JAMES BROWN - Give it up or turn it loose (3/3) - Live Palasport, Bologna Italy April 1971

[@boogster123321]

Man could you imagine being there live? The energy behind the band is freighting

[@swiffstep]

james was tapping into a world we all call soul and funk way before it even had a name. he practically invented and paved the way to what we now know. james the hardest working man in show business.

[@Revmostrite]

Possibly the greatest band ever assembled. unraveled in purity. J B is the truth! thats so funky i want to get up a dance

[@StartingwithSoul]

greatest entertainer of all time!!

[@kurtadams3021]

True indeed

[@patriceesela5000]

The spiritual father of countless artists

[@jacknumberone600]

the live shows from the late 50s are just too good to believe,, they can't post them.

[@7Beyonder]

Mystical, trance-inducing...absolutely the root of today's RnB. No software, no computers...Just unabashed funk from the muscle.

[@ЯрославШевченко-х7й]

Like simple diesel engine without electronics

[@djbigsmooth]

i believe that this version of give it up, was james' favorite tune to perform. it was a feel good song and it gets the crowd into the show. this tune did not have much in a lyrical way, but the groove , oh brother, the GROOVE, with everybody cooking at 300 degrees and bootsy layin' that funky bassline, how could you possibly sit still behind that? look through the crowd, there are so many heads bobbin', and hands clapping, some could not help themselves and got up to dance. that's my man.

[@pdddddp1]

Thank you sooooooo much KZbin for allowing everyone the chance to see how good Soul music used to be, and how very far it's fallen. Heck, ALL music for that matter!

[@MrJamesdryable]

best start to a song EVER, a quick spin with a removal of the jacket, followed by a smooth slide and kick to the mic.

[@laurentlemoing6338]

This might be the grooviest tune ever ! When I hear it, I can't stay still, my all body and my mind are grooving. The rhythm section is so tight, the groove, the energy everything is in the pocket. The version in the double-live LP is even sicker ! James Brown and the JB's is action, you can't beat this !

[@eugenemcgirt2357]

This may be the best performance of all time by anyone.

[@Chrisfathead]

This isn't even a particularly great James brown performance. I mean it's still awesome because it's him but there are better ones

[@eugenemcgirt2357]

The band was in a great flow and James was doing his usual thing. In combination with the band, and the song, this performance is an all time classic.

[@roberthorton6619]

The best

[@homoerectus744]

Bravo!

[@shermanmiller3203]

The band may be the best performance of all time by any band. James Brown ain’t doing 💩 but screaming, Bootsy is killin it

[@smkelly1970]

my favorite JB lineup of all time! Soul Brother #1- Vocals Bobby Byrd- Organ St. Clair Pinckney- Tenor Sax Fred Wesley- Trombone Hasaan Jamison, Chicken Gunnells- Trumpets Catfish Collins, Cheese Martin- Guitars Bootsy Collins- Bass Jabo Sparks, Tiger Martin- Drums

[@Wilson632]

Thank you for posting this one. Brown was partying the band was pumping nice tight Groove

[@eugenemcgirt]

What a great dance and move tune... James AND the band are working out well on the stage...

[@charlesmicheaux4121]

The ultimate God Father of dance and SOUL...Brother number #1!

[@MrCarltonjsmith]

This rendition/performance is fucking blistering!!!!!! This shit COOKS!!!! Damn Jimmy....dont be so mean on 'em!!!

[@t9190kp]

Band is the definition of LOCKED!!

[@smoothskin46]

They never heard anything like this before they're overwhelm. This is their first time hearing intense SOUL music. They are in shock!!! And amazed at the same time.

[@Lar112]

You are abolutely right nodrinking. I grew up during this time period and I will say it once I will say it a million he is the most influential musician ever. Without him there would be no Funk, Hip hop, Michael Jackson, Prince etc.

[@jamesgraham3116]

Creator of the FUNK.😎

[@JHallia]

The band is incredible, and James is out of this world.

[@tracyskins7854]

Totally agree!!!👋👋👋

[@Keith1140]

Here's a comment for you... "It wasn't just that James Brown threw down in his music, but it was how his music made you throw down. Hence, the term Break Dancing. Cause James got into your Soul." God Father of Soul. Peace.

[@helenemaury1485]

La perfection quel talent très flort un grand merci pour toutes les très belles chansons la scène il Connait bien une pensée 🌹❤️🌠🎶🙏

[@monicacarrao3082]

A great artist and his band made a song, a great DJ looped the breaks, a great culture was born! Recognize

[@douglasjones2570]

Thank you!

