Soul Connection (1978) | The James Brown Story

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[@hornetbrown]

James Brown sang with his heart all of the time...he sang like his life depended on it because that is what he always knew--his performances were about survival and staying relevant. He wanted to please his audiences and give them their money's worth every time. I saw him close to his absolute twilight when he came to perform for soldiers at Fort Jackson SC back in 1990. One could tell that time caught up to him by then and was advancing, but man, he got down and sang like he was all in even then. James Brown will always be next to my heart--he was like Superman except he was a real man...his Kryptonite was time and his own mind. But he gave his all, that's for sure--Doing it To Death.

[@danavixen6274]

You were fortunate! JB-Soul Brother #1-was BEYOND gifted as a performer! He was awe-inspiring until the end! 🙏🏾

[@thelifeoflaee]

I’m 11 and I admire old funk and James brown, he is now one of my idols I wish I could have met him🥺

[@c.calliecoleman1531]

I just love when young people can love, and feel music, from our era, like this. This reminds me of my granddaughter, age 6, and was repeatedly watching the The Jackson's movie, and Michael had been dead, about 5yrs, at this time. I could tell she was liking their music, as much as I do, but what made me know she really loved them was when she said she wanted to change her last name to Jackson, she wanted to be in their family. This just made me smile inside, and thought it was sweet. But then I thought her daddy has a grandmama, whose last name was Jackson, so I told her legally she could use that name. But, of course, we were just talking, and her name will stay, just as it is, and it's a fine name, too.✌🏽

[@musicmandice1091]

one of The Greatest Entertainers, Innovator, Teacher, He stood for The black Community as a whole!! Thank you @reelblack for Going hard to provide Us with this!! ✊

[@salahuddinahmad4732]

James was great!!!!!! Allah akhbar!!!!! Peace!

[@entrepreneurstats8879]

Indeed

[@gibriljobe2498]

musicman dice well said. He knew the business too.

[@EarlMcDowellJr]

@32:35 If that dance demo sequence was filmed in1978, that would make James Brown 45 YEARS OLD when he slammed on his knee caps...and immediately popped right back up. Let that sink in for a second.

[@HardBlackBoy]

The man didn't drink extremely nor smoked, so it makes sense that he still had that much energy to dance the same way he did in his 20s and 30s in the 1950s and 1960s, he simply took good care of himself. He didn't do drugs in all of those periods either especially.

[@allen6924]

J.B. was the originator of modern music. Because no matter the style you play, it has to emphasize the synchronization of the beat. Funk is what gets you a hit.

[@brandonwilliams3189]

James Brown,Stevie, Michael...love to see GREATS working in the Lab.

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

Brandon Williams straight from the dome!

[@ubself]

Yes

[@sholaebofin6090]

The greatest to ever do it in my humble opinion 🎶👌

[@dirkjanklijn9949]

This man took me through my youth, still get the chill's listening to his music, can't sit still.

[@entrepreneurcity3317]

born in the heart of a Jim Crow & segregated south couldn't read or write and still did it!! This is why I listen to James Brown he was a bad dude. I wasn't even born in 78 but im rocking to JB all day today.

[@empressnicola3175]

The King of The Funk... will always be loved!!!!

[@xplaybwoix]

10.30 - That is a rare moment to see James Brown in the studio directing the band like that and creating that beat! 11.05 - James Brown predicted the beginning of Michael Jackson's ' Rock with You '

[@A-RAW20s]

WOAH I didn’t notice that! 😆 it does sound similar 😂

[@nysic1234]

What’s the name of the song 11:05?

[@Goatchild90]

The most influential performer in popular music

[@dlp3rdlegend]

yes he is

[@palmares77]

NEVER have seen footage of Mr.Brown in Senegal....WOW

[@u.s.n.retired1995]

This doc was better than the half made movie of this LEGEND'S LIFE!!! I'll always LOVE THIS TRUE SOUL BROTHER!!! 💓💓💓

[@Casanova102986]

without james there’s no michael, there’s no prince.

[@TerrenceBowden-i4k]

So true. Rip Prince my favorite and Rip to MJ.

[@EarthWindandFirepower0990]

JAMES MAY BE GONE BUT HIS LEGEND LIVES ON AND ON AND ON

[@gregharper8705]

What an amazing documentary! James Brown was definitely the man✨🌟🙌🏾🕺🏾✊🏾

[@sleepleZZZV3]

With the mustache, my favorite look! What a legend this man is!

