I saw James Brown perform in 1966. I had just graduated from high school. I had just seen Otis Redding two weeks prior at a Holiday Inn. What a time to be a teenager.
A lot of black men, especially entertainers, used to conk (straighten/perm) their hair back in the 50’s and 60’s. In the 70’s Afro’s was the style and I remember JB’s hair being natural especially when he was telling us to “say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud.”
I share a birthday with JB. This is one of my favorites of his. That's what a true Entertainer is all about. When you see the electricity coming off of him you can feel his emotion through the television. That's a visceral reaction that a visceral singer someone who understands the meaning of that song understands what it means.
That was a great reaction! Please keep doing Mr. Brown’s reactions. He’s been my favorite artist since I was 12 years old in 1968. I have all of his albums in 45s I saw him about 100 times in concert and I met him a few times at all that good stuff Just a little trivia the music stopped and he showed the two women on the side not moving, the lady all the way to the right was the woman that became Mrs. Al Sharpton. And Mr. Brown was 48 years old here, and he could still out perform anybody. That was from 1981.
What's sad to me is alot of people don't know that the Great James Brown was a back up singer for the Real King of RocknRoll Little Richard that doesn't get the credit he deserves!
James Brown was never a backup singer for Little Richard they had him fill in a few shows for little Richard when he couldn’t fulfill his engagements. And back then people didn’t really know what the artists looked like.
@@VinVonVoom James Brown never called the king of rock and roll. He’s called the king of soul the Godfather of soul, soul brother number one, he single-handedly created funk music.
Guys: Watch the King in his PRIME in 1965 on the TAMI SHOW in LA before a shrieking, crazed audience- footwork, capes and splits and all- it’s James at his wildest!!! “ Night Train” , “ Please, Please Me”. ❤❤❤
It would be super cool if you could watch James Brown's performance on David Letterman in 1982. I mean no exaggeration when I say it might be the best live performance I've ever seen, it's a 13 minute three song set but I promise you it's worth the watch.
I am old enough to have seen several different performances by James Brown of this song and honestly I have seen maybe the original somewhere. This song was already a hit I think at this JAZZ FESTIVAL venue. Honestly I like some of the others maybe a bit better, when he has the cape on, etc. BUT no one can do this except JB.
That band was TIGHT! Chadwick Boseman played the heck out of JB in the movie, Get Up. But, Eddie Murphy plays the best JB of anyone. Mr. Brown was the most famous Black Person for at least two decades. He was incredible! RIP Mr. Brown
Actually it was Rocky four not Rocky three and this recording that you posted was from 1981 Rocky IV was from 1985 so it was only four years later. Mr. Brown was 48 in that performance.
Watch James SLAY this with opera star Pavarotti- the orchestra is also phenomenal in this. ❤ Ollie, do you remember “ James Brown’s Hot Tub Party” with Eddie Murphy? 😂
That skit was actually happened because Eddie Murphy met James in 1980 because they were both on the same episode of SNL and James kept trying to talk to him but Eddie could not understand a single word he said the whole time.
LOVE !!!!!!!!!! :) “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13
Would you believe Zeppelin made a tribute type of tune to JB called The Crunge. And they did a reggae type tune called Dy'er Maker, which is a joke on the phrase Did you make her? And a country type tune called Hot Dog.
If this was '81 like the sign on stage says, he was 53 years old here. For some reason Brown always put his age back 5 years younger was than he actually was, saying he was born in 1933 instead of 1928 in Pulaski, Tennessee (weirdly, birthplace of the KKK). While you've got Brown on your radar, check him out live in Paris, from '67 or '68, on the Hollywood Palace TV show with Sammy Davis Jr., on the Ed Sullivan show doing Prisoner of Love, on Italian TV 1971 (with 19 year old Bootie Collins on bass, his brother Catfish Collins on guitar, Fred Wesley leading the horn section, Bobby Byrd singing with Brown).
No he was not 53 years old he was 48 years old he was born May 3, 1933. That story is a bunch of crap. The September 1928 birthdate is an erroneous date that has been proven wrong by every credible source now and now put the correct date on there. The 1928 date said he was born in Pulaski Tennessee, which was completely untrue they mixed him up with another James Brown. James Brown and Bobby Byrd were virtually the same age.
I was on another channel just a minute or two ago and the person was reacting to this very clip and he had the nerve to say James Brown was not renowned for his vocal abilities. This was the guy’s first time seeing James Brown perform he had the nerve to say something that asinine and stupid. I could not finish watching the video.
