Mother Popcorn - James Brown

[@teateraxxontmet8839]

James Brown,,, always fantastic, allways

[@HopeIanHope]

This has to be one of the best ever live recording of James and his amazing band.

[@Destro_888]

have you seen this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2HaopdpmtqbgaM

[@gordok55]

I agree, I've watched it countless times

[@TerryMartin-v8f]

JB was the 1

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

​@@TerryMartin-v8f, there's guys around today with Brown-like levels of faith & devotion to the funk. Mars is one. Maybe Pharrell & his production partner whose name escapes me is another. The Stones certainly keep their shit very tight & follow the funk guidelines. George still tours, too. It's a rare marriage of qualities, to be as funky, workmanlike, & masterful in a live performance as James Brown was & still worked to be right up until his death. I saw him in DC at the Capital Ballroom in... 2004? 2005? That motherfunker was STILL doing splits! It was an amazing show. Some day His Almighty Funkitude's standard will be eclipsed, but that day hasn't come yet even though a few may come close.

[@Gael-pn9ki]

​@@CoffeeAndPaul The band Lettuce is quite serious funkwise !

[@fretdoctor7]

They are layin it all the way down! The bass and drums are KILLING THE HELL out of this groove! Ain't no way you can just sit still through this master class on Funkin 101!

[@hirokomlm131]

I'm sitting here at work watching this and didn't realize I was pop locking with tears in my eyes looking crazy. This is truly what's missing from this world today.

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

​​@@hirokomlm131, it's an honestly 100% intimidating performance. Remember this was recorded right in the middle of the latter days of the Civil Rights marches. James Brown was cool with Malcom X. He was cool with Elijah Muhammad. He was cool with Dr. King. Everyone realized this was a mighty man, a man who came up as a child performer in the Chitlin Circuit, the absolute toughest & roughest way in America to earn money as a performer at that time. This man wasn't just an artist. To many in Establishment America he was a genuine threat. He & his band's music were considered mortal dangers to American youth. He was one of the most productive AND most visible niggas with an attitude, Decades before N.W.A. Brown put Black American dance & Black American funk on the MAP, & today his works are one of America's most successful cultural exports ever. The US has made $Billions & enjoy a World-leading, modern culture thanks to Mr. Brown & a Million other Black American artists. Brown was a true leader & not just of a band. He made us look great to the rest of the World despite ourselves. We needed cultural heros in the Sixties & particularly the Seventies, & he didn't let us down. As a former B-Boy, current dancer, & 24-7 funk fan I will always bow down to the memory of this man.

[@1mishee]

He's amazing, they're amazing! Are these the same ones he didn't want to pay?!

[@mschaffel]

When Maceo Parker enters towards the last quarter of this tume, it might be the tightest, most hellacious groove I've ever heard. Simply incredible.

[@d820m]

As well it should have been.....James would have fined the hell out of ALL of them if it wasn't tight like that

[@sbretstacey]

@@d820m Damn straight! No 2nd best! Lol

[@michaelkearney2186]

That is the best part of an already beyond great performance. Otherworldly

[@Swisspastel80]

yes thinking the same thing!

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Oh Yes!

[@MickAneworderfan]

1969! Absolutely unbelievable.. light years ahead.. the interplay between the horns and the rhythm section is the whole funk history in a nutshell! Utter genius!

[@areguapiri]

James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and Micheal Jackson....some of the smoothest, funkiest, boogie down dancers ever!

[@D.Antony]

Wooooooa, you said a mouth full there. Probably the three greatest entertainers of all time!

[@DanielSmith-pq4yc]

Damn right

[@Superspook693]

Hey, I know he was somehow THE epigone of JB. But you've fotgotten Prince

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Oh Yes!,Truth Indeed AMEN 🙏 ❤❤❤

[@ulikehank9230]

This band so fly they just gotta sit. The absolute best. All of them.

[@williamparker3328]

This is the BEST VERSION OF THE JAMES BROWN BAND!!!!!

[@erixariddell2172]

Talent from another dimension.

