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• “Get On the Good Foot” – James Brown

  This came on the radio today, while we were driving home from the hospital (where the cast on my broken ankle was cut off and exchanged for a removable bondage boot-thing).
  Quite apropos.
  Here’s James Brown, with Get On the Good Foot. Enjoy!

  Posted on Jun 22.09 to Song of the Day   

• “The Payback” – James Brown

  Friday, funky funky Friday. Jumping back to 1974 this post, for two live takes from The Godfather himself, James Brown. “I don’t know karate/but I know ka-razy” has been stuck in my head for most of my life. Words to live by, heh.
  First up, from the preshow concert at the Ali/Foreman Rumble In The Jungle fight [...]

  Posted on Feb 27.09 to Song of the Day   

• “Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing’” – James Brown

  So… hung… over… heh.
  Here’s some more magical vinyl for you all, and quite possibly the theme song of this blog, to boot.
  It’s the Godfather himself, from all the way back in 1972, with the soothing groove of Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing’ for my savaged head, and for y’all’s, too, if you happened to be as foolish as [...]

  Posted on Feb 21.09 to Song of the Day