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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[@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

[@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.

[@ILoveGod06]

@@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

[@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.

[@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 !!!!

[@sabiral-mansur3038]

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

[@motownfan3]

You are correct :)

[@frankmcneill8632]

​u😮😢 O@@motownfan3😮

[@spank2424]

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

[@ILoveGod06]

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.

[@anthonysmith2050]

Brother James saved alot of Lives that night

[@dlp3rdlegend]

Yes he did nobody else that could have pulled that off

[@tassiaroucha]

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

[@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

[@williamparker3328]

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

[@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.

[@sbretstacey]

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

[@goldee5278]

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

[@lordburlap4514]

Pure FUNK BLISS!!!!!

[@donjones5624]

Godfather of soul mr. James Brown❤💯👍🏿

[@laurenprofessional1714]

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

[@ILoveGod06]

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

[@anthonysmith2050]

His band was No Joke❤❤❤❤❤

[@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!

[@bluesman6953]

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

[@eddiescain]

That camel walk is sick!!!!

[@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'

[@jadenlewis6233]

Miss you JB

[@ILoveGod06]

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

[@bebaaliciacreations]

🎶⭐️The legend forever James Brown 🎶⭐️

[@jasperhankerson3114]

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

[@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 🙏

[@mistersir418]

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

[@williamparker3328]

MINE TOO! NO DOUBT!!!

[@sicsiksam]

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

[@anthonysmith2050]

Soul Personified

[@valerieboyntn1697]

👑 👑 👑 AMAZING!!!

[@davidduru-js6dk]

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

[@junker47]

featuring the 'Famous Flames'...

[@williamparker3328]

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

[@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'"

[@anthonysmith2050]

Man!!!!!!A GotDamn Jam Session ❤❤❤❤❤.

[@jesusbencomo3495]

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

[@user-ih9cx6cf7i]

Continue to rest in Heavenly Peace ✌️❤

[@928Karen]

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

[@pabloghio6577]

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

[@norbertsfez7301]

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

[@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 !!!!!!!!

[@user-ih9cx6cf7i]

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

[@anthonylbrown-vm2pq]

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

[@VinVonVoom]

2:22 This solo is intoxicating

[@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.

[@markuspboeddeker5930]

More love for Jimmy Nolen. He is incredible here.

[@AbdulaliMuhammad-bs7jt]

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

[@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

[@anthonysingleton1988]

YESSSSS!!!!!

[@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...

[@therealmikepfunk]

Damn the Jimmy Nolen yall

[@judithtiffinger8124]

Beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤

[@VinVonVoom]

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

[@zellhudson1830]

THE G.O.A.T CASE CLOSED.

[@anthonylbrown-vm2pq]

James Brown The famous Flames Featuring Macio Parker❤

[@user-ih9cx6cf7i]

Continue to rest in Heavenly Peace ✌️❤🙌🙏💕

[@eddiewilson8119]

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

[@user-gy3fj2oj3l]

Great Funk Music‼️Great JB‼️

[@smoovegittar]

Cooking

[@jimiwat8661]

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

[@TheShabazzProduction]

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

[@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.

[@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)

[@ajsmith5295]

Top band

[@HalakSholom]

Funkadelic

[@Mythical444]

8:15 “There Was A Time”

[@donaldjenkins4782]

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

[@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.

[@lordburlap4514]

Genius.

[@antoniomorgante1304]

Show Times JAMES BROWN

[@paburo-san6667]

Maceo!

[@MinnieBlues4444]

#1 forever

[@MrAndrewep]

Bomb funk vibe

[@josefreitasoliveira4547]

Incrível, em memória.

[@anonymously_me1803]

19:25 Favorite Part!

[@Beatles01able]

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

[@mattfoley6082]

1:55 James busts Clyde for playing too fast.

[@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

[@ajsmith5295]

That cat can move

[@gulnarabaeva1558]

❤JB❤

[@mattfoley6082]

6:55 Maceo solo is so tasty!

[@raymondmorton]

I was just 6...

[@isacharjones]

19:15 I Got The Feelin'

[@natalieabernathy5508]

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

[@PlaAwa]

nice

[@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.

[@orestercox2068]

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

[@rumkulhacker1608]

👍

[@AbdulaliMuhammad-bs7jt]

I would never become a gatekeeper for America on any level and a lot of these KZbin stations are gatekeepers for America on all levels ✅ checkmate

[@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...

[@mikokagura9990]

Böyle iyi müzik icra eden Blues cu klmadı.

[@FINKFINK100]

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

[@williamparker3328]

YOU BETTA BE KIDDING! LOL.

[@sabiral-mansur3038]

Griot

[@Themistoklis16]

The only bad thing is that the microphone is like that of a street vendor, those from the Balkans know very well what I'm talking about 😂

[@Mythical444]

Kind of adds the the rawness of the performance