James Brown or Jimi Hendrix?

[jimboo]

Jimi , you only have to drop the needle on the record to know why , unless yelping dogs are more pleasant to your ear.

[sloopjohnc]

With all the talk about his R&B, pre-funk if you will, and funk stuff, I went to Billboard to see his list of top-selling songs. Pretty interesting list.

In high school, I bought a book on the best albums ever and it listed Live at the Apollo. Coincidentally, a small label out of San Francisco, Solid Smoke, was just re-releasing it (along with the Johnny Burnette and Rock & Roll Trio's album). I bought both at a local record store.

I couldn't play more than two or three songs of either in one sitting, they were so intense.

Anyway, the James Brown list:

1, “I Got You (I Feel Good)” (James Brown and The Famous Flames), Peak Position No. 3, Peak Date Dec. 18, 1965
2, “Living in America,” No. 4, March 1, 1986
3, “I Got the Feelin’” (James Brown and The Famous Flames), No. 6, April 27, 1968
4, “Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1)” (James Brown and The Famous Flames), No. 8, Sept. 4, 1965
5, “Cold Sweat (Part 1)” (James Brown and The Famous Flames), No. 7, Aug. 26, 1967
6, “It's a Man's Man's Man's World” (James Brown and The Famous Flames), No. 8, June 4, 1966
7, “Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me) (Part 1),” No. 11, July 26, 1969
8, “Say it Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (Part 1),” No. 10, Oct. 19, 1968
9, “Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants) (Part 1),” No. 15, Aug. 21, 1971
10, “The Payback (Part 1),” No. 26, May 11, 1974
11, “Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2),” No. 13, Nov. 21, 1970
12, “Get on the Good Foot (Part 1),” No. 18, Oct. 21, 1972
13, “Give it Up Or Turnit a Loose,” No. 15, March 8, 1969
14, “Licking Stick (Part 1)” (James Brown and The Famous Flames), No. 14, June 29, 1968
15, “Prisoner of Love” (James Brown and The Famous Flames), No. 18, June 15, 1963
16, “Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1),” No. 15, Aug. 8, 1970
17, “My Thang,” No. 29, Aug. 17, 1974
18, “Ain't it Funky Now (Part 1),” No. 24, Jan. 24, 1970
19, “Oh Baby Don't You Weep (Part 1)” (James Brown and The Famous Flames), No. 23, March 14, 1964
20, “I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get it Myself),” No. 20, May 10, 1969

[Matt Wilson]

Hip O Select released two-disc CD sets of every James Brown single through a certain year in the '70s. They may have covered the entire '70s in fact. Anyway, I got 'em all up through '74, I think. He was fantastic, utterly earth-shaking for at least fifteen years. How many artists can claim that?

[Diamond Dog]

In high school, I bought a book on the best albums ever and it listed Live at the Apollo. I bought both at a local record store.

I couldn't play more than two or three songs of either in one sitting, they were so intense.

I really like the Apollo album.

But, personally, I'd take this over it. The segue from "Brother Rapp" into " Ain't It Funky Now" is particularly miraculous - on an album of fairly miraculous material anyway.

[Matt Wilson]

Yeah, there ya go, they're great.

[sloopjohnc]

I just got a nice CD collection of all Brown's '70s albums. I really just wanted the '70s funk classics album, but it had all the rest for a pretty good price so I nabbed 'em.