James Brown-There was a time

[fretdoctor7]

HIT EM GODFATHER, HIT EM HARD! The world may never see anyone that entertained like James Brown. His voiced projected the raw soul of the church. He could glide across a stage as if he were on ice skates, and he was backed by some of the best musicians ever assembled. He was truly a pioneer in promoting Black pride, a true showman, he would give his audiences all that he had to give. James influenced many entertainers...the world should thank God for the gift of Mr. Brown

[MrTwoeaglefeathers]

THEM PEOPLE WAS IN SHOCK AT SEEING A BLACK MAN SO LIBERATED AND FREELY EXPRESSING NOT ONLY HIS PRIDE AS A BLACK MAN BUT AS A DAZZLING SEXUAL CONFIDENT ENTERTAINER...

[dayesonny]

How could those people just SIT there to this groove?!

[bryondaily]

That band is just SICK! And the dancer made it even more dope...

[TheSymphonics]

This IS what I'm Talkin ' Bout !!!

Madd LoVE 4 You Posting THIS !!!

[lemonadewithrasberry]

what album is this on?

[lemonadewithrasberry]

@lemonadewithrasberry did you find out?

[Teixeira25ify]

Phil Silvers and James Brown, now I've seen everything.

[Scorrpy]

Just one question..... how the hell can the audience sit still to this? Are they all dead ?????

[pajado75]

This was BEFORE Michael .........

[misticmocha]

he looks handsome here

[ensconse]

hang in there another 250+ years. (Maybe UIniversal will deliver the deluxe REVOLUTION OF THE MIND?). Keep soulin'!

[ensconse]

This is beyond music itself. Could watch it anytime of day or nite.

[2010plume]

The Best for ever !!

[gorgeousbronze]

Hey Hey Mr. Brown!!!!

[PrinceKingRac3]

@SOLINJAR ALL OF THAT 4 NO REASON AND YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING OR TELL ME THE ONE GUITAR CHORD SMART GUY YOUR SUCH A NICE PERSON HELPING OUT YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NEED, YOU KNOW I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO HELP IF YOU NEEDED IT EVEN IF IT WAS JUST ONE CHORD HAHA LOL ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS ("WHAT WOULD JESUS DO")

[melvin1123]

that year was crazy

[gayle2020]

there's the MOON WALK y'all

[7A35]

That was the most bad ass thing I have ever seen. What the fuck! I watched it ten times.

[gblueslover2]

There was a TIME when music was REAL-THIS was that TIME.....

[gayle2020]

@gblueslover2 and I am soooo glad I grew up on this!!!!

[PrinceKingRac3]

Hey anyone know the guitar chords to this. ????

[solinjar]

@PrinceKingRac3 jesus it is a single chord all the way,leave the music playing if you cant tell that right away.. :/

[MrNutana]

LEGEND

[d820m]

That skate off the stage would have won a gold medal in that years Winter Olympics

[MrNutana]

TIMELESS! everytime im feeling down all i have to do is throw on a james brown tune and everythings alright again. true story

[jazjett]

For all you who don't know, James Brown created more new dances than any entertainer then..and now...even Michael Jackson. Where do you think Mike got all his moves from...

[jazjett]

Remember this one dancing at the San Harrison Rm in Chicago.on 71st and Halsted...

[crazyromanian1]

I think there was a little moonwalk in his moves.  Seriously!!! True legend.

[BRILLIANTCORNRS]

aah.

[disFUNKYmeerkat]

Is it bad, that live vicariously through a dead man?

[KVbeats]

This is THE James Brown clip to watch on the tube. Godly!

[watchyMCFCwatchy]

I love the girl dancer up top. Who is she?

[d820m]

@watchyMCFCwatchy Ann Norman-The JB Dancer.....

[ombudlady]

His hair was always tight. I love this style on him. Go JAMES!

[crazyromanian1]

@ombudlady Fried and laid to the side!!!!!!!! True legend.

[alysiamonet]

whoa ! that was cool

[AutumnExplore]

Very Cool! "The Hollywood Palace" from February 3, 1968 hosted by Phil Silvers. Maybe some network could put a show like this on today...Guest #1: Prince!

[qwandiddy]

He look like Ronald Isley on this one.

[mayanknawani]

NOW I HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING..I can die in peace..thanks james

[ensconse]

@mayanknawani Hang in there another 250+ years. There's alot of unreleased JB in the vaults. (although I'm getting tired of begging, begging Universal to remix & expand REVOLUTION OF THE MIND).

[dwaynescott2355]

in cred di ble......the greatest dancer ever, no one else is close

[MrDSmooth56]

performance shocking like white lightning up a black snakes ass,SICK MAN SICK'

[elquebi]

@brotherap, I think In0tNa was referring the length of the video clip being too short rather than JB's height.

