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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: EagleEyes on December 25, 2006, 02:57:37 AM
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BREAKING NEWS:
Legendary "God Father" of Soul has passed away!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16349975/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16349975/)
seems the world has just lost another great talent! :( :cry
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What I have below is posted in a local paper from an event on Friday:
AUGUSTA, Ga.---The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, played Santa Claus today for his annual toy giveaway at the Imperial Theater, and the rain didn't stop hundreds from coming out.
Even at the age of 73, James Brown never disappoints his hometown.
Kids lined up, some for hours, waiting for toys and autographs. It's a giveaway the Godfather has continued for 15 years.
And it's inspiring others.
"It's a great example, and it's led others like me to come out to join him to do what I did today," said Commissioner Joe Bowles.
For a man who says $5 was the most he ever got for Christmas as a young boy, Mr. Brown and others know the gift behind the giving.
"There's a lot of families here that ain't got much, or else they wouldn't be here if they had something," said parent Ervin Molina.
"I look around, I see all y'all's faces," Mr. Brown said. "I know everybody in here, they're offspring of people I was raised with."
Though he should be the one getting the thanks, in good ole' James Brown fashion, he's not taking all the credit.
"I thank Augusta, I thank the CSRA, I thank our president, I thank our government, most of all, I thank God," he said.
Some of the toys were donated by Comcast and local radio stations.
Mayor Deke Copenhaver and Commissioner Bowles also pitched in.
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James Brown was a talent, in spite of his personal demons that seem to have plagued him throughout his life, he was a nice guy, He helped a number of us (local musicians) with encouragement, a few of my friends have even played on some of his albums. I remember several occasions that I ran into him and his daughter having lunch at the King George Tavern in downtown Augusta. Even though he was there to spend time with his daughter, he always smiled and greeted anyone who walked up to his table seeking an autograph or those just wanting to speak to him. My first meeting with him was in late 1980 at a high school dance of all things! His former bodyguard (who is my age) was at that time a neighbor of his and he was invited to come to the dance and the man just showed up! He sat in with the band, did "I Feel Good" and it freaked them out!
In this area, James Brown will not only be remembered for his talent but also as a voice of calm and reason during the unrest of the 60's. April 5th,1968 following the death of MLK Jr. He went on national TV from Boston and encouraged everyone to remain calm and not to riot. You never seem to get full credit or proper respect for your talents in your own home town and James Brown was no exception to this rule but his love and dedication to his home area has not gone unnoticed by those of us who live here. We have definitely lost one of our most famous, community loving citizens...
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why at Christmas day...:(
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Originally posted by 1K3
why at Christmas day...:(
Billy Martin, Denver Pyle (Uncle Jessie), Dean Martin, Charlie Chaplin, and WC Fields all died on Christmas day...0.274% of humanity dies on Christmas day....
RIP to the former 'hardest working man in show business'
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Is it safe to say, "James Brown is Dead."
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Nooooo..........
:cry
Mac
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so did George Preddy while chasing a 109, he was killed by friendly fire from an M16. it's just another day folks and as good as any to die.
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is dead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr_6q9DcSiM)
Legendary Singer James Brown Dies at 73
By GREG BLUESTEIN
Monday, December 25, 2006
ATLANTA - James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured "Godfather of Soul," whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco as well, died early Monday, his agent said. He was 73.
Brown was hospitalized with pneumonia at Emory Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday and died around 1:45 a.m. Monday, said his agent, Frank Copsidas of Intrigue Music. Longtime friend Charles Bobbit was by his side, he said.
Copsidas said the cause of death was uncertain. "We really don't know at this point what he died of," he said.
Along with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and a handful of others, Brown was one of the major musical influences of the past 50 years. At least one generation idolized him, and sometimes openly copied him. His rapid-footed dancing inspired Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson among others. Songs such as David Bowie's "Fame," Prince's "Kiss," George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" and Sly and the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song" were clearly based on Brown's rhythms and vocal style.
If Brown's claim to the invention of soul can be challenged by fans of Ray Charles and Sam Cooke, then his rights to the genres of rap, disco and funk are beyond question. He was to rhythm and dance music what Dylan was to lyrics: the unchallenged popular innovator.
"James presented obviously the best grooves," rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy once told The Associated Press. "To this day, there has been no one near as funky. No one's coming even close."
His hit singles include such classics as "Out of Sight," "(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine," "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "Say It Loud _ I'm Black and I'm Proud," a landmark 1968 statement of racial pride.
"I clearly remember we were calling ourselves colored, and after the song, we were calling ourselves black," Brown said in a 2003 Associated Press interview. "The song showed even people to that day that lyrics and music and a song can change society."
He won a Grammy award for lifetime achievement in 1992, as well as Grammys in 1965 for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (best R&B recording) and for "Living In America" in 1987 (best R&B vocal performance, male.) He was one of the initial artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, along with Presley, Chuck Berry and other founding fathers.
He triumphed despite an often unhappy personal life. Brown, who lived in Beech Island near the Georgia line, spent more than two years in a South Carolina prison for aggravated assault and failing to stop for a police officer. After his release on in 1991, Brown said he wanted to "try to straighten out" rock music.
From the 1950s, when Brown had his first R&B hit, "Please, Please, Please" in 1956, through the mid-1970s, Brown went on a frenzy of cross-country tours, concerts and new songs. He earned the nickname "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business," and often tried to prove it to his fans, said Jay Ross, his lawyer of 15 years.
Brown would routinely lose two or three pounds each time he performed and kept his furious concert schedule in his later years even as he fought prostate cancer, Ross said.
"He'd always give it his all to give his fans the type of show they expected," he said.
With his tight pants, shimmering feet, eye makeup and outrageous hair, Brown set the stage for younger stars such as Michael Jackson and Prince.
