeed. R.I.P.

I think one of the things that made his music so powerful was its dynamic range and drama. Some of it seems kind of basic and even sparse compared to modern recordings. But that was one of its strengths. He knew that it is as much what you don’t play as what you do play. The gaps in the music are every bit as important as the notes. When I was at uni, the acid jazz thing was in full swing. Obviously JB was a major influence, and quite a few amateur and professional bands (including a student band I was in) did vaguely JB-ish stuff. But the difference was that the music was always too busy; too much going on, and not enough dynamic range. That’s one of the reasons it could never come close to the real thing.

Listening to James Brown is gonna happen when you grow up black in America :smiley: :laughing:. I think it’s mandatory music for all cookouts(BBQs).

“Let’s get funky”
“The Big Payback” – Huge in Chicagoans for steppin’

I never really could ‘get’ him cause he was before ‘my time’, but could appreciate him because of his impact. It’s strange that he’s gone. He’s really never made anything lately that’s really commercially good, but as long as he was alive he it was just dependable that you could eventually see him. Or that he would put something out.

I wish I was invited to his funeral, I KNOW that it’s gonna be a hoot.

Very much so.

R.I.P. James Brown. You’ll be missed.

Why doesn’t somebody “Hap’im up!”?:slight_smile:

Seriously, Too bad.

I know not everyone is a CNN.com fan, but they currently have a free video up on the ‘the last hours’ of JB with his personal manager Charles Bobbit talking about the man and his legacy. What he says speaks volumes for how influential and how much of an amazing human being James Brown was. Showmanship and integrity.

Check it out.

he wrote the book on funk and paved the way for the urban black music of the 80’s…without him hip-hop and modern r n b might never have happened…his rhythm section was sampled to death…the jb horns; best damn horn section ever…

hell even miles davis copied him and he didn’t copy no one…

Poker games and dominoes, too.

Bunch of friends and I sat around Xmas night drinking beer, playing dominoes, and listening to “Make It Funky - The Big Payback 1971-1975.” Somebody brought double-fifteens, sheesh. Mr. Brown made counting those bad boys easier, once you get on the good foot.