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Sun Ra anyone? I saw Sun Ra and his Arkestra about 1988 after everybody kept saying there is some parallels between his thang and P-Funk. So I went down there. Boy was I in for a surprise. I chalk it up to me being too young to appreciate it. I never listened to his music again. I thought it was just noise. Fast forward some quarter century and I come across this documentary the other night on him and have been pumping this amazing "joyful noise" ever since. This is some amazing music. Anyone else here into him? | |
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He's really cray cray, but I, too, am a latecomer 2 his shit. I LOVE "Nuclear War" and all those M.F. Bombs! LOL! Check it out! Hungry? Just look in the mirror and get fed up. | |
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The man is brilliant. I have to put him up there as one of the greatest pure musicians of all time. | |
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love this crazy performance.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtHmqbnuZQs @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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xtraloveable said: love this crazy performance.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtHmqbnuZQs Unreal. Mug is going in and out of changing time sequences. Also quite pre-Funkadelicish from that whole chaos/order angle. [Edited 5/9/16 14:36pm] | |
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I got to see him live in 1990 or so, as I was just getting into far-out jazz. I loved it. He's most definitely an original mind. And never lost the sense of fun and discovery no matter how weird things ever got. | |
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The Arkestra is still performing
http://www.artsforart.org/vision-21.html http://beacon-jazz-festival.ticketleap.com/ | |
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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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whitechocolatebrotha said:
He's really cray cray, but I, too, am a latecomer 2 his shit. I LOVE "Nuclear War" and all those M.F. Bombs! LOL! Check it out! I just cued up Nuclear War and had to play it twice it was so nice. It had me tripping for sure. If you push that button kiss yo' ass goodbye. | |
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LOL! "If they push datt button, yo azz's gon' blow so high in the sky! Gon' kiss yo azz goodbye!" LOL!!! HiLARIOUS!!!! Hungry? Just look in the mirror and get fed up. | |
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im a fan of his live performances...i was always amazed by the way he stalked the stage, seemingly putting spells on his band members, inspiring them to amazing riffs and solos... |
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Is he a the Funk n Soul Fest in Brum this summer? Sure I've heard his name mentioned by Craig Charles. | |
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I think some form of his band still plays, but the man himself has been dead for years.
Night of the Purple Moon is a great album. | |
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