Is James Brown in a relatively small club worth $50

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I'm 20 minutes from DC, and JB is playing at the 930 Club here in like a week. Should I drop the C-note for me and my wife to see the Godfather of Soul?

― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Friday, 20 December 2002 02:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes/Duhh.

― Tom Millar (Millar), Friday, 20 December 2002 03:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Douglas Wolk to thread

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 20 December 2002 03:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Someone say my name?

(Short answer: you will probably not get a great performance, but you will get $50 worth of Spectacle Spectacle Spectacle. I mean, his voice is shot to hell and his band has been playing the same set for 15 years, but he always ALWAYS comes through with the putting-on-a-show thing.)

― Douglas, Friday, 20 December 2002 03:54 (twenty-three years ago)

He will be dead soon. Go see him.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 20 December 2002 07:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I saw him in Hackney Ocean last year and it was indeed a great spectacle. They weren't playing much superfunky stuff, but I SAW JAMES BROWN, and a big band (18 of them) playing that tight is just a great sound.

― Leo Lonergan (Leo), Friday, 20 December 2002 12:54 (twenty-three years ago)

He's still got it. Go see.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Friday, 20 December 2002 13:05 (twenty-three years ago)

I saw JB at Wembley Arena about 15 years ago.

I can't remember how much the tickets were at the time but I know it was the most I'd ever paid to see any one band / musician; and it was, if not actually the worst, then certainly and without any shadow of a doubt the single most *disappointing* gig I've ever attended in my life.

The band were on stage for best part of 2 hours but I doubt if Mr. Brown himself was actually on stage and singing for half an hour of that.

I'd still love to have seen him in his prime, but unfortunately that's a long, long way behind him.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 20 December 2002 13:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Hello? It's JAMES BROWN!

― Jim M, Friday, 20 December 2002 22:27 (twenty-three years ago)

James Brown? At the 9:30 Club, for heaven's sake? Worth a hundred bucks even if all he does is recite nursery rhymes in a Santa suit.

― J0hn Darn13ll3 (J0hn Darn13ll3), Saturday, 21 December 2002 01:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Hi - I saw him in September, and it was incredible; I didn't know what it would be like to hear him now, as I have to say I don't like the sound of his recent recordings, but having seen him perform, with a wonderful (and large) band was stunning and nothing like his recent studio work. He did an instrumental with truly bizarre keyboard playing which caused a large question mark to hover above my head for about 5 minutes, but I appreciated so much that something like that could happen. I'm so glad I had a chance to see him, and my hands were just pained with clapping. If you like his music in general, it's really worth it.

― Tom (other one), Saturday, 21 December 2002 02:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Word. Looks like the rent is going to be late this month.

― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Saturday, 21 December 2002 04:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Hell no.

― maria b (maria b), Monday, 23 December 2002 03:43 (twenty-three years ago)

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