Well I guess this is as good a time as any to tell you, I’m a James Brown fan 
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No he was not a Gospel artist and he had some issues in his personal life, but you’ve got to admit he did try to keep his on stage performance cleaner than these nuts. James Brown had a performance that perhaps outside of songs like “sex machine”, that could be watched by an entire family. The vast majority of his material and what made him famous was good and clean. Not like today where trash rises to the top.
James Brown was and always will be the godfather of Soul (GFOS). He was the hardest working man in show business. If you saw any of his older material, you’d see he would dance an entire show, close and then return to dance some more. It was an amazing feat of human endurance. He came up in hard times, but he didn’t allow it to make him bitter. He kept his personal issues to himself as best he could and didn’t use them as a means to up his “street cred”.
When JB sang about women, it was with respect and not with the objectification given to women by many music performers today. He knew a man’s world was nothing without a woman or a girl 
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My personal favorite of his is Living in America. Check it out!
Unlike some of today’s music artist (such as Kanye West) James Brown loved America and didn’t harbor delusions about the American Dream being a farce. He worked hard from conditions that today’s crybaby Liberal artists could never imagine. JB respected the office of the President. Many don’t know he was a Republican, supported Richard Nixon for President and everyone knows he sang at Nixon’s inauguration. He also had dinner with LBJ. When JB wanted to make a political statement, he wrote a song like “I Don’t Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I’ll Get It Myself)”. A bold slap against Liberals, who always cry for “diversity programs” and government handouts. (It will be interesting to see if Liberals attempt to turn JB’s funeral into some kind of political statement when you know the facts.)
People who wanted to see racial matters addressed with violence were upset that they could not pull JB into their nonsense. JB knew that people who work hard and believe in themselves could actually succeed.
He was far from perfect, but if today’s artists were half of what he tried to stand for in public, today’s entertainers might be regarded as great Americans.
I’m just glad I recorded a high-def concert of his recently on my DVR. I had no idea it might be one of his last.
Soul Brother #1! GFOS, RIP!
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December 27th, 2006 at 6:05 am
I loved James Brown’s positive attitude towards life. He was asked whether he got sick of being asked to sing “I feel good” he said “No, it’s like saying thank you”, the man felt blessed for all he has accomplished in this life.
The man richly deserved his twin titles of “Hardest working man in Show Business” and “Godfather of Soul”.
BTW—Don’t be to fast in predicting whether liberals can make something of his passing. Al Sharpton has already inserted his lamprey-like presence into the mix.
I guess I should have known that JB was a conservative after looking at some of his song titles mentioned by Darnell, it makes me respect him even more.
December 27th, 2006 at 8:15 am
I grew up on James Brown, and though I am white, his music touched me and had a profound impact on my attitude today.
There are some conservative talk show hosts who were blasting him because of his drug addictions and his time in jail, but I think they have missed the point.
Yes, he did some bad things, we all do, that is why we are sinners, but the Godfather of Funk did some really good things with his music. It united a whole generation and gave a common ground that everyone could agree on.
His music will endure, his legacy will remain, and I will honor his attitudes on race.
RIP James Brown.
December 27th, 2006 at 10:45 am
Not to throw salt in the wounds Darnell but it looks like none other than Spike Lee is being tapped to direct James Brown’s movie/biography.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117956328.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Let’s see if he can resist putting his own spin on the life and time of JB.
December 27th, 2006 at 11:55 am
Yea really!
We know if JB was a big Lib he’d be sure to include anything political that he could. So we’ll see if he avoids it completely, tries to spin it or can actually produce a movie where he’s honest about someone with political views that differed with his own.
December 27th, 2006 at 11:58 pm
Amen and amen brother!
I played drums professionally for about fifteen years and to me James Brown was simply the best performer in the business.
He was a class act all day long with the tightest band I’ve ever seen. Thanks for this great eulogy!
Of course being the twisted bloke I am all I can think of is the line “Christ, he’s hurt” from the Commitments.
December 29th, 2006 at 5:25 pm
This is a great eulogy for a guy who overcame a lot of personal adversity and achieved entertainment immortality through the harnessing of his God given talents through hard work.
You’ve done good.