In 1986, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And rap stars of recent years overwhelmingly have borrowed his lyrics with a digital technique called sampling.
Brown's work has been replayed by the Fat Boys, Ice-T, Public Enemy and a host of other rappers. "The music out there is only as good as my last record," Brown joked in a 1989 interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
"Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown; you know what I'm saying? You hear all the rappers, 90 percent of their music is me," he told the AP in 2003.
Born in poverty in Barnwell, S.C., in 1933, he was abandoned as a 4-year-old to the care of relatives and friends and grew up on the streets of Augusta, Ga., in an "ill-repute area," as he once called it. There he learned to wheel and deal.
"I wanted to be somebody," Brown said.
By the eighth grade in 1949, Brown had served 3 1/2 years in Alto Reform School near Toccoa, Ga., for breaking into cars.
While there, he met Bobby Byrd, whose family took Brown into their home. Byrd also took Brown into his group, the Gospel Starlighters. Soon they changed their name to the Famous Flames and their style to hard R&B.
In January 1956, King Records of Cincinnati signed the group, and four months later "Please, Please, Please" was in the R&B Top Ten.
Pete Allman, a radio personality in Las Vegas who had been friends with Brown for 15 years, credited Brown with jump-starting his career and motivating him personally and professionally.
"He was a very positive person. There was no question he was the hardest working man in show business," Allman said. "I remember Mr. Brown as someone who always motivated me, got me reading the Bible."
While most of Brown's life was glitz and glitter, he was plagued with charges of abusing drugs and alcohol and of hitting his third wife, Adrienne.
In September 1988, Brown, high on PCP and carrying a shotgun, entered an insurance seminar next to his Augusta office. Police said he asked seminar participants if they were using his private restroom.
Police chased Brown for a half-hour from Augusta into South Carolina and back to Georgia. The chase ended when police shot out the tires of his truck.
Brown received a six-year prison sentence. He spent 15 months in a South Carolina prison and 10 months in a work release program before being paroled in February 1991. In 2003, the South Carolina parole board granted him a pardon for his crimes in that state.
Soon after his release, Brown was on stage again with an audience that included millions of cable television viewers nationwide who watched the three-hour, pay-per-view concert at Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.
Adrienne Brown died in 1996 in Los Angeles at age 47. She took PCP and several prescription drugs while she had a bad heart and was weak from cosmetic surgery two days earlier, the coroner said.
More recently, he married his fourth wife, Tomi Raye Hynie, one of his backup singers. The couple had a son, James Jr.
Two years later, Brown spent a week in a private Columbia hospital, recovering from what his agent said was dependency on painkillers. Brown's attorney, Albert "Buddy" Dallas, said singer was exhausted from six years of road shows.
A service of the Associated Press(AP)
commentary - one of the best performers that i have ever seen. we've lost an american original.
james brown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSpAp0A0BpM)
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I remember that song, I think I still have the cd.
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The afterlife just got quite a bit hipper.
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i've been a musician for 25 year and James browns music has been a guiding light to me...
His music was honest, gutsy,down to earth and for the common man..
His music has introduced me to many many different styles and bands i would probably never listened to..
he had his moments of craziness in his private life, some good some not so good, that's life..
he should of retired a few years ago, I'm sure he didn't need the money..he was sounding a little jaded at the electric proms a month or so ago..
i think he is only second to Elvis in record sales, i know which i prefer..
his music will live on..and on and on..
last word "GET ON UP"
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Boy, the battle for his estate is going to be interesting to watch.
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Nah, the man had lawyers galore...
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I lived in Augusta for three years while I was in the army. I lived in Martinez and moonlighted at the Grovetown Bargain Center. My favorite hang out was the Post Office (it was a club). Good (but fading) memories...
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How many James Browns died today?
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there is an old cat down this way named jabbo starks. he used to drum for james. some of the people that he brings around this way from time to time really blow my mind.
they may be old school, but it all starts with them.
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http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=195381
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Papa's got a brand new body bag.
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Gotta call Sid today... was a Bass player with James Brown. I know he's hurtin a bit too.
Yeah I agree with RPM.. Heaven just got a lil bit hipper....
For All you've done James Brown... Thank you from my Heart.
Mac
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Originally posted by SirLoin
Papa's got a brand new body bag.
:lol
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See Rule #4
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Loved the "BMW movie" episode with him and gary oldman... and a firebird. :t
youtube rules! (http://youtube.com/watch?v=p29JFy0sSy0)
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James Brown's brand of soul helped to bridge the gap between black and white cultures. It was far more cerebral and significant that the crap rap so prevalent among today's youth.
Thanks James....and rest in peace.
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See Rule #4
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See Rule #5
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Originally posted by AWMac
See Rule #4
Sorry I have to agree with Storch when he said " :lol "
It was a funny line
Actually I was gonna wonder if JB
Still "Feels good" Dana nana nana na
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Sorry I have to agree with Storch when he said " :lol "
It was a funny line
Actually I was gonna wonder if JB
Still "Feels good" Dana nana nana na
:lol
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Actually I was gonna wonder if JB
Still "Feels good" Dana nana nana na
:huh
what the hell do i have to do with this?
(rereads)
oh.
;)
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i remember the time i first saw JB on tv, he had a sweaty beat up face, the crazy pompadore hairdo that looked like plastic, I couldn't understand a word he was singing, his boys brought him towels on stage, and a cape for him, started leading him off the stage and he shook them off half way and went back to the microphone, started singing all over again, rinse repeat, rinse, repeat, and the crowd was eating it up.
i was mesmerized. i thought, man, this is so stupid and so ridiculus, its actually kind of cool.
Over the years, i developed an affection for the guy.
RIP JAMES
Gunthr