The irony is, both men, who are regarded as geniuses, took the idea from Carlos Alomar.

I did not know this about the songs, don't remember there being a claim of Bowie ripping off James Brown. That was some awesome riff though! The Brown song I could not listen to all the way through though, whereas "Fame" I could listen to several times in a row (and I did!) w.out tiring of the sound.