[@Charleybones]

JB was light years ahead of the music world. The stuff he was putting out in 1969 is still untouchable today. This clip is a powerhouse of funk and musicianship, all of which being guided and overlayed by The dance moves and grunts of the Godfather himself.

[@cancer_moonchild]

You understood this musical assignment and articulated it perfectly 😌

[@laszmesz1958]

​@@cancer_moonchild 👍🏿

[@fweddyfwintsone4491]

HOLEY MOLEY!!! I think I just had a funk-gasm. This has got to be the funkiest 4 minutes of my life. Thank you James and Maceo.

[@jamesh2711]

Greatest band of all time, so tight and funky.

[@Angela-cd9bj]

Phenomenal band. James Brown & his musicians were at the Top of Music Entertainment 👑

[@christinamartinez8634]

Literally

[@assatawells8224]

Haters gonna hate.JAMES the BEST SOUL MAN EVER. RIP

[@hendrixandmitch]

WHO THE HELL IS HATING ON JB????????????????

[@dylanwesley3964]

​@hendrixandmitch well tbf he was kind of a piece of shit in his personal life.

[@lorenzbeaumacc1175]

Anyone hating on this genius does not know the meaning of life

[@adonaiyah2196]

12 year old me must've watched this like 1000 times back in like 2013

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

Facts

[@anthonymeans7439]

James was one hell of an artist. Will never be another James Brown!

[@jerryj920]

I saw Mr Brown in concert when I was in high school; some years later I was blessed enough to 'open' for him, (and he was gracious enough to sign my album) I saw him in concert again a year before he passed away. (Just prior to his death I began 'listening' to his music; what I mean by 'listening' I didn't just hear funk and good songs....I could hear the outstanding music arrangements, how he shaped a song. I gained an even greater appreciation for Mr Brown. RIP and thank you. Blessings

[@jimihendrix2375]

James Brown is responsible for the lyrics and dancing, not the music.

[@jimihendrix2375]

Robert Ragland.

[@92ninersboy]

Wrong. He was the main mover in putting together the grooves, and had a lot to say about the individual interlocking parts - the ULTIMATE say. He cracked the whip - a true band leader.

[@williamparker3418]

That is beautiful as well as a huge blessing!

[@leonparham2105]

@@jimihendrix2375 HE composed and directed all his music

[@SirSwiftusFunkellwerk]

James Brown is tha Godfather of Metal Screams

[@Tec811]

Chadwick Boseman performance of James Brown on Get On Up brought me here after his passing. Amazing portrayal and joins him in heaven

[@goldenthug9]

I do the "Four Corners" dance and my kid laughs and claps! RIP this is the jam

[@mariolicitri1763]

You should try with the bogaloo

[@dom50801]

I could listen to this all day and night. James Brown was the smoothest, slickest baddest performer of all time.

[@earnestinecole3553]

I agree.......

[@pamelagreenlee6134]

Real spit

[@jameslemmons9737]

SOUL BRO #1 👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿💯💯💯💯🤜🏾🤛🏾🤜🏾🤛🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@valendanewell5901]

Of course he was..THE GODFATHER of SOUL...No one could match his PERFORMANCES !!

[@stephaniestamps7821]

In the words o fHammer...Can't touch this

[@bradm1975]

This groove is so tight you could hurt yourself dancing to it!

[@virgilrw]

When this song came out in the 60's it was the "BADDEST" song on earth!

[@dbgietzen]

it still is

[@LLOOYYYDD]

+Virgil R You got to have a mother for me...

[@smoothcandi1]

+dbgietzen FA'SHO

[@bradgotch]

It still is.

[@peppersleeves7632]

Virgil R still the baddast song on earth.....no band can play it just like it was played then!!!!!

[@Swisspastel80]

only real musicians know how truly exceptional this is...

[@roberthurd6877]

real musicians

[@Swisspastel80]

@@roberthurd6877 Yes real musicians, you either know or ya don't.

[@kimberlyharshfield8629]

Eddie Murphy did a mean James Brown! 😆👍😘🥰❤

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

​@@kimberlyharshfield8629, but there's so much here that Mr.. Brown does that almost noone in the World including Mr. Murphy can do. Just keeping this band together & playing at the masterly level that they managed to most nights, was sometimes an absolutely Herculean effort.

