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F U N K ! can you handle it??! | |
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According to this forum, no....because they are all replying to the topic about Justin Bieber and marriage. Fantastic track! Very Sly Stone. This Post is produced, arranged, composed and performed by WetDream | |
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"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Freddie Stone -----[ here ]
Despite playing in one of the most popular funk bands of all time, Freddie Stone might just be one of the most underrated purveyors of funkitude ever. He and brother Sly Stone cofounded Sly & the Family Stone in 1967, and within that context Freddie set a new standard for integrating the guitar into a large band setting without sonic redundancy. His chickenscratchin', choppy-grooved licks, and bluesy R&B lines (played initially on big, hollowbody guitars like Gibson L-4s, then later on Fender Telecasters) always popped out of the mix in the right places and added a “gut-bucket” feel to the band's prominent horn section. Although his heyday was nearly four decades ago, Freddie had an influence that looms large to this day. It can be heard in the styles of other influential 6-string funkateers such as Ernie Isley (The Isley Brothers), Eddie Hazel (Funkadelic), John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers), and Prince. Check out tunes like “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” to see how Freddie integrates single lines on the lower strings with sliding dominant- 9th chords on “Sing a Simple Song.” It's a riff so irresistible Jimi Hendrix borrowed it for his album Band of Gypsys. Want more evidence? Listen to the Woodstock version of “I Want to Take You Higher” to hear how Freddie finds elbow room sandwiched between Sly's loud, crunchy organ and Larry Graham's bionic bass. Take note of his discretionary use of the wah pedal. He uses the right tool at the right time and knows when to stop using it. Sly & the Family Stone was pivotal in the development of soul and funk rock, and they were the first highly successful American band that was both racially mixed and gender diverse. Their style of church-influenced psychedelic funk continues to inspire to this day. Freddie Stone's gut-bucket guitar and screaming-from-the- pulpit vocal style changed lives and sent many a guitarist to the woodshed to investigate the full potential of unadulterated funkiness.
much of the music that's being pushed to the 13-17 and 18-42 is synthetic and seems to only motivate the materialistic way of life. dare they mention "soul or funk." imo, funk music was a major bridge in that it let you be you and me be me. it added creative dimensions to the arts. yet i'm not discouraged, i still hear the funk in the rhythms of life, it hasn't left us yet. it's waiting for words to be put to it. “Transracial is a term that has long since been defined as the adoption of a child that is of a different race than the adoptive parents,” : https://thinkprogress.org...fb6e18544a | |
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The Org's just "moody" on the funk.....some days it gets love, others...nuttin.
I'm with ya on Junie tho, man.....GENIUS. I tried bringin some Junie in here a a couple weeks back myself http://prince.org/msg/8/366100
Ohio Players whole catalog is littered with brilliant funk tracks, IMHO.
Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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  National Funk League✮✮ | |
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(I Wanna Know) Do You Feel It?
This is the only album I have from Junie... [img:$uid]http://sanpasquale.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/junie.jpg[/img:$uid]
Bread Alone is the next stop. | |
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Great funky track! | |
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T.O.P.......................Love these guys. The Ohio Players. | |
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