[nellyboyles]

sheahht...he made it look like the floor was ice

[sixaxle]

GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[njdaniels34]

he had a funky band. thanks

[martymassive]

lord have mercy.....that's a sweet shuffle!!!!

[gbrown4x4]

THIS IS THE SH** !!!!!!!!!!  I hear u on that truck5050 !!!!!!!!!!!....and LMBO @benny3196 but that's exactly what he did LOL

[loganblaze2010]

Look at the sonofgun MOVE! Damn that man could dance!

[moegrimm]

I never saw a person slide on one foot like that. Not even Michael Jackson. Godfather first Michael second.

[In0tNa]

the only weaknees point : Too short !

[brotherap]

@In0tNa "the only weaknees point :Too short !"

Too short for who & what??You can't find a tall MF in history that had the agility,reflexes, to move as rhythmically & soulfully as James Brown. That Tall bulls*** was a phony Hollywood invention for viewer consumption, couch potato saps watching TV. It only applied to so called romantic leading men under contract. Half of them turned out to be tall, handsome, and homosexual. Excuse me, if that may have been exactly what you were looking for!

[MrDSmooth56]

Some awe stuck white people

[rrrickster3137]

Notice The 2 Drummers thats where Earth Wind & Fire got the idea......

[WallyPost]

Sgt Bilko was the emcee that night on Hollywood Palace!! LOL ... amazing.

[atti1488]

black people were awesome till they were into rock N' roll...

[rrrickster3137]

@atti1488 Black People Started Rock & Roll Fool and like our Slang talk and everything else people steal it and try and get the credit.....Ya Dig?

[CalypieAndroid]

@rrrickster3137 I know thats Right.

[TheCapricornkid]

James Brown was from outter space. lol. incredible!!!!!

[kathberry8]

..best thing I ever saw...

[PIGd3stroyer]

BAD MOTHER FUCKER.

[PIGd3stroyer]

God. His rhythm section KILLED shit.

[AutomatikSystematik]

I just watched this video about 20 times over and over again. I love James Brown so much!

[cduone]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pan7th]

He was great nobody noticed Marvin Gaye on the drums.

[andzwe]

He truly embodied his music and lyrics.

[marcwil01]

Aww man, James was nasty! Dude danced right off the stage, lol!

[MrWorldbefree]

damn james went off

[christsake100]

BLACK POWER!!!!!! OH YEAH; MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON'S TALENT RIGHT HERE; YEAH BABY!!!!!! SAY IT LOUD! I'M BLACK AND I'M PROUD!!!!

[slenderlatina]

Hell yeah! James Brown looking handsome here!

[deepkeel65]

Phil Silvers. From Vaudeville to Funk! RIP both of them: JB and PS. PS made us laugh. JB made us get up offa that thing.

[cduone]

Awesome entertainer

[railcar123]

Look at those moves at 1:02....awesome!

[guppy80]

Iron Eagle!

[hottlei]

i cant help but comment......he look like if he roller bladin den cha.

[hottlei]

o my bad its called a camel walk??.......ok

i wish i cud do dat

[hottlei]

wow......u saw his feet moving at ...wow....cha den.....no one cant glide like him boy no way

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

This SO-CALLED VIDEO is an insult to MR.BROWN TOO SHORT SHOULD BE REMOVED.

[PaulDA2000]

@THEMOJOMANsince1959 You're an idiot lol. This is one of his greatest televised perfmances of all time.

[ScaredOfMars]

Holy crap! So thats why his called MrDynamite :O

[cduone]

Wow, what are those things they're holding on stage, oh that's right...they're Instruments. And what is that thing James Brown is singing into. That's right, It's a microphone. No AutoTune no Lip Synching. Thank God for preserving Real Music

[Psa1mist9]

.... and THAT is how the Moonwalk was born!

[PrayerCoach]

JB called his walk the camel walk which is like the opposite of the moonwalk.

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

@PrayerCoach The Camel Walk HAS NOTHING TO DO with THE MOONWALK.

[Africana3789]

James Brown is the Godfather! No one will ever be as talented.

Wow, this is the lamest audience in the history of audiences. If that had been Elvis you can bet they would've been more appreciative.

[hottlei]

@Africana3789 i agree....ol racist jeslous of our talent (im suspectin that ur black??)

[Africana3789]

@hottlei lol, yes I'm Black

[hottlei]

@Africana3789 lol ok jus makin sure

[rosss1959]

the Godfather ya'll. There should be 120 million hits instead of 120 thousand. This is the MASTER in action. And boy look out at the 1:02 mark when we see him do .....THE JAMES BROWN.......... RIP godfather.

