JAMES BROWN - Give it up or turn it loose (3/3) - Live Palasport, Bologna Italy April 1971

[albizziae]

James Brown was the future, and not everyone is ready for the future

[ohsnapiam59]

GOD I LOVED THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES!!!!

[pdddddp1]

Thank you sooooooo much YouTube for allowing everyone the chance to see how good Soul music used to be, and how very far it's fallen. Heck, ALL music for that matter!

[jlongempire1]

lawd have mercy .....Goddamn this is too much ...dont hurt James

[galen5050]

Is that Bootsy Collins on Bass?....... Smokin"

[3kingkool]

This is so hard!!! Do it James.

[haloprashn]

Justin beiber doesn't deserve to share the same initials as this legend

[Owenactor]

WHO is disliking this?!?

[BaconLegend]

@Owenactor Seriously. I had to think hard, and the only reason I can possibly come up with is that the video doesn't last forever.

[ensconse]

Sound is fantastic! Wow. Thanx.

[BOUTHALAZIZ1]

This is what it feels like to be Black!

[BOUTHALAZIZ1]

Baaaaaaad m'fer!

[Valarie325]

james brown is awsome because he knows how to dance and sing and the coolest im a big fan.

[ensconse]

something for a lazy Sunday afternoon....as long as the in-lawz stay home.

[ensconse]

Prince...eat yaw ever-lovin' heart out! :)

[sargea1]

apparently Bootsy was fired after tripping balls on acid during a gig. he looked down at the neck of his bass and saw a snake looking up at him about to bite him on the face. he wigged out, threw his bass down and ran backstage. the godfather was not impressed

[izzyvulaca]

the way he gets into it in the beginning is just so sly!

[wingobingo]

Sorry it's a black thang - nothing going on in white honkyville lol boring!

[AeolisticFury]

Fuck yeah.

[BRILLIANTCORNRS]

nobody else.

[saanzacs]

Was this a new band line up James had at the time?

[MrRednegro26]

@saanzacs Yea they were the original JB's. Most of these guys including the Collins brothers were new to the band and left after about a year. They were 15-20 years younger than Mr Brown and left because of the military style leadership of Mr Brown. He would fine them if they missed cues. Thats why on most of these videos they are fixated on Mr Brown waiting for his abrupt cues like "hit me!" "Bootsy!" "Band!"

[macksun]

I tried and I see its IMPOSSIBLE for me to watch this without my feet tapping uncontrollaby

[csunnn]

What an awesome performance, and weak audience.

[macksun]

@csunnn I agree.. its like 10,000 and like 10 bopping there heads.. smh

[tryingharder]

All you need is this song to take you "there". If it doesn't, something is wrong with your soul! The Godfather of Soul and his band tore this up!

[usarkem]

JB FOR LIFE, WE LOVE AND MISS YOU DEEPLY BLK POWER 4 LIFE.

[ensconse]

This is classic stuff. Who knows why so much of the crowd...just sits. A great video is JB and BB KIng at the Beverly Theatre, with a very enthusiastic audience.

Thanks.

[ericcraig5150]

They didnt look like they were feeling the groove over there!!

[traslomita]

THE BEST NEGRO I KNOW

[usarkem]

@traslomita Watch your mouth racist! we Black people are not your negroes! we are BLACK PEOPLE,AND DON'T EVER FORGET IT!! THE WORST CRACKER DEVIL I WISH NOT TO KNOW.

[stanthology]

When I need a "HolyShit! Moment", I can watch James Brown, and say,"Holy Shit!"

Self defined, self proclaimed Soul Brother Number One, creator of a whole new kind of music and movement! The Prophet...James Brown! The genius...James Brown! ...One time, we had to stop the car and dance in a parking lot when his tune came on!

[revking2]

Bootzilla Babyboppa!!!!

[2maxxjazz]

JB ...forevah !!!**

[gblueslover2]

@ 2:54 Bootsy Collins has no idea he's making history, he's just doin' his job, and doin' it WELL.

[OrgenaII]

where can i get a copy of this concert, complete? i hav the Paris 71 show, gotta get this one too. the crowd looks dead!

[TheSoulparano]

very nice



[Sangria3]

True Showmanship!!! The yungins today don't know nothin' bout this kinda music...

[DRUMTOY2002]

Can't NOBODY on this damn earth sing the word "Baby" with as much soul as Brother Brown does @ 0:08!!!

[JHallia]

The band is incredible, and James is out of this world.

[KingGlorious1]

Hit me Good Gawd !!! go James Go!