[@kimberlyharshfield8629]

@@CoffeeAndPaul yes, I totally agree, just sayin'...loved Eddie's SNL performance of James.🙂

[@martinkasdan9570]

I was fortunate enough to see James Brown several times beginning in 1967 in my hometown of Louisville Kentucky.

[@N2LADIES55]

That interchange between James brown and Maceo at 2:58 was pure magic!

[@marcl.lyndon1826]

As good as it gets! Mindblowing, flabbergasting funk. The call and answer of horn and voice makes my liver quiver.

[@cancer_moonchild]

Yesssss!

[@mikeschaefer6588]

The clip is from "Music Scene" a great but short-lived ABC show (late 1969). And most everybody played live (no lip-synching). Amazing stuff, every week.

[@MzKlara]

The host looks like David Steinberg. Was it him?

[@RGMike1]

@@MzKlara Yes.

[@lamiamano]

never heard a better funk in my life than this one !

[@kevinlilly6198]

JAMES BROWN AND HIS BAND TOGETHER IS LIKE A BROTHERHOOD OF SOUL.

[@N2LADIES55]

That dance he is doing is called the Funky Four Corners. Those were exciting times back then awaiting James Brown new records to be played on the radio and then rushing to the record store to buy the records.

[@makiavelli999]

Good God! HEEEEEEEY POP CORN! Gottahaveafunkymothaforme! Feel my vibe?? :-))))))

[@DetroitLives313]

I just saying that in my comment before reading yours! I remember "The Funky Four Corners" and I remember "The Popcorn". They were different dances.

[@DetroitLives313]

@Ike Dyson But mostly he is doing "The Funky Four Corners".

[@Clyde177]

You are so right N2LA

[@martinamanecke3622]

Noone funkier than James Brown and those fantastic musicians he always gathers round !!

[@CharlesPetersonnakisisa]

The conversation between Mr. Brown and Mr. Parker during the solo was "an intense visitation of spirits."

[@tonyjrify]

Nobody I mean nobody could touch James Brown's bands of the sixties and early seventies!!!! I said nobody!!!

[@sanbrunosoul]

Flawless 👍🏼😎

[@kingeastlin4643]

Big Facts

[@areguapiri]

You forgot the fifties, Jack!

[@earlross1663]

Believe that.

[@williamparker6817]

@@sanbrunosoul MR. SOUL YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE MONEY AND I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU!

[@michaelbouwman]

RIP Clyde Stubblefield, Word's most sampled drummer

[@jamesvickers9476]

michael bouwman... James had nothing but top flight musicians in his band...yes Clyde was the man on drums 🥁

[@dantean]

A shame that all we're left with are SAMPLERS rather than PLAYERS.

[@foreverdooney]

The Funky Drummer himself!!

[@LivnNLearnin]

@@dantean many become front men also…Phil Collins-Genesis, Jeffrey Osborne-LTD, Larry Blackmon-Cameo and Stokley Williams-Mint Condition come to mind. 🥁🎤🥁🎤🥁

[@kennethwaithe3864]

@@LivnNLearnin ,

[@williamparker3328]

Now look at these brothers jamming on the one super funky and sitting down! WHAT OTHER BAND CAN DO THAT EXCEPT JAMES BROWN'S BANDS!!BADDEST BAND IN THE LAND!!!!

[@homelesseconomist]

I'm always fascinated with the old artists because they took the limited technology, inspirations and media that they had to create something entirely knew that influences the music we have today. This must've sounded alien and futuristic to a 1960s audience.

[@RJohannNewton1]

That song is still the baddest song on earth in my book.

[@gordok55]

Agreed!

[@FreedomRock44]

Agreed!

[@lbcog1]

I'll never forget the 1st time I heard it. I was 11 or so. Rocked my world.

[@lynettebrown950]

I was blessed to see James Brown in his early age of performing he give you the real authentic show he does not skip. He gives you all of him when he’s on stage that’s why he’s called the godfather of soul point blank

[@eugenewhite2300]

If this is not the funkiest thing I ever seen!!