[@minkmack81]

Indeed!👑👌🏾

[@VomitPinata]

Love the mustache, natural 'fro look! He was too good for this world...

[@laraoneal7284]

For sure. He looked great in mustache and beard too. He should have stayed with look.

[@mastabah6861]

This channel : Such an Incredible Gift of treasure!!!

[@skimanization]

This a real story of someone who comes from rags to riches, and one of the first musicians to die tragically after all his successes. Thanks.

[@MacKenTayomoJ]

He is not the first to die tragically as you have said: Otis Redding, Michael Jackson and many more.

[@skimanization]

@@MacKenTayomoJ I've given you a thumbs-up, but you must understand, he was older than Michael Jackson, Prince, Witney Houston etc. and why I said he is not the first to die tragically...but one of the first.

[@boogiedownbronx73]

mannnnn if i could go back in time i would want to see JB live

[@riyadhrafique8377]

James Brown (1933-2006) The Hardest Working Man in Show Business- that was more than an epitaph, its the truth when you think of James Brown. The man was like Ray Charles (1930-2004) born dirt poor in the South. He achieved only a seventh grade education but still, he preserved. He shined shoes, danced for pennies, and even stole. Remember The Temptations "Papa Was A Rollin Stone" (1971)- "Some say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bills". He burst on the scene with the Famous Flames in 1956 with "Please Please Please"- that's when & where the cape routine originated. He ruled the airwaves from the mid 1950s' till the early 1970s'. Songs like "This Is A Man's World" (1966) "I Feel Good" (I Got You) (1965), Say it Loud (I am Black & Proud) (1968) "Don't Be A Dropout" (1968), "Cold Sweat" (1970) "Sex Machine" (1970) "Get Up Offa That Thing (1971). The man revolutionized the sound of music- from Rock & Roll era to Disco- he was even influential in the Rap/ Hip-Hop genre of the late 1970s' & 80s'. Even losing his son Teddy in 1973 didn't stop him. What did bring him down in the end was diabetes- he died Christmas Day 2006 in Georgia. Mr. James Brown, rest in peace- "Give um hell" up there 😂 Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020) did an exceptional job on "Get On Up" (2014)

[@nanettehayakawa7628]

Absolutely THE BEST !!! Fantastic man.

[@stephenhathaway269]

Massive respect and admiration for this man

[@gilbertocruz1683]

Blessed soul...matchless artist

[@gabebatten9462]

Magnificent Style and Grace!~~~

[@afrotrooptv]

JAMES BROWN! JAMES BROWN! JAMES BROWN!

[@petierican6079]

Thank you reelblack for your time hard work and dedication for us the viewers your site is amazing

[@v.a.993]

At the part when he is in the studio and telling the studio musicians that he needs to hear more funkiness, and they gave it to him, his talent is undeniably remarkable when one considers that he had no formal music training.

[@SoundScientist1]

@Vanessa Allmon. I generally agree with your assessment that he was an amazing performer (given his limited formal education & limited musical training). However it seems like in that scene, the studio musicians were already performing their asses off. He conveyed to the mix engineer that he couldn't hear specific funky elements in his headphone mix. The engineer appears to have made the adjustments & the session carried on...

[@sabrinabeverly6427]

Soul Brother #1 James Brown Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@TheeDuhscientist]

Mustache Era James🤘🏾

[@t.c.o.g.773]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LadyTamaraTV]

Mr James Brown with his lengendary sound & moves !!

[@masforthemasses]

You are a GODSEND. LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS CHANNEL! Don't stop... and THANK YOU!

[@Taelathegazadiva]

James was the only entertainer who could perm and change his hair without it falling out or just completely damaging his hair he had some beautiful course hair so silky soft and curly and just healthy hair🥺💗.....

[@lt2339]

Wigs

[@orettasmith6871]

@@lt2339 That was His Real Hair!!! He was part Cherokee Indian, Black, and Asian. Educate yourself, Google it.

[@Taelathegazadiva]

@@lt2339 where?? ..... On you ohh ok 💀.

[@arttez8068]

@@orettasmith6871 asian? never heard that.

[@arttez8068]

@@lt2339 He didn’t do wigs.

