James Brown - Get It Together / There Was A Time / I Got The Feelin' (Boston Garden, Apr 5, 1968)

James Brown performing "Get It Together", "There Was A Time" & "I Got The Feelin'" live at the Boston Garden, on April 5, 1968.
The concert became a thing of legend. Only 24 hours earlier civil rights activist Dr Martin Luther King had been assassinated resulting in widespread violence across the United States. The mayor of Boston was persuaded to let the concert go ahead and it was broadcast live across the city by WGBH-TV. Featuring inspiring speeches and legendary performances, James Brown’s concert is said to have contributed majorly to maintaining calm and peace throughout the city that night.
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[@anthonylbrown-vm2pq]

Oh, yeah, I forgot something. The band is skin tight. Real tight Watch👑🌹🎶❤️🫡🫠

[@antoniomorgante1304]

Show Times JAMES BROWN

[@JonParis]

Question: Who's better than James Brown? Answer: Nobody!

[@motownfan3]

I'll get shot......but Jackie Wilson would give James Brown a "RUN FOR THE MONEY"....I've seen both back in the 60's nobody and I mean nobody could follow them ...they had to "close the show" when you left their shows you were exhausted !!!

[@ThePanther97]

Yeah no one did it better than James Brown.

[@johancc3478]

Oh its you😂 mister jb😂 I'm jesuscaresabou... ahhh u know😂

[@jameslee8519]

Nobody 😎✅🏆

[@lahcenhaitou6042]

1a1​@@motownfan3

[@sabiral-mansur3038]

…. even the mic is dancing!….the whole stage is on the same vibration!

[@motownfan3]

You are correct :)

[@frankmcneill8632]

​u😮😢 O@@motownfan3😮

[@donaldjenkins4782]

To charlatan "entertainers" calling themselves "Icons", sit down, listen, take notes, then come see me.

[@jefftripolidrums]

8:14 I love this version of There Was A Time. Unless your dead or have no soul, the drums will MAKE YOU GROOVE!

[@issavybe5787]

Soul brother number 1,2,3 thru 60 right here! He had his act together that night! Today’s entertainment can never match this excellence right here.

[@goldee5278]

That's Why They Called Him The Hardest Working Man In Show Business!,, Right

[@TheShabazzProduction]

My mind gets blown every time I think about how he put this whole thing together from scratch. A pure genius.

[@venus6212]

He didn't. He was always going to play there. Kevin Wite and Tom Atkins had the idea of televising it to keep the peopke off the streets. Theyhad to pay Brown an extra $60,000 but they were the geniuses, notbrown. He just did what he was going to be paid to do anyway.

[@HardBlackBoy]

@@venus6212 You must know nothing about Brown then. Being uneducated must hurt.

[@FINKFINK100]

​@@venus6212Is it in any way possible that you didn't understand the core meaning of the comment?

[@venus6212]

@@FINKFINK100 No, the comment suggests Brown put this whole thing together from scratch. he didn't. Kevin White and Tom Atkins put it together. And they had to pay Brown extra for it. Watch Foul Quince's brilliant video on the topic.

[@VinVonVoom]

​@@venus6212 Who said they were talking about promotion, they were talking about the music and performance

[@sbretstacey]

Clyde Stubblefield is out of this world on drums! Nobody is better!

[@vaughnchauncy8360]

Recording session Jabo played the drums...clyde was great as was Jb's other drummers..Clyde got recognition for funky drummer break..but his work on Session I got the feelin is best..peace

[@VinVonVoom]

Dance Breaks: 2:20 Sax solo 2:50 Guitar solo 4:46 Four times 9:03 The Mashed Potatoes 9:44 The Jerk 11:17 The Camel Walk 12:40 The Boo-Ga-Loo 14:02 The James Brown 21:47 Got The Feelin'

[@anthonysmith2050]

Brother James saved alot of Lives that night

[@dlp3rdlegend]

Yes he did nobody else that could have pulled that off

[@davidcapper8919]

23 mins of the hardest funk ever recorded 🔥🔥

[@9999bigb]

This is otherworldly. He's on another planet here

[@anthonysingleton1988]

YESSSSS!!¡!

