@32:35 If that dance demo sequence was filmed in1978, that would make James Brown 45 YEARS OLD when he slammed on his knee caps...and immediately popped right back up. Let that sink in for a second.

James Brown sang, "I don't want nobody to give me NOTHIN. Open up the door, I'll get it myself!" Soul brotha No.1.

@phoenixchaim3642

2 жыл бұрын

i guess im randomly asking but does anybody know of a trick to log back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly lost the login password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me!

@erickleandro1448

2 жыл бұрын

@Phoenix Chaim Instablaster =)

@matrox

3 ай бұрын

Yep...he was for self help...not handouts. He was a Republican.

@duke62778

3 ай бұрын

​@@matroxread the comment again you missed it

@Doug-mc3dd

3 ай бұрын

@@matrox Yep...he was.

James Brown sang with his heart all of the time...he sang like his life depended on it because that is what he always knew--his performances were about survival and staying relevant. He wanted to please his audiences and give them their money's worth every time. I saw him close to his absolute twilight when he came to perform for soldiers at Fort Jackson SC back in 1990. One could tell that time caught up to him by then and was advancing, but man, he got down and sang like he was all in even then. James Brown will always be next to my heart--he was like Superman except he was a real man...his Kryptonite was time and his own mind. But he gave his all, that's for sure--Doing it To Death.

@danavixen6274

2 жыл бұрын

You were fortunate! JB-Soul Brother #1-was BEYOND gifted as a performer! He was awe-inspiring until the end! 🙏🏾

That young man who played him, Chadwick embodied his character I imagine James telling him boy, you did me well. Thanks.

My man paid his family’s rent as a kid! He was super bad for damn sure!! RIP king of soul✌️😎

I’m 11 and I admire old funk and James brown, he is now one of my idols I wish I could have met him🥺

@c.calliecoleman1531

3 жыл бұрын

I just love when young people can love, and feel music, from our era, like this. This reminds me of my granddaughter, age 6, and was repeatedly watching the The Jackson's movie, and Michael had been dead, about 5yrs, at this time. I could tell she was liking their music, as much as I do, but what made me know she really loved them was when she said she wanted to change her last name to Jackson, she wanted to be in their family. This just made me smile inside, and thought it was sweet. But then I thought her daddy has a grandmama, whose last name was Jackson, so I told her legally she could use that name. But, of course, we were just talking, and her name will stay, just as it is, and it's a fine name, too.✌🏽

He's an idol of mine and I'm white so James you didn't only accomplish your dream of black kids looking up to you and having a back person to look up to i also looked up to you. Rest in peace godfather ☮️🙏.

At 49:03, the drummer that James switches to is Clayton Fillyau. Fillyau predates the famous drum corp of Jabo Starks, Clyde Stubblefield and Melvin Parker by a few years. Fillyau played drums on "Do The Mashed Potatoes" and many other hits during the early 60's "Night Train" era. After he quit playing drums in the band, he would occasionally stay in the fold as a roadie, bus driver, etc. This gig is an extremely rare chance to see Fillyau playing with JB.

@reelblack

Жыл бұрын

Good info thanks for sharing

@sparkymcplumpthepolydactyl2079

5 ай бұрын

This is awesome! Thank you for this information.. Mr Fillyau is pounded them skins! Love it

born in the heart of a Jim Crow & segregated south couldn't read or write and still did it!! This is why I listen to James Brown he was a bad dude. I wasn't even born in 78 but im rocking to JB all day today.