[katofromgreenhornet]

Why are the YT People just sitting there ?????

LOL....It's like they are in shock

If this was the Apollo in Harlem, My tribe would be swinging from the chandeliers....

[darkstarNT]

@katofromgreenhornet ajhahahahahaha i was just thinking the same thing, being a bboy doesnt help either id be breakdancing in the aisles!! that goes for any bboy shit, open up that cypher quick!

[beluga2727]

the master

[jjgnc]

He destroys Michael Jackson with that backward, forward, one legged sideways, skating off the stage moonwalk....MJ has got NOTHING on James Brown

[rasjhy1]

I THINK WE HAD SO MUCH TALENT BACK THEN THAT THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ANY MORE & THAT'S MUSIC TODAY IS DEAD NOT DYING IT'S DEAD. BACK THEN THERE WAS HEART & SOUL & UNDENIABLE A GREAT TALENT THAT WASN'T FORCE UPON PEOPLE AS TODAY'S SO CALLED ARTIST & MUSIC IS. TODAY THE RECORD EXEC'S DON'T WANT TALENT THEY WANT A QUICK MONEY MAKER & THAT'S WHY THINGS ARE THE WAY THINGS ARE TODAY. BACK THEN MUSIC SOOOOOOOTHES THE TIRED SOUL FROM ALL THAT WAS GOING ON & NOW NOTHING IS SOOTHING TO LISTEN TOO.

[rickzters]

Lets not forget Cab Calloway and his moves everyone. Legends build upon legends.

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

@rickzters Cab Calloway,,all he did was sway back and forth. NOW JACKIE WILSON that's another story.

[AshleyMarkPomeroy]

I can't believe the audience are sitting down - they look dead. James Brown must have wondered what the heck he was doing on this programme.

[boomcc1]

@AshleyMarkPomeroy probaly if not all mostly white audience

[jazzmanstore]

Soul,the black mans gift to mother earth. super bad.

[CalypieAndroid]

@jazzmanstore ha ha ha ha hah ahha ahajhahhahahah .

[guitarobserver]

The man DANCED off stage. Is there really anything else that needs to be said?

[rheaprinzmetal]

i am going to play this to my unborn children

[mmjaljs]

THE MAN!

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

I booked JAMES BROWN into THE DIOCEAN ARENA in Steubenville,Ohio in the mid 60's. The crowd was reluctant to come in until they knew James was there as Ray Charles had done a NO SHOW the year before (it was the night after he was busted for drugs in Indianapolis) When James did get there the crowd poured in. We still weren't making expenses. He told me "DON'T BOOK ME IN LITTLE TOWNS LIKE THIS" he also told his road manager to knock off $2000 of the balance due. I will never forget that.

[MrDSmooth56]

The Phil Silvers Show 1968

[MrDSmooth56]

Michael Jackson was like10 years old when this song came out.

[jody808]

it was such a treat seeing this man performing on t.v.

[11xzxzxz]

This song is one of my favorites.

[bigcityballer]

What a bunch of stiffs in the audience.

[vockins]

@bigcityballer I'm confident they are dead.

[benny3196]

man now thats how u shuffle...this nigga left the stage on 1 foot

[schoolgyrl6]

@benny3196 benny, that was the best comment yet! LMAO!!!!!

[Oakles22]

@benny3196 haaahaaa :) funny! love it.

[childofthe70s2]

@benny3196 Yes, he had his own style, very cool man, I miss him

[LadyDBrooklyn]

Now that's the JB that I remember! RIP Soul Brother #1.

Thanks for the memories!

[upinhere7]

WOW! This IS James Brown! Thanks for posting!

[TheButtons60]

man could move-rip....

[truck5050]

that has got to be the coolest stage exit the world has ever seen

[MrRaydiodreamz]

@truck5050 WOW you right dammit that was awesome!!

[thomu3]

yes!!! funk funk funk!!! nice groove!!!!  dancedancedance!!!! thankyou.

[clipboardcrotch]

This beat is awesome it makes even us white folks move in time. However, i'm still biting my bottom lip as I move.

[Pencilfood]

omg now i know why mj love james brown

[lispecial200]

Gene Chandlers version is even better,and twice as funky.

[Duppysoursap]

@lispecial200  r u mad?

[lispecial200]

@Duppysoursap ,Hve you even heard Gene Chandlers version,I bet you havent have you.

[rrrickster3137]

@lispecial200 man quit pushing that Gene Chandler's version it's not even in the same ballpark as Mr.James Brown's OG version Please stop this Beat is uncut, raw pure Funk at it's Best, James Brown's Band Thee Greatest on point.....

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

@lispecial200 PissPour Imitation !!