[@LeenaStark]

The flow of LOVE the people showed him from the second he appeared at the door of the plane, speaks volumes of how much James was LOVED! Made me tear up. But I dont care too much for the _narator_ - he comes off as arrogant and condescending towards James. That fool better recognize in WHO's presence he is standing in front of and speaking to! THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC James. 🌹 Rest in eternal LOVE & PEACE King! ❤ 👑

[@tropic-al1663]

17:30 " A rather unattractive child " Dam that is cold blooded jack!!! WTF I love JB, no other performer like him!!! G.O.A.T.

[@seand67]

THANK YOU for posting this

[@danavixen6274]

Thank you reelblack for this IMPORTANT piece of history! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@wblk]

James Brown was a totally different kind of human being.. Rest on

[@orettasmith6871]

He really was One of a kind!!!

[@p.burley4533]

These old documentaries with the British narrator, trying, honestly to interpret blackness is a trip. The video of just James is where it's good.

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

Season1 better2 true talk, true talk.

[@p.burley4533]

Season1 better2 How come Africans are advised not to associate with American Blacks-BEFORE they come here?

[@p.burley4533]

Season1 better2 If you are African, look how you let White minorities treat you on your own soil. And recently the Chinese. Why come to America, which uses up Africa. Wouldn’t it be better to stay there and take control of your mineral resources?

[@anotherpointofview222]

@@p.burley4533 Who advises them?

[@p.burley4533]

Season1 better2 Those are facts. And the system of racism/white supremacy is global. Doesn’t explain some Africans’ attitudes towards American descendants of slaves, which Africans sold us into. The Transatlantic slave trade would not have been possible unless West African regions were complicit. So again, what’s up with those attitudes?

[@richmck007]

Saw this guy and the band three times and never saw anyone better, just as good… People like Michael, Prince and all the others who came after James idolized James’s hipness! James was always sayin’, doin’ it… Just a different way…

[@alrobinson261]

During the 60's and 70's i was in high school and college. We all loved and admired James Brown. He was not educated, but he knew how to touch all of our souls. At a campus party no one would dance until they played James Brown. Then we all got up and danced, even if we did not have a partner. We loved him then and we love him today. Thank you for this story for he will ALWAYS be part of my life!

[@ernestobardwell146]

R I P🙏 The King of Soul🎵 Thanks for the Talks The Laughs 🤗 Your Music 🎼 Live On You Are Missed 😢😢 The Gemini Man NYC 🎵🎶🎼🌉

[@septiawoman2911]

James Brown sang, "I don't want nobody to give me NOTHIN. Open up the door, I'll get it myself!" Soul brotha No.1.

[@phoenixchaim3642]

i guess im randomly asking but does anybody know of a trick to log back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly lost the login password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me!

[@erickleandro1448]

@Phoenix Chaim Instablaster =)

[@matrox]

Yep...he was for self help...not handouts. He was a Republican.

[@UniversalMind-10]

​@@matroxread the comment again you missed it

[@Doug-mc3dd]

@@matrox Yep...he was.

[@cassandradiane5540]

... anyone can have the beat...anyone can have the rhythm...but, to have Soul, you have to have been through somethin' heartfelt and touchin' - usually oppresive or tragic - that affects your very existence...and, it is reflected in everything you do...James Brown IS Soul Music...FOREVER❤💋❤

[@MrCoby303]

that band was very discipline!! James control the atmosphere

[@orettasmith6871]

And damn just talented!!!

[@stacynels4]

Deffinate Godfather Of Soul!!!! Funk!!!!! Rappin!!!! Clappin!!!! Stamppin!!!! Vocalappin!!!! Synchronizappin!!!!! Phenomenhappin!!!!

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

THE GREATEST HIP HOP PRODUCER-EVERLASTING-FOREVER AND A DAY!!!!!!!

[@entrepreneurstats8879]

This is what I've been looking for. Movie night is gonna be alright now 😁🕺🏿

[@rexxgarvin5313]

James Brown is Soul Power in its purest form........

[@isabellegiorgis2975]

Perfect homage to this legendary powerful voice and message to the world. From Georgia to Senegal, a full circle journey. I also love the choices of songs and pace of the documentary, keeping up with the funky beat and letting Brown do the talking.

[@abrauf5800]

true father of hip-hop.

[@KevinWhitfield-fb9tc]

Once he found that new bag it never got old!

[@jasonwilliams0306]

That was poWRA-ful, when he sang this is a mans world, that version hit me, i wonder where he goes when he sings Joseph James Brown, i salute you #Tehuti

[@DreadDazeTV]

Blessed respect to James Brown.

