Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. He first came to national public attention in the mid-1950s as the lead singer of the Famous Flames, a rhythm and blues vocal group founded by Bobby Byrd. With the hit ballads "Please, Please, Please" and "Try Me", Brown built a reputation as a dynamic live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. His success peaked in the 1960s with the live album Live at the Apollo and hit singles such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".
During the late 1960s, Brown moved from a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly "Africanized" approach to music-making, emphasizing stripped-down interlocking rhythms that influenced the development of funk music. By the early 1970s, Brown had fully established the funk sound after the formation of the J.B.s with records such as "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" and "The Payback". He also became noted for songs of social commentary, including the 1968 hit "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud". Brown continued to perform and record until his death from pneumonia in 2006.
Brown recorded 17 singles that reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts. He also holds the record for the most singles listed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that did not reach No. 1. Brown was posthumously inducted into the first class of the Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2013 as an artist and then in 2017 as a songwriter. He also received honors from several other institutions, including inductions into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In Joel Whitburn's analysis of the Billboard R&B charts from 1942 to 2010, Brown is ranked No. 1 in The Top 500 Artists. He is ranked seventh on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown
Studio albums
Please Please Please (1958)
Try Me! (1959)
Think! (1960)
The Amazing James Brown (1961)
James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A. (1962)
Prisoner of Love (1963)
Grits & Soul (1964)
Showtime (1964)
Out of Sight (1964)
James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday (1965)
Mighty Instrumentals (1966)
James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) (1966)
James Brown Sings Christmas Songs (1966)
Handful of Soul (1966)
James Brown Sings Raw Soul (1967)
James Brown Plays the Real Thing (1967)
Cold Sweat (1967)
I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me (1968)
I Got the Feelin' (1968)
James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul (1968)
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things (1968)
A Soulful Christmas (1968)
Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
Gettin' Down to It (1969)
The Popcorn (1969)
It's a Mother (1969)
Ain't It Funky (1970)
Soul on Top (1970)
It's a New Day - Let a Man Come In (1970)
Hey America (1970)
Sho Is Funky Down Here (1971)
Hot Pants (1971)
There It Is (1972)
Get on the Good Foot (1972)
Black Caesar (1973)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
The Payback (1973)
Hell (1974)
Reality (1974)
Sex Machine Today (1975)
Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump (1975)
Hot (1976)
Get Up Offa That Thing (1976)
Bodyheat (1976)
Mutha's Nature (1977)
Jam 1980's (1978)
Take a Look at Those Cakes (1978)
The Original Disco Man (1979)
People (1980)
Soul Syndrome (1980)
Nonstop! (1981)
Bring It On! (1983)
Gravity (1986)
I'm Real (1988)
Love Over-Due (1991)
Universal James (1993)
I'm Back (1998)
The Merry Christmas Album (1999)
The Next Step (2002)
Bewildered
James Brown Lyrics
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In the love I need why did we part
Bewildered, has love, has love died dear
Wishing your heart could feel
What's in my heart
Must I have sleepless night
And endless days
Oh love why did you keep my soul
Bewildered
I need your, I need your I need your guiding hand
I'll never, no I'll never understand
How you can love me, how you can love me
How you can love me, how you can love me
How you can love me and leave me bewildered, bewildered
The lyrics to James Brown's "Bewildered" describe the feeling of being lost and confused in love. The singer wonders why he and his love had to part ways, and laments the loss of their relationship. He's left feeling bewildered and unsure of how to move forward without the other person. The repeated phrase "How you can love me and leave me bewildered" highlights the singer's confusion and hurt at being abandoned by his love.
The verses in the song make use of vivid imagery to paint a picture of the singer's emotional state. He describes feeling like he's lost in a dream, and experiencing sleepless nights and endless days. The use of the word "bewildered" throughout the song serves to reinforce this sense of confusion and disorientation. The chorus provides a contrast, with the singer expressing his need for his love's guiding hand and his inability to understand why she would leave him in such a state.
Line by Line Meaning
Bewildered, lost in a dream
I feel confused and uncertain, like I'm trapped in a dream.
In the love I need why did we part
I still love you, so why did we break up? My heart needs you.
Bewildered, has love, has love died dear
I'm confused and unsure if our love is still alive. Is it dead or can we bring it back?
Wishing your heart could feel
I wish you could understand how much I love you and how much pain I feel without you.
What's in my heart
I have strong feelings of love and longing for you that are hard to express in words.
Must I have sleepless night
I can't sleep because I'm consumed by my emotions for you.
And endless days
The days feel long and never-ending without you by my side.
Oh love why did you keep my soul
My soul is deeply connected to you and our love, and I can't understand why we're not together.
Without a spark I'm in the dark
Without your love, I feel empty and lost like I'm in the dark.
Bewildered
I'm still confused and overwhelmed by my feelings for you.
I need your, I need your I need your guiding hand
I'm lost without you and need you to guide me back to love.
I'll never, no I'll never understand
I don't think I'll ever understand the reasons we broke up or why you don't love me anymore.
How you can love me, how you can love me
I can't understand how you could love me so deeply and then walk away.
How you can love me, how you can love me
I repeat this line to emphasize my confusion and disbelief about your love for me.
How you can love me and leave me bewildered, bewildered
Your love has left me confused and unsure of everything, and I can't make sense of it all.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JAMES BROWN, JOHNNY TERRY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@KarenBH
Bewildered, lost in a dream
In the love I need why did we part
Bewildered, has love, has love died dear
Wishing your heart could feel, what's in my heart
Must I have sleepless night and endless days
Oh love why did you keep my soul
Without a spark, I'm in the dark
Bewildered, I need your, I need your
I need your guiding hand
I'll never, no I'll never understand
How you can love me, how you can love me
How you can love me, how you can love me
How you can love me and leave me
Bewildered, bewildered
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@ThutoMolefi
"Everybody calm down, America's great - BEWILDERED!🎵🎵🎵"
@Swara96
Patrice 🐐
@johnjohn-ny4oi
One of the best Patrice O’Neal bits brought me here.
@weallwegot5286
Wow bro me to many years later 😢 rip both
@JoeSebGriff
"Everybody, calm down! America's great!
BEWILDERED!!!"
@sca8217
>>Police siren<<, >>gun shots<<
@bigoz1734
James Brown wasn't just a funky soul singer. This proves how good his blues-love voice is, the range and control is perfect and insane
@dianealexander7004
James Brown was a perfectionist. He could hear a wrong note, a missed beat, any mistake he heard it and he would fine a band member. His band was called The Famous Flames.. In one of his records you could here him say I gotcha. But if you didn't know it you think it a part of the song cause he incorporated it into the song.
@ellenpearljackson5219
Amen
@grantsmythe8625
Yes he was great.