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>December 25, 2006 > >"Please, Please, Please..... Don't Go... > >I Loved you so.... > > > > > > > > > > >December 25, 2006 > > > > Perhaps not much more can be said about this great >man of music, >James Brown, than has been said previously, >everywhere.... > >I saw James Brown live in concert for the first time >in 1968. I was >a young teenager who absolutely had to see the >electrifying, >James Brown! > >Even his recordings, generated his unique electric >energy... that >strong, funk, gospel, rhythmic-R&B, instrumental >beat.... those >soulful, coarse shouting vocals... > >My younger brother, 6 years old at the time, would try >to imitate Brown's >fancy foot work.... he also attended the performance >in 1968. I as a young >teen, although a female, in private also tried to >imitate Brown ? s masterful dance steps. > >When I first heard the recording, ? Please, Please, >Please ? I remember >being a bit startled! > >My lovely mother (a music connoisseur), was playing, >Brown ?s ? Live At >The Apollo ? recording. The composition was somewhat >jarring, and mesmerizing! > >Brown's music touched and affected cross generations, >as well as cross cultures >in America! Brown was appreciated by a spectrum of age >groups and peoples... > >I believe the concert in 1968 was a sold out >performance... there were people >everywhere, crowded it appeared, in the balconies, on >the main floor seating. > >People dancing in the aisles... the shouts and cheers >of affirmation and appreciation > >were often so loud, one could not hear Brown. > >That was an energizing, wonderful performance, by the >? god- >father of soul. ? > >I saw James Brown again in 1997... This was a required >attendance on my part >for that particular show. > >As the Music Writer, Music Critic/Historian I have >become, I felt that I needed >to document my analysis of one of the unquestionably >greatest multi talented >musicians of a time... > >As James Brown stated in exhortation in two of his >recordings, ? Don ?t Be >A Drop-out ? Don ?t be a drop-out, don ?t you be no >drag ? ...... > >and his recording, ?America ? ?We may fuss and fight, >but when it comes to >the enemy, we will drive him way outta sight ? ..... > >James Brown was a humanitarian and an Ambassador, >who believed in equity, opportunity, peace and >brotherhood, for all of mankind, in addition to the >prodigious greatness of >his music ability and talent. > >That death ?s appointment will arrive for us all one >day, today, Christmas day, 2006, >death ? s appointment arrived for James Brown. > > >He may have appreciated the meaning, and perhaps a bit >of irony >of the day, heralded by angels....exhorting Peace on >earth, goodwill to all people...May James Brown rest >in peace! > >Cosette >@copyrightKCS Music Notes Magazine >December 25, 2006

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