Back to the Roots: James Brown Live
by Pete
Dec. 25th Update: With the passing of James Brown on this Christmas Day, I’m reposting this show. I don’t have time right now to link up all the individual songs below, but if you go here you can download the songs. Or, if you want the whole show in a RAR file, click here (it’s right around 50 MB).
Today’s R&B, soul, hip-hop, and music scene overall would be a vastly different place without James Brown. His influence is immeasurable. Where would Prince’s live show have been without the signature James Brown splits and mic stand tricks?
So we cruise back to the year 1973, and across the pond to Switzerland, to listen in on a James Brown show. The JB’s featuring Maceo Parker had just played an opening set, and then on came James.
For a great accompaniment to this show, read this great James Brown article in Rolling Stone.
James Brown
Live in Switzerland, 1973 (exact city & date unknown)
“Avalanche of Funk”
01 Intro
02 Get On The Good Foot
03 Soul Power
04 Make It Funky
05 Bewildered
06 Super Ad
07 Try Me
08 Hot Pants
09 Sex Machine
10 I’ve Got A Bag Of My Own
11 It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World
12 Please Please Please
13 I Can’t Stand Myself
14 Cold Sweat
October 28, 2006 - 11:35 pm
Haven’t listened yet, but thanks for making the whole set available in rar.
October 29, 2006 - 3:19 am
The Live in Zaire ‘74 boot is much better.
October 29, 2006 - 2:59 pm
“The Live in Zaire ‘74 boot is much better.”
ehhhh, ok.
prove it.
November 3, 2006 - 12:19 pm
The boot has been making me funky for days.
p-oz
November 3, 2006 - 4:00 pm
p-oz – in the words of the Godfather, “ain’t it funky now?”. . . or even better, “aynifunkynah!!”.
December 26, 2006 - 3:45 pm
Thanks Pete! May the Godfather of Soul rest in peace.
Michael
December 27, 2006 - 7:25 am
An appropriate tribute to the irreplaceable James Brown!
December 31, 2006 - 3:54 pm
Like the Soul Brotha #1 sez: Can we give the Drummer some?
July 19, 2007 - 10:19 pm
Thanks for the funk Pete.
I used this version of Good Foot as the springboard for a Misheard Lyric Vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNSmlP-7z5U
proving no matter what words the Godfather says,
“It’s gots to be Funky.”