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  1. 25th Dec 2006, 8:05 AM #1
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    Default James Brown Is Dead

    What a bit of news for Christmas Day!

    Rest In Peace. He was a huge influence on modern music.

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  2. 25th Dec 2006, 9:09 AM #2
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    Blimey!

    I've just read he only ever had one top 10 hit in Britain. Madness, but his legacy will endure. Rest in peace Jimmy, you were the Funkmaster.
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  3. 25th Dec 2006, 9:16 AM #3
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    Did anyone ever actually call him "Jimmy"?

    We heard "Get Up (I'm A Sex Machine)" a few weeks ago and it's amazing how such an influential song could be so terrifyingly unlistenable.

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  4. 25th Dec 2006, 9:19 AM #4
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    I did, just then.

    And I like Sex Machine! Funktastic!
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  5. 25th Dec 2006, 9:24 AM #5
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    It's quite incredible someone managed to write a song with no verses and no middle eight.

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    I'm shocked, The Godfather of Soul, gone.

    R.I.P. James Brown.
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    He was a legend and a genius.

    Shame I can't stand his voice or music.

    God rest ye Jimbo Brown.
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    have to say I was never a fan of his..
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    It's true that he was a jailbird, a tax fraudster and a womaniser. But there was no malice in it.

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  10. 25th Dec 2006, 6:12 PM #10
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    "I Feel Good" has been sung after every goal Tranmere have scored at home for at least the last ten years and probably more...probably a good 500+ playings there.

    As most folk will be aware, though, I know little about the context of popular music so can't add much more.
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  11. 25th Dec 2006, 11:11 PM #11
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    Phillip sent me an email about this earlier today.. tragic it be. Recently I've been getting into soul music, and James's stuff is a notable favourite.

    Funnily enough, a week or so ago I picked up "James Brown's Funky Christmas" for a fiver...
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  12. 26th Dec 2006, 1:18 PM #12
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    Amazing they never mentioned his stints in prison for beating up his wife tho...
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    great tunes, but from what i've heard... not a nice man!

    even so, he will be missed musically. RIP

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    I thought his music, whilst undoubtably influencial, was utterly tuneless and unlistenable.
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    I have never been a big fan of soul or funk, but James Brown's influence on both genres and popular music in general cannot be denied. Records like 'I Got You', 'Papa's Got A Brand New Bag', 'It's A Man's Man's Man's World' and 'Sex Machine' must have sounded like nothing before back in the day. He was also an incredible showman too.

    Despite this, he was, at best, a flawed genius, and, at worst, a tax dodger, a wife beater and a jailbird - on more than one occasion - and because of this, I think he will be remembered by many with mixed feelings.
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    Tuneless and unlistenable??! Get some soul!

    Musically he will be missed, no doubt about it. RIP.
    I must admit, just when I think I'm king, I just begin!
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  17. 27th Dec 2006, 4:52 PM #17
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    Apparently Spike Lee is making a film about Brown's life.

    Should be very interesting if they don't cover it with gloss...
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  18. 29th Dec 2006, 11:57 PM #18
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    Good lord I never knew, must have slipped under the news radar - I think Christmas day is the only one I'm not news addicted.
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