james brown dead at 73

Boycott Graceland · 12-25-2006, 06:12 AM

what a bummer.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Musi...rss_topstories

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- 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. (Watch the "hardest working man in showbusiness.")

"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."

His hit singles ******* such classics as "Out of Sight," "(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine," "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "Say It Out Loud -- I'm Black and I'm Proud," a landmark 1968 statement of racial pride.

"I clearly remember we were calling ourselves colored, and after the song, we were calling ourselves black," Brown said in a 2003 Associated Press interview. "The song showed even people to that day that lyrics and music and a song can change society."

He won a Grammy award for lifetime achievement in 1992, as well as Grammys in 1965 for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (best R&B recording) and for "Living In America" in 1987 (best R&B vocal performance, male.) He was one of the initial artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, along with Presley, Chuck Berry and other founding fathers.

He triumphed despite an often unhappy personal life. Brown, who lived in Beech Island near the Georgia line, spent more than two years in a South Carolina prison for aggravated assault and failing to stop for a police officer. After his release on in 1991, Brown said he wanted to "try to straighten out" rock music.

From the 1950s, when Brown had his first R&B hit, "Please, Please, Please" in 1956, through the mid-1970s, Brown went on a frenzy of cross-country tours, concerts and new songs. He earned the nickname "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business."

With his tight pants, shimmering feet, eye makeup and outrageous hair, Brown set the stage for younger stars such as Michael Jackson and Prince.

In 1986, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And rap stars of recent years overwhelmingly have borrowed his lyrics with a digital technique called sampling.

Brown's work has been replayed by the Fat Boys, Ice-T, Public Enemy and a host of other rappers. "The music out there is only as good as my last record," Brown joked in a 1989 interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

"Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown; you know what I'm saying? You hear all the rappers, 90 percent of their music is me," he told the AP in 2003.

Born in poverty in Barnwell, South Carolina, in 1933, he was abandoned as a 4-year-old to the care of relatives and friends and grew up on the streets of Augusta, Georgia, in an "ill-repute area," as he once called it. There he learned to wheel and deal.

"I wanted to be somebody," Brown said.

By the eighth grade in 1949, Brown had served 31/2 years in Alto Reform School near Toccoa, Ga., for breaking into cars.

While there, he met Bobby Byrd, whose family took Brown into their home. Byrd also took Brown into his group, the Gospel Starlighters. Soon they changed their name to the Famous Flames and their style to hard R&B.

In January 1956, King Records of Cincinnati signed the group, and four months later "Please, Please, Please" was in the R&B Top Ten.

While most of Brown's life was glitz and glitter, he was plagued with charges of abusing drugs and alcohol and of hitting his third wife, Adrienne.

In September 1988, Brown, high on PCP and carrying a shotgun, entered an insurance seminar next to his Augusta office. Police said he asked seminar participants if they were using his private restroom.

Police chased Brown for a half-hour from Augusta into South Carolina and back to Georgia. The chase ended when police shot out the tires of his truck.

Brown received a six-year prison sentence. He spent 15 months in a South Carolina prison and 10 months in a work release program before being paroled in February 1991. In 2003, the South Carolina parole board granted him a pardon for his crimes in that state.

Soon after his release, Brown was on stage again with an audience that *******d millions of cable television viewers nationwide who watched the three-hour, pay-per-view concert at Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.

Adrienne Brown died in 1996 in Los Angeles at age 47. She took PCP and several prescription drugs while she had a bad heart and was weak from cosmetic surgery two days earlier, the coroner said.

More recently, he married his fourth wife, Tomi Raye Hynie, one of his backup singers. The couple had a son, James Jr.

Two years later, Brown spent a week in a private Columbia hospital, recovering from what his agent said was dependency on painkillers. Brown's attorney, Albert "Buddy" Dallas, said singer was exhausted from six years of road shows.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Trotskilicious · 12-25-2006, 06:13 AM

fuck this world

duovamp · 12-25-2006, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by article quote

"To this day, there has been no one near as funky."

Bang that gavel, smiley face. Bang like you've never banged before.

TuralyonW3 · 12-25-2006, 06:48 AM

ok. he did his thing.

Kahlo · 12-25-2006, 06:54 AM

xmas day should be called james brown day

Kahlo · 12-25-2006, 06:56 AM

Oh and my partners estranged dad is called James Brown.. she wasn't happy when I told him he was dead.. oops.

