Comments on: Spike Lee, Mick Jagger and the James Brown sage We’re NOT feeling good!!

By: Lillian Hill

Lillian Hill — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:33:41 +0000

This film has been on hold for quite a while because there was no
money man, producer. So why in all this time didn’t a financially competent
black director or producer pick up the ball. Any answers? Blacks have
always complained after the fact when it has been picked up by a white
financial backer to produce and then we have to listen to the backlash
rhetoric.

I was disgusted by your character assassination of Mick Jagger.

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (along with other members of the
Rolling Stones) have paid for mortgages, hospital bills and
funeral expenses for many of our black blues musicians.

To proceed to trash Mick Jagger regarding his children is a complete
disgrace. What difference does it make whether his children
are white, black or multi-racial. Your statement is racist.
And you call yourself an “educated” man?

You should have done your homework before writing this
character assassination of Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones.

What a shame that you are unable to be clear and supportive in a time
when clarity and support are so necessary for us here in the United
States of America.

In the words of Jagger/Richards “got to scrape that shit right
offa my shoes.”

By: Lillian Hill

Lillian Hill — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:13:05 +0000

I was completely disgusted and dismayed when I read your “literary
lynching” of Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones.

The Rolling Stones were a supporter of black musicians before you
were a thought. Such as Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy. Solomon Burke
and Howlin’ Wolf.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:28:39 +0000

A rambling, ill-conceived article. Spike Lee is box office poison. He’s a whiny attention freak. No one cares about him. Eddie Murphy, meanwhile, is hardly the best judge of scripts. I wouldn’t bet against Brian Grazer when it comes to making movies.

The Stones racist? What planet are you on!? Darryl Jones is a sideman, as are Chuck Leavell and Bobby Keys – two white men who have been on board much longer. All are free to leave at any point if they feel mistreated. The Stones are not going to hand over equity in their legal partnership.

All of Mick’s kids turned out fine, and his ex-wives seem to get along fine with each other. You’re not on very solid ground if you want to raise the subject of deadbeat dads on this web site.

The Stones have always been generous with their songwriting. Ask Marianne Faithfull. And their cover versions have been good money-spinners for the likes of Solomon Burke, Don Covay, Rufus Thomas, Chuck Berry, Bobby Womack and the Motown stable of songwriters. Actually, if you want to focus on exploitation of blacks in the music industry, look at Berry Gordy.

By: Spike Lee, Mick Jagger and the James Brown sage We’re NOT feeling good!! | Divine Varod

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:49:03 +0000

[…] “ Guess that’s just the way shit goes You steal my clothes and try to say they yo’s (yes they do) Cause it’s a show filled with pimps and hoes Tryin to take everything that you made or control (there they go) Elvis Presley ain’t got no SOULLLL Bo Diddley is rock and roll (damn right) You may dig on the Rolling Stones But they ain’t the first place the credit belongs” Read original article here […]

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:33:29 +0000

Why are we wondering why the black community still falls short? Whites promote and play our music better, make better directors of black movies etc. Why not let Mick play James Brown then, he’s far better then a black artist! White icons are glorified all the time for biopics, why can’t blacks do that for their icons? Still no good reason.

It was clear I meant that the script wouldn’t be used. You said that whites could get a better script. I said that the black guy had already researched it and made one that was perfect. Nothing to do with it being used or not.

Mick actually met James twice and James thought he was boring. (Though he nicked “Sex Machine” to make “Sex Drive”.)

Also the piece didn’t say Some Girls was about Davis, the songs were separated by a comma. It’s called summing-up.

I’m not sure about Mick, but I know even FANS of Keith Richards found Richards came across as a racist after his book, so I wouldn’t trust everyone in the band.

Blues artists where popular with whites before the Stones. Many came to Blues clubs despite segregation. Crossover would have happened without the Stones.

By: vaughn

vaughn — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:44:06 +0000

Sorry, I correct myself, Peter Tosh was signed to the Stones record label.

