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James Brown — Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
Album: In The Jungle Groove
Avg rating:
7.6

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Total ratings: 159









Released: 1986
Length: 6:09
Plays (last 30 days): 0
E E E E E E
Baby give it up or turn it a loose
Uh ha baby gives it up or turn it a loose
Starting over again
Baby, give it up or turn it a loose
Oh ha baby, give it up or turn it loose
Oooooh all right

Baby, give it up, oh turn it a loose oh
Oh o o all night long, uh
All right, hey, hey, hey, hey
All night long, ain't no use oh o
Oh oo baby give it up ha
Lord have mercy, hey, hey, hey, hey
All night long, ain't no use oh o
Oh oo baby give it up ha
Lord have mercy, hey, hey, hey, hey
Uh ha oh oh e wow
Baby need you so
Uh turn it a loose
Hey, hey, hey, hey

Oh, oh, oh, hold you tight
Cause I need you so
With all my might
I've got to squeeze you
Hold you tight because I love you so
Oh oh oh baby oh
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I always wanted an alarm clock that played Sex Machine!!  ...Get Up ! ...Get Up! ...Get Up!   
Perfection...
HAPPY BASTILLE DAY!!!  LeROY!!!
like a sex machine
Godlike groovy sound 
Oh man!  Godlike Groove!!!   (good god : )
Funk-Tastic!  {#Bananasplit}
I finally got round to seeing him live in Wolverhampton, way past his best but still awesome, backing band were insanely tight! JB is the worst dancer in the world, I won't hold that against him though1

 
Damn ...
dpjag wrote:
OK, he has a good band. But that guy screaming in the foreground - him I can lose.
hey, j.b. IS half the band. his feet, his voice, his hips ... wake UP. (or go back to sleep.) ("But that guy screaming in the foreground - him I can lose." ... kinda like saying "i like the drummer, but that guy playing the guitar ... what's his name? hendrix? ... him i can lose.")
colt4x5 wrote:
i read he used to go through drummers (playing live) the way other drummers go through sticks.
Star Power! 10.
i read he used to go through drummers (playing live) the way other drummers go through sticks.
(pimp)
...HeHHH!
Hannio wrote:
Northern bigot?
C'mon, both of you. James is from the south anyway, and this kind of crap isn't needed here. We can disagree about musical taste without vilifying each other. Or just dance!
StuBotNYC wrote:
Legal analist from the deep south? NO WONDER
Northern bigot?
God... DAMN! How does he do that! I need a respirator just listening to him. DAMN! Perfect 10's.
dpjag wrote:
OK, he has a good band. But that guy screaming in the foreground - him I can lose.
Legal analist from the deep south? NO WONDER
namesbenny wrote:
Hey, you can't write 5,500 songs (as opposed to Irving Berlin's meager 1,100) if you waste time worrying about lyrical content.
thing is, they're not even really lyrics so much as direction for the rest of band -- he's keeping them together and on-tempo like a conductor in front of an orchestra.
artmarcia wrote:
Well........................this is definitely a change of pace from Air - Alone In Kyoto. :)
hells yeah! more funk! we all need a dance break now and then. :D/
JB IS THE MAN! More James Brown, ad some Maceo Parker too....awesome job!!
How can someone give him a 1? His sneezes are worth at least a 6.
I wish RP would offer A LOT MORE OF him! "President of the New Super Heavy Funk" is what I remember he called himself in one of his first albums. This is a nice version of sex machine, though.
DoooooooO NooooooooT StooooooooooooooooooooooooooP!
dpjag wrote:
OK, he has a good band. But that guy screaming in the foreground - him I can lose.
"THAT GUY??" Never heard him called that before!
Stompafeeta! Keepabeeta! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEYYYY!
Mashpa Tayta. Doody Alli Gaytah. Heeehhhh!
Mihai wrote:
If this one doesn't make you move, you are DEAD.
OK, he has a good band. But that guy screaming in the foreground - him I can lose.
philarktos wrote:
are all his lyrics this inane and inarticulate ? Probably a lot more interesting live.
Hey, you can't write 5,500 songs (as opposed to Irving Berlin's meager 1,100) if you waste time worrying about lyrical content.
If this one doesn't make you move, you are DEAD.
Give it up.
Great... I was just about to turn the PC off and head for bed... and then you started playin THIS! Now, sleep is not an option anymore...
Get down! Get funky! Get back up again! HEH! This song should be played every day to get me UP! HEH! :whip:
Ain't it funky...
philarktos wrote:
are all his lyrics this inane and inarticulate ? Probably a lot more interesting live.
Saw him a few years ago in Aberdeen on one of his extremely rare visits to Scotland and yes the lyrics are at best nonsensical. But the concert itself (thanks mainly to his amazing band) was a glitzy extravaganza full of fab funky sounds - still dancing to those rhythms to this day. :D/ :D/
rascal420 wrote:
I understand it: Edda Munka! Huh! Ha! Keepit Lim! Eat-a-Beat-a! Aaaaay! Eeeeee! Like the singing version of Pootie-Tang.
I couldn't have said it any better than that! Hah! Unnh! Yeaaah YeaaaaH!
Well........................this is definitely a change of pace from Air - Alone In Kyoto. :)
The man is on fire. Great drums & rhythm. Wish my colleagues weren't around so I could turn it up & loose.
help me someone - I can't stop myself.... heh - hey! eeeeeeeee!
I understand it: Edda Munka! Huh! Ha! Keepit Lim! Eat-a-Beat-a! Aaaaay! Eeeeee! Like the singing version of Pootie-Tang.
philarktos wrote:
are all his lyrics this inane and inarticulate ? Probably a lot more interesting live.
It's like Louis Armstong once said when someone asked him a similar question about jazz - "If you gotta ask, you'll never know". Groovacious, heavy groovocity - he's President Groovage!
Hot Tub! Burn ma Toe! Yeeeeoooow! Heh! If you interpret inarticulate as FUNKY, everything will fall into place. Heh! Go buy ANY of his greatest hits collections, get loaded, crank it up and lay back and groove. If you can sit still. In case you had never heard it, this kind of rythm and singing are why he has been called the "Godfather of Soul."
Now you've made me have to turn down my volume or I'll get fired!
philarktos wrote:
are all his lyrics this inane and inarticulate ? Probably a lot more interesting live.
Yes, why?
"Good God" It's James Brown!
are all his lyrics this inane and inarticulate ? Probably a lot more interesting live.