On "Speaking Freely," Edwin Newman poses questions to James Brown (Eddie Murphy) about his style, his career, his becoming political in the 60s and 70s and the waning influence of soul music. Brown only responds in song lyrics. [Season 10, 1984] Subscribe to SNL: https://goo.gl/tUsXwM Stream Current Full Episodes: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live WATCH PAST SNL SEASONS Google Play - http://bit.ly/SNLGooglePlay iTunes - http://bit.ly/SNLiTunes SNL ON SOCIAL SNL Instagram: / nbcsnl SNL Facebook: / snl SNL Twitter: / nbcsnl SNL Tumblr: / nbcsnl SNL Pinterest: / nbcsnl GET MORE NBC Like NBC: / nbc Follow NBC: / nbc NBC Tumblr: / nbctv YouTube: / nbc NBC Instagram: / nbctv #SNL