James Brown Dies

Soul star James Brown died early Christmas morning in Atlanta,GA at age 73. His music is some of the most widely sampled music which is a compliment to him and a sad lack of originality on the part of the samplers. I will always remember him as the singer whom hardly anyone could understand when he spoke yet miraculously was completely understood in song. Much like Bob Dillon who is the opposite and can be understood when speaking but definitely not by all when singing.



I wonder how many of these kids' parents hated it that they loved James Brown music? And I wonder what it must have been like to be a black man performing in a place where black people weren't allowed to spectate the performance?

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