Green Onions - James Brown

All right people.

the rest of the hard working all star blues brothers are

gonna be out here in a minute, including my little brother jake.

but right now, i’d like to talk a little bit about thi

E you’re hearing.

this is ofcourse the green onions tune.

it was a very big hit

in the early sixties in this country.

and ofcourse it was composed and recorded

in memphis, tennessee, right here

E united states of america.

you know, people, i believe that this tune can be acquinted with the great classical music around the world.

Now you go to germany, you’ve got your bach, your beethoven, your brahms…

here in america you’ve got your fred mcdowell, your irving berlin,

your glenn miller, and your booker t & the mg’s

Ple.

another example of the great contributions in music and culture that this

country has made around the world.

and as you look around the world today,

you see this country spurned.

You see backs turned on this country.

well people, i’m gonna tell you something,

this continent, north america, is the stronghold!

this is where we’re gonna

make our stand in this decade!

yeah,

E, i’ve got something to say to the state department.

i say take that archaic

monroe doctrine, and that marshall plan that says we’re supposed to police

force the world, and throw 'em out!

let’s

Home for the next ten years people!

right here in north america and enjoy the

music and culture that is ours.

yeah, i got one more thing to say.

I’m just talking about the music, people, and what it does to me.

and that is, as you look around the world, you go to the soviet union or great

britain or france, you name it, any country… ev