Hard to believe it today, but no one had heard heard anything like Brown's revolutionary 1965 breakout hit, "Papa's Got A Brand new Bag" - especially white kids who took it to the top of the pop charts. The short, two minute 45rpm single introduced a brand new bag indeed. But the groove was only getting started when it ends with a faded outro at barely 2 minutes.
What most still haven't heard is the FULL studio take also called "Parts 1, 2, & 3" - at least 10 years ahead of its time and arguably considered one of the first true recordings of what later would be called funk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3UjlqWe…
@6 I'm not only old enough, I've got quite a collection.
But it wasn't a singular form - black artists didn't all do the same thing - and race records represented a wide variety of styles from Little Richard to Big Mama Thornton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8_k9LEU… and many, many others.
Brown distinguished himself by creating a truly original and unique sound built around a relentless emphases on the downbeat - on "one" - that became the mold for the 70's funk craze that followed.
What most still haven't heard is the FULL studio take also called "Parts 1, 2, & 3" - at least 10 years ahead of its time and arguably considered one of the first true recordings of what later would be called funk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3UjlqWe…
Which one? He beat all three.
But it wasn't a singular form - black artists didn't all do the same thing - and race records represented a wide variety of styles from Little Richard to Big Mama Thornton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8_k9LEU… and many, many others.
Brown distinguished himself by creating a truly original and unique sound built around a relentless emphases on the downbeat - on "one" - that became the mold for the 70's funk craze that followed.
Get on up
Like a sex machine"
Great song.