A Perfect Dream

28/12: James Brown is dead

Mass hysteria, this is techno
House is not my home but it rocks though
I checked up on the late great J.B.
His death is said on national TV
How when, and why this are the main
Things that I heard when I stroll down the lake
Now memory, man are you with that
James Brown is dead

Total chaos, man it’s resurrected
I’m confused that things are gettin’ hectic
In my brain, what is happenin’
Could this be a big misunderstanding
It is
The hardest working man in show biz is alive so
Don’t be mislead, cause the newsman said
James Brown is dead

James Brown is dead

James Brown is dead

Nightmare is over
Now I’m alone
Grab the mike rip shit an go for broke
Music masterpiece release with this
Now I will get much respect from EmCees
Along the way oh I heard him say
This is fly, this cool type of guy
He’s total, and I’m so bad
James Brown is dead

James Brown is dead

James Brown is dead

~ LA Style

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When this song by the Dutch techno group hit the charts in 1991, the song flooded the airwaves and ruled the dance floors in discotheques. I even had the song on a dance compilation cassette in my Walkman in those days. The big question then was why did they say that the King of funk and disco was dead when he was still very much alive. Some said that the song was referring to the death of his energetic style of music. Others claim the song was just about a prank a radio DJ played.

On Christmas morning 2006, LA Style's prophecy came true. The 'Godfather of Soul' died at the age of 73.

I have never been very much into his music when I was a kid. Yet whenever I saw him on TV performing, I was always captivated by his charisma that shines through his performance. Here was a man who made heads turn. When he performed his passion was so infectious that I would stop what I was doing and just stared at the TV, bobbing my head to his rhythm. This stage dynamo had a turbulent life. Yet he could brushed it all aside and preached love through his songs and music with an unmatched conviction.

James Brown is really dead.

RIP.


"Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that."
~James Brown

11/01: 1963

It was January, 1963
When Johnny came home with a gift for me
He said 'I bought it for you because I love you
And I bought it for you 'cos it's your birthday, too'
He was so very nice, he was so very kind
To think of me at this point in time
I used to think of him, he used think of me.


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21/11: You're beautiful, it's true

You're Beautiful

My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.

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