[@baileyonbass6380]

Everything about this song is sick! The bass player, a great line for this tune, rock solid, making it look easy, and check out his picking hand style. Great horn lines, and Maceo's solo! That funky guitar line, and those drums are just killing it! Not to mention James Brown himself! Is he feelin' it or what! As he says on his "Sex Machine: Live" album, "We're going to do everything with our heart, and do it good."

[@sbretstacey]

Clyde Stubblefield (Funky Drummer) The master!

[@MzKlara]

If you like his style (the bass player) be sure to see this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGm3p3WGqM2hnac

[@hirokomlm131]

Too much talent on one stage. The band could've just played this as an instrumental and killed it, but then you add James dancing by himself with no background dancers to carry him. Then add to that his voice. Then add to that the man can pig squeel like higher than Mariah Carey. Finally, add to everything that this song is just chock full of loops and samples that would be used for dozens of songs decades later.

[@gina72916]

Soul Brother #1 in his prime!

[@lonhillyer]

The people who voted thumbs down are not qualified to vote on this video.

[@Mazeppa6]

Best comment ever brother!

[@MzKlara]

They're qualified to buzz around like flies, trying to get attention, but simply unable to accomplish anything worthy of attention.

[@windydryden7376]

Damn right!

[@acs79]

How could ya possible do it “👎”

[@DrEric-kp8tf]

or anything else....

[@bobbyjones4182]

The baddest horn section ever. Hands down!! Maceo Parker you's a bad motha

[@secondchance9058]

Shut your mouth

[@DrJudithLHatch]

@MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN : I am here in August 2020. 3 days after the passing of Chadwick Boseman. JB was one of my absolute favorites and Chadwick Boseman played the hell out of the role💯 in "Get On Up." Check it out 💥

[@sidneygwaltney9931]

when i say god gave him soul he gave him soul

[@johnvalentine8586]

And today is Maceo’s birthday!

[@michaelkearney2186]

Holy shit, this is GOLD. Everything about it is outstanding

[@alanmcrae8594]

Lord have mercy! James Brown & his band could boil a cup of water from 10 feet away with their funky nuclear soul-powered dance music. Talent & arrangements that blew all our minds back in the day...

[@tomsurber2293]

Thank God for You Tube, otherwise we'd never see incredible performances like this, and for free no less. The Godfather and his band were absolutely unbelievable.

[@railcar123]

The essence of funk right here... I cant begin to tell you how awesome this is.

[@burtonh1]

The hardest working man in show business

[@spiritof6663]

The hardest working BAND in show business.

[@terencemccants8358]

Clyde Stubblefield killing those drums!

[@thalleshoward3962]

One my favorite James Brown song especially when Macro Parker played the sax solo.

[@gregoryprusak8130]

Man could do more moves in 4 square feet than other dudes on a whole dance floor. All hips and feet. The master schooled Michael and Prince there. This song is pure dynamite. Seen him 3 times...Never ever did a set longer than 45 minutes but the music he put out in that time was far better than a group that played two hours!

[@jeanpierreguiron8676]

Super super aujourd'hui ils ont plus rien on a eût de la chance

[@RVAReverendDoctor]

@@cartermlb even Prince would admit that there would not have been a Prince without James Brown. Prince was the total package, but he would recognize & respect the legends & greats that came before him.

[@jocelynhkcarter]

Jocelyn Carter: James is the King! It's so good to have these videos. I loved the way my man moved! He was looking young and full of life! I loved this! "Popcorn"!

[@Chosen_93]

James Brown the Hardest working Man in Show Business !! The King Of Soul !!

[@er1ns]

Damn... where is the soul now? Rest In Power James Brown...

[@pdddddp1]

Ladies and gents,.......The Godfather of Soul.

[@1mattadams]

Hardest workin’ man in Show Biz.

[@jalennelson6821]

@@1mattadams Soul Brother No. 1, Mr Dynamite and the man who influenced legends such as MJ and Prince

[@bobbyjones7922]

@pddddp1,I always liked that, Godfather,of soul.....

[@kjmsax1]

The force is strong with this one!

