Best moment from James Brown's 1988 interview with CNN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7erl9k01C2M

That JB was by all accounts an awful person on a personal level is also depressing imo

Most celebrities are not the massive cultural force that James Brown was. If u had to distill 20th century music down to two people imo it would be Louis Armstrong for the first half and JB for the second. So yeah seeing him make such a mess of himself later in life is more depressing than funny. To me anyway.

― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, April 26, 2014 12:51 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is OTM.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, April 26, 2014 12:29 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, but it's also funny. in addition to JB being high, the video also shows JB being legitimately eccentric and funny, which he was/could be throughout his career.

the video is _both_ depressing and funny. that should be possible, right?

Shit, the sunglasses he was wearing were depressing and funny.

Is there a thread of bands/artists that sound great but you wouldnt want to be a part of?

Im thinking Buddy Rich, Prince, James

The Beatles, The Byrds, oh wait.

Pretty much any band except the VU or the Modern Lovers, in which cases I would actually enjoy the psychodrama.

Black Flag seemed like a pain in the arse to be a part of

lynyrd skynyrd IIRC

You gotta be able to handle life in The Shed to be in Black Flag

Nobody said Necessary?

Well this was unnecessary:
https://youtu.be/oFLPz-wp-VA

It's weird, I can't think of any other performer (certainly not of his stature) with no history of drug abuse, just becoming a crazed junkie in his old age. it's a bummer.

― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, April 22, 2014 10:46 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Charlie Watts?

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, April 22, 2014 10:49 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Like a closeted man beating up gay kids, teetotalism is an acknowledgment that alcoholic tendencies exist. It wouldn't surprise me if Prince became a bourbon man in his old age.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, April 22, 2014 10:50 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If only it was bourbon! :(

Herbie Hancock documented his struggles with crack, which he started getting into well into his 50s. Closer to the JB camp, Fred Wesley got caught up in it too, at a similar time. Neither one of them indicated they had addiction issues prior to that point, although neither were they exactly sober. Maybe there's something about being in the game for so many years, and past your prime, so to speak, where some boredom sets in and the money is there so it just kind of happens.