He started messing with drugs which is something that he swore earlier in his career that he would never do. Once he started messing with that mess, it changed him. True, you see his fingerprints all over the performances of such artists as Prince and Michael Jackson. The way he talked, that was later once he started taking the drugs. In those interviews where he's talking quickly, he was probably under the influence.
Pavarotti and Brown version of this song will blast you away, no joke.
It’s a man’s world, but it wouldn’t be nuthin’ without a great backing band. James Brown - the man made the band and the band made the man.
You should see James Brown singing this very song with Luciano Pavarotti.
JB was grinning like a school girl with the opera singer.
I just rewatched movie made 2017 with guy from Panther. It was so good. Watch JB doing Please please please fire
I Was ready to throw my drawers😅.
Dude caught me off guard, Dying over here😅😅😅😅
My dad saw him at the Apollo in his prime, and he said James Brown was mesmerizing on stage.
Love this performance!!! I watch it regularly. Love his intensity. GRANDFATHER OF SOUL baby!!!
If you don't love James Brown music, you don't love music. I am seventy one and this is one of my favorites.
James brown amazing amazing
Man, I'm sure glad I grew up in the 50's-60's-70's! I don't think it will ever be duplicated. Cheers, --bd
What a front man, what a voice.
I saw James Brown perform in 1966. I had just graduated from high school. I had just seen Otis Redding two weeks prior at a Holiday Inn. What a time to be a teenager.
Wow! I saw Otis at the Monterey Pop Festival.
My man JAMES😅
The JB's is killing it. 🐐💪🏽👏🏽👏🏽👑
Such an incredible tune!
GREAT REACTION 👍
James Brown
Was nothing but 💥, Simply Awesome.
Crank it up and break off the knob. 🤘
This song is my favorite by James Brown. I was around when he did his first song, he really gave a big show & he captivated everyone!👍👏👏👏🧡🧡🧡
He´s the Man
A lot of black men, especially entertainers, used to conk (straighten/perm) their hair back in the 50’s and 60’s. In the 70’s Afro’s was the style and I remember JB’s hair being natural especially when he was telling us to “say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud.”
Unico en su especie, no hay mas.
This is soooo good!❤
🙏RIP JAMES💋🙏
I didn't get to see him in his prime...but I still got to see The Godfather of Soul. ❤😊
Ya damn right. It's a man's world. Sing it, Rick!!!
I share a birthday with JB. This is one of my favorites of his. That's what a true Entertainer is all about. When you see the electricity coming off of him you can feel his emotion through the television. That's a visceral reaction that a visceral singer someone who understands the meaning of that song understands what it means.
That was a great reaction! Please keep doing Mr. Brown’s reactions. He’s been my favorite artist since I was 12 years old in 1968. I have all of his albums in 45s I saw him about 100 times in concert and I met him a few times at all that good stuff Just a little trivia the music stopped and he showed the two women on the side not moving, the lady all the way to the right was the woman that became Mrs. Al Sharpton. And Mr. Brown was 48 years old here, and he could still out perform anybody. That was from 1981.
I seen Mr Brown play he was great
🎵“…but it don’t mean nothing…nothing…” 🎵 😮💨
Very good reaction!🙂 Timeless soul music!❤ RIP iconic Mr. James Brown. Salute!🫡🎙🎶🎧
You should check out the duet he did with Pavarotti
What's sad to me is alot of people don't know that the Great James Brown was a back up singer for the Real King of RocknRoll Little Richard that doesn't get the credit he deserves!
James Brown was never a backup singer for Little Richard they had him fill in a few shows for little Richard when he couldn’t fulfill his engagements. And back then people didn’t really know what the artists looked like.
Now that’s a big LIE and you got likes on that 😂
@@PaulDA2000I don’t know Paul why all of these people just telling these non-facts and they don't know shit about JB
Yes of course, we all know how James Brown is cited as the king of _Rock n Roll,_ that's totally his claim to fame, nothing else.
@@VinVonVoom James Brown never called the king of rock and roll. He’s called the king of soul the Godfather of soul, soul brother number one, he single-handedly created funk music.
He was a pistol on stage and had a devoted audience . Crazy life but his shows were too much ☮️
try Al Green...
How Do You Mend a Broken Heart ...live from Soul
If youve never seen the movie watch When We Were Kings, its about the Ali Foreman fight but James Brown is in it
JB, the Godfather! Hell Yeah!
All day…..