[@troyjohnson9123]

Straight 🔥 that base holds everything together with a straight raw lick!! Get it Together. The record version is like a straight jam session. But this live version is friggin' bananas! The is responsible for like 3 genres of music. Mt. Rushmore

[@troyjohnson9123]

🔥 🔥 🎆

[@susanb8222]

Unbelievable! In my opinion, if it wasn’t for JB, Prince, Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravitz wouldn’t be. They all paid homage to James Brown. Have to respect them for that. Also, Jimi Hendrix and Bootsy Collins came out of the JB band.

[@anthonysmith2050]

His band was No Joke❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheShabazzProduction]

You know I got cha, somebody got fined, lol.

[@beerster]

I want to get this track programmed onto a memory chip and surgically inserted in my brain so that I can have this funk running through my brain forever.

[@dimitrimeinz7099]

same

[@smoothoperator7023]

You couldn't stand it. Your nervous system would overload & shut down & your brain's receptors would shortcurcuit & fry!🍳

[@williamparker3328]

JAMES BROWN IS THE MAN! CAN I GET 10!!!!!!

[@valerieboyntn1697]

👑 👑 👑 AMAZING!!!

[@bluesman6953]

More funk than you can shake a stick at....wat you you said...? The Boss fo sho!!

[@donjones5624]

Godfather of soul mr. James Brown❤💯👍🏿

[@zellhudson1830]

THE G.O.A.T CASE CLOSED.

[@mattfoley6082]

1:55 James busts Clyde for playing too fast.

[@tassiaroucha]

All my cells are moving inside, can u imagine the ones watching live? 😊

[@Mythical444]

Lucky people. I was born too late! Lol

[@smoovegittar]

Cooking

[@junker47]

featuring the 'Famous Flames'...

[@MrArsg13]

what about the sound quality? and why throw away the concert in pieces? This concert was posted on KZbin a long time ago and the sound is much better quality

[@VinVonVoom]

You must be thinking of another show. This is the highest quality version of this show as far as I know

[@jasonnabors1231]

He did a lot of things marketing wise and showmanship wise that had never been done before. The hype men on stage, etc. Elvis did some of that in the 70's but I think James Brown may have done it first. The nicknames and monikers "godfather of soul", "hardest working man in show business".

[@williamparker3328]

YAHWEH JEHOVAH GOD IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR IS FIRST AND FOREMOST, FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT 🙏

[@laurenprofessional1714]

So glad my mom introduced me to the music she grew up on🎉🎉🎉

[@HardBlackBoy]

I'm 16 and I love this music. Old is gold 👴🏿🧓🏿🧑🏿💲💲💲

[@bebaaliciacreations]

🎶⭐️The legend forever James Brown 🎶⭐️

[@lordburlap4514]

Pure FUNK BLISS!!!!!

[@marksykes3817]

IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW , NOW YOU KNOW! " THE KING 🤴 OF UM ALL " ! THAT WAS A WILSON PICKETT REFERENCE FROM; DO YOU LIKE SOUL MUSIC 🎶 🎵 ♥️ ❤️ 😌 🙌 🎶 🎵 ? TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN ! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂 !

[@williamparker3328]

NO IT WAS ARTHUR CONLEY. SWEET SOUL MUSIC

[@eddiescain]

That camel walk is sick!!!!

[@jesusbencomo3495]

I think that he probably heavely influenced a very important figure in American Hard Rock !!

[@therealmikepfunk]

Damn the Jimmy Nolen yall

[@kevinhisee4265]

"You know I gotcha." He caught that bum note on the change to 'Got that Feeling' and was letting the sax played know it. He didn't miss a trick.

[@VinVonVoom]

The change was to "There Was A Time" not "I Got The Feelin'"

[@natalieabernathy5508]

In my Beyonce voice Bow Down B%@*% for the Original King James!

[@jadenlewis6233]

Miss you JB

[@HardBlackBoy]

JB squad, I have a James Brown type of hairstyle but it's a puffy and curly afro that has loosened curls but not straight

[@jasperhankerson3114]

Simply the best to do it, Mr James Brown and the JB's, this is still God's band.

