[Dan in Pasadena]

I'm dumbfounded by a person who admittedly doesn't admire, like or even understand James Brown, his style, talent or influence yet criticizes him for "yelling" and "jumping around" on the day of his death! Whatever happend to just shutting the **** up? WHat happened to "...if you don't have anything nice to say just say nothing at all" I thought that was a nice, older generation, middle America value? Why WOULDN'T Sammy know the value of that one? As someone said, "better to remain silent..."

Admittedly, James had some demons, but then of the major early music icons, which one didn't? Elvis? Jerry Lee? Little Richard? The later ones? Janis? Jimi? Morrison? or were they all "yelling" and "jumping around" too because they had personal isssues? Blast away Sammy, I'm here to respond. Leave James Brown to the ages, he's earned his due.