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James Chance and The Contortions - I Can't Stand Myself

James Chance and his crew performing I Can't Stand Myself.  
 
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JBrandonSummer (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Wow !!!!!
MrRiksa1 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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great!!!!!
telegramsiam2 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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actuallytheyre all beloved musical artists and you're a huge loser on the internet who talks bad
dinosore9 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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james brownnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
ZLUGGO (3 months ago) Show Hide
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I know the feeling. Can' t stand myself either. OR my baby, for that matter (hi there, The Rezillos!)
gayandblackin1985 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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like a white james brown on speed! love it!
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An absolutely great video of a great under-appreciated band. Thanks, imarobot7. At the time, David Byrne was getting a lot of attention and I remember wondering why after hearing Chance. A lot of his work, especially the later instrumental work, was very exciting. Contortions didn't belong on the same vinyl as Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. They really were avant-garde. I think they self-destructed.
zazeify (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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hmmmmmm, yeah I can see that, and David seems to have grabbed a bit from David Thomas of Pere Ubu too.
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In Mexico City on my honeymoon in '83. Just got to hotel, turned on TV while getting ready to go out, and bumped right into "Motown's 25th Anniv Show" Watched in utter awe the Jackson 5/MJ set, then went out and in 15 mins I bumped into the James Chance LP "Live Aux Bains Douche" in a nearby record store.  It has a c-r-a-z-y cover of "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" (which was a monster hit for MJ at the time) as well as a couple of k-i-l-l-e-r covers of James Brown. The band was on fire!
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yeah maybe,, but it's the spirit thats lacking now ,, this attitude aint there with westlife is it ??

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