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L.A. Style - James Brown Is Dead

r.i.p

So if there really was a person/entity/palmist called Jesus, the son of the one and only creator of the entire fucking cosmos, and Jesus' birthday is today (okay, or in the middle of July, as biblical scholars are willing to 'compromise'), would said creator really let James Brown - the 'Godfather of Soul', as it were - die on his own son's birthday?

Really? If I had a little control of the universe I sure as hell wouldn't want my kid's birthday party overshadowed by the death of a man as electrifyingly flabbergasting as James Joseph Brown, Jr.

Yeah, yeah: he beat his wife, did PCP, and beat his wife some more. I'm not making excuses, but just remember who the man was. He was James Brown, goddammit.

Thank you, Mr. Brown, for the rhythmic grunts, the soul-twists, the songs that do for good, right people what some musty old book can only pretend to. It's been an honor to walk on the same earth as you.

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In other news, Happy Birthday, Jimmy Buffett.≡ Click to see image ≡

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Less fun in the world, I guess.

I remember watching some 'history of rock and roll' documentary on cable and there was a piece of footage with James sing 'Say It Loud' and a kid who couldn't have been more than 7 dancing his ass off and pumping his fist. Great moment, that.

RIP, Godfather Of Soul.

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Double Dee and Steinski - Lesson Two (The James Brown Megamix)
Coldcut - The Payback

I saw him a few times. . .growing up in LA and going to a lot of music, it just sorta happened by default. It was always enjoyable but I also think that LA in the 70's was the wrong venue.

It's a drag though, anyone dying on or around the holidays. . .both my dad and my wife's dad died different years in dec. It's hard.

I hope that his family is well provided for.

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(bigblueroom: that's the first thing I thought of when I read the headline!)

James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (from the Sex Machine album, nearly eleven minutes long)

Aw man. Blessings to you and yours, James.

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