Toward the beginning of Rocky IV James Brown, The Godfather of Soul, "opens" for the main event, a boxing match between Apollo Creede and Russian fighter Ivan Drago. Performing "Living in America" with an entourage of show girls and backup singers, Brown's performance and Creede's arrogant celebrating seem targeted at provoking and humiliating the Russian. If you've seen the movie, you know how that turns out. Though today worries of Cold War, and of another Rocky sequel, seem distant memories, this performance lives on in the archive of great musical moments in movies.
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