[@solomonreal1977]

hyEEEeeAAAAAHHHH!!

[@jamesvickers9476]

No doubt the godfather of Soul/Funk...❤🖤💚

[@michaelwilson569]

High standards. Well rounded

[@nando41426]

RIP JAMES BROWN TBE! FACTS @ 4:36 "I had so many waves in my hair people would get sea sick"

[@c.calliecoleman1531]

I liked that. I also like when he spoke truths when he said black children need to see people on the screen, their color, that they could identify with. Then he said, just like God made man, in his own image so he could look at himself,[through other successful black men], and know he can make it. I thought that was a good comparison he made, to get his point across.

[@Stallone808]

Incredible!!!!! ♉♉♉

[@sunrah4469]

The Godfather at the tail end of his monumental career. His impact would to reverberate through hip hop ten years later , but helped to shape the sound of Fela Kuti in nigeria at the time. His reach was intergenerational & international. SALUTE THE MINISTER OF THE NEW SUPER HEAVY FUNK , THE GODFATHER OF SOUL , SOUL BROTHER #1 , THE AMAZING MR. PLEASE PLEASE HIMSELF...JAMES BROWN 😎

[@osas5211]

sun rah 44 Hip Hop, Funk & Jazz But people have the audacity to put MJ over him lmao

[@sunrah4469]

@@osas5211 I know 😂😂😂. Funny part is Michael would tell anybody who'd listen that James Brown was who he looked up to and modelled himself after. Prince too.

[@osas5211]

sun rah 44 Exactly, kings look up to the Godfather

[@jbp6994]

👋🏼@@sunrah4469 Some sources report that it was Jackie Wilson, reported to die poor in a nursing home, that James Brown got some of his famous steps from➡️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWLSlammYsSVns0

[@sunrah4469]

@@jbp6994 I would not doubt that at all. Jackie was a monster in his own right.

[@CurtisJO]

Soulbrother Godfather whatever is simply The GOAT 😎 RIP Legend

[@richgirl5190]

The (KING) the (Man) the (KING OF SOUL MUSIC)"💃

[@Gjrdo]

What i find so exciting about james brown is not knowing when his band is going to hit you. Beautiful music

[@dittofeelings4797]

He and Fella Kuti should have done a song together!! Man that would have been the best!!

[@MacKenTayomoJ]

Thanks. Yes! Among musical greats he is among first oldest performers to die tragically.

[@tribeofjudah6470]

Say It Loud- I'm Black And I'm Proud! 🔥

[@speerrituall1]

He got on stage, sung that song and stopped the riots!

[@midnighttrucker19]

SUPER SOUL Morning radio show starts off by playing "dreams" by Fleetwood Mac. Magical time

[@jewelveal6414]

No

[@originalgordon168]

This is one of the best GFOS documentaries I've seen! Thank you so much for uploading it! JB is a huge inspiration to me and the world! RIP. P.S. He was Murdered! We need justice to be served to those that were involved!

[@javonteburris3954]

@sopitaboHe could have been murdered in hospital room people just coming and going

[@margaretmccall7726]

This was during an amazing time in the 1970s when I felt like African Americans and native Africans were going to unite thanks to Muhammad Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle", Richard Pryor's repentance for releasing the N-Word after visiting the continent, and this legendary concert. Pan Africanism was a real possibility then and can still be realized today.

[@ThePlayboyLen]

We're in this country because of Africans. Our very own participation is documented from the beginning of middle-passage post edict by the then pope in the 17th century. Pan-Africanism is tokenism personafied.

[@margaretmccall7726]

@Polite Hammer! It's a theory that could still happen. Historically and politically the power brokers of this world don't want that to occur. Africa is rich in so many things this world values like gold, diamonds, oil, natural gas, the raw minerals and materials for today's electronics, and even its people. If we all could reunite, we could shift the balance of power in this world and change the conditions we have been forced to endure for centuries. 🙏🌹

[@osas5211]

Margaret McCall Aboriginals segregate themselves from African Americans. Tribalism can’t be fixed

[@osas5211]

Polite Hammer! It’s jus tribalism, everyone in the world has it

[@osas5211]

Margaret McCall It’s Africans that don’t want it, trust me i was born and raised Nigerian

[@rexxgarvin5313]

How many of you,were a kid when James Brown was Full Power? Lets talk

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

rexx garvin no, reeeeeeeeal talk!!!!!

