James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing (Live at The Midnight Special)

No copyright infringement intended. Love the moustache and the dancers!

[@bustaknutt5556]

“Everything isn’t meant for Everybody.” This audience confirms that.

[@mayormc]

Right? What a dead audience for such an amazing performance.

[@larryherbert252]

The female dancer is killin it, Mr. Brown is killin it, and the The JB's are killin it, and the audience needs CPR

[@bfdzvalable]

"He could have gotten more reaction from a graveyard than this audience" AMEN!!!

[@marvinsmith8015]

This is what happens when you have a predominately white audience with no feeling for rhythm!!

[@marlenemitchell-kavanaugh3644]

Come on…y’all know white folks got no kind of rhythm…lol lol

[@donearl6675]

@@marvinsmith8015 😆😆

[@fr-tigerfangs7039]

Probably a bunch of deaf people... Even 50 years later, nobody can stand idle while this plays on! Peace y'all.

[@candiperk5405]

​@@marvinsmith801535😊

[@jsunshine8642]

Today would have been my dad's 87th birthday. Playing James Brown for him tonight. He was a white man that played drums and loved soul, he always said, "James Brown is THE Man!

[@paulreuben7343]

God bless your father's memory

[@jamienon6572]

1:03 the way he drops into splits and then slides back to the mic in time with the horn. Why the fuck is nobody is getting up offa their thangs?!

[@PunguinYoga]

I keep waiting for it.

[@waynefoote3781]

KIng James used to just give us his ALL! WOW! Multiple sources of entertainment to watch and hear............Man!!!!!!!!

[@tomdempsey6599]

HOW...are people not standing and dancing for this!?!?

[@gingercake0907]

It’s the time period. The majority of the audience is white and they don’t want to be seen enjoying an African American performance because that would mean they are in political allegiance with the Civil Rights movement. James Brown sang “ Say it loud I’m black and I’m proud.”

[@AngelAngel-mw8zt]

😬They can't dance

[@volkanturkiye1809]

They don t drinking 😂😂😂😂

[@bobfisher-zd2lt]

They are those people that’s why.

[@felixg12]

Thos is literally the most funkiest song of all time performed by the great James Brown

[@b1276427]

JB did his thing, the crowd wasn’t in to it, but I am in Houston jamming. Who’s listening with me?

[@bobjinessr7957]

May be the best all around performer o f all time

[@thenops8664]

That walk to the stage😂😂😂

[@renesajan]

God, I've never found a funkier song than this. If anyone has, please share!

[@angad10]

fuck yea man!

[@dtm2078]

Rufus Thomas's "Funkiest Man Alive"

[@j.franknash8989]

Sex Machine

[@cassisbrook]

2.40 - 2.47 I will never never never ever not be awed by Mr Brown's move there! 🎉 🔥🙌🏽🔥🎉

[@TonyMontana-vw8dj]

J. B. was a Baaaaaaaddddd man!!! Smooth as 🧊 ice & nuthin nice.

[@johnellis7658]

This was the first album I ever bought

[@robertdevoy3119]

He said it and he meant it. This is timeless wisdom to live by.

[@blablablabla4236]

This brotha snapped! King of soul and funk

[@usaearthling]

James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince, Bobby Brown, the list goes on with all these beautiful Black men who have their special moves that will always be in style and loved by all who watched their amazing performances. We love you James Brown.

[@alextagbo7504]

He's got the stellar split and definitely knows how to romance the mic

[@jarvoos1129]

1:29 - 1:40 Why He Gotta Be So Smooth Wit That, RIP Godfather Of Soul

[@onuroram]

Look at this performance. R.I.P king. Respect from🇹🇷

[@anthonybonner1230]

I couldn't sit still listening to this and this was way before I was born

[@JoyHarrison]

This dead audience didn't deserve a live performance from the extraordinary JB.

[@bundaman7]

My sentiments exactly

[@lordburlap4514]

Audience is dead….JAMES IS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!

[@rodjjt7742]

I don't see anybody in the audience getting up off that thing

[@al6347]

God Father of Soul...Funk ...GOAT..Greatest OF ALL TIME...Appreciate You...God Father....