[@timmblue]

the hits in the intro omg. 🙌🏽🔥 The James Brown Sound lives on!

[@sammydean9085]

gave me chills watching this

[@AfroCuntFilms]

That thing he does with his jacket at the start just makes me so happy.

[@stanthology]

When I need a "HolyShit! Moment", I can watch James Brown, and say,"Holy Shit!" Self defined, self proclaimed Soul Brother Number One, creator of a whole new kind of music and movement! The Prophet...James Brown! The genius...James Brown! ...One time, we had to stop the car and dance in a parking lot when his tune came on!

[@mrc5653]

The perfection of groove & coolness ✌️

[@dashawnpittman6262]

We need more musicians like the God father of soul james brown 🙏

[@EJ_Ethan922]

how did this man ever have a voice from all of the years of screaming? this guy was amazing

[@tracyskins7854]

Nobody did it like the Godfather.

[@javonteburris3954]

I think by 1980 all that screaming started to catch up with him

[@g.m.3504]

Il Re in assoluto!!!!!

[@3kingkool]

This is so hard!!! Do it James.

[@TheLotus0818]

The master...The KING OF SOUL...!

[@tracyskins7854]

That part

[@hectorsanjurjo4095]

This is pure uncut funk

[@freein2339]

hector sanjurjo For real....

[@kurtadams3021]

hector sanjurjo yes indeed

[@williamparker6817]

You doggone right!!

[@TheWoud]

BEAST!

[@dignifiedblackman4742]

Phenomenal performance definitely my favorite by JB.

[@wblk]

If i was gonna fight someone and they came out of their suite jacket like that, im running and ain't looking back

[@shemcg7830]

💯%. The rhythm 🎸 section... “ 🎤 “ droppin’it! 👏🏾 💃🏾

[@tracyskins7854]

On fire!!!!!

[@HopeIanHope]

69 -71 seems like the best band James ever had. 👍🙂😃🔥

[@goldiecob]

great footage JB both the man and the band are on FIRE great performance how the crowd can remain largely seated during this performance boggles my mind

[@tracyskins7854]

For real though.i'm grooving right now.

[@simongarrettmusic]

there should be a monument to James Brown in NYC or Washington - Americans should respect and celebrate these incredible innovators. James Brown almost single-handedly invented a new type of music. There was funk yeah for sure but his insistence on minimalism and precision was something new entirely and influenced just about every aspect of music afterwards.

[@michaeljoyner3707]

James Always went In Hard!!

[@kurtadams3021]

Michael Joyner Super Bad Brother

[@tracyskins7854]

True showmanship

[@jessicagray51]

James Brown killed it miss u

[@tracyskins7854]

Yes he did!!!

[@derekstovall9268]

I saw him sing this at the Harlem armory n 1969 remember it like it'was yesterday if you never been to a live show there nothing like it RIP King

[@SALLYANGEL2]

the boy bad,,i love it...back it the day..at the colisum..before i got saved,,thanks for this video,,,all are nice..this is a listen conservative

[@armonrakhman3791]

The FUNK got me dancing right now! I got to have it!!! Godfather!

[@pbuotte]

TIGHT - TIGHT - TIGHT why are bands like this anymore!! and the bass lines, holy smack

[@MushroomPot420_69]

complete inspiration!

[@hirokomlm131]

What I realize about James is that he was so good at ambience that he never really had to sing the song. People didn't come to see him recite lyrics like most singers today.

[@keithdano]

thank goodness for European television, preserving American culture

[@zayvisuals]

JB was pop locking before pop locking was a thing😂🪩

[@NewarkChe]

R.I.P. James... REST IN POWER

[@snnxcpln]

this was the baddest band ever... and the parliament/funkadelic crew follows! I'm from italy but sadly I was born 12 yrs later, so I missed all of my favorite bands... bologna is 300km from where i live but i would have been to this show even if I had to walk there! This music is still so powerful and relevant today so I just can't imagine how it would be for a 1971 italian kid to watch something like this. I would have been totally blown away

[@lebasipinaud5204]

Bestial !! Sale el soul por todos sus poros !! Leyenda de la musica!! I love for ever !! Pasion y arte era james brown

[@hardcorowyprzedstawiacz916]

this is like a fkn prayer to funk music, he enjoyed it a lot here

[@kurtadams3021]

The architect of soul Funk and Hip hop 💙

[@TheMasabaa]

This is the best thing I've ever seen. I haven't been able to find other clips of him doing this same routine, even in other live videos of this song. Was he just on one this evening? Dude is dancing is ASS off.