James Brown (1933-2006) The Hardest Working Man in Show Business- that was more than an epitaph, its the truth when you think of James Brown. The man was like Ray Charles (1930-2004) born dirt poor in the South. He achieved only a seventh grade education but still, he preserved. He shined shoes, danced for pennies, and even stole. Remember The Temptations "Papa Was A Rollin Stone" (1971)- "Some say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bills". He burst on the scene with the Famous Flames in 1956 with "Please Please Please"- that's when & where the cape routine originated. He ruled the airwaves from the mid 1950s' till the early 1970s'. Songs like "This Is A Man's World" (1966) "I Feel Good" (I Got You) (1965), Say it Loud (I am Black & Proud) (1968) "Don't Be A Dropout" (1968), "Cold Sweat" (1970) "Sex Machine" (1970) "Get Up Offa That Thing (1971). The man revolutionized the sound of music- from Rock & Roll era to Disco- he was even influential in the Rap/ Hip-Hop genre of the late 1970s' & 80s'. Even losing his son Teddy in 1973 didn't stop him. What did bring him down in the end was diabetes- he died Christmas Day 2006 in Georgia. Mr. James Brown, rest in peace- "Give um hell" up there 😂 Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020) did an exceptional job on "Get On Up" (2014)

Just watched “Get on Up” yesterday and James’s past brought tears to my eyes how he grew up . Broke my heart his momma didn’t want him but James didn’t need anyone to realize his greatness. And still in the end took care of his mother.

The dance innovations at 32:04 have to be seen to understand his amazing abilities just in the sheer genius of his physical skills. Of course his voice was equally devastating in its ability to cut through the groove.

@seltaeb9691

2 жыл бұрын

Mind you his head pouring sweat is a bit yucky..

The King of The Funk... will always be loved!!!!

J.B. was the originator of modern music. Because no matter the style you play, it has to emphasize the synchronization of the beat. Funk is what gets you a hit.

NEVER have seen footage of Mr.Brown in Senegal....WOW

The most influential performer in popular music

@dlp3rdlegend

Жыл бұрын

yes he is

This man took me through my youth, still get the chill's listening to his music, can't sit still.

10.30 - That is a rare moment to see James Brown in the studio directing the band like that and creating that beat! 11.05 - James Brown predicted the beginning of Michael Jackson's ' Rock with You '

@A-RAW20s

2 жыл бұрын

WOAH I didn’t notice that! 😆 it does sound similar 😂

@nysic1234

4 ай бұрын

What’s the name of the song 11:05?

The way he tweaked the bass.... Surgical precision

James Brown will always be "Soul Brother No 1" Rest in peace KING !!!

He was my idol going up. I even impersonated him the best I could with my band in Las Vegas lounges. I wrote sang, danced, arranged all and performed many of his songs live. They called me James Blonde, from 1975 to 78. He was really a great African Black American. He was ahead of his time. There is not one musician that has not copied something from his funky style. First time I heard James Brown was on the radio in 1963. ( I was 15 ) ( Papa's got a brand new bag) I went to see him live in Miami, Fla. Electrifying presence of stage. I am fortunate to see him live 3 times in my life. He is gone but will never be forgotten. I am married for the past 21 years to an Eritrean woman, East African and we go to visit her family about every two years. Rich or poor African peoples will find any excuse to dance and have fun. Too bad the rest of the white race doesn't learn from them.

@AMAPIANOHAUS

3 жыл бұрын

Tom Riviere stfu

@rakim6466

3 жыл бұрын

✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

@joeroberts2156

2 жыл бұрын

Good taste!

@joeroberts2156

2 жыл бұрын

It's true. I'm "White" too and my life would've been nothing without "Black" people and the music that's come from the African diaspora. I was a child actor and at my first rap party I danced for hours with an actress called Ganyat Kasumo and whatever happened, for the rest of my life I considered myself someone who loves to dance. Africa is the heart of the world and music is it's heartbeat. One of my first crushes was Eritrean too, Mahlet, I was 15. I remember one of the boys in the class was surprised, amused and happy that I liked her, I never found out what she thought about me.

mannnnn if i could go back in time i would want to see JB live

without james there’s no michael, there’s no prince.

@user-ft2vf9lk7v

3 жыл бұрын

So true. Rip Prince my favorite and Rip to MJ.

With the mustache, my favorite look! What a legend this man is!

@minkmack81

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed!👑👌🏾

@VomitPinata

4 жыл бұрын

Love the mustache, natural 'fro look! He was too good for this world...

@laraoneal7284

3 жыл бұрын

For sure. He looked great in mustache and beard too. He should have stayed with look.