[stanthology]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...THE MAN WHO PULLED HIMSELF FROM THE LOWEST OF THE LOWEST...THE SELF INVENTED, SELF PROCLAIMED "SOUL BROTHER NUMBER ONE," Self promoting, creater of a whole new thing, rose from a whorehouse, re-incarnated from prison, sustained himself from trials and tribulations, helped his people, helped people in general! ! ! FUCK ! !This Man is The Man. Holy shit! !

[thepunisher1953]

Bootsy

HIT ME

[thepunisher1953]

Boootsy

HIT ME

[ericsunbass]

merci



[boogster123321]

Man could you imagine being there live? The energy behind the band is freighting

[MrJamesdryable]

best start to a song EVER, a quick spin with a removal of the jacket, followed by a smooth slide and kick to the mic.

[DRUMTOY2002]

@MrJamesdryable : I KNOW... I KNOW... I KNOW......!!!! I haven't been able to tplay this whole video yet because I can't get past the first 7 seconds of the opening!!! It's fuckin KILLING ME!!! Truly one of the best openings EVER...(AH, GOOD GAWD)!!!

[7Beyonder]

Mystical, trance-inducing...absolutely the root of today's RnB.

No software, no computers...Just unabashed funk from the muscle.

[Evoken13]

@7Beyonder what you said x1000000000

[Junkman2000]

@7Beyonder Damn skippy! Hell of a description!

[tonyjrify]

brown is breaking this thang down to the ground! go head mr. brown wit yo bad self!

[BlueNote1956]

Don't forget Jackie Wilson. Moves from heaven.

[marleymation]

Forty years and still giving out these wild dance pulsations.

[kewlbassplayer]

BOOTSY!!!!

[murphy456]

What the hell is with the crowd????

[letsbeone]

@murphy456 It's called Shock and Awe. They ain't seen NOTHING like it.

[soulfunky1000]

legend!

[cleadro]

James changed his clothes at the beginning like a superhero!!!

[harhar58]

Michael Jackson studied these clips....also Jackie Wilson...James Brown is the FUNKING MAN!!...He is INIMITABLE!! EXPLOSIVE POWER

[harhar58]

Michael Jackson studied these clips....also Jackie Wilson...James Brown is the FUNKING MAN!!...He is INIMITABLE!!

[hellcaddie2002]

italian people, in 1971, SAT DOWN during this!?

[toneremone]

I C BOOTSY!!!

[HolyRollerTV]

BOOTSY!!!

[oneluv72]

BOOTSY BABY!!! 

[jazzzco]

WOW,I seen Michael Jackson do these same steps..

[Revmostrite]

Possibly the greatest band ever assembled. unraveled in purity. J B is the truth! thats so funky i want to get up a dance

[stanthology]

Incredible! Unsurpassable! Creater of a whole scene!

[desiderii]

Awesome....

[mewrth]

2:45 Bootsy Collin's signature line.

[thefella145]

the first 40 seconds are moves that MJ copied...like exactly

[ballrub]

I just came in my pants!!!!!!!!!I've listened to the jb's for years and never heard this song.I own 2 boxsets of their music?? where has this been hiding?just like x-mas!!!!!

[headmassster]

I dont understand why and how they sit on the chair on this funky awesomeness!

[HollowPoint656]

That was some serious moves! The man!

[jesabel62]

How can one compare JB with Fred Asteire ?

It`s like one would compare Fred A: with Nurejew !

All of them were great dancers with different styles !

[bcancun123]

that band was a tight unit TIGHT!

[alolove]

This is James @his best you can see he's putting in work, I'm form brooklyn and when James plays everybody listens. Check out Bootsy on bass.

[StartingwithSoul]

greatest entertainer of all time!!

[souliluna]

funkkkkk en estado puro. Lo que te hace vibrar, James Brown. Movimiento en estado puro . Nunca pasara de moda.

[souliluna]

funkkkkk en estado puro. Lo que te hace vibrar, James Brown. Movimiento en estado puro .

[hardknight007]

Bootsy Collins is the bass player. Alot people don't know that!!! The FUNK IS ON THE ONE 

[djbigsmooth]

i believe that this version of give it up, was james' favorite tune to perform. it was a feel good song and it gets the crowd into the show. this tune did not have much in a lyrical way, but the groove , oh brother, the GROOVE, with everybody cooking at 300 degrees and bootsy layin' that funky bassline, how could you possibly sit still behind that? look through the crowd, there are so many heads bobbin', and hands clapping, some could not help themselves and got up to dance. that's my man.

[IkeDyson71]

@djbigsmooth

Well, he always said his favourite to perform was "Please, Please, Please" ...

[weedman6926]

how did this man ever have a voice from all of the years of screaming? this guy was amazing

[theSequeira11]

This is a slamming tune and the Italians are just sitting there like its a church service(apart from a few).What the hell did these people listen too back in dem days.Lord have mercy.

[swiffstep]

james was tapping into a world we all call soul and funk way before it even had a name. he practically invented and paved the way to what we now know. james the hardest working man in show business.

[eugenemcgirt]

What a great dance and move tune... James AND the band are working out well on the stage...

[martinbond2003]

James is in his zone freaking out with his amazing dance moves.



[SALLYANGEL2]

the boy bad,,i love it...back it the day..at the colisum..before i got saved,,thanks for this video,,,all are nice..this is a listen conservative

[clumpft]

How the fuck can those people be seated!!! I'd need to be strapped down and sedated - guess they were more conservative times.

[SeimenSoul]

This is damn funky

[Borst79]

POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Borst79]

GIBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS DIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[techxdabruiser]

J.B. King of Kings! Yo, Coolcovi ! Bootsy = Killer f**kin kid ! He was 19-20 yrs old, right ?

[rjam1974]

@techxdabruiser You are correct, he started as a 19yearold along with a few other youngins. That crew helped usher in the the funk movement that was starting to explode r&b music. The thing is the group before bootsy left james brown because of financial issues so James called Bootsy and his boys and flew them in for a concert he had that same day if I'm not mistakened. James told them to just follow his lead. This was told by Bootsy Collins himself

[techxdabruiser]

@rjam1974 You just gotta check out Bobby Byrd's " I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)" ! Bootsy was fuckin' death on that . Even the late, great, Jaco Pastorius gave major props to Bootsy, for influencing him and you heard a little of Bootsy in Jaco's playing.

[techxdabruiser]

@rjam1974 I forgot. That would be Bobby Byrd's Live in Paris version.

[coolcovi]

look at the young Bootsy Collins on bass!

[tsunchoo]

there should be a monument to James Brown in NYC or Washington - Americans should respect and celebrate these incredible innovators. James Brown almost single-handedly invented a new type of music.

There was funk yeah for sure but his insistence on minimalism and precision was something new entirely and influenced just about every aspect of music afterwards.

[lovecovers1]

Papa Brown..

[mangozumo]

some stiff italians no?

[nonskiwun]

@mangozumo amen to that...i cant even sit still watching the video i cant imagine it live...how they can sit there like that is crazy

[rjam1974]

@nonskiwun James Brown was very strict on them and insisted on perfection. I think the group members were so in tuned with their music that the part with them trying to "get into it" really didn't play a factor

[francoisbar1965]

Gooooooooood cooooooooords

[SoulbassJr]

bootsy bobba get on down ! ! !

[freein2339]

They're JAMMING.....

[lostemp1]

AMAZING!.. real artistry..

[MatsPT]

Funky!!!

[tomthefunky]

Don't those dago's know they are at a James Brown concert and not the opera?

[TheBaronVitelius]

The bass playing on this jam is totally bad-ass. Bootsy rules forevah!

[BOUTHALAZIZ1]

OUGHTTA SIGHT!!!!1

[BOUTHALAZIZ1]

This is what it feels like to be BLACK...RIGHT ON!

[STARCHYLD77]

not black but BLAK

[BOUTHALAZIZ1]

RIGHT ON!

[UncleBW]

How can you not want to dance to this. Awesome!

[dpbmrai]

damn good bboy song

[sociologyben]

Get down Soul Brother #1...!! No one else can now or ever do it better, not even the late great MJ.

[spotville73]

NObody is messing with james. He inspired hip hop techno funk house and most 4 and 8 bar created music not to mention the art of bboying and boogie. micheal jackson was great but he learned/stole his moves from electric boogaloos and jeffrey daniels .

[funkyrustik]

He was a great artist and an innovator, I'm sure many other musicians were influenced by.

[drockpizzle5]

They brought MJ into this because he's on the same list of innovators that you mentioned. And to say it look dated is rediculous, and there are people today making a living off of moonwalks and the robot that Jackson perfected. James Brown is amazing, btw lol

[micksaltydog]

why are we bringing MJ into this he was over hyped and his dancing now looks dated, Brown like Ray,Wonder,Prince,Calloway was an inovator.

[mlcoo17]

The ( white ) people in this audience are either dead or ryhthm deaf, they are barely moving to this awesome jam.