[@mistersir418]

in MY book he's The G O A T...

[@williamparker3328]

MINE TOO! NO DOUBT!!!

[@JB-ty8mv]

Corner Stone, National Treasure and the Godfather of Soul. Camera man did not have camera on him enough at right time so we missed some of those unduplicated moves.

[@Mythical444]

8:15 “There Was A Time”

[@Beatles01able]

The night after Dr. King was killed. Called upon to cool down the people. Legendary.

[@homoerectus744]

He puts his stamp on ' there was a time ' for me.

[@motownfan3]

That was/is my favorite James Brown song...... I saw him sing that song back in '68......he had the entire crowd on their feet........the house was rocking that night and when we left the building we were in the parking lot trying to do "The James Brown" DANCE !!!!

[@markuspboeddeker5930]

More love for Jimmy Nolen. He is incredible here.

[@sicsiksam]

GFOS! No one did it better! No one ever will!

[@Thinksamuel]

I never heard get it together before. I was always more interested in the James Brown of the 1970s. Are there other live versions of this song because it is really funky.

[@VinVonVoom]

There's another at the Apollo from the month previous but it's labeled as "There Was A Time" for some reason. As far as I know there are no other recorded performances of the song unfortunately.

[@adamcfada5071]

The Apollo Vol 2 version is fantastic, the sound quality is great. On the deluxe cd the medley is correctly listed as Let Yourself Go ,There Was A Time, I Feel Alright.

[@VinVonVoom]

0:00 Introduction (by Maceo Parker) 1:06 Get It Together 8:14 There Was A Time 19:25 I Got The Feelin'

[@domgoings6722]

The man had total control of his band and his body was full of rhythm, he was top of his game. No one else can come close to his feeling of his music talent

[@williamparker3328]

Looking at 18:40 Mr. Brown sees a Soul Brother dancing and acknowledged him. Mr. Brown didn't miss a beat.

[@pabloghio6577]

Su Majestad insuperable por los siglos de los siglos gracias Mr James Brown por traer felicidad al mundo

[@ajsmith5295]

That cat can move

[@johnnyballenatl]

Oh, imagine if this concert was in *COLOR!!!* (but WGBH didn’t have time to rent out a color mobile production truck from New York even on short notice, so they wheeled in their black-and-white unit)

[@MIKECNW]

You know I'm not doubting what you're saying but PBS was originally called "National Educational Television", may have been a little bit slower getting into color compared to commercial TV. The French Chef, Julia Child's 1st series beginning in 1963, didn't go color till 1970. However, she also ceased production of it in 66 and who knows if TFC may have gone into color before 70. Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood debuted in 68, same 1st season B&W.

[@randypross7268]

James was riding lightening and the lightening was THE JAMES BROWN BAND !!!!!! The hurricane inside the lightening is JAMES !!! Ladies and gentlemen…. You are witnessing…. A FUNK STORM !!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG !!!!!!!!

[@928Karen]

How wonderful it is wonderful wonderful wonderful👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@AbdulaliMuhammad-bs7jt]

You out did me this time I enjoyed every minute of Brown James it was very excellent 👌👍💯

[@anthonysmith2050]

Soul Personified

[@tyronespears2956]

This definitely had to be a hard performance for him....seeing that this was the day after Dr. King passed away.🙏🏿✨

[@raymondmorton]

😣

[@daddyosweetpea8370]

​@@raymondmorton0

[@venus6212]

he gave a very moving speech before the show, as did Mayor White.

[@norbertsfez7301]

Tout simplement le meilleur, James Brown The Best Incroyable Concert juste après la mort de Martin Luther King , Époustouflant de professionnalisme 👍

[@sabiral-mansur3038]

Griot

[@ShakeyBanks-l1b]

Continue to rest in Heavenly Peace ✌️❤

[@spank2424]

The James Brown in the 60s was untouchable the king of funk and soul!!!

[@HardBlackBoy]

The early 70s James Brown was also untouchable!

[@troyjohnson9123]

Man that Get it Together is one of the nastiest funk song ever. The live version is incredible. 4 times? 4 Times!! Clyde Stubblefield's stick speed is ridiculous. Up there with the heart and soul of the group Chicago. The original drummer.

