James Brown ist der Hammer
Here’s a great example of how musicians are much more open-minded than audiences or critics expect them to be. During a snowstorm last week I had some time to watch a 3-hour documentary on Kraftwerk and German electronica. For those of you who don’t know Kraftwerk, you should. Here’s what they look like …
… and that’s more or less what their music sounds like.
Anyway they were saying how much they dug the music of James Brown because of the “pictographical rhythm” of his music. Yes! They’re absolutely right! In songs like “Get It Together” or “Let Yourself Go” you can really see the rhythm. That’s also true for the Rite of Spring and a lot of Stravinsky as well. Anyway — “pictographical rhythm” — what a great description. Music fits together an cool and unexpected ways.