[@richardheidt7036]

Love the groove, so tight, and horns.

[@barbaraglover4451]

R I P James Brown GOD father of Soul mother Popcorn

[@jimbeekman4863]

This song is stuck inside my soul...... and it feels pretty good....

[@uryic000]

I've been listening to this since 65' 66' or whenever it came out. I'm now 64 years of age myself. 1st concert I ever attended at the age of 10 years old was JB. This is still awesome to listen to, and it's live. This music just came from his heart and soul. He never studied theory or none of that. i'm a jazz pianist. Met Jabo Starks some years back at a dinner club where he played in the house band at. We talked for couple of hours. Actually he talked I listened. Jabo said there were some things that James did that there was no music theory for, and it couldn't be notated. You just had to watch him. Loved and love me some James Brown. Nothings changed since the 60's as far as my love of his music goes.

[@PaulDA2000]

It came out in 1969. Went to number one on the soul charts and number 11 on the pop charts.

[@dwightpowell6673]

​@@PaulDA2000are you still alive?

[@PaulDA2000]

@@dwightpowell6673 I am, are you?

[@PaulDA2000]

It actually came out in 1969 that’s when mother popcorn was recorded.

[@onlyjoetee]

You cannot afford to make ANY mistakes in this band!shit is tight!!

[@hungfao]

I hear James didn't tolerate slackness. You better keep up if you want to stay in the band.

[@legranderaoul]

Having the band sitting is a different touch. The sound is always there but the 'seeing' of this time is a nice change and works.

[@DocSicnarf]

I love the way the stage is set up. James in the center of the band. Even though James is the singer and face of it all, he is nothing without his band.

[@rayburton4867]

Butane James was at his rawest here! Just grit, sweat, soul at its unbelievable, unfiltered best! And his high pitched screams was the cherry on top! Love this brutha!

[@KBB4eva]

The funkiest groove known to man is right here . Clyde Stubblefied

[@daviddoyle4516]

This is how its done guys,,, "In the beginning there was the funk,,,,,and many men wanted of the funk,,,and many walked to the mountain to receive the funk,,,but in the Lords continance and observation very few believed and embraced the funk and professed and extolled its glories and merit ,,hence very few were chosen,,,but of those chosen ,many were given light and made a joyful noise from mountain top to mountain top ,,,heralding and making a great exclamation "behold this is the FUNK the glorious unvarnished backdoor down home in your face Funk,,,,of these ones, my beloved brethren who would stand now and pledge to uphold ,cherish and proclaim the FUNK through out the land?,,,I verily declare that many souls were called and verily very few were chosen ,but of the chosen few and ,,,with God's grace I man can say that they all knew and loved each other,and broke bread with each other, ,,,,and of all these esteemed brethren there arouse but one that climbed the mountain top and wrote the codes the DNA the scripture, the funky bass thang ,,the funky drummer thang,,,the funky horn thang,,what the Hell,,,!,,all dem thangs,the codex and syllabus of FUNK ,,was and still is brother James Brown

[@jeremyevans8374]

It's amazing how tight you can be when you're trying not to get yelled at.

[@hirodown5151]

They are deep in that groove!

[@marvaleedecambre6709]

Damn Maceo you put it down with James Brown, that real music all you young buck 4:18

[@universallanguage59]

Absolutely jaw dropping from about 3:45 to the end...and certainly some of the best live from them, I've ever heard. Thanks much for posting this one, it's something I think the grandkids might come to appreciate in time...

[@arcanum3010]

That is an awesome footage and performance. My parents (Caucasian) would listen to most White singers that stood still when singing and I then perceived all 1960s singers performed the same way...Upon seeing how Mr Brown dances whilst singing,I was in awe,and still am.

[@krystalburton6905]

Raw, undiluted, SOUL! Nobody did it better!

[@Sangria3]

James was so fine and I loved his close cut afro and goatee... Mother Popcorn!!! No one could compete with his sound!!! Thanks for this posting. He can never be duplicated....

[@jhonezcronic]

I've seen this 100 times and iys still unbelievable...Clyde Stubblefield is drumming from another PLANET!!!!

