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)
You've Changed
James Brown Lyrics
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That's been a-stealin' through my brain is not to be ignored
But to really tell the truth, though I'm not a well-known sleuth
I honestly believe that you are bored
You've changed
That sparkle in your eyes is gone
Your smile is just a careless yawn
You've changed
You've changed
Your kisses now are so blase
You're bored with me in every way
I can't understand
You've changed
You've forgotten the words "I love you"
Each memory that we've shared
You ignore every star above you
I can't realize you ever cared
You've changed
You're not the angel I once knew
No need to tell me that we're through
It's all over now
You've changed
You've changed
You're not the angel I once knew
No need to tell me that we're through
It's all over now, yes, it's all over now
You've changed
The song "You've Changed" by James Brown is all about the changes he sees in his partner. The song talks about how the sparkle in her eyes has gone and her once loving kisses have become blase. He can't understand why she's changed and why she's become so detached. He feels like she's no longer interested in him and is bored with their relationship.
The lyrics also talk about how she seems to have forgotten the words "I love you" and all the memories that they have shared. James Brown pleads with her to remember how they used to be and how much he cares for her, but she seems to be ignoring his feelings. He ends the song by acknowledging that it's all over between them and that she's changed for good.
Overall, the song is a sad and melancholic reflection on the changes that can happen in a relationship. James Brown expertly conveys all the emotions of heartbreak and disappointment that come with realizing that you're no longer the center of someone's world.
Line by Line Meaning
I've an awfully funny feeling that this thought
I have a very strange and peculiar feeling about this thought that I have been having
That's been a-stealin' through my brain is not to be ignored
This thought that keeps coming up in my mind is something that I should pay attention to and not ignore
But to really tell the truth, though I'm not a well-known sleuth
To be completely honest, even though I'm not known for solving mysteries,
I honestly believe that you are bored
I truly and genuinely think that you are bored
That sparkle in your eyes is gone
I've noticed that the twinkle and joy that used to light up your eyes is no longer there
Your smile is just a careless yawn
Your smile now seems like a meaningless and unenthusiastic gesture, like a yawn
You're breaking my heart
Your actions are causing me great emotional pain and heartache
Your kisses now are so blase
Your kisses are now lacking passion and enthusiasm; they feel dull and uninteresting
You're bored with me in every way
You seem to have lost interest in me in every way possible
I can't understand
I don't know how to comprehend what's happening or why you're acting this way
You've forgotten the words "I love you"
You have stopped saying the words "I love you" which we used to say to each other often
Each memory that we've shared
Every memory that we have made together
You ignore every star above you
You don't seem to appreciate the beauty of the stars above you anymore
I can't realize you ever cared
I cannot fathom that you ever cared about me or our relationship
You're not the angel I once knew
You have changed so much from the person I fell in love with
No need to tell me that we're through
You don't have to explain to me that our relationship is over, I understand
It's all over now
Our relationship has come to an end
Yes, it's all over now
Indeed, our relationship is finished and there is no going back
You've changed
You are not the same person you used to be and our relationship has suffered because of it
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JAMES BROWN
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