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Since the death of James Brown I have held, strictly honorary you understand, the title \u201cGodfather of Soul.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I simply can\u2019t take on another honorary title at this time due to the current conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I have done nothing to deserve it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Little Richard was the King of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, but the Prince died first so the line of succession is cloudy. The funeral March made real good time though. Though it was a little outrageous. A lomp bam boo. Since the death of James Brown I have held, strictly honorary you understand, the title \u201cGodfather of Soul.\u201d And I simply can\u2019t take on another honorary title at this time due to the current conditions. And I have done nothing to deserve it. Please!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[188,127,121,147,167,152,64],"class_list":["post-2585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-fable","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-humor","tag-humour","tag-satire","tag-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u13S-FH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1853,"url":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/the-marketing-of-desires-unfulfilled\/","url_meta":{"origin":2585,"position":0},"title":"The marketing of desires unfulfilled","author":"David Raffin","date":"February 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Scene from a pornographic film in 8 millimeter, silent: A title card read: \u201cOh, Eros! 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