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'It's A Man's Man's Man's World' And Leela James Shows Us Around
This remake of James Brown's "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" is straight up with no chaser, which is the right course of action for covering anything created by The Godfather of Soul. Leela James took her straightforward approach to redoing this song to the video as well, attempting to recreate some of the live energy and look of one of Brown's performances. But it's not done convincingly enough to be interesting or even all that nostalgic. Instead of go all out retro with some super technicolor saturation, live TV style videography, and period costuming it comes off as a amateur bar performance recording that's taking itself too seriously. Leela, her backup singers, and band all look great but the video doesn't do them, or the song, justice.
Tags: james brown, leela james

Comments
that is exactly how the JB's performed....and i agree with infamous, pass!
funky blue rooster | March 18, 2009 6:09 PM | PermalinkIt's Leela James, people. She's good for a pass, in my book.
imsofamous | March 18, 2009 1:51 PM | PermalinkI love her voice! But what can you do with this song? It's great to add at a live show...I didn't like this song back in the day!!
Gkitty | March 17, 2009 8:11 PM | Permalinkno need for analyzation here. It just flat out sucks
lookadeez | March 17, 2009 6:41 PM | PermalinkYou said it, Ro. This looks like it costs about $236 to make.
(And I may be over-estimating.)
This could have been a great video, if they tried.
dar | March 17, 2009 6:23 PM | Permalinkhonestly, this looks like a budget thing, rather then mismanagement. poor leela.
joshua washington | March 17, 2009 6:09 PM | Permalink