[PaulDA2000]

@lispecial200 - Don't be ridiculous. Gene Chandler is like a baby and James Brown is a grown man. Not even comparable, laughable actually!

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

@PaulDA2000 YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!  I've never understood "COPYCATS"

[2310gixxer]

mtopper66 I totaly agrie keep it funky

[11xzxzxz]

The real deal and I agree this is one of the greatest funk grooves ever .. not that I should know as I am a white guy who doesn't like funk much. I heard the original song (better than this) in the 70s (but it was probably released in 1968) and it blew me away. My mom always wake me up and called me downstairs when James would be on Johny Carson or anytime he was on TV.

[ikedirty318]

I would like to gather all singers and dancers of today in one room...and just laugh at them...because one man did what all of them cant even do combined!!!

[PaulDA2000]

@ikedirty318 - Oh my! Finally someone who knows the truth!! James Broiwn was indeed the greatest entertianer of all time!

[ikedirty318]

I would like to gather all singers and dancers of today in one room...and just laugh at them...because one man did what all of them cant even do combined!!!

[ilcff2]

He sure knew how to make an exit.

[d820m]

with moves like that, JB would've beaten Peggy Fleming for the Ice Skating Gold Medal in the Winter Olympics that year (1968)

[rd1956]

Huh....he was the original moonwalker.

[rrrickster3137]

James Brown Is Gigging like a Mutha Fucka you feel me...sorry for the french....Tha Beast...

[yusefendure]

Greatest performer of the 20th century!

[PaulDA2000]

@yusefendure - I TOTALLY agree!

[mardenhill]

he is unbeatable.

[tt247jer]

man hes gotta be hottttttttttttt

[XColorMeEvilX]

Amazing.

The Floor said "You will stand."

James Brown said "No."

[SongsMikelikes]

The Best Exit in the history of show biz. The man was on roller skates. JB fans gotta check out JBs Greatest Dance Moves Ever on youtube, ITs FREAKIN INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!! TRUST ME!!!!!!

[nanzioboy]

OMFG, those moves are incredible. The outfit the hair the moves and the motherfucking voice. James Brown is King.

[macksun]

is the audience corpses???

[GREGSJH13]

that hair is slick..lol

[supasly75]

the best part is the chick dancing in the background

[dakingofhearts]

@supasly75 yes its is she is killing that dance. i love watching her over and over and over but i thinkshes doing the mash potato not sure

[rrrickster3137]

She's doing tha Boogaloo.....

[cort241]

we were blessed to have james and mike.

[shohanc]

Right on!

[rtfuhj]

heyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!! don't leave out jackie wilson who was before them both!! Little history lesson mj got his moves from james brown and jackie wilson!!! JACKIE WILLSON +JAMES BROWN=MICAHEL JACKSON!!

[toneremone]

@cort241 YUP, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!

[Damnyoassstank]

hell yea

[Landotom]

We are missing you James Brown. The hardest working man in show business.

[nickvano7]

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[damslam]

oml this guys dancing is OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!!

[bathiya01]

1:02 the speed!

[bathiya01]

max...excellent performance..lokk the way he ends up...am sure the crowd was so unfamiliur with those type of music an ddancing at that time as it was so new to them.

[eastbrookmusic]

Now I know Im too young to have seen Hollywood Palace when it was on, but is it just me or did the audience always seem subdued during the performance?

[rrrickster3137]

it's because this is a white crowd back in 1968 James Brown was new to this lame older group because James Brown was seriously getting down....R&B Beast

[mnt120gs]

I had the opportunity to see both JB and MJ perform live. I would describe JB as electrifying on stage and Michael exciting. When JB performed there was nothing choreographed by a choreographer as with MJ but just pure raw dancing motivated by good funky music. Best performer ever in terms of pure raw funk and dance hands down Mr. Dynamite himself JAMES BROWN.

[VERB65]

It looked like JB act wasn't choreographed, but not shame it was to some extent. He was just some awesome it looked liked it just flowed from him. Kind of like a great actor looks like their just talking. But I tend to agree with. But JB never went out on stage without a plan. All the way down to his cape covering bit.

[VERB65]

Side note....check out the girl dancing in the back ground

[rrrickster3137]

That female in the Video is Straight Giging.....

[rtfuhj]

so true!

[ejc1974]

Man, I love his band from this period.

[EarleneV]

Does anyone notice as soon as James Brown spins from the mic, it seems as if he is moonwalking a little bit??!!! AWESOME dancer!

[Tsadik6251]

We all learned to moonwalk from James Brown. It wasn't called moonwalking then.

[BboySoulz]

James Brown is the overall influence to Hip Hop. RIP James Brown.

[mezk85]

ice skatin champion of "68". Original. ONE AND ONLY