Ever · 12-25-2006, 06:58 AM

I read an article about him in the newspaper recently. It was an interview. Apparently he was a really paranoid guy; didn't even watch TV cause he thought it watched him at the same time. I don't listen to his music too much though.

Boycott Graceland · 12-25-2006, 06:58 AM

looks like castro might join james soon for the december 06 celeb death trilogy.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americ...rss_topstories

Boycott Graceland · 12-25-2006, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Ever

I read an article about him in the newspaper recently. It was an interview. Apparently he was a really paranoid guy; didn't even watch TV cause he thought it watched him at the same time. I don't listen to his music too much though.

he also pulled a shotgun on a room full of insurance salesmen because he was convinced one of them had used his toilet.

Kahlo · 12-25-2006, 07:04 AM

I'm going to miss him lol

Ever · 12-25-2006, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boycott Graceland

he also pulled a shotgun on a room full of insurance salesmen because he was convinced one of them had used his toilet.

I read that too in the same article.

smashingjj · 12-25-2006, 08:23 AM

JAMES BROWN IS DEAD

DUN DUN DUN DUN

ravenguy2000 · 12-25-2006, 09:06 AM

Rarely · 12-25-2006, 11:18 AM

the · 12-25-2006, 11:31 AM

Karl Connor · 12-25-2006, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ravenguy2000

beat me to it

mxzombie · 12-25-2006, 01:11 PM

i love how he ends the interview. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Toast · 12-25-2006, 01:15 PM

i guess he doesn't feel good anymore

BumbleBeeMouth · 12-25-2006, 01:20 PM

This is sadder than the day barry white died

House of Bread · 12-25-2006, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karl Connor

beat me to it

me also

Boycott Graceland · 12-25-2006, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mxzombie

i love how he ends the interview. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

that is some awesome shit.

Trotskilicious · 12-25-2006, 06:08 PM

the bandstand wasn't double bolted.

Rarely · 12-25-2006, 07:34 PM

TheMilstead · 12-25-2006, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toast

i guess he doesn't feel good anymore

Hahahaha, that's the very first thing I said when my Dad told me the news this morning.

boynameddarcy · 12-25-2006, 10:32 PM

I had tickets to go see his concert in a few days. WTF!!!

Mablak · 12-25-2006, 10:49 PM

I'm going to say James Brown and 'get on up-ahh' three times into the mirror in hopes that he rises once again.

