James Brown vs Pavarotti

unfortunately, they don’t actually face off. it’s more of a “superman vs batman” kind of thing.

thanks for the heads up, bobby!

scott

Great Tits!

Great tits cope well with warming

I know it’s the BBC and that tit is the name of the bird…but COME ON!

While I would comment the author does a nice job of avoiding any double entendres , the second subheading (which I assume is the work of the editor) “Different Strokes” blows all that.

Ryan

A Prince, A King, and A Godfather

Saturday evening, the following video was shared with Scott and me thanks to Saeed. Check it!

The video is amazing. First, you have James Brown looking like his usual crazy self (big hair, wearing a green, possibly polyester vest with no shirt underneath, etc). Then he calls Michael Jackson on stage to do a bit of singing and an astounding job of mimicking some of Brown’s own dance moves. Now, that alone would make for a decent video. James Brown and Michael Jackson together. YEA!

However, Michael goes and whispers to Brown and “insists that [Brown] introduce Prince.”

Michael, my friend, BIG MISTAKE on your part.

Prince completely obliterates Michael’s performance. Where to start? You have his entrance riding on the back of a guy whom could be a Hell’s Angel reject. Then the “I-don’t-care-who-you-are” one arm hug Prince gives Brown. Next, the interrupted “solo” (which isn’t even a solo, just Prince messing around on the guitar) just to hump the said instrument in front of the camera. Followed by the removal of his shirt with the better-than-Michael’s impersonation of Brown. Finally, Prince caps it off with the commanding of the crowd to clap only to get bored and just walk off stage, all the while, taking the prop street lamp with him.

Now, I realize this clip is nothing new, but I attempted to do a bit of research as to its origins. Yet, I could find nothing except this polished and edited-for-TV clip (which the youtube description claims it’s from 1983, which is four years earlier than the description for the rough cut version). Also, on this clip, if you watch closely, you’ll notice the sly edit at round 2:39 (compare this to 1:39 on the rough cut) which completely skips Prince’s appearance.

Ryan