[@marcelogoncalves74]

BLAST EVERYTHING MR. JAMES FUNK SOUL BROTHER BROWN . THIS IS GOLD !!

[@2300enduserperson1]

I would have still like to have been on that stage.

[@coryholland1811]

James with the funk. And rockin' the power moe. Doesn't get better.

[@asapGooby]

wOW, AND NO ONE'S GETTIN UP OFFA THAT THING! for shame

[@byroncustis7539]

This crowd said, back to our wine and conversations lol

[@kepler240]

Good God

[@Music73777]

All that and barely broke a sweat. 👏🏾

[@jameslee1278]

A great performer had to practice to things that could not say or do things back before becoming performers to people. They know how it is. JB was a GREAT PERFORMER. He stayed in character of who he was inspite of the crowd

[@HHH-dy2oi]

The way he drug that left leg @ 1:06 with that horn.

[@kepler240]

Just noticed. He was always into his music and did some cool stuff. His one footed shimmy looks impossible and his mic drop and catch are always fun to watch. There's always alot going on with JB.

[@richarc4317]

The dancers reminded me of Will Ferrell and Cherie O'Teri from SNL and their cheerleading skit!

[@dbldventura]

Brother James, still a true original.

[@michaelwilks6268]

You know some entertainers as they age people lose interest in them because they're not considered hot or with it anymore, they are deemed to be out dated relics of an anachronistic musical era. I work with a silly young whipper snapper like that, ha, hahaha hahaha.And he and I are always having friendly debates regarding the music of our respective eras. However the difference between he and I is that if I hear something that I like regardless of what era it comes from if I like I like it. Him on the hand his ears are closed to anything but the music from his era . Like for instance I Iove Cardi and Bruno Mars and a lot of different people from this era. Because the beat is what enamores me to the song. But some people like the God father here will never go out of style because of the electricity he generated and his ability to reinvent himself. A few others possessed this quilty but brother James was one of the extraordinary ones. Peace and glory to this unique soul and it's my sincere wish that this wonderful brother's music. Will be heard by multitudes of people until the last man or woman walks this earth☺️.

[@PunguinYoga]

When James Brown was at his peak, he was amazing. It's easy to see why so many revered him. And those tight bands of his!

[@b1276427]

The crowd didn’t know that Get up off that thang means get up and dance to the rhythm!

[@sssuleyman301]

who can shake his body like this man in our days

[@ishdontstop_]

too got dang fire, live performance at that

[@cherryl7707]

He could have gotten more reaction from a graveyard than this audience 😏😀

[@WrainTravels]

cherryl lmao I went from watching a soul train performance to this. I was wondering if they were real people

[@cherryl7707]

Waid Rainey yep they are not real😀

[@MsSyreeta313]

You noticed it, too! 😆

[@zarcovalentin2094]

You're right. 2021 and me wanting to dance from my desk

[@terracebrooks320]

You said that right. My goodness.

[@philipjones8548]

The double edge sword of getting free tickets to a TV show . You get to see JB , but yer can't get up offa yer seat !!!

[@mmb1487]

James just to funky stepping to the beat cant be matched

[@user-mc6lo9gx9o]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE VIDEOS!

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Funk, soul, and blues #crazygood

[@mahe-2268]

Only James Brown could have tamed an entire crowd made of ZOMBIES ‼

[@ouzo221]

simply James Brown ...

[@tevan0077]

Why the crowd so boring? James killed this performance, man was talented no wonder MJ looked up to him. R.I.P to both legends

[@1955teddy]

SOMEONE SAID THIS IS AL SHARPON

[@tevan0077]

@@1955teddy lol who said that? 😂

[@trav2will]

The crowd is not boring..people were more reserved back then compared to today's crowds.

[@pingbounce2851]

Best ever

[@paulreuben7343]

Big up the Godfather cool looking JB with the moustache always a good look.

[@crowbarbitch996]

Dea GoD 👏 🔥

[@UrsulaO.]

Man!!... what kind of audience was that??!!... that performance was gorgeous!!!...

[@OSHINGUITARLESSONS1990]

Where the fuck has gone the music. They don't respect this. Human involution

[@byroncustis7539]

James is like, well I'm getting paid for this so I'm good lol

[@gimag734]

James was the earliest Michael Jackson ever...