[@raymondmorton]

I was just 6...

[@orestercox2068]

I believe the Prince beat to "Sexy MF" came from this song.

[@VinVonVoom]

2:22 This solo is intoxicating

[@FINKFINK100]

Highly overrated... ... just kidding. He's the GOAT

[@williamparker3328]

YOU BETTA BE KIDDING! LOL.

[@davidduru-js6dk]

He’s an icon no 1 he gat all he could to be the best performer ever

[@smoothoperator7023]

Name a harder, tighter, more on point backing band than this......🦗🦗🦗🦗 And JB kept them that way thru numerous interchangeable muscians over the years.

[@anthonylbrown-vm2pq]

James Brown The famous Flames Featuring Macio Parker❤

[@paburo-san6667]

Maceo!

[@eddiewilson8119]

Thank you so much for sharing this video and I truly love 😍 James Brown forever 🥰😊🤩💝💖❤️🖤💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@健弥伊藤]

Great Funk Music‼️Great JB‼️

[@kimberlywhite7072]

Who was his announcer/emcee? He’s great.

[@anthonysingleton1988]

YESSSSS!!!!!

[@ShakeyBanks-l1b]

Mr James Brown Love me so you say it loud iam black and iam proud I got your feeling I getting ready to get on the good foot ❤ Continue to rest in He

[@jimiwat8661]

Un monstre ce James, une "tuerie" 🙏🙏..!!! J'adore ;) ss cpter sur ses artilleurs (Macéo, etc.)

[@mattfoley6082]

5:21 Who is the bass player? It's the white guy to the left of the girl dancer.

[@mattfoley6082]

Did some research. I believe it's Tim Drummond. Looks like he's playing a Vox bass, model Cougar or Escort.

[@francisrobbins1499]

Left the band after the Vietnam trip due to catching hepatitis ( I think)

[@williamparker3328]

TIM DRUMMOND.

[@judithtiffinger8124]

Beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ajsmith5295]

Top band

[@AbdulaliMuhammad-bs7jt]

Oh that's one of favorite one by James Brown there was a time when I used to dance🎉❤ but my but my but my real favorite one say it loud I'm Black and I'm proud❤ that is very very strong message that went over a lot of our heads🎉

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

I totally understand...I'm pretty thrilled with being White myself...but this song is pure AF...

[@anthonysmith2050]

Man!!!!!!A GotDamn Jam Session ❤❤❤❤❤.

[@JohnTope-s5p]

Make.it.Funky..JB❤❤❤❤

[@ShakeyBanks-l1b]

Continue to rest in Heavenly Peace ✌️❤🙌🙏💕

[@isacharjones]

19:15 I Got The Feelin'

[@okpanam1]

This is a serious jam.

[@anonymously_me1803]

19:25 Favorite Part!

[@mattfoley6082]

6:55 Maceo solo is so tasty!

[@HalakSholom]

Funkadelic

[@jayo6725]

To put this performance in context, it was the night after the assassination of Martin Luther King. Boston officials worked with JB to give this performance in an attempt to quell the anger in the community and prevent civil unrest. If I remember correctly, it worked. That is why the performance was recorded and the quality is so poor. It was a last minute decision and there wasn’t enough time to prepare.

[@MrAndrewep]

Bomb funk vibe

[@lordburlap4514]

Genius.

[@mikokagura9990]

Böyle iyi müzik icra eden Blues cu klmadı.

[@vaughnchauncy8360]

Intro far too long...baritone sax is in there

[@josefreitasoliveira4547]

Incrível, em memória.

[@Moshe60]

Bête de scene. Purely !

[@MinnieBlues4444]

#1 forever

[@rumkulhacker1608]

👍

[@e-ternell]

e ternal

[@gulnarabaeva1558]

❤JB❤

[@PlaAwa]

nice

[@MrAndrewep]

What year it was?

[@charlesmiddlebrooks6831]

1968

[@natalieabernathy5508]

This concert was done the day after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed in 1968. The concert was to be cancelled but the mayor and James told the governor to keep the concert going and because of this Boston did not riot. This was James Brown dedication to Dr. King...