James Brown singing A Man World sounds so good.

Nothing brings people together more than music.

@TheCaulfield1

4 жыл бұрын

Amen 🙏

@IGH414-zs5sg

3 ай бұрын

Music and sports true

The greatest to ever do it in my humble opinion 🎶👌

James Brown,Stevie, Michael...love to see GREATS working in the Lab.

@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597

4 жыл бұрын

Brandon Williams straight from the dome!

@ubself

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

When he spoke on what his platform was for our community and said I vote 🗳 for the man and not the party!!! That’s powerful!

James Brown is the man of the hour and of all times. Soul Brother #1 #GodfatherofSOUL💯💯💯💯💯

one of The Greatest Entertainers, Innovator, Teacher, He stood for The black Community as a whole!! Thank you @reelblack for Going hard to provide Us with this!! ✊

@salahuddinahmad4732

4 жыл бұрын

James was great!!!!!! Allah akhbar!!!!! Peace!

@entrepreneurstats8879

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@gibriljobe2498

4 жыл бұрын

musicman dice well said. He knew the business too.

This doc was better than the half made movie of this LEGEND'S LIFE!!! I'll always LOVE THIS TRUE SOUL BROTHER!!! 💓💓💓

They just didn't know what to do with him. They hadn't never seen anything like JAMES BROWN.

@c.calliecoleman1531

3 жыл бұрын

James Brown was a FREE man. Didn't allow any chains, on him, to do, or not do, this or that. He was his own man. But he had a heart, for his race of people, and he helped us get some chains off, of us. And that's why I love his most, because I saw his heart.

James Brown was a totally different kind of human being.. Rest on

@orettasmith6871

3 жыл бұрын

He really was One of a kind!!!

JAMES MAY BE GONE BUT HIS LEGEND LIVES ON AND ON AND ON

that band was very discipline!! James control the atmosphere

@orettasmith6871

3 жыл бұрын

And damn just talented!!!

Mr James Brown with his lengendary sound & moves !!

At the part when he is in the studio and telling the studio musicians that he needs to hear more funkiness, and they gave it to him, his talent is undeniably remarkable when one considers that he had no formal music training.

@SoundScientist1

4 жыл бұрын

@Vanessa Allmon. I generally agree with your assessment that he was an amazing performer (given his limited formal education & limited musical training). However it seems like in that scene, the studio musicians were already performing their asses off. He conveyed to the mix engineer that he couldn't hear specific funky elements in his headphone mix. The engineer appears to have made the adjustments & the session carried on...

Mustache Era James🤘🏾

@t.c.o.g.773

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Saw this guy and the band three times and never saw anyone better, just as good… People like Michael, Prince and all the others who came after James idolized James’s hipness! James was always sayin’, doin’ it… Just a different way…

JAMES BROWN! JAMES BROWN! JAMES BROWN!

This a real story of someone who comes from rags to riches, and one of the first musicians to die tragically after all his successes. Thanks.

@MacKenTayomoJ

4 жыл бұрын

He is not the first to die tragically as you have said: Otis Redding, Michael Jackson and many more.

@skimanization

4 жыл бұрын

@@MacKenTayomoJ I've given you a thumbs-up, but you must understand, he was older than Michael Jackson, Prince, Witney Houston etc. and why I said he is not the first to die tragically...but one of the first.

Magnificent Style and Grace!~~~

Most of the greatest people/artists have their own “demons” and uncharacteristic flaws but their marvelous talents were undeniable. Many different musicians & too many to mention here. You probably can think of few no longer here anymore and still around performing. R.I.P. Hardest Working J.B. ✌🏿

Once he found that new bag it never got old!

Greatest hip hop producer ever. No James Brown no Hip Hop music. This is from a 40 year hip hop head.

@anotherpointofview222

4 жыл бұрын

@Shock Good one. "Almost makes me wish there was no James Brown." Not that I agree, but good one anyway.

