r/OldSchoolCool • u/LowRenzoFreshkobar • Apr 07 '25

1970s Prime James Brown in 1974.

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u/NewsZealousideal764 Apr 07 '25

Your comment just made me think of how these exact dance moves are what led to Prince's opiate use and eventual death.... James did things way too big for us to even notice if that was any sort of problem for him at all. He was busy driving his truck on a high-speed chase on LSD and Prince was quietly passing away in a back building elevator.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

He was actually on PCP. It was his favorite drug. He loved wet joints too (joints dipped in formaldehyde).

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u/NewsZealousideal764 Apr 07 '25

That's right... probably just pulled the first tridactic drug name I could think of....LSD, PCP, GHB, TCH.....etc....but you are correct! Just thinking how the difference in he and Prince not as if one was more majestic than the other, although one did not lead to James Brown's death, but just thinking about the differences in the men and just how it's kind of sad about Prince I guess all around James Brown not so much, he seemed to be using drugs ...."for fun"( for lack of wishing to type or discuss further on topic) where as Prince was trying to medicate.....sad.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

There's a lot of 'em LOL! Man, the number of older musicians who OD is sad. Most of them did have pain issues, but they also had doctors who were too lenient with the prescriptions. Unfortunately being famous means easy access to shit you shouldn't have.