Pullin’ ‘Tubes: J.B. and The Bear

One likes to do the splits…one likes banana splits, and lots of ’em. But, together, James Brown and Luciano Pavarotti make one of the most badass singing tandems of all-time. Five years ago in the tenor’s hometown of Modena, Italy, megastars like Brown, Sting, Lou Reed and Grace Jones joined the tubby vocalist on stage for a charity concert benefitting Angolan refugees, and the following duet of It’s a Man’s World has ended up on YouTube for our perusal today. This video is, for lack of a less lame word, fucking beautiful. Let’s watch this epic collaboration:

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• James Brown and Pavarotti ripping up It’s a Man’s World
• And click here to see Pavarotti tag team with Barry White