Friday, January 16, 2009

The Night James Brown Saved Boston - check it out




The Night James Brown Saved Boston, part I

Not sure if this is in the original form, yet it looks like the whole thing is here – 8 PARTS. 

This documentary should be required viewing for everyone who has lived in Boston long enough to consider themselves more than a visitor. Regardless of whether James Brown's music moves you or what you think his place in musical history is, when one considers his actions on April 5, 1968 (not to mention thereafter in D.C., etc.), it seems to me that the city should honor him in some way. Bostonians need to know what Brown did for our city. He wasn't the only player in the events of that night, but he took a huge risk that he did not have to take.

Maybe a statue on Comm. Ave.?


Part II:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_je9eAoyio


Part III:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag5JMlbennA


Part IV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-hyU9p6r9s


Part V:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylC0vdGz27g&feature=related


Part VI:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsHZakDPDvo


Part VII:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0IdEB4Svto


Part VIII:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7JUzrkQZkQ

There were some other key players that night, including WGBH and the late Boston City Councilman Thomas Atkins.



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