[  Mood: Distorted ]
[ Currently: Looking at the funk. ]
What did James Brown mean when he said that you have to get up to get down? Glitter and glimmer, fashion and fame – was he speaking literally, or philosophically? Its truly outrageous. It could mean that to be considered "cool," to be "down," you had to stand "up" for yourself, and display that you had pride and dignity. No matter where you fall in this issue, you have to admit: the music is contagious. Or it could mean that every position you have is relative to another position you could be in, but currently aren’t. If you’re down, you can be also be seen as "not being up." And if you’re up, you can also be seen as "not being down." Now, these are relatively negative conotations to associate one’s self with, as most people think that being up is good, and making one’s self lower is bad – a sign of sloth and depression.

But it could be bad meaning good, not meaning bad, as was presented in Run DMC’s theses. Introducing this information into the equation flips earlier assumptions on their ears! Everything is reversed and made literally twice as ambiguous, as there are now twice as many possible answers. James Brown, what the Hell, man? What are you talking about? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

There should be more songs with synthesized tubas making up the bass, that’s all that I’ve gotten out of this conversation with myself. That’s it. Freezepop will be heating up my CD drive for quite some time.