Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2018 12:28:33 GMT
Probably the best solo artist of all time with the most horrific back catalogue in the history of music. Its interesting that at one point in time albums meant fuck all and had next to zero impact when compared with the single, its taken me about 4 very difficult months to simply scratch the surface in trying to understand why he is undoubtedly the most influential solo artist of all time. 63 albums, 15 live albums, and 49 compilation albums. Fuck off.
The guy completely conquered soul music on the 10 minute live Apollo version of "lost someone". He invented funk music with "papa's got a brand new bag" and "cold sweat" he's also the single most sampled artist in rap music history. The song "funky drummer" paved the way for Public Enemy, pretty sure he also tried to convince the world that he invented disco music
At the height of his commercial peak he claimed that all new music released by any artist in any genre could only be compared to his last album, what an absolute baller.
You've then got his dance moves. Mick Jagger wouldnt be Mick Jagger without him, michael Jackson wouldnt exist without him, and neither would Prince. in 1963 he appeared on the TAMI show, a concert which included the beach boys, chuck berry, marvin gaye, the supremes, lesley gore, and the rolling stones. James Brown was pissed off as he wasnt billed as the headline act. He performed prior to the stones, eventually when the stones came on, they looked incredibly small. I'm the biggest stones fan in the world and this was quite a shocking experience for me, I can only compare it to how Karl must have felt when he scored 0 kills and 90 deaths against me on Counter-Strike. James Brown destroyed the entire show and after walking off was consoled by Chuck Berry, who said something like "look at that white boy trying to dance like you, and look at that other white boy trying to play guitar like me"
The guy was just completely explosive, a titan who mastered several styles of music.
Last week I checked out a documentary called "Mr Dynamite" released in 2014 and produced by Mick Jagger. I was surprised to see how involved he was during the civil rights movement and everything that came with it, he really was something of a black ceasar, a really enjoyable watch. Its amazing to think so many people (myself included) thought/think of him as the guy who sang Living in America in Rocky, and the guy who had a couple of catchy songs in "sex machine" and "I feel good".
I'm loving the following:
1) 1991 Star Time (4 CD box set) - a great overview of his career, his definitive compilation album, the sound quality is superb. Avoid any other compilation albums ans they containe too many songs with shite sound quality.
2) 1979 The original disco man - Probably his last significant album
3) 1974 Hell
4) 1973 The Payback
5) 1973 Black Ceasar
6) 1972 There it is
7) 1962 Live at the Apollo - recorded in 1962, released in 1963, quite simply the best live album of all time. I listened to this nearly 20 years ago and thought nothing of it as it didnt grab me from the start, I switched it off after the first couple of tracks. 20 years later, im in the middle of "lost someone", track 6 on the album, I'm like that dribbling retard that you always see at a bouncy castle party. Most live albums I've heard consist of awful sound quality and afwul crowd noise, none of those things exist here. I've never got the whole live album thing, the who's live at leeds never grabbed me after repeated listens Get your ya ya's out by the stones is shit and dull etc etc.
The guy completely conquered soul music on the 10 minute live Apollo version of "lost someone". He invented funk music with "papa's got a brand new bag" and "cold sweat" he's also the single most sampled artist in rap music history. The song "funky drummer" paved the way for Public Enemy, pretty sure he also tried to convince the world that he invented disco music
At the height of his commercial peak he claimed that all new music released by any artist in any genre could only be compared to his last album, what an absolute baller. You've then got his dance moves. Mick Jagger wouldnt be Mick Jagger without him, michael Jackson wouldnt exist without him, and neither would Prince. in 1963 he appeared on the TAMI show, a concert which included the beach boys, chuck berry, marvin gaye, the supremes, lesley gore, and the rolling stones. James Brown was pissed off as he wasnt billed as the headline act. He performed prior to the stones, eventually when the stones came on, they looked incredibly small. I'm the biggest stones fan in the world and this was quite a shocking experience for me, I can only compare it to how Karl must have felt when he scored 0 kills and 90 deaths against me on Counter-Strike. James Brown destroyed the entire show and after walking off was consoled by Chuck Berry, who said something like "look at that white boy trying to dance like you, and look at that other white boy trying to play guitar like me"
The guy was just completely explosive, a titan who mastered several styles of music.
Last week I checked out a documentary called "Mr Dynamite" released in 2014 and produced by Mick Jagger. I was surprised to see how involved he was during the civil rights movement and everything that came with it, he really was something of a black ceasar, a really enjoyable watch. Its amazing to think so many people (myself included) thought/think of him as the guy who sang Living in America in Rocky, and the guy who had a couple of catchy songs in "sex machine" and "I feel good".
I'm loving the following:
1) 1991 Star Time (4 CD box set) - a great overview of his career, his definitive compilation album, the sound quality is superb. Avoid any other compilation albums ans they containe too many songs with shite sound quality.
2) 1979 The original disco man - Probably his last significant album
3) 1974 Hell
4) 1973 The Payback
5) 1973 Black Ceasar
6) 1972 There it is
7) 1962 Live at the Apollo - recorded in 1962, released in 1963, quite simply the best live album of all time. I listened to this nearly 20 years ago and thought nothing of it as it didnt grab me from the start, I switched it off after the first couple of tracks. 20 years later, im in the middle of "lost someone", track 6 on the album, I'm like that dribbling retard that you always see at a bouncy castle party. Most live albums I've heard consist of awful sound quality and afwul crowd noise, none of those things exist here. I've never got the whole live album thing, the who's live at leeds never grabbed me after repeated listens Get your ya ya's out by the stones is shit and dull etc etc.
But intended to catch the second half of his set. We came over the back hill to the Pyramid stage and I saw James Brown on stage as he said "I feel good! Thank you, Goodnight!" 