A movie to look out for

Soul Power is a documentary about a massive concert that was put on in conjunction with the Rumble In The Jungle Muhammad Ali fight (that got its own great documentary in "When We Were Kings").

The infomercial pitch is this:  GET JAMES BROWN LIVE CONCERT FOOTAGE!!!  BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!  GO SEE SOUL POWER AND WE'LL THROW IN BILL WITHERS CONCERT FOOTAGE, TOO!

If I ever finish writing down my Top 100 Singers, both of these guys will be among the upcoming names.  I am sold.

PS - Anyone remember when James Brown died?  I doubt it, and that's sad.  (It was 2-1/2 years ago, by the way.)  Michael Jackson learned EVERYTHING he knew from watching/listening to James Brown.  James Brown changed the face of music infinitely more than MJ.  James Brown did more for the cause of African-American advancement.  I loved Michael, but the Hardest Working Man in Show Business deserved even more weeks of news coverage and adoration when he died and unfortunately, didn't get them.  (And wouldn't you rather be the Godfather of Soul than the King of Pop?)