12-25-2006, 06:12 AM	#1
Boycott Graceland Socialphobic Location: leprechaun julius Posts: 10,323	james brown dead at 73 what a bummer. http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Musi...rss_topstories ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- 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. (Watch the "hardest working man in showbusiness.") "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." His hit singles ***** such classics as "Out of Sight," "(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine," "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "Say It Out Loud -- I'm Black and I'm Proud," a landmark 1968 statement of racial pride. "I clearly remember we were calling ourselves colored, and after the song, we were calling ourselves black," Brown said in a 2003 Associated Press interview. "The song showed even people to that day that lyrics and music and a song can change society." He won a Grammy award for lifetime achievement in 1992, as well as Grammys in 1965 for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (best R&B recording) and for "Living In America" in 1987 (best R&B vocal performance, male.) He was one of the initial artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, along with Presley, Chuck Berry and other founding fathers. He triumphed despite an often unhappy personal life. Brown, who lived in Beech Island near the Georgia line, spent more than two years in a South Carolina prison for aggravated assault and failing to stop for a police officer. After his release on in 1991, Brown said he wanted to "try to straighten out" rock music. From the 1950s, when Brown had his first R&B hit, "Please, Please, Please" in 1956, through the mid-1970s, Brown went on a frenzy of cross-country tours, concerts and new songs. He earned the nickname "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business." With his tight pants, shimmering feet, eye makeup and outrageous hair, Brown set the stage for younger stars such as Michael Jackson and Prince. In 1986, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And rap stars of recent years overwhelmingly have borrowed his lyrics with a digital technique called sampling. Brown's work has been replayed by the Fat Boys, Ice-T, Public Enemy and a host of other rappers. "The music out there is only as good as my last record," Brown joked in a 1989 interview with Rolling Stone magazine. "Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown; you know what I'm saying? You hear all the rappers, 90 percent of their music is me," he told the AP in 2003. Born in poverty in Barnwell, South Carolina, in 1933, he was abandoned as a 4-year-old to the care of relatives and friends and grew up on the streets of Augusta, Georgia, in an "ill-repute area," as he once called it. There he learned to wheel and deal. "I wanted to be somebody," Brown said. By the eighth grade in 1949, Brown had served 31/2 years in Alto Reform School near Toccoa, Ga., for breaking into cars. While there, he met Bobby Byrd, whose family took Brown into their home. Byrd also took Brown into his group, the Gospel Starlighters. Soon they changed their name to the Famous Flames and their style to hard R&B. In January 1956, King Records of Cincinnati signed the group, and four months later "Please, Please, Please" was in the R&B Top Ten. While most of Brown's life was glitz and glitter, he was plagued with charges of abusing drugs and alcohol and of hitting his third wife, Adrienne. In September 1988, Brown, high on PCP and carrying a shotgun, entered an insurance seminar next to his Augusta office. Police said he asked seminar participants if they were using his private restroom. Police chased Brown for a half-hour from Augusta into South Carolina and back to Georgia. The chase ended when police shot out the tires of his truck. Brown received a six-year prison sentence. He spent 15 months in a South Carolina prison and 10 months in a work release program before being paroled in February 1991. In 2003, the South Carolina parole board granted him a pardon for his crimes in that state. Soon after his release, Brown was on stage again with an audience that *****d millions of cable television viewers nationwide who watched the three-hour, pay-per-view concert at Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Adrienne Brown died in 1996 in Los Angeles at age 47. She took PCP and several prescription drugs while she had a bad heart and was weak from cosmetic surgery two days earlier, the coroner said. More recently, he married his fourth wife, Tomi Raye Hynie, one of his backup singers. The couple had a son, James Jr. Two years later, Brown spent a week in a private Columbia hospital, recovering from what his agent said was dependency on painkillers. Brown's attorney, Albert "Buddy" Dallas, said singer was exhausted from six years of road shows. Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,439	fuck this world

12-25-2006, 06:48 AM	#4
TuralyonW3 Immortal Posts: 25,684	ok. he did his thing.

12-25-2006, 06:54 AM	#5
Kahlo Registered User Posts: 17,539	xmas day should be called james brown day

12-25-2006, 06:56 AM	#6
Kahlo Registered User Posts: 17,539	Oh and my partners estranged dad is called James Brown.. she wasn't happy when I told him he was dead.. oops.

12-25-2006, 06:58 AM	#7
Ever Minion of Satan Location: ☆.。.:*・゜`★ Posts: 8,203	I read an article about him in the newspaper recently. It was an interview. Apparently he was a really paranoid guy; didn't even watch TV cause he thought it watched him at the same time. I don't listen to his music too much though.

12-25-2006, 07:04 AM	#10
Kahlo Registered User Posts: 17,539	I'm going to miss him lol

12-25-2006, 08:23 AM	#12
smashingjj real estate cowboy Location: if Monsanto and Purdue Pharma had a baby Posts: 36,900	JAMES BROWN IS DEAD DUN DUN DUN DUN

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12-25-2006, 01:11 PM	#17
mxzombie Braindead Location: i like traffic lights, but only when they're green. Posts: 15,724	i love how he ends the interview. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

12-25-2006, 01:15 PM	#18
Toast Apocalyptic Poster Location: Woodinville, Wa. Posts: 3,281	i guess he doesn't feel good anymore

12-25-2006, 01:20 PM	#19
BumbleBeeMouth Apocalyptic Poster Location: assertive, tattooed and tough, dangerous, etc, Posts: 4,398	This is sadder than the day barry white died

12-25-2006, 06:08 PM	#22
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,439	the bandstand wasn't double bolted.

12-25-2006, 10:32 PM	#25
boynameddarcy Demi-God Posts: 361	I had tickets to go see his concert in a few days. WTF!!!

12-25-2006, 10:49 PM	#26
Mablak Minion of Satan Location: Well, if it isn't my old friend, Mr. McGreg, with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg! Posts: 6,411	I'm going to say James Brown and 'get on up-ahh' three times into the mirror in hopes that he rises once again.