Living In America by James Brown
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#USStates no. 40 of 50: into the final strait, with a handy recap from SOUTH CAROLINA's Godfather of Soul
From sea to shining sea #tbt #USMNT #OneNationOneTeam #WorldCup
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What's James Brown doing here? Story-wise he's doing his part to get Apollo Creed flat out murdered in the ring. If you haven't seen Rocky IV (and if you want some good 80's cold war cheese this film is perfection) the story has the Russian roided up uber-boxer Ivan Drago coming on a "goodwill" and spends the entire time insulting everybody. So when washed-up ex champion Creed decides to challenge him in an exhibition bout he brings along James Brown to do a huge Vegas pro-america production number before the worldwide audience. This enrages Drago. Really not a good move. (Also, telling Rocky not to throw in the towel no matter what wasn't bright either because he has to know that in Boxing Movie Land the ref would never stop a fight when one of the men is so clearly near death.) This is part of a short Friday series I'm calling "What's James Brown Doing here?" Next week: BB2K
For the 4th of July weekend, despite being linked to the most overindulgent musical number in 80's cinema.
