james brown: exciting but not sexy.

The day we acquired an excellent 4-cd set of James Brown's hits called "Star Time" back in 1991, I became a huge JB fan.  And I still am.  But here's the thing.  He sings about sex all the time but actually he's not very sexy.  Was not sexy, at least not to me.  He was shaped kind of weird - like James T. Kirk if he'd gone to seven seasons - and the older, messed-up JB is just too sad to mention.

Certainly James Brown was unbelievably dynamic, what with the fast footwork, the hollering, and the crazy split-second timing, but, well, I don't know.  When I recently contemplated him yelling about wanting to be a sex machine, it grossed me out a little.  Maybe JB had incredible personal charisma and the ladies who met him could not resist his charms.  As for me, I find JB incredibly invigorating - for cleaning up the living room.

PS - thanks, American Husbandry, for backing me up on this one - at least by pointing out that James Brown's music is not appropriate for getting your significant lady or man friend in the mood.

PPS - I love "Get on the Good Foot" so much, it was my ringtone for years, and would still be if I could find it for my Credo Mobile phone.

PPPS - Experimenting with pushing my blog posts to FB via Twitterfeed.  I can't comment or post or I'll get sucked back into the vortex, but I do lurk occasionally and like to send/receive messages in FB.  Thanks for reading!