[@user-mc6lo9gx9o]

THE KING!

[@begliuccellini]

If we sent this video and this music to the space, aliens from everywhere would think "Hey, these people ...how cool they are!!!"

[@sharonvanert]

Good sound

[@rabiabenchabane2545]

Don’t care about stupid protocols I’ll be up offa tha thing dancing my ass off 😂💃🏻💃🏻

[@snowman9977]

In those days no audience member ever got up to move. That’s just how it was.

[@AK-gx4fh]

The king!

[@geoffreyclark6922]

JB: GET UP OFFA DAT THANG!!! Audience: Nah.

You Got Hat Right My Beautiful Black "Queen->WOW!

[@onlinebills9169]

It's not that the audience were dead.. This is back in the days where when something like that was televised, the audience was NOT supposed to be acting like fools.

[@brendaponzio6058]

❤️ 2022 🇦🇷

[@apendicitis1000]

RIP

[@miriamperez3488]

Así aprendí a bailar...y lo hacía bien...

[@PG-lp4bn]

Yeah

[@barkeater123]

Lol. The dead response from the crowd is great. Just needed the record skip sound effect.

[@fersan1395]

OH YEAH!!🕶️✌️✌️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️

[@craigwalker4625]

Man that dancer tho. 😂 😂 Campest Luke cage cos play I've ever seen. JB delivered as per usual.

[@emceeizzy6596]

Amazing

[@seanconnor8902]

He set the footpriint how to funk

[@crouchhill]

Message to the audience..... The message is in the title of the song 😂

[@josephrussell4625]

Definition of performing for the corps

[@2300enduserperson1]

Son: Mr. James Brown, I'm your son James Brown:, Uh, well...good luck with that! Son: Well, can I at least call you daddy? James Brown: No son. Only your mama can call me daddy.

[@adilsonpinheirodeoliveira6735]

Só ficou saudade do Rei do soul

[@oldskoolmusicforever0724]

I GUESS HE HAD THE AUDIENCE IN SOME SORT OF DON'T MOVE KIND OF OF TRANCE OR SOMETHING.

[@heatherwanamaker7904]

love

[@lesthebest3171]

So funny, no matter how much Soul Brother No.1 sang, that audience didn’t understand what he meant when he screamed, Get Up Off That Thang!

[@llllll-ux2lz]

Sheesh the crowd is Fn dead! Lol

[@MysticMia]

Stiff joints no more :)

[@Usercamolivais]

❤👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@TurboGibby-bh8bu]

Wish I was that guitar player

[@michelelaraia7358]

That catwalk is a bit coffin shaped.and it is an arrow!🤣🤣🤣👍

From: "KING OSIRUS"

[@wanderleysoares5118]

Genial

[@joshkeith6084]

And that was the last time Mr Brown booked that venue with those white folk lol.

[@starbwoy133]

🤣😂 how can anyone sit there and their body resist the beat? Makes no sense!

[@heatherstrigens258]

What’s WRONG with these people? I guess it wasn’t generally understood that the audience can affect the performance a lot. Sad, but oh boy I’m pretty sure Mr Brown is beaming today - from heaven!

[@zerin.]

Brain dead audience. 😢. he was an american icon.❤

[@ohnoohyeah3205]

And the crowd refuses his suggestion 100%.

[@bristoltoffee]

How the hell can the audience just sit there.!!!! I`d be up grooving like f**k.

[@Rainbow1210]

The audience is just Blah how could you not dance to this 🙄

[@kepler240]

It took him 32 seconds to write the lyrics and 7 months for the rest.

[@kepler240]

His moves are far out....but so was he.

[@michelelaraia7358]

Thumb down for that

[@AMIRGOUT26]

Un rostro poco expresivo jejeje

[@dwaynejordan6750]

Audience full of "L7's"!!!!!

[@jamiesivad6443]

The Godfather have performed in front of all kinds of audiences... Including those Corpes! WELL AT LEAST THEY AIN'T TRYING TO BITE PEOPLE!!

[@MaraschinoMary1]

Does anyone remember what year this was?

[@don4476]

It's a tv show. I'm guessing the audience was told to NOT STAND IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS.