James Brown Future Shock clip

[eyesandteeth]

The guy with the NBA bag on his head at 3:41is the best!

[SFFOOL76]

a.) Damm I remember hearing Body Heat in Jan. 2000 in Traffic in L.A. , thanks for putting this up.

b.) 2 people are suffering from Cold Feet

[riskyriesco]

What is the name of the second song? coz i don't think David Bowie was the creator of that song

[rwlt]

@rmiles01 We even have running water and indoor plumbing. So there!

[peoplegroove]

thank you for this video to strong

[glendor1968]

the music that you hear at 0.55 can be found back in the song of david bowie called fame you see james is really the godfather of soul very nice indeed

[tykifla]

I would watch this show when I was growing up in Jonesboro, GA.  Just can not remember the station. Channel 17 or 46?

Any help

[rwlt]

@tykifla I watched it in S.C. It was before we had cable.

[rmiles01]

@rwlt you mean SC has cable now? dont you need electricity first?

[Coopamon]

@tykifla I grew right up the street from you in Forest Park...the show was on Channel 17 (pretty sure). Good times...

[digdog]

hoo boy you don't see dancing like that anymore...if you can call it "dancing." those dudes were spazzin out

[oldschoolsituationz]

man after all these years i didnt realize that the most sampled man in rap sampled bowie. i cant believe the story about the guitar player as the beat is the same as well as the bass line. i can think of a hundred directons i can take those guitar riffs. the godfather sampled before sampling became vogue. lol!

[SirJoeQuarterman]

Guitar players can write parts for instruments other than guitars! He probably wrote the whole groove. I'm a guitarist and I write parts for my whole band.

[hat1935]

Number five won.  Much to the chagrin of JB. Turned out the applause meter picked up boos, too.

[joko9395]

wonder who won the dance contest?

[rudebwoy70]

70's porn star James......

[Soulkombinat]

hammer!! the "mustache-brown" was the best!!

[1995RangeRover]

That's wild I never knew that they both had this song under their belts. Look, Bowie is good but he's pop, Brown is funk, r & b, gospel, soul, and pop all wrapped in one. The guitarist made his money and so did James and David. 1st gen sampling lol!

[1000RedBallons]

can you please teleport me to this party???

i want to dance with James!

he is so foxy here! ;o)

[mdnitemarauder]

YES! ME TOO`!!!

[tyonex]

LOL!! the guy from 2:30 looked like geoffery from fresh prince but i cant remember the episode

[ceviche666]

Not the beginning of modern breaking, or b-boying as I like to refer to it, but definitely see the beginnings of West Coast Boogaloo and Locking. Beautiful to see this creativity at that time. Much respect from The NYC.

[Lovesunnydays]

ha ha!

[gettopicasso]

The first remix

[maccadese]

I wonder what everybody was thinking back in the day when "Hot (I Need To Be loved! Loved! Loved!), which starts at 00:38, was released. JB is the Godfather, but he outright plagiarized David Bowie's "Fame."

[peepff]

I guess Bowie and Lennon figured "let James be..."

David Bowie -- Vocals, Guitar

John Lennon -- Vocals, Guitar on "Fame"

Carlos Alomar -- Guitar on "Fame"

Emir Kassan -- Bass on "Fame"

Dennis Davis -- Drums on "Fame"

[JosephNScott]

Lennon (who based many of his songs on other people's songs) on plagiarism, 1980:

"All music is rehash."

"Only on a monetary level does it matter."

[SirJoeQuarterman]

Not plagarized, the groove was written by the guitar player who at the time was playing for both James Brown and David Bowie. He showed them both the groove and they both made songs out of it before either was released.

[sirduketee]

Thank you the Fucking Truth

[SirJoeQuarterman]

Not plagiarized, the groove was written by the guitar player who was playing for both James and David at the same time. He showed them both the riff and they both made songs out of it before either was released.

[phillydisco]

Unfortunately, James Brown was taking other peoples grooves in the mid 70s because he felt they had ripped him off. Skin Tight by Ohio Players became Makin Love by The JBs, Express by BT Express became Monaurail by JBs, Disco Baby by Van McCoy became Hustling by Hustlers, but on later pressings James put the correct credits probably because he got in trouble, so you'll see 'Disco Baby' by The Hustlers as well.

Alomar says James Brown played the finished recording in front of him and Bowie.

[oliverecords]

@phillydisco

I thought Making Love was prior to Skin Tight., but anyway that's a good point to stress , James is known for taking over tunes and making his own, indeed. His talent was similar to Miles Davis, in term of working a groove and obtain what he wanted from it.

[phillydisco]

@oliverecords I remember a documentary in the 90s where Fred Wesley said he and the JBs were embarrassed having to play a song that was essentially rip off of an Ohio Players song. Not in those exact words, but later on I realized it must have been Makin Love.

If you listen to the intro monologue for James Brown's 'Dead On It', he even comes out and says that people are playing 'james brown', but they act like they put it all together themselves, no credit to JB.

[utubeissad]

@phillydisco Phillydisco is correct. Fred Wesley's mentioned in print many times that by 1975, James Brown hit a wall. He was so busy being upset and jealous at the new wave of funk groups coming up, he couldn't distinguish between someone being "influenced" by him or "stealing" from him. Wesley says that JB thought everyone was "stealing" as opposed to being "influenced" by him. Future Shock in a way shows how desperate he was using his records ALL the time. Yes, it's his show, but damn! :-)

[phillydisco]

@utubeissad I noticed his paranoia and eventual plagiarizing started some time after the death of his son Teddy. I wouldn't be surprised if it played a part in that state of mind.

[lawplanet12]

@phillydisco VERY TRUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EMRIKfromSweden]

the funk is on...

[funkberto]

'im satisfied' have ONE THE BEST BASSLINE EVER.

WhY the Funky Music is not MORE POPULAR than Reggae?

IS A BIG INJUSTICE.

[Mouserguy]

Future Shock Can't Be Stopped...Future Shock Can't Be Stopped....Love you J.B.

[rockit50007]

'im satisfied' ,what a funky song!

[eramme1]

good look on the post....

[funkaeb]

the roots of breakdance and every modern dance that came after.

[syncop8r]

Sounds like "Fame" in there!

[bluesugar58]

youtube is my ish

[michaeltstroud]

The Godfather of Soul tried TV as a vehicle between circa 1974 and 1976 with this Friday late-night entry on Atlanta's WTCG, just before Ted Turner put the station on satellite. I think he was trying, above all, to give his record sales a boost by letting people, especially white kids, know he was still around.

[jazzzco]

sadly he didn't get the support from advertisers he needed.He had the ratings but not the ad billings.James spent a Million dollars of his own money towards the show. it went off the air in early 1977.Soul Train is A tough act to follow.

[utubeissad]

Thanks for all that history. Yeah, it had to have been pretty tough getting advertisers when "Soul Train", "Midnight Special", "ABC In Concert" and "Don Kirschner's Rock Concerts" were on the air at that time. "Soul Train" had a hard enough time - even in 1977!

[jbfan622]

I love future shock We didn't get it here in bwk.I watch it in atlanta.One thing for sure james played all of his record mostly. is that EGO or what?. Love you james brown.

[chelcie3]

Uh yeah...like O magazine! Every cover with a lovely picture of Oprah! Gotta love it.

[bencrazyo2]

great clip was this show like soul train or something? i must have been really short