[SuperMispi]

It's funny you say that.  One of my friends years ago said, " if you can't feel this music you must be dead".

[utubeissad]

Not to nitpick, but this was March 1971, not April. The first week of April, they went into the Copa in New York where Bootsy and the rest of the gang quit (or were fired).

[kingofvintage]

Dynamic.... he was the greatest showman and dancer. Raw energy! He really is the Godfather of Funk and Soul Brother No 1. By the way does anyone know if there's any footage of James Brown performing Funky President?

[gogetakins]

him and michael jackson have the best footwork.

[yoyoninja1]

no one does it like james brown mate, think your forgetting jackson was a peado

[gogetakins]

shut up even james brown said that michael jackson is better than him and that came from his mouth! so fuck you mj's the best, period james brown is his inspiration but mj is the jing and he's no pedo i hate ignorant fools like you, the guy who was saying he was molested has admitted his dad made him say that he was raped him for money fuckin asswhole, and what parent if they loved there kids would ask for money! your as ignorant as a child, grow up

[8bobthebuilder]

@gogetakins No no no, Fred Astaire danced better than both of them put together.

[1MyUsername]

@8bobthebuilder THats absurd. Astaire could never rock a crowd like James could. But Im sure James could learn those made-for-cinema steps Astaire did (not even improvised mind you) and do it with more style and energy. Actually I take that back, James has too much energy, soul and explosiveness to be contained in film, he wouldnt be able to do it, he would go crazy. even looking strictly at footwork and technique, James is always flawlessly on beat with his steps and a lot more dynamic.

[1MyUsername]

@8bobthebuilder James can creat illusions of gliding across stages and then the next second explode like...... Dynamite! Dont get me wrong though, I am a Fred fan but to say he has better footwork than James is ridiculous. I may be taking you too seriously. I hope you were joking!

[hypnodelica]

@gogetakins you should consider the fact that JB invented it, and MJ 'borrowed' it....

[pumkinbreath]

meanest funkiest badest.this makes me wanna get down.thanks James, Bootsie ,Clyde, Phelps, and those mgnificent horns.

[1220amsoulradio]

in the 1970s, I was trained to play the cello and played in the orchestra. But behind the scenes I was a follower of soul and R&B. My other buddies followed rock n roll which was fine. But I followed soul, specifically James Brown because I thought he invented his own thing and was an innovator no different than Beethoven or Mozart which I studied for the cello. I think it is ok to think this way.

[nodrinking]

And this in particular, a genius at the height of his powers.....amazing...

[DONNIMETROPOLIS313]

@1220amsoulradio yes it is and i honor you for having such an open mind, you were totally  correct.

[Mrsuperfulous]

@1220amsoulradio

i do too!

[1220amsoulradio]

The crowd is "restrained" because they've never ever experienced anything in Italy like the Soul Brother #1 and they were simply overwhelemd with awe. If you look at the audience they were actually movin in their seats. Look closely.

[nodrinking]

Serious high grade Brown.....funking brilliant.....who the f*ck is Elvis anyway and where was he around this time?

[Lar112]

You are abolutely right nodrinking. I grew up during this time period and I will say it once I will say it a million he is the most influential musician ever. Without him there would be no Funk, Hip hop, Michael Jackson, Prince etc.

[dixxjamm]

Like a bomb exploding on stage...this guy was something else...the audience is so non-responsive it's ridiculous...I only saw JB once live in 1992....not nearly as young as in this clip but I remember I danced so much I was sore for 3 days...

[blackfalconsungodzzz]

This the real birth of rock,"..the reason i say this is because if {James Brown had {Jimi Hendrix in the band thats exactly what you whould have, his heavy metal voice with hendrix on guitar,,thank about it?

[Pulex0445]

meraviglioso.

Che potenza!

[KEEMOO77]

this came out before i was born....it's on my iPod!!

[TelecasterMan10]

Absolutely amazing. Thanks

[johnjhuff]

YES !!!!

[lovecovers1]

Papa Brown.. you are the personification of funk... Funk Papa ... hahahaha

[goldiecob]

great footage JB both the man and the band are on FIRE great performance how the crowd can remain largely seated during this performance boggles my mind

[nodrinking]

Agreed.....they seem in shock a bit....superb performance....Brown and co at his funky best....

[kultureman1]

Bootsy is workin' out on bass.

[lovecovers1]

Good eye dude.. Ol Bootsy.. he is funk papa jr..

[ghanasoul]

James Brown at his peak!! with the Original JB's. GREAT STUFF!! this version in MY opinion is better then the Paris show!!