[@FASBLAQUE]

This is the best version of that tune I've ever heard. Bootsy on bass and his brother Catfish on guitar.😊

[@FabPotato]

Damn! What a man! What a band! Funky!

[@rebelgreen2398]

I'm going to start taking off my jacket like that when I walk into a room. Let people know that I mean business.

[@garyragin9966]

Nobody did it like James Brown. The badest cat that ever did it !!!!!

[@kurtadams3021]

Gary Ragin Yes indeed

[@dustyrustymusty3577]

No doubt.

[@mikemoore3050]

DAMN SKIP!

[@mohameddabi1028]

love is life.life is.jamesbrown.jamesbrown is theparadise.

[@mory357jojo]

so nice. this is the value of youtube.

[@robjones2408]

A young Bootsy Collins on fatback bass, getting up on the One! Great stuff. JB was a force of nature. Nearly five decades on, and he still remains unbeatable.

[@BoyYardee]

The One and Only Mr Dynamite!

[@GuillermoRodriguez-ij3ou]

james brown,el mejor cantante y bailarin de todos los tiempos, I do not get tire of listening to his music and videos,saludos a todos sus fans

[@bcancun123]

that band was a tight unit TIGHT!

[@marleymation]

Forty years and still giving out these wild dance pulsations.

[@ghanasoul]

James Brown at his peak!! with the Original JB's. GREAT STUFF!! this version in MY opinion is better then the Paris show!!

[@ramsesstafford4640]

There is only one Soul Brother Number One. 👌🏽

[@mariontorain664]

The Absolute Greatest!!!

[@Pulex0445]

meraviglioso. Che potenza!

[@hollowroom]

That, ladies and gentleman, is a rhythm section.

[@WakandaBabe]

GOD I LOVED THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES!!!!

[@michaelparks5669]

The Italians must have gone nuts over James.

[@cleadro]

James changed his clothes at the beginning like a superhero!!!

[@funkyrustik]

He was a great artist and an innovator, I'm sure many other musicians were influenced by.

[@stanthology]

Incredible! Unsurpassable! Creater of a whole scene!

[@danieletempestini9466]

magnifique James Brown

[@rocx3908]

Daniele Tempestini oui

[@santanapendleton9955]

The Bologna crowd here are almost dead, but im sure quite few audience members are absorbing the funk. The crowd's collective mind must have been blown by the level of syncopation provided. Within 10 years Italians would be funking out all over the country to disco. If James Brown played this in Bologna today the crowd would be going crazy.

[@dm6testa777]

we will never see another live band like this

[@SuperMispi]

It's funny you say that. One of my friends years ago said, " if you can't feel this music you must be dead".

[@benjamindavid6089]

Hardest working man in show business....period

[@teareeutley3770]

I would have lost my mind partying in there.

[@gregforde-i7x]

GOD MADE MAN THEN HE MADE JAMES BROWN.HE WAS IN A CALSS ALL BY HISSELF REST ON GREAT ONE PEACE.

[@awreenjmoon]

the funk tho. give it up turn it loose.. HBD and R.I.P JB!

[@philipjames751]

I love this version cause the snare stays on the upbeat unlike on the original version. Thank you for posting!

[@calvinbraxton1296]

YES YES YES THE NUMBER ONE KING OF SOUL THIS PROOF ENOUGH 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸⭐⭐⭐😇

[@davemcgrawrrr]

James Brown was the future, and not everyone is ready for the future

[@KEEMOO77]

this came out before i was born....it's on my iPod!!

[@Sangria3]

True Showmanship!!! The yungins today don't know nothin' bout this kinda music...

[@jerryj920]

Ain't it funky now! "My note again."

[@jerryj920]

May 3: Happy birthday Mr James Brown, The Godfather of Soul, Soul Brother # 1, Mr. Please, Please, Please, The Hardest Working Man in show Business (1933-2006) RIP. Blessings.

[@marmillsfo]

That gets keyboard line . . . hear it? It gets back to the groove . . . there it is, again! I've copied that line on a number of different tracks when I was playing keyboards. Get it, James Brown!

[@kurtadams3021]

Soul Brother #1

[@AhkmedNetworks]

this man had so much funk. the true funky man.

[@RickSchade]

the dude knows all the parts, at one with the band. fuckin badass.