@anotherpointofview222

4 жыл бұрын

@Shock What's amazing is that you said that shit. About you knowing "so much more..." Knowing doesn't keep people from being ignorant. You may know more than others, and articulate what you know better than others. But Your ignorance is, You are unaware of more than you know. And you are unaware of your ignorance. ignorant - late 14c., "lacking wisdom or knowledge; unaware," from Old French ignorant (14c.), from Latin ignorantem (nominative ignorans) "not knowing, ignorant," present participle of ignorare "not to know, to be unacquainted; mistake, misunderstand; take no notice of, pay no attention to," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Old Latin gnarus "aware, acquainted with" (source also of Classical Latin noscere "to know," notus "known")"

@MrArsg13

4 жыл бұрын

@Shock James Brown influenced not only the direction of dance and hip hop music, he also had a huge influence on rock musicians of that time and today (the Rolling Stones, Them, Led Zeppelin, The Who, from contemporary mostly rhcp and so on)

@MrSlamCAC

4 жыл бұрын

@Shock Actually you do not. "Trap" = country trash is a total devolution of the original real hip hop culture. A bastardization of the positive global culture that was started in New York City in the 1970's. I was there when it happened. Were you ???

@jamesumoh9958

4 жыл бұрын

DUDE! couple minutes in and I was thinking the same thing. 😁👍🏼

Deffinate Godfather Of Soul!!!! Funk!!!!! Rappin!!!! Clappin!!!! Stamppin!!!! Vocalappin!!!! Synchronizappin!!!!! Phenomenhappin!!!!

"I had so many waves in my hair, people would get seasick."

@gloriaalee1246

3 жыл бұрын

😆😆

@lookatyourpastside4714

3 жыл бұрын

James brown with them bars!

@krossrhodes2606

3 жыл бұрын

James Brown was a Black American Man all the way through. We use that phrase til this day. Just goes to show it’s in the heritage for us.

@danindeed

2 жыл бұрын

He had a weak robot though. 🤣

What an amazing documentary! James Brown was definitely the man✨🌟🙌🏾🕺🏾✊🏾

17:30 " A rather unattractive child " Dam that is cold blooded jack!!! WTF I love JB, no other performer like him!!! G.O.A.T.

These old documentaries with the British narrator, trying, honestly to interpret blackness is a trip. The video of just James is where it's good.

@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597

4 жыл бұрын

Season1 better2 true talk, true talk.

@p.burley4533

4 жыл бұрын

Season1 better2 How come Africans are advised not to associate with American Blacks-BEFORE they come here?

@p.burley4533

4 жыл бұрын

Season1 better2 If you are African, look how you let White minorities treat you on your own soil. And recently the Chinese. Why come to America, which uses up Africa. Wouldn’t it be better to stay there and take control of your mineral resources?

@anotherpointofview222

4 жыл бұрын

@@p.burley4533 Who advises them?

@p.burley4533

4 жыл бұрын

Season1 better2 Those are facts. And the system of racism/white supremacy is global. Doesn’t explain some Africans’ attitudes towards American descendants of slaves, which Africans sold us into. The Transatlantic slave trade would not have been possible unless West African regions were complicit. So again, what’s up with those attitudes?

I use to love when they threw the cape on James Brown and he threw it off. Smooth foot work

@c.calliecoleman1531

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. It was so crazy at his concerts, we would just be WAITING for him to throw that cloak off his back, and everyone would jump out their seats, clapping, then he'd do it again, and again and we'd give the same response. His energy level was thru the roof, and his flexibility.

@auntieeva4098

2 жыл бұрын

I did too, Amen to that

Soul Brother #1 James Brown Thanks for sharing. 👍

THE GREATEST HIP HOP PRODUCER-EVERLASTING-FOREVER AND A DAY!!!!!!!

COME.' ON BACK JAMES BROWN WAS THA TRUE 👑 K.I.N.G. OF RAP FUNK & THA GREATEST ENTERTAINER

@CBrown9758

3 жыл бұрын

Ooops 🤔🤔🤔except for Michael who studied the blueprint of this man.😉

This channel : Such an Incredible Gift of treasure!!!

Great documentary of a great man💪

R I P🙏 The King of Soul🎵 Thanks for the Talks The Laughs 🤗 Your Music 🎼 Live On You Are Missed 😢😢 The Gemini Man NYC 🎵🎶🎼🌉

This is what I've been looking for. Movie night is gonna be alright now 😁🕺🏿

i like the fact that he cared about his appearance. Looks aint everything but since COVID-19 I've decided to wear all my good shit i don't care who don't like it. He wasn't scared to get down no matter who was looking.

... anyone can have the beat...anyone can have the rhythm...but, to have Soul, you have to have been through somethin' heartfelt and touchin' - usually oppresive or tragic - that affects your very existence...and, it is reflected in everything you do...James Brown IS Soul Music...FOREVER❤💋❤

Just Beautiful. I really Enjoyed James' Words Thanks for This Masterpiece!!!

Never lose your roots Blackman - wherever you are rooted.

James was the only entertainer who could perm and change his hair without it falling out or just completely damaging his hair he had some beautiful course hair so silky soft and curly and just healthy hair🥺💗.....

@lt2339

3 жыл бұрын

Wigs

@orettasmith6871

3 жыл бұрын

@@lt2339 That was His Real Hair!!! He was part Cherokee Indian, Black, and Asian. Educate yourself, Google it.

@Taelathegazadiva

3 жыл бұрын

@@lt2339 where?? ..... On you ohh ok 💀.

@arttez8068

3 жыл бұрын

@@orettasmith6871 asian? never heard that.

@arttez8068

3 жыл бұрын

@@lt2339 He didn’t do wigs.

This is a quality documentary! Thank you for sharing! #musicology

Blessed soul...matchless artist

James Brown is Soul Power in its purest form........

Thank you reelblack for your time hard work and dedication for us the viewers your site is amazing

High standards. Well rounded

He and Fella Kuti should have done a song together!! Man that would have been the best!!

Thank you reelblack for this IMPORTANT piece of history! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Massive respect and admiration for this man

Saw James Brown in concert in the 70's.

@MrJaccTrippa

4 жыл бұрын

Lucky dog

@rasjahson6261

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrJaccTrippa Yep. We were very lucky. Tickets sold very fast.

@rasjahson6261

4 жыл бұрын

@Alhayat Jamila Of course. He's the Godfather Of Soul!

@rasjahson6261

4 жыл бұрын

@Alhayat Jamila ❤👍🎸🎷🎺🎻🎹🎙🎶🎵🎼🎧🎤💪🙏👋✌✊

James Brown was a genius of this age. Funk is a James Brown masterpiece. Brilliant alive music he could raise the dead from their rigor mortis and still does.

That was poWRA-ful, when he sang this is a mans world, that version hit me, i wonder where he goes when he sings Joseph James Brown, i salute you #Tehuti

You are a GODSEND. LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS CHANNEL! Don't stop... and THANK YOU!

Can’t nobody tell the REAL story except the ones who were REALLY there! RIP MR,

@rexxgarvin5313

4 жыл бұрын

I agree! That movie ''Get On up'' was written in crayon! I like this one! The real deal!

@dutchsoulman

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ray , By far this is the best JB Docu ever made , ive bought this docu Soul Connection -The James Brown story myself back in 1978 , My Buddy here , Reelblack , who got a copy from me many years ago Uploaded here ..since 21 march 2020 , Almost 147.000 watch this Great docu... i have Many Jb special, docu,s ...this one My Number One. funky greetz Dutchsoulman

LOVE this! Thank you for sharing!

No doubt the godfather of Soul/Funk...❤🖤💚

WHAT WE NEED...SOUL POWER, WHAT WE WANT...SOUL POWER, SOUL POWER, SOUL POWER

I adore his work ethic. Seems that he got in with the right political figures- he wasnt assinated by the powers that be, like so many powerful voices of his time. Growing up in the 80's and 90's my generation saw the media make a spectacle of his life and a characature of himself. Looking at his work in the 60's and 70's in incredible. The concept of soul music is now in clear focus. He was performing with his soul for all to see. Truly inspirational.

Absolutely, Positively, Fantastic!!!!!!!