[@jameskirk278]

Godfather of soul funky funky the jams right here

[@marcomuggironi2552]

Thank You so much for uploading this Fantastic Performance by the Legendary Godfather of Soul Mr. James Brown!!!💓💓💓🎼🎼🎼🎶🎶🎶

[@lanslater]

Second that Thanks a lot FunkyKev Liked ofc

[@nysaxman]

James doing the "funky four corners".

[@JosephDaut]

I can only imagine what people's first impression of James Brown would have been. Phrasing, Timing. He was the Godfather.

[@Adamisgood24]

The screams are great!

[@christinebenjamin3119]

😁😁😁😁😂😂

[@cathleensmith4717]

As kids we lived for those moves and screams.

[@BertrandLaurenceMusic]

Amazing, and timeless. the break and section from 1:33 is just stupendous. That's the only version with it I know..The band grooves so tight and loose...and sitting down. shake it!

[@gmandofgod]

Bertrand Laurence That break came form, "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothin'"

[@BertrandLaurenceMusic]

Great, thanks James . Prince 's excellent "Batdance" comes to mind

[@versatilethearcane]

Not to mention some of the best editing I've ever seen for a TV performance

[@pbellko]

Yessss!

[@1wharfboy]

Every five year old boy in my neighborhood could dance the pop corn almost as good as James Brown Back in da day!!! A wonderful childhood..like it happened just yesterday That's how good it was with very little to eat We were so happy and strong with soul power back then till this day and for always blessed...Our parents are role models So were our school teachers and great incorruptible community leaders too.

[@bossman6729]

james is doing the dance called the "funky four corners"

[@d.c.rhodes66]

One of the baddest songs ever recorded. This is when James took soul music to the next level. Pure fucking funk. Dig it.

[@traceyholland9882]

This man the God father of soul single handedly created the sound and the beats for rap music. All the early rappers sampled James Brown beats!

[@seletawilliams6353]

The music is Real, his voice is Real no mixers no lip sync...REAL Shit right here!!❤

[@dilligaffe]

Now that's the funky shit! How many minds did this blow when it first aired? Haha music would never be the same again...

[@dixielatino]

He's Soul Brother #1 , the GodFather of Soul James Brown .

[@nicok5630]

Love that the band are sitting.

[@randyjenkins6377]

Now that's why he was the best and no one I mean no one to be the boss James Brown the hardest working man in show business

[@frankjiendu5566]

Not only a great soul vibe provider, but also a lover of humanity. May you continue to rest in peace my bro.

[@penfifteen666]

This is about the best thing I have ever seen.

[@anthonycovington6573]

Im 42 and always remember in the late 70s hearin James Brown on those old 45s on our old Record Player James Brown was the Truth back then But his Band was Cold as Hell lol Pure Greatness. RIP Godfather of Soul

[@brentjames718]

above and beyond. James Brown Mr. dynamite, one in his own. your whitnessing pure soul music.

[@17bobbyboy]

The musicians sound like they're from another planet, and I mean that as an incredible compliment.

[@bholaoates1542]

Only Mr. Brown could have written: "When I get burnt , I use salve And when I want lovin' , mothers you got to have You see -- you got to have a mother for me"

[@jeffreymassey5541]

This is true 💯👍🏾😁

[@Lar112]

Man oh man. Whether it is the studio version or this live gem. For me it is JB's greatest recording!!! May he rest in R.I.P.

[@39normal48]

The funkiest of funky!

[@BrianandhisdogJack]

I don’t know bout you all, but I don’t want to live in a world without James brown

[@claudeabraham2347]

JB was amazing! Nobody can be the front man he was! Truly a legend.

[@hirokomlm131]

As someone who used to play in bands, one of the most flattering things as a band is when someone from the crowd would really start dancing to your music and get the rest of the audience dancing. James understood that, and he was literally showing the lame audiences how to loosen up and move to the music. That's the difference between musician and entertainer.

[@rahmanmadison4967]

😂😂😂 You couldn't pay JB' to stay still for 3 seconds 😂😂😂 he was just too funky for his own good ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@kennethstowell7650]

Rhythm is infectious!!!