We all love Songs Brown; but what does that phrase really mean in this Songs Brown modern world? Could it be that we like our songs to make us think of the colours when we listen? I don’t know about you, but when I throw my favorite tracks on the old Ipod there is the distinct sensation of colour. For instance Kate Bush gives me vivid and deep blues and the Beatles supply songs brown or yellow. Hendrix comes to me in visions of leopard skin. (But I’ll admit that’s not quite a solid colour.)

Anyway what are songs brown? In my opinion the best brown thing of all time has got to be HP sauce, but right after that would no doubt be the enigmatic James “The-Sex-Machine” Brown himself. Everything about James Brown is brown, his name is brown, his skin is brown, and for me his music epitomises Songs Brown.

As avid readers of this Blog will know I’m a huge fan of the Rocky film franchise. This illogical interest in Sylvester’s best work came at the age of eleven when round my best friend’s house I happened upon the empty VHS box when rifling through his possessions. I was instantly hooked and search the entire house (including his momma’s panty draw) for the tape, but it was nowhere to been found! Oh boy that pissed me off good and proper. He’s not my best friends anymore for that.

It was just like the Iphone recently; so beautiful, so alluring, but unattainable because I’m not on the right fringing network. Fuck you Apple, even though I love you more than life.

From that day it was my quest to find the Rocky movie and watch the blasted thing. I soon took a day off school for one of my phantom headaches and went to Brentford High Street to hire it out and have me some delicious breakfast in my favorite café. I thought the cafe family really liked my but I realise now they where only being nice in order to get their grubby paws on my hard earned childhood pounds. In those day I would only every eat Sausage, Bacon and Chips but they just stood by and watched me gorge myself on killer food!

After breakie it was off to Moonlight Movies (the local independent video shop) which was constantly being terrorized by Yardies. In those days they actually rented us videos on real tape, how barbaric that seems now, but back then I went with it hook line and sinker.

Unfortunately I was once again thwarted as the video vendor informed me that I was too late and the first Rocky film was in the grubby hands of another and would not be back for a whole thirty minutes. Like an impatient little blighter I decided to opt for Rocky IV instead.

Be an active communist at the time I thought rocky IV was a great piece of historical documenting, and better still the soundtrack was full of Songs Brown, by which I mean James Brown had wormed his way right into the film and recorded the unforgettable Living in America for the soundtrack Clearly a totally classic which deserves to go down in musical history next to Beethoven of Bach.

You have to love James and the songs Brown sung for us over the years; my only regret is that he never sung a patriotic song for the UK that we could all whistle on the way to work rather than that putrid and degrading national anthem that the bitch Queen wrote for us. Bitch! (I like her and the song really.)

Can you answer this rocky trivia?

1. What is the name of the Russian president they take the piss out of in Rocky IV?
2. What part does Stallone’s floozy play in the film?
3. Rocky has a dog and two turtles what are their names?
4. What clothing company does Rocky promote when he is watching his best friend die?
5. Which Rocky film made the most money? *Clue* This is a trick question……

Songs Brown, songs yellow, song blue, songs red. Is there a name for the phenomenon of colourful music and does everyone get colours when they listen? These are a couple of unimportant questions we should try and answer over the coming weeks. So until next time my lovelies. Have a nice life.