james brown would claim that that robot has (a)soul

Seems to be the same for *Promotes as well; like James Brown races Satan played by Gary Oldman & The Day Today - Sinn Fein - although the last hasn't come back to the Front.

fania all stars and celia cruz were part of the music festival organized in kinshasa zaire to go along with the boxing fight between muhammed ali and george foreman. this was filmed by leon gast, who later used music filmed at this festival (including james brown) in his documentary, "when we were kings".

fania all stars were the fania (record label) "superband" that included so many of the stars of salsa music from new york at that time.

Burn em' as they run, no quarter, this is why the world is headed towards the brink.....is it really necessary, that the all un-mighty dollar, should be the be-all end-all??

Like James Brown said so eli-quant-lee

"You've got the power!"

did you see Micheal Jackson at the funeral when he noted how he owed everything to watching James Brown on tv when he was a little kid?

An incredible Japanese documentary on the history of Funk (voice over & subtitles in Japanese, interviews etc in English) - obviously firstly focusing on it's godfather...James Brown, and then:

Part Two - Bootsy Collins
Part Three - Sly & The Family Stone plus
Part Four - Marvin Gaye & P-Funk
Part Five - The Bluenotes, David Bowie!? & Jackson 5
Part Six - Donna Summer, P-Funk's Mothership! & Public Enemy

Plus: prizes for any Sifter who can find James Browns' Funky Drummer...my favourite (and what I was originally looking for when finding all these Funky Sifts!)

A selection of rare James Brown live performance footage mixed together, with Volume 2 here on YouTube.

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah!

.... i thought i had more to add, but no.

Oh yeah, if anybody can find the video where DJ Swamp shatters a rare and valueable James Brown record during his DMC World Championship bout and cut his chest open with it.. please post!

I'm gonna have to stop going on vacation...first it was Steve Irwin, now James Brown?!

Song is "In the Middle", by Afred 'Pee Wee' Ellis, James Brown's 60's trombone player.

Band is Osaka Monaurail.

And like James Brown
*cape on

the music will never die
*undead

Look at that foot work!!!!
He really was the Godfather!
RIP James Brown.

Legendary Singer James Brown Dies at 73
By GREG BLUESTEIN 12.25.06, 3:10 AM ET

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 Brown's family was being notified of his death and that the cause was still 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."

<ahref="http://www.forbes.com/business/services/feeds/ap/2006/12/25/ap3281366.html">More from AP

Musically trained in London and schooled in the club scene of mid-'60s New York, Mulatu Astatke stands as the exceptional musical innovator of the Ethiopian groove. Starting in 1969, he created the first bands independent of the military, which had previously dominated the country's music scene. Having immersed himself in Caribbean music, funk, jazz and Latin grooves during his lengthy stint abroad, Mulatu returned to his native land to give rise to a brand new sound.

An album of instrumentals, Ethiopiques Volume 4 is a case study in the inventive blending of influences that comprised the Ethiopian groove. Strains of funk and reggae timings permeate the thick and chunky bass lines, which are pushed prominently forward in the mix. Multiple saxophones swirl with the hypnotic, snake-charming sounds of the East, while at the same time resonating with jazzy tones reminiscent of John Coltrane and Lester Young. Guitar is a main ingredient here, growling with funky distorted wah-pedaled fuzz riffs that sound like they were lifted straight out of an early '70s black-exploitation flick. Drums and percussion combine the punchy funk of James Brown and the Meters with the heavy Latin rhythms of Mongo Santamaria and Willie Bobo. Fusing all of these elements together, Mulatu unleashes a potent brew of afro-jazz grooves that pull you in and leave you in a mystical trance-like state.

From http://either-orchestra.org/mulatu.html

Yay! When I heard James Brown start up at the beginning of the other clip you just sifted, I wished that I could see this clip! w00t!