By: vaughn

vaughn — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:08:41 +0000

You got the history of the Stones (regarding black music roots totally wrong first of all, At least Muddy Waters got royalties when the Glimmer twins performed or recorded his songs, Next, the stones are still to this day constantly tributing black blues artist in documentaries and such, the statement of Jagger trying to better black music is pure speculation on your part,
You only tell a small piece of the Bobby Womack resentment toward Mick story and you fail to mention Womacks freebasing during his guest appearance on the Stones Dirty Work album.
Brown Sugar mocks slave owners, Some Girls was NOT in reference to Angela Davis, Daryl Jones is happier with the Stones than he was with Sting, Madonna or Miles Davis. The Stones never got sued for stealing songs from black artist, Led Zepellin did multiple times. As for Spike, He needs to stop whining. He complained about no nomination for Malcolm X, You do not get Oscars when there are scenes in your film that have boom microphones dangling down from the top of the screen. {Rent it and see for yourself} Just because they happen to be white brits that dig the blues does not make them, or Mick in particular bad. Ask Merry Clayton, On there 89 tour they took Muddy Waters and Holwlin Wolfs widows on the whole tour and even put the grandkids of several famous blues artist thru college. When they came to the states and saw Muddy Waters, the King of the blues painting the ceiling in the lobby of Chess Records, They put him on tour with them and He became famous the world over. They helped Tine Turner start her solo carreer, introduced Prince to the world,
signed Jimmy Cliff to their record label when Motown, Atlantic and Stax would have nothing to do with Ska or reaggae, Mick personally produced the black rock band Living Colour when labels, rap, rock or whatever would not touch them(BET treated them like dirt by the way.} And the list my freind goes on and on. When you write articles stop using so much conjecture and well, BULLDANKY and deal with facts. Oh yeah, back to Spike, I have known a few people that have worked for him. Not an original idea in his head, steals ideas and is greedy. Whenever he has a flick coming to theatres He has to find SOMEBODY TO START SOME CRAP WITH. THE SENSATIONALISM DOES NOT WORK. He has done some great stuff, but ya know, in the end, I personally do not want to see the James Brown story done by him.

By: toomanygrandkids

toomanygrandkids — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:29:25 +0000

Yes, I read this article. And from what I gather either the piece that Spike wrote and Eddie loved isn’t gonna be used and Spike won’t be the director or Spike’s gonna allow them to use his script (and he will get paid, right?) yet he still won’t be the director.

And again, YES! I’ve noticed so many black people speak more truths with white directors than black directors. Even black people realize that black directors don’t really like telling the whole absolute truth of a life story. It makes the person look bad and and tarnishes his/her reputation. Many black directors can’t handle the criticism/backlash they know they are gonna hear from people and read in magazines. Especially from black people and in black magazines. Is that the only part of my comment you disagreed with? Here’s something else:

I bet Mick Jagger has been around James Brown more than Spike? Of course, he has. So Mick would know more intricate details about James none of us knew about James, even Spike and Eddie.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:29:00 +0000

Yep, that’s the attitude we need!! Black artist don’t wanna talk to black directors about a black icon, no they wanna talk to the white dudes and give a nice polished version of events to please them.

FYI did you start reading the piece halfway or something: At the start it said there already WAS a script by Lee. Eddie Murphy loved it. Eddie Murphy not to sure he lovin it now!!

By: toomanygrandkids

toomanygrandkids — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 03:36:28 +0000

Who are these black musicians who felt they were ripped off by the Rolling Stones? Surely, not the entertainers who went on tour w/ them. Many artist from the 60’s boast about being on tour with the Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones have made it very clear that many of the blues and soul singers are/were/still are their idols. They’ve been welcomed with open arms to share a stage with Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Otis Redding, Ike and Tina, Patti Labelle and the Blubelles, and countless others. So who’s accusing the Rolling Stones of stealing music. And why hasn’t any of those musicians sued the Rolling Stones?

Plus, everybody knows how stoned the Rolling Stones stayed. They constantly partied and had orgies. Their wild lifestyle wasn’t a big secret. The private lives of the Rolling Stones is an open book. On none of those pages did anyone black accuse them of stealing. Blacks relished in the fact that whites were fans. B/C black singers/entertainers knew that spelled C-R-O-S-S-O-V-E-R=MORE MONEY.

Truthfully, I don’t think Spike Lee and Brian Glazer have the same chemistry as Brian and Mick. Mick is a freak and the last pic I seen of Brian, he looked like a freak so…hey.

When the interview black people for any info regarding James Brown, black people are gonna be more cooperative with Brian and Mick than Spike and Brian. Simply b/c blacks have always been that way.