Try Me
by Rich Bollinger
“Try Me” was released in 1958 and was a #1 hit on the R&B charts, and marked the first time James Brown and The Famous Flames had a song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This soulful ballad and others like it, reveal a side of Brown that serves as a counterpoint to Brown’s wilder, flashy side, and showcases a major part of Brown’s talent as a songwriter and singer. Artist Rich Bollinger sees “sensitive” and “wild” as two sides of the same James Brown coin. As such, the narrative in his surrealistic scene is infused with the idea that a person can be seductive and dangerous at the same time. Flipping the story a bit, the artist presents a sexy femme fatale protagonist, who, armed with a cigarette in one hand and a pistol in the other, invites the viewer to “try me”. The word “REWARD”, oversized and crimson red, hovers like a threat over a bullseye, offering a wonderful surrealistic riddle to explore. Finally, the image of two hearts, fragile, bloody and beating, brings the prospect
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