Posted on 02/02/2024 6:19:23 PM PST by nickcarraway
The lost 1970 recording ‘We Got To Change’ will be released this month alongside A&E’s James Brown documentary.
More than two decades after the release of his last single, listeners will be able to hear a new James Brown song. Titled “We Got To Change,” the song is a lost track by the musical pioneer, recorded in Miami at Criteria Studios on August 16, 1970. UMe will debut “We Got To Change” on February 16, 2024 in unison with A&E’s James Brown: Say it Loud, a 4-episode documentary, premiering February 19 and 20, 2024.
The track was recorded with the core original J.B.’s, Brown’s band from the 70s and 80s, including Bootsy Collins, his brother Catfish, and Clyde “Give the Drummer Some” Stubblefield, a.k.a. The Funky Drummer. Looking at its place in Brown’s musical history, the song was recorded in-between early 1970 tracks “Sex Machine” and “Super Bad” and late 1970-early 1971 tracks “Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing,” “Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved” and “Soul Power.” “We Got To Change” is available to pre-save now.
James Brown: Say It Loud is a two-night documentary event tracing the trajectory of Brown’s life and career from his beginnings as a 7th-grade drop-out in the Jim Crow-era South to becoming an entertainment legend with a unique impact on history and culture. The new documentary features never-before-seen archival interviews and performances, plus interviews with friends, family, musicians, and proteges including The Rolling Stones’ legendary frontman Mick Jagger, Questlove, Bootsy Collins, LL Cool J, The Rev. Al Sharpton, Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Dallas Austin, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, his children Deanna, Yamma and Larry Brown, and many more.
James Brown: Say It Loud was directed by Deborah Riley Draper (The Legacy of Black Wall Street, Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution) and executive produced by Mick Jagger, Academy Award winner Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson, Tariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter, Peter Afterman, David Blackman, Victoria Pearman, Bruce Resnikoff, Shawn Gee, Zarah Zohlman, Charlie Cohen, and Mari Keiko Gonzalez.
“*Haaaay*.......That’s a James Brown lyric!”
Eddie Murphy (Delirious) - Language Warning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLVmw81qDSA
Eddy Murphy trying not to crack up....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yAJnpaFRrlw&pp=ygURQ2VsZWJyaXR5IGhvdCB0dWI%3D
Gonna have to keep an eye out for this one. I fear it’ll be disappointing B material but would love to be wrong.
Great early ‘70s JB tune “The Payback”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7ks03zsg1o
I don’t know Karate, but I know car-azy!
James Brown was my main man. Saw him countless times from the late ‘70s through the early 2000s. One night he pulled me up onstage and let me do my James Brown dance during his show.
Politically he was pretty conservative. He endorsed Nixon in ‘72, loved Ronald Reagan and said he was the most intelligent US President ever, and recorded songs like “America Is My Home” and of course, “Living in America.” He believed in pulling oneself up by their own bootstraps.
One of my favorite James Brown songs of all time is “I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothin’ Open Up The Door and I’ll Get It Myself.”
Most misquoted JB lyric of all time. It's actually, "I don't know Karate but I know Ka-Razor!"
That’s it! Grittiest funk song ever.
Yep, when I saw him in about 1995 he did a full blown version of Living In America with American flags everywhere and the dancers all done up in red white and blue. He was a patriot in his own way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5BL4RNFr58
What does this song have to do with ANYTHING everyone else is discussing in this post? His name’s in the title? So what?
He helped define our society with poignant lyrics like these;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWo9SNvaJZU
“Lighten up, Francis.”
I guess they finally listened to James when he said to, “get up offa that thing!” and decided to finally get off their butts and publish it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.