Brother Brown's Still Layin' it Down..

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   CrashPryor says ...if you want to keep the groove going, here's the rest of what that jam was leading to..

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   Permalink posted 05/20/2007
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   Rawkkiddoh says I agree, while lifting is not something that I do too often running is. I have various James Brown songs on my ipod, and when they come on, its like butter.

   Permalink posted 05/20/2007
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   ivylander says I may have told this story on MOG before, but what the hey. Back in the late '70s, when I was a reporter on my hometown newspaper (which happened to be located in a large college town), Talking Heads came to play in support of 'Fear of Music' and I not only reviewed the show, but somehow ended up at the same afterparty as Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz. (Bear in mind, this was before 'Remain in Light' and the publicity about their embrace of African music.) Frantz and I were back-and-forthing about the music we liked, and when I asked him what his favorite live album, he answered, without a moment's hesitation, this one. Not that it needs any validation from him - just making the point that people who really listen to music know that "Live At The Apollo" remains the gold standard.....

   Permalink posted 05/20/2007
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   CrashPryor says @ivy: that's a pretty phat story (I'm taking its when they were still an "art school act")...from what I've uncovered in my research, David Byrne was always down with that world music sort of thing and later, Frantz and Weymouth eventually came to the fore (to me, on that tip) by producing Ziggy Marley's Conscious Party LP...some say the LP's all over the place but I too think it's one of those "golden" joints...great stuff, yo...

   Permalink posted 05/20/2007
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   ivylander says Exactly, CP. At the time of "Fear Of Music" they were still pretty much leading the race for Whitest Band Of All Time, so hearing Frantz say that was pretty shocking. He also said something eles that was pretty out-there for the late '70s, in the shank of the "Disco Sucks" movement. He offered the opinion that when white people talked about hating disco, it was generally more about race than music. Wonder how much of the same argument pertains to hip hop....

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   CrashPryor says #WORD!!!

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   Jonh Ingham says Oh yes! Back when I finally got hold of this record in the early 80s Side 2 was a standard in the office where I worked. The whole 15 minutes or so - including this piece - is maybe the best live recording ever. It must have been some night.

   Permalink posted 05/20/2007
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   Mike the Knife says Over the course of the last two decades of his life, I had the chance to see JB in hot sweaty joints, fancy-schmancy supper clubs, and arenas - and even met him once. Always great, but I doubt that any show I saw could outstrip the sheer power of Live At The Apollo.

   Permalink posted 05/20/2007
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   Cody B says Everyone knows I love JB (My number 1 artist of all time)..and, of course, Live at the Apollo is great, but I'd have to say, the '71 Live in Paris (Bootsy band) record kicks ass and at this point is my favorite of the legit JB live material out there. The Live in Dallas ('68, pretty much the same band as '67 live but add Fred)one ain't too shabby either. I don't know who is responsible for the JB legacy, but thankfully, they have done a decent job adding to it with the re-issue campaign. Granted, my Dallas and Paris CD's are not original Lp's, but they are very worthy entries. Chris, the line you wrote,"I don’t know if what I feel is some form of denial that those Elvis impersonators and 2Pac heads are going through but it just doesn’t feel like JB’s gone," hits the nail on the head. For me he will never be gone. I only knew him through the records and they ain't going no where. Finally, y'all are so right about this album, being among the best of JB's live stuff. I never get the massive acclaim for the '63 Apollo record.

   Permalink posted 05/21/2007