DuranDuran
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There's a book called The James Brown Reader which contains articles and interviews of JB from 1959 through 2007. There is one article from September 1984 about JB working with Afrika Bambaataa on the record "Unity". The story is called The Renegade & the Godfather by Gavin Martin. At one point the interviewer asks about The Jacksons:
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Have you seen The Jacksons show?
JB: I didn't get a chance though I was invited there. But Michael is doing very good and well enough without me not to bother seeing him. I don't want to distract attention away from him. Kids need to look at Michael, not me. We got Michael going, now we got to work on Prince and Bambaataa.
Jackson regularly checks you as a major influence but the elements of sexual ambiguity and childlike wonderment in his act seems at odds with the masculine tradition that you celebrated. Would you agree with Black Muslims who've said his image is "Sissyfied"?
JB: I haven't anything to do with that. I'm not here to talk about that. I think you've run out of questions, haven't you? Don't get fresh when you come back to me. I don't want to talk about other people. Don't ask me those sort of questions. I'm here to talk about this thing (points to a copy of 'Unity'). You'll talk to Bambaataa now.
Whoops, think I just blew the James Brown story. The great man ups and walks off to complain to Mister Stallings (JB's manager).
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Have you seen The Jacksons show?
JB: I didn't get a chance though I was invited there. But Michael is doing very good and well enough without me not to bother seeing him. I don't want to distract attention away from him. Kids need to look at Michael, not me. We got Michael going, now we got to work on Prince and Bambaataa.
Jackson regularly checks you as a major influence but the elements of sexual ambiguity and childlike wonderment in his act seems at odds with the masculine tradition that you celebrated. Would you agree with Black Muslims who've said his image is "Sissyfied"?
JB: I haven't anything to do with that. I'm not here to talk about that. I think you've run out of questions, haven't you? Don't get fresh when you come back to me. I don't want to talk about other people. Don't ask me those sort of questions. I'm here to talk about this thing (points to a copy of 'Unity'). You'll talk to Bambaataa now.
Whoops, think I just blew the James Brown story. The great man ups and walks off to complain to Mister Stallings (JB's manager).