now i feel horrible for laughing so hard and so often at this.
what’s more, i considered buying tickets to the godfather of soul’s show at bimbo’s in san francisco.
who’s next? abe vigoda?
do an inordinate number of people die around Christmas?
what qualifies a celebrity’s death (whether it has happened or not) as fodder for a comedy sketch?
can you define celebrity as “someone whose death will be written about outside the standard obituaries”?
Were you guys into techno when this was hot? Well, admittedly, I was only eleven or so, but I thought this song rocked. I didn’t even know who James Brown was then. Also, I don’t remember the cheesy rap parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr_6q9DcSiM
I’m curious when I will hear this in a club for the first time.
I was — of all places — in Augusta Georgia over the Christmas weekend because that’s where my sister lives. It is also the home town of James Brown and there’s a statue of him downtown on the mall that runs down Broad Street, one of the main streets. On 12/26, on the way to the airport, we drove by the statue and there was a crowd of people there. So we stopped and here’s my picture of the JB statue.
http://flickr.com/photos/95075812@N00/335419719/
And actually, many people die right after the Christmas holidays because they “hang on” longer than they should to have one last go round with friends and family.
-bob glushko