[@rexxgarvin5313]

Today is March 25, 2020, I will be here at 7pm. Lets chat about James Brown. Grown folks only!!

[@novinawright1228]

Well I was born in 78 and enjoyed his music every since I heard him

[@speerrituall1]

Raises hand. 🙌🏾

[@Alex-nu9gj]

Modern times are to soft, and don't forge that kind of man anymore...

[@boulakhraskhennouf1510]

A legend .

[@LilAlpo1]

How many of y'all are old enough to remember that phone at 38:58 lol ??

[@kishagreen6809]

I am. In the 80's we had a red one. While my granny had a green one. Memories.

[@vblacka4117]

Still have that phone.

[@speerrituall1]

Ours was tan.

[@auntieeva4098]

We had the same color, olive green

[@tracybutler2478]

That's why I represent my heritage.👍💪

[@Isiejeme0829]

Legendary stuff

[@toneyisaiah408]

He has been a big influence on the rock and roll acts like The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.

[@SliceOfSoulPizzaLounge]

11:47 best part

[@pedromendes6701]

What music was that??

[@tomorasmall296]

The King of Soul!

[@dianaphillips8927]

Adoration is an understatement

[@meadowsp9999999999]

Fantastic!

[@Msmac717]

James Brown is.using an OG cake Cutter for his hair. My ppl know what Im saying. This was a great entertainer..R.I.H Brother James.

[@VomitPinata]

cake cutter! lol! I had one of those black plastic picks with the black power fist for the handle. Good times.

[@DezGWChannel412]

My cousin James Brown💯💯💯 #Barnwell, SC.

[@user-tt2qn1cj1x]

Seems like a family reunion as a lady who describes herself as a 3rd cousin.

[@osas5211]

The most transcendent artist of the century, James > MJ. Sooo beyond his time

[@jamesvickers9476]

How dare you try an dis the King of Pop

[@MacKenTayomoJ]

My admiration. His dance moves are eternal as his songs. Long live James Brown King of Funk.

[@lamontricks1074]

10:26 James Brown in the studio is amazing

[@jesusoalvarez4204]

Once Rock n Roll ruled the earth...and then God decided to have balance, and so he then created JAMES BROWN.

[@PaulGreen11]

"I had been convinced of what people wanted and I wouldn't compromise."

[@bo24.u.98]

Yes Lord!!!!$ should be my model and yours!!

[@PaulGreen11]

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[@TheWorldisSoDivided]

King of Soul. 👑

[@juliuschatman5119]

Now I see why Michael Jackson was so electrifying, James Brown👑✊🏿!!!! If you know you know!! Rip JB!✊🏿

[@classiql]

His smile tho!

[@nexodus66]

"Payback...we need some get back...Payback!!!"

[@toneyisaiah408]

I'm Funk and I'm proud! Funkadelic, 1970.

[@j.michellesanders232]

My 3rd cousin...love him, though I never met him.

[@user-tt2qn1cj1x]

Wow

[@c.calliecoleman1531]

You got some good blood, flowing through your veins, don't take it for granted. Carry on his legacy. He was like a big brother, and a father figure to me, because of a valuable lesson I learned, from him, Black Pride. Like he was sent, just when we needed him.

[@aweofme]

That’s pretty close......Randy Jackson from American idol is my cousin but I’ve only met his mom...in fact she lived within walking distance of me

[@billblass1663]

right on ✊🏿

[@erickhendrix6446]

Yeah Brother, Mr. Dynamite Soul Brother Number One!!!

[@revcarautomecanicainjecaoe5876]

Esse cara e uma lenda......

[@toneyisaiah408]

His music has been around since the 1960s\70s.

[@richmck007]

1950s was when he did Please Please Please…So he goes back further than the 1960s

[@nateliedeir345]

Beautiful ❤️❤️♥️❤️❤️❤️

[@joeschmoe6720]

Such a great band leader as well had a true respect for his musicians great man

[@caracasboogie]

Not what Bootsy says

[@nate_dj]

He's soul brotha #1 A.K.A. The Funky President!

[@lewt525]

This entire doc is a gem, but what is the show when hes singing mans world with all the "help me somebody," and destroys lost someone on his knees with his back to the audience, the classic deadly duo, but yeah in the silver vest?

[@lewt525]

Do you happen to know brother @reelblackone ‽ Need to track down the whole show.