Incredible!!!!! ♉♉♉

Never knew Mr Brown had appeal in Mexico, that aspect of his career was nice to see and learn

@hornetbrown

3 жыл бұрын

James Brown = Mass Appeal Worldwide -- without question!!

@richmck007

3 ай бұрын

In Brazil as well. There is a guy who dances like him and plays his music in the streets promoting James Brown to this day, in 2024 as I write this.

@richmck007

3 ай бұрын

Anyone know the piece at 12,08 min?

Happy birthday, James Brown!! 👑❤💫🕺💃💥💖🎆✨️

RIP JAMES BROWN TBE! FACTS @ 4:36 "I had so many waves in my hair people would get sea sick"

@c.calliecoleman1531

3 жыл бұрын

I liked that. I also like when he spoke truths when he said black children need to see people on the screen, their color, that they could identify with. Then he said, just like God made man, in his own image so he could look at himself,[through other successful black men], and know he can make it. I thought that was a good comparison he made, to get his point across.

Soulbrother Godfather whatever is simply The GOAT 😎 RIP Legend

THANK YOU for posting this

Love this channel!!

@mink1994

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to MikeD

Thanks so much for sharing my mother just love him so much

This is way better than the Movie ''Get on Up''. James was another Funk Level in Black History! Deep Man! All he had was the Music,and Mental issues.

@minkmack81

4 жыл бұрын

I Concur!👑✊🏾👌🏾

The flow of LOVE the people showed him from the second he appeared at the door of the plane, speaks volumes of how much James was LOVED! Made me tear up. But I dont care too much for the _narator_ - he comes off as arrogant and condescending towards James. That fool better recognize in WHO's presence he is standing in front of and speaking to! THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC James. 🌹 Rest in eternal LOVE & PEACE King! ❤ 👑

The Godfather of Soul!

@c.calliecoleman1531

3 жыл бұрын

He sure is. And he was a good man, too, no matter what any say to smear his name. He left here, with a good name, to me.

Say It Loud- I'm Black And I'm Proud! 🔥

@speerrituall1

3 жыл бұрын

He got on stage, sung that song and stopped the riots!

true father of hip-hop.

Perfect homage to this legendary powerful voice and message to the world. From Georgia to Senegal, a full circle journey. I also love the choices of songs and pace of the documentary, keeping up with the funky beat and letting Brown do the talking.

The most transcendent artist of the century, James > MJ. Sooo beyond his time

@jamesvickers9476

4 жыл бұрын

How dare you try an dis the King of Pop

@MacKenTayomoJ

4 жыл бұрын

My admiration. His dance moves are eternal as his songs. Long live James Brown King of Funk.

The (KING) the (Man) the (KING OF SOUL MUSIC)"💃

11:47 best part

@pedromendes6701

6 ай бұрын

What music was that??

The Godfather at the tail end of his monumental career. His impact would to reverberate through hip hop ten years later , but helped to shape the sound of Fela Kuti in nigeria at the time. His reach was intergenerational & international. SALUTE THE MINISTER OF THE NEW SUPER HEAVY FUNK , THE GODFATHER OF SOUL , SOUL BROTHER #1 , THE AMAZING MR. PLEASE PLEASE HIMSELF...JAMES BROWN 😎

@osas5211

4 жыл бұрын

sun rah 44 Hip Hop, Funk & Jazz But people have the audacity to put MJ over him lmao

@sunrah4469

4 жыл бұрын

@@osas5211 I know 😂😂😂. Funny part is Michael would tell anybody who'd listen that James Brown was who he looked up to and modelled himself after. Prince too.

@osas5211

4 жыл бұрын

sun rah 44 Exactly, kings look up to the Godfather

@jbp6994

4 жыл бұрын

👋🏼@@sunrah4469 Some sources report that it was Jackie Wilson, reported to die poor in a nursing home, that James Brown got some of his famous steps from➡️ kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWWjxtipXcLImM4.html

@sunrah4469

4 жыл бұрын

@@jbp6994 I would not doubt that at all. Jackie was a monster in his own right.