Dang! James was drenched, lol. Sweating out all that marching powder.😂
All the sweet Blackberry juices!
Guys: Watch the King in his PRIME in 1965 on the TAMI SHOW in LA before a shrieking, crazed audience- footwork, capes and splits and all- it’s James at his wildest!!!
“ Night Train” , “ Please, Please Me”. ❤❤❤
It would be super cool if you could watch James Brown's performance on David Letterman in 1982. I mean no exaggeration when I say it might be the best live performance I've ever seen, it's a 13 minute three song set but I promise you it's worth the watch.
Gotta do 'Please Please Please'!
Got to see the performance from released Dec 1964 movie
THE T.A.M.I SHOW.
Also 'Night Train', you will be throwing your draws!
I am old enough to have seen several different performances by James Brown of this song and honestly I have seen maybe the original somewhere. This song was already a hit I think at this JAZZ FESTIVAL venue. Honestly I like some of the others maybe a bit better, when he has the cape on, etc. BUT no one can do this except JB.
Corey is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
You see where Micheal Jackson got it from, remember his awards show performance of Man in the Mirror.
That band was TIGHT! Chadwick Boseman played the heck out of JB in the movie, Get Up. But, Eddie Murphy plays the best JB of anyone. Mr. Brown was the most famous Black Person for at least two decades. He was incredible! RIP Mr. Brown
Actually it was Rocky four not Rocky three and this recording that you posted was from 1981 Rocky IV was from 1985 so it was only four years later. Mr. Brown was 48 in that performance.
Watch James SLAY this with opera star Pavarotti- the orchestra is also phenomenal in this. ❤
Ollie, do you remember “ James Brown’s Hot Tub Party” with Eddie Murphy? 😂
SNL Skit! Best of Eddie Murphy Saturday Night Live!!! Hilarious!
That skit was actually happened because Eddie Murphy met James in 1980 because they were both on the same episode of SNL and James kept trying to talk to him but Eddie could not understand a single word he said the whole time.
Next listen to Christina Aguilera's live version from 2007 at the Grammys' tribute to James Brown.
LOVE !!!!!!!!!! :) “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13
Would you believe Zeppelin made a tribute type of tune to JB called The Crunge. And they did a reggae type tune called Dy'er Maker, which is a joke on the phrase Did you make her? And a country type tune called Hot Dog.
We think the Lord for Mr Brown when disco came out between him and Otis Redding his blood Zeppelin Ozzy muddy waters John Lee Hooker hell yet
If this was '81 like the sign on stage says, he was 53 years old here. For some reason Brown always put his age back 5 years younger was than he actually was, saying he was born in 1933 instead of 1928 in Pulaski, Tennessee (weirdly, birthplace of the KKK). While you've got Brown on your radar, check him out live in Paris, from '67 or '68, on the Hollywood Palace TV show with Sammy Davis Jr., on the Ed Sullivan show doing Prisoner of Love, on Italian TV 1971 (with 19 year old Bootie Collins on bass, his brother Catfish Collins on guitar, Fred Wesley leading the horn section, Bobby Byrd singing with Brown).
Bootsie
No he was not 53 years old he was 48 years old he was born May 3, 1933. That story is a bunch of crap. The September 1928 birthdate is an erroneous date that has been proven wrong by every credible source now and now put the correct date on there. The 1928 date said he was born in Pulaski Tennessee, which was completely untrue they mixed him up with another James Brown. James Brown and Bobby Byrd were virtually the same age.
I was on another channel just a minute or two ago and the person was reacting to this very clip and he had the nerve to say James Brown was not renowned for his vocal abilities. This was the guy’s first time seeing James Brown perform he had the nerve to say something that asinine and stupid. I could not finish watching the video.
How could one say that!!!! That definitely was an asinine comment!
He started messing with drugs which is something that he swore earlier in his career that he would never do. Once he started messing with that mess, it changed him. True, you see his fingerprints all over the performances of such artists as Prince and Michael Jackson. The way he talked, that was later once he started taking the drugs. In those interviews where he's talking quickly, he was probably under the influence.
You need to see the Chris Stapleton live version. It's on par or better vocally than James Brown version . I shit you not brothers..check it out.
I'm sorry not to be a hater but Ollie I don't like his reactions very often I prefer when the two ogs do it alone😊😊😊😊
I can understand that. More appreciation from elders perhaps.
See a lot of blues bands Papa John creach muddy Waters the name some but James Brown has a hell of a stage presence