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>>It was a great shame to see him like that, not fast shuffling or doing the splits. He couldn't hit the high notes and yowls anymore and I wondered what was the point, and why was everyone rapturously applauding him.
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>Well, at the very least, I'd call it RESPECT for a great GREAT career.
Agreed
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>There is always room, for people who have been as great as he has, to wane in their later years yet still be a huge draw. If only to be able to say "I saw a James Brown show in person".
>Brigette Bardot hasn't "aged well" as many see her, but she's still one of my top 5 actresses/beauties.
Well the last time I saw a picturre of